Talk Morgan Forums Community Vehicle Talk (non-Morgan) Hathaway Hunter

"It's a 1964 Triumph TR4 re-fitted with a Hathaway Hunter body and Laycock de Normanville overdrive"

Maybe it doesn't roll off the tongue easily, but I'll enjoy saying it.

Sounds like a good tongue twister after a couple of beers!!

Now there's a project for later....

I quite like this. Don't think I've ever seen one.

I believe its a fairly straight forward job to re tune the TR6 engine back to higher spec.

Camshaft - From about £130 reprofiled or at lot more for a chilled cast iron one (new).Cylinder head - Stage 2 modified using your head - from about £500. Pair of rebuilt SU HS6 carbs on manifold with linkage - about £230.Distributor (a lot of people forget this) - about £150.Exhaust manifold and system in Stainless Steel - About £500.

Thanks for the information on re-tuning American TR6s. The TR6 is arguably the most popular of the classic English sportscars in America, so I figured that the owners must be doing something about their engines. In most states it's okay to tamper with the pollution equipment after the cars is 25 years old, especially if the cars is registered as antique. My comments were based on a new TR6 I drove in 1973.

For my Hathaway Hunter project I'll still probably go with a TR4 chassis, because part of the negotiations with my wife involved a promise to use the kit on a rusty TR4 that I have.

As an update, these molds, jigs, etc. have been sold to an English engineer. I had been collaborating with several American car buffs to buy them, but we were outbid.

I may not have bought the company, but I did buy the last available kit from the German seller. Now that the kit has arrived I have been able to look at it closely, and compare it with my 1961 Plus Four. Although the Hunter is a clever and well-designed package, it is not equal to the Morgan in functionality and quality. (But is any car equal to a Morgan?)

It looks an interesting project..... I'd never heard of the HH until this thread, it's a pretty car.