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Description
Well-known local car driven 30+ miles to the sale; well-sorted older
restoration with loads of history; super
This 1935 Ruby is
well-known to local Herefordshire residents and it seems to have been spotted
everywhere - testament to the usability of the car and the enthusiasm of its
owner...
Born in October 1935, this charming little Ruby lived in Exeter
during the mid-'50s, changing hands as they did at regular intervals, at one
time being sold to the owner's nextdoor neighbour.
Two old MOTs from 1964
and 1965 show that it was still in active use in the Exeter area, the previous
owner to our vendor acquired the car in 1992 as a restoration
project.
He undertook a full body-off restoration, including much welding
and woodwork replacement - as shown in photos on file. It was completed within a
few years and then put to good use.
He was a respected Austin Seven
exponent and builder of Supercharged race engines (although not in this one!!).
One trip that is documented is the 750MC Lands End to John O'Groats run in 1997.
The owner set off North to the start on Friday morning, covering a mere 525
miles in the day. The trip South with the group took several days and a further
886 miles were covered....a mere 1,400 miles in the weekend.
Our vendor
acquired it in 2015 and has used it extensively, making sure it has remained fit
and healthy. He enlisted Steve Flake to rebuild the engine not long after he got
it, and in 2018 the gearbox got a full rebuild too. Lots of bills show
work to the electrics (featuring a twin-battery setup) and numerous small parts
including conversion to LED lighting and a side-draft Zenith carb fitted with a
'Colonial' air filter. It also comes with a clever CTEK trickle
charger.
The vendor has used the car on multiple rallies,
autosolos and navigation exercises as well as research and reccies for
trips round historic hillclimbs and trials on which he is something of an
authority.
Fitted with two recent and two new Longstone tyres, it is
ready to show and use so if a well-sorted Ruby is on your shopping list -
look no further.
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