DaveKent Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 just been speaking to the winner of my ebay auction for my toledo- how disappointing that none of you bid on it, and the winner is a scrapman who's going to break it!!! :'( :'( :'( Quote
AdamSindrey Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Dont sell it to him then... Bad feed back is one thing but then seeing a perfectly fixable rare car go to its death is another! PM 4 U Quote
Raider Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 It would be a great basis for a 4WD project that I am happy to donate the gearboxes and an engine for.But - I can't do this myself - everything I have is going into the TR7 rally plans (Project Manx 2010) Quote
DaveKent Posted November 11, 2008 Author Posted November 11, 2008 its gone i'm sad to say.the new owner is a dealer, Fengate Cars, near Spilsby in Lincolnshire. pm me if anyone wants the phone number. Quote
DaveKent Posted November 11, 2008 Author Posted November 11, 2008 the guy's name is mark, his number is 0759 576 6445, and he is willing to sell the complete car if anyone wishes to make him an offer over what he paid me, ie more than £190. Quote
spitfire71 Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 sadly a lot of cars worth more as parts than as a whole. Quote
DaveKent Posted November 16, 2008 Author Posted November 16, 2008 But luckily a clu triumph member has rescued it from destruction!!! thank you Martin!! Quote
mbellinger Posted November 16, 2008 Posted November 16, 2008 Yes, its now mine and it will live again.I went up to the fens yesterday with two pals from the Dolomite Club to collect it. We put a battery on her and she started straight away and purred like a kitten. The car is having a couple of small jobs done and will be MOT'd by the end of next week.I will arrange to collect your spares Dave at some stage soon as they will be useful to her restoration.This is a good car and to see it broken up would have been a tragedy. So a good result all round really.Re-name the thread! Quote
DaveKent Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 ahh, so now i know who you are!!! i was after that xe engined tolly on ebay too, but unfortunately i was outbid by someone!!!!! oh yes nnr has sweet running gear, effortless on RBRR, but was crying out for overdrive!! Quote
DaveKent Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 you will need to weld the front ends of the sills, replace the voltage regulator on the bulkhead, by the servo, and prob some tyres for the mot. i was running it with lowered springs, spax shocks and sprint wheels with 185/60x13 falken tyres. not fast, but handled quite well!!! so glad you've rescued it!!!! i think i've got the brown vinyl for the parcel shelf too, i was going to make another one because that cardboard has some dodgy speaker holes in it doesn't it!!! Quote
Spitfire2500 Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Well done Mr Bellinger from me too :) Quote
mbellinger Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 Like I said - re-name the thread!!I am delighted to report that this car now has twelve months MOT. ;D Quote
DaveKent Posted February 18, 2014 Author Posted February 18, 2014 Does anyone know what happened to this car, it's no longer on DVLA? I'm after this or another one if anyone know's of any? Quote
rodt Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 xyv wrote:Does anyone know what happened to this car, it's no longer on DVLA? I'm after this or another one if anyone know's of any?My 4 door is still available and I'm open to offers. Quote
DaveKent Posted February 18, 2014 Author Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks Rod, however yours has too many doors! Quote
trackerjack Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Things have changed quite a bit since 2008 and a 2 door has become sought after to create the Sprint that BL refused to make.I have a good Sprint engine and box...............now where is a 2 door. Quote
Sheepy Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 A Toledo sprint! They should have made them for sure.There are a few out there, they just seem to look so right. I do like toledo's. Quote
DaveKent Posted February 19, 2014 Author Posted February 19, 2014 timbancroft61 wrote:Sort the Spitfire out!one day!! but I'm after a RBRR car that I can sleep in! Quote
Alex Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 xyv wrote:one day!! but I'm after a RBRR car that I can sleep in!Pathetic excuse Mr Kent!You need wind in the hair motoring on a Rbrr to keep you awake!Get the spitfire done! Quote
ferny Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Alex wrote:Pathetic excuse Mr Kent!You need wind in the hair motoring on a Rbrr to keep you awake!Get the spitfire done!Erm, Dave... hair? Quote
Alex Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 ferny wrote:Erm, Dave... hair?What cheap shot Pete!......thanks for noticing :) Quote
Mark Hammond Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 4058 wrote:A Toledo sprint! They should have made them for sure.There are a few out there, they just seem to look so right. I do like toledo's.I sort of know what you mean, but the thing is back in the 1970's Triumph's emphasis was about sporting luxury saloons (and sports cars) as well as an upmarket answer to the average family car. The Toledo was their answer to the Escort 1300 or Viva, the 1500 the answer to a Cortina, the Dolomite (1850) was the answer to the smaller engined less powerful BMW 2002s or Escort Mexico whereas the Sprint matched the more powerful BMW 2002s. There wasn't a place for a 2 door Sprint because Triumph wanted it to be a mid-executive car to compete with and to be better than the BMW and not specifically the Escort RS2000 which paradoxically it did compete with and was compared with. So although a 2 door Sprint would have been a good idea (1500 twin carb'd version was planned as the Toledo TS) it wasn't the car that Triumph wanted. It simply didn't fit the image.Mark Quote
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