RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2022 Conversion of the Oxford AA patrol van. Home made decals plus a roof rack soldered up from brass rod. Cheers Darius 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2022 The key ring models can still be found, a better model than the Oxford one IMHO. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB 3C no.2 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Very nice but it is of course a Reliant REGAL van. Craig 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2022 Not sure about a roof rack on a fibre glass roof? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 10, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, JCB 3C no.2 said: Very nice but it is of course a Reliant REGAL van. Craig Whatever. I had fun converting it. Cheers Darius 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 10, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2022 Just now, john new said: Not sure about a roof rack on a fibre glass roof? The original had a roof rack. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Darius43 said: The original had a roof rack. Cheers Darius Interesting, I had a saloon version years ago (between passing my full bike test but not yet the car test) - memory was the roof was fibreglass but it is well over forty plus about 50 years back now so memory fade probably. Edited March 10, 2022 by john new Just realised just how far back in time it was!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, JCB 3C no.2 said: Very nice but it is of course a Reliant REGAL van. Craig Actually its a Reliant Supervan Mk.III. 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2022 I always thought that the key ring model that was sold by Marks and Spencer was a better model. It was spot on dimension wise, the Oxford model is too short in the bonnet area giving it a stubby appearance and the paint is far too thick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted March 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11, 2022 10 hours ago, BernardTPM said: Actually its a Reliant Supervan Mk.III. My Dad only had a motorbike license, which allowed you to drive a three wheeler. As a family we had Bond and Reliants including a Supervan III which had been ‘pimped’ by one of my Dads work collegues at Brighton, Hove and District. It had a window cut into the Van sides and a second row of seats added. All the seats were retrimmed in bus company moquette, the door window winders were big chrome handles used for bus destination blinds and something similar for the door handles. We also had a roof rack from an earlier Regal this clamped to the rain gutter strip. Here is a photo of it at Whitecliff Bay holiday park at Bembridge IOW……I’m the taller one! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11, 2022 Thats a saloon not a van. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 11, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2022 22 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Thats a saloon not a van. He does say the rack was from their Regal (the saloon) they had earlier. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted March 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11, 2022 6 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Thats a saloon not a van. I agree but that isn’t what I said ……never got a photo of the van unfortunately. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2E Sub Shed Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) In the early 1990's there was a Reliant Van belonging to a local tyre company in Newbury that on the rear had a sticker stating it to be a "3 X 3" Edited March 11, 2022 by 2E Sub Shed Date corrected - RAM error 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 A more current Reliant Robin special...built for classic reliability trials [class E]...The owner, a skilled engineer, has little or no time for the modern plastic fantastics that abound our country's roads these days. The thing above has phenomenal climbing ability, really.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 11, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2022 12 minutes ago, alastairq said: The thing above has phenomenal climbing ability, really.. Does that explain the piece of tree upper foliage in the front chassis? Cheers Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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