 Reliant were pleased with his modifications and approached him for the job of Chief Engineer in October 1966.In 1967 Tom Karen of Ogle Design was asked to submit some body designs for a new four-seater Scimitar, the SE5 Reliant Scimitar GTE.Managing Director Ray Wiggin, Chief Engineer Crosthwaite and fibreglass body expert Ken Wood went to Ogle’s in Letchworth to look at a couple of mock-up body designs for the new SE5, mostly cardboard and sticky tape.