[{"id": 9777063, "authorName": "BK1948", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bk1948/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is removable hard top???", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665759580, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9777070, "authorName": "stg83", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stg83/", "bidAmount": 500, "content": "$500 bid placed by stg83", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665759626, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9777116, "authorName": "59turner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/59turner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pretty sure the hard top is shown in the gallery. What is the question?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1665759976, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9777166, "authorName": "BK1948", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bk1948/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It calls out a black soft top as well as a removable hard top.... I'm sorry I don't see the hard top", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665760313, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9777192, "authorName": "BK1948", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bk1948/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I apologize there are plenty of pictures of the hard top", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665760482, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9777638, "authorName": "Charlypm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/charlypm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is there a problem with the paint on the hood (bonnet) and the trunk (boot) or is it the reflection that makes it look faded? I see details of the faded hardtop, but not the others.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665763922, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9777787, "authorName": "LIC23Group", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lic23group/", "bidAmount": 777, "content": "$777 bid placed by LIC23Group", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665765027, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9777820, "authorName": "LIC23Group", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lic23group/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Could you provide quality video of a slow walkaround the vehicle, operating it on the street and highway as well as the motor starting and running? (and no, you dont have to hold the cold muffler like everyone's doing...lol)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1665765291, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9779379, "authorName": "KellyfromVA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kellyfromva/", "bidAmount": 2199, "content": "$2,199 bid placed by KellyfromVA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665772141, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9785927, "authorName": "pcchuck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pcchuck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "In May of 71 I was 20 and saw one at a Triumph dealership near Baltimore... dark blue... thought it was very cool. As I remember, the sticker was around 5 grand.... A '71 XKE roadster was 5700.... A 1971 dollar is about $7.50 now....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665846032, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9785994, "authorName": "Leverone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/leverone/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a pretty well maintained but quite worn out vehicle. Paint will likely need to be redone, hopefully this time in a stag color, and the dash seems to have led a long hard life. \r\nDoes the AC fan blow air? Is it cold air?\r\nWas there a fire? Under hood looks it. \r\nDo all the gauges work as they were designed?\r\nAre there leaks from engine? Transmission? Rear end?\r\nDo the tops seal correctly to the windows?\r\nCold start, running, and driving videos would go a long way to better bidding.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1665846616, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9786200, "authorName": "mikeor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikeor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If this Stag runs and drives without overheating then it is a great candidate for a light restoration resulting in a very nice Stag. Not too many '71's come up for sale. less than 2,000 brought to the US I believe.\r\n\r\nAll the parts seem to be here and much seems to be in very good condition. It's actually good that the paint needs done IMO as it can be returned to it's original Sienna Brown (I know, I know....it was considered a bad color in the day but has become more desirable in the ensuing years) which would only add to the value.\r\n\r\nI would pull the drivetrain (engine and tranny come out as one unit) and go through it top to bottom with the upgrades available today. Strip the body and do a full repaint, minor interior work and enjoy this for a long time to come. Dash can be redone at the dash guys in Cali.\r\n\r\nMuch more worthwhile if you can do most of the work yourself, not sure if todays labor rates would make sense to send this out. Good luck with the sale!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1665848536, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9787177, "authorName": "Mgormanvm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgormanvm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "British response to Mercedes SL. I think it\u2019s much more attractive. But that engine. At 82,000 miles if it hasn\u2019t been properly rebuilt better count on it. Cooling, main bearings, head bolts, timing chains all problematic.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665854938, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9787643, "authorName": "VG1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vg1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As a previous owner of 4 stags once sorted they are very reliable. The overheating issues were down to casing sand from the foundry left in the waterways in the block. It wasn\u2019t till the 1980s that someone found this out. Like any car, regular oil and filter changes and coolant change every couple of years, the thermostat needs removing and a flush through with a hose, refill with 30% antifreeze, no more. \r\nSienna Brown with wire wheels and the US spec rear side red marker lights really suit the stag imho.\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1665856774, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9789958, "authorName": "Dollycat3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dollycat3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@sm123456\u2026..Is that a JLR V8 or a GM design?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665867226, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9791620, "authorName": "Surfdwn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/surfdwn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dollycat3, this is a Triumph designed engine, not the Buick or Rover V8. They had a lot of issues with these back in the day with lubrication and cooling issues. I had '73 Stag that had a cracked block and other issues. However, they can be updated to be very reliable.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1665881937, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9798911, "authorName": "gt-6_mk3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gt-6_mk3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Either this was the silver Stag previously on CL, or there are two silver, street-parked Stags in Vancouver.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1665978427, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9799145, "authorName": "DenverWoody", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/denverwoody/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "first thought: is it called a stag because the vinyl-clad t-top/ roll bar looks like antlers? \r\n\r\nsecond thought: the backseat doubles as an integrated stripper pole & pleated platform\r\n\r\nconcluding thought: I am in love, and want one badly.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1665989996, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9807929, "authorName": "classiccarman57", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classiccarman57/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well I have lived to see the day \u2026..when two people here have expressed love for Sienna Brown!. This car will need a repaint and I for one think that Sienna Brown which was a rip off of the same era Mercedes Tobacco Brown would be one where people would ask \u201c did someone actually spend all the money to return it to brown?\u201d This car looks like it could be a blank canvass for an incredible world class Stag. . Just sayin.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1666070681, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9817063, "authorName": "dboreham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dboreham/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dollycat3 it's two Dolomite (or TR7) engines ;)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666156974, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9817351, "authorName": "mikeor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikeor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@dboreham Well, sort of but not really.....the Stag V8 was based on a Triumph developed slant 4 that was originally exclusively built under contract for Saab. It could easily be manufactured as a V8 using the same tooling. The first iteration of this 'Slant 4 - V8' was finalized by Triumph for the Stag at considerable expense.\n\nIt was a couple of years later that the Slant 4 version was put into service in the Dolomite and later in the TR7 where it died along with the TR7. And the Stag V8 never found service in another Triumph other than the Stag as it too died after the demise of the Stag. It was around that time that Rover came into the picture and they had a V8 that was more refined than the Triumph V8 and more proven on the road. This Rover engine was later to be used in the Triumph TR8.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666179549, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9817458, "authorName": "Tobyallen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tobyallen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This looks very similar to a Stag that was listed on the dreaded Craigslist in Vancouver as recently as IIRC two weeks ago. Might this be the same car? Point Grey? \r\nI was quite taken by the styling of these cars when I came across some at The All British Field Meet, in Vancouver this spring. Perhaps a bit quirky styling to some but I\u2019m a fan. I think the best asset of these is that they are a four seater, yet do not suffer from a bloated body because of that.Being the owner of two two seater sports cars I often wish I had a four seater. The more the merrier when it comes to top down cruising. GLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1666182202, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9818890, "authorName": "Tobyallen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tobyallen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019d wager the center consul damage is the result of cigarette smoker in the passenger seat. Smoking is banished in my cars. Bidders should take some comfort (and confidence) if this is a British Columbia west Coast original car. Our climate is quite kind to cars. Not perfect, but certainly not the harsh winter conditions and salted roads of the Midwest and Eastern locals.\r\nInteresting that the show Wheeler Dealers has an episode on the refurbishment of a Stag powered by this very rare motor. It\u2019s worth checking out the episode. Lots of raves regarding the beautiful exhaust tone. And a claimed fairly simple fix addressing the overheating concerns. \r\nNeat car! I like the lines more each time I view. You would most certainly stand out from the crowd. That\u2019s a huge plus in my book.\r\nOwner should try to confirm ownership history. Is this an always west coast car?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1666195874, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9820370, "authorName": "Suprahome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/suprahome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "if registration only how much trouble to get title in USA?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666202456, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9821559, "authorName": "SM123456 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sm123456/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Tobyallen - previous owner in California was a non smoker, I am too. The small crack in the console vinyl was the shipping Tec placing a box on in the passenger well.\r\nAs far as I\u2019m aware, it\u2019s been a California vehicle for a long time.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666207128, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9821588, "authorName": "SM123456 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sm123456/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Suprahome - title is fairly simple to get changed over I believe, although someone else might like to answer that one!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666207198, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9821647, "authorName": "SM123456 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sm123456/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Charleypm - this Stag needs a RE-spray to finish it off, it\u2019s a California car so no rust but baked paint.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666207346, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9826322, "authorName": "mcorrallo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mcorrallo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................\r\n Good day.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666236936, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9835020, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please provide information on drivability. Is the Stag capable of a 1000 mile drive?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666313148, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9835136, "authorName": "SM123456 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sm123456/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Britcars - that\u2019s a difficult question to answer, the engine is strong, it\u2019s not a new car so I really couldn't say. All I can say is that it\u2019s never failed me but I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d be doing a 1000 mile trip in any classic, it\u2019s too hard on them.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666314264, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9835726, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by Britcars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666322003, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9836149, "authorName": "Rushedone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rushedone/", "bidAmount": 2807, "content": "$2,807 bid placed by Rushedone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666346918, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9836931, "authorName": "Pmcclain", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pmcclain/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Seller, without a running and driving video you\u2019re not going to get much here. Buyers have to assume it\u2019s not a running engine if they can\u2019t hear that V8 purr.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1666360468, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9836981, "authorName": "oldbreadwrapper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldbreadwrapper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's not too difficult importing the car, it just takes time and patience. I'd strongly consider using a broker to deliver the car to Blaine, WA, or all the way to your location, if you like. I've brought two cars across the border myself, but they were cheap cars and CBP didn't even want to deal with them, stamping my papers and telling me to move along. If I had any more storage area left, I'd bid on this, but I'm a Triumph nerd.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1666360878, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9837064, "authorName": "oldbreadwrapper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldbreadwrapper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "On the title, or lack thereof, you will need a bill of sale from the seller, noting all the vehicle documentation numbers, as well as a sign-off from ICBC with the same documentation numbers (ie. commission numbers, body numbers, ...). Take a photo of the seller's license/identification, which needs to match the bill of sale and the ICBC sign-off. This, along with your debit card, will get you through the border and is what is needed here in WA State to obtain title. If you are transporting it yourself, make sure you have the seller's contact numbers and CBP will contact them if necessary.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666361486, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9837625, "authorName": "2hecknback", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2hecknback/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The Stag was styled by Giovanni Michelotti and sometimes is mistaken for an Italian car.\r\nAlthough the manual is sportier and has a faster high gear, the autos work well and suit the car's GT nature. Stags have a lovely balance of style, comfort and performance, and typically deliver good value for the money.\r\nWire wheels were replaced with 1 piece alloys on later models.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1666365902, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9839176, "authorName": "ljd0883", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ljd0883/", "bidAmount": 3200, "content": "$3,200 bid placed by ljd0883", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666374254, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9840874, "authorName": "mgbritcar", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgbritcar/", "bidAmount": 3300, "content": "$3,300 bid placed by mgbritcar", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666380554, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9841104, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 3400, "content": "$3,400 bid placed by Britcars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666381558, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9842612, "authorName": "Mikekell", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikekell/", "bidAmount": 3600, "content": "$3,600 bid placed by Mikekell", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666387737, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9842736, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 3700, "content": "$3,700 bid placed by Britcars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666388355, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9843078, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sorry about the late question. Has the engine had any overheating issues since you've owned the car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666389828, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9843115, "authorName": "SM123456 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sm123456/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Britcars - only ever went little past 1/2 way on dial once. No issues.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666390029, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9843479, "authorName": "British_Marques", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/british_marques/", "bidAmount": 3800, "content": "$3,800 bid placed by British_Marques", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666391837, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9843485, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by Britcars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666391868, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9843492, "authorName": "swb911s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swb911s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beat the grass and startle the snakes...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666391904, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9843505, "authorName": "Mikekell", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikekell/", "bidAmount": 4200, "content": "$4,200 bid placed by Mikekell", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666391987, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9843522, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 4400, "content": "$4,400 bid placed by Britcars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666392046, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9843551, "authorName": "swb911s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swb911s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Where would the reserve be placed...?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666392161, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9843552, "authorName": "Mikekell", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikekell/", "bidAmount": 4500, "content": "$4,500 bid placed by Mikekell", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666392164, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9843562, "authorName": "Britcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britcars/", "bidAmount": 4600, "content": "$4,600 bid placed by Britcars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666392198, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 9843601, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 10/21/22 at $4,600", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666392362, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 9843605, "authorName": "swb911s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swb911s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "YUP....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666392366, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9843606, "authorName": "RevSome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revsome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Self inflicted RNM. No running/driving videos killed this auction.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1666392368, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9844001, "authorName": "mikeor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikeor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Much, much better than this final bid...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666394279, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9845123, "authorName": "tzack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tzack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Even if this car needs an engine rebuild it\u2019s still worth more than this?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666406600, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9846550, "authorName": "rmdnorth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rmdnorth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow Worth way more than this.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666449545, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9849454, "authorName": "Brian_M", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brian_m/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For anyone interested (BAT won't allow the link) the car is back up for sale locally for $15K Canadian, reduced from the previous asking.\r\n\r\nNo affiliation.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1666467252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9856123, "authorName": "Tobyallen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tobyallen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Brian_M Right you are! Being a glutton of punishment I was entertaining looking at this car, since I\u2019m BC also. Then she disappeared only to show up on BaT. A year ago ask price was 25K, also Vancouver CL. I\u2019ll probably look at by next weekend. These are interesting, rare, and quirky cars. That attracts me. FYI I\u2019ll post my findings on website TREXperience.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1666550617, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 9905435, "authorName": "gt-6_mk3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gt-6_mk3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Join the tscusa club for a free buyers guide, for prospective owners.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1667000601, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11359400, "authorName": "Johnbokitch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnbokitch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is your triumph stag still available?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1682989741, "type": "comment"}]