Vehicle Description
1962 Triumph TR4
To find the essence of classic British sports cars, one doesn't
need to look much further than Triumph. Affordability is an
important facet of this discussion. Although there are plenty of
examples of sports cars that predate Triumph, these machines were
most often concerned without outright speed and power as opposed to
being fun, light, drivable vehicles. These cars come from an era in
which fitting massive aircraft engines to a vehicle frame wasn't
unheard-of, but in the grand scheme of things, I think these cars
find a closer modern relative in supercars and hypercars than in
the world of sports cars.
For consignment and the beneficiary of a complete frame off
restoration, we give you a Triumph TR4. She's looking very snappy
with beautiful paint, a like new canvas convertible top, a
glistening grille and of course wire wheels. This one bucks
tradition and goes with a RED exterior and black interior. Slowly
one can see the early influence in the boxy design aspect for the
TR series which will eventually culminate in the TR6.
Exterior
Anytime we hear frame off restoration, I get excited because I know
it will be a painstaking process to get a beautiful yield in the
end and this example does not disappoint. A very shiny front
aluminum polished grille with round headlights completed by in the
hood casings and the TRIUMPH badging. A nicely polished bumper with
vertical push bars frames the bottom. Rounded front quarters have a
chrome trimming on top and this helps highlight the boxy styling
and large wheels look. Steel is straight and rust free and bathed
in gorgeous red which is the deep end of the pool. All minding
their gaps nicely. On back a nice spacious boot with vertical
squared off taillights for the rear quarter endings. When the top
is down a very wonderful tonneau covering complete with a chromed
accenting curved trimming for the snaps looks just beautiful.
Knockoff hub wire wheels on all 4 corners add to the decidedly
British feel.
Interior
A swing of the doors and we see a wonderfully restored black smooth
vinyl stitched panel with chromed window cranks, the door actuator,
and chromed handle to pull it shut. Red painted metal is reserved
for the sills and under door jambs which are all rust free. Dual
tuck and roll insert, and smooth black bolstered bomber styled
buckets are in for the passengers. These have nice wide white
piping to highlight the edges. In back is a tuck and roll seat back
curving with the interior tub, but no seat just carpeted panels in
black looking very clean and unused. Upfront a silver painted dash
front is peppered with beautifully restored nearly perfect black
faced British Jaeger gauges with white numbering and lettering and
white pointers, all surrounded by shiny bezels. In the center of
the dash is a textured aluminum panel with 4 additional gauges
surrounding a centrally located ashtray and below this more knobs
and pulls for your enjoyment. A glovebox accessible for the
passenger is in front and a black padded vinyl dash top looking
very nice with no cracking or fading is on top. Black textured
carpeting is now flooding the floors and looks like new. A wood
knob topped small shift lever rises from the center hump towards
the driver's waiting hand.
Drivetrain
Talk about pristine you need to gaze into this engine bay. All
bathed in red surround it and has all new wiring, supple hoses and
chromed accenting throughout. In it's heart is a rebuilt 2138cc
4-cylinder with a chromed valve covering. It is fed petrol through
2 SU Carbs, and has a rebuilt 4-speed manual transmission with
overdrive on back. The rear axle weighs in at 3.70 ratio. Looking
nearly showroom under this bonnet.
Undercarriage
Showroom, with no rust, black framing and red floor pans, and shiny
exhaust. It has nary a spec of road dirt on her and does have front
disc brakes and rear drums which are all new. A new fuel line, new
water pump, new bushings are seen throughout under here.
Independent coil springs are on front and leaf springs provide the
ride and handling.
Drive-Ability
A super quick starter, and with a little choke once it warmed up it
ran swimmingly. Rail-like handling, and snappy acceleration from
the 4-cylinder fed by those 2 SU's. All working on the electrics
and other functions on this beauty.
This is a very economical way to get into the sports car game. A
totally buttoned up TR4 which has its charm and looks like it was
designed in the early 1960s and done so in Britain. I cannot get
enough of those large wheels, thin body and square styling with
neatly rounded over corners, and the hood formed headlight casings
are to die for. Quintessential Triumph.
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.
