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The Jowetts That Got Away, Paperback / softback Book

The Jowetts That Got Away Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Jowett Cars were built in Bradford, from 1906 to 1954.

All pre-war cars up to 1935 were powered by a twin-cylinder horizontally opposed 7hp engine. In 1935 a new four-cylinder horizontally opposed engine was introduced with a 10hp rating running alongside the original twin-cylinder model which had been increased to an 8hp rating.

Little changed during this pre-war period, many of the models were made in very small numbers, and sadly, there are no survivors today.

The Jowett brothers experimented in the mid-1930's with a new in-line power unit which did not go into production.

The post-war period saw massive changes in the Jowett company, with both Jowett brothers retiring by the end of the war.

The first all-new model was the Javelin saloon, launched in 1947 and the Jupiter sportscar in 1950.

By 1951 there should have led to a completely new range of cars, vans, pick-up and estate cars, known as the Bradford CD range.

There were plans for a racing Jupiter known as the R1 and to re-vamp the Jupiter for road use known as the R4.

Sadly, none of these models materialised and Jowett's history could have been so different had fate been kinder to them.

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