Sold Little Green Dolly - £500

[purplebargeken]

Goodbye LWT, hello LGD (on Tuesday coming).

 

Welcome to: WLG 389W a Brooklands Green Dolomite 1300. She was registered on 1st September 1980, so she is nearly 35 years old and is the 'newest' small Triumph that I have owned AFAICR.

 

You will have seen her via Cavcrafts thread but I thought I'd start one of my own.

 

She had some welding underneath and will require a tickle from the MIG along the inner sill(s) and a bit on the outer ones. This will be tackled by a mate, so no hassles there for me. Thank feck. 

 

Her dash veneer is a bit tired but I am thinking options for that and will come up with something I am sure.

 

Her beige rear seat upright is afflicted by the usual sun induced fragility and has perished in places. 

 

The odd bit of external trim is required, mainly a door trim and both rear bumper end pieces.

 

I already have some new stainless wiper blades to replace the black plastic ones. 

 

The rest of her foibles will be revealed upon a proper inspection on her arrival on Tuesday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, there she is. Daft git that I am - I have already bought some fripperies for her (sidelight/indicator unit seals, screws and new amber bulbs. More wise upgrades will be an 82 degree thermostat, new temp sender and the electronic gubbins that regulates the voltage to the gauges (the TDC do a spiffy upgraded one which is ace).  

 

More to follow on Tuesday. 

[Skizzer]

Lovely!  Bit of late reg madness there, too.

 

Her dash veneer is a bit tired but I am thinking options for that

 

Paint it purple

[Asimo]

That needs a TR7 engine does that.

[purplebargeken]

I had some aliminium sheet cut to shape and I sprayed it crackle black for a 1300FWD I had a few years ago. Looked very smart.

 

TR7 engine, hmmmm. New subframe, re-site the battery, twin carb setup, new engine mounts, electrical shite, different rear axle, OD gearbox, different propshaft. Find a decent engine.

 

Nah.

[purplebargeken]

Paint it purple. The dash or the car? 

[purplebargeken]

Will likely go MGF wheels, steelies or alloys, not decided yet. They do look much better. 

[captain_70s]

Spitfire steelies, sorted.

[purplebargeken]

Done that, looks ok though

 

The thing is 4.0 spittie wheels are ok but 5's (I think) would look nicer but are pricier, besides, the MGF wheels fill the arches a bit better.

[Skizzer]

Paint it purple. The dash or the car? 

 

I meant the dash, thinking of Vulg's solution for same problem on the beige Princess.  I like your crackle black idea though (again, the dash not the car - the car looks just dandy in green).

[purplebargeken]

The 1300 FWD dash is a bit of a mish mash in my eyes. You have the veneer, then these two bloody ugly ashtrays lobbed on the end with a black plastic binnacle tacked on for good luck.

 

It just looked so much better in black. 

[billyboy406v6]

Carbon fibre wrap for the dash,very period mod ?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

MGF alloys will look shit

[MarvinsMom]

i agree with Mr B, alloy on that will look really, really shit.

 

stick with the existing steelie wheels and hubcaps.

 

that is what that wee beauty needs to look like a proper winnah at life!

[purplebargeken]

MGF steelies on LWT, look okay but will wait and see

 

Guy on eBay did machine turned aluminium cut to pattern.

[purplebargeken]

Come on - hurry upTuesday - FFS.

[stillOrange]

You're welcome to come here and pick it up to make it all happen quicker

 

Don't forget to bring the LWT

[purplebargeken]

Yeaahhhh, no. 

[stillOrange]

[purplebargeken]

Nice china. That looks quite strong!

[stillOrange]

The top gearesque race has began.

 

Participant number uno: me travelling by means of taxi, train x2, feet.

Participant número dwa: Cheshire West and Chester Council in a recovery truck.

 

Destination/prize: Green Dolly on a council land.

[purplebargeken]

Pile of kitkats and paper tissues to hand.

 

Run Forrest, run like the wind!

[Guest Breadvan72]

Wheredafuggencar, dude?

[purplebargeken]

Tis parked outside of a garage in Ellesmere Port, council car stealers are warming up the 'lets grabdafucker' machine as we speak. Nuns and kittens looking around for shelter.

[stillOrange]

No sandwich or paper cup coffee. Even pie shops closed in Wigan on Sunday morning...

 

[purplebargeken]

Pie Shops - closed? WTAF?? This is unheard of and just not natural. 

 

How Wigan has changed.

[purplebargeken]

I used to work in Wigan. It's an unusual place.

[purplebargeken]

Don't forget, these Triumphs have an anti-theft device on the dash. It's called a choke. As you are under the age of 50 you may be unfamiliar with such a device. 

 

May the Small Triumph Gods be with you.

[dome]

Will likely go MGF wheels, steelies or alloys, not decided yet. They do look much better.

Fancy the minilite reps off my Scimitar?

[stillOrange]

Oi! Here here! How much?

[purplebargeken]

Coinage might be a little hard to come by this month but out of interest, how much for da wheelz mate?