Lovely video 😉👍...I'd be so tempted to get either an 1850 or Sprint as my next car! Lovely bit of kit and history not to mention being a practical classic. ❤
What a great video and a lucky man to own such a fabulous collection. I grew up with Dolomites and went with my dad to fetch a brand new 73 1850(with overdrive)and a new 76 1500HL. I always yearned for a Sprint and managed to achieve my dream brings back happy memories thanks for uploading.
Well you'd better upload a video of your car then! Come on, we all wanna' see! But also, David Parnell's 1850HL also appears in another video I've uploaded as his car was on the Dolomite Club stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show a couple of weeks ago. It only appears briefly but it's great to see it being shown off and next to a supercharged Dolomite Sprint too: ruclips.net/video/oZ9gmjYfA_U/видео.html
Very nice collection of cars, rather envious. I had a couple of Sprints back in the late 70's great cars and engine, but with one weakness that the Sprint liked to drop valves due to weak valve springs. Once rebuilt and fitted with ST competition springs never a problem. The Rover 110, that's a rare car - looks lovely.
David really looks after his cars Geoff but I don't think he's put toughened valve springs in the Sprint. Perhaps he doesn't drive it as enthusiastically as you did yours! I actually have TriumphTune valve springs in my TR7 and have done for 34 years now. I too think they're a better long term solution than standard items.
I had a Dolly Sprint. I loved it. Reg Number OUY 999T, I have no idea where it is or even if it still exists today. It was immaculate, 1 owner from new when I bought it in 1990. Sold it in 1995 and regretted it ever since. I drove it all over the UK and Europe and it never ever let me down. And despite what was said in the video, I used to get 40 mpg no problem. Shame it didn't have power steering but it did build your forearms up though. I would love to own another one.
I just tried to check on the DVLA web site for your old registration number but that page of their site is down right now. It's worth taking a look another time though because they'll get it back up eventually. Most Dolomites of all kinds have been scrapped but a few hundred Sprints have survived so yours could be one of them. Great cars that were years ahead of their time.
Had two Doli Sprints an N Reg and a brand new V reg. When I parted with them they were both immaculate. Lovely cars and would still like to own one. You're a lucky man. I worked at Masseys on Baner Lane too in the tower block.
I shall let David Parnell know a fellow ex-Massey Ferguson colleague also had a pair of Dollies and loved 'em Brian. The Sprint is a rarity nowadays which is a terrible shame. Also a shame that so many were broken just for the engines to make TR7 Sprints but I suppose that's understandable as it made the best iteration of TR7/TR8 ever conceived.
Wonder what happened to the Lucas factory... Did it burn down or did the lights just go out? Seriously though, two lovely Dolomites. I must put relays on my 2500S.
Only pre1960 motor cars are M.O.T. exempt. I was fortunate (?) enough to own both variants. The sprint was spectacular in the dry but lethal in the wet , the 1850 you could hustle along quite nicely and it had better low down torque. The gearbox rather embarrassingly seized when l was overtaking a slower car up the main Torquay road out of Shaldon, it was fairly spectacular to say the least ! The Sprint succumbed to the usual mechanical maladies but l can regail a story of how returning from work with a colleague following me one day . I thought l would show off and suddenly turned very sharp left so l could smoke the tyres. Well, the strain on the axle was so great that it tore it off it's mounts and left me stranded conveniently next to a garage business who laughed their heads off at my misfortune but kindly towed it to my house where l was able to weld it back in place! Although outwardly the car looked in good order with polished alloys and immaculate interior l sold it for £100.00 p. HAPPY DAYS!!
Great stories John. But I have a 1977 TR7 that is eligible for MOT exemption. Not that I will ever take that possiblity up of course. The law on this changed a year or two back so the MOT and road tax exemptions run in parallel at 40 years old.
And I wish you still had them Tim because we'd have you and the cars in Triumph World as well as on RUclips before you could say 1300, 1500, Toledo, Dolomite.
@@JohnGClancy i had TR7 Convertible in white with blue matching trim 1980 W reg,2 triumph 2500 tc 1974/pi 1973..also 3 triumph Spitfires,1 was a 1973 L345 BRA,1300 CC as i remember,then a few years later i had an S reg 1500 1977,actually i saw that back in 2005/06 in Maesteg S77 ??? had been restored and then in 2000 /01 aquired another T reg 1500 1978 sad to think two were sold for less than £300 each.and the other one i never sold it went to a storage place along with 2.5 tc,were they were left..
@@sarahrobinson410 I think it's time you got yourself another Triumph. With a past history like that to speak of we've just got to get you another. How about a pre-war Triumph now? Perhaps not a Super Seven though but a Dolomite Roadster or Gloria Southern Cross? Beautiful cars from the days of Donald Healey.
@@JohnGClancy no pre war id deffo have a herald convertible sorry vitesse as 13/60 was my very 1st ever car.or a stag maybe..i own 5 vehicles at present..one of which is a rare mgf se..in Wedgewood blue..if i had a big garage with huge drive way,then many cars id consider..Another dolly sprint would a class touch..
I’ve had loads of Dolomites, 7 or 8 sprints autos and manuals and a couple of 1850s and 1500s. I had one I tuned up to 160bhp on the rolling road that was GCK586S in inca yellow. RYR606R in signal red. Had been a white auto originally .GVF619N in Inca. Originally a russet brown auto .Sold that for £1850 to help with a house deposit in 1989. It was absolutely mint. SBH6M in mimosa. PLL180W which was white with black interior but I reshelled it after it was stolen and crashed in 1989 .It was then Carmine red. Can’t remember if I swapped over the seats. . They are a great car. Easy to work on. I sold the last one a vermillion sprint about 18 years ago for £500 😱. Cos it was a bit smokey and needed rings. They’re a better investment than most other things except old fords ..My standard sprints were just as quick my old RS 2000 and much more comfortable. The tuned up one comfortably out dragged an RS turbo mk2 escort. (But they were just a 1600cvh with a blower, nothing special). They were easy to convert to manual from auto. The tunnel unbolts. There’s a blank for the clutch master. If you swapped from auto to manual, which I did for someone but kept the rear axle which was lower ratio that gave acceleration that easily matched my mates 3ltr Capri manual right up the fear zone.
John Clancy I prefer working on the classics for someone else then giving them back after a test drive. The 160bhp sprint was done with a triumphtune fast road cam (str 091 ?) with a vernier sprocket .Different needles, carb stub-stacks and a triumphtune exhaust. It was very tappety due to the cam profile. But still the same low end torque as original. Both your cars are a credit to your maintenance. I never had one break down on me. Never had a head gasket blow. They were very reliable.i also fitted a sprint engine to a tr7. Almost Dropped straight in with a change of sump and clutch for the 5 speed .. fitted a 4 branch manifold. It was almost dangerously fast with the short wheelbase, spinning in 3rd on wet road. Much better than the v8 because it had more power but loads of space.. eventually in reverse, it tore out the bracket where the o/s trailing arm fitted to the floor and needed a load of welding and it wasn’t even rusty at all.
These two Dollies belong to David Parnell and his son but coincidentally my TR7 is a full TriumphTune Plus Kit C specification and I'll be making a video all about that public soon to coincide with a Triumph World magazine article. My car is supposed to be up to 150bhp but in reality it's nowhere near that. It's still blisteringly quick though.
That will be worth a bit today if it still exists. Not many of them left now and too many in particular were broken to provide engines for TR7s. A terrible shame.
That's an unknown Mark but a mint condition Dolomite Sprint is going to be pretty serious now. Any Dolly in good condition is going to be getting up there so both of them are undoubtedly rather valuable today. John.
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The Sprint is stunning and beautiful, a museum piece for sure.
And the 1850 HL is gorgeous too.
Lovely video 😉👍...I'd be so tempted to get either an 1850 or Sprint as my next car! Lovely bit of kit and history not to mention being a practical classic. ❤
I had four Dolomites two 1850s and two Sprints, both Sprints were sadly written off whilst parked. After that I had a Rover P6 3500S.
What a great video and a lucky man to own such a fabulous collection.
I grew up with Dolomites and went with my dad to fetch a brand new 73 1850(with overdrive)and a new 76 1500HL. I always yearned for a Sprint and managed to achieve my dream brings back happy memories thanks for uploading.
Well you'd better upload a video of your car then! Come on, we all wanna' see! But also, David Parnell's 1850HL also appears in another video I've uploaded as his car was on the Dolomite Club stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show a couple of weeks ago. It only appears briefly but it's great to see it being shown off and next to a supercharged Dolomite Sprint too: ruclips.net/video/oZ9gmjYfA_U/видео.html
Very nice collection of cars, rather envious. I had a couple of Sprints back in the late 70's great cars and engine, but with one weakness that the Sprint liked to drop valves due to weak valve springs. Once rebuilt and fitted with ST competition springs never a problem. The Rover 110, that's a rare car - looks lovely.
David really looks after his cars Geoff but I don't think he's put toughened valve springs in the Sprint. Perhaps he doesn't drive it as enthusiastically as you did yours! I actually have TriumphTune valve springs in my TR7 and have done for 34 years now. I too think they're a better long term solution than standard items.
I learned to drive and passed my test in one of these in 1980... Happy days!
They were great cars then and they still are today. Perfect for learning in with that turning circle. John.
I had a Dolly Sprint. I loved it. Reg Number OUY 999T, I have no idea where it is or even if it still exists today. It was immaculate, 1 owner from new when I bought it in 1990. Sold it in 1995 and regretted it ever since. I drove it all over the UK and Europe and it never ever let me down. And despite what was said in the video, I used to get 40 mpg no problem. Shame it didn't have power steering but it did build your forearms up though. I would love to own another one.
I just tried to check on the DVLA web site for your old registration number but that page of their site is down right now. It's worth taking a look another time though because they'll get it back up eventually. Most Dolomites of all kinds have been scrapped but a few hundred Sprints have survived so yours could be one of them. Great cars that were years ahead of their time.
Had two Doli Sprints an N Reg and a brand new V reg. When I parted with them they were both immaculate. Lovely cars and would still like to own one. You're a lucky man. I worked at Masseys on Baner Lane too in the tower block.
I shall let David Parnell know a fellow ex-Massey Ferguson colleague also had a pair of Dollies and loved 'em Brian. The Sprint is a rarity nowadays which is a terrible shame. Also a shame that so many were broken just for the engines to make TR7 Sprints but I suppose that's understandable as it made the best iteration of TR7/TR8 ever conceived.
Wonder what happened to the Lucas factory... Did it burn down or did the lights just go out? Seriously though, two lovely Dolomites. I must put relays on my 2500S.
Had a sprint loved it sprayed it flame red looked brilliant best car I had driven.
Lovely piece, though I'm biased having a Sprint myself!
Only pre1960 motor cars are M.O.T. exempt. I was fortunate (?) enough to own both variants. The sprint was spectacular in the dry but lethal in the wet , the 1850 you could hustle along quite nicely and it had better low down torque. The gearbox rather embarrassingly seized when l was overtaking a slower car up the main Torquay road out of Shaldon, it was fairly spectacular to say the least ! The Sprint succumbed to the usual mechanical maladies but l can regail a story of how returning from work with a colleague following me one day . I thought l would show off and suddenly turned very sharp left so l could smoke the tyres. Well, the strain on the axle was so great that it tore it off it's mounts and left me stranded conveniently next to a garage business who laughed their heads off at my misfortune but kindly towed it to my house where l was able to weld it back in place! Although outwardly the car looked in good order with polished alloys and immaculate interior l sold it for £100.00 p. HAPPY DAYS!!
Great stories John. But I have a 1977 TR7 that is eligible for MOT exemption. Not that I will ever take that possiblity up of course. The law on this changed a year or two back so the MOT and road tax exemptions run in parallel at 40 years old.
Why have they both got LHD wiper configuration ... were Triumph too focused on the US market ...??
Great looking cars,i had a 1976 and 1978 dolly 18/50 and had a sprint 1979 car with webasto roof
And I wish you still had them Tim because we'd have you and the cars in Triumph World as well as on RUclips before you could say 1300, 1500, Toledo, Dolomite.
@@JohnGClancy i had TR7 Convertible in white with blue matching trim 1980 W reg,2 triumph 2500 tc 1974/pi 1973..also 3 triumph Spitfires,1 was a 1973 L345 BRA,1300 CC as i remember,then a few years later i had an S reg 1500 1977,actually i saw that back in 2005/06 in Maesteg S77 ??? had been restored and then in 2000 /01 aquired another T reg 1500 1978 sad to think two were sold for less than £300 each.and the other one i never sold it went to a storage place along with 2.5 tc,were they were left..
@@sarahrobinson410 I think it's time you got yourself another Triumph. With a past history like that to speak of we've just got to get you another. How about a pre-war Triumph now? Perhaps not a Super Seven though but a Dolomite Roadster or Gloria Southern Cross? Beautiful cars from the days of Donald Healey.
@@JohnGClancy no pre war id deffo have a herald convertible sorry vitesse as 13/60 was my very 1st ever car.or a stag maybe..i own 5 vehicles at present..one of which is a rare mgf se..in Wedgewood blue..if i had a big garage with huge drive way,then many cars id consider..Another dolly sprint would a class touch..
@@sarahrobinson410 Yep, I'm the same. I'd be dangerous if I had a barn to store cars in and I'd definitely have a Sprint and a Stag in the collection.
I’ve had loads of Dolomites, 7 or 8 sprints autos and manuals and a couple of 1850s and 1500s. I had one I tuned up to 160bhp on the rolling road that was GCK586S in inca yellow. RYR606R in signal red. Had been a white auto originally .GVF619N in Inca. Originally a russet brown auto .Sold that for £1850 to help with a house deposit in 1989. It was absolutely mint. SBH6M in mimosa. PLL180W which was white with black interior but I reshelled it after it was stolen and crashed in 1989 .It was then Carmine red. Can’t remember if I swapped over the seats. . They are a great car. Easy to work on. I sold the last one a vermillion sprint about 18 years ago for £500 😱. Cos it was a bit smokey and needed rings. They’re a better investment than most other things except old fords ..My standard sprints were just as quick my old RS 2000 and much more comfortable. The tuned up one comfortably out dragged an RS turbo mk2 escort. (But they were just a 1600cvh with a blower, nothing special). They were easy to convert to manual from auto. The tunnel unbolts. There’s a blank for the clutch master. If you swapped from auto to manual, which I did for someone but kept the rear axle which was lower ratio that gave acceleration that easily matched my mates 3ltr Capri manual right up the fear zone.
Methinks it's about time you bought another one!
John Clancy I can’t bear to part with that much money these days
Fair point!
John Clancy I prefer working on the classics for someone else then giving them back after a test drive. The 160bhp sprint was done with a triumphtune fast road cam (str 091 ?) with a vernier sprocket .Different needles, carb stub-stacks and a triumphtune exhaust. It was very tappety due to the cam profile. But still the same low end torque as original. Both your cars are a credit to your maintenance. I never had one break down on me. Never had a head gasket blow. They were very reliable.i also fitted a sprint engine to a tr7. Almost Dropped straight in with a change of sump and clutch for the 5 speed .. fitted a 4 branch manifold. It was almost dangerously fast with the short wheelbase, spinning in 3rd on wet road. Much better than the v8 because it had more power but loads of space.. eventually in reverse, it tore out the bracket where the o/s trailing arm fitted to the floor and needed a load of welding and it wasn’t even rusty at all.
These two Dollies belong to David Parnell and his son but coincidentally my TR7 is a full TriumphTune Plus Kit C specification and I'll be making a video all about that public soon to coincide with a Triumph World magazine article. My car is supposed to be up to 150bhp but in reality it's nowhere near that. It's still blisteringly quick though.
I like the old Dolomite Sprints they still good today. its actually a smart looking car.
I always liked them Toucan221 but I think they look better now than they ever did. Just like me, they get better with age!
I took my driving test in a brand new dolly sprint mind I did work of a triumph agant at the time nice car
my uncle had a sprint tc the same colour grebritish racing green...?
That will be worth a bit today if it still exists. Not many of them left now and too many in particular were broken to provide engines for TR7s. A terrible shame.
@@JohnGClancy no idea....he sold it in92 and bought an escort....sigh....
@@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587 And Escorts go for silly money too. Well, the earlier ones do that is. Not a patch on a Triumph Dollie though.
@@JohnGClancy no it was a mk 4 mk1 Mexico come on!
Great video , although I was waiting for the 1850 having not long bought one JRH 30N .
What are they worth?
That's an unknown Mark but a mint condition Dolomite Sprint is going to be pretty serious now. Any Dolly in good condition is going to be getting up there so both of them are undoubtedly rather valuable today.
John.