1975 Triumph Dolomite Sprint

[anonymous-user]

Dunno, the Sprint ones are cooler, I think.

[anonymous-user]

The 1850 was a nippy enough car in its day, has the same comfort level as a Sprint, and is less complex than the Sprint, so a good 1850 remains a good buy.

[anonymous-user]

The 1850 has the same slant four engine block as the Sprint, but the Sprint's engine displaces just under two litres and has an ingenious 16 valve head operated by a single overhead camshaft, and also, IIRC, larger SU carbs. The gearbox and drivetrain are borrowed from the big Triumph saloons and the TR6, and the rear brakes are a bit beefier than on the 1850 (although still a tad meh).

[anonymous-user]

Being basically the same engine (Triumph staff called the slant four "the Saab engine" when developing it, as Saab used it before Triumph did), the Saab unit would fit into the space, I suppose, and this has probably been done. It would be a true turbo nutter experience with the thinnish tyres, live rear axle, and the slightly old school brakes.

[anonymous-user]

I got lucky on eBay and picked up a new O/S rear door skin to replace the one dented by my blundering gardener.

Here's an 1850 for sale if anoine fancies one.


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C715108

[anonymous-user]

Or eliminate the hassle of having to tell every fker at every garage stop "NO, it's not a Sprint".

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C717018

[anonymous-user]

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[anonymous-user]

It is fine as a daily, although I do use other cars as well. Get a well maintained one, Waxoyl it, put coolant in not water, and keep the timing and carb balance correct, and you should be fine. Buy the best available and not a project.

[anonymous-user]

They could get 150, but not consistently, and the figure for production cars varied around 125-135 BHP. Compare the Lotus 900 series engine, a twin cam slant four, which in two point two litre form would produce 160 to 180 BHP.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 8th March 10:58

[anonymous-user]

It looks good, but the price seems toppish.

[anonymous-user]

The Dolly is in the workshop for a bunch of stuff - carbs, tail lights, cool running and so on.

The dented door (careless gardener) is to be replaced by a brand new skin that I found on eBay.

[anonymous-user]

Woot!

Dolly selected to be one of the PH fast car lineup at Donington in July.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[anonymous-user]

Back from the garage after some tweakage, and going like the clappers.

[anonymous-user]

I sold the Dolomite to a couple of blokes in West London in early 2018. They still have it. I do miss it.

[anonymous-user]

lockhart flawse said:

Mr Tidy said:

How much!

And whoever came up with the BL colour chart in the 70s needs to be kept away from even crayons - most of them are just minging!

I dont understand that remark at all. In a sea of drab greys, silvers and blacks it would be great to see more cars in actual colours and some of the BL colours were great (that olive green and squadron blue). It is beyond my comprehension that anyone would choose a grey car. Apart from a silver and rust Alfa GTV 30 years ago every single car I have ever owned has been a proper colour.

I like many of the BL 70s colours, and agree that colourful cars are fun. I have ended up with two grey cars at present, but have three colourful ones also, and one black one, and some sorts of grey can look OK.

I have never owned a white car, but am currently pondering changing this position.

[anonymous-user]

The BRI Nylon seats in my Dolly may have been black or very dark grey when new, but had faded to a sort of bluish grey by the time I had the car. I think that the black and yellow Dolly was the only two tone car that I have had.

I have a friend who refuses to own red cars because, he says, they make him crash.