Great Southern Register Report - Jaguar Car Club of Western

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Volume 25 Number 8
February 2014
O F F I C I A L M A G A Z I N E O F T H E J A G U A R C A R C L U B O F WA ( I N C )
My XJ6 Jaguars – The Pain and Glory
Part 1 of a 2 part article see more on page 8
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President’s Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New Members and Their Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Points to 3rd December - JCCWA Trophies 2013/14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Social Secretary’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Feature Articles
My XJ6 Jaguars – The Pain and Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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All memberships expire on 30th
June each year. Members joining
from December onwards pay the
once only joining fee of $45 and
half the respective membership to
be financial until the following
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April onwards pay the once only
joining fee of $45 plus a full year
membership subscription which will
be valid until June of the following
financial year. Membership includes
spouses or partners and family
members under 18 years of age
Jaguar’s Sales up 42% for 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Club Meetings
Club meetings are held on the second
Wednesday of each month – 7:00pm
for a 7:30pm meeting in the JCCWA
clubrooms at Unit 109, West Point
Centre, 396 Scarborough Beach Road,
Osborne Park.
Jaguar Cars For Sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Magazine Editor:
Heather Mascall
E: [email protected]
M: 0408 098 969
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From the Magazine Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Book Review : SS & Jaguar Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Magazine Coordinator:
Nick Pusenjak
E: [email protected]
M: 0408 959 660
I N C O R P O R AT I N G C L A S S I C B R I T I S H C A R S A L E S
Committee Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Coming Events & Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Club Subscriptions:
Overseas Membership
Annual Fee
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Registrar Secretaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Club Website:
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Contents
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The Battery in Modern Jaguars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Register Reports
E-Type Register Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Great Southern Register Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
South West Register Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Southwest Register Christmas Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Grand Tourers Register Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Classifieds
Jaguar Parts For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
JCCWA Regalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The lush grass and rolling hills of Denmark provide a
wonderful setting for the Great Southern Register cars
at the Christmas luncheon at Forrest Hill Winery.
Picture by Graham Tresidder.
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Jaguar Car Club of WA (inc.)
Committee Members 2013 / 2014
President:
Luke Zambotti
Phone: 9271 4189 or 0409 100 626 [email protected]
Vice President:
Coming Events and Activities
Rick Leonhardt
Immediate Past President:
Clubroom Manager:
Rick Leonhardt
Terry McGrath
Phone/Fax: 9279 7003 [email protected]
Secretary:
Sports Competition & Technical Officer:
Neal Garswood
Phone: 9305 9618 or 0437 898 083
[email protected]
Registrar:
Richard Munro
[email protected]
ACJC Representative:
Rod Mathers
Phone: 9245 1300 [email protected]
Editor:
Allen Shephard
Phone: 9385 8602 or 0438 858 601
[email protected]
Ex-Officio Positions
Regalia Officers:
Position Vacant
MAR
Club Historian:
Terry McGrath
Phone/Fax: 9279 7003 [email protected]
Website Administrator:
Magazine Coordinator:
Publicity Officer:
Nick Pusenjak
Phone: 0408 959 660 [email protected]
Social Secretary:
Corrie Maitland Phone: 9316 3540 [email protected]
Register Secretaries
Chassis Car Register: SS, MkIV, MkV, MkVII, MkVIII,
MkIX & XK120, XK140, XK150.
Ian & Corrie Maitland
Classic Monocoque Register: Mk1, Mk2, 240, 340,
Daimler V8, S Type, 420, MkX, 420G, DS420 Garry Webb
E-Type Register: Series I,II,III (includes C Type & D Type)
Ron Magrath
Classic XJ Register: XJ Series 1, 2, 3 & XJC
Harley Bradstreet
Mobile: 0419 662 565 [email protected]
CAMS Representative:
Rod Mathers
Grand Tourer Register: XJS, V 12s, XK 8, XKR
Ray Bell
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Sunday 16th
Classic XJ Register. Breakfast in the Park *^ (Kings Park) 9.00am to 11 am
at the Willong Pavilion – accessed from Kings Park Road entrance opposite
Outram Street. Contact Harley Bradstreet 0419 662 565 harleybradstreet@
well-com.net.au - See page 8 for more.
South West Register Run. *^ To be confirmed. Contact John and Pauline
Becker 9751 2773 johnbecker3@bigpond
Friday 21st
Closing Date for March Magazine Submissions.
Sunday 9th
Great Southern Register Run. *^ to be confirmed. Contact Graham
Tresidder 9844 4887 or 0409 836 479 [email protected]
Wednesday 12th
General Meeting at Clubrooms.*^ Unit 109 / 396 Scarborough Beach Rd,
Osborne Park. Clubrooms open 7.30 pm for an 8.00 pm meeting
Saturday 15th
Modern Saloon Register - St Patrick’s Day Run and Lunch. *^ Meeting at
a mystery place at 10.45 am, details and menu provided on registering with
Phil Vile. Contact Phil Vile 0424 703 200 or [email protected]. See Page
21 for more.
Sunday 16th
South West Register Run. *^ To be confirmed. Contact John and Pauline
Becker 9751 2773 johnbecker3@bigpond
Friday 21st
Closing Date for April Magazine Submissions.
APR
Wednesday 9th
Sunday 13th
Modern saloon reg. Mystery Tour*^ to be confirmed
Tuesday 15th
Wanneroo Track Day* Arrive at the track at 7.00 am, track activities
commence 8.00 and finish 12.00pm. Contact John Kopcheff jkopcheffff@
iinet.net.au 0412 159 688 or Rod Mathers 0419 904 914
Friday 18th
National Rally – Melbourne 18th to 21st
5th to 10th
Esperance Escapade. See page 14 for more.
Modern Saloon Register: XJ40, X300, X308 & X350,
S-Type, X-Type, XF, XJ
Peter Cole
Great Southern Register:
Graham Tresidder
Phone: 9844 4887 or 0409 836 479
[email protected]
South West Register:
John & Pauline Becker
Phone: 9751 2773
[email protected]
MAY
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Stuart Coleman
Email: [email protected]
Committee position vacant but see page 1 for editor’s details.
Geoff Neil Home 9300 4292 Mobile 0409 296 271
[email protected]
Wednesday 12th
Denyce Beasley & Geoff Hender
Treasurer:
FEB
Membership and Awards Officer:
Position Vacant
Jim Bray
Phone: 9446 7483 or 0437 166 876
[email protected]
Sunday 9th
Grand Tourer Twilight Run.*^ Meet at Clubrooms at 5.30 pm for a run
along the coast to the Swan River and then the ‘Eat Greek’ for dinner.
Contact Ray Bell 0417 926 381. See Page 23 for more.
Concessional Registrations Officer:
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*Denotes Point Scoring Event ^Remember to Bring and Wear Your Name Badges
Note: You can now read and view your favourite articles and photos on our website in full colour: www.jaguarclubofwa.com.au
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President’s Prologue
Luke Zambotti
Post Christmas / New Year holidays
in the south west precluded me from
chairing the January General Meeting,
however, I was pleased to have Past
President Rod Mathers step into the
breach, and undertake the role in my
absence. Rod’s past experience ensured
the meetings objectives were covered
with a minimum of fuss. From all
reports the meeting and evening went
smoothly.
Thanks very much Rod, for your effort
and assistance.
Whilst in Busselton, and enjoying my
morning coffee, John Becker (South
West Register secretary) sought me
out after observing my XK 140 in a
nearby car bay. After exchanging best
wishes, John and I had an informative
discussion regarding matters Jaguar, and
the South West Register in particular.
John outlined his, and the Register
members’ plans for organising and
arranging events for the coming year.
These plans involved the delegation of
event planning to a different member
every month, thereby relieving John
and Pauline of the ongoing monthly
obligation. I suggested that John outline
his methodology in a written article for
all members to read and, to consider
their involvement within their club.
The article, hopefully, will be published
shortly in this magazine. I would
encourage all members, where possible,
to adopt a more proactive role within
the Club Registers. Your assistance and
involvement will ensure a wider variety
of events, and foster new thoughts and
ideas for our club.
committee. Within that proposal, Stuart
plans to develop up the Jaguar Club
website into a usable and informative
avenue through which members can
obtain up to date information about
our Club, its Registers, and its events,
to mention but a few. It is also hoped to
develop the site sufficiently, to enable the
distribution of relevant information to
club members electronically.
On the Club subject and for those
members interested in the Jaguar
Car Club’s financial position, the
2012/2013 accounts have been prepared
and professionally audited. The club,
thanks to the efforts of Treasurer Neal
Garswood and the committee, remains
in a financially healthy state.
It is a pleasure to again have an
enthusiastic member volunteer to assist
the Club in this field. The committee
has for some time discussed ways
to develop this important facet of
electronic information dissemination.
Stuart’s acceptance of the position,
together with his understanding of the
inputs and outcomes of a web site are
most welcomed.
Following recent notification from our
Web Administrator, Shane Wilkes, that
due to other priorities he could no longer
continue in the position, I am pleased
to inform members that Stuart Coleman
will be taking over the position. Stuart
has past and present experience in a
similar role, for another business body,
and brings with him a knowledge base
very appropriate for our club.
Stuart has prepared a preliminary proposal,
which was outlined to myself, and to the
Mandurah Ocean Marina. On what was
a beautiful summer evening, some 38
members and guests attended this well
staged annual event.
A 75 kilometre run, along the old
coastal roads to Mandurah, brought us
to a wonderfully lawned area adjacent
the marina based residence of Sue
and David Brumell, Here we met and
greeted other members who had arrived
earlier via different routes. Hunger
pangs quickly developed amongst many
in the group, and a visit to the nearby
take away was planned. Following an
enjoyable indulgence of “fish & chips”,
Sue invited all to share in coffee and
sweets, which was presented on their
raised outdoor terrace. When such
perfect weather presents itself, it would
be difficult to find a better way to spend
a summer evening.
Thanks must go to Rick and Sally
Leonhardt for the event organization,
flawless as usual. Thanks also to Sue
and David Brumell for their hospitality.
The event was much enjoyed by all in
attendance.
A number of events are planned for
the month of February. Members
should view the “Coming Events and
Activities” page of this magazine for
information regarding event type, date,
and contact details.
Early notice is being given by long
standing member Brian Bolt, who
is currently organizing a 6 day event
planned for early May.
The event loosely involves Cats, their
long legs, freedom, and the open road.
The route comprises Perth to Busselton,
to Albany, to Esperance, to Cape le
Grande, to Hyden, then back to Perth.
Here is a great opportunity to partake
in a short holiday, where all the main
details have been attended to, and all
that is required is your participation.
Further information and details are
provided within this magazine.
Members are also reminded that events
are open to all, and attendance in nonJaguar vehicles is also welcomed. We
look forward to seeing you there.
Until next month, safe motoring.
Luke Zambotti
Further, a large vote of thanks to
Shane for his efforts as outgoing web
administrator. Shane provided the
building base upon which Stuart is now
working and developing. The club is
very appreciative of his efforts over the
past years. Thanks once again.
Our first club event for 2014, the
E-Type Register Twilight Run, was
held on Sunday the 19th January to the
Daimler Double Six
Vanden Plas Series 2
The JCCWA would like to welcome
all new members of 2012/2013.
We look forward to seeing you at all future club events !
New Members and Their Cars
Malcolm & Marisa Campbell
2004 X Type Sedan
Craig & Nadine Woodley-Smith
1968 Mk II Sedan
1970 Mk I Lotus Escort
Peter Faas & Anne Hulley
1966 Damlier Sedan
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Michael Durkin
1973 S III E Type Roadster
1971 SS 100 Replica (Steadman) Roadster
1981 XK120 Replica (Aristocat) Roadster
1988 XJS Lynx Coupe
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PAG E 5
MEMORY LANE
From the Magazine Coordinator
There is no doubt that the Series II XJ
saloons have their followers and despite
the negative press about the British
Leyland build quality, there are indeed
some very satisfied owners. As a follow
on from last month’s article, we present
pictures and comments from three
happy owners who have owned some
very fine examples.
Next month’s “Jaguars West” will feature
the S Type 3.4 and 3.8 litre saloons
which in 2013 celebrated the half
century since the model was introduced.
Photographs and items from owners,
past and present are sought please.
Would anyone like to write the article?
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anniversary of the XK140 sports car
and Mark VIIM saloons. Owners
and/or adherents of these models are
asked to start considering events to
commemorate the anniversaries and of
course, content for “Jaguars West”.
What’s happening at MEMORY LANE this month ...
1938 3½ litre SS DHC, chassis 36226
Full bodywork restoration and paintwork by
Memory Lane. Of the four SS DHCs to have
been in Western Australia this is the third
restored by us.
Nicholas Pusenjak
Coming up in 2014 will be the sixtieth
Shirley Strickland, triple Olympic Games gold
medalist seen here in SS DHC, chassis number
36226, in a ticker tape parade from Fremantle
to Perth, 6 November 1952, after her return
from the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
FOR SALE:
XK120 Roadster project car
XK140 Roadster project car
Unit 3, 160 Beechboro Road South, BAYSWATER WA 6053
Telephone: 9370 3655
email: [email protected]
Website: www.memorylaneautos.com.au
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Letters to the Editor
45TH NATIONAL RALLY
MELBOURNE
EASTER 2014
Accommodation will be available at the
Novotel Glen Waverley, that is located
between the CBD and the Dandenong
Ranges - being a short 20-30 minute
drive from each. All rooms have been
fully refurbished, so a comfortable stay
is assured. Shopping is on the doorstep,
as well as many international restaurants.
Adjoining the hotel is Century City Walk
complex, that offers Village Cinema,
Strike Bowling, and Tabaret-Sports Bar,
all located under the same roof. The
train station is located behind the hotel
for easy direct access to the city or
Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The 2014 National Rally will have a
format very similar to those of the
past. The Rally will be opened at the
Meet and Greet Party at the Novotel
Glen Waverley on Friday evening.
On Saturday morning a cavalcade of
d'Elegance and d'Etat entrants will lead
the way to Jells Park for our Concours
and Display Day. On Saturday night
we will have a night of fun with music
and dancing at the clubrooms. Sunday
morning will see our potential sporting
heroes make their way to Sandown
Racetrack for an enviable day on the
track. A great day for entrants and
spectators alike. There will also be a
choice of alternative events for those
not wanting to go to Sandown for the
sporting event on Sunday.
The Presentation Dinner is to be held
at Southern Golf Club Keysborough
on Sunday evening. Monday morning
will come all too soon as we gather
for brunch at the club rooms and to
say goodbye. We will also wave off
the Post Rally Tour participants as they
head off to let their Jaguars "Prowl the
Peninsula".
Come and celebrate the Jaguar marque
with like-minded enthusiasts. Help us
to put "Our Marque on Melbourne" in
Victoria at Easter 2014. I look forward to
meeting you there.
Lyn Belcher Director
45th Jaguar National Rally 2014.
www.jaguarnationalrally.org.au
BREAKFAST IN THE PARK
THE WILLONG PAVILION – KINGS PARK
Sunday 16th February 2014 9.00am – 11.am
BYO breakfast ingredients
• Two large electric barbeques are available
to members
• Tea and Coffee provided
• Pavilion provides some shelter
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• Members are advised to bring folding chairs
and tables
• Park Authority requires use of only non-glass
drinking vessels
Contact: Harley Bradstreet
Email:
[email protected]
Mobile: 0419 662 565
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Dear Nick,
I enjoyed greatly your article on the XJ
Series II in the Jan 2014 issue of Jaguars
West.
First I have a comment,
I own a 1979 Series II V12 ,
engine Number 7P38953LA, Vin
JBALY3BC105961. It was first sold by
Allenby’s to Dysons Paper Bags. It is
British Racing green with a black vinyl
roof. But it has velour upholstery which
I think was not uncommon in the
Leyland days. So maybe not all Jaguars
sold in Australia those days had leather
upholstery. My velour is covered with
seat covers.
I purchased it from Gary Lyons ( former
Jaguar West Club member) and it
may have had two other owners after
Dysons.
It is a lovely car, fettled by Frank Fonte.
It has done about 133,000 kms and I do
about 2000-3000 km/year. Frank has
done a number of replacements, Bosch
alternator for Lucas, Crane amplifier for
Lucas, Holden aircon pump. He has also
had the injectors cleaned, quite a big
job. The car runs well although it has a
thirst which can’t be reduced. I get, at
best, on a freeway 18 L per 100 km.
It never overheats, not even at 35-40
Deg. C ambient ( the auto switch for
the auxiliary fan has been replaced with
a manual one which stays on from
spring to autumn.)
But people admire it, stop in the car
parks to talk about it. It gives me much
pleasure to drive it. Friends say, “ At
least it looks like a real Jaguar, not like
the XF which looks like a Holden” That
is true but the EU regulations mean
that all cars look much the same these
days and Callum did a good job to
make the XF look modern.
I have a XJ300 1997, 3.2 as a daily
drive, very economical and great to
barge about in but the Series II gives me
a greater kick to look at and to drive.
I am 76 years old and no doubt will
have to sell the Series II one day. My
daughter wants me to sell both Jags and
buy a Golf which in fairness all the car I
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need. But Not yet my daughter.
Regards,
JMW ( Murdoch) Mackenzie
----•---Dear Sir,
I would be very grateful if you were to
be able to send me a return email with
your respected interpretation of the
significance of the letter R in the type of
Jaguar model.
To me, the ‘R’, represents that it is a
supercharged model.
This is not a whim and I will very much
appreciate your confirming my belief.
Many Thanks,
Roy Black
----•---Hi Nick,
I have had 3 series II X Js Jaguars the
first a 1974 model, in white, purchased
in England in 1977 and used when on
leave there.
It was traded in for a new MGB GT in
1979 - BIG mistake !
In 1991 we purchased a 1978 Daimler
Sovereign, Moroccan Bronze, from
Franzones and it was a daily driver for
about 15 years.
It only failed to proceed once and that
was a failed power steering hose in a car
park.
Other than the usual routine
maintenance and occasional
replacements there e were no problems.
In 1992 we purchased a 1976 XJ, Green
Sand, from the original owner who
had purchased it new in Edinburgh
Scotland.
He then took it to South Africa and
finally to Perth.
We purchased it with 51,000 miles on
the clock. We kept the car as a Sunday
driver from 1992 til October 2013.
During that time we did 11,000 miles
and it never missed a beat.
It has now gone to someone who really
wanted it and is back on full registration
again and is used daily.
Not bad for a 37 year old car !
We hear a lot about poor build quality
of British Leyland in the 1970s but I
have seen no evidence of it.
They are reliable, and beautiful cars, if
maintained properly.
Also there is far more passenger leg
room in the rear in the series II than
later models, including our remaining
1997 Jaguar X300.
So lots of really good memories of the
series II cars.
I see the BroadSpeed Race, owned by
Peter Sloss here in Australia, is now for
sale again in England....
Now THAT really would look good in
our garage.
Cheers from
Richard and Trisha Hearne
Club members since 1991
Molloy Island, Western Australia
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By Marcus Jones
My love affair with Jaguars goes back to
a time when I was about 20. My brother
worked for a spare parts company
and his boss had two Jags, which the
staff were allowed to use from time to
time. So there’s my younger brother
parading around in a mint black 1976
Series 2 XJ12 with powder blue leather
interior. He let me have a drive and it
was awesome – my impression was, you
don’t get in a Jag, you put it on!! So silky
smooth and quiet to drive – it wafted
around the streets in perfect comfort
and style! So then I began to see them
everywhere and admire their lines and
got to know the various models.
gaskets (etc!) then to be game! There
really are some human impersonators
about! So after a while longer I found an
XJ6 short wheelbase advertised, but it
turned out to be a S1. I told the owner
I’d rather have a S2 since I especially
didn’t like the S1 wheels or front grill
proportions. He said this one has chrome
S2 wheels! I said I’d be right around!!
The wheels looked awesome (they
now grace my S2), the car was a good
driver in lovely dark red (darker than
the original Regency Red with biscuit
interior), but it needed some TLC. We
made a deal and I was thrilled to bits ...
and scared to death! I didn’t know much
about them mechanically, but I sure had
to learn fast!
Quite a few years later, I was working
in Sydney in 1994 and finally decided
to see if I could get a cheap one since I
didn’t have the wherewithal for a newie,
and I liked the idea of a rolling project,
so began checking them out. The first
one I considered had no drive train and
the wires were hanging out of the dash!
Well, I didn’t know that when I decided
to go look at it ... I declined that as a job
too far for me at time! The last paint job
it’d had was accomplished in 2 days from
beginning to end! Then I nearly bought
a very nice mustard S2 long wheelbase,
not that I was a fan of that colour, but it
had been in very nice condition, but had
been stolen and thrashed and I didn’t
know enough about fixing blown head
The first day out, I drove to a petrol
station since the fuel gauge didn’t work.
It took me 5 embarrassing minutes to
figure out how to open the petrol cap! I
stuck $10 in one tank for the time being
(that bought quite a bit in those days,
and I could get cheaper fuel elsewhere!).
When I parked in Liverpool, I removed
the rotor button so it would be hard
for someone to pinch the car!! Slightly
paranoid and self conscious but I was
very happy and proud of it! However, a
chunk of that evaporated when on the
way home she died on the Hume Hwy –
it just began halting and running rough.
I pulled off the road and tried to restart,
which it momentarily did. Just when I
was feeling very cheesed off (the previous
owner who had been a mechanic at one
time, had told me she was so reliable
he would jump straight in and drive to
Perth!), I suddenly thought, maybe it has
run out of fuel on one tank and that I
could change to the other – this cool car
had two tanks and two pumps, not like
your average mode of transport! And so
it proved to be! So I made it home safely,
though slightly embarrassed! However,
the next day out in Penrith, it died again
and I was sure I had plenty of fuel to get
me home again. To my disgust, it had
used up all the fuel I had just added, so
I got some more, thinking this must be
getting about 10MPG!! The owner had
told me 19MPG. Clearly she had some
issues, and since I had the workshop
manual in the back, when I had time
the following week, I began tune up
procedures. The points were ratty, so a
new set of those correctly gapped, along
with a new set of plugs, again gapped.
The timing was about 10 degrees out,
and yet you wouldn’t have known by
how smooth it ran! I just didn’t see that
black smoke out the back, until I had
someone else drive it with the foot down
and I marvelled at the twin twirling
funnelled plumes of smoke trailing in my
wake!! They looked for all the world like
parachutes trying to slow my beast down!!
Anyhow, the Haynes manual was good
enough for me to get the timing right
and then set the twin SU’s – HS8s they
were. I learnt how to balance them
with a pipe stuck in my ear, and got the
mixture so close to right when I later
checked my tuning with a gas analyser,
only 1/8th of a turn on the screw was
required to optimise them! I did like
those carbies. Scary to pull them apart
for the first time, but a piece of cake
once you had done it once or twice. So,
then I got 21MPG and half of that was
around town!
But would you believe, the breakdowns
continued! Grrr! Uncanny how often it
broke down just outside a petrol station
though – must have happened 3 times.
Not that that helped after I had sorted
the fuel gauge – the printed circuit
on the back of the gauges had cracked
on the fuel gauge, but by turning the
concave washer on the terminal over,
it made contact again and we were in
business and it never faltered again! It
had to be the fuel pumps themselves, but
both at once? After getting back home
the third time (this time on the back of
a tilt tray tow truck!), it became obvious
that these pumps were the culprit and
needed sorting. Sometimes a tap on
them (after emptying the boot – Grrr
again!) would get them going again, but
not the last time. I pulled them out and
a mechanic friend of mine came over
to have a look at them, disappeared a
few minutes, and returned with a little
transparent box with some contacts in
them. He said they were new, but no one
else would use them so I might as well
have them! He was dead right – mine
were pitted badly on one pump, and
the other pump had a solder joint break
so the wire was loose. How about that
– both pumps at once! You’d think it’d
have the decency to let a fella get some
confidence in the car before playing up!
I also set the throw over rocker pressure
so the pumps worked right – again a
scary black box until I had dismantled
and reassembled them by the book. Do
you know after that, they worked fine for
10 years until I sold the car to a friend. I
can handle once in 10 year maintenance!
Especially for pumps that were already
over 20 years old!
And so the rest of the car got refurbished
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slowly, as I drove it all over the state and
about town as my daily driver.
I had in mind putting an LPG tank in
the massive boot of this car, since gas
was then about 1/3 the price of petrol.
A mate had a S2 XJ12, and he was a
gasfitter, but said I needed to get it
licensed by someone else, but would
like to see it done so he could do his. It
would seem the XJ is ideal for LPG since
I could remove one tank (the one with
particular rust on the bottom!), and fit
the LPG filler valve in under the petrol
filler cap, so it looked original from the
outside. A standard 60L cylindrical tank
and XD Ford Falcon mounting bracket
fitted behind the rear seat. The level
sender wire for the missing tank now
fed the fuel gauge (I had measured the
original petrol sender and got an LPG
sender with similar resistance range).
The fuel pump power supply now fed
the LPG solenoids so this was easy to
adapt. The converter fitted below the
SU’s out of the way, and the mixers were
sandwiched between the air filter and
carburettors. I put all the components
in the way I wanted it without chopping
into the car and in accord with the
current standards. Piece of cake! When
I got it connected up and licensed, the
fitter told me to go put $5 worth of
LPG in it (it was 25cpl then!!), and that
filled a third of the tank – I couldn’t
believe how cheap motoring was going
to be!! When we flicked the switch the
first time, it ran smooth as silk – you
wouldn’t know the difference. In fact
I have since found that the XK motor
seems to prefer LPG to this unleaded
petrol! Yes, there’s the slightest reduction
in power at higher speeds, but, well, you
know – just put your foot down harder!
And on country runs I often got about
22MPG, and city running was about
17-18MPG.
I was asked to use my car for a wedding
a few months after I bought it, so I put
in new carpet and recoated the dash.
It took me just over 30 minutes to get
the whole dash out of the car! I seem to
recall it took a bit longer to get it back
in! I did 12 weddings in that car – always
a chauffeur and never a groom!! It was
so nice to turn up to a wedding and find
a place reserved for you to park right at
the door!!
I was quite amused that friends often
asked, “How’s the Jag?” They had never
asked me “How’s the Datsun?”! Mind
you, that 240K was a ripper of a car too
with independent all round suspension
and a dash as full of gauges as a Jag, and
I found it very hard to go back to an
auto after having that lovely 5 speed. But
you can’t beat a Jag for grace or class.
No one ever wanted to use my 240K
for a wedding! I even had women say
to me, they were not fussed about cars
... but they loved Jags! Maybe it is the
connection it has with weddings!
Strangers even came up to me in the
street and asked if it was my Jag – one
guy invited me in for a drink, waxing
lyrical about how well they drove – as
smooth as a new car.
I knew the engine was burning a bit
of oil, but I had read they all did – it
was considered to be a fuel additive!
Anyway, one day checking the dipstick,
I discovered it was covered with cream
instead of oil! My mechanic told me,
it was re-build time or at least a head
gasket, because water was mixing with
the oil from somewhere it shouldn’t. So,
we did a compression test and decided to
go the whole hog. I stripped the motor
out of the car and the mechanic broke
the motor down and sent it out for a
re-bore. I tracked down the parts and he
re-built it, after I had painted everything
in sight including the engine bay. The
transmission had been done a year or two
before, so now I had a sound drive train
since the IRS seemed bullet proof apart
from the odd bushes and brake work.
As for the body, there came a day when
the old paint just needed a re-finish. I
stripped it back to bare metal and was
delighted to find it quite straight with
very little corrosion or accident damage.
We took the boot, bonnet, windscreens
and doors off so it was done very
thoroughly – even inside the boot. There
was one difficulty that ensued from
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this – I was putting the car together one
night and managed to lock the bonnet
down before I had connected the lhs
bonnet cable! Oh no!!!!! The only way
around this that I could see, was to jack
the car up a bit so I could lie underneath
and with my long arms reach up and
unlock it. I think that took a very long
time. That was a low point in my life!
I made the new paint even slightly
darker – a Rolls Royce colour seemed
appropriate!
Later, I got my seats re-trimmed and I recovered the door panels, consoles, parcel
shelf and B pillars. The old seats were so
cracked that the upholsterers reckoned
it was like piecing together the Dead Sea
scrolls to get a pattern out of them!
Then there was the time I drove a couple
visiting from USA down to the Snowy
Mountains. We were to stay with some
friends of friends just out of Jindabyne
on a farm. We left Sydney after work
on a Friday and got down there about
midnight. The driveway was about 1
kilometre long and quite deeply rutted
in places, but I hurried a little less
cautious than I should. A few hundred
metres from the house, the oil pressure
warning light came on, which made me
look at the gauge which was flickering
at the wrong end of the scale! Ohhhh,
nooooo!!! We pulled up at the house
and the residents came out to greet us
and the first thing I did was ask for a
torch! The first look confirmed my fears
– there was oil pouring out the sump
somewhere and it was not the plug – I
was hoping it had fallen out, but no such
luck! I backed the car up while there
was the odd flicker of pressure so that
the oil would drain out properly in a
convenient place, then we got on with
the introductions and the start of our
weekend away!!
The sump is an alloy casting and had
taken a whack with a rock somewhere
on the hump in the middle of the drive,
so it was cracked, how bad I did not
know. Anyway, the next morning we
had a closer look and the crack was
about 4mm open and about 50mm
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long in a semicircle. The young bloke
whose parents we stayed with (Seb
(for Sebastian) was his name – seemed
appropriate in those parts!), told us of
a time when he punched a hole in the
crankcase of his motorbike, and he had
got hold of some two-pack kneading
putty that went rock hard when mixed.
He said it had been there no worries
for years! He just happened to have the
other half of the putty left over and did I
want it?!! What a relief! I couldn’t figure
how else we were going to get out of this
situation! So, we moseyed into town for
some oil (as they do in those parts!), got
home, cleaned the sump with metho,
thinners or whatever we could find, and
shoved this putty in the hole and made
a nice patch of it! Would you know, that
stuff stayed there for about 3 years until
I rebuilt the motor and got the sump
welded up! I should get some more for
the toolbox ...
This was my first 10 years of Jaguar
ownership.
Somewhere along the line I passed a
house in Campbelltown with a British
Racing Green long wheelbase S2 XJ6 in
the driveway. It was across the road from
some shops. One day, I walked over to
say hello to the owner who was sitting
in it. He was a bit standoffish (if you
can be while sitting down!!), until I told
him that his was my favourite model,
but that I owned the red S1 parked just
up the road! He became quite friendly
after that and we often used to say hello
if we saw each other from then on.
Somewhere along the line the BRG car
ended up parked while another yellow
S2 appeared in use. Then later again a
very nice S3 in Westminster Blue paint
appeared to be the daily driver. The BRG
car had apparently worn its rear discs out
and had leaking diff seals. Soon the rear
axle was missing, but was not replaced
and the car deteriorated. I asked him one
day what he was going to do with it. He
said did I want any parts for free, since
he had taken the head off for the yellow
car and the ignition lock, and without
a rear axle it was just a parts car. It was
a shame because the body looked very
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sound, though he did say it had a rusty
boot lip, but there was no rust in doors,
boot, bonnet or around windscreens.
The interior was rather tatty – it had
been bright red, which was a bit strong
on a BRG car! Anyway, I said my car was
finished so I didn’t need anything and I
went my way grieved that another one
had died for no good reason.
That night I got to thinking – hey that
car has electric windows I wouldn’t mind
putting in my S1. So I went back and
asked him if I could have them. He said
take the whole thing for free. Well, now
that was a challenge! Here I could have
the exact car I had wanted for free, the
transmission was rebuilt already and if I
bought an axle for $500 and a head for
the same money as well as a few other
bits and tidy the old girl up, I could
sell my S1 and have holiday money to
go! So that’s what I did. I actually paid
$1 so I had a receipt, though it didn’t
help me reduce the stamp duty when I
came to register it because they said the
minimum value on one of these cars was
$4000! Unbelievable! It didn’t seem to
matter that the car was missing some
very vital organs. Anyway, I was only
arguing about $60 so I paid up to be
done with it! When I tell people who
admire it now I only paid $1 for it, they
are often quick to offer me $2!!
So a mate and I went hunting and
ended up buying an axle from Jagwreck
in Goulburn and we put it in on a
Saturday afternoon, removed the upper
steering column from the boot and
reinstalled it in its rightful place minus
key lock. I threw the water soaked head
from the yellow car sitting in the garden
into the boot just in case it had some
part from it I could use, the casting
being cracked, I was informed. You’d
never guess what one pair of those cam
bearings was used for ... my mechanic
had to find some suitable 1” ID shell
bearings for a Suzuki 250 DRS Road
Trail bike motor O/H cam! The head
had been chewed out so the only hope
was to machine it out and fit shells.
The Jag ones fitted perfectly! Sunday
afternoon we returned and rolled the car
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onto a trailer borrowed from a hotrod
builder who lived next door to me.
When we got it home and rolled it off
the trailer it wouldn’t move into the
parking spot I had for it. My mate on the
other side of the car said the front wheel
was pointing the wrong way! I thought
he was off his rocker: I had steered
directly towards it! When he insisted, I
went to see what he was on about and
he was right! The two front wheels had
splayed in different directions so we had
an estimated 12 inches (300mm!) of toe
in!! Looking underneath revealed the left
steering arm to be hanging on one bent
bolt by a few threads – the other bolt
was missing! So was the brake calliper. So
we had to resort to a two man steering
technique! The horns were also missing.
I asked the owner about the missing
items and he said they were there. He
had never removed them! I might have
stumbled onto the answer about a year
later halfway through the restoration. I
saw two rusty XJ6’s in a driveway about
1km away, so I dropped in to ask if the
guy was wrecking. He said he was and
I could have anything free! He said he
had been going to make one from two
but they were too rusty to pass rego. He
said a couple of years before, he had tried
to buy that BRG car that was sitting on
blocks near the shops because it had a
good body, but the owner had told him it
was not for sale and to go away and stop
pestering him. I didn’t tell him I got it
for $1! I wonder if he had come one dark
night and removed the bits he needed!
An addendum to that was later when I
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checked the wheel bearing play on that
front left wheel and to regrease it, there
was no split pin in the axle under the
grease cap stopping the nut from coming
off! It was a heart attack moment, until I
realised that although the calliper would
have stopped the wheel coming right off
en route, no doubt it would have got
rather wobbly and probably wrecked
the stub axle at least if I hadn’t found
it then. That sure made this would-be
mechanic a lot more paranoid about
checking everything over on my first
lone restoration venture! When you have
stripped a car down to bare bones in
many different areas further than you
ever have before and put it back together
by the book and then later take it for its
first drive, you are hyper-alert for the first
sign of disintegration!
Anyhow, the first step was to remove
the engine and check the state of it. The
owner said it had run well but had low
oil pressure. Everything looked fine in the
block except four of the head studs had
come out when the nuts were removed.
The crank was good enough to pass with
a linish and the standard pistons and bore
were still very serviceable after a light
hone! Either she was very low mileage or
it had been re-sleeved. The former looked
more likely, and the last owner reckoned
the motor had not been rebored. So new
rings and bearings were the go!
When I came to putting the head studs
in, I could not get three of them to
start! In fact when I shone a torch into
the water gallery holes in the top of
the block, I could not actually see any
holes for those studs!! I got the sun in
just the right position (OK, I really got
the block in the right position!), to see
down inside, and there really were 3
holes missing – just smooth casting! The
studs I had from the boot of the car, and
they were not broken off – they had just
unscrewed. Now that had me scratching
my head, until I realised it to be more
profitable to scratch the casting in the
vicinity of where the holes ought to be!!
Would you believe, they were there all
the time?! Now, who doubted that? Yes,
when you take a stud out of a long stud
XK motor that still has the water in the
block and decades of rusty mud at the
bottom of the water galleries, guess what
fills up the threaded holes?! OK, so how
to clean them out bearing in mind they
are about 300mm down inside the block?
Now my block had a set of nice brass
Welch plugs in it already so I was not
in the mood to wreck them so as to get
a better sideways look at these plugged
up holes. So I got a drill that would fit
loosely in the thread and welded a length
of round ¼” (6.2mm) bar to the end of
it so I could gently clean the holes out.
With block upside down on the engine
stand, and some compressed air, I soon
had the block looking a lot cleaner with
all the holes where they should be. Now
to clean the threads out, I used an old
rusted and necked stud which I put 4
longitudinal saw cuts in the threads so it
could act like a tap and performed said
job. I was quite pleased with myself at
this juncture.
...to be continued - part 2 in the
March Jagwest magazine.
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E-Type Register Report
"Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
Let those cats
stretch their
legs with the
freedom of the
open road…
The club is planning a run
to Esperance from Monday
5th May to Saturday 10th
May.
At this stage details for the
run is as follows
» 5th May Perth to
Busselton or Margaret
River
» 6th May Busselton or
Margaret River to Albany
» 7th Albany to Esperance
» 8th Esperance
» 9th Esperance to Hyden
» 10th Hyden to Perth
Of course all members are
most welcome and we have
made contact with our
South West and Southern
Registers to meet with us for
dinners and even join us on
the way.
Contact Brian Bult to
register your interest:
0438 698 200
[email protected]
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I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die
Born to be wild
Born to be wild
Firstly a big cheers to all members who
were brave enough to venture out on
the run despite the uncomfortable
heat of the day, thank you to Rick
Leonhardt for coordinating the event,
and rounding us all up without any
incidents or lost sheep, and also our
hosts Dave and Sue Brumell.
Sunday the 19th was the E-Type
Resister Twilight run to Mandurah, and
was an extremely warm breezy evening,
after a hellishly hot day. I was fortunate
to be navigator for Terry Rodway in
his distinctive yellow E-Type, as he had
been working on the car for a few days
prior, to have it ready for the run. I was
excited to be driven in an E-Type, an
experience most people do not get the
chance to enjoy. To say that it was warm
is an understatement, it was hotter than
Hades in the car, as I am told is the way
you roll in an E-Type !!!
We arrived at City Beach at the first
meeting point to sign in, and chat for a
while, before heading off to Mandurah
in convoy.
I definitely learnt something about how
an E-Type sounds out on the open road,
the sound of the powerful engine was
sweeter than music to our ears.
It was quite a sight to see the various
Jaguars cruising along the road down
the coast way and continued along
through Fremantle and heading toward
Mandurah, I am sure the Big Cats were
purring and loved the opportunity to
stretch their legs.
Many people waved along the roads as
we rolled by, including road work crew
who were knocking off for the day, a
group of people at a bus stop admiring
the beautiful cars,
A car full of happy people passed us
in the right hand lane giving us the
thumbs up.
The view along the coast was stunning,
as always, we are lucky indeed to be
living in Australia along the ocean.
We arrived at Keith Holmes Reserve,
at the north end of 'The Lido' in
Mandurah around dusk.
It was a case of 'first in, best parked' as
the car park at the reserve was pretty
full, due to people enjoying the evening
by the Marina.
We set up our chairs under the shade
of trees on the lawn, outside David and
Sue's lovely apartment.
It was a very pleasant view of the ocean
and all the various cafe's and nearby
Marina. Picnic's, beverages and snacks
were consumed and a catch-up chat,
quite a few of us decided on Fish and
Chips, at a place nearby, which was well
worth the wait.
Corrie Maitland, was a bright spark
with her colorful glowing cocktail glass.
I joined the Jaguar Club 1 year ago
this month and I have met many
happy enthusiastic people, who are
great company, and with whom I share
my Jaguar interests, so this event was
a lovely example of that, and I look
forward to the next one.
Big thanks again to all involved in a
most pleasant gathering, and to Dave
and Sue for shedding some light on us
all, and topping off the evening with
tea, coffee, cake and chocolate treats.
"Keep on Purring on."
Anne-Maree Foale
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Great Southern Register Report
G.S.R.’S CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR
EVENTS
Gary Fulton, Louise Hillman
1995 XJR
The GSR Register’s report this month,
covers two events; our Christmas run of
15 December and our beginning of year
annual meeting ( I don’t think I ‘ll call it
an AGM, though) on 10 January.
Jim and Brenda Mortimer
Other
Beginning with the Christmas Run; I
know today is the fifteenth of January
2014 but as the run was scheduled for
15 December, I was never going to
make the magazine’s December deadline
for the early January issue anyway. This
is how it went.
The Christmas run was my job to sort
out and after a couple of uncertainties
were cleared up, we settled on the
Pepper and Salt Restaurant at the Forest
Hill Winery just west of Denmark.
I had attempted to finalise things
very early in 2013 (15 March) to
guard against the Christmas rush on
restaurants, but Forest Hill would not
initially confirm the booking as (I later
found out) the restaurant business was
to change hands. As it turned out, I
was circulating final details as late as 10
December.
Starters gathered at the head of Lower
Denmark Road. They were:
Richard, Wendy Freeman
2001 XKR
Graham, Diana Tresidder
1962 S I E FHC
Dave, Jeanette Smart (Aureile Hervouet,
Bruce Ridgeway and his mother)
1956 Mk VII
Neal Garswood, Sheila McBride
1997 X300 Heritage
We set off along Lower Denmark Road
promptly at 11:15AM to get our food
orders in before the inevitable rush. It
was about 55 kilometres to Forest Hill.
One other car joined us there.
Carey Renton, Louise Nosworthy
(Peter and Glenda Lord)
1995 X300
Carey and Louise collected their guest
couple along the way and so needed to
go ahead of the main group. Notably,
Treasurer Neal Garswood and Sheila
had sought to be included in a run with
the GSR from some months before and
were finally able to join the Christmas
run. It was great to have club visitors
from beyond our region. Dave and
Jeanette kindly put them up during
their Albany visit and made them feel
right at home.
Joe, Kerrie Baker (grand-daughter
Monique)
Other
Apologies included Rod and Rosalind
Sawyer, Roger and Marian Halse and
Phil Shephard.
Arthur, Anita Davis
1984 XJS
Chef, Silas Masih (http://www.
foresthillwines.com.au/index.php/
Our two tables
restaurant/) knows and is known to a
few of us and was waiting with a few
witticisms for example, suggesting we
were the MG Club or some such. He
was pleased however, that we were
just about on time and able to get our
orders sorted out before other tables of
diners arrived, particularly as we were
not going for their standard Christmas
menu.
Then things got even better as
Treasurer, Neal visited most of us with
envelopes of money being the Club
subsidy determined by the Committee
for regional registers’ Christmas
celebrations.
The à la carte meals were excellent,
although when Silas visited our tables
to check how we had enjoyed the
mains, Louise H. was heard to suggest
her marron were a little small. Well,
about 10 minutes later a plate of freshly
prepared marron appeared before her to
the delight of all seated nearby. It was
clearly too much just for Louise.
Joe, Kerrie Baker
1970 S II E FHC
• I was reappointed as Register
Secretary, being the only nominee.
Carey Renton, Louise Nosworthy
Other
• The practice commenced last year, of
distributing responsibility for monthly
runs amongst the membership is to
continue in 2014. This includes the
preparation of text and some photos for
the magazine article each month. The
Secretary will continue to add various
admin details and forward it to the
editor as was done last year.
Apologies were:
Gary Fulton, Louise Hillman
Rod and Rosalind Sawyer
Roger and Marian Halse and Phil
Shephard.
The meeting was preceded by a
presentation from Margaret Walmsley,
an Albany resident who is planning a
motorist enthusiasts’ fair on her own
property in Robinson, Albany in early
March. It seems an interesting prospect
and our members offered suggestions
for what Margaret hopes will become an
annual event. We plan to keep an eye
out for details through her promotion
of the event.
Our very simple two agenda item meeting
followed with outcomes as follows:
We then allocated each month’s event to
individual households with Carey and
Louise volunteering for February.
The meeting overall needed only about
20 minutes and once it was over we
all enjoyed self-catered picnic lunches
in the pleasant, scenic and fortunately
shaded surrounds before breaking up
and returning home to put the rest of
the afternoon to (hopefully) good use.
Graham Tresidder Secretary
At the balcony balustrade, Aureile, Bruce, Arthur, Louise F, Louise N,
Glenda, Peter, Graham, Diana, Wendy, Anita and Richard
Club cars arranged below
Later after coffees, Silas also suggested
we could bring our cars onto the front
lawn below the restaurant’s balcony for
some photos. So after the meal we did
just that. The balcony was ideal for
prolonging the afternoon, too. We did
however, finally begin to break up and
make our separate ways home. We were
certainly amongst the first of the diners
to arrive and amongst the last to leave.
Nearly a month later we met again for
the beginning of year meeting which I
had foreshadowed on the Pepper and
Salt balcony. We held this meeting at
the Lower King Bridge as we did last
year.
Attendees were:
Richard, Wendy Freeman
2001 XKR
Arthur, Anita Davis
1984 XJS
Dave, Jeanette Smart
Other
Graham, Diana Tresidder
1962 S I E FHC
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January Run
Another sensational day on the Murray
river in Yunderup although a wee bit
hot. It was decided that this event
be put off until March in the future.
However that doesn’t mean to say
that we didn’t have a great time, on
the contrary, as we all had an amazing
day. A huge thankyou to Martin &
Judi Patrick for letting us all enjoy
their Island home. On arriving on the
opposite bank we were met by Martin
& Judi and their river boat to ferry us
all across to the other side where they
had the place set up for us all with
chairs, tables and shade not to mention
tea & coffee etc all by the side of the
river. You can’t ask for anything better
than that. They even sent the fly’s away
for the day, very thoughtful Judi!!!!
Soon it was time for lunch and as we
had all brought food to share we set the
table and had a lovely buffet and what a
nice spread it was.
After we had all filled our faces with
good food and drinks it was time for
Martin to fire up the boat again and
take us all up the river. So we all piled
on board and set off and I have to say
that the first mate (Judi) does a fine job
as well with her casting off and tying
up - all while the rest of us just sip our
wine and watch, well I think that was
just me.!!!!!
Martin took us along the river and then
around the other side of their island
where we moored at another little island
where there is an old flour Mill that was
used many years ago and recently was
restored as a tourist attraction. Things
you would never know about if it
wasn’t for the locals. We sat there under
the shade for a while just talking and
relaxing until it was time to go back to
Martin & Judi’s to have one last drink
and collect our things and ferried back
over to the other side to go home.
I am happy to report that no one went
overboard although it would have been
Book Review : SS & Jaguar Cars
a laugh if they did, but not if it was
me!!!!! Can’t wait for next year.
For our next run we thought we would
do something a little different and go
out for breakfast. We will meet opposite
the Esplanade Hotel on Marine Tce
in Busselton on February 15th at 9am
and drive down to Geographe Café.
After breakfast we will take a drive to
Yallingup where we will stop for a visit
at the Shearing Shed where hopefully
we can see a demo of sheep shearing
and also browse through the lovely shop
there. From there we will go for another
drive and have a coffee stop.
As usual I will email everyone closer to
the time as I will need numbers to book
in for breakfast.
Look forward to seeing you all again.
Until next time,
Happy & safe driving.
SS & Jaguar Cars
• 1936 and 1937 Coach built SS Jaguars
1½ Litre, 2½ Litre, 3½ Litre,
SS100 & Mark V, 1936 - 1951
• 1938 to 1940 All-Steel SS Jaguars
By Allan Crouch
• Mark IV Jaguars
For those with an interest and love of
the first Jaguars, here is the definitive
study on Jaguar cars of the pre-XK
engine era. Written by Allan Crouch
it follows from his earlier book on the
SSI and SSII cars. The author is well
qualified to write authoritatively on
the subject. He has been a volunteer
researcher in the Jaguar Heritage
Archive and volunteer archivist at
the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust; is
the Registrar of the SS section of the
Jaguar Drivers Club (UK) and owns a
1948 2½ litre drophead coupe which
he restored from a car that was in very
poor condition.
• Mark V Jaguars
The book commences with a well
written synopsis of the story of SS
Cars Ltd. This concentrates on the
period from 1935 when the 1936 range
of saloons was introduced and these
brought about the first use of “Jaguar”,
as a model name. Whilst having styling
similarities that lasted in some respects
through to the end of the Mark V in
1951, the bodies of the first SS Jaguars
were timber framed with metal outer
panels. A change was made to all steel
bodies for the 1938 model year and the
story outlines the saga of the transition
from timber frame to all steel. With
the exception of the SS100 sports car
and 1½ litre drop head coupe, the
pre-War cars went back into production
after the War, albeit without the SS
brand markings. The book covers the
purchase by Jaguar of the tooling for
the 2½ and 3½ litre push rod engines
from the Standard Motor Company
and development of the Mark V. Many
of the photographs in the first section
are period images that have been seen
before, but they are perfect in context to
illustrate the text.
Successive chapters are devoted to each
model and cover the:-
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• SS100 Sports Cars
The descriptive text for these chapters
is copiously illustrated with colour
photographs of well restored, or perhaps
better described as authentically restored
cars. Details of changes made during
the currency of each model are provided
and each chapter describes the reactions
of the motoring press of the times.
Other chapters go into detail on overseas
exports (including assembly overseas)
and special bodied cars, for which
chassis were supplied; details of the cars
in Competition; and car identification
and tool kits. As would be expected
from a researcher who has compiled
lists of known surviving SS and early
Jaguar cars, there are appendices that
list production and sales figures, sales by
distributor, both at home and overseas;
colour schemes and how many of each
were produced, and a list of cars that
were entered in competition.
The production and sales figures are
particularly interesting as Crouch gives
the numbers and percentages of known
survivors. Some 279 out of 309 SS100
cars made survive, a staggering survival
rate of 90.29%. Understandably
saloons fare far worse and looking
at the Mark IV and Mark V models
which had distributors in the Australian
capital cities, a total of 11,969 Mark IVs
were made, out of which there are 766
known survivors, - just 6.40%. 10,499
Mark Vs were made and 921 exist
today, 8.77%.
Sales to Australia make interesting
reading. Pre-war sales to Australia and
New Zealand were handled by export
agents, Tozer, Kemsley & Millbourn,
there being no dedicated distributors
appointed by the factory as such and
154 cars are said to be exported. After
World War II, MS Brooking was
appointed as sales agent in Western
Australia.
Brookings sold
42 Mark IV
and 144 Mark
V Jaguars. By
comparison,
Brylaw
Motors, the
distributor
for Victoria
and New
South Wales
sold 693
Mark IVs
and a staggering
1,711 Mark Vs.
A particularly useful section delves
into engine, chassis and body numbers
and is illustrated with detailed pictures
of identification plates used and
where numbers were stamped into
components.
The book dispels myths about colours
offered by the factory. Only 16 Mark
IV and 34 Mark Vs left the factory
with non-standard paint and trim
combinations. Exterior paint colours
offered for the Mark IV were Battleship
Grey, Birch Grey, Black, Gunmetal,
Ivory, Lavender Grey and Suede Green.
Add Cream, Dove Grey, Pastel Blue,
Pastel Green and Silver and you have
the Mark V colour range. No two-tone
finishes from the factory.
“SS & Jaguar Cars” is highly
recommended and should be read by
anyone who professes to have a passion
for the Jaguar brand. You will learn a
lot about the cars even if you have been
around these models for a long time.
The colour photographs of the restored
cars are impressive and have been taken
from angles and with detail shots that
will greatly assist those undertaking
restorations. The cover price is £50.00
in the United Kingdom and the book
can be obtained through on line book
sellers such as The Book Depository or
Amazon at very reasonable cost with
delivery to Australia taking between one
or two weeks.
Nicholas Pusenjak
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November Jaguar Nuptial
Early October I found us in a bit of a
pickle finalising all the arrangements
for our wedding, we had two wedding
parties with 4 members each - how were
we ever going to get there? Who do I
know who might have some beautiful
cars and kind hearts to lend us them for
our special day?
I would just like to thank Rick
So straight away i emailed around all
the members of the Jaguar Car Club
of WA to see if anyone could help
us. To my pleasant surprise I had a
few responses straight away. Then
I had a call from former president
Rick Leonhardt, telling me they had
discussed the matter with the club and
he was appointed to ensure that my day
went off without a hitch (Well no hitch
except for getting hitched of course!).
arrive any other way to my wedding! It
Within a week I had three beautiful
cats to escort myself and my husband to
Caversham House for our big day.
Leonhardt, Trevor Sutcliffe, Laurie
Lapsley, Terry McGrath and the
Jaguar Club of WA from the bottom
of our hearts for coming to our aid
and making the day stress free and
memorable. I wouldn’t have rather
was very special indeed.
Unfortunately I have not been able to
share my story until now because of
going away on honeymoon straight
away, and waiting to get the photos
back from our lovely photographers
Dan and Ben from Shadowcasr Images.
But i definitely didn’t want to miss out
on thanking the club for helping us out.
Kind Regards, from your grateful editor!
Heather Mascall
Annual St. Patrick’s Day Run & Lunch
Saturday 15th March 2014
****NUMBERS ARE LIMITED**** BOOK NOW!
Meeting at a mystery place 10:45 and departing at 11:15 we take
a leisurely drive to arrive at our lunch venue for 12 noon.
Meals served at 12:45
Choice of meals on menu
Departure and menu details shall be emailed to all who register for the event.
To keep in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day wear something green (or Irish).
Prizes
Prizes
ENTERTAINMENT
Prizes
2 RAFFLE
To register - email Phil Vile on [email protected]
Photos © 2013 Shadowcast Images
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Jaguar’s Sales up 42% for 2013
2013 Proves a Record
Breaking Year for Jaguar
Land Rover's Award Winning
Model Line Up
» Jaguar Land Rover delivers best ever
full year global sales performance
retailing 425,006 vehicles in 2013,
up 19%
» New sales records set in thirty eight
international markets for both
brands
» Jaguar delivers strongest full year
performance since 2005 retailing
76,668 vehicles, up 42%
» Land Rover sets another full year
record retailing 348,338 vehicles, up
15%
» Jaguar is the fastest growing brand in
Germany, India and the USA
» Global sales success driven by range
of new and award winning product
introductions
» Jaguar and Land Rover models
receive more than 195 international
awards with the Jaguar F-TYPE the
most decorated vehicle
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's leading
manufacturer of premium luxury
vehicles has delivered its strongest ever
full year global sales performance thanks
to the introduction of a series of multi
award winning new vehicles in 2013.
Full year retail sales stood at 425,006,
up 19%, with strong growth in all
major regions and new records set in 38
markets, including Russia, Brazil, Korea
and Canada. Regional performance
for the full year was as follows: Asia
Pacific and the China region up 30%,
North America up 21%, the UK up
14%, Europe up 6%, and other overseas
markets up 23%.
Commenting on the company's sales
performance, Dr. Ralf Speth, Jaguar
Land Rover CEO said: "2013 has
proven to be a very positive year for Jaguar
Land Rover thanks to continuing strong
demand for vehicles across the range. Our
unrelenting focus on design, technology,
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innovation and quality has seen Jaguar
Land Rover reach global consumers in
more markets than ever before thanks
to its most desirable product line-up,
enriched further in 2013 by the Jaguar
F-TYPE and all-new Range Rover Sport".
2013 Awards
Jaguar Land Rover's enhanced stable of
products received 195 awards in 2013.
Jaguar received 80 awards with its most
decorated model, the F-TYPE earning
the World Car Design of the Year,
Germany's most prestigious award, The
Golden Steering Wheel award for the
Cabriolet & Coupe Category and BBC
Topgear magazine Convertible of the
year. Notably Jaguar also received coveted
recognition from J.D. Power, being
named the UK's number one automotive
brand in the Vehicle Ownership
Satisfaction Survey (VOSS) and the
highest ranking manufacturer among
luxury brands in the US J.D. Power Sales
Satisfaction Index Study (SSI).
Land Rover's full range of vehicles
received 115 honours in 2013 with
Range Rover topping the Land Rover
awards table with 55 accolades including,
Luxury Car of the Year by What Car?
in the UK, Women's Luxury Car of the
Year by the Women's World Car of the
Year jury and Best Luxury SUV from
Edmunds.com and Forbes. Range Rover
also achieved the Highest APEAL Score
of any model in the J.D. Power 2013
APEAL survey - the first time a model
outside the large premium car segment
has ranked highest among all models in
the industry. The Range Rover Sport,
launched in 2013 also received a host of
awards including, SUV of the Year by
Topgear magazine, Guangzhou Daily
in China, Bloomberg.com and EVO
magazine in the Middle East.
Jaguar 2013 Sales
Performance
Jaguar recorded a 42% year on year
increase in sales, selling 76,668 vehicles
in 2013 - its strongest full year sales
performance since 2005 with new
records set in 17 markets including,
Brazil, India, Russia and China.
The iconic British motoring marque
also emerged as the fastest growing
premium brand in the USA, Germany
and India in 2013. This strong global
performance was primarily driven by
F-TYPE introduction and a new annual
record for XF retailing 47,391 saloon
and Sportbrake derivatives. XJ also
delivered its best full year performance
for ten years with 19,677 vehicle sales
with particular strong demand from
North America and China thanks to the
introduction of the All-Wheel Driveline
and an enhanced engine line up which
includes the 3.0 V6 and 2.0 4-cylinder
petrol engines.
Jaguar delivered year on year increases
in every major region with North
America now the brand's top selling
region. Full year regional performances
were as follows: the China Region up
significantly, North America up 44%,
Asia Pacific up 33%, Europe up 17%,
the UK up 15% and other overseas
markets up 31%.
Land Rover 2013 Sales
Performance
Land Rover set a new full year sales
record retailing 348,338 vehicles
in 2013, up 15% on the prior year
following record sales of the Range
Rover and Range Rover Evoque and an
incredible performance from all- new
Range Rover Sport which was close to
equaling its prior record set in 2007,
despite having only been on sale for
part of the year. The Freelander 2
also delivered a very strong full year
performance, up 20% on the prior year.
Sales were up for Land Rover in every
major region with annual sales records
set in 42 markets, including the UK,
USA, Brazil and India. Full year
regional performances were as follows:
Asia Pacific up 29%, the China Region
up 17%, North America up 15%, the
UK up 13%, Europe up 4%, and other
overseas markets up 22%.
Commenting on the sales success,
Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover Group
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Sales Operations Director said: "2013
has been a great year in which we have
seen some incredibly exciting new models
launched to customers across the world.
The Range Rover Sport, F-TYPE, new
engines and drivetrains, and a number
of 14 Model Year enhancements to our
existing line up have seen Jaguar Land
Rover continue to build strong sales
momentum in every global region.
It is not just our customers who are
delighting in our strongest ever vehicle
line up, international journalists
bestowed almost 200 awards on our
vehicles in 2013 with the F-TYPE,
our star performer receiving more than
59 accolades. This recognition is a
demonstration that Jaguar Land Rover's
focus is on delivering cars that surpass
customer expectations."
Australian Council of Jaguar Clubs
The Battery in Modern Jaguars
First, all the best for the new year.
I was wondering if any members might
be curious as to why the faults showed
up. Electronic systems rely on voltage
to switch servo systems and in those
using a reasonable amount of power it is
essential that the voltage is close to the
correct one to prevent things going on
and off when they should not!
The warning light that came on when
the starter was pressed was showing a
serious fall in battery voltage with the
large power drain. It would take some
time before ordinary running would have
this effect, but, eventually battery voltage
would fall even during normal driving
and systems would start to play up.
We older humans still tend to feel
Main boards have voltage maintaining
systems that work very well, but
these are not used on systems using
higher ampers and these will become
unreliable.
developed into something we can all
electronics are suspicious and hence
ignore little things like warning lights
until a problem shows up! But, unlike
in the early days, car electronics has
now rely on, tho I must confess to still
having some worries over a driverless car.
Gavin Faed
GRAND TOURERS TWILIGHT RUN – SUNDAY 9th FEBRUARY
Join the Grand Tourers on a cruise from the clubrooms along the coast to the Swan River.
We can expect a hot night and our destination should be the coolest place around at that time of the year. We
are heading for the “Eat Greek” restaurant at 110 Riverside Road in East Fremantle. They provide a buffet
meal for $44.90 and wines are reasonably priced. There is plenty of parking at the door. We will meet at
5:30pm for departure at 6:00pm. The run should take about 40 minutes so we get to the restaurant in time
for the sunset at about 7:15pm.
Please contact Ray Bell on 0417 926 381 or see me at the January meeting for details.
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We would like to start by hoping that
all our members had a very Happy and
Safe New Year.
We ended 2013 with a Christmas lunch
at the home of John & Marg McNess,
in Bunbury. Congratulations to you
both for the amazing job you both did.
The table looked fantastic and it was
a perfect location on such a hot day. I
also should mention that Marg has great
buying powers as she hunted out all
the specials for the magnificent spread
of food. We had 29 people to feed and
there was plenty to go around with a
few bottles of champers as well (so well
done John & Marg).
Thankyou also to all the others who
helped on the day, with food or washing
up. Your help was really appreciated.
At this point I think we should mention
Santa who made an appearance bringing
gifts for all. The ladies gifts were actually
made by Santa (alias Doris Simmons)
one very talented Father Christmas.
Thank you Doris you made the day
special.
I think I can say that everyone really
enjoyed themselves and there was a lot of
chatter and laughing around the table.
This day wasn’t about the cars as it was
our Christmas lunch however some
of the members stood out in the heat
looking at and talking cars, (Crazy).
We also have to thank John & Marg’s
neighbours for allowing us to park on
their verge’s otherwise it could of got
quite messy.
Thank you to all of you who came along
and made it a great day and we look
forward to our outings in 2014.
Our first run will be to Martin & Judi
Patrick’s place on South Yunderup
Island on Sunday 19th January, where
we get ferried across by Captain Martin
and entertained by first mate Judi.
On this run we all bring a plate of finger
food to share and I will send out more
info regarding this later. This is a day
not to be missed and as usual for those
in Bunbury and further south we will
meet in Bunbury location to be advised
(Koombana Bay is very busy at this time
of year).
So until next time.
Happy & Safe Motoring
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Corrie Maitland
Neal Garswood
Harley Bradstreet
Sheila Mc Bride
Nic Nocetti
Dave Brumell
Geoff Neil
Rick Leonhardt
Nick Pusenjak
Steve Cole
Cheryl Hayes
Steve Wall
Neil Davis
Roy Lyons
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Di & Ron Magrath
Marcus Jones
Graham Tresidder
Steve Wall
Joe Baker
Boyd Kolozs
Ian Muir
Ian Stewart
Terry McGrath
Nick Grainger
Fitzpatrick
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Harley Bradstreet
Nic Nocetti
Dave Brumell
Steve Cole
Geoff Neal
Ian & Corrie
Roy Lyons
Steve Wall
Grant Shephard
Ian Muir
Nic Pusenjak
Ben Myers
Neal Davis
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Steve Cole
Pat Dick
Lance Fuller
Ron Hughes
Laurie Lapsley
Nick Grainger
Ian Maitland
Thierry Michot
Geoff Neil
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Social Secretary’s Report
Well! What a busy time we as a club
have had socially in the past few
months!
On Saturday November 16th we had
a jewellery party for the ladies. This
was a very enjoyable afternoon at the
Clubrooms attended by 20 of us....
all eager to get into the Christmas
shopping mood.
The Jewellery was supplied by C&M
Collection and provided a very varied
selection in both price range and style,
something for everyone. It was also a
good chance to mingle and chat while
shopping and enjoying afternoon tea.
Then of course the following Saturday was
the Annual Presentation Dinner which
was held at the Clubrooms once again.
I will not dwell on that event for too
long as I am sure it will be covered
elsewhere in the magazine. Except to
say that it was enjoyed immensely by
all who attended and the food and
entertainment were excellent.
CAR TRAILER TRANSPORT
Sunday December 8th was the BBQ at
our beach house , this was attended by
50 club members and it was great to
see quite a few new members there this
year. It is always a good event for new
members to mingle and get to know
how our club functions in a casual
environment.
The array of pre dinner nibbles, salads
and sweets provided by those attending
was amazing as usual. Special thanks
to Harley for his chocolate Christmas
cakes in the shape of Christmas Trees,
and also to Cheryl Hayes for her three
fabulous pavlovas .
Then, as if we had not had enough
celebrating, eating and drinking...came
the December meeting with Platters
from Platters r Us...as usual these went
down well with hardly a lettuce leaf
remaining!
Contact ROB SLACK
9242 3130 or 0418 912 499
Hope you all had a safe and happy
festive season.
Corrie Maitland
E-TYPE REGISTER RUN - OVERNIGHT AT NEW NORCIA
PRIOR TO GINGIN - Saturday 17 May 2014
The format will be similar to previous visits where
we have met at the club rooms for departure at
approximately1000hrs, stopped for morning tea on
the way at Gingin and arrived at New Norcia for lunch
between 1200 and 1300hrs.
For all your transport requirements:
* BREAKDOWNS * ACCIDENTS * TRADE SERVICES
* RESTORATION MOVEMENTS
We offer a 7 DAY Service. Trade prices to members
Vinnies were very grateful and I am sure
an official thank you letter will follow
once they get organised after Christmas,
they are just so busy at this time of the
year helping those in need of aid.
Thanks to Santa aka Jim Chantry, once
again very entertaining and he even had
gifts for select few people.
We have booked the New Norcia Hotel again this year
for the Jaguar Car Club on the Saturday night prior to
British Car day at Gingin.
If you haven’t seen Rob’s red truck and trailer about
that’s because he now has a tilt tray.
The collection of non perishable food
items for St Vincent de Paul which we did
this year instead of indulging ourselves,
was very successful. We filled two 4WD
vehicles with your generous offerings...
it would have taken a fleet of Etypes to
carry them to the collection point.
The afternoon is free to walk around the New Norcia
settlement, or talk/rest/socialise on the upstairs veranda
of the hotel.
An evening meal will be catered for in the hotel dining
room after pre-dinner drinks.
Sunday morning starts with a continental breakfast and
then a quiet run through to British Car Day at Gingin.
As for last year we are asking people to book their own
accommodation at the hotel on a first come first served
JAGUARSWEST
basis. Rooms can be booked by contacting the hotel (just
say you are part of the Jag Club group) as follows:
New Norcia Hotel Manager
P. 9654 8034
[email protected]
Costs are:
Accommodation – $85 per double / twin share (extra
person $25), single $65, rates include continental
breakfast. Cooked breakfast is extra.
Evening Meal – We usually arrange a fixed menu with
options for about $50 - $60 pp.
Contact the Hotel soon to ensure a place on what is
usually a very good weekend.
Enquiries to Rick Leonhardt
Phone: 9387 6959
Mobile: 0413 158 992
Email: [email protected]
F E B R U A RY 2 0 1 4
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Grand Tourers Register Report
I have completed the refurbishment
of my XJS. I found the final stages to
be very discouraging. So near but so
far. Although it was necessary to strip
back the body to allow rust repair, the
reinstatement of those body fittings was
a nightmare. Much care was required in
the vicinity of the new paint and some
of the hardware needed a bit of urging
to get back into place. Screwdrivers,
levers and pop rivet guns were employed
with the gleaming new paint millimetres
away. I wish I had counted the number
of pop rivets used because at the end I
picked up a truckload of rivet stems.
In an attempt to avoid any leaks I went
through three cartridges of windscreen
sealant. I found wax and grease remover
did the best job for cleaning up with
no chance of damaging the paintwork.
It is a very messy business. New rubber
seals were used throughout. With the
amount of prising and pushing required
to get the front windscreen seal in place,
I doubt that the old hardened seal
would have gone back without cracking.
One difficulty came with the fitting of
the top stainless trim. The only way to
get it in is to slide the trim in from the
side because it locates in two grooves in
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F E B R U A RY 2 0 1 4
the seal. This requires two people unless
you have two metre long arms.
The backlight was a bit easier but I did
fall into a trap on that. I knew that the
rear seal had to be fitted to the glass
and both offered up to the aperture.
However, I did not realise that the
stainless trim also had to be fitted to
the seal before installation. Luckily the
windscreen sealant takes a long time to
go off because the screen and seal had to
come back out for fitment of the trim.
Even so the trim is hard to fit and keep
in place while installing in the frame.
The rear screen installation took the best
part of a full day. The rear sidelights were
straightforward but time consuming as
were the front quarter lights.
They say in the manual that the
fibreglass roof lining can be introduced
to the interior through the passenger
door but I cannot see that happening
unless you remove the door. Fortunately
I remembered to put the lining into the
cabin before replacing the front screen
so I never had to test the theory. It was a
relatively enjoyable experience replacing
the interior trim because that signalled
the end of the job. I was also pleased on
the first wash to see that there are no
longer water leaks into the trunk and
cabin. The first drive also revealed little
wind noise around the A pillar and an
all round quieter drive.
I have changed all fluids after the two
year layoff. There were a few of electrical
problems that had to be rectified. The
reversing light switch was not operating
and there were no screen washers due
to a bad connection. The flasher unit is
intermittent and the side flasher lights
had to be rejuvenated. I was surprised
to find that I still have gas in the air
conditioner - essential at this time of
year. Well tomorrow will be the test
because I am taking her to the E type
gathering at the Mandurah foreshore in
temperatures around 38 degrees.
To conclude I have to say that I am
very glad the job is finished. Two
years is too long for a restoration. If I
ever do it again it will be a concerted
effort to complete the work within 6
months. Now the XJS is back on the
road where it belongs. It certainly feels
good and I’ll drive it everywhere for a
while. Mercifully next month I will find
something else to report on.
Ray Bell
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Classified Adverts : Jaguar Cars For Sale
JAGUAR MARK 2 3.8 SEDAN,
1963
kit and manual, spare wheel. Good
tyres on pepperpot wheels. Original
woodwork, paint in need of work.
$2500 negotiable. Contact Anne-Maree
0450 137 632
Matching Nos, manual five speed,
ground up restoration with $112,000
receipts held. Integrated Air Cond.
Power, steering, Power seats. Sony radio
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JAGUAR XJ6 4.2
JAGUAR XJ6 1980
New Distributor cap, rotor and leads,
new white wall, tyres, electronic
ignition, Pulstar lifetime plugs, new
battery, new exhaust, Pepperpot wheels,
upgraded lights, thermo fans, recovery
cooling system, new brake pads, UHF
radio, K&N air filter, stainless front
brake lines, leaper, wood grain steering
Red with biscuit interior, 4.2L 6 Cyl.
auto, all original, comes with tool
FLO KLEEN PRODUCTS
wheel, some spares. Licenced until June
2014 $2000.00 Contact Jon Thorsen
0409 499 025
JAGUAR XJSC V12 CABRIOLET
A well maintained vehicle however
cylinder heads need some attention.
Current owner has had vehicle for last
20 years, averaged just over 7000km per
year. Currently 212420km. Vehicle is
located in Nedlands. $9000 negotiable.
Contact John Harding 0419 928 212
JAGUAR X TYPE 2003
2.5litre, AWD, Topaz Gold, Exc.
condition, Special Edition with every
possible extra (Sat. nav., heated seats,
reverse sensors, chrome mirrors and the
list goes on). Licenced to May 2014,
new tyres and battery. Receipts for all
work done on this car, 130,000kms.
$13,000.00 ono, phone John 9751
2773 or 0418 152 107
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STILL THE BEST
Classified Adverts : Jaguar Parts For Sale
JAGUAR SPARE PARTS FOR SALE:
JAGUAR PARTS WANTED:
Jaguar Enthusiast Magazines from
UK available free of charge to a Club
Member, two years’ worth, 2012 and
2013. Contact Adrian Plumb, 0427 776
925
The following parts are wanted to assist
in my E Type restoration project, I
would like to source locally if possible.
Vehicle is Left Hand Drive and is a
Series 1.5, with small tail lights and a
Series 2 bonnet.
1. Fuel tank
2. Set of hubs and wire wheels
3. Inlet manifold and triple carburettors
4. Set of Tail light lenses
5. Wiring looms for engine bay and
dashboard
Contact Ron Pease, 0437 417 186
or 08 9592 2357
Classified Advertisements are a free service provided to JCCWA members for Jaguar related
advertisements for ‘non-commercial’ purposes.
Deadline for magazine classified advertisements is the 3rd Monday of each month.
Call or email Geoff Neil to insert or cancel a Classified advertisement Phone 0409 296 271 email: geoff.
[email protected] - Please provide your phone number, email address and JCCWA membership number.
Advertisements will run for two consecutive months unless cancelled, if it is requested that they be repeated
for a further two months please inform Geoff Neil.
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