Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#196 Post by oily66 »

Always satisfying having the ticket in your hand.
Well done
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#197 Post by mbellinger »

Great news - well done.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#198 Post by tamtrucks »

thanks for the comments.......yesterday i did bit of colouring in on the body,did the rear drivers arch and boot area,new paint went on well,but the colour tone is out,,new paint look more redy,but think thats just new new paint compared to 37yr weathered paint,but good compound paste and buffing will sort some blending in.......then i sorted out colourtune and timing,colortune burning blue and 10 degree on timing and tickover around 950rpm...not done test drive might leave that till later on,,,give it good boot :mrgreen:
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#199 Post by tamtrucks »

car going great now :mrgreen: after the drama of a fuel leak from the tank,today ive got someone making one in alloy,he said it should be ready next weekend,soon as ive got and all points fit,il sort some pictures out and post them on here,what i can make out he knows what he`s doing :D seen a few that he`s made for other and WOW nice 8), i`ve left him with my red dolly tank and sender(also holed 9 of them lol) as a template,but he did say it wont be so curvy! i said dont mind,as long as it fit and work like it should do
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#200 Post by tamtrucks »

well,got the new alloy tank,yeah looks good,roughly same shape,few bits have changed,just need to fit and try it
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#204 Post by tamtrucks »

well,,,it dont fit :( bad day
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#205 Post by Triumph1300 »

What's the problem?
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#206 Post by tamtrucks »

alloy tank needs to be chop about 4 inch of the back so it clears the valence support panel where the tank bolts on too...no biggy but more exspence
Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#207 Post by tamtrucks »

well,the builder got back me about the tank,he said bring it in and we`ll sort it
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#208 Post by Triumph1300 »

:D Good news, report back soon!
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#209 Post by GTS290N »

That is good news, remember those tanks are the same throughout the Dolly range, so there could be a reasonable market for the builder if the finished product receives a good review on here, with some good pictures, rough prices and a fitting guide...............

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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#210 Post by new to this »

does it hold the same amount of fuel ? do you know if he has fitted any baffels inside the tank

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