Description A delightful example sympathetically restored about 20 years ago; De Luxe model with wooden dash and leather seats; few owners; recent brake overhaul; driven 25 miles to the sale The only car made in Bradford, the first Jowett made its debut in 1906 but the model that really put them on the map was the Javelin, a compact family saloon so far ahead of its UK-produced rivals that it had more in common with the best that Europe had to offer.

Designed by Gerald Palmer and launched in 1947, it was powered by an innovative 1.5-litre flat-four engine featuring an aluminium block and wet cylinder liners, developing 50bhp and giving the car a maximum speed of 77mph and a 0-50mph time of 13.4 seconds.

A four-speed gearbox with column change was used, feeding the power to the rear wheels and giving the Javelin performance that wouldn't feel out of place in a car 40 years' its junior.

To quote Georgano: "With its independent torsion-bar suspension front and rear, rigid unitary body-...