had a '64 TR4 from '71 to '75 ...enjoyed your video, now thats what I call sports car country

Thanks for taking us on the ride! Felt like I was there :P Good luck to you!

Love the TR4! My Dad had one two and I would like to get one again.

@HawkValleyProductions

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I've got a Triumph Spitfire IV thats finally nearing the end of it's restoration... I'll be soundwiring that when I can as well!

Nice video! I love the sound of the engine.

Sublime.....excellent ....well done.

What a lovely film, I'm looking forward to the next one. Struck a chord because I have a TR4 that is ending a restoration this year, and I'm from Northumberland. I'll run it down from the Scottish Borders and give you a wave when we pass! Thanks for a great, evocative film of a lovely car.

@HawkValleyProductions

6 жыл бұрын

Nice! Let me know if you ever want yours soundwired! (I'm south lakes now though!)

nice sound

Loved the video, but Jem please talk your dad into fitting seatbelts.

I had a 1962 TR4 as well. Left hand drive. I hate to be negative regarding the car in the video but the motor sounds like a putt putt. My TR4 was all stock including the entire muffler system and did it sound mean. Especially at exactly 2800 RPM it emitted a horn sound that was clearly distinctive of the TR4. I remember one day I was driving to school and came up behind on someone who was driving an MGA. When we arrived at school he told me that he knew it was a TR4 tailing him because of the "wailing" sound of the muffler when it reached 2800 RPM as I shifted through the gears. I hate to disparage the TR4 in the video but it really sounds like a putt putt.

@HawkValleyProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Francisco De Cordova thanks for your comment - I think this is mostly because of the way the sound was recorded, it sounds a lot meaner in real life! To record the sound without wind noise I mounted a microphone on rear bumper right by the exhaust. If I were to do it again I’d also put a pair of mics inside the engine bay too for a fuller sound. I think you’ll agree that although far from perfect it’s better than most recordings you see where there’s wind crackle the whole way through. The TR4, which is Dad’s, does have a big bore exhaust but all the rest is stock. Best Regards, Jem

@franciscodecordova8080

5 жыл бұрын

@@HawkValleyProductions Your explanation makes sense. I really love the countryside where you shot the video in. I wish I lived where I could have driven my TR4 on winding country rides like your video. Best wishes.

Nice car, nice sound, nice film. Daft hat (probably got a pony tail under it!). Gloves too even though you passenger doesn't seem to need any.

@HawkValleyProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments! Can confirm hat is even dafter when seen in person... Definitely no pony tail though (Dad's not got enough hair...)

@Outofcontrol39

5 жыл бұрын

Just watched your excellent film again, really captures the scenery, the car and the sound. I can forgive the hat as at least its not one of those leather ones that all the posers wear. Don't know how your dad keeps that hat on. I haven't got much hair either and have to wear a baseball cap (furtively) when I drive my TR7/V8 as a hat would blow away!

@HawkValleyProductions

5 жыл бұрын

@@Outofcontrol39 He usually has a straw hat and not this daft one (which I think is mother's) - I think he mostly didn't want the back of head to be visible... Glad you liked the video! I wired a microphone right next to the exhaust... a few years on, it still smells of soot!!