1975 Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Discussion
hidetheelephants said:
carinaman said:
Besides the body restyle were there any significant engine or chassis upgrades when the Eclat became the Excel?
Galvanised chassis and toyota suspension I think, although the transition might have been in the run-out Eclats rather than the model change.See my 1984 Excel thread for some more info.
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Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 5th November 09:39
Clutch slave cylinder foutu, so off to a local garage, who will fit a new one on Monday.
Posting the photo below on the Dolomite Facebook group prompted a rather firmly opinionated and none too well mannered chap to say that the steering and front suspension would now be ruined. He couldn't find anyone to agree with him on that point (engineers and recovery dudes included), but he asserted it most vigorously. He should be on PH!
Posting the photo below on the Dolomite Facebook group prompted a rather firmly opinionated and none too well mannered chap to say that the steering and front suspension would now be ruined. He couldn't find anyone to agree with him on that point (engineers and recovery dudes included), but he asserted it most vigorously. He should be on PH!
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 22 November 09:40
A cautionary tale about using an old (in this case 40 year old) car as an actual car rather than as a weekend toy, and also about failing to anticipate a hazard and driving within the limit but still too fast for the circumstances. Scenario: dark night, wet road, 40 mph extended village, no street lights. Dark grey car parked in roadway, mud covering rear lights and reflectors. Me, in Dolomite Sprint, driving at just under 40 mph, terrible OE dipped beams, lamps probably a bit covered by road clag, screen a bit smeary. I see the parked car late, and a white van is approaching on the other side of the road. I brake hard. Too hard. Cadence braking technique forgotten, brakes lock, car enters skid to right, skid training kicks in - declutch and steer into skid. Car stops short of parked car but with nose well across centre line. White van man is awake, stops, winds down window, is gracious about my apology. On I go.
Note to self: revise cadence braking, consider lighting upgrade, and don't be a lazy git about washing front of car if used in winter.
Note to self: revise cadence braking, consider lighting upgrade, and don't be a lazy git about washing front of car if used in winter.
Not much, relay, as it was one of those slo-mo moments that you get sometimes when something untoward happens, and having over braked and locked the wheels I actually had time to think about and execute the skid drill, although I assume that must have been a very rapid and almost subliminal thought.
I find that the lights on my Series 3 Landy are not bad. Not sure if OE or upgraded. The Dolly ones really are pantz. About as bad as a Lancia Beta's dipped beams. ie: bad. My SD1 and my Jaaaaaag have ace lights, although the full beams on the Jag are playing up. The Lotus lights are middling on dip. The full beams are not very good, and I can even forget and leave them on and not get flashed by cars coming the other way. 1989 BMW headlights mucho POWAH.
Bullet dodging update: Last month the nut that secures the alternator pulley and indeed the whole darned shebang to the shaft on which the pulley turns fell off. Yikes! Much rattling, but nothing else fell off, so I got away with that one. I might take this opportunity to stick on an upgraded alternator anyway, as the existing one is operated by two very tiny and now very old hamsters, both of whom have quite nasty coughs.
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