Q: What do you call two Swallow Dorettis in a parking lot?
A: The National Convention.
Actually, that was Howard Goldman's (Moss Motors) joke; the National MGB
(you should pardon the expression) Association was doing a tour in Santa
Barbara for the '85 meet, and we all arrived in a park to find two
Swallow Dorettis parked side by side, unrelated to our tour.
One of the best memories of that trip was the scruffy, slightly
strung-out looking guy (complete with a scruffy, slightly strung-out
looking dog in a bandana) hitchiking at the side of highway 101, as he
saw something like 65 or 70 British two-seaters (nearly all with both
seats occupied) drive past him and wave. We were near the end of the
tour, and the degree to which his jaw had dropped was almost as amusing
as the way his head kept swiveling back and forth, back and forth. We
were all sure he would soon be complaining to his, uh, pharmacist about
the latest batch.
--Scott
Greg Solow wrote:
>
> There used to be two in Aptos, Ca. We rebuilt an engine for one of them
> back in the early 80s . There was also one racing at the Pittsburg Vintage
> Races in 88 and '89.
>
> Regards, Greg Solow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fredd <sec@traveller.com>
> To: TR list <Triumphs@autox.team.net>; <FOT@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 1:47 AM
> Subject: Swallow Doretti
>
> > Question about Swallow Doretti.
> >
> > In 1983, I had a 1955 Swallow Doretti that I bought from a car museum in
> the
> > Ipswish area.
> > TS 1713E - 1165, yellow with black interior.
> >
> > I sold that car in Belgium in 1985 or 1986.
> > Does someone knows about the whereabouts of this car ?
> >
> > Are there any Swallow Doretti's in the US ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fredd
> >
> >
> >
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