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Jowett Javelin Jowett engaged Gerald Palmer
during the war, taking him from MG to the Bradford works with the intention of designing a new car suitable for the export market once the War had ended. Palmer took a clean sheet of paper and drew up a new flat four 1486cc engine and specified torsion bar suspension and other advanced engineering. He designed a 'beetle' body based on a Lincoln Zephyr and the body was contracted out to Briggs of Doncaster. The Javelin was launched in 1947 and regrettably suffered a lot of teething problems which undermined sales of the car. Jowett didn't have the resources for such an advanced car and production volumes were low. Briggs was bought out by Ford and in 1954 failing sales caused Jowett to pull out of car production. |
Designer : Gerald Palmer (1911-1999)
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'Beetles' and 'Beetle-back' cars
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Rambler Javelin
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