The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

The A posts are part of the windscreen frame, big lumps of cast aluminium.
It was a lot easier to extend the legs where they bolt to the scuttle, and then fill in the gap underneath.

Plus, a good chance to try my aluminium welding kit out. 👨‍🏭

I think a custom screen, as a one-off and ...

Since that pic was taken, I've raised the windscreen by about 2 inches, the hard top doesn't look anywhere near as ungainly now. Or act as a huge airbrake. 😉

That job ballooned into a scuttle revamp, rewire, new dashboard etc.

The biggest problem with a roll hoop is finding anything strong enough ...

Oh, yeah, the hood frame is a standard MG-B item, with a couple of inches taken off the cross rails.

There are quite a few variants of MG B hood frame, some need assembling with sticks, the best ones are from the later cars which just hinge up.

Yes, the front rocker arms are original Dolomite items, modified to turn them into rocking arms. The bushes will be Dolomite ones. The lower drag links and bushes are also standard Dolomite.

It's probably better to switch to Superflex bushes if you are going to change them.
With those in place, you ...

I believe that they were sold as just a fibreglass shell that you had to get trimmed yourself.
I also have a vague memory of somebody telling me theirs had started to crack where the back meets the base. I could be mistaken on that, though.

Here's a pic of a Latham in Ireland which I believe may ...

I knew somebody had done it, but couldn't remember who.

Thanks for that.

The cars spec hints at competition. Was it perhaps a track day car or hill climber?


I don't know about that - however the fibreglass monocoque would make it very difficult to fit any form of rollcage for more formal motor sports.

Even a towing eye is a bit of a challenge ...

I probably shouldn't give out contact details in a public forum - GDPR etc.
But Wayne is on Facebook, easily searchable, and I'm sure he'd like to stay in touch with his car.

Jacking - at the front, anywhere under the steel tubes is fine, but I usually go for the bottom of the V at the front where ...

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Not sure if you've seen these pics - your Latham alongside mine at one of the TDCIR rallies.

Also, a list of the tuning stuff that Wayne did. It was quite extensive ...

Excellent! And welcome!

I saw it, and I think it did finally sell.

It's certainly true that not many people have ever heard of the Latham, but not entirely surprising given that so few were produced and even fewer actually completed.
A few also went abroad.

TBH the listing left quite a lot to be desired - the photos only ...

OK, so it wasn't exactly next day, but I finally managed to move enough junk out of the shed to get to the gearboxes.
They both seem to be three rail. One has a shorter input shaft than the other; one HAD an overdrive but that was used on Brian's TVR and it's been reassembled with the standard 4 ...

I'll have to dig them out from under all the other junk in the shed - will try to upload some tomorrow.

Hmm. So they _might_ be valuable but still nobody wants them?