By Ed Higginbotham
Thanks for bringing this to my attention...don't know how I missed it!
I've been looking for a TR6 project but I'm going to bid on this.
Love a car with an interesting backstory? This 1962 Triumph TR4 might interest you. Bring a Trailer is auctioning it off this week. As the story goes, the car actively competed through the 1970s and part of the ‘80s but then never saw the track again until last year at the Jefferson 500 at Summit Point Motorsports Park. That event didn’t go according to plan. The car overheated and after piecing an engine back together, the owner is selling. It comes with many spares, including more of those massive fender flares. What do you think it will sell for?
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Thanks for bringing this to my attention...don't know how I missed it!
I've been looking for a TR6 project but I'm going to bid on this.
I went ahead and bid.
LanEvo wrote: I went ahead and bid.
If you do end up winning it, let me know. I'd be interested in buying a set of those flared fenders for my TR4. (or making a set from the molds). . . Good Luck
I'm a little nervous since it doesn't look like the car can run with most organizations without modification. As it stands, it's limited to groups like VARAC G70+ in which it would be totally uncompetitive. Besides, I do already have a vintage racecar built for that class ... so it doesn't really make much sense.
I've got to figure out what I'm going to do (and how high I'm willing to bid).
What I really need is a second street car. It would be more reasonable to find a clean TR6, which was my plan in the first place.
Those classy looks, bet that'd be a hoot to race. BAT questioned the fiberglass fenders as being eligible. Not being up on historic sanctions and rules is this a big deal? Would hate to have to convert it back to steel fenders, looks awesome as it is.
Not a lot of spares, stock top end (although ported head and race cam included), will this hold the sale price down? Bet you could recoup some money w/ those molds tho.
$3600 current bid w/ under 24 hrs left.
It's neither fish nor fowl at the moment.
Too modified to run with the real vintage groups. Not modified enough to be competitive in classes like Group 70+ where it would be up against the likes of the E30 M3, 944/968, and 964. You couldn't get a current SCCA or NASA logbook without totally redoing the cage.
Kind of falls between the cracks.
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