Can I Resurrect It & Take It To Its Birthplace? Left For Dead 1975 Reliant Scimitar SE5a
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2023
- In this extra special Tasty Classics resurrection I try my darndest to bring this 1975 Reliant Scimitar back to life and return it to whence it came!
Apologies again for the sound in some places of this video I'm still learning but I should have it perfected for the next one!
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The tracks in this episode are Kylie Dailey - Half An Ear, OTE - Jungle Train & Victor Lundberg - Trick Of The Memory (in that order)
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Apologies for the lack of 1080p in this one I messed up my settings but won't do it again! Also the sound at the start I was trying a new microphone and completely messed that up too which I have learned from! Phew! If I'd of had the time I would of re done but sadly not possible, the exciting news is though that from the 1st of march I will be able to put a fair bit more time into these lovely films so stick with it, and as ever, thank you for watching and let me know what you think.
P.s. the song details are in the description this time! (See, I'm learning!)
Thats so nice you spotted i asked about the good music !! Thank you good sir
... oh and early alarm set by key or deadlock for plastic 4 wheel chicken ?
don't worry about it - keeps it real! I really get put off youtubers who make highly polished videos with full production teams like they work for wheeler dealers!🙃🙃
I think you where picking up an Irish Gaelic radio station called RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. I maybe wrong i love the Essex alright geezer engine. Pure power
Absolutely disgraceful what's the world coming too, Hilda Ogden wouldn't put up with it.
@@Oh-Jay52 plastic 4 wheel chicken 🐔 🤣
Your channel is becoming a weekly “must watch”!
That's what I like to hear thank you!
Right now I’m missing my weekly tasty classics fix!!
What a terrific channel...hooked since the Ambassador. Really enjoying this so far. Wish you all the best with the channel, big things lie ahead! 👏🏻👍🏻
Thanks a lot Alistair ❤️🤞
That additional key is undoubtedly for an after market alarm system that was all the rage in the mid 1970's
Usually the key lock would be on the driver's fender/wing by the door. This is an unusual placement.
@@tdk1246
Not in the UK with right hand drive 😂
i had alarm key in the same place on my capri :) windy nights and it would sound the horn like WW3
This was hands down the best 2 hours and 9 minutes of my week, I'm so happy you're able to commit to doing this more full time as it makes my withdrawals slightly less noticeable aswell! 🤣
What a cliffhanger, did you get home or are you on the M54 somewhere lol
I have enjoyed this, England's version of Vice Grip Garage, brilliant 👍
A very high accolade thanks Darren means a lot!
@@tastyclassics Just exactly what I was going to say - but I doubt Derek would ever be driving through my home city of Stoke on Trent in one of his cars. Loved the scenery as you passed through Stoke, then Stone, then Rugeley - cant get better than that - the UK version of Vice Grip Garage passing through my city in such an iconic car which I remember from my childhood back in the 70s and 80s. Most of these Scimitars tended to have the Borg Warner auto box though didnt they?
The Vice Grip Derek sniff
So tonight is my first time watching and Iam certain vice grips lost a viewer they're going to commercial anyway keep up the great work!!
Derek wouldn't visit England, he hates anything that's not ' merica 😂
you became my favorite (almost, at least) channel on yt. Like your nonchalant style. Greetings from Austria
Snow day here in Canada. What a great day for this video to appear.
It still blows my mind someone in Canada is watching me trundle around the north west of England in these old cars! Thanks Jonathan ❤️
Well started watching this and thought 2 hours would be too long. Wrong!. I was glued to the whole thing, very enjoyable 👍
Subbed.
Excellent thank you!
Ben you should wear a cape because your my SUPER HERO 🎽
Love watching ❤️ keep up the good work X
Haha cheers mate always appreciated! ❤️
Always had a bit of a soft spot for the Gte. Especially the chrome bumpered pre 1976 cars like this SE5. That extra lock on the rear wing looks like it's for a Selmar alarm system.
2h09m, thats me sorted for the evening!!
That's phenomenal how that car turned out, amazing thing to do taking that back to it's birthplace as well Ben.
That comment on saving cars couldn't be more true what with scrappage schemes and people after a quick scrap buck.
I can genuinely see your subs go tenfold if you can do this 5 days a week and pop out an extra vid here and there.
Keep it up and keep saving BMC for our future generation 👌👌👍
Very kind of you to say Ian it would be nice! I'll try and keep it as interesting as I can and hopefully turn some unviable projects into viable ones!
The separate lock is the alarm/immobiliser. That’s how they were armed way back in the day when I first started to drive. Behind there should be wires. If not, it’s a “dummy” alarm, you could buy dummy locks like that or get them from a scrap yard, fit it then folk thought you had an alarm. It was always there as it’s next to the drivers door…. Less messing about to arm it once you have locked your drivers door. P.S, yes, I am really old😂😂😂
You can't be old as I am very familiar with the things too, and I don't consider myself old 🙃 If it's a real system I'd seriously advise un-connecting it as they failed frequently even when new. IIRC Piranha was one popular one, looking at the door sticker this is a Selmar which, I think, used similar components.
All I could think was overheat! As it was sitting revving. Famous for that
I thought you going to say “Dickie, turn off that bloody grinder! I can’t hear”😂😂
Great stuff. Awesome channel 👍
So happy you are taking the time to put a full working week into the channel! I subscribed for the Bedford rascal vids. Feels like I'm part of the beginning of a big channel! Please keep the video format looong full projects not all split up making us wait all the time 🤣
Thanks a lot Phill I hope so and it's a risky venture but I'll give it a go! Also yes don't worry I try to make things I'd like to watch too and I do love getting lost in a long format video 👍
He is demonstrating precisely the wrong way to approach this project
Love your channel, very honest and good craic, cant wait for the t-shirt.
Quickly becomming my favorite channel. I'd be happy to see the Scimitar sympathetically restored, an LS swap wouldnt be dignified for the old girl. Keep it classy!
I think you might be right John, maybe one specifically for the track only at some point when I've saved up enough! but for now this engine is an absolute soldier and the cars nice so it'll stay 👍👍👍
wow ,,,,youve done it again,,,,what a grate car,,,,,,,keep this one ,,,,,,all they need is love,,,,,,grate gob,,,george frog crete greece
Channel is absolutely fantastic best on TH-cam I say very entertaining and very interesting
Had a 1977 S reg in yellow, Ford Essex V6 back in 1992, started it up one winter -12 and cracked the block! it was left outside all winter and i paid the price. Sold it as spares or repair, one of many mistakes in my life, be careful with these regarding inner panels, they hide allot of rot. Would love another but stupid prices. Fan of your channel since the Merc's you restored. Keep going sir!
Awesome 👍🏻
I'll be saving this video for later tonight. Love them especially the long episodes when everything is done in the one video not just 20 mins here and 20 mins there like every other youtuber.
Your such a easy watch and seem reet canny
Cheers Matt very kind of you to say so! I don't like having to search for the next thing to watch every 20 minutes so always enjoy finding longer videos to watch 👍
Great work really enjoying the long episodes 👍
'Absolutely massive gash'. Hope you're not still talking about HRH!
I always wanted a Scimitar.
BTW, the extra key hole was for a retrofit alarm.
Thanks for the video's. This is quickly becoming my favourite TH-cam channel!
🤣 Excellent Gary I'm glad to hear it thank you, thanks for the alarm info too!
Thoroughly enjoyed this,start to finish,that car is showing you it’s appreciation😊
Thanks a lot Marco! I've definitely felt a bit of a bond with this one 👍
Brilliant, mate loved it.
Great video Ben . Best car channel on TH-cam
Now this comment made my day thanks George, really appreciate it 🥰
Shit day at work, watched this and cheered up…perfect 👍🏻👍🏻
Makes it totally worthwhile knowing it did, cheers mate appreciate you watching I really do.
I watched your video all the way through, absolutely brilliant , hope you got home alright (please keep safe), I love it that you breathe life into these classic cars , your music choice is spot on aswell , thanks for saving these wonderful motors for us all to enjoy, thanks Ben your a star ⭐👍
I got my music taste from you! 🤣 (This is my mother trying to make it not obvious she's my mother 🥸🥸)
@@tastyclassics HaHa I'm so proud of you and proud to be your Mother!!
@@dianewilson4144 Ain't it the BEST to have wonderful Children (and Grand Children) we can be proud of ? Good on ya Mom ! Bless you both.....
@@danielcarroll5667 Thank you for such a heartwarming message , yes I agree and Ben is the light of my life , he does everything for me , I am very lucky, I also have two wonderful Daughters , so I am blessed ,hope you are too with your family, Many Thanks for your kind words 👍
Love the long videos. I vote for sympathetic restoration.
I think that might be the way forward 💪
These were lovely in their day, and still are, going to be another good one!, the key hole lock thingy, I think is for an alarm!
I grew up down the road from The Reliant factory, you used to see the factory workers carrying Regal bodies across the road from one side of the site to the other 🙂
So cool it must of been great to see, Tamworth seemed like a very nice place too lots of friendly faces looking at the car, I wish they'd carried on going, they kept it up till 2002 I believe which is really good. There were some sketches done of a 'new' scimitar I think and I remember it looking amazing. One day maybe!
Another fantastic video great two hours for a Friday nights viewing looking forward to the next one
Why have I not come across your channel before now! BRILLIANT.A great piece of automotive history brought back from the brink of obscurity! Love your style and commentary. Looking forward to more episodes.
Great Vid keep em coming
Two hours of automotive relaxation... Perfect with a beer or 2....
Another beauty video. You are great company Ben, when my bladder gets me up in the night and can't get back to sleep, these long vids are my go to. Shame about the Rascal though....
Fantastic vlog keep them coming
Totally awesome to watch from start to finish. Bens grin on his face the moment he gets the car shifting on the open road....priceless. You can tell how flippin chuffed he was. Such a great car and what a cool video. Cheers @tastyclassics !
Absolutely loving every minute Ben of every video. A sympathetic restoration would be good and sell it on for mega bucks.
Loving this channel. Tasty Classics (aka 'Mole Grip Garage' 😏) keep up the good work! Looking forward to what lies ahead!
I've watched many TH-cam car restoration channels and your channel is the best and I don't even comment usually, 👍
really like the lengthy first episodes , sit back , relax , get hooked . long may you continue
LOL the Oil "south-end-on sea and what your fingers smell like" that's got to be the oil quote of the year ! And then it started !!!!
I've never even been! 😅
Happily liked and subscribed, what a cracking channel, that’s my evening’s entertainment sorted out 😊
One of my dream cars from a very short list .
And mine!
I laughed when you said "we're at the vinegar strokes" 🤣
🤣🤣 so glad someone spotted that!
@@tastyclassics reminds me of Phoenix Nights when Brian Potter went to see the owner of another club played by Jim Bowen and he disturbed the receptionist's phone call 🤣
@@bertrandbunatz1765 absolutely brilliant fair play to you I remember it well now you've said it!
That car wanted to live again.
It really did didn't it 👍
I’ve never seen one of those cars before and I love it 👍
Most enjoyable video what a beautiful car you’re a brave man doing that drive maybe a sympathetic restoration keeping it very stock. Look forward to the next video thank you
absolute class young Ben, enthralled from start to finish, glad youre having a go at it full time and can only wish you all the luck in the world, you deserve it and hope its a rip roaring success
Yank here watching from Addison, New York, U$A. I'm enjoying this little spud of a car. Seems like it was designed to go head to head with the MGB GT as far as styling goes. Keep doing what you're doing. Sentimental mentality is what saves cars and makes dreams come true.
"Auwoigjt maiyt, aouw ya doin?? Oighm frum essix, wheeheyyyyy..." so brilliant
Haven’t seen one of these in long time , great looking car 👍 good luck with the channel and merchandise 👍.
This is awesome. I remember seeing one of these 40 years ago as a young kid. Had never seen anything like it. Loved it. Love the styling of the rear quarters. Very cool.
I'm addicted to the shape of these things!
@@tastyclassics They sound good too 😃. Looking forward to see how this one progresses. Hope you get some merch out soon too. I would definitely buy something.
Hello i love watching your videos. Having mental health issues and being disabled you make my day. i have always been into cars from my dad who died in 1991 i was only 15 and he had many cars from Vauxhall 101 to mk2 cortina' a triumph 2000 to a viva and a mk1 escort. My very first car was an austin allegro reg number TOJ 956N. so keep up the good work and i look forward to watching more of your great videos. I would love to see the Scimitar having the paint sorted and may be having it straight piped. i have always loved the Reliant Scimitars but never had the money to buy one so i think i would love to see you do more to the car because it deserves it.
so all the best to you and thank you for making such great videos
kind regards Richard from Dronfield Derbyshire.
oh my lord!!!! I'm laying in bed with COVID I've been here all day! I was supposed to fly to Dublin this morning for my brothers stag do.
I've been really down.
Then this pops up! Thanks so much for something to take my mind off how shit I feel for the next few hours 🤣
Hey Phill I'm really glad I could help it means a lot to know you're watching, hope the 'vid subsides soon.
She started on a dime, oohh yeah! Congrats on saving another from the dead, you'll be on your way to 10k very soon
well done mate. top job.
I've loved Scimitars since I was a kid in the 70's. I'd love to see a resto of this one but would probably prefer to see you rescue another forgotten relic. Either way I'll be watching. Great channel and top music, thanks for the Spotify play list.
You should definitely consider putting some Tasty classics merch on a online store. I’d definitely buy a hoodie or T shirt 😁
I would as well!
ive got a 74 gte so the same body as this one but its in "champagne" (very faided custard cream) with a tan vynal roof, theyre brilliant cars. i wrote this comment when you opened the rear hatch and said to myself, dont force it as itll come off and you did just that haha. mine did the same when the struts went, you should find somwhere that two little screws will have fallen out that holds the hatch to the body. also, for a car thats been sitting for so long, that essex started up faster and easier than it would have new
Excellent stuff I knew as soon as I felt it go I shouldn't of been pulling so hard 😅👍 thanks for the screws info I'll have a gander in the next video!
Your drive through Stoke on Trent was my daily commute to work run. Really enjoyed this one, thanks.
Love it. And now I'm on Car & Classic looking at Scimitars,
Brilliant vid Ben, I love your long format 👏👌🏼
Love that car
Great video Ben! My neighbour's got one of these in his front garden been sitting there for years, so nice to see one up and running!Some car this well done for getting it running its great, thanks again for great material 🚘🚘🚘
Another great video Ben. These classics deserve another chance and I'm pleased you'll be doing more.
Cheers for a brilliant channel been watching everything keep it up fella
Ace video really enjoying these long videos. I think that number plate is laughing at you tho 😀
Great video👍👍 love the road trip ending
Following the comment re the extra key hole, on the passenger side looks like a Selmar alarm sticker, these were an aftermarket 70s alarm that were key activated. Love the surprise when it started, keep on saving the lost souls.
Great video! Keep ‘em coming
Brilliant video Tasty
Thanks Raymond
Great news about full time car resurrections! Best stuff on youtube 👍. Sympathetic restoration for the Scimitar. Hope you made it home
Another quality 4Cuppa episode - Named as the episodes take 4 cups of tea to get through. Looking forward to more.
What a brilliant channel, how have I not seen these before, so glad I found them, love the format, and your humor, keep the format and banter as it is, its a great formula, and really looking forward to the next one. As to the Scimitar, maybe just a sympathetic restore to keep it with some age to it. Wish you all the best for your future episodes and going full time TH-cam. P.S I'll happily buy one of your tops as always medling with a car or two lately.
Wonderful video 👍, lovely to see the Scimitar make it 👍, I am looking on E Bay now 🤓
I’m currently trying to get a 71 SE5 back on the road. It’s in worse state than this one but it fires up at least. My master cylinders are seized solid as is the slave. Still, it’s going to be great fun once I’ve it back on the tarmac. Subscribed!
Awesome video as always. Here’s an idea. Either with the ambassador or a new project, come to the “pride of Longbridge” event on 15th April.
Great watch as always 👍 gets me through some long arse shifts and it's always great to see old cars that I didn't even know existed be saved and put back on the roads. Would love to see this little car have a bit more TLC and get it as close to fully restored as financially possible anyway 🤣 great work.
Absolutely fucking fantastic video. The Ambassador vids were mint but that was even better. All the very best for you bud the time flew watching that. And, as for the Scmitar: sympathetic resto or mild resto mod gets my vote. Can't wait for the next video.
Crazy ol' Yank Geezer here ! Found you by "accident" subscribing for a bunch of reasons , your humor , "content" (never knew there was anything but a Reliant "Robin" Haha !) , and some really great Music ! Also really like your long format , keep up the great work !
My Trekkie side is screaming "There! Are! Four! Lights!"
Great fondness and memories of the Scimitar ...my father bought the very first one in Scotland...MSO 510K
I was playing football with my pals when it arrived at the house ...we all stopped the game and just gazed at this incredible sleek red
car ...5 years later I drove it between Perth and Dundee in 10mins 40 seconds ...it's 20 miles ...don't tell the boys in blue!
I'd go for the resto. That and the Ambassador deserve many more years on the road
I love the sentiment! I hate seeing cars getting scrapped, I've been guilty of letting a few go myself that I really regret. Now I'm more about saving them too.
I'd say get the Scimitar fixed up and running sweet and let it wear its patina with pride. It's had long enough being parked up, time to let it taste the road again.
Love the channel been a fan since the little rascal. And now watched all the vids you’ve done
I recall i had a keyhole like that on a mk 4 Cortina. It was an alarm/ immobiliser from memory.
Definitely an earlier immobilizer
i agree just about to comment but you beat me to it
Came here to comment this, there was also fake ones of these that were just a stick on keyhole to put off the ye oldie twoc’ers
I was thinking some sort of immobiliser or alarm/security system override key switch as well.
My dads cars never had them but I think an uncle had a newish car around mid to late 1980’s with an odd extra lock and as an inquisitive young 10 + year old asked about it and he said it was something to do with alarm/security system.
Quite popular on newer cars back then I seem to remember.
Love watching you work and do your thing and loving that you will be putting more time into making more content for us to watch ps I need a tasty classics polo 👕
Please keep these videos up and the length of them, far better than other TH-camrs with 10 minute videos about waffling shite and not actually doing anything. Great videos, great content, congrats on going TH-cam full time
thank you for saving yet another classic car from the scrapyard......it deserves to be spruced up to its former glory....not an over the top restoration but a clean up ...well done.......she deserves the title of CHRISTINE.......a fitting name ....great video as always keep em coming
I would love to see this car restored. I think it would be a great series.
Really glad I have found this channel having watched sooooo many US "will it start and drive 1200000000 miles" to finally find a decent UK one with cars I actually used to see driving about! I've a 10-a-penny '78 MGB GT so I've an interest in older cars, but I was born in the 70s but cannot afford a fast 80's ford! Keep up the good work!
Ben , It's a big Credit to you i can watch over 2 hrs of anything these days without getting bored .. You do make me 'larf' :)
I like those wheels
This and Late Brake Show are required watching now, better than anything on TV. Keep going mate, this channel is going places.
Nice one dude another 2 hours of brilliant work I luv seeing you rescue the cars I don’t know but when I watch old tv shows like The Sweeney or any show from the 70 ts 80 ts they alway have a good old tear up in a scrapyard and when I see all the cars Piled up it breaks my heart the other day I seen Morris travellers. Ford Mexico zephyrs .keep it up dude luv it 🙂🔧✌️