1964 Triumph TR4 - Part 1 - Another Rusty Beauty

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As we are approaching the end of one project, it is time to bring in the next one. It is a not so rusty Rusty Beauty. Let's do a walk around and some initial inspection.
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@Sonormuseum 5 месяцев назад

Great starting point. Since it's a British car, of course it leaks oil from every place it can, but if you are pulling the engine and trans, you can redo all the seals. The front seal on the differential is what is spraying on the underside of the trunk.. New seat foam and covers, new exhaust system. You've got a diamond in the rough. Wonderful car!

@stevesweeney5378 Год назад

My favorite of the TR series! I had a 64 of course that was almost 50 years ago. Defrosting was a bit weak, but I survived! Only problem it ever had was the motor mounts broke, and the carb linkage disconnecting and an in opportune time at 3AM. An officer stopped about an hour later and used his flashlight so I could what the problem was! Cant wait to watch this rebuild!!!

@MrWaalkman Год назад

I had a '64 TR4. Great car. :)

@stefanomastropietro9040 3 месяца назад

Great video 🎉

@philtucker1224 Год назад

I quite like the idea of slow engine oil leaks providing the car is carefully monitored before and after every run out. At least the cost of some fresh oil is still a lot less than having a very dry and rusty old frame I guess…

@alanm.4298 Год назад

I'll be watching, Elin. Nice to see a reasonably well maintained, mostly original TR4. A lot of the projects you will be working through either are or will be things I'm doing on my '62 TR4: negative ground conversion, alternator conversion (installed, but not wired up), electric fan (also installed w/thermistat switch, but not yet wired), etc. I need to do a "tired engine rebuild", too, so your work there will be a very useful guide! My car is in storage right now, but hopefully I can get busy on it in a few months. Cheers!

@davidwarr8600 Год назад

Pretty solid car. This project won’t require so much welding if any. A fairly light restoration. It will be a fun project.

@TR4Ajim Год назад

Looks like another great series! I have a 65 TR4A with a solid rear axle, so a lot of the work you’ll be doing will be similar to work I’ve done too. BTW - I’d recommend adding new front/rear flexible brake hoses to the parts list as they can perish from the inside out. 👍

@philtucker1224 Год назад

Yes, good idea especially if the current ones are more than 10 or 15 years old..

@russelblackwell6041 Год назад

Thank you ,Sir for sharing your great knowledge looking forward to seeing it back in good shape thank you

@lilastorino4749 Год назад

Super excited for summer drives !!

@Patrick-Inc Год назад

I'm particularly excited for this one.

@MoonShotMan Год назад

My dad bought a 1963 TR4 brand new in 1963. My brother still has the car. Good memories.

@johnfalkenstine8377 Год назад

Good video. I had an early TR4 in 1972 for which I paid 200 dollars. It only had the tonneau top and zero rust. On narrow Georgia highways, the trucks going in the opposite direction sucked the tonneau cover off. It was reliable, but the engine was worn out.

@ralphcap2476 Год назад

You should go live once in a while I could watch you all day and I think most of your supporters would agree with me.

@markcook3570 Год назад

Tr-250 owner here, nice...

@jamessimmons8352 Год назад

Sure wish I still had my '64 TR4. The reason I got rid of it was the rear crank seal leaked oil and kept ruining clutches. New seals didn't work for long. I hope there are better replacement seals these days.

@philtucker1224 Год назад

Did you buy another car as a replacement James?

@jamessimmons8352 Год назад

@@philtucker1224 sadly no. I was a poor college student at the time an borrowed my Dad's Olds Cutlass. It was depressing. 😞

@ernestrhoades5147 Год назад

I had a TR4A nice cars and a butt full of fun to drive , check your ring gear bolts they tend to come loose l wound up having to locktite them no more issues.

@omphaloskeptic4989 Год назад

Elin, this will be fun and informative to watch. The positive ground changeover is something I have no idea what all is involved; good learning experience for me! As to the low compression and oily plugs, would a product like Bardahl's Marvel Mystery oil (or similar) injected into the spark plug hole and left to soak allow the rings to free up possibly? It might be a worthwhile experiment to see if the compression mismatch between the cylinders could be reduced and perhaps save the time/work to do a ring job.

@tnekkc Год назад

I knew a girl in the 60s. She knew I liked Triumph TR4A cars. She bought one. It worked. Then she became a missionary.

@andyMSH700 5 месяцев назад

looks like a nice car and from here chassis looks clean as though it might have been restored or stored indoors for a long time....tr4 is a cute shape and despite it being possibly nicer then the TR6 i still prefair the TR6 shape....i suppose because i own one :)

@gordonblank6845 Год назад

Another great video but alas, I don’t have a British car in the garage 😎🎅 I only ever had 1 Triumph. It was a 56 TR-3 small mouth.

@kge420 Год назад

My first ride in a British sports car was in my neighbor's TR4

@pda49184 Год назад

Did you hear me shouting at my monitor screen Elin ? If not , it didn't matter in the end as you've discovered the rear shoes need the clips.. The break shoes are inclined to vibrate a little without them and it does interfere somewhat with drum removal. I owned the same model in 1967 (bought second-hand of course). This example appears to be a very solid car and will no doubt have undergone a few resto's in it's life if it wasn't a resident of California. Taking a look around it with you, brings back many good memories including some of the young ladies sat in the passenger seat back in the day..

@robbending3848 Год назад

I was shouting, too: at the witness marks on the exhaust of the diff nose oil leak and the soot mark on the blowing front silencer! I don't envy Elin working with such a small clearance beneath the car with the engine on! Please keep safe, Elin.

@davidberlanny3308 Год назад

Your going to have to change your channel name to "Oily Beauties". Looks an interesting project, it does worry me to see the brakes shoes fitted incorrectly. Its not a colour I like for a car, but I think when your behind the wheel you dont see too much of it!! Great video, very enjoyable to watch as always. Good luck from Spain!!

@barry6274 Год назад

Looks pretty nice, a paying job rather than your GT6 is kind of a good thing...maybe you can work it in between Mazda weekends. You are a busy guy, just look after yourself as you work through all of this.

@phensriwood8081 Год назад

TR4 only has the return springs to hold the shoes I believe.

@daveeddy2402 Год назад

I'm paying close attention to this one... Similar condition to the TR6 I just picked up. I haven't tried to turn it over yet as the battery is no good and it hasn't run since 1992.

@markrobinson8539 Год назад

I have never seen drum brakes that didn't have those locating pins and springs. It is scary when someone works on brakes and leaves parts off.

@mddaly6082 Год назад

Did you have the throttle wide open when you did the compression tests?

@buckwheatINtheCity Год назад

It is amperage that turns a starter, not voltage.

@huwdavies6650 Год назад

If an old British car isn't leaking oil, you need to add oil.😉

@alethacriss9308 Год назад

Do a leak down compression test or oil the cylinders and do another compression test to see if it's rings or valves. j

@pbysome Год назад

Is that meant to be mimosa yellow?

@davidwarr8600 Год назад

Are you still going to show the repair to the GT6 frame? I have a GT6+ frame that has the same issue. It is a spare frame that I have kept hoping to find a Spitfire to put on it. I have two outriggers that are in good shape. I am wondering whether I should repair what is on the frame or change them completely.

@RustyBeauties Год назад

I will show the repair, yes. Coming soon. I repaired the outrigger partially, so you will see what is involved and you can decide whether to change them or repair them

@jurgenblick5491 23 дня назад

Yellow on this beauty is bad luck

@robertfountain4856 Год назад

I'm not a Triumph man but the rear brake shoes look odd to me. The pads are correctly not centred on the metal shoe itself but shouldn't the maximum area of pad be towards the piston and the end without the pad towards the adjuster? They look upside down to me. Are all four shoes identical or are they installed as a pair of front shoes on one side and a pair of trailing shoes on the L Please look at them again.

@robjw66111 Год назад

A uk car with Electrical issues, Never :)

@frederickbowdler8169 Год назад

This car has so many issues which have not been addressed and it has not been looked after well in my opinion it is not fit for the road.

@Anne6621 Год назад

cool car !!! , i use to have a TR4a and a TR4 sure with i had kept them

@philtucker1224 Год назад

They are so beautiful, what do you currently have Anne?

@Anne6621 Год назад

@@philtucker1224 lol right now i am currently old and drive a Toyota Avalon , but had around 200 cars in my life time XKE's to porsche 356's and 916 and TR3 and tr4a tr4 tr250 tr6 spitfires Healey BJ8 but oddly never a GT6 and IMO that was the coolest of the cool even cooler than an XKE imo

@philtucker1224 Год назад

@@Anne6621 thanks for your reply Anne, yes I guess I’m similar in age to you and I love the way you described us as currently old ha ha! 😊200 cars, wow! (were you in the trade I guess?)

@Anne6621 Год назад

@@philtucker1224 currently old lol lol , no i just loved cars and back then cars were dirt cheap , example , in 1970 i bought my 1965 Porsche 356 for 650 dollars and it was mint with if i recall 9 or 12 thousand miles