Stag for sale - not really...

[Dieter H. Marschall]

Gentlemen,

I could not resist to posting this photo, which one could find on German Fleebay some time ago. There was a Stag for sale in Northern France, sold by a German car dealer who specializes in classic cars - some in pretty bad shape. Next to that business he and his French wife run something like a "club". So she poses in all of his pictures advertising his cars. Obviously she is in better shape than the Stag. See picture...

By the way: I promise to be a good boyTriumph Stag mit Dame.jpg in 2015.
Dieter - from Germany.

[Andrew S]

I wonder if she overheats

[HersnotHis]

It still has UK plates. It appears to be PDE 3**M but unfortunately I cannot read the ** even after a bit of photoshop treatment. (It did improve other aspects a bit however!)

[joel h]

What stag?

[1959terry]

It still has UK plates. It appears to be PDE 3**M but unfortunately I cannot read the ** even after a bit of photoshop treatment. (It did improve other aspects a bit however!)

It looks like PDE 38,24,38Mmmmmmmmmmmm

[tractorjames]

Too old for me.





No, not the car.

[Dieter H. Marschall]

I wonder if she overheats

... Certainly not in this outfit!!

[barongrumpy]

Looks like the 3rd one to me (right capacity, colour is a match) ... I did my own image manipulations for fun. The plate is a touch dirty (wow, Sherlock...) ... to be honest, the digit(s) after the 3 could be almost anything.

Moving on ... a little digging brings up these three gems (if I am not mistaken, "PD" suggests Guildford as original registration spot):

Triumph UNKNOWN
PDE 35 M - first registered 4/1/1974
1493cc, RED
Tax was due 6/4/1987

Triumph UNKNOWN
PDE 30 M - first registered 1/1/1974
1998cc, RED
Tax was due 1/10/1986

Triumph UNKNOWN
PDE 311 M - first registered
2997cc, WHITE
Tax was due 1/2/1986


I looked in the range PDE3xM to PDE3xxM, and these were the matches thrown up. Anyone else want to give it a bash?

(The bonnet mascot ... mnehhh ... pass on that!)

[DJT]

Anyone else want to give it a bash?

I beg your pardon.....?

[barongrumpy]

Not "it", my apologies

I beg your pardon.....?