Jowetts in Canada and RAC. Help needed.

[Keith Clements]

From : Rupert Lloyd Thomas
Toronto.

Canada:

412 Jowetts came to Canada.

Two Javelins raced at Edenvale, Ontario, 3 September 1950, in the up to 1,500 c.c. race. Both black, #5 and #6. Drivers unknown.

A Javelin competed in the first 1000 Islands Rally in 1952. Both Javelin and Jupiter in the same event the following year.

Bill Sadler competed in a Jowett-based special circa 1955-1956.


(My pictures are hi-res suitable for print publication.)


Rallying:

I am trying to trace the competition career of Tom Sawell, who owned both a Javelin and a Jupiter.

His son has a finishers plaque for the 1951 RAC Rally – but so far I can find no other evidence of his taking part.

We know he entered, competed and finished in 1952 (two other finishers plaques, photographs).

The car was KLR 363, colour black, thought to be #78.

The photographs are on their way to me in the post. I can confirm the competition number then.

Sawell lived at Hayes Common, Kent, near West Wickham.

His cars were prepared and maintained for competition by Freddie Turk of Cooter & Green, Jowett specialists of West Wickham, Kent.

Legend has it that due to some rallying success he was offered a Jupiter by the factory on favourable terms.

Thought to be metallic blue or green.


I wonder if there is anything in the factory records or on the register that would help identify these two cars?

I have recently acquired Sporting Jowetts by Noel Stokoe. There is no mention of Sawell in this book.


Any assistance gratefully received.

[Jack]

The 52 RAC Rally was of interest in thread involving DC Hodgson (and request for info from his son)

I got a lot of help on the Autosport Forums, link to discussion here: http://forums.autosport.com/topic/18996 ... d-results/ - worth posting on there with any info you have as their experts did seem to have quite a bit of information to share, which hopefully we can update here too for the records.

Link to original discussion here: http://jowett.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... it=hodgson

I have a copy of Autosport magazine with the 1952 Rally coverage, will check for mentions and photos, though this is I think in the Gallery now too.

The Jupiter Registrar may have some info from the factory records on his car, which hopefully might have a note on the terms offered or other detail to help tracking it down. The survival rate for Jupiters is very good, so there is a chance it will still be on the road if it can be identified.

Jack.

[Jack]

Hi Rupert,

Reply from Ed, the Jupiter Registrar:

"The Factory Records tell us that there was a Jupiter sold new to a certain Arthur Norman Sewell, of 172 Cranbrook Rd, Ilford. This Jupiter still exists... Registration YMP 935. Earliest record I have is dated 1965 when owned by a D S Riley."

From checking the records, that is the nearest result found to Sawell - note these are handwritten records and not entirely clear.

I hope this helps a bit in your search.

Jack.

[Robin Fairservice]

Eden Lindsay probably knows when all of the Javelins were shipped to Canada. He was able to tell me the date that mine was shipped to Vancouver. I would suggest that he could say which Javelins were shipped to the Ontario dealer before3 September 1950. Perhaps even which ones were Black.
Referring to Bill Sadler, I talked to Bill about his special a couple of years ago, and he told me that at the time when he built his first special he owned a Javelin as his daily driver, and thought highly of it.

[Rupertlt1]

I've had a look at the RAC Rally thread - I've also been posting at Autosport (I can't find the 1952 article here).

Re 1953 I suspect this is E. Elliott, #179 Jowett, registration LPT 478:
https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/pv965wb6632

You may also like from 1953:
LOL 1: https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/kg164py3012

HAK 743:
https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/fj778gv9149
https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/my824cg3545
https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/dz839jc8571

YMC 900: https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/nx501mb1091

FFN 516: https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/dz839jc8571

MCD 28: https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/xw793mb3805

Re Robbie Mackenzie-Low
http://www.elva.com/inmemorium/robbie.php
Mackenzie-Low won the Bodiam Hill Climb in an Elva in 1955.

I am afraid Sewell isn't Sawell.

Re RAC 1951:
J. Van der Mark and Maurice Gatsonides were crew in the same Jowett Javelin.
Registered “G 99” [possibly a Dutch registration] and competition number 238.
See also: http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archi ... ent-events

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[Keith Clements]

'Sewell' might be a mis-spelling in the records, unless there are other reasons to suspect they are different people.

Thanks for all the links.

[Rupertlt1]

Keith, The man I am interested in is T.J. Sawell (Tom Sawell), definitely from south of the Thames. (I am captioning the pictures at Revs.) RGDS RLT

[NoelStokoe]

Hi Rupert,

I have just been given details of this new link by Jack Moon, so I would like to help as much as I can.
I came to the same conclusion as Ed N re AN Sewell and Jupiter number 858, but this is clearly not the car we are looking for.

As regards the Javelin KLR363, I am not having much luck with this either just at the moment. I can tell you that KLR is a London number from March 1949.
This makes KLR363 an early car but I only have three "KLR's" listed in my records:- KLR388, KLR585 and KLR639 so KLR363 is a new one for me!
KLR388 is chassis number D9/PA/2424 and was delivered to the Jowett agents HW Bentley & Partners on 21st March 1949, so KLR363 must have been supplied at about this time also.

I am very pleased you bought my Sporting Jowetts book, I am sorry I have not mentioned Tom in it, but I had no records about him, so I will greatly enjoy seeing how this tread develops!

Very best wishes, Noel

[Rupertlt1]

Noel,

Your book was a delight. I didn't want it to end!

Do Cooter & Green, Jowett specialists of West Wickham, Kent, figure in your records anywhere?

I have a packet of memorabilia heading my way, thanks to Roger Sawell, ref the sporting career of his father Tom Sawell. This includes photographs. I will make these available in due course.
(Tom Sawell also entered trials and rallies in a black supercharged Dellow, registration LYT 822.)

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[NoelStokoe]

Hi Rupert,

Thank you so much for your kind comments about my Sporting Jowetts book, I really enjoyed finding the articles to put in it!

According to my records 433 Javelins went to Canada, the first being D8/PA/135 to Geoffrey W Brown in Vancouver on 17/6/1948, and the last one, E1/PCL/16245 to Nightingale Motors Ltd, Newfoundland on 17/5/1951. Do you know if sanctions on imports happened after this date, as no other cars went over after that?

I will look at your request for more info on Cooter & Green next.....another trip into the loft needed!

Very best wishes, Noel

[NoelStokoe]

Hello again Rupert, I hope you found the post about Javelins in Canada of interest...

As regards Cooter & Green, I have their address as 485 Upper Elmer's End Road, Beckenham.

They took delivery of 53 Javelins, the first being D8/PA/124 on 8/6/1948 and the last was E2/PE/22847 on 26/9/1952

They also took delivery of one Jupiter E2/SA/700 on 21/4/1952 registered KDY350 and also a rolling chassis E2/SA/725 which was built up as the special-bodied Jupiter that is owned by Ed Nankivell and registered 32MMY, sadly I do not have any details of Bradfords or pre-war cars that they may have had....
I hope this helps.
Noel

[Rupertlt1]

Noel,

Many thanks. Here is some more information ref Tom Sawell competing in a Jowett Javelin:

RAC Rally of GB 1952
#78 KLR 363

LMC London Rally 1952 (Sept 19-20)
#191 KLR 363, Finishers Award
(#193 also a Jowett Javelin)

Exeter Trial 1954
#254 KLR 363

Kentish Border Car Club - Broadstairs Rally 1954 (June 6)
#42 KLR 363

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[Rupertlt1]

http://www.autos.ca/classic-cars/motori ... 1947-1953/

Canada: 1000 Islands Rally, 1953
12th O/A - Eric Patmore/Bernice Patmore, Jowett Jupiter, (car was light red)
53rd O/A - Freddy Hislop/Mr. Gallop, Jowett Javelin, (black)

At some point Torontonian Fred Hislop moved to England, and according to an article in the Globe and Mail, was known to be living there in 1994.
In the early fifties he was an officer of the Sports Car Club (Toronto).

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[Rupertlt1]

1955 RAC RALLY
CLASS THREE—STANDARD SERIES PRODUCTION TOURING CARS 1,301 c.c. AND UP TO 2,000 c.c
#24 Jowett, KEEN, D. H. F., W. T. Robins, started from Hastings, probably PBP 106
#231 Jowett, TRACEY, C. A., J. Jennings, started from Blackpool
#232 Jowett, BRIERLEY, Kenneth, ???, Blackpool, probably LMJ 876
#233 Jowett, TAYLOR. L., A. K. Borland, Blackpool, is this NYF 737?

Dennis Keen was a Radio and TV engineer from Lancing, Sussex. He had a shop at 9 Crabtree Arcade, Lancing.
"Mr. Keen was competing in his first international rally and it has whetted his appetite for more of the same thing. "I am hoping now to go in for the Monte Carlo or Alpine next year,” he says. A member of Worthing Motor Club, Mr. Keen returned the fastest time on the Silverstone track for saloon cars of 1,300 to 2,000 c.c. capacity."

W. T. Robins was a competitor on the 1951 M.C.C. National Rally, driving an Austin A40, finishing 17th overall. For 1952 he entered a Jowett Javelin, starting from Norwich. He also entered the 1951 R.A.C. Rally, starting from Brighton, in the Austin.
Robins was hon. secretary of the B.A.R.C hill climb at Firle, Sussex, 25 May 1956.
Address: Channel-View Road, Eastbourne.

The picture references in this thread can now be found here: https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/
Try searching by car registration number.

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