1928 Trojan Tourer                                       

Registration Number: PK 2282
Chassis Number: 15214
Recorded Mileage: TBA

- Rare surviving example of vintage motoring
- Mid-engined, with electric starting

Founded in the run up to the First World War, Leslie Hounsfield’s engineering company Trojan Limited started in a small workshop in Clapham, South London, before shortly after moving to larger premises in Croydon.

After the war vehicle development continued but it was general engineering which kept the company going.

Then in 1922 Trojan did a deal with Leyland Ltd.

for Leyland to manufacture and market what was now called the Trojan Utility car. 

The larger bodied Three Door Tourer came in 1925, with greater rear passenger space plus a single rear door on the pavement side.

1928 saw the introduction of a more upmarket canvas bodied saloon car, the Achilles with a roll backed roof version the Apollo.

In the late 1920s Trojan ended its relationship with Leyland and sta...