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Registration No: SFC 8
Chassis No: E1/ PD/ 19443
MOT: None
Motor Car Location: Northampton
First registered as 'SFC 8' on 16th January 1952
Retained by the Barbour family for forty-four years prior to entering the current ownership during 2012
Off the road since the mid-1970s and now in need of full restoration
Offered for sale with continuation buff logbook, current V5C Registration Document, sundry Jowett Car Spares invoices and Javelin Instruction Book
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).
