PJ Tracy Limited

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PJ Tracy Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1926 or earlier
resolution 1938 or 1939
Seat Dublin , Ireland
Branch Automobiles

PJ Tracy Limited was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .

Company history

The Dublin company had been a car dealership since 1926 at the latest . Vehicles from Hudson , Terraplane , Essex , Fiat , Delage and Singer were imported and marketed. Ernest Bell became director in 1930. In 1933 the assembly of automobiles began. The parts came from Hudson, Singer and Terraplane. Production ended in 1937. In 1938 or 1939 the company was dissolved.

Ernest Bell had already founded Assemblers in January 1937 and also assembled vehicles.

vehicles

Hudson was assembled from 1933 and Singer from 1934. Terraplane has only survived for 1934.

Production numbers

The following are Irish registration numbers for Hudson and Singer vehicles from the years PJ Tracy assembled them. The figures for the last year also include the assemblies at assemblers, as splitting is not possible within one year.

year Hudson Singer total
1935 not known not known not known
1936 26th 49 75
1937 35 16 51
total 61 65 126

literature

  • Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
  2. Advertisement from 1934 for the Terraplane (English, accessed on December 28, 2019)