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TR4/4A TR4A commission number

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Looked the car over again today. Body number plate gone, rivets there but no plate. The 1CTC plate looks to have been added. Engine number is CT76380E. With the later style radiator and all the other things. All most forgot, it has the wood rim sports wheel, so I'm guessing its a 66 or early 67 car. Think if I buy it, I will send off for the BHM certificate. Tub is solid, engine is free, everything is there.

Marv
 
Forgot to mention frame condition, it looks very good, no rust or damage. It does not have the bridge piece for the IRS diff. Wonder how much difference there is in driving and handling. Like the idea of not having all the extra U joints to deal with.

Marv
 
Andrew Mace said:
Doesn't the "live axle" frame lack the bridge piece for the diff. mount, etc.?
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Yes, the frame layout is the same with the different diff/rear suspension bits (the bridge piece included...). My car's DPO wanted to convert it to IRS and that was the kicker for him and probably why he never finished the car. I've never driven an IRS car, but I like the solid axle a lot.
 
Marvin Gruber said:
Looked the car over again today. Body number plate gone, rivets there but no plate. The 1CTC plate looks to have been added. Engine number is CT76380E.
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Possibly there wasn't a body number, if it was indeed a Belgian-assembled car? Assuming the commission number is correct, that does seem to be a later replacement engine.
Marvin Gruber said:
All most forgot, it has the wood rim sports wheel...
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I don't recall those ever being anything but a dealer or otherwise aftermarket accessory?
Marvin Gruber said:
Think if I buy it, I will send off for the BHM certificate.
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Hopefully there will be a record of this presumably "CKD" car; sometimes those records are spotty at best and may not have full details such as you'd get with a Coventry-built car.
 
Thanks Andy.

There was a body plate. I could see a little piece of
Aluminum under one rivet. Isn't the wood rimmed aluminum sports wheel a sought after option item? If I can get it to crank, I'm going to buy it.

Marv
 
Marvin Gruber said:
Scott,
Your question about the commission number being correct, that could be the telltale to the car. I believe it has been changed. Pop pivets holding the plate do look different....
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(As I re-read this thread, I wonder) does it look like a typical commission number plate, and is all the information "filled in" on it, such as paint and trim codes, etc.?
 
CinneaghTR said:
Andrew Mace said:
Doesn't the "live axle" frame lack the bridge piece for the diff. mount, etc.?
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Yes, the frame layout is the same with the different diff/rear suspension bits (the bridge piece included...). My car's DPO wanted to convert it to IRS and that was the kicker for him and probably why he never finished the car. I've never driven an IRS car, but I like the solid axle a lot.
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There is NO bridge piece on the '4A solid rear axle (other than the rear shock mount). You'd never be able to mount coil springs without the front differential/coil spring bridge.
 
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