RE: Am I foolish?

[Dean Cunningham <DeanC@domain.elided>]

HI Jake,

In my personal opinion.
I would trust belonging to a stag car club before I would trust any
dealer.
OK as an everyday car..... so long as you have a backup just in case.
I'd go for a MKII at least some of the initial problems were sorted by
then (of course past owners of MKI's will have put most things
right..??). Things like body stripes, overdrive and alloy wheels make
them more appealing to me.
I would by the best car I could (even going to 8-9k). When major things
go wrong with a stag it costs. At 5-6k it sounds as though you may not
get what you actually want. (prices based on translation to NZ dollars
and what you can get here in NZ). I expect to spend the equivalent of
over 8k pounds to do a severe bare metal restoration.

dean cunningham
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/deancunningham/
>
>Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 10:28:50 -0000
>From: Jake Atkinson <sta00@domain.elided>
>Subject: Am I foolish?
>
>From a non-list mailer:
>
>After 9 years of owning Heralds, Vitesses, 2000s, PI's, and a TR6 I've
>decided to take the
>plunge and buy a Stag.  Basically I've just finished a bare metal resto on
>the 6 which is 
>obviously going to be a dry weather car now.  Now I have more time and money
>I want to
>replace the current daily Euro box with a Stag (i.e. it'll be my everyday
>car).  My budget is
>about 5-6 thousand pounds for which I want a car with a rebuilt engine, no
>rust, with soft
>and hard tops.  I would prefer a dealer car as I don't know enough about
>Stags to trust my
>judgement.
>
>A few questions:
>
>Am I stupid to consider a Stag for daily use or should I not believe
>everything I read?
>Am I realistic price wise?
>Good UK dealers to speak to?
>Pitfalls to look out for?
>MK1 or MK2, which is the better car?
>
>Sorry to bother you with stuff that is probably general knowledge to most
>people on the 
>list, if anyone is thinking of buying a 6 I can tell you anything you want to
>know though!!
>
>Jake Atkinson
>Sta00@domain.elided
>University of Keele
>
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>
>Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 07:36:30 -0500
>From: Mike Wattam <101714.1343@domain.elided>
>Subject: alignment question
>
>I'd start off by loosening all the suspension components you have
>re-worked, and roll the car backwards and forwards on a piece of flat
>ground.
>
>Then re-tighten all without taking the weight off the wheels and you shou=
>ld
>find it is much better.
>
>If still visibly wrong, most independant car repairers (and the tyre shop=
>s)
>have wheel alignment equipment that can be used to align the back end. =
>
>However, in my experience it is easy enough to do this operation by eye o=
>r
>straight-edge.
>
>To actually achieve this do this you must add 'E' shaped shims to the out=
>er
>trailing arm mounting bracket (attached to rear subframe).  The part numb=
>er
>is 138640, you may need 3 or 4.  =
>
>
>Could it be possible that when you put the rear end back together, that y=
>ou
>could have put the shims back but in the wrong position?  Just a thought.=
>
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Mike Wattam
>Triumph Stag Register
>
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