>Perhaps I'm missing something, but isn't the frame quite different between
>a
>TR4 and a beam axle TR4A ? It's perhaps less likely to've been changed
>than
>the engine and transmission ... The rear axle and suspension are different
>too. I believe on a TR4 the rear shock levers run fore and aft, while on a
>4A they run crosswise to the car.
>
>Randall
>59 TR3A
This is absolutely true. The TR-4A chassis is very different from the TR-4
chassis. But you have to get (or at least look) under the car to see the
difference...and we all know that driving these wonderful cars we never even
get a chance to see what the underside looks like, ah ? :o)
Anyway, what I was saying is that there was a chassis number you could see
in the engine compartment without jacking the vehicle up. But, it turns
out, I was wrong. I was thinking of the Spitfire, as it has a chassis
number on the crossmember under the front of the engine, but the TR-4 does
not. The other locations I mentioned (tranny, dif, etc) are correct though.
Unfortunately any, or all, of them could have been swapped out.
Darrell, in the High Desert of California
62 TR-4 CT 5368 LO (daily driver)
62 TR-4 CT 10440 L
62 TR-4 CT 13108 L (long term project)
65 Spit FC 51603 L
67 Spit FD 2890 L (daughters car)
77 Spit FM 62888 UC (other daily driver)
79 Spit FM 98233 UC (wifes car)
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