The Trojan utility car
Maker and role
Anthony Bird, Author
Production date
01 Jan 1967
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Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2021-23.13
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Description
THE TROJAN UTILITY CAR PROFILE PUBLICATIONS BOOK : The inside of the front and back cover illustrates different angles of the car and displays black and white photographs throughout the booklet.
Content: Introduction "The Trojan Utility Car ; The Engine ; The Controls ; Limited Performance.
Illustrations:
Page 3
The 'detachable hard-top' saloon on a 1927 3-door tourer. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Page 4
The 'chummy' Trojan tourer, 1923. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
The Show Model; Olympia, November 1922. (Photo: Radio Times Hulton Picture Library)
Page 5
Three-door tourer on pneumatic tyres, 1926. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
The standard 5/7 cwt.van. (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
Page 6
Everybody's Cut of Tea: 7 cwt. of Absolm's Golden Tips at 288 cups to the pound....Would God I had died for thee, O ! Absalom. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Trojan engine from below: part of one of the V-shaped connecting rods can be seen, and the by-pass pipe from the exhaust to the oil circulating device.
Page 7
Will it fit the Transverse Tramways of the Mystic Orient? A Trojan taxicab in Tokio, 1924. (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
''The merry kettle boils away and hums a cheerful song...'- Cowper. (Photo: Kar-Fotos)
Wing-Commander A. F. Scroggs, a famous Trojanist, at Fingle Bridge Hill Climb. (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
Page 8
Educating the natives of Borrioboola-Gha, on the left bank of the Niger'. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Chummy and hard-top Trojans on the Midland Car Club's London - Edinburgh Trial, 1928 (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
Page 9
The six-wheeled cross-country Trojan, 1929. (Photo: Autocar)
Roomy interior of the Achilles saloon, with starting lever and gear lever visible by the driver's seat. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Page 10
Sporting Parson? The Rev. Mr Burgis and his Trojan share a liking for the Turf. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
The 'hard top' tourer with doors in the back to allow it to be used as a light van. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Content: Introduction "The Trojan Utility Car ; The Engine ; The Controls ; Limited Performance.
Illustrations:
Page 3
The 'detachable hard-top' saloon on a 1927 3-door tourer. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Page 4
The 'chummy' Trojan tourer, 1923. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
The Show Model; Olympia, November 1922. (Photo: Radio Times Hulton Picture Library)
Page 5
Three-door tourer on pneumatic tyres, 1926. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
The standard 5/7 cwt.van. (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
Page 6
Everybody's Cut of Tea: 7 cwt. of Absolm's Golden Tips at 288 cups to the pound....Would God I had died for thee, O ! Absalom. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Trojan engine from below: part of one of the V-shaped connecting rods can be seen, and the by-pass pipe from the exhaust to the oil circulating device.
Page 7
Will it fit the Transverse Tramways of the Mystic Orient? A Trojan taxicab in Tokio, 1924. (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
''The merry kettle boils away and hums a cheerful song...'- Cowper. (Photo: Kar-Fotos)
Wing-Commander A. F. Scroggs, a famous Trojanist, at Fingle Bridge Hill Climb. (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
Page 8
Educating the natives of Borrioboola-Gha, on the left bank of the Niger'. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Chummy and hard-top Trojans on the Midland Car Club's London - Edinburgh Trial, 1928 (Photo: Montagu Motor Museum)
Page 9
The six-wheeled cross-country Trojan, 1929. (Photo: Autocar)
Roomy interior of the Achilles saloon, with starting lever and gear lever visible by the driver's seat. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Page 10
Sporting Parson? The Rev. Mr Burgis and his Trojan share a liking for the Turf. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
The 'hard top' tourer with doors in the back to allow it to be used as a light van. (Photo: Trojan Ltd)
Signature/Marks and Type
Walsh Memorial Library Ink Stamp
PUB-2021-23.13 / 629.209 BIR Hand-written
PUB-2021-23.13 / 629.209 BIR Hand-written
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Physical description
10 pages :illustrations ;24 cm
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Anthony Bird. 01 Jan 1967. The Trojan utility car, PUB-2021-23.13. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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