[TR] Triumph Stag

[KingsCreekTrees at aol.com]

While we're on the subject of Stag stories....
 
We bought our 3rd Mk.1 Stag from a Stag specialist near Heathrow  airport 
in 1986. Immediately after picking it up, we drove it to Scotland (with  
great trepidation) for Christmas. We had some fuel pump problems, but nothing  
that stopped our journey completely. No overheating problems. The following  
year, while driving to work, the car started overheating, in traffic. I  
absolutely had to get to work, so I just drove it. By the time I arrived, the  
needle was in the red. I knew what to expect; warped heads and something 
that  caused it to overheat in the first place. The problem, though, was no 
more than  a failed radiator. With a new, thicker, one fitted, the car ran 
perfectly in  daily use for the next three years, when we sold it. The heads 
didn't warp  and the overheating caused no other damage. I managed to track 
down the single  previous owner, who told me the heads had never been off the 
car and he'd had no  real problems with the vehicle in the 130,000 miles of 
ownership before I  bought it.
 
The only thing that let the experience down was that I later found out the  
dealer I bought it from went to jail for selling a Stag, stealing it back,  
painting it a different colour and selling it again. I suspected he was a  
bit dubious when, upon collecting the car, I noticed it  had a steel spare 
wheel and bald tyre, when I was sure the car had a  matching Mk.2 alloy and 
good tyre when I agreed to buy it.  

Tim Dyer,  Kings Creek Trees and Ornamentals
427 Kings Creek Road, RR3
Ashton, ON K0A  1B0
Canada
Phone/fax: 613 253 4126 Website: _www.kingscreektrees.com_ 
(http://www.kingscreektrees.com/) 

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