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Ruxton - 1929-1930 | 
| One of the earliest frontwheel-drive cars, the ruxton was named for a stockbroker who, in the end, declined to invest in it. He had a good reason: The stock market crash of 1929 did not create a good economic climate for a new luxury car. And there was another problem -at first, there was no factory to build the car. Furthermore, e.l. Cords new frontwheel-drive l29 beat the ruxton to the marketplace. Somehow the venture got off the ground, but fewer than 500 ruxtons were made. | Specifications performance
Top speed of 75 mph
engine typedrivetrain: Side-valve, in¬line 8
displacement 268.6 cu. In. (4.4 l) power rating 94 hp transmission 3-speed manual chassis: About 3,640 lbs. Price: $3,195 for the roadster, and sedan |
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| | About vehicle
Long and low
a budd co. Engineer, william j. Muller, designed the long, low ruxton, which was built on a 130-in. Wheelbase and stood only 63 in. .high about 10 in. Lower than most other automobiles. He also designed a transaxle with the transmission split, partly ahead of the differential and partly between the differential and clutch. The 286.6-cu.-in. Engine was a loohp continental straight eight-cylinder.
roadster or sedan
the ruxtons were finally assembled at the moon motor car. Co. Of st. Louis. Most of them had handsome roadster or sedan bodies. Some of the
sedans had an eight-band color scheme styled by stage designer and interior decorator josef urban.
This handsome ruxton roadster was one of the fewer than 500 made of the frontwheel-drive model |
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