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A very smart Ruby for sale: 1955

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A very smart Ruby for sale: 1955
Tony Griffiths Offline
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Location: Peak District, Derbyshire
Car type: 1929 Chummy, 1930 Chummy, 1930 Ulster Replica, 1934 Ruby
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04-04-2020, 07:08 PM (This post was last modified: 04-04-2020, 09:11 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
1955 and with the need to still export as much as possible ten years after WW2, the demand for almost any sort of car was still high. Check the Minor, still at list price  - was car purchase tax in 1955 set at 40%?  The Ruby (with its "re-con" engine) would, today - in comparable purchasing power - be £2454.
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John Mason Offline
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Car type: Austin Ruby Mk1 1935
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04-04-2020, 07:42 PM
Hi Tony, What no buns.

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Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
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04-04-2020, 07:53 PM
not even a beaver.

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Tony Griffiths Offline
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04-04-2020, 08:45 PM
(04-04-2020, 07:42 PM)John Mason Wrote: Hi Tony, What no buns.

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(04-04-2020, 07:53 PM)Tony Betts Wrote: not even a beaver.

tony.
I was tempted to put on the car's screen "Free tray of buns with this car" - but though it might spoil the picture for those enthusiastic Ruby owners who want to commission a 1.5 m x 2m display for their garage wall.
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04-04-2020, 09:17 PM
You were very restrained, not even adding "Phoenix crank, twin SUs, double valve springs" to attract the sporting buyer.
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04-04-2020, 09:20 PM
The youthful prospective buyer of the Morris 10 sufficently astute to check the compression on the handle.
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