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TR4/4A Yeah, I kind of bought another TR4. I wasn't looking - honest.

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The '64 (also built in '65) TR4 I bought new. Photo with me in the car was taken in Louisville Spring of '66. The others were taken in '67 after it was repaired following a triple roll-over.
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Rust free, original **** of a deal, have fun with it.

Edit: Guess you can't say H E Double Toothpicks on this forum, lighten up Basil!
 
I bet once you soak the cylinders for a while it'll turn over just fine. Pretty hardy motors. Congratulations on a whim.
 
Andrew Mace said:
Curious: how do the engine and body numbers compare to that commission number?
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Now that you say that it makes me curious as well - let me go check.

EDIT - plates aren't there, I think they are one of the various boxes of parts.

What did your eagle eyes spot Andrew?
 
How about the engine number?

Scott
 
Good morning. I'm going to have to check again post Mother's Day fun but what I was able to find was a stamping L2940. Going to need to check again because it doesn't look right.
 
tdskip said:
What did your eagle eyes spot Andrew?
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I guess I've always been bothered by replacement commission number plates, especially those for which absolutely no attempt is made to replicate either the font or spacing of the characters. I hope this isn't the case, but when I see something like that with no original nearby (as many good folks here seem to have done -- keep their original, that is), I have to wonder is it is the original number or if someone bought a title to "rescue or resurrect" another car. I hope that is NOT the case with your car, as it looks to be a: pretty solid and straight and b: have great potential!
 
As someone mentioned, the radiator (crank hole and long neck) and carbs (SUs v ZS) appear to be from an earlier point in production. The engine number should still be there on the block (rearward from the coil) and will tell a story.

If someone has used an earlier engine that (in my opinion) is not a big deal on any but the high-end restored trailer queens and was certainly common enough through the years.
 
Love it!

"Kind of bought"... isn't that like being "sorta pregnant"? :jester:
 
Geo Hahn said:
As someone mentioned, the radiator (crank hole and long neck) and carbs (SUs v ZS) appear to be from an earlier point in production. The engine number should still be there on the block (rearward from the coil) and will tell a story.

If someone has used an earlier engine that (in my opinion) is not a big deal on any but the high-end restored trailer queens and was certainly common enough through the years.
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Yes, radiator jumped out at me too. I thought most TR4 (not TR4a) came with SUs?

The plate on the engine near the coil says L2940.
 
tdskip said:
Something like that, yes. Always with the details Mickey.
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Yeah, sorry - it's a gift/curse I have! All meant in fun, though; hence the jester thingie.
 
tdskip said:
...I thought most TR4 (not TR4a) came with SUs? The plate on the engine near the coil says L2940.
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TR4s got ZS carbs around CT21471E (engine number) - possibly late 63 or early 64?

The engine number is typically not a plate, but stamped on a boss that is part of the block casting:

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