I have just gone and done it. Always wanted one so bought myself a Sprint for my 59th birthday. LRM 798L. Rolling shell at present but she will be beautiful. Very solid for her age. She will need an exhaust and other bits and bobs but most of what I need has come with the car. I have a slight concern that I don't have all the necessary nuts and bolts to put it back together. Would there be something somewhere that would give me the spec for nuts and bolts required relevant to fixings?
Cheers!
Gaz.
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Larry 1300
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Re: Newbie
Hi welcome to the forum , you will get a lot of good advice here. Good luck with your new car.
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Mad Mart
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Welcome Gaz. If you need to know anything just post on here (or PM myself directly).
Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. 
... Still Sprintless.
Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.
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... Still Sprintless.Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.
2012 Porsche Boxster 981 S
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MIG Wielder
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Hi Gaz, Welcome to the forum. I would try and get an official B.L. parts book -they are frequently available on E-bay. This would give you a picture of the fastener, location, and the nut and bolt part numbers. This can then be cross-referred on Rimmer Bros; web site for fastener precise description.
Good choice of car btw. LRM 798 L features in the 1999 Member's cars list, so it has good provenance.
Good luck with the project,
Tony.
Good choice of car btw. LRM 798 L features in the 1999 Member's cars list, so it has good provenance.
Good luck with the project,
Tony.
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grifterkid
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Hello there, welcome to this most wonderful forum...
Whatever you need to know you will find the answer here or there will be someone along to provide an answer before you have time to blink...!!!
It sounds like you've got your hands on a rather early Sprint there so I suppose restoration will be a painstaking process trying to get the details spot-on...?! It'll be worth all the hard work in the end though as there really is no other car quite like it...
Anyhow, I do hope you get stuck in on this forum. Good luck with the restoration sir, please show us some pictures of the old brute as soon as you can...
Whatever you need to know you will find the answer here or there will be someone along to provide an answer before you have time to blink...!!!
It sounds like you've got your hands on a rather early Sprint there so I suppose restoration will be a painstaking process trying to get the details spot-on...?! It'll be worth all the hard work in the end though as there really is no other car quite like it...
Anyhow, I do hope you get stuck in on this forum. Good luck with the restoration sir, please show us some pictures of the old brute as soon as you can...
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Toledo Man
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Welcome to the forum Gaz.
I have the parts catalogue in PDF format if that's of any help to you. I can also post individual pages on here if there's anything specific. Wherabouts are you? There might be somebody local to you who can help. I suggest that you check out Mad Mart's Sprint restos. They're in a sticky thread in the "resto" section of the forum so you should be able to find them easily. I have some back issues of Dolly Mixture (the Club magazine) from 1999 so I'll take a look and see if I can turn anything up.
Don't forget to join the Club. It will be money well spent.
I have the parts catalogue in PDF format if that's of any help to you. I can also post individual pages on here if there's anything specific. Wherabouts are you? There might be somebody local to you who can help. I suggest that you check out Mad Mart's Sprint restos. They're in a sticky thread in the "resto" section of the forum so you should be able to find them easily. I have some back issues of Dolly Mixture (the Club magazine) from 1999 so I'll take a look and see if I can turn anything up.
Don't forget to join the Club. It will be money well spent.
Toledo Man
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West Yorkshire Area Organiser
Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Railway, 1 Birstall Lane, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1JJ
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - a project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint), NYE 751L (1972 Dolomite 1850 auto) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!
Check my blog at http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.
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GazMaz
Re: Newbie
It's great to know I am not alone here!!!
Cheers!
Gaz (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
Cheers!
Gaz (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
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GazMaz
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Have visited Mad Mart's website often. Motivated me even more to buy a sprint but mine will be white! Are white sprints rare?
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Len Hughes
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Do you have the Commission Number, it starts VA then numbers.
The perceived wisdom is that the first 2000 were Mimosa yellow so I'm intrigued f yours is L reg, sub 2000 and white.
Len
The perceived wisdom is that the first 2000 were Mimosa yellow so I'm intrigued f yours is L reg, sub 2000 and white.
Len
1973 Mimosa Sprint
1973 Magenta TR6
1973 Magenta TR6
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GazMaz
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Len,Len Hughes wrote:Do you have the Commission Number, it starts VA then numbers.
The perceived wisdom is that the first 2000 were Mimosa yellow so I'm intrigued f yours is L reg, sub 2000 and white.
Len
VA930 and the car was originally yellow. LRM 798L.
Date of Registration 22/06/73.
Cheers!
Gaz.
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GazMaz
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LRM as she was and how I received her last week!!grifterkid wrote:Hello there, welcome to this most wonderful forum...
Whatever you need to know you will find the answer here or there will be someone along to provide an answer before you have time to blink...!!!
It sounds like you've got your hands on a rather early Sprint there so I suppose restoration will be a painstaking process trying to get the details spot-on...?! It'll be worth all the hard work in the end though as there really is no other car quite like it...
Anyhow, I do hope you get stuck in on this forum. Good luck with the restoration sir, please show us some pictures of the old brute as soon as you can...
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GazMaz wrote:LRM as she was and how I received her last week!!grifterkid wrote:Hello there, welcome to this most wonderful forum...
Whatever you need to know you will find the answer here or there will be someone along to provide an answer before you have time to blink...!!!
It sounds like you've got your hands on a rather early Sprint there so I suppose restoration will be a painstaking process trying to get the details spot-on...?! It'll be worth all the hard work in the end though as there really is no other car quite like it...
Anyhow, I do hope you get stuck in on this forum. Good luck with the restoration sir, please show us some pictures of the old brute as soon as you can...
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grifterkid
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Blimey, so this is really quite early being registered in the first month it was introduced...?!GazMaz wrote:VA930 and the car was originally yellow. LRM 798L.
Date of Registration 22/06/73.
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GazMaz
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grifterkid wrote:Hello there, welcome to this most wonderful forum...
Whatever you need to know you will find the answer here or there will be someone along to provide an answer before you have time to blink...!!!
It sounds like you've got your hands on a rather early Sprint there so I suppose restoration will be a painstaking process trying to get the details spot-on...?! It'll be worth all the hard work in the end though as there really is no other car quite like it...
Anyhow, I do hope you get stuck in on this forum. Good luck with the restoration sir, please show us some pictures of the old brute as soon as you can...
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