Details
1933 S.S.1 COUPE
Registration No. ex-UK JV 2615
Chassis No. 247268
Engine No. 247268
Cream with black fabric padded roof and trunk and red wire wheels
Engine: six-cylinder, overhead valves, 2054cc, 68bhp at 4,000rpm; Gearbox: four-speed syncromesh; Brakes: four wheel drum; Suspension: front, semi-elliptical, rear, semi-elliptical. Right hand drive.
William Walmsley and William Lyons started the Swallow Sidecar Co. in Blackpool, England in 1922, the first car they made being an Austin Seven Swallow of 1927. In 1928 they moved to Coventry, in order to be nearer their sources of supply. They also used Fiat and Swift chassis, and in 1929 the first Standard Swallow was shown at The Olympia Motor Show. In 1931 they showed the first S.S.1 which was a most spectacular car with underslung frame, a long louvred bonnet, helmet type wings and a handsome coupe body. The general effect was that of a ¨2,000 motor car, but it cost only ¨310 or $625! By 1933 the first six-cylinder models were available, engines still supplied by Standard Motor Co., but later breathed on by William Heynes and Harry Weslake, who would become world famous for their work on the post-war Jaguars.
The Motor magazine of January 1933 carried a road-test of one of the early S.S.1s and gave very high praise to the quality and detail work - for example, the doors had three sets of hinges, upholstery was in Connolly leather and a sliding roof was standard. Between 1931-36 there were 4,254 of this model made.
The car was donated to the museum in July 1981 by Dr. Jason Baron of Pasadena, Texas. Some minor pieces are missing on the headlights and the rear window is believed to be enlarged for greater visibility. It is an older restoration.
Registration No. ex-UK JV 2615
Chassis No. 247268
Engine No. 247268
Cream with black fabric padded roof and trunk and red wire wheels
Engine: six-cylinder, overhead valves, 2054cc, 68bhp at 4,000rpm; Gearbox: four-speed syncromesh; Brakes: four wheel drum; Suspension: front, semi-elliptical, rear, semi-elliptical. Right hand drive.
William Walmsley and William Lyons started the Swallow Sidecar Co. in Blackpool, England in 1922, the first car they made being an Austin Seven Swallow of 1927. In 1928 they moved to Coventry, in order to be nearer their sources of supply. They also used Fiat and Swift chassis, and in 1929 the first Standard Swallow was shown at The Olympia Motor Show. In 1931 they showed the first S.S.1 which was a most spectacular car with underslung frame, a long louvred bonnet, helmet type wings and a handsome coupe body. The general effect was that of a ¨2,000 motor car, but it cost only ¨310 or $625! By 1933 the first six-cylinder models were available, engines still supplied by Standard Motor Co., but later breathed on by William Heynes and Harry Weslake, who would become world famous for their work on the post-war Jaguars.
The Motor magazine of January 1933 carried a road-test of one of the early S.S.1s and gave very high praise to the quality and detail work - for example, the doors had three sets of hinges, upholstery was in Connolly leather and a sliding roof was standard. Between 1931-36 there were 4,254 of this model made.
The car was donated to the museum in July 1981 by Dr. Jason Baron of Pasadena, Texas. Some minor pieces are missing on the headlights and the rear window is believed to be enlarged for greater visibility. It is an older restoration.