arguably the best video about the gorgeous Staaaaaag by far - loved it. love the factual unbiased appraisal, good side, bad side. Indeed a good stag is one of the best british cars out there

@Everyday2Exotic

11 күн бұрын

Thanks! We love our Staaaaaaag, flaws and all.

Wow, a fabulous advert for the Stag, I have owned mine since 1994 and your video made me want to drive it right now. Good work folks, subscribed

@Everyday2Exotic

10 күн бұрын

Oh thanks! It’s a beautiful car. Go drive yours now!

@churchhouseclassics

10 күн бұрын

My very amateur attempt from 4 years ago kzread.info/dash/bejne/nHphpZSTXZuahso.htmlfeature=shared

@forestghost7

8 күн бұрын

​@@Everyday2Exotic great video thanks! for 22 yrs now I've been totally in ❤ with my '72 MGB GT (motor highly tweaked), but now I really want a Stag, grrr! 😂

Please keep the videos coming! I really enjoy the format and today I learned a lot of the Stag a car I have always admired and never noticed the fine details exposed in the video. Thank You

First car out of college was a brand new 1973 TR6 that I dreamed of for years. Finally got it and all my car dreams were realized and then came along the Stag. More upscale, bigger and for a bit more mature person (with a bit more money) but boy did I love it. Then came the problems but it never diminished my love for the design. To this day it's on my list of wish I'd have had one. Enjoy that beautiful, sorted out car. I'm jealous.

@Everyday2Exotic

18 күн бұрын

The TR6 is a beautiful car too! We do enjoy the Stag quite a lot!

An exceptionally good video of the essence of what a Stag really is. And what a lovely example your car is too.

@Everyday2Exotic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! It really is a pretty car!

This is the first video of yours that I have watched. Great job. Very impressed. A few nitpicky comments for you: first up, the Stag front suspension is nothing at all like a TR6. MacPherson struts. Lower control arm (singular) drag link. Also, you mentioned some differences between your car and earlier cars, some of the others might be of interest too. For instance… you pointed out that the name Triumph was only found on the rear bumper. But earlier cars had plate lights there with no Triumph nameplate. You mention the over boosted steering (true) and the small steering wheel. Did you know early cars had a bigger steering wheel? It’s annoying. Like driving a bus. 😂 All in all though, I’m really impressed with you video. Can’t wait to start watching more of them.

@ahaugland1

8 күн бұрын

You are right. The front suspension is different but the rear is functionally the same as the TR6. I didn't know about the difference of the steering wheel or the plate lights. Admittedly I haven't had the opportunity to drive and have rarely seen any earlier Stags... There are a few others I know of in my state but other than the occasional British car show, I never see them. No problem about the nitpicky comments! They're definitely welcome and the comments help round out what we either missed or got wrong in the video! The goal for us is to share the cars and help inform people about them, their history, and what it is actually like to own and drive them. The more information we share the better!

Wow, what a picturesque drive! Keep making videos… we’ll keep watching

@Everyday2Exotic

18 күн бұрын

Thanks! Would be hard to find a prettier state to drive in.

That V8 definitely sounds great. Stoked for season 2.

@Everyday2Exotic

18 күн бұрын

It’s such an iconic sound! Glad you are enjoying, we’ll keep making episodes!

Oh … one other thing … your hardtop does not have the center spring pin in the center of the back edge. It’s a good thing to delete if you ask me. But mentioning differences from stock configuration is a good idea IMO. Great video!

@ahaugland1

8 күн бұрын

Actually, it does have it. we didn't call it out in the removal process, but perhaps should have.

Great video; lots of interesting information on a car most people aren't familiar with. Love the commentary, drive and, especially, the production. I've always loved this car and have almost purchased one on several occasions. But I was too scared. Looked at several with other motors installed. I've always thought the perfect engine would have been the Rover/Buick 215 V8. Thanks for bringing this great car to the collection and for sharing it with us.

@Everyday2Exotic

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. It’s a beautiful car… but that reliability is not ideal!

@ahaugland1

15 күн бұрын

The Rover V8 is a common swap for the Stag due to engine failure and would have been a much better motor as far as reliability, along with probably being more attractive to a US market due to its Buick origins. At the time, Rover claimed they couldn't produce the engines fast enough to meet demand for other parts of British Leyland to be allowed to use it. In many ways, I suspect that it was more about interdepartmental competition, however. That said, it did find its way into some MGB-GTs in the 1970s exclusively for the UK market and we have a genuine MGB-GT V8 in the collection we will do an episode on at some point. Most of the companies that made up British Leyland had historically been competitors and were suddenly forced to work together, but the management had never truly been merged so the rivalries continued. This lead to a lot of duplication of efforts, with internally competing dealers networks, and designs continuing to be produced that competed within British Leyland rather than competing effectively with the rest of the world.

This car sounds like a driver's dream and a mechanic's nightmare. The story behind this car and the history of its design was really intriguing. Now I kind of want to do a bit more research into what was going on with car manufacture at that time.

@Rugbyman269

18 күн бұрын

They weren't a mechanics nightmare, but they did have cooling problems which if not maintained,ie , keep the radiator topped up, they would overheat and warp the cylinder heads ,these problems can all be easily remedied now , back in the day British Leyland had too many problems to deal with to fix this kind of thing , still my favourite car though . Sadly a good one is out of my pocket.

@voidtraveler8426

14 күн бұрын

@@Rugbyman269 I feel like Alex's 4 in the score, is a revenge score for how the car acted on its ride to Oregon.

Good show guys! The look of the Stag is cool and elegant.

@Everyday2Exotic

18 күн бұрын

It really is a classy car!

Always loved the Stag, had not seen how the convertible top worked before pretty slick.

@Everyday2Exotic

18 күн бұрын

Isn’t it slick! Love that there are options to have the soft top for our ever changing Oregon weather too.

Looks like your Stag is suffering from something that many of our Stag's do - incorrect front ride height due to the quality of the available parts. Chris Witor has the correct parts for you. Beautiful Stag.

@speedybuggy65

10 күн бұрын

Are you sure? It didn’t look that out of whack to me. What’s the right spec? Some distance from center of the wheel to the lower edge of the wheel arch?

@407j

9 күн бұрын

@@speedybuggy65 , it looks just a smidge high on the front. Consensus at SOC seems to be 14-14.5" from the wheel centerline to the wheel arch.

We had these back in the garages I used to work, driven just about everything, but the stag was different , best car to drive by far ,, good to work on , and we didn't have any problems because they were in for regular service, there are very easy mods that can be done and can be as reliable as any classic , lovely car and underestimated ,

@Everyday2Exotic

17 күн бұрын

They really are such great cars! Especially ones that have been maintained and had some of the V8 issues fixed. The ones that are seen out on the road are truly legendary for both surviving and for being maintained! Thanks so much for watching and sharing

These cars are well loved in its native UK today and many still survive love the design and that V8 burble

@Everyday2Exotic

17 күн бұрын

The design is truly amazing and that V8 (when maintained or fixed) is truly in a class of its own. It's great that they are so many passionate owners keeping these amazing cars alive. We are lucky to have one here in the US!

Absolutely first class review and quality, this is the first I’ve seen of your work but, as Arnie would say, “I’ll be back”. I don’t know if you’re aware but overdrive is available to you in 3rd and 4th gear, so the order would be 1. 2. 3. 3OD, 4, 4OD. In essence giving you a six speed box. I have a ‘76 Stag in British Racing Green with automatic gearbox. I love driving mine too, and that V8 burble………..

@Everyday2Exotic

11 күн бұрын

Thanks! We’ve got some fun cars coming up! British Racing Green is gorgeous. I bet the ‘76 looks beautiful!

@ahaugland1

8 күн бұрын

Yes, it does have overdrive in both 3rd and 4th. I tend to not use it in third, however, largely because I am rarely cruising in 3rd in such a way that it makes sense to switch the overdrive on. Some of this may be habit from my other British cars that, if they have overdrive, generally have it in fourth only. If I'm in overdrive in third, it generally comes form me leaving the overdrive on when I downshift.

Nice wheels, BL must have had some left over for the last of the MGB special editions.

Sorry … I keep hogging your comments. I haven’t owned my Stag for a full year yet. And the only time I took off the hard top … I left the doors closed. Those dang window frames got in the way and made it super awkward. Feel kinda stupid now after watching you remove it with the doors open. Duh. 😂

Greetings from the UK. Oregon is a beautiful state, though I haven't been there since 1979 ! I'd love to bring my '73 Stag on a visit. This a great review, it left me wondering whether your knitting was finished before the end of your trip.

@Everyday2Exotic

16 күн бұрын

With Amy, the knitting is never finished! So glad you liked our showcase, Oregon is such a beautiful place, we are lucky to be able to live here. That's amazing that you've been, and you have a Stag! What's the story behind yours? Have you run into any major issues with yours?

@philipwardle6820

16 күн бұрын

@@Everyday2Exotic OurStag has recently returned to the road for the forst time in almost 40 years, after a very long on-and-off restoration. Running well, but we have a list of minor fixes and adjustments to work through. Nothing major though!

Would have been a real winner if there had not been so much BL inter-divisional politics and obstinacy that prevented the Rover 3.5 V8 from being fitted. Or if not, fitting a high mount radiator header tank with a low coolant warning lamp to prevent overheating. And it would have helped to get ALL the casting sand out of the block coolant passages.

Three litre V8...Ferrari had one also. Too bad the Ferrari engine could not have been adapted/adopted. Somewhat like the Merlin engine being adapted to the P51 Mustang to make it the legend it became.

@ahaugland1

15 күн бұрын

They are pretty different designs... The Ferrari 308 GTB we did an episode on earlier is the more or less contemporary Ferrari 3.0L V8. It's much more reliable but fairly complex compared to the Triumph engine. A big part of why Triumph went this way. which I think we ended up cutting from the final video due to length, is due to Triumph trying to standardize their engine platforms, having developed the engine family that ended up being in the Stag as a modular system, where it could be a V8 or a 4 cylinder as used in the Triumph TR7, Dolomite, and others in the 1970s, including in a Saab, which is where some of the design issues also came from. The V8 variant was only used in the Stag, but the problems weren't necessarily unique to the V8 and some of them were also shared with the 4 cylinder cars.

Episode 2, in Season 2 will be E2ES2E2

@Everyday2Exotic

14 күн бұрын

It sounds like a protocol droid in Star Wars, too!

@voidtraveler8426

14 күн бұрын

@@Everyday2Exotic Nice drone shots of the winery! Now you can name your droid. :)

I really like the cars you have, please find either a citroen DS or better CX and give yourhonest opinion, amazing cars but hard to own, but REALLY amazing, especially the CX series2 with turbo. Betrer ride you only find in a bentley or Rolls

@Everyday2Exotic

5 күн бұрын

There is definitely a Citroen in the collection. And someday we will make a video about it!

@ahaugland1

4 күн бұрын

We have two Citroens in the collection but neither of them is a DS or CX, so filming one would require either buying one or borrowing one from another owner who is amenable, which is something we haven't done yet but have discussed doing some time in the future. The two Citroens we have are a Traction Avant and a 2CV, both of which are significant cars in the history of the automobile and would be worth doing an episode on. I'm hoping to get to one of them this season!

If the roof is up, you can get quite a lot of wine in the hood well!

@Everyday2Exotic

11 күн бұрын

True, we could kick out all passengers if we need to fit more wine as well. 🤣

@ahaugland1

8 күн бұрын

I hadn't thought of that, but that would absolutely be true!

What a great video, your stag looks just like the one that i own. Have been a owner for 34 years, even took it with me to Australia from the UK. It was a shame that BL did not put the Rover V8 in the Stag. I think if they had done that the Stag would have been a success. The Stag V8 engine killed the car. Silly thing is BL had the Rover V8 which they used in the Rover 3500 and later in the SD1.