Maybe in the Sun, but I'd have expected better from the Telegraph :-(
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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 23/11/2008 at 12:54
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It's not a Robin Reliant
It's a Reliant Robin
Yours faithfully
Mr Grumpy
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Surely a Reliant REGAL!!;the Robin had round corners.
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Stands in corner.
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To paraphrase Barack Obama, if you put lipstick on a (Plastic) pig it's still a (Plastic) pig!
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Surely a Reliant REGAL!!
It looks as if it's a Reliant Regal Supervan III. tinyurl.com/65wwe2
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well on the bright side, there cant be much rust either, as 90% is plasticky type stuff!! maybe rear wheel-trims?
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It looks as if it's a Reliant Regal Supervan III. tinyurl.com/65wwe2
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That is incorrect, I believe. The supervan 111 had side windows in the back.
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That is incorrect I believe. The supervan 111 had side windows in the back.
In that case Corgi (the model manufacturer) got it wrong. tinyurl.com/6bdl62
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Ahaaaa! - Reliants!
Surely, this should have come up in the 'things you don't see anymore' thread? ;)
Owing to the merciful anonymity of the internet, I'm able to stand before you and admit to owing a couple of these remarkable machines many years ago.
*Everyone* should be forced to drive a Reliant - after that, all the moaning and carping about 'handling' and 'ride comfort', and 'understeer/oversteer', and 'chassis dynamics', that occupy the minds of car reviewers could be placed firmly in context.
You *need* to have hopped and skipped down the road in a three wheeled chariot to be able to fully appreciate just how magnificent a piece of engineering even the humblest 'normal' car is ;)
Still, happy days, in retrospect - I had a wife and a new baby, lived out in the country, was broke, and had a Honda 50 ;)
What to do? - book a motorcycle test (the Honda 50 was a 'motorcycle' in those days, due to the absence of pedals) and wobble around the back street of the nearest town for 15 minutes, after which the examiner said, 'That's the end of the test, and I'm pleased to tell you that you passed'.
Hurrah! - so it was back home, and into the Reliant Regal that was outside waiting for my triumphant return. Then off! - lurching, gears crashing, trying to keep a straight course as I (perfectly legally) joined the motoring set ;)
Lot's of fun in the months that followed - if you've never tried to access spark plugs through the tiny 'bonnet' and interior access panels of a Reliant, then you've never really lived....
It was, of course, the captive market of pensioners with a full motorcycle licence that formed the bulk of Reliant buyers - and was also the reason why Reliant could get away with charging considerably more for their product than for a brand new Mini, or similar ;)
Incidentally, if you car to check out the various car sales sites - you might be surprised at the prices being commanded by these things - there are a couple of year 2000 examples going for between £6,000 and £7,000 - one of which has now sold.
Forget luxury prestige motors - Reliant's are where the money obviously is ;)
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Mine came courtesy of only possessing a bike licence at the time too. Mine was a Regal and I used to lust after the Robin, it looked so plush inside. I would still like one now as it happens, just as a fun car.
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i seem to remember many years ago about driving 3 wheelers with a motorcycle licence and not being allowed to use the reverse gear!! was that just an urban myth or was the law different 30 or more years ago?
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Not an urban myth!
Up until the mid 60's it was illegal to drive a three-wheeler (under 8cwt) on a motorcycle licence if it was fitted with a reverse gear. Probably something to do with motorbikes not having a reverse gear, and therefore not trusting motorcyclists to play with one.
Some got away with a blanking plate preventing reverse from being selected, but it was arguable if this met the wording of the law.
By the time I was driving a bubble car around '67, the law had changed.
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