I had a lift once in the back of the van version of the Reliant Regal, owned by one of my mates in the local darts team, he travelled everywhere at its top speed of 70mph, totally brown trouser time as he liked a pint or 2 as well, never took a ride with him ever again. No surprises that the guy is no longer with us.
You need to blame jasper carrot as he made many jokes but to avoid any legal issues would miss pronounce them. Unfortunately ignoramuses use that annoying phrase. I’m with you
My first car was a 1.6 l renault 16 TL. I was burnt off at lights by a plastic pig. Respect! Their power:weight was impressive. The Reliant weighed less than a fart, but smelt much worse.
Ooooh blaast from the past!!! My grandfather used to ALWAYS own/drive a Reliant Robin. When I was a student at our local hospital, my grandmother had a knee replacement. My grandfather visited at the same time I knocked off work so got a lift home. It was terrifying and I had to keep reminding him (bless him) to cancel his indicators as the sound of that engine drowned out the clicking!!! What I'd give to go back to the 80's.
Looking good Lee! I’d say before Santa Pod - Get the chassis strengthened, roll cage, bucket seat. Some good brakes to stop this rocket😅 Then E30 vs Reliant on the drag strip 🎉
wanna hear the kicker when i was younger we had one of these 6 up in the 3 wheeler and towing a trailer going on a holiday with a stock engine and would still do 60 mph
Your old man sounds like. A legend very much like my uncle who had about 12 of us as kids and parents in a clapped old vw camper watching road markings through holes in the floor 😂😂😂
@@brun_s there good cars i had mine at 90mph with a passanger i could of pushed her a little more but i was too scared lol ( i did connect the air box to the carb and replaced the filter with a piece of nylon stocking then hit the fan switch )
so hes still talking dribble then. At least 90 percent of top end sports cars are made out of fiberglass farrari/lotus/potiac firebird/ maclaren. Yes it has 3 wheels but so does the morgan. it dosent tip unless you want it to by pushing them into corners to hard. unlness like this bloke you lock the diff up as top gear did to make its unsafe. The bodys are bolted on not screwed onto a galvanized chassis.( the only other production car to have a galvanized chassis was BMW ) the only reason hes telling you its unsafe is because it makes himself look like a rebel. old men and women have been pottering about in these for years. I did 90MPH in my old one (Not recomended though) i also crashed one into a Mercedes and wrote the Mercedes off with no damage to my reliant other than scratches and a broken mirror. fiberglass is flexable steel isnt
I think those cars you mention are probably carbon fibre and not fibreglass. Carbon fibre used with some type of epoxy resin is going to be a lot stronger than glass fibres used with epoxy resin. 90mph in a 3 wheeler? Man whatever you were smoking back then, I want some lol. And matey in the video isn't the brightest of sparks but got to give it to him, he's having a go at it. I think he would be better off doing what he is doing on a trabant.
@@bigbasil1908 granted most modern sports cars have elements of carbon fiber in them but rarely compleatly. But before carbon fiber they were made of fiberglass there are many examples of this" lotus elise and earlier models/ Pontiac Firebird Trans Am SE/ ferrari 308 GTB /Lamborghini Miura/Ford GT40/ ford thunderbird all made from fiberglass" if you dont belive me google it. Even now they use carbon and fiberglass in diffrent layers but they still use the same resin for both. because fiberglass has 4 times higher tensile strength than steel' But half the weight. Yeah i agree a trabant/ or a reliant kitten would be perfect
@@chrislewis4830 I just googled the reliant kitten and it shows two versions - a hatchback which kind of looks a bit like a mk1 vw golf and the estate version which looks like an old vw polo (I've had a couple of polos many years ago) lol
Reliant are great things, and this will be a hoot. However, when you get a speedo wired up you'll find pulling the massive weight it carries over an R6, it won't be that fast, and if quick off the mark will have a low top speed. It's torque that accelerates a car and that 600 hasn't got a lot. A litre engine, say from a Fireblade, will be loads better.
Dead right bud , had loads regals , Robins back then , Brilliant with standard 850 engine in robins and Bond bugs where a great vehicle loved all of mine .
Add to that the fact that it's a Rialto, and it makes as much sense as someone making a video about a Ford Escort and calling it a Capri Ford. I lost all interest at that point.
You could also drive them on a provisional driving licence unaccompanied just on an L plate and in those days this could go on for years without the need for any kind of driving test
How times have changed. Car being popular because you could drive it on a motorbike license which made it less expensive. Fast forward to now the cost of obtaining your motorbike license is crippling.
I took my one down Zeals abandoned runway and GPS'd it at 96.6mph having done all I can to the 850cc and it was screaming at that speed and the front end was "bouncing" as the airspeed was buffeting under the front panel... one false move and would have corkscrewed into death... I did toy with an engine replace myself, I was eyeing finding a 2 litre Ford V4 but being all cast iron was way too heavy and too tall and a ballache to marry the Reliant box to the engine. The motor I was serious about was a K series 1400 out of a Metro, all alloy, box fittings not too far off the old Austin 7 fitment, injection options and it would have jus' squeezed into the cavity without major surgery too. Saying that, 100mph and getting there very smartish is pretty good enuff for my old bones, I will at some point put on a Weber ICH as I have an inlet manifold from a kit I bought, old carb is past redemption but finding a good ICH isn't that hard and will give it that revviness the SU lacks although someone in the Reliant world was working for a racing set, a full injection kit including manifold and I bet that will shift like a nun after her first curry...
In 1999 my friend Clive mounted a 3.5ltr rover engine in the back of a Robin, with a shortened Jag rear axel wheelie bar and parachute and drove it round the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, locally known as "Piggy" he was a legend at the time
A friend of mine had one of these and drove it on his bike licence in the very early 90's. I did hundreds of miles as a passenger and it was scary as hell. Death traps.
It would be passing the m/ bike test , just to be able to drive one ,IF I could even find one .???, always been fascinated by them , used to go for rides out with my cousin & her husband, in the 80's !!! Thanks Lee, for the nostalia!😂
The thing is Reliant Robins always handled badly especially in windy weather. To drive one with a potent motor bike engine in it, well you need to be incredibly brave.
I wanna send you a video of what I’ve made with a r6 engine in its abit safer then yours 😂 but it’s shits the life out of you soon as you get past 6k revs in first and it takes off your just holding on after that
I turned over my Robin when I had a hay fever sneezing fit, and like you I had a prop shaft fall off, I should have known it was jinxed as it had 666 in the registration. Pretty sure the Reliants had to be light to be classed in the same bracket as a motobike and sidecar.
I got quite good at driving these on 2 wheels. I welded the diff on one so it wouldn't slow down on 2 wheels, it understeered so badly I had to scrap it after pulling it out of ditches twice!
I drove reliants for many years,theres nothing dangerous about them unless the driver does something stupid. You would be surprised at just how strong the fibreglass is,especially at certain places on the body where its over half an inch thick. Ive known accidents where conventional steel bodied cars have been badly damaged in a collision with a reliant,and even one case when the metal bodied car driver was killed.
It's interesting that Reliant built them with The tricycle set up they had. The better idea would have been to either put the drive wheel in the rear and have the two steering wheels up front or have The better option would be just front wheel drive In a fashion like most four-wheeled vehicles
Racing Vespa and Lambretta's use something called an "ez-clutch" which is a bolt on device, one side has the actual clutch cable and the other side has the actuating cable and its designed to exert little pressure from the actuation to solid hard pressure on the actual clutch cable so you don't end up with a tired hand, you might find such a thing useful? Brembo I think were the pioneers of it and wouldn't take much to convert to foot action. I have always wondered why you just didn't use gear paddles around the steering wheel for gear changes.
OMG back in day I had a Robin Reliant with 850 engine had a bigger SU carb, body weighed nothing crazy acelleration but impossible turn corners. I'd skimmed masses off the head compression opened the exhaust ports and had to get a double thickness rad built would reach 100 mph. Only ran on 5 star or pinked like crazy. Then it caught fire electrical fault.
i owned a few in the 80's and 90's and i found them cheap to run,you should get 45-50mpg,yours must have had a fault if it drank petrol. The biggest savings were the cheap road tax ,insurance and only having 3 tyres to replace,second hand parts were cheap and plentiful in scrapyards as they used many identical parts to other british made cars.
Hard to believe Ford had the maker of them hateful things completely build the RS200 for them. Funnily enough an uncle of mine whos been dead many years had a Rialto 1 winter he came out and it had been put on its roof. Later that year i bumped into a mate from the next village it came out mates of mine had done it this was late 80s as im 54.
My mate had one of the these back in the day. He pulled up at the traffic lights and nearby there were a load of kids sat in a bus stop. They all ran out tipped it on its side and ran off laughing. Even he thought it was funny when he was telling me.
I bought a Reliant Superman 3 for my step mam in the early 90's I had a tin of BT yellow and dome Buzby stickers. And an orange light for the roof. It looked funny. My father sent a photo to the Sun asking them to do some research into this was there new stock of transport lol. I dont remember if anything came back from It thou 😂
For energy fulvic acid is the best i use before training. Its all natural too n long lasting mellow enerby not like caffine. Some patrol cans have a screw pipe attchment to use.
If you think it's dangerous, try driving a little more sensibly, I had three of these, and yes, on a bike licence, un killable, a full tank cost a fiver, and lasted for weeks. Oh, it's a Reliant Robin, not the other way around.
In their day , 80s etc I remember these on the motorway doing nearly 90 . That's toooooo fast for one of those , why you would wish to give it anymore power is beyond me 😂
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WHAT ARE YOU A PUSSEY . I HAD 3 OF THEM SAFE AS HOUSES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT.
I had a lift once in the back of the van version of the Reliant Regal, owned by one of my mates in the local darts team, he travelled everywhere at its top speed of 70mph, totally brown trouser time as he liked a pint or 2 as well, never took a ride with him ever again. No surprises that the guy is no longer with us.
The way that thing accelerates is more like a motorbike than a car. Great work
Er, it has a bike engine and is technically a trike.
It's a reliant robin not robin reliant,!!
Its tomato not tomato
@@JJ-eo5muOtamot
Everyone says it, probably trips off the tongue easier.
It's a Rialto not a robin
Wouldn't you all correct me if I referred to an Escort Ford, or an Avensis Toyota, or a Beetle Volkswagen, or a Carrera Porsche?
You said when introducing your Rialto..."basically a facelift of the Robin Reliant"....nooooo! It's Reliant Robin. Nobody says Focus Ford!
Exactly. Reliant also made a four wheeled version called the Kitten.
You need to blame jasper carrot as he made many jokes but to avoid any legal issues would miss pronounce them. Unfortunately ignoramuses use that annoying phrase. I’m with you
Forget all the garbage supercar videos... this is mint!!!! We need more of this Lee!
100% get this down santapod 😂
Always a good day when Lee uploads😎another top tier video as always Lee buzzin to see the 190e drive video
That things an absolute weapon 👊🏻
My first car was a 1.6 l renault 16 TL. I was burnt off at lights by a plastic pig. Respect! Their power:weight was impressive. The Reliant weighed less than a fart, but smelt much worse.
Wow, just wow! Some power!
Brings a whole new meaning to ' plastic rocket' lol😂
The one we’ve been waiting for 🔥
Great video mate, put together really well 👌🏻 so want it to work for ya 🤞🏻
Fix shaft
Fit Roll cage
Send it at
The drag strip 😁🤙
And wheels. Pretty sure his tyres are like 10 years old if not more.
Car people take note:
‘Oh 100hp is nothing’
But you’ll absolutely wet your pants on a 60hp motorbike 😂😂
Nice one Lee !!!
Loving this green machine 😅❤ epic Lee 😎
Ooooh blaast from the past!!! My grandfather used to ALWAYS own/drive a Reliant Robin. When I was a student at our local hospital, my grandmother had a knee replacement. My grandfather visited at the same time I knocked off work so got a lift home. It was terrifying and I had to keep reminding him (bless him) to cancel his indicators as the sound of that engine drowned out the clicking!!! What I'd give to go back to the 80's.
That burnout sounded like a V10 F1 car
Looking good Lee! I’d say before Santa Pod - Get the chassis strengthened, roll cage, bucket seat. Some good brakes to stop this rocket😅
Then E30 vs Reliant on the drag strip 🎉
He is already selling it.
wanna hear the kicker when i was younger we had one of these 6 up in the 3 wheeler and towing a trailer going on a holiday with a stock engine and would still do 60 mph
Your old man sounds like. A legend very much like my uncle who had about 12 of us as kids and parents in a clapped old vw camper watching road markings through holes in the floor 😂😂😂
@@Benharcombe😂😂😂😂
@@brun_s there good cars i had mine at 90mph with a passanger i could of pushed her a little more but i was too scared lol ( i did connect the air box to the carb and replaced the filter with a piece of nylon stocking then hit the fan switch )
so hes still talking dribble then. At least 90 percent of top end sports cars are made out of fiberglass farrari/lotus/potiac firebird/ maclaren. Yes it has 3 wheels but so does the morgan. it dosent tip unless you want it to by pushing them into corners to hard. unlness like this bloke you lock the diff up as top gear did to make its unsafe. The bodys are bolted on not screwed onto a galvanized chassis.( the only other production car to have a galvanized chassis was BMW ) the only reason hes telling you its unsafe is because it makes himself look like a rebel. old men and women have been pottering about in these for years. I did 90MPH in my old one (Not recomended though) i also crashed one into a Mercedes and wrote the Mercedes off with no damage to my reliant other than scratches and a broken mirror. fiberglass is flexable steel isnt
I think those cars you mention are probably carbon fibre and not fibreglass. Carbon fibre used with some type of epoxy resin is going to be a lot stronger than glass fibres used with epoxy resin. 90mph in a 3 wheeler? Man whatever you were smoking back then, I want some lol.
And matey in the video isn't the brightest of sparks but got to give it to him, he's having a go at it. I think he would be better off doing what he is doing on a trabant.
@@bigbasil1908 granted most modern sports cars have elements of carbon fiber in them but rarely compleatly. But before carbon fiber they were made of fiberglass there are many examples of this" lotus elise and earlier models/ Pontiac Firebird Trans Am SE/ ferrari 308 GTB /Lamborghini Miura/Ford GT40/ ford thunderbird all made from fiberglass" if you dont belive me google it. Even now they use carbon and fiberglass in diffrent layers but they still use the same resin for both. because fiberglass has 4 times higher tensile strength than steel' But half the weight. Yeah i agree a trabant/ or a reliant kitten would be perfect
@@chrislewis4830 I just googled the reliant kitten and it shows two versions - a hatchback which kind of looks a bit like a mk1 vw golf and the estate version which looks like an old vw polo (I've had a couple of polos many years ago) lol
@@bigbasil1908 id love a kitten i really would
Whats a robin reliant?
is that like a escort ford or a golf vw?
I shit my pants just watching this video. Forget super cars. What a machine this is!
Another Best Content ever 👌
You should weld a small plate to the bike clutch lever so it more like a pedal
@@scottjohnson1740 it’s Ali 😂
@@itsleelockwoodsomeone can tig weld on a plate, might give you more feel for the clutch
RELIANT ROBIN .. NOT ROBIN RELIANT.
This thing is mad! 😂
Hi Lee i saw you on the m6 today at j6 look like you was having a blast with ur friends
Deadly yoke 😂 🤣 🤣 love the mental content lee
Reliant are great things, and this will be a hoot.
However, when you get a speedo wired up you'll find pulling the massive weight it carries over an R6, it won't be that fast, and if quick off the mark will have a low top speed.
It's torque that accelerates a car and that 600 hasn't got a lot.
A litre engine, say from a Fireblade, will be loads better.
Dead right bud , had loads regals , Robins back then , Brilliant with standard 850 engine in robins and Bond bugs where a great vehicle loved all of mine .
Hello Lee do you still have the original engine and gearbox? Thank you, Andy.
Pretty sure he sold it ages ago
There not dangerous you just need how to drive them, had them for years and no accident
“Reliant Robin” not the other way round
Lee has a Rialto but there we go
Add to that the fact that it's a Rialto, and it makes as much sense as someone making a video about a Ford Escort and calling it a Capri Ford. I lost all interest at that point.
@@MrSlipstreem robin reliant and reliant robin is the same thing
@@mindedchaos Nope. The manufacturer is Reliant and the model is a Rialto or a Robin. There is also a four wheeled version called a Kitten.
How many fast forward?
You could also drive them on a provisional driving licence unaccompanied just on an L plate and in those days this could go on for years without the need for any kind of driving test
How times have changed. Car being popular because you could drive it on a motorbike license which made it less expensive. Fast forward to now the cost of obtaining your motorbike license is crippling.
Where is part two? Awesome job guys!
Braver man than me 👍👍
My god I'm shittin myself and i aint even driving that dam thing, u gotta drag strip that beast 😂
I took my one down Zeals abandoned runway and GPS'd it at 96.6mph having done all I can to the 850cc and it was screaming at that speed and the front end was "bouncing" as the airspeed was buffeting under the front panel... one false move and would have corkscrewed into death... I did toy with an engine replace myself, I was eyeing finding a 2 litre Ford V4 but being all cast iron was way too heavy and too tall and a ballache to marry the Reliant box to the engine. The motor I was serious about was a K series 1400 out of a Metro, all alloy, box fittings not too far off the old Austin 7 fitment, injection options and it would have jus' squeezed into the cavity without major surgery too. Saying that, 100mph and getting there very smartish is pretty good enuff for my old bones, I will at some point put on a Weber ICH as I have an inlet manifold from a kit I bought, old carb is past redemption but finding a good ICH isn't that hard and will give it that revviness the SU lacks although someone in the Reliant world was working for a racing set, a full injection kit including manifold and I bet that will shift like a nun after her first curry...
Love it man 😂
In 1999 my friend Clive mounted a 3.5ltr rover engine in the back of a Robin, with a shortened Jag rear axel wheelie bar and parachute and drove it round the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, locally known as "Piggy" he was a legend at the time
Great vid mate 😂
When the next video?
You need to mount the fan on the front of the RAD or get a fan that sucks air.....
@@Tashmann it does….
Paint it yellow and you've got yourself a Trotter van 👌🏼💯😎
A friend of mine had one of these and drove it on his bike licence in the very early 90's. I did hundreds of miles as a passenger and it was scary as hell. Death traps.
It would be passing the m/ bike test , just to be able to drive one ,IF I could even find one .???, always been fascinated by them , used to go for rides out with my cousin & her husband, in the 80's !!! Thanks Lee, for the nostalia!😂
I'm surprised that drive shaft didn't come through the floor 😂😂
@@CuriousGamer022 literally
@@itsleelockwood good quality fiberglass👌😂
One of my friends had one 1976-ish. He could drive it on his bike license because it didn't have a reverse gear. We had to get out and push it.
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Omg well done chap 👍👍👍👍👍 it looks and sounds savage just remember breath lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You didn’t have to be miner to have one. Lots of people had them
The thing is Reliant Robins always handled badly especially in windy weather. To drive one with a potent motor bike engine in it, well you need to be incredibly brave.
A few years ago I worked with a bloke who had put a FJ1200 lump in a reliant kitten, basically a 4 wheeled version of the robin, it was insane!!
I wanna send you a video of what I’ve made with a r6 engine in its abit safer then yours 😂 but it’s shits the life out of you soon as you get past 6k revs in first and it takes off your just holding on after that
How did you connect the 6R engine to the original diff ? Asking for a friend with a ZX9R engine....😊
I turned over my Robin when I had a hay fever sneezing fit, and like you I had a prop shaft fall off, I should have known it was jinxed as it had 666 in the registration. Pretty sure the Reliants had to be light to be classed in the same bracket as a motobike and sidecar.
This dude is ridiculous
I got quite good at driving these on 2 wheels.
I welded the diff on one so it wouldn't slow down on 2 wheels, it understeered so badly I had to scrap it after pulling it out of ditches twice!
I drove reliants for many years,theres nothing dangerous about them unless the driver does something stupid.
You would be surprised at just how strong the fibreglass is,especially at certain places on the body where its over half an inch thick.
Ive known accidents where conventional steel bodied cars have been badly damaged in a collision with a reliant,and even one case when the metal bodied car driver was killed.
Tamworths gift to the motoring world.
I remember walking past the old factory on my way to catch the bus to college. Can’t say I miss Tamworth
please keep going with this build , it sounds fucking mint 😂
It's interesting that Reliant built them with The tricycle set up they had. The better idea would have been to either put the drive wheel in the rear and have the two steering wheels up front or have The better option would be just front wheel drive In a fashion like most four-wheeled vehicles
Tip: don't hold the HT lead in your hand 😂😂
You can find Reliant Robins getting hit by trains on YT. Fibreglass doesn't need to be thick to be solid, it's all about the curvature of it.
Racing Vespa and Lambretta's use something called an "ez-clutch" which is a bolt on device, one side has the actual clutch cable and the other side has the actuating cable and its designed to exert little pressure from the actuation to solid hard pressure on the actual clutch cable so you don't end up with a tired hand, you might find such a thing useful? Brembo I think were the pioneers of it and wouldn't take much to convert to foot action. I have always wondered why you just didn't use gear paddles around the steering wheel for gear changes.
mate this was hilarious 😂😂 scary enough standard let alone this abomination lol!
Why don't u run a hydraulic clutch instead of cable
First time I drove one of these I had stop coz of the tears in my eyes from laughing so much😂
OMG back in day I had a Robin Reliant with 850 engine had a bigger SU carb, body weighed nothing crazy acelleration but impossible turn corners. I'd skimmed masses off the head compression opened the exhaust ports and had to get a double thickness rad built would reach 100 mph. Only ran on 5 star or pinked like crazy. Then it caught fire electrical fault.
We had one the same and the same colour. And they are not cheap to run. It used to drink petrol We was glad to get rid of it.
i owned a few in the 80's and 90's and i found them cheap to run,you should get 45-50mpg,yours must have had a fault if it drank petrol.
The biggest savings were the cheap road tax ,insurance and only having 3 tyres to replace,second hand parts were cheap and plentiful in scrapyards as they used many identical parts to other british made cars.
Hard to believe Ford had the maker of them hateful things completely build the RS200 for them. Funnily enough an uncle of mine whos been dead many years had a Rialto 1 winter he came out and it had been put on its roof. Later that year i bumped into a mate from the next village it came out mates of mine had done it this was late 80s as im 54.
My mate had one of the these back in the day.
He pulled up at the traffic lights and nearby there were a load of kids sat in a bus stop. They all ran out tipped it on its side and ran off laughing.
Even he thought it was funny when he was telling me.
That was fast I think you should try to strengthen the flex from the fibreglass & fix the drive shaft then take it on a speed test
I take it you've never heard of a funnel?
First pack up box with a power band i ever seen 😮😂
I bought a Reliant Superman 3 for my step mam in the early 90's I had a tin of BT yellow and dome Buzby stickers. And an orange light for the roof. It looked funny. My father sent a photo to the Sun asking them to do some research into this was there new stock of transport lol. I dont remember if anything came back from It thou 😂
For energy fulvic acid is the best i use before training. Its all natural too n long lasting mellow enerby not like caffine.
Some patrol cans have a screw pipe attchment to use.
They were lethal. A lad I knew and his dad were killed in one, when they had a head on crash.
I know how quick a zx6r is, and you must be mental lol😅, good luck with your project
Can old drive on bike license if no reverse gear
5:28. Bowden Cable I think is the term :D
If you think it's dangerous, try driving a little more sensibly, I had three of these, and yes, on a bike licence, un killable, a full tank cost a fiver, and lasted for weeks. Oh, it's a Reliant Robin, not the other way around.
Apparently some used to get them to do wheelies I'm not sure I'm not having my leg pulled but they did used to live behind the Bond Bug factory.
Let's go
Build 2 stabaliser arms with wheels on that clip to the sides so it stops it frpm tipping and keeps it stable
Now make it road legal and take it round the Nurburgring !
Rev happy !
Ague planning in one of them was a proper thrill aha
I think everyone here wants to see you take it down a drag strip now you have said it 🤣
Nothing reliant about that Robin 😆
They where scary with the stock motor!
Hopefully you can refine it a bit more
It's a bit dysfunctional
looks fun - but I would be a bit worried about the brakes with that power.
In their day , 80s etc I remember these on the motorway doing nearly 90 .
That's toooooo fast for one of those , why you would wish to give it anymore power is beyond me 😂
Corners are the problem, inside rear wheel lifts off the road 😮
Why would you run it with no coolent in it..