From tr3driver at ca.rr.com Mon Jun 21 13:07:55 2010 From: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:07:55 -0700 Subject: [Autojumble] FW: 73 Triumph Stag for sale in Virginia USA Message-ID: <04fd01cb1175$0e767080$2b635180$@rr.com> I know nothing about the car, just trying to help out a fellow Stag owner. Please reply directly to dave_stringer at att.net if you are interested (as he is not on the Team.Net lists AFAIK). 73 was arguably the best (and last) year for Stags in the USA. The cooling system had been totally redesigned by the factory to sort out all the earlier problems with marginal cooling. -- Randall -----Original Message----- From: owner-stag at digest.net [mailto:owner-stag at digest.net] On Behalf Of dave_stringer at att.net Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 11:34 AM To: stag-digest at digest.net Subject: [stag] Shameless plug Hi, I am a regular viewer to this forum and long time Stag owner. Due to possible move have to look at selling my Stag. Here is the link if anyone is interested. This is my 5th Stag (4 owned in UK). All maintanance done by myself, original engine, runs like a dream. Yes, it does have the odd oil leak, small scratches to the paint, etc but is solid and no "bodges" as us Brits say. All genuine parts used wherever possible. Timing chains were replaced when I got the car 18 years ago. Car in Abingdon, VA. http://www.vtr.org/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=4906 Dave Stringer From tr3driver at ca.rr.com Mon Jun 21 15:47:20 2010 From: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:47:20 -0700 Subject: [Autojumble] [TR] FW: 73 Triumph Stag for sale in Virginia USA In-Reply-To: References: <04fd01cb1175$0e767080$2b635180$@rr.com> Message-ID: <054c01cb118b$56d46ec0$047d4c40$@rr.com> > So marginal cooling solved the earlier problems? A matter of opinion, of course. But it seems to me that the main reason the Stag did so poorly in the American market was its propensity to overheat and consequent serious engine damage. The early cooling system likely was adequate for the UK market, with their relatively mild climate, fewer hills and so on. But particularly when combined with the detuned engine that the US market got, it just didn't work very well. And a single round of overheating was apt to warp one or both heads, producing major repair bills. Even Triumph recognized the problem eventually, and as I understand it, sent a team to the US for several months to evaluate and understand our driving conditions. The Stag then underwent some major cooling system revisions, including a new intake manifold and water pump housing with provisions for the thermostat to shut off the bypass, a pressurized recovery bottle, modified radiator, cooling fan shroud, improved fan "clutch", higher pressure cap and so on. I think the water pump itself is the only cooling part that is common between my two Stags (one of which has been upgraded with the 1973 cooling system). The one with the 71 cooling system is still sitting in my driveway, waiting for me to repair the damage caused (mostly) when it overheated on a hill coming home from VTR 2005. At least one head gasket is leaking, which probably means a warped head, and so on. And I wasn't even running the air conditioning. -- Randall From rlwhitetr3b at hotmail.com Mon Jun 21 17:32:31 2010 From: rlwhitetr3b at hotmail.com (Rich White) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:32:31 -0500 Subject: [Autojumble] [TR] FW: 73 Triumph Stag for sale in Virginia USA In-Reply-To: <054c01cb118b$56d46ec0$047d4c40$@rr.com> References: <04fd01cb1175$0e767080$2b635180$@rr.com>, , <054c01cb118b$56d46ec0$047d4c40$@rr.com> Message-ID: Randall, I think Ed was making a tongue in-cheek poke at the way your words could be read. They could say that the earlier problems were solved by installing a marginal cooling system. I do not think anyone seriously read them that way. It did make me smile when I saw the way he read them. Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA '63 TR3B TCF587L That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car! From triumph74tr6 at yahoo.com Mon Jun 21 19:12:22 2010 From: triumph74tr6 at yahoo.com (Chad) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:12:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Autojumble] FW: 73 Triumph Stag for sale in Virginia USA In-Reply-To: <04fd01cb1175$0e767080$2b635180$@rr.com> References: <04fd01cb1175$0e767080$2b635180$@rr.com> Message-ID: <558790.11192.qm@web37505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> If it was a stick/OD I'd have bought it by now. I've driven a slushbox Stag a fair distance......hated it. Way too "buzzy" at highway speed. Chad in Tulsa ________________________________ From: Randall To: triumphs at autox.team.net; "Autojumble at Autox. Team. Net" Sent: Mon, June 21, 2010 2:07:55 PM Subject: [Autojumble] FW: 73 Triumph Stag for sale in Virginia USA I know nothing about the car, just trying to help out a fellow Stag owner. Please reply directly to dave_stringer at att.net if you are interested (as he is not on the Team.Net lists AFAIK). 73 was arguably the best (and last) year for Stags in the USA. The cooling system had been totally redesigned by the factory to sort out all the earlier problems with marginal cooling. -- Randall -----Original Message----- From: owner-stag at digest.net [mailto:owner-stag at digest.net] On Behalf Of dave_stringer at att.net Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 11:34 AM To: stag-digest at digest.net Subject: [stag] Shameless plug Hi, I am a regular viewer to this forum and long time Stag owner. Due to possible move have to look at selling my Stag. Here is the link if anyone is interested. This is my 5th Stag (4 owned in UK). All maintanance done by myself, original engine, runs like a dream. Yes, it does have the odd oil leak, small scratches to the paint, etc but is solid and no "bodges" as us Brits say. All genuine parts used wherever possible. Timing chains were replaced when I got the car 18 years ago. Car in Abingdon, VA. http://www.vtr.org/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=4906 Dave Stringer _______________________________________________ Autojumble at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/autojumble/triumph74tr6 at yahoo.com From djaust31 at yahoo.com Wed Jun 23 10:46:59 2010 From: djaust31 at yahoo.com (David Johnston) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:46:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Autojumble] whitworth nuts and bolts Message-ID: <214198.82135.qm@web45912.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> to all list members who replied to my enquiry about sources of whitworth threaded nuts and bolts THANK YOU djaust31 at yahoo.com