Keith Martin hates Stags and British cars in general. He's one of those
elitist self proclaimed "car experts" that gets to shoot off his opinions as
if the were from the fount of all knowledge.
A freind of mine saw the piece in Autoweek and said " Boy, your Stag worth
less that $6000, that's too bad." I said, Where did your hear that
bullshit? When he said Keith Martin I just said well that figures he a
blooming idiot!
I remember when a friend of Keith Martins who had a nice Stag for sale asked
him if he thought he could get $10,000 for it and IN PRINT IN AUTOWEEK
Martin tells him his car is a piece of junk and isn't worth anywhere near
$10,000. Some friend 'eh?
If Keith Martin would do some research he would find that good Stags sell
from $9,000 to $14,000 in the U.S. and even higher in England where there
are more to found.
TRIUMPH WORLD has these classified ads for Stags.
'72 Stag fully restored $14,400
'76 Stag Excelent condition $12,400
'77Stag Superb $12,500
I wish I had Martin's e-mail address.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence G Miceli <lgmtr6@juno.com>
To: stag@digest.net <stag@digest.net>; triumphs@autox.team.net
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 10:39 AM
Subject: Stag article in Autoweek
>
>Did any other "listers" have the "pleasure" of reading self appointed
>collector car Guru, Keith Martin's less than stellar write-up on the 1971
>Triumph Stag, in this weeks Autoweek Magazine?
>
>This is the second time that he has written about the Triumph Stag. This
>time, after espousing the all too true facts about the inherent problems
>of the Stag motor, he describes a car that went to auction, and was not
>sold at $3250 US. The car was described as having shiny repaint (whatever
>that means) good chrome, good interior, nice daily driver. He goes on to
>say that this is all the money there is for a slushbox beater.
>
>He further goes on to say that $6,000 is top buck for a Stag (his last
>article listed $8K as top buck).
>
>He says nothing about the fact that the problems have been worked out by
>many different modifications over the years, nor does he say whether he
>has ever even driven a well sorted Stag.
>
> I cancelled my subscription to his Market Newsletter many years ago as
>it was clear to me that unless it was an Italian car, in his eyes, it
>was junk.
>
>Keith, didn't your mother teach you that if you don't have anything nice
>to say, don't say anything at all?
>
>Larry Miceli
>Gold Coast Triumph Club
>Pompano Beach, Florida
>'73 Stag
>'66 Herald
>
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