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bill dedman · 09-29-2010, 07:20 PM

I was at Indy in '61 and '62 for the nationals. There was a racing team there from Georgia that had several cars all painted alike (a Boston baked bean brrownish/with a hint of red color, and they were delivered to Indy in 18-wheelers... I think there were four or five of them. All of these trucks had a logo on the side of them: "TERMINAL TRANSPORT." The crew members all wore coveralls with "TERMINAL TRANSPORT" emblazioned across the back.

As I remember, the team consisted of a '57 Chevy 2-door hardtop, D-Gasser (which was observed testing both a 4-speed (manual) AND a 4-speed hydramatic in time trials, a '38 Chevy coupe B-Gasser, an A-Gas '3 Willys (Chevy powered) and another car that I can't remember offhand. I heard throiugh the grapevine that the team also had a Super Stock Pontiac that was wrecked just a week or two, prior to Indy.

I'm thinking this was in 1962.

At any rate, the first round of class came up, and the '38 Chevy got outrun.

I was a knee-jerk, rabid fan of that class back then, because I had a financial interest in a B-Gasser at that time (wasn't fast enough for Indy, so it stayed home) and I was glued to the fence while class was running.

Comes round two of B-Gas, and the '38 coupe (previously outrun in round one) shows up on the starting line, ready to race!

Before the flagman has the chance to start the race, an official runs out on the starting line and waves the '38 off... aware that he already lost in round one.

This really happened.

In the last few years, I have done some historical research on those cars (TERMINAL TRANSPORT) and have learned that Hubert Platt was, at one time, the driver of that particular B-Gas '38 Chevy coupe.

Made me wonder if HE was driving it at Indy that year...

Has anybody else got any information as to what was going on in B-Gas class eliminations that year at Indy????

I'd love to know the back-story on that deal.... been wondering a long time!

I never heard from the TERMINAL:TRANPORT racing team again. All those cars were show-car quality and all were fast, but as I remember it, they came away from Indy without winning a thing.

Having showed up at Indy in 18-wheelers, with crews in uniforms, and a multi-car team all painted alike, and with identical upholstery (!) in all of the cars, they surely broke new ground when it came to "presentation!

Anybody else remember them?

09-29-2010, 07:20 PM	#2
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: hubert platt hospitilized I was at Indy in '61 and '62 for the nationals. There was a racing team there from Georgia that had several cars all painted alike (a Boston baked bean brrownish/with a hint of red color, and they were delivered to Indy in 18-wheelers... I think there were four or five of them. All of these trucks had a logo on the side of them: "TERMINAL TRANSPORT." The crew members all wore coveralls with "TERMINAL TRANSPORT" emblazioned across the back. As I remember, the team consisted of a '57 Chevy 2-door hardtop, D-Gasser (which was observed testing both a 4-speed (manual) AND a 4-speed hydramatic in time trials, a '38 Chevy coupe B-Gasser, an A-Gas '3 Willys (Chevy powered) and another car that I can't remember offhand. I heard throiugh the grapevine that the team also had a Super Stock Pontiac that was wrecked just a week or two, prior to Indy. I'm thinking this was in 1962. At any rate, the first round of class came up, and the '38 Chevy got outrun. I was a knee-jerk, rabid fan of that class back then, because I had a financial interest in a B-Gasser at that time (wasn't fast enough for Indy, so it stayed home) and I was glued to the fence while class was running. Comes round two of B-Gas, and the '38 coupe (previously outrun in round one) shows up on the starting line, ready to race! Before the flagman has the chance to start the race, an official runs out on the starting line and waves the '38 off... aware that he already lost in round one. This really happened. In the last few years, I have done some historical research on those cars (TERMINAL TRANSPORT) and have learned that Hubert Platt was, at one time, the driver of that particular B-Gas '38 Chevy coupe. Made me wonder if HE was driving it at Indy that year... Has anybody else got any information as to what was going on in B-Gas class eliminations that year at Indy???? I'd love to know the back-story on that deal.... been wondering a long time! I never heard from the TERMINAL:TRANPORT racing team again. All those cars were show-car quality and all were fast, but as I remember it, they came away from Indy without winning a thing. Having showed up at Indy in 18-wheelers, with crews in uniforms, and a multi-car team all painted alike, and with identical upholstery (!) in all of the cars, they surely broke new ground when it came to "presentation! Anybody else remember them? __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 09-29-2010 at 07:37 PM.