Triumph Stag RESTORATION (Before & After) | For The Love Of Cars | Reel Truth History

The Triumph Stag is a car that represents the best and worst of British motoring; launched in 1970 with continental good looks and a punchy V8 engine, it was the perfect car for the G&T set.
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[@ahmadsyakirmerican5928]

absolutely love this tv program.. hopefully you can upload more of the episodes of this tv program

[@davidstuart4915]

one of the sweetest 'organic' sounding V8s ever created..... top down, cruise the British countryside around 1700 rpm in top...you will never forget the experience :)

[@pmacca2967]

I love the series, funny and educational

[@robleary3353]

Great job!. Very engaging show!.😊

[@davidfrackleton77]

Bigging up da triumph quality motor ❤👊🏼

[@markmiller6402]

That’s a beautiful car

[@brodiejones2028]

The voice over says they will make the engine go and sound better. Go better maybe. But the standard Stag is the best sounding engine in the automotive world. Perfect!

[@davidstuart4915]

strangely probably true :) ... it is a very organic natural sound...unmistakable at 50 paces :)

[@brodiejones2028]

@stephen morris Close call but I give the noise to the Stag by a whisker. Looks definitely to the Jag.

[@judgementalTX]

The fact that there are so many Stags on the road today is a testament to the fact that the engines aren't inherently bad. Require a little extra care and attention? Yes. But not bad. My only gripe is the gearing being too short at motorway speeds.

[@kevinduffy6712]

They should have put the tried and proven rover v8 in it instead of reinventing the wheel.

[@fillusrahim-xy9ib]

Please continue this show

[@stephenpagett2848]

I owned a Stag for four years and once I got rid of the very poorly looked after engine and rebuilt it, it was pure magic. It never once let me down and I would own another in a heartbeat!!!

[@johnsbox]

The overheating problem was down to the diameter of the radiator pipe. It was just a matter of replacing this for a wider pipe, and the overheating problems ceased.

[@davidstuart4915]

do tell more - what the rubber hoses?

[@williamwoods8022]

The usual drivel from these TV "experts" - Stags are notorious for rusting - every car from back then rusted big style if you let them and most people did as they never bothered cleaning out under the wheelarches subframes or kept the underseal under the car maintained or bothered with waxing the cavities etc - some of us did and didnt have a problem with rust on our cars. Plus the Stag is a very reliable car these days as plenty of people have sorted out the problem with the engine overheating etc.

[@MrDodgedollar]

William Woods I hand restored a GT6 back in the 80’s pretty much as on this series; I was amazed how poor attention to proper sealants or even a run of MIG weld and of course underseal/ wax oil could have made the car last years! There was definitely no fundamental design flaw - take it from me !

[@djdrwatson]

15:13 'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?

[@MegaReddevil71]

I was told that when the cylinder blocks were cast they were full of sand from the casting process hence the overheating

[@MrDodgedollar]

MegaReddevil71 It was that.. or the garage/dealer/owner topped or filled up the coolant system with plain water leading to electrolyte corrosion and a partial blocked radiator or if that was not to be, the assembly plant at coventry didn’t purge all the air from the system when filling. I am lucky, My 30000 mile Stag got through the quality hurdles in 1971; all original, and I have been out today Sunshine ☀️ 15*c blasting down the motorway/freeway, rag top down 90 mph everything on song ... 🥰 just having to ignore the passing waves horns and stares 😆

[@MegaReddevil71]

@@MrDodgedollar enjoy the sun

[@garypeatling7927]

Proven by fact Saab took half this engine and it was excellent

[@turbo3492]

Waterless cooling is the way to go.

[@MrDodgedollar]

Brian Smith Absolutely, First job when buying a Stag is drop the coolant and refill with what is needed!

[@MrDodgedollar]

Brian Smith ...Well the price was payed with the wholesale demise

[@davetomlinson8944]

One of very best programs on tv enjoyed every episode when is it returning ..

[@richardw64]

When is the third dvd going to be made...we want more!

[@sunsetvlogs5500]

Richard Wales this was made in about 2014 I remember watching it on tv. There probably In the process of acquiring the rights

[@MiltonKeynesStreetLighting]

At 6:20 when its revved up. Thats a "Staggering" sound! Wonderful :-)

[@rimmersbryggeri]

I think the stag looks better than the E-Type.

[@Ryan-mb9me]

It really should have had Rovers V8 from new

[@evanjones2539]

Don't you mean the Buick V8...?

[@Ryan-mb9me]

@@evanjones2539 Yes, an amazing engine. Light, compact, powerful, reliable and endlessly tunable. It was and is a magnificent engine. Unlike the Stag's which was just 2 Dolomite engines welded together

[@evanjones2539]

@@Ryan-mb9me The last Triumph V8 I saw had a fantastic application.... It had been turned into a coffee table..!

[@Tourist1967]

@@evanjones2539 It was extensively re-engineered by BL to fix the problems that made GM discontinue its production in the US.

[@kennyscott1089]

Evan Jones And people think that’s where they started but I think you will find thay we’re designing by BMW.

[@evanjones2539]

Cooling system tested, by academics, with the bonnet open... Tested the same way as the BL academics did in the 70's........ Why on earth did the original Fiat 500 Abarth have the engine cover permanently at half mast..

[@marknelson5929]

Their great cars for all their foibles! Triumphs should have used the Rover V8 from Day One. Aside from company pride, the use of the Rover engine from a warranty point of view etc would have been negligible which plagued the Stag back then, which in turn may have had an influence on its development/longevity in the market due to poor press.

[@tevie54]

@Messenger Charles You believe wrong then

[@MrDodgedollar]

It used common parts ( sensibility) but the block ... the massive “V”bit was unique

[@MrDodgedollar]

Messenger Charles The block ( short engine) is one casting... not two bolted together-. The crank is common; The heads- (well one side, are handed), are common. Clarksons is mostly comedian and he was joking around. Having common parts to a new family of engines was engineering and commercially sound thinking

[@marknelson5929]

Quite correct in what you say in 'sound thinking' but the execution at the end of the day was appalling re the design of what should have been Triumphs 'premium' engine the V8. It killed the Stag commercially and any chance of a future. Don't et me wrong I love Triumphs, I've had several both 2000 Mk.1 saloons and GT6's.

[@davidrix804]

I would have still fitted a modern radiator just incase,lovely motors 😁😁😁😁😁🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@chevyimp5857]

How many man hours in this?? Great though

[@jase6709]

This show makes me hungry for sugary doughnuts

[@antonbless]

its own slant-4 so that two could be joined to make a V8 So basically two dolomite engines welded together.

[@LOTPOR0402]

Set up there is no way a restored stag would be that unreliable ,its simple to maintain /repair old car . old school engineering

[@sokkaw.8641]

If you wanna make it reliable, and old trick in the book is to pry off the Leyland badge on the flank.

[@nickdryad]

I guess if you mention that other car rescuing dynamic duo, your comment will be deleted.

[@Aotearoa_Kiwi]

39:29 ... did he really do that to fresh, new paint???

[@davidstuart4915]

unfortunately says everything about this ridiculous 'show' - all about hyping facts and personalities and to hell with the important subject matter - the paint rubbing was a bit like Clarkson deliberately 'dissing' Elon with his Tesla 'track test' Clarky had pre written the show to pick up cheap points by binning EVs range capability and dramatising it for laughs - again, to hell with the facts ...which needless to say miffed Elon a Tad (as intended..as Clarky is a bully) - to hell with the expensive paint job - rubbing it like a buffoon for cheap 'laughs' - can you imagine what the engine rebuild and body repairs were like if this pair was involved... - Glennister was great in Life on Mars though :)

[@zeeshaanomar1]

How many would think it is a cakewalk, look at Ant and you know it's all sweat & blood

[@southwestsellerss147]

?????? Why change the plate or is it a totally different car ????????

[@toddy505]

Lusted after it as a kid, gorgeous but of course massively flawed !!

[@judgementalTX]

Probably stalling from driving around with the main beams on all the time in daylight!

[@davidstuart4915]

not sure who actually did the restoration....would have been nice to see it done instead of having to listen to all the hyperbolic theatrical nonsense....wasted opportunity unfortunately...nice result though :)

[@lewis72]

Robsport International, apparently. robsport.co.uk/index.php/tv

[@invisiblekid99]

If you want detailed restoration, there is plenty to choose from on KZbin. This is a TV show that has to sell advertising and appeal to the masses. Ed China and Wheelers Dealers was the only close and that still cheated.

[@christinedaniels1886]

Was it not that vains in the radiator ran the wrong way???

[@bigfatfreddie3781]

Must be a Jim Henson production.

[@kevinduffy6712]

I would have left it blue

[@geoffnoyes520]

That guy pulls out a seat and forcibly throws it down onto a concrete floor.?

[@chicanesimon]

Recovery driver draping the jump leads over the paintwork ,,,,,,,,,,, take his head off (',') just another car to him, Just like the Hillman Imp they suffered over-heating due to lack of routine cooling system maintenance, i.e poor quality anti-freeze or no antifreeze, hard water leading to scaled/furred radiator tubes equals radiator inefficiency equals over-heating, these cars didnt leave the factory/production line over-heating and there's the clue, bad owners and inept mechanics are to blame and yes I have owned both cars mentioned and I am on the tools for my living its not rocket science

[@stewartw.9151]

So Leyland knew that "for the US market it needed a big V8 engine". Then they installed a small V8 engine. Yes, I can see the logic there! As for the overheating being attributed to the "pressures" that BL workers were under, sorry, no! I am old enough to have been around and driving many cars at the time of the 1960s and 1970s etc. Being a motor mech and an enthusiast I knew what was going on unlike these presenters who are not old enough to have first-hand experience. That was the time of the huge labour union attempts to sabotage the economy of Britain and they actually succeeded! It was back then a known fact that there was a lot of deliberate sabotage by union members in many factories, and BL was also a major target for the "wreckers"

[@EILONadiv]

Y wasnt it a SPITFIRE?!

[@philking7805]

Pathetic! Typical TV 'experts' who didn't even bother to speak to the person who has forgotten more about Stags than most people will ever know - Tony Hart

[@EILONadiv]

Wish bmc will rise again britishley?!

[@anthonyellis987]

There's one thing in the Stag's favour - it's not as bad as the Ford Edsel!

[@billburnhope2176]

Why would you take it to such a bigoted, unsympathetic, alleged restorer? I wanted to watch it, but couldn’t get past the big headed Pratt that you let touch it, he wants condemning, not the car!!!

[@HelloAllegro]

Because he did a damn good job on it?

[@jeeves6490]

@@HelloAllegro And on many others?

[@austingode]

Really need to include the team more ...... less about car owners and much more about the team ffs.......just doesn’t make sense .... a jolly to France ?!?

[@AdeReeves]

about as entertaining as what they do outside this series...

[@tsb3093]

Oh.. the head is the top half of the engine and the block is the bottom half of the engine....not exactly made for car enthusiasts this programme is it...what a waste of time watching such drivel.. there was virtually none of the supposed restoration shown and clearly the 'one of the best mechanics in the UK' had nothing to do with it other than a few..very few... filming sequences. Are we ever going to see a straightforward car restoration program on TV. This was clearly one of the worst in terms of technical content.

[@andynix8718]

Better than the pile of shit on the road today classic car.

[@jimmytwizzle7836]

Is this the amateur’s version of wheeler dealers!

[@garypeatling7927]

Just put 3000 capri Essex engine in problem solved more torque slightly less hp but way faster

[@brianlove8413]

N ext to the Land rover Freelander, read freeloader, the Stag engine which was simply double the trouble of the Dolomite engine, would be the worst engine ever made, an absolute POS! Body style looked good though.

[@davidstuart4915]

uninformed opinions ever present.....

[@MrDodgedollar]

david stuart ; Dumb as dirt

[@Cradley684]

Who needs the Germans LOL !!! say's it all !!!

[@barryphillips7327]

16min 30sec more than half of what was Wrong with ALL vehicles out of Britain, BL+trade unions+ poor workmanship!!!! Fit a Rover V8 use original for a boat anchor!!!!

[@bobeden5027]

Talk about a whinging pom!

[@Jeffybonbon]

It was just the wrong engine

[@davidstuart4915]

the engine is the true soul of the this car and hopefully is continuing to evolve into full reliability - the sound and power level are perfectly matched to the car's beautiful style - the RV8 is also a great engine but suits other cars better eg TVR