The Triumph Dolomite Club - EzBoard Archive

POR15 do some jollop called Metal Ready that is supposed to kill the rust and coat it ready for the POR15 paint. Seems to work - changes the colour from brown to grey but who knows long term.<br>
To stand a fighting chance you have to coat both sides with paint to seal it. There's no substitute ...

The restoration of the sprint is finally underway. I can't shot blast underneath, so can't get a really clean surface to paint over so there will be some rust residue. <br>
Options are<br>
Use either a killer like Jenolite of converter like Fertan <br>
then paint with POR15, chassis epoxy mastic ...

You should find that the conversion casting is in two parts and the inner part slides up so the O ring seals when you tighten with the hollow screw. The outer casting lip seals to the large seal in the block by pressure exerted by screwing the filter on.<br>
I know the casting looks like one piece ...

Watch that the recore is for a Sprint and not an 1850, I was caught with this many years ago.<br>
Mark

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Would that be OUE 829 M ?<br>
I looked at and almost bought this car 2.5 years ago.<br>
If the paintwork and interior had been better, or if the chap had dropped his price a bit more I'd have had it.<br>
Anyone on here own it now?<br>
Mark.

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I have a mag from circa 84 with an early yellow Sprint against a Tii and something else. I'll look it out. What's the reg?

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No, the e-bay pics and description say it all. I've owned and worked on old cars for the past 20 years. The description is always better than the car! "Surface Rust" means rot. "Surface rust that has taken hold" means rot and big gaping holes etc. The mechanics are probably not much better.<br ...

If you didn't feel inclined to finish Neil's car (which looks superb on the latest photo Neil - and well worth £600 IMHO) I would steer clear. This looks more of £100 donor vehicle to me and you aint going to restore a car like this or most of the sheds on e-bay for less than the price of the ...

I paid £420 TPF&T on a Sprint when I was 18 - and that was in 1984, even though this was six weeks pay and the car only cost me £650.<br>
It would cost less than £100 FC now because I'm an old sensible git who thinks the brakes are more important than the engine. I no longer out drag xr3s at traffic ...

Chicken Korma is a far nicer colour (before and after). Sandglow is that hearing-aid beige colour, less desirable than Neil's turd brown. Can't believe this was ever a standard Sprint colour.<br>
Mark.

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Talking of project cars, has anyone seen the Sprint in Ri**er* 'used' spares section inside near the counter. Shell in primer, all in bits etc, asked the guy and he said £4000. I repeated the question, and he still said £4000!!<br>
Out of interest, they also had the metallic sh*t brown V8 Lynx in ...

I'd expect a near minter 1850 for £1200. I passed on a 'superb' sprint at £2400 18 months ago because I thought it was only worth £2000, and guess what, the guy is still trying to sell it. (It was good - but not that good)<br>
An 1850 on axle stands is worth whatever someone will pay and I think ...