09-01-2018, 11:30 PM
(09-01-2018, 10:21 PM)Mike Costigan Wrote: That's the problem with t'internet; I found loads of photos of 'Ruby' vans, and even a quick glance suggests most of them are not factory originals. Interestingly, the Parts Lists do not identify any variations on the standard petrol tank, so presumably the standard units fits somehow ...
A friend showed me a rather exotic looking tank he wss taking to Beaulieu a couple of years ago. From memory it was very similar to a Ruby but was wider (front to back), had a gentle arch to the top surface and a markedly different filler neck. I saw the same tank a few weeks later outside in Dave Wilkinsons Southern Seven's graveyard. He'd bought it from Andy and bid me play a game of guess the model... I couldn't guess but Dave was adamant it was for a late van.