Description
Bonhams are delighted to offer at our forthcoming Collectors' Motor Car Auction on Saturday 2nd September at The Beaulieu Sale, National Motor Museum, Hampshire, 128 collectors motor cars – plus over 300 lots of automobilia and 30 motorcycles. The full online catalogue can be viewed at - details above for further images and information on this lot, please follow the link.
PROPERTY OF A DECEASED'S ESTATE
1953 JOWETT JAVELIN SALOON
REGISTRATION NO. RKE 410
CHASSIS NO. E2/ PE/ 23811D
£8, 000 - 12, 000
€8, 800 - 13, 000
To be sold without reserve
Bradford-based Jowett, although noted for its somewhat idiosyncratic approach to automobile engineering, nevertheless caused a sensation when it launched the revolutionary Javelin in 1947. Unitary construction of the all-steel, four-door, saloon body; independent front suspension; torsion bar springing; and rack-and-pinion steering were all features of a design rivalling the most advanced from Continental Europe. The horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine - a type Jowett had used pre-war - displaced 1. 5 litres and produced 50bhp, an output sufficient to give the aerodynamic Javelin a top speed of around 80mph. Transmission was by four-speed gearbox with column change, and retardation courtesy of Girling hydro-mechanical brakes; the latter replaced by a fully hydraulic system in 1952. Production ceased just before Jowett's demise in 1954, by which time a little over 23, 000 cars had been completed.
Its late owner, Mr Nigel Snelling-Colyer, used this Javelin regularly at the Goodwood Revival Meeting as part of the onsite taxi fleet. Presented in running condition and generally good order, this charismatic Yorkshire-built motor car is offered with an old-style logbook; sundry bills; a V5 registration document; an instruction manual; and a large file of Jowett publications, technical drawings, sales brochures, etc. Sold strictly as viewed.
