The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

31 January 12.30 am ... thinking of OCF today My wife said "would be nice to buy it " ?

last owner said he found it in a Barn somewhere near him back in 2015 ?

any way I have a copy of the V5 from 2016 .( sent to me in 2017 by owner / keeper ) . last owner change 01/12/15 .. must have sold .. 11 ...

Thanks Nick , You have the V5 ? you can do more with that then and old insurance receipt ?

last I know about OCF was it was Moted in the town you have stated ( Tranent ) it was doing 24 miles a year , I contacted the last known garage and told them about the rust , as well as DVLA , VOSA that ...

I can not believe that forty years ago I set my eye on OCF405R dolomite 1976 1850 ( 31/01/80 when I was 21 ?? ) had her for just under 18 years Never let me down , sad day she went . still have to sales receipt , first and last insurance docs

Then I find in 2015 shes alive still !!! ( i refer to ...

turned Off my rear wiper on the Polo via vehicle set up menu nothing worse then a scraping noise when window is dry ... all way use door mirrors ...


Not rear wiper, but related! I had a Polo Diesel that wouldn't run because the wire to the high level brake light in the tailgate hinge was ...

Or a Fourtrak, rear window wipers are useful if you ever select reverse and prefer to see what's there rather than waiting for the crunch! Though maybe seeing and spatial awareness is a dying art, the company Megane I drove (might be the other way around) the other day bleeps and bloops at ...

.... hate rear wash wipes what is the point of them.


Drive my V50 in the rain, you'll soon see the point of them.


Or a Fourtrak, rear window wipers are useful if you ever select reverse and prefer to see what's there rather than waiting for the crunch! Though maybe seeing and spatial ...

The tester who does my Dolomites doesn't let the screen washer jets mess up the windscreen or nice shiny paintwork - he's happy if they can dribble into a tissue!


My first MOT for 6 years is in July .. (new cars ) on this car ( VW POLO .. 5500 miles ) I have never used washers or wipers ...

The tester who does my Dolomites doesn't let the screen washer jets mess up the windscreen or nice shiny paintwork - he's happy if they can dribble into a tissue!

.... hate rear wash wipes what is the point of them.


Drive my V50 in the rain, you'll soon see the point of them.




I am ...

In the years I had this car I had some stupid Fails it failed twice on this

2 ) Door Mirror fell off .. while on test ... Fail .. What happened was As the car was driven in to garage it had to pass plastic curtains hanging in door way one trapped the mirror and whipped it off ... and that ...

The tester who does my Dolomites doesn't let the screen washer jets mess up the windscreen or nice shiny paintwork - he's happy if they can dribble into a tissue!


My first MOT for 6 years is in July .. (new cars ) on this car ( VW POLO .. 5500 miles ) I have never used washers or wipers !! Wax ...

mahony wrote: ↑Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:40 pm I'm sure a plastic tank could be fabricated , it's just finding someone to do it at a reasonable price

I used fibre glass matting on mine .in 1986 .. still working after 30 years ...

As I read that New MOT rules come in to force in May 2018 and that puts 90 % of Dolomites in that group , as the last one was built 1980 .
40 year old cars Need not have an MOT , could be a good thing apart from one vehicle I know as should be welded up My old 1976 1850

Further advice on taxing ...

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OCF405R The story that took 21 years to make .. :D NOW 41 years

20 10 1976 keeper a Mrs xxxxxxxx from Ruislip Middx purchased form LEX MEAD Maidenhead Berkshire

Sold January 1980 to Yeading motors Yeading lane Hayes Middx Mrs xxxxxx brought a new Renault and her husband told me she ...

I think we need to find the car and have a good look at it.
I suppose it could have been re-shelled. If the owner between Graz and me used the original shell for banger racing and then came across another car with a good shell, but poor interior and mechanicals.
Problem is that Graz and I have ...

By an odd coincidence, I grew up in Ruislip and worked in both Lex Mead Maidenhead AND Yeading motors (briefly) who were a Renault main dealer at the time. I didn't stop too long cos I was getting anaemic from continuously chopping myself up working on Renaults! I was at Yeading around 76 and at ...