Vintage Thing No. 12.1 - Trojan Utility in trials
Cheer up! While I was in the queue for a cup of tea at the Bridgewater control on the Land's End Trial, I fell into conversation with the crew of one of the 1488cc Trojan Utilities and took the opportunity to ask them how much preparation they had done to their cars for trialling. There were two Trojan Utilities entered in the trial together one crewed by John Wilson and Richard Potter from Portchester and the other one by Steve and Phil Potter from Fareham (where, as the song goes, "all the whores wear Calico draws and I knows how to tear 'em.") I haven't tried this myself you understand. I have simply been assured of this quaint custom by friends of mine who live in those parts. Despite their benign weirdness, Trojans are very well proportioned cars. I particularly like the way the skinny wheels look widened. I'd seen them working on their Trojans at the start at Popham airfield and feared the worst but they were simply trying different carbure...