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Ruby was a French manufacturer of
Ruby was a French manufacturer of cyclecar
A cyclecar was a microcar, type of small, lightweight and inexpensive Automobile, car manufactured in Europe and the United States between 1910 and the early 1920s. The purpose of cyclecars was to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle ...
s. After automobile production ended they remained in business as an engine builder.
Company history
The company which built the Ruby cars and engines was called H. Godefroy et Lévêque and was located inLevallois-Perret
Levallois-Perret () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of the French capital. It is the most densely populated ...
, in northwestern Paris
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. In 1909 they began building automobiles under their own names, the production of which ended by 1922. After the building of automobiles came to an end the company proceeded to develop and sell proprietary engines to a large number of small light car manufacturers. Some of the earlier cyclecars were marketed under the "Super" brand until 1919 or thereabouts.
Automobiles
Until 1914 Godefroy et Lévêque offered three single-cylinder cars and three two-cylinder versions, from '' 6CV'' to ''12CV''. They were also sold in England (until 1912) as the "Elburn-Ruby" and until 1914 as the "Tweenie". In 1919 aninline-four engine
A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder Reciprocating engine, piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-f ...
d version appeared.
Engines
Ruby engines were installed in a large number of different brands of light cars and cyclecars, including but not limited to:B.N.C.
Bollack, Netter, et Cie ''(french: Bollack Netter et compagnie)'', more commonly known as B.N.C., was a small French automobile company in Levallois-Perret, situated on Avenue de Paris 39.
History
B.N.C. was established by Lucien Bollack (an e ...
, Coadou et Fleury, D’Yrsan
Raymond Siran, Cyclecars D'Yrsan was a French manufacturer of automobiles in the cyclecar class.Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Georgano: ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.''Georgano: ''Autos. Encyclopé ...
, E.H.P. E.H.P. (Établissements Henry Precloux) was a French automobile manufacturer.
History
The ''Établissements Henry Precloux'' commenced building light cars in Courbevoie ( Paris) in 1921. In 1926 they incorporated Automobiles Bignan. In 1929 produc ...
, Georges Irat, Hinstin, JG Sport, Jousset, Kevah
The Kevah was a French automobile manufactured from 1920 until 1924. Built by Muller, Allen-Sommer and Robert at La Garenne-Colombes, the cyclecar had vee-twin 1100 cc Train or MAG engines, and was considered well-made. The company offered a fou ...
, Lambert, Le Cabri The Le Cabri was a French automobile manufactured from 1924 to 1925. The builder, Marcel Cabon, born in 1905 Neuilly, Haut de Seine France, was nineteen years old. A cyclecar with a side valve 980cc Ruby
A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red ...
, , Rally
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Gatherings
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Spor ...
, Sandford, and Sénéchal. Production of Ruby engines did not recommence after World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
.
Ruby's first success was the "type A" 903 cc sidevalve
A flathead engine, also known as a sidevalve engine''American Rodder'', 6/94, pp.45 & 93. or valve-in-block engine is an internal combustion engine with its poppet valves contained within the engine block, instead of in the cylinder head, as ...
"four", with a 55 mm bore and 95 mm stroke; this engine won a number of class victories in the very early 1920s. There was also the "AS" block, with a 57 mm bore for a 972 cc displacement. Ruby's first "1100" was the "OC Grand Sport" with 1094 cc (59 x 100 mm, the same dimensions as the Chapuis-Dornier "1100" engine of the same period). In early 1926 the "DS Grand Sport" appeared; of 60 x 97 mm bore and stroke it is a 1097 cc engine which produces between .
The Ruby K was a later, overhead valve
An overhead valve (OHV) engine, sometimes called a ''pushrod engine'', is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier flathead engines, where the valves were located be ...
supercharged performance version; with 62 x 90 mm bore and stroke it has a displacement of 1087 cc. Many of Ruby's other engines were also available with superchargers fitted, from René Cozette or other manufacturers.
References
External links
* {{Authority control Car manufacturers of France Cyclecars Cars introduced in 1909 Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Motor vehicle engine manufacturers Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1909 1909 establishments in France 1910s cars Brass Era vehicles Engine manufacturers of France