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S.S. was a British car manufacturer based in Coventry, Warwickshire, that traced its origins to the Swallow Coachbuilding Co. Ltd., founded in 1922 in Blackpool by William Lyons and William Walmsley. Neither founder had an engineering background, but with a bank overdraft of £1000 they began producing streamlined aluminium sidecars from modest premises. The business grew steadily, and the pair expanded into creating sporting bodywork for the Austin 7 under…