Books on Jowetts

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Many models of Jowetts exist. Here is one of the R1 Jupiter that ran at Le Mans in 1952.
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Books on Jowetts

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Images of Motoring, Jowett, 1901-1954, (ISBN 0 7524 1723 1) is the history of the company told through over 200 excellent photographs with some text. At the UK price of £9.99 (USA price $18.99) it is excellent value for money. Compiled by Noel Stokoe, Press secretary of the Jowett Car Club and the Jupiter Owners Auto Club.
Obtain from Tempus Publishing Ltd, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2QG, UK
Arcadia Publishing, 2 Cumberland street, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
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The Complete Jowett History by Paul Clarke and Edmund Nankivell. ISBN 0-85429-683-2
Publisher: Haynes in 1991
This book is only available from second-hand sources.
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The Jowett Jupiter, the car that leaped to fame, by Edmund Nankivell. ISBN 0-7134-3835-5 Publisher: Batsford in 1981
Now only available from second-hand sources.
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The Jowett Jupiter, a car for Road, Rally and Race by Edmund Nankivell. ISBN 0-9541144-0-X
Can be purchased from www.jowettjupiter.co.uk/buybook.htm

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Auto-Architect, The Autobiography of Gerald Palmer. Only 750 copies have been printed in what is described as a Limited Edition.
Contact Magna press, Knowle House, Hooke Road, East Horsley, Nr Leatherhead, Surrey KT24 5DY,
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This is a period article, anybody know where from?
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Re: Books on Jowetts

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A book called The Cars That Got Away Ideas, Experiments and Prototypes by Michael Frostick pub 1968 includes Jowetts.
Within chapter four To Keep The Creditors At Bay is Jowett Jupiter R.4 [Bradford 1953 and in chapter five With Mass Motoring in Mind Jowett 2-cylinder [Bradford 1950] both with illustrations.
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