Malcolm Walker wrote (and Damian Carvolth also wrote something similar):
>The Dolomite was once referred to as "the best Alfa that Triumph ever
>built". It's a very pretty car. Ken Richardson (someone you should
>know about...) raced them for Triumph. He also crashed one into a train
>(and took a picture right after. Maybe that was Donald Healey, I'm not a
>big history buff.) I think.
Sorry, you've both confused this car (which indeed is the *first* Dolomite)
with the '39 Dolomite that Ken Gano was asking about. It was indeed Donald
Healey who convinced Triumph to build it, and who was hit by a train during
the Monte Carlo Rallye somewhere in Scandinavia; apparently, he was lucky to
survive. However, Ken was asking about the '39 Dolomite which was another
car entirely. This later Dolomite was a large-ish sedan, with a Chrysler
inspired "waterfall" grill, which was quite dramatic for 1939. In fact,
it was apparently a bit too dramatic as the cars did not sell too well
and the grill was later replaced by a conventional, flat grill. This
was a production car, unlike Donald Healey's Alfa-inspired factory race
cars, so there were quite a few more of the later cars.
cheers,
John Lye
'59 TR-3A, '62 TR-4, '70 GT-6+
email: rjl6n@virginia.edu
homepage: http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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