Rare but rubbish

[Prof Beard]

Today I followed, of all things, a Reliant Kitten (the 4 wheel plastic pig) - ironically with a "big bore" exhaust.

A friend had one years make - it caught fire - evidently a common event...

[Nick_F]

An ill-starred spin-off of a wierd consequence of bizarre car taxes.

Lucky we won't ever have those again...

[AJAX50]

One of my future projects is to put a Rover V8 in a Kitten.

[eccles]

AJAX50 said:

One of my future projects is to put a Rover V8 in a Kitten.

I believe it's already been done, several times.

http://www.beardmorebros.co.uk/website%20pages/rel...

Edited by eccles on Saturday 7th February 09:59

[ian2144]

There was a rally prepared Kitten, that used to do various rounds in the Scottish Rally series back in the 80's. It was blue, with a 1275 midget engine it, I think !! and was just as fast as the Escorts and Sunbeams in 1300cc class.

[pacoryan]

I know of a blue one that competed in the Monte Carlo Rally in the early 80's and did surprisingly well - class win from memory??

Didn't have a 1275 in it then, but it was moved on around 1983 when the owner moved on to Astras and then Skodas.

I was regularly terrified by him in all of them!

[//j17]

Think a Kitten won the last Practical Performance Car £999 challange - www.ppcmag.co.uk (but blocked by work firewall so can't check)

[racingsnake]

Yes it had a bike engine fitted think it was an R1 Yamaha or similar.

[chevronb37]

There was a Kitten used to run in Special Sports/Saloon events 10 or 15 years ago. Anyone remember it? I will have to delve into my program collection to find it.

[RW774]

Kittens? you need a big cat, preferably a Jaguar mate !

[AJAX50]

Jaguar mechanicals in a Kitten, that would be something!

[shirt]

bizarrely i saw a kitten the other night on the way home. this one was red with white weller wheels and a big bore. he was stood in traffic so no idea as to how it shifted.

[RW774]

Forward motion
Down hill with the wind behind it and a low pollen count.

[Prof Beard]

shirt said:

bizarrely i saw a kitten the other night on the way home. this one was red with white weller wheels and a big bore. he was stood in traffic so no idea as to how it shifted.

Interesting - the one I saw in Stafford was Red with a big bore (didn't see the wheels) -if it's the same one he gets about!

[Firefox1]

The Kitten that raced in Special Saloons was built by Ginger Marshall, he was the first to realise that running a "van" shaped body gave an aerodynamic advantage. He was about 10 years ahead of Volvo and their 850 estates.

[srob]

There was a Kitten in Car and Car Conversions years ago that was space framed and with a bike engine. I think it was a pre-R1 era engine, maybe a ZZr1100? It looked completely standard from the outside but did 0-60 in something stupid like 4 seconds!

That'd be fun away from the lights!

[minimatt1967]

There used to be Cossie powered Kitten and that was awesome

[grahamw48]

They're British and cute. Years ahead of the Smart car. At the time they were dear though.

Fibreglass body and separate chassis, sporty little engine....so what's not to like ?

[BlueCello]

Very light, wheel at each corner, easy to slot a very quick engine into............ hmmmmmmmm.

I can imagine that you could make a rather formidable track weapon.