Advertising Last completed movie pages 1954 Swallow Doretti 'Buretti'Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2007-09-01 17:32 |
My initial thought would be an Austin Healy 3000, but the image is very blurred |
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◊ 2007-09-01 17:36 |
Looks more like an AC Ace to me but very hard to say definitely. |
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◊ 2007-09-01 17:53 |
Why not a Doretti? I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be, and there must be some reason why doretti.com took an interest. |
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◊ 2007-09-01 18:54 |
Yes, a Swallow Doretti is probably a better match for the details visible. |
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◊ 2007-09-01 22:17 |
![[Image: 837a6fe29fnc5.4588.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is114/837a6fe29fnc5.4588.jpg) ![[Image: 840f694ca4ti5.7656.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is73/840f694ca4ti5.7656.jpg) -- Last edit: 2007-09-02 21:28:36 |
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◊ 2007-09-02 08:52 |
New make! .gif ":)") Pour la petite histoire: Moteur, boite de vitesse, et pont sont d'origine Triumph TR2. Le châssis et la carrosserie (toute en alu sauf les portes) sont assemblés et conçus par un carrossier de Waldall (comté de Stradfordshire). Production: 276 ex. |
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◊ 2007-09-02 16:51 |
>Swallow Doretti From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Swallow Doretti made a 2 seater sports car based on the Triumph TR2 between 1954 and 1955. The company name came from Swallow Coachbuilding Co. (1935) Ltd. which was sold in 1945 by Jaguar formerly S.S. Cars Ltd. to the Helliwell Group which was taken over in 1946 by the British conglomorate the Tube Investments Group (TI). The first and only model produced by Swallow under TI ownership was the Doretti which had a tubular Reynold 531 Cromolly chassis with a body made of a steel inner skin and aluminium outer. Most cars were supplied with overdrive and they were capable of 100mph. 276 cars were made including a single fixed head coupe version. The car was designed by in-house engineer Frank Rainbow, and produced in the TI factory at the The Airport, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. Production stopped in 1955 when the parent company TI changed policy. Pressure from the British motor industry, most notably Jaguar itself, lead to the cease of production of the Doretti. It is thought that the Directors of TI were convinced that continued production of the Doretti sports car placed TI in direct competition with their customers for raw materials creating a serious conflict of interest.> Voici la grande histoire, Bebert. A partir de 1974 Walsall se trouve aux West Midlands. |
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◊ 2010-04-19 23:02 |
Seems to me Dorothy Dean was in on the importation of the Dorettis; she was a cog in the Southern California Road Racing machine in the 1950s, and likely to have been a source for a movie vehicle. I'm not sure Max Balchowski (Ol' Yeller builder/driver) would have made a conversion available for the filming, but he did seven Buick-into-Doretti implants, and one of his customers might have ponied-up, so to speak. There's one visible in the second photo on this page: http://home.roadrunner.com/~fsheff/palmspr4.htm . |
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◊ 2010-05-25 18:54 |
Changed main pic![[Image: 244459-839.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/244459-839.jpg) And this three new thumnails. It's the number 9 ![[Image: 244460-OnTheBeach57.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/244460-OnTheBeach57.jpg) ![[Image: 244461-OnTheBeach58.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/244461-OnTheBeach58.jpg) ![[Image: 244504-OnTheBeach55.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/244504-OnTheBeach55.jpg) -- Last edit: 2010-05-25 19:52:31 |
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◊ 2010-11-03 20:45 |
I have considerable histories on Doretti cars . This is one of Max Balchowsky's Buick engined conversions and is him driving the car for the movie backdrop. I welcome any information on Doretti cars. Max normally raced with the number 70. The number 9 on the Doretti and I assume the other numbers of cars in this backdrop are simply an application for the filming of this staged race sequence. Doretti.com |
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◊ 2021-07-18 17:23 |
http://www.doretti.co.uk/beach.htm , http://www.doretti.co.uk/max-01.htm , http://www.doretti.co.uk/max-03.htm "As part of their regular shop activities, Max and Ina Balchowsky would routinely replace any engine with a Cadillac or Buick motor which were very popular with hot rod enthusiasts. They soon became recognised as the premier engine transplant specialists and several Hot Rod magazines ran feature stories about their expertise with engine swaps. One of the original letterheads of Hollywood Motors displayed the slogan "We can replace anything with anything". The Balchowsky's next race car was the Buretti Special which was a modified Swallow Doretti with a 6-litre V-8 Buick engine which Max used for drag and road racing. This was one of several Doretti sports cars that were reported to have been converted to V-8 specification. Four cars were fitted with Buick motors, one with a Cadillac engine, another was Chevy-powered and another was completed by a customer. According to Balchowsky, the Chevy-engined Doretti weighed just 40 pounds more than stock and had almost 300 horsepower. Although better known for his later road racing successes Max also took his modified Dorettis to the drags, securing a class record of 120 mph in the quarter-mile. Between December 1955 and the following December, Max also drove a Doretti-Buick in at least eight sports car races without much success." "This Doretti-Buick combination, known as the "Buretti" was built by the 1950's Hollywood engine-swap expert Max Balchowsky. When the original 90-bhp Triumph TR-2 engine was removed and a 6-litre Buick V-8 motor coupled to a Jaguar transmission stuffed under the hood, the resultant acceleration was frightening. Top speeds of 105 mph in the quarter-mile were consistently achieved and the engine capable of running at 7000 rpm was described as being extremely dependable and durable." |
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