British Leyland............

[twiglet]

It sounds like I'm alone on this one, but I always thought (and still do) that the Dolly Sprint was a really good looking car! I remember back in the early 90's, a guy where I used to work had a blue one with a straight through exhaust and a full roll cage! He used to drive everywhere flat out, and you could here him coming from miles away! He used to drive the onsite traffic wombles crazy!! 

[Andy B]

....
Was it the Maserati version 

Maserati engined cars were the SM 


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-SM-EFI-1972-/130573440746?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e66c896ea#ht_720wt_1139 I've only ever seen a hand full of them, & most, surprisingly enough were in France 

[albitz]

It sounds like I'm alone on this one, but I always thought (and still do) that the Dolly Sprint was a really good looking car! I remember back in the early 90's, a guy where I used to work had a blue one with a straight through exhaust and a full roll cage! He used to drive everywhere flat out, and you could here him coming from miles away! He used to drive the onsite traffic wombles crazy!! 

When I were a teenager in Belfast and had just got my Chevette HS, a bloke nearby had an ex works Dolly sprint which he rallied. He had all the talk about how many hundreds of BHP it had, and how it would eat my car ailve,blah,blah.....
We had a race around the local back roads for about 10 miles. I had finished smoking an Embassy Regal king size while I waited for him to turn up at the finish point (his lock up).
He didnt change any of his claims, he just decided I was too mental to be allowed on public roads.

[YZ250]

....
Was it the Maserati version 

Maserati engined cars were the SM 


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-SM-EFI-1972-/130573440746?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e66c896ea#ht_720wt_1139 I've only ever seen a hand full of them, & most, surprisingly enough were in France 

I've only ever seen one and Burt Reynolds was driving it in a film, hence my ignorance of Citroens. 

[Webby the Bear]

It sounds like I'm alone on this one, but I always thought (and still do) that the Dolly Sprint was a really good looking car! I remember back in the early 90's, a guy where I used to work had a blue one with a straight through exhaust and a full roll cage! He used to drive everywhere flat out, and you could here him coming from miles away! He used to drive the onsite traffic wombles crazy!! 

When I were a teenager in Belfast and had just got my Chevette HS, a bloke nearby had an ex works Dolly sprint which he rallied. He had all the talk about how many hundreds of BHP it had, and how it would eat my car ailve,blah,blah.....
We had a race around the local back roads for about 10 miles. I had finished smoking an Embassy Regal king size while I waited for him to turn up at the finish point (his lock up).
He didnt change any of his claims, he just decided I was too mental to be allowed on public roads.

and are you?  :-/ :-/ :-/

[aaronjb]

P.S. Who else thinks TBs parents were rich?

Far from, sadly. They would have been had they not had so many bloody kids

Speaking of Dolly Sprints - I saw one at the weekend.. brown, only slightly rusty (amazing!), towbar fitted and being driven by two blokes who looked about 22.. I expected grey hair and a cloth cap when I got level, but no, surfer dudes in shades 

[Webby the Bear]

P.S. Who else thinks TBs parents were rich?

Far from, sadly. They would have been had they not had so many bloody kids

Speaking of Dolly Sprints - I saw one at the weekend.. brown, only slightly rusty (amazing!), towbar fitted and being driven by two blokes who looked about 22.. I expected grey hair and a cloth cap when I got level, but no, surfer dudes in shades 

surfer dudes seem to like retro. like those hideous and overpriced VW campers!!!

[albitz]

It sounds like I'm alone on this one, but I always thought (and still do) that the Dolly Sprint was a really good looking car! I remember back in the early 90's, a guy where I used to work had a blue one with a straight through exhaust and a full roll cage! He used to drive everywhere flat out, and you could here him coming from miles away! He used to drive the onsite traffic wombles crazy!! 

When I were a teenager in Belfast and had just got my Chevette HS, a bloke nearby had an ex works Dolly sprint which he rallied. He had all the talk about how many hundreds of BHP it had, and how it would eat my car ailve,blah,blah.....
We had a race around the local back roads for about 10 miles. I had finished smoking an Embassy Regal king size while I waited for him to turn up at the finish point (his lock up).
He didnt change any of his claims, he just decided I was too mental to be allowed on public roads.

and are you?  :-/ :-/ :-/

Not now, but then...........

[aaronjb]

surfer dudes seem to like retro. like those hideous and overpriced VW campers!!!

Now, see.. I'd really quite like a well sorted VW bus 

Although .. it might have to be this one: http://www.race-taxi.ch/indexx.htm

(VW Camper with all the running gear from a Porsche 911 993 turbo..)

[jonnycool]

surfer dudes seem to like retro. like those hideous and overpriced VW campers!!!

Now, see.. I'd really quite like a well sorted VW bus 

Although .. it might have to be this one: http://www.race-taxi.ch/indexx.htm

(VW Camper with all the running gear from a Porsche 911 993 turbo..)

Ah man, I'd give my right arm for an early split-screen bus. I don't care how crap they are, they're just the height of cool  8-)

[henryd]

the marina..........



and the austin ambassador........




i swear i'm not being sarcastic. i think they're good looking cars. better than that 80's hatrchback volvo... whatever that was called  :-?

Bloody hell,that's quite scary,I've owned both of them in my past.Actually the Ambassador was a comfy old barge which handled like an old barge :-/

[Osprey]

A comfy old barge that could also make you seasick with its rocking, particularly when using the handbrake on a hill. 

[henryd]

A comfy old barge that could also make you seasick with its rocking, particularly when using the handbrake on a hill. 

Lol,even worse when the rubber rear suspension check straps were knackered

[Webby the Bear]

A comfy old barge that could also make you seasick with its rocking, particularly when using the handbrake on a hill. 

Lol,even worse when the rubber rear suspension check straps were knackered

i did see the SD1 in the BL review trying to park in neutral with just the handbrake on, on a 1 in 3 hill on the TG review.....

before it even made it to the top it started wheel spinning and created a huuuuge cloud of smoke 

[Martin_1962]

my mum and dad had this in the 80's..............

My dad, in the 1970s, had a Citroen DS Safari

Was it the Maserati version 

That was the SM