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TR4/4A Interesting/Nice TR4 on the Bay

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TR4nut said:
Actually, I think that color works very well on the car, I'm surprised it wasn't used widely for TR4s...
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So am I! It's one of the relatively few Standard-Triumph colors that was both a paint and trim color. It was often used as a trim color paired with Conifer Green paint on Heralds, and a good number of '65-'67 vintage Herald convertibles in that combination made their way to the States.

<span style="font-style: italic">Update:</span> I checked Piggott's latest originality book as well as some factory TR4 literature, and I find no reference to use of Cactus Green. But I'm aware that pretty much any color could have been had if you or your dealer knew the right "buttons to push" or people to talk to.

I still say it looks great and should have been available on the TR4...and possibly the Spitfire as well!
 
I found this picture useful, maybe others here with pending sill repair will as well.

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Hey, so did I ! All of them.
great photo reference. That is exactly what i am/will be doing with my sills as well.
A picture is worth a thousand words. I did notice that there are no inner dust shields on the front brakes (or at least it looks that way).
R
 
Ditto. Those are great shots. I think the dust shields are there, the restorer used some gray/silver on some of the parts so they blend in pretty well with the rotors.

And despite my earlier comment on the overriders, if this car were mine I'm not sure I'd be in a big hurry to put them back on, that front shot certainly has clean lines. But I would put in an overdrive as soon as possible, because I'd want to take that car all over the place.
 
Ya, no overdrive, that's really the only possible negative i can see.
R
 
Yes, the TR4 overriders are rather large. I prefer those on the 4A.
Although I admire this car a lot, it is just too clean for me. I wouldn't be able to enjoy driving it as I would be listening out for stones chipping the paint on the underside, or worrying about not getting it wet. Where could you park it without worrying and imagine having a car like that if you didn't win the concourse!
I think it needs a good undercoating and then to be driven across the USA and back again. After that it would appeal to me more!
 
When I took my fenders and doors down to bare metal I noticed the 2-tone appearance that is shown in the shot of the left rear fender standing on its own. I had previously asked, but maybe I didn't explain it well enough; is that some sort of protective treatment or what? If so, why just a partial dipping?
 
...and I saw the same "dip" line on a 1960 TR3A I chemically stripped many years ago. Presumably it was some sort of lower body "rustproofing" (as it were back in those days). ISTR reading something about this somewhere, but goodness knows where (or even if)!
 
I think maybe in Piggott's book they show a line of TR4s getting dipped. At least I've seen it somewhere. Its a pretty neat shot.
 
Maybe the tank wasn't deep enough to dip the whole body.
 
This TR does have alot of wow. Be interesting to see the color in bright sunshine....dirty white? I downloaded some pictures of the metal work for future reference.
Speaking of the TR4 overiders, in my youth I was not a fan, but now I am. In the early pages of this forum someone referred to the Tr4 as a Rodster, the 4a as a Roadster...

Here are a couple I've heard in my 40+ years of TR ownership. Michelotti's front end treatment of the TR4 was an attempt to show "flexed muscle".
Another, that the term "on song" in regards to the automobile is a TR term.
Where is Andy when you need him?
 
Someone asked a ways back if Barret Jackson was a better venue to get top dollar than E-bay, not an expert, but think it is. Certainly you don't see too many Big Healeys going for over $60,000 or so on E-bay, but pretty routine at B-J, as well as the $90,000 or whatever it was TR4.

Still if you are just a regular Joe you will probably get more from an E-bay sale than the local paper or club newsletter.
 
When I sold my TR3 on ebay, I got $15.5K. Did it make money? Of course not. But for me, this is a hobby, and I was ready to move on. At times, when I see what similar cars (or even cars that aren't close to mine) are fetching, I get a little perturbed. But the couple that bought it are enjoying it, as I did - maybe even more. And I used the proceeds to pay for the TR8 that as of now will not leave my stable.

The Barrett-Jackson experience is not reality. But then, in addition to what one pays for the car, there's a buyer's fee; and a seller's fee as well. Plus, you have to get the car there.

My take is that, for me at least, this is not a profit generating enterprise. And I would imagine even after several restorations, financially I'm still way ahead of my bass-fishing and 18-hole-cart-driving buddies!
 
So I used one of the pix for screen back ground to inspire me. Wife just saw it and loved it. Wants to know if ours will look like that and can I hurry up and finish it?

Yes, dear.
 
NickMorgan said:
...Although I admire this car a lot, it is just too clean for me. I wouldn't be able to enjoy driving it as I would be listening out for stones chipping the paint on the underside, or worrying about not getting it wet. Where could you park it without worrying and imagine having a car like that if you didn't win the concourse!
I think it needs a good undercoating and then to be driven across the USA and back again. After that it would appeal to me more!
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Yes, that was exactly my reaction when I saw it. I'd love to have it, but as soon as I started driving it, it would drop in value by $10K and I don't think I could deal with that.

I've had my eye out for a TR4, but I'd prefer a nice, well-broken-in one. At the same time, I have to admit that the car in question is exquisite.
 
That was my first reaction too - but looking at it I can appreciate that there is some fine work there - I have a tough time saying this is wrong, that is wrong, etc. When I saw the TR4 that sold at Barrett Jackson, I could flip off about a dozen things that were wrong without working too hard.

But if I'm going to nitpick, this fancy green one is missing the tonneau snaps on the dash! That has to lower the price by at least $10!

Randy
 
Eventually, it all boils down to a spectacular <span style="font-style: italic">restored</span> TR4...or a spectacular <span style="font-style: italic">original</span> TR4?

Of course, as they say: "They're only original once" (although you can keep restoring virtually forever....)!
 
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