The Triumph Stag

S1 E3: The Triumph Stag is a car that represents the best and worst of British motoring. Launched in 1970 with continental good looks and a punchy V8 engine it was the perfect car for the G&T loving set. With more than a hint of the middle aged play boy about its design, the glamour faded all too quickly as the car became synonymous with overheating engines and unexpected break downs. Just 7 years later the last Stag rolled off the British Leyland production line and the car into the motoring world's rogues gallery. Now it's down to Philip Glenister and internationally renowned car designer Ant Anstead to find, rescue and rehabilitate a Stag back to better than new. Unfortunately original Stags are increasingly hard to come by and its only after discounting some particularly sorry examples that Ant finds his car under a tarpaulin, tucked away at the back of a scrap yard.