The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Saw this car from oxdonian

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... otohosting

listed as probably one of ten or so L-Reg that still survive....are they really that rare.

Lens was on dolly mixture, theres one right near here (:)) and I thought there should be more than that. I don't doubt Mr oxdonians estimate, he knows lots more about dollies than I do, I was just curious....

Oh for those numbers from the DVLA!

its really that early it didnt start life that colour....
which looks to be tahiti.
Still at least they repainted the boot floor too...
or...
Reshell?

Any comments from Stuart?

Jonners

I asked him a couple of questions, including about the respray, he doesn't come on here a lot I don't think....?

did i see a thread last month about the first 1500 being mimosa or something.

Late seats and rear bumper yeah, not a kosher early one.

just to add my favourite... tunnel carpet is wrong.. and the seat belts have beeen changed..

No that isn't an early car.

It also has the side rubbing strips, short underiders and no top panel Triumph badge, along with the other observations that isn't the car it is being marketed as.

Everything about it says it's a late Sprint. Probably a '78 as it has single line brakes.

I agree with Mart - definately '76-'78. Tahiti discontinued in 1978, which makes it no later than that. Rear bumper from post '76 car, unless the whole car is a "bitsa"...

i have mailed the guy and suggested he edit his listing as he would be misleading a potential buyer and his relpy was...


Thanks for your concern - it is a racing certainty that the car will have been reshelled but then this never stops works escorts making £60k! Still a rare old beast. Anyway thanks.

my reply
works escorts nd reshelled sprints... the comparision being???????????????

All that has been said above is correct. There are quite a few genuine L platers around.

IMHO the car has not been reshelled at all. Its been ringed ie, old number plate on newer car, probably to get around emmisions?

Nah, probably thought it was worth more as an early one.

Paul Geering wrote:All that has been said above is correct. There are quite a few genuine L platers around.

IMHO the car has not been reshelled at all. Its been ringed ie, old number plate on newer car, probably to get around emmisions?

Surely if anything its old sprint running gear and plates into a later 1850 shell or similar. I'd be very surprise dif it wasn't an earlu engine box etc. I'd guess its all genuine early running gear and a later body

Whatever, it's all poo and wrong.

Wrong expansion tank, wrong stat housing, wrong washer bottle, no mention of engine number to substantiate early VA number, not to mention all that has been very well spotted in all the above posts. The bonnet used to be red too!

If it was one of the first 800, there must be some yellow somewhere? Too much of the car smacks of one much younger. Swap plates and comm plate = 10 minutes and no emissions probs. I'll bet me hat that neither the block, box or axle are anywhere near VA800.

well as we are pulling it apart... might aswell mention the inner wing colour is wrong even for the wrong outer colour...