Jowett
Car : Jowett
Year : 1911
Engine : twin-cylinder
Bore and stroke : 72×102 mm
Cylinder capacity : 830 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power : 12
Maximum speed : 40 mph
Wheelbase : 7 ft 0 ins (2.13 m)
Suspension : front and back: semi-elliptic leaf- springs
Jowett has gone down in history for the solidity of its flat, twin-cylinder, water-cooled car, which was in production from 1911 to 1939.
The brothers Benjamin and William Jowett went from bicycles to cars, building first a 3-cylinder model, then a twin-cylinder engine like the one in the car illustrated here. Although light, weight around 716 pounds (325 kg) and economical (about 60 miles to the gallon), the 1911 Jowett was in other respects an antiquated vehicle, as the tiller steering indicates (a wheel was adopted only after 1914).
By emphasizing its cars’ reliability in its advertising, Jowett survived the crisis that shook all small car firms in Britain in the 1920s. In 1946 it brought out the Javelin which had a flat, 4-cylinder opposed 1485 cc engine (50 bhp). The bodywork was sturdy, and it had torsion bar suspension. Some 30,000 were built. At the London Motor Show in 1953 Jowett launched a lighter version of the Jupiter Sports, but it was a complete failure. The company disappeared when International Harvester and Ford, England took over its premises.
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