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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Vamps on 26 May 2011, 00:31:49
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When priced lower than a Reliant Robin....... >:( >:( >:(
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201118386328787/sort/locasc/usedcars/make/reliant/page/1/postcode/dl179bb/radius/1500?logcode=p
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I must be missing something.... :o :o :o
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201119387262038/sort/locasc/usedcars/make/reliant/radius/1500/postcode/dl179bb/page/1?logcode=p
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Rust free bodies tho ;)
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Rust free bodies tho ;)
Not Tilt free bodies tho!! ;D ;D ;D
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Hard to remember the last time I saw one of those on the road! Prices v.surprising!!
I have a degree of nostalgia for them - my Dad (who only had a bike licence), had a '65 Regal Saloon as his first car - it was crap, but it was fairly reliable crap (reliable at turning over, anyway - Dad did it at least three times ;D). Undeterred, he went on and bought a '70 Regal Supervan (the Del Boy motor) afterwards, then, strangely, he was sent a full licence by the DVLA by mistake when renewing his bike licence! To this day, my Dad has never taken or passed a car test :)
The basic layout has changed not a jot since '65 - the interior is very recognisable, and the engine is still the same old wheezy 848cc unit :) Amazing that a minter with very low miles can command £6K!
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Hard to remember the last time I saw one of those on the road! Prices v.surprising!!
I have a degree of nostalgia for them - my Dad (who only had a bike licence), had a '65 Regal Saloon as his first car - it was crap, but it was fairly reliable crap (reliable at turning over, anyway - Dad did it at least three times ;D). Undeterred, he went on and bought a '70 Regal Supervan (the Del Boy motor) afterwards, then, strangely, he was sent a full licence by the DVLA by mistake when renewing his bike licence! To this day, my Dad has never taken or passed a car test :)
The basic layout has changed not a jot since '65 - the interior is very recognisable, and the engine is still the same old wheezy 848cc unit :) Amazing that a minter with very low miles can command £6K!
nor has mine ,learnt to drive during the war and was just given a full license,good driver though,even now at 84 :D
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The basic layout has changed not a jot since '65 - the interior is very recognisable, and the engine is still the same old wheezy 848cc unit :) Amazing that a minter with very low miles can command £6K!
I think you'll find the Regal was an even wheezier 700cc. My first car was 1970 Regal Supervan (but a top-of-the-range 21E!).
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My neighbour used to have his on it's side frequently, he used to say "why jack it up and roll around underneath when you can just pop it on its side" :)
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The basic layout has changed not a jot since '65 - the interior is very recognisable, and the engine is still the same old wheezy 848cc unit :) Amazing that a minter with very low miles can command £6K!
I think you'll find the Regal was an even wheezier 700cc. My first car was 1970 Regal Supervan (but a top-of-the-range 21E!).
You got me thinking, Jimac!
Just checked out Wikipedia - Dad's '65 model was a 3/25, which apparently had Reliant's own OHV 600cc unit. 701cc engines (from the Rebel) were fitted to post '68 Regals...
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The basic layout has changed not a jot since '65 - the interior is very recognisable, and the engine is still the same old wheezy 848cc unit :) Amazing that a minter with very low miles can command £6K!
I think you'll find the Regal was an even wheezier 700cc. My first car was 1970 Regal Supervan (but a top-of-the-range 21E!).
You got me thinking, Jimac!
Just checked out Wikipedia - Dad's '65 model was a 3/25, which apparently had Reliant's own OHV 600cc unit. 701cc engines (from the Rebel) were fitted to post '68 Regals...
Yeah, that's right. I knew that the earlier ones were 600cc but I couldn't remember when they were replaced with the 700.
Actually, the 700cc wasn't too bad at the time. Due to the light weight it could easily out-accelerate 850cc Minis but it did run out of steam over about 75mph.
And being a van there was a lot more useful space in the back than a Mini for "entertaining" the ladies!
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And just how many ladies did you ever entice into the back of a plastic three-wheeler!?!
Says a lot for your charm and powers of persuasion, mate!
;D
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In the early '70s, you were automatically attractive if you had any kind of car!
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In the early '70s, you were automatically attractive if you had any kind of car!
Back then there was so much LSD around that everybody found just about anybody attractive ;D