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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:38 pm 
hi,newbie to forum and been looking for a good dolly for a while and have found one! will be arriving(well on the back of a trailer) in the next week or so, red 1850hl and fairly good!! needs a bit of welding on the sills,front valance, passenger front wing repair at bottom ,rear sills and one corner of boot. sounds bad but rest is very good, 29 thousand miles and 2 same family owners! full service stamped history until it was dry stored in 1996. inside is a timewarp! now the bad bits and if anyone can help me on the forum to get the car moted as i plan to use it everyday. the radiator is shot and i need a second hand one with no large holes in! also front screen is cracked and its a tinted one, late type? have not driven her yet so do not know about gearbox or diff condition but will give service and all fluid changes first, would like to put sprint wheels on aswell if anyone has a spare set, i know but they do look better and i will keep the orginals. please feel free to ring or e-mail me with any tech advice/help or parts supply. happy to sort out a price,, would just love to get the old girl back on the road. tel: 01485 520091 e-mail jimjo_070@fsmail.net best regards jim, p.s will try and put post of resto and pictures of her when she arrives(not very good with computors)


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:21 pm 
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Future Club member hopefully!
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If you are going to put this car into daily use then you'll come across a few problems stemming from being laid up for so long. If you're going to put Sprint alloys on make sure you get the correct 3/8" nuts. These are getting harder to find without paying through the nose.

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Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA

1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!

Check my blog at http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.

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