12-01-2023, 02:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-01-2023, 02:28 PM by Martin Prior.)
Some of you may follow my grandson Henry's Facebook page "Henry's Ruby".
Henry's just turned 11 and over the last two years has been building his 1937 Ruby "Ethelbert" entirely from scavenged and donated parts. Many of his generous supporters are members of this Forum.
The car is a complete "bitser", with parts having come from at least 60 different sources. However, Henry has worked hard on it; it's now driveable and just before Christmas, with help from Pete Rowlands of the PWA7C, it was registered with DVLA with an age-related plate.
In November, through RH Insurance and the Square Wheels Car Club, Henry was invited to take Ethelbert to the NEC Classic Car Show, generating a great deal of interest as (probably) the youngest exhibitor present. Just before Christmas, he was thrilled to hear that Classic Car Weekly had voted Ethelbert "Most Significant Classic of the Year", beating stiff competition from some very exotic and expensive machinery.
There seem to be very, very few young enthusiasts being given the support and encouragement that they need; apart from Henry, Daisy Dunford is the only other well-known example that I can think of. We need more of them!
Henry's just turned 11 and over the last two years has been building his 1937 Ruby "Ethelbert" entirely from scavenged and donated parts. Many of his generous supporters are members of this Forum.
The car is a complete "bitser", with parts having come from at least 60 different sources. However, Henry has worked hard on it; it's now driveable and just before Christmas, with help from Pete Rowlands of the PWA7C, it was registered with DVLA with an age-related plate.
In November, through RH Insurance and the Square Wheels Car Club, Henry was invited to take Ethelbert to the NEC Classic Car Show, generating a great deal of interest as (probably) the youngest exhibitor present. Just before Christmas, he was thrilled to hear that Classic Car Weekly had voted Ethelbert "Most Significant Classic of the Year", beating stiff competition from some very exotic and expensive machinery.
There seem to be very, very few young enthusiasts being given the support and encouragement that they need; apart from Henry, Daisy Dunford is the only other well-known example that I can think of. We need more of them!
