Any of you racers want to comment on the note below. Fellow sent it to me as
the TR4 rep for VTR. My answer would be to Run away from that price. Am I
on track or maybe you guys can justify 16K? Comments please. Thanks.
Art Kelly
In a message dated 08-Aug-99 18:27:42 Eastern Daylight Time, [deleted] writes:
> Art:
>
> I've seen your notes in re TR4s on past digests while I was researching
> TR4As. I used to be on the british-cars list back in the old days --
> with a TR6-in-a-box and a "bastard bugeye" '64 Sprite. Spent the last
> few "baby production" years in a '72 2002, still a good daily driver,
> and now have an opportunity to get my dream british car. Not a "daily
> driver" but a fun car and a keeper.
>
> I found a '65 TR4A IRS listed at $16K-ish. Second owner, unrestored with
> 30K miles and was SCCA prepped when new. Photos support flawless claims
> -- and the radar detector on the dash supports the claim that it's a
> quick car -- and I have a consultant on location w/in 50 miles of the
> car who will look it over to verify condition in another week.
>
> Is this price reasonable for a TR4A? The CPI values max out around $10K,
> but don't reflect a "show winner" -- or a presumably rare car like an
> unraced vintage race-prepped (according to the Triumph factory manual)
> car. Appreciate the feedback.
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