Greetings,
I've just done a deal on a 'barn find' stag that has been hidden away in a nice dry garage for over 10 years.
On a bit a whim, to be honest, I went to have a look at it and after much research I've got it for a very very good price. The late owner bought it new in 1975 and lavished it with love care and attention but ill health made him leave it locked up. His widow, a very nice lady, is taking a very low price on the understanding that, as a serious enthusiast, I will properly recommission the car and possibly fully restore it over time.
This is not my first classic car, in fact I consider this to be a modern car given I have just finished restoring a 1912 Alldays & Onions. Always ready for climbing a new learning cliff I'm collecting the car at the weekend and start with testing the engine and assuming its okay, move on to brakes tyres etc to see if I can get it to an MOT station to get a list of work for the winter.
I am seriously excited about getting my hands on a good solid, relatively rust free car and I hope my engine luck holds. The plan is to remove the plugs, a drop of oil in the bores (I've got an endoscope so I can take a look in just for fun) and then hand crank. If I can turn it freely a few times then I can check/flush the cooling system for nasties and all being well get it ready for a test fire.
I know the radiator needs replacing, the viscous fan will go in favour of a Kenlowe but it already has luminition ignition. With luck I'll have the underneath tidied and rust proofed over the winter, the 'lovely' korma coloured interior cleaned and all the roof bits working smoothly.
It comes with a near perfect hard top worth most of what I've paid for it so even if I find I don't like it I can sell it on with an MOT and get my money back.
I'll post up some photos over the weekend - all suggestions and ideas gratefully accepted. I'm based just outside of Glasgow so hopefully will make the next local meeting.
P Reg 1975/76 Stag with 4 speed manual with o/drive. Originally orange/yellow but now blue with black hood and silver hard top.
I've just done a deal on a 'barn find' stag that has been hidden away in a nice dry garage for over 10 years.
On a bit a whim, to be honest, I went to have a look at it and after much research I've got it for a very very good price. The late owner bought it new in 1975 and lavished it with love care and attention but ill health made him leave it locked up. His widow, a very nice lady, is taking a very low price on the understanding that, as a serious enthusiast, I will properly recommission the car and possibly fully restore it over time.
This is not my first classic car, in fact I consider this to be a modern car given I have just finished restoring a 1912 Alldays & Onions. Always ready for climbing a new learning cliff I'm collecting the car at the weekend and start with testing the engine and assuming its okay, move on to brakes tyres etc to see if I can get it to an MOT station to get a list of work for the winter.
I am seriously excited about getting my hands on a good solid, relatively rust free car and I hope my engine luck holds. The plan is to remove the plugs, a drop of oil in the bores (I've got an endoscope so I can take a look in just for fun) and then hand crank. If I can turn it freely a few times then I can check/flush the cooling system for nasties and all being well get it ready for a test fire.
I know the radiator needs replacing, the viscous fan will go in favour of a Kenlowe but it already has luminition ignition. With luck I'll have the underneath tidied and rust proofed over the winter, the 'lovely' korma coloured interior cleaned and all the roof bits working smoothly.
It comes with a near perfect hard top worth most of what I've paid for it so even if I find I don't like it I can sell it on with an MOT and get my money back.
I'll post up some photos over the weekend - all suggestions and ideas gratefully accepted. I'm based just outside of Glasgow so hopefully will make the next local meeting.
P Reg 1975/76 Stag with 4 speed manual with o/drive. Originally orange/yellow but now blue with black hood and silver hard top.
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