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@EcuriePeril
They are great cars
The Reliant motor company played a big part in my formative years as i grew up in Tamworth and my dad worked in the Scimitar service department at the factory.
At that time (the 60's and70's) buyers could pay extra and have their car serviced at the factory. My dad would spend a lot of time test driving for faults and in the summer holidays would pick me up from home and take me on very thrilling drives.
He had a few scrapes and in a re run of the AC case got pinged on the M1 while tyre testing. The cops caught them at the service station as they were swapping tyres over.
The royal GTE's appeared on the drive along with the triplex ogle that at the time belonged to the Duke of Edinburgh.
There is still an SE4 GT coupe in the family. My dad bought it crash damaged from the factory in about 1970. It was a test car with a 3 speed Borg Warner auto box which they didn't take into production so it remains the only one of its kind.
I myself had an SE6b a few years back with the 2.8 cologne engine (as well as a couple of Reliant Rebels!) The Scimitar was a gorgeous car but a bit petrol thirsty so i let it go.