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| YEAR | : | 1975 |
| VIN | : | VA15546DLO |
| COMM No | : | VA15546DLO |
| ENGINE No | : | VA11476HE |
| REG | : | SI2806 |
| PURCHASE DATE | : | 24-02-2001 |
| MILEAGE | : | ~250,000 km |
| COLOUR | : | Mimosa |
| LOCATION | : | Hobart |
Owner's other cars:
Mk II
Updated: 08-03-2012 at 19:01
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PHOTOS
Weber Upgrade (3 photos)
Baskerville Driver Training Day (6 photos)
Baskerville Motorkhana (11 photos)
Timing (6 photos)
Diff baffling (12 photos)
Domain Hillclimb (11 photos)
Baskerville Hillclimb (23 photos)
Oil Cooler Install (2 photos)
Vented Rotors (2 photos)
Cylinder Head (10 photos)
Replacing Subframe (3 photos)
Ongoing work (27 photos)
Trip to Mt. Wellington (5 photos)
Claremont Classic Car Shows (6 photos)
Old Engine Bay (3 photos)
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YOUTUBE VIDEOS
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MODIFICATIONS, CONVERSIONS, HISTORY
Modifications:
Engine rebuild at ~252,000km
- 0.040" overbore, standard head gasket
- Lightened and balanced rotating assembly
- STR91 cam
- 45mm webers with K+Ns
- Electric fuel pump + kill switch
- Uprated valve springs
- Vernier cam sprocket
- 2" Stainless Steel Sports Exhaust
- Sprintparts large bore primary pipes
- Ceramic coated exhaust manifold
- Rear battery conversion + kill switch
- Koni adjustable shock absorbers
- Uprated springs
- Poly bushes all-round
- Solid lower steering coupling (Rally Design)
- Recurved distributor with Crane Digital Multi-spark ignition
- Oil Pressure Guage
- 13 row oil cooler and thermostat
- TR7-style coolant circulation mod (back of head into heater circuit)
- 12" Electric Fan
- Davies-Craig EWP (Gen III) + EBP + Fan Controller
- 2-stage Immobiliser
- Halogen lights
- 55 amp Bosch alternator
- Toyo Proxes 888 185/60R13 rubber with nitrogen
- Twin fire extinguishers mounted in front of seats
- Reconditioned gearbox, high tensile yoke locating bolt
- Braided steel clutch hose
- Hi-Torque starter motor
- Sprintparts LSD #10 (@75lb/ft)
- Sprintparts ventilated disk brakes
- De-bumpered
- O2 sensor adaptor
- Cobra Classic drivers seat
History:
Left the showroom in Geelong, Victoria on the 6th November 1975, purchased for AU $8,280 by Christopher G. Ingham; registered as IHR494.
Purchased by Richard Grant in October 1987; registered as DL5338.
Special Interest registration granted in February 2006.
Engine rebuild at ~252,000km
- 0.040" overbore, standard head gasket
- Lightened and balanced rotating assembly
- STR91 cam
- 45mm webers with K+Ns
- Electric fuel pump + kill switch
- Uprated valve springs
- Vernier cam sprocket
- 2" Stainless Steel Sports Exhaust
- Sprintparts large bore primary pipes
- Ceramic coated exhaust manifold
- Rear battery conversion + kill switch
- Koni adjustable shock absorbers
- Uprated springs
- Poly bushes all-round
- Solid lower steering coupling (Rally Design)
- Recurved distributor with Crane Digital Multi-spark ignition
- Oil Pressure Guage
- 13 row oil cooler and thermostat
- TR7-style coolant circulation mod (back of head into heater circuit)
- 12" Electric Fan
- Davies-Craig EWP (Gen III) + EBP + Fan Controller
- 2-stage Immobiliser
- Halogen lights
- 55 amp Bosch alternator
- Toyo Proxes 888 185/60R13 rubber with nitrogen
- Twin fire extinguishers mounted in front of seats
- Reconditioned gearbox, high tensile yoke locating bolt
- Braided steel clutch hose
- Hi-Torque starter motor
- Sprintparts LSD #10 (@75lb/ft)
- Sprintparts ventilated disk brakes
- De-bumpered
- O2 sensor adaptor
- Cobra Classic drivers seat
History:
Left the showroom in Geelong, Victoria on the 6th November 1975, purchased for AU $8,280 by Christopher G. Ingham; registered as IHR494.
Purchased by Richard Grant in October 1987; registered as DL5338.
Special Interest registration granted in February 2006.
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SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECTS
| The Phoenix Project On a fateful evening sometime in May 2002, whilst driving, there was a loud bang and a flash as (i guess) a fuel line caught fire in my Dolomite Sprint. Jumping out of the car and ... more |
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| Sprint Engine Rebuild Follows the rebuild of my Sprint engine which just recently decided to drop a valve into the combustion chamber : ( more |
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| Dolomite Sprint EWP Installation Covers the installation of a Davies-Craig Electric Water Pump in my Dolomite Sprint after the water pump seal went! more |
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| 2" SU Installation Installation of 2" SU carbs more |
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| Installing a Cobra seat in a Dolomite Follows my experience fitting a Cobra Vintage seat into a Dolomite whilst retaining original seat rails more |
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