Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/24/21 1:50 p.m.
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What’s a Swallow Doretti? You can read the long answer here, but the short answer is that it was a British roadster built by Swallow Coachbuilding Company and mechanically similar to the Triumph TR2. It’s reported that only 276 were built during its limited production run from 1954-’55.

This 1954 Swallow Doretti—No. …

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Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/24/21 2:12 p.m.

That's much better looking than a TR2.

wspohn
wspohn SuperDork
2/25/21 10:38 a.m.

When I disassembled mine I found that Swallow had rectified all of the weak points on the Triumph chassis - there is quite a list including rear shocks that would tear  off the frame etc.  Guess they had better designers than Triumph used.

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