new chap from gravesend

hello im new to the club .im dave and im in gravesend kent .i am restoring a reliant scimitar se5a .i am a member of the owners club and the car which i paid £5 for was purchased in east london and driven back in the earlier part of the year with tax and mot .its in my garage awaiting a new steel timing wheel .its beige in colour with tan interior and webasto sunroof .i also know neil from the medway monkeys group .i came to the margate harbour show a few months ago and i was impressed with the cars and turnout .next year i hope to have the car on the road and display it and drive it at weekends etc .i am presently unemployed so funds are a little low .any advice and people who want to meet etc most welcomed .the car is stored near bluewater .cheers guys and girls .ideally i would like a job in the car trade so any offers gratefully accepted .

Welcome to the site.

Hopefully see you at a meet at some point next year!

Got any pictures of the Reliant?

~Lee

Split-Lee wrote:

Welcome to the site.

Hopefully see you at a meet at some point next year!

Got any pictures of the Reliant?

~Lee

yes lee i will put some up soon .

Welcome.

I wonder if I've seen your car?

keef wrote:

Welcome.

I wonder if I've seen your car?

the car was driven back from east london and has been parked in the garage since .its ivory beige with tan interior .webasto sunroof .im the 14th owner and im doing the dvla v888 to find details of previous owners .it requires a steel timing wheel and overhaul for a mot and tax it for the summer next year .i paid a fiver for it .the seller had paid £1500 for it and spent £1200 in 18 months that he owned it .there was a previous owner who lived in rochester who i also contacted through the box file of invoices and stuff that came with it ,i think it was first registered in kent in 1975 as kl part of the reg is a maidstone .i have fitted accuspark ignition as well .your cars look good keef .

cookieboy wrote:

has been parked in the garage since

Probably not then.

There's a chap from the Medway Monkies that's really into his Sscimitars. Don't know if you know him?

keef wrote:

cookieboy wrote:

has been parked in the garage since

Probably not then.

There's a chap from the Medway Monkies that's really into his Sscimitars. Don't know if you know him?

yes neil nettlingham (nettles ) and his dad mick both had scimitars ,both have gone to new overseas owners .they have provided me with spares they had left over .neil and me used to work for the same company years ago ,both are doing other projects now .theres a few guys i know in kent through the owners club as well .theres another chap in gillingham doing a resto project .

cookieboy wrote:

yes neil nettlingham (nettles )

That's the chap.

im hoping to do a deal to get another scimitar from a vendor in essex .its a 73 se5a thats been stood for a long time ,parked at the side of a garage .paintwork is bad ,new chassis fitted a few years ago .probably going to break it for parts for mine and sell the rest on .will keep you all upated once its back to my storage area .

nothing really to update you with .the scimitar is still in the garage awaiting a new steel timing wheel .as im unemployed at the moment ,funds are tight ..im looking for work as a handyman /caretaker or maybe something un skilled in the motor trade .im 48 years old with a vast experience in bbuilding and electrical maintenance .so guys and girls if you know of anyhthing workwise send me a message on here or by e mail to cookieboy5@yahoo.com .i desperately want to get the scimitar done so that i can get to the shows in the summer etc .