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Reliant shite rescued today


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20170505_142703_zps17uoyr9z.jpgWell 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 20170505_142741_zps9yvuojth.jpg20170505_155914_zpscdjaziqp.jpg

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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

Oddly, 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.

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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.

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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 :)

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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 drive

They'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.
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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......

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