Lot Ended
Description
Only 38,700 miles from new; two owners, both in the same family;
advisory-free MOT; driven 40 miles to the sale; a wonderful Stag in 'time warp'
condition
This wonderful
Triumph Stag has covered only 38,700 miles from new and has been kept garaged
throughout its life. Our vendor’s Aunt Daphne bought the car new from Mann
Egerton of Castle Street, Worcester in January 1974, the original purchase
invoice showing that it cost the princely sum of £2,594 including an extra £38
for automatic transmission and another £38 for Sundym glass and a laminated
windscreen.
Aunt Daphne was to keep the car for
the rest of her life and used it sparingly for local trips only, always keeping
it tucked away in a nice dry garage when not in use. Our vendor (her nephew),
inherited the car in 2017 so it has been in the same local family from new, the
V5C recording one previous owner.
The original
service book has 8 stamps up to March 1983, all by the same local garage, by
which time the Stag had covered 28,017 miles (see photos). An old MOT shows that
by July 1991 it had covered 37,138 miles, shortly after which Aunt Daphne gave
up driving so the car was parked up and forgotten about for the next 20
years.
In the spring of 2011 it was pulled out of
storage and sent to Worcester Classic Cars (then trading as Triumph Spares &
Restoration) to be recommissioned and returned to roadworthy condition. This
cost £927 and included a good service, reconditioned fuel pump, new battery,
work to the brakes, new fuel pipes, various hoses and electrical items
etc.
It then passed an MOT in April 2011 with
just one minor advisory for an exhaust leak before going back into storage for
another six years.
When our vendor inherited the
car in 2017, he had it checked over and serviced before it was submitted for
another MOT in April of that year when it passed with no advisories recorded,
the odometer at this point showing 37,253 miles. Although there is no invoice,
he tells us that the car was also repainted by Worcester Classic Cars at around
this time, and a very good job they did too as the paint still looks sharp
nearly 10 years on.
Only lightly used during our
vendor's ownership and always kept garaged, it comes with various invoices for
routine upkeep including a new header tank system and MOT in May 2018; a service
and MOT in May 2019; an oil service and MOT in March 2021, all this work being
carried out by Worcester Classic Cars.
In August
this year it was treated to an oil and filter change and submitted for an MOT
which it passed with no advisories and it has only covered 80 miles since. A new
alternator and some new fuel hoses were also fitted the following
month.
Other documentation includes the current
V5C; older V5; original book pack; period sales brochure; parts catalogue plus a
book on the Triumph Stag. Some spare hub caps, windscreen wipers and the old
alternator are also included, plus a nice pair of driving gloves (see
photos).
Driven some 40 miles to the sale, it has
been starting promptly and running well as we have moved it around on site, with
a lovely V8 burble from the twin exhausts.
As
you can see in the photos, this low-mileage Stag is a proper little time warp
and you would be hard-pressed to find a more well-preserved example. Spend a
little time getting the engine bay cleaned and detailed and it may well prove
capable of scooping a few rosettes on the show circuit, should the new owner
feel so inclined.
Consigned by James Dennison
– 07970 309907 – [email protected]