The 2000 was a nice size car for trips to Grandparents in Durham and Aberdeen.
At some point we ended up with a Dolomite Sprint 1850 quite nippy
Dolly Sprint was 2 litre. Standard Dolomite was 1850, Skruntie.
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on: Yesterday at 11:26:24
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| Started by Varche - Last post by Field Marshal Dr. Opti | ||
The 2000 was a nice size car for trips to Grandparents in Durham and Aberdeen. Dolly Sprint was 2 litre. Standard Dolomite was 1850, Skruntie. |
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on: Yesterday at 11:23:58
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| Started by Varche - Last post by Field Marshal Dr. Opti | ||
……… Yep....I owned one. Bright yellow with Stag wheels as standard. Pretty sure my car had overdrive on 2nd, 3rd, and top gear, so 7 gears to play with. Sadly, there was no fuel injection just twin SU carbs so she barely made 100 BHP. Sounded great though and the closest I ever got to a TR6. ![]() |
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on: Yesterday at 09:42:52
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They werent, but it had movement, ill loosen off and try again for next go. Can't jiggle and fit the bolt at the same time, and its never the same with 2
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on: Yesterday at 08:56:07
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| Started by Jimbob - Last post by Doctor Gollum | ||
f3cking EGR boltsAre the other bolts still loose to give some jiggle room? |
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on: Yesterday at 07:45:58
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f3cking EGR bolts
![]() Can I get the last bugger to line up not helped its at the top of the engine at the back, but done from underneathso 18 inches of 3/8 ext, Universal joint, another 6 inch extension and then the E10 |
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on: Yesterday at 06:06:28
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The 2000 was a nice size car for trips to Grandparents in Durham and Aberdeen.
At some point we ended up with a Dolomite Sprint 1850 quite nippy |
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on: 19 March 2026, 21:55:41
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| Started by Varche - Last post by LC0112G | ||
Saudi has plenty of jet fighters and, as the skies over Iran are undefended....I wonder at what point will the Gulf states get peed off with Iran lobbing ordinance at them and decide to start shooting back?Presumably they actually have things to throw back They have Typhoons, Tornados and US built F-15's. Their airforce is larger than the RAF. However, why commit your own forces when the Yanks can take the strain and blame. |
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Chat Area / General Discussion Area / Re: So we aren't getting involved in Iran, but it's ok to go to war with Russia?
on: 19 March 2026, 21:49:59
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| Started by Doctor Gollum - Last post by LC0112G | ||
All very well, Malcolm, but we are of an age where a bit of sabre rattling used to be nothing unusual. Unfortunately, the UK is now populated by wokeist snowflakes, who would rather learn to speak Russian than pick up a weapon. We - the UK - are good at submarines and anti-sub stuff. I would prefer that we had a lot more ASW frigates and AD destroyers but we do have enough (just) to defend the British isles. To get close enough to launch drones an enemy would have to use either ships or subs to launch them. Those ships or subs would be detected, and they would be shadowed and monitored 24/7. If someone started lobbing missiles at us, then they could expect a Tomahawk type response. Or worst case Trident. The RAF haven't taken delivery of 3 planes from Boeing yet. The E-7 project is (about) 3 years behind schedule. The first aircraft is supposed to be delivered to it's Scottish base this month, but so far the radar hasn't even been turned on despite there having been about 20 test flights. The second airframe is complete, but it hasn't flown and is sat on the tarmac at Birmingham. The third airframe is still being spannered in the hangar at Birmingham. The whole project is a fuster-cluck. The squadron to operate them is already on it's second CO, and they still haven't even seen an aircraft. We were supposed to be buying an updated version of the aircraft that the Aussies and Turks have been using for 10+ years, on the back of 20+ USAF and 10+ NATO orders. The USAF have cancelled their order, and as a result so have NATO. So we'll end up with a orphan fleet of 3 (possibly 5 eventually) that will be impossible to update/maintain. Believe it or not, the best radar we currently have for detecting slow & low flying drones is the 1970's one nailed to the navy's Merlin HM2 AEW helicopters. It's an updated version of the one originally fitted to the Gannet and Shakleton aircraft in the 1960's and 70's. That's why some Merlins have been deployed to Akrotiri. |
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on: 19 March 2026, 20:19:20
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| Started by Varche - Last post by YZ250 | ||
……… My mate had a Triumph 2500 S and another mate had the 2000. Both were bought to banger race but were too good not to have some fun in first. We were going to Wycombe up the M40 when the lead car, the 2000, called us alongside to say that he was flat out and needed a push up the hill. We dropped in behind him, closed the gap and were giving him a gentle push when there was a clunk. The angle of the lower half of the 2500 S chrome front bumper had ridden over the top of the tow ball of the 2000 and we were stuck. We both had to ease over to the hard shoulder in tandem so that we could stop and bounce it back off. Ah, the things we did in our youth and got away with. Total madness when I think about it now. ![]() |
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on: 19 March 2026, 19:09:06
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| Started by Terbs - Last post by Terbs | ||
I can get you some bricks, TonyWhat is wrong with good old-fashioned bricks. Now why doesn't that surprise me... ![]() |
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