Jowett Cars Of The 1930s
by Noel Stokoe /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Brothers William and Ben Jowett, of Bradford, Yorkshire, built
their first car in 1906 and tested it for four years before going
into car production in 1910. By the time the factory switched to
First World War munitions work, in 1916, forty-eight cars had been
built. They resumed car production in 1920, and sales went from
strength to strength. The 1930s proved to be a much more difficult
time for Jowett, as a devastating fire in 1930 destroyed the
factory and almost their entire stock of new cars. The brothers
then had to decide whether or not they should rebuild the factory
and start car manufacturing again―luckily, they did, as many
interesting models were produced during this decade. From the first
car in 1906, all cars the Jowetts produced were powered by the
famous flat-twin engine known as ‘the little engine with the big
pull’ that was used in all cars and light commercial vehicles. In
1935, the range was expanded to include a four-cylinder
horizontally opposed engine, and they used these two engines in
various models until the Second World War.
Brothers William and Ben Jowett, of Bradford, Yorkshire, built
their first car in 1906 and tested it for four years before going
into car production in 1910. By the time the factory switched to
First World War munitions work, in 1916, forty-eight cars had been
built. They resumed car production in 1920, and sales went from
strength to strength. The 1930s proved to be a much more difficult
time for Jowett, as a devastating fire in 1930 destroyed the
factory and almost their entire stock of new cars. The brothers
then had to decide whether or not they should rebuild the factory
and start car manufacturing again―luckily, they did, as many
interesting models were produced during this decade. From the first
car in 1906, all cars the Jowetts produced were powered by the
famous flat-twin engine known as ‘the little engine with the big
pull’ that was used in all cars and light commercial vehicles. In
1935, the range was expanded to include a four-cylinder
horizontally opposed engine, and they used these two engines in
various models until the Second World War.