Firstly my credentials to support my assurance that you can trust me with your data. Chris Liles - Mem. 427 / Joined April 1980 / Co-ordinating Norfolk Area since August 1980 / an SOC Honorary Vice-President / Gob-on-a-stick at numerous Nationals & generally a thoroughly good egg! 
I own LD 112, previously YTB 988H now OLD 112H which is presently believed to be the oldest road-going Stag in East Anglia (unless you know differently?).
Back in 2002 after I bought LD 112 as a basket case, I made myself (with our SOC Registrar's support & blessing) unofficial Registrar for the first 200 Stags built. I have since built up data (thanks also to Dave Jell, ex-SOC Historian) on most of the first 100 and am now focussing more on the latter 100. If you or anyone you encounter has a Stag up to LD 200, please ask them to contact me (if we have not previously communicated). Their data will be rigidly protected by me and the file back-up only shared for safety with our SOC Registrar. The benefit to them is that I may already have some interesting build etc details on their car which was previously unknown to them.
The data fields I am filling are: Commission no. / Reg. no. / Body no. / Engine no. / Build date / Reg. date / Details (e.g. Damson & Saddle Tan auto etc) / Owners name / SOC no. / Contact details / History.
The History field is the one which invariably holds the most interest. E.g. after researching previous owners of my car, I now have a 1980's video of LD 112 being overtaken by a Centaur - an awesome half-track Land Rover hybrid doing 60 mph. That previous owner of my Stag was a Centaur Design Engineer, seen here driving his Stag in this still from that Centaur promotional video:
Centaur overtaking Stag YTB 988H 1979 22kb.jpg
Finally, my recent chat with an H registered Stag owner inferred that there are currently only 7 x H registered Stags taxed & MOT'd on our roads (his & mine account for x 2) but with quite a lot more than that on SORN. I have been unable to confirm this information but it could be true from my database. Howrareismycar.co.uk infers of 1970 Stags (i.e. H & J plated) that x 68 are taxed & x 26 SORNed. With Stags launched in early June 1970 (LD 112 was built 10/6/70) to be H registered, cars had to be registered before 1st August 1970 (when J reg started). Most people wanted a 'new' J plate on their new Stag so delayed registration until after 1/8/70. This under two months window of opportunity is why H reg cars are so rare.
In summary, I warmly welcome contact via this thread or chris@liles.co.uk from anyone who can extend my knowledge-base on Stags up to LD 200 - especially if they are H registered. Thanks folks. Chris Liles.
I own LD 112, previously YTB 988H now OLD 112H which is presently believed to be the oldest road-going Stag in East Anglia (unless you know differently?).Back in 2002 after I bought LD 112 as a basket case, I made myself (with our SOC Registrar's support & blessing) unofficial Registrar for the first 200 Stags built. I have since built up data (thanks also to Dave Jell, ex-SOC Historian) on most of the first 100 and am now focussing more on the latter 100. If you or anyone you encounter has a Stag up to LD 200, please ask them to contact me (if we have not previously communicated). Their data will be rigidly protected by me and the file back-up only shared for safety with our SOC Registrar. The benefit to them is that I may already have some interesting build etc details on their car which was previously unknown to them.
The data fields I am filling are: Commission no. / Reg. no. / Body no. / Engine no. / Build date / Reg. date / Details (e.g. Damson & Saddle Tan auto etc) / Owners name / SOC no. / Contact details / History.
The History field is the one which invariably holds the most interest. E.g. after researching previous owners of my car, I now have a 1980's video of LD 112 being overtaken by a Centaur - an awesome half-track Land Rover hybrid doing 60 mph. That previous owner of my Stag was a Centaur Design Engineer, seen here driving his Stag in this still from that Centaur promotional video:
Centaur overtaking Stag YTB 988H 1979 22kb.jpg
Finally, my recent chat with an H registered Stag owner inferred that there are currently only 7 x H registered Stags taxed & MOT'd on our roads (his & mine account for x 2) but with quite a lot more than that on SORN. I have been unable to confirm this information but it could be true from my database. Howrareismycar.co.uk infers of 1970 Stags (i.e. H & J plated) that x 68 are taxed & x 26 SORNed. With Stags launched in early June 1970 (LD 112 was built 10/6/70) to be H registered, cars had to be registered before 1st August 1970 (when J reg started). Most people wanted a 'new' J plate on their new Stag so delayed registration until after 1/8/70. This under two months window of opportunity is why H reg cars are so rare.
In summary, I warmly welcome contact via this thread or chris@liles.co.uk from anyone who can extend my knowledge-base on Stags up to LD 200 - especially if they are H registered. Thanks folks. Chris Liles.
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