What's the proper name for this thing? Commer TS3? Rootes TS3?
If Eric Coy of Humber designed the beast in 1948, and Rootes bought Tilling-Stevens in 1950, why is it called a TS3?
Did Lister Blackstone Marine sell them as Rootes-Lister, or as something else ? Were these the same as the industrial stationaries, or additionally marinised?
I thought it called that because it was a two-stroke with three cylinders
John
Seems that "Commer" is correct after all. The brochure lists it as "The Commer 'TS3' Diesel Engine. Precision built by the Rootes Group." which seems pretty clear.
Was there any Talbot involvement in this thing? They seem to have played Rootes Group bingo otherwise, with Humber, Commer and T-S all getting in on the act.
Now that's a good point! After all, there were the TS4 and TS2 still- borns too.
Something I only recently discovered is that Eric Coy was involved in the Leyland L60 too.
Can anyone recommend good reading on Eric Coy, or the L60 / K60 ? Or ahould that be "L60 debacle" ? Was it just a sense of tradition that meant the UK had to design yet another rubbish tank engine? Why on earth was it vertical, rather than horizontal? Why is one a Leyland and the other R-R ?
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