Topic: Solved NIC#1120 - Jowett Bradford converted with 10hp steam engine (The Novelty)

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Interesting! What is it, and who built it? (Sorry about the amateurish amendments - watermarks all over the only decent photo I could find!)

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Experts?

[gte4289]

'The Novelty' (Jowett-Bedford van with 10 HP steam engine) by John Calder and David Harding of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire circa 1955

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'The Novelty' (Jowett-Bedford van with 10 HP steam engine) by John Calder and David Harding of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire circa 1955

Well found! I first found out about this car in an old magazine but the photo was so poor it couldn't be copied. I had to use this stock image as the only one available. You still did well to find it.

I have no idea why this pair of gentlemen decided to do this conversion. Maybe just for the fun.

[gte4289]

'The Novelty' (Jowett-Bedford van with 10 HP steam engine) by John Calder and David Harding of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire circa 1955

Well found! I first found out about this car in an old magazine but the photo was so poor it couldn't be copied. I had to use this stock image as the only one available. You still did well to find it.

I have no idea why this pair of gentlemen decided to do this conversion. Maybe just for the fun.

I don't deserve much credit, to be honest. The photo was so accurately captioned that I simply plugged in what I saw as search terms (Bedford van steam engine conversion) and this was the first result. Still, an interesting vehicle that I had never seen before now. Thanks!