Manky Monkey Motors

What have i started.Got my donor vehicle 76 robin,stripped of bodywork,for some reason photobucket will only let me ad 1 picture will try again to add more.
Lots of questions for you experts.
Fancy a beer barrel petrol tank at the back,any thoughts/problems.can it be done.
Only have 2 days a week to do,so will be a long epic job,wiil add pics as i go along.
Cheers George.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/gtchippy/trike/

Ive seen plenty of beer barrel petrol tanks over the years and ive seen a couple for sale on EBay over last few months too.....They seem easy enough to track down if you want to fit one...or you could have a stainless race tank made up at a decent price just to keep it individual...ive been looking at the race tanks last couple of months as gonna have one made up for the wife's trike build....good luck on the build....Voodoo....
Race tanks....http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400104027155&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

see if this works.
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/gtchippy/Motorhome/

Here ya go. If you have problems posting pics, check Taz's "stickied" thread at the top of the General Discussion section -or just email them to us to post for you.
Postie_Dave contacted us last week, looking for non inertia seat belts, as fitted to some Reliants. Have you got any?

Hi sorry no seatbelts in the car.
Will have to sort out a resizer for pics,just tried to add more ,but to big.

We use Photoshop, but there are others. Or host them somewhere else, like Photobucket, & add the link to your post.

Ive got the old front end off the reliant trike I got last year...I scrapped the frame as it was easier to get a new frame than me muck about....As I said front half is here if you want it...only real use would be to use it as a rough guide to build your own front cradle....Its as rough as it gets as it was just welded to a relaint rear chassis ......Voodoo...

Thanks for the offer,but there is no way i'm even going to attempt putting a bike front on,don't have the tools.nohow or skills required,so will use the whole chassis & make a 3 wheeled trike,based completely on the full chassis.
At the moment all the suspension,axle is off,few bits to come off front end then ready for cleaning & spraying,then i'll think about the design.
Still can't get pics on tried one of the resizers recomended but didn't seem to want to work for me.
Will keep trying.

you can still fit handlebars on using the reliant steering box and arm. Chalky white did it all the time and his trikes were always quite easy to steer. Someone somewhere must have a Chalky White trike with this set up for you to look at. I know it involved drilling through the steering arm on the box and fitting another steering rod up to a bearing mounted plate with the handlebars. I`ll have a word around our club to see if we`ve got any pics of this.

Brilliant,cheers.

Hi gtchippy. were in west bourne are you i am in cosham.i can call round and show you how to load the photos

Have the chip shop in the village,theres only one so can't miss it.
My busiest days now till sunday.Cheers.

You can definately use beer barrells, Rodders has used a small Carlsberg keg on his latest build, here is the tank:

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/nabsim/Area51%20-%20BTW/19052010153.jpg)

thanks for that,still undecided which way to go.

think i,ve sussed pics.

more to follow now i seem to have it sussed..

spoke to a couple of people in my club last night and was told that you have to move the steering box inwards,weld a plate on etc then a hole is drilled in the steering arm about an inch or so up from the steering rod (has to be close to to rod or else steering gets heavy) then on a sub frame fitted just in front of central driving position a plate and bearing assembly (I know Chalky used to use wheelhubs for this for ease building) with handlebars fitted, new steering rod is fitted from this plate to the new hole in the steering arm with rose joints on each end. T make all this happen you need to bend some heavy tubing to weld to the chassis to mount the top of suspension leg so you can then cut away the section that kicks up at the front. I know this may be clear as mud but I hope it helps. Cab`t find any pics to show all this I`m afraid.

Cheers,thats as clear as mud hehe.
Chassis now completely bare ready to clean & spray,front suspension all cleaned new bushes to be fitted.

bit more done,primed &  sprayed,all i have to do now is design something.

Right i have my beer barrel,so am i right in thinking i need 3 holes,1 for putting fuel in/2 one for feeding the engine/3 one vent/breather,is this assumption correct,any comments/advice welcome.George.

that seems about right george. but make sure the filler leakproof as its part of mot now, would also advise it to be lockable. good luck with build.

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Back to front,never mind.

Well made some progress,stated at the rear,as that seems to be the easiest,new brake pistons,new brake pipe,new shocks & bushes,back seat nearly done,have given myself 2 options on final position,at the back with tiny luggage space,or further forward more luggage space,but less leg room.
Got myself a welder,cheaper than keep paying my friendly  garage.
Started to think about the front end,but not sure yet,having fun though

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Reliant-robin-trike-beach-buggy-unfinished-project-1977-/270764539843?_trksid=p5197.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D170656932714%252B130534680105%252B260800182206%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D794682295703646860#ht_863wt_936

I use photorazor its free and its default setting allows full size pics to be uploaded