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I have a Jovi which has been damaged.  One pole and one of the articulated joints are damaged. Jovi have gone bust and the phone number is a private house who know nothing aboput Jovi.

Does anyone know where I can get spares or have any spares.

Alternatively does anybody want to acquire my tent for spares, it is a Jovi plus bedroom with curtains etc.

Quote: Originally posted by Mauricew on 08/7/2010

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I have a Jovi which has been damaged.  One pole and one of the articulated joints are damaged. Jovi have gone bust and the phone number is a private house who know nothing aboput Jovi.

Does anyone know where I can get spares or have any spares.

Alternatively does anybody want to acquire my tent for spares, it is a Jovi plus bedroom with curtains etc.

 

 

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Thanks to all the respondents for your help.  Getting parts from any official supplier loks unavailable.  I have since had a metal part made to rectify the joint.  On the damaged pole I made an amtaeurish repair which may hold.  If not, I will try to get a pole the same size elsewhere.

They are a lovely tent but not easy and quick to erect and take up a lot of room in the car.  So I suspect the eventual resolution mjay be a new lighter tent.

Unfortunately I don't have a picture and will not be using the tent for some time now.

You may get a picture of the Net.

It looks a bit like the one which is my logo but without the flag!

Best wishes,

Hi Maurice,

I realise that tghis thread was some time in the past, but I wondered if you have had a change of heart with regard to selling the bedroom annexe of your Jovi awning?

If so, I would be interested to hear from you as I am looking for one to add to my Jovi.

Many thanks in advance.

Matt

Sorry to bring up an old thread yet again, but we have a jovi tent which we had a kitchen made for about 6 yrs ago, I cant remember the name of the company but when OH comes home i will ask him as he has details if they are still trading.

 Thought I would reply to the previous posts re Jovi tents. I was curious to see whether any info existed on the net about these tents since manufacture ceased some years ago so here's my story.  I first saw an ad for these tents in a mag around 14 years ago. I contacted the man who designed and sold them and arranged to meet him at Kidderminster Worc's where we went to the local park and he errected a tent in a few minutes watched by a few bemused passers by, I was with a friend of mine who was also interested, we were both impressed and bought 2 tents there and then for £900. the pair. We wanted something that we could throw up quickly outside our motorhomes and the quality of these was outstanding. During the course of that meeting I learnt the story of the start of the Jovi then a few years later why it failed. Both my friend and I still have our tents and would never part with them, parts and repair were still available to me till about 2 years ago. Anyone interested in the rest of the story let me know.

Hi All,

Davidb, I would love to here more of the story. I am surprised to hear you were getting parts up to 2yrs ago. Although I have only had mine Jovi since the start of the year all the internet searches I have done for an annexe & parts have all hit a wall from about 2005 onwards!

Looing forward to part 2 of the post.

Matt

Pearl plant at leisure care services (kingswinford) was the person who made the prototype for Jim Sutherland who designed these tents. I have heard through another thread that pearl has recently retired but her company is still there as far as i know.

She has made items for us in the past and was recommended by Jim if anything unusuall was needed ie: extra large bedrooms, caravan joining panels etc.

So if anyone needs bedrooms or repairs I would give them a call as they will probably have the design plans needed.

Marechel did take over supplying these tents for a short while but dont now, they also supplied the bedrooms so it may be worth a call or email to see if they have any old stock.