1953 Jowett Javelin

Registration No: RKM 620
Chassis No: E3/PE/24341
MOT: Exempt

• In previous ownership for some fifteen years and widely improved in this time
• Factory re-conditioned engine and boasting its original registration number
• Recent overhauled water pump, attention to the gear linkages, and four new cross ply tyres
• Offered with a history file including buff logbook

Introduced in 1947, the Jowett Javelin was a highly innovative design. The work of Gerald Palmer (poached from MG some five years earlier), it boasted monocoque construction, wind-cheating aerodynamics, all-round independent torsion-bar suspension and rack and pinion steering. Powered by a gutsy flat-four OHV twin-carburettor fed 1486cc engine mated to a four-speed all-synchromesh gearbox (complete with column change), it combined 80mph performance with distinctly sporty handling. A full five-/six-seater family car, its poise and agility were rewarded with class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally (1949, 1951), Spa 24-hours (1949, 2-litre Touring Car) and Tulip International Rally (1953). Upgraded with a fully hydraulic braking system in 1952, it succumbed to Jowett's financial woes the following year after some 23,307 had been made (though, survivors are comparatively few and far between).

‘RKM 260’ was registered new by Kent County Council on the 13^th of July 1953, being supplied to its first owner a Walter William Wright. Passing through several owners through the 1950s and 1960s, the Javelin is next known to have been acquired by the previous ownership in 2009. A regular attendee of local events and shows through this fifteen-year ownership, the Jowett was widely improved during this time, benefiting from over £2,000 worth of improvement including boot floor restoration; refreshed suspension with new shock absorbers; new wheel cylinders; new gearbox bearings and clutch; restored fuel tank; overhauled carburettors; new valve springs; new timing chain; and fuel pump refurbished.

Purchased by the vendor just over a year ago, having owned a Javelin in the 1960s, unfortunately, circumstances have since changed. Further improved in his ownership however, receiving a water pump overhaul, attention to the gear linkages, and four new cross ply tyres. Boasting its original registration number, at some stage of its life, the Javelin received a factory re-conditioned engine. Starting readily and running well during the recent photography session, the vendor informs that all the switches and dials on the dashboard work, including the clock! Offered with a history file that contains the buff logbooks, a collection of previous MOT certificates, tax discs, and original instruction book, maintenance manual, spare parts catalogue, competition tuning notes guide, and lubrication chart. Supplied with a current V5C document.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452