Price advice for Stag please

Might be able to find a triumph owbers club web site?

Or try the Stag Owners Club

Thanks for that.

PC says approx between 2-8 grand.

Apart from all the usual stuff? Of which just about every fault known to man is possible on a Stag? I'd say check the hood works smoothly - a new frame is nigh on a grand. And they're often damaged.

I'm slightly surprised it has a new floor - it usually tends to last rather better than the outer panels.

PC have 'done' the Stag a few times. Might be worth contacting them for a back issue. And, of course, the owners club. It's the sort of car where an expert can suss it out easily, but can fool the unwary.

Hmm! Think I might give it a wide berth. Got stung like that with an old MGB once, but then hasn't everyone?

They are asking £4000 for it with a private reg worth about £1000 which seemed reasonable to me.

Thanks for the advice though. Rob

Me being a sceptic, I wouldn't pay a higher price on a car just because the nuber plate is worth so much. If it's worth that, tell the seller to transfer it off and drop the price!

Talking of Triumphs....and rather off topic...

Saw a Spitire IV the other day. Painted with purple emulsion, with a green spoiler "fitted" to the boot. 'Cos of the slope of the boot lid...the spoiler had a positive angle of attack.

Now, I s'pose it's possible that the local airflow is sufficiently downwards to give a negative relative angle of attack...but it didn't harf look stupid.

Don't want to put you off a Stag - they're great cars when they're 'right'. My brother has one.

I'd ignore the registration number issue, as what people say they're worth is rarely the price you can sell them for. And since it's not the original number you could ask for the price to be reduced by that 1000 quid and you get a age related one.

3000 is in the cracks for a Stag. It really depends on how well the body repairs have been carried out. I'd definitively get pro help to check it before buying.

It's *only* guessed. Cars of this price could be anything. The market for Stags has softened a lot recently.

Thanks for that advice. It was just that it sounded cheap since I know someone selling one that I know is absolutely mint and they indicated it might be worth £12k. Sounded high to me as my impression of Stags until now has been one of unreliability.

Rob

A concours one *might* make that sort of money to someone who really wanted it, but what most describe as mint will be about half that. I saw a very nice one recently - say in about the condition of a well kept 2 year old - that didn't sell at 7 grand. It wasn't the best of colours - maroon with tan interior and an auto, but had a perfect hardtop.

They definitely need careful maintance and repair. But are very rewarding cars to own and drive. But to improve one bought for 3 grand into a concours winner would take a lot more money than the difference in price - like virtually every old car.