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Somewhere I have a DVD that was made by an entrant in one of the Coast to Coast Runs who was in a Ruby. He followed my RL saloon out of the coffee halt at Byland Abbey and kept up with me almost to Leyburn. Watching the video was like a 'Police Camera Action' programme and my abiding memory is the squealing of the Ruby's tyres around the corners.
I too thought that the Chummy test drive had the look of Derbyshire. It obviously has a set of Tony's flattened cam followers fitted together with other mods. Some crunching of gears would enhance the realism!
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Location: Nottinghamshire. Robin Hood County
Car type: Austin Ruby Mk1 1935
I like the clear roads with no other traffic around.
John Mason.
Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
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The driver obviously takes the view that if you go over a crossroads at speed there is less chance of a collision. Perhaps the test drive was done during the lockdown?
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You do realize that his foot was hard on the brake?
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I like the self-changing gearbox, non crunching
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I didn't hear the bacon slicer starter operate and if it runs with such a high charge rate the dynamo will be cooked.
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Location: Deepest Frogland 30960
Car type: 1933 RP Standard Saloon
Isn't the windscreen supposed to be vertical? I don't think this is a real car...
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Location: Dunchurch, Warwickshire
The very first cars (prototypes to B bodied cars up to mid-1924) had raked windscreens. Apparently Sir Herbert decided that looking through a sloping screen was bad for the eyes, so they went vertical from then on. I don't know if this story is true, but it's definitely not one of his better ideas!
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Location: Cheshire
Car type: Race Ulster, 1926 Special, 1927 Chummy, 1930 Box
10-12-2020, 10:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-12-2020, 10:59 PM by Alan.)
I’d go for Yorkshire dales, but I’m not going in a car that he’s driving.
Alan Fairless
