[TR] How did the factory add on factory options

[Don Hiscock]

Here's what part of the Coventry production lines looked like in 1958.
Maybe this will give some insight into how things were done.  It's clear
S-T campaigned body colors, and possibly interior colors too.
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Zq7NRxF/0/3dfea902/O/i-Zq7NRxF.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-3c968hL/0/e52b3d42/O/i-3c968hL.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-n5fdGBR/0/48115ef0/O/i-n5fdGBR.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9RpSbmS/0/9d49a652/O/i-9RpSbmS.jpg

Jonmac and I were having an email conversation about some of the regional
customization the other day (around lighting regulation differences across
the continent in the day) that might be relevant here, too.  John noted
that customization could be done in line production, in Sales Conversion,
off-line before dispatch by train, or by the selling dealer.  Where options
were added relate to how deep they're built into the car.  Adjustable
steering on a sidescreen car would obviously be done on the line.
Windscreen washers and mirrors, for example, were usually done by the
dealer.

Don
Saint Louis


On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:46 PM Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm just wondering how the factory added options to cars.
> Did the production line have branches off the main line at certain stages
> and then they would merge back on the main line? Or were the cars lifted
> off the line with some crane?
> Sujit
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