1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

[rich.]

this years orange award goes to you

as long as an orange reliant does'nt arrive

[mach1rob]

That's OK John, being a Tamworth lad myself, Reliant has a place in my heart, living in Kettlebrook in the 70s, 2 Gates was just down the road, and of course the other factory was kind of just across the street and visible from the end of the road just tother side of railway line

You're welcome to my legs, they're not much cop these days after I buggered them up a few years back, I'll swap them for some that don't play up

Anyways, spent time refitting panels as I'd rather them be on the car than sat around the garage at risk of getting knocked over or damaged, and I threw a coat of paint onto the headlight buckets so the front end can be put back together. Hopefully get the roof and tail panel painted this week too if I can blag funds to buy it!

Looking a lot better now it's coming back together.

[TerryG]

That looks even oranger (I know it isn't a word) now you have the doors on. you will have to give us a warning which shows you will be attending so we can all bring out sun glasses

[mach1rob]

And I've not polished it yet (well apart from the front corner just to see what it'd come up like) but you certainly shouldn't miss it coming!

[JPB]

@ the Tango ad. even more at the "Bollocks" ad on the same link, that one for the Passat Diesel that was banned (the ad, not the famously taxiable German car) back in the day. That wasn't about orange but I did use the same word when the next owner of what had been my most orangey car managed to wreck the gelcoat and wash the chassis number off - with a military grade steam cleaner - from the spot under the bonnet where a Tamworth chap most probably called Neville, almost certainly wearing a brown storecoat and flat cap, had written it in magic marker in 1972.

So the moral here is don't buy an orange car as they cause heartache and pain, but creating your own from a brown one is good.
I miss my Automites and would have either back without having to think twice. Provided that someone has come up with a PAS solution for the Dolly by now.

[mach1rob]

I miss my Automites and would have either back without having to think twice. Provided that someone has come up with a PAS solution for the Dolly by now.

Funny, as was discussing EPAS only last night with a couple of friends, and I reckon it wouldn't be that hard to get the MGF system installed, it's all self contained in the column.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370898107482

[TerryG]

JLH Restoration fit that to morris minors, the only problem is there is no speed sensor so it can't "self adjust" to make the steering firmer at higher speeds.
The MK2 focus diesel has electric power steering too (I would imagine lots and lots of cars do) so it may be worth looking at that as there are more in scrap yards than MG-Fs so it may be cheaper to get the parts for that.

[mach1rob]

I'm sure my F was speed sensitive???

get the VVC model (or pay for the option) and you get the new speed-sensitive electric power steering system which works in a similar manner to that of the Honda NSX.

So with a suitable transducer plumbed into the speedo cable, you should get a speed feed for the ECU.

[TerryG]

The F is indeed speed sensitive, however your dolly won't have a speed sensor in the gearbox that it speaks to so the steering won't know how fast you are going to adapt itself.

[mach1rob]

No, which is why I suggested a suitable transducer attached to cable to pick up a speed signal to the ECU. I'm sure a suitable electronics whizzkid could adapt the signal to suit, although I suspect it would be just a simple pulse signal as per speedo feeds.