This page will be updated from time to time: last update 15 May 2008
Mike Allfrey's always-nice green Jupiter somewhere in Australia, wearing its Bradford registration. In Australia for a small fee you can do this!
Neil Moore at speed in his lovely blue Jupiter - Pukekohe, NZ January 2008
Les Gourdie's blue Jupiter in NZ, this time at the Ruapuna International Raceway; and Sid Bradford's blue Jupiter in the same event
Now a lovely green Jupiter seen this year in the USA. I am sure this is Jon Andersen's car
added 7 April 2008
Nice white Jupiter photographed in 1956
Keith Clements in the 1992 Classic Marathon at Scheveningen
Some interesting text on the Jowett Jupiter and a nice red example is presented also
Informative text and a nice image of the red Jupiter owned by Peter Stokell
Werner Bald and the only running Jupiter in Germany, and informative text in German
Lots of informative text on the Jowett Jupiter, and some images of Scott Renner racing
Nice picture of Tim Wise's Jupiter in Tenerife
How rough can a Jupiter descend to? Well, this rough!
added 10 March 2008
Marqueart are offering the 1:43 scale
model of the
Jupiter Mk1a
Who needs new crankcases for Javelins/Jupiters when this kind of work can be carried out? This work is by Kip Motors of Dallas Tx
The gorgeous oft-seen red Jupiter of Craig Ainge
And the equally gorgeous green Jupiter of Greg Jackson....and here is another view
World of Stock (a photographer offering photos geared towards commercial, editorial and educational users) have an image of a RHD Mk 1 Jupiter here, and the same one front view.
added 26 February 2008
Tim Wise's very nice green Jupiter based in Tenerife
Another super green Jupiter on show - click on the thumbnail
More of Scott Renner racing his green Jupiter, and again and yet again
A green Jupiter restored and run over on Canada's West Coast
For a change a red Jupiter pictured in Canada It is the ex Reg Gilbert car now in Ohio
In brief, some text TOTALLY EXPLAINING the Jowett Jupiter
And now a red Jupiter, the Jupiter of Werner Bald of Hamburg
Click on this link and then the thumbnail of the red Jupiter. Its owner Mike Chevers is seated behind
Added 24 January 2008
Jupiter wearing our Le Mans 50/2000 plate, with an MGB
La Naissance d'un Mythe - a Jupiter shares the limelight with a TR2, a Moretti, a Gordini and even a Lagonda, and other cars of the period
The Jupiters of Phil Edwards and Jonathan Roberts at Welshpool. This view shows a steam loco.
The instrument panel of Phil's Jupiter, while the lovely Jupiter of Martin and Deborah Taylor is snapped here, while this picture shows four Jupiters of all different colours.
Go to this website and see a succession of photos of a red Jupiter at a Californian old-car meet.
Peter Stokell's maroon Jupiter and lots of info on Jupiters and their history
Somewhat recent (even though monochrome) photo of a Jupiter. The language is Slovakian. See also a photo of Keith Clements's Jupiter taken many years ago when discovered, well before its restoration and glittering competition career in Keith's hands. We may have put this link on before but never mind!
The first of 2008.
Have a look at the images on this page. There is one of a Jupiter in a group: it is the fourth image down. The race at Torrey Pines is thought to be 1953. Thanks to Peter McKercher for finding this one. It is known that two Jupiters raced at Torrey Pines 14 December 1952, Hunter Hackney winning one of the races, so perhaps it is this event.
This section added in stages to the end of December 2007
Here is a Spanish website Autopasion giving a potted, illustrated history of the Jowett car company
...and here is is again in pdf format (615kb) with the text translated into English by Babelfish. Spanish-speaking Tim Wise has this to say about the translation:
Very literal translation, word for word, good potted history and only one mistake as far as I could see i.e. that Jupiter production substituted Javelin same. Good selection of pix, too.
There are three images of Jupiters, about a third of the way down this web page
First one is from the Jupitour of 2003, lunch stop on the run down to Amboise. The second is the red Jupiter of indomitable Jaak Jacobs
Here, and again here is the well-restored Jupiter of Marshall Jackson at the 2006 Palo Alto concourse. Marshall is with his dad. the car took 2nd
This one is a bit of a struggle but two people wrote to the Daily Telegraph to say the the Jowett Jupiter is the most beautiful car of all time
Now Albert Cleavely does take a few short journeys from his home location with his smart green Jupiter possibly at Amberley Chalkpits Museum
This, I think, is the Jupiter of Mike Stout, a brilliant engineer and Jupiter restorer. Mike Stout does get about
In Belgium, Jaak Jacobs is not inhibited from driving his Jupiter, and this could be Jaak at Zolder
This looks like the smart Jupiter of Tony Jackson's rather nice Jupiter
Front end of a smart Californian Jupiter
Here is a flicker image of our Belgian member Claude Bernard in his Jupiter. And the other end.
This image looks like Gurzeler in the Berne (Switzerland) Grand Prix for sports car 1951, which he won. I have the steering wheel of that Jupiter!
This section added November 2007
The red Jupiter of Claude Bernard at Spa, Belgium;
The very nice Jupiter now owned by Mike Worker. It is the penultimate Jowett Jupiter, indeed the penultimate Jowett car.
The oft-seen, much toured, Jupiter of Craig Ainge front view and rear view, taken in 1991 for the January 1992 Classic Cars magazine TEST MATCH.
The TEST MATCH took six comparable cars with each owner having an opportunity to drive the other five, finishing off with points being awarded to determine the ‘best’ of the day
Engine compartment of Mike Stout's beautifully restored green Jupiter
Peter Stokell's maroon Jupiter apparently at Benningborough Hall
Jupiter wearing the hallowed "36", owned by New Zealander Neil Moore
Jupiter engine audio file 1 megabyte, who is the speaker anyone know? Wroom wroom...
Al Cleaveley's lovely green Jupiter has been spotted by a flickr enthusiast
This California Jupiter was offered for sale but has been with withdrawn. Scroll down a bit to find it, and also an image of Frank Woolley giving his all
This section added before October 2007
The Texas-based Kip Lankanau (of the Kip Motor Company) not only supplies spares for Jupiters and other orphan British cars, he restored the Jupiter he owns and has an excellent sequence of photos showing all the steps on his website. His workshop clearly has all the skills.
This French website is mostly devoted to Jean-Pierre Beltoise, but scroll a quarter of the way down to a section on the Circuit des Remparts 2007, les images datée mercredi, 19 septembre 2007 which includes an image of the smart RHD Jupiter of Mike Chevers
Pat Barnsley showing his Jupiter recently, with VW Beetle rear lights prominent!
Bobo Onofri and another image from the 2007 Mille Miglia retro. For more, search this page for Onofri
A very original one-owner Jupiter now resides in a museum in New Zealand. It is chassis 290 in the Southward Car Museum, Wellington, NZ
Scott Renner racing somewhere in California, first image, second image, and third image
Scott races with the famous number 36 reversed, and Unsagacious I instead of Sagacious II written on the bonnet.
From Jaak Jacobs, this Jupiter (116 of Heinz Bolliger) has won 3rd prize in his category at the 2007 European Concours at Schwetzingen, Germany
This section added 19/8/2007
Another nice shot of Ib Rasmussen busy rallying his Jupiter! That man is keen, keen keen
Here are three shots from a recent event in Peer, Belgium, with Jaak Jacobs of course in this one and Gerda de Bruijn in two and just the de Bruijn Jupiter in three
From New Zealand, a Jupiter leading three MGs just as a Jupiter should
Dave Burrows showing his Jupiter again., well done Dave!
Jaak Jacobs again with his red Jupiter, in Belgium probably, And another of the same car.
Monochrome image of a Jupiter wrongly called a Javelin
Passion and lust in a Javelin, caught by a private detective no doubt, and some Javelins after a wedding
The R4 at the photo-shoot for the book The Javelin and Jupiter - The Complete Story. And again. All taken near Beaulieu
And on the subject of prototype Jupiters, here is the surviving R1 taken at an HSCC event
A white Jupiter just behind a Bugatti and an MGTF, no doubt about to pick off the MG!
Farina Jupiter of Pat Lockyer and quite a bit more about Jowetts
Another car owned by Pat Lockyer, this time a standard green Jupiter raced a few times by its first owner
Peter Tribble gets out and about in his newly restored Jupiter
Another nicely restored red Jupiter, this one lives in Borrowash, Derby
More Jupiters, and more Jupiters at a big Jowett Car Club event
Now some nice photos of David Taylor's JAY 420, and another nice running Jupiter, here next to a tram
here is a very nice stateside red LHD Jupiter does anyone know which one?
Can someone identify this white RHD Jupiter with two girls in it?
Close-up view of the late Jupiter bonnet badge, and another badge on another Jupiter
I know this white Jupiter, it is now resident in Derby, England
The Jupiter of Dave Burrows at a show, with its mouth open
Front-end of a North American Jupiter, possibly Mike Stout's, and more of the same car
Another red Jupiter that I recognise, and green Jupiter for a change, with admirer.
The You tube video of a blue Jupiter doing 60 on a winding country lane
More on the You Tube video showing Peter Tribble's very lovely blue Jupiter
Brian Tuffey's fast white Jupiter in New Zealand racing a TR2. And another image, and yes another image I imagine the same event
If you have my book The Jowett Jupiter, a Car for Road, Rally & Race click here then have a look at page 65
Les belles d'Autrefois - a Jupiter amongst others, even with musical accompaniment
This photo is FUN FUN FUN - can any reader shed more light on it?
Jupiter that appeared in a genuine race in California, and then in the film The fast and the Furious. You will have to search a little.
Here is my very own Jupiter in Hyères way back in 2001 - for more click here
If a Jupiter or Javelin die-cast model is for you, click here
Tatty red Jupiter for sale in Massachusetts
Photo of a Farina Jupiter from somewhere. I am fairly sure it is Pat Lockyer's Farina Jupiter
Scroll down a bit and see a photo of Bruce Blackwelder's Jupiter E3 SCL 987R, which was sadly destroyed in a fire at the next owner's place
This section added 3/8/2007
Mike Worker's rather splendid Mk1a Jupiter, the penultimate built.
Some Jowett History from "British Motor manufacturers 1894 - 1960"
More Jowett history and nice photos, from the Yorkshire Post of 17/9/05
From Australia, how a Jupiter won the 2006 Jaguar Mountain Rally
A website devoted to the Eyerly Special, a Californian creation with an ex-Jupiter Meadows gearbox. I believe it is now restored, as some years ago I passed on a request for a gearbox for it, which was supplied.
Bill Ray's seldom seen wholly original Jupiter
This looks like the Jupiter of Californian racing man Scott Renner at Monterey, and here again in another view
Mike Stout's Jupiter in Vancouver with some amusing text
Price guide for the Javelin and Jupiter in Australia
Period photo of an early rhd Jupiter Mk1
Italian web page translated by computer, with one old and several recent images of the ex-Alf Thomas special-bodied Jupiter, now in Italy owned and run by Roberto Onofri
Image and web page about the very nice Jupiter of Dave Burrows, domiciled in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Quite a lot of Jupiter and Jowett history on a German-language website, with some nice shots of a red lhd Jupiter Mk1a, probably the one owned by Werner Bald of Hamburg.
Scroll down past the bit about pensioner Bert Darnell, and you find a piece on our very own Craig Ainge and his Jupiter
This section added 1/6/2007
Open this page and look at the small image on the right. You will see a Singer going one way, a Jupiter going the other way, and some haybales in a mess. It is quite possible that the Jupiter made that mess of the haybales. And here is a picture from a Santa Barbara event probably in 1953 of a Singer and a Jupiter, thanks again to Peter McKercher.
This section added 1/5/2007
This New Zealand website tells you about the Jowett Jupiter in a museum in NZ
Motorbase has a nice thing going about Jowett - click here for more
Thetford Motor Engineering have worked on some righteous machinery including this white Jowett Jupiter
I do not understand modern technology but, if you do, you might find a video of a Jupiter racing. Perhaps it is only available to buy, not to download for home viewing?
A very interesting Hungarian website with cars and motorcycles of a bygone age, and a Jupiter of course - scroll down about half-way.
A Jupiter (chassis 522) is known to have gone to Hungary in 1999 so this is probably the one.
A nice Jowett Jupiter and other comparable cars - have a look-see!
This may or may not be Keith Clement's Jupiter prepared for a classic marathon rally
Some Jupiters are silver with red wheels, and there are some nice minis in the background
Two green Jupiters at Malvern in 2005 showing it does not matter which green a Jupiter is painted in.
A red Jupiter is for hire in Australia
This section added 17/4/2007
Monday April 4th 1950 - yes a report from the past - the Javelin Jupiter (at $2,548) Jowett Cars Ltd. announced a dashing convertible that could do 95 m.p.h.
A brief analysis of JCC 2006 which was the big anniversary of course, the 100th.
Nice photo of Graham Austin's Jupiter with some history of the Jowett marque.
Classic Wheels have a nice shot of the Jupiter of Eric Firth's Jupiter, pretty recently taken.
Another French website where someone is puzzled about the Jupiter of Jacky Gruz. Well done that man!
This section added 11/4/2007
And here is another shot of Drummond Black's rather lovely Jupiter
Steering wheel centre of a late Jupiter
All about JTM 100 the ex-Alf Thomas special-bodied Jupiter now in Italy
This is the website of Sharaku Koshiishi who lives in Mexico and has a very rough Jupiter which he means to restore one day when he has finished his engineering degree and has some money, time and space.
This page shows cars attending the old-timer rally in Peer, Belgium. Look for a shot of the Jack Jacobs red Jupiter and two of the de Bruijn beige Jupiter, one with Gerda de Bruijn in attendance.
This image takes us right back to the Paris salon of 1950, and the Farina-bodied Jupiter being prepared for public display
Those of you who have read Jowett Javelin and Jupiter the Complete Story will be familiar with this image of the Watkins Glen circuit which witnessed George Weaver's great victory in the ex-Le Mans R1 Jupiter
This section added 31/3/2007
This a real find!! Hooray!! The rumour that a Jupiter appeared in a French movie starring Alain Delon in his first film has been confirmed!!
This 1957 French film is Quand la femme s'en mêle (UK title Send a Woman When the Devil Fails) and for more stills from it click here.
The plot: Henri Godot is the owner of a night-club in Paris. He hires the young hitman, Jo, to kill his rival Boby, who intrigues with his lover, Maine. Alain Delon is Jo the hitman. It was banned in Finland. It was also known as Sans Attendre Godot in France, and in the USA it was released as When a Woman Meddles. Shades of the French saying "Cherche la femme". Below: the 22-year-old Alain Delon with Jupiter
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Here is the Jupiter of Jaak Jacobs at an old-car show - Car of the Month April 2005
Pat Lockyer's superbly restored Stabilimenti Farina Jupiter pictured at a Bristol Classic
Scroll down a bit for a picture of Pat Barnsley's award-winning Jupiter - with its bonnet up!
Nice one of Jonathan Root's Jupiter, which you can hire.
Here is a recent detailed 5-page article comparing the Jowett Javelin and the Z-type MG Magnette, both designed by Gerald Palmer of course. The article covers history, buying, and running and restoring. It is an article originally published in Practical Classics and Restorer, January 1991.
This section added 26/3/2007
Here is a group of about seven Jupiters at a JCC UK meeting about 2004/5. And a red Jupiter at a USA old-car event, and still in the USA here is a Jowett (Jupiter) owned by a Jowett (Ted), while for a change a green Jupiter in Vancouver, and another splendid red Jupiter in Australia
There is no shortage of nicely restored Jupiters to grace this page, here is a UK-based white one. I think this dazzlingly blue one must be in New Zealand, another shot and yet another shot confirmed New Zealand, whilst this one is definitely New Zealand in the Southward Museum near Otaihanga in the North Island.
Still in New Zealand, here is a Richard Mead-bodied Jupiter getting out and about - the front end is shown here..
Advert praising the success of Bill Robinson and Bob Ellison winning the class in the the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally. And another advert, this time the 1950 Le Mans success with Tom Wisdom at the wheel of the third Jupiter built. The third advert in this group was put out to help the new Californian agent World Wide Import Inc get off the ground.
The ex-Bob Gray Jupiter shown here before its sale apparently. And another one
I think this Jupiter may have been photographed in South Africa
For a photo of the maroon Jupiter restored by Harry Brierley and now owned and run by Peter Stokell, click here
This article on Singer racing in North America happens to include a photo of a Jupiter racing at Bakersfield, California
The text mentions a Jupiter in a1953 race at the Orange Empire National Sports Car Races, March Air force Base, California
Here you can see the newly-restored LHD Jupiter of James Fisher, now for sale in the UK
This link shows Mike Chevers with his very nice red Jupiter
Here is Keith Clements showing the flag at Scheveningen, Netherlands, in the 1992 Classic Marathon
Nice photo of Joy Landymore's Jupiter in Singapore in the 1950s. Rare colour period shot scrutineering before the Gap hillclimb event.
Dave Burrows of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania seemed to win a trophy at every show, I am sure this one was no exception
A red Jupiter gets a respray and retrim
Front ends of two Jupiters photographed at the Malvern Showground in 2005. The one on the left is actually a special-bodied Jupiter, prepared for the RAC Rally of 1951
Ron Appleyard's drawing of Graham Austin's Jupiter appears to be purchasable. You can choose a frame for it, too.
Some photos from Chris Freudenberg's elaborate website, showing his Jupiter when new in the Gold Coast. There are lots of links to help you find other interesting activities by Chris and his Jupiter. Have a look-see. You may be surprised at what some folks do with their Jupiters!
Smart Red Jupiter at a show. Smart maroon Jupiter newly restored and converted to RHD, now owned by Dave Izzard. More shots of Dave Izzard's Jupiter before he bought it.
Mike Stout's magnificent Jupiter in Canada, and again, and again, and finally, from above.
A Jewett [sic] Jupiter at Thompson Raceway (Connecticut) May 30, 1955. Probably parked up, not there for racing. Here it is again
A super red RHD Jupiter with white wing-piping and red upholstery but I do not know whose it is - any ideas anyone?
Spot the dark green Jupiter behind the red HRG - scroll about half-way down this Russian website
A still from the original film the Fast and the Furious. This is the 1950s film, not the modern film of the same name. The film we are interested in was recently released in the UK by Digiview Entertainment and costs only £1. Code MV-8826-UK. The film has real race footage of a real Jupiter really racing in California.
Scott Renner racing his tidy green Jupiter at Laguna Seca chasing a red MG...and here he is at Monterey and again at Monterey
Belgian blog with something about the Jupiter including it price in Belgium when new
I know its not Jupiter, but it s the next best thing, a snippet of the folk song Going for a Ride in a Jowett Javelin.
Does anyone have the word of the earlier song, whose refrain runs as follows:
They never wear out, they never wear out, they hardly even wear in
No they never wear out, they never wear out, you leave them to your next of kin.
Farina Jupiter page on a UK website Veloce Today, and a Jupiter in Vancouver
Some history of the Jowett company and a picture of John & Mary Hodgekinson's Jupiter if you are persistent and scroll the side-panel
Autos in oils - yes a USA website offers an oil painting of a Jowett Jupiter if you are patient while the thumbnails download.
Scroll right down to the bottom for a picture of a Jupiter on a clever maintenance ramp. And a pic of yet another really nice restored Jupiter
