New Jowett Book

[paul wilks]

I saw this advertised on ebay £5.95 plus £1.50 p & p.
It's a new one on me and I thought I had all books on Jowett! Anyone know about it or even have a copy, please? Can they recommend it?



Thanks

Paul

[The Bradford man]

How many pages does it ment to have? coloured pics?

[PAUL BEAUMONT]

I saw this too and had similar thoughts. I believe that the ad says about 50 pages (might be 30), can't get on Ebay at work!!

[george garside]

[quote="PAUL BEAUMONT"]I saw this too and had similar thoughts. I believe that the ad says about 50 pages (might be 30), can't get on Ebay at work!![/quote]

Its also on amazon at same price but with no more info. I suspect the photos will be previously ppublished ones.

george

[Alastair Gregg]

Hello Chaps

It has five full colour picture pages plus the 2 covers. Its new and in a series written mainly by a chap called Rod Ward. The Series is called Auto Review and the Jowett book was first published in 2009 by Malvern House Publications. It has an ISBN number and can thus be ordered (at £5.95, the cover price). From any good bookshop as they say.

Have just got my copy and will do a review for those considering when I have A read it and B checked it against known good data.

[Alastair Gregg]

As promised a resume:-

Most of the pictures are old and by that I mean either originals which we have seen or old car meetings say 70's and 80's not that that is a bad thing interspersed with Jowetts in Museams.

I haven't heard Javelins described as Mk 1, 11 and 111 before. Series 11 and series 111 engines but not the cars.

Apparently the Jupiter shape was a dissapointment and the chassis too flexible. 22799 Javelins were made, I thought at least 24,000.

Production continued of the Jupiter to the end of 1954, I thought the last few Jupiters were finished in early 1954, and those were out of spares. The R4 was going to have been made out of glass fibre (nearly right) as well. The single R4 aquited itself well in the mid to late 50's racing we are told. I am convinced 3 R4's raced in the mid 50's however not so the writer.

Jowett had a "lack of expertise" in gear box manufacture. Despite the fact they had been producing them for decades.

The CD was going to have been glass fibre as well in van, car, pickup and station wagon forms.

Our car club is called the Jowett Owners Club.

My opinion is that the book is what could be expected of a person who has an interest in cars and Jowetts were just another marque.

It might be worth a few of us writing to the publisher if we feel strongly

What do you say?