My first car was a Dolomite 1500HL in Honeysuckle Beige...
but I always wanted a Sprint as both my mates had them.
Now 37 years on I'm about to start a restoration of one.
I'm sure I'll be looking for help and parts over the coming months and I look forward to meeting many of you at events soon, although it won't be in this Dolly for a little while.
I am a serial BLARG offender - I'm currently on my fourth R8 Rover 200 and had to sell a rather lovely late-S1 SD1 V8 last year as my wife really didn't like it. Luckily the Sprint got the thumbs up !
After 37 years I've finally got my hands on a Mimosa Sprint
Welcome to the madhouse John and good luck with the project! There is a great fund of knowledge on here, just ask, someone will know!
Steve
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This can't be the same 'Nuneaton' car that Ken Clarke declined but promoted on facebook; he told me the seller was looking for £2k for that one, but interestingly that too had a non original beige interior and late dash...
It is the 'Nuneaton car' which I came across separately to Ken and £2k wasn't the asking price when I visited.
The cooling system is going to be fun but I expected a full overhaul anyway,
The repair panels are the only reason I was prepared to take this on. Putting it on the 4 poster was my way of seeing just how much rot/strength there was in the structure before I made my mind up to buy it.
The interior colour looked 'wrong' to me (I thought all Mimosa cars were black) but I 've the checked the codes on the VIN plate and they are 064 - Mimosa - and 074 - Beige - so it's still as built even if it's unusual.
The plan is to stock up with all the necessary parts between now and April and then trailer it down to my mate's garage in Hungary for a full rebuild as quality is high and labour rates are low there.
After 37 years I've finally got my hands on a Mimosa Sprint
It's certainly an enigmatic one with that combination; the seats, capable of having headrests have the Marina style blanking plugs inserted (headrests were optional on Marinas), but I had thought until now that beige interiors were post '76 only! It has the early front valance badge, but also wears door rubbing strips and a late dash...it would be interesting to know how close to the 'changeover' the chassis number is...?
good to see another.
... Still Sprintless.