I too thought they were bubbling sills, so I reversed, stopped the picture in freeze frame and thought it was some sort of adhesive that was there to hold the covers on - nice to have that confirmed.
The predicament over whether to return the body to standard spec was dealt with nicely I thought, I too didn't like the spoiler, the bonnet and the interior but most of all those gold wheels (
). Amazing just to swap the wheels over and colour the interior made a such a difference, I think it achieved perfectly the balance needed between the "custom" look and the classic lines of the original design.I was a bit mystified as to the Stag road tests though? Two cars were road tested to check out the difference between a manual and an auto, yet we (I am pretty sure) never found out what the test results were?
That pedal conversion is a brilliant piece of design, is it a British company?
Having visited Beaulieu myself on many occasions, I totally empathised with the owner when he said "I wasn't expecting to see one of those [Triumph Stag] here", I hope Beaulieu noted that comment as (in what I thought was only my own opinion) that they do not have enough (hardly any) 1970s cars in their collection. They have [1970s cars] today (I believe) the biggest following, I hope that point came home to the curators at the museum?
Anyway, off my soap box now, as I said before Car SOS is a great show, I do hope it continues for many years to come.
