Recommended Books on Reliant's history

Recommended Books on Reliant's history

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Tatraman

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13 posts

144 months

Monday 28th October 2013
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Was wondering if anyone else has read and can recommend either The Reliant Three-Wheeler 1935-1973 / The Reliant Three Wheeler 1973-2002 by Elvis Payne and Stuart Cyphus or Rebel without Applause by Daniel Lockton (http://danlockton.co.uk/rebel/rebel_intro.html)?

Am interested in reading about the history of Reliant though while Rebel without Applause gives information on the 4-wheeled Reliants up to the mid-70s (with a 2nd book in development), it seems that the latter was only produced in limited numbers with the result being that the cheapest book is £159.99 on Amazon.

Though both Reliant Tree Wheeler books obviously does not focus on 4-wheeled Reliants, they are by far the cheapest and most recent compared to Rebel without Applause and unlike the latter they are complete books.



plasticpig

12,932 posts

232 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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For the GT and sports cars Don Pither's books "The Scimitar and Its Forebears" and "Reliant Sports Cars" are very good. I will have to dig out my copy of Rebel Without Applause. I didn't realize they were so valuable!

Tatraman

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13 posts

144 months

Wednesday 30th October 2013
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Am reluctant to pay that sort of money, perhaps £30-40 at best.

Anyway, one of the things that has caught my eye from reading the online book contents page on Daniel Lockton's "Rebel without a Applause" is the Reliant Rebel 1600 GT project which I'm unable to find information on anywhere else. - http://danlockton.co.uk/rebel/rebel_contents.html

Reading-wise, what I am after is information on Reliant's stillborn styling mock-ups / prototypes / etc or something that is not widely known about Reliant (e.g. did they consider replacing the Austin 7-derived 598-848cc engine for something else?).


plasticpig

12,932 posts

232 months

Wednesday 30th October 2013
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It would be worth your while contacting Dave Poole who has a website. Although his main interest is the GT cars he has lots of material from Reliant and may be able to point you in the right direction. As for little known facts about Reliant there is the involvement in the Cipher sports/kit car project which was based on a Kitten chassis.

Edited by plasticpig on Wednesday 30th October 09:45


Edited by plasticpig on Wednesday 30th October 09:46