1970 Superb Rebuilt Scimitar GTE........ DEPOSIT TAKEN SOLD

    DEPOSIT TAKEN PENDING APPROVAL.
Beautiful in Oxford Blue with tan interior.

Only 4 previous owners the last of whom owned it from 1978.

During this time he carried out a meticulous full body-off restoration with general updating and much improved performance.

This is my fourth one and the quickest by far.

Apart from a full chassis, brake and suspension rebuild, the car has a rebuilt engine with Powermax pistons, Vulcan Heads, Kent fast road cam,
Weber Carb, K&N filter, Jaguar electric fuel pump and a 65amp alternator.

Not to mention a Capri Type 9 5speed gearbox with infinitely more sensible ratios than the 1950s Meccano thing it came with originally.

There's electronic ignition with a gold coil (I'm not sure if that actually means anything but it looks jolly impressive).

The electrical 'system'(!) has been completely updated from a firetrap with the sophistication of a string of Christmas tree lights, to individually fused circuits protected by TWO fuseboxes.

And a fire-extinguisher.

A full current (sorry) poster-size wiring diagram is included.

As you'd expect, the exhausts and tank are stainless steel, the trim is in excellent condition and includes a West of England cloth headlining, ultra rare load-cover, and admittedly slightly seventies shagpile carpet that is much nicer than it sounds.

All the interior is in a sort of caramel colour.

Have I mentioned the restored Dunlop wheels with virtually unworn Avons?
The spare is unused.

The chrome is reasonable (by my standards) apart from the door handles which aren't great but there is a full set of much better Cortina handles which can be fitted without much difficulty, although not by me.

The car starts instantly and doesn't overheat.

I've owned it for two years and haven't done 100 miles in it.

This is largely due to a combination of me finding the driving position a little 'difficult' for an 18 stone 70 year old with arthritis and a C32 AMG Estate.

At the beginning of September, an Se5 painted with matt black rattle cans sold for the thick-end of 5 grand.

Won't the bloke who bought it be mad as bu66ery when he finds out that you bought this one with full mot and a tank of 97 octane for £3500?

Yes, he jolly well will.

Oh, I forget to tell you that there are four quarter bumpers (/ of varying degrees of decrepitude) plus a bag of badges in the boot next to a rev counter that I bought to replace the fitted one that only works when it feels like it and even then shows very little relationship to what's actually going on.

Go on...... you know you want it.

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