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More than half a century later - more than half of all production of this always-rare Jowett Jupiter car still exists!
Welcome, friends, to the Home Page of the Jowett Jupiter, one of the best sports cars of the early nineteen fifties. Discover a little of its history, its motor sporting successes, books, who is campaigning their Jupiter today half a century after the Jupiter era...
Friend: having reached this tiny outpost on the world-wide web, why not take a little time to read about the life and times of this unusual and rare classic car? The Jowett car. What some would call a sportcar or even an antique car - only in the very best sense of the word of course! Note that the Jowett Jupiter was always a rare car with only 900 built
For information on the Jupiter Owners Auto Club (JOAC), contact
6 Kymer Gardens, Hassocks, BN6 8QZ, UK. Telephone +44 (0)1273-843 457
Check out these books on Jupiters and Jowetts.
Click here for the current JOAC list of spare parts for Jupiter cars
This website has been on the net since 1996. This makes it easily the oldest site devoted to any aspect of Jowett cars. Some say it is still the best!!
If you are only here for beer click here.
The book on the Jowett Jupiter by Edmund Nankivell is still available. Low cost, high quality, and authoritative, it is a MUST for anyone interested in the car. Click here for details of how you may purchase it.
Another
book has arrived!
Yes, a 
book (published by Crowood) By Edmund Nankivell and Geoff McAuley covers the complete story of the
Javelin
and Jupiter. Research has produced MUCH NEW material but it does NOT render
obsolete "The Car for Road
Rally and Race".
I would like to extend a special welcome to all visitors who bear the name Jowett: I hope you all find it of interest. In fact, I have included a small section on the family of the the company's founders, William Jowett and Benjamin Jowett, and a small number of their descendants. This site is devoted to the last model produced by the august former car-builder from Yorkshire, England: The èè Jowett Jupiter çç English sports car. |
The author of this website is Edmund Nankivell, of Sussex, England. He has owned Jupiters since 1967. He has written a book on the Jupiter, co-authored a book on Jowett Cars Ltd, and had published a number of articles for specialised heritage car magazines. He has now co-authored (with Geoff McAuley) a book on the Javelin and Jupiter - with much much much new material! |
After touring around the site, remember that the Guestbook is at your service! Jowett Javelin enthusiasts will find a relevant link on the Magazine page.
You are discerning visitor
to this arcane,
specialist-interest site since 16 August 1997 |
Other makes of car with similar
names to Jowett include
Jewel made
in Bradford, Yorkshire
by John E. Wood between 1921 and 1933.
and of course Jewett
built in the USA between 1922 and 1926 by
the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company of Detroit Michigan. Both rare cars!
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Possibly the longest-running meeting-place of
Jowett cars anywhere
in the world is the Black Lion pub, near Brighton, Sussex, England. On the
first Sunday of every November the famous VCC London to Brighton Veteran Car
Run takes place, an event which over the decades has become a hugely
popular spectator activity. Us local Jowett folk have been doing just that
from the Black Lion pub every year since 1970.
In all those years until 2001 I never noticed the black lion on the plinth. We also meet on the first Sunday in May every year at the same place to watch the HCVC historic commercial vehicles go by, also on their way from London to Brighton. For this spring meeting, the sun always seems to shine, something that cannot always be said to be true for the winter one. |
Five
Germans in an Audi Quattro arrive at the Italian border.
The
Italian Customs agent stops them and tells them:
"It's illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro."
"Vot
do you mean it's illegal?", asks
the German driver.
"Quattro
means-a four", replies the
Italian official.
"Qvattro
is just ze name of ze automobile" the Germans retort unbelievingly
"Look at ze papers: zis car is designt to kerry 5 persons."
"You
can't-a pull-a that-a one on-a me!", replies the Italian customs agent,
"Quattro means-a four. You have-a five-a people in-a your car and you are
therefore-a breaking the law."
The
German driver replies angrily, "You idiot! Call your zupervisor over - I
vant to speak to somevone viz more intelligence!"
"Sorry" responds the Italian official, "He can't-a come. He's-a busy talking to two guys in a Fiat Uno."
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||Spares and Services||A handbuilt car||Jowett Clubs||Le Mans Jupitour 2000||Blois Jupitour 2003||Jupitour 2006||Jupitour 2007||
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Some links to the outside world:-
For a good and inexpensive parcel service, I use Interparcel.com
The UK company Beeches Recovery have a covered/enclosed transporter ideal for moving prestige and classic cars.
In addition, they offer 24-hour breakdown and recovery throughout the UK.
An American website, Auto-history, is as you would expect devoted to the history of the motor car. It includes a free, weekly, multimedia motoring history story
Try Johnnie Jumble for British vintage and classic car parts at sensible prices
Keith Clements has an excellent website for Jowett folk, especially Jowett Car Club folk
Chris Freudenberg, artist and Jupiter owner
Oily Pages, lots to do with classic cars
Fuel Systems UK: Carburettor specialsts
The Vintage Sports Car Club of America has a useful page of links
Likewise, Paul Ridley has a useful-looking page of links
Here is a site where you can compare cheap car insurance quotes
There are several places in a Jupiter engine or gearbox where helicoils could be useful
Automotive World magazine links page to Jowett pages and more...
The Jupiter was Car of the Month for April 2005 on Dutchman André Ritzinger's website
Here is an index to some car clubs with websites
the website of our good friend and true, Sumpy, is worth a visit
For Jowett Jupiter specifications and other details visit Carfolio.com
...and our dear friends at Google have a directory of Jowett clubs
Blue Thunder Sports and Classic Car Transportation throughout Europe (including the UK) have a very good listing of car clubs
Here is FISC Eurotour's list of classic car clubs
A Flemish-Belgian list of UK Classic Car clubs is here
Also, Don's Auto Pages are worth a browse
This website is the definitive Jowett Jupiter site. Please come back soon!
