1977 Reliant Scimitar V8

Ahh, 2 of the things I aspire to own, a V8 and a Scimitar GTE , that tick's both boxes

The v8 is allegedly out of a police riot van back in the day when they put tuned v8s in them. Its got vittesse heads and high lift cams and a stainless steel exhaust so it should be rather loud if not entertaining. Spax shocks on the back, nice shiney red strut brace and mmmm slot mags!!

Unfortunately it also came with a complementary pond in the back seat.

smart... should be fun!

Nice combo. welcome.

Welcome to the group. Scimitar looks nice. I look forward to seeing more pictures of it.

Scimmie ;D (aka Dave Poole from

nice, sounds like your in for some fun now

its ok its got a couple of bricks too. And its in park. Ah yeah I forgot to mention its a three speed auto which is a good or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. Might float anyway...its made of fibreglass.....

I think its coming in through the front door seals. The doors look like they have sagged a touch which is a mild concern but hopefully fairly easily fixable...or ignored. It has been sitting for a fair old while so it might be only a teeny tiny leak. The dehumidifier is having a go at sorting it out as we speak but its also raining.

Oh and I tried to lock the door and almost ripped the key in half! I'm glad I've gone halves on this with a mate. At least I don't have to do all the work!

We found the fuel pump hoses in the rear left hand side cubby and put in my old mgs fuel pump. We sorted out the coil wiring and got her started up. Only for her to repeatedly die shortly afterwards. Turned out to be a blocked needle valve. SHE RUNS!!!!! Slightly dodgily as the timings still set oddly but ITS ALIVE!!!!

Had a good afternoons work on it on sunday freed up the back drums, fixed the handbrake, cleaned out the needle valves (full of grunge) and few other bits and pieces and drove it round the car park

From not managing to get above 10mph she seems good. She goes forwards and backwards, no worrying clunks as it goes into gear, she stops and she goes round corners. Dunno about 2nd or 3rd but its looking good for this gearbox! We were a bit worried about that as we'd no idea what condition the transmission was in, good it seams!

We do still have quite a list of things before she is mot ready though.

* dodgy seatbelts
* throttle sticking to the point of being useless
* couple of leaks in the right hand side exhaust (possibly the manifold but I hope not) and a couple of mountings
* leaking cooling system around the heater bits
* one new headlight
* new fuel pump (my mg one leaks)
* fix the stereo
* a few bits of tuning on the engine (plugs, timing, praps valve clearances, idle adjustment is all to pot too, and there's no choke cable)
* various split hoses

BUT all the lights work (bar the busted bulb) the electric windows work, all the gauges (bar the tacho which we've messed with the wiring for) work, the heater fan works, the kenlow fan works, the wipers and washers work, even the clock works! In short most of the car WORKS!