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[omega3000]

30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag 

[Rog]

Takes me back. I learned to drive in one of those. That was a LONG time ago 

[SandBoy]

30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag 

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

[omega3000]

30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag 

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

What you have to go and show me that link for 

[05omegav6]

How dated is that makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981

[SandBoy]

30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag 

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

What you have to go and show me that link for 

Soz Back in 1988 had one of those,it was green ex Met, my brother was a Met mechanic and used to know when they were being released into the "wild".That used to go like the proverbial off a shovel,cant actually remember what happened to it we had that and a Rover3500(SD1) at the same time.
I used to drive them while Bro done the spannering,hence my very limited knowledge of mechanics!

[aaronjb]

How dated is that makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981

But which one looks nicer .. definitely not the Mk3 Escort to my eye! Now if it were Mk1 Escort vs. Dolly..

[Kevin Wood]

How dated is that makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981

But which one looks nicer .. definitely not the Mk3 Escort to my eye! Now if it were Mk1 Escort vs. Dolly..

... and which one can you steer with your right foot, as opposed to barely steer at all?

[omega3000]

30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag 

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

What you have to go and show me that link for 

Soz Back in 1988 had one of those,it was green ex Met, my brother was a Met mechanic and used to know when they were being released into the "wild".That used to go like the proverbial off a shovel,cant actually remember what happened to it we had that and a Rover3500(SD1) at the same time.
I used to drive them while Bro done the spannering,hence my very limited knowledge of mechanics!

The dolly sprint i use to see daily sounded really nice , overheating issues were eventually sorted . I think it was the radiator that needed to be bigger 

Rover SDI was another favorite  And the stag 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

30 yrs ago i wanted a Triumph Dolomite sprint and still do but many have rusted to bits now , i bought a triumph herald and that too was a tea bag 

BOOM!....http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C400619

Nice........ but is the exhaust meant to be that low?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

How dated is that makes a MK3 Escort look modern especially given as they were both on sale in 1981

 The Dolly Sprint used the same boxy body as the Triumph 1500, which looked old-fashioned in 1970.

[albitz]

Wasn't a very good car tbh.Looked old and handled like it too. Reasonably quick in a straight line in its day,and the single cam/16v arrangement was an interesting concept.

[omega3000]

Wasn't a very good car tbh.Looked old and handled like it too. Reasonably quick in a straight line in its day,and the single cam/16v arrangement was an interesting concept.

Not too bad in corner's either Albs 

Dolomite Sprint

[albitz]

Relative to other quick cars at he time they were pretty awful in the corners tbh mate. I well remember having a race in my Chevette HS (which was bog standard at the time) against an ex works dolly sprint,which had cost the owner a LOT of money.
We raced around 10 miles or so of local Irish country roads which we both knew well,and I left him for dead. Being a cocky youngster (although not in the same league as the Dolly owner on that score) When I got to the agreed finish line,the first thing I did was light up a ciggy,and proudly showed him that I had almost finished it when he eventually arrived.