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Did the original car have the roof stiffener fitted that housed the central interior light in the earlier 1850s
Steve within the small saloon range,
it is only the cars with the early type rubber plug/socket looms that had the central interior light.
(This light was retained for the 2000 range though).
Ian.
So did none of the Sprints, even the very early ones (with the possible exception of the prototype that was built from a line Dolomite 1850 sometime in 72) have the rubber sheathed plugs and central dome light?
I had this idea that early Sprints would follow the trend of the rest of the range and swap from rubber plugs to Rists in mid 74 or thereabouts. The Carledo, built in Dec 73 still had rubber plugs when I got it (it has Rists now, because I fitted a Sprint loom and adjustable column from a 1980 scrapper) Perhaps I should know better than to accuse Triumph of consistency without compelling evidence!
I think if Tony's sunroof car had had the stiffener, there would be evidence on the cantrails, I used to fit those roofs and we weren't bothered about tidy, just quick! The bar would have been hacked off with a nibbler as close to the cantrail as feasible, say about a half inch to an inch left! Since I didn't start there till 76, I don't expect I ever removed a Dolomite stiffener, they were gone by then and most cars we converted were brand new. But I cut a few 2000 ones out! We had to make a plate to support the dome light behind the sunroof and extend the wires.
Steve