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When you look at the photo of the car, it looks the part - I wonder how popular a 2 door Sprint would have been.Mad Mart wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:55 pm It's been a while but this morning a new project turned up. Well half a project to be more accurate. A friend of mine, who I used to go to trackdays with, started this project more than ten years ago but after starting a family hasn't had the time to do anymore to it in that time (I'm sure many of you can relate to that). Out of the blue one day, a couple of months ago, I got a text from him and things progressed from there.
The 2 Door Sprint, would have been up against the Mexico and RS2000, but as a 4 door it was a Wolf in sheep's clothing and certainly gave them a run for there moneyRSi wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:27 amWhen you look at the photo of the car, it looks the part - I wonder how popular a 2 door Sprint would have been.Mad Mart wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:55 pm It's been a while but this morning a new project turned up. Well half a project to be more accurate. A friend of mine, who I used to go to trackdays with, started this project more than ten years ago but after starting a family hasn't had the time to do anymore to it in that time (I'm sure many of you can relate to that). Out of the blue one day, a couple of months ago, I got a text from him and things progressed from there.
A Sprint could show a Mex or RS the door, at least from 0-60, even as a 4 door sleeper. Imagine how well a lighter, stiffer, 2 door Sprint would have done in competition. Had that happened, it might have been 2 door Sprints that make £50k a pop instead of Dagenham dustbins! Yet another missed opportunity by Triumph!new to this wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:16 pmThe 2 Door Sprint, would have been up against the Mexico and RS2000, but as a 4 door it was a Wolf in sheep's clothing and certainly gave them a run for there moneyRSi wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:27 amWhen you look at the photo of the car, it looks the part - I wonder how popular a 2 door Sprint would have been.Mad Mart wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:55 pm It's been a while but this morning a new project turned up. Well half a project to be more accurate. A friend of mine, who I used to go to trackdays with, started this project more than ten years ago but after starting a family hasn't had the time to do anymore to it in that time (I'm sure many of you can relate to that). Out of the blue one day, a couple of months ago, I got a text from him and things progressed from there.
And luckily they didn't. Probably we would be driving Marina's or Escorts then.Carledo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:11 pm
A Sprint could show a Mex or RS the door, at least from 0-60, even as a 4 door sleeper. Imagine how well a lighter, stiffer, 2 door Sprint would have done in competition. Had that happened, it might have been 2 door Sprints that make £50k a pop instead of Dagenham dustbins! Yet another missed opportunity by Triumph!
Steve
Looking at the wiring to the rear light cluster, everything looked ok. Then I looked at the connector block in the front passenger footwell and straight away I could see what was happening. The front looms had been changed to a Dolly HL but the rear loom was still a Toledo and the brake light was connected to the boot light wire, so I spent the next couple of hours tracing the wires & swapping them around on the rear loom to match the front loom. Pretty straight forward but I have one wire left, a green & brown. I'm guessing this is for reversing lights as that's what it is on a Dolly and there is a spare connector in the boot. Did Tollys have reversing lights?
My Toledo shop manual wiring diagram, printed in 73, says green/brown is reverse light "where fitted", Reverse lights were a dealer fit cost option on Toledos, but I think later cars had the wiring pre-installed. I presume the spare is just hanging around in the boot somewhere, not at the A post plug? There should also be a spare green/orange at the front side of the A post plug which is for the low fuel light that Toledos dont have.Mad Mart wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:32 pm I started on the electrics today. I connected up the battery and the clock started working and a brake light came on.
I've also started stripping down the alternator as the bearings are gone. Postie didn't turn up with the repair kits I ordered so hopefully finish this little job tomorrow.
When I converted my sprint to electric fan I drew these brackets up as I wasn’t sure of the ties through the rad fittingnew to this wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:41 pm Cant see how, you have attached the fan to the rad ?
Dave
Thanks, I'm using a Saab Radiator on my car, i made small brackets that wrap round the edge of the radiator, and the fan bolts to the bracketsoily66 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:41 pmWhen I converted my sprint to electric fan I drew these brackets up as I wasn’t sure of the ties through the rad fittingnew to this wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:41 pm Cant see how, you have attached the fan to the rad ?
Dave
Jim Prince wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:45 am Is that Chris, (?), '2Toledos' 2dr? He of 'Tara in a Spin'?
