The Triumph 2000 / 2500 / 2·5 Register Forum

Were a Triumph family really and run a 1300 Dolomite as a daily still.
1300 FWD's a great little cars and tax exempt, we really should have kept ours, but sold it when we bought the house.

1500 Dolomites are a nice drive but don't rev the engine over 4.5k for long periods or you will knock the main ...

Ok Mike. I'll give you a call shortly.

Awesome car that! I had an 18 Turbo in my youth...

If it's a damson red coloured Riley Mike, it lives in Horncastle...

I followed a Moggy Minor van today. I'm cheating really, as I took my mate down to Ely to pick it up after he had it restored!

On the way back I saw two MK3 cortina's rotting up someones drive, a Lamborgini Mercelago, a Stag, a ...

Ted,

I would love to see pictures of your crabs! Always fancied one to build as a rally replica, but as sadly, so few come up for sale I would feel rather bad building one.

It works for me too.

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Apologies. It was a lovely shade of blue though, and the closest I ever got to a 2500s in blue was my Sprint!

I always wanted a MkII 2500s in pageant blue after seeing one in a dealers back in the 70's.

Now I have a Mk1 2000, that scares children and everyone stops dead in their tracks to look at!

The Triumph designed 2.3 and 2.6, 6 cylinder engines were designed by Mike Loasby as far back as 1970, as a developed version of the 2.5 block with overhead cam... Initially!

It was initially planned to fit in the MK II 2000 shell and SD1 and with a bore of 86mm could have gone as far as 2.9 ...