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The company was founded by Leslie Hayward Hounsfield (1877–1957) [1] who went into business as a general engineer in a small workshop called the Polygon Engineering Works in Clapham, South London. He got the idea to make a simple, economical car that would be easy to drive and started design work in 1910.
Transition to fiberglass hulls forced the company to become affiliated with Whittaker Marine Group, listed on the NYSE, which ultimately included Bertram Yacht, Trojan Yachts, Riva, Desco Marine, Kettenburg, Balboa Marine, and Coronado Yachts. Total sales of the Whittaker Marine Group reached between $250 and $350 Million in the early 70s.
Trojan was an automobile manufacturer [1] and a Formula One constructor, in conjunction with Australian Ron Tauranac, [2] from the United Kingdom. The car producer Trojan Limited was founded by Leslie Hounsfield in 1914 in Clapham , South London, and later in Purley Way , Croydon , Surrey . [ 3 ]
In October 1956, Heinkel introduced the Kabine Model 153 (with three wheels) and the Kabine Model 154 (with four wheels), both with 204 cc engines. The engines in these models were later reduced in capacity to 198 cc for insurance purposes. [1] The Kabine had a steel unit body. [1] Access to the interior was by an opening front.
Unlike the German/Austrian motorcycle engines, this engine was water-cooled. The tax horsepower regulations in the United Kingdom resulted in a lower road tax for the Trojan compared with a conventional engine of similar displacement. [7] Trojan also made another split-single engine later with the cylinders arranged in a 'V' formation.
~Althaus Ewing & Co. ~American Engine Co. American-Abell Engine and Thresher Company, Toronto, Ontario [8] Amongst other models, built three-wheelers with a single wheel mounted on a fork perch bracket beneath the smokebox. [9] Ames Iron Works ~Atlas Engine Works; Aultman Co. Aultman-Taylor Machinery Co. Avery Power Machinery Co., Peoria, Illinois
The first Daimler car was a converted carriage, but with innovations that are still adopted today (cushioned engine mountings, fan cooling, finned-radiator water cooling). [3] France. Steam: Peugeot (later internal-combustion, and the first to be entered in an organised race, albeit for bicycles, Paris–Brest–Paris) Germany.
The automobiles sold for less than $1000, could exceed 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), and achieved up to 50 miles per gallon. In 1952, the company was sold to the General Tire and Rubber Company, which liquidated the assets and ended production of all Crosley automobiles. [81] Muntz Car Company produced cars from 1950 through 1954 in Chicago. [82]