29-03-2014, 09:54 AM
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Re: Robin - Alive and Well
This is the link to the car .... You can see the old one he bought and the end result .......http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/and-finally/
29-03-2014, 12:30 PM
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Re: Robin - Alive and Well
Originally Posted by Patsy
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Why not - plenty of people build things from nothing .....He may get a job at the end of it, at least he's not idling !
I have no problem with him building per se, but something which is worthwhile - a proper car not a go-cart with a 'lid'.
29-03-2014, 12:37 PM
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Re: Robin - Alive and Well
Originally Posted by cranberry
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Death traps though, aren't they? All that fibreglass...
Along came a tow truck, hooked it up and started to lift it, by the time the front wheel was a foot off the ground most of the fibreglass from the windscreen forward was shattered and most was on the roadway. The Robin looked a write off by then.
As an aside there was a Reliant Scimitar GTE about at the same time which was a very flashy looking sports car with something like a 2.5 litre motor. If I couldn't get my Aston Martin DB6 I would have settled for one of those.
29-03-2014, 01:41 PM
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Re: Robin - Alive and Well
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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No Patsy darlin' - that's not the point - the 'Reliant' is a 'death trap' because, being built of fibre-glass it is too light and can be blown off course in strong winds, and its rigidity is severely compromised by being built of fibre-glass. If it crashed or were involved in a serious collision, the passenger and driver would stand very little chance of survival. I have no problem with him building per se, but something which is worthwhile - a proper car not a go-cart with a 'lid'.
He very 'rarely' drives it, when he does, its just short distance, and one day will sell it.
29-03-2014, 05:07 PM
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Re: Robin - Alive and Well
Originally Posted by Patsy
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Thanks for that Jem - New York - Paris - Peckham - got to get that right ! 
As an avid fan I nearly posted about that and the picture confirmed it for me.New York - That's when he took Raquel to the Hilton for lunch the first day he met her, and bribed the waiter to say he had a call from New York
Paris - That would be when he (unknowingly) assisted an illegal immigrant, and Boycee got him to be chauffer on his (Boycee's) trip to Paris. Turned out the deal was with the father of the hapless illegal immigrant
As far as I can recall he never did anything connected with Rome.
29-03-2014, 05:25 PM
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Re: Robin - Alive and Well
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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the 'Reliant' is a 'death trap' because, being built of fibre-glass it is too light and can be blown off course in strong winds, and its rigidity is severely compromised by being built of fibre-glass. If it crashed or were involved in a serious collision, the passenger and driver would stand very little chance of survival.
Fibre-glass (Or GRP as it's normally refered too) is actually an extremely strong material and furthermore it is flexible, so absorbs an impact better than steel. They use it in some aircraft wings so there's no disputing it's strength.
I have owned and restored both a Reliant Scimirar SE6 and the latter convertible SE8, both brilliant 'concept' cars, made of fibre glass (With an immensely strong steel chassis) and in the case of the SE6 for a while very popular (Princess Anne had one) sadly let down by some flaws in execution of the concept e.g. although the body could never rust (being GRP) a lot of the bits were plain steel e.g. the window frames and similar parts, not even galvanised just plain steel and rusted faster than you could imagine. Had they used stainless steel the car might well have been in production today
I have also owned a Reliant Kitten which weighed about the same as the Robin but having four wheels never suffered from stability problems.
I was considering buying a Robin but Mrs. Losos wouldn't consider being seen in one (Only Fools was at it's most popular at the time
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