Reliant Robin for sale

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Robin Reliant for sale, or is it Reliant Robin ?
1977 Jubilee edition 850 cc.
I"ve had endless fun with this car/vehicle/motorbike. I could never have imagined before I owned it just how much motoring and humor were made for each other. I mean think of food and humor, who wants to find their meal amusing? Surely the last thing you"d want from your meal is to be made to laugh. But this car is a perfect harmonious symphony of amusement and driving pleasure.
Numerous things struck me with this car, how much fun it is and how nice and rewarding it is to drive. The gearbox is sublime and highly sporty. The engine is willing and delivers a torque curve to match any page three model. These cars really are a flagship for good quality traditional British engineering, if not for the lack of the fourth wheel.
Handling is far better than the average person would believe and therefore you will have bags of fun at scaring the carp out of your passengers. MPG on these cars is very high, probably due to their lightness. I"m told that 70 MPG is not unheard of, and you can achieve even higher figures if your passenger is also peddling. Plenty of power is there if required and you will have lots of fun seeing the surprise on peoples faces as you overtake and blow their ears out with the wide bore exhaust.
This car only let me down twice!!! I"m a glider pilot and on both the first two times at visiting the gliding club she did not want to leave. First time was points, which I immediately exchanged for an electronic ignition, bulletproof and no more problems since, and fuel pump which was changed for a new one. Everything else has been fine or better than perfect.
This car underwent a preventative body off preservation program a year ago, which involved procedural chassis treatment and protection. Whilst the body was off all mechanicals were inspected and it was decided that all fuel lines and brake lines be renewed in order to facilitate many more years of trouble free new car motoring. I think the Reliant Robin is a beautiful car to look at with some gorgeous lines, but looking at this car underneath whilst raised on a ramp is even more orgasmic, but how I wish I could take a soft damp cloth to picture number five and clean away all the dust back to that black metal look. Why oh why didn"t the previous owner at this point address the bodywork? Having spent all that money on preservation for the future of the underside they then went and ignored the bodywork. To make this car one of the best out there you would just need to spend somewhere between £750 and £1,000 on the fiberglass. There is plenty of cracking on the gel coat, and some osmosis in the fiberglass. A body sprayer would need to take it right back and bake the moisture out of it before respraying. It"s not bad, but considering the such high standard of the rest of the car it would then all be in keeping. The components like door handles and lights all come away easily, so preparation is where you"ll be saving money over respraying other cars. Personally, I"ve chosen to not do it, it looks fine unless you"re close up. If I was really going for top dollar then I"d have paid the £750 to have it done from a bodywork technician that I know, and then I could have sold this car for even more than £750 over my asking price, because it would be one of the very finest available.
I"ve had lots and lots of fun with this car, I will miss it"s humor, I will miss it"s driving feel, and I will miss the level of attention it attracts from women as you cruise it round. It really does attract serious attention. First they hear the exhaust, then they see the car, and to really make their day I usually sound the musical horn (La Cucaracha).
Anyone viewing from afar, please call and I will describe the car in as much detail as possible and as honestly as possible so that nobody"s time is wasted.
Oh... All the locks have been "bust" as the previous owner lost all the keys. All locks can be opened with a screw driver. I can"t imagine new second hand locks are expensive, the ignition doesn"t even have a steering lock, so that will be easy to change. I was going to fit an external hasp and padlock on the drivers door, but Mr. Bean already did that joke...
Never been crashed or rolled...
MOT till 13.7.17
70,600 miles
Car is located one mile from Junction 14 of the M5, North Bristol.
Please call 07710 497353 for more information. Ebay messages will only be replied with yes and no answers. Call if you"re interested, I will not subject you to a hard sale. The car will sell itself...

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