04-10-2023, 10:30 PM
No. definitely not. I had a 1939 Ruby, which had a perfectly standard Ruby scuttle. I currently own a 1938 Big 7, which has a perfectly standard Big 7 scuttle which is not the same as a Ruby.
The 1939 Model Year Ruby might have slightly different/wider cowl, the fixings for the "hidden hinge" bonnet were certainly different.
The Big 7 cowl is similar but different as it lies at a different angle, i.e. the top slopes back towards the windscreen more. The chrome trim around the bars is the same on both Big 7 and Ruby.
The 1939 Model Year Ruby might have slightly different/wider cowl, the fixings for the "hidden hinge" bonnet were certainly different.
The Big 7 cowl is similar but different as it lies at a different angle, i.e. the top slopes back towards the windscreen more. The chrome trim around the bars is the same on both Big 7 and Ruby.
(04-10-2023, 04:52 PM)Malcolm Parker Wrote: My friend Geoff Roe, who is an authority on Austin 7's and usually right when it comes to the minute details, reckons that the late Ruby and the Big Seven shared the same scuttle, so they possibly used the same radiator cowl.