Gosh oh golly, I bought a Dolly.
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Dolomite News: Both of the rubber carb mounts have sheared off at the manifold. At present the car is still running because of cable ties and bathroom silicone sealant. Bodge-a-rama! I am in north Norfolk for daughter related reasons. Rimmer's will deliver two new mountings today so that I can drive the car back to London later on. At present it is OK for local trips but I would not want to take it on a long journey. The air leaks are making it rather slow.
I once bought some metal mountings for the carbs, but lost these in my shed of doom.
I once bought some metal mountings for the carbs, but lost these in my shed of doom.
Breadvan72 said:
Dolomite News: Both of the rubber carb mounts have sheared off at the manifold. At present the car is still running because of cable ties and bathroom silicone sealant. Bodge-a-rama! I am in north Norfolk for daughter related reasons. Rimmer's will deliver two new mountings today so that I can drive the car back to London later on. At present it is OK for local trips but I would not want to take it on a long journey. The air leaks are making it rather slow.
At least with a classic you can bodge it and keep moving. If you'd been in some modern you'd have been hosed, some sensor would have thrown it's toys out of the pram and demand a tow home.I remember my Dolly being very easy to start. Even my first Mrs couple push start it on her own when we couldn't afford a new battery. Park it on a slight slope, turn her on (the Dolly not the Mrs), put a foot out the door and push backward, once it started moving, foot on the clutch, slot her into reverse and take your foot off and away she'd fire. Kept us going till pay day and we could get a new battery.
Breadvan72 said:
The day of the 10K Sprint can not be far off.
Speak and ye shall find.https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
Can't remember if I posted this earlier in the thread; I had 6 Dollies of various spec back in the early 80s. Never got round to the project I wanted to do which involved dropping an RV8 into a Sprint. I think it would fit in that nice big bay quite well.
I borderline would like another now but I can't even make it make man-sense! I have very fond memories of hooning around in mine; wonder whether they wold still meet expectations.
I borderline would like another now but I can't even make it make man-sense! I have very fond memories of hooning around in mine; wonder whether they wold still meet expectations.
Breadvan72 said:
Any 70s steel car can become a rustbucket if you let it.
You don't even have to go back as far as the 70s. SWMBO had a new Merc in the early noughties and that rusted like you just wouldn't believe. The repair guys said it wasn't just our one, they were kept really busy replacing panels etc... We had 3 replacement tail gates in the years we had it.johnxjsc1985 said:
eccles said:
Is that it shedding rust on the floor around it? 
more likely the floor itself.I recently went looking for a 2500s they really are rust buckets and welded up like patchwork quilts
Back in 1984, when only 7 years old, my fathers 2500S estate was mildly t-boned and needed a new pass rear door skin and outer sill panel. When the bodyshop removed the outer sill........err...........well, there was no inner sill and lower b-post left, all rotted out. Was likely that other side was as bad as car was put on jig and found to be bending in middle such was the lack of strength left in the shell.............car was thus written off, as uneconomical to repair.
Dad was gutted, he loved that car.
aeropilot said:
Yep, and the serious rot is usually where it can't be seen. The hidden inner sills for example.
Back in 1984, when only 7 years old, my fathers 2500S estate was mildly t-boned and needed a new pass rear door skin and outer sill panel. When the bodyshop removed the outer sill........err...........well, there was no inner sill and lower b-post left, all rotted out. Was likely that other side was as bad as car was put on jig and found to be bending in middle such was the lack of strength left in the shell.............car was thus written off, as uneconomical to repair.
Dad was gutted, he loved that car.
If you can actually find sills or inner sills still for sale they cost more than the Cars are worth.Back in 1984, when only 7 years old, my fathers 2500S estate was mildly t-boned and needed a new pass rear door skin and outer sill panel. When the bodyshop removed the outer sill........err...........well, there was no inner sill and lower b-post left, all rotted out. Was likely that other side was as bad as car was put on jig and found to be bending in middle such was the lack of strength left in the shell.............car was thus written off, as uneconomical to repair.
Dad was gutted, he loved that car.
a8hex said:
Breadvan72 said:
Any 70s steel car can become a rustbucket if you let it.
You don't even have to go back as far as the 70s. SWMBO had a new Merc in the early noughties and that rusted like you just wouldn't believe. The repair guys said it wasn't just our one, they were kept really busy replacing panels etc... We had 3 replacement tail gates in the years we had it.Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff