This is actually my second car, my first being a gutted out Hillman Imp which I planned on restoring but never got around to doing it. After looking around for a bit I found this Dolomite quite local and decided that it would be my daily driver and then I would build the Imp into a rally car. I was surprised to find the Insurance to be not as much as I imagined, provisional was around £200 and on a full license it's around £1600, which was quite reasonable considering it being a 2L rear wheel drive saloon. I've already took it to an auto test which at first I thought could be a bit rough on it, but it preformed well all day. The only issue I've had was some overheating, however I thing that could have been to do with the 300 kitchen tiles I was hauling through traffic and up hills..
So Quite recently I picked up this '78 Sprint for a mere £1600. After driving it for a month on my provisional, I've come up with a bit of a list of things I'm gonna try and do.
I believe the first thing is going to be the engine and gearbox coming out as it's acquired a pretty bad whine as it's gets up to speed, The box will be sent and a reconditioned is going to be installed, meanwhile the engine is going to undergo a rebuild to make sure everything is all good. A trip meter and possibly some spot lights might be fitted as I'll be entering a few targa rallies in the future.
The auto test was pretty darn fun..
I'm new to Dolly's so any advice would be pretty handy, when I get a start on the rebuild I'll follow it up with some updates.
