The Triumph Dolomite Club - EzBoard Archive

I met with a really nice guy the other day (bought a couple of cranks off of him)<br>
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He used to race a vermillion coloured Sprint very competitively in the early 90's. A guy that worked with him also prepared a car and raced it in the series for a while. <br>
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He told me that it wasn't a competitive car and has since been put under a tarpaulin. I think he was politely saying that the owner wasn't that quick rather than the car. Who knows! <br>
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The only spec I know of is that it has Twin 48 Dellortos, LSD, full roll cage, race seat and harness and an alloy rad along with a few other nicely fabricated tanks. It looked tahiti in colour and rust free from a very brief inspction.<br>
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He wants to get rid of it asap and thinks that the owner would take £1200 for it.<br>
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The car is just west of Newbury. If anyone is interested then PM me for his phone number and discuss direct.<br>
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In my opinion it would make a cracking track day car after a little re-commissioning or even a great stepping stone to racing. All safety pulls were in the right places and I would imagine that it would only need a fully plumbed fire extinguisher system after next year to meet scrutineering.<br>
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Scott

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Scott, do you know if this car sold? It appeared on ebay a while back but I don't think it reached the reserve. Have you heard anything?<br>
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David

<p>1980 Sprint<br>
1980 1850HL with Sprint gearbox, propshaft and axle<br>
1972 VW Camper Van</p><i></i>

Not a sausage. Start bid was 1k and it didn't even reach that. I could find out if you are seriously interested.<br>
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Well, after Sunday, my interest is all fired up again. I can't really afford to go racing, but I thought if I could pick it up reasonably cheap and put all the bits into a decent shell over the winter I could do some track days at least. I'd have to sell something first though. So, like I say, if it wasn't too much and I could get it up here without breaking the bank then I might be up for it.<br>
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David

<p>1980 Sprint<br>
1980 1850HL with Sprint gearbox, propshaft and axle<br>
1972 VW Camper Van</p><i></i>

That was a hint about getting it up here cheap by the way!<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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David

<p>1980 Sprint<br>
1980 1850HL with Sprint gearbox, propshaft and axle<br>
1972 VW Camper Van</p><i></i>

Ahhhh. Bit slow on the up-take there. I'll give Paul a call at the weekend and ask about it. Will gladly help out with the trailer if you go for it. Just need my fuel covering really.<br>
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Scott

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