Barn find - Bradford by Jowett

[Nick Challacombe]

Hi,
Bradford was the name for Jowett Commercial vehicles.
The Trojan van was its most famous commercial and was used
by Brooke Bond Tea and was always Bright Red.
A friend of mine has one of the last Jowett prototype cars
made out of a type of paper Mache used before fibre glass.
It is called a Jowett R4 which has a "soft top" which
looks as if it was made from an army surplus tent.
It was exhibited at the 1953 motor show.
Three cars were produced , one in metal, one in aluminium and
my friends cardboard one! The only know survivor.
His first run it is was with me to the fabulous Lowerman
collection in Holland. Apart from the useless hood in
the pouring rain , it ran extremely well.
All Jowett's and Bradford's had flat four engines I think.