Body off... Time to do some welding! 1974 Reliant Scimitar GTE

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Lewi Buch Productions

3 жыл бұрын

Ep 7 of the 1974 Reliant Scimitar GTE project! Body comes off and the welding begins!

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@shakesc 8 ай бұрын

Great work. I had family members working at "the Reliant" so great to see another one rescued

@LewiBuchProductions 8 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! I believe it was a real fantastic place back in its day!

@austinswallow 3 жыл бұрын

The beauty of a separate chassis and a fibre glass body, a nice job well done, must have been satisfying doing the repairs properly, thank you for sharing.

@LewiBuchProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Yeh but not the easiest job separating the chassis and body on a SE5 scimitar. Glad it’s done now 🙂

@michaelfeeney8437 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. Will be interested to see how you fabricate the tubular sections at the rear end. But it’s coming along well and I found it interesting.

@waynetetley584 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I'd never seen a body off its GTE chassis before. Very interesting project👍

@LewiBuchProductions 3 жыл бұрын

They aren’t the easiest of bodies to remove compared to the smaller Reliant’s

@bryjan51 3 жыл бұрын

Nice neat work there Lewi, enjoyed watching, thanks, stay well.

@RHM6x4 3 жыл бұрын

good to see progress, thanks for the update, thanks Lewi

@BensWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

Good work Lewi.

@AliMackMechanical 3 жыл бұрын

Av done that one a few time's Lewi lol thought av pressed record and never lol. Nice to see the Zr in the background I do like them little ZRs nice wee motors. 👍

@LewiBuchProductions 3 жыл бұрын

It’s easily done 😅, thanks! The ZR was my first car, it’s awaiting some welding to be done

@yekateradiffin5939 3 жыл бұрын

How did you get such a perfect day for gas cover, not even the leafs are moving, lucky if we get 3 days a year like that down here in the Lincolnshire fens

@a11csc 3 жыл бұрын

nice bit of welding lewi

@raycooke312 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are great, if only the sound quality was better then the videos would be top class.

@LewiBuchProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The early videos were done before I got a Mic 🙂 now I use a Bluetooth connected microphone for recording

@CortinasAndClassics 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job Lewi, will you be treating the entire chassis? Every time I see welding I miss my car lol. Nice MG in the background.

@LewiBuchProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Just have it a coat of wax oil to preserve it 🙂, thanks! It’s actually waiting for welding too 😅

@factorylad5071 Жыл бұрын

"I'm going to cut off this rail and that rail" And what are you going to replace them with? Chinese steel.

@LewiBuchProductions Жыл бұрын

Replace them with steel that’s not rotten 😂

@jaggass 3 жыл бұрын

How long does it take to remove a Scimitar body plus disconnecting all the electric's etc?

@LewiBuchProductions 3 жыл бұрын

It took me a week roughly working in the evenings to get the body all un bolted, electrics and cables all unplugged, I got a list online that helps show everything you need to do to be able to remove a scimitar body

@wildfruits477 5 ай бұрын

is it easy to remove the shell? i’ve got one i need to remove the shell but not sure the procedure and if it’s hard

@LewiBuchProductions 5 ай бұрын

It’s not a bad job to do, worst bits lifting the body, just go over the shell from front to back and locate all the bolts and any wires holing it to the chassis, also remember the roll bar bolts under the car at the bottom of the B post

@wildfruits477 5 ай бұрын

Never worked on 1 before worked on all other cars just not these, how long would u say it takes to remove everything to lift the shell@@LewiBuchProductions

@dismalfist 2 жыл бұрын

VERY handy to see it "live" as it were; tackling this myself shortly. What welder are you using? Gas/Flux core?

@LewiBuchProductions 2 жыл бұрын

I used a flux coded gas less mig, but I’m planning on changing my set up to a gas mig soon 🙂

@dismalfist 2 жыл бұрын

@@LewiBuchProductions Magic, thanks. Going to tackle myself with a gasless Clarke MIG and a Sip arc welder for anything heavy. Glad it's do able with gasless indeed. Top job also, hope it's going good!

@LewiBuchProductions 2 жыл бұрын

@@dismalfist no worries happy to help 🙂, the scimitars actually gone now, but there’s plenty now that’s replaced it!

@titchness8487 3 жыл бұрын

Tell you what lewi I'd love to see the body removal set-up. I've got a vague memory of my dad and brother doing that to a mini and dropping both the subframes and putting the body onto a trailer ahah think it was A-frames made from old scaffold 🤣 What's the plan for it once you've done your work to it?

@LewiBuchProductions 3 жыл бұрын

I think there’s a photo in the next video of the body removal 🙂, that about the same as I did 😂, well it’s actually sold now

@titchness8487 3 жыл бұрын

@@LewiBuchProductions 🤣 sounds right I was hoping you weren't gonna say it was already sold ahhaha Nm 😜 Keep the vids coming