Just reading Classic Cars this month and Quentin Wilson is tipping things like top end TR4s to hit good money over the next couple of years.

Loosely translated, that means he has an airfield full of them that he's needing to move on..

 

I think he might agree with BB

they aren't £20K cars

they might be one day, but you could house for £500 fifty years ago

 

It certainly has been left to the elements!

The rust does not look too bad though.

I cannot see the underside though so cant really comment.

 

Snap. My first car was a 13/60 convertible too.

I'd agree with Gad. That TR4 could be restored for a lot less than £20k. £20k would have to be a pretty special restoration.

I restored my Herald for less than £4k and that was a complete body off rebuild with new chassis, scuttle and rear tub with a body shop doing all the bodywork. Admittedly that was 15 years ago but i'd have though £10k would go a long way to making that TR4 presentable and drivable again as long as its mechanically ok.

 

Lovely looking car, as are some of the other early TR series.

Even had me looking on PH! Surprised at the prices though

 

Unless he's able to do it himself it's not going to make a profit.

You can still get most of the parts to rebuild from little more than a chassis plate but I would guess that rebuilding a TR4 is a lot more £s than doing the same with an MGB on a heritage shell.

 

OHHHHH errrrrrrrrrrr Mr & Mr MQ thats the sort of car I would love to play with one day, but alas i feel it will be a rusty S2000 I land up playing with in a few years time.

But then again , STOP it give me a slap make me stop dreaming

I used to get a lift to college in a TR6 , always had a soft spot for the TR's esp the TR4irs

 

I'm with Chipp.. God I'd love to get my mitts on one !
Restore it if you have the money, but if you don't really want to or can't quite be bothered I'd have to say it would be worth passing onto someone in the TSSC club I would have thought, I'm sure someone else would relish the opportunity to do it.
Out of interest - what condition is the chassis in ?

The pics of the TR5 had me drooling a bit I don't mind admitting !

 

Oh heck even the wife likes it

 

spend the money, get it back on the road. why worry about it being worth less than the restoration cost. you could sell it a buy a ready restored one but it wont have the memories you will have with this car.


funny how it's ok to buy a new car and lose money but restoring a car with a value less than the restoration is frowned upon . anyway, it's not as if your doing this to sell in the near future, if at all, so if the money is not a problem then just go for it.