Expanded vehicles?

[Grimmshade]

Does anyone know of any good Miskatonic Repository material that contains more vehicles for 7e?

I'm looking for specific 20's and 30's cars, trucks, planes, etc , beyond what is found in the Keeper's and Investigator's books. 

While we're at it, a resource for travel in those time periods would be cool too. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Grimmshade

[Darius West]

On 7/17/2022 at 12:42 PM, Grimmshade said:

Does anyone know of any good Miskatonic Repository material that contains more vehicles for 7e?

I'm looking for specific 20's and 30's cars, trucks, planes, etc , beyond what is found in the Keeper's and Investigator's books. 

While we're at it, a resource for travel in those time periods would be cool too. 

I had a friend who was doing in-depth research on vehicles of the period.  It started when his character made money on an 86-1 longshot out at Newmarket NY.  He then parlayed the cash into a speakeasy, and soon needed vehicles as the business began to expand.  He really loved Hudsons. 

As an overview, the auto market in the USA during the 1920s was quite a free-for-all.  Many carriage companies went into making auto bodies, but even companies like dept stores, bird cage manufacturers, and sewing machine companies started experimenting with cars.  Locking mechanisms were not invented until surprisingly late, due to cars being a rich person's toy and having chauffers. Windows didn't have safety glass, but ordinary dangerous old window glass, and no seatbelts.  Many if not most cars made in the USA simply had a GM motor bunged onto the frame, and were very similar in performance/weight ratios as a result.  Model T Fords, contrary to popular belief were already considered unreliable and obsolete in the 1920s, hence the nickname "flivver" which translated roughly means "flakey".  It took a long time for decent highways to be built around the USA but by 1927 there were a fair few, and that eased up on the number of tire punctures.  A real problem in the 1920s was the number of hit-and-run deaths.

In terms of aircraft, the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane was ridiculously cheap, because they were WW1 surplus.  They were sold for as low as $50 in 1921 (unassembled and shipped in flat packs).  The first airline ran from Florida to the Bahamas using seaplanes, and there were no trans-Atlantic flights at all until well into the 1930s and they too used seaplanes.

Notably the US postal service loved Hudson cars, Curtiss Jennys, and Thompson SMGs.  They had some truly solid and forward thinking purchasing agents.

In terms of trucks, it was an age of grand theft auto.  You could sneak into building sites and make off with heavy machinery without much fuss, and some folk did.  Of course you then had to have a plan as to how to disguise the stolen vehicle.  You could also simply hop into many cars and simply press a button and drive away until the car theft epidemic led to plumb-bob security devices and then ignition keys.

It was a time of vast innovation in automobiles and there were literally hundreds of car companies in the USA, but they were gradually winnowed away over time and WW2. 

Edited July 25, 2022 by Darius West

[Grimmshade]

Thanks @Darius West that is all super helpful!