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by Cruiser45
Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:14 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Morris Minor Ratrod
Replies: 433
Views: 74690

Re: Morris Minor Ratrod

Mystery switch looks like the heater to me?
by Cruiser45
Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:11 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Ford focus mk1
Replies: 1342
Views: 214259

Re: Van updates.

Ok fair enough,just thinking my dad has a lightweight flat folding ramp that he uses to get bikes in the back of a van that just rests on the loadbay,but fair point about having duff electrics and not being able to move it anyway.
by Cruiser45
Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:24 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Ford focus mk1
Replies: 1342
Views: 214259

Re: Van updates.

Surely a folding ramp and propel itself in the back would be easier?
by Cruiser45
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:12 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What was the last Wob with a..
Replies: 198
Views: 55306

Re: What was the last Wob with a..

Hooli wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:20 am
Cruiser45 wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:19 am Again,not wanting to sound like an obsessive,Reliant were fitting crossplies.until 1984 as "radials were not recommended"
Dare I ask why they don't like radials? too much grip so they might roll rather than slide?
Exactly that
by Cruiser45
Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:19 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What was the last Wob with a..
Replies: 198
Views: 55306

Re: What was the last Wob with a..

Again,not wanting to sound like an obsessive,Reliant were fitting crossplies.until 1984 as "radials were not recommended"
by Cruiser45
Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:54 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What was the last Wob with a..
Replies: 198
Views: 55306

Re: What was the last Wob with a..

Reliant Robin soldiered on till 2002,also the last car with all round drum brakes,contact breakers ignition and an SU carb,and no catalyst,obvs,or headrests lol
by Cruiser45
Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:57 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon
Replies: 104
Views: 32476

Re: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon

My grandad was an invac@r repairer in the 60s,this has just reminded me of him telling me how they chopped up scrap ones and burnt the bodies in oil drums 😂
by Cruiser45
Wed Dec 30, 2020 6:35 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon
Replies: 104
Views: 32476

Re: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon

Yes it was a sussita,made by Autocars in Israel iirc,they later made the Carmel which looks like a four wheeled 3/25. Reliant did have one of the earlier vans at their factory as a works van.
by Cruiser45
Wed Dec 30, 2020 6:16 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon
Replies: 104
Views: 32476

Re: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon

I had a Rebel van,cost more than a mini van,a few did sell perhaps 100,to those who didn't like welding.The Fox was always going to be low volume,it was never properly advertised,and was simply something for the ss1 builders to do in the winter when the scimitar wasn't selling.a few guys who worked ...
by Cruiser45
Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:17 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon
Replies: 104
Views: 32476

Re: 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon

All the three wheelers had bespoke glass,they were sufficiently large to warrant triplex's business.