In <19970926154130.AAA20138@LOCALNAME>, Mojo wrote:
>Has anyone ever heard of a Javelin Jupiter ? I'm going to see a '51 next
>week. Owner may be willing to part. But I haven't a clue what it is (other
>than British).
>
Sure that wasn't a Jowett? They made a Jupiter in that time frame, a
_very_ interesting car. They went out of business because production
costs exceeded what they could get for the car. After WW2, folks
would buy anything due to pent-up demand, but as production elsewhere
ramped up, Jowett folded.
A. B. Bonds
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