The Triumph Dolomite Club - EzBoard Archive

Anyone know the value of one of these beasts in Blighty?<br>
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I've not seen it yet but here's what I've been told about it.<br>
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Needs some welding and paint, bonnet has already been fixed and is in good shape. No major welding required just some patches, apparently.<br>
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it is a runner and has the tripple SU carb set up, not sure of the engine capacity. It needs valve adjustment due to excessive noise(?). <br>
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It is complete but the kicker is it is an automatic.<br>
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On the basis of the above can someone give me a ball park figure for the above. the car is for sale for $6000 yankee dollars. Is it worth shipping back to Blighty for someone. shipping will probably between GBP1000-1500. If anyone is seriously interested I can go and look and take photos.<br>
cheers<br>
Mark

<p>1979 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1972 TR6 (now breaking for spares to fund the Dolly)<br>
1993 Mazda Protege ($250 Winter Hack)<br>
2000 Mazda MPV (For Sale)<br>
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1965 VW Microbus (heading to Blighty in March)</p><i></i>

Sounds like a bargain...buy it!

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£6.5 k rough condition price in Classic cars mag, £17.5k mint.<br>
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I would buy it if I had the money! I thought I'd put the word out to you Gents 'cos it does seem like a good deal. <br>
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As I said I can go and look at it and could even get it to the docks.<br>
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I did offer to trade it for my mazda protege but for some reason the bloke wasn't interested<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Cheers<br>
Mark

<p>1979 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1972 TR6 (now breaking for spares to fund the Dolly)<br>
1993 Mazda Protege ($250 Winter Hack)<br>
2000 Mazda MPV (For Sale)<br>
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1965 VW Microbus (heading to Blighty in March)</p><i></i>

covered h/lights 3.8 uncovered 4.2<br>
extremly expensive to restore as parts are hard to comeby unless you get repo stuff but at $6000 <br>
$450 shipping est then import duty at thier valuation at portr of entry never done it at a euro port could work out cheaper ?<br>
weigh it all up first before you jump in<br>
if it's a 3.8 worth it's worth it

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if you look under the carbs ontop of the oil filter the engine size is on the block or should be !

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much about E types but here is the deal...<br>
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Series 1 faired in lights is good news.<br>
Tripple SU carbs is very good news.<br>
2+2 on a series one is BAD news. Ugly thing. Hard to shift. Most get rebodied as fhc's and roadsters.<br>
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UK prices? Non genuine but running US E types in lhd and twin stromberg form even get 10k UKP on a good day. <br>
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Check the tubes in to bulk head....cills very carefully. This is a very dear thing to sort out.<br>
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Interior? Must be all there and restorable. Replacing is VERY expensive.<br>
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We would love to do it for you if you buy it....<br>
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Jonners<br>


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Personally, although the series 1 is more of purist car it doesn`t do it for me the way the later cars do, the flat floor makes for a nasty driving position and and they never look right with a roof. My favourite is defo the series 3 V12, lovely to look at and fabulous to drive.

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by next weekend I'll go and have a look at it, it does sound like a good deal. <br>
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cheers<br>
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Mark

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