HMC the unwashed Maserati

[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.