I found the car over the internet in December 2006, shortly after my 21st birthday. The car was at a swiss car dealer, who is specialised on old, mainly british cars. Actually I focused on a Mini Cooper or a MGF at that time, but the Sprint was one of my all-time favourites. A fast, small, very british sports saloon, and, as a bonus, a Triumph. My Dad restored a Stag completely a few years ago, and quite a few parts are interchangeable or very similar to the Stag's parts, as well as a lot of parts, e.g. the dashboard or inner door panels, are held in place in the same ways. So we decided to take a closer look at this car and ended in buying it for 5000 euros.
It was restored to almost original condition in the 80s and even still had the original car-jack and spare tire in the trunk. The only non-original parts were the steering wheel and the Bose killer sound system, which probably was a blast in the 80s, but sounded crap in 2006.
On the way home a spark plug broke off, (it really broke off on the motorway, I was way shocked as it sounded like an old traktor suddenly, but the worst part of it was that we neither had a new spark plug nor the necessary tools to change it with us) but otherwise there were no complications. I was quite a bit high then, not only because of having bought an own car, but also because of the unburned fumes that came into the drivers cabin trough the open plug hole and the ventilation. I then would let my Dad drive the Dolly (he's quite desensitized to this type of drug) and so we arrived safely in Mannheim on three running cylinders.
Now a few pictures, made at the Swiss - German border with my mobile phone, so don't expect no great quality:
Smile!!!
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