To Stag or Not To Stag

I'm going off the official Rover figures in the original P6 workshop manual for the P6 ones. The TR8 ones are from memory.

If you were going to use an example of a strangled Rover V8, the late '70s Stromberg carb Range Rover would have been ideal. 135 bhp, but 220 lb ft.

Stage I Series III Land-Rover? 91 bhp...

Accompanied by the sound of a chisel on slate Andrew Robert Breen, managed to produce the following words of wisdom

Well batted, I forgot that one.

Yes, but in a leaf sprung Land Rover, 91bhp is way too much power! I might get around to doing something with mine one day...

They have a tendency to massive spins if you so much as breathe at high speed in the game.

Accompanied by the sound of a chisel on slate Doki, managed to produce the following words of wisdom

It's about £15k too expensive to take the chance in.

Out in it again today, which was nice

Apart from when the temp gauge tried to give me heart failure. Cleaning the crap off the radiator fan fuse cured that quickly enough though.

Well I have listened to all the opinions here and elsewhere and it seems that a few people own Stags and say they are great cars which are reliable if properly maintained, a few people owned stags and remember them with great fondness, a whole heap of people have never owned stags and think they are the worst car in the world because some bloke down the pub said once.

I decided to buy the Stag as my criteria was 4 seats and convertible and their aint much else you can buy for two grand and a midget.

Thanks for your opinions

Good for you. Let us know how you get on.

I'm sure he will...! :~)

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If you want a period car with 4 seats that handles better you should be able to find a Elan Plus 2S for similar money but then of course you would have an even greater problem with the blokes down the pub who have never owned one. :-)

He was hunting a four-seat convertable, which rules out the Plus 2. In fact, it pretty much rules out everything apart from the Stag and the Scimitar GTC, and as the OP has already said that Scimitars aren't his sort of thing then Stag it'd have to be.

I wish him luck and much pleasure with/from it..

The message from snipped-for-privacy@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Robert Breen) contains these words:

Me too.

I have got to the age where I think convertibles are grossly over rated* and short term memory loss is a significant problem. I am sure I read the earlier part of this thread but must have forgotten the significant bit.

Andrew Robert Breen ( snipped-for-privacy@aber.ac.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Isn't there somebody who does a (very pretty, IIRC) convertible conversion on the +2?

If you're happy to go as recent as late '80s, then Saab 900?

Oh, then there's the 2cv, of course...

Or the Bee Em 3-series. Or (whisper who dares!) the Golf... I seem to remember that there was a chop-top version of the Ashtray as well, but we'll gloss over that.

Or the Wheezer - IIRC there are still a few of those left..

Though I seem to recall that the OP was after something vaguely sporting, which might rule out the saloon-derived chop-tops.

Andrew Robert Breen ( snipped-for-privacy@aber.ac.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Only five Wheezer Decaps in the UK that the club knows of...

You didn't miss much - too heavy. The best thing would have been to get the previous model, a Sunbeam-Talbot 10hp, and put the 80 engine into that. Made a nice little car, that did.

Ron Robinson

Six, but that's belonging to CCC members. I'm sure there are more lurking out there.

For the uninitiated, what is a Wheezer Decap?

Google has never heard of it, so I assume it is a pet name.

Jim

Jim Warren ( snipped-for-privacy@OMITblueyonder.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Citroen Visa Decapotable/Convertible