Oldest continuous member

[David Kemp]

Hi folks, I have been a member of a Jowett car club off & on for forty years, Some of the people who were members when I joined ,are still members.
So my question is , who has been a member of a Jowett car club the longest?

[paul wilks]

I joined in 1967 when I bought my Javelin (Yellow Peril) And I'm still learning! (Because I have little mechanical nous!!)

[george garside]

Tony Fearn must be a front runner. We both joined more or less at the same time ? 1962 in the early days of the northern section.

If I remember rightly this was as a result of an advert in the Manchester Evening News for would be members of the northern section of the ''Southern Jowett Car Club'' to meet up in Stockport for a run to Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. AS Tony and I were the only twin pot men, he in May Ellen and I in a Bradford we were given a 20 minute start on the Javelins & Jupiters!!. Also there were Bob Mercer, David Ellis, Kathy Watson (Fishwick) and others,

Tony ( and Mary Ellen) have enjoyed continuous membership whereas I have had a number of reincarnations!

george

[Jack]

Bill Purves was another contender when this came up at the Basingstoke Rally, I can't remember the exact detail but I do remember Tony and Bill cutting a 90th Anniversary cake. I might have had a few beers that evening.

Edit - he wasn't at the rally, but I think Wes Meneely has been a member of the club since before even Tony and Bill, might even be 1950s. Keith might be able to confirm.

Jack.

[paul wilks]

I think it was you, George (unless my memory is playing tricks!) who persuaded my late father William (Bill) Wilks to join the then Northern Section of the SJCC, I still have his SJCC car badge. I think we were on holiday at the time. He bought his metallic blue PE Javelin in 1959 and according to old membership records he joined in 1962. I recall attending meetings with Ken Lees (David Morris owns one of his Javelins), David Ellis with Kay, Kathy Watson.

Paul

[Andrew Henshall]

The Jowett Car Club of Australia was founded in 1957 by John Coffey. John was a very active life member of the club until he passed away on 20th January, 2010. Thus John was a member of a Jowett Car Club for nearly 53 years! John's Javelin is still owned by a member of our club - his daughter, Liz Morley (nee Coffey).

Andrew

[robert lintott]

I cannot claim continuous membership , but I joined the SJCC in 1957 or 1958 having bought VTW333 in 1957. I sold it in 1959 and left the club but rejoined in the 1980s having bought PPP 714--still in the JCC--and then joined again when I bought PHU317 . I used the SJCC to locate a replacement crankshaft when mine broke on the A30 ! Bob