02-10-2023, 09:42 PM
My car started off as a July 1938 tourer like the one above - also London registered (EYV) - though it is now a February 37 Ruby after a body swap in the late 1950s. (The very-late Ruby broader cowl, concealed hinge bonnet, and later front wings are still on the car.) The body came from a high mileage car as the current engine block is from Feb 37 and it has been rebored, sleeved, and rebored again to 40 thou. From the lack of wear in the drive-train even now, the tourer had not done as many miles - which is probably why this chassis was chosen to have another more practical body fitted. However, from looking at the Register, a full body replacement seems rare in surviving Sevens?
Can anyone see if there is a fixed starting handle fitted, please? It is not clear in the picture. A fixed type would be expected with the bumpers in place. My car still has the removeable starting handle - works okay with the front bumper, but I don't think the factory would have built it that way, so the bumpers were probably added at the same time as the Ruby body.
Was this taken in 1938/9, I wonder? The number plate is of the pressed aluminium type - as they are on my car - so perhaps they are original after all.
Can anyone see if there is a fixed starting handle fitted, please? It is not clear in the picture. A fixed type would be expected with the bumpers in place. My car still has the removeable starting handle - works okay with the front bumper, but I don't think the factory would have built it that way, so the bumpers were probably added at the same time as the Ruby body.
Was this taken in 1938/9, I wonder? The number plate is of the pressed aluminium type - as they are on my car - so perhaps they are original after all.