This year 2019 No2

Trip out on a test run...   Not far.......To Otley (4 miles).
Just to see if the electrics are still functioning after my fiddling. I can report that there was no need for a breakdown truck being called......BUT.....no improvement on 'Hot Start' either.
However the Bacon Buttie purchased on route was most excellent..
Note to self - Must go out for breakfast more often.

This year 2019. No1

Greetings. Albert here. A closer inspection now the car was home followed. For a start the underbonnet wiring looked awful dodgy on the ignition circuit around the coil and distributor and coupled with it's unwillingness to fire readily when the engine was warm started me off on a mission to cure. Little did I know how long it would take...
Scotchloks here, Scotchloks there and Scotchloks behind the dash....Oh dear. First I tackled the ignition Scotchlokness. Hit trouble when I forgot which wire went where. A result of starting and not completing in a short time frame. Compounded this by removing the behind the dash birdsnest at the same time.. The colour coding of the cables didn't seem to quite match the SS1 wiring diagram either. I logged onto the Scimitar SS1 forum and gained enough knowledge from a couple of replies to connect the remaining wires in the right order. Hurray!!! Making proper soldered joins and adding waterproof connectors where needed.
Below - Before pictures

Soapy suds

Seats removed and given a good scrubbing with soapy water.
Allowed to dry indoors !

Posh now !

Homeward bound

I bought the Reliant Scimitar SS1 from a friend in Worcestershire. Only myself to blame...(I asked him if it was for sale... He said yes, the rest is history. No going back now.) He kindly agreed to take it for an MOT and dependant on its needs fix the parts requiring attention before the pick up. This was so I could drive it back to Yorkshireshireshire. An MOT was attained, road tax purchased and off we set homeward. The boot filled with various spares and our waterproof jackets covering the 2 very soggy original seats. These I'd luckily seen and rescued from his scrap pile, leaving behind in their place a couple of Lotus Elise 'things' that can best be described as comfortable as an ironing board.
Lots of banging and clattering from the rear and loud tyre noise certainly gave the ears a clearout as we journeyed northwards. A bit of a change from the Alfa Romeo we left behind which unfortunately had only sealed it's fate with ever increasing ECU issues.
150 miles later.....the Scimitar made it over the Pennines...phew.
Here's a couple of pictures after arriving at its new home.

First post..let's see how it goes.

Greetings. Albert Crackleport here.  Contributor to the legendary 'Vintafaker blogspot' and 'Oilyracer blogspot', well known in the dales of Yorkshireshireshire for brewing falling down juice made from allotment rhubarb, and pickling huge crunchy onions that make your eyes water just by putting them to your lips.You might have stumbled on this blog by accident, or worse still, you knew it was here and opened the page anyway. Blimey, are you mad?
Anyhow, I'm going to start this blog about my ownership of a Reliant Scimitar SS1. Manufactured in 1985. Bought by me December 2018. Still fitted with the original Ford 1600cc CVH engine and 5 speed box.  Let's see what happens as words flow from keyboard to screen...into the unknown...the matrix and beyond. A diary of sorts, good or bad, as it happens... written when the mood releases literary mojo or possibly (and more likely) after consuming a couple of flagons filled with homebrew ale.
I'm nearly a year into ownership at the moment, it's been a frustrating year for sure, but Reliant ownership never is easy and I never expected it to be. Self believe that I could get the better of this Scimitar SS1 in double quick time and it would the most joyous drive I've ever experienced, all within a few months, shows just how easily it is to be diluded when owning an old car made in Tamworth.
I'll back track the last year in the next few posts and try hit some of the blips and pips.