The Jowett Jupiter sports car Magazine Page

Congratulations to Claude Bernard and his Jupiter at the 2010 Spa Retrofolies. In front of an estimated 15,000 spectators, about 1000 classic cars of all periods vied for the attention of the public and the judges. Thirty cars were chosen and, of these, Claude's Jupiter was awarded 4th prize! Well done Claude!

Attention Jupiter lovers! The magazines Practical Classics, Classic Cars and Classic Car Weekly are hunting out contenders for the all-new Classic Car of the Year award.

The selection is via a website and the voting is via the website! You vote! Come on and vote for Amy Clements's beautifully restored example, as seen at JCC-Wakefield at and of May this year.

It has been short-listed for the award.

To register your vote, go to this clickable link. For more information on what it's about, click here

Four images of David Sneddon's USA-based Jupiter

Here is Richard Thorne' Jupiter prepared for Le Mans where it raced successfully against nominally faster cars of the period such as Porsche 356. This at the Le Mans Classic weekend in July 2010. Thanks to Mike Smailes for this image from Sport Auto

Here is a clip of Ib Rasmussen racing his red Jupiter. He reports it was the Århus Grandprix "and I beat Le Mans Driver Casper Ellegård in the Healey 100". This was over the weekend 25.06.2010 - 27.06.2010.

Look carefully and you will see the Jupiter 3 times, after about 23, 45 and 60 seconds.

Below is some artwork of Ib at the start of the 2010 Niva rally

8th May 2010: the 26th ADAC Tour de Nostalgie for classic cars at Trittau in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Left: Christophe v. Eberan-Eberhorst, son the famed Jupiter chassis designer, co-driver with with Werner Bald the illustrious Jupiter owner from Hamburg.

Here is an engine built by Philip Dingle for Dave Cleavinger's Jupiter. Looks good, no? According to Philip's bathroom scales, the complete engine sans dynamo, starter, and water pump registers just about 250 lb

Below: the Fiorano on the road and giving Geoff McAuley, its builder, some fun. Car now (June 2010) sold to new enthusiastic owner

Jowett Jupiter Fiorano body

For information on the Jupitour just finished, to the northern reaches of Scotland, click here.

Borde Hill Gardens near Haywards Heath held their annual Classic Car event on 6th June this year. The Nankivell Jupiters were there

as were Southern Section JCC members and their Javelins: second image shows John Blazé and Ghislaine Nankivell on the right.

And the 2010 Jupitour to the northern reaches of Scotland is in progress and we wish them all well!

The JCC International Wakefield Rally has been and gone, and there were so many interesting Jowett people there. I had hugely enjoyable conversations with Jupiteers from the USA, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, Australia and New Zealand, as well as UK people I had not met before - it was all so good.

I counted 42 Jupiters on the Saturday evening at the Cedar Court Hotel, and 47 Jupiters on Sunday at Canon Hall etc! A world all-time record!!

Below are four images from the event. Clockwise from the top: (1) Dennis Sparrow drove up to Wakefield in the R1, seen here at our hotel the Best Western. (2) A small subset of the Jowetts at the main hotel, the Cedar Court. (3) more Jowetts on the rally field, and (4) David Kennedy, Neil Belk, Ghislaine Nankivell and Theresa Belk née Miller. Theresa is the late, great, Ted Miller's sister, married to ex New Zealander Neil who with others in the USA is reviving Ted's North American Jowett Register on line. Neil and Theresa were just two of the many Jowett folk from overseas that it was our enduring pleasure to meet.

Here are two more images from JCC-Wakefield

The picture below shows Ib Rasmussen's Jupiter from Denmark, ex Mike Smailes

Below: Classic Prescott weekend 8-9 May 2010 has come and gone.

There were 6 Jupiters and 3 Javelins attending with 2 other Jowetts, the event being organised by Craig Ainge on behalf of the Midland section of the JCC UK. Here is Craig ascending Prescott Hill:-

Jowett Jupiter on Prescott hill climb May 2010

To play an 8Mb video of Alastair Gregg ascending Prescott in his Jupiter, click here. You need Flash or BS.Player

Below - at Beaulieu, as detected by the ever-vigilant Huntley Perry:-

Two Jupiters at Popham airfield Sunday 2 May 2010

Drive-it Day (26/04/10) at Whitby, North Yorkshire, organised by Noel Stokoe

North of England "Drive it Day" gathering - 5 Jupiters, 4 Javelins, 1 pre-war. Thanks to Tim Brown/Dave Mason

JOAC Annual shindig 24th/25th April 2010 was in the South Shropshire hills and into Wales.

The scenic run was on 25th April, the FBHVC's Drive-it-Day in the UK.9 Jupiters!

Alastair Gregg writes (17th April 2010) The weather is just so gorgeous here we had to do something to get the Jupiters out.

Please find a couple of pictures taken behind my house in Derbyshire. Dave Mason (red Jupiter) joins Alastair

At last an update, I am back from 8 weeks in Australia

I saw some Jowetts and Jowett people whilst there:-

Above: Neil Hood's beautiful Jupiter

Below: Bruce Polain (left) with Ed Nankivell

Above: business end of the Duckett Jupiter

Below: Ed Wolf (left) with Ed Nankivell

Jupiter enthusiasts, have a look at this youtube vid of a Jupiter with a straight 6 engine - engineer is Scott Renner. Not so daft of Jowett, then, to launch into the development of a straight 6 under Donald Bastow! Sad it was never finished

Also on the same day Claire Wise is running the London Marathon for charity. Claire's father was Tim Wise who all who were on Jupitours with him will remember as the life and soul of the party. He died after a long battle with bowel cancer virtually 2 years before Claire's run. So if any of you Jupitourists feel like contributing, click here to visit Claire's website. Claire is just now finishing her Masters degree, while following a rigorous training schedule.

Photos above: Left - Tim Wise with Ghislaine Nankivell on the 2006 Jupitour to the Black Forest. Tom Chapman blue shirt

Right - Tim with his sister Nikki

Below: Joe Leach's Jupiter saved from extinction following a both-ends crash. The rebuild even required a chassis-change, but the bent chassis has been rescued, straightened, and will be re-used one of these old rainy days. yes, that is snow!!

First news of 2010. Ib Rasmussen has raced his Jupiter on ice, the first time in 13 years the winter has been cold enough for this once-normal Danish activity. His time was not the best as most others had special ice tyres whilst Ib was still using taxi radial tyres. This event was a timed sprint against the clock.

Below: in London, the restoration of the Jupiter of Craig O'Dwyer continues

Below: Two images of the JCC stand at the NEC Classic Car show 13-15 November 2009.

Thanks to Geoff McAuley and Frank Woolley

See also http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/jowettgeoff/NEC# for more images by Geoff at the NEC

Above: Richard Gane's racing Jupiter under construction - aluminium bodyframe un-lipped for aeroscreens, lightweight doors, soon (14/11/09) to be fully assembled prior to final coat.

Below: Also from Richard Gane: his lovely blue Jupiter recently seen (1/11/09) at a Lucas event

Hot news (28/10/2009), Ib Rasmussen has had a very good hillclimb result with his Jupiter. He writes:-

"In the last Danish hill climb in rain, and for my first time in a hill climb, on a long stage 3,9 km I beat the XK 140 and Healey 3000 by more than 10 seconds"

Below: Pierre Le Mercier reverses his Jupiter out of its Breton home.

Above left: Vic Boddy has been able to round up suitable instruments for his SCL rebuild. Above Right, Vic contemplates future projects!

Below, another shot of Claude Bernard in the Trôs Marets timed ascent. Photo Roger Sieuw

Below: Two images sent by Geoff McAuley taken on the JOAC Masham weekend's scenic run

Also on the weekend 19th/20th September Claude Bernard did some hil-climbing in the Wallonian region of Belgium near Spa, actually the Trôs Marets in the Ardennes near Malmedy. The Jupiter went beautifully, he reported, and attracted a lot of attention

Jupiter Owners' Auto Club AGM/Dinner/Scenic do weekend 19th/20th September has been and gone. Here are two images taken at the White Bear, Masham. No rain, 11 Jupiters, good times. Even some Jazz on Sunday evening!

Good news for all Jupitourists!!

Howard Bryan is organising a Jupitour to the North of Scotland for 2010 - watch this space!!

Pat Lockyer took many of his cars to a show at his local venue Sparkford near Yeovil. Sunday 23 August 2009.

Show put on by the local automotive trimmer who has re-trimmed many of Pat's cars.

Left: Jupiters chassis 5, NPO133, Farina, together with Pat's Bradford. Right: Pat's Tatra with its rear-mounted flat-4 aircooled engine

Below: Alan Dart's Jupiter at Alan's place Passais la Conception on the Orne dept of northern France.

Far left, Vic Boddy's Jaguar. Far right, Vic Boddy and Alan Dart. Photos: Alastair Gregg

Below: Claude Bernard had a very successful visit to the Spa 25th anniversary Retromobile event on 23rd August. A reward, he said, for all the hard work he had put into his Jupiter.

There was much interest and many visitors had never seen a Jupiter before.

Project Jupiter sold for $10,000 in La Jolla California, click here to see the story

The Bradford Classic July 2009. His Worship the Lord Mayor of Bradford outside Bradford town hall with the Jupiters 922 (Al Gregg) and the Jupiter of David & Sue Mason 946.

A big classic car event in Limburg, Netherlands, in June attracted four Jupiters and a Javelin, all from Holland and Belgium

Four Jupiters is a record for Holland, and there was a fifth nearby at Vaals, the green one see below.

Above: Left to right - Jaak Jacobs, Claude Bernard, Chris van der Vaart, Bas de Bruijn

Below: Left to right - the Jupiters as before with the Javelin of Richard van Buul

Below: another Jupiter in the Netherlands, being got ready for the road by Bas de Bruijn for a friend.

Noel Stokoe writes: I took the Jupiter to the RNLI event at Whitby 21/6/09, and was pleased to see 6 Jowetts in attendance, including Harry & Anna Larcombe in their newly-acquired Jupiter OGX 224 (NB now sold again!). (Noel's Jupiter is JBE 4, left)

Judith & Mike Chevers and Ed Nankivell Chez Chevers at Chaillac-dur-Vienne June 2009, and with their red Jupiter

Rather belated photos from the recent Bideford JCC big rally at the end of May 2009, sent in by Alastair Gregg

Top left, Alastair Gregg's dark green Jupiter. Top right, Keith Clements. Bottom right, Tim Brown

Borde Hill Gardens 7 June 2009 Jowetts organised by Andy Stevens. Excellent weather, excellent gardens, interesting visitors.

Doug Rath one of the keenest Australian Jupiter owners, seen here in action, August 2008. Bottom left, with his son who drives a hairy Cortina. Action photos by Ross McGown, another of the keenest Australian Jupiter men. Photos at Leyburn sprint, Queensland.

Scott Renner will be racing again at Sears Point (Infineon Raceway) May 29-31 2009. Scott will have a fresh engine and be trying out a new camshaft profile. Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a 2.52 miles (4.06 km) road course located at Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA.

Below: A justifiably buoyant Tom Chapman with his Abbott Jupiter and standard Jupiter, the Abbott having just got its MoT (May 2009) after a long and detailed restoration. Well done, Tom!

Prescott weekend has come and gone, the Jowett contingent (8 Jupiters and a Javelin) were organised by Craig Ainge for the JCC Midland section.

Below: Alastair Gregg and Jupiter ascends Prescott, photos from Peter Tribble's camera

Below: Thanks to Alastair Gregg for these two photos, . Left - Bill Lock. Right - Peter Tribble.

Above: Noel Stokoe has sent these two images of a meeting at Husthwaite Village Hall on Saturday 2nd May to hear Phill Green's talk. There were two Jupiters, of Geoff McAuley and Peter Stockill. The hall was completely full with Jowett folk and the local villagers, and was very successful.

Two images from Pat Lockyer, Beaulieu 4th May 2009. The Javelin was brought by Andrew Blow. Also present Jupiter man Brian Cole with Jupiter.

USA Jupiter owners met at 1pm on April 11th 2009 at 3831 Catalina St, Los Alamitos California 90720 to form the

Jowett Car Club Americas. The club is to include owners from the north of Canada to Cape Horn. Spare parts will be sourced from abroad or manufactured locally as required.. See also www.jowettjupiter.com. An annual rally will be held to coincide with the Club's AGM. The new Club's contact e-mail is jowettcarclubamericas@jowettjupiter.com Jupiter owners from the rest of the world naturally wish the new club all the very best for the future!


Two SCs and an SA on drive it day 26th April 2009. Location is Flash the highest village in England. Vehicles GJT 620 Tim and Pauline Brown, Jun 70 David and Sue Mason and HKY 770 Alastair and Sarah Gregg. Thanks to Alastair Gregg for the photo & info.	Pat Lockyer's Chassis 5 prototype ready to show at Beaulieu on the occasion of the National Motor Museum's big celebration for their 50th birthday on 4/5/2009	Pat Lockyer's Stabilimenti farina Jupiter at the Bristol Italian Classic Car show 25th April 2009. David Kennedy's Lancia is on the left. Organised by one of the Italian Car Clubs (this year Lancia) held in Corn Street, Bristol, which is closed for the day to normal traffic.

Below: Drive it day Whitby North Yorks. Five Jowetts in attendance, 2 Javelins, a 1934 Saloon and 2 Jupiters -

Noel Stokoe's green Jupiter and Ian and Dorothy Anderson's lovely white SC

New web page: this new page carries links to websites offering Jupiters for sale

Noel Stokoe's new book is out now (or nearly). He had wanted to call it “Sporting Jowetts – Reminiscences of the drivers who drove them” but the publishers decreed this was rather too long. The book has a good Jupiter content as it is reminiscences of people such as Gordon Wilkins, Tom Wisdom, Maurice Gatsonides and Bill Robinson etc.

Click on actual title:- "Sporting Jowetts". The book is available from thehistorypress.co.uk

This British lifestyle and car event took place over the weekend 28th February - 1st March 2009 at Rosmalen, North Holland.

The Dutch and Belgians put on an excellent show. The event was a great success and generated a lot of interest

Photo (and Javelin) below courtesy Richard van Buul

Photos (and Jupiter) below courtesy Jaak Jacobs

Nicked from the current Flat Four, the very good magazine of the New Zealand Jowett Car Club:

Neil Moore competing in Historic racing. Photo either Taupo or Pukekohe. He is currently the only New Zealander taking part in classis car racing.

Have a look at Al Gregg's page of all-Jupiter links, recently many more have been added

On 31st January 2008 Jupiter man Sharaku visited the Nankivell residence from Mexico. We went to Andy Stevens to see work in progress on his LHD Jupiter. On the left: John Blazé, Chris Freudenberg, Ed Nankivell, Sharaku Koshiishi. On the right: Sharaku with Andy Stevens

Below: these postage stamps were on my Christmas card from Jaak Jacobs - go figure!

There are two Jupiters listed for sale on this website, one is the very lovely ex Alf Thomas special bodied Jupiter, currently in Italy. The other one is a very nice standard Jupiter in the UK. Thanks to Alastair Gregg for drawing my attention to it. The vendor of the Alf Thomas car is looking for 140,000 Euros! Have a look at Max Bontempi's website. Thanks to Ib Rasmussen for this link.

Frank Cooke died on the night of 14th October 2008 He will be very much missed by the many Jowett folk who came to know this warm-hearted friendly man, and oh by the way such an enthusiast for the Jowett marque. Frank was for a long time (since 1984) the owner of the ex-Robert Ellison Farr-bodied Jupiter that contested the 1952 Monte Carlo Rally. Although a running car when he bought it, he saw to it that its restoration was completed and rendered more authentically a 1952 Monte car, even obtaining and attaching its original rally plate when that became available. Frank was more than a stalwart, he was last of the "heavyweights" the men who helped re-establish the JCC from its SJCC origins and bring it into the modern era. He served in various high positions in the Jowett Car Club and was always there at meetings, latterly with his Farr Jupiter and often with one of his Javelins.

Below left 2003 Beaumanor Hall. On the right of the Farr Jupiter - Frank's beige Javelin. Below right Sheila Rigg and Frank. Photos Tony Ellison

The Jupiter of John Hodgekinson (and three Javelins) plus many Jowett folk at the Three Crowns Wisborough Green on Saturday 22nd November for the JCC Southern Section pre-Christmas nosh-up - always an excellent do

Jowett Jupiter at Wisborough Green

The Dutch version of the book on the Michel Dovaz cars will be published on 21st of November.

The title is "Het lot van de Slapende Schoonheden" (The fate of the Sleeping Beauties). Dovaz collected a lot of interesting cars in the 1950-70s, including the surviving Ghia Jupiter now in a museum at Sanxet near Bergerac. These were mostly abandoned cars, even Bugattis, and they littered his property to the south of Paris, decaying further, until forced to act by enthusiasts. The book traces the history and current location of many of these "sleeping beauties"

Have a look at the page of Jupiter photo links that Alastair Gregg keeps finding

Jaak Jacobs at Zolder 11&12 October 2008, with his green Jupiter restored by him from an incredibly low and incomplete state.

The current seats are Simca Rally seats, Jaak has now acquired a pair of Healey seat frames. He will make these in to seats and also make a tonneau cover so he can go out when rain is possible! As you see, the car has no hood.

Two more Goodwood revival photos

Below: yes it is Stirling Moss in front of Peter Dixon in the blue overalls. On the left, hatted, Keith Clements. Far right in white - Steve Keil	Below: Start line for the Fordwater Trophy race. On the left, Stirling Moss in the Jaguar, Peter Dixon on the Jowett

Image from Craig Ainge showing (L to R)

Nancy White, Glenys Ainge, Macolm and Cicely Barker, Les White and Craig Ainge

Dennis Sparrow, seated. Pete Dixon in white overalls.

On the right, Alan and Pat Beeden

Goodwood Revival - click on the link for a picture of the R1's engine bay

J&M Classics now have their Jupiter Mk1 scale model available, based on my Jupiter NNK 560 even with luggage rack. A good job they have made of it too. Available from Marquart

Jowett Jupiter scale model

Before and after. Left Vic Boddy with his prospective purchase August 2007 in Virginia USA. Right ready for collection from Allan Fishburn's bodyshop September 2008, Alastair Gregg standing.

The Dennis Sparrow/ Pete Dixon Le Mans R1 Jupiter raced again, here at the recent Goodwood Revival 19th September

Clockwise from the top: (1) John Blazé (standing, hatless, sports jacket). Ghislaine Nankivell (hatted, seated) with Peter Dixon in the R1

(2) Peter Dixon doing a practice lap on the Goodwood circuit

(3) John Blazé, Dennis Sparrow (seated in the R1), Pete Dixon and Keith Clements (Thanks to C Freudenberg)

(4) The R1 before the off, Keith Clements in straw hat. Connaught L2 on the Jupiter's left (Thanks to C Freudenberg)

Below: the man talking to Peter Dixon is the son of the late Charles Grandfield. Grandfield was Jowett's Engineering Manager and so he was the man behind the R1 project and much else at Jowett. This chance meeting must have been an exciting moment for both men. Thanks to John Blazé for the photo

Below: Jon Andersen from the USA reports that his lovely green Jupiter took third place honours in the European Sports Cars Under Three-Litre class at The Palos Verdes Concours d' Elegance on Sunday September 21. He wrote "The competition was particularly stiff but I'm pleased to say that the Jupiter placed".

Jowett Jupiter at show in USA

The indomitable Chris Freudenberg has just returned form the Dieppe Retro 29-31 August. They had some rain but not when this was taken! Chris writes he has decided not to attend the event at Heudreville on Sunday September 7th, he and Rosy will be at the Dieppe Kite festival instead.

Paul Byrne writes from Tasmania:

The National Automobile Museum at Launceston (Tasmania) people saw my Jupiter during the Targa Tasmania in May 2008 and asked if they could make it the centre piece of their current 'fabulous fifties' display.

They have it mounted on a spot-lit rotating plinth and it comes up well. Here is the link to their site - which has a photo and description.

Below: Two recent pictures of "Jopie" the Jupiter of Bas & Gerda de Bruijn of Vaals, Netherlands

Below: Jupiter chassis 114 arrives at Scott Renner's workshop in California for the completion of its restoration.

The North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway weekend (12-13 July) was a great success, there were 3 Jupiters in attendance out of the 5 entered, there were also two Javelins and a 1934 Jowett saloon, these were parked in a line next to 6 Allards, so it looked very impressive - writes Noel Stokoe

There was even a puddle of oil under one of the Allards!

Ex UK Jupiter arrives in France to the delight of the new owner's daughter

Anyone interested in this LHD Californian Jupiter for restoration? You might find more here

The JOAC annual weekend was June 14th/15th 2008. Its web page will be updated from time to time.

Click here to view Jaak Jacobs with his green Jupiter, restored by him from a ruinous state. This restoration justifiably earned the JOAC Reg Korner Memorial Trophy for 2008/9. NB There may be a delay before the image appears

And here is Bas & Gerda de Bruijn in the same event in Belgium (you may need IE7 to see it, again there may be a delay)

The Nankivell's Jupiter out of petrol in West London 5 June 2008

Congratulations to Jon Andersen! On Sunday June 1, his Jupiter was awarded the second-place trophy in it's class at the third annual Los Angeles Concours d' Elegance, which took place at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Below - the judges cluster around Jon's Jupiter

Neil Belk has now launched the North American Jowett Register web site. Its URL is www.jowettjupiter.com

Ib Rasmussen writes: "I Just have been to Sweden's Sofiero Classic Car show together with Gustav Joseffson and for the first time a Swedish and a Danish Jowett Jupiter is in the same car show".

Lately named Sweden's most beautiful park, the grounds of Sofiero play host to flower festivals, art exhibits, rock concerts, Shakespearean plays and classic car shows during the spring and summer.

Thanks to Jupiter man John Kenna for sending me this photo of Scott Renner in his Californian workshop. Regular visitors to this website will have seen several images of Scott racing his very quick Jupiter, which he chooses to call in a droll reversal "Unsagacious I" and run under the number 63. Those who know of the 1950 Le Mans class-winning Jupiter and its two drivers will get the drift.

Long may Scott continue to race his Jupiter, and long may he also work on Jupiters in his workshop.

Dave and Judie Burrows, Jupiter and Morgan owners from Pittsburgh Pa, have just returned from a trip around Australia, in part visiting Jowett people there.

Left: Judie with Brian Homes and his Jupiter. Right: Dave and Judie with Barry Houston's Jupiter

Below: Geoff McAuley's Fiorano Jupiter now completed!

To see the original Ferrari version in motion, click here

May 4th at the Black Lion, Patcham to see the historic commercials go by. Four Jowetts at the meeting plus three other owners (Betty Davis, Chris Freudenberg & John Blazé). And we cheered the ex-Braddock pickup as it went by. Photo Pat Lockyer

Below: Clockwise from the top: Farina (Lockyer) and Robinson (Nankivell) Jupiters. Vintage Jowett of Dennis Sparrow (foreground) and Pete Dixon. Sentinel S4. Dennis fire-engine. Thirties Jowett of Richard Keil with John Blazé and Ghislaine Nankivell. Lovely door-trim of the Farina showing Farina emblem across the top. We also saw the ex Roy Braddock Jowett pick-up go by as an entrant. An excellent meal was had by most of us at the nearby Elizabethan Tandoori.

Classic Car Network hopes to become a good all round facility for enthusiasts: it could become the first port of call for anyone looking to buy, sell or just be entertained. To find CCN click here

Read the answer to the petition to 10 Downing Street about the continues usage of old vehicles on our roads.

The Marqueart range of limited edition 1:43 scale British sports cars (many pre-1940) now includes the Jowett Jupiter Mk 1a.

It is made by J & M Classics, price GBP120.00. All models are made in pewter. You can choose the colour.

It is my sad duty to report the sad, sad news that Tim Wise (seen below on the right, with his life-long friend Howard Bryan) has died (27 April) after a long battle with cancer. All those who came on the various Jupitours will remember Tim Wise, life and soul of the party, and a fantastic man to have around. Tim's father was of course Tommy Wise who did great things for Jowett at Le Mans (one half of the Sagacious II with Tom Wisdom, Le Mans 1950 and the Jupiter's great class win) and other noble deeds in his Jupiter.

We always knew that if Tim & Anne were on a Jupitour, it would go with a swing!

Tim, we are seriously missing you - Grand Fromage et Fromagette

Jacqui Bryan has this to say about Tim: He battled magnificently for the seven years since his first operation and is an inspiration to us all - he never let it get in the way of doing what he wanted, as witnessed by the Jupitour 2007. It is hard to come to terms with the loss but thank goodness we all had the chance to know him. Howard is devastated to lose his lifelong friend. Tim always took great enjoyment out of life and that was wonderfully infectious. We were out there in March to celebrate our wedding anniversaries together, and despite everything he had to cope with, he managed to get around and wine and dine as usual - even managing to get out in his Jupiter with Howard.

Paul Byrne has recently completed the 2008 Targa Tasmania. Paul reports: Jupiter No. 440 successfully completed the 2000 km and 30 closed road sections of Targa with no problems. Although it was the Tour and so did not have base times to achieve, it was still a challenge to travel fast enough on the stages so as not to be removed because the competition field was catching us.

Photo on the right: Queenstown stage in the remote SW of the island.

As a result of the car's display during the event, Paul been asked to put the car into the National Motor Museum (Launceston) for three months during the antipodean winter as a highlight of their "Fabulous Fifties" display.

Below: Pat Lockyer and his Farina Jupiter with champagne at the Bristol 2008 Auto Moto Festival on 26 April this year.

John Blazé writes: Pat Lockyer won the bottle of Ferrari champagne for the best Italian car at the show. Lots of interest, difficult to get a photograph not eclipsed by the crowds. Photo right: behind the car, John Blazé and Trish Lockyer

The UK's 2008 Drive It Day took place on Sunday, 20 April

The Nankivell Jupiters - not just "get it out of the garage" day. Three out 4 photos taken at the Plough, Henfield

Below: the "Queen's English" Woodley Park All-British car meet and autojumble, Sunday 6 April 2008

Van Nuys, California

Below. Adelaide (South Australia) all-British day. The Jupiters are of Tim and Janet Kelly. Photo from the AJCC newsletter

Denmark 4 April 2008

Ib Rasmussen's 50th birthday cake

Only one candle allowed by fire dept rules

Congratulations Ib and keep tearing about in your red Jupiter!

Below: Andy Stevens and SC Jupiter getting a quote for some welding work.

Ed Nankivell's red saloon Jupiter in attendance.

March 2008. Four images of the Fiorano Jupiter special of Geoff McAuley. Now running and road legal and waiting for a coat of Ferrari red paint.

Another shot of Jupiter OTJ428 when a daily driver in 1963. The car is now under a rather slow restoration

Below: The Jupiter of Bas & Gerda de Bruijn with newly-upholstered doors courtesy Jaak Jacobs.

The doors rattle less, apparently! Well done Jaak! (March 2008)

Two Jupiters were racing in New Zealand 2/3 February 2008 at Ruapuna. They were the Jupiters of Les Gourdie and Sid Bradford. Les was quicker than the MGA, the Bugatti, the Frazer Nash and one of the two MGTFs. Did Bradford, left, entering the pits and Les Gourdie, right. Information and photos (from Vic Morrison) nicked from the NZ Jowett magazine "Flat Four"

J & M Classics of Marquart are offering the Jupiter Mk1a model again. It is very well made and may be followed by the Mk1

A rough Jupiter for total restoration was auctioned by Brightwells on 12th March 2008:-

http://www.brightwells.com/3rdparty/orphanspress/classiccars/viewdetails.php?id=764

Hammer value stated as £3,100

A USA website with a Jupiter for sale is:-

http://www.bellinghamautosales.com/other_makes.htm

An ex-USA Mk1a Jupiter is under intensive restoration in France. Vic Boddy is doing the good work. ph early 2008

Those of us who know Craig Ainge, whose Jupiter is on e of the most used, toured in, and most travelled in in recent times, may not be surprised to see that he has devised a picnic tray so that he and Glenys can have a cup of tea and a nosh when the spirit takes them!

Below are 3 pictures taken of an early Jupiter with an Ohio plate, taken at the Arthritis Cincinnati Ohio in June 2007 Concours by Tom Burrows, owner of the Morgan. The Jupiter is known to be the one restored by the late Reg Gilbert and if the owner, Jim McMahon of Cincinnati, would like to make contact we would be delighted to hear from him.

Mikansue model Jupiter recently bought by Ib Rasmussen on eBay for twenty quid.

Stand by for a new range of Jupiter models, to a higher standard, from J & M Classics

Ib has also bought a Corami Formula Ford. Click here and scroll down a bit...

...should be fun whilst Ib sorts out his real Jupiter.

Jacky Gruz is the envy of his local classic car fraternity with his well-restored Jupiter. The car has been made a light as possible and has vents at the rear of the bonnet to assist the extraction of hot air from behind the radiator. The 2007 events the car has attended include the Ronde Historique du Mont du Chat and the Ronde de Montagnole, both in the Haute Savoie region of alpine France.

Dave Burrows and his well-restored Jupiter in Pennsylvania, late 2007

Derek and Iris Chambers of Sarasota, Florida, with one of their two restored-and-running Jupiters. Jupiter people don't come a lot keener than Derek & Iris, and their two sons (Howard & Andrew) are much the same!! We hope to see you over here again soon!!

Jupiter engine having some welding-torch attention in Denmark. This is Ib Rasmussen's spare engine.

Many Jupiter people will recognise the crack being welded here.

Here is a very recent photo of Claude Bernard driving his Jupiter through the Belgian town of Spa,

caught by by a very alert newspaper photographer. The caption is gnomic: it seems to say

"A picture of the centre of Spa which should soon belong to the past".

The 2007's Jupiter Owners' Auto Club Scottish Jupitour, organised by Howard Bryan, has been and gone.

Have a look at the Scottish Jupitour 2007 website - last updated 2 October 2007 - for a full account

A new website covering the JOAC Scottish Jupitour has been created, it is Craig & Glenys Ainge's diary.

The Australian Jowett Car Club has its own website

Above: Out for a run in my Jupiter on a sunny but cold November 2007 afternoon

Well, the VCC London-to Brighton run has come and gone (4/11/2007) and the longest-running Jowett meeting at the same venue came and went with it.

Ed Nankivell, Dennis Sparrow, John and Mary Hodgekinson, Jonathan Root, Chris Freudenberg and Keith Patchett were the Jupiter people present.

Danny Nash passed by in his veteran but there was not time for him to stop at the Black Lion.


Poor coal these days! A most uncommon VCC entrant	Mary and John Hodgkinson with their high-standard Jup

Three Jupiters at the Black Lion	Dennis Sparrow and Jonathan Root

Chris Freudenberg inspects Patrick Hemphill's Jowett Javelin	Patrick Hemphill on his Curved-dash Oldmobile

Below: Werner Bald and Jupiter (of Hamburg) prepared for the 2003 Hansa Classic - Oldtimer-Rallye, in which he finished 7th in class out of 21: co-driver is normally Ilse Bald. They also participated in the Cuxland Classics rally of 2005. Recently the Jupiter was entered in the Dolomiten-Gardasee ADAC Trentino Classic Rally, alas forced to retire somewhere in Austria with gearbox trouble.

Research by Chris Freudenberg

The National Restoration Show and Grand British Autojumble was on 28 October 2007 at Stoneleigh Park. They are returning to the original concept so they are only accepting clubs which mount an active restoration / maintenance project. For more, click here. Stoneleigh is 5 miles due south of Coventry.

Heinz Bolliger and Jupiter - see above (2006 Jupitourists will remember Heinz) drove his Jupiter the 200 miles North to Schwetzingen near Heidelberg to the European Concours d'Elegance (Oldtimer Gala) there (1/2 September 2007) and came away with the third prize in his class against stiff opposition.

General Sir Mike Jackson is a former Jupiter owner (OPX 495 chassis E3 SC 994R). This makes him, in principle, a sensible man. On 6th December 2006 General Sir Mike Jackson gave the 31st Richard Dimbleby Lecture. The man who led Britain's soldiers through conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan talked publicly for the first time since retiring from the Army.

The Daily Telegraph (on 2/9/2007) has this report on his intelligent comments on the USA's 'handling' of the war in Iraq. I normally avoid politics but this is worth a look.

He has a book out now, Soldier: The Autobiography ISBN 0593059077

Above is Newton Small's Jupiter in the 1500cc production car race at Torrey Pines December 1951. This was during the very first motor race ever at Torrey Pines...see the book Jowett Javelin & Jupiter.

Thanks to Peter McKercher and Alastair Gregg for these images, thanks to Scott Tisdale for the corrections.

The images are from a 4-CD set of Southern California racing in the 1950s, made by Al Moss. Here is Roger Barlow's description of what happened:

A battle developed between two TDs and the Jup. Strawn worked his TD from 3rd to pass the "slightly faster" leading Jupiter. Strawn couldn't pull away from the Jupiter and hit the turn too fast and spun right in front of Small who did a good job of avoiding hitting Strawn but ended up in the haybales. Strawn recovered and went on to win. Small, when backing from the hay was almost hit by another MG which then spun. Small therefore did really well to recover and finish second.
Scott Tisdale adds: Strawn had just overtaken Small and came in too hot into the turn. If Small had not had to swerve and spin to avoid Strawn, he would have re-passed and maybe have won the race. The full story is in the relevant issue of Motor Sports World.

Below is Scott Renner racing a Porsche at California's Wine Country Classic at Sears Point (Infineon Raceway) in 2005. Scott takes up the tale:

"I had a great passing duel with the 356, let him by on the last lap at turn 7 knowing that I could beat him to the finish line after the last turn (11) , as long as I was just a car length or two behind. As we entered the turn, the leaders came up to lap us and I took a wide line, hoping to not get balked, but the Porsche clung to his line, getting passed at mid corner. The end result was I was about a car length back of the Porsche at the finish. The upside was that I won the Best Presentation and Performance award for the group! Sometimes it pays to be smarter rather than faster!"

Chris Freudenberg, intrepid Jupiter owner/driver, visited Northern France to attend the EXPOSITION LES ANCIENNES EN VALLEE DE L'EURE 2 Sept 2007. For more, and other activities of Chris and Jupiter, click here.

Above: Paul Byrne (of Deloraine, Tasmania) and Jupiter - this is the entry and event publicity photo for his entry into the Tour section of Targa Tasmania in April 2008. Paul normally competes in the Targa full competition in his 1975 Alfa GTV but has decided it would be good to run the Jupiter in 2008 with Veronica navigating

Jaak Jacobs has found a website which has pictures from the recent Mille Miglia retro. Amongst them are three images of the white special-bodied Jupiter JTM 100 of Bobo Onofri. And the indefatigable Alastair Gregg has found another two -here the first image, and here the second image. Someone out there clearly likes the white Rawson Jupiter!

Above: Ib Rasmussen and his Jupiter in a Danish hillclimb. A reader writes: the photographer should be congratulated, technically it is excellent, it captures the speed perfectly whilst the car is bright and clear

Below - Craig Ainge writes "I attach a jpg from Sunday 15 July. The event was the Kimbolton Country Fayre and Charity Classic at Kimbolton Castle, organised by the Rotary Club and the Sporting Bears Motor Club. Here we are being presented with the Car of the Show award...

...there were some 400 cars on display so we did quite well. We were particularly delighted because we actually won this prestigious award in 1999, so some 30,000 miles or so later we did it again".

Below: Chris van der Vaart has crossed Holland (summer 2007) in his red Jupiter to visit Bas & Gerda de Bruijn

Below: two images of a Jupiter prepared for a civil partnership celebration in Holland. The Jupiter is owned by Bas & Gerda de Bruijn (on the right), and the partners are Renate de Bruijn and Mi-Clara Trinidad. Date was 07/07/07.

Below, images from the summer 2007 Ross-on-Wye Jupiter gathering. Bottom left, Ed Nankivell's Jupiter had its flywheel shear off, and bottom right Alastair Gregg wins the Reg Korner Trophy

(By the way, thanks to prompt action by Dennis Sparrow, NNK is back running again 13th July)

Alastair Gregg wants you to remind him of where this photo of his Jupiter was taken - have a look-see, have a butcher's, take a dekko.

Click on this Youtube link and enjoy a drive in a blue Jowett Jupiter - thanks Ian Leighton for the tip-off! For more, visit this page of the website

Just 11 seconds of Craig Ainge on Youtube at Prescott

Youtube is catching on, here is a Jupiter zooming round castle Coombe in 1998

Saturday/Sunday, 9/10 June 2007 at London's Southbank Centre - mainly the Royal Festival Hall - reopened after 2 years of renovation. One of the events marking the opening is called "Stroll down a 1950s street past cars from 5 decades ago". Well done Chris Freudenberg for getting your Jupiter to be one of those "cars from 5 decades ago".

Below: These four images of Jupiter 38 ex Alf Thomas from the Mille Miglia Retro of May 2007, and two others, are here for all to see. Owner Bobo Onofri and co-driver Elizabeth Oropesa brought the Jupiter to 263rd out of 375 participants - all cars being 1957 or earlier. The event was first run 80 years ago. Thanks to Jaak Jacobs for finding now four 1000 Miglia images

Now! Thanks to Philip Dingle, a chance to see a moving image of a Jupiter chassis being manually exercised. It is a clip from Pathe Movietone News from the 1949 London Motor Show. It is wmv file of about 5.5 megabytes you have been warned.

And thanks to Alastair Gregg and Dennis Sparrow, you can see and hear a video of the Sparrow engine installed and running in Al's nearly-restored Jupiter. It should be running and ad the JCC event 25th May.

(Top pair of photos) two photos of Howard Bryan at the 2007 Classic Prescott 12-13 May meeting. It was essentially a JCC Midlands Section meeting and Jowett was the best represented marque, with 8 Jupiters and 5 Javelins. We should have more of these meetings!

Bottom pair of photos shows the line-up and how the weather deteriorated during the afternoon. Craig Ainge in the red Jupiter

Here is a recent photo (thanks to Scott Tisdale) of the late Ted Miller, the nearest we Jupiter enthusiasts had to a genuine renaissance man

Scott wrote "If I could have received one thing in Ted's will, it would have been his steel-trap memory, as he's told me more than twice on more than one occasion, some important Jowett details not in any of the books..."

Below: two recent photos of the Dave Burrows Jupiter, near its Pennsylvania home. Dave writes "It is still in concours condition and often wins 'Best Car in Show' at local car events. It always excites people seeing it for the first time.

Dateline 28 April 2007, Bristol. John Blazé writes: Pat Lockyer's Farina Jupiter won a bottle of Champagne at the Bristol Italian Auto Moto show on the 28th. The Farina Jupiter looks divine, and was justly rewarded.

Ib Rasmussen shows the flag with his smart and nicely running Jupiter, 22nd April 2007. He writes

"The first hill climb in 2007 was on 22 April and I run B499 to a 5th place in my class of 11 cars

The class was of cars from 1947 to 1960 with free engine capacity and its difficult to beat an Austin Healey 3000 and Jaguar XK140 with only 1486ccm, but I still try !!"

Did you use your classic on April 22nd, 2007's 'use your classic' day? We did!

Left: outside Henfield (Sussex) Post Office. Right: outside The Plough

A sad death to report - Ted Miller, who died instantly from a heart attack on Friday 6th April 2007. Indefatigable researcher into all things Jupiter, meticulous, never failing to spot an anomaly and assiduous in following it up, a lesson to us all in how research should be carried out. We are fortunate indeed that he decided that Jupiters were worthy of such attention. Our sympathy must be with his family at this time, in particular his father and his sister Theresa. The good news is that the NAJR is to continue under the aegis of Neil and Theresa Belk. They own the LHD prototype Jupiter chassis 58, which has all those delightful early features: formed-in tail lights, unlouvred bonnet, trafficators, and oddly it is the only LHD Jupiter with the external door key-lock on the driver's side.

Click here to see frequently-updated pix of Alastair Gregg's Jupiter under restoration. Progress is in leaps and bounds with the possibility of the car being on the road in time for the big JCC event at the end of May. Worth looking at Alastair's website from time to time to catch up with it. Car is in the bodyshop but it should be ready for the trimshop towards end of April with final mechanical work being completed by mid May. Stressful times for Alastair!

Check out my page of interesting but obscure weblinks, last updated 17 April 2007. Click here for some fun.

There is now a classic car video channel on broadband - heavily biased towards Jaguar and MG as you would expect but may be worth a look from time to time.

Below: Jon Andersen of Utah has a Jupiter, a nice Jowett car, nearing readiness

Below: the Jupiter of Geoff Jones is getting a bare-metal respray to Ferrari Rosso Italia

Stand by for another Jupiter (LHD) to be advertised on eBay. It has been garage-stored in New Jersey since the 1960s and has a little competition history in the USA's midwest dating from 1953-4, winning an SCCA Rally down there. Less than 60,000 miles from new, very straight and laid up as a running car.

Click here for the Jupiter's standard tool list and what some of the items look like

Chris Freudenberg writes (1 February 07)

I have not taken my Jupiter out on a proper run yet, but I already got a feeling of how much better it is back from Dennis [Sparrow]...

Left: Chris's Jupiter at the Clock Tower, Highbury barn.

...now with the radiator done, new camshaft and other things; I took it around the block. Pictures show the rack now fitted.

Above: The rack's low end fixing

Below: Trevor Spero's classic racing yacht and his Jupiter:-

For Keith Clements's Jowett Talk forum, click here

The 2007 InterClassics exhibition ran from 12 to 14 January 2007 at the MECC in Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands. The Jupiter of Bas en Gerda de Bruijn - see below - was there (and was awarded 1st prize "de Mooiste Wagen", the most beautiful car) while Jaak Jacobs helped set up the Bugatti stand, where no less than twelve were on show.

Maastricht 13 January 2007. Bas de Bruijn's lovely Jupiter car wins the cup for the most beautiful car at the show.

Below is Scott Renner's racing Jupiter, seen here at Monterey's 2006 meeting. Yes number is 63, a reverse of the magic 36 from Le Mans 1950

Below: Angus Bell's Jupiter XXT 59 gets its engine back. Engine was rebuilt by T&L Engineering (Tel: 01234 352 418) in Elstow near Bedford

And next...


The Jupiter put on a rolling road.	Engineer Peter Baldwin at Wilshers Garage got power back up to spec figure.

We Jupiter owners know that one can carry more in a Jupiter than this young lady and her hand luggage. For more of Amanda and the Jowett Jupiter, click here. Photography by Dmitry Popov. Jupiter by Marshall Jackson (chassis 434). Restoration by Lawrie Alexander's British Sports Car Center, 30 miles east of Sacramento, California.

For more, have a look at this Acrobat file, text translated from the Russian by Babelfish. Thanks to Alastair Gregg for this.

Below is a shot of the Antoine Dominguez Jupiter chassis 17, taken in Cahors we believe in 2004. A very nice Jowett car

From Sweden, Gustav Josefsson reports his USA-imported Jupiter 740 took to the road on November 2006 after 2 year's hard work

Here on the internet, some pix of Scott Renner racing. A keener Jupiter man would be hard to find indeed, even though we are all keen!!

There is another image here of the same race

Jupiter for sale in France, excellent condition but Alfa flat 4 engine and Taunus gearbox. 28,000 euro

For Michelin 5:50 x 16 radial tyres contact Longstone tyres. (Veteran tyres, Vintage tyres & Classic Tyres Tel: +44 (0)1302 711123)

This is what they look like; NB some inner tubes need collets to adapt the tube's valve to the hole in the Jupiter's rim - these are available free.

A Jupiter and other classic cars took part in a driving-test event at Puerto de la Cruz, Canary islands, on the 1st October 2006. Our man Tim Wise was there!

I have been sent these pictures of Jowett Jim Miller's wonderful effort in the 4th July 2006 celebrations in California

Those of you who went to Le Mans with us in 2000 with remember Jim's splendidly painted Jupiter.

If a Megabyte file is no problem for your broadband system, click here to see the well known super hero JUPITERMAN making a surprise appearance at 101st annual Huntington Beach Fourth of July parade in 2006. Again, it is Jumping Jim Miller with the Jupiter that came with us to Le Mans back in 2000.

When display starts, delete the text box; when it finished, click the back-arrow on your browser

New link added, a Jowett-friendly website dedicated to linking to car websites. Mr Sumpy also operates the website Restored-classics.com on which you can advertise totally free if your car is pre-1995.

New Jupiter owners Claude and Francine Bernard, of Pepinster, Belgium, photographed with their first Jupiter back in the late 1950s.

Craig O'Dwyer of London has had his Jupiter crankcases and carburettors cleaned by Norwich-based Motalia using their aqua-blast treatment.

tel +44 (0) 8707 664152 Price for doing the crankcases, just £68.00

2 September 2006 was the JOAC Dinner at Leamington then at the Gaydon Heritage museum

Above: the winners of the trophies for the standard bodied (Pat Barnsley) and special bodied Jupiter (Alan Beeden)

Below: the same weekend, Chris Freudenberg visits the very-well-attended Dieppe Retro

On 20th August 2006 there was a major classic car gathering at Spa in Belgium.

Three Jupiters were there:

Beige Jupiter is owned by Bas de Bruijn, who is seated in it. Jupiter in the centre is of Jaak Jacobs, who took the photo, and the Jupiter on the right is owned by Claude and Francine Bernard, with Francine in the passenger seat.

Photo below of Ib Rasmussen's Jupiter prepared for the Copenhagen Historic GP (5-6 August), with 3 x class winner Jan Magnussen at the wheel. See below for more. In the event, the Jupiter overtook and finished ahead of a 1962 Morgan, amongst others. The Jupiter was the fastest car in the class 1947 to 1959, including 1 MG TC, 2 MG TDs, 2 Citroen B11s, a Triumph TR2 and a TR3

Ib Rasmussen writes from Denmark: Jupiter B499 (ex Mike Smailes) was at Falsterbo classic sprint race on July 22nd in Sweden. For more, look at www.fcss.nu

Gustav Jossefson was also at the Falsterbo classic sprint : his Jupiter SAL740 see above ex Jim Miller (imported 2 years ago) is nearly ready for the road again.

Ib raced in the centre of Copenhagen - next to Parken the national football arena, in the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix 2006
The 6th historic race in the streets of Copenhagen took place on 5-6 August 2006. Rasmussen's Jupiter wore the famous number 36.

It was the greatest and biggest event yet. It took place in the surroundings of the largest park in Copenhagen, the "Fælledparken" which besides the race gave the participants an ideal opportunity to discover Wonderful Copenhagen with Tivoli and the other major attractions at the very best time of the year.

Above: Isle of Wight trip organised last June by Craig Ainge (far right). The Gomm-bodied Jupiter reunited with its designer and first owner Geoff Clarke (raised arm). Also present were Bill Lock, John Powter, Alan Beeden, Malcolm Oliver, and spouses.

Above: Autumn in New Zealand - evocative shot of Leo Bolter's Jupiter taken during the Jowett Car Club of New Zealand - National Rally in the Wairarapa back in April 2006.

Marshall Jackson writes from California:-

Sunday 25 June was the Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance. The theme this year was the 'Lovable British Sports Car'. We were in the class WW6: British sports cars from pre-1978 with production runs totalling less than 500 cars / year with a sticker price of under $3500. The competition was primarily obscure Morgans, Sunbeams, and Austins.

My Dad, who has owned my Jup since 1962, and gave it to me in 2000, was with me at the show.

Well, we took Second Place!!! I've attached some photos from the show (including receiving my trophy on the stage with my Dad in the passenger seat.) The Sunbeam Harrington Alpine (next to the Jup) took first place.

After the show was over, when driving off the field, other car owners and fans were yelling 'Go Jupiter!' and waving to us. What a great day!

Four photos of the recent Amilcar-Salmson Rally (held at 10-year intervals) in Belgium and Holland. Jupiter man Jaak Jacobs organised the events in his home town of Peer in Belgium.

Bristol Mini Day 3 June 2006. Pat Lockyer took his Farina Jupiter, which attracted a lot of interest as usual.

JCC Bingley has been and gone - this one marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Jowett Motor Manufacturing Company.

Naturally it was very well attended. I counted 22 Jupiters which had been driven to the rally-field, Myrtle Park, Bingley, but there may have been more as the cars were parked randomly as they arrived, and not by model type. The mayor and mayoress were in attendance also.

The HCVC Run to Brighton (7th May) had three Jowett commercials in it, including a vintage that had seen duty as a towable shepherd's hut.

Here are two of them, with Chris Freudenberg's well-known and oft-seen Jupiter, far right. Photo thanks to CF

Above: Ib Rasmussen has sent these photos showing the Sommer FHC Jupiter on its first outing (4 may 2006) since completing its third and best restoration.

Well done Mogens Ottosen! Car shown here at Denmark's Naerum Classic car Show.


*1 May: Pat Lockyer writes:-* The Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival was the best so far with 200 cars lined up around the streets. All bar one were exotic, and the one which took pride of place was the Stabilimenti Jupiter.	*31 April:* Chris Freudenberg and Nimrod Taylor leave Whittlebury after the JOAC AGM (30 April). members and the committee wrestled with the proposal to turn the club into a Limited Company.

Ib Rasmussen on his way to a timed sprint class win (1947 - 1959 cars) at Padborg racetrack in Denmark on 19/04/06

Below: Edmund Nankivell (left) with French Jupiter owners Christiane and Jacky Gruz, 24 May 2005 in a secret location in the French Alps.

Below: Frenchman Jacky Gruz prepares to bring his Jupiter alive after a 14-year slumber. It was ready for a wedding in July 2006.

Then at the big Summer 2006 meeting at Nantua organised by the Kiwanis Club the Jowett got the first prize out of 750 British cars.

The second meeting he attended was the British Car Club meeting of Annecy and again he was awarded the first prize out of 250 participants.

They called it "the most desirable car".

An old B-movie called The Fast and The Furious is now available in the UK on DVD . It features a Jupiter!

It is produced by Digiview Entertainment and costs only £1. Code MV-8826-UK. It is subversive stuff, you have to be 15 years of age or above to be allowed to buy it. Thanks to Bob Mooney for the information. For more on this film and other films with Jupiters, read my book The Jowett Jupiter, a Car for Road, rally and Race.

Below: The Jupiter of Ib Rasmussen attracts attention in front of the city hall in the centre of Copenhagen as show car at the Danish start of 2006's (the 9th) Classic Monte Carlo Rally

Mike and Joan Davies receive the silver medal (from Geoff Wills, left) as JCC South Western section members of the year. The Davies have a superb metallic Turquoise Blue Jupiter

Two saloon Jupiters

Above: Pat Lockyer's Farina at the recent Footman James Autojumble and Restoration Show, Bath & West showground 13/11/05

Left: In the November sunshine, the renowned Lewes silversmith Simon Beer admires Ed Nankivell's Adams & Robinson Jupiter 14/11/05

Ib Rasmussen just loves his ex-Mike Smailes Jupiter! However, hard-top has since been removed and folding hood replaced

see photo above, at Padborg race circuit.

Below: Snow scene at the Jowett factory, late 1930s

The above photo was taken at the Jowett factory during the 1930s when winters were winters. It was sent in by Gerard Cahill, the grandson of the man crouching second from the left (Joseph Cahill, a carpenter by trade); his brother is standing behind him. The short man in the middle is Richard McGuinness - a disabled man who did various jobs around the factory, and it was Joseph who got him the job.

Above: two pictures from Scandinavia: On the left, Poul Bertelsson, Arne, and Gustav Josefsson examine a Jowett engine.

On the right, Gustav's Jupiter ex California (Jim Miller). Photos from Ib Rasmussen

A nice shot of Leo Bolter taken recently at the Massey University of New Zealand where he has lectured these past many decades.

Ib Rasmussen from Denmark reports a successful meeting of the Danish Car Club at Copenhagen's Bella Car Show and swap meet. There were more than 15,000 visitors over the weekend 24-25 September 2005. Here are two images sent by Ib, showing the Jupiter E3 SA 650R recently purchased from Mike Smailes, the Jupiter was the 'Car of the Show' for the Danish Car Club:-

Chris Freudenberg with his cousin Peter Williams nipped across the English Channel to attend the Dieppe Retro 3-4 September 2005

For more, click here

Above: Mike Smailes (left) with Ib Rasmussen who has bought Mike's rally Jupiter. Mike has owned it for at least 35 years and it has brought him several historic rally trophies. Now it has moved to Denmark, and the 533 miles to its new home were of course trouble-free. Mike is now to concentrate on his IO project, a very special Jupiter of which more anon. And we will hear from Ib again soon, too.

Below: June 2005 Oldtimer Rally line-up in Wittem, Limburg. Netherlands. Photo Jaak Jacobs

L-R: Javelin of Richard van Buul, Jupiters of Bas & Gerda de Bruijn, Jaak Jacobs, Chris & Clara van der Vaart

Glenys and Craig Ainge went to the British Sports Cars Day at Rougham Air Show 21 August near Bury St Edmunds where Jupiter man Simon Buckmaster was doing a bit of marshalling. Christine and Steve Keil were there too.
The Ainge's Jupiter CKS 334 was awarded the trophy for the best 1950s British Drophead

This Jupiter, not heard from since new in Finland, turned up still in Finland in 2004 when it was bought by Jouka Tulppo. It was last in use in 1977. Here is a recent photo of it taken by Colin Bishop.

Thursday 4 August 2005 the new Javelin in Denmark was on show for the first time at a Danish car club meeting.

Club members were looking with interest because it is the only running Javelin in Denmark. Now owned by Jupiter man Ib Rasmussen, it was formerly owned by Gordon Black of Ilkley, Yorkshire

24th July Classic car event in Lyme Regis on the South Dorset coast. The indefatigable Pat Lockyer with his standard Jupiter NPO 133

JOAC Dinner 16-17 July 2005 at Chester came and went - here are a few photos:


Above L to R:- the Jupiters of Craig Ainge, David Taylor, David Kennedy, Bob Gray, Keith & Pauline Winteringham	More Jupiters at our hotel at Chester

Our distinguished guest Bill Skelly talks to Mike Smailes	and Geoff McAuley

Ghislaine Nankivell, John Blazé, Simon Wood and Dave Kennedy	A subset of our 13 Jupiters at the field event on the Sunday

Below:-Ghislaine Nankivell

Above: Noel and Jane Stokoe at Whitby on Lifeboat day, 3 July 2005

John Powter in his Richard Mead Jupiter on Christmas day 2004 setting out to ring the bells at his local church:-

Sunday 7 November 2004 was a special day for the Chambers family who hail from Sarasota, Florida.

Both Derek's Jupiters were on show at the prestigious Sarasota Antique and Classic Car Show - as you can see both were driven there, one by Derek himself only 2 months after state-of-art brain surgery.

The special meeting for Jupiter folk at the Black Lion, Patcham, Brighton on the 7th November 2004 was well attended. As usual we watched the veteran cars go by, a special year for them because the YOUNGEST VETERAN CAR is 100 years old!

We watched them chug by then took a celebratory meal at the nearby Elizabethan Tandoori, to mark the last Jupiter built: it left the Jowett factory on 4 November 1954, as near as makes no odds 50 years ago! 19 Jowett people attended the meal with another six around at one time or another. Danny Nash went by in his veteran and Dennis Sparrow motored down in his 1927 Jowett. Seven Jupiters (two being FHC - one red one metallic silver, see pictures below) and two Javelins also attended:-

Thanks to Huntley Perry and Geoff McAuley, here are two pitstop images taken from a news film of the 1950 Le Mans.

It shows (left) an exhausted Tommy Wise extricating himself from the (ultimately class-winning) Jupiter after a 4-hour stint at the wheel. On the right, two plombeurs fix seals on fuel and water fillers whilst the pit policeman looks on. More images will follow...

Have you bought the Crowood book on the Javelin and Jupiter? If not, why not!!

The above picture (courtesy Morgan man Brian Lee) shows Mike and Judith Chevers, now re-located to France with their two Jupiters, driving through the village of Esse in the Charente in France recently. Mike and Judith entered two local rallies, in one the mayor provided a free four-course meal for all participants.

Thanks to Duncan Laing who was there, we have this picture - see below - from the programme of the recent Monaco Sports car historic race. It shows the R1 of Marcel Becquart (wearing 10) near the start of the 1952 Prix de Monte Carlo (run on the eve of the Grand Prix that year) where Becquart placed class 4th.

This photo (thanks to classic dragster enthusiast David Kipling) is of a Jupiter being used as a push-car at the UK's Santa Pod Raceway around 1973. The Jup still exists - of course! - and its restoration is nearly complete.

Below: Scott Renner racing his green Jupiter in front of a big crowd at Monterey back in 2001: thanks to Ross McGown for the information. Scott is hiding behind a Siata 400L.

and here Scott is again at Monterey Historics, 14 August 2004 (Laguna Seca) ! Image by John Francis

Here is a nice Jupiter, restoration completed about 2001 and looking superb. Well done Ian Anderson!

Restoration of E1 SA 205R is coming on apace in Australia. Neil Hood has sent these photos and writes of his modifications.

Neil writes: VW Tail/flasher lamps, gas struts for bonnet, 15" wheels, final drive ratio 3.9:1, MGB seats, roller bearings in front hubs, concealed electronic ignition, electric fan behind the radiator. The car should be on the road before 2004 is out!

Monterey, date unknown, but it has to be Scott Renner in the Jupiter, archetypical English Sports Car.

Pat Locker has come across a hardback version of the well-known (to Jowett folk) workshop manual (ohv Jowetts). Most of us are familiar with the softback version. Perhaps the hardback version was issued to garages?

Thanks to the efforts of Jon Downing, below are some stills from the 1954 film The Fast and the Furious.

For the plot of this and other films with Jupiters, see my book The Jowett Jupiter, a Car for Road, Rally and Race, which is still available.

Richard Keil's Jupiter: chassis fully done but parts of the bodyframe are completely missing.


Above: Jupiter now owned by Australian Susan	Sharrock. She drives it every week

Above: a Jupiter seen at the Summer 2004	Laughton (Sussex) Steam Fair.

	Ghislaine Nankivell and Jupiter in the New Forest, with wild ponies in the background. Late July 2002 on the hottest day of the summer so far.
	Heinz Bolliger's Jupiter at the Gastronimie et Elégance show, Beaulac, Switzerland. Thanks to Jackie Gruz for sending me the 11 July 2002 newspaper with this photo. The Jupiter was one of classical cars selected for the cortège
	This replica of the 1951 R1 is now completed in New Zealand. Only in New Zealand could such an ambitious project be conceived and carried out. New bodywork is in polished aluminium, hence the glare.
	The replica of the 1951 R1 is based not on a Jupiter chassis, but a rusted-out Javelin frame. The Javelin bodywork, what remained, was cut away and the remaining box chassis shortened and repaired. The registration plate seems to imply that the car is ready for the road - I wonder if it truly is - Perhaps this is the number from the donor Javelin?
	The replica lacks the correct Jupiter front structure. As such it looks rather bare under the bonnet. Car also has rubber bushed front suspension and (presumably) the Javelin steering box. A little further down for the real R1

Some photos from JOAC's 2002 dinner at Cheltenham	And here Pat shows off his new hair style! Its not just his Jupiter that's been restored!
Pat took this photo of his Jupiter with a Dakota in the background, somewhere in Britain's West Countree

	Foreground shows David Kennedy's white SC and Tony Mumby's red SA whilst other Jupiters gather.
	Thanks to Pat Lockyer for this picture of our line-up. Sometimes the sun shines on the righteous, even in 2002...
	Danny Nash and his early SA together with Dennis Sparrow's Le Mans-ready R1. See below for pictures of an R1 in New Zealand

	*Lots of red paint splashed around as the chassis front end gets the treatment.*
	*Peter's friend, hunched over the upturned engine, is relieved to discover it has an oval-webbed crank fitted!*
	*Gearbox, dynamo and other components get the Tribble treatment. Part of the stainless steel exhaust system at rear.*

	Christine Caudo in her Jupiter, hounded by a couple of Healey 100s and an MGA.
	Joe Caudo frightening himself by the raw power of the Wylie-Javelin, on song with its new, bigger, supercharger fitted.