[TR] How did the factory add on factory options

[John Macartney]

Small correction, Don. Screen washers were a legal requirement in most world markets and for those countries that didn’t specify them, they got them anyway. A normal line fitted item.

Jonmac

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> On 4 Jun 2020, at 19:24, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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> 
>> 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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