Jowett Bradford Van

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Grumpy Northener
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Jowett Bradford Van

#1 Post by Grumpy Northener » Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:00 pm

'Chris Spencer you are charged with being in serial ownership of Jowett vehicles - how do you plead ? - Very guilty your honour'

So a member of the club admits that he is never going to get round to restoring this late 40's Jowett Bradford van - its complete and comes with a lot of spares
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Simple 2 cylinder horizontally opposed engine - the vans were built on a separate chassis with ash framing to support the panels - it is normally the ash frame that is the death of most vans and sees them converted to pick up style bodies - thankfully this one is very sound and just requires some of the minor frame pieces replacing - so after a trip to the Peak District to collect it yesterday its now back at home
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Last on the road 50 years ago - first owners were 'Rickmansworth Water Company'
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So it joins the queue with the other Jowett restoration projects that await in the wings
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles

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Re: Jowett Bradford Van

#2 Post by kevin » Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:59 am

That will look superb all sign written up!
what was its previous use?

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Re: Jowett Bradford Van

#3 Post by rich. » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:19 pm

thats a great find.. waiting to follow this thread with interest. :thumbs:

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Re: Jowett Bradford Van

#4 Post by Grumpy Northener » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:03 am

That will look superb all sign written up!
what was its previous use?
We know that the original owners were 'Rickmansworth Water Company' so the local water supplier prior to merger with the now multi nationals
thats a great find.. waiting to follow this thread with interest.
Having now had the time to have a closer look at it - it's probably next on the list to do once the Early Javelin restoration is completed - this is a different challenge - a lot more taking apart / cleaning / repainting / rebuilding than the weld a thon / more intense restoration of the Javelin that's currently underway
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles

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Re: Jowett Bradford Van

#5 Post by Grumpy Northener » Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:10 am

The rest of bits got dropped off in the week
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Wings & front end panels
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Lots of other bits plus loads of spares
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Plus a box of new old stock parts
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles

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