At the Reliant Sabre & Scimitar Owners Club (RSSOC) we try and maintain a register of all the Scimitar cars built by Reliant. The idea behind this is to record and conserve the identity of these great cars and to see how many survive to the present day.
Whether a RSSOC member or not I'd like to ask for some assistance please to update the Club's Coupe register.
I have been recently given the job of the Official RSSOC Scimitar GT Coupe Registrar so I am trying my best to track down the fate of the 1006 cars produced by Reliant. Within the first month of looking after the register, I’ve built records for around 450 cars so I have much more work to do. This is where I will need your help.
If you own, or know of a Scimitar GT, please let me have the details of it by downloading the form below, filling it in and sending it back to me (along with some photos too please, even if the car is part buried under a tree). Even if you think that your car is already know to the club, please can I ask that you re-register it as I’m updating old records as well as creating new ones for previously unknown cars.
We have information on many of the production Coupe's (or SE4, SE4a, SE4b and SE4c), but still have a lot of gaps. We rely on owners letting us know about ownership changes and modifications, but appreciate that sometimes you're too busy enjoying your car to find time to update us.
The register is held by the club with the ultimate aim of tracking down the fate of every one of the 1006 SE4 model Reliant Scimitars made. None of the information is shared with the commercial world and is held in a secure database purely for historical reasons. The only time I would share information from the register is when a former owner gets in touch asking about a car they once loved, then, with the current owners permission I would let them know how their old car is nowadays and, again with the current owners consent, put them in touch with their old cars so owners past and present can share a bit of history.
I would also love to receive any pictures you have of your car for use on the list (even if it's in pieces, or not what you'd consider a show winner) and also I would need the registration number, chassis number, engine number and any stories you might have about the car (where it's been, how it's been repaired/modified, anything which tells its story).
Eventually the basic elements of the registered cars will be listed on this website and also on the RSSOC club website (Scimweb) for all to see but If you don't want your photos publishing but would like them in club archive please let me know.
If you haven't registered your car with the club, please let me know and I'll send you a registration form, or simply email me your details, I'll list what I need for the records below and can also email you a registration form in a word or pdf document if you send me your email address to coupe.registrar@rssoc.co.uk
And finally if you've written off, broken up or scrapped a Coupe, I'd like to know about that too. It would be interesting to know how many of these cars are still in use as most are now over 40 years old!!! And also it will help to prevent anyone from steeling the identity of a scrapped car.
A downloadable Word version of this document can be found here :
A downloadable Word version of this document can be found here :
All the cars in the photographs below have recently been seen passing through the online auctions on eBay and many have found new homes. Hopefully the new owners will see their cars on here and get in touch with me, or directly with the RSSOC, and let us know about their cars so we can update the register. All you need to do is email me at coupe.registrar@rssoc.co.uk or email the club via www.scimitarweb.com
I know in this world of motor fraud and dishonesty it is a lot to ask, but all the information gathered remains confidential and only serves to help us look after and preserve the history and the future of these great cars. I look forward to hearing from all you new owners soon...
