AJS 9 Car Club
Welcome
Welcome to the AJS 9 Car Club website.
The AJS Car Club was formed in 1991, to bring together all the owners of the remaining AJS Cars.
AJS was mainly known as a motor cycle manufacturer. Like many of its contemporaries (BSA, Matchless, etc), the Company briefly moved into the manufacturer of cars. In their case, between 1929 and 1931, during which time around 1300 cars were built.
Having acquired his AJS two- seater and looking to commence restoration, Peter, the club's founder, set about tracing owners of any remaining AJS cars with the help of Alec Stevens, son of one of the brothers who founded the AJS company. By October 1991 a number of owners of AJS cars had been located.
An inaugural meeting of the AJS 9 Club Club was held on 24 October 1993 at the Crown Inn, Hopton Wafers, Nr Kidderminster.
In May 1996 the club had a stand at the "Auto Windscreen Century of Motoring" with two cars on display and another one taking part in the cavalcade. The following year the club took part in a show at Peterborough Showground over the May Bank Holiday weekend. In September 1998 the club met at BMI Marston Ltd and the same weekend took part in a parade at the Black Country museum, the first of a number of visits to the museum which now includes in its collection two AJS cars, a "Stevens Light Commercial Vehicle" (donated by Alec Stevens) and two AJS radios (donated by one of our club members).
By this time the club was in contact with a number of AJS Owners in Australia who had travelled to the UK to attend club events, and so in 2000 the club returned the visit. Two AJS cars were packed in a container and shipped to Australia whilst five club members flew to join them on one of the club's biggest adventures to date.
Club members meeting for a weekend soon became an annual event. Organised by a different member each year, usually in their home location. Not only do these weekends provide an opportunity for club members to get together, but also to give the cars a "good airing". Taking place over two days generally involving a run of between 50 - 60 miles per day visiting local points of interest. Always enjoyable, these trips often require members to show the skills and innovative to overcome breakdowns and get all cars back to their home base.
Other events the club has attended include the 80th Anniversary of the VSCC at Peterborough showground, the Restoration Show at Birmingham NEC and we used to regularly attend the Piston & Props event at Sywell Aerodrome.
In 2007, by which time finding replacement parts for these rare cars were getting increasingly difficult, the club formed the "AJS Club Spares Section". Initially started because the club had the chance to purchase a collection of AJS cars & parts, including two cars, engines, gearbox's etc. from the widow of a former member. Since then, we have purchased other AJS spares as they became available. Today it is almost possible to purchase, from us, the parts to assemble a complete AJS car, except the bodywork which was normally eaten away by woodworm!!
Ever since the club started, the Stevens family have been closely involved, and Alec's elder brother Geoff Stevens was the club's first president.
We are currently aware of about 40 AJS cars worldwide in 4 countries. Although AJS only made cars for a couple of years, we are sure that there are still more out there to be found!
If you are interested in AJS cars, we would be very happy to hear from you. Contact us at
or via our Facebook page
Cars for Sale
The club is currently aware of four AJS cars that are for sale
- A54 (two seater special),
- A450 (two seater special),
- A599 (metal bodied saloon formerly owned by Jack Stevens and other family members) and
- D2 (AJS Jensen)
Please get in touch if you are interested in acquiring any of these vehicles and we will put you in contact with the current owners.
Click here to go to our members pages
(as the name suggests only open to registered club members).
What's New
September 2024 - AJS Factory Photographs added
July 2024 - The "Member's pages" have been reinstated and content added, including "Members cars" section. Bulk of "Technical" moved to Members Technical Help.
December 2020 - External search engine added (see above)
January 2018 - Work started on "Technical pages"
May 2017 - Website published
Disclaimer
All information posted is merely for educational and informational purposes. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of technical advice and information, should you decide to act upon any information on this website you do so at your own risk, Neither the Club nor any individual shall be in any way liable for injury, loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from reliance on such advice or information. Whilst the information on this website has been verified to the best of our abilities, we cannot guarantee that there are no mistakes or errors.