Family

[edd]

So who has had their stag in the family and what event sparked your nostalgia for the car .

With so many technical feature on here lately lets chat about something less technical , my builder brain is only tiny .

My Dad bought his Stag in 1983 and I remember him arriving with it over heating ( bargain dad )
From then on I loved it , we went playing tennis in it , holidays with me sat in the back stood up holding onto the t bar , and cracking up laughing at dad taking my sister in town late at night in icy conditions literally bouncing from one curb to the other , we didn't get far .
I helped him change the timing chains age 14
I will look for a picture ,
Edd

[dasadrew]

Twasn't a nostalgic event that sparked my interest; in the late 70's a mate's Dad took us to a pop concert in his (then) new Stag in Java Green. I was fascinated by the electric windows - hadn't seen them on me Dad's Austin 1300! Told myself then I'd get one someday.... took a while though!

Drew

[Guest]

No nostalgia either I don’t remember the name from my childhood. My brother had a 2000 MK2. When I bought mine my mum told me she wanted one when they were new but my dad wouldn’t buy one. He was a ford man. Don’t know why or for how long I wanted a stag but wanted one for as long as I can remember

[Ian F]

Definitely nostalgia! I was an early teenager when the Stag came out and at about age 14/15 cycled about 6-7 miles from home to the, then local, Triumph dealer - Byatts of Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke on Trent. I was after a brochure and after telling a salesman and prospective customer, why the cooling fan moved ( he didn’t know about the viscous coupling!) , I was promptly given a brochure and sent packing! Liked them from that day but could never afford one, but I loved the V8 burble - only comparable to a large American hemi V8 and far, far better than any tinny Italian posh Fiat. To m ears anyway.

I’d never been in one, let alone driven one ‘til I was 52, when I tried one and bought the next one from Lee at Cherished Classics, but that’s another tale. Still with me after 10 years and part of the family.......

ian F

[Ian P]

Mine was memorys, when serving my apprenticeship on triumph, and by the time I was 18 it was great drivng the cars on test with the top down after working on them. Plenty of people looking and probaly thinking hows he driving a Stag he dosnt look old enough to drive
Ian

[PeteJS]

My interest in Triumphs was sparked by my Dad having a new 2000 from '74-77. During this time the new Triumph sports car was launched, when I was 8. I can still remember my Dad calling me into the lounge to see the new, futuristic, wedge that is the TR7 on Midlands Today. The die was cast there and then and my ambition was to as soon as I was able buy a TR7.

As time went on I passed my test, with my first car being a Vauxhall Viva, but my love of Triumphs had grown to capture the entire sports car range (although not so much the Stag at that point), so on my 20th birthday I purchased a pair of running, OK condition TR4a's for the princely sum of £1500 (those were the days).
I kept one of the TR's for around 10 years and at the same time had, first a Spitfire mk4 1300, then a TR7 DHC (at last). I had the TR4a and the TR7 as alternate daily drivers for the period I had them both, with the TR7 being kept for around 13 years, until I wrote it off whilst driving a little (sic) too fast.

This is where the Stag comes into my life, around 2001. I wanted another Triumph, but really needed the second car in the family to be able to take the children when the main car was in use elsewhere. This of course ruled out the 2 seat Triumphs, so I drove a couple of Stags, found that they could do everything a TR could and more. I was smitten and am now on my third Stag.

[Ritchie6]

When the Stag came out in 1970 I was 14 years old and it cost just over £2000 which at the time would buy a 2/3 bedroom terraced house so it was never even going to be an option. Later in the decade a chap up the road had a white Stag but as he owned his own garage I suppose he could afford it. I did enjoy hearing him roar up the road with the V8 on song.
In 1980 I owned a red Triumph 2.5 PI which I was originally white and I was told it was an ex police car. It was certainly quick and also comfortable but having owned several MGs I always wanted to return to soft top motoring. I'd never even been in a Stag until 2016 when we stayed at a B&B in Dollar (The kennels) which did classic car hire along with accommodation and I had my first drive of a Stag and I was hooked. I also drove an E Type fixed head coupe which although beautiful was like driving the world's fastest bus and I found it somewhat cumbersome. The Stag on the other hand was a joy and could be thrown about with ease and the manual overdrive gearbox took me back to my PI days.
Last year an old friend of mine died at only 62 so I decided what the hell and took the plunge to finally get my own Stag,having convinced 'er indoors that a car in excellent condition, having been totally refurbished would also be an investment and should at least hold it's value.

All I'm waiting for now is Spring so I can get out and enjoy it again.

Richard

[69k4mbo]

Wanted one since I was 7/8..... a hairdresser had a white one near me... loved it, still love them now... not got one yet still looking some 50 ish... years later, still trying to fine ‘the’ one... any Java greens or White with history out there and of course all the updated ‘mods’ done please let me know... if you don’t ask, you don’t get

[Tdm]

Have always had a bit of a love affair with Triumph cars.

In the 1960's passed my driving test in a Triumph Herald, and in 1970 bought a new Triumph Spitfire Mk3, but fell in love with the Triumph Stag that was parked next to it in the showroom when I went to pick the Spitfire up, but of couse the Stag was way beyond what I could afford at the time.

I think the Spitfire cost me around £700+ on the road, and In 1972 I traded in the Mk3 for a new Mk4 model, which cost me about £500 in part exchange.

At work in Blackpool another member of staff there had a Triumph 2000 Mk1, which I sometimes got to drive and really liked it.
Afterwards when I moved to Cheshire as an I.T. Manager, most of Computer Sales and Technical people I regularly came into contact with drove 2.5PI's, and I used to get chaufered around in them when looking at the latest developments in Computer Technology.

I never knew anyone who actually owned a Stag then, but when I retired in 1994, there was a Stag for sale locally and I couldn't resist it, and 25 years on I am still driving the same car.