Triumph TR4 and TR4A

I took the photographs of these two cars at the Aston Martin Owners Club meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015 where they both took part in the Equipe GTS race.

This is the 1962 Triumph TR4 of Nick Mountford

This is the 1967 Triumph TR4A of Richard McKoen

The Triumph TR4 was introduced in 1961 as a replacement for the Triumph TR3 with a body designed by Giovanni Michelotti that was the first major body change for Triumph since the TR2 was introduced in 1953, although the TR4's chassis was based on that of the earlier TR cars. The TR4 was replaced by the TR4A in 1965 and that car continued in production until 1967. Outwardly almost identical, the major difference in the two cars was the TR4A's independent rear suspension. Both cars had the 4-cylinder inline Standard Vanguard engine that had been fitted to the TR2 and TR3, with the capacity increased from 1,991cc to 2,138cc.

This is Nick Mountford in the TR4 at Old Hall Corner during the morning qualifying session for the race.....

.....and here is Richard McKoen during the same qualifying session, followed by the 1963 MGB of Graham Bates and the 1964 MGB of Harvey Stanley.

Triumph

Here are the photographs I took of some of the Triumphs at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2016.

This is a 1948 1,776cc straight-4 Triumph Roadster, produced from 1946 to 1948

This is a 1937 Triumph Dolomite Special, but the only information I can find about this car is the DVLA record that says it has a 1,750cc engine. The 1930s Triumph was produced with three different engine sizes, and the nearest I can find to this is the 1,767cc engine of the 14/60 and 14/65.

A  Michelotti bodied 1967 1,147cc straight-4 Triumph Herald 1200 Convertible, produced from 1961 to 1971.

A 1957 1,991cc straight-4 Triumph TR3. The original TR3 had a smaller central radiator grille and this version with the full width grille was unofficially known as a TR3A, but just badged as a TR3. This version was produced from 1957 to 1962.

Another Michelotti bodied car, a 1974 2,997cc V8 Triumph Stag. This is one of the  MkII cars that were produced between 1974 and 1977.

This is one of the original Triumph TR3 models, made in the last year of the 1955 to 1957 production run and has the smaller central grille. It shares the 1,991cc straight-4 engine of the later 'TR3A'.

This is the first production model of the TR series of cars, the Triumph TR2 that was produced from 1953 to 1955 and used the same 1.991cc straight-4 engine of the later TR3. There was one prototype model built which differed from the production car, mainly at the rear end, to such an extent that the production model was called the TR2 and the prototype retrospectively named the TR1.

This is a 1966 2,138cc straight-4 Triumph TR4A, produced from 1965 to 1967. The Michelotti bodied car was externally little different from the TR4, but it had independent rear suspension instead of the Hotchkiss drive system of the earlier car.

A 1974 2,498cc straight-6 Triumph TR6 with Lucas fuel-injection, produced between 1968 and 1976. The body basically followed the same lines as the TR4 and TR5, but was restyled by the German firm of Karmann.

This is a 1982 1,998cc straight-4 Triumph TR7 Drop-head Coupe, designed by the chief stylist at British Leyland, Harris Mann. The cars were produced between 1975 and 1982 and this one bears the double bulge bonnet of the later cars that was designed to clear the carburettors of the V8 engined TR8 which had an identical body to the TR7.

Marcos Luton Gullwing

This car competed in the HSCC Historic Road Sports race at the HSCC's Summer Race Meeting at Oulton Park in July 1995.

It's Peter Bremner's 1962 Marcos Luton Gullwing GT, with a 1198cc Ford engine. Behind it is Colin Sharp's 1966 Triumph TR4A.

Cars in Guernsey

Every time we go to Guernsey I always manage to take photographs of one or two cars, and here are some that I photographed on our recent visit.

Triumph TR4A

Renault 4 GTL

Jaguar XJS

Lamborghini Diablo VT

All these photographs were taken round the quayside area of St Peter Port