Anyone know about this

[milothedog]

Anyone know about this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-STAG-ESTATE-/281152491146?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4175fe8e8a



Ian

[Gresley]

Wow! And only up the road from me too!!! I did not know that one exisited, a member of the 2000 Register is just finishing a complete restoration of DEL 33, which is red. I notice it has a Rover engine, DEL 33 has a Stag engine so I presume this one did too. There is also a genuine Stag saloon in the Register, also built by Del Lines.

Brian.

[DJT]

Interesting money pit.............

[StagnJag]

Interesting. It's a great shame the TV8 has gone. Kind of just makes it a 2.5PI estate with a rover engine and Stag badges!

I found a mention of it here:

http://club.triumph.org.uk/cgi-bin/f...?m-1234348929/ (Last two posts)

[StagnJag]

http://club.triumph.org.uk/cgi-bin/forum10/Blah.pl?m-1375134640/

Seems like the owner was planning on restoring it himself until very recently.

Also it looks like he was planning on reuniting it with its original engine.

[milothedog]

So what sort of money do we think it will make


Ian

[jleyton]

Del Lines at Atlantic garage did some of the engine rebuild work on my first Stag back in the 80s.

This certainly seems to be one of his cars but to call it a Stag estate is a bit much, especially as it has an RV8

Cheers

Julian

[ChrisLD364]

That side view is very NONE Stag like to me. Still it would be an interesting car with the TV8 back in or the RV8 running well. However I agree with the "money pit" comment. It'll go for reasonable money I bet - yet another one of us with less sense than money (that used to be more money than sense - but then I bought a Stag).

Chris

[flying farmer]

So what sort of money do we think it will make


Ian

Don't know, but I built my own starting with a 2.5PI estate bought with knackered engine and box for £700 off fleabay.

I had my own good Stag engine removed from the TR when I fitted the high performance one it has got fitted now.

If I put the value of the engine at £1500 (but I know how good it is so it could be undervalued at that) then the finished car ows me 4K in parts alone and took three years to build, little things like finding NOS front wings and bumpers slow things down a little.

I can guarantee that this one won't be bought and restored cheaper than that.

If I hadn't got one already I might have been tempted!

Neil

[Andy Rundell]

i imagine this will fetch more than you expect ..... really rather desirable to the right person
....... Andy

[Seaking]

oh how i would love to buy that .
i have a soft spot for the triumph 2.5s may be i should buy and fit the tv8 that i have in bits in the garage.
Cheers Glenn

[stag8manod]

Go for it Glen and tick it off you bucket list. Cheers Ian A

[andy p]

think I would rather buy a 2.5 s estate than that car

[paulbell6]

Forgive my ignorance Gentlemen but is it not just a 2500 estate?

Paul

[DJT]

Forgive my ignorance Gentlemen but is it not just a 2500 estate?

Paul

Simply put, yes. But read the background to the Del Lines conversions and you will appreciate the history.