Practically Classics Forum

Ebay thinks this is an alternative to a battery maintainer:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980s-reliant ... 1775102197
Come on John, you know you want another plastic car.

"Galvanised.."

In theory, yes, but they were stacked on the (mud) floor of the Two Gates building and used from the top of the pile first. BEFORE going for pickling and dipping! Needless to say every Reliant chassis, Galvanised or not, needs to be thoroughly checked.
I do love a Fox though, and that appears to be a nice one under the grime. Gotta go, there's a scary looking bloke in a white coat... NOOOOOO! Not the big needle. Please.

How about this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281699279212

Sweet, but better yet it has a set of wheels that would be perfect as an alternative to the solid unobtanium [Viva HA] wheels on the Fox in an earlier post. Or a Rebel, many of which already have Imp wheels so that they can run "wide" 155 section tyres safely and be fitted with Lotus Elan brakes.
I did once look into the notion of fitting the semi auto gearbox/transaxle from my VW1500 into an Imp - I'd been offered a nice Chamois as a swap for a 1950s B&O radiogram - but that short lived plan would have required far too many hours of grinding and bodging.

My dad used to have a Chamois called Fluff (it had FLF on the plate). I don't remember it as I was 3 wen he replaced it with a Marina but I have pictures of me standing on his lap holding the steering wheel.
They must be getting pretty rare now.

TerryG wrote:Fluff

Ooh-err! Still, it could be worse, the car could have been called DLT..

A seemingly dumped one of these as appeared on facrebook (in the land of frogs and garlic)
http://www.3wheelers.com/teihol.html
never seen one before but it is weird, plastic and has a wheel missing so JOHN, get your cheque book out!

Fit the 7hp Briggs

TerryG wrote:A seemingly dumped one of these as appeared on facrebook (in the land of frogs and garlic)
http://www.3wheelers.com/teihol.html
never seen one before but it is weird, plastic and has a wheel missing so JOHN, get your cheque book out!

Damn! I like that. Terry, Elvis Payne's 3 wheeler site is a wonderful resource. I don't know how much time you pass there but for anyone who thought they knew something about weird cars that are short of a wheel, go and have a butcher's. The bloke is a f'n star turn, just like the American bloke for whom his parents named him.

zipgun wrote:Fit the 7hp Briggs

Any sign of that big, strong box yet?

Sorry, got sidetracked ,been playin' hrv's and Suzuki's .. Is my vtec an 8 or 16v? Do / are they, like terry's graph, somewhat sluggish for a 1600 and then WHOOSH comes in with a rush ? Which is what it does.. No engine light on . Thought it ought to be a bit more seamless