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1934 Austin Seven Ruby [ARQ] 
Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
![1934 Austin Seven Ruby [ARQ]](i732056.jpg)
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◊ 2014-08-23 00:29 |
Pick'n'mix #1. I'm intrigued by the little woodie bottom right. |
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◊ 2014-08-23 12:16 |
There were lots of this sort of car about. People bought a van chassis/scuttle if they could afford new, or a used car with a time expired fabric body and had the local undertaker or coachbuilder make a wooden body to fit. After WWII there were lots of tillies about that were converted to estate cars, and there was also a short lived fashion of building shooting breaks on chassis like Alvis or Armstrong-Siddeley, the result would be classified as a commercial vehicle and the first owner would save the Purchase Tax, which the Attlee Government had raised to 66.6% on cars costing over £1,000. The road tax was based upon the weight of the vehicle, but the snag was that, as a commercial, the speed limit EVERYWHERE was 30mph. Your Alvis would still be in third gear! I can recall riding in a Standard Ten tilly, with a Standard Twenty engine and an estate car body made from oak and plywood, with the glass salvaged from a wrecked saloon. -- Last edit: 2014-08-23 12:20:24 |
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◊ 2014-08-23 12:37 |
Note all of the sun roofs - no doubt helping to shorten the life span of the saloon bodies. I am guessing the Austin 7 Ruby is an early one - circa 1935. Ford Y van behind it. |
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◊ 2014-08-23 12:40 |
Other cars named here - /vehicle.php?id=732058 . If the woodie's impossible, I'll probably give the page to the 7 Ruby. |
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◊ 2014-08-23 13:29 |
IMO, not enough information on the woody, best I can do is the wheels look like Rootes pressed steel disc type. |
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◊ 2014-08-24 03:43 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_7 |
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