They are still out there!

[Colin Morgan]

The Ruby I have came out of a garden after 22 years under a tarpaulin and looked almost as bad as this - it needed sills, floor, seat support box, panel under the rear seats, the bottom of the A and B posts re-fabricating, replacement cowl, running boards, front floor panels, plus wing and spare wheel well repairs, a lot of replacement wood and repairs to the door bottoms and round the sunroof aperture, work behind the dashboard and inside the battery box - looking back it would perhaps have been easier to find a better body - something that is much easier now given the Internet.  But at least, once it was done, it was all solid and has lasted 20 years without further work and the chassis and mechanicals were all fine - the engine has never been out.  From the pictures, the main difference with this one might be the scuttle area - it looks very fragile.  For anyone wanting a Ruby, there should be other derelict ones about that would be a better start - another major area of work on a car like this is the interior...  

Always interesting to see them in untouched condition like this though.

Colin