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[Hoops]

Hi All,

I am a current Dolly Sprint owner and looking to get a TR7.

Have you any advice on what differences i should expect? And anyone in the midlands who would let me have a look around their car and have a ride?

Cheers [:)]

[Wayne S]

Hey mate, are you on Facebook?

If so you ought to get joined up with TR Yoof, the group for younger Triumph owners http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9111382939. Happy to take you out for a run in mine sometime or alternatively give the people on the Facebook group a shout and hook up with us at our next event. We have alots of parties and driving events allover the country throughout the year - you'd be more than welcome with your Dolly too.

Drop me a PM if you wanna sort a ride out sometime.

Wayne

<b>Red 4.0 Litre V8 DHC Grinnall (with huuuuuge arches...!)</b>

[nervousnewowner]

on a slightly different note, but welcome to the forum first, then how do you fair with classic insurance, coz i've been trying to persuade my boys to get into classic cars and every time they try for a classic insurance quote they get nowhere, they are 22 too.....

good luck with the tr7 hunt, and look after that dolly too, they are nice cars.... try to make stoneleigh in march, as its a triumph based show though no doubt you will of been before,....


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[Wayne S]

Insurance can be tricky, but its a case of knowing where to go. Since I started the the Youth group in the TR Register we have had a lot of success in getting cheap insurance for our members especially if they are memebers of the TR Register.

At the end of the day, all insurance for under 25s is expensive but classic cars are a hell of a lot cheaper to insure than a moderns especially when you consider witha TR7 you are getting a 2 or 3.5 litre sports car rather than a 1.2 vauxhall corsa. If anyone under 25 is struggling they should post on the Yoof facebook group and everyone will chip in and tell you where the good deals are at the moment.

Currently : Lancaster, Towergate TR Register, Highways, Adrian Flux and Peter James are the best.

<b>Red 4.0 Litre V8 DHC Grinnall (with huuuuuge arches...!)</b>

[tr7inc]

Hi Hoops and welcome to the forum, Wayne i joined it also on Facebook, a while back now, nice one mate.



Steve
1979 BL Press Car Pre Production Prototype Inca Yellow DHC

[nervousnewowner]

i guess the insurance can be a nightmare, what prompted me was my sons insurance came up on his mx5, i could get classic insurance quotes on it but he couldn't, and my other son is looking for another car cheaper to run so am trying to get him to try just for a year a pre 73 car to save n the tax but again he gets nowhere trying to get quotes, will have to get them on facebook......

and steve???? your not under 25 are you???? hows things going mate, still watching wheelers dealers?


the project at birth, watch it evolve...I hope...

[Chris Turner]

Most classic policies are for over 25s only. Some companies will insure young drivers, Footman James insured my son at 17 for a reasonable amount, dont know if they still have the policy. Peter James seem to be reasonable now with younger drivers.

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TR7 Sprint
TR7V8 rally car

[tr7inc]

Hi Dave no such luck mate big 40 on March the 2nd so my insurance and being where i live in the middle of the countryside fairly cheap, yes mate still watching the old wheeler dealers,hows things youreself?



Steve
1979 BL Press Car Pre Production Prototype Inca Yellow DHC

[john]

Welcome hoops

mechanically not a lot easy to work on nice to drive give us your location and i'm sure someone will let you have a drive or point you in the right direction nearly everything is available for the car and as for mods well the sky's your limit as long as your budget is too.. good club meeting as i'm sure you know.

and you find all the help you require on here without doubt. normal Triumph Electrics but once sorted can be very reliable..

ah i see your in coventry i would say the middlands is the hub of the TR7 patch..

unless your in the USA ofcourse [:D]



[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry


John

[Shauniedawn]

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Hi All,

I am a current Dolly Sprint owner and looking to get a TR7.

Have you any advice on what differences i should expect?

[:)]
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Yeah - remembering when I was 22 and running a TR7...

Whatever you currently do in the back seat, you'll have to do in the front [:0]

...think I'll make mine a single seater[:D]

Come on - let's see a picture of the Sprint.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12691409@N08/

[Shauniedawn]

Oh yes, the real difference - they take the pi$$ out of you having a TR7. But you get the last laugh.

You also probably have more opportunity to fiddle with it too - they're not as well made as the Dolly.

On the plus side. You get a cracking TR7 for average Sprint money, or two for decent Sprint money [:p]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12691409@N08/

[Beans]

Welcome here Hoops, some free advice to start with; whatever you do DON'T sell the Dolly Sprint unless it's very rough[;)]

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And then you'll find out that a TR7 isn't as roomy as it looks [:I]

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[swifty]

...And if you already know about Sprint engines, converting a stock TR7 to Sprint spec will hold no fears for you![;)]

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[Hoops]

Hi all, thanks for the warm welcome!

I see that the TR Yoof is based in didcot, i used to live in wallingford! [:D]

Here are a few pics of the sprint -





My insurance is with lancasters, and fully comp is under £500 which is good considering anyhing interesting (1.4 or bigger modern) was well over £700. TR7 insurance is also a little cheaper than the sprint (inc FHC and DHC) [:D]

[Wayne S]

Thats a nice Dolly [:D]

Didcot is the address of the TR Register "Head of Office" if you like.


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