Atlanta Jaguar Society
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Atlanta Jaguar Society
Atlanta Jaguar Society Atlanta,,GA AJSxNewsletter Octoberx2006 meeting with the shop that made the awards Dick, Bob Daly and Wayne Harris brainstormed the ur Concours at Nalley Jaguar on the 7th award you received at the event. The mirrored was the first time, we believe, that an glass is special as is the etching process that event of this type has been held at a Jaguar produced the images. A unique award that you will dealership in the US. Our cars were showcased unlikely see anywhere else. Ray and Marilyn Fry outside on the grass, in the front parking area and stepped in at a critical juncture in the in the showroom for a display of Cats from 1955 to organizational process to make sure everything ran 2005 forming a very unique event indeed. The smoothly. Bill Clark with Nalley and also an AJS weather was cool and crystal clear. A catered lunch member was instrumental as a liaison with Nalley was provided which exceeded all expectations. from the outset. Wayne Harris stepping in to Judging started early afternoon with particularly handle the judges so ably. Judy Scarborough, tight scoring in Class 12 and Class 18. Very little Marilyn Fry and Melinda Harris handling separated any of the cars. Awards and raffle items everything from registration to raffle tickets to were presented at 3:00 to each owner in class. The scoring. Dabney Talbott handling Regalia sales club presented an appreciation award to Nalley for with Rachel unable to attend. Craig Gustin their effort in hosting our event. Jim and June handling the Concours vendors that provide our Mindrup won the John Steen Award presented each raffle items. All the judges for their unselfish work. year to deserving folks for their active participation and enthusiasm for AJS amongst other criteria. The To all those mentioned above and to anyone I’ve Favorite Jag award went to Phil Slough’s beautiful missed thank you very much for making this black 1965 E-Type. That’s the overview. Concours a very special event this year. By Alan Talbott, President A microcosm of particulars needs brought to the clubs awareness as well. Fred Leo built an absolutely beautiful cabinet that holds membership literature and a TV/DVD player that plays Don and Marlene Harts CD of AJS events over the past 25 years. Anyone coming into the showroom can can quickly get what we’re about. Maybe some new members will be enticed. Dick Thyer has spent an endless amount of time since January trying to come up with a unique trophy design. Through all the designs, materials and proposals rejected, the last design turned out to be a winner. At a Our monthly meeting will be on the Monday the 30th. We will review the Concours in depth, discuss the officer elections in November( please consider an officers job) and we will have a guest speaker. Andrea Tyrones owns European Auto Vault, a new company formed to handle luxury and high Next monthly meeting - Guest Speaker performance October 30, 2006 automobile Chicago’s sandy springs Social hour-6:00 PM, dinner-7:00 PM storage. The ** Please rsvp to beverlee leo ** company offers 770-949-6775 or [email protected] very secure storage, climate control and maintenance if necessary. Already used extensively in Europe Andrea has brought the concept to Atlanta where there is evidently a market need for this type of service. She will be on hand to detail her company’s services and to answer any questions you may have. As always please RSVP to Beverlee Leo at 770-949-6775 or [email protected]. See you there! 1955 XK140OTS 1960 XK150OTS 1965 E-Type Rstr 1963 E-Type Rstr 1967 MK II 1986 XJ6 1985 XJ6 1987 XJ6 1986 XJ6 1994 XJ12 1994 XJ12 1997 XJR 1997 XJ6VDP 1995 XJ6 1977 XJS 1999 XK8 2005 XK8 2000 Xk8 1999 XK8 2001 S-Type 2004 XJ8 2004 XJ8 Don&Marlene Hart Wil Sommer Phil Slough Bob&Kim Daly Craig Gustin Ray&Margaret Gore Ray&Marilyn Fry Dick Thyer Judy Scarborough Mike Prator Bob&Beverly Hicks Wayne&Melinda Harris Dabney Talbott Jerry Townsend Wayne Harris Claude&Carroll Wills Dick&Alice Thyer Richard Cunningham Ed Chellino Fred&Beverlee Leo Lew George Marsha Foley www.atlantajaguarsociety.org Officers & Directors President (H)770.939.1644 Alan Talbott [email protected] President Elect Vice President (H)706.864.4903 Concours Results Class 3 Class 4 Class5 Class5 Class 8 Class12 Class12 Class12 Class 12 Class 13 Class 13 Class 14 Class 14 Class 14 Class 15 Class 18 Class 18 Class 18 Class 18 Class 19 Class 21 Class 21 Atlanta Jaguar Society Open Ray Gore [email protected] 2nd Vice President J.P Summers (H)770.448.5244 [email protected] 1st Place 1st Place 1st Place 2nd Place 1st Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 1st Place 2nd Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 1st Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 1st Place 1st Place 2nd Place 99.25 93.75 99.75 98.25 98.75 98.00 98.00 97.75 97.00 99.50 98.00 99.50 91.00 76.00 98.50 100.00 99.75 99.50 98.25 99.50 99.50 99.25 June’s Corner Advertising & Publicity Director Open Past President (H)770.509.6830 Paul Brower [email protected] Secretary (H)404-843-0681 Kenneth Carr [email protected] Treasurer (H)770.497.9980 Fran McNair [email protected] Activities Directors (H)770.949.6775 Fred & Beverly Leo [email protected] Newsletter Editor (H)770.772.9734 Pete Scarborough [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 Paul Brower (H)770.509.6830 [email protected] Regalia Directors: Rachael Morrison (H)706.356.4841 Robert Reichert (770)971.6553 [email protected] [email protected] Concours Director Open Member News By June Mindrup, Health & Hospitality Director Honorary Chairman John Steen (H)770.419.9632 [email protected] New Member Department: Richard and Helen Cunningham, Kennesaw, Georgia, recently joined our group. They drive a 2000 XK-8 (Silver) convertible and a 2003 XJ-8 (Green) A big welcome to you both. The AJS Newsletter is published monthly except December and is distributed free to all Society members. For email delivery send request to [email protected] Marsha and Jim Foley became AJS'ers on September 18th. They drive a 2004 XJ-8 (Ebony) and live in Marietta, Georgia. A big welcome aboard. Pete and Judy Scarborough spent 9 days in Greece and Turkey. Almost 900 miles were spent sailing the Med. From Athens to 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 Pete Scarborough 4900 Gaidrew Alpharetta, GA 30022 Istanbul. A neighbor couple accompanied them. They returned home Sunday, October 1st.. Rock and Betty Jean Spann left September 21st to go to Charleston, West Virginia to spend some time playing with the grand children, Conrad and Talk about traveling, Bill Rabek recently went to Hope Spann. Is it true you had to come home to Alaska fishing for salmon and halibut ..and.. before rest up after keeping track of two active little ones? that, he went to Oskosh, Wisconsin where he headed a formation of 50 airplanes..and...Friday, And to those who did not attend the activities of October 13th, he along with friend Katie and the Concours weekend, you missed out on two Mom, went to his condo at Gulf Shores, Alabama. super events. The Friday evening party at the That trip will be cut short so he can attend a lovely McNair home was simply great! Then the Minneapolis, Minnesota meeting for Air Traffic new concept of having the Concours at Nalley Controllers. Bill, do you ever meet yourself Jaguar Dealership worked beautifully. The catered coming and going? lunch, a gorgeous, balmy day, good participation of members to have their cars judged, beautiful award Vinnie and Marsha Lauria expressed their plaques, well organized agenda all resulted in a top appreciation for the flowers AJS sent to Mr. notch affair. A big thank you to Nalley Jaguar for Vincent Lauria's funeral and to all the AJS'ers hosting AJS. who attended either the Visitation and/or Funeral Service. Vinnie, a Past AJS President, said he was There were a lot of "Oh's" and "Ah's" while touched by the loyalty shown to his Dad who died AJS'ers viewed the handsome walnut cabinet that at the age of 92 on August 30th. Fred Leo made to house Video display in Nalley's showroom, A beautiful job, Fred! Here's hoping everyone took note of the fine detail. Great news on Bob Hicks completion of all his hyperbaric oxygen treatments. And, when he and wife Beverly showed up for the Concours held Saturday, October 7th at Nalley's, he really got a hearty welcome back. Bob, may your path to complete recovery come quickly! Another big welcome goes out to Bob and Kim Daly who were at the Pre-Concours Party as well as the Concours for the first time in 5 years. Every time the Concours weekend was held, Bob was out of the country. He'll be in the USA for a wee while; then off to Toronto, Canada the end of this month; then, back to Venezuela to his job in the depths of the Amazon jungle. New Member Jerry Townsend came forth with a great idea of having a magnet on the reverse side of our AJS name Tags. This would save poking holes in our clothes. Jerry will be getting us information as to price and where this can be done. Great thinking, Jerry! Healy team by Duncan Hamilton, who later drove the winning E-Type for Jaguar in the 1953 Le Mans race. The car had to be especially tailored for s mentioned elsewhere in the newsletter Craig Duncan by creating a cutout behind the driver's Gustin did a marvelous job of acquiring items seat: Duncan was too big to fit in the car, but from vendors for our raffle at the Concours and also Donald Healey really wanted him as his driver. some items that will be held for the Christmas The modification exists still today. party. He was able to muster a 50% response from those companies that were contacted which I can Did I mention the incredible, curvy roads all assure is a great percentage. Also, in appreciation around the Tour area? For those who missed this for the long time association they have had with one, you missed one of the best. But hey - you can AJS, Claude Wills and Charles Goman each still enjoy that nice, flat, straight, boring drive up donated many items for the raffle as well and for that they have our thanks. Below is a listing of the the Interstate to the Eurofest Show next weekend, and all the asphalt at the parking lot. companies that sent items to us. If you have the opportunity to need a service or product you might (Bob, Thanks for the credit, the story and the use this list to work from first: following photos. I regret that I wasn’t there to Nalley Jaguar XK’s Unlimited enjoy the event. I hadn’t heard that anyone else OSJI White Post Restorations was going from AJS so I canceled out. Ed.) Concours Raffle Contributors Moss Motors Sports Car Market Leatherique British Marque JC Taylor Insurance Barrettt USA British Wire Wheel American Collectors Golden Cat Publishing AJS Fall Tour Report By: Bob Hicks reat planning by our tour director Pete Scarborough. Friday through Sunday turned out to be three of the clearest days seen in the Smokies and Blue ridge in years (traditionally the Tour Director gets all the credit, or blame, for the weather.) A wonderful drive through the turning leaves of Fall, mountain vistas with unlimited visibility, a splendid show by the folks at the Western North Carolina British Car Club, lots of good eats and drinks added up to one of the best Fall Tours in recent memory. Over 20 Jaguars showed up for the Show, including 7 Series III E-Types. AJS member Jerry Mitchell won Best in Class with his red V12 FHC. One choice participant was the 1949 Healey Silverstone, 1 of 105 built, that was driven for the Feb. 25 March 18 April 28-May 30 May 13 June 10-11 August 19 September 1 September 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 December 10 Activities & Events Andretti Speed Lab, Alpharetta, 11 AM-1 PM St. Particks Day Parade Walter Mitty at Road Atlanta British Car Day at Martha Berry College, Rome Overnight tour to Andersonville, Americus, etc. Lake Party at Wil Sommer's. Martini Night at Fernbank Judge's Tech Session at Talbott's American Le Mans, Road Atlanta Pre-Concours Party at Bob & Fran McNairs AJS Concours d'Elegance at Nally Fall Tour, British Car Affair, Chimney Rock, NC Day trip to Euroautofestival, Greer, SC Christmas Party at CC of Roswell Regular business/dinner meetings are held the last Monday of each month except May and December FOR SALE 1994 Jag XJS Conv. 6 cyl 108K, Topaz, brown top. Excellent body, good finish and interior. Looks and runs fine but needs AC work and a little hobbying to make it a great car. A real bargain at $8500/ obo Also: 1995 Jag XJS Conv. 6 cyl Rare rose bronze 28,000 miles. Truly CONCOURSE in every respect Fairly priced at $22,000 firm. Call Gordon Miller (ex AJS member) 770 631- 0627 Peachtree City Member ads are removed after an item sells, or after several issues. Please resubmit any ad that you would like to renew. Commercial Advertising Issues 3 6 12 Full Page 200.00 360.00 675.00 Half Page 100.00 220.00 360.00 Quarter Page 60.00 110.00 200.00 30.00 55.00 100.00 Business Card Classified Advertising AJS Members 5 lines, 3 months, free Non-members 5 lines, 1 month, $10.00 Atlanta Jaguar Society 4900 Gaidrew Alpharetta, GA 30022 Address Correction Requested First Class Mail AJS Newsletter October 2006 Coming up: Oct. 21, Day Trip to Eurofest in SC Oct. 30, Dinner meeting (speaker)
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