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Blown Engine Question
Colin Morgan Offline
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#1
14-02-2022, 10:23 PM
Would this fit under the bonnet of my Ruby?


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313875952549?...SwFSFiCrVR


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#2
14-02-2022, 10:25 PM
‘Course it will!
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#3
14-02-2022, 10:34 PM
Might have to relocate the 'Dependability' plate?
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#4
14-02-2022, 10:55 PM
In the unlikely event that the engine didn't fit, the bonnet of my Ruby would find itself being swiftly modified!
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#5
15-02-2022, 08:58 AM
That makes me think there might be other Sevens out there more suited?
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#6
15-02-2022, 09:10 AM
One of the Works drivers (was it Bert Hadley?) fitted a Grasshopper engine in a Ruby, so you've got historical precedence  Big Grin
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#7
15-02-2022, 09:27 AM
Did he not also put a blown engine into a Ten? Good excuse to abandon sensible work and whizz to the bookshelves after breakfast.
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#8
15-02-2022, 10:04 AM
Tony, I like the Tricycle
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15-02-2022, 10:04 AM
I think it was a Big Seven, Steve.
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15-02-2022, 01:25 PM
(15-02-2022, 10:04 AM)Hedd_Jones Wrote: Tony, I like the Tricycle

thanks hedd,

the idea was to put an advertising between the frame.

yet another small project. (perhaps ill get next year off, to catch up).

serprised you didnt clock the clock.

tony
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