Brad,
>From reading this thread I think we've determined that you have a 1961
TR4 with most of a early 1965 TR4 body placed on it. Couple more questions:
1. Does the body have chrome plated phillips-headed screws in the rear
inner wheel arches, heads visible in the car's inside?
2. Does it have a white dash with aluminum instrument gauge cluster
surround?
3. Is your trunk hood held up with a prop rod or that clicking, sliding
gizmo?
My guess is that some DPO switched bodies rather than deal with rot.
When he did that he also did away with the early interior. This explains
the flip-forward seats and aluminum capping. You will have a good search
on you hands for some things, such as the chrome surround and trunk prop
rod assembly. Not impossible to find parts, just difficult! The early
TR4 radiator was the same as the TR3B radiator. If you want to use an
earlier TR2/3/3A radiator you will have to elongate the frame mounting holes
so the radiator bolts up and won't hit the fan. Forget about crank
starting unless you elongate the hole (now you folks know why that hole
is so long in early TR4s - it also had to fit the TR3Bs).
Good Luck!
Bruce Clough
CT2699L
> Good points. I can tell you for sure that they had started using the 3
> > aluminum finishing pieces at the top/rear of the cockpit and a 4th on top
> > of the windshield by #17602, late '62. But, at that point the long-neck
> > radiator was still being used. I am 99.9% certain these are all the
> > original pieces still on my car. (just had radiator rebuilt, looks great)
>
> I've identified mine to be steel on the windscreen frame top and
> aluminum around the cockpit. Sure hope I can find a long neck
> radiator. Do you know if its the same as a TR3 or was it modified
> slightly?
>
> > My hood is not original, has the later, long bulge that extends right to
> > the rear edge. The early hoods also used flat bumpers at the rear corners
> > of the engine compartment (these were originally on my car but didn't
> > match up with the "cups" on the hood). Early cars, including mine, also
> > did not have the "safety catch" on the hood latch.
>
> One of the pads on my is flat and the other is missing all together.
> Probably another indicattion that I should have the short hood bulge.
>
> > Triumph made lots of design changes during the production runs, but not
> > like some manufacturers... at one point we had 4 VW Jettas and Rabbits in
> > the family, all within 3 years. Each had a totally different fuel
> > injection system. One had a system that even the factory trained mechanics
> > couldn't identify.
>
> I rather enjoy tracking down the various design changes to these cars.
> Kind of provides feeling of accomplishing something.
>
> > I love working on computerless, injectionless, electronicless TR's! Give
> > me a tractor motor any day.
>
> You are definitely right about that. I hate working on the newer
> vehicles.
>
>
>
> Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
>
> 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L
> 1966 TR4A CT72398L (Now a parts car)
> 196? TR4 CT38888LO (Chassis # 0281CT, missing OD !)
> 1951 Dodge Truck 82217766 B-3-B-108 (Spring shackle problems)
>
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