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SS = Swallow Sidecar
Specifications
308 units built:
SS 90 '35: 23 units with 2.5 lt side valve straight six engine 70 HP
SS100 '36-38: 190 units with 2.5 lt Harry Weslake designed overhead valve head engine 105 HP
SS100 '38-'40: 118 units with 3.5 lt engine 128 HP
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Straight 6 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
3485cc
82.0 x 110.0 mm
7.2:1
125 bhp / 93 kW @ 4500 rpm
cast-iron block, Harry Weslake designed cast iron head
side camshaft with overhead valves (OHV), 2 valves / cyl - 12 valves total
104 miles per hour
steel ladder type chassis frame
Suspension (fr/r), rigid axle, half-elliptic springs, Luvax damper
Length, 3886 mm (153")
Width, 1600 mm (63")
Wheelbase, 2642 mm (104")
worn-and-nut steering
drum brakes all around
Length, 3,883 mm (152.9")
Width, 1,529 mm (60.2")
Height, 1,336 mm (52.6")
Wheelbase 2,641 mm (104")
Track (fr/r), 1,336 mm (52.6")
1168 kg
Results in Endurance Races
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremgarten | Mille Miglia | Dolomiti | |||||||
| Date | 8/6 | 22/6 | 20/7 | ||||||
| Team | 1600km | 300km | |||||||
| Rudolf Fortmann | 8th | ||||||||
| F. Hirt | in entry list | ||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||
| Starts/finishes 1/1 | 1/1 | ||||||||
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