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Re: Car Quiz

To: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: Car Quiz
From: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:34:29 +0800
Hi Peter -

Nice Try, very interesting.  But unfortunately not correct.

Best,

Alan

'53 BN1 '64 BJ8

On 7/12/06, Peter Svilans <peter.svilans@rogers.com> wrote:
> The lovely Swallow Doretti was made from early 1954 to Feb. '55.  The equally
> lovely Dorothy Deen was the enthusiastic promoter of the car in the US.  She
> also contributed the car's name, with an Italianized version of her own name
>
> Swallow  was Sir William Lyons' former company now owned by Tube Investments.
> TI also supplied components to Jaguar, and it was Sir William himself who
> objected to the competition from within, and contributed to the Doretti's
> demise.
>
> Doretti cars were fitted with Triumph TR 2 motors, but racer Max Balchowsky
> hot-rodded six of them with 4 Buick, 1 Cadillac and 1 Chev motors.  The car's
> frame used the hi-tech Reynolds 531 tubing also found on Tube Investments'
> Raleigh bicycles.  Body was aluminum.  Price was the same as an Austin-Healey
> 100.
>
> Tom Householder  trhouse@greenapple.com is one of the world's leading
> authorities on the cars, and posts occasionally on the Healey list.
>
> The Swallow Doretti currently has a keen following, and 175 of the 275 cars
> produced are accounted for.
>
> Peter




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