The SS 1 (the top of its radiator says 'SS One') is a British two-door sports saloon and tourer built by Swallow Coachbuilding Company in Foleshill, Coventry, England.

The SS1 was created by SS Cars, a company that would change its name in 1945 to Jaguar Cars Limited. The SS1 was a series of sports roadsters and tourers fitted with a range of inline-six …

SS Cars was a British manufacturer of sports saloon cars from 1934 until wartime 1940, and from March 1935 of a limited number of open 2-seater sports cars. From September 1935, their new models displayed a new name: SS Jaguar.

The SS1 was a British sports car first built by the Swallow Sidecar Company in Coventry, England. It was first presented at the 1931 London Motor Show and was produced between 1932 and 1936. In 1933 the company changed its name to SS Cars Ltd and in 1945 to Jaguar Cars Ltd.

The SS 1 came in October 1931 as a two-door coupe on the market, with vinyl-covered roof and storm bars (linkage for tensioning to the top) on the sides, which gave the impression of a convertible. This had a six-cylinder in-line engine with 2054 cc displacement and 45 bhp (16 HP) or 2552 cc displacement with approximately 55 bhp (20 HP).

The Swallow SS-1 is a British sports car produced from 1932-1936. The Swallow Sidecar Company of Coventry, England began building automobiles in 1927 and introduced the Swallow SS-1 in 1931 at the London Motor Show. The SS-1 Tourer was launched in 1934. The later 1936 Tourer was designated as a “Jaguar.”

The SS 1 (SS One) is Swallow Coachbuilding's first personal vehicle. Gathered on an exclusive chassis from Standard Motor Company. At the end of 1931, at the London Motor Show, Swallow's first personal car model, the SS 1 , was presented .

The SS1 (SS One) was based on the Standard Ensign 16hp and featured an under-slung chassis designed by Lyons and supplied exclusively to Swallow by Standard Motor Company, the same company that supplied the 2.0- and 2.5-liter six-cylinder side-valve engine and …

In so doing, the SS1 went some way towards establishing the pattern for future Jaguars, combining sporting good looks with a better-than-average specification and all at a bargain price. This 1934 Jaguar SS1 Tourer is a rare and exciting matching numbers car just out of …

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