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I am looking to start modifying my Robin Reliant, but I don't know where to start! Does anybody have any suggestions?! Thanks!!

Here is a photoshop i done of one once, wass a piss take at the time.



Doubt there would be anything available specifically for these cars, but i might be mistaken

dont do it please unless this is a wind up

Not really the place for wnd ups, i assume this is serious,so ill treat is as so, itll certainly be a first,however i wouldnt know the first thing about modding a reliant.Id say focus mainly on the paint job and interior

Hehe, I saw a modded one once, had what looked like mini cooper alloys, a half roll cage, and steel skid plates on the front corners!

Mod it by doing the 4 wheel mod!!

Someone once put a spitfire engine in a Reliant Robin.
Not a Triumph Spitfire, but a real Rolls-Royce Spitfire engine. All 27 litres!!

do u have too much time on ure hands?

u cant be serious? but if u are u certainly have big cahones hombre! good luck with your project, if u pull off a three wheeled wonder your car will be in every tuning mag going!

chevy V8 in the boot wheelie bars MASSIVE DRAG tyres and a bog to sit on cos you would fill it with all that power and no weight

As daft as it sounds it would be such a laugh to mod one.

You will need a fibre glass company if you want a kit making.

Wind up, 3 wheeler, clockwork mouse

'course its a wind up, who in their right mind would modify a Reliant Robin unless they where Jerry Atrick!

I had a Robin Reliant and loved it! Mine was pink I'd gladly have one again and mod it to within an inch of its life - but not to the point of Barrying

Bored J?

This thread is over 4 years old

I didn't even look at the date But yes I am bored!!

I had a Reliant Rialto once, like a Robin but the estate version. By just rebuilding the engine you will get more horsepower, mine was good for 110+ and because they are light they are quite quick off the mark. I was considering rallying one but I never got round to it. They are really fun cars especially when driven quick. It's a challenge to keep all 3 wheels on the ground when cornering!

Minimad5 on here has a Reliant Rebel.

This was lifting the fibre glass body off the chassis. Great fun!
MX5 running gear going in!

Nice!! I love them

hayabusa engine and a pack of nappies?

That'd be good, but he's keeping to budget I think.

Here's some more fibre-glass bodied loveliness:

Kittens:





Original engine with added stuff:

Wasn't aware that Dave had popped a picture of the Rebel up, it's nothing special BUT >
New plan(s) are no longer MX5 running gear....


Instead a Suzuki Swift 1.3 Engine.

The engine is no longer in ... instead it is in bits and awaiting a gasket set, plus the time to re-assemble it.

there's a bloke on the Beechwood who does stock car racing and it it looks like he may be doing a 3 wheel Reliant up for stock car racing?

That's Paul, (storming Norman)
crazy enough to race a Robin Reliant,
Im sure he has raced a Robin Reliant before anyway.

there is a street legal rover v8 powered robin doing the shows around stafford and cheshire scary !!!!

Check out this bad boy...

3.9 V8 race car.....

I think having 4 wheels is a good advantage