Gosh oh golly, I bought a Dolly.
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Cool car and one of the few triumphs I haven't had the pleasure of owning ( hope to change that one day ). Check out my favourite driver doing what he does best SIDEWAYS in a Sprint
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8SlqqKocA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8SlqqKocA
Around 1983, a V reg in Sandglow fitted with 1 3/4 SU's and a Peco fat & loud exhaust, it would rev off the clock, but I always felt that I sat on it, not in it. Eventually the heating system airlocked, fried the engine and when put back together, I think had a warped head and overheated very easily.
Traded it in against a manual 3500 SD1 which was great fun.
Happy days
Traded it in against a manual 3500 SD1 which was great fun.
Happy days
Great cars Dolly's, I had a 1850 for few years before getting a company car and then a bit later a Sprint for the then Mrs. Lots of happy memories. Dad had a Mk2 2000 and a mate got a Stag in just that yellow.
I never got our Sprint running quite right, but the 1850 went like a bomb, it was much faster than a friends 2L Capri, but I seem to remember it liked to be tuned differently depending on the type of driving you expected to be doing.
Happy memories
I hope you enjoy it as much I enjoyed mine.
I never got our Sprint running quite right, but the 1850 went like a bomb, it was much faster than a friends 2L Capri, but I seem to remember it liked to be tuned differently depending on the type of driving you expected to be doing.
Happy memories
I hope you enjoy it as much I enjoyed mine.
Very nice. My dad had one of these in the same colour and I fondly remember him doing the occasional 'bat turn' (I was a fan of the batman TV show) which I later realised was just him doing a donut . Only when my mum wasn't with us of course! Simpler times!! It seemed like a rocket ship back in the day.
I had one just like that back in the day. Same colour Mimosa Yellow but no sun roof. It was rusting away even then and it was only ten years old. I got another one later which must have been one of the last XFX832V in orange. My first proper car after my Hartwell Stiletto. Mates had an Avenger Tiger and RS2000 but the Sprint was always much more civilised with its comfy seats and wooden dash and it had 16 valves. Wish I still had it and the Stiletto come to that.
It is a lovely drive on a country road, with very classic RWD handling. It would have been a fair match across country for a contemporary BMW or Alfa saloon, but would have been left behind by a Lancia Beta. The Dolly would have trounced many Brit sports cars of its day. I do not know enough of 70s hotbox Fords to say how they would have compared with a Sprint. My Dolly is a bit lowered at the back (adjustable Gaz shocks), and handles pleasantly. The exhaust is throaty, but not yobbish loud. The rev counter needle is sticking a bit, but otherwise everything is working well.
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