All in the family: ’63 Triumph TR4
We had a TR4A a few weeks ago so we can briefly re-tell the story of the TR4. The folks at Standard Triumph had one mission for the engineers embarking on designing the replacement for the TR-3 – maintain the “hairy chested” image of the TR-3. The project code-name was Zest. Why car companies need code names I’ll never know. Perhaps a carry over from the war? They asked Italian design house, Michelotti, to come up with a handsome new body and they did a fine job. 
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What we have here today is an MG TD and one of the last few hundred before they ended production at Abingdon in favor of the TF. Anyone know why there wasn’t a TE? Since it is a later TD, it has a newer design XPAG Motor. It is an older restoration of good quality so it has softened with age and not fallen apart. In other words, it has patina and that is okay for a nice driver. The finish is said to be smooth and there are no known rust issues. The nice part about this offering is that it comes form one our favorite dealers. They find good cars and present them well. 
Tojeiro was working for Buckland Bodyworks when he submitted a design to AC Cars – they were looking to fill a spot at the Earl’s Court Motor Show. John brought a version of the car offered here. It was modified to fit an AC engine, re-registered and named the AC Ace. And that readers became the genesis of the Shelby Cobra. Boom! So any Tojeiro is an interesting car that will command big numbers. This car, registered as LOW 77, passed from Cliff to a guy named Reggie who sold it to Ormsby then to Alan. Sounds like the characters in a Jane Austen novel. Now a US resident, LOW 77 has competed in the Colorado Grand, Copperstate 1000 and even Augie Pabst has taken the wheel on occasion. It has volumes of provenance and ready to continue to please a new owner. 
Today was to be a tribute to NASCAR-Day but how could we not be first with this one! Here goes the original car mantra you heard so many times before – it’s only original once. 
