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8th October 2006 I thought I would do a photo shoot of my Scimitar around some of Coventrys historic buildings in the city centre including the old Coventry Cathedral, Council House, Tourist Information Board etc. The Scimitar is running well, I have covered just over 1,000 since the engine rebuild. One of my front shock absorbers has started leaking, so that will be my next job!
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3rd September 2006 Scimitar on display at the Coventry Festival of Motoring Glorious sunshine greeted us as we gathered at the Coventry War Memorial Park ready for our 60 mile tour of stunning countryside around Coventry and North Warwickshire.
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26th/27/28th August 2006 Scimitar on display at the Town and Country Festival at Stoneleigh
For more pictures of Scimitars at the Town and Country Festival 2006 visit: http://www.sporting-reliants.com/Town&Country2006_1.htm I am pleased to say that my Scimitar has covered just over 680 miles since the engine rebuild and all is going well.
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22nd June 2006 A huge "THANKS" to: Barry, Dave and Carl Hollingsworth for all the help with getting my Scimitar back on the road!!
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11th June 2006
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June 2006 Above: Block was painted with two coats of black smoothrite before fitting the crank and pistons. Above: Acquired +20 pistons, reground crank, uprated V63 camshaft, new piston rings, big end and main bearings and refaced flywheel. Above: Rebored engine block back from the machine shop and ready for painting. Special thanks to Keith Carter from Coventry Classic Engines Ltd
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May 2006 Well the Scimitar is now off the road while I replace the worn engine and fit a new clutch. The big end were worn and so was the crank. Although the clutch plate looked fine the flywheel and clutch pressure plate were very worn and shiny I had O-port heads and inlet manifold on my engine. By using D-port heads you gain an extra 10 -15 bhp. O-port heads were used on the SE5 engine (dipstick at the front) and D-ports were used on the SE5a (dipstick at the side). Here is my spare set of D-port heads being stripped ready for reconditioning. My spare engine block is being Rebored by Coventry Classic Engines Ltd to +20.
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April 2006 I am pleased to say that the Scimitar sailed through the its MOT!! Once again I had to change the poor quality water hoses due to them cracking in less than a year, so I decided to get some Silicon Hoses made for the Scimitar. I contacted SiliconHoses.Com to enquire about getting some made. They were very helpful and before long they sent me a full set of prototype Silicon Hoses to try out on my Scimitar. I will let you all know how I get on with the new silicon hoses soon and will hopefully have a cost of a Silicon Hose kit for the Scimitar GTE SE5/5a. Easter Bank Holiday April 2006 We went to Chester for a long week end over the Easter Bank Holiday. We stayed at Birch Bank Farm Caravan and Campsite in Christleton. On the Sunday the sun was shining, so I decided to drive to New Brighton Promenade and on the way back I stopped off at the east float docks in Birkenhead to see the historic warships, but it was closed. I covered 330 miles in all without any problems.
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March 2006 The Scimitar outside the new Coventry Ricoh Football Stadium
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March 2006 The Scimitar towed the caravan to the New Forest, the Scimitar covered 480 miles without any problems . Even though it was very wet and windy until the day we were leaving, it was a fantastic week. The Scimitar was great fun for driving around the country roads and I visited Lymington, Burley, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Sway, New Milton, Barton on Sea, Milford on Sea. The only other Scimitar I spotted was parked in a garden on the way to Sammy Millers Motorcycle Museum.
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February 2006 My Scimitar is still running well, but I decided to upgrade my caravan as it needed more work than I could do, plus I am going camping in the New Forest at the end of March, so I needed one that had hot and cold water, a shower and hot air heating so I treated myself to a 1992 Swift Corniche 15/2E caravan Although the caravan is much bigger than my Cheltenham caravan, it tows much better and is seems more stable.
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