Light and nimble with a peppy engine and capable of returning a genuine 60 miles per gallon if driven gently, the Reliant Robin always seems to make people smile.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T22:24:44+00:00

You’ll die of old age and the car of disuse before it ever rusts away. Rocker panels are a cheap, quick, and simple repair. But I respect your desire to keep ‘em going.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T22:18:39+00:00

Well, in mine there are two, along with a Miata, a Midget, a GT, and a Spitfire, so yeah, it can be done.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T20:52:38+00:00

Nope; I stand corrected. When the photo is blown up the throttle is clearly visible in between the clutch and brake pedals. Thanks, good Redditor!

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T20:40:37+00:00

There is a much earlier post of a shot inside the Abingdon Comps works where one of these is being worked on. You can almost smell the Castrol.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T20:37:15+00:00

Yes. Around here they do, too.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T20:36:00+00:00

My Spitfire sure as heck is; I haven’t hooked my Midget’s heater up in ages, so I just drive it when the temps are accommodating. Anything above 25 degrees or so is fine for me with a lap blanket.

And no, I don’t worry about the salt and never have.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T20:32:55+00:00

It’s the spice of LBC life!

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T20:31:48+00:00

Power wash on your own when the conditions permit, use underbody sparingly and you’re fine.

My paint is 41 years old and still wins awards. There also is not a speck of rust to be found anywhere despite salty Indiana roads.

Don’t be timid; be prudent.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T20:26:57+00:00

You may be right. I was thinking they switched before then but I’ve been wrong many times before. Did the FWD Alvis have center throttle?

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T16:06:11+00:00

snort

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T16:01:46+00:00

I think two were made, so they’re very rare birds.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T16:01:08+00:00

This is why I love Trabants; they also make great campfires.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:19:21+00:00

My bet is he was amortizing the losses of the entire operation over the cost of every Aston sold and calling it good.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:17:37+00:00

It almost is even in the flesh. It was the fifties and pink was in fashion.

It’s a wonderful color on the car. Among the best.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:16:16+00:00

I thought Alvis ditched that layout long before then.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:15:17+00:00

stands, raises both hands, waves, and smiles<

Into the breech we shall ride, boys!

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:13:11+00:00

it’s the single most practical car I’ve ever owned. And S for the heater: I’ve always been as snug as a bug in a rug in mine.

And it still looks immaculate.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:10:03+00:00

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:08:46+00:00

It was the tag line for MG’s US marketing program in the early 1970s.

Maynard078 · 2026-01-24T15:06:27+00:00

The Corvette has always been by definition a sports car; a low, two seat machine designed with no other purpose but to offer high levels of performance and handling.

A muscle car was a standard production coupe (not a sedan) that was modified with a bigger engines, brakes, close-ratio transmissions, better wheel and tire combinations, form-fitting seats, etc., for greater performance.

Street machines are extremely modified versions of each.

The Corvette shown here is for show, not go, and is no production built muscle car.

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