Scimiter H reg

[Nath]

Saw this while at the NEC Classic Car Show at the weekend, and pulled at my heart strings, surely someone knows where it is.

[sonico33]

"believed" stolen ?? surely they'd know if it had been nicked or not ?

[scimjim]

This is the only car (of 78) missing from the Middlebridge register, it was reported stolen in 1992 and hasn’t been seen since.

The NEC has a huge footfall, so the ad was aiming for any new leads.

[colnerov]

Hi, My guess is Middlebridge-scimitar is looking for a car of interest. It could be they have sketchy information.

Colin

Edit: beaten to it, thanks for the clarity scimjim.

[Nath]

Shall I delete it then

[scimjim]

No, any publicity is good

[Mercdan68]

Cars like that don’t just disappear
It’s must have been exported at the time

[roccoguy]

It's more likely sat at the bottom of a quarry or burnt out in some inaccessible woodland somewhere like a lot of other stuff nicked in the early 90's and never recovered

[colnerov]

Hi, Yes, don't forget it was a 22 year old car at the time and would have lost some of its cache.

Colin

[oakesy]

Actually, it was only a year or so old so relatively valuable.

[colnerov]

Hi, Yes, my apologies. I was thinking it it was suffix not prefix.

Colin

[Deleted]

The strange thing is, although those who know , know it was a rare one.
The criminal that took it, and the recovery guy/scrap dealer dealing with the remains after its recovery just see an Old scimitar.
Probably don't report it as a recovered vehicle, not to mention due to the body on frame construction, and the huge amount of fibreglass, it probably got burnt out, and the small amount left was simply weighed.

[Rob M]

Nov 22, 2018 21:36:25 GMT @daaaaaan said:

The strange thing is, although those who know , know it was a rare one.
The criminal that took it, and the recovery guy/scrap dealer dealing with the remains after its recovery just see an Old scimitar.
Probably don't report it as a recovered vehicle, not to mention due to the body on frame construction, and the huge amount of fibreglass, it probably got burnt out, and the small amount left was simply weighed.

I'd wager that it is either laying at the bottom of a river somewhere or it was ringed with an older Scimitar, purely on the basis that the average John Smith would not be able to easily tell the difference between a Middlebridge and a 6a/b.

It could have been argued at the time that the posh bits like the leather and wood were fitted to update a standard interior.

You would need to know what you were looking at to spot one model from another..
Maybe

[Mercdan68]

^^^ reminds me off the late 80s when they dredged the docks in east London full of cars Granadas capris and many other cars all nicked for parts then dumped in the Thames

[roccoguy]

Some of the older flooded quarries around here have a good amount of cars in the water. I remember one we used to swim in was drained around the mid 90's which exposed all sorts of cars and motorbikes.

[datman]

Scimitar not Scimiter

[Nath]

Nov 26, 2018 3:53:52 GMT datman said:

Scimitar not Scimiter

Not going to change it.