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martinf



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There was a 1969 Marcos in the tennis club carpark yesterday. You don't see many of those about now.
Post #1006542 5th Sep 2023 11:53am
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Chicken Drumstick



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Ianh wrote:
Anyone seen a triumph stag on the road recently ?
In the late 80’s a friend had one with the original v8 3.0L engine which made a lovely sound. Those engines tended to overheat and die, then get replaced with a Rover 3.5 V8 or ford 3.0V6, neither sounded as good as the original 3.0V8.

Most came with a soft top plus a full hard top roof you kept in the garage for winter use, which caused some storage issues and paint match issues as the main vehicle paint faded due to sunlight but the roof did not as it was mostly in the garage during the summer.

lol, not being rude and I hope you don't take it the wrong way, but I reckon some of you must live in caves and almost never step beyond your own front door.

Stags are very popular at most/all classic cars shows and they don't 'teleport' in. They drive there on the roads. Obviously you aren't going to see hundreds in a week. But during the summer months and car show season you do see them on the roads on occasion.

I think there where something like 19,000 Stags built for the UK market and 8500 still survive.

They would never have been a truly common sight on the roads either. Most dealerships probably only having 1 per year over the 7-8 year production run.

The V8 was good, it over heated for mostly minor issues, all resolved decades ago. Very few with Rover V8s or V6's in these days.
Post #1006545 5th Sep 2023 12:25pm
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L110CDL



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Ianh wrote:
Anyone seen a triumph stag on the road recently ?
In the late 80’s a friend had one with the original v8 3.0L engine which made a lovely sound. Those engines tended to overheat and die, then get replaced with a Rover 3.5 V8 or ford 3.0V6, neither sounded as good as the original 3.0V8.

Most came with a soft top plus a full hard top roof you kept in the garage for winter use, which caused some storage issues and paint match issues as the main vehicle paint faded due to sunlight but the roof did not as it was mostly in the garage during the summer.


Yes i see a few down here in Devon, as said above, we get some at shows and events and i see a blue one regularly, not in perfect condition but it is used Thumbs Up 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

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Post #1006834 7th Sep 2023 8:06pm
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Ianh



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Good to know there are still a few stags about and being driven.

in the 80’s they were labelled “hairdressers cars” , meant as a slur in those days, but I really liked them.
Another friend had a Costello V8 3.5 MGB GT but at the time I preferred the stag.

My friends Stag was blue as well, a dark blue , I believe it was called sapphire blue.

IIRC the engine overheating was caused by narrow waterways that furred up, but if you went 50/50 with the correct antifreeze / distilled water mix you avoided the issue.

PS. No I’m not a cave dweller but live in a nice rural area and don’t spend much time on major roads these days, but a few years ago I was doing 30k miles a year on a regular basis and still not seeing any stags
Post #1006862 8th Sep 2023 12:30am
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piechipsandpeas



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Ianh wrote:
Anyone seen a triumph stag on the road recently ?
In the late 80’s a friend had one with the original v8 3.0L engine which made a lovely sound. Those engines tended to overheat and die, then get replaced with a Rover 3.5 V8 or ford 3.0V6, neither sounded as good as the original 3.0V8.

A good YouTube video on the Stags (TriumphV8) engine and the problems it suffered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q_dqk6CA4Y
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Post #1006902 8th Sep 2023 12:29pm
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Procta



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Ianh wrote:
Good to know there are still a few stags about and being driven.

in the 80’s they were labelled “hairdressers cars” , meant as a slur in those days, but I really liked them.
Another friend had a Costello V8 3.5 MGB GT but at the time I preferred the stag.

My friends Stag was blue as well, a dark blue , I believe it was called sapphire blue.

IIRC the engine overheating was caused by narrow waterways that furred up, but if you went 50/50 with the correct antifreeze / distilled water mix you avoided the issue.

PS. No I’m not a cave dweller but live in a nice rural area and don’t spend much time on major roads these days, but a few years ago I was doing 30k miles a year on a regular basis and still not seeing any stags


We had a conversation years ago, on 306.net when that forum was online. I pointed out a Rover SD1 and i said, lads when was the last time you saw one of these? a couple of lads replied quite often. it then went into what was common car in the area. For me Nissan crap is very common, compared to other car manufactures. Down south they maybe something else that is more common, So it all boils down to the area you are in, as you say. North east sector has its rural areas after ashington. I would have to agree, that its been a while since i saw a Stag, Even though there were a couple of people who owned a few of them. One house actually had a number of MGBs. But i think they may have moved etc. The SD1 i mentioned, the fella used to have a rovers in the past, i remember him having a Green SD1 and a rover 800 fast back, then he moved to Jags. He must have retired because, he had revered back to the SD1 and the Jag i think was replaced with something very small, and The SD1 was moved on for the MGB roadster, with wire wheels and chrome bumpers. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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Post #1006913 8th Sep 2023 3:22pm
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Procta



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Chicken Drumstick wrote:
Ianh wrote:
Anyone seen a triumph stag on the road recently ?
In the late 80’s a friend had one with the original v8 3.0L engine which made a lovely sound. Those engines tended to overheat and die, then get replaced with a Rover 3.5 V8 or ford 3.0V6, neither sounded as good as the original 3.0V8.

Most came with a soft top plus a full hard top roof you kept in the garage for winter use, which caused some storage issues and paint match issues as the main vehicle paint faded due to sunlight but the roof did not as it was mostly in the garage during the summer.

lol, not being rude and I hope you don't take it the wrong way, but I reckon some of you must live in caves and almost never step beyond your own front door.

Stags are very popular at most/all classic cars shows and they don't 'teleport' in. They drive there on the roads. Obviously you aren't going to see hundreds in a week. But during the summer months and car show season you do see them on the roads on occasion.

I think there where something like 19,000 Stags built for the UK market and 8500 still survive.

They would never have been a truly common sight on the roads either. Most dealerships probably only having 1 per year over the 7-8 year production run.

The V8 was good, it over heated for mostly minor issues, all resolved decades ago. Very few with Rover V8s or V6's in these days.


CD, another popular classic car is the MGB Thumbs Up a bloke up the road from me, has a Red one with wire wheels and chrome bumpers. Bloke always had rovers, he had Rover SD1s rover 800s rover metro. He kept the Rover 800 for a while but had a jag. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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Post #1006916 8th Sep 2023 3:25pm
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L110CDL



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On the way back from Wales on Saturday we had a 70's TVR Tuscun on a P plate pass us and then on Sunday while visiting my eldest daughter i saw a Ford Corsair estate D plate in white with a tow hitch fitted Very Happy 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

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Post #1007298 11th Sep 2023 9:04pm
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Saw a Talbot Rancho today. Remember having a toy one as a kid, and them being on the road. Loved the look then, and still do.
Post #1007528 13th Sep 2023 8:05pm
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Ianh



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I just about remember the Talbot Rancho, but only ever remember seeing one on the road over 40 years ago. So impressed one is still being driven.
Post #1007544 13th Sep 2023 11:39pm
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My mum used to have a Rancho, in that horrid browny colour.

I think a lot of it was fiberglass, and even that rusted! Laughing

only front wheel drive; looked the biz but was useless on anything other than tarmac.
Post #1007553 14th Sep 2023 5:51am
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Having googled the Rancho to remind myself what it looks like, it turns out that there is only 1 in the uk with an MOT. 1995 300 Tdi Epsom Green - It's a keeper.
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Post #1007562 14th Sep 2023 8:23am
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In the mid 70's I built Custom Cars for fun. I would take cars & bits from a breakers and weld them up in my workshop.

So I took an HB Viva ......cut the back end off ......


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added TWO back to back roofs of the Hillman Husky ...


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the end result was an all metal .......


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Then Talbot Matra released this .....


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Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter ... I loved the 70's
Post #1007565 14th Sep 2023 8:47am
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Procta



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I have never saw a Talbot Rancho at all in person, i had to google what one was! Only thing i have seen in racing is the Talbot sunbeam, That's about as far as i have seen from anything of Talbot. I am sure the 309 was a successor to a Talbot if i remember. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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Post #1007592 14th Sep 2023 12:51pm
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I remember the Matra Rancho. I think it did influenced the Discovery design. A neighbour had a Triumph Standard many years ago in two tone green. Always liked it.
I think cars were distinctive then and had character, like the series Land Rover, 90/110 and the defender. Everything today is homoginised but I suppose a lot of it is to do with safety and economy.


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