Colorful Ruxton Sedans

Ruxton was a short-lived (1929-1930), low-production American brand -- brief Wikipedia entry here.  Ruxtons were unusual, having front wheel drive, and therefore were much lower than most contemporary cars.  Other noteworthy features were the slitlike WoodLite headlamps and the lack of running boards (justified by their low height).  And some were given bold, unusual paint schemes, the subject of this post.

Ruxton bodies were designed by engineer Joseph Ledwinka. Those paint schemes were devised by master designer Joseph Urban.

There is little information regarding Ruxton on the Internet if a quick Google search is any guide.  Amazon is selling a book about Ruxton for more than $800 -- far above my reference library price-point.  For those reasons, some of the photo captions below are conjectural.

Gallery

Blackhawk Museum Ruxton photographed in 2010 and 2013 by me.

This mentions that multicolor Ruxtons either had this blue-violet scheme or one based on brown-orange.

Another view.  Lighting conditions at Blackhawk make for difficult photography.

Bonhams photo of perhaps the Blackhawk Ruxton or another with the same paint scheme.

Rear quarter view.

Tampa Bay Automobile Museum's Ruxton, my photos. This is the alternative color scheme mentioned above.

Rear quarter view.  Again, interior lighting made it difficult to capture colors accurately.

Nethercutt Collection Ruxton.  It's possible that the Blackhawk information card was incorrect and this color scheme is original.

Driehaus Collection's Ruxton.  The same caveat applies here as well.

A less elaborate scheme, photo via Bonham's auctions.

Period photo showing what seems to be a two-tone pattern with white or cream accents around the side window.