>Jack,
>I got the 2 TR4A's today. It's cold and rainy down here, but not to cold to
>see that the cars are not as they were advertised. The extra body is far
>from what he told me and may not be much help to you. Rust isn't the
>problem, "overall bendage" is! It looks to have been manhandled many a
time.
>The trunk lid, doors and 3 fenders are OK, but the floors and the rest of
>the tub aren't. The rear deck area, including inner rear fenders appear
rust
>free. I may toss these parts aside for use on one of my rusty TR250's.
>
>The "complete car", which came with engine and tranny removed and no seats
>(he told me this in advance) has too many parts missing to be "complete".
It
>also had 2 surprises. #1 was a good one, an original armrest/ashtray option
>in good shape. #2 was a bad one as the tub has been modified for a V8
>conversion. This entailed cutting back the battery tray area and a small
>notch in the floor for the tranny. They welded a brace for a rear mount. I
>should have known when I saw the GM distributor on the floor with the rest
>of the junk. Otherwise, it's pretty straight and rust free, all gauges,
back
>seat cushion (torn), reasonable chrome.
>
>I paid for the honor of having this unloaded at my barn. I should no
better.
>I did get 2 engines and 2 tranny's, but I already had spares. Is anyone
>interested in a project car? At this point, I have collected 3 TR250's (2
>with typical rust in floors, rockers and tops of fenders, the other pretty
>clean but with some bondo), 2 TR6's (rust free as they get) and the above
>TR4A. I need to downsize my "honey, I bought them to restore" collection.
>After all, I have 2 TR6's on the road, the TR3A track car and another TR6
in
>lifetime restoration mode. I paid from $1150 to $2500 for the cars, and
will
>consider selling most of them with enough cash to get out clean on them.
>
>Bob Kramer, Austin TX
>Hill Country Triumph Club
>TR6's, TR250's, TR3A vintage race
>rgk@flash.net
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack W Drews <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
>To: Bob Kramer <rgk@flash.net>
>Cc: tmccis@revealed.net <tmccis@revealed.net>
>Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 2:55 AM
>Subject: Re: TR4A body
>
>
>>Bob Kramer wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Jack,
>>> If all goes as planned, I will have the TR4A bodies, parts etc. next
>>> Saturday the 7th. Are you still looking for a donor tub?
>>>
>>> Bob Kramer, Austin TX
>>> Hill Country Triumph Club
>>> TR6's, TR250's, TR3A vintage race
>>> rgk@flash.net
>>
>>Yes, son Tony is still looking for a donor tub. The primary need is one
>>that is not destroyed by rust, so that we save a year in restoration
>>time.
>>
>>--
>>uncle jack
>>TR4 Rallye Replica vintage racer
>>
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