1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon

mercrocker · Post by **mercrocker** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:32 am

And I agree with Bangernomics.....Don't even clean it.

There was a Cowley round our way like that in the 90s, it was so green the local enviros were trying to put an SSSI on it....Massively influenced my decision to buy mine when I saw it a decade or so later. A car that looks like it has been pulled from a tidal estuary with a sound chassis and running like a swiss watch is a big draw for me....

Post by **Hooli** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:48 am

That twin axle conversion needs bigger wheels.

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:14 am

Broccoli wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:22 am What plans do you have for this bad boy Mr Honda?

Never to sell it.

Get it back together and do some driving (again).

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:17 am

cros wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:30 am I have a bit of form with a Mark 5, patching the chassis behind the front wheel to bodge it through an MOT was a delight. A friend still has this model. It sports a front hubcap with a hole in it for the bearing to sprout through, was that a factory thing or did some proud owner not want the front wheel to remain unadorned?

Dan (Cruiser45) would know better than me, but I think it was up to a point in time.

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:17 am

Drum wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:46 am Is the 343 yours too Eddie?

Yes, one of a few.

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:20 am

Bangernomics wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:32 am I’d like to see that back on the road but with nothing bodywork related changed unless absolutely needed. Reckon you’d get open mouth pointing.

You'd get open mouth pointing anyway. I have the paint, but it would be well down the list of things to do, so it would probably get a good bit of road action before I ever get round to something like paint.

Post by **Hooli** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:24 am

As it's a 330, is it what BMW copied?

Cruiser45 · Post by **Cruiser45** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:33 am

At risk of sounding like a spazwagon obsessive,the front ally hubcaps were fitted on all sidevalves,I think it was deleted in the 3/25 but many owners fitted them.Do sod all and you can't see them but I've been guilty of fitting a full chrome mini trim on the front of a robin.

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:51 pm

Today's pic is a scan of the receipt - I've just noticed a mistake - registration suffix "E" has been written when it's actually "H". "KR" being a Maidstone registration.

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This is the actual "The Boat House" on the Thames.

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SiC · Post by **SiC** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:57 pm

Nearly £760 in today's money.

1991 ... I was five years old. Squire Dawson was only a baby (1yr old?).

You're old

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