1972 Dutton Sierra series 2

I have to echo Darryl's comments about your Sierra being one of the nicest examples around. It certainly has a presence.

My uncle has the rare Dutton pickup version....round the back of his farm falling in bits!.

I've bitten the bullet and the engine and box are coming out to replace the thrust bearing and check the box internals for broken bits. It was making some really loud noises last time it was driven so a bit concerned about what I might find inside.
I also intend on lowering the floor and removing part of the tunnel so the seats can be refitted closer to the centre. That'll stop them hitting the roll cage when pushed backwards. Its not so tidy inside having been re-incarnated a few times there are more than a few holes in the floor.


IMAG0057 by Adrian Southgate, on Flickr

The raised centre tunnel isn't needed as there is at least 3 inches of clearance on the prop so thats getting lowered from just in front of the gearstick all the way to the back. The floor is currently a mess with loads of ropey glass work and filler that all need cleaning up.

My Dad had one of these when I was very young, this photo must be from 85/86!

I was always a fan of the phaeton.....7ish looks but not a 7

never seen 1 of these before....definatly needs some good luvvin

NOOoooooo
I'm showing three known on the club register and two more that are not.... Fred's would have made six known examples...

Oh Well, nobody loves them anyway 

A long shot I know as how it's gone now but is there any chance of getting the body/chassis Serial number off Fred? Just so I can fill in the little box of sadness on our club database that says scrapped.

Thanks Ian
The chassis number should be S2071, all the duttons followed a numerical sequence and just the prefix letter changed dependant on body type.
S for Sierra, M for Melos, L for legerra etc. top stuff with the info though. only another 4000+ cars to track down now.
As a serious note here peeps. if anyone knows of a dutton hidden in a shed or a barn it would be really useful to be able to add this sort of info to our register. TWD never admitted to keeping any records of quantities of each model, at least none the club have access to and trying to build up a list of whats gone and whats still around is doing my head in

Changed the gearbox oil tonight using a very large syringe, rubber pipe and a towel...didn't half get some funny looks from the neighbours..

My mistake, just had a better look at the log book and it is indeed S2071. My uncle gave me all the original paper work he'd kept when he bought the kit, inc price lists, a Dutton News paper (spring 1981, 3rd edition)and even a Dutton safety recall letter regarding the bonnets from June 1982!.

I also had a Dutton Phaeton S4 which was written off when it got run into ;-
Reg- Q485 GFV
Chassis- i'll have to find the log book...
Colour- Blue

Ian

And thats another one that was never registered with the club, good stuff Ian, Sorry to hear it got written off though. The club is looking at buying some of the rarer models and storing them up for spares so we don't have to get them written off any more but can do the buy back and repair yourself trick. I know we won't be able to do cars that have been written off already but if people know that parts are available then it may be a bit easier to keep the old crates on the road.