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    The things you do to continue your lunchtime dreaming

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    On 12/13/2022 at 8:58 AM, Timewaster said:

    From the Dolly's I remember, they must have made thousands more sprint wheels than they ever did Dolly sprints.

    Everyone seemed to have a set.

    I was thinking about buying some myself but I think the black (when should be silver) wheels suit it better. Fun fact is that although these look like the same wheels as the Spitfire, they are a different offset. I have 2 spares but can’t quite work out which is an SE wheel and which is the spitfire one.

    The things you do to continue your lunchtime dreaming

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    The other bit of the story I should have added is that my older cousin had a dolly in British racing green when I was early teens and that’s what prompted me to buy this. I recently saw my other cousin (his younger brother) for the first time after about 20 years and told him about my Dolomite and that I bought it because of his brothers sprint. Nah he says, it was just made to look like a sprint apparently....

    The things you do to continue your lunchtime dreaming

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    Hello all
     
    After several years of lurking, I finally registered and always meant to do a post to cover my cars but you know how it is….Removing access to the for sale posts though has prompted me into life.
     
    Introducing my shite – a fine specimen of a 1979 Dolomite SE. The combination of wood door cappings and plush seats along with rectangular headlights and the flat dash is an obvious delight. I bought the Dolly coming up to 4 years ago. I was off sick from work and needed something to do other than watching TV or surfing the internet all day and therefore decided that a dolomite with the cylinder head in bits was the perfect way to get better.
     
    Anyway, after purchasing the dolly and recovering it home, I spent most of 2019 fixing the headgasket, getting the brakes refurb’d and various other little tasks completed. A few* rust spots were identified but it passed an MOT at the local village garage and we were good to go. Some stuff happened in 2020 didn’t it and due to various life events, the dolly has hardly moved since from the garage. By doing this post, I’m hoping to kick the work needed into life (when the snow has gone )
     
    During my time visiting the site, I’ve enjoyed a browse of the For Sale pages with dreams of purchasing another car to fill the additional patio space that I cunningly created during lockdown. This has gone from a Subaru Legacy (I grew up with a few different Subaru’s) to a Reliant Scimitar to a Volvo 122 but none have actually been purchased because obviously I should really sort the Dolly first shouldn’t I? 

    New members, introduce yourself here.

    in AutoShite

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    Been meaning to do an intro for ages but been lurking and living my dreams of more shite through you all. Apart from the modern, I have a Dolomite 1500 SE with Coventry’s finest grey velour and wooden dash that hasn’t done enough miles / been working long enough for a few years. Life etc and a commute of 2 metres to the spare room since COVID means that I probably lack the needed incentive.

    I will continue to dream of 80s Vauxhall shite and have created a car sized space down the side of the house just in case.... 

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