Well specified and sorted driver's car in great condition for enjoying open-top motoring!

Background

This car is a well-sorted, quick, and enjoyable drive; a wonderful way to enjoy open-top motoring. I purchased it for use on classic car tours and have gradually developed it into to the well-specified vehicle it now is . I have owned several cars especially for classic regularity rallying, but this car was meant for ‘hi-days and holidays’, not for competition. Nonetheless, the basis of the TR4 is well-suited to spirited motoring so, over the years, performance and safety modifications have been made so as to make this a useable and very driver-friendly vehicle.

As it happens, the car has been used on two UK rallies when my usual rally car was not able to enter – a one day HERO Challenge (4th overall) and a 3 day HERO Summer Trial where we ‘won’, (having had the least penalties, but by virtue of the experience of the crew we were ineligible for overall awards!).

Otherwise, as planned, the car has done many one-day HRCR and local car club classic tours and, in 2022, the 3, 200 miles of the 14th Cape to Cape Grand Tour of UK and Eire, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

The previous owner spent a lot of time and money preparing the interior and body work which, whilst good, was never approaching concours condition. There is an extensive file evidencing this.

Over the past 12 years the car has always been garaged, often in a dehumidified air chamber. There is no rust, the chassis, sills and floor and body panels are in excellent condition.

Why am I selling it?? Well the answer is, sadly, that it is not getting the use that it warrants and, now in my late 70's, I probably need something cheaper and more modern to sit in the garage....... if anything.

The list of improvements and modifications is very extensive and is shown below.....................................

Engine:

• Rebuilt and uprated in Jan 2015 at c. 56, 000 miles. Oil pressure is c. 75psi

• Sport/ road camshaft – 2014

• Tuftrided crankshaft

• Gas flowed ports - 2014

• Aluminium flywheel – new 2024

• Twin Weber 45DCOE carburettors - 2017

• Tubular steel exhaust manifold - 2013

• Alloy radiator with overflow bottle - 2015

• Revotec electric fan - 2015

• Aluminium oil catch tank

• Hi torque geared starter motor – 2013

• Narrow alternator/ fan/ crank pulley modification

Gearbox & drive train

• Rebuilt in 2014 with uprated main and layshafts

• Overdrive on 2nd – 4th gears reconditioned - 2014

• Uprated competition clutch – new 2024

• Limited slip differential with standard CWP ratio - 2021

Suspension

• Uprated front springs and adjustable shock absorbers – 2013

• Uprated read lever arm dampers - 2013

• New rear hubs - 2013

• Stiffer rear leaf springs - 2013

• Thicker front anti-roll bar - 2013

• Uprated steering rack mounts - 2015

• Polymer suspension bushes - 2013

• 5 x ‘Minilite’ aluminium alloy wheels 5. 5J x 15 - 2013

Brakes

• Revington aluminium billet 4-pot calipers – 2015

• Aluminium front hubs - 2015

• Standard size rear drum brakes and solid front discs

• Twin circuit brakes – 2020 (removed servo assistance)

 

Electrics

• Magnecor spark plug leads

• Revington overdrive ’logic’ device

• Complete new lightweight wiring loom in 2024

• 70 amp alternator - 2013

• Master ignition cut-out switch - 2024

• Rebuilt Lucas 25D4 distributor - 2013

• Revington steering column stalk kit controlling indicators, lights, wipers (inc momentary wipe), overdrive

• 2-speed wiper motor – 2015

• Heavy duty wiper arms - 2017

• Intermittent wiper control with 5 different delay lapses - 2018

• Heated front windscreen - 2023

• PIAA Night Tech H4 bulbs in headlamp buckets – 2013

• Rear fog lamp

Interior

• ‘Surrey’ top, fixed rear screen and rear roll over hoop - 2020

• Standard equipment, trim etc

• Ridgard seats. Adjustable for rake and fore/ aft

• Wood rim steering wheel

• Lap and diagonal seat belts AND full harness seat belts

• 1. 75ltr fire extinguisher and life hammer

• Brantz distance recorder with remote driver display. Distances measured by probes; driven either by the speedo cable through a pulse doubler or from the front hub probe

• Brantz clock/ stopwatch with remote driver display

• Dashcam

Exterior

• Standard bodywork. Lower areas undersealed/ waxoyled.

• Aluminium hardtop in body colour - 2020

• Boot rack – wooden slats

• Aluminium sump guard

• PIAA 80 ProXT spotlights on works lamp bar - 2017

also available:

• Original front bumper in chrome

• Light fabric cockpit cover

• Sundry spare parts, including some original parts previously removed (eg brakes)