David WilkinsFor #Caturday, a Kitten. I thought I’d round off this week of Reliants with this, the Kitten, a four-wheeled version of the famous Robin three-wheeler, which was introduced in 1975. I saw this one at last month’s Practical Classics resto show.
Today, we see the Reliant Scimitar GTE in its final and most familiar form, the SE6 (more specifically, in this case, a slightly updated SE6A). Compared with the SE5, there were a number of visual tweaks and so on, especially at the front, but the basic recipe remained the same. Snapped this 1977 car at the NEC Classic Motor Show last year.
Yesterday, I posted a photo of a car that I described as a Reliant Scimitar SE5. That description was entirely accurate, but for the true car geek, not quite complete. Yesterday’s car was in fact an SE5A, a variant of the SE5 incorporating some mid-life refinements that was introduced in 1972. This car is a ‘pre-A’ SE5, but if I am being honest, externally, I cannot tell them apart. Snapped at the Practical Classics resto show last month.
Yesterday, I posted the first Reliant Scimitar, the SE4. This is its successor, the SE5, introduced in 1968. As well as a new frontal design, the SE5 also featured the elongated ‘sporty estate’ GTE rear bodywork employed by the Scimitar for the rest of its life. The SE5 used the Ford Essex V6 engine, already seen in late SE4s. This 1974 car, seen at the recent Practical Classics resto show, has apparently had one owner from new. (1/2)
Today, a much more stylish Reliant in the form of this early Scimitar, a rare SE4 model. The SE4 (1964-70) didn’t have the long hatchback body normally seen on the Scimitar from the SE5 models onwards but was instead a notchback coupé. This convertible is a one-off conversion by an enthusiast, and has the old Ford 2.6-litre straight six engine, not the later ‘Essex’ Ford V6 seen in most Scimitars. Pics taken at the Practical Classics resto show.
Today, we’re staying at the lower end of the Reliant range but today’s subject has four, rather than three, wheels. The Reliant Fox story originated in Greece in 1979, when a local company, MEBEA, put on sale a light utility vehicle it had developed using Reliant parts. Reliant took over production in 1983 and the Fox was then made in the UK until 1990. Seen at the recent Practical Classics resto show.
A nice treat today in the form of this rather ropey old Reliant Rialto, seen at last month’s Practical Classics resto show, displayed in what I am guessing is its characteristic ‘bonnet open’ configuration. The Rialto, introduced in 1982, was an evolution of the better-known Robin three-wheeler outfitted with a more modern front-end design.
Timmy the MadfoxI am outside the Byron Bay Horizon Festival site with this little beauty.
Yeah, she's got 3 wheels, you can drive one with a motorbike license & was pretty much a running joke on British TV.
But me being the absolute lunatic that I am, she now sports a turbocharged racing motorbike engine racing suspension, gearbox & brakes, rally tyres & stabilisers.
So she should be competitive on the track... 😊😅👍
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As I mentioned yesterday, @lionelb described the Gilbern Invader estate as a ‘Stagitar’. Today, we’re looking at the ‘itar’ bit in the form of the Reliant Scimitar. I saw this 1977 SE6a model at the NEC Classic Motor Show last year.
