JoeyM
JoeyM GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
6/12/12 9:24 p.m.
Now that's what you call a mean machine: Reliant Robin owner fed up with Jeremy Clarkson’s years of ridicule declares war with armed tank version of three-wheeler 'Rugged Reliant' has a Browning 50 Calibre machine gun and caterpillar tracks The vehicle can be driven on the roads because vehicles with tracks don't need an MOT It still has its original 850cc engine but has parts scavenged from other cars By Rob Cooper Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156474/Reliant-Robin-owner-fed-Jeremy-Clarkson-declares-war-armed-tank-version-wheeler.html#ixzz1xdV5a5bA
EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/12/12 10:03 p.m.
JoeyM wrote:
Now that's what you call a mean machine: Reliant Robin owner fed up with Jeremy Clarkson’s years of ridicule declares war with armed tank version of three-wheeler 'Rugged Reliant' has a Browning 50 Calibre machine gun and caterpillar tracks The vehicle can be driven on the roads because vehicles with tracks don't need an MOT It still has its original 850cc engine but has parts scavenged from other cars By Rob Cooper Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156474/Reliant-Robin-owner-fed-Jeremy-Clarkson-declares-war-armed-tank-version-wheeler.html#ixzz1xdV5a5bA

Quoted to fix formatting issues.

I would totally rock that and I imagine Jeremy saw general improvements in it as well.

64chrysler300
64chrysler300 Reader
6/12/12 10:42 p.m.

Love the trolling motor on the back

JoeyM
JoeyM GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
6/13/12 12:19 p.m.

I can't imagine it is very fast

Jay
Jay UltraDork
6/13/12 12:34 p.m.

That thing looks like it should be amphibious too. Hell, make it a helicopter while he's at it.

TRoglodyte
TRoglodyte Dork
6/13/12 12:39 p.m.

JoeyM wrote:

I can't imagine it is very fast

Bet no one tailgates though

ValuePack
ValuePack Dork
6/13/12 5:09 p.m.

I feel for the driver, catching two sets of hot brass to the crotch.

aircooled
aircooled UberDork
6/13/12 5:33 p.m.

Weird note of the day: A Vickers feeds from the right, a Browning from the left.

(so the driver would only get 50 cal casings, not the 303's)

Random design choice... I don't know.

keethrax
keethrax HalfDork
6/13/12 5:55 p.m.
Jay wrote: That thing looks like it should be amphibious too. Hell, make it a helicopter while he's at it.

I figured the trolling motor was there for amphibiousness.

neon4891
neon4891 UltimaDork
6/13/12 9:54 p.m.

It's in England, those guns cant be real.

novaderrik
novaderrik SuperDork
6/13/12 11:14 p.m.

i was hoping this was about a Plymouth Reliant..

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/14/12 7:09 a.m.

TG should have used the reliant when they tried to build those amphibious cars/trucks a few years ago

novaderrik
novaderrik SuperDork
6/14/12 3:37 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: TG should have used the reliant when they tried to build those amphibious cars/trucks a few years ago

it's one thing to tip over on land- it's a whole nother thing to tip over in the middle of the English Channel..

mazdeuce
mazdeuce HalfDork
6/14/12 6:13 p.m.
novaderrik wrote: i was hoping this was about a Plymouth Reliant..

Me too. Sigh..........

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