1924 Small Car Trials

[Tony Griffiths]

Chris Garner is having trouble logging in to Friends, so has sent me the following text:

Poppe started in Class B ( cars priced between £130 and £170 ) The Seven being priced at £165. Two other cars were in this class - Trojans each priced at £157. 10s.

First Day:
Route 1 in the morning Poppe failed on a hill and had to be pushed, resulting in him losing 100 points + a further 60 in stopping to drop passengers (?)
Route 1 in the afternoon Poppe was fastest in Class .

Second Day
Route 2 in the morning again fastest in Class.
Route 2 in the afternoon again fastest in Class.

Third Day
Route 2, morning and afternoon, again fastest in Class.

Fourth Day
Route 1, morning and afternoon. Poppe failed on hill. Car's engine faded and stopped. All attempts to restart it failed, so he retired. Reason unknown.

I'm sure Poppe had Factory support but even so sometimes that support can still fail to revive an engine!

The Trojans had a clear field, both completing the 6 days of trialling each losing around 600 points each, less than two Argylls, a Seabrook and a Galloway.


It sounds to me like magneto trouble.

I wonder if, at the time, 'dual' magnetos were available? A dual mag might, typically, have a single drive input but with two separate spark generators. The type can be found on some light aircraft as a redundancy safety feature.