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Re: Body snatcher

Hi IAN,

The shape may not be everyone's idea of perfection, nor mine.

But if you only have small pockets, you won't get anywhere near the Ulster rep on car and classic for £24.5k

For the beginner though it has everything, well built and cheap.

Use it straight away, learn a lot about how to run an austin 7. And be more clued up when you go for that pricey but pretty one.

Tony.

Location: Huncote on the pig

Re: Body snatcher

DavidK
Is this the one you mean? I could not find your link.

Shame, obviously a quite restorable Ruby and there are many bare chassis available.

David


On the other hand, for someone about to embark on the restoration of an early Ruby with the usual rotted floor, not much metal beneath the rear seat, lace curtain like wheel arches etc. if the panel repair work has been done properly, the 2000 Euro asking price for a ready to bolt on bodyshell would look like a bargain.

Location: N W Kent

Re: Body snatcher

Forthe record the advert came from Belgium!!
David

Re: Body snatcher

Ian Williams
The sad thing about all this is the people who do not have the skills to repair the saloon rarely have the skills to build a decent special. As a result you either get half finished projects or extremely disappointing and ugly cars coming onto the market.


Which is where the redundant body may end up....

Ido agree about ugly specials, there are some ghastly atrocities around crying out for a rebuild.

Location: Ripon

Re: Body snatcher

Such a shame to see a good car broken up to build a special, when there are plenty of chassis about with documents for sale, add to that he wants to build a single seater, if that's for road use the documentation would be needed but if he wants to use it for serious competition then he will not be using that many of the original Ruby components, it would make sense to change the front axle and all the springs / shocks and may be an offset rear axle. Much better and cheaper to buy the chassis and bits you need, It looks like a case of more money than sense, I just hope he has the skills or cash needed to make a half decent car at the end off the day.

Location: Pembrokeshire

Re: Body snatcher

Austin Carr
Dave Wortley
There was a similar "crime" reported in February's Automobile. It was suggested that the car, a rare Mathis saloon converted into a special by a VSCC member should be blacklisted, meaning it could not be entered in VSCC events. There is more to it than that and I don't know what the answer would be to prevent it happening. Unfortunately this vandalism is not restricted to vehicles when I consider how many old buildings in my home city have been bulldozed and replaced with an architect's jaundiced idea of concrete beauty.

I don't know what I did wrong with my last post but it should have read that I agreed about the vandalism in Dave's home city which happens in every city and town. Also, this is why I had started the topic on "Protect Biggin Hill St George's RAF Chapel of Remembrance".

Location: Oxfordshire