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This one was purchased last year as a parts car but nothing has yet been taken from it. Again crusty round the edges, especially the sunroof area. Starts on the button with a jump start, this is the multi point fuel injected engine and it's a beaut. Gearbox is well, the clutch hydraulics have packed in since we drove the car home though, pedal just drops to the floor. Would again be a very useful source of rare parts if you happen to have one of these rare Lancer shapes in your life. Offers around £400, deal can be had if you want both cars.
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Last Edit: Oct 3, 2022 21:39:21 GMT by Rich
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Beautiful metallic brown with beige velour. Mot untill December. Tatty, dirty, mostly solid but rusty around sunroof Has been regularly serviced but is a bit tired. Engine is a goodun, gearbox fitted from a later Proton Satria so 2,4 and reverse are a little trickier to get in than original due to the linkage not being 100% correct. Noisy wheel bearing but new parts included plus a new set of discs. Realistically the car is probably of most use as a parts car as the bits to keep this going have been getting harder and harder to find. It's been my brother in law's daily for the last 5 years at circa 15k a year, it has never let him down. Looking for offers around £600. Also selling the red GLXi 16v we bought as a spares car for this. See seperate advert for details, of course a deal can be done for both.
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Last Edit: Oct 3, 2022 21:39:47 GMT by Rich
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Sept 30, 2022 22:04:25 GMT
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I have now bought and started work on a Saab instead. Thread soon.
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Sept 16, 2022 14:14:26 GMT
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I'm liking that blue one.
I'm just trying to work out the logistics of getting to London to buy it. How can you tell if they are correctly registered as tax and mot exempt rather than just sorn and expired, I don't want to get any fines etc.
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Sept 16, 2022 11:35:43 GMT
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Sept 16, 2022 11:24:44 GMT
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I've been to see the above car this morning.
The main structure is absolutely solid, inner sills, floors, strut tops etc. There is some rust on the outer sills, bonnet and under the lights etc that I would need to sort in the future.
It's not the tidiest car in the world, there are some dents and scrapes etc but it hasn't been tatted up it's a honest car. She has got 71k on the clock and has a huge history over 3 owners. Not been used for years. I know it will need recomissioning etc and in not too worried about that side of things as parts availability is good and it's a simple car. Interior is generally really good, grubby but just a door pull and couple bits required to make it really right.
Price wise it's £3000. Is that about right? I have asked and there is no movement on price I either buy it or don't.
It hasn't been used for a long time so even though it can be tax and MOT exempt it's not at the moment, is that easy to sort out once I buy it?
I will try to add photos in a sec
Thank you
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Sept 3, 2019 20:52:43 GMT
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My RR and Merc V8 where both cars that found me, rather than went looking to buy and therefore I had not looked at others before buying. Both cars had problems, and I got round them while using them. I spent quite a lot of money on them to get them usable and reliable, yet I knew with out spending much more on them, they would never be like the really mint ones displayed on the owners club stands. I let them go to new homes as it made more financial sense to buy ready restored cars.
I viewed a few more RR and Bentleys, and never found the one. The Merc was replaced, the car was much tidier, I worried about it a lot more, and in the end decided it was just a weekend car. Eventually I sold it due to lack of use.
I don't honestly know how many cars I've had, but out of the 5 or so I would dearly love to have back, the Rolls would be on the list. The reason being the way I used it, made memories in it and also the satisfaction of knowing mine is well and truly sorted. Yes people may have better paint, no visible rust and straight bumpers, but they have restored the character out of their old cars and half the time, don't get used very often.
The best car is the one you already know. Unless you particularly want something else and don't want to keep both, I really would not sell it. Make the most of us being able to use these big engines out in the wild.
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Sept 1, 2019 19:51:30 GMT
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They did some manual Daimlers I think?
EDIT, ignore me I'm late again. Missed the photos.
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Sept 1, 2019 14:26:49 GMT
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Absolutely love this car
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Sept 1, 2019 12:16:42 GMT
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Cool project, looking forward to seeing more. Like the idea of Tourneo interior in a truck.
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Aug 30, 2019 19:11:13 GMT
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I was looking at the history of a car the other day for a family member, almost every year it had a minor of "obstruction in the windscreen removed by customer on request" why on earth do they even need to record something like this. As you say seems to be writing something for the sake of it. I know it seems very 'jobsworth' to fail or advise on something hanging from a mirror. Why would you take a car for mot with something hanging from the mirror though? Look at it from this way, you have just mot'd the 10th car today, and this is the 7th one today when a customer didn't bother to remove something that is obstructing the view before taking it for an mot. To some 'drivers' being able to view dash cams, satnavs, stuffed toys, air fresheners and all sorts of other items without having to move there eyes slightly is far preferable to seeing who or what they are about to hit. Bear in mind, a tester is not allowed to unclip or move plastic trim to check for something essential, like major structural corrosion, condition of brake pipes etc. If the tester is being checked by the ministry and has got into the habit of moving stuff the customer should have, guess who gets points? By putting and advisory or failure on, not only does it go in favour of the T S statistics, it might also help in court, Say the customer has a crash, knocks off a cyclist, or runs someone over, Police/insurance blame the thing in the windscreen, and therefore the car is not roadworthy, the first thing to come out of the drivers mouth will be, 'its just passed an MOT'. Now, because the tester has done his job correctly, its not his fault someone has chosen to put something back in line of sight.
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Looking at the Dakar one, even the split rim wheels are from a 40 series cruiser. The C R car was a standard car. I had a 1967 Silver Shadow, and the steering was unnervingly light, I think they sorted it by the time the big bumper cars where released, if not, well lets just say the drivers where braver than me!
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Ah, they where Hella's
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one of the mannequins appears to be david bowie ? weak sidewalls on offroad tyres is not two statements i've heard in the same sentence before ! know what you mean about it being the sweet spot in offroad tyre sized though, the mind is now wandering to that corniche which entered 1981 paris dakar rally I don't think weak as in easily damaged is what he meant. They are soft, as in fold nicely around the ground/rocks/routes at 7psi type of thing, so I think they would probably get quite hot with prolonged high speed cruising unless the pressures where higher than optimum. Also, thinking about the ground clearance, suspension and tyres available just makes me think, Paris Dakar, Cannonball Run with the Big Cibie Oscars on the front, very easy to led astray! We had a W124 Merc with SLS rear suspension, we took it up several green lanes in the Peak District over the years on just winter tyres. Unless you are familiar with production car trials and long distance trials I think a majority of people would be amazed where a 2wd car will actually go.
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Aug 26, 2019 18:13:10 GMT
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What a great thread, cool car and awesome work too. I personally like my cars to be mechanically spot on, but I never worry about the small stuff like parking dings etc, as I have had too many low mile garage queens. The ones with the story to tell are far more interesting and where the real memories are made. Road trips and stone chips is the way forward, especially for such a car that can rack up the miles with ease.
I did wince a bit when you mentioned the temp gauge earlier in the thread, as on the Turbo R the sensor is not very nice to change.
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Aug 26, 2019 17:19:46 GMT
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That looks great, I really do like these and XM's. The wheels really suit it too.
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Aug 24, 2019 23:06:25 GMT
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Probably off topic slightly but I read once that an AWD Dolomite was feasibly possible since Dollys were FWD and Toledo's were RWD so it's just the [mere ] matter of getting the right suspension fixings / subframes sorted along with drivetrain hacks and you can have an early-days WRX. No idea of how much truth is in it but they're basically the same platform and it always sounded like a lot of fun to me if someone did it with the appropriate tweaks to a sprint engine up front to make it really fly. Most rear drive shells can be converted to 4wd with 'relative' ease, welding and fabrication for front drive shaft space, transmission tunnel etc, the biggest challenge is finding a suitable transfer box to go with your engine. That's why most of the builds along that line would use an engine to match the donor transmission. Ferguson Formula built some interesting stuff aside from the Jensen's they where known for. 1965 Mustang, mk3 Capri 3.0 and a Triumph Stag where given the treatment. I like the idea of a 3 litre V8 4wd Stag powered Dolomite! Would be interesting I think. Although I have a love/hate relationship with 4wd's. I know they do the job well and are very impressive, but unless there is lots of snow or 700bhp, I get bored of them pretty quickly.
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Aug 18, 2019 22:05:32 GMT
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I've got a Haynes manual for the 1850 & sprint that you can have for a couple of quid and post at cost. Brian. Thank you for the offer, but I have one in my collection. Cheers.
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Aug 17, 2019 21:49:24 GMT
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Hmmmm, thanks for the info.
I have a set of MGF Minilight wheels, but never thought about using the steel spares, might be a cool subtle upgrade! I'm not too tall, so will wait and see what the interior has faired like, but I do have various MG and Rover seats in the spares stash. (I will be changing all this on my MGF anyway)
The car is tatty, but mechanically sound so I'm looking forward to preserving it while still using it as a proper car. Assuming all suspension is reasonably serviceable, I will just improve the brakes for now. I will have a tow bar mounted bike rack, sometimes 2 or 3 bikes with me plus humans and gear, so if it sits low at the back I will probably tailor the suspension to this with something like Gaz adjustable.
Thanks again to everyone so far.
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Aug 17, 2019 16:17:36 GMT
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I've agreed to buy a 1973 Dolomite 1850 Automatic and I'm really looking forward to getting it (unfortunately I will not get it until late September)
I don't know a lot about them at all, and would like to here from owners about there experiences with them. I will probably have lots of questions once the car is here but for now I don't really know anything about it.
What are essential or worthwhile mods? Electronic ignition or would you just carry spare points and some tools all the time? Do TR7 wheels fit straight on? Are they fairly comfy to spend time in?
I'm looking for a relaxed cruiser to take me on trips to the Coast, Peak District and other stuff, usually 200 mile or under trips, hoping it will prove a fairly practical car, it has a tow bar, so I can fit a proper bike rack on the back etc.
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