Four Year Channel Anniversary! Sensible Secondhand Classics: 1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850
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Welcome to Sensible Secondhand Classics, the series where we take a sensible classic car worth between £1000 and £5000 and put it through its paces in a very straightforward manner! This time, we celebrate the fourth year anniversary of the channel as we test a 1974 Triumph Dolomite 1850, similar to the 1980 Triumph Dolomite 1500 SE I used to own in around 2005. Join us as I get overtaken on a dual carriageway, negotiate a series of roundabouts in Milton Keynes, talk about Lewis Collins' cars from The Professionals and generally experience little of any consequence at all. Nothing untoward then!
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Oh Mr Lloyd. You've outdone yourself. Congratulations, sir.
As always, sir, we aim to please!
Always great to see Joseph reviewing my car.
Thank you very much indeed again for watching, sir!
@@lloydvehicleconsulting most welcome Sir keep up the Sterling work
Hope you enjoyed today's channel update, sir.
I must say, the cars in the background make an excellent backdrop. 😍
It was a most convenient place to film, sir....
I had a used 1850HL in that same colour in the early 80s, mine had lighter colour interior. the overdrive could be used in both 3rd and top gear, loved it. Back when Britain was still great { just about }.
Yes, this a pre HL, and so the interior is a bit different. Thank you ever so much indeed for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it.
Congrats. on your 4th Anniversary. Lovely car to celebrate it.
Thank you, sir! Ever so suitable a car for the channel anniversary, isn't it?
Congratulations on the anniversary
Thank you ever so much indeed, sir!
Excellent review MR Lloyd, we do like British leyland cars on this channel.
Sir, I do hope that you enjoyed it very much.
Got to love a Dolly in all varieties another sterling review
Thank you ever so much indeed for watching and commenting! This car has now had the issue with the carburettor resolved where it was not running right on the day.
Great proportions in every way. The Dolly looks right, feels right and performs with dignity. The manual steering is unmatched. But then we have to remember that we were comparing them with boats like Austin Cambridges and the like.
Oh yes, when this came out the Morris Oxford Series VI had only just been discontinued! This didn't quite have the full amount of power, and I think needs the carburettor checking and cleaning, but still an amazing design and the steering is lovely.
Yes I love driving it .
The rear seats look v comfy indeed, Sir
Sir, they were indeed extremely comfortable!
Mr Bodie had made a very informed choice with a Dolomite Sprint because this 1850 seems well able to handle plenty more power.
It is really great that you had an enjoyable and nostalgic time with the Dolomite.
Who knows if things had turned out differently in the Mid Seventies and Triumph had been chosen as the Luxury Executive in the BL Empire instead of the Rover SD1, you might not be driving a Rover 45 V6. It could be a Triumph Six Cylinder saloon.
That's right, sir! Could have easily been Triumph continuing as a marque rather than MG or Rover if those customer clinics used during the research for the SD3 had not preferred the Rover name. This car was down on power a bit (the owner and I discussed that after I had driven it), but it was still a lot of fun!
And British consumers may have remained loyal rather than going to BMW and Audi. Though the SD1 was and remains a great car.
@@briancoleman6990 yes I travelled in an original SD1 3500 along a very slippery muddy track to the World Ploughing Championships, a 1978 2300 manual and a 1982 2600 Automatic and I could not fault any of them. Very spacious interior, modern, luxurious, quiet and a very smooth absorbing ride. Oh and great seats.
@@seancooke7332 Yes and still looks modern from every angle and part of a single design. Testament to the great Dave Bache . I followed a Moonraker Blue one the other day. Unlike the modern hatchback BMWs and Audis that look as though the rear end designers never met the front end designers or if they did it was in the pub after 5 pints
My father had an auto 1850. Some other driver hit it and the insurance company provided him with a courtesy car .... An Acclaim. He couldn't drive it because it was a manual so I chauffeured him everywhere. What a revellation! The steering was superb. The g/box was light and accurate, the engine smooth and willing. The ride and handling were in a different league. In truth the 1850 engine was a dog. Twice I replaced the head gasket and once the pump. The steering was just OK but the ride was lumpy. The interior was lovely whereas the Acclaim's was awful. The Acclaim had the least warranty claims of any BL/BMC car that preceded it. I have its sucessor .... An R8 416 Tourer.
This Dolomite was a bit down on power, which we think is something to do with the carb (it felt significantly slower than my old 1500), so I am going to try an 1850 Automatic at some point, which has also been offered to me for review. That one also has the advantage of being much easier to put into reverse than this one.
Happy 4th anniversary to the channel, think I have been here for a couple of years now. Excellent Review on a rather lovely Dolomite, looks like a nice comfy place to be as a passenger with those comfy rear seats!
Yes, very comfortable in the back, surprisingly so! Welcome to the fourth year channel anniversary, Mr Watters, and thank you for your continuing support.
Yes I am slept on those rear seats a few times now in my 33 years of ownership of that car .
Looks nice car do like old Triumphs, dash looks similar to parents M reg 2.5pi auto they had, was lovely car best one parents owned.
I would very much like to try a 2500, sir. Got to wait to be offered one first, though, sir.
Bon anniversaire! What a Triumph. 😁
This history of this shape Triumph is very confusing
It's an extremely confusing history, sir! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Happy Anniversary with your channel Mr. Lloyd!
A very nice Triumph, alas one that was never imported into the US.
Indeed, sir! Never imported into America, probably considered a bit small.
I remember the seats were like corduroy trousers.. (Phil)
Yes, they are a bit like that, aren't they?
Similar to Bodie's Dolly Sprint in the early episodes of The Professionals :)
It's a slightly different colour, sir, and a different specification, but it does look quite similar, doesn't it?
What an interesting history! I did not realise that rear wheel drive was intrinsically cheaper than front wheel drive.
Congratulations to the owner, having cared for this lovely car for thirty-one years.
Congratulations, too, to you for the fourth anniversary of your channel!
Yes, he has genuinely owned it since 1991! It was certainly a good way to celebrate four years on RUclips. Thank you ever so much indeed for watching, as always!
Thanks Brian the owner.
nice car just bought that triumph book off ebay £13
Thank you very much indeed for watching and commenting!
Think I’ve been around for about 3 1/2 of them 🎉 , and here’s to the next 4 . Great example of the breed , I’d be afraid to drive it without a nearside mirror .
Thank you, sir! The lack of nearside mirror wasn't great, but you get used to it.
I have driven it without a nearside mirror for 34 years . Back then we didn't have BMW, Audi and Tesla's cutting us up