RE: Awesome Chevy-engined Triumph Stag for sale

[LotusOmega375D]

Why do people who fit big Yankee V8 engines into old classics insist on sticking on nasty big rims, vents, spoilers etc.? Why not follow the subtle Sunbeam Tiger route of less is more?

[WPA]

knebworth01 said:

Sorry but no, just no!
Wrong engine, wrong wheels even the colour doesn't look right.
And as for the price! A decent solid usable Stag is £10-12k and for that you'll get a decent period colour, correct wheels and probably the best sounding V8 engine ever made (so long as it isn't overheating!)

^^This, fixes available now to make the Triumph V8 work and a nice standard car would be my choice.

[Oilchange]

smilo996 said:

the dry patch under the engine is a good sign.
Look at that interior, bootiful, really bootiful. Otherwise ruined by Murican power and the silly bonnet scoop. Just put in a Rover V8 and be done with it.

The Rover V8 was American to begin with lol

[V8 FOU]

Small block is really heavy. Probably +50kg
Much better with an LS.

[swisstoni]

Yes it would have been nicer to use the original V8 and beef it up to modern spec.
Yes it would be better with an LS.

But we are where we are with this car; nobody is going to do any of that now.

[FPC]

Tough crowd. I think this is lovely, including bonnet scoop, front air damn, colour and engine swap. Wheels don't offend me either! I must be a philistine.

[Dombilano]

I like everything except those rims, are they original?

[kambites]

Dombilano said:

I like everything except those rims, are they original?

They look at least two inches bigger than the originals to me, and that style of wheel was never offered anyway.

I suspect it would have come on wheels like this:



Or possibly wires.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 15th May 12:18

[Horsebox Man]

I really like that !

[seefarr]

kambites said:

They look at least two inches bigger than the originals to me, and that style of wheel was never offered anyway.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 15th May 12:18

Probably on larger wheels to fit over the big brakes but I agree with everyone else that the current ones are naff. What about some 16inch Minilights?

[WPA]

kambites said:

Dombilano said:

I like everything except those rims, are they original?

They look at least two inches bigger than the originals to me, and that style of wheel was never offered anyway.

I suspect it would have come on wheels like this:



Or possibly wires.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 15th May 12:18

Not sure about wire wheels on a Stag

[GM182]

Roger Irrelevant said:

And then I'd go looking for Tom Donaldson. I'd be hovering just down the road from his house, there. And he'd see us, but I'd duck down behind the trees, and he thinks he's safe, right? And he's just about to put the key in his front door, and I come up from behind the hedge, 'Hello, you bd.' He panics, right? And he goes in the house, so I get the 30-millimetre canon and I take out the fish pond, coy carp in there couple of rounds each, right? And then I just tilt the helicopter over to one side and the machine-gun bullets is chewing up the drive, right? He comes out. 'Oh no! Not me Triumph Stag! I've just had it resprayed!' I cut it right in half, right? And then he goes, 'Ahhh!' He runs up on to the garage roof. I say, 'Right. This is for you, Tom.' He goes, 'No, no!' He's begging us, he's begging us man, 'No, please don't!' And then I fly off to Cornwall and I just smash in the sea in a big ball of flames.

Deserves a

As for the car, I rather like it.

[Robertb]

Sort of looks quite AMV8/DBS-like at the front, if you squint...

I like it, Would be a lot of fun on high days and holidays for what must be less than the build cost.

[username_checksout]

Roger Irrelevant said:

And then I'd go looking for Tom Donaldson. I'd be hovering just down the road from his house, there. And he'd see us, but I'd duck down behind the trees, and he thinks he's safe, right? And he's just about to put the key in his front door, and I come up from behind the hedge, 'Hello, you bd.' He panics, right? And he goes in the house, so I get the 30-millimetre canon and I take out the fish pond, coy carp in there couple of rounds each, right? And then I just tilt the helicopter over to one side and the machine-gun bullets is chewing up the drive, right? He comes out. 'Oh no! Not me Triumph Stag! I've just had it resprayed!' I cut it right in half, right? And then he goes, 'Ahhh!' He runs up on to the garage roof. I say, 'Right. This is for you, Tom.' He goes, 'No, no!' He's begging us, he's begging us man, 'No, please don't!' And then I fly off to Cornwall and I just smash in the sea in a big ball of flames.

Last seen throwing himself off Cromer Pier. RIP...?

[grumpy52]

Body mods look like they came from a period advert from Hot Car magazine. Rear lights from two decades later when every aftermarket product was naff . In period a modestly tuned Rover V8 would have given the same power without the weight gain and for a lot less money .
Not for me , I was never a fan of the Stag it's only saving grace was the noise it made at low speed . The one thing that the Leyland Group got right was the sound their sports models made . Even the MGB was engineered to sound Rorty !

[kambites]

WPA said:

Not sure about wire wheels on a Stag

Me neither, but I'm pretty sure they were an option for at least part of its production run?

[valiant]

I rather like that.

Interior seems very tastefully done. I can live with the wheels, lights and bonnet scoop and I suppose they can be easily changed in any case.

Not madly priced as well. Makes a change.

[nismo48]

valiant said:

I rather like that.

Interior seems very tastefully done. I can live with the wheels, lights and bonnet scoop and I suppose they can be easily changed in any case.

Not madly priced as well. Makes a change.

+1

[Firebobby]

Personally for £20k my money would go on a Chimera, or even a nice 400-420se.

[Miggers]

Wacky Racer said:

Not for me, I'm afraid,

A mis-mash of parts on a body that was fairly attractive in the early 70's, but nothing special now. The original car proved to be a bit of a disaster with an unreliable V8 lump, BL should have put their Rover (ex Buick) V8 engine in it in retrospect.

Also 220 bhp is on;y VXR Astra output, so nothing special.

Each to their own though, hopefully it will find a buyer prepared to part with 22k.

Nor me,I hate Stags,one of biggest loads of junk to ever come out of BL.
Hoik out that lovely 350 Chevy and put a stick or two of dynamite under the rest of it,blow it to bits.
A plonker I worked with nearly 30-odd years ago had a 1975 reg one,he tried to tell me it would be quicker,stop and handle better than my then ride,
which happened to be a Pug 405 Mi16,unfortunately I never caught him driving the horrid thing to show him what a 1990 Pug would do his nasty old Stag.

Edited by Miggers on Wednesday 15th May 17:53