The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

hello,
my name is charles and i'm french
i 'll try to show you my sprint project which was waiting in my garge since few years ( saved from a junkyard..)
here is some photos at the start




something missing ??








in fact i bought her just for the water pump for one of my customer 's stag and keep it because the body just show two or three rust spots
she was outdoor in a junkyard nearly twenty years !! ( south coast weather )
but still with it's original paint never repaint
she serves for donor for a race dolomite too ( so parts missing.. )
my plan is to make a really fast road car..

it's a really good body with no rust ( perforante) on sills or doors's bottom



(door's adjustment good she's just not closed )

Welcome to the forum Charles.

Are you going to fit the original engine or are you going to do something different? The body looks like it is well preserved. The climate will have helped.

looks great

i think your number plates look better than english ones. (apart from them being black)

starts by the hood
just to show for people who want to restore old cars how is it important to strip to bare metal even if the paint is good
looks good



but after startig stripping the undercoat : nice rust spiders !!




no rust at all rust at the level of the folds of sheet steel

Toledo Man wrote:Welcome to the forum Charles.

Are you going to fit the original engine or are you going to do something different? The body looks like it is well preserved. The climate will have helped.

original engine but uprated
i'm accustomed ( can i says that word ??) to restore classic british cars and our cars in france are so rusty than yours
this one i think passed between drops

yeah accustomed works

everything also some rust ( the only on the hood..)

Hello Charles and welcome.

Thank you for saving this car.

Looking forwardto reading about your further work.

yeah Charles, it looks really good and you obviously know what you are doing, looks like a great project and a big well done for saving the car.

stu

Welcome Charles. Looks like it's gonna be a good project! I'm doing something similar so I'll be following this one closely! Good luck with it all! Look forward to more updates!!
Cheers, Shep

Salut mon brave....

Bien fait....

Look forward to seeing this one progress. Good colour is pimento....
Looks like you need some wheels.....

Jonners

i have some news but cannot upload on imageshack tonight !!

the hood completely strip..




two small rust hole behind the paint : that 's why it is necessary two strip the paint. but no dents at all so no filler

I see you learned the American auto dialect....

For Brits a hood is a bonnet, and an American trunk is a boot...

Jonners