Schuco 1/18 Mercedes Benz O317 Truck Car Transporter Porsche Rothmans Racing Team 1984

Schuco 1/18 Mercedes Benz  O317 Truck Car Transporter Porsche Rothmans Racing Team 1984

In the early days of motorsport, racing cars were still transported on their own axles to the races in Le Mans, Monza, the Targa Florio or the Mille Miglia. Due to the professionalisation of motorsport from the 1950s onwards and the more extensive equipment, racing teams of the time soon used suitable transport vehicles. In order to be able to additionally transport the necessary spare parts such as engines, gearboxes and body parts, the Porsche company had two transport vehicles specially tailored to the needs of motorsport built in the mid-1960s. The technical basis for the new Porsche racing transporters was the Mercedes-Benz O317 high-floor omnibus, which was produced from 1957 to 1972. Due to its self-supporting construction, it was particularly well suited for the elaborate conversion by the bodywork company Robert Schenk from Stuttgart-Feuerbach..