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I'd strongly suggest you need a lock up at the very least. UV will wreck the hood and the paintwork, any vandalism would give you a terrible parts problem.

I'd not be too bothered about the 3,000 miles fluid changes. What would bother me is that the timing chains (not belts) have to be changed every 25,000 miles. I'm pretty sure they are single row (simplex) chains, and quite long as well, which means they do stretch and wear out in a way that Alfa chains (double row/duplex) do not.

You have to remember that this was Triumphs first attempt at overhead camshafts=longer chains. Also they were quite constrained over bonnet space which may be one of the reasons they used an inferior single row chain to keep the engine short. When people put Rover V8s into Stags they ended up with two radiators either side of the engine which is longer than the Triumph unit.

Like I said before. IMHO The Stag is not a suitable daily driver or an only car. It simply won't take the strain. Its a weekend and show car that needs a lot of cosseting in between.

I'm sorry to put a downer on it, but you really would be better off with an Alfa...of course..or an MGB....much easier to look after..cast iron lump, spares situation pretty good, loads around in good nick

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