Ruger ???
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Who here has ever seen a Ruger Car : They supposedly made a few but never regular production ?
Thanks !!!
Who here has ever seen a Ruger Car : They supposedly made a few but never regular production ?
Thanks !!!
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Define "car". 0 -
I seem to have heard about something like that many years ago but never saw a picture.
I will say that if it's anything like the MK-I or MK-II series 22s then it is probably in a barn somewhere in pieces because someone took it apart and couldn't get it back together!0 -
I seem to remember Bill Ruger designed an automobile. 0 -
As I recall there were two built. I have seen a photo in one of the books, maybe Ruger And His Guns. 0 -
too-racy-for-a-rolls-too-mod-for-a-duesenberg-the-ruger-may-be-your-car 0 -
Thanks for the post,and the replies. I never knew this. Very cool. 0 -
And,I know the several Ruger guns we own,have all served us very well. 0 -
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I would buy in a heartbeat... Sure is nice looking car! Produced from 1969 to 1972... But it looks like it's straight out of the 20s-30s. And with a 427 Cobra engine in it, with a fiberglass body and aluminum doors and Hood, I'm sure there was nothing that would keep up with it at the time
this site has three pictures, one of the hardtop sedan, one of the ragtop sedan and one of the rag top coupe. I'm kind of partial to the ragtop coupe and the hardtop sedan
www.allcarindex.com/main-index/car-make-details/United-States-Ruger/
This is a C&P bold from the August 1970 issue of Sports Illustrated highlighting the Sturm Ruger automobile:
Ruger's two demonstration models are equipped with Ford V-8 427-cu.-in. engines producing 425 hp at 6,000 rpm and a top speed of about 150 mph. But production models will be equipped with 429-cu.-in. Ford engines in the 350- to 375-hp class to comply with antismog requirements. The four-speed manual all-synchromesh Ford transmission is extremely smooth, but Rugers will also be offered with an automatic transmission.
Another C&P from the same article discussing how expensive they'll be. A lot of money in at that time, but you can't touch a new car near that price now...:
Of course, such luxury does not come cheap. The Ruger, when it goes into production (and some 50 cars have already been spoken for) will cost about $13,000 as an open touring car with folding top, either four- or two-seater. The closed sedan will range from $15,000 to $17,000, depending on its degree of luxury. "It's expensive," says Ruger, "but you will be buying a great car, and you don't have to buy another one next year."
Here's the whole article from the 1970 Sports Illustrated August edition:
https://www.si.com/vault/1970/08/03/610900/too-racy-for-a-rolls-too-mod-for-a-duesenberg-the-ruger-may-be-your-car0
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