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Interesting TR on Ebay......

Stinky

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check this one out

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waltesefalcon

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Sure is a beauty. Not a bad track record they have had with her either, I wonder how the car preformed pre 99.
 

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For that price, I sure hope the trunk is full of Ale!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thirsty.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 

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I think they'll have a hard time getting that type of money. TR4s are still very undervalued, and probably never will have the wide-appeal to gain huge multipliers on FIA cars. From the vintage racers' point of view, the TR4 is an "entry-level" car, and not at all prestigous. Which, I suppose is great, since it's the most likely car for me when I start vintage racing in about two years.

The TR4 wasn't a real stand-out FIA racer, but I'd still love to have that car...it would qualify for the Monterey Historics.
 

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Too rich for my blood....

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Me too and seems like a lot of other people, 0 bids
 

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"For that price, I sure hope the trunk is full of Ale!!" Heck for that price I'd hope the trunk was full of $40,000. Its still a rather nice little race car though.
 

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You have to take into account that the car is in the UK, where Triumphs are actually more rare than here in the US, though. I would say it's worth more than $10k, but I definitly wouldn't buy it for more than about $23k.
 

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The value is in its FIA papers. If this were not an original FIA-recognized TR4, the price would be no more than $20,000. In the world of collector race cars, you pay for "history." This specific car has a long racing history.

When you're talking Bugattis, Ferraris, pre-war Alfas and pre-war Mercedes, documented racing history and FIA papers can swing the value by -millions- of dollars.
 

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Sam,

Very true words, but I would still need a good stiff scotch before I ever considered spending 50 grand on a TR4.
 
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