I used to have a Scimitar with overdrive.
Loads of fun when overtaking. When I bought that one though, it's a good thing I thought to check the cylinders before I tried to fire it up. There was a load of rust in them, but strangely I couldn't see where it had all come from. I was fortunate enough to get one that didn't have the "reinforced" plastic timing wheels; I can only imagine what sort of idiot thought that was a good idea.
All in all it was a bit of a frankenstein car: Triumph suspension parts, Ford engine, door handles from a Mini, Jag seats and god knows what else. Still had bloody Lucas electrics though; the devil's own wiring harness.
It's a shame I had to get rid of it in the end, those cars always reminded me of the world's most stylish hearse, and those fold-flat seats made the boot just big enough for two people to bunk down.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 28 Sep 2015, 21:43,
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