Is this practical?

jeffremj · Postby **jeffremj** » 02 Apr 2014 20:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">... or even the 1850 which would take a TR7 2.0 engine no probs....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Been there done that - a Dolomite 2000HL! Check out the blue one:

jeffremj · Postby **jeffremj** » 02 Apr 2014 20:46

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">In that case, one would budget around Â£20,000 for a new car these days so if you took that TR7(for example) and handed it over to S and S with Â£20k they would work their magic and produce a daily useable car that looked great with rustproofing and more reliability built in.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">With my Â£20K, I would go the V8 route: a TR7V8, a Rover SD1 Vitesse and a short wheelbase Land Rover V8.

claypole1360 · Postby **claypole1360** » 03 Apr 2014 06:33

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jeffremj

[quote]... or even the 1850 which would take a TR7 2.0 engine no probs....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Been there done that - a Dolomite 2000HL! Check out the blue one:

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A bit off piste I suppose, but how was it? I have only got experience of the V8 tr7 and the 1850hl.
Calvin

1978 TR7V8 FHC
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
1989 Peugeot 205 xs
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

jeffremj · Postby **jeffremj** » 03 Apr 2014 17:06

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">A bit off piste I suppose, but how was it? I have only got experience of the V8 tr7 and the 1850hl.
Calvin<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">It was excellent, especially as it had a rebuilt engine with fast road cam and balanced rotating bits. It also had lowered springs and spax adjustables, together with Sprint alloys. It had 105bhp as opposed to the 90 bhp of the 1850HL - main bottleneck for power being the poor exhaust manifold.

kstrutt1 · Postby **kstrutt1** » 03 Apr 2014 18:15

We used ours as an every day car for 10 years, up to 20,000 miles a year, did get through 2 engines in that time, but the biggest problem was keeping on top of the minor rust weeps from seems etc over the winter, it ended up 20 shades of persion Aqua which is why I painted it a easy to touch up non metallic blue eventually.

Now I use a 1961 landrover in the winter, much more practical and the tatty look suits it!

Kevin

Chris Turner · Postby **Chris Turner** » 10 Apr 2014 16:40

This morning I decided to build a car using all the new parts from my Grinnall and installing them in a fixed head shell. I have a 3.9 Land Rover engine( TVR chip), close ratio gearbox, TR8 subframe and PAS rack, 5 stud conversion, 2.84 axle and 16 inch Compomotive split rim wheels. All the parts are unused and fitted to my rot free Grinnall shell. Because of the body mods I have never been interested in finishing the Grinnall but am raring to go on this new project which will be built around a solid rust free Solihull shell. I also have the magnolia leather interior and beige Wilton carpet which will complete the interior. Hope to get started next winter after the Sparkrite rally car is finished.

www.triumphtrs.co.uk
THE Coca Cola car
The C+C Conversions rally car JDG 941V
TR7 Sprint SJW 530S on the road for the 1st time since 1984
TR7 Sprint SJW 539S

claypole1360 · Postby **claypole1360** » 10 Apr 2014 17:44

Chris, sounds like a great project and look forward to some pics in the future.
Cheers Calvin.
ps up the owls!

1978 TR7V8 FHC
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
1989 Peugeot 205 xs
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

Stevie P · Postby **Stevie P** » 10 Apr 2014 23:12

Calvin

What bonnet do you have there on your car?

Do you have any close-ups of it?

Steve

claypole1360 · Postby **claypole1360** » 11 Apr 2014 07:21

Steve,
it's a basic single hump bonnet with an after market vent cut into it to clear the carbs on the v8. I'll do some close up images later but it reveals the poorest part of the car with the fibreglass lifting in places. It is quite crudely done and has just had an appropriately sized hole cut in to it with the fibre glass scoop slotted in and filled.
Calvin

1978 TR7V8 FHC
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
1989 Peugeot 205 xs
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

claypole1360 · Postby **claypole1360** » 11 Apr 2014 08:48

The underneath, please ignore my fiddling with the vents and stuff, just trying things.

The top side, you can see where it hasn't been brilliantly moulded in however as the previous owner had to cut through the bonnet bracing, I imagine that it flexes a lot and that probably caused the problem.

1978 TR7V8 FHC
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
1989 Peugeot 205 xs
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

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