Swallow Doretti
Cars & Owners

The late, Cdr. L D Vaughan, USN (Rtd.) was the proud owner of this car when the picture was taken in Hawaii. Chassis No.1041 is now owned by Daniel A. Morris. For more information about this car see Chassis No.1041.

An early owner of this car was reported to be Paul Morel of Hollywood, California - vehicle exported from the USA circa 1977. Arrived in Germany via Eddie de Heus of the Netherlands. Chassis No.1042 is now owned by Dieter Krämer also owns Chassis Nr.1181 which was another ex-Eddie de Heus vehicle.

The present disposition of Chassis No.1043 is unknown. Tom Householder reports that the car was sold circa 1974 by Al Stephens of Forest Grove, Oregon. Lyza Danger Gardener posted this scan of a slide of her mom in her dad's Doretti taken around 1979 in front of possibly the Coast Range west of Portland in Washington, USA.  ... (Image: Lyza Danger Gardener)

Vehicle exported from USA in March 2014. Previous US owner Pat Chancellor.
Chassis No.1044 is now owned by Gérard Lapostolle & André Mark, car is presently under restoration.

This Swallow Doretti was my first car which I bought in 1968 from a military serviceman in Berkeley, California. It's spent the last twenty-five years off the road and I'm now thinking about a restoration. ...Herb Miranda
 ...(Photo: TRhouse)
For more information about this car see Chassis No.1045 by Herb Miranda and Chassis No.1045 by the current owner Steve Kirby.

Chassis No.1047 is owned by Ted Keyes. Car has 63,000 original miles, vehicle awaiting restoration.

Larry Zottarelli bought this Swallow Doretti in 1963 from Rose Wardell, widow of the former owner John Wardell of Sunland, California. The car was used for five years before being laid up until 2010 ,when it was re-commisioned with the help and encouragement of Ray Bragassa, former owner of Chassis No.1039. More of the history of this unique car can be found at Chassis No.1048

This was Alan Simon's first Doretti which he bought in 1964. He used it through dental school for a total of 50,000 miles. The car was wrecked in 1969. After being re-built in 1994 by Pete Petrov of Venice, California the car was exported to Japan.
For more information about this car see Restored to Life