speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Well heres the Shite I picked up today. Sat in a garage on axle stands since 2002 due to MOT failure, or more likely because the owner was too embarrassed to be seen in it, this is the bottom of the barrel even in Scimitar SS1 circles. Don't get me wrong, Im a fan of Scimitars in general, and my business is based round them but this is the poverty spec 1300CVH 4 speed....plain plastic door cards, keep fit windows, no glovebox. It is actually chassis number 27, and was likely built in late 1985 however they were so unpopular new that it wasn't registered until late 87. So its had a lifetime of being shite, looking shite and treated like shite. However, for cheap convertible motoring you can't go wrong (allegedly) and some glue sniffer even treated it to a mohair hood and a passenger side door mirror at some point in its life I might fix it, sell it or scrap it but at least its saved for now egg, Coprolalia, privatewire and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Your first pic made me think you had discovered a long-forgotten Motor Show exhibit.....Nice save, these are so much more appealing now than when new! michael1703, RayMK, oldcars and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Afraid not.....but I do know where the chassis number 1 motorshow car is Nearly bought it, but the fact that every wire in it was black and not colour coded put me off :) Braddon81 and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Do you want the makings of a vented disc conversion? I had one of these plastic horrors a few years ago and bought the bits with good intentions but lost interest and flogged it, but forgot about the brake kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Carlton discs IIRC ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Impressive! I mean it probably doesn't work and stuff like that, but a rare spec Reliant is always going to be marvellous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Don't be so eager to mock.....it runs and has most of its electrickery working - well as much as when it left the factory anyway! Clutch is stuck, needs some metal glueing, and rear brakes don't work. Which isn't a surprise really as they are in the boot garethj, Vince70, DeeJay and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Aww I was hoping to see a late 1960s Regal that hadn't been f'ckin Del Boy'd. Good save though, these must have been a grim thing to drive Uncle Jimmy and overrun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip_rat Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Nice rescue, I've had a SST and a 1.4 k series Sabre but not a SS1 (yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I don't actually like SS1s, think they look a bit naff. For some reason I find this one quite appealing, probably because it's ugly and rubbish spec... Well bought! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 This isn't the first CVH SS1 in white on here either. Hasn't Coalnotdole got one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Aww I was hoping to see a late 1960s Regal that hadn't been f'ckin Del Boy'd. Good save though, these must have been a grim thing to driveOddly, driving one is the best bit.....and if you get the Nissan silvia 1.8 turbo engine model its a bit of a hoot......as long as you don't see your reflection anywhere of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Keep the offside and scrap the nearside. Cavcraft, speedy555, Banger Kenny and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 I picked up this flavour of Scimitar a few weeks ago too. I tend to hoard all the unloved ones. Which is a lot..... mercrocker, Dick Longbridge, eddyramrod and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Keep the offside and scrap the nearside.Apart from the door gap wanting a tad more adjustment it's as good as fixed already! anonymous user, Springer, Faker and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I just love these and keep promising to repatriate one to Tamworth but never see one when I cash in my pocket and space on the drive. They are properly shit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 That door gap looks no worse than a Triumph Spitfire when it was new. How many did they make with that engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 How many did they make with that engine?Too many. They moved to the 1400 and 1600cvh very quickly, then the Nissan turbo.....and the later shape sabre (SS1 in disguise) has the K series. Not that im a reliant anorak or anything..... Banger Kenny and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Love these, don't ask me why I do. Sat in the motorshow car back in 84 and instantly felt at home in it. This looks quite miserably magnificent! :-) Springer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Good heavens, I don't remember the poverty ones having black bumpers, how very mingebag. I'm not sure they don't look better with black bumpers though - it shortens that droopy nose a bit. The SE6 looks lovely, meanwhile. Great colour. More photos of that please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 I think the bumpers are a previous owners idea of customisation - either that or someone has put clearcoat over some primer as bumpers seem 'new' Ive loads of pics for Reliant perverts as have had at least 14 of my own plus all the ones I paint as a job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Princess Anne? Cavcraft and speedy555 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 This is the Turbo SS1 I owned And the Scimitar coupe I had Bobthebeard, Banger Kenny, Coprolalia and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 i'll just leave this here.................... Vince70 and speedy555 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Carlton discs IIRC ??I think so, mated with ovloV 240 4 pot calipers and Viva uprights.Aww I was hoping to see a late 1960s Regal that hadn't been f'ckin Del Boy'd. Good save though, these must have been a grim thing to driveThey're a good steer actually if you look past the looks and the flimsy plastic, the monocoque spine tube chassis plus double wishbone at the front make it an cutprice Elan in an ugly shellsuit. speedy555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I seem to remember a few gallon of yellow paint at one time.Pity the boat never got finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Ah yes the Boat. Those not as fortunate enough as Mally to witness it, I was building a road going speedboat Got all the hard work done, then sold it unfinished to some Geordie lunatic. I'll see if I can find a pic or two...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy555 Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 This is what gave me the idea....let the boat and the Rialto mate, to give you the mutant Boatalto.... Coprolalia, paulplom, UltraWomble and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I like these, as much as anything for the bonkers idea that Reliant could compete in this market sector on a shoe string budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Yes, rialto just like mine, same year and colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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