Reliant Sabre, Scimitar and SS1: An Enthusiast's Guide

by Matthew Vale

Overview

Reliant produced a range of sports cars from the 1960s to the 1990s which complemented their well-established three-wheeled cars. Starting with a design for Israel's Autocars in 1961, Reliant went on to produce many successful cars, including the Sabre, a raw two-seat sports car; the Scimitar GT, a solid GT car; the Scimitar GTE, a market-defining sporting estate car; and the SS1, a small two-seat sports car. Reliant Sabre, Scimitar and SS1- An Enthusiast's Guide explores the history, design and development of the Reliant sports car. Beginning with the Autocars Sabra, the Sabre, Scimitar, Scimitar GTE and SS1 are each explored in depth. This book includes full technical specifications for every major model, owners' experiences and advice for buying and owning. Richly illustrated with 130 colour and 7 black & white photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785004223
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	05/21/2018
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

Matthew Vale has recently retired from working in the IT industry, and has been writing books on classic cars and motorbikes since 2004. For this book he has carried out extensive research into the cars, and interviewed a range of owners to gain first-hand impressions of the cars. This is his thirteenth book for Crowood.

Table of Contents

Reliant Sports Cars Timeline 6

Chapter 1 Reliant And Its Sports Cars 7

Chapter 2 Reliants First Sports Cars: The Autocars Sabra (1961), Reliant Sabre Four (1961-1963) And The Sabre Six (1962-1964) 19

Chapter 3 Into The GT Market: The Scimitar GT (1965-1969) 44

Chapter 4 The First Sports Estate: The Scimitar GTE SES (1968-1975) 62

Chapter 5 A Bigger Estate And A Convertible: The Scimitar GTE SE6 (1975-1986), GTC SE8 (1980-1986) And Middlebridge GTE (1988) 80

Chapter 6 Back To Basics: The Scimitar SSI (1984-1989), SST (1990) AND SS2/Scimitar Sabre (1992) 98

Chapter 7 Owning And Running A Reliant Sports Car 114

Resources 125

Index 126