Hi Everyone After several years of building an MGB GT to my own particular taste , that is power steering, sitting higher to make it easy to get in etc. I now find with ageing hip joints, even with the mods its getting hard to climb out of it. So looking back at the cars I enjoyed, the Dolomite came to mind. My first was a 1 year old Sprint in 1978 followed over the years by 2 1850's. Anyway found this 1980 1500HL auto in Falmouth, 1 owner, garaged all its life, every mot, completely rust free and almost original except for a bottom half respray following a dented door and with side strips unavailable they were all removed. Virtually everything mechanical has been replaced over the years and all work. The car runs faultlessly and I can get in and out effortlessly. Its a joy to drive. May look for some Sprint wheels to give it the looks. If you are wondering why my Suzuki is sitting on its ass, it is because the Dolly boot is full of spare plus some on the rear seat and the Suzuki boot has an auto box , torque converter, flywheel, diff, propshaft, bumpers and several boxes of assorted spares. I new there were a few spares but expecting the mountain that was collected over 37 years (just in case they were needed). As a matter of interest apparently it was recalled by BL in 1986 and the flywheel was replaced.
Graham