The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

GrahamFountain wrote:Interesting comment on the chassis number given. I thought the Mimosa ones only went to something less than 2200ish, and the yellow ones later than that were Inca, don't know what chassis number range.

Maybe the seller can't type and meant chassis number less than 250.

Graham

Back in the nineties, the Dolomite Sprint Register (or was it the early TDC) published three books of compiled magazine articles.
The first one, in particular, I think will interest you as it details the responses from the motoring press along with much on the specifications
and changes that along the way came.
The print quality is not so good, in fact it is quite rubbish really, but nonetheless I think it could be worth looking for.



Ian.

GrahamFountain wrote:no cars known of any colour but yellow below 2200.

Just to clarify, that came from a different conversation and data set, not MikeyB's.

Graham

shaunroche wrote:What's all this about Alun?

xvivalve wrote:.....similar problems with his MC between us speaking and your cylinder......The problem has quickly been diagnosed under pressure test as faulty seals between the reservoir and the cylinder....Alun

Is this anything to do with the Club supplied recon mastercylinder like the one I bought about 12 months ago perchance?

Only the single line ones, your's was tandem wasn't it?

xvivalve wrote:

shaunroche wrote:What's all this about Alun?

xvivalve wrote:.....similar problems with his MC between us speaking and your cylinder......The problem has quickly been diagnosed under pressure test as faulty seals between the reservoir and the cylinder....Alun

Is this anything to do with the Club supplied recon mastercylinder like the one I bought about 12 months ago perchance?

Only the single line ones, your's was tandem wasn't it?

I've had a club tandem cylinder on the Carledo for 18 months now, always hard driven and no probs whatever. Which makes the club one, by a country mile, the most reliable of the 4 tandem cylinders the car has had!

Steve

Yep, tandem.

Great!

Thanks chaps!

Thanks for the update Alun, at least now we know what the problem was and the fix should be fairly straightforward.

Len

sprint95m wrote:Back in the nineties, the Dolomite Sprint Register (or was it the early TDC) published three books of compiled magazine articles.
The first one, in particular, I think will interest you as it details the responses from the motoring press along with much on the specifications
and changes that along the way came.
The print quality is not so good, in fact it is quite rubbish really, but nonetheless I think it could be worth looking for.



Ian.

Don't suppose you've PDFs or sim. of these articles you could post/PM?

Graham

Well?
At that price hopefully you were successful?

Edin Dundee wrote:Well?
At that price hopefully you were successful?

Yes I was I'm delighted to say.....yet more madness ensues!
Just need to get it recovered from North of the Wall now!

shaunroche wrote:

Edin Dundee wrote:Well?
At that price hopefully you were successful?

Yes I was I'm delighted to say.....yet more madness ensues!
Just need to get it recovered from North of the Wall now!

If you haven't already arranged this mate I know a great chap whos exceptionally reasonable and reliable (delivered my 73 Dolly to me)

Kind Regards

Russell.

MikeyB wrote:Did you get your rear end damage done & car re painted in the end?

I've found someone in Ormskirk with a jig and the will to do my doly. Interestingly, the guy with the jig is a mate of two guys who are quoting on the repairs and respray. He got them to take some measurments, and from those alone asked if the subframe had been moved - which was my original theory.

Graham.

Cheers Russell, got a quote of Shiply and had it delivered for 90 quid this morning.

I'm going to take the exhaust off it and then put it up for sale.....it's too much work for me!

Thats great mate, I'm glad you got it delivered ok, excellent - looking forward to the updates!

Kind Regards

Russell.

Oh i see its in the for sale section, i see what you mean...i though you meant to sell the exhaust haha, thats a pity mate but all the best with the sale

Kind Regards

Russell.

Thanks Russell....on second thoughts, I'm going to retain the plate and break it after taking bits off that I want: it's just far too rotten to be viable as a restoration.....it is proving very useful to see how the loom should go together though as I'm fitting a new one to mine and it's not entirely obvious how it goes!