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Jowett 1906-1953 - Smart

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Created in 2011

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Roger Gloor

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Jowett Javelin (1951)

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Jowett Jupiter (1953) - schön und schlicht aus England - am Automobilsalon in Genf 1953

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Jowett Javelin Mark III (1953) - zeitgemäss konstruiert und sorgfältig ausgestaltet - am Automobilsalon in Genf 1953

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Jowett (1952) - Le Mans 1952 - Fahrer Becquart

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Jowett 7/17 Sports Racer (1928) - als Lot 116 an der RM Auction Hershey vom 9./10. Oktober 2014

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Jowett Ulster (1937) - am Start am Solitude Revival 2013 in der Gruppe C - Grand Sport - Vorkriegsfahrzeuge

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Jowett Ulster (1937) am Jochpass Memorial 2011 (Start-Nr. 073)

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Jowett Jupiter (1953) - Le Mans Classic 2014 - Plateau 2

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Jowett Mk 1A (1954) - mit Alukarosserie - am Swiss Classic British Car Meeting Morges vom 4. Oktober 2014

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Jowett Mk 1A (1954) - Armaturenbrett - am Swiss Classic British Car Meeting Morges vom 4. Oktober 2014

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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Among these vanished brands is Jowett from England. From 1910, its first model, the "lightest and most economical car", the Jowett 6 HP Six cwt. slowly became successful. The small brand also astonished later with the Javelin and in 1950 with the Jupiter.

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From 1901, the brothers Benjamin and William Jowett and A. V. Lamb in Bradford, Yorkshire, constructed V2 motorcycle engines (including the Scott-Jowett). From 1905, they developed a small car weighing 305 kg with a 2-cylinder boxer engine and 3-speed gearbox in a single unit. However, production of the Jowett 6 HP Six cwt. did not get going until 1910. In 1921, the displacement of this"lightest and most economical car" increased from 850 to 907 cm3. A four-seater weighing 535 kg was added in 1923, and closed bodies were also available from 1924. In 1926, the first east-west crossing of Africa by car (6100 km from Lagos to Massawa in two months) was achieved with two Jowett 7 HPs.

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