Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 09:46:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rod Knox <rknox@bc.sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Volvo trany to replace TR4A trany
>
> I've been lurking for a year now, saving pertinent info and buying parts.
> Finally I have some time to attend to the TR. I've had my Tr4A since grade
> 12 (1975) and until recently, treated it like a toy. I never liked the slow
> shifting transmission and being young, refused to shift at a rate conducive
> to long syncro & gear life. I had 3rd gear rebuilt twice before trading a
> partially stripped wreck for a "new" rebuilt trany in '82. It lasted about 3
> years before starting to jump out of 3rd under load. Now I have to hold it
> in gear unless coasting.
>
> Question 1 - I had heard that a volvo trany of the same vintage would bolt
> into the TR4A bell housing with only minor modifications. Something about
> the same factory making both transmissions? I assume the Volvo model would
> be PV544 or B18. I was going to pull mine out and take it to a wrecker or
> two and see if I could spot the correct Volvo trany but it would be easier
> if someone could tell me what I'm looking for. Maybe I just drank too much
> in my younger days and talked to too many bar room experts, eh?
>
> Question 2 - My car is registered as a 1968 TR4A (CT67907) so I've always
> wondered if it was one of the last TR4As built and shipped too late to
> qualify or be registered as a '67. Anyone know what the last commission
> number is?
Interesting:
Question 2: Bill Piggott's book "Original Triump TR" indicates under Production
Figures
that the TR4A production of 3633 cars in 1967 and 0 were produced in 1968? In
the
written
text he indicates that records show that production for the TR4A ceased in July
1967,
with the last commission number being CTC78684 (CT for North American but used
same
numbering sequence). Not sure what this tells about your plate information?
Any other thoughts from the list?
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
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