 1956 Nash four-door sedan with factory color matched Continental tire. - for the German corporation, see Continental AG
A Continental tire is an upright, external, mounted spare tire behind an automobile's trunk compartment. This term also describes a completely fake design that is stamped into the trunk lid. It is a bulge that only suggests a spare tire. Also see: Kelvinator and American Motors Corporation Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the United States from 1916 to 1938. ...
A Toyota Camry, a recognizable sedan The Ford Five Hundred, a medium-sized sedan A sedan car, American English terminology (saloon in British English), is one of the most common body styles of the modern automobile. ...
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A tire or tyre (see spelling differences and etymological origins) is a device covering the circumference of a wheel. ...
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This 1931 Ford Model A features a separate trunk on its rear trunk rack. ...
The 1939 Lincoln Continental's short trunk with rear spare tire mount was a distinctive design. Similar spare tire placements on vehicles were described as a "Continental kit". This became a customizing aftermarket appearance accessory during the 1950s. Lincoln Continental is a model name that has been used several times by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company for a line of luxury cars. ...
Aftermarket is an umbrella term for the collective network of vendors who design and sell vehicular components that are intended to replace the stock manufacturers parts in order to alter the appearance or performance of the vehicle. ...
Contemporary examples of Continental kits are sometimes found on overly decorated and tacky customized automobiles made popular by the Pimp My Ride show. 1959 Ambassador by Rambler Cross Country hardtop wagon The AMC Ambassador was an automobile produced by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1958 until 1974. ...
A hardtop is a term for a rigid, rather than canvas, automobile roof. ...
Pimp My Ride is a TV show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one car in poor condition and restoring it, as well as customizing it. ...
Early European sports cars had their spare tire attached on the back of the automobile since their trunk or storage space was often very small. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
In the United States, the external Continental tire mounting was an option on various types of cars during the 1950s and early 1960s. On some models, such as on the Nash Metropolitan, Jeepster Commando, and Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, the Continental tire was a standard feature. Most often, the car's rear bumper was extended and the tire had a fabric or metal cover. The bracket for the spare wheel was designed to swing away for access to the trunk. A late-1950s Metropolitan The Nash Metropolitan also sold as a Hudson when those two manufacturers merged to form American Motors Corporation, and later as a standalone marque during the Rambler years, is a subcompact car that sold between 1954 and 1962 to serve as a more socially responsible/non...
1948 Willys VJ Jeepster The Jeepster was an automobile sold under the Jeep marque. ...
The Mercury Turnpike Cruiser was a halo model of the Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company that was produced from 1957 to 1958. ...
 1959 Imperial with an imitation spare tire bulge. Numerous compact SUV models of today have an exposed rear mounted spare tire. This is no longer described as a Continental tire. The historic Jeep DJ "Surrey Gala" model came with a striped pink and white fabric cover for its so-called "continental tire mount". 1955 Imperial Imperial was the Chrysler Corporations prestige automobile brand between 1955 and 1975, with a brief reappearance in 1981-1983. ...
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The original DJ was the DJ-3A. The DJ-3A was a two wheel drive delivery vehicle. ...
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