Articles | Events

Caprino-Spiazzi historic car race

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first edition of the Caprino-Spiazzi, ACI Verona and HCC Verona organized a reenactment of the famous hill climb which brought once again the roar of engines on the Veronese mountains.

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Models: Dolomite Sprint / Spitfire 1500

Keywords: Sport

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Articles | History and culture

Don't call her "Dolly"

The Dolomite Sprint was the first production car with a 16 valves engine, beloved by the entusiast because of its design e its performance. This is its story, written by a long time owner.

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Models: Dolomite Sprint

Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster

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Articles | Technical and tuning

Steering rack: swaps and repairs

Whilst they may look the same, most Triumph steering racks cannot be successfully interchanged without some level of modification. In recent years, the most prevalent example has been using a late model T2000/2500 rack when converting a left-hand drive TR6. This article discusses the origins, repair, conversions and modifications for race use, and particularly shows why such conversions are usually done wrongly.
This original version of this article was written for the TSOAQ and is available here.

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Models: 2000/2500 MK1 / 2000/2500 MK2 / Dolomite Sprint / GT6 MKI / GT6 MKII / GT6 MKIII / Herald 1200 e 12/50 / Roadster TR4 / Roadster TR5 / Roadster TR6 / Spitfire 4 / Spitfire MKII / Spitfire MKIII

Keywords: DIY / Steering

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Articles | History and culture

Triumph Dolomite, the winner that never was

The Triumph Dolomite development story – it started life as an upscale and technically interesting small saloon, but the Triumph 1300/Toledo/Dolomite ended up evolving in many fascinating and quite innovative ways. In this article we tell the story of this sports saloon which should have been the making of Triumph – but, instead, it ended up being left in production too long, and unreplaced. A sad end for a car with such obvious potential.
The English version of this article is available here.

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Models: 1300 1300/1300TC / 1500 1500/1500TC / Dolomite Sprint

Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Spen King

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