reliant rebel

[samuria]

just bought one. its a complete mess

anyone here had one?

[simmitc]

A different marque? you rebel

[SteveClem]

My cousin bought a Reliant Fox. 3 wheeler van thing,apparently destined to go to Greece but something cocked up and eventually he adopted it. The most unreliable and difficult car I've ever heard about. Rare though...easy to see why.

[sid]

my dad and my bro-in-law both used to run reliant kitten's

[samuria]

the kittens are quite the wolf in sheeps clothing......

http://compaan-art.deviantart.com/art/R ... -251950012

[irmscher]

Have you got a saloon or an estate Les? they are a good car and getting very rare

[samuria]

Have you got a saloon or an estate Les? they are a good car and getting very rare

hi lee, its a saloon ,a complete mess but do-able

[whyperion]

got a picture ?

what engine did they have fitted ?

[samuria]

engine is 700 or 750. will post a photo when the weather here allows me to take some.....
then you can have a good laugh.....

[irmscher]

Les I cant wait to see a picture it cant be that bad

[irmscher]

Les there is one advertised on Ebay

[SteveClem]

My cousin bought a Reliant Fox. 3 wheeler van thing,apparently destined to go to Greece but something cocked up and eventually he adopted it. The most unreliable and difficult car I've ever heard about. Rare though...easy to see why.

My cousin has just pointed out that his Reliant Fox actually has 4 wheels. He does agree that it is a complete nightmare though.

[irmscher]

I don't think Les wants us to see it

[samuria]

I don't think Les wants us to see it

lee i will try a get a photo in the morning!!!!!
it will open your eyes

[kennatt]

I have a reliant and I love it but it is a scimitar GTC convertible,2.8 V6 ,with an uprated engine producing 180bhp would be a good tow car for the rebel joking aside a good road legal rebel,is probably worth more than. a similar moggie .Have a look here http://www.scimitarweb.co.uk/sgwrs/viewforum.php?f=30

[sid]

I have a reliant and I love it but it is a scimitar GTC convertible,2.8 V6 ,with an uprated engine producing 180bhp would be a good tow car for the rebel joking aside a good road legal rebel,is probably worth more than. a similar moggie .Have a look here http://www.scimitarweb.co.uk/sgwrs/viewforum.php?f=30

my bro-in-law had a Scimitar GTE too..but in that dreadful brown colour he now runs a SS1.

[kennatt]

indeed ghastly colour, I'm fortunate to have a white convertible one of only 442convertables ever built by Reliant before they went bust,so becoming very rare,think there was only 350 left in the country at the last count. You won't see many on the roads[frame][/frame]

[irmscher]

The scimitar used to be well known for catching fire especially if the wiring had been bodged .The convertible is a very nice car

[kennatt]

The scimitar used to be well known for catching fire especially if the wiring had been bodged .The convertible is a very nice car

The main cause of most of the early fires was that the petrol feed to the carb was fitted to a brass PUSH in tube with no other means of holding it,,it used to just drop out and before the carb ran out of petrol and the engine stopped a Large volume of petrol was pumped straight onto the nearside manifold. The cure was to drill the carb body and fit a grub screw to hold the tube. Later models had a screw in tube.. Wiring was bodged on most since .being all glass bodied,earths had to be run separately,back to earthing straps.Probably typical of most fibre glass cars.

[samuria]

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it looks a lot better now