Jowett Car Display
- Community
- Exhibition/Show
- Open Day
Jowett Cars on display in Barmera on 28 April 2024
Sargeant Park ~ Sunday 28 April from 9:00 am – 11: am.
Jowett was a manufacturer of light cars and light commercial vehicles in Bradford, Yorkshire, England from 1906 to 1954.
The Jowett Car Club of Australia was founded in 1957 and is affiliated to the Jowett Car Club of the UK which started in 1923 and is the world’s oldest single make car clubs.
Jowett Cars Ltd built light vehicles that were typically powered by two cylinder horizontally opposed engines, before introducing side valve four cylinder engines during the 1930's and the during World War 2, they designed the Jowett Javelin touring sedan with an overhead valve four cylinder horizontally opposed engine.
Jowett Cars also produced the two seater Jowett Jupiter sports car which won many races in the 1.5 litre class in its day, including class wins at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race, in 1950, 1951 and 1952 and a class one-two win in the 1951 Monte Carlo International Rally.
Thousands of Jowetts were imported into Australia and there were also some imported in knock down form that were painted and assembled in Australia during 1952 and 1953.
Our National Rally will be based in Barmera and we are expecting a range of Jowett Cars including Javelins, Jupiters, Bradford commercial vehicles and possibly a pre war Jowett.
