The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

looking good, what's the planned completion date?

PollyB wrote:Is there anybody .............................. out there?

Just nod if you can hear me..

Tony Burd wrote:looking good, what's the planned completion date?

i wish i knew Tony. sometime next year (hopefully)

Tony Burd wrote:Cheers Pete.

Have you decided on a colour for yours yet?

in response to your question which you asked on your thread, this colour. Applejack green, it is a BMC colour which was used on 1275GT Mini's. i was delighted when i found that a british car company have a THE colour which i have wanted. saved me from using something Japanese such as Kawasaki Ninja Green.



(N.B. on my phone the colour looks so much brighter!)

Reg wrote:

PollyB wrote:Is there anybody .............................. out there?

Just nod if you can hear me..

http://youtu.be/hUYzQaCCt2o

probably my favourite version. although (imo) Gilmours' wasn't particularly great.......*hides*

lazeruspete wrote:

Tony Burd wrote:looking good, what's the planned completion date?

i wish i knew Tony. sometime next year (hopefully)

Tony Burd wrote:Cheers Pete.

Have you decided on a colour for yours yet?

in response to your question which you asked on your thread, this colour. Applejack green, it is a BMC colour which was used on 1275GT Mini's. i was delighted when i found that a british car company have a THE colour which i have wanted. saved me from using something Japanese such as Kawasaki Ninja Green.



(N.B. on my phone the colour looks so much brighter!)

Very nice, love that colour, will look great

Aye, nice colour!

lazeruspete wrote:since i am A) rather long in the leg. and B) going to be sitting in a bucket seat which is alot closer to the floor than an original seat, i needed to be sat further back.



this just extends the available floor space on which we can fit the seat. obviously it is repeated on the outside of the car and on the passenger side.

I'm not convinced that seat mounting would pass scrutineering - they usually like it to be tied into the sill/tunnel. Have a look a K2.2 in this PDF. Common practice tends to be a square tube horizontally between sill and tunnel, with reinforcing plates both ends, and smaller tubes inset into it to take the bolts holding the seat mounts.

Nick C wrote:Aye, nice colour!

lazeruspete wrote:since i am A) rather long in the leg. and B) going to be sitting in a bucket seat which is alot closer to the floor than an original seat, i needed to be sat further back.



this just extends the available floor space on which we can fit the seat. obviously it is repeated on the outside of the car and on the passenger side.

I'm not convinced that seat mounting would pass scrutineering - they usually like it to be tied into the sill/tunnel. Have a look a K2.2 in this PDF. Common practice tends to be a square tube horizontally between sill and tunnel, with reinforcing plates both ends, and smaller tubes inset into it to take the bolts holding the seat mounts.

It doesn't need to. It isn't going to be raced. Alan (who has 30+ years experience in racing and rally cars) thinks that they're perfect for the job!

lazeruspete wrote:

Nick C wrote:Aye, nice colour!

lazeruspete wrote:since i am A) rather long in the leg. and B) going to be sitting in a bucket seat which is alot closer to the floor than an original seat, i needed to be sat further back.



this just extends the available floor space on which we can fit the seat. obviously it is repeated on the outside of the car and on the passenger side.

I'm not convinced that seat mounting would pass scrutineering - they usually like it to be tied into the sill/tunnel. Have a look a K2.2 in this PDF. Common practice tends to be a square tube horizontally between sill and tunnel, with reinforcing plates both ends, and smaller tubes inset into it to take the bolts holding the seat mounts.

It doesn't need to. It isn't going to be raced. Alan (who has 30+ years experience in racing and rally cars) thinks that they're perfect for the job!

Fair enough - you mentioned scrutineering when you discussed belts, so I assumed you were intending to logbook it...

The belts thing was more a question of safety. It's a fact that in a heavy impact inclined belts would snap the back off a racing seat.

The same thing for the seat mounts, the picture below shows the 'FIA Approved' mounts. I know which ones I would prefer to be sitting on!

I can't see anything in the MSA reg which says such an extension to the seat mount has to be attached to the sill and tunnel.

It says it has to be strong which is understandable.

Having done a bit more research - it is in the FIA Gp N regs, not the MSA ones:

http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/ ... 9.2013.pdf (Page 20)

Not that it matters here, but might be useful for anyone thinking of building a competition car...

good evening all and I hope you are having a wonderful christmas time

a small but no less momentous update for you!

no, it isnt a small, overengineered shopping basket!



a battery box! at least i know of one thing i need to buy.....



sexy



radiator installation! (for those of you asking it is a Fiesta rad)



tbc....

it came home!

funny, i have owned it for nearly a year and it never got as far as home.




a load of old tatt!





if you squint it looks a bit like a dolomite

Great thread and very nice work Did it go any further?

Tony

It's in the yard now, being fitted with gearbox prior to exhaust design.
Rebuild will be an episodic affair as Eldest saves up.