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Classic Cars in
Rhodesia
| Make | Jowett |
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| Year | 1951 |
Flat four
engine, 1500cc, water cooled, twin weber carbs.
Owned by Maurice Beckley of Bulawayo since c1980/81.
The car was acquired without engine and one was
sourced and overhauled before being fitted to the
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| Model | Javelin |
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| Colours | Blue |
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| Registration Numbers | 261-305-B/RHO |
References | Bruce Beckley |
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| Make | Jowett |
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| Year | 1952 |
Imported into
Rhodesia as a new car, it returned to the UK in1960.
Noted for sale with Nadder Valley Classics in July
2011. Comprehsnsively restored around 2001 by
Morland Jones of Hammersmith, Lotus specialists. |
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| Model | Javelin PD Series |
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| Body Style | Saloon |
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| Colours | Beige, now Lotus Titanium |
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| Registration Numbers | NSL 402 |
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| Make | Jowett |
History | |||||
| Year | Found in a
backyard in Avondale, Harare around 1985. Acquired
by Brian Chadwick who built one car out of this and
a second Jowett. Car currently on a farm in
Glendale, has been vandalised but was believed to be
for sale. |
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| Model | Javelin |
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| Registration Numbers | References | Viv Westbury |
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| Make | Jowett |
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| Year | Noted at a
garden centre near the Borrowdale shops in Harare. |
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| Model | Javelin |
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| Colours | Painted pink by 2016 |
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| Registration Numbers | References | Viv Westbury |
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| Make | Jowett |
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| Year | Acquired by
Brian Chadwick when he purchased a house in Harare
belonging to Maurice Beckley around 1984. Taken to
Brian's farm in Glendale, where the car is still
lying today. Believed to be for sale, car has been
vandalised and is missing chrome and alloy bits.
Photos below from around 1995. |
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| Model | Javelin |
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| Registration Numbers | References | Viv Westbury |
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| Make | Jowett |
History | |||||
| Year | 1953 |
Noted in
Salisbury in the 1950s owned by Graham Sparks whose
father was the bandmaster of the B.S.A. Police Band
and who owned a Jowett sedan. Believed to have gone
to South Africa. Possibly chassis E3/SCL/955R, LHD shipped to Rhodesia 11 Jan 1954 to Broadway Motors, red with beige upholstery. |
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| Model | Jupiter LHD |
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| Body Style | 2 door convertible |
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| Registration Numbers | S-37766/SRH |
References | Pat Sligo, Edmund Nankivell | ||||
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| Make | Jowett |
History | |||||
| Year | Noted in
Salisbury in the late 1970s, believed to have gone
to South Africa. Possibly chassis E1/SA/482R, RHD shipped to Rhodesia 12 December 1951 to the Broadway Service Station. Green with beige upholstery. The SA has no opening boot and a wooden instrument panel, while the SC has an opening boot and a symmetrical metal instrument panel. Also the SA has a chrome surround to the windscreen, while the SC does not, just black rubber |
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| Model | Jupiter |
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| Body Style | 2 door convertible |
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| Colours | Green |
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| Registration Numbers | References | Edmund Nankivell | |||||
| Make | Jowett |
History | |||||
| Year | RHD MK1A -
Noted in Rhodesia around 1973 |
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| Model | Jupiter |
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| Body Style | 2 door convertible |
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| Colours | Silver |
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| Registration Numbers | References | Photo Edmund Nankivell |
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| Make | Jowett |
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| Year | RHD MK1A -
Personal Export to Rhodesia by J.W.D. Goodall. Owned
in the 1970s by F. Robinson of Salisbury, later
taken to South Africa and sold to Roelle Van der
Merwe. Sold around 1986/87 to Adolph Smith of
Bloemfontein, who still owns the car, which is being
restored. |
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| Model | Jupiter |
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| Chassis No. | E3/SC/981R |
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| Body Style | 2 door convertible | ||||||
| Colours | Ivory with red upholstery |
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| Registration Numbers | RSD-7501/SRH |
References | Edmund Nankivell | ||||
| Make | Jowett |
History | |||||
| Year | RHD MK1A -
Shipped as a new car to the Jowett importer in
Capetown. the Triumph Garage. Owned in 1979 by Bill
Mutschmann, of PO Box 2023, Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Restored around the late 1970s? It appears Mr.
Mutschmann was a reporter for CBS News. Later
acquired by by Peter Swan, of Swan's Water
Treatment, Muldersdrift South Africa. Said to be in
pieces for restoration in 2013. |
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| Model | Jupiter |
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| Chassis No. | E4/SC/1011R |
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| Body Style | 2 door convertible | ||||||
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| Registration Numbers | References | Edmund Nankivell | |||||
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