Swallow Doretti
Cars & Owners

VVT 497 the grey Swallow Doretti was first registered on March 12th 1955 in Stoke-on-Trent to a Harry Hancock of Tunstall. I bought the partly restored car early in 1994 from Bill Holden of Billingham and completed the rebuild in time for the 40th anniversary celebration. ...Ken Yankey

MFH 924 (now 399 UXB) was Simon Brooks' first Doretti, which he owned from 1955 to 1961. Subsequent owners have included Nigel Ramsay, Alan Coulson and Peter Billington, who eventually sold No.1151 on to Andy Schultz in 2004. Since the car was re-commissioned in 2004 after over twenty years off the road, it has been re-registered as 399 UXB. Lots more information about the car can be found in A Fine Survivor. ...Photo: Iain Cameron

"WTB 338 (chassis no.1152) my Swallow Doretti was bought from Karl Marschhofer of Gmunden, Austria in December 2000. After a long journey from Austria to Switzerland with my Land Rover Defender and trailer, the car is now in a workshop for a ground-up restoration." Thanks to Christian Hartmann for the information. For more details of the car's background see Chassis No.1152.

UVT 429 was first registered in September 1954 and was originally black but is now painted British racing green.

UXG 264 was originally registered as MVB 4. Past owners have included Duncan Rabagliati, Peter Elliot, J P LeVine and Adrian Dunbar.

LDP 107 was first registered in July 1955 and was acquired by Simon in 1999 from Ted Bailey who had owned the car for nearly fourty years. Second Time Around gives more details of the car's background and rebuild.

Tom is also reported to own Chassis No.1080.

829 DRF was owned a Dr Donald of Castle Douglas until bought by John Stamper of Wigton, Cumbria early in 1960. Later in the year John and his wife Hazel drove to Italy in the Doretti to the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. John raced and rallied the car for many years in local car club events. In 1994 Ken Yankey bought the seriously neglected car for restoration but never got around to even starting the project and it was eventually sold to Nigel in Sepember 2007.

TTU 455 is presently half-way through a complete rebuild.