Highlights

Rare original home market IRS RHD car
Older body-off restoration and rally mechanical upgrades
Never used has rally car which has preserved condition
Only five keepers with current one since 2007
Suspension polybushed and engine uprated but never used competitively
Well specified overdrive model with Surrey Top
Maintained at Haynes Heritage Garage
Voluntary MOT valid to October 2026 with no advisories

#5 In details please add : Engine balanced and lightened, stage III head, High lift cam, 4-2-1 extractor manifold with S/S exhaust, Spax shockers, H4 headlights, Servo breaks, Kenlow fan.

The Appeal

It may have been developed as a pretty Michelotti-penned alternative to the Austin Healey and MGB, but the TR4 found its true calling as a serious giant killer on the world’s rally and race tracks. The IRS’ semi-trailing arm system cemented that reputation by absorbing bumps and maintaining wheel contact on loose and broken surfaces.

Those qualities explain why the IRS remains such a popular choice for touring and track events. Likely that the thinking when this car underwent its extensive second restoration in 1997 - the first was in 1986 - including mechanical upgrades. The car sports a de-bumpered rally look with polybushed suspension, wing vents, Safety Devices roll cage and Luke harnesses, but we’re told it has never been used in competition. Its CTC chassis prefix confirms it as a genuine ‘IRS’ factory car. Just 10% (3,075) of TR4A IRS cars were home market models and this is one of them.

The vendor is the car’s fifth keeper and acquired it in 2007. It has since been used sparingly, with maintenance entrusted to the team at Haynes Heritage Garage. 2018 saw the car receive extensive engine work. It is a mark of the seller’s approach that despite being MOT exempt, it has been regularly tested, with the current one running to October 2026 with no advisories.

This is a very tidy and well-presented example of the rare ‘Surrey Top’ model, supplied with hard and soft top roofs.

Key Information

Mileage: 92,008 miles indicated (odometer reading believed to be correct)
Country of registration: United Kingdom
Technical inspection status: MOT exempt; voluntarily tested nearly every year, current test to 7th October 2026 with no advisories
Technical specs: 2,138cc 4cyl petrol, 4spd manual with overdrive
Paperwork: Bills available from 1995 onwards, including all bills from the current owner's period of ownership since 2007, ownership and mileage history diagram, restoration photographs, V5C, invoices

The Detail

Body-off restoration carried out after 1997 including mechanical upgrades
Photographic record of this work included in images and history file
Finished in well kept Signal Red with wing vents and de-bumpered look
Surrey Top with aluminium hard top and folding black soft top included
Minilite-style alloy wheels in good order with Goodyear tyres
Steel spare wheel included
Suspension poly bushed with vendor stating the car sits well on the road
Safety Devices half roll cage and Luke full harness belts fitted
Black bucket seats with white piping in good order
Interior is well kept with some very light age to veneers and switchgear to note
All switchgear reported to work as far as the owner is aware
Modern stereo and USB socket fitted
Stored from 1979 to 1986 at 65,900 recorded miles
Vendor states speedo cable may need replaced
Medium oil leak noted by seller from the bellhousing joint
No advisories on MOT including for structure
Twin SU carburettors with K&N filters
Fitted with Evans waterless cooling and Kenlowe fan
Chromed engine cover and carburettors
Engine balanced and lightened
Stage III head
High lift cam
4-2-1 extractor manifold with S/S exhaust
Spax shockers
H4 headlights
Servo breaks
Kenlow fan

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