HMC P4 action

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Maser news. No news. All good. I havent washed it yet, as you can see.

It will rain, soon enough.

[Matty]

35 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

I love these. Absolutely love them. Tell me lies about reliability all day long please. I’d love to daily one.

Get on with it. I'm sure you've multitudes stashed away from being a media tart! Get one bought 😄

[bangernomics]

Bit late to this thread, but it's ace as ever. 
I'm idly pondering what the political and technological/transport of the day (1924) would allow re: cross channel ferry. 
Was it possible to cross the channel with a car then, and could one do it from Plymouth? 
Did it involve someone in a brown tabard & Woodbine winching the car onto a boat, or could you drive on/drive off? 
Also - big up the Tavi massive. 

It was about 50 years ago for the first one from there for cars.

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

Bit late to this thread, but it's ace as ever. 

I'm idly pondering what the political and technological/transport of the day (1924) would allow re: cross channel ferry. 

Was it possible to cross the channel with a car then, and could one do it from Plymouth? 

Did it involve someone in a brown tabard & Woodbine winching the car onto a boat, or could you drive on/drive off? 

Also - big up the Tavi massive. 

Stuff was craned on up to 1953 when the first roro ferry came into use. 

Cars were going over pre 1900 - and certainly in numbers by 1910. By 1914 that went up dramatically at the start of WWI as ambulances and staff cars etc went over.

[lesapandre]

Thought from the 30's to the 70's there was a train that went on a ship Dover - Dunkirk. But I don't know it carried any cars on the train. 

https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/the-night-ferry-carried-the-duke-and-duchess-of-windsor-from-london-to-paris/

[Surface Rust]

The best way to traverse the channel with your car was surely the air ferry:

Flew from Southampton and started in the late '40s

[lesapandre]

Flew to Le Touquet - which was - and is - a fashionable resort.

https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/automotive-history/come-fly-with-me/

There were flights (passengers only) to Deauville from the UK - but I think they have stopped now too. Mainly for the horse racing and casino.

[DSdriver]

13 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Thought from the 30's to the 70's there was a train that went on a ship Dover - Dunkirk. But I don't know it carried any cars on the train. 

https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/the-night-ferry-carried-the-duke-and-duchess-of-windsor-from-london-to-paris/

Yes the train ferries also took cars, I can remember being a child  on a night crossing  kept awake by the noise of the wagons surging backwards and forwards. Probably late fifties/early sixties.

We also crossed once on the three car argosy? plane from Lydd or Lymne to Le Touquet.

[lesapandre]

Ok. Wow. Were the cars on wagons? I think so? They probably loaded on a ramp somewhere like motorail.

Which itself is just hanging on.

https://www.seat61.com/motorail-trains.htm

[DSdriver]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Ok. Wow. Were the cars on wagons? I think so? They probably loaded on a ramp somewhere like motorail.

Which itself is just hanging on.

https://www.seat61.com/motorail-trains.htm

No the cars and trains were both on the same deck which had the tracks in the floor. I think they were passenger carriages, maybe a London to Paris overnight job. The ferry only loaded from the stern so there was a turntable at the bow end to turn the cars around. The bit where we went to sleep was right up the front end so not only was there the noise from the train carriages there was also the sound of the waves hitting the side of the ship right by my ear. The bench was just wooden slats, no extra comfort in those days.

[HMC]

p4 progress…

I fitted some door seals where they were missing, and also some jubilee clips to the fuel tank filler joints where there were none. 

I also junked the inoperative radio and fitted a central glove box to turn the wood factor up to 11…

And continued to feed the dry leather- it does look a bit less grubby in the photos. and is certainly a lot less dry. I also replaced the voltage regulator, swapped the terminals in the ammeter and double checked the dynamo had been re-polarised (its set up as negative earth) - and we now have a charging situation!

Im currently ordering a pizza in it..

And en route did a spot of a little austin 7 with a cool number plate…

[Wibble]

From my past life in restoration, cleaning leather was often required, whether it be smoke damage or mould etc. I always found the best solution to be soap flakes, like these for example:

Some of these, add hot water and then whisk into a foam. Using a soft cloth and the foam is brilliant for cleaning leather, then allow to dry and feed and condition. Did it on my old Jag years ago too and the difference was amazing.

[Matty]

13 minutes ago, Wibble said:

From my past life in restoration, cleaning leather was often required, whether it be smoke damage or mould etc. I always found the best solution to be soap flakes, like these for example:

Some of these, add hot water and then whisk into a foam. Using a soft cloth and the foam is brilliant for cleaning leather, then allow to dry and feed and condition. Did it on my old Jag years ago too and the difference was amazing.

Thread drift i know but. Having been reading the cabin boy thread, is it not time to put all these skills and knowledge and go out on your own. You must have loads of insurance industry contacts and an excellent reputation so it's almost begging to be done. Be a waste of a talent otherwise.

Sorry to you and @HMC. Stream of consciousness moment.

[N Dentressangle]

2 hours ago, Matty said:

Thread drift i know but. Having been reading the cabin boy thread, is it not time to put all these skills and knowledge and go out on your own. You must have loads of insurance industry contacts and an excellent reputation so it's almost begging to be done. Be a waste of a talent otherwise.

Sorry to you and @HMC. Stream of consciousness moment.

Completely agree.

You have SO many skills that 'modern' people lack, and will happily pay for. JFDI.

Sorry @HMC for the thread swerve, the P4 is gorgeous. But as a thrusting young exec it's the P6 for me 😉

[Wibble]

39 minutes ago, N Dentressangle said:

Completely agree.

You have SO many skills that 'modern' people lack, and will happily pay for. JFDI.

Sorry @HMC for the thread swerve, the P4 is gorgeous. But as a thrusting young exec it's the P6 for me 😉

Thank you and @Matty and sorry for the thread hijack @HMC. I appreciate your comments and miss what I used to do every minute of every day but, as I’ve said on my thread, I can’t see how to make a return to that industry viable. Yes, claims people at numerous insurers and loss adjusters know who I am but they’re not the ones approving suppliers, that’s down to their procurement department, who only want national suppliers. I can’t afford the set up costs but, if folks want to talk more about it, please post on my thread and keep this one to  the amazing shenanigans of @HMC🙂