<html><body><div class="r" style="margin: 0px; font-size: small; line-height: 1.57; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVRq-KUY_bgC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=triumph+tr2+continental+spares+kit&source=bl&ots=_s5LW2h7pY&sig=ACfU3U2wDRxzSEcU6KWa0KYfmtmbh2MPZA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitnLaUxI3nAhWEHM0KHcVwD_sQ6AEwAXoECAsQAQ" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 153); cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 2px 0px 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.3;">Collector's Originality Guide Triumph TR2 TR3 TR4 TR5 TR6 ...</h3></a><div class="B6fmyf" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 0px;"><div class="qks8td TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.57; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px; visibility: hidden;"><cite class="iUh30 bc rpCHfe" style="color: rgb(60, 64, 67); font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; padding-top: 1px; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: middle;"></cite></div><div class="yWc32e" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 2px;"></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; color: rgb(60, 64, 67); line-height: 1.57; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="slp f" style="color: rgb(112, 117, 122); line-height: 1.57;"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS809US810&sxsrf=ACYBGNR7kXEF9ShPiHtcWNVJwaby4Yk03g:1579363670535&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Bill+Piggott%22&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitnLaUxI3nAhWEHM0KHcVwD_sQ9AgwAXoECAsQBA" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(26, 13, 171); cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.57;">Bill Piggott</a></div><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.57; overflow-wrap: break-word;">On the right is an original <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 86, 90);">Triumph</span> Sports Owners Association badge. ... <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 86, 90);">Continental</span> touring <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 86, 90);">kit</span> Part number 502022. (Later 505539) This was a <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 86, 90);">kit</span> of commonly used <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(82, 86, 90);">spares</span>, designed for journeys a long way from civilisation. Included were the ...</span></div><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Tom Householder" <trhouse@columbus.rr.com><br>To: "Don Hiscock"<br>Cc: "Triumphs"<br>Sent: Saturday January 18 2020 10:02:19AM<br>Subject: Re: [TR] Continental Kit<br><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Although the Classified is a year after the cars entered California A continental kit may have been the early source for ready available parts. I know Cal Sales stripped new cars to have a parts inventory early on <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tom</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 18, 2020, at 9:50 AM, Don Hiscock <<a href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com" class="">don.hiscock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Resending second link to the detailed image.<div class=""><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-2C9BpzJ/0/ebed7fbf/O/i-2C9BpzJ.jpg" class=""></a><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-2C9BpzJ/0/ebed7fbf/O/i-2C9BpzJ.jpg" target="_blank">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-2C9BpzJ/0/ebed7fbf/O/i-2C9BpzJ.jpg</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 7:56 AM Don Hiscock <<a href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com" class="">don.hiscock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">The Standard-Triumph Continental Touring Kit was not, as some may first imagine who haven't heard of it before, a gaudy spare tire on the rear of the car. It was a collection of "essential" spares that one could take along on a trip to the Continent away from the normal repair and parts network.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It was a fiberboard box that could be returned for credit if not used, or I guess part credit if one needed to use bits from it. There were various versions over time, and versions for different Standard-Triumph models. Here's an image of one of them (not for a TR), with the box contents and relevant model noted on its label. The second image shows the contents list enlarged.</div><div class=""><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-cXWgbmL/0/0fa8cecf/O/i-cXWgbmL.jpg" target="_blank" class=""></a><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-cXWgbmL/0/0fa8cecf/O/i-cXWgbmL.jpg" target="_blank">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-cXWgbmL/0/0fa8cecf/O/i-cXWgbmL.jpg</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-dmKVc3X/0/33e1d5b2/O/i-dmKVc3X.jpg" target="_blank" class=""></a><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-dmKVc3X/0/33e1d5b2/O/i-dmKVc3X.jpg" target="_blank">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-dmKVc3X/0/33e1d5b2/O/i-dmKVc3X.jpg</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There may be a photo of a TR3A kit around here someplace -- I know a guy who had one in Europe, but uncharacteristically he didn't want to share photos. I'll keep looking.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Don</div><div class="">1962 Triumph TR3B</div><div class="">(which found its way into my hands in 1981 due to the efforts of the guy who started this thread!)</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 3:56 AM Tom Householder <<a href="mailto:trhouse@columbus.rr.com" target="_blank" class="">trhouse@columbus.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I ran across an old Jan 55 Classified that lists a “Continental Kit “ as bits with the car. I seem to recall this was a collection of bits for traveling. I can’t seem to find reference to it in my early catalog files. There was a Continental Package in the Competition and Rally Catalog for the TR3?????? any one know what this was?<br class="">
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