1953 Jowett Jupiter - Ho So Nearly Finished

Bonnet flange edges now completed 



Offside door removed to allow access to apertures 



Which now allows for the aperture to be prepared for profiling 



Apertures on the face of A post return panel requiring a blanking panel - this was patterned up then cut - nut inserts drilled & fitted to the A post 



And the blanking panel fitted 



Initial skimming applied to the door aperture 



Trial fitting of the old floor panels 



Which don't fit 



So they wont be going back 



New double sided PVC coated ply will be templated & fitted - I want to get this completed before applying paint has I will use nut inserts and I want to have all holes drilled / trail fits completed prior to paint - more later 

I track my hours to a spread sheet so I will be having a add up as my works come to a end - bear in mind I've done nothing mechanical to the car or chassis but the hours do tick away that is for certain - this client is very much fully aware / respectful of that but you will be surprised at the number of owners that are somewhat clueless when it comes to justifying the amount of work required to turn out decent quality work. 

Hi Very interested in your Jupiter restoration project as OLO429 belonged to my late Dad from the early 1970s I recall going to collect it from Yarm with him as a none runner and had been off the road for quite a period of time  hence the low mileage, it came complete with a Transit van load of parts and a running Javelin,it took him a few years to get it back into road going condition which he did on a very small budget he used it in the mid 70s for sprints & hillclimbs it was never raced ! it was stored in the Barn in the early 80s and left untouched until 2016 the year before he passed away. hope I can help with info about the mods & bodges on the car Cheers.

Hi & Welcome - I take it that you have already found the thread that is detailing the restoration of 'OLO' - which is this one 

brm-forum.org/thread/357/jowett-jupiter-sports-complete-restoration

The bodges are simply make do things - bits of alloy plate and some pop rivets along with a few self tapping screws to plate over a rusted out section of bodywork etc - any further history on the car would be most welcome 

Cut & trimmed the main floor panel in 



Trial fitted 



Then marked up - Drilled & countersunk - nut inserts fitted to sills & floor rails - once the car is painted and the floor goes back in I place a body caulking between the floor panel & the rails - I still need to use the old floor panel for transferring the seat mounting holes to the new floor 



With main floor section now in place I could pattern the 2 rear infill sections that run around the battery boxes 

Nut inserts fitted and I managed to use 2 of the originals 



Infill panel cut & fitted to the nearside 



Then the offside 



Transferred the exhaust heat shields over 





And drilled the holes through for the seat sliders 

So for Jp's benefit & others - Patterning & trimming the floors in, trail fits, pilot holes, drilled holes, countersinks, nut inserts, fitting checks, transfer of heat shield's, final fitting checks, transferring & drilling holes for seat mounting & removing floor panels for progressing paintwork - totals 6 hours - I'll continue to advise now again what it takes in physical hours to complete work areas but it all really depends upon so many factors from what you have to work with, if you have the correct equipment and even down to your own abilities - personally I wont rush anything - rush and it will cost in mistakes - that said at the same time I have to consider who is paying the bill and ensure the clients work is delivered on a value for money basis

 

A problem with the rear wheelarches is the amount of road debris that gets thrown up inside of large arch cavities / wheel tub 



This creates no end of problems - its a difficult area to access in order to clean - the factory fitted alloy stone guard but this had little effect - it needs a better solution 



And this is it - a 16" trailer wheelarch in plastic 



That once trimmed in 



Fits very snugly 




Clearance checked with a roadwheel fitted and all is good 



Wheel back off and mounting holes drilled - nut inserts fitted 



Refitted the new wheelarch liner and loosely placed the fastenings 



Just need to drop the liner back out and tidy the edges up with the sander - the arch cuts easily with a decent pair of snips and carries enough rigidity to not have to be extensively bracketed - This is a huge improvement on the original stone guard and having already trailed the idea on another Jupiter - I know it works along with the added benefit of the liner reducing wheel / road noise from the rear of the car - more later  

Pete - 99% of them would not know that the liner was there and the car is so low down when its back on its wheels that they would have lay down on the ground to physically see it - for me restoration is also about preserving the cars future and if something improves its lifespan effectively and on a value for money basis then its needs to be done  

Love that kind of mod, cheap, easy and a major improvement. The purists may protest but I'm confident the designers would approve.

Good job on the wheel arch liner, that fits really well!