Stag without the T bar

[martin]

I wonder if anyone has thought about re-creating the original Michelotti prototype as a show car, no B posts or T bar, and that wonderful grill with the sliding headlamp covers ? That would be something else ! Martin.

[keeny]

The T bar is part of the stags beauty why try to remove it

[dasadrew]

If anyone cares enough I can probably dig up an ancient article I have somewhere about this that gives some numbers - but from memory the T bar more than doubles the torsional stiffness of the shell.

You mean like in post 18 above?

As a reference, the torsional stiffness of a fully assembled Stag body was:

4400 lbf ft/degree with the T-Bar fitted
3040 lbf ft/degree without the T-Bar

The equivalent figure for a Triumph 2000 Mk2 saloon was 6000 lbf ft/degree.

(Figures taken from an engineering study of the Stag from the early 70's)

The figures for "moderns" are:

BMW Z3: 4130 lbf ft/deg
2006 MX5: 6490 lbf ft/deg