My dad's Triumph Stag
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Just thought some people might find this interesting 
In 2004, when I was 11, my dad's Triumph Stag blew up in a multi story car park. I honestly can't remember it being on the road because I was so young. He has spent the last 6/7 tear replacing the engine and tonight we hooked the battery up and it showed it's first sign of life for over half a decade! Will hopefully get it turning over before the end of the week which is quite an exciting prospect! I just took a few pictures of it sitting in the garage and thought I ought to post them on here
In 2004, when I was 11, my dad's Triumph Stag blew up in a multi story car park. I honestly can't remember it being on the road because I was so young. He has spent the last 6/7 tear replacing the engine and tonight we hooked the battery up and it showed it's first sign of life for over half a decade! Will hopefully get it turning over before the end of the week which is quite an exciting prospect! I just took a few pictures of it sitting in the garage and thought I ought to post them on here
Owned two Stags; a mk1 auto and a manual mk2. Always like yellow on the Stag. Not a fan of the Rover V8 in it. It will kill value and you will require either an Offenheiser inlet manifold with a Holley on it or a bonnet bulge as my friends would not clear the bonnet.
Manual or auto they are both great but totally different cars to live with. They peaked out on prices about 5 years ago, have slumped and now appear to be going up again... which is a bugger as I have been actively looking for another one. Do keep us updated, the attention to detail looks excellent
Manual or auto they are both great but totally different cars to live with. They peaked out on prices about 5 years ago, have slumped and now appear to be going up again... which is a bugger as I have been actively looking for another one. Do keep us updated, the attention to detail looks excellent
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone.
The car had a rover V8 in it prior to the engine change so already has the bonnet with a buldge and all the other nessarcery modifications. My dad wants to be able to use it quite often so opted for the rover over the triumph engine because of reliablity the original triumph engine does sound great though! The old original back boxes had gone all rusty but we managed to source 2 second hand, aftermarket, back boxes which were in good condition, so will be interesting to see what they sound like! I'll try to dig out some old photos from during the engine change!
Once again thanks for all the comments and I'll keep this thread updated
The car had a rover V8 in it prior to the engine change so already has the bonnet with a buldge and all the other nessarcery modifications. My dad wants to be able to use it quite often so opted for the rover over the triumph engine because of reliablity
the original triumph engine does sound great though! The old original back boxes had gone all rusty but we managed to source 2 second hand, aftermarket, back boxes which were in good condition, so will be interesting to see what they sound like! I'll try to dig out some old photos from during the engine change! Once again thanks for all the comments and I'll keep this thread updated
Caulkhead said:
Nice, I've always liked snapdragon yellow.
I notice it has a Rover V8, not the original Triumph 3.0 V8. Has the Rover replaced the Triumph engine that blew up in 2004 or did it blow up the Rover V8?
It was intact a rover engine that blew up. Quite ironic seen as my dads picked it for it's reliability! Aha I notice it has a Rover V8, not the original Triumph 3.0 V8. Has the Rover replaced the Triumph engine that blew up in 2004 or did it blow up the Rover V8?
It was a rover V8 when my dad brought it many moons ago so never actually experienced it with the original triumph engine
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