<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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="">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="">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="">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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