Body no.

3041 Simple in construction, economical and easily maintained by the home mechanic, the Austin Seven brought motoring within the financial reach of the man in the street.

A huge success from the moment deliveries commenced in January 1923, the Seven remained in production until 1939.

The Seven’s success led to a host of special-bodied variants from independent coachbuilders, none more famous than those produced by Swallow.

The Swallow Sidecar & Coachbuilding Company had been founded in 1922 in Blackpool, England by William Walmsley.

Swallow branched out into motor body manufacture in 1926, its first effort clothing a Talbot chassis, but the firm’s first major success was an attractive two-tone sports saloon on the Austin Seven chassis.

Designed by Walmsley’s partner, one William Lyons, the car brought the Swallow name to the attention of the motoring buying public and paved the way for the stylish SS models of the 1930s.

Relocation to Coventry followed and the Swallow r...