Swallow Doretti 1955
From a distance I said to myself: 'What a strange looking MGA".
But it turned out to be something very different: a Swallow Doretti.
I had never heard of this car at all!
Production: 1 of only 276 (1954 & 1955)
"The Swallow Doretti is a British sports car built on Swallow's own custom chassis using Triumph TR2 mechanicals, made between 1954 and 1955. It was intended for the US market, as a more refined two-seater than what was available there at that time.
The car was built by the Swallow Coachbuilding Company Ltd., a Tube Investments Group subsidiary bought for its 1935–1946 association with Jaguar's prewar motorcycle sidecars.
The Doretti name was derived from Dorothy Deen, who managed the Western US distributorship Cal Sales.
Some observers find similarities between the Doretti and the 166MM 'Barchetta' and Austin-Healey 100. The Doretti had a tubular Reynolds 531 manganese–molybdenum, medium-carbon steel chassis. The double-skinned body had an inner structural skin made of steel and an aluminium outer skin. Power came from a 1,991 cc (121.5 cu in) Standard wet liner inline-four engine. Most cars were supplied with Laycock-de Normanville electric epicyclic overdrive and they were capable of 100 mph." (Wikipedia)
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20e Oranje Klassieker Rit Velp
Velp, the Netherlands.
Swallow Doretti 1955
From a distance I said to myself: 'What a strange looking MGA".
But it turned out to be something very different: a Swallow Doretti.
I had never heard of this car at all!
Production: 1 of only 276 (1954 & 1955)
"The Swallow Doretti is a British sports car built on Swallow's own custom chassis using Triumph TR2 mechanicals, made between 1954 and 1955. It was intended for the US market, as a more refined two-seater than what was available there at that time.
The car was built by the Swallow Coachbuilding Company Ltd., a Tube Investments Group subsidiary bought for its 1935–1946 association with Jaguar's prewar motorcycle sidecars.
The Doretti name was derived from Dorothy Deen, who managed the Western US distributorship Cal Sales.
Some observers find similarities between the Doretti and the 166MM 'Barchetta' and Austin-Healey 100. The Doretti had a tubular Reynolds 531 manganese–molybdenum, medium-carbon steel chassis. The double-skinned body had an inner structural skin made of steel and an aluminium outer skin. Power came from a 1,991 cc (121.5 cu in) Standard wet liner inline-four engine. Most cars were supplied with Laycock-de Normanville electric epicyclic overdrive and they were capable of 100 mph." (Wikipedia)
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20e Oranje Klassieker Rit Velp
Velp, the Netherlands.