New Project...

volospian · 11-11-2010, 14:08

Had this for a few weeks now, but no extra pics yet as I keep forgetting to upload them to my hosting site so I've posted a link to the original pic.... anyway...

1970 Reliant Scimitar GTE.

Needs a hell of a lot of work (but was bought as a project for £265, so that's what I'd expect).

Work done so far...

Interior pretty much stripped out... that's about it so far...

I'm aiming for a full "body off" resto here, so most things are going to be replaced with new. I have a 3.5 Rover V8 in the garage to replace the knackered Essex 3.0 V6 (for the time being). It'll be seperated from the chassis soon, hopefully within the next couple of weeks, and I'll start work on the chassis. It'll need new outriggers at the very least. Hopefully there's enough there to sort what I have and not need to source a replacement chassis, but it's difficult to tell until the body is off.

The body needs some attention too, so that's going to be stripped back and repaired, plus some minor modifications, before being resprayed.

Then new interior, electrics and so on.... might have a working car in a year or two... lol

11-11-2010, 14:08	#1
volospian Vodka Martini Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 786	New Project... Had this for a few weeks now, but no extra pics yet as I keep forgetting to upload them to my hosting site so I've posted a link to the original pic.... anyway... 1970 Reliant Scimitar GTE. Needs a hell of a lot of work (but was bought as a project for £265, so that's what I'd expect). Work done so far... Interior pretty much stripped out... that's about it so far... I'm aiming for a full "body off" resto here, so most things are going to be replaced with new. I have a 3.5 Rover V8 in the garage to replace the knackered Essex 3.0 V6 (for the time being). It'll be seperated from the chassis soon, hopefully within the next couple of weeks, and I'll start work on the chassis. It'll need new outriggers at the very least. Hopefully there's enough there to sort what I have and not need to source a replacement chassis, but it's difficult to tell until the body is off. The body needs some attention too, so that's going to be stripped back and repaired, plus some minor modifications, before being resprayed. Then new interior, electrics and so on.... might have a working car in a year or two... lol