1937 Austin Seven New Ruby [ARR]

1937 Austin Seven New Ruby [ARR] in An Angel at My Table, Movie, 1990

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
nzcarnerd ◊ 2017-10-04 20:22	1937 on A7 Ruby. I drove one of those to school in the 1960s. -- Last edit: 2017-10-04 20:23:09
dsl ◊ 2017-10-04 21:16	1937 and sloping pillars = New Ruby [ARR]. No info found to suggest NZ assembly.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2017-10-04 21:26	dsl wrote 1937 and sloping pillars = New Ruby [ARR]. No info found to suggest NZ assembly. I guess because there was a complex range of Austin models it was easier to bring them in fully assembled. Local assembly of US cars was much simpler - usually only one or two body styles per make assembled locally and others to special order. I think Austin assembly only began post WW2. -- Last edit: 2017-10-04 21:28:16
dsl ◊ 2017-10-04 21:29	There's enough established references to Aus importing UK chassis for local bodywork by several firms (including amongst others Holden) to suggest any NZ assembly would be flagged up somewhere if it had occurred.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2017-10-06 23:54	dsl wrote There's enough established references to Aus importing UK chassis for local bodywork by several firms (including amongst others Holden) to suggest any NZ assembly would be flagged up somewhere if it had occurred. Worth remembering that the NZ and Australian assembly industries were completely unrelated - mainly due to different tariff regimes.