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The perfect car to impress members of the golf club
Bob Culver Offline
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25-07-2020, 02:01 AM
The cult of the long bonnet was curious. Sold a lot of otherwise innocuos SS pre Jaguars. In the 1960s I espied a Rover 20 with the unswept mudguards in everyday use and was impressed. Buick 8s were common here. My father always desribed dogs with clean cut collie type noses as straight 8 dogs. From the drivers seat there is nothing like a car with a prow.
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25-07-2020, 09:04 AM
(25-07-2020, 12:21 AM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: Actually, it was two in-line supercharged twin-cam engines giving a corrected 145 b.h.p. - but don't tell Lord Herbert.... (I've Photoshopped out the bonnet bulges just in case)

That would give it Porsche like performance! I don't think I would like to be anywhere near a Ruby saloon capable of 130mph plus. Perhaps not even in the same county! Big Grin
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25-07-2020, 11:04 AM
(25-07-2020, 09:04 AM)David Stepney Wrote:
(25-07-2020, 12:21 AM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: Actually, it was two in-line supercharged twin-cam engines giving a corrected 145 b.h.p. - but don't tell Lord Herbert.... (I've Photoshopped out the bonnet bulges just in case)

That would give it Porsche like performance! I don't think I would like to be anywhere near a Ruby saloon capable of 130mph plus. Perhaps not even in the same county! Big Grin
One thing is certain David, the road-holding would have been far worse than any rear-engined Porsche!
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25-07-2020, 08:20 PM
(25-07-2020, 11:04 AM)Tony Griffiths Wrote:
(25-07-2020, 09:04 AM)David Stepney Wrote:
(25-07-2020, 12:21 AM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: Actually, it was two in-line supercharged twin-cam engines giving a corrected 145 b.h.p. - but don't tell Lord Herbert.... (I've Photoshopped out the bonnet bulges just in case)

That would give it Porsche like performance! I don't think I would like to be anywhere near a Ruby saloon capable of 130mph plus. Perhaps not even in the same county! Big Grin
One thing is certain David, the road-holding would have been far worse than any rear-engined Porsche!

Exactly! And we haven't mentioned the brakes.......
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26-07-2020, 12:00 AM (This post was last modified: 26-07-2020, 12:00 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
(25-07-2020, 08:20 PM)David Stepney Wrote:
(25-07-2020, 11:04 AM)Tony Griffiths Wrote:
(25-07-2020, 09:04 AM)David Stepney Wrote:
(25-07-2020, 12:21 AM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: Actually, it was two in-line supercharged twin-cam engines giving a corrected 145 b.h.p. - but don't tell Lord Herbert.... (I've Photoshopped out the bonnet bulges just in case)

That would give it Porsche like performance! I don't think I would like to be anywhere near a Ruby saloon capable of 130mph plus. Perhaps not even in the same county! Big Grin
One thing is certain David, the road-holding would have been far worse than any rear-engined Porsche!

Exactly! And we haven't mentioned the brakes.......
Brakes? What brakes? You know that the Skoda Superb and Rolls have an unbrella in each the front door - well, the straight Eight Ruby beat them by decades and had them as well - but not for shower protection, but for use as air brakes....
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