Project Dollywobbler's Foxy little number

[dollywobbler]

So, I went and saw a little Reliant again today...

 

Bought! I have the logbook and everything. Will come with the original, f*cked engine not fitted. It does roll, tyres do hold air. Has been parked up for two to three years since the engine seized after a core plug fell out. First challenge, get it home...

[smellypoo]

That's mega rare!!! I remember seeing Regals, Robins, Rialto's and Kittens, but not one of these...

 

What are the plans once it's back home?

[Supernaut]

"I need a long-distance cruiser"

 

*buys a fucked Reliant Fox*

 

 

 

Good job DW!

[Jim Bergerac]

You just can't stop winning, can you?

 

Funnily enough, I saw one of these in the same green colour (previously thought they were all cream or beige) the other week, put the pic up in the Lazy Spotters thread.

[captain_70s]

 First challenge, get it home...

 

Buy the lorry in the background, chuck the Fox in the back, drive home. Job jobbed.

[dollywobbler]

That's mega rare!!! I remember seeing Regals, Robins, Rialto's and Kittens, but not one of these...

 

What are the plans once it's back home?

 

Main plan is to find an engine for it! Fiat FIRE engines, which can be made to fit, have started getting quite expensive, so I think I'll stick with originality and try to track down a Reliant engine. That's far more my style anyway. Brake pedal is rock hard, so brakes will need work. Assuming it's the same drums I've got on the Invacar, so at least I've already got the correct adjuster spanner. 

[Aston Martin]

I was expecting a VW Fox, do I have to revoke my membership?

[Kiltox]

FIRE eh?

 

Panda 100HP conversion?

[garethj]

Excellent work, is green for the aristocracy while beige is for the proles? I’ve never seen them in any other colour.

[Felly Magic]

I've just been looking at the cost of replacement engines, £300 gets you something that's been sat out of a car for 6 years, a running engine with gearbox is £500, with no real question how healthy that engine is. Even stuff like new flywheels are over £250! Now you can see why even fucked Rialtos & Robins go for stupid money

[Eddie Honda]

Good* job I threw all those engines away when I moved 10 year ago.

[Timewaster]

Can we call it Daniel?

 

If you know, then you know.

[Eddie Honda]

Joining the Reliant Kitten Register then? I can highly recommend that you do. Give Brian Marshall a call.

[Mally]

_{I used to have everything but it was a while ago. Mostly gone now.}

_{Parts are expensive, I think I have a crankshaft and maybe con rods somewhere, but hopefully you won't need them.}

[johngarty]

The list for thread of the year is likely to contain mostly Wobblers.

[fordperv]

Put a bike engine in and have done with

 

Looks a lovely little project

[Ghosty]

K-Series?

[SiC]

K-Series?

I reckon he'd rather paint it yellow with Trotters on the side than put a k-series in.

[Cavcraft]

‘This place isn’t what it used to be’

 

Bollocks it isn’t, DW sets the pace again.

[Spudgun]

There is one of these near where I live in leicestershire, its been there years.

It was known locally as the pope mobile when it was on the road.

[danthecapriman]

Nice buy DW!

 

Has sir thought about a leccy conversion!? Probably hard work but certainly different.

[Spottedlaurel]

MX-5 1.6 engine and 'box would be quite amusing in that.

 

The local Reliant fiddlers had this a few years ago:

 

1985 Reliant Fox camper by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

[dollywobbler]

Nice buy DW!

 

Has sir thought about a leccy conversion!? Probably hard work but certainly different.

 

Yes. Sir has thought about it. Sir has quickly realised that he's really crap with numbers, so electric might be a dangerous game. 

[loserone]

Take your time and you'll be fine with it. It will tick eleventy boxes and drive brilliantly, and you'll get plenty of advice when you need it.

[Lacquer Peel]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F173367496565

 

[danthecapriman]

Yes. Sir has thought about it. Sir has quickly realised that he's really crap with numbers, so electric might be a dangerous game.

 

It’d be a very interesting project though.

I don’t really know much about leccy cars but could it not be done on a budget using reclaimed motors etc? I suppose the big killer items would be decent batteries though.

[loserone]

Batteries is indeed the killer. There's a market for smashed up leaves, it seems

[RayMK]

...or go for even more danger:-

 

[RayMK]

If you draw a blank looking for a reasonably priced Reliant engine which has some hope of working without needing a full rebuild (= expensive), then some of the small Suzuki front engine, rear drive units may be adaptable e.g. from the Suzuki Carry or Bedford Rascal.

[Tayne]

It’d be a very interesting project though.

I don’t really know much about leccy cars but could it not be done on a budget using reclaimed motors etc? I suppose the big killer items would be decent batteries though.

 

 

 

There's a chap in Ireland who does electric conversions himself and puts videos up on YouTube, for a while he was using scrap DC forklift motors.

He did attempt a 1000euro build on an old e36, not sure if he finished it.

 

The videos go on a bit too long and start to get quite dull but ...