[Fot] TR4 race car for sale, lot's of financial interest, please spread the word.

rkramer3 at austin.rr.com rkramer3 at austin.rr.com
Thu Jul 30 18:03:48 MDT 2009


Long story short, I bought a TR4 racecar for my son to race, then found a better one. Soooo I have an TR4 almost a racecar for sale (taking offers) and it is advertised in the VTR Classifieds at:

http://www.vtr.org/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=4277


Here is the info I posted:

This is an interesting car. It is sort of set up for racing. The story is that a fellow named Elmer Peters raced a TR4A in the SCCA. At some point he wrecked the TR4A and converted his solid axle TR4 into a race car by moving over his race parts. I can find no evidence that he ever got this car on the track but maybe it was autocrossed, I don't know. 

For a street car it is in need of restoration but it is what they typically call rust free. There is surface rust on the frame but overall it does not appear to have any body issues. I got it out of Ohio but the car was reportedly from Florida. He took pains to not do anything to the body that was not reversible short of mounting the roll cage, seat and some accessories. Truthfully, this car can go either way, make it a race car or restore it to the original. 

I do not know the original color but it has a racer coat of thin maroon paint on it now. All the body panels are solid and you can see from the pics that they fit pretty well. 

My first impression was that the engine was the stock motor that came with the car but I have recently cleaned out the fuel syetem and replaced the old gas. I drove it yesterday and engine is better than I first thought. The new fuel perked it up and it didn't smoke like it did before I cleaned it out. It may be mildly race prepared as it has quit a bit of pep. The clutch hydraulics are a little weak, maybe needing to be bled again. It has a header a later long branch manifold and early H6 SU's, common for racing but I have the original manifold. It has an overdrive transimission and the rear axle is standard issue open gears (no Detroit Locker or Southwick conversion). The brakes have been rebuilt end to end with new Stainless Steel flexible brake lines and rebuilt cylinders and calipers.

I have a ton of spares that I got with the car including the seats, the old interior. spare differential, windscreen, top frame etc. I can make up a spares package from my other parts to suit the buyers tastes, either street car or race. There are the racing wheels in the pictures and another set of stock steel wheels, I think the hubcaps are in the spares but I can make no guarantees until the stuff is sorted.

I bought this car for my son to race but recently lucked into a better car for him, so this one has to go. 

You can contact me through email :
rkramer at rdoequipment.com or call me at work 512-272-4141 or nights 512-250-9498

The car is located near Austin Texas and I have lots of pictures that I can email you if you are interested. I paid $4500.00 for it but I am motivated to sell because the new TR4 took it's spot in the garage. 



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