Javelin as a tow car

[Keith Clements]

Hi,i hope you can help us out, we are thinking of buying a Javlin to tow our classic caravan, could you tell us what engine sizes the javlin comes in and do you think it would be up to the task of towing. We have seen a couple of cars on the internet, are any members selling any at present?. We look forward to your reply.

regards Karl& Carol Leak.

My response...

Hi Karl,
You can see some of the cars for sale on http://jowett.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=7 or more specifically http://jowett.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2395 which will be updated shortly for April.

Obviously it depends what you want to tow. I for many years towed a large folding 'Campavan' behind my Jupiter which has the same engine. This is a very torquey 1500cc which should give about 70bhp or up to 90 if it has a few mods.

Weight should be no problem (for a small caravan) as the Javelin is quite heavy and has a strong chassis; but of course you need to check for any deterioration on the one you buy.

The Javelin is spacious and can comfortably seat six .

Good hunting..

[george garside]

I towed a bluebird 14ft van behind aJavelin without any problems and by the standard of the 60's it performed very well, cruising comfortably at 50 -55mph and having no problems on hills. I think it was Witter that did a towbar specific to the javelin which was simple & could easlily be replicated . It consisted of a cross bar behind the bumper which picked up on the bumper mounting brackets and from the centre of this cross bar a short bar went forward under the rear skirt and was bolted into the base of the toolbox at the rear of the boot- and that was it in its entirity!

HoraceGrimley, JOwetts development engineer towed an early alperson sprite behind the LHD javelin of the experimental deparrtment GKW770. There are 4 photos of this ensemble in Noel Stockoes book 'Jowett a Century of Memories' on pages 24/25. Horace recommended that a towing weight of aroound 15cwt was OK behind a Jav.

george

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Towing a plane

[Peter Holden]

You would have had better succes if you towed with a Flying Fox!