FabSwingers.com forum: Triumph Stag

By *arkstaffs OP Man
over a year ago

Rugeley

This has always been my dream car. If BL hadn't fucked up the engine development it would have pissed all over the Mercedes SL.. Anyway they are reliable now and are still the best looking car ever made. That Triumph V8 has such a sound... So, the Stag is my choice, what is yours folks?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shelby cobra 428,or jag e type,easy pleased lol

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By *ighland_RoseCouple
over a year ago

Brigadoon

Austin Healy 3000

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

its to hard to pick one so either the austin princess(1975) the rover SD1(1988) or the hyundai Equus(1999)

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By *arkstaffs OP Man
over a year ago

Rugeley

Princesses are rare now.. The SD1 looked nice but was thrown together. The best Rover was the P6.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The SD1 looked nice but was thrown together. The best Rover was the P6."

yeah the build quality was a bit dodgy but the that 3500 V8 was rovers best engine and i haven't had the chance to drive p6 but i doubt there's that many left

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The SD1 looked nice but was thrown together. The best Rover was the P6.

yeah the build quality was a bit dodgy but the that 3500 V8 was rovers best engine and i haven't had the chance to drive p6 but i doubt there's that many left

My dad had both a p6 and a sd1 when I was a kid, also had a lotus cortina,

But for me I'd have a mk2 escort Mexico that would be my dream car

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Shelby cobra 428,or jag e type,easy pleased lol"

^^^^^^

This cobra is dream car original mind not a replica. The e-type is just timeless will always look good

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By *amslam1000Man
over a year ago

willenhall

"Shelby cobra 428,or jag e type,easy pleased lol

^^^^^^

This cobra is dream car original mind not a replica. The e-type is just timeless will always look good"

and if you have verry deeeeeep pockets you can get a new "E" Type £600000 + but its hand built with all the modern suspension etc.

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By *s2inessexCouple
over a year ago

Harlow

" This has always been my dream car. If BL hadn't fucked up the engine development it would have pissed all over the Mercedes SL.. Anyway they are reliable now and are still the best looking car ever made. That Triumph V8 has such a sound... So, the Stag is my choice, what is yours folks?"
used to have a 1976 stag. Standard engine and overdrive on ghird and fourth. Went like the clappers and looked and sounded great. Miss it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's many good looking cars,,,, but without spending mega dosh to own something that fits that bill.... I'll always have a soft spot for the Volvo P1800...

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

i always fancied a stag ... i know a place that rebuilds them down at faversham

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Austin Healy 3000"

Good choice

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By *himanMan
over a year ago

chichester

Ford capri

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

my affordable dream car used to be a sunbeam lotus but had a group 4 rally spec one before i got married so thats dealt with

now if i was dreaming ferrari 250 gt california spider lwb

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By *utty_JiggleCouple
over a year ago

Black Country

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By *utty_JiggleCouple
over a year ago

Black Country

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VW camper for nutty.. but I would love a nice post box red MGA.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

vw karmann ghia simply stunning

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Tvr Tuscan s

Don't care if it's not up to petrol heads standards it looks damn sexy and I want one even I'd I just have to ait in it on the drive way because it breaks down all the time

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By *udistnorthantsMan
over a year ago

Desborough

an E-Type Jaag

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a lovely red Stag many years ago and just loved it to bits, I'm still depressed that I got rid of it shortly after divorcing my first wife

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By *anny PepperoniMan
over a year ago

Matlock

"Austin Healy 3000

Good choice

This for me or a DBIII

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Marussia B2 is my fav, although a mate has a white Stag on the road and it is a nice antique.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"vw karmann ghia simply stunning "

Yes a very pretty car indeed.....

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"its to hard to pick one so either the austin princess(1975) the rover SD1(1988) or the hyundai Equus(1999)"

That really has to be tongue in cheek

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By *athylacyTV/TS
over a year ago

Maidstone

Aston Martin DBS

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I sometimes find myself hankering for an original Citroën DS.... (Preferably a convertible....

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By *atcoupleCouple
over a year ago

Suffolk - East Anglia

"its to hard to pick one so either the austin princess(1975) the rover SD1(1988) or the hyundai Equus(1999)"

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By *atcoupleCouple
over a year ago

Suffolk - East Anglia

There is absolutely no better sound than the E type V12,

poetry in metal,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

68 Fastback Mustang

Shelby Cobra

Ferrari Dino

Dodge Prowler

Aerial Atom

1950s Ford Mercury Leadsled

Now all I have to do is win the lottery!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1956 S1 Bentley Saloon for me now who's buying? X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got two ford consuls from the fifties that I've restored. Lovely old cars nice bench seats and lots of room to stretch your legs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ford capri"

I have one as s second car they sre great fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alfa Romeo 8C, the best sounding V8 ever made.

For an every day car I quite fancy either and Alfa Brera or GT, both with the 3.2 Ferrari derived V6.

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

will always remember my Stag, bought it brand spanking new, GVO 801K was the reg number, loved it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A local guy had a Stag that he left to rot - he should have been strung up!

So, either a Stag, and E Type Jag or an Mercedes SLK 1970.

Please.

I will beg.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know the whereabout of a powder blue 230SL pagoda top mercedes that's been left rotting in a wooden hut for at least 20 years .....Its such a shame...

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By *rencherMan
over a year ago

Derby

Dream car, money no object......

Bugatti Type 51

Porsche 917

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

to many great sexy looking old classics to mention, have had the pleasure of working on many

one of my faves is aston martin vantage and volante, also healy 3000and Volvo p1800

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Alfa Romeo 8C, the best sounding V8 ever made.

For an every day car I quite fancy either and Alfa Brera or GT, both with the 3.2 Ferrari derived V6."

If it was a classic I'd go for an early 70's Alfa GTV 2000. One of the prettiest coupes ever made.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Alfa Romeo 8C, the best sounding V8 ever made.

For an every day car I quite fancy either and Alfa Brera or GT, both with the 3.2 Ferrari derived V6.

If it was a classic I'd go for an early 70's Alfa GTV 2000. One of the prettiest coupes ever made."

Agreed or an original Guilietta, so pretty that Audrey Hepburn had one...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Alfa Romeo 8C, the best sounding V8 ever made.

For an every day car I quite fancy either and Alfa Brera or GT, both with the 3.2 Ferrari derived V6.

If it was a classic I'd go for an early 70's Alfa GTV 2000. One of the prettiest coupes ever made."

I had a alfa gtv went like a rocket , also I had a Talbot sumbeam lotus 2.2 it went like s##t of a hot shovel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I believe a good conversion was to use the Rover V8 engine in the Stag. I think the Stag had cylinder head problems, if my memory serves me correctly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i wouldnt disagree with you.

there was a guy at the back of my mum n dads house that had a nice little white one (not sure if they were ever available in any other colour) and loved it from being a kid, right up til now. if i thought i would get in one, and could afford it, i would have one

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

The DB4 from the early 1960s. Round about the time I first began to appreciate design and engineering.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got a few I can't make up my mind on.

Relant Scimitar,

Lancia Delta,

Triumph TR7 (loved that car),

Shelby Cobra.

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By *ighland_RoseCouple
over a year ago

Brigadoon

I believe a good conversion was to use the Rover V8 engine in the Stag. I think the Stag had cylinder head problems, if my memory serves me correctly."

In Australia they had a reputation for overheating. Mine had its engine replaced with a Leyland P76 4.2 litre V8, which was too big for the engine bay and had to have the pipes that come out of the sides of the block (yeah I don't know what they are called) cut down so it would fit. I loved that car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Triumph TR6

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

RS 2000 was my dream car. Bought a shit one that turned into a nightmare. They go for crazy money now.

VW/Audi/subaru ever since......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you really want an example of crazy prices

Check out what mk1 escorts are going for. £3000 for rusty rolling shells

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By *errynjuneCouple
over a year ago

Barnsley

Have to agree Rover P6 or a Triumph Stag for us.

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By *rionycdTV/TS
over a year ago

East Kilbride

Jensen Interceptor or for fun a Clan Crusader

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have the following

1972 Fiat 500

1966 1000tc Abarth

1993 Ferrari 348

But my dream car is GT40 or Jag D Type ( kit would be fine)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1965 Pontiac GTO ....... the most beautiful looking car ever made

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I sometimes find myself hankering for an original Citroën DS.... (Preferably a convertible....

quite like the DS and if I ever have deep pockets wouldn't mind an SM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I always liked the E Type Jags to look at to drive though it would be a Nissan_Gt-R?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got to be an etype for me

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By *ighland_RoseCouple
over a year ago

Brigadoon

"There's many good looking cars,,,, but without spending mega dosh to own something that fits that bill.... I'll always have a soft spot for the Volvo P1800...

My Dad has one of those, its a lovely car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I believe a good conversion was to use the Rover V8 engine in the Stag. I think the Stag had cylinder head problems, if my memory serves me correctly.

sort of correct as the cylinder head gasket went due to the poor design of the radiator.somebody now makes a radiator for the stag with a much bigger core to prevent clogging

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By *hite SnakeMan
over a year ago

leeds

"I believe a good conversion was to use the Rover V8 engine in the Stag. I think the Stag had cylinder head problems, if my memory serves me correctly.

sort of correct as the cylinder head gasket went due to the poor design of the radiator.somebody now makes a radiator for the stag with a much bigger core to prevent clogging "

The whole cooling system was poor on the stag water pump was too high and wouldn't circulate coolant if the level dropped too far.

As for the engine itself the original spec was the V8 that was fitted to the rover but jaguar objected because they didn't want to compete against the stag for sales.

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"I believe a good conversion was to use the Rover V8 engine in the Stag. I think the Stag had cylinder head problems, if my memory serves me correctly.

sort of correct as the cylinder head gasket went due to the poor design of the radiator.somebody now makes a radiator for the stag with a much bigger core to prevent clogging

The whole cooling system was poor on the stag water pump was too high and wouldn't circulate coolant if the level dropped too far.

As for the engine itself the original spec was the V8 that was fitted to the rover but jaguar objected because they didn't want to compete against the stag for sales.

Yes, that just about sums up the old nationalised British Leyland, which included Jaguar/Rover/Triumph. Along with the bolshie unions the management really didn't have a clue. Many were just political placemen with no idea about selling cars.

A great engine for the Stag would have been the smaller 250 V8 fitted into the Daimler. It would have had a little less power, but still enough, but it was reliable and could have really made the Stag a world beater.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prefer pre war Austin's 7 myself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"RS 2000 was my dream car. Bought a shit one that turned into a nightmare. They go for crazy money now.

VW/Audi/subaru ever since......"

Agree totally with the choice of VW or Audi. Amazing reliable engines. Petrol and diesel.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ahhh the P1800 is lovely - tried one out for a while - Mother didn't like how low to the ground you are in it though, so it went back.

Stuck with Volvos [had 17!] and the best of them were the 122S models!

"There's many good looking cars,,,, but without spending mega dosh to own something that fits that bill.... I'll always have a soft spot for the Volvo P1800...

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By *illy7239Man
over a year ago

Stenhousemuir

Mk1 sky blue escort mexico with the dark blue decals mmmmmm got a semi now lol.

more modern one cant beat the bmw M5

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