1978 Triumph Dolomite Sprint - Retro Russet Brown

Looks like I may need to do a bit if welding soon in the usual Dolomite problem areas

Well I finally admitted defeat and raised the ride height a little more. I just couldn’t go on whacking the subframe like I was. The days of preparing myself by gripping the wheel and bracing for every manhole are gone. 





Ive now got the tracking spot on, and camber at one degree negative. The car drives so much better! I’ve also fiddled with the shock settings, and have them firmish, but a lot more compliant than they were. The steering could still be a little sharper I reckon, so I’m going to do away with the rubber bushed steering coupling and fit a solid one. Already have poly rack mounts.

I just fitted new front wheel bearings, which was a nice little satisfying Sunday morning job. 





The car is running sweet and drives really well. I haven’t driven it much though, what with the salt on the roads at the moment. Its only my unprotected alloys that bothers me. The rest of the car is slathered in cavity wax and under seal, so should be fine. I really need some winter wheels and have been looking out for something. Lack of spare cash is the enemy as usual but something will  turn up. 

I'm genuinely surprised with how well the car is driving. These Triumphs are so underrated. The BL stigma I guess. 

Fantastic thread and car, and kudos for tackling so much of the work yourself.

Agreed! A dark gold / bronze would be cool. I would also need to change the side stripe to gold too. My ocd wouldn’t handle gold rims and a silver side stripe! There’s another Russet brown Dolomite on this forum somewhere with gold revolutions. Very nice indeed.

The PCD makes finding wheels for the Dolly a bit difficult though. They are out there, but I never seem to have any spare cash when a set pops up on eBay or whatever. I’m dreaming of rims, Webber’s, fast road cam, & vernier timing gear, but two teenage daughters means I never have any spare cash these days! Bless em. 

For now I will just concentrate on keeping the car alive. This one is a keeper, so a few modifications will come one day.

Thanks to all for the kind words. 

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No idea if these might be easy to collect for you ?
James

Thank you!

I too am a Kentish man, or is that a man of Kent? I don’t know. But i do know that most of the roads round here are rough! Hence the slight lift. I think it’s there now. I haven’t whacked the subframe for ages. 👍🏻

Thanks Pete. Although I thought you may have seen it all already on TDC. 😀

Agreed on the ride height regarding handling. When the car was at its lowest I would have described the handling as twitchy. It’s a bit more assured now. It can still feel a bit unsettled mid corner on rough roads, but I’m told that’s a Dolomite thing!? 

This is a truly glorious car...!!

Superb, just superb...

now that you mention it i do recognise it!

mid corner instability is probably a feature instead of a problem, with it being a live axle.