Moparchat - Home of MOPAR enthusiasts worldwide!



Go Back   Moparchat - Home of MOPAR enthusiasts worldwide! > General Chat > Polls Forum

Click here to search for Mopar cars and parts for sale.


View Poll Results: 82 Reliant wagon with a stick shift, worth keeping?
Keep it 4 57.14%
Scrap it 3 42.86%
Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-21-2010, 01:47 PM
Stoga's Avatar
Stoga Stoga is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: WV
Age: 65
Posts: 8,586
Default 82 Reliant Station Wagon with a stick, scrap or keep?

I've got this 82 Plymouth Reliant wagon I got from a friend. I got it dirt cheap, it belonged to a friend of his who tore the transaxle out of it trying to do burn outs with it in a bar parking lot. You can basically flop the transaxle into any gear, clutch in or out and nothing happens. Outside of the case is ok, but who knows what damage lurks inside. I don't know if it's a 4 speed or 5 speed. Back hatch is trashed as well. I'm debating, should I part it out or fix it and keep it? I like the fact that it has a floor shift, but it's pretty beat and neglected, and the bottom of the rear quarters are rusted out as well as general surface rust and dings, though nothing large. Motor ran ok except for the typical 2.2 pecking lifter noise, no smoke, oil or otherwise.
It's only the 2nd of these I've seen with a stick and the other one was a 4 door.
I know it'll never be that much, but it is unusual. Whadya all think, unusual enough to keep or part it out and wave good bye?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-27-2010, 05:39 PM
trailraptor07's Avatar
trailraptor07 trailraptor07 is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Chatham,il
Posts: 44
Default

Dude the only reason you have only seen two is cause they were junk! If the thing was a turbo, but its not. I owned a few k cars in the day,(turismo-duster,reliant,etc) and they ran great got me every place i pointed them but that thing is too old and too far gone, in 15 years nobodys gonna drool over a 5spd wagon that wasent cool to begin with.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-27-2010, 07:53 PM
Stoga's Avatar
Stoga Stoga is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: WV
Age: 65
Posts: 8,586
Default

Yeah, and I heard the same thing said about Valiants, Satellites and Belvederes too. As for calling them junk, all I know is my 86 Reliant went for well over 400K miles, I'm sure this one would do just fine if I fixed where it was abused.
I'm not talking about a rotisserie restoration, just grabbing some of the cheap parts that are easily available, and patching it back together. If it was an automatic, I'd say heck with it and find a nicer one, but there are no nicer ones as far I've been able to find, wagon, 4 door or coupe equipped like this.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-28-2010, 09:59 PM
trailraptor07's Avatar
trailraptor07 trailraptor07 is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Chatham,il
Posts: 44
Default

GOOD POINT. iF YOU CAN MAKE IT MOTOR FER CHEAP GET R DUNN
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 02-28-2010, 11:37 PM
c318cuin's Avatar
c318cuin c318cuin is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Castalian Springs Tn
Age: 43
Posts: 400
Keep it...

Cage it
back half it
small block it
have fun with it
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 03-01-2010, 06:55 AM
Stoga's Avatar
Stoga Stoga is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: WV
Age: 65
Posts: 8,586
Default

Well, I've got a few in front of it on the project list including my daughter's 60 Chrysler and my Roadrunner. I was hoping to get at least an idea how unusual it is to have one of these with a stick. I just don't want to scrap out a car then find I shouldn't have done that later on. I remember too many horror stories of cars being parted out in the 80s that should never have been.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 03-01-2010, 10:00 PM
old woolie old woolie is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: N.B. Canada
Age: 67
Posts: 645
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by c318cuin View Post
Cage it
back half it
small block it
have fun with it
That sounds like fun. I've got an 88 Caravan cargo van that I've been thinking about doing this to.

I'd keep the wagon.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 03-02-2010, 07:27 AM
Stoga's Avatar
Stoga Stoga is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: WV
Age: 65
Posts: 8,586
Default

The thing is, if I wanted a pro street Reliant wagon, there's plenty that came originally with automatics to cut up out there, though not near as many as you'd think. Luckily for it's sake, there's a couple of other parts cars I need to toss before I'd get down to it anyway. And by the way, mine is a 4 speed, they didn't get a 5 speed till 83. Just found this. http://www.allpar.com/eek/k/kron.html
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 03-04-2010, 11:16 AM
Frankie Frankie is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: USA
Age: 74
Posts: 4,707
Default

Depends on condition. I'd throw a tarp over it and set it on blocks until it worth the dollars needed to restore it, or until I had all the bits and peices needed to restore it (depending on your mind set. Presently there is no market, but if the idiots in DC have their way, and gas prices become steep again, a frugal gas sipper with a big trunk will be just the thing.
You might even be able to turn it over for a profit if you cared to sell it.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 03-04-2010, 12:47 PM
Stoga's Avatar
Stoga Stoga is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: WV
Age: 65
Posts: 8,586
Default

I doubt it'll ever be worth much, maybe not even as much as an equivalent 4 speed slant six Dart or Valiant. I mainly like it because it's such an odd duck.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 03-05-2010, 02:44 PM
Dick's Avatar
Dick Dick is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Western NH
Age: 80
Posts: 8,880
Biggrin

Your neighbors must love you. Washer and dryer on the front porch too?
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 03-05-2010, 11:01 PM
Stoga's Avatar
Stoga Stoga is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: WV
Age: 65
Posts: 8,586
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dick View Post
Your neighbors must love you. Washer and dryer on the front porch too?
Nope, I don't hoard appliances. However, the neighbors can't see my porch or even much of my yard. It's one of the joys of living rural, no one knows what you do or cares. I could probably fire up a big block with open headers at 2 am in the morning and no one would say a word as long as I didn't make a habit of it.
The neighbors, as few and far between as they are, could care less what I do...
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 03-25-2010, 12:44 PM
RAMIN DAN RAMIN DAN is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: FLORIDA
Age: 45
Posts: 62
Default

hey race the thing I think a turbo 2.2 or 2.5 would be neat or buid a 2.2 with a nice cam and some webers there was a superchager at time for the 2.2 that ran a carb intake. BTW mydad years ago had an 82 2.2 charger that one had a 4spped in it 83 I beleave the 5speeds were in the front wheel cars. Here are a list of 5 speeds tags to see what u have

a525 a520 a555 thats what i know off the top of my head these are 5speed
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 03-25-2010, 02:00 PM
Stoga's Avatar
Stoga Stoga is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: WV
Age: 65
Posts: 8,586
Default

That verifies my suspicions that it was a 4 speed, though right now you can swing the shifter in all directions like a butter churn. I may attempt an update to 5 speed once I get after it. I'm hoping that the swap will be a simple replacement, though I'm not too sure what I'll get into with the CV- joints, though if I can get away from the early axles with clips in the differential, that'd be a plus.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 03-25-2010, 03:53 PM
Dick's Avatar
Dick Dick is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Western NH
Age: 80
Posts: 8,880
Biggrin

As of right now, your poll is tied, 3 to 3. I am refraining to vote because mine would be the swing vote and stay that way until someone voted the other way.

Therefore, I will not declare sides at this time.


Anybody seen my broom and dustpan?
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 03-25-2010, 06:47 PM
c318cuin's Avatar
c318cuin c318cuin is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Castalian Springs Tn
Age: 43
Posts: 400
Default I know I'm being stubborn but....

http://www.carvideosonline.com/dodge...e-aries-k.html

But really those things are starting to slowly disappear... Wish Ma Mopar could find their modern day K car and use it to make another rapid come back.... Oh well.
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 03-25-2010, 09:36 PM
teddy1500's Avatar
teddy1500 teddy1500 is offline
Inactive User
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: statesville NC
Age: 55
Posts: 207
Default

Here what you can do. Grab the entire front suspension, motor and transaxle from another k-car. put it in the back, a little fab work, vola, 4 wheel drive, and v8 power, once you get the bugs worked out, swap the 2.2 for a pair of v6's, it will be fun.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
67 Belvedere Station Wagon fishopolis Rear Wheel Drive - Vehicles For Sale 0 09-30-2004 10:21 AM
reliant wagon motor swamp turbo upgrade olde_ram85 Front Wheel Drive Chat 7 12-07-2003 02:24 PM
Orange Station Wagon???????? 1970DARTMAN Restoring your MoPar (Tricks & techniques) 4 11-24-2002 08:04 PM
'70 challanger R/T STATION WAGON!!! freak007 Performance Talk 2 04-03-2002 11:15 AM
Citadel . . . is it a station wagon ??? RAM MAN Rumors and Gossip, etc... 5 05-05-2000 05:16 AM




All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:21 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
. . . . .