Organised by the Trojan Owners’ Club, this was the very Two-Stroke Rally which attracted some delightful and rare examples of two-stroke powered cars, scooters and motorcycles which enjoy a relatively small but very loyal following. Rarities included David Vincent’s 1926 Trojan Brougham, the commercial traveller’s favourite, complete with ‘box’ at the back to store various ‘wares’ that he brought all the way from north Dorset, and unique as it’s the sole remaining example.

It was the Trojan factory ‘hack’ for many years, and when production ceased it was given to the Club who owned it up until fairly recently.

Another rare car was Thomas Lakins’ 1948 British Lloyd that was built in Grimsby by Roland Lloyd, with production thought to be in the region of 300. Powered by a 650cc engine, this sporting model features an aluminium body with steel wings, independent suspension all round, front wheel drive and cable brakes. The wheels are Lloyd’s own with six stud fixing, though the electrical system is borrowed from the Morris Eight. It is believed that around 16 of these cars have survived in various states, and this is one of two up and running example in the UK, with another in Denmark.

Features writer at Practical Classics Magazine, Sam Glover arrived with his Barkas B1000 ‘people carrier’. It features a 992cc engine mounted at the front and drives the front wheels. Sam says it’s alarmingly fast, and stopping is just as interesting as there’s no engine braking either! Most diminutive bike at the rally was Pete Adams’ 1961 Trobike, a mini runabout scooter made by Trojan in the early 1960’s and powered by a 98cc American Clinton agricultural engine. It has a top speed of around 30mph. The oldest bike was Mike Jackson’s 1929 DKW Luxus 200, its last serious outing was to the International DKW Meeting at Vingsted, Denmark, in 1995. Some 37,700 of these 198cc motorcycles were produced between 1929-1932.

There were many ‘meritorious’ drives of the day, with Paul Collins coming all the way from Hull in his 1964 DKW F12, a three hour drive with a freshly rebuilt engine ready for the International Meeting in Germany, and Mike O’Balance came from Doncaster, a 2½ hour drive in his 1960 Goggomobil T300 saloon. Chris Hull came up from near Portsmouth in his 1959 SAAB 93B Deluxe, which was another three hour drive.