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    Jolly Jowett Javelin

    Jan 09, 2020 3 minutes
    BY MILTON STERN

    I CAN WATCH CAR VIDEOS ON

    YouTube for hours, and often I find one about an obscure car that I have never heard of, then search for more information on that car. That is what happened in the case of the Jowett Javelin.

    Manufactured from 1947 to ’53, the Jowett Javelin was an advanced car for its time, but it missed its target and led to the demise of its company. In hindsight, we tend to look at such cars

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