[TR] TR4 suspension mods

[Allen Hess]

The upper control arms and ball joint changed at CT6344, very very early TR4. Those same parts continued through TR4A and TR6 (I think).

> On Nov 18, 2020, at 6:50 PM, dave <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:
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> I have an early TR4 (built in 62, titled in 63) with lots and lots of interesting mods.
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> The original purchaser also owned a flaps and did all sorts of things.  He also ran the car in lots of rallies, and there are a few unexplained holes in the dash.
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> He sold it to a college kid, who drove it until it needed an engine rebuild, and parked it for a couple decades.
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> I have resuscitated it, and have constantly run into things that are not stock. 
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> Here is my question – we are rebuilding the front suspension, and discovered (after I had bought the “correct” parts, that the upper control arms/wishbones and the ball joints are TR4A.  I think the vertical control arms are TR4; we putting in TR4 trunnions. 
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> Can anyone explain to me the advantage of this?
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