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<b>AHEAD OF ITS TIME: </b>Britain’s Jowett’s Javelin, styled by then-Rhodesian car enthusiast and engineer Gerald Palmer, was innovative but ill-conceived. It sold in very small numbers. <i>Image: DAVE FALL</i>
The 68th anniversary of the once-famous Jowett Javelin saloon has come and gone, a vehicle much loved and revered in the Fall family garage in North London.
With the state visit to South Africa of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe earlier in April 2015, the occasion reminded me of a gifted then-Rhodesian engineer who designed several classic British cars, among them the Jowett Javelin, the MG Magnette and the Wolseley 4/44.
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