Advertising 1922 Brough Superior SS 80 with Swallow sidecar No.1 Class: Bikes, Sidecar — Model origin: 
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◊ 2021-06-11 23:48 |
Apparently the very first Swallow sidecar, built 1922. "The Swallow Sidecar Company was formed in Blackpool by William Lyons, on his 21st Birthday on 4 September 1922, with the nine year older William Walmsley as his equal partner. The company was to produce sidecars for motorcycles, a follow-on of Walmsley's previous line of reconditioned war-surplus Triumph motorcycles and fitting of sidecars. Walmsley had produced the Stockport Zeppelin and this became the first Swallow Sidecar - Model No 1." from here. Lyons is in the sidecar, Walmsley on the bike. FR 3354 was Blackpool, Oct 1904 to April 1929. |
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◊ 2021-06-12 00:31 |
Hints of Brough Superior Mk1, I wonder if they reinforced the forks for the extra weight/stress? |
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◊ 2021-06-12 00:55 |
https://www.jaguarheritage.com/jaguar-history/jaguar-people/william-lyons/ says "William Walmsley on SS80 Brough Superior motorcycle, and William Lyons in Swallow side car. King Edward Avenue, Blackpool 1923." with hints that Walmsley might have made the sidecar in 1920. |
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◊ 2021-06-12 01:14 |
Less beer, more scrolling down the page.  |
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◊ 2021-06-12 12:20 |
It’s an interesting speculation that, while Lyons’ ethos for the cars embraced value for money, as illustrated by a price comparison between a 3 1/2 litre S.S. Jaguar and a 3 1/2 litre Bentley, when they needed a tug for a sidecar in the early days, they bought only the best! |
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◊ 2021-06-12 15:03 |
I like the acetylene generator for the headlamp! |
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