Princess Anne had one you know....

[Six-cylinder]

My evil twin Breadvan and I are the type of men, who don't get any pleasure from attending an autojumble to buy parts for our cars. Fun is to buy parts for cars we don't own. Hence we are totally normal.

 

Better still I have parts that I don't know what they fit but I kept them for years!

[bogeyhead]

I owned a Series 5A in a fetching hearing aid beige colourfor a couple of years in the late 90s. It had a manual box with an overdrive on the column looking a bit like an indicator stalk. It didn't half go well, but I would have been cheaper hiring a limo as transport, as it was a regular money drain with electrical and overheating problems. The last straw was when it failed its MOT on a rusty chassis. When I was quoted over £2K for a body off job, I decided that scrapping it would be the best option RIP.

[Junkman]

The overheating issues are non-existent if the cooling system is in order and the wind guide plate left in place.

[anonymous user]

I was disappointed I thought it was going to be about this one

 

The Robin was also to receive a further boost when HRH The Princess Anne brought a Robin Super Saloon when she was living at Sandhurst Royal Academy..

[michael1703]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reliant-Scimitar-GTE-1977-/201099987618?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

 

you call it buckskin, I call it 'poo brown'

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RELIANT-SCIMITAR-GTE-SE6A-1979-MANUAL-WITH-OVERDIRVE-/271510373899?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f3747860b

[Bren]

One of my mates is a ford fanatic - he remarked that he had never managed to get a granada with an essex that lasted very long - they all ended up dying.

 

I wonder how they managed to survive in a scimitar? Probably many on there second or third lump by now.

[Junkman]

I wonder how he managed to kill 3-litre Essexes. He must have a truly unique skill.

[HillmanImp]

Was down the pub last night with a mate discussing what car we should get later this year as a joint venture. Everything pointed towards a Scimitar. They really are amazing value compared to their contemporaries of the time.

[Bren]

I wonder how he managed to kill 3-litre Essexes. He must have a truly unique skill.

He did'nt hammer any of them - the bottom end started knocking and that was it.

 

I have some old tuning articles from the 80's - the crank is a well known weak spot because it has huge journals with lubrication that can be best described as marginal.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I wonder how he managed to kill 3-litre Essexes. He must have a truly unique skill.

One good way is to fit 185/60 tyres,therefore lowering the gearing of your 3.0 GXL Capri,before finding a nice long road and try to get the speedo to go past 140. it must have impressed my missus,as this was on our second date and she's still putting up with me 32 years later.

She was particularly impressed when i sent off with a random stranger that stopped and gave her a lift to my mate Dave's for him to tow me home with his Mk2 Mexico.