The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Carledo wrote:

SprintMWU773V wrote:Saw a lovely early Citroen BX this morning. When was the last time you saw one?

OXYMORON OF THE WEEK!
Steve

I almost wrote something similar, but didn't want to upset Mark.

Carledo wrote:Anyone who can use "lovely" and "Citroen" in the same sentence is in need of some serious therapy!

I think my Citroën H van rather lovely. But I'm not denying the need for serious therapy.

Continuing the Citroen theme......

Saw a Visa GTi this morning - nearly passed myself........lusted after one when they were new, can't be many left, as they didn't sell many.

Quirky and definitely a left field choice - ran a 205 gti motor, but an different coil sprung rear end IIRC rather than the torsion bar of the 205.

Class!!!

It was lovely precisely for it's faults, that and seeing anything that isn't some kind of VW Golf TDi on my way to the office is quite a novelty.

90's XJ40;



I can't believe this Alan, This Jag belonged to my younger brother (known as Joe 90) about ten years ago, then he sold it to my older brother who lives in Shanklin and he sold it about six/seven years ago. so nice to still see it on the road. wherabouts in the IOW did you spot it?

regards

Malc

Magenta Auto Sprint wrote:90's XJ40;



I can't believe this Alan, This Jag belonged to my younger brother (known as Joe 90) about ten years ago, then he sold it to my older brother who lives in Shanklin and he sold it about six/seven years ago. so nice to still see it on the road. wherabouts in the IOW did you spot it?

regards

Malc

About 5 minutes from where I am sitting at the moment Malc - Freshwater Isle of Wight. I will get you some more pictures if you wish?

yes please Alan, my brother was quite surprised to see the photo.

Malc

Today on the M65 near Accrington, a rare non GTi Mk1 Golf 5 door on an A plate. Tidy and unmolested in a fetching shade of babyshit green! Then a couple of miles further on at Blackburn and Darwen services, a tidy 67 Beetle Cabrio and on a transporter a Mk1 Fiesta Firefly limited edition covered in dust and grime but with most of its original graphics still in place.

Steve

Spotted a heavily laden R-reg Honeysuckle dolly towing a caravan up the M3 this afternoon - anyone on here?

Seen on a40 this morning heading into town

saw a black lotus eclat in swansea enterprise park this afternoon been ages since iv'e set eyes on one of those

Saw a Vauxhall Astra today....with a boot!



I don't think I have ever (knowingly) seen one before.

And this couple were admiring Happy whilst we were having our lunch;



They even took his picture!

An Astra with a boot's a Belmont is it not? Damn! How did I know that?

JPB wrote:An Astra with a boot's a Belmont is it not? Damn! How did I know that?

I thought that, but no, this was badged as a Astra mate, on K Plate it was.

Also....

Another place, we pulled up. A head appeared out of a motorhome;

"Excuse me can you tell me what car that is please"

"its a Triumph Dolomite" I said

This voice from the gloom within says "See, I told you so"

Head in window explains they were arguing over what car it was, everything for Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, BMW, Ford Cortina, Vauxhall had all been suggested!

The winner got out of doing the washing-up for a week!

DoloWIGHTY wrote:

JPB wrote:An Astra with a boot's a Belmont is it not? Damn! How did I know that?

I thought that, but no, this was badged as a Astra mate, on K Plate it was.:

An Astra with a boot is indeed a Belmont but only Mk2 and very early mk3s were so badged and it was always an Astra Belmont anyway (like Dolomite and Dolomite Sprint - sort of!) The mk2 Astra Belmont had the dubious distinction of being the "most stolen car in the UK" 3 years running in the early nineties. This was mainly due to there being not very many Belmonts about and them being as easy to steal as an Astra. The figures were based on percentage of cars produced being stolen so the Belmont beat the Astra hands down but finally lost out to the Sierra Cosworth!
Useless fact of the day over!

Steve