Rocket88 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Donkey? billyboy406v6 and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Hang on a minute, orange? plastic? Ferrari inspiration? It must be a Lolo Ferrari lookalike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Hang on a minute, orange? plastic? Ferrari inspiration? eddyramrod, oldcars and pshome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 oldcars, Timewaster, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I do hope it's not a Bond Bug, so far that was my biggest motoring disappointment out of all the cars I've ever owned or driven (ok I think I'd left it until I was too old to enjoy one). Mr R380 has gone awfully quiet, was it all a carefully thought out abduction plan and instead of him driving home in his Outspan orange he is now lying in a bath of ice missing a kidney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 The train that's visible in the second photo must be from the 1950s....Early 70s actually. robinmasters, Asimo, Inspector Morose and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Not a scimitar?Bingo! First FTP and pez shot combo after 5 minutes of ownership, I think there's a vapour lock problem and it wouldn't restart. The Moog, andrew e, CGSB and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 FTP 2.0 Junkman, Skizzer, forddeliveryboy and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Bingo! First FTP and pez shot combo after 5 minutes of ownership, I think there's a vapour lock problem and it wouldn't restart. Looks like a pleasant ride, ATCNBE. Sorry... Skoze, Junkman, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Nice. Does this qualify as shite? It's a rare* classic sports car, shurley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Princess Anne..... Blah blah... Sorry, I wanted to be the first. Bad luck on the FTP, how is it other than that though? Junkman and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Tbh, it's really not shite but it did cost less than an Austin Princess in similar condition... Read into that what you will. It's not really a sports car either, if you ever find yourself contemplating buying one, don't write off the auto. It would probably suit better. Seems alright apart from the hot restarting. It's pretty grubby inside and the paint is blistered and cracked but it's got it where it counts. As it should, the previous owner spent as much fixing it in the last 12 months as I did buying it! garethj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 +1 for the auto. I never got on with the manual box in mine, and always thought the auto would have been a better bet. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 I had a 79 Auto with PAS as the main family car in the early 90's, lovely if dated and needy thing then. Not sporty, a proper GT we took into Europe a few times. XGR 437T perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 As well as vapour lock it could also be a condenser beginning to break down, easy and cheap to swap out and check. HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 The Duke of Edinburghs daughter had one of those. Can't remember her name. I've always fancied a decent one (I had a shit one). Values are through the roof now though. Well done if you snapped up a bargain. Probably the best English not a sports car/not an estate car combo ever devised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djimbob Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Cracking cars, I had an SE5, no power steering, manual, and I always wished I had the Se6 with all the toys - although overall it was a blast And a moneypit, good luck with it, looking forward to your exploits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Well bought sir.I have just sold my auto SE5. As far as poor hot starting goes my one had an electric pump at the rear and an enlarged battery tray with a 640amp battery wedged in it,that sorted it. RayMK, Cleon-Fonte, fotorabia and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Score..!!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 I had a brief fling with a scim.It was nice and I made a tidy little price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Bingo! First FTP and pez shot combo after 5 minutes of ownership, I think there's a vapour lock problem and it wouldn't restart. Can you or someone clever tell me how I can upload pictures like you've done and make them open up on their own and nice and BIG like that? I just get crappy small pics however large I upload them to Photobucket, (that crappy fantastic site with screaming ads and videos anywhere.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 i store pics on the computer and put them up with the "Attatch Files" function to get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Nice. Does this qualify as shite? It's a rare* classic sports car, shurley?1. British2. Plastic3. Quirky design that's a bit of a cul de sac 4. Less fashionable later model with big bumpers5. Broke down on the way home What's not shite about that? Does it for me. Always liked the idea of an SE6. Nice colour, too. Verdict: Win. Uncle Jimmy, Braddon81, inconsistant and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coalnotdole Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Top purchase I've got a 1972 se5a which I use daily so they are capable enough, I'm sure a few on here will remember it from shitefest last year, it crops up in the news 24 threat fairly often but I probably don't write about it as often as I should. It's well worth joining the scimitar owners forum for technical advice they are generally a good bunch and forum membership is free. Good luck hot start problem. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Got it home, this is how it looks: Pretty smart huh? Look a little closer however... ...and that's what a cheap Scimitar looks like. I'm not sure where to start on this so for the time being I'm tending to an SD1 instead. inconsistant, HillmanImp, anonymous user and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Can you or someone clever tell me how I can upload pictures like you've done and make them open up on their own and nice and BIG like that? I just get crappy small pics however large I upload them to Photobucket, (that crappy fantastic site with screaming ads and videos anywhere.) I upload my photos to Imgur (similar to but simpler than photobucket) directly from my phone using the app. You can then copy the direct link to the full size image and insert it using the img /img tags as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I think you'll have to spend a lot of money to get an SD1 much smarter, SD1 prices seem to be probably a little higher than Scimitar ones at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetleysmooth Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Before you do anything else........ Replace the trunnions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboy406v6 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Man buys Scimitar and then starts fixing SD1 Rover, that's the autoshite way for winnarrrss ! Cleon-Fonte, Vince70, Skoze and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael1703 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 38 dgas rebuild kit £19, inline fuel filter £1.50, leccy ignition from Simonbbc on eBay £20 odd and that'll help for starters, think mines running about 16-18deg btdc. Battery is an 038 which can struggle for cranking speed, a second or third earth strap can help give it a bit more cranking oomph Mine has never overheated but everyone advises to flush them and new thermostat etc as soon as you get one. I couldn't get pas trunnions for mine last year as graham walker and qrg have run out and they need to place a minimum order of 3,000 or something to get them made and they only sell about 100 a year so they were going to pool resources when they had enough orders. SamR380 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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