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another on ebay - andrew34ruby - 26-11-2023
This saloon suitable for restoration looks a bit dear to me at £4k, is it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375082878899?hash=item5754ae87b3:g:rAIAAOSwqe5lY5Ww&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4OhHZvTJFzRp7tG9aVsexxAizxA%2FMK3iQYVfwHsiAd%2F4xCFLs4uABjWkaqUqN3bW3vPXe9FNZxJ2zC%2F72FCL9G1G4Wlz56COz7VBC56MlLynMVUzZAQ1XmmLRnTz%2BfhMoYKtn%2FyQLZGrNFfKrqLCQeME%2FZu40Y4hT%2FZS80CPO5AaVs4ULO8CAp0vr0yplStusgkxMbFx%2BMovUuXDugxz%2F%2F3S2sapvVv1RFZ3c45BDqUA%2Fx%2BzLmz9BCYue9wv4XU0Ur8RSXLLes4axyeb1y3kE8ZlSuF2OJGjEutjf%2BzbatEb%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_SoltWBYw
Is it on Ruby 17 inch wheels? Will that improve the gearing or be too big a change?
And what looks to be wrong with the position of the back wheel here?
RE: another on ebay - Steve kay - 26-11-2023
HC head! Bowdenex front brakes! Timber from Indian building materials pallet! Oh, and some exclamation marks.
RE: another on ebay - Mike Costigan - 27-11-2023
Interesting cross-over model: RN-style waist moulding but no vertical rear seams, 4-speed gearbox and RP-style instrument panel.
RE: another on ebay - Dave Mann - 27-11-2023
Looks in good order, correct wheels and tires and a days work would see it going. A rare fixed head model.
RE: another on ebay - Oxford Jack - 27-11-2023
I have long wondered if this model and the RP would originally have had a moulded rubber cover to the gearbox. It has been mentioned by some that there would have been, but no one I know has actually seen one.
This car seems to have the remains of a moulded gearbox cover, see the strengthening ribs and raised moulded edge around the gear lever turret.
I have found that covering the gearbox has a major impact on the noise levels in the car, helps prevent fumes entering the cabin and no doubt heat/dust/insects etc.
If that is a genuine cover, I think it would be good to get an impression from it, so that new ones could be moulded.
However perhaps you know more/better/have one already?
I would be delighted to hear more please
RE: another on ebay - Bill Dixon - 27-11-2023
I would think the rubber gear box cover has been picked up from a scrap yard as have the 17" wheels.why put the gear markings on twice?
RE: another on ebay - Tony Griffiths - 27-11-2023
Close-ups
RE: another on ebay - Ruairidh Dunford - 27-11-2023
It looks like the remains of a Big7 gearbox cover.
RE: another on ebay - Peter Naulls - 27-11-2023
A similar question arose on Facebook when someone posted a pic of a rare Ruby rubber gearbox cover. I have my doubts. As Ruairidh says I think they are either Big Seven (or Ten) ones, repurposed. Box saloons did have tunnel covers though...
RE: another on ebay - Parazine - 01-12-2023
(27-11-2023, 09:43 PM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: It looks like the remains of a Big7 gearbox cover.
It's not Big 7, they have a moulded piece to cover the gear lever, rather than the bead shown. Maybe Austin 10?