NigelG Posted May 17 Share #23381 Posted May 17 Advertisement (gone after registration) I had assumed the first crop was the rear wheel arch and rear-hinged doors! 🙄 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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a.j.z Posted May 17 Share #23382 Posted May 17 No Renault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted May 17 Share #23383 Posted May 17 A generous part of the front Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5803619'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 18 Share #23384 Posted May 18 Singer Roadster from between 1939 and 1955? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted May 18 Share #23385 Posted May 18 (edited) vor 10 Stunden schrieb wlaidlaw: Singer Roadster from between 1939 and 1955? Wilson Correct! This car was participating (the repair efforts were successful) in a very nice private classic car rally. They had a priest to bless the cars and the drivers, who said: „God bless the participants of this rally, in particular those without spare parts.“ Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited May 18 by a.j.z 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5803952'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 18 Share #23386 Posted May 18 There was a young lady who lived on the same street as I did in the north of Scotland, when I was young, who had one of these Singer Roadsters. Apparently she was a hairdresser. Sometime in the mid 1950's she upgraded it to a new Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Roadster. I said to my father (I was aged around 9 at the time): "She must be doing rather well as a hairdresser, to be able to afford as smart a new car as that." My father went rather red and muttered something about charging a lot. Of course when I was older, I realised she was engaged in a rather older profession than hairdressing. Open to all to post. Wilson 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 19 Share #23387 Posted May 19 Advertisement (gone after registration) A bit of a de-rail coming but the following might be of some interest to those who frequent this particular thread. Returning from Brighton (taking the very lovely scenic route) yesterday afternoon I was following, for several miles, a rather sleek, small convertible sports-car which I didn't recognise at all. The roads taken were winding but although occasionally I would get close enough to have a good view of the rump I could never get anything like a side-view which made me even more curious to discover what, exactly, the thing was. On the lower-rear hind-quarter the badges proclaimed it to be a 'Sabre Six'. I could vaguely remember reading about a Reliant Sabre but couldn't bring an image of one to mind. I had my camera bag on the passenger seat beside me and was hoping to be able to grab a snap if there was a hold-up in traffic but, unfortunately (for once!), the roads were almost completely empty and ultimately the car took a diffferent turning to myself at a t-junction thus any the hope of a photo-opportunity was gone. I did, however, make a mental note of the registration; 700 RUR. Once back at base I typed the Reg. into the laptop and was fascinated by what I read. The Reliant Sabre (as, unlike myself, some of you will already know) had an interesting genesis. It was instigated to be a joint project with the Israeli car maker Autocars and the model was produced between 1961 and 1964. Initially only a four-cylinder car was offered but a 'six' became available in 1962. Production included open roadsters and fast-back coupés. According to the Wiki entry it seems that only 208 examples of the 'Four' were made. Figures for the 'Six' were even fewer with a mere 77 examples being crafted and, of these, 75 were fast-backs; only two roadsters were produced. Here is a link which tells part of the story behind the very car I was following. Quite an impressive bit of restoration!; http://sabresix.co.uk/sabresixconvertible.htm And here's the Wiki link telling the overall story of the Reliant Sabre; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Sabre Such a pity there was no chance to grab a snap as it would have been a rather good candidate for this thread! Philip. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 19 Share #23388 Posted May 19 My brother had one of the later Reliant Scimitar sports estate car-ish versions (Princess Anne was a big fan owning various ones of these). Unfortunately he had bought an automatic one and like all of those, it overheated. I worked on it a lot, putting in a larger aluminium radiator, the biggest Kenlowe electric fan made at the time, adding a large oil cooler and running high thermal capacity cooling fluid. It was the car he used to tow our racing car of the period, a tubular space frame chassis Morgan 4/4 with a Martin F2 engine. The Scimitar still overheated in heavy traffic, so my much tweaked (3 x 45 DCOE Weber carburettors and Laystall bronze big valve cylinder head) Healey 3000 BN7 ex-works rally car, was called into service as our tow car. Apart from dreadful fuel consumption of less than 10 mpg when towing, it worked just fine. Wilson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 19 Share #23389 Posted May 19 Perhaps surprisingly (considering their age and relative scarcity) there are three Scimitars to be found within 300m of where I sit at this moment! Just around the corner one chap has both a GT4 and a GTE whilst slightly further up the hill sits a second GTE. The GT4 has been posted here a while ago but as the design detailing of the GTE is so very distinct I haven't bothered photographing either of those! Interesting to note that you state; "My brother......had bought an automatic one and like all of those, it overheated..."... Was the overheating issue confined to the automatic versions? Even as a youngster I thought the GTE to be an attractive car. It would also make for a very practical proposition as a location-vehicle with plenty of space for hauling cases of wine photographic equipment...😸... Philip. P.S. : I was thinking that I really should discover which models the pair of GTEs represent so had a quick look at the Wiki entry. In it they relate that HRH Anne had no fewer than NINE examples over the years(!) the first one being a joint birthday/Christmas present from her ma and pa when she was 20 years old. Lucky Her! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 19 Share #23390 Posted May 19 Philip, The conclusion I came to was that the oil cooler for the automatic transmission both blocked off some air flow from the coolant radiator and pre-heated the air going into the coolant radiator. I enlarged the cooling holes under the bumper and put in trunking so that all the air coming in through the front holes and grille actually reached the two oil coolers and the radiator and put a larger pulley on the water pump, which I felt was spinning fast enough to suffer cavitation. At least after that it did not overheat when moving at a reasonable speed but continued to do so when in heavy nose to tail traffic, especially when towing. I wonder if that one is still around. Its reg no was EGO19J. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted May 19 Share #23391 Posted May 19 No longer UK registered under that number - but it could exist somewhere else… 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 19 Share #23392 Posted May 19 (edited) 12 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: My brother had one of the later Reliant Scimitar sports estate car-ish versions (Princess Anne was a big fan owning various ones of these)... I really didn't intend this to become a 'Reliant Scimitar GTE Appreciation Day' but having done a tiny bit more digging on these sports-hatch cars I came across the following article which gives some truly wonderful insights in respect of the very last Scimitar GTE which HRH owned...and it wasn't even built by Reliant! Some REALLY good stuff in here. Lovely little factual nuggets including the mention that; "Unlike her previous cars, which were replaced every three years or so, the Princess kept this one for more than 35 years(*) adding 114,000 miles...." Hopefully some of you might find this to live up to the values of Lord Reith's stated core mission for the BBC which was to "Inform, Educate and Entertain"... https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/middlebridge-scimitar-gte-royal-appointment OK; I'm off now to trawl through the local For Sale ads......😸...... Philip. * This was, no doubt, due to the fact that as the car was out of production by 1990 HRH could hardly have popped out to buy a replacement... Edited May 19 by pippy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted May 20 Share #23393 Posted May 20 (edited) My housemaster at school coached rowing. Included in the highly successful 1972 Olympic rowing team was Chris Nilsson (though he wasn’t in the Gold Medal winning 8, he was in the coxed 4). He had been coached by my housemaster. Chris was notable for the fact that he wore a black eye patch - legend was that he stuck his head out of the window of a train on the way to school and had is eye taken out by a mail hook (in the 1960s, mail was hung by the side of the railway line in bags which the train would collect on the way past, without slowing). Anyway, in about 1973, I was in the 4th form, and one morning we came out of the house and found Chris Nilsson’s yellow Reliant Scimitar sitting outside the housemater’s front door steaming, with all four tyres apparently flat (I have noi idea why, but can guess). The car was certainly dramatic, and more than a little romantic to a 14 year old … Edited May 20 by IkarusJohn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted May 20 Share #23394 Posted May 20 In the US the Reliant Sabre was marketed as the Sabra, referencing the term for Israeli born Israelis, a term meaning cactus. I have no idea if they ever sold any here. In Philip's link, the car on the right is the model marketed as Sabra. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted May 20 Share #23395 Posted May 20 I fancied a GTE many years ago, but never found a decent one. Out of budget now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 20 Share #23396 Posted May 20 5 hours ago, stuny said: In the US the Reliant Sabre was marketed as the Sabra... Yes. In the wiki link posted earlier there is the mention of "...the Israeli company Autocars..." and clicking on the company's name will redirect one to the entry for the Sabra. It was actually by reading through the Autocars entry a couple of years ago that I first became aware of the Reliant Sabre but clearly the info went in one ear eye and out the other... Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 20 Share #23397 Posted May 20 3 hours ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: I fancied a GTE many years ago, but never found a decent one. Out of budget now. By some spooky coincidence... Earlier on I mentioned that one chap who lives around the corner has both a GT4 and a GTE. A few minutes ago, whilst driving past his house, I spotted that there is a 'For Sale' notice in the side-window of the GTE... It's an OMEN! A Sign to me from ON HIGH!! 😸 Philip. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted May 20 Share #23398 Posted May 20 1 hour ago, pippy said: By some spooky coincidence... 'For Sale' notice in the side-window of the GTE... It's an OMEN! A Sign to me from ON HIGH!! 😸 Philip. Go for it, you'll regret it if you don't! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 20 Share #23399 Posted May 20 9 minutes ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: Go for it, you'll regret it if you don't! Only if you promise to be my Riding Mechanic every time I take it out for a spin! I've had old cars before and I assure you that, lovely as they were, these days I'd rather simply get in; turn the key and drive off knowing that I would be able to return home without calling on roadside assistance from the Automobile Association... 😸 Philip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 20 Share #23400 Posted May 20 (edited) 3 hours ago, pippy said: By some spooky coincidence... Earlier on I mentioned that one chap who lives around the corner has both a GT4 and a GTE. A few minutes ago, whilst driving past his house, I spotted that there is a 'For Sale' notice in the side-window of the GTE... It's an OMEN! A Sign to me from ON HIGH!! 😸 Philip. Check to see if it is a Tamworth or Middlebridge car. If it is Tamworth and automatic, I would give it a miss for reasons I have already posted. 50 years of clogging arteries is unlikely to have improved matters. Personally I would probably rather have a Volvo P1800E, because they are beautifully put together. A friend had one of these in which he had done over 500,000 miles with nothing more than routine servicing and a clutch driven plate replacement. He was hoping to get to 1 million miles but sadly a lady in a Range Rover on her phone had other ideas and T boned him at traffic lights, writing it off. Wilson Edited May 20 by wlaidlaw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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