1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

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TerryG
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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#291 Post by TerryG » Mon Jan 25, 2016 2:03 pm

JPB wrote:Mmm, Ital..
:drool: :lol:
pervert ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#292 Post by rich. » Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:07 pm

we had several marina/itals in our family including several vans... ;)

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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#293 Post by JPB » Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:12 pm

TerryG wrote:....pervert ;)
Where cars are concerned, definitely! On the other hand, any rumours involving livestock, latex or leather may be taken with a pinch of salt. Other alliterative sequences are available. :oops:
J
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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#294 Post by mach1rob » Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:58 pm

TerryG wrote:You could always put a v8 in it ;)
Have you been eavesdropping in the works tearoom?? Chatting to one of the mechanics with a P5B, who happens to have a spare 3.9 and box sat there doing not a lot! :lol:

What I want to do to it, and what I actually can be bothered to do are 2 different things ;)

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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#295 Post by SirTainleyBarking » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:34 pm

JPB wrote:Yep, a nice DOHC Triumph V8 would drop in nicely, or you could go for a crude pushrod device with a Rover label on it..
:scared: ;)
2.6 IOE 6. It wouldn't be in there long....
Landrovers and Welding go together like Bread and Butter. And in the wet they are about as structurally sound

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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#296 Post by JPB » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:23 pm

:lol:

Or you could ayeways do what Ken Wood did (no, not Vestel, who used the name of the once proud manufacturer of kitchen stuff on their cheap PVRs but Ken Wood, two words, rally driver extraordinaire) and fit a nice quad camshaft V6 in the Automite. In case anyone hasn't seen Ken at it, here's a link to some action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8GeiUdt0tY
More?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0cz8JGzEg

(Fastest 2wd time on the Snowman seen there - by a Dolomite)!

Or that proper V8 that actually looks like it belongs. This is in a Toledo, but same engine bay layout so it'll work in a Dolly just as well. I say "well.." (it does start so bear with it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDOhAbTHdsA

:|
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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#297 Post by mach1rob » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:28 pm

Or, I could just flog it and buy a manual Sprintomite, would save the reply "It's not a ****ing Sprint" all the time :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#298 Post by JPB » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:32 pm

flog it and buy a manual Sprintomite
:shock:

You could, but where's the fun in that? Unless of course you did a 4" roof chop, shortened the body and drove it everywhere naked?
:mrgreen:
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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

#299 Post by mach1rob » Sun Feb 07, 2016 11:14 pm

I really do need to keep clothing on! :lol:

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