The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

I thought i would show you all my Sprint thats in for bodywork and a respray over the Winter..Here is what we found,and the work so far..
























I will add more pictures as the work progresses.If anyone wants the number of the gent doing my resto,(he has been doing bodywork for forty years and is based in Honiton)...please pm me and i will give you the details..

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Vindicator Sprint, Honda Fireblade RRX 919cc, re-powered by AB Performance. Quick.

Reg, thats the one I saw at HPOM a couple of years ago right? I am amazed it needs so much....nice looking work though should look as good as when I last saw it (and a bit)

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Previous owner of 42 Dolomite shaped vehicles, 14 Sprints, 12 1850s, 8 1500s, 3 V8s, 3 Toledos and 2 SEs

inner wings and inner front panel much the same as 'orange'. my inner wings have been repaired, and actually my inner front panel was worse so i have a new one

you thought you'd escaped from orange m8, but the dolly will always get ya in the end!



PS - great work tho, pat on the back for your welder-buddy

Hi David - yep,its the same one..thanks for the compliment but it was all hidden... it had more fibreglass than a Reliant...even the headlamps were held in with it!!

Hi Kev - yep,they all get you in the end...i thought while we were doing it,get it done properly as you are..i don't want it bubbling in two years..

I know it's not a popular colour and i am aware that i will never see the money again..but i don't intend on selling it,the people i've met through it and the pleasure and memories it brings are immense in every way...and a mans gotta have a hobby..

Good photos,explains far more than words,hope to see the car some time,
IMHO worth the expense.

thanks for the pics Reg, that seems to be a lot of welding....gives me hope that my rust will be relatively easy to fix.

stu

Bloody hell Reg, I thought brown cars didn't rust! What other reason could there be for buying one?

Seriously though, it should be really solid when it's done and being so good mechanically it's well worth it.

David

Excellent

The work done to the front is near identical to the work done on mine in 2000 (click on where it says 1975 Triumph Dolomite 1850).

Love the bit on the lower valance where it says "Dolomite" just in case you forget what it actually is you are rebuilding!

Reg

Is that the same brown Sprint you came to the TDCIR in? It looked reasonably tidy when I saw it there.

Chris

This is all the work of the famous Gary...

He who did blue (ex david6214, my white on sale still, my orange I'm "fitting up", our TR7 one, Dave Poths and a few others too.

So I think he comes recommended....

Honiton is not too far from where he is...

And Reg dont be so pessimistic. This is on the way to being a 4.5 grand car.

Jonners

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Note from Admin: sadly Jon passed away in February 2018 but his humour and wealth of knowledge will be fondly remembered by all. RIP Jonners.

Great work and good to see a Brown one getting the attention it deserves, like Ceri says Brown is the new Black. No doubt it really will be a Brown beauty with a fresh coat of paint.

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Mark

1961 Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier Sportswagon
1980 Dolomite Sprint project using brand new shell
2009 Mazda MX5 2.0 Sport
2018 Infiniti Q30

Fantastic welding Reg, seems that Gary is 'the man'.
That said, he wont get much repeat business as his work wont need redoing for years

What a great looking job Reg! I'm surprised it needed so much, maybe I should start poking around mine to see if it's the same.
One tip though, never sell it to someone who seems uninterested, as it'll end up on TG being driven by a hamster!

Reg, you have gone for it, looks like really skillfull work, amazing what can be repaired with skill. Do I take it that the NSF wing has been carefully removed for underneath repairs, then refit the wing wot came off?

Have you seen the discussion on the Isopon Forum, the folks are mortified and the amount of metal going in