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Re: Plastic Pig -
08-03-2006
, 11:06 AM
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A mate had one of those and said the igniton tuning was easy, just remove the internal cover and you can tweak the dizzy while driving so get it spot on for your drving requirements. Willy Eckerslyke wrote: Ian Johnston wrote: Get it going - you might be surprised. I got it running yesterday and had fun zooming up and down the drive. Someone had removed the inspection cover from the side of the transmission tunnel and the exhaust was blowing a bit, so the car filled up with fumes a bit too quickly for comfort. Photos here: http://www.pixaerial.com/junk/page.htm It's the estate version and surprisingly spacious inside. Also just acquired thet Land Rover for about the best twenty-five quid I've ever spent. No engine and needs a bit of easy welding, but miles better than I'd expected and complete with overdrive and free-wheeling hubs. I bought a Rialto a few years ago, just to see what it was like, and it's a hoot to drive. Nice and nippy (40bhp, two fifths of bugger all mass) and feels even faster. Yup! Especially on a rough drive with grass growing up the middle! I reckon acceleration would have been quite impressive if it hadn't been spinning its wheels so much on the loose gravel. Oddest thing was trying to figure out which way the steering was pointing when starting off. The steering's so light, I kept over-compensating and veering from side to side manically. Hilarious! |
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:54:03 UTC, Willy Eckerslyke oss108no_spam (AT) bangor (DOT) ac.uk> wrote: : It wasn't all good news though. As I didn't have the full V5, just the : tear-off strip, I'd promised to take the car back if there was any : trouble from the DVLA. Turns out there was. It's no longer on DVLA's : database. Most likely explanation I can think of, is that a previous : owner had declared it scrapped. So being an honourable sort of twit, : I'll be getting it back. Why not just reregister it? Last time I did it (with an old Minor) it was a painless process. I had to get it MOTed, then take it round to the local VLO, let them check the chassis plate and bingo. |
to be able to make a decent profit selling it in bits. Someone paid 100
quid on eBay recently for a engine and 'box with half the anciliaries
missing and no suggestion that it actually ran. This one ticks over
nicely so I'd hope for at least that much. Axles go for 60 plus. If I
can figure out what parts bins were raided for other bits (interior door
handles are MGB/Marina), there may be more dosh to be made.
Also, I could do with the wheels & tyres (Mini sized) for my trailer.
As for the body, I rather fancy hoiking it up a tree to make a
tree-house for the kids!
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I also had a friend, now passed on, who used to tow a bike trailer behind a Reliant Robin Estate and take his classic bikes to shows, on one occasion the fan belt broke and we drove home forty miles with the heater on and windows open and it made no attempt to go into the red on the temp gauge. The engine is as tough as nails. |
close look at that all alloy engine.
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Ian Johnston wrote: On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:54:03 UTC, Willy Eckerslyke oss108no_spam (AT) bangor (DOT) ac.uk> wrote: : It wasn't all good news though. As I didn't have the full V5, just the : tear-off strip, I'd promised to take the car back if there was any : trouble from the DVLA. Turns out there was. It's no longer on DVLA's : database. Most likely explanation I can think of, is that a previous : owner had declared it scrapped. So being an honourable sort of twit, : I'll be getting it back. Why not just reregister it? Last time I did it (with an old Minor) it was a painless process. I had to get it MOTed, then take it round to the local VLO, let them check the chassis plate and bingo. To be honest, I can't really be bothered. And if I do it right, I ought to be able to make a decent profit selling it in bits. Someone paid 100 quid on eBay recently for a engine and 'box with half the anciliaries missing and no suggestion that it actually ran. This one ticks over nicely so I'd hope for at least that much. Axles go for 60 plus. If I can figure out what parts bins were raided for other bits (interior door handles are MGB/Marina), there may be more dosh to be made. Also, I could do with the wheels & tyres (Mini sized) for my trailer. As for the body, I rather fancy hoiking it up a tree to make a tree-house for the kids! |
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Also, I could do with the wheels & tyres (Mini sized) for my trailer. As for the body, I rather fancy hoiking it up a tree to make a tree-house for the kids! Does Ian know where you live? Be afraid... |
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As for the body, I rather fancy hoiking it up a tree to make a tree-house for the kids! |
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As for the body, I rather fancy hoiking it up a tree to make a tree-house for the kids! Love the idea of a Reliant Robin tree house - genius! |
how much you want for it lol.
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campingstoveman wrote: I also had a friend, now passed on, who used to tow a bike trailer behind a Reliant Robin Estate and take his classic bikes to shows, on one occasion the fan belt broke and we drove home forty miles with the heater on and windows open and it made no attempt to go into the red on the temp gauge. The engine is as tough as nails. That's the other part of the appeal of taking the car apart, I want a close look at that all alloy engine. |
ISTR the 750 Motor Club used them for racing when the supply of Austin 7
engines was running low - maybe they still do.
Ron Robinson
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As for the body, I rather fancy hoiking it up a tree to make a tree-house for the kids! Love the idea of a Reliant Robin tree house - genius! |
Ron Robinson
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