Vintage Car project

A lot will depend on the budget available. Options 1 or 2 will not be cheap!

There is a UK Jowett owner's club here:

Perhaps it might be worth asking them?

Sorry if this seems pedantic, but the Javelin was produced from 1947 to

It is certainly a classic however, with many unique design features in an era of extreme dullness; it is well worth completing.

I sincerely hope your friend's health enables him to enjoy his efforts when the car is completed.

Chris

Thanks - CLASSIC - that is the word I was after.

Are there any forums on restoring these anywhere ?

I remember one tale I read a while ago, where I think it was a Lotus that someone was doing up when he ended up seriously ill, and the forum got to know about his condition.

On the pretence they were going to do some minor work on the car for him, they "borrowed" it - and all-hands-on-deck from the members fo the forum completed it without letting on what was happening.

The guy was then taken to a track day to take his mind off things, only to be presented with his now fully complete mint-condition car that he thought was still only about 50% done :-}

It's still that nice a tale it can bring a tear to my eye :-)

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.motzarella.org...

It was a Lotus Esprit. IIRC the guy was in a wheelchair.

Quote from the link

"I was so overwhelmed, I cried like a baby and then passed out."

Brilliant, just shows there are still some nice people in the world

A similar thing happened to Terry Waite after he was freed from captivity in Beirut. His car was an MGB IIRC.

Steve

Contact a club and ask them to help out.