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London Concours: Best of the Rest

September 1, 2020 By pete

The present owner spotted this Alfa Junior Spider under a car cover in his neighbor’s garage. Finally, after a wait of two years the neighbor agreed to sell the car. Re commissioned after six years off the road the current owner has motored extensively around Europe in the Alfa, just as its makers intended.

Captions and photos by Jonathan Sharp

Lancia and Hot Rods took precedence in our pages this week (Read Part 1) but Mr. Sharp did not neglect the rest of the London Concours field, most of which appear below. [Read more…] about London Concours: Best of the Rest

Tagged With: Ace Acea, Alfa Junior Spider, Facel Vega, Ferrari 330GT, Jaguar XK 120, Jowett Javelin, Lamborghini Espada, lamborghini miura, London Concours 2020, Unipower GT

The Jowett Jupiter – The car that leaped to fame

June 21, 2016 By pete

cvr-300The Jowett Jupiter – The car that leaped to fame – New edition of the definitive Jowett Jupiter book!

By Edmund Nankivell
25x25cm • 224 pages • 226 pictures
ISBN: 978-1-845849-12-2
£ 50.00 (for eBooks this varies and delivery is free)
Veloce Publishing, 2015

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Review by Pete Vack

Yikes, what is a review of a British car book doing in the Italian and French pages of VeloceToday?

Well, that’s a good question. The Jowett Jupiter is a very interesting, unusual, well-engineered sports car that for a few brief years, surprised the lot at both rallies and races, particularly at Le Mans. The Jupiter was the result of a series fortuitous events which occurred right after WWII. [Read more…] about The Jowett Jupiter – The car that leaped to fame

Tagged With: Gerald Palmer, Jowett Javelin, Jowett Jupiter, Jowett sports car, Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, The Jowett Jupiter - The car that leaped to fame

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