home at last, story of a Rebel, argghhhhhh!!!

thats a great shame, still, I'm sure its nothing major!

I'm suprised its not as described as john posts a lot on the r3w forum and seemed like a very genuine and knowledgeable chap, it was advertised as having a little rust on the chassis was it not?

a leaky rocker cover is standard on all reliants - the kitten register has had runs of alloy ones made like fitted to my car.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it! be sure to keep us posted and if you need any reliant advice or parts (nothing rebel specific here I'm afraid) let me know!

Poo. Road trip planz iz broke. Good luck with getting it sorted then. The fun's only just started really - stick with it!

Yup. Get the Rover tomorrow - thankfully it's merely got to make it about 10 miles and no planes involved! (I can't stand them!)

Still plenty of scope for problems but fingers crossed eh?

It's home at least...I did wonder where you were!

I'm sure it's nothing a bit of fettling won't sort.

I'll have to come down and have a look!!! Any excuse for a mini-roadtrip.

Sounds like a honey:

"GJR 11L

Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Posts: 73
Location: Near the border. No, not that border!


Reliant Rebel 750 for reluctant sale.
But I'm not trying very hard so I advertised it here first!

Spec:

1972 Reliant Rebel 750 Estate in original Tangerine or, as BMC had it, Blaze paintwork.
Original 750 crankcase with liners bored to +0.060", main bearings strapped and bottom end all balanced. Upgraded camshaft (not reground from original blank, but a 8,000 Mile-old Kent item).

High capacity Cooper 'S' oil pump and steel skew gear, good9-spring Austin Healey-spec clutch, recent wheel cylinders and master cylinders (brake and clutch in the latter case) mini 25 seating, Mountney wheel, fitted electric washers with 1.5ltr bag to comply with SVA (handy if you wanted to fit a different shell).

Weber 32ICH carb. K&N air filter, fitted oil tank on inner wing for instant visual level check and tank has K&N breather filters. Triumph Stag coolant tank with standard Rebel radiator, but with 92 degree Imp thermostat so it will run hot enough unlike most of them which stay around the 'C' mark no matter what you do!

Fixed, four-blade fan replaced with twin-bladed one in case you catch traffic, but no coolant loss and never overheats.

Manifolds matched to ports and gas-flowed, Electronic ignition without contacts or condensor - ultra-reliable Pertronix "Ignitor", as sold in the UK by Aldon Automotive with their own label attached at twice the cost.
Lucas Gold 40KV "Sport" Coil and very thick silicon leads.

Brakes amazingly good, but then it weighs less than 3/4 as much as a Herald, and the brakes are designed for that car!

Lovely chassis, no rot at all, recent front and rear springs with new dampers at the front. Modern headlamps, but sealed beams available if required, original carpets not mint, but all there and protected from new with mats.

Excellent compressions (all around 195psi as they should be) and oil pressure 35psi at hot idle, 55-60psi hot at a steady 84mph which is 6,000 rpm in 4th. Will pull 7,000 quite effortlessly, and rev to 9,000 in 2nd, 3rd on the way up the box, which is a Rebel casing with later, 4-synchro gearsets and baulk-ring type synchro with bigger bearings ex- Robin.

Last time she was set up on the dyno, bearing in mind that the Reliant 750cc engine gave 35bhp at 6,000 when new, this one had 48 at the back wheels, or not far shy of 60 at the flywheel!

To put that into perspective, she's a 600Kg car! 60 usually comes up in around 8 or 9 seconds but the best bit is the handling:

When you think that the rearward (55%) weight bias is going to catch you out, it doesn't, the car just sticks to the road like sh!t to a blanket and lifts its inside front wheel as you floor it. Great fun and there's only really Imps that can stay with it in Autotests and such like.

Price by negotiation, with or without reg, which I can sell easily and would if the car were to be exported, but I have stacks invested in this and it won't be cheap.
Only selling as the DVLO and my Doctor are hassling me to give up the manual box for an auto.

John.

Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:10 am"

Looks like a honey!



Congrats, get it sorted soon!

Ha! Always nice to see a positive spin on things! Are you sure you didn't deliberately let it conk out? ;D

just downloaded some more pics ;D
This is going across the moors friday morn, weeeeeeeeeeeeee ;D ;D

Are those taken on the long drop down from the 'Golf Balls' at Fylingdales down towards Pickering?

Epic piece of road!