Triumph TR4 group GT (1962)

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Date Built	Commission Number	Remarks
Jul 7, 1961	CT 1	First production TR4
Jan 1, 1962	CT 2649
Jan 1963	CT 18605	Not verifiable as record is unavailable
Jan 1, 1964	CT 28709
Jan 1, 1965	CT 40193
Jan 6, 1965	CT 40304	Last production TR4
Jan 7, 1965	CTC 50001	First production TR4A
Aug, 1967	CTC 78684	Last production TR4A
Aug 29, 1967	CP 1	First production TR5
Sep 19, 1968	CP 3101	Last production TR5
Aug 29, 1967	CD 1	First production TR250
Sep 19, 1968	CD 8594	Last production TR250

TR4: 40304 units built
TR5: 2,947 units built
TR250: 8,484 units built

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Homologation number	61	99	98	133	195	528	529
Homologation start	16/1/1962	29/1/1963		5/9/1963	1/6/1965	1/2/1966
Model	TR4				TR4 IRS		TR4A
Capacity	1991 cc		2138 cc

Standard wet-liner, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
2138cc
86.0 x 92.0 mm
9.0:1
100 BHP (75 KW) @ 4600 RPM
127 lbs/ft @ 3350 rpm
cast iron block with loose-fitted wet liners
3 thin-wall main bearings with replaceable shells
OHV, 2 valves per cyl - 8 valves total
2 x 1¾" SU Carbs - later with Zenith Stromberg 175 CD Carbs
water cooled

Front: unequal length double wishbones, coil springs and telescopic dampers
Rear: Live axle, half elliptic springs and lever arm dampers
Rack and pinion steering
Pressed steel disc with 5.50 x 15" tyres

Results in WSCC

2138cc engine unless noted

Season races for GT


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	d' Auvergne	Tourist Trophy	Bridgeh	Paris
Team	3h	12h		1000km	24h			400km	1000km
George Waltmann		#37, 30th
James Binford/ Howard Cole		#38, spare car

Statistics
Starts/finishes 1/1		1/1

Source
At Sebring '63

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Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Cons uma	Ross feld	Le Man	Wies baden	d' Auve rgne	Freiburg	Tourist Trophy	Ollon	Inter Europa	TdF	Bridgeh
Team	3h	12h		500km	1000km	Hill climb	Hill climb	24h	rally		Hill climb		Hill climb			500km
Standard-Triumph Motor Co (Coupe)		#36, 22nd
Standard-Triumph Motor Co (Coupe)		#37, 35th
Standard-Triumph Motor Co (Coupe)		#38, 24th
Genser Forman Distributors		#39, 37th
Keymo Motors (Conrero group P)		#40T, practice only
OASC									#7, dnf
Walter Rheiner													#113, 57th
Urs Schütz													#116, 65th
Neil Dangerfield														#33, 11th
Roger Barbara/ Bernard Mordacq															#162, 20th

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 10/8		5/4							1/0				2/2	1/1	1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Standard-Triumph Motor Co
Peter Bolton		36
Mike Rothschild		36
Bob Tullius		37
Bruce Kellner		37
Lew Spencer		37
Charlie Gates		38
Ed Diehl		38
Bob Cole		38
Genser Forman Distributors
George Waltman		39
Keymo Motors
Charlie Kolb		40
OASC
Gerhard Nenning									7
Kurt Schneeweiss									7


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Consuma	Nurb	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Freiburg	Cita di Enna	Tourist Trophy	Sierra Montagna	Inter Europa	TdF	Brigde Hampton	Paris
Team	2000km	12h		500km	Hill climb	1000km	Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb			Hill climb			500km	1000km
Peter Gregg	#44, 23rd
Genser Forman Triumph Dist		#34, 40th
John Sprinzel (1991cc)				#58, dnf		#130, dns
Max Hobbel (1991cc)				#59, dnf
Gerhard Vorndran							#72, 52nd
Angelo Rizzo (1991cc)											#34, 8th
Michel Pilet													#157, 61st

Statistics
Starts/finishes 8/5	1/1	1/1		2/0		1/0	1/1				1/1		1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Genser Forman Triumph Dist
George Waltman		34
Ted Lawrence		34
John Sprinzel
Neil Dangerfield				58		130
John Sparrow						130


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Mugelo	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Bolzano Mendola	Freiburg	CdE	Ollon	Bridgeh
Team	2000km	12h	1000km		500km	1000km		Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb	Hill climb		Hill climb	500km
M. Barry Martin/ Craig Hill		#37, 41st
Gustav Wenger/ Fritz Schmidt			#45, in entry list
Rene Bogaert														#127, 70th

Statistics
Starts/finishes 2/2		1/1												1/1


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Le Man	Mugelo	CdE	Hock	Montagna	Nurb	Zeltweg
Team	24h	12h	1000km		1000km	1000km	24h				Hill climb	500km	500km
Standard Triumph Motor Co (TR4A hardtop 2182cc group P)		#39, eng ine
Standard Triumph Motor Co (TR4A hardtop 2182cc)		#40, eng ine
Standard Triumph Motor Co (TR4A hardtop 2182cc)		#40, 23rd
Standard Triumph Motor Co (TR4A hardtop 2182cc)		#41, 19th
Standard Triumph Motor Co (TR4A hardtop 2182cc)		#42, 26th
Genser Forman	#40, 28th
E. P. Drescher (LM group P)	#41, 22nd
John Addison/ Ken Hughes/ Fred Salo	#42, rocker arm
Cannon Auto (TR4A hardtop)	#43, 23rd
John Kingham (TR4A hardtop)	#45, 24th	#92, 28th

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 11/9	5/4	6/5
Driver	Team entries and car number
Standard Triumph Motor Co
Bob Tullius		39
Charlie Gates		39
Dick Gilmartin		40
Mike Rothschild		40
Steve Froines		41
Bill Pendleton		41
Ludwig Heimrath		42
Craig Hill		42
Genser Forman
George Waltman	40
Art Swanson	40
Nick Cone	40
E. P. Drescher
Hugh Kleinpeter	41
Harry Fry	41
George Parsons	41
Cannon Auto
Dana Kelder	43
Ara Dube	43
Red Wilson	43
John Kingham
Herb Byrne	45	92
Milo Vega	45	92
Bob Kingham		92


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Spa	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	Hock	Mugelo	Brands Hatch	CdE	Zeltweg	Ollon	Nurb
Team	24h	12h	1000km	1000km	720km	1000km	24h	304km	529km	6h	300km	500km	Hill climb	500km
Cannons Auto Service, CT 53412 L (TR4A 2186cc)	#42, 18th
Cannons Auto Service, CTC 59436 L (TR4A 2186cc)	#43, 14th
Raymond Stoutenburg/ James Taylor/Roger McCluskey (TR4A)	#44, dnf
Joseph C. Hines, CT3500L	#45, dnf	#27, eng ine
Tim Burr (Atlas Van Lines)	#48, 29th	#29, 29th
Milo Vega/ John Witt/ Bob Kingham (TR4A 2182cc)		#28, 29th

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 8/5	5/3	3/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
Cannons Auto Service
Steven Sommer	42
Guido Levetto	42
Dana Kelder	43
Ara Dube	43
Joseph C. Hines
Joe C. Hines, Jr	45
C. C. Canada	45
T. J. Kelly	45	27
Whit Tharin		27
Wilbur Pickett		27
Tim Burr (Atlas Van Lines)
Tim Burr	48	29
Buell Owen	48	29
Clint Cavin	48


Car entry	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Brands Hatch	Monza	Targa Florio	Nurb	Spa	Watkis Glen	Zeltweg	Le Man
Team	24h	12h	6h	1000km		1000km	1000km	6h	500km	24h
Cannons Auto Service (TR4A)	#43, suspe nsion
John Cameron (TR4A)	#47, dnf	#86, eng ine
Doyle Poole/ Stott/ Bruce Morehead (TR4A)	#48, disqua lified
Leyland Motor Corporation (TR250 K 2498cc group P)		#47, suspe nsion

Statistics
Starts/finishes 5/0	3/0	2/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Cannons Auto Service
Carl Schwenker	43
Ara Dube	43
Dana Kelder	43
John Cameron
Milo Vega	47	86
John Witt	47	86
John Cameron		86
Leyland Motor Corporation
Jim Dittemore		47
Bob Tullius		47

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