Jumping into a 53 year old car of quite unknown reliability, in November, and driving it 150 miles home ? Fark that

Jumping into a 53 year old car of quite unknown reliability, in November, and driving it 150 miles home ? Fark that
They were known as The Widowmaker with 475bhp.speedingfine wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:53 pm https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... 96-turbo-1
This seems a bit of alright![]()
I'm not a total Reliant anorak yet (yet....), so I don't know all the ins-and-outs but it looks fundamentally standard, just with the front & rear overhang removed to save weight. Not surprising at the rear because the fuel tank has been moved and you're not likely to fill the boot with luggage (!) but I wonder if the front has some alternative lightweight structure in place to support the body.Jobbo wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:26 pm That body with the wide arches looks fantastic. Is that a modified Scimitar chassis or just bespoke with the only Scimitar but being the basic body shell?
Meow ?
Why meow?! You have lots of nice quite expensive cars and don't seem to be slowing down buying more!
but you have an Aston Martin, a 911, a 7 series, a etc... you're definitely not short of nice cars and you're saying you're on the look out for a Ferrari 360 too.Sundayjumper wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:58 pm Oh. I gave the Q7 back in the end and got a refund, not sure if you caught that. I'm back to using the Touareg again. Neither expensive nor particularly nice !
Your Golf & 3-Series are probably worth more than my 911 & 7-Series ! We'll ignore the Aston, but that's probably only around £25k now.Rich B wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:03 pm but you have an Aston Martin, a 911, a 7 series, a etc... you're definitely not short of nice cars and you're saying you're on the look out for a Ferrari 360 too.
Your scimitar is worth about the value of all the cars I own!Sundayjumper wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:21 pmYour Golf & 3-Series are probably worth more than my 911 & 7-Series ! We'll ignore the Aston, but that's probably only around £25k now.Rich B wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:03 pm but you have an Aston Martin, a 911, a 7 series, a etc... you're definitely not short of nice cars and you're saying you're on the look out for a Ferrari 360 too.
The 360 is a long game. I don't want to spend much over £40k and they're not quite there yet. Prices are unlikely to go *up* in the near future so I'm happy to bide my time.
I love that. I’d be happy enough with the wee traybed.Jobbo wrote: Sun Nov 29, 2020 9:30 am Spotted for sale on Facebook; there’s some want, but more for a normal bodied Jimny like mine but with similar mods:
The front wings with wide arches are particularly nice.