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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:07 pm 
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Excellent :D !





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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:41 am 
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So, PYD is finally finished. The overdrive box has transformed the car in real world usage and I have covered about 80 or so "test" miles. Everything has bedded in quite nicely.

This has been an ordeal, and a lesson learned. What I thought was an easy quick finishing off job has actually been an almost total restoration. Much of that was my fault - when I first bought the car instead of cracking on with it I left it in storage for literally years due to commitments with my then new business. I only actually got it back to Bromley just over two years ago.

This is now pretty much a new car underneath and with a freshly rebuilt engine should give someone good service. But that someone won't be me sadly. Things have gone full circle in that I sold my shares in my business in late May this year and so am starting another new business (again) - albeit with somewhat more modest aspirations. At least I know what is ahead of me.

In addition, some members know that I remarried in April this year after over ten years on my own and, as of six weeks ago, have a wonderful baby daughter to keep me occupied. So, something has to give; and keeping an eclectic collection of about nine classic cars at any one time is one of them. I am condensing my collection to my two Austins - the Healey and the rally A40, as they are the two that mean most to me.

So somebody is going to get a very nice 1300 Dolly. The listing is here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292204187551? ... 1557.l2649

I have deliberately put it at no reserve because I am genuinely interested to see what it goes for. I have spent well over five grand (excluding the purchase price from Mike), and I know what I would like it to go for, but that and reality are very different things. With values for all Dollies rising though you never know.

When PYD is gone, I shall get the A40 finished off and have some fun in it for a while, though I could be persuaded by a nice Toledo - arguably my favourite model in the range. The bug never leaves you - it just rests a while I suppose.

Happy, obviously to answer questions about PYD, and hopefully, it will end up back on this board at some stage.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:29 am 
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tried the link and its dead

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Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:26 am 
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The link works fine for me, and a great write-up. The link in the advert to the resto thread works as a copy/paste. The images from the resto aren't available.
You have a bidder! Good luck. :D


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:03 am 
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now it works,,lovely motor,very clean and basic 1300......thumbs up :bluewave:

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Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:59 am 
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Come on Mr B. You of all people should know they were made in Canley....

Not Cowley.....

You've got BMC on the brain obviously....:-)

If only it wasn't russet....

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:05 pm 
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nothing wrong with british racing brown :lol:

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Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 10:42 am 
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Sold. To a buyer in Eire with 2 feedback.

Let's hope he comes through....... :roll:

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:38 pm 
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Well, the buyer has been in touch promptly and sounds a super chap, who has bought the car for nostaligic reasons.

We are arranging getting it to central Ireland between us.

It's been about this little car!

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:53 pm 
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good news then,glad its not a timewaster

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:47 pm 
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Brave man, putting it on with no reserve. I am pleased you got a good price.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:22 pm 
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PYD was collected yesterday evening - sold to a lovely bloke in Eire who has bought it for purely nostalgic reasons - because he learned to drive in his fathers identical car. So, it had to be brown.

I don't think he will be disappointed - the final drive last night was memorable and the car looked fantastic.


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Farewell old friend...... :bluewave:

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