RE: Triumph Stag: Spotted
Discussion
Amazing to think they've been around for almost fifty years, with a very high survival rate compared to most classics, something like 9,000 worldwide from a build total of only 25,000 or so. There are about half a dozen of them round here, usually only seen in the Summer months but very welcome all the same.
From the side not the most elegant but that's the best colour ever & thank goodness for the black & white number plates. Black & yellow would look tacky & entirely at odds with the black & red bodywork & hood.
Trust good old BL to make such a cock-up of it though. To think Great Britain once built cars to be proud of.
Trust good old BL to make such a cock-up of it though. To think Great Britain once built cars to be proud of.
vixen1700 said:
This advert!
I can remember things about cars from the 1970s, but forget everyday things from last week.
The period copy is amusing - celebrating the 'famous' warning light cluster is a dubious boast....
Equus said:
Raygun said:
bobtail4x4 said:
I liked Triumph Snags as they were known, but dont like rust, so bought a Scimitar GTC, about half the price.
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Don't buy any 70s car then because they all rotted out from here and abroad.]
Raygun said:
Equus said:
Raygun said:
bobtail4x4 said:
I liked Triumph Snags as they were known, but dont like rust, so bought a Scimitar GTC, about half the price.
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Don't buy any 70s car then because they all rotted out from here and abroad.]
The Stag V8 was a really crap engine a lot of Stags had Rover V8's dropped in them during the 80's which was far better and certainly more reliable. In '77 I had a Truimph 2.5 PI saloon with a TR5/6 engine with the MkII fuel injection system that while being only 2.5 litre was 156 BHP, a simple pushrod six, reliable and being long stoke would pull like a train from 1000 rpm in top. I once drove from Cambridge to Bath early morning and never dropped out of top only used the OD switch on the gear stick, ran it on Michelin XAS tyres and Duckhams 20/50 changed every 3000 miles. Petrol filter was the same as one for a Massey Ferguson 135 tractor.
I can see why the Stag has a strong following but for some reason they never quite excited me.
A mate's dad had a purple T bar when I was a kid and occasionally did the school run but even then it didn't grab me.
They have all the right ingredients so I've no idea why. Weird.
Despite my indifference I'm glad plenty of folk do love them and keep them going.
A mate's dad had a purple T bar when I was a kid and occasionally did the school run but even then it didn't grab me.
They have all the right ingredients so I've no idea why. Weird.
Despite my indifference I'm glad plenty of folk do love them and keep them going.
Argybargy said:
vixen1700 said:
This advert!
I can remember things about cars from the 1970s, but forget everyday things from last week.
The period copy is amusing - celebrating the 'famous' warning light cluster is a dubious boast....
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