Swallow Doretti on Ebay

[gsalt57tr3]

Swallow

I hope someone on this forum buys this. Wish I could...

 

[YankeeTR]

Very rare and a great project. If my TR2 wasn't in my shop I'd take a swing at this one.

 

[kodanja]

I think I need this car!!!

(Time to bid)

 

[tdskip]

Guys - this is somewhat local and if any is really serious about it I can try to go check it out.

Let me know...

 

[martx-5]

Here's some info on the Doretti from Wikipedia. They only made 276 cars, including ONE fixed head coupe. Wonder where that one is? These defintely are some rare cars. A little homely looking though. There is a Prototype floating around that has a lot more appeal. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Edit: Be sure to click on the external links from the wiki page. Some really great info there, including which countries a 178 of these cars are located. Maybe this one on e-bay is sort of a barn find and not included on that list.

Edit again: On the first external link from wiki, there is a search by chassis number option, and "1240" does not show up. This car apparently is unknown to the Doretti community, or at least to the guy operating the Doretti website.

 

[DougF]

Contact Tom Householder through TRA. I think he still lives in Ohio. He owns 3 or 4 of them.

 

[Russ Austin]

Doug; I've not heard anything from Tom in a very long time. What did he do with the Francorchamp TR2 "Thats real interesting" oh and don't forget the TRuck.

 

[Andrew Mace]

Contact Tom Householder through TRA. I think he still lives in Ohio. He owns 3 or 4 of them.

...and likely as not, Tom knows the eBay car and most of the other survivors (and maybe even a good number of those that didn't survive)! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

[DougF]

Who could ever forget the TRuck! There is a picture of it circling MidOhio at the Triumph 40th anniversary celebration Sprint Vintage Races on the bulletin board at TRF.
As for the Francorchamp, I don't know.
I haven't seen him in a couple years myself. I'm sure I'll see him soon, now that his name popped up.