TR4/4A How to track down my dads old TR4

[boeingpilot]

For purely sentimental reasons I've been trying to locate my late fathers TR4A. All I have to go on is a photo circa 1969 showing the license plate. Any thoughts?

 

[rlandrum]

If it's an Oregon plate, then you're SOL.

https://www.abika.com/Reports/LicensePlates.htm

Oregon doesn't permit reverse VIN searches by Plate Number. And you need the VIN to get anywhere...

Your best bet is figuring out what happened to it (sold or totalled). I'd then start asking friends and family and co-workers what they remember about the car, stories, etc. All of this could lead to a name, which might get you one step closer.

You might also try the triumph register. It could be that only a few cars of the color combination your father had might have been shipped to the state where it was purchased. You might then be able to work backward (using carfax) from a small subset of VIN numbers.

Good luck.

 

[KVH]

And my Arizona plate (RSJ---)1963 TR4 with roll bar, silly hood locks and an imitation wood dash. I heard someone painted it Red; it was dark blue while I owned; I'd love to find that car and make up a bit.

 

[Geo Hahn]

I don't have to wonder much about the fate of my '58 TR3A that I sold in 1973. At least it couldn't have suffered much corrosion after I sold it... Bondo doesn't rust.

I assume it went to the crusher somewhere in that era when these cars were largely unloved.

 

[3798j]

Always have wondered:

My first car: TS80522L '61 TR3, white w/red interior, disc wheeled.
My second: CT69795L '66 TR4A, green w/black interior, disc wheeled.

Both central Pennsylvania cars back in the late 60's. Would hoped they survived.

 

[DougF]

My father's '64 TR4 had holes in the battery box by '66. I doubt it survived, but who knows how sympathetic the following owners were.
I always wanted to find his '60 Austin Healey 3000. I heard it was still local up until about 15 years ago.
My first TR6 is still around, kind of. Many of the parts are on my car, friend's cars, or in storage. other's are scrapped.

 

[Silverghost]

A list of my dad's cars and my family's cars would make War And Peace look like an issue of Readers Digest! LOL I know there was a 57 Chevy, a 53 Corvette, a 50's Buick, a Gullwing Mercedes, 3 Rollers, a race car, 2-3 60's Chrysler Imperials, a 64 1/2 Mustang that was ordered for some exec in the Pittsburgh area who didn't like it when it came in, a 69 Mach1 and then there are the cars of my grandparents...one of which is on permanent display at the Ford Museum in Dearborn.....that would be quite the adventure to track those all down.....

 

[boeingpilot]

Years ago when my mom worked for DMV she did a quasi-illegal search for their MK II Spitfire, and found it had been totaled shortly after they sold it. As had her '56 Chev Belair and my uncle's '62 vette.

 

[vettedog72]

First, I wish you luck in finding it.

You can advertise with all the details you have or can recall to see if some one will respond. Start where it was sold. Try craigslist.com I know it is all a shot in the dark but if you don't try, it will never be found. Again, good luck.