Homecoming for vintage Jaguars
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AJS Newsletter Vol. XXVIII, num. III The Cat Strikes Again! By Alan Talbott, President In the ever-improving automotive world, reliability has become synonymous with success as exampled by Toyota’s continuing market share inroads versus domestic manufacturers. Therefore J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Vehicle Dependability Study lends credence to who and what car companies have done to increase quality and reliability of their product. How did Jaguar do? Look on: Lexus 131 Mercury 151 Buick 153 Cadillac 163 Toyota 179 Acura 184 Honda 194 Jaguar 210 BMW 212 Infiniti 215 Lincoln 220 Ford 224 Oldsmobile 227 Industry Average Is 227 Problems Per 100 Vehicles based on 2003 Model Year. Jaguar placing 8th against illustrious and even startling competition is outstanding. Below the industry are all the rest of the companies including but not limited to Mercedes, Porsche, Nissan, Mazda, Audi, Jeep, Mini, VW, Saturn and Hummer. Land rover was at the bottom of the list with an astounding ranking of 438. Even with the numbers as they are today the industry average ten years ago was 320 so there has been a vast improvement across the board for virtually all the companies. But for Jaguar to be so far up the list, who woulda thunk it? AJS has a write up in the current edition of ROAR Magazine (see elsewhere in the newsletter) published for April 07 Jaguars internal use and distributed only to the dealer network employees. The article surrounds our Concours held at Nalley Jaguar last fall with photos of Phil Slough’s E-Type and Don and Marlene Harts XK 140. It was a pleasure to do the show there and its nice to know we were the first in the country to have a concours at a dealer. Thanks to Nalley for the help and recognition. Up coming events include a day tour to Callaway Gardens on April 22nd, the Walter Mitty Races April 27th thru the 29th and the British Car show at Berry College May 19th. The Callaway tour and the Mitty are detailed in this newsletter and British Car Day will be in the next issue. If you have been to British Car Day previously you will receive by mail this month an application so that you can pre-register for that event. We had an outstanding monthly meeting at March end and hope that at some point you can join us for an evening of conversation and dining. This month’s meeting will be on Monday April 30th at Chicago’s in Sandy Springs. Please RSVP to Beverlee Leo at 770-949-6775 or email at [email protected]. § Next monthly meeting April 30, 2007 Chicago’s Sandy Springs Social hour-6:00 pm, Dinner-7:00 PM Please RSVP to Beverlee Leo 770949-6775 or [email protected] § Note From the (New)Editor I’m not really sure how I got this position, but I think it had something to do with this man!!!!!: JUNE'S CORNER Member News By June Mindrup, Health & Hospitality Director Jeff Tinkler, new member, led the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown Atlanta on Saturday, March 24th. Way to go Jeff, and it's good to have you with us. I have really enjoyed the newsletter in the past and it has been done very well by very qualified people. I just hope that I can keep it up to those standards and your expectations. Please feel free to give me any feedback or criticism that you may have. I may scream and holler, but I’ll get over it. Lew George § § Spring Day Tour Sunday, April 22 Wash that pollen off your Jaguar and prepare to welcome spring with a day tour to Callaway Gardens. We will meet at Chicago’s parking lot (site of our monthly meetings) in Sandy Springs at 9:30 AM. We will then motor on down to Warm Springs where we will have an early lunch at Bulloch House. Bulloch House is located in an historic 1892 house and features country cooking at its best. We will partake in the all you can eat buffet at $10.95 per person. After lunch we will head over to Callaway Gardens for total sensory overload. We will go directly to the Discovery Center and board the free shuttle taking us to the Day Butterfly Center, where we will get up close and personal with over 1000 butterflies representing over 50 species. The next stop will be the Sibley Horticultural Center featuring the main conservatory with its amazing indoor floral beds, the tropical conservatory and the rock wall garden conservatory. The forty-acre Callaway Brothers Azalea Bowl is a short leisurely stroll from the Sibley Center where, with any luck, we should see late season azaleas and rhododendrons in full bloom. Please note: wheelchairs are available for use by guests at Callaway, and most attractions are wheelchair accessible. The attractions at Callaway are open until 6:00 PM. While visiting Callaway Gardens, you may stay with the group or tour at your own pace. To participate in this activity, please call Kim Daly at 770633-4960 by April 18th. § Rachel Morrison went out to get her Newspaper and took a tumble. A real tumble! She broke her radius in 2 places and crushed her elbow, which necessitated having surgery. To show her battle wounds, she is sporting a cast from her right hand to her shoulder. Moral to the story: Don't go out for the newspaper! Sometime in April, Bob Daly will go back to Tanzania, East Africa, for a few weeks to, hopefully finish G.E.'s job in the turbine power plant there. Then he will head back to Venezuela, S.A. to spearhead construction on the turbine power plant there. Bob, do you ever meet yourself coming and going? Wil Sommer went to Clearwater, Florida for a week stay in his condo there to catch a little fun in the sun. He rushed back home so he could enter the Saturday, March 31st Fishing Tournament at Lake Lanier. Alan Talbott moved his office to his home as of March 31st. Dabney, does that mean you're going to serve lunches each day? Dabney Talbott's Mother, Kit Williams had a stroke and ended up with emergency surgery for a clogged artery. She came through beautifully and is now recovering nicely at her Canterbury Court home. Kathy and Glenn Michalski spent the majority of the first 3 months of the year at their house in Gulf Shores, Alabama doing the beach and golf things. A quick stop at their Georgia house to pick up ski clothes and equipment before spending 8 days in Cortina, Italy; then the ski trip to Park City, Utah. Weather and skiing were fantastic in both locations. Between the 2 ski trips, they took a trip to Key Largo, Florida for some sun and warm tropical weather. Glenn Michalski was sporting a new "boot" at the monthly AJS meeting in March! The boot looks like a combination ski boot and swim fin and is supposed to cure his achilles tendon. However, it turned out that the tendon was severed and he had surgery on it. His golf season is over until late summer and this may also curtail his ambition to be a pro basketball player!! Thanks to Bob Hicks for serving as an interim Newsletter Editor and doing such an outstanding job. You really stepped up to the plate and made a home run in keeping the AJS'ers informed. AND...thank you Lew George for volunteering to take on this important task. You are to be commended! We all promise to help in anyway we can. Keep July 20th in your mind, as that's the AJS'ers 30th Anniversary gala party at The Ashford Club. Chef Frank is noted for his gourmet culinary abilities so this will surely be an evening to remember. Those who didn't attend the January meeting missed the Birthday celebration of Alice Thyer complete with a birthday cake (yep, lighted candles, too) being served. A melodious, only a little offkey, rendition of "Happy Birthday To You" accompanied the cutting of the cake. After the fact, it was learned that her husband, Dick, also shared in the celebration as his birthday was on January 31st (2 days after her birthday on the 29th). Be sure to mark your calendars for July 20th to attend the 30th Anniversary of AJS with a Cocktail/Buffet Party at The Ashford Club. This will be a gala affair with sumptuous food in a delightful atmosphere of a Private Club. - JM3 § Schedule for 2007: March 17th-St Pats Parade- Downtown Tech Session or Day Tour April- TBA- Spring Tour Tech Session May 19th- British Car Day June TBA- Presidents Rally Tech Session July 20th - AJS 30th AJS Anniversary Party Cocktail/Buffet Party at The Ashford Club August- Lake Party September- Judges Tech Session October 6th- Concours d Elegance- Nalley December- Christmas Party Atlanta Jaguar Society www.atlantajaguarsociety.org Officers & Directors President Alan Talbott (H)770.621.9854 [email protected] (O)770.939.1644 President Elect Don Hart 770.956.7165 Vice President Ray Gore (H)706.864.4903 [email protected] 2nd Vice President J.P Summers (H)770.448.5244 [email protected] Advertising & Publicity Director Open Past President Paul Brower (H)770.509.6830 [email protected] Secretary Kenneth Carr (H)404.843.0681 [email protected] Treasurer Fran McNair (H)770.497.9980 [email protected] Activities Director Kim Daley 770.410.5717 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Lew George (H)404.892.6979 [email protected] Membership Director Wil Sommer (C)404.803.0306 [email protected] Health & Hospitality Director June Mindrup (H)770.457.1217 [email protected] Technical Director Ivan Ruiz 770.998.0923 [email protected] Regalia Directors: Rachael Morrison [email protected] 706.356.4841 Robert Reichert [email protected] 770.971.6553 Concours Director Dick Thyer 770.887.1312 [email protected] Honorary Chairman John Steen 770.419.9632 [email protected] The AJS Newsletter is published monthly except December and is distributed free to all Society Members. For email delivery send request to [email protected] Submissions for publication should be supplied to the Newsletter Editor by email or in other machine readable form by the 25th day of the month prior to publication. Material is subject to editorial revision and may express the sole opinion of the submitter. AJS Newsletter Editor Lew George 220 Renaissance Pkwy. Unit 1113 Atlanta, GA 30308-2352 The Walter Mitty Historic Races Where: Road Atlanta Braselton, GA When: April 26-29 Cost: Tickets the day are $25 Admission or $35 Admission and Infield parking. I believe this to per car not per person. Road Atlanta ticket number is 770-9676143 Directions: I-85 North to Exit 129. 5.5miles. The track is on the left. Left on hwy 53 Meeting Place: TBD Join us for the annual the 30th Annual Walter Mitty Races at Road Atlanta only a short distance up I-85 from Atlanta. This year there will be an IMSA Reunion of 70’s thru the 90’s GTU/GTO/GTP cars including original teams and staff. Historic Grand Prix Cars, Single Seat Can-Am’s, GT Series, Stock Cars, the Rolex Endurance Challenge and Feature Races. In other words you will see a lot of cool cars up close and personal. Also, included are car corrals for buying or selling, free touring laps available for car clubs and a large variety of vendors selling collectibles. This is one of the largest vintage race and car club gatherings in the country so please join us on Saturday the 28th. We’ll tour up as a club to enjoy an afternoon of racing action. Please RSVP to Alan Talbott at 770-621-9854 by the 27th to be included in the run up I-85. Once we get a group interested in going a meeting place will be determined to make our run to the track. We would like to get going by 10:00 AM. Hope you can join us! Over the years, beautifully restored, vintage cars have graced many a Nalley Jaguar event. For their part, Nalley Jaguar has hosted service and the like for the club. This event marked the first time in its 30-year history, however, that the club would hold a concours at a Jaguar dealership. “It was a really nice event for us and for the dealership, said Talbott. “It increased visibility for our club because of the dealership’s location on a main road, and it increased store traffic for Nalley.” The dealership made room in its showroom and in the front lot for almost 30 Jaguars, ranging from vintage 1950’s XK140 to a couple of 2005 XJ8s. At the club’s request, a new XK and XJ were also predominantly displayed. The verdict from club and dealership is that the event was a rousing success, and planning is already underway to make next year’s event even bigger and better. As one club member was heard to remark, “These Jaguars like to be around their own kind. These cars are home.” Phil Slough, Atlanta Jaguar Society Member shows off an immaculate vintage E-type. § Homecoming for vintage Jaguars Reprint from “roar”, a Jaguar Professional Publication Not every Jaguar club is affiliated with JCNA, such as the independent Atlanta Jaguar Society club. However, that doesn’t stop Jaguar dealers from helping these groups create intriguing events. When Alan Talbott, president of the Atlanta Jaguar Society, approached Nalley Jaguar about hosting the club’s annual Concours d’Elegance, sales consultant Bill Clark knew it would be a perfect fit. “We’ve worked with the club for many years, “ explains Clark, “and they’ve always gone out of their way to help us. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship.” Still perfect after all these years, inside and out. “We’ve worked with the club for many years and they’ve always gone out of their way to help us. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship.” Bill Clark, Sales consultant, Nalley Jaguar § St. Patrick’s Day Parade By Alan Talbott, President We had our annual pilgrimage to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Atlanta on the 17th. That was a day made for the survival of the fittest. With a 25 to 30 MPH wind gusts and a 35 degree temperature, our list of Jaguars was small (Dick and Alice Thyer brought three and could have had their own parade) but enthusiastic. Even with the cold there was a very large crowd on hand and our cars got lots of attention from the crowd. As you can see from the photo’s Jeff Dinkle’s XK 150 lead the group. We had a great time. A special thanks to Dick and Alice for having a wonderful array of food available for a pre-lunch treat. It was quite windy out there. I hope they took precautions!! Maybe these guys realized the older Jaguars had Lucas electrical systems!! Alice is enjoying the parade! § _________________________________________ All lined up and ready to go. What a Beauty!! Women’s Golf Shirt AJS Regalia Handsome accessories for AJS functions, home, office or other activities. All are embroidered with the AJS logo (not currently shown) in thread color choice of blue, green, white, red or black. Special order items are available two-three weeks after ordering. Men’s Golf Shirt Available in grass, stone Navy, grape. M, L, XL $35.00 Wind Shirt Available in stone, navy, black. M, L, XL. $37.00 Available in grass, navy, White, pink. S, M. L, XL $35.00 Oxford Shirt Water Repellant Jacket Wind resistant. Available in stone, navy, pine. S, M, L, XL. $55.00 Ball Cap Grill Badge Available in khaki, white, navy blue. One size $18.00 Brass/enamel. Includes mounting hardware. 3“ W x 2” H. Sale $25.00 Fleece Jacket Wall Clock AJS Name Tag Available in green, navy, red. S, M, L, XL. $47.00 10 ½ “ dia. Black frame. Uses 1ea. AA cell. Quartz movement. $17.00 Red lettering on white. Magnetic clasp to protect clothing. $6.50 Available in pine, white, Medium blue. M, L, XL $38.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name Address _________________________ Qty Item Color/Thread Size Price Total _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Phone email _________________________ _________________________ Grand Total Items ordered may be picked up at AJS functions Please make checks payable to Atlanta Jaguar Society and mail with this form to Rachel Morrison, 560 Riverbend Estates, Lavonia, GA 30553. Tel. 1-706-356-4841, email [email protected] WHEN IT HAS TO BE RIGHT… Quality Service & Repairs – Genuine Jaguar Parts - New & Select Edition Pre-owned Vehicles We are proud of our association with the Atlanta Jaguar Society. AJS members are entitled to these exclusive benefits: SPRING SALES SPECIAL!! FREE WINDOW TINT WITH ANY VEHICLE PURCHASE! Valid through May 2007 15% discount on Parts & Accessories! 15% discount on Labor! 770-475-0030 (Excludes scheduled maintenance, cannot be combined with other offers or specials) Atlanta Jaguar Society 220 Renaissance Pkwy. Unit 1113 Atlanta, GA 30308-2352 FIRST CLASS MAIL
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