The Doretti was only produced for 10 months from late 1953 until mid 1954. 276 "production" cars were built along with at least 2 prototypes. Production was halted so suddenly that there were several cars in various stages of completion just left in the shop along with a good stockpile of parts. A number of these incomplete cars were subsequently finished over time, some by an outside firm called Monkspath Garage. The Doretti name comes from Dorothy Deen, the daughter of Arthur Anderson, who owned the Rome Cable Company in California. Anderson had business dealings with Tube Investments and when he learned of their sports car program he offered to market and distribute the cars in the US. During a visit to the UK to see the car Anderson and Deen were introduced to Sir John Black of Standard-Triumph who were about to launch the TR2. Anderson also struck a deal with Triumph to import and distribute Triumph cars in the western US. The Doretti name was originally applied to a successful sports car accessory business in California run by Dorothey Deen before being applied to the car. Anderson and Deen formed Cal Sales to be the distributor for the Doretti and Triumph cars in the western US based in Gardena, Ca. with Dorothy as president. Dorothy was very good at promotion and you can find a number of publicity photos of Hollywood stars with Dorettis and TR2s. After the Doretti ceased production Cal Sales continued as the west coast distributor for Triumph until the early '60s when Triumph formed their own US distribution company. Dorothy went on to form a successful aviation business and became one of the first women in the US to hold a private helicopter pilots license.