Talk:Trojan (automobile)

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[edit] What shaped ?

"punt" shaped?

What does that mean? Tjic

It was a large metal tray shaped like a Punt (boat). Malcolma 19:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo?

This could really do with a photo of some sort. --Gavinio 16:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merger

I propose that Trojan (Racing team) and Trojan (automobile) should be merged - I think they're discussing the same entity. DH85868993 16:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Against. There is a lot of work required on the Trojan (Racing team) to distinguish it from the car manufacturer, but it is important enough to deserve it's own article. Mighty Antar 20:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I think the racing team page should be kept separate as it is a different subject from the company and the vehicles they produced. EarthRise 23:35, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Comment: The line is a bit blurred, as Trojan (Racing) Ltd. got into building racing cars by constructing customer McLaren cars from 1971. This was under the management of Ron Smith (incidentally, the inventor of the Burt strut, godfather of the whoosh-bonk McLaren M3A, and former manager to Stirling Moss), who had been a mate of Bruce's since the very beginnings of McLaren cars. Quite how the road car and racing car arms of Trojan are linked I'm not sure, but it is clear that the two were concurrent and distinct for at least a few years. I think that there may well eventually be enough material to retain Trojan (Racing) Ltd. as a separate entity, with a {{main}} link from the Trojan (automobile) page. Demerging is always a more complicated process, so let's not be too hasty. Pyrope 10:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)