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Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd - Swift 4 Wheel Bubble Car
Bob Purton:
Hi all. As this thread wandered off onto another subject I have been asked to split the thread. Any comments or information regarding the Swift please post here. More on the register or archive see new subject, Register and archive. Purpose and future.
Thanks. Bob
richard:
surely i cant be the only one spotting a similarity with the 1957 Meadows Bug - if so John Meadows at the Frisky Register is your man I certainly see a strong resemblance . This could actually be a different body on the same chassis ?
David Dale:
--- Quote from: richard on February 07, 2015, 03:44:58 pm ---surely i cant be the only one spotting a similarity with the 1957 Meadows Bug - if so John Meadows at the Frisky Register is your man I certainly see a strong resemblance . This could actually be a different body on the same chassis ?
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I agree that there is a resemblance, but I think the Swift has a larger footprint.
richard:
Maybe but these cars are only realised for the miniatures they are when you put a driver in them , how large does the number plate on the SWIFT appear ? and if you moved the gull wing doors aft on the second car and added a bit of body at the front and rear you are getting there . The both cars have a narrower rear track and if the front and rear chassis are seperate the car could have been extended or shortened , not that i am sure it has been . My money is on it being the same basic car , I am sure thats possible
David Dale:
--- Quote from: richard on February 07, 2015, 04:41:31 pm ---Maybe but these cars are only realised for the miniatures they are when you put a driver in them , how large does the number plate on the SWIFT appear ? and if you moved the gull wing doors aft on the second car and added a bit of body at the front and rear you are getting there . The both cars have a narrower rear track and if the front and rear chassis are seperate the car could have been extended or shortened , not that i am sure it has been . My money is on it being the same basic car , I am sure thats possible
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I agree that the design of the front and rear sub assemblies of the Swift does lend itself to being incorporated into bodies of different length. Do you know when the Meadows Bug was designed and built? It appear to me the the Swift was a little too late on the scene. Had it been designed earlier it may have had a future.
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