has anybody got a 3-wheeler for sale (this is not a joke, i just love weird cars), i would prefer a yellow three wheeler van, but would consider anything, must be under £250 with tax and mot.
i can travel about 200 miles of newcastle.
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The Del-Boy Trotter of Whitley Bay, perhaps?
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the idea was to have a yellow reliant three-wheeler van and put 'trotters independent traders' along the side, i hope to make it into an exact copy of delboys van.
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Trotters Independant Traders?
TIT Gerrit?
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plus its north shields, not whitley bay.
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Surely, by definition, such cars have neither MOT nor tax! Anyway, you'd have to change your e-name - perhaps to "Reliants are slower"?
Good hunting and, in the meantime, make the most of being able to travel 200 miles!
Ronnie
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"I hope to make it into an exact copy of Del Boy's van"
Like I said, no MOT or tax!
Ronnie
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ho>"I hope to make it into an exact copy of Del Boy's van"
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>Like I said, no MOT or tax!
Not that it really matters, but you would be in trouble if you did do it. Its an image protected by law.
Somebody was actually taken to task over it and it cost them a few pennies. However, they can`t do much if you just *say* you`re going to do it, whch is all I guess we're talking about here.
M.
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Mark
Omigod! I didn't realise you specialised in intellectual property if, again, that's not a contradiction in terms, in relation to an exact copy of Del Boy's yellow peril.
Ronnie
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In this instance, the phrases "Intellectual" & "Ladas are Slow" are mutually exclusive.
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Actually I used to work in the West End and used a little known car park at the back of Leicester Square - I used to see, more or less every day, a copy of Del Boy`s reliant.
Anyway.got talking to the guy one day and he was, at that time, getting a bncj of grief from some lawyers about this.
I saw him a few months later and he told me he'd had to get rid of it, since if it wasn't yellow with Trotter Trading, or whatever it was, on the side, it wasn't worht anything.
I seem to recall he delivered vegetables or something.
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And anyway, it gets tiresome. Every time Chris Watson (Larders are cool) sees a new subject, he is suddenly going to buy, build, find one or already owns, built, bought one.
We've had jags, fiats, pink tanks, perpetualy-motion powered roller skates and goodness knows what.
I know he's just sad and lonely with no friends or life, but it gets a bit much after a while.
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I'm still waiting for someone to put a V-8 in one
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I remember Top Gear (or similar) doing a piece on some nut who had fitted his Robin out with a Ford V6. (Needed to add wheelie bars I believe).
I've actually got a sneeking respect for reliant. After all you've got to admire any company that puts the disc brakes at the back and the drums at the front.
My dad had a Robin for a while. I think he kept it just to cause me and my sister as much embarrassment as possible. I sufferred the experience of being dropped of on my first day at secondary school it that thing, but it made me the man I am today (oo er).
I also remember Top Gear (or similar) doing a piece on Reliant racing. They pointed out that cars lasted at most two races before the fibreglass bulkheads disintegrated around the steering column.
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perhaps a "Re-lier Robbin" would be more accurate?
M.
p.s. Has the therapy cured you?
p.p.s I already know the answer...
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> "I'm still waiting for someone to put a V-8 in"
I'm still waiting for someone to put a sock in it.
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I'll ask my brother in law if he wants to flog his van.
It is off the road at the moment and I don't know how much work it needs.
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I think this one is more your cup of tea
www.corgi.co.uk/show3d.ihtml?id=69001
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I thought LAC had deserted us?
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Don't be so mean. Play nice together children. He ain't so bad.
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the problem that i am going to have, is how to change a normal colour (red, blue, green) into yellow. do you sand the plastic then paint it???
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No.
The normally accepted method is to use a hammer and a chisel. You need to make sure that the chisel is very, very sharp.
Using the hammer and lightly tapping the chisel, you should be able to lift a little piece of paint, and then, pulling it very gently, you should be able to peel the paint off the whole car.
Alternatively use some paint stripper. Anything designed to remove cellulose based paint is absolutely fine for you to use on fibre glass.
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Excellent advice from Mark, there. I've heard it's good luck if you peel the paint off in one piece. While you're using the paint stripper, you might find that the body is temporarily softened. Try not to lean against it at this stage, but it would be the time to mould it into a more aerodynamic shape, or carve etchings on it if you prefer.
Chris
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LAC
Reliant Supervan III 1969 £300 + offers Location Romford, Essex
Phone Phil on 01708 721970
Martyn BRM, this is in reply to the request which is the first item on the thread.
I cannot get a contact on e-mail, so I hope that you don't mind the answer going via the forum.
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right, I've got 20 bucks says he doesn't buy it. Any takers ?
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> I'll have some of that!
So you are going to bet that he *WILL* buy it ?
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i will be ringing the seller tomorrow.
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Let us know how you get on, Chris.
BTW, if you pull off your betting coup, you can change your nick to ladbrokes are cool ...
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Careful, Mark, it might be a trap..... If enough people bet against you, Ladas Ars* Low could have organised a big enough syndicate, all betting against you, to pay for the T*tmobile.
He's probably only saying it to upset you, especially now that Tracey has decided to keep her Mitsubishi, and he's had to amend his wish-list!
Anyway, LAS only says he's "ringing" the seller - so could it be a "bird"?
Ronnie
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