I recall these, along with the Spitfires of similar vintage. They were notorious for overheating and stretching timing chains within about 20k-30k. Dissimilar metals in the engine (iron block, AL head) wreaked havoc on the cooling system, too.
-D > On Aug 8, 2022, at 12:15 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > It was a miserable car when sold new. It has not improved with age.. > Sourcing parts was a horrible problem, right off the showroom floor. That > is unlikely to have improved. > Ohh... did I mention is has Lucas electricals? > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 9:11 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Don’t, you’ll be doing yourself a favour. >> >> -D >> >>> On Aug 8, 2022, at 11:56 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I would be tempted to go look at this if it had a proper gearbox. >>> >>> >> https://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/d/bloomington-1973-triumph-stag/7518769526.html >>> >>> Allan >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
