Restoration and conversion thread to follow
2 Door Toledo
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Dolly-Washer
2 Door Toledo
Took delivery of my new (to me) 2 door Tolly. Currently being stored in Dolly-Nuts back garden, but aiming to have it converted with sprint running gear..
Restoration and conversion thread to follow
Restoration and conversion thread to follow
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Larry 1300
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triumphtoledo
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Re: 2 Door Toledo
Lovely looking car, great buy, and rare too, but **SIGH**… yet another 2-door being up-engined? Will there be any 1300cc 2-doors left at this rate, I wonder?
Anyway, being a J reg, I’d be interested in the chassis number, as the earliest one we have/had in the club was ADG2000DL but this one might have it beat. We have had chassis no 2 in the club and chassis 83 also but these cars are long gone.
Also, it looks as though this car has the very early all-aluminium grills. The bit that covers the headlights tends to rot away but the Toledo parts shed has some brand new ones…
Let us know….
R
Anyway, being a J reg, I’d be interested in the chassis number, as the earliest one we have/had in the club was ADG2000DL but this one might have it beat. We have had chassis no 2 in the club and chassis 83 also but these cars are long gone.
Also, it looks as though this car has the very early all-aluminium grills. The bit that covers the headlights tends to rot away but the Toledo parts shed has some brand new ones…
Let us know….
R
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DoloWIGHTY
Re: 2 Door Toledo
I wonder this too, along with - will every Dolomite one day wear Sprint alloys?triumphtoledo wrote:Lovely looking car, great buy, and rare too, but **SIGH**… yet another 2-door being up-engined? Will there be any 1300cc 2-doors left at this rate, I wonder?
No wonder the general public are confused about how the models sit within the range - this only helps to muddy the waters further
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Last edited by DoloWIGHTY on Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
No, no.........
No,DoloWIGHTY wrote:I wonder this too, along with will every Dolomite one day where Sprint alloys?
or at any rate, not for so long as I have one will it wear Sprint wheels
.I am far too thrawn to change my mind now that I have said it.......
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triumphtoledo
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Re: 2 Door Toledo
‘Improvement’ is such a subjective word 
To be clear, I am not anti-modification and it would hypercritic if I were to condone it, because two of my Dollies have been modified (albeit mildly), mainly to enhance motorway cruising and reliability.
I am also not anti-engine upgrades, and some really well-executed conversations are out there, using not just Triumph engines.
Yet, the ‘good old’ European authorities view swapping engines as affecting its definition of an Historic Vehicle. Whether, or not, this will affect the UK in the future is open to debate. We can only see.
My earlier comment was only based upon there being very few 2-doors remaining and that ‘improving’ this one might not be the best long-term goal, because its value is more likely to lie in the fact that this car is one of the earliest survivors, which appears to be pretty unmolested from the pictures (despite being lowered, or has the suspension collapsed?)
Mind you, anything is better than seeing the car being fed into the crusher. It’s the owner’s car to do with as he/she chooses (obviously) but I only raise the points for consideration, not judgement.
R
To be clear, I am not anti-modification and it would hypercritic if I were to condone it, because two of my Dollies have been modified (albeit mildly), mainly to enhance motorway cruising and reliability.
I am also not anti-engine upgrades, and some really well-executed conversations are out there, using not just Triumph engines.
Yet, the ‘good old’ European authorities view swapping engines as affecting its definition of an Historic Vehicle. Whether, or not, this will affect the UK in the future is open to debate. We can only see.
My earlier comment was only based upon there being very few 2-doors remaining and that ‘improving’ this one might not be the best long-term goal, because its value is more likely to lie in the fact that this car is one of the earliest survivors, which appears to be pretty unmolested from the pictures (despite being lowered, or has the suspension collapsed?)
Mind you, anything is better than seeing the car being fed into the crusher. It’s the owner’s car to do with as he/she chooses (obviously) but I only raise the points for consideration, not judgement.
R
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Dolly-Nut
Re: 2 Door Toledo
This one is all standard just old springs. It's currently mid-way through a disc brake conversion and new shocks/springs for MOT.