After staying quite a while in lurk mode - I was looking for a two-speed
wiper motor for a TR4A IRS last month, but obviously these things do
not abound, as I didn't get any offer :-( - I have a different question
today:
As I mentioned in my first posting, I bought the TR from a german
person, who had imported it from the States in April or May '92. I was
interested in the history of the car, so I tried to contact the PO
mentioned on the Virginia title. Unfortunately, he did not write back,
so I thought he might have moved. I am still interested in the car's
whereabouts between 1965 and '92, and would appreciate any information.
Maybe some member of the lbc group has spotted the car at some point in
time, or even knew one of it's other POs? The hints I can give you:
It's a 1965 TR4A IRS in brg, originally black interior. Has been
repainted in a slightly offtone brg with a blueish tint not too long
ago, maybe just before it was sold to Europe. One of the POs changed
the interior (seats and carpets) for a teddy-brown (cognac-coloured, if
you prefer ;-)) set with leather seats.
It was last registrated in Leesburg, Virginia (1985 title).
On the windscreen is a sticker saying "County of Loudun, VA, 1989,
21406"
On the rear bumper left side is a sticker saying "Department of the
Navy, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 003839"
On the right side "Univ. of Maryland, College Park, 4-39195, Parking
permit exp. 8-31-71"
So there you are. I remember having read some time ago about a register
for british cars, where you give someone the Comm. No. and he will send
you the original specs of the car as well as the address it was sold to
originally. Does anybody know about that register? I think it was some
kind of semi-professional thing, available for a couple of british
pounds. Maybe I can bridle the horse from the tail, as we say in
german.
Little bit of local colour: We went (my girlfriend and me, that is) to
an exhibition of classical cars in Hamburg last weekend, called the
CLASSICON, in the rooms of the biggest of the local
Mercedes-Benz-dealers. It was a commercial thing, and you had to pay DM
10 to get inside and have a look at the cars of the indoors exhibition.
They had a good choice of british cars, some TRs and some XKs and XKEs,
a DB6, some 50s Mercedes stuff, a very rare 50s V8-BMW-Coupe and a
couple of italian sportscars. Most of the cars had undergone
nuts-and-bolts resto and where priced accordingly, although
"accordingly" is a very relative thing if you have to pay DM 71.000 for
a TR4 and 94.000 for a TR5. Not a trace of history in THOSE cars any
more, I fear. My choice would have been for a '71 VW Karmann-Ghia which
looked like just out of the time machine, immaculate throughout and not
a single spot on the original cardboard fittings in the trunk for DM
12.500. Outside were some fifty more cars waiting for possible buyers,
so you might have a look at something even without paying.
Oh, and just one more thing: do not blame me too much for not answering
on-the-spot, as I don't have a full Internet account; mostly I catch up
with the digest in weekly bits, ahem, hunks.
Cheers, Daniel
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E-Mail: heyer@imdm.uke.uni-hamburg.de | Univ. Hospital Eppendorf
voice +40 4717 4010 fax +40 4717 4517 | D-20246 Hamburg,Germany
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