1975 Triumph Other

Roadster - Convertible with Removable hardtop

Triumph V8 - 3.0 Litre

Automatic - Borg Warner BW 35

LD36136LA

Clear

Gasoline

This 'ole British car collector and vintage racer is selling my 1975 Triumph Stag V8 to thin out the inventory to go racing and complete other projects. (I have another Stag project in process that has to get finished and the racing season is upon us !!). This car is not being presented as a fully restored car but has had considerable work on the mechanicals recently refurbishing brakes, engine, rear springs, numerous other mechanicals too many to mention and having the original front seats restuffed. AND, the refurbishing work was performed by the country's Stag expert, none other than the Triumph Stag Club's founder and officianado Michael Coffey's shop and his associates at 'The Machine Shop' in Pennsylvania. The engine was fully rebuilt top to bottom, the heads line-bored, special bench testing for quite a few hours to assure reliability for not overheating, total completion. Everything needing replacement was replaced new, I have driven this car 500 miles since the engine rebuild over the last year. Having driven the car a fair amount, the engine was showing signs of major fatigue definitely needing a rebuild as it was sluggish at best prior to the rebuild. Over $ 12K has been spent refurbishing this car not to mention what I paid for it, followed all the advice given and spared no expense to get it back on the road. It runs like a scared rabbit and if you've got the courage to hang onto it, you'll keep up with and maybe even pass the vintage Porsche's and 'Vettes. It is awesome and sounds terrific with the new stainless exhaust with that burbling Triumph V8. Many people mistake the engine when they hear it coming as an American V8 but it is the original Triumph 3.0 Litre V8. Being a vintage racer, huge acceleration. Flat amazing ! History of the car. The car is a RARE example being that it was a 'Left hand Drive' (LHD) 1975 British/UK originated Stag imported to the US in 1997 by a US Diplomat who was stationed in London at the US Embassy. This was his car, purchased in the UK . He was the second owner. purchased from a classic car dealer specializing in Triumphs and had the car serviced and MOT'd by Manveur's Triumph of England regularly while overseas. As you may or not realize, Triumph (British Leyland) only made 27,000 Triumph Stags of which only about 2800 were imported to the United States up through from 1971 to 1973. This car is a 1975 so we can honestly say it may be the 2801 st imported to the States ! Only three things are different, it has the chromed UK license plate, very long, NO air conditioning compressor (which has always been an oxymoron as almost none of them work and causes additional load on the engine and a drain of horsepower) and has a 'black' painted bottom strip below the doors and below the rear trunk lid. Federal cars had those two areas different with stainless finishers belwo the doors and same color paint below the trunk lid. By the way, with the recent engine work and rebuild, still no A/C, much better horsepower. Mileage. Here's the story that I know and can vouch for. The Virginia title I received clearly was marked 75,360 'A' for ACTUAL though the odometer was much higher obviously in KILOMETERS. Being that the speedometer and odometer were in KILOMETERS and shows 94,221 kilometers (go figure as the conversion would say 58,887 miles). Beats me, can't certify it but I can say the car is quite original and shows like a 58,885 mile car. I will convey a Virginia title with ACTUAL miles shown as 75,360. The previous owner (diplomat) tried to explain it to me when questioned the difference but I had to register it with his title as it was stated since it was certified actual. I was ok to me at that point. Engine and Mechanicals. As stated, newly rebuilt engine by the USA's experts on the Triumph V8 ! Brakes; suspension all excellent and totally gone over by the same experts who did the engine. Gauges all work. Rack and pinion excellent, power steering pump, etc. all gone over, seals replaced. Tops. Convertible top (canvas) in terrific condition with clear plastic on the window. Stows under the rear tonneau compartment which takes effort to snap shut on one side, sometimes. Hardtop comes with, but I would recommend hardtop be more off than on. (Heavy to say the least) I don't put it on hardly at all anymore but functions well with good headliner. I had the pin bracket for securing reworked on left side as it was cracked from some hair brain removal effort long ago (not me). Hardtop can be a pain in the neck and most all of us Stag collectors prefer ragtop up or down, no hardtop. (they scratch the paint...I've got a little of that as you'll see in the pictures.) Body and Paint. The paint is about 18 years old, painted 'Old English White' , a British Leyland color, by the Diplomat I mentioned, over the original Triumph White (paint code 17). Nice idea in a way, but me, with the thought of fully restoring the car as I've done over 10 restorations in 40 tears, opted to have the ENGINE COMPARTMENT painted it's ORIGINAL color versus the Old English White, while the engine was out and the engine compartment DETAILED ! The 'WHITE - ENGINE COMPARTMENT actually looks cool against the Old English White fender edge. So much for that. I have kept up with exterior touch-ups and such but the body/paint is a 10-20 footer. It has some dings, a few flakes, not a lot, and scratches and some lower fender rust edges in the paint, but not bad for an almost 40 year old car. There is a definite quarter size 'smotch' I call it in the middle of the trunk lid. In my humble opinion as a restorer, this car is a paint job away from being restored. At least the hard part, the engine compartment is done. Couple of other things wrong needing final restoration for the perfectionist...chips in wood dash left fascia, dash though is overall nice for its age. Door panel armrests have drying cracks, normal. Door panels bottom edges wavey, need more attention on fastening. Chrome on the car is driver quality with some age but shines up nicely. I Just can't get to it all. Wanna' finish projects and go racing ! Reserve is modest compared to what I have in it. Finally, for all BIDDERS: Payment and Shipping Details (the small print boiler plate). Don't be offended. Please don't bid if you can't pay for it, No Warranty, Car is 'AS-IS WHERE IS, WHAT IS, and will not entertain those that either show up and want to cut the price you've bid and won or say they are unhappy after they get the car and want money back. NO WAY, NO HOW. Bidding and winning is a CONTRACT. Bidders must have a PAYPAL account. $ 1,000 down PAID within 24 HOURS. BALANCE OF THE CONTRACT SALES PRICE WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER DOWNPAYMENT. SHIPPING BY YOU, NOT INCLUDED. Will assist loading. If you want to drive it home, go for it, if you have the desire and courage. Remember it is a 40 year old British car and as the old car guys say, 30 yards or 30 seconds is all I will vouch for. If it is trailered in an enclosed trailor, I suggest leaving the hardtop off. Either way is ok with me and I'll assist loading as long as I'm not pushing up hill !!!