Thoughts on a non-original spec Stag

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Rover engine on a Holley carb, BMW rear diff/susp., but new leather and roof. Body looks OK but has a "few blisters" (sellers description). Needs a little finishing apparently.
Obviously not one for the originality people but possibly a nice car once completed?

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Thanks for both responses, car is on ebay at the moment, looks like a project that could go either way. Either nice car or disaster area. When you don't know the providence of the work/parts it could end up a complete strip down. One you need to go see, not bid on pics and write up. I'm three and a half hours away but maybe worth a trip out.

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Yertis said:

This prompted me to go to eBay for a look. There's another Stag on there with the Triumph straight six, which as I think the ad said is the engine that the Stag was originally designed around. PI in a Stag would be quite interesting, but I don't think it suits the character of the car. I only mention this because the car in question is just down the road from me and I briefly thought "hmmmm, that could be tempting..."

I read that a few days ago and questioned the matter (privately). Was it really designed around the 2.5pi? While there are distinct design similarities between the 4 door saloon and the Stag, I somehow doubt they were going to use the 2.5motor in any guise. Or am I wrong? Considering what they did drag out of the parts bin at BL from time to time I suppose.

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Monkeylegend said:

I thought the V8 in the Stag was a development of the slant 4 engine used in the Dolomite Sprint.

Me too, but when someone is advertising a mucked about with car, with poor engine swop, they can say whatever they want if punters believe them. Doubt many will though.

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Yertis said:

It's car that I've always loved, is within reach, but which for some reason has always eluded me.

Know that feeling well.

First one I nearly bought was in 1978...was going to trade my MGB in for it but when I got to the dealer he'd sold it. So I traded the MGB in for Ford Consul 2.5 V6 (Mark 1 Granada shape car).
Since then I've looked at a few and every time there's been something that put me off, either tons of black goo underneath, rust bubbles on the seams above the sills, misaligned panels....
This one currently advertised could be a nice project to go along with my TVR Chimaera (also Rover V8) but there's going to be so many unknowns as it's been modified. Sitting on the fence at the moment, jump in or jump off. Need to make that 7 hour round trip and I keep thinking it'l be a waste of a day somehow.

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//j17 said:

Skyedriver said:

This one currently advertised could be a nice project to go along with my TVR Chimaera (also Rover V8) but there's going to be so many unknowns as it's been modified. Sitting on the fence at the moment, jump in or jump off. Need to make that 7 hour round trip and I keep thinking it'l be a waste of a day somehow.

I'd ask them about the BMW rear end conversion and find out if it's home-brewed or one of the kits that are/were available. If they say it's something like the Monarch kit then you know it wasn't cheap so they probably haven't spared the pennies so are less likely to have bodged other parts of the car. Only an indication mind, but I'd be more tempted to make the 7hr drive.

The ad says most bits from Monarch (engine V8 dev) so guess the bits are all decent. Adding up the sum of the parts, underneath and leather retrim etc I guess it comes to a decent enough sum, He claims £20K!
The bidding now reaching £7K and I wonder if that's becoming, by the time the auction finishes, a little too much for a project, bastardised car. Unless breaking it??

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Just realised, there's now a video of the car, which while a little blurry shows what appears to be a decent basis for a very nice car.
Might make that trip.......

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Monkeylegend said:

Whatever it was it was thrown together too quickly with little or no development. It was a lovely sounding engine if not very reliable at the time..

Sounds familiar in the sports car world

Don't know who you could possibly be referring too LOL.....

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Gents, can we return to the subject please, We have had the unreliability argument many times

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Auction ended early................

Maybe had a decent offer....not me sadly
Messaged him yesterday about a viewing no reply, that's why I guess.

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Saga continues
Apparently ebay cocked up, removed the ad and he's extending the auction time by a day but the ad is no longer showing on ebay.
In addition, there's a video on the ad with the engine running but it is no longer a runner.
Defo needs a look before bidding but a non-starting engine?? Could be simple, might be a bit more too it.