1966 Triumph TR4A IRS
Desirable 'home market' example

Registration No: GJA 189D
Chassis No: CTC686410
MOT: Exempt

• Highly desirable right-hand drive, 'home market', IRS car
• In current ownership for some 41 years with just 4 former keepers
• Comprehensive previous restoration completed in 1991
• Pleasingly retains its factory fitted engine

Codenamed 'Zest', the TR4 was introduced in 1961. Although based upon the chassis and drivetrain of its much-loved TR3A predecessor, the newcomer cut a far more modern dash thanks to its all-new Michelotti-styled body. Power was provided by Triumph's proven 2138cc OHV four-cylinder engine while mechanical updates included a wider track front and rear, rack and pinion steering and an all-synchromesh gearbox. The optional overdrive now operated on second and third gears as well as top. The final iteration of the TR4 was the TR4A, introduced in 1965. This embodied a number of small styling changes and upgrades to the specification but, more pertinently, some 75 percent of TR4As were equipped with independent rear suspension (IRS).

Manufactured in 1966, this desirable IRS example with overdrive was supplied new to the ‘home market’ and first registered on UK roads on the 2^nd May that year. ‘GJA 189D’ was purchased into current ownership in 1984 and thereafter was provided with a full cosmetic and mechanical restoration over the following seven years, which is understood to have cost over £10,500, most of this being in parts and specialist services. The vendor completed much of the mechanical restoration, with the bodywork restored professionally. During this time, the TR4A benefitted from a renewed chassis supplied by specialists TR Bitz; extensive new panels as required; a full repaint in White; a comprehensive mechanical overhaul including a re-worked cylinder head for use with unleaded fuel; new chrome wire wheels; and a refreshed interior with leather seats trimmed in Black piping.

Sensibly upgraded over the years, the Triumph benefits from a front anti-roll bar and rear springs, an oil cooler and screw on oil-filter, and electronic ignition, with the brake and clutch both using DOT 5 silicone hydraulic fluid. Since the completion of the restoration, the TR4A has covered some 20,000 miles, including excursions to the South of France, Corsica, Cornwall, and much further summer usage, and has further benefitted from a gearbox and overdrive overhaul. Home market, IRS examples are highly desirable, and this nicely presented example which will be driven to the sale boasts retaining its factory fitted engine and is offered with a history file with extensive previous invoices and current V5C document which shows just four former keepers.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452