Auto Hauler Convoy

I pulled out all the small toy auto hauler's in the collection (there's only four) and thought it would be neat to photograph them as a convoy. Sometime last year Google added a nice little feature to its photo albums - the ability to make your own .GIF's. Prior to that .GIF's were made under program control based on the photos you uploaded - sometimes they turned out pretty good (and quite a few had been posted to this blog) but other times they weren't so hot. But now one can upload 2-to-50 stills to create their own animation and so with that in mind, this was my first attempt at making a .GIF on my own. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Front to back: Ideal, Allied, Wyandotte, Marx

Wyandotte Auto Transport No. 455

I managed to break away from clearing out debris in The Cave long enough to take photos of this terrific little auto transport from Wyandotte. At 10" (25.4cm)  L x 2 1/4" %.71cm) W x 2" (5.08cm) H it's rather small for an auto carrier, but TootsieToy and Barclay both made small carriers as well. The cars = 2"L on average. When I bought this it only had three cars, the OD,green, and yellow cars. I pulled the red car from my spares box and have no clue as to whether or not it could have been included with this. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Here it is on the 'Jeep' Layout, tucked away in the back.

The Army staff car and yellow car both have 'DPT188' on the rear license plate. Does this have any special meaning?

The green car has 'Y&.' (Wy-an-dotte - clever!) on the rear license plate. Does this mean every car that came with this truck should have 'Y&.'? These small cars were quite common and made by a number of manufacturers throughout the '50s.

No rear license plate on the red car