‘Kuklos’, the motoring correspondent of the Daily News, writing in 1911 of the single cylinder 7hp Swift, said “The Swift Motor Co.

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can honestly claim, I believe, to have been the pioneers in this country of the small car movement” and went on to add, “Their 7hp two seater is a beautiful example of the best work of the modern locomotive engineer, and there are few such clean and thoughtful specimens of his work as the power unit of this muscular motorkin”.

The single cylinder 7hp car was replaced for the 1912 Season by another muscular motorkin, the twin cylinder Swift Cyclecar, which, exploiting the burgeoning fashion for cyclecars at that time, was exhibited at the Cycle and Motor Cycle Show at Olympia that year.

Powered by a 972cc engine, the new Swift had thermo-syphon cooling, magneto ignition, leather-to-metal clutch, three forward speeds and reverse and a live rear axle.

This car was first registered in Rutland in 1913 and has been known to the Veteran Car Club since 1...