What is this ?

c> Does anyone know what this might be ?. EBay item c> 330159487329 A strange twin cylinder engine.

Haven't looked at it on the 'big screen' yet, but from the general layout and name on the carb I'd suggest it may be Trojan engine. Aparently some were supplied in stationary form but more of Leslie Hounsfield's iconoclastic lumps probably lived on after the equally wierd car was scrapped.

googling Trojan Hounsfield car etc should provide enough info to confirm or otherwise.

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Curiously a quick flick on google has failed to produce a picture of the Trojan engine. However having now looked at the pictures properly, I am convinced that is what it is - though wjether it started life as a stationary engine or in a vehicle, I have no idea.

Nick H.

I don't think it would be in a vehicle with those flywheels and bottom end.

Oily

"Oily" wrote

Not much about the Trojan car was as you'd expect - the engine, hefty bottom end and huge flywheel included, sits horizontally under the floor on a punt type chassis (think Citroen 2CV). Two speed epicyclic transmission, chain drive to the solid back axle and solid tyres complete the package!

Nick H

You may be right, the Trojan I had was a '58 one ton van with a Perkins P3, though the bloke I got it from said it originally had a two stroke twin fitted with a pull start. Maybe I don't believe him now. :-)

Oily

First boat I part-owned, a wooden Leeds & Liverpool 'short boat', we fitted an ex-Trojan P3 with its original David Brown gearbox.

Tim

"SYLVIA WALKER" wrote

I imagine the solid rear axle (no diff) help as well!

Nick H