1976 Reliant Kitten

[unders]

Hi all!
I have a 1976 Reliant Kitten for a project car. I was originally going to buy an old Mini but by a stroke of luck I managed to get my hands on one of these first.




Thats my brother sat in the car looking like a ghost.

I'm still waiting to get the other 2 mini alloys off a mate of mine.



Check out the after market rear strut brace I found installed in the back

In the process of getting stripped.


Only bit of rot that I have found so far.


Engine out!



Thats about as far as I have got. I'm hoping to get the body off this weekend.

[reliantreviver]

Good luck with the project, they have all the right elements to make a great car; lightweight revvy 4 pot, rear wheel drive, twin wishbone coilovers up front, stiff chassis and fiberglass body, 550kg weight in std. form.
Am I the only one who can't see the pics though?

[unders]

Fixed pics

[reliantreviver]

Ignore that, the piccies have appeared now!
Spose I should get on and do some work on mine..... too cold out there *grumble*

[unders]

Bit cold in my garage too. Could barely feel my fingers when I was under the car trying to remove the prop-shaft.

[grizz]

Welcome,and a nice different starter car.

Actually never noticed the asss on these.

[unders]

I think the shape of the ass look similar to that of a Mk1 Golf. But that might just be me.

[joda]

i had a reliant kitten as a daily driver for 18 months, loved the car, was fantastic little thing. pretty nippy away from the lights to!!

ran into the back of a van with it, and that was the end of that!

[unders]

Thats a bit of a shame that. I bet the van didn't even have a scratch on it.

Going to try and lift the body off tomoz. Think I have most of the bolts out holding the body in place apart from the ones in the boot.
Does anyone know exactly where all the bolts are and what i may need to look out for? Any advice on the body removal would be greatly appreciated.

[montanna]

Good luck with getting the body off or if you've already done it how did it go? I did my one last weekend there were 2 up front near the bumper, 3 in the front of the foot wells 6 that hold the seats down (the other two just go through the fibregalss), 2 more on the out riggers along the edges, 4 where the steel band in the body fixes to the chassis and 5 in the boot! I think thats the lot of em!