Reliant Kitten (page 10)
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Now that the front is
on the car the lights can be wired. The test run will be at night so I will
need all the lights. |
The lights soon were
wired and working. Being able to remove the doors from the car helps when
working in our narrow garage. |
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Fitting the windscreen
was a job that required all of us. It was a tight fit. For the test run I
wanted the car as legal as possible even though it would not have an MOT. |
Getting the car out of
the garage for the test run. The car is so low that I have to use a jack to
lift the car out of the garage. This requires the front body work to be removed. |
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The front was put back
on the car and everything tested. The plan was to push the car down the road
and start it up away from home. ( Remember it still had no exhaust system
). We did this but after starting the car I could not get it to move, so we
towed it to some quiet roads away from any houses. |
Andrew Booth towed me
in his Minor to the quiet roads and I was able to drive the car for the first
time. ( The reason it would not move before was because I did not know how
the shift pattern went on the gear stick.) Everything worked and the car felt
good. I did not have any head lights ( we had to remove the front to tow it.
) so had to follow Andrew quite closely. |
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We had time for a photo
while on the test run. Its a good job no cars came along. I was very happy
that after all the work the car runs. |
I now had to get the
car road worthy for its MOT. The exhaust system was made, using Super Trapp
silencers. These are a compact design good at silencing but poor for flow.
The exhaust sounded good. |
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Picture to the left---
We had been working hard to get the car ready for the final meeting at York
Drag Way. This event was sponsored by Street Machine Magazine and they were
offering £200 for the best car. I was quite sure that I would win, and
I needed the money because I had borrowed £300 from Robin to finish
the car. The car had been MOTed, when I eventually found a garage that would
do it. Most were not interested because the car was a little different. This
picture shows us doing final work on the morning of the event. A lot of friends
had turned out to come along to the meeting and see the car run. |
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