Update - Very Late Ruby up for Auction - Not Auction - More Pictures

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My first Austin 7 in the mid 1970's was a very late Ruby, chassis number 290524, registered in January 1939, much later than this one. The car still exists and is still (I believe) the latest known saloon; there are later vans and possibly an Opal. The bodywork was standard mark 2 Ruby with a normal panel under the spare wheel, normal wing edges and normal scoop under the grille. It was original and tatty when I had it and had a normal amount of rust present everywhere. The late features were a plastic handbrake handle, Mazak radiator cap with a bar across it, slightly pressurised cooling system (water escape via a spring loaded valve), in addition to the steel sunshine roof, hidden hinge bonnet, rod brakes on the rear, metric wheel bearings and no registers on the wheels/drums. I owned the car for 5 years and did many miles in it.

I would suggest that the featured car has either been "customised" with P38 or a is a poor or misguided older restoration using the same material.

There were no modifications of this type to the body design by the factory.