Paging Grimly, or anybody else who knows/cares (about cars)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29752&item=2477934252&rd=1

 

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I had one of those..

C reg, black, ex Fiat demo... paid £300 for it. Was bloody quick too... rust
got the better of it though..

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave A"

They've changed editorship recently I believe, which might explain the
sudden interest in them. A couple of years ago they had a small booklet
of 100 top classics and the Scim wasn't even in it - mind you, the
previous ed was a wanker.

In light of the inclusion in the list, you can expect prices to rise, so
anyone who wants a Scim should get one now.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Yeah, the new bloke seems OK. This was a thing where they've been taking
votes from the public for the last few months. Won by the bloody Morris
Minor of all things. My current object of desire, the GT6, was way down the
list.

If only mine wasn't rattling like a bastard and in dire need of a respray I
could make a mint.

 

So then, how much for yours, eh?


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AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, COSOC#9, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Let me know when you find a useable example for £600. I've been

Not C202TLU by any chance?

Buzby

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "AndrewR"

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/motoring/news_and_features/story.jsp?story=510914

The second last paragraph is a hoot.

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

It's a Champmobile.

 

They rust like **** and (as my sister's just discovered) when the roof
starts to leak they're a bastard to sort out.

Her tame mechanic was *hugely* amused when they tried to tow it over
for him to fix after a breakdown. Rather foolishly they used the towing
eye, which did a *super* job of pulling the whole front end off. "They
all do that sir".

A bit? No sir. Not a bit. 'Totally' is the word you're seeking.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29752&item=2477
934252&rd=1

Saw when I was looking the other night - looks a bit sad to be honest.

I prefer the twin-spark 2lt version, as they're more wallet-friendly to
run.... clutch for a V6 is something like £500 fitted, ffs!

 

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Might have been actually.. It was C reg, and it had a London reg, so that
could well be it. IIRC they only imported something like 50 or 60 on a C
plate..

Had the wrong front seats in, Recaros out of something like a Rover 800
Vitesse.

 

Seats were correct on mine - did it have a fag burn on the rear spoiler? If
it had it was the ex-press car, which had a few stories to tell. . . . . . .
..

 

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I think the reg on mine was C225 TLU. Had "Fiat Demonstrator" or something
on the reg plates though..

 

"Since 1961, it had built the shabby-looking Sabre sports car."

Shabby looking??? They're gorgeous.

http://www.brandy.lu/foudre/


Actually I wouldn't mind having a go at being a backstreet pub landlord.

 

I'll let you have it for three grand, absolute bargain, cutting me own
throat etc etc

 

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I always quite liked the look of the original Scimitar. The pre-GTE one.
Used to be one not far from here with a very tuned 3.0 Essex lump in, went
well, sounded great, and looked a bit decent too.

 

<Haggle>

I'll give you three.


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AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, COSOC#9, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

<chimes in>

I hate to disagree with Lozzo on such things, but the only people I've
heard use "normally aspirated" to mean "carbs" are people who don't
know what they're on about.

 

Oooh Oooh, please sir please sir sir.

We've done this before, I know the answer.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave A"

I always liked the Sabre, it was a car of its time and bore a great
degree of similarity to the MGB. Funny how some will go all gaga over a
rotten old MG, yet wouldn't have a Sabre.

Frankly, I know which I'd choose.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10