{"id":864460,"date":"2024-10-04T18:57:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T01:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=523263"},"modified":"2024-12-02T21:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:47:31","slug":"dedication-1935-ss1-airline-saloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dedication-1935-ss1-airline-saloon\/","title":{"rendered":"1935 SS1 Airline Saloon – Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>Jim and Lisa Hendrix are committed fans of all things Jaguar.\u00a0 Nearly everything automotive inside and outside their garage is a Jaguar, with the notable exception of the Sunbeam motorcycle, but it has a Swallow sidecar mounted.\u00a0 The Hendrix were ready to add something Jaguar to their collection and were debating what it would be.\u00a0 They were looking at a book by Paul Skilleter titled \u201cJaguar Saloon Cars,\u201d and saw the photo of a SS I Airline Saloon on the back jacket cover.\u00a0 They knew that was the car they wanted, but they may have underestimated what was necessary to find and restore one.\u00a0 Together with their friend and restorer, Jason Manns, they consider themselves a team.\u00a0 It took a lot of teamwork and determination to find and restore their very rare 1935 SS I Airline Saloon.\u00a0 It has been a worldwide effort to bring this car back with many people involved.<\/p>\n

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The Williams, Walmsley and Lyons, with Lyons in the Swallow Sidecar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prehistory of Jaguar<\/h2>\n

The company that became Jaguar was the result of two men named William working together.\u00a0 The first was William Walmsley who was building stylish sidecars for the war (WWI) surplus Triumph motorcycles he reconditioned in his garage in Blackpool.\u00a0 Walmsley had no engineering training, but he did have an eye for style, something that was missing in the carts that were being attached to motorcycles at the time.\u00a0 Assisted by his sister and his wife, he produced about one sidecar per week.\u00a0 A young neighbor, William Lyons, ten years Walmsley\u2019s junior, liked the look of the aluminum-bodied, octagonal sidecars and bought one.\u00a0 Lyons joined Walmsley when he turned 21 and was able to borrow \u00a31000, and they launched the Swallow Sidecar Company in a larger workspace.\u00a0 With a workforce of about a dozen men, their goal was to produce ten or more sidecars per week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n