{"id":190,"date":"2010-01-25T09:53:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T09:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2011-08-01T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T09:02:13","slug":"cheap-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/projectcars\/cheap-classic","title":{"rendered":"Cheap classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s amazing that a car built in such relatively low numbers and with such striking styling should still be so cheap. The Scimitar was such a departure for Reliant and has carried it’s age well thanks to the fibreglass body. There may be nothing groundbreaking about the mechincals but thanks to some very strong\u00a0parts being carfully borrowed from other manufacturers they are tough and pretty reliable as classics go. This car was bought for only a few hundred pounds but since then we’ve done some serious\u00a0work done. Cosmetically it’s had a full respray, new carpets, the seats have been leathered and the headlining replaced to match. On the mechanical side of things it’s\u00a0 had a rare South African motorcraft 3.4L engine fitted. We’ve added some custom stainless exhaust manifolds and a full stainless system. It took 6 exhaust boxes in total to quieten everything down! It’s had lot’s of other bit’s a bobs like\u00a0a dose of waxoyl\u00a0and a\u00a0full brake strip and reseal. Parts aren’t available for ars this age so everything had a clean up and new seals. In the end the master cylinder was modified to take one from a transit. I’m sure there wll be more improving to be done soon.<\/p>\n

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The Reliant Scimitar mkes such a good classic it’s amazingthey’re so cheap. Here’s how we’ve brought this one back to life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,23,28,4,3],"tags":[56,115,52,55,58,57,59,35],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aa-sport","category-exhausts","category-garage-services","category-general","category-projectcars","tag-brake-overhaul","tag-classic","tag-engine-swap","tag-interior-trim","tag-mainfold","tag-paint","tag-reliant-scimitar","tag-waxoyling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t