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Morning, new to this so here goes. I have recently bought a Dolomite which started life as a development car at Coventry. There were two built to the same spec, used by Leyland then sold on. This car was sold to the plant manager for his wife. It has had 4 owners and done low miles. It was sold due to ill health of the last keeper, it’s been in Coventry all it’s life till now. I was told it has done 125 on a track and is faster than a sprint. It was built with an uprated head lowered suspension rs2000 exhaust and minilite wheels.
It was white in colour as all development cars are but is now maroon, change done in factory. I have tried to find more detail on the car itself through heritage etc but have drawn a blank. I have details of all keepers, but when I have tried to establish contact it appears they have moved. I am posting this in the hope someone knows of the car or one of the keepers who could fill in the blanks. I am currently prepping it for mot then it will be painted where needed. I would be grateful of any information to discover the history / build of the car. Cheers Clive
Hi Clive, Welcome to the Forum. Your post was very interesting as when I bought SWK I was also told the same thing. That B.L. Developments cars were always White. And SWK is the original CVT development car now converted to 4-speed +O.D. And its in Triumph White paint code 19.
Good luck with your search . Did you get much B.L. documentation with yours ?
And Triumph Maroon is my favourite Dolomite colour. I had a 1973 1850 in that colour.
Cheers for now,
Tony.