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Not Sold (Est: £55,000 - £65,000)
1955 Swallow Doretti - Anthony Hamilton Collection
United Kingdom • 25 Jul 2026 • Lot 284
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AI Listing Summary
A meticulously restored 1955 Swallow Doretti, boasting family ties to the original factory and presented in Mallard Green. This rare British classic offers a unique provenance and is a significant find for collectors of iconic sports cars.
Condition
8
The car has been meticulously restored and is superbly presented, indicating excellent condition. While not explicitly stated as 'pristine' or 'outstanding', the comprehensive restoration suggests it is in very good mechanical and external condition with minimal signs of wear, likely requiring only minor reconditioning, if any, after the restoration.
/ 10
Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
1181
Odometer:
26,554 miles
Reg Number:
STT 24
RHD/LHD:
RHD
The Doretti sports car was built at Walsall in Staffordshire by the Swallow Coachbuilding Company (1935) Ltd, which was the part of William Lyons empire that specialised in building motorcycle sidecars.
Somewhat paradoxically, another of Lyons' companies, Swallow Sidecars, made the SS cars that adopted the Jaguar name post-war.
Sold by Lyons to Tube Investments after the Second World War, and facing a declining market for sidecars, Swallow used its spare capacity to launch the Doretti sports car in 1954, aimed at the Californian market.
The stylish two seater adopted the Triumph TR2 engine and running gear, which went into a bespoke chassis fabricated from Reynolds 531 tubing and clothed in aluminium outer body panels supplied by Panelcraft.
The design was the work of one of TI's engineers, Frank Rainbow, who, working alone, managed to get the Doretti from drawing board to the prototype stage in a mere ten months.
Robustly built with a chassis longer and wider than Triumph's TR2,...
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£6,496
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£64,112
Median Price (Since 2020)
£97,808
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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