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so they say public demand was high,it probably was but so was the price. £50,000 in the mid eighties meant a lot were broke up for spares..
And of course there were never 200 made as was requested by the regs, from memory the body's were made by reliant in Tamworth who also did some assembly work in a unit wich was bought out of mothballs situated somewhere near shenstone..
When the fia inspectors visited to confirm the necessary 200 had been built they were shown some at the Tamworth factory and then driven round the long way to Shenstone while a fleet of all white rs 200s were driven the short way..They got the papers of course..
I was living and working in the area at the time and often witnessed half a dozen on the road at a time. A pal from school even worked there until Reliant ceased to be and confirmed the numbers never tallied..
so they say public demand was high,it probably was but so was the price. £50,000 in the mid eighties meant a lot were broke up for spares..
And of course there were never 200 made as was requested by the regs, from memory the body's were made by reliant in Tamworth who also did some assembly work in a unit wich was bought out of mothballs situated somewhere near shenstone..
When the fia inspectors visited to confirm the necessary 200 had been built they were shown some at the Tamworth factory and then driven round the long way to Shenstone while a fleet of all white rs 200s were driven the short way..They got the papers of course..
I was living and working in the area at the time and often witnessed half a dozen on the road at a time. A pal from school even worked there until Reliant ceased to be and confirmed the numbers never tallied..
