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Rare sight
« on: 29 January 2016, 19:05:15 »
On my way to work this morning I saw a model of car I've not seen in I don't know how long.It was a bright red Reliant Kitten!To aid stability?some one had fitted either very big spacers or wide wheels complete with flared arches :o :o Whichever way they'd done it they were still braver than me driving one in the near gale force winds :D
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #1 on: 29 January 2016, 19:10:55 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 29 January 2016, 19:05:15
On my way to work this morning I saw a model of car I've not seen in I don't know how long.It was a bright red Reliant Kitten!To aid stability?some one had fitted either very big spacers or wide wheels complete with flared arches :o :o Whichever way they'd done it they were still braver than me driving one in the near gale force winds :D

At least it has a wheel at each corner as God intended. :y
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #2 on: 30 January 2016, 17:43:53 »
A work colleague had one back in the 80s. He used to get quite personal when I called it a Robin with a spare wheel.
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #3 on: 30 January 2016, 18:07:06 »
Iirc Ari Vatenen did his first rally in one of those. I wouldn't have wanted to have been the co driver. Vatenen was mental in a car made of steel. A plastic car with him behind the wheel doesn't bear thinking about.  ;D
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #4 on: 31 January 2016, 23:29:15 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 29 January 2016, 19:05:15
On my way to work this morning I saw a model of car I've not seen in I don't know how long.It was a bright red Reliant Kitten!To aid stability?some one had fitted either very big spacers or wide wheels complete with flared arches :o :o Whichever way they'd done it they were still braver than me driving one in the near gale force winds :D

This was the flair in the 70/80's . Carlo's Fandango style  :)
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #5 on: 01 February 2016, 08:17:27 »
Matt red, by any chance? Seen it my way, Baza. There's a Suzuki badge on the front (?) maybe he's fitted a bike engine in there? Seen it up close parked and he's got a nice period looking bucket seat in there, extra dials etc. Looks a cracker.

So I can safely say you weren't hallucinating!  :)
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #6 on: 01 February 2016, 18:23:55 »
It was indeed red DBG,but seemed to me to be gloss as opposed to matt.Don't tell me there's two of the buggers about :D
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #7 on: 01 February 2016, 18:49:27 »
You're all fixated on V8s, so here's John Beardmore's V8 Kitten from some time ago: http://www.beardmorebros.co.uk/website%20pages/reliant_kitten.htm


Not long after that, some other nutter put a 472ci(that's 7.7litre) Cadillac engine in one for fun at the track.


Makes the Midget engined one we played about with look tame. Not that tame kittens aren't fun ;D
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #8 on: 01 February 2016, 18:53:27 »
I remember some years ago that someone local to me-in Mexborough at the time-put a 3.5 Rover V8 in the back of a reliant regal van,that thing went quite well,so what a 7.7L will do :o
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #9 on: 02 February 2016, 09:12:21 »
Well, when I say matt finish, perhaps 30-year-old-gelcoat-finish would be a better description  :y

Maybe there's a whole litter of the buggers, yes!  :)
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #10 on: 02 February 2016, 12:05:02 »
Quote from: Diamond Black Geezer on 02 February 2016, 09:12:21
Well, when I say matt finish, perhaps 30-year-old-gelcoat-finish would be a better description  :y

Maybe there's a whole litter of the buggers, yes!  :)

Perhaps one of them was the inappropriately named Reliant Rebel.  :)

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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #11 on: 02 February 2016, 13:20:59 »
I did forget the Rebel, yes. It was definitely a Kitten, though. Next time I see it will try get a pic  :)
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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #12 on: 02 February 2016, 14:50:12 »
Ha! Found this on my phone, I knew I'd taken a snap of the thing at some point.  :D

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Re: Rare sight
« Reply #13 on: 02 February 2016, 15:45:57 »
 :)  Kitten
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Re: Rare sight
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