You don't see a Triumph Stag much any more unless you're at a British car day.
 

We see quite a few of those here at classic car events - a Z parked next to one makes it look positively dated! Only 3000ish were sold in the US so I imagine they would be very rare over there. Sadly the 2.5 & 3.0 V8s weren’t the best engines for reliability, so I can imagine in a market where V8s are a staple diet, it was left wanting. They do sound great at full pelt though!

The wheels are 14 inch with 205 - 70 tires, Appliance is the brand I purchased them when I bought the car in 1976. Cost me $75 then.  Don't know off set.  Thanks.

3 hours ago, AK260 said:

We see quite a few of those here at classic car events - a Z parked next to one makes it look positively dated! Only 3000ish were sold in the US so I imagine they would be very rare over there. Sadly the 2.5 & 3.0 V8s weren’t the best engines for reliability, so I can imagine in a market where V8s are a staple diet, it was left wanting. They do sound great at full pelt though!

With the hard top I think it is just stunning, as elegant as a Jag, but as a convertible the B pillar wrecks it for me. It looks clunky.

 

 

The wheels are 14 inch with 205 - 70 tires, Appliance is the brand I purchased them when I bought the car in 1976. Cost me $75 then.  Don't know off set.  Thanks.

 

Thank you! I ask as I’m pretty sure I have the same wheels on my car - just painted in the middle, so I have been trying to find who made them. There are no names in the markings, just a US patent number.

 

 

 

Having said that, I’ve just spotted the Appliance logo at the bottom left of my photo - which until now made no sense to me.

 

The  a in the circle by the word max stands for appliance,  the center caps should have that a in the midde, very hard to find centers.

The  a in the circle by the word max stands for appliance,  the center caps should have that a in the midde, very hard to find centers.

 

Agreed - however, I have since this post found some without prices quoted - so I assume they will be “reassuringly” expensive ;)

 

Working on some chassis braces. I was going to replicate the TEP brace, but i kinda like the ease of access with this one..... I should have used 3/8" rod ends, but the supplier did not have 3/8" rod eyes, so i upped it to 1/2".  Need to finish up the rear K brace and the firewall mount.... Tonight! 🙂

The chassis brace fits well and also seems like there is more stability in the street driving i did today... I made some cup holders that matched some Porsche style ones i saw in the UK last year. They fit well, I can do a run of them if people are interested, I need to test them out a little more, I'm not sure how a thermos would do, but a large coke from in-in-out should fit.

I like them on the firewall side, seems out of way from peoples feet.

 

 

Edit* looks like i hit the submit button too many times, i tried to delete the old posts, but i only see a `hide` option hopefully it worked.

Edited November 12, 20204 yr by heyitsrama

Went for a lovely drive the other day, for us Canadians this is kind of a nice thing in Dec.

 

Edited December 10, 20204 yr by 240dkw

Winter storage. Got the car up on stands and pulled the battery. Snow begins tomorrow here.

Not much to see I guess.  I will add another from this Summer.

Went out to the garage to look at the 240Z...

Said a small prayer to offer thanks that friends and family are healthy...

Said "Good Riddance" to 2020...

Went back in the house to to greet 2021 with renewed energy!!!!

I did the same. I told him that my New Year's resolution is to drive him more.

Cheers, Mike