Reliant Fox - MOT preparation - first test since 2019!

[@frazzleface753]

Foxanne is probably your most reliable vehicle. And this was the one that you put together yourself from bits in a box! This is brilliant 😊

[@johnf5817]

Happy New Year Ian, Carly, Hublets and Hubmutts, great to see FoxAnne getting some love.

[@SeasideGarage]

This car got me to this channel... I did not know the model beforehand, and its not a car that I am that interested in... But the whole story, and your philosophy about the entire thing really got my attention... This is really a joyful project! Thanks for that.

[@anyoldsteel3273]

Always liked Foxanne and glad she will soon be back on the road. Your emulsion job has held up better than anyone could possibly have imagined! Recently, in Oban I saw a Fox that had been converted into a camper - now that's quite something.

[@brianreardon159]

Did I see a lesser spotted clipboard lurking on the passenger seat🤣😍

[@HubNut]

Oh yes!

[@JR90.]

I bloody love that little car/van. Can't wait to see more Foxanne adventures! Imagine a set of Mini alloys on it!

[@RoyCousins]

Happy New Year to you and the family. Nice to see Foxanne getting some love at long last. Good luck with the MOT.

[@kevinw8258]

“Wales Proof” lol😁. Good luck with the MOT, I love the simplicity of FoxAnne!

[@robertmackenzie5850]

Best car in his fleet we need more Roxanne road trips

[@skodakatie7341]

Happy New Year, it’s great to see Fox Ann back in the limelight, as with all Reliants, she is such a cute little iconic vehicle❤️.

[@Tibs55]

NICE fox

[@tristanpage6805]

Such a cute thing. Great video. Good luck for the MOT.

[@themancalledx]

Foxanne is DEFINITELY my favorite. Happy new year!

[@gg_vard]

So happy to see Foxanne again! Especially because of her Greek heritage I still remember you painting her (MEBEA is how it's written but pronounced with a V soun

[@yup.4901]

Foxanne is my favourite on your fleet, it's great to see her getting some love. Happy new year guys. 👍👍

[@MrSportster12]

She is a lovely little car and could be of so much use.

[@martinburgess4814]

HAPPY new year to you all. Nice to see fox Anne hope she passes the mot

[@trevorparker6803]

Happy New Year to you and yours, Ian. I have a feeling that this coming year will see great things from Hubnut! And you are kicking it off in the right way!

[@ebutuoyYT]

Happy New Year All. I hope in 2023, we look back at late 2021 fuel prices and think wow that was high, not wow, wish it were that price currently.

[@dougfurniss734]

Great to see Foxanne getting some love, good luck with the MOT 👍

[@davidflamee]

Simply brilliant. Foxanne just keeps on giving. All the best for 2022 and good luck with the MOT test.

[@nobbybrown8056]

Yes deffo would love to see loads of improvements and upgrades, Foxanne needs lots of loving in 2022.

[@colinp2238]

Oh no! This made me realise that my MOT is due soon, one small problem, my car has no mechanical locks and the cenratl locking has locked me out. I put a new battery in the key but no luck and I'm sure that unless i have a bad earth, it is not the battery (new alternator fitted last year) so it only leaves the internal locking system. I need to break into my own car to find out.

[@davidhenderson861]

Great to see Foxanne getting some love, from a fellow Fox owner.

[@johnnorth9355]

I wish you better (lower cost) luck than I have been having over the so called festive period ! All the best for 2022 to the HubNuts.

[@jwsoaresjones1560]

Hurray! Foxanne passes with a workperson-like C+. My wife and I enjoyed this video immensely. Being Soares Joneses, naturally views of Cymru are welcome indeed.

[@classic_britain]

Happy new year Ian the Rebel is now for sale if you want another Reliant to keep the Fox company!

[@michaeltutty1540]

Happy New Year, Ian and the Hubnuts. Hmmm. Sounds like a 60s band, that. Great to see Foxanne coming to life. She is a Sweet wee beastie.

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Foxaan Is one of my favourites on the channel.

[@CaptHollister]

I, for one, am not surprised that the household paint has lasted so well. I've been using the stuff in my house for years and not once have I had a wall rust on me. Happy New Year Mr.and Miss HubNut and assorted Hublets.

[@jontemple1038]

Happy New Year! - I did actually test drive one of these when they came out. Our company needed a small van to replace a Minivan for use primarily in the West End and it appealed to me against the rather mainstream Ford Fiesta van. Vetoed on the grounds of its glass-fibre construction, I was somewhat disappointed as, also being a Sprite owner, was rather looking forward to unbolting the back section for semi-open top driving on occasions. Hence my trip to the Reliant dealers in Hanwell came to nothing. Very pleasant to drive, quite basic, but that's the appeal. Saw one in Norfolk some years back where someone has a few - or did - with one on the road and a collection in bits...

[@chrisdowns1987]

Everyone's favourite MOT advisory: 'Some Herbert has covered the brake pipes in grease or similar' 😂 Happy New Year, all the best!

[@The-Rectifier]

Happy New year and ofcourse also for the entire e Hubnut family. ( and the followers/ viewers). Keep it healthy and....we looking forward to new content / thinkering etc...in the real Hubnut style🤩

[@allanwinter4991]

Good luck with the MOT mate fingers crossed for you. My P38 due shortly. Everything crossed for that!

[@kennyg4744]

Happy new year Ian to all of your family from all of ours. Woo Hoo Foxy. My favourite.

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely Jubbly, good to see you back in 2022 Mr HubNut.

[@bondbug73]

Super little characterful car is Foxanne. Satisfying to see tinkering works general well on her better than others in the fleet. I see lots of potential in one of my favourites HubNut cars. Fingers crossed for the MOT. Happy New Year.

[@johnathanrowley2707]

Happy new year to the hubnut family, hopefully this year the cars will get back on the road and miss hub nut continues to learn to drive

[@redsorgum]

Yes, more of the Fox. 👏👏👏

[@alansimpson835]

Good luck with the MOT. I love Foxanne's quirkiness. Thanks again for all the 2021 content. I hope you and Family Hubnut had a lovely new year celebration and wish you all the best for 2022. Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us this year

[@jwsoaresjones1560]

Quirkiness?!? Right sized engineering, Sir, right for the job and budget.

[@Hound87]

Great to see old Foxanne again

[@WatfordWobble]

As soon as I heard the words ‘grease gun’ I thought this won’t end well. Happy New Year.

[@charliemansonUK]

I can't believe it's 2 years since you painted Foxanne! Happy New Year HubNutters Peace Charlie 🇬🇧

[@AndreiTupolev]

I was a bit worried for a moment there at13:30when you said "just squeeze past the Multipla" and then immediately there was a loud crunching noise. 😖 I was relieved when you said it was just the brakes

[@richardsedding8444]

Happy New Year, wishing you all a brilliant 2022 and successful MOT!

[@gryfandjane]

Yay! It’s always nice to visit with Foxanne. Wishing her the best on MOT day. And… here’s to an excellent new year!

[@35dononeill]

Good luck with the MOT.

[@micheltebraake7915]

Happy New Year to the HubNut family. Good to see Foxanne getting attention again.

[@philmuskett265]

Happy new year, mate. Fingers crossed for FoxAnne's MoT.

[@graemew7001]

Happy New Year everyone. The Volvo seats will make a big improvement over the originals and were a popular upgrade in the VW Beetle scene at one time, lots had them fitted.

[@meirionevans5137]

Used to pass the Reliant factory 1980s trucking to London on A5, avoiding m.way in case of breakdowns! Happy New Year.

[@davidcooke6803]

Oh the joys of choke! I remember those days where it either flooded the engine, raced at 4000rpm and stalled when pushed in slightly or acted like cruise control!🤣 Kids learning these days think start/stop is a modern thing, British Leyland invented it with the Maxi decades before! Happy new year, hope Foxanne passes!

[@robinvanags912]

Thank you for background info' on the Fox (for those of us who didn't know!) - Happy New Year.

[@jaggass]

A bit late but Happy new year Hubnut, Miss Hubnut and the Hublets. Foxanne's paintjob is holding up well.

[@davefrench3608]

Great to see and hear her from n good order. Happy new year Ian and the rest of f the hubnut tribe.

[@kevthebusman4768]

My favorite car in your stable, Many moons ago I used to work for a farmer who had one, That car was used and abused beyond belief, Overloaded with milk churns then driven through fields, They were fantastic cars/trucks.

[@grayfool]

Happy New Year to you and all the HubFamily. Best wishes for the coming year.

[@NHSEE]

Happy New year to you all and good luck for Tuesday

[@Tibs55]

I saw you in the car park 4hours ago

[@mikewilson631]

My understanding is that the alloy Reliant engines were based on the OHC Coventry Climax Godiva, first used in fire engine pumps in WWII.

[@HubNut]

That's the Hillman Imp. Reliant engine is OHV.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Happy New Year planet Hubnut. Nice to see some Foxanne content - I’ve always loved her very peppy sounding little engine! Hope that 2022 brings you much quality tinkering, car capers aplenty, and health and happiness for the Hubnut clan!

[@paulcherrytrains3339]

Happy 😊 new year best of luck with the Mot. Hope to see the reliant back on the road. Cheers 🥂.

[@derekskinner8682]

The first tinkering of the new year was successful, things are looking positive . Good luck at the test station .

[@hectorshouse7348]

Happy New Year

[@frothe42]

Happy New Year kind sir! Hoping Foxann passes her MOT and hoping for some Oltcit love as well.

[@Scodiddly]

Classic hubnut content, thank you!

[@johnlladron735]

Thanks for the update, Ian. Hope that the MoT goes well for Foxanne. Happy New Year to you and all.

[@nigelh4617]

Come on, Foxanne, you can do it. Happy New Year to you, Ian, and all at HubNut HQ.

[@davidmason7380]

There’s a campervan version also. I’ve seen one in poor condition local to me

[@HubNut]

Fort William? I get sent a lot of photos of one up there. Tandy made them and I think 7 survive.

[@davidmason7380]

No Isle of Lewis it’s so overgrown it’s hardly visible now

[@chrisford4009]

Good to c foxanne coming back out to be road legal again hope to c more adventures in her Ian great video as usual 👍

[@peter7624]

All the best for '22. It sounds like a nice motor. Never heard of the Fox..

[@davidwilson7579]

When I had my three wheeler I use to take off the centre cap covering the wheel bearings when I wanted to do the bearing reliants always was kind for grease nipple's but use to pump grease in the centre cover

[@skypper1969]

Happy New Year from Normandy and best wishes !

[@rhys_thomss7013]

Happy new year ian I hope u and fox Ann the best for the mot🤞

[@MrAlphafang]

Happy new year to you all. I will be thiking of you tomorrow whilst I'm at the MOT station with my Volvo......crazy time of the year to be wanting an MOT hope for a pass with no repair bill.

[@royjacques5650]

My first car was a reliant 3 wheel van a great car just don't try to corner to fast but great for carrying bits for my motorbike i would love one like yours no bloody computer or no expensive catalyst to worry about happy new year to you and the scrumptious misshubnut 🤩 you lucky devil, roy.

[@the.internet]

Happy new year! Someone's gonna watch this video in the future and hear you mention £1.47/litre for fuel and probably think 'ah, the good old days'. Good to see Foxanne getting some attention. I do a lot of contracted delivery work and in all honesty I reckon I could do all the necessary drops from the back of her. Shame they don't come up too often as imagine one of these rocking up outside to drop your stuff off...

[@HubNut]

Up N Down vids has one for sale. Bit of a project though...

[@the.internet]

@@HubNut thanks Ian. I'm just watching the vid on it and the BX he's selling too, hadn't seen his channel before - personality wise I totally get where he's coming from... I'm a bit of a hoarder of various things from time to time and my mind/life gets cluttered if I don't stay on top of things. For the first time in my life I'm almost in the financial position to justify getting a classic-ish car (and more importantly, maintaining one) and perhaps even private storage for such a thing. I wanted to get an Austin A35 van - my dad's first car and rare as hen's teeth now. Lost my dad a year ago though and it's frustrating as hell knowing that he can't see me in a position to pull off something like that. I've seen KZbin vids where people surprise their dads with restored cars from yesteryear and I'd loved to have done such a thing. Anyway, I digress. Wishing you and yours all the best for 2022. I have a pretty 'quirky' delivery vehicle (it surprises a lot of customers) but it isn't a classic... Keep the vids coming, I reckon there are hundreds of us being inspired (for better or worse) by your channel... Lol

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Good video, Happy New Year 😀

[@TheFlyingBusman]

All the best to you all in sunny Wales. Warms the cockles of my heart to see the little Reliant getting some attention. 100mph Speedo not overly optimistic as I’ve had an indicated 95mph out of a Rialto. The old boy went on to repeat the achievement albeit completely sieving the middle two pistons to the point where the crowns sheered from the skirts! Cue imperial spanners and sockets and a pair of good used pistons and liners and she was as good as ever. Ballpoint front end much nicer to deal with than the kingpin and bush set up on its 3 wheeled cousin. I’d love to have a tinker on Foxanne myself for posterity sake. Miss that very familiar engine note. They do like to run a bit on the rich side with 2-2.5% CO being the emission figure to aim for.

[@terabyte1695]

love foxanne, paints held up well.

[@chris-w4n9w]

No wind noise

[@HubNut]

I had to edit a little out. Maybe my bodged mic solution isn't so bad!

[@gregorylenton8200]

Great show many thanks

[@DanielDrives]

Proper tinkering to start the new year, nothing better. Fingers crossed for the MOT!

[@anthonystevens8683]

Happy new year Ian and to the to the Hub Nut tribe. It's really great to see FoxAnne running and driving once again. That turning circle looks like it could beat a London Taxi. An interesting way to get rid of those pesky weeds as well. All good advice to use axle stands and not just rely on a jack as there have been many nasty incidents regarding jacks failing or cars falling off a jack when a stubborn nut/bolt is released. Safety first.

[@timbre7999]

Happy new Year! Lovely to see Foxanne and was laughing when you said about the steering-angle "looks like bleedin' drift spec".

[@millomweb]

1:00 Needs a new heater air hose - or that one taping up :)

[@dglcomputers1498]

They're 340 seats alright, we had F202DYA, a GLE spec, in the family until 2006, originally my grans (her mother paid for it as she was living with them iirc) and then from Oct. 2000 my Aunties when my gran's cousin came into some dough and got told to choose herself a new car on the priviso my auntie got the Volvo, naturally there were no complaints! Got finally scrapped when my Auntie got her new KA, which wasn't the best purchase. And 1.47/litre, we for some unknown reason get 141.9 at our new Shell on the Isle, cheaper than any of the supermarkets by a few pence.

[@domenicogaldo6065]

Happy New Year Ian, to you and the Hubnut Family.

[@ThreeCoos]

Nice to see Foxanne getting some attention 😊

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

Fingers crossed for the MOT. It will be nice to see Foxanne being used a bit more.

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Happy new year, all the best for the MOT.

[@waynetetley584]

Good to see Foxann again👍😊

[@GenialHarryGrout]

Happy new year to you and your family, both human and vehicular.

[@SmallBlogV8]

I like how the headlights in the bumper make it look like it's wearing a cartoon burglar's eyemask.

[@dreamofstorms]

Happy New Year to you and the family, good luck with the MOT.

[@duncangrainge]

Originally registered in the Reading Berkshire area with that ‘AAN’ index number.

[@lesklower7281]

Happy New Year lan also the rest of your family love to see foxanne up and running it is Tuesday the 3rd of January in Australia so l hope Foxanne past its MOT as you know in N.S.W we have our yearly rego checks not as strict as the MOT inspection but if there is something wrong it has to be repaired and we have no emesions check all motor vehicles have to have a rego check and we don't get advisorise unless they are under five years old

[@gg_vard]

And I also remember the Rover 75 alternator saga.... How quickly did a year go past

[@stevehallam0850]

Happy New year to all the Hubnut clan!

[@jyc4779]

Happy New Year to you and all Hubnuts, the fleet Trouble free motoring 🤔 Put my new Hubnut calendar up today Stay safe in health and motoring