Gosh oh golly, I bought a Dolly.

[anonymous-user]

Cars are wicked, mischievous, and endlessly conniving. They can tell when a trained mechanic is approaching. The fault that has plagued the owner for weeks will disappear when the mechanic is in range. As soon as the mechanic leaves, the fault will reappear.

[anonymous-user]

The 1850 is a good car, and less of a hassle when it goes wrong than the slightly artsy fartsy Sprint (with its clever but complicated sixteen valve head).


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850822

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C840763

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 17th April 07:05

[anonymous-user]

Or go full Yellowmite:


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C853668

[anonymous-user]

Yes, but it's called an RS 2000 and costs 25K.

[anonymous-user]

I have been tempted by TR7s a few times but have decided to resist, and get another wedgy Lotus instead, because it is more classy to break down in a shonky 70s/80s Lotus with (broken) pop up headlights than it is to break down in a shonky 70s/80s Triumph with (broken) pop up headlights.

Meanwhile, for underpowered Dolomite thrills plus bonus brown-ness and added OMG wheel arches made out of Daily Mirrors and industrial grade Wob, look no further:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Triumph-Dolomite-15...

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GT6 Jonsey said:

I absolutely love it, low mileage, 2 owners, slow, brown, an expensive period added webasto sunroof that is open every journey.
Picked it up from a lovely old boy in wales earlier in the year, added to the fleet so I now have a Triumph from the 50's,60's and 70's to drive. May have to pick up a 80's spitfire or Acclaim to complete the set

Acclaims are really, really, really good little cars. They are well designed, well made, and fun to drive. BUT, they are really good little Hondas. I am not being ooh errr snobby about the type, because the Acclaim helped to save BL; but I would not include an Acclaim in a "one Triumph per decade" collection.

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Lowtimer said:

Breadvan72 said:

Or go full Yellowmite:


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C853668

It is 36 years since I last bought a car in Bradford and in general I advise against such measures, but in that particular case I could argue for an exception to the rule

You know my methods, Watson. Apply them.

[anonymous-user]

One classical structure outside another, AKA one old heap in front of another.

[anonymous-user]

I like this Plan. I want a Magenta Stag, but will settle for a Magenta Dolomite 1850. If I get a slightly bigger van I can go on holiday in it and take both of the cars as runabouts.

[anonymous-user]

This Plan has a name, and that name is A.

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55palfers said:

Magenta Stag you say. Like this?



Apply here: http://www.triumphstagshop.co.uk/

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. But I find myself sadly bereft of a spare 22K. Thus I must pass. I am bummed out by this.

I do indeed want a Magenta Stag. I also want a new bespoke suit from Kilgour, a ski lodge in Argentiere, an apartment on Central Park West, a date with Eva Green, a Democrat in the White House, and Theresa May on a permanent walking holiday in Wales; but I want doesn't get.

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If I ever did get an MGB, I would want it to be the sttiest possible one, a miserable example of a miserable car; so a late brown one with rubber bumpers would be spot on. Better still one from California with all the emissions blah, making a slow and dreadful car even more slow and dreadful. World of Win.

[anonymous-user]

When you do that I will have a word with you.

[anonymous-user]

This plus bonus thissage and a side order of this.

[anonymous-user]

I do not believe in Drive it Day, as every day should be drive it day, but here are some photos from today, including MRs BV doing a Joan Didion. PS - the oil is not from the Dolly. It's from my Rover SD1!

[anonymous-user]

I add that the Dolly did over 600 miles last weekend, 500 of them in one day, and the only thing that went wrong is that one of the car's two fuses blew out (knocking out the fuel and temperature gauges, tachometer, wipers, indicators and some other stuff). This happened just five minutes before we got home after the 500 mile trip. I replaced the 35 amp glass fuse, and it hasn't blown again so far. I think that the car was just hot and bothered after a long day of mostly quite fast driving.

[anonymous-user]

Sounds like the right sort of lunch. I like your wife.

[anonymous-user]

The Dolly has been more or less my daily driver since April. At present, its only snags are some play in one UJ at the front, the exhaust still knocking on rear suspension, and a few small bubbles on the leading edge ahead of the bonnet. The car seems to get faster and faster the more I drive it. It must have felt astonishing in the mid 70s.

Here is the Sprint making a bid for "Coolest Car in the Car Park" at Sheringham Park in Norfolk, but coming second.

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That was true of the 4A pictured. It was uber mega pristine, and driven slowly by an old dude with a shiny head. The Dolly has wheels covered in brake dust and paintwork covered in road film. In other worrds, it's a car.

[anonymous-user]

Those guys live in the engine and make vroom noises.