1972 Triumph Stag

This car is offered from outside of the European Union. It has been imported under temporary admission customs bond and is therefore subject to Dutch import tax on top of the winning bid price.

The winning bidder will receive a receipt for the final hammer value, as their proof of purchase.

This vehicle has been on static display for a number of years and the documented history available is limited to that displayed in our photography section.

We have not tried to start or drive the car, and cannot vouch for its mechanical viability or functionality. It will require recommissioning prior to road use and is sold ‘as seen’.

As CARS Europe BV is the guarantor of all customs duties and taxes for vehicles within Dutch customs bond, the car cannot be released to the buyer or transporter immediately after the sale. For all enquiries relating to Customs, please contact CARS Europe BV.

Purchases will only be released once cleared funds are received. All vehicles must be collected after the payment of funds. All storage charges must be paid in full prior to the vehicle’s collection or onward transportation.

Storage charges payment must be arranged with the storage company. Collection is strictly by appointment only.

Please send a booking email to the storage centre to ensure vehicle(s) are ready at time of collection. Photographic ID will be required at time of collection. If a third party is collecting for you, then written authorisation is required in advance from you and photographic ID of the third party is required at the time of collection. Collection either by buyer or third party is only possible for vehicles within customs bond if applicable import taxes paid are paid to import into country of bonded storage location.

As soon as The Market by Bonhams will receive your payment, The Market by Bonhams accounts service will inform the manager of the storage facility where your car(s) is stored: a release note will be sent to them.

CARS Europe BV will contact you just after the sale to confirm onward transport requirements. Direct contact at CARS for enquiries is as follows; Joanna Herlihy, +31 (0) 252 682 526, +44 7483 433912, [email protected].

STORAGE CHARGES

€30 + local VAT per motor car per day commencing from the sixth day following the auction end.

CUSTOMS CHARGES

€500 per motor car (plus applicable permanent import taxes from bond).

Chassis No: LD10351LO.

Odometer: 41,215 kms.

In common with many vehicles from the vendor’s collection, the car comes with no history or service records.

With the proviso that we haven’t tried to start or drive this car and can therefore only comment on its cosmetic condition, we think this LHD 1972 3.0 litre V8 Triumph Stag with a manual overdrive gearbox is a fine example of a car whose resurgent popularity is not yet matched by correspondingly high prices.

We know that it entered the vendor’s collection of static display cars in 2015.

And we know that prior to that it was living in Luxembourg for many years.

According to a piece of paper with the car, the seats are not original.

And that’s all we know.

Presented in black with a grey hardtop, the car’s paintwork is really fairly good overall.

The wheels are good all round and most of the chrome work is in very decent condition.

The chrome been behind the front number plate has blackened.

The badging and lights are good, but some of the trim looks rather tired.

The bodywork is largely free of any idents, bumps or creases, although there is a slight indentation in the rear bumper on the driver’s side.

There are several scratches on the bonnet and a few on and around the boot, where there are also some small instances of bubbling.

There is some rust visible in a couple of the wheel arches.

The paint inside the recessed exterior door handles has rubbed away.

The passenger door doesn’t seem to close completely flush with the bodywork.

The interior looks to have survived very well overall, and there’s really very little to complain about.

The upholstery is undamaged and uncreased, both front and back.

The carpets and mats are good, as are the door cards, and although the headlining would benefit from being cleaned, it’s not ripped or baggy anywhere that we can see.

The fabric running along the base of the rear screen has frayed and discoloured in places.

The wood veneers on the dashboard look very good, and the steering wheel, gear lever and instruments all seem to be in first-class condition.

We can’t make any claims about the functionality of switches, knobs, levers, toggles, buttons, dials or other electrics as we haven’t tried to start the vehicle.

The boot is in decent condition. Lifting up the mats here or elsewhere reveals some rust dust but nothing that seems overly concerning.

There is some rust dust in evidence underneath but everything looks to have a decent amount of structural integrity from what we can see.

Everything in the engine bay is in its right and proper place and seems to be clean and dry.

The car doesn’t come with any history or service record.

Any paperwork we have is photographed and displayed in the photo gallery. We do not have anything else.

Apart from some cosmetic issues, we’d say that this Triumph Stag seems to us to be in far better than average condition. We think it could well reward its next owner’s passion and care with years of classic motoring pleasure.

Provided, of course, that the engine and mechanicals are as good as the rest of the car.

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