A 1936 ruby was my daily driver to school etc as late as 1969/70! Lovely to see one so close up and being properly restored. ( I used to undo those two screw/nuts on top of the carburetor frequently to clean out a blocked jet!). Good memories, many thanks for these videos.
I have a 1934 Mk I Ruby, same as yours, before I did the interior I fitted sound-deadening EVERYWHERE! I used the Dynamat stuff, it makes the doors feel very solid and the entire car is much quieter (it is still noisy) than without, the later MkII Rubies had sound-deadening from the factory, but with all that panelwork it reduces the resonance & drumming and make it more pleasant to drive, worth doing while your car is all stripped out! Do you have the metal trim for the rear window surrounds, the B-post and above the doors, these are covered in vinyl (originally nailed in position!) and if you haven't got these you will need to look out for them, really essential to get a nice finish. Plywood is used for the door cards, the sides to the front footwells and the rear panels, that is an easy job! The door cards have leather & carpet coverings, the rest of the trim is all vinyl, apart from the seat facings, which are leather of course. Reproduction rubber mats are available from the Seven Workshop, but the rubber for the transmission tunnel at the front & rear & the central toolbox were available new, but not at the moment. The door capping pieces and the dashboard (should have a cover piece that is screwed onto the welded-in dashboard) originally had a wood-effect paint finish, which you can get done again (I did not know this when I did mine), or use a wood-effect vinyl-wrap. When the time comes to re-do the wood I will get it done properly as it looks really effective, but the vinyl wrap is quite good anyway! I also fitted a universal seal between the door glass & the door externally, there is a big gap...this helps reduce the quantity of water to rot the wood! Great progress!
What a project, love what you're doing! I have a '37 Ruby here in the former USA that could really stand the kind of restoration you two are doing, if only I had the time! You wouldn't happen to have a spare over center latch for the windscreen, would you? Name your price, haha!
A 1936 ruby was my daily driver to school etc as late as 1969/70!
Lovely to see one so close up and being properly restored.
( I used to undo those two screw/nuts on top of the carburetor frequently to clean out a blocked jet!).
Good memories, many thanks for these videos.
We will use the Austin regularly but not quite a daily driver for us. They do have a history of being used lots so we will make sure we do that.
Looking good 👍
Thank you
I have a 1934 Mk I Ruby, same as yours, before I did the interior I fitted sound-deadening EVERYWHERE! I used the Dynamat stuff, it makes the doors feel very solid and the entire car is much quieter (it is still noisy) than without, the later MkII Rubies had sound-deadening from the factory, but with all that panelwork it reduces the resonance & drumming and make it more pleasant to drive, worth doing while your car is all stripped out!
Do you have the metal trim for the rear window surrounds, the B-post and above the doors, these are covered in vinyl (originally nailed in position!) and if you haven't got these you will need to look out for them, really essential to get a nice finish.
Plywood is used for the door cards, the sides to the front footwells and the rear panels, that is an easy job! The door cards have leather & carpet coverings, the rest of the trim is all vinyl, apart from the seat facings, which are leather of course.
Reproduction rubber mats are available from the Seven Workshop, but the rubber for the transmission tunnel at the front & rear & the central toolbox were available new, but not at the moment.
The door capping pieces and the dashboard (should have a cover piece that is screwed onto the welded-in dashboard) originally had a wood-effect paint finish, which you can get done again (I did not know this when I did mine), or use a wood-effect vinyl-wrap. When the time comes to re-do the wood I will get it done properly as it looks really effective, but the vinyl wrap is quite good anyway!
I also fitted a universal seal between the door glass & the door externally, there is a big gap...this helps reduce the quantity of water to rot the wood!
Great progress!
Fantastic tips, many thanks 🙏
What a project, love what you're doing! I have a '37 Ruby here in the former USA that could really stand the kind of restoration you two are doing, if only I had the time! You wouldn't happen to have a spare over center latch for the windscreen, would you? Name your price, haha!
Try Tony Betts at 7 County Austins, these are quite easy to get hold of here!
Sorry I don’t have a spare