tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
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1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850tigran
@tigran
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Now the owner of a luuuurvely red 1850 dolly (paperwork pending). Thanks to russell and his bro for the help getting the thing on the trailer. It's the first 3 wheel dolomite in the UK i believe, which made the trailer bit interesting. Took about two hours, in the curse word rain (think i've got man-hypo-flu-thermia).
Anyhoo plan is to get it on four wheels and running then get it down the bodyshop and see what welding needs to be done. Looks fairly solid for now, but will see what some sunlight and a strip down will uncover. Oh and it's now sans bonnet - that got lost somewhere between russell's place and hatfield tescos. Hope no one gets hurt with it - hopefully it just blew onto the hard shoulder or summat.
Pics in the morning.
I'm off to colapse in bed.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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Jan 16, 2008 10:12:35 GMT
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Yay  |
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Jan 16, 2008 23:24:04 GMT
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Good work! I've got a lovely solid 1500 that the 1850 running gear would slot nicely into if you fancy it  Haha! |
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Jan 16, 2008 23:36:06 GMT
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Blimey its saved, Dr evil plasticote will live on Hoorah! Pity russell couldn't finish it, really wanted it to work out for the dude. |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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i really, really hope someone driving along in the morning will recognise that bonnet. they'll say, 'wow, my brother in law has a triumph'. he'll coincidentally have picked the L200 that day and pick it up, take it home later and give it to the brother in law. who will then cry out 'wow! i've needed one of thses for like ages" and then proceed to fit the last remaining missing panel on his 8,000 mile ground-up-rebuild sprint and win the concours at the next show in the summer. if i had time i'd make up a story about that bonnet going missing but i'm tired  night. |
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Jan 18, 2008 16:20:49 GMT
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crying in the corner  Roll on pay day!! |
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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Jan 18, 2008 19:04:15 GMT
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Well spent the day on the car. However majority of that day was spent parts chasing and stocking up on bloody unf bolts. The car is just being a PITA in all respects - so is still on three wheels, but with top and bottom balljoints fitted and the hub loosely done. Going into the workshop next week to get all the brakes sorted. Then see what it needs for some mot action.
Still no pics - but that's a good thing as it means i've just been busy.
Oh and got another bonnet sprayed up black - will do the boot next week as well - as that's all cracking off.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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Jan 18, 2008 22:50:46 GMT
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Just checking the BBC news website for 'OAP decapitated by car part'
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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Jan 22, 2008 23:20:48 GMT
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Couple o quick pics. Got the tca changed over, top and bottom balljoints on along with hub, sorted the rear drums, got the callipers rebuilt and fitted, and i'm still a million miles from getting the fugger mot'able. Gotta bypass the auto-gear-start-in-gear thingamabob as it's fooked and it won't even turn over.    Soooo much stuff left to do. Will ponder a manual swap later on down the line and possibly a sprint conversion. |
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Jan 22, 2008 23:35:59 GMT
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Good to hear of some progress on Project plastikote! Gotta bypass the auto-gear-start-in-gear thingamabob as it's fooked and it won't even turn over. A mate lost a close friend who was killed in his garage by his car because of a bypassed lock-out switch..... |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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Which was on or wasn't? TBH i just wanna hotwire it so i can get the blodody thing moving under it's own steam. Fed up of pushing the fugger around 24/7.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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DutyFreeSaviour
Europe
Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
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Jan 23, 2008 10:20:16 GMT
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Tigran, as far as I'm aware - it's only a couple of wires going in and out - a simple connecting of two of 'em does the trick......... Nice to see this getting the business. I'd hate to think what mine looks like now  |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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Jan 23, 2008 10:50:22 GMT
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Oh look, the wheels that Russell never paid me for. I was hoping to repo those. |
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Jan 23, 2008 12:12:10 GMT
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Cheer up pog, they look the part on there at least, so are not wasted! PLus it looks like the fronts are dolly sprint jobs so maybe you can repo a couple still... ;D
Surprised how good they do look actually.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Jan 23, 2008 12:17:02 GMT
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Tig, the loom connector you're looking for is usually hovering between the column and the transmission tunnel - a paperclip will bypass it. I think the Gaynes shows the appropriate pins you need to cross. It's usually just pulled out of the box or the clips however, so doesn't take much to get sorted and is well worth having |
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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Jan 23, 2008 18:32:37 GMT
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Yeah i'll take a gander at it tomorrow, as today was a day of rest, or uni work at least.
Pog if you mean the mgf wheels - only one is on and that's coming off real soon anyway, once i get the old studs in.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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street
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Jan 23, 2008 20:01:06 GMT
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Glad you bagged this one Tigran, you've got a proper nice fleet of retro motors now!
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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Jan 27, 2008 19:04:24 GMT
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Well spent a bit of yesterday down the shed fiddling with it. Did a couple of little jobs but the main one was to get it to start. Spending a while shorting the inhibitor switch - that took about an hour because no matter what combination i tried it wouldn't crank. Then i looked at the starter and realised why - it wasn't plugged in properly - D'oh!
After plugging it in and reconnecting the inhibitor switch it still wouldn't fire - so shorted the switch again and it ranked like a good un, with some fresh petrol and consistent cranking it even ran, sweet as a nut. Well, sweet as a nut on the two cylinders it was firing on. Will investigate further when i can be assed. Next on the list of stuff to do is strip the merc engine down.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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Haha!
night.
