Introduction
Glyn Parry
Iconic, award winning, motorsport legend – people who love cars, love a Dolomite Sprint.
Introduced in 1973 the Dolomite Sprint was an immediate success. As the offering at the top of the already highly successful Michelotti designed Dolomite range the Sprint was intended to take on high performance offerings from the likes of Ford and BMW. To underline its sporting pedigree the Sprint had distinguishing styling embellishments such as sporty alloy wheels and was available in colours from the Triumph sports car range. The real revolution was under the bonnet though – the slant four, SOHC, multivalve engine won a Design Council award and propelled the car to ~118MPH with a 0 to 60 time of ~8.4 seconds. Ever since launch the Dolomite Sprint has commanded huge affection among enthusiasts and can still be seen distinguishing itself in historic motorsport.
Coming to market after ~6 months with our vendor, this potential show winner that's completed fewer than ~800 miles since 2018, it comes with a current MOT valid until 21.03.2026, we believe there are few Dolomite Sprints this good around. The car looks fantastic, runs and drives beautifully and comes with comprehensive history including the original bill of sale, Leyland “Passport to Service”, some delightful personal records kept by the original owner and MOT certificates to help authenticate the mileage before the clock was reset. Following some restoration work around 2009 the car was placed in storage shortly afterwards and then completely restored between 2019 and 2023. The car is now finished in its original, glorious "Pimento Red" over a black interior.
This listing was written from information supplied by Glyn after meeting Colin the owner, and having visited and photographed the vehicle.
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Hi Colin, can you confirm please. The off side front inner wing near the battery looks to have had a patch plate welded in and heavily seam sealed ? Both strut tops also look to be heavily seam sealed ?
Hi. Just had a look at the area’s of concern that you mentioned. To be perfectly honest, the area around the battery and both the strut tops, to me, look to be perfectly normal and on close inspection, just looked into the wheel arches on both sides, there is no appearance of any patches being welded in. These areas have been viewed by the Trade Classic team, and no concerns or comments were made of any patch welding being carried out. Hope this answers your question, as it is my intension to be as transperant in my descriptions of any part of the vehicle as I can. Regards, Colin
thank you.
Hi Colin do you have any pictures of the underneath of the car ?.
Hi, I have many pictures of the underneath, but the prvacy policy of Trade Classics means I can’t give you my personal contact details for me to WhatsApp them to you. However, you should get a very good idea of how clean and rust free the underside is from the photos under the section “mechanics”. Hope this helps you see that the underside has no rust issues at all, and show you the many new parts that have been fitted also. Many than, Colin.
Hiya Colin
Beautiful looking dolly ! Has it had the E10 conversion or does it still need leaded fuel ?
Many thanks
Hi. The Sprint hasn’t had a fuel conversion, so runs on E5 octane fuel. Regards, Colin.
Morning Colin, would it be possible to view the triumph this weekend?
Hi,
We can help arrange a viewing for you, if you could send an email to hello@tradeclassics.com first, we just need to do a few checks.
Thanks,
Colin.
Email sent
Good Morning
Please may you confirm that the body is the original and a correct sprint body not a 1850 replacement ?
Look under the back seat on the off side for the rear brake balance valve plate, it is Black with 4 studs?
I see that the commission tags are missing from the engine bay and do you have a heritage certificate
Many thanks
Dan
Hi Dan. I haven’t looked at the moment under the rear seats for the plate you mention. If I get time over the weeked I will take a look. However, the V5 clearly states the vehicle is a Dolomite Sprint, and also an HPI certificate states it is a Sprint also, varified by the same Vin/Chassis number on both documents. Hope this gives you enough proof of it being a legitimate Sprint vehicle and not an 1850 replacement body..Regards, Colin.
Thanks Colin, thats great
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