Model HistoryWilliam Lyons and William Walmsley had commenced their famous partnership in Blackpool in 1922. The 21-year-old Lyons put Walmsley’s back-garden sidecar building operation onto a commercial footer – to such effect that the Swallow sidecar Company soon became coachbuilders, the curvaceous Austin Seven Swallow of 1927 being their first and most popular creation.
Moving in 1928 to Foleshill, Coventry, Swallow were able to expand their range to include bodies on Fiat, Swift, Wolseley and Standard chassis. Then the ambitious Lyons negotiated...
