Triumph Stag - It's Taking a While
Discussion
Thought I might drop this in - more in the hope that it will keep me motivated rather than entertain any of you lot !
1976 Triumph Stag, my mother in law purchased it in 1984 ( I think).
My now wife and I enjoyed it from 1994 until 2007, never really going too far but driving up and down the Antrim Coast Road, going to a couple of car shows, revelling in the sonorous v8 burble of THAT engine.
I’m not going to labour on the issues a British Leyland car came with.
The fact of the matter is that this car holds a LOT of sentimental feelings , particularly as my MIL is no longer with us.
So, how did we end up at this point ?
Firstly I will say , I have always been a Porsche fanboy. There , I’ve said it ! Let’s get past that and not dwell.
So, before the car came off the road,it had been sitting in the garage for a few months back in 2007 (I think).
As it had decided to deposit the contents of the diff on the floor, I decided to take a look underneath.
Well, as many of may have done, I picked at the flaky under seal .
Oopsies.
Ended up with me realising that the already tenuous structural integrity was badly weakened.
What to do ?
Dismantle of course.
A house move,various life events including the purchase of a 986 Boxster and more recently a 718 Cayman GTS 4.0, took my limited attention span.
I had the shell repaired and repainted in 2012. Unfortunately the colour wasn’t just right.
I built the shell up , ready for final retrim and refit of engine and gearbox. As I wasn’t convinced on the colour , and I couldn’t get a definitive response from my wife, I was loathe to go any further.
Eventually she told me - the colour is not correct,this is not the car my mother drove.
That’s where we are now.
Strip it all down,get it repainted and let’s use it before we are too old.
If you made it this far, I am impressed.
Let’s see what happens , perhaps I’ll cover it again and leave it for another 10 years.
1976 Triumph Stag, my mother in law purchased it in 1984 ( I think).
My now wife and I enjoyed it from 1994 until 2007, never really going too far but driving up and down the Antrim Coast Road, going to a couple of car shows, revelling in the sonorous v8 burble of THAT engine.
I’m not going to labour on the issues a British Leyland car came with.
The fact of the matter is that this car holds a LOT of sentimental feelings , particularly as my MIL is no longer with us.
So, how did we end up at this point ?
Firstly I will say , I have always been a Porsche fanboy. There , I’ve said it ! Let’s get past that and not dwell.
So, before the car came off the road,it had been sitting in the garage for a few months back in 2007 (I think).
As it had decided to deposit the contents of the diff on the floor, I decided to take a look underneath.
Well, as many of may have done, I picked at the flaky under seal .
Oopsies.
Ended up with me realising that the already tenuous structural integrity was badly weakened.
What to do ?
Dismantle of course.
A house move,various life events including the purchase of a 986 Boxster and more recently a 718 Cayman GTS 4.0, took my limited attention span.
I had the shell repaired and repainted in 2012. Unfortunately the colour wasn’t just right.
I built the shell up , ready for final retrim and refit of engine and gearbox. As I wasn’t convinced on the colour , and I couldn’t get a definitive response from my wife, I was loathe to go any further.
Eventually she told me - the colour is not correct,this is not the car my mother drove.
That’s where we are now.
Strip it all down,get it repainted and let’s use it before we are too old.
If you made it this far, I am impressed.
Let’s see what happens , perhaps I’ll cover it again and leave it for another 10 years.
Spent a few hours on it today.
Stripped the driver s door of the glass,frame and motor. Also removed several wiring looms, fuel tank and the T Bar.
It s slow going at this stage, but I am making use of resealable bags to put fasteners in and labelling them.
I can t wait to get to the stage where I m removing the running gear , big stuff is always easier to deal with .
Edited by Ken986 on Sunday 5th October 22:30
Thanks for the thread. I've always liked Stags. I've been along the Antrim coast road. I may never get over a bereavement from this year so I can relate to the sentimental attachment. While considering this post I've realised my family cast off was not the last car that deceased relative travelled in.
I was going to ask about the colour. Is it meant to be that saffron like shade. That seems very orange and while I like orange I don't think I've ever seen an orange Stag. I've owned Triumphs, and I looked at a 2500S estate that was for sale down the road and walked away from a £200 deposit on an almost new Triumph Trident 660 three years ago. Earlier this year a local garage I was using had a car up in the air under a cover. I could see a bit of an alloy and bit of blue front valence. I correctly guessed it was a Stag. A few months ago on a chain link ferry across an estuary I took some photos of a Stag on the ferry. I like Stags and did see the resurrected Dolomite Sprint PH thread.
I've seen your E38 threads too.
I've seen your E38 threads too.
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