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The first Javelin No.1 needed
to have a tow
bar, when it was used at one show, as it had a speed boat attached to it.
When JBA checked out the chassis to sort out fitting one, it was found
that the hitch could be fastened directly to the rear chassis rail with
no further strengthening or modification.
This red Javelin (JBA 240N) was based on a 3 litre
Ghia auto although it ended up with a later style "S" interior
with the
horizontal red striping.
The engine, gear box and axles were fitted at the factory.  As this was going to be the first with a 3 litre lump,
to ensure that all the brackets and chassis mounting points were in the
correct place. Suffice to say it all went together fine.
This picture is of JBA 240N (or RUN
938N as it was then).
In it's final stages of
construction with No.1 parked next to it. These photos from Stoneleigh, must be around 93 or 94.
The red Javelin on the right hand end SWG 723S is the 3.0 auto that was for
sale
on the web.
The other blue Javelin next to it is Geoff Payne's - it had Renault
headlamps and
when he took the roof panels off he would store them between the engine
and radiator. It appeared not to affect the cooling at all.
Included in this picture is a two tone silver
and maroon car that was
built by a father and son team in 16 days (2 weeks holiday), this
illustrates how straight forward it was to build a Javelin.
This is a photo of
Steve Hill's Javelin, taken from his web site. This is the
Javelin that Kim refers to in his recollections above. After
Steve bought the Javelin, he decided to restore it, as he explains
below.
That
was a 6 month effort, mainly spent on getting the GRP and interior
into good shape. The GRP had suffered from lots of extra holes.
The original builder had installed the Capri MKII 3 Litre trim,
and some additional lights etc from US Capri's.
I
wanted a 'cleaner' look, and the only way to do this was to cut
out and
re GRP all the areas (if you use normal body filler on GRP,
it 'sinks' very badly, as you probably know). The only area I
didn't get finished to my satisfaction was where the hood
(bonnet!) ornament was - that was because the frame underneath
prevented me cutting a whole out to re GRP.
The
one area of the car I didn't touch was the engine bay - it had been my intention
to fit a Rover or small block Chevy V8 the summer after I did the body work.
However, the chance of a job in the US came up and I never had the
time. As it was, the 3L was fun, though I often had overheating problems if
I got stuck in traffic. I believe it had hot cams and heads fitted, and I think
that combined with the more constricted under bonnet conditions caused the
problem. On the open road it was a dream though!
Steve's father has sold the
Javelin, on his behalf, as Steve is still working in the States.
He does not think it was sold to a JBA enthusiast, more of a
dealer in interesting cars.
You may see more photos of SWG
723S. When Steve has time to dig them out.
Thank you for your efforts, I can't do it without you. Anyone interested in buying a second hand
Javelin
should look at the JBA Cars Forsale page.
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My thanks to Alex Sargent, Kim Hollings and JBA
Engineering Ltd. for their photographs and help, in compiling this page
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