The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Just returned home after showing the 1982 Dolomite 1300 for the seventh year at The Bradford Classic Car Show. She won runner up prize of a glass trophy, and I am well chuffed. This year there were awards for best Mini, best Jowett, and best of the rest classed as the Runner up Prize which we won. So it won against Bentley's, Jags, Rolls Royce's, Cadillac's, Fords, etc. etc. and some of them were stunning.

Judges were the owner of a car parts manufacturer, retired racing/rally driver and a motoring journalist. All were impressed by its originality and my efforts at conserving it. The journalist has asked me to keep in touch with the intention of doing an article on the car and preserving the more mundane everyday car now disappearing in favour of the more up market and exotic classics.

It has won best in show previously before my ownership but this is the first trophy in my time and it is so good to see a low spec Dolomite be recognised.

Nice one.

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Modified Dolomite Sprint MSO 662P VA485 1973 Mimosa Sprint

Absolutely brilliant, well done, I've followed all your trials and tribulations over the years and it's great to see you get some recognition.

Fantastic result!

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Pictures from the show

Wish I'd gone now... since it was local.
Alongside Triumphs I hope there was a good showing of Jowetts

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Well done. Great to see a thumbs up for everyday cars.
Your hard work has been rewarded.
Congratulations.

Dave.

Jowett's are usually not well represented which is a shame seeing it is their home, but this year encouraged by a prize on offer there was the best turn out I've seen in the seven years attending. The Bradford van had the best turn out. I didn't take many of them but here's what I did plus one or to others.

Brilliant! The local connection would really tempt me to a Jowett (if I had infinite space and cash and didn't already have a long wanted list of Triumphs), if I had my choice a Jupiter Roadster would probably be the one.

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It just so happened that I was there with my GoPro and I managed to get round virtually all the cars. I even interviewed Bob and Roger with their respective cars. The link to my YouTube video is HERE

Enjoy!

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Toledo Man

West Yorkshire Area Organiser & forum moderator
Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA

1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!

Check my blog at http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.

"There is only one way to avoid criticsm: Do nothing, say nothing and BE nothing." Aristotle

Nice one

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Triumph Dolomite Sprint,RNK 957W

Built 26/6/1980 (one of the last built), Auto, Porcelain White - Genuine Mileage 52,820 (warranted).

Only 3 previous owners, (2 within the same family).

Supplied by Lavender Hill Garage Ltd, Enfield, London, by garage owner Jimmy Metcalfe on 30th September 1980 to Geoffery Robinson, Enfield.

Club Membership No: 2017092

Brilliant Bob, credit to how you look after the car and always try to preserve.

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Trevor

75 Sprint in Magenta called GunGaDiN GGD944N
2017 Jaguar XE R-sport