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The Award Winning Newsletter of
THE JAGUAR CAR CLUB OF VICTORIA Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Issue #117 www.jaguarcarclub.ca February 2014
Meet the Board JOTI News, and Photos of Desired Entrants January Coffee Klatch February Prowl Report “Zerubbabel” Bits & Bytes Restoration Fair Announcement Jaguar SUV Concept News Wants and For Sale Press Releases from our Advertisers
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THE JAGUAR CAR CLUB OF VICTORIA 2017 Cadboro Bay Road, Box 112
Victoria BC Canada V8R 5G4 www.jaguarcarclub.ca
[email protected] founded 2003
The Island Growler is published monthly, and is distributed by mail and digital file to members of JCCV.
All back issues are available by digital file.
All information and advice is presented in good faith, and no liability whatsoever will be assumed by JCCV.
Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of JCCV, the Directors of JCCV, or of the Editor.
Editor: Malcolm Baster [email protected]
Associate Editor: Lois Smith [email protected]
Technical Adviser: Angelika Ehlers [email protected]
Events; Malcolm Baster [email protected]
JCCV meetings take place on the fourth Tuesday of each month, except December, at 7:30 pm in the Chiefs & Petty Officers Mess, CFB Esquimalt, at 1575 Lyall Street in Victoria. Our AGM is held with the November meeting.
MEETINGS
Membership in JCCV is open to anyone interested in and enthusiastic about Jaguar automobiles. There is no need to own one of these fine cars to be a member.
For information, email us at [email protected] or drop us a note in the mail. We’ll send complete details.
If you believe that a Jaguar is more than just a car, you are one of us!
JOTI Chair: Wayne Watkins 250-652-1247 [email protected]
JCNA Chief Judge: Brian Evers 250-743-6756 [email protected]
JCNA Liaison: Gregory Andrachuk 250-595-7453 [email protected]
Prowl Convener: Barbara Driver 250-743-6756 [email protected]
Webmaster: Lou Watkins 250-652-1247 [email protected]
Regalia Coordinators: Jennifer McCallan & Jean Hughes
250-656-6705 [email protected]
250-479-5344 [email protected]
Hospice Liaison: Tom Arnold 250-519-1749 [email protected]
Display advertising of interest to Jaguar enthusiasts is accepted. For rates and other information, please send an email to [email protected].
Classified advertisements can be placed at no cost and will only be placed in the upcoming issue. Please request reprint in following issues if required. To place a classi-fied ad please send an email to [email protected].
ADVERTISING
President: Graham Walker 250-479-7364 [email protected]
Vice-President: Alan Heartfield 250-508-7277 [email protected]
Secretary: Carol McGinty 778-433-7705 [email protected]
Treasurer: Barry McCallan 250-656-6705 [email protected]
Membership Secretary: John Wigmore 250-592-7885 [email protected]
Director at Large: Gregory Andrachuk 250-595-7453 [email protected]
Director at Large: Peter Jeffrey [email protected]
Director at Large: Doug Easton 250-595-2822 [email protected]
Immed. Past President: Merritt Chisholm 250-656-0030 [email protected]
Ex Officio Director: Isabel Weeks-Lambert 250-383-4643 [email protected]
2014 DIRECTORS
APPOINTED POSITIONS 2014
MEMBERSHIP
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Contents
The Island Growler Advertisers:
Battery Direct 15
Big-O-Tire 3
Coventry West 15
Coachwerks 15
Diamond Detailing 10
Electro Shine 3
Hagerty Classic Car Insurance 17
Isabel Weeks-Lambert 10
Jetstream Custom Auto 10
Oceanside Auto Appraisers Ltd 7
MacDonald Realty Ltd. Eleanor V. Smith 7
SNG Barratt Group 5
Styles Upholstery 15
Sussex Automotive: Alan Petrie 7
Welsh Enterprises Inc. 7
XKs Unlimited 5
Words from the President 4
Cover Photo Story 4
Meet the Board 2014 6
JOTI News 8
January Coffee Klatch 9
February Prowl Report 11
JCCV Presidential Succession 11
Announcements
Prowl Announcements 12
Next Meeting Announcement 12
“Zerubbabel” 13
JCCV Bits & Bytes 14
OECC Restoration Fair News 16
Jaguar C-X17 16
For Sale or Wanted 18
2013 World Car Awards 18
Commercial Press Releases 19
Coming Events 20
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In his “Words from the President,” Graham suggests we incorporate a “Grumbles, Feedback, Backfire” or similar titled space each month. This is an excellent idea. A club’s newsletter benefits hugely from member-provided content. Such material entertains, informs, enhances the sense of unity among members, and makes for a much superior newsletter. So, if you are privy to something that you think will provide enjoyment or information to your fellow JCCV members, or will otherwise improve The Island Growler, please send it to [email protected] Thank you. And thanks again to those who sent in contributions to this month’s Growler: Iain Clayre, Carol McGinty, Wayne Watkins, Philip and Lois Smith and Merritt Chisholm.
EDITOR’S NOTES Malcolm Baster
WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENT
Graham Walker
The new Bylaws and Constitution passed unanimously last month but will not come into effect until the Registrar accepts them for registration. I thank all who came out for the vote. You will observe that this volume of the Growler is unique in that it displays photographs of all the models of the Jaguar marque up to and including the Mark 9: the ones we hope will be the striking feature of this year’s JOTI. The fact pictures of the models are in a single issue should make for easy reference. The executive deemed it reasonable to do this be-cause it’s no secret that the formal identification of all these models is likely to be confusing. Make careful note of the cars we are looking for. It’s up to you to “beat the bushes” to find owners of these vehicles who are not al-ready members of our club and who are willing to enter them in JOTI. I wonder if the Growler should henceforth have a space perhaps entitled Grumbles, Feedback, Backfire or some such, devoted to publishing members’ short com-ments, criticism, wisdom, wit, opinions, fun experiences or ultra short technical advice pertaining to our experienc-es with cars or any other subject so long as it has some connection with the club. It is not a matter of producing content; it’s all about adding another aspect to our maga-zine. This idea is not new and most magazines provide such a forum if only to demonstrate they are not broad-casting into a void! Note: it would also enrich the content of the Growler if we had at least the occasional article of a technical nature pertaining to a Jaguar. Let me know what you think. Our next general meeting will be in a unique place, the Officers’ Mess in The Bay Street Armoury. For the benefit of those who have not been there, I think you will find it a delightfully traditional and a very comfortable place to hold our next general meeting and to sit and chat in com-fort with your friends, new and old, over a whatever. John Wigmore will make avail-able to us the Canadian Scottish Military Museum adjacent to the mess. Parking is no problem: instructions on that score will be included in the notice to be sent later. We are grateful to John for this venue. For the non-military types, “mess” or “mass” is a very old word for meal. John Milton in his delightful poem, L’ Allegro, written about 1645, used it thus: ….Are at their savoury dinner set Of herbs and other country messes, Which the neat handed Phillis dresses; ….. The word ‘s meaning (apart from the form “mass’) has morphed from what you eat to where. And yet there may still be a remnant of the old meaning? Is it just a coinci-dence that in today’s common usage "being in a mess” doesn’t mean you’ve fallen into your dinner but you’re ”in the soup”? Anyway, being in this Mess will be a pleasant experience. I look forward to seeing you there.
Charles Burrell Dario Romito Graeme and Janet Ablethorpe
Advertising Rates
Classified Ads Ads for cars, parts, merchandise, etc. for sale will be run free of charge for one month.
Display Ads Full Page: $550/yr Half Page: $375/yr Quarter Page: $250/yr Business Card: $125/yr
Yearly Ads are printed in 11 standard issues and in the JOTI special issue.
Contact: [email protected]
COVER PHOTO, by Malcolm Baster Ben Mikkelsen’s 1995 XJ6
New Members Welcome
This is your newsletter: If you have an idea for a “latest update” or content for the newsletter,
please contact the editors @ [email protected]
In early 2011, when I was feeling blue and perhaps a little depressed after having unexpected open heart surgery and plugged into every known hose and electrode known to man, a very cheerful Jag Club Victoria member con-tacted me in ICU at the Jubilee Hospital (you can use cell phones now, even in ICU) and suggested I consider buy-ing an XJ6, 1995, from the widow of a deceased member, Peter Bricknell. This phantom Jag Club member ex-pounded on the virtues of this car, and urged me to make up my mind ASAP. I did, and sight unseen I bought the Jaguar XJ6 and have enjoyed it ever since, and thanks to Hazel Bricknell and Mr Phantom Jag Club member, we will enjoy this car for a long time to come. Ben Mikkelsen
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CAROL McGINTY, Secretary
Profiling Carol McGinty is more a case of “what hasn’t she
done?” A decidedly adventurous approach to life has led
Carol through many and varied experiences on her way to
acting as JCCV’s Board Secretary. Carol’s family moved
around while she was young, but she was basically raised
in Edmonton and attended high school in Pincher Creek.
She became a registered nurse, and then spent two years
in India as a CUSO volunteer working in the Punjab. Her
fondest memory? Rattling all over the country on third
class trains. “When you’re young, you do these things,”
she says cheerfully.
You also do things like getting your pilot’s licence, which
Carol did in Lethbridge in the same club at the same time
as Growler editor Malcolm Baster. “I hadn’t seen him in 40
years until our first outing with the Jaguar Club,” she re-
calls. “I couldn’t believe he recognized me.” Unfortunately,
Carol found flying too expensive to keep up, “but I really
loved it,” she says.
On returning from India, Carol decided to join the military
as a nursing officer. It was on her first night at Camp Bor-
den that she met another young officer named Terry! Nine
months later, they married. (They have two children, a son
who is Assistant Professor of Law in Japan and a daugh-
ter who is a litigation attorney in Calgary.)
After the military, Carol at-
tended university and took
her degree in Political Sci-
ence. Still moving around
as Terry’s postings took
them to different places,
she worked in Europe as a
DND Civilian Administrator. Later in Kingston, she spent
some time as General Manager of the Queen’s University
Science 44 Co-op, one of the largest student residences
in Canada. “I was basically house mother to 250 stu-
dents,” she laughs. As a complete departure, she also
owned an antique store in Ottawa for a time.
When Terry and Carol retired to Sooke in 1997, she se-
gued into orchestra administration as they became very
involved in the new Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra. One
day, Carol decided they needed more “fun” in their lives.
Their friends, the McCallans, had joined JCCV. So Carol
found a 1988 XJS Cabriolet on Craig’s List – and while
the rest may be history, the story is a long way from over.
Who knows what she’ll get up to next!
MEET T HE BOARD 2014 by Lois Smith
GRAH AM W AL KER, Presiden t
Graham Walker was born in the village of Effingham, Surrey, Eng-land. Until arriving in Canada just before Christmas 1947, he lived in London during much of the Blitz and in various places in England and Scotland. As a boy, he admits being infused with an admiration
for classic cars of all makes, one being Jaguar, but never thought he would ever have one. His family first lived in North Bay, Ontario and there, as a student, he took and thoroughly enjoyed a course in motor car mechanics. At 16, he left school to begin a four-year apprenticeship as a plumber while continuing to study vio-lin at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music. He complet-ed his apprenticeship in B.C. At the same time, he attend-ed night school in Toronto and then in Vancouver. In 1956 Graham entered U.B.C., graduating in Arts in 1958 and Law in 1962. While at university, he quit the University Na- val Training Division to take advantage of being selected to go to Israel to study politics and public administration. In late 1962, while a law clerk, he saw in a parking lot a 1950 Mark V Jaguar saloon. It looked so beautiful and its price, $500! The owner turned out to be a law classmate, whose only concern was Graham take good care of it. He says he has, even till now. The Mark V was the family car for many years and has now done almost 200,000 miles. Graham has been finishing its restoration and estimates it
will be complete in about six months. In 1976 he acquired a 1969 Series ll E-Type coupe, which became his new dai-ly driver. A concours award winner, it too has done almost 200,000 miles. Graham and Anne have driven it over much of North America. Graham was admitted to the Bar in 1963 and practiced as counsel until retiring in 2011. In addition to his practice, he operated a marine towing business after having had a 1936 tugboat restored under the supervision of the man who built it. He was very fond of “lovely old girl”. He re-mained in the coastal marine towing business for 13 years. The vessel foundered years later when the purchaser managed to collide with an island in Desolation Sound. Graham also played first violin in the North Vancouver Chamber Music Society Orchestra, served a term as its president (a back injury ended his playing), was secretary of the Vancouver Jaguar Club and president for a year, and was a founding member and for nearly 20 years a di-rector of Vancouver’s Society to Access Justice. Graham and Anne retired to Victoria where he became a governor of the Prospect Lake Community Association. He had two children by a previous marriage: a son, an aircraft pilot who at 27 years of age in1996 died in an aircraft acci-dent and a daughter who until recently taught pharmacolo-gy at U.B.C. She is now nice and handy in Duncan where Graham gets to enjoy his two grandchildren.
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JOTI News by Wayne Watkins
Jaguars on the Island 2014 – “Follow the Jaguars to Victoria”
We have expanded the JOTI 2014 Committee. Turns out that most of our enthusiastic club members do not really mind getting up at “Oh dark hundred” on Saturday, July 26th! Plans are well under way with Jaguars on the Island 2014 to be held July 25, 26, 27. The first batch of promo-tional emails have been sent to previous JOTI partici-pants. Alan Heartfield (Registrar) and Barry McCallan (Treasurer) report that some registrations have already been received. The JOTI Registration Forms - both Online and Mail In - are on the club web site, www.jaguarcarclub.ca. Everyone is encouraged to regis-ter Online. That will save a lot of time as opposed to han-dling paper registration forms and cheques in the mail. We are pleased that as well as organizing the Saturday Awards Dinner at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, Isabel Weeks-Lambert has also arranged for a group rate for hotel rooms. The Oak Bay Beach Hotel has advised that the group rate is at $207 per night instead of the standard $259. This will be quite attractive for both visitors to our event, but also to our own members. When reserving, mention “Jaguar” to enjoy the group rate. Featured Jaguar Models for Jaguars on the Island 2014 are “Saloons through to the 1961 Mark IX”. That will of course include the Jaguar company’s first saloon – the Austin Swallow. So, if you know of any enthusiast who has or knows of an Austin Swallow please let me know so I can encourage that owner to be part of our event. So, “Follow the Jaguars to Victoria”. (With apologies to the Victoria Tourism Board of the 1940s and 1950s – “Follow the Birds to Victoria.”) Wayne Watkins, Jaguars on the Island 2014 Committee ***** Not many of these to be seen nowadays: Swift Swallow FIAT Swallow
Wanted
By the Sheriff
Of Jotiville
for Display at the
Annual JOTI Show,
Swallow and
Jaguar Saloons of the
Types
Pictured Below
and Elsewhere:
Probably a few of these somewhere:
Austin Swallow Probably not many of these around:
Standard Swallow
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COFFEE KLATCHING IN JANUARY Sunday, January 19th to be precise. Not the best weather for tops down but still a pleasant and dry day. Off to the Oak Bay Beach Hotel we went. Turn into the parking lot and make an immediate left turn down to the under-ground parking. It is well lit and dry with the elevator just steps away. Always good to have more than just me in the elevator so someone else can help figure out which button to push to go up for coffee. Some people com-mented that the panel and the choice of letters on the buttons must have been planned by someone back East. Up we go to Kate’s Café to choose from coffee to lattes and muffins and scones and more. Down the hallway we went with coffee in hand to the Conservatory. It is bright and airy and most comfortable and elegant. We were giv-en a big wooden number block so the server could find us to deliver the warm scones. As always there is the usual shuffle of table and chairs as more club members arrive. The highlight of the morning was the arrival of Merritt and Bennie. Merritt had been taking it easy at home after a heart tune-up and was glad to get out and about. It was noted that nothing has changed with the Chisholm car hobby. One always has thoughts of thinning the herd and maybe that will happen one day. But in the meantime, two vacant spots in the garage were filled with the addition of a classic Mini and a Bugeye Sprite. Well, the Mini was coming home again as Bennie owned it a few years ago and used it as a fun daily driver on the Peninsula. Then there is the Austin Sprite – the one that was designed in the late fifties as “a fun car that a chap could keep in his bicycle shed”. Once upstairs, Merritt sat down beside Bob Hughes and they spent the whole Klatch time talking about Bugeye Sprites. Seems Bob had restored a good handful a few years back and he remembers every detail. “No heater? Ah, who needs a heater in the summertime!” “Front bumper? Nah, it was an option just like a heater was back then.Just don’t parallel park!” Lots of other con-versations were heard including results of house hunting (make that garage hunting with house attached), delivery of a sweat shirt from the regalia inventory, upcoming win-ter holidays and what Jaguars are for sale. Our next Cof-fee Klatch ? - Sunday, February 16th in the conservatory at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel. Drop in between 9:00 AM and Noon. Bob Hughes and Merritt Chisholm determine the parts needed for the Austin Sprite while Simon Scutt and John Fitzgeorge-Parker chat about their classic S Types. -Wayne Watkins
Coffee Klatch at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel
By Wayne Watkins.
Presidential Handover Ceremony
These pictures, smuggled at great peril from the Jaguar Car Club of Victoria’s secret Presidential Handover Ceremony, show: Top. Our outgoing President places the Chain of Office around the neck of our incoming President. Lower. Our new President receives the box of sacred Jaguar Club relics from his predecessor.
Wanted for joti
Jaguar Mk IV
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URBAN FOREST PROWL Under a threatening sky, a hardy group of 24 Prowlers braved the icy wind at Clover Point, starting point of the February 2nd prowl. Vehicles were admired and gossip exchanged before this urban prowl wound its way through Victoria’s tree-lined and tree-named streets. Prowlers were challenged to note down all streets incorporating the name of a tree. Tree names could be used more than once, but the same street name could be only be used one time. In addition, there was a trivia quiz of 20 tree-related questions. The rain held off and, although Merritt and Bennie had an extremely close encounter with a reck-less SUV, all arrived safely at J.J. Morgan’s for the 1:00 pm sitting of their excellent Sunday brunch. As a variety of delicious desserts were demolished, the organizers handed out answer sheets. Sharp-eyed club members added two additional trees to the answers, bringing the possible total of trees to 47. The prize for spotting the most number of trees went to Valerie and Roger Barrie. The prize for most correct trivia answers went to Malcolm and Lucille Baster. The combined total top score was a tie between the Barries and the Basters. Anne Walker “volunteered” to do the draw and the prize went to Mal-colm and Lucille. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to all for turning out in such cool weather and par-ticipating.
Prowlers shiver in the icy wind at Clover Point prior to setting off in search of “trees.”
Lois hands out the instructions.
JCCV Sunday Prowl, February 2, 2014 Story by Philip and Lois Smith. Photos by Malcolm Baster.
At J.J. Morgan’s
Our tree “experts,” Roger and Valerie.
Lucille shows off our prizes.
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Prowl Announcement We regret that there will be no March Prowl, as an organ-
izer could not be found. However:
Peninsula Prowl, Sunday, April 6. Do you remember the “I Spy” books? This Prowl will be “I Spy Classic Cars,” followed by lunch. Organizers: Peter and Judy Jeffrey. Details to follow.
The next meeting of the
JAGUAR CAR CLUB OF VICTORIA is on Tuesday, February 25, 2014
at 7:30 pm
at the Bay Street Armoury, Officers Mess. 715 Bay Street, Victoria
We will also be able to visit the Canadian Scottish Military Museum.
Watch for an e-mail giving details about parking,
building access, etc.
SEE YOU THERE!
Wanted for joti
Jaguar Mark VIII
Jaguar Mark IX
Wanted for JOTI
SS1 Airline Saloon
Jaguar Mark V
Jaguar Mark VII
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but the lowered clearance was a bit difficult on some of Scotland’s country roads where there is a grass strip down the middle. Sadly, we had to sell Zub to an Edin-burgh lady who liked its colour when we sailed from Leith Docks to Borneo as missionaries. In those days you paid your own way as proof of your “calling”. Our specialty was analysing previously unwritten tribal languages, and the Sa’ban people in the mountainous interior of Sarawak, where my Anthropologist son visits whenever he can, are still using “our” Bible. (Iain Clayre owns a black 1986 XJ6, often spotted with a little red-and-white sailboat on its roof rack.)
“Zub”
Cambridge’s crew, the Boat Race, 1957 “Coming ashore, I still have the oar!”
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“Zerubbabel”
by Iain Clayre
Professor Sir John Baker at Cambridge University came up with a new and revolutionary formula for the de-sign of steel structures, which was very economical in its use of steel. As one of his pupils, I was asked to write a brief manual on this form of design for Municipal Engi-neers in the UK who had to approve designs in their juris-dictions but were unfamiliar with the method, and later took this expertise to “the pink parts” of Africa and the Middle East (ie: those coloured pink in the atlas who looked to Britain for technical guidance). On my return I was presented with a cheque for £500 to go and buy a car. I found a pillarbox red Swallow Doretti for sale in the south of England, registered as UBH 128 - though I regret that I did not know enough at the time to register its chas-sis and engine numbers. I used to borrow one of my fa-ther’s stethoscopes to keep its two SU carburettors in tune. Its two real drawbacks were the hard plastic sliding side windows for when you put the hood up, and a soft rubber top to the gear lever which left a black stain on one’s driving gloves. So I had a matching red billiard ball drilled out and threaded, and this was a much superior handle to use in gear changing, although if I didn’t keep my hand on it the added weight caused it to rattle alarm-ingly at certain speeds. I called him (for he was a very masculine car) “Zerubbabel”, “Zub” for short, partly on account of the number plate and the sound of the exhaust when idling, and more specially for the Biblical prince of whom it was said “And thou, Zerubbabel, before thee the mountain shall be as a plain”. Some years later I was building a bridge over the Riv-er Dee just outside Chester, an old city in the northwest of England some distance south of Liverpool. We had a very successful rowing club in Chester. And I would drive to regattas all over the country with another of the crew in the spare seat, the hood down (at the speed Zub went, rain just went straight over the top) and a couple of oars tied down between the luggage rack on the boot and the windscreen. There was just room for our kit on the back seat, which years later became a splendid place to stow a carry-cot. In the 1962 season we won every VIIIs and IVs race in all the regattas we competed in north of the Thames, but only got as far as the semi-finals at Henley. On one occasion I had been visiting my mother down south and was driving back to Chester when I was over-taken with a nonchalant “toot” by a red Austin Healey100. OK, it had a six cylinder engine to my four, but glancing out as it went by I saw it was being driven by a woman! By nature I am somewhat competitive, having beaten Ox-ford in the 1957 Boat Race at stroke, so I set off in pur-suit. Over the better part of 40 miles on the highway we found that she could pass me on every straight, but I could take her on the bends. It was huge fun, even if a tad dangerous, but so what? One did such things in one’s 20s. Then, reaching the town of Nantwich some distance south of Chester, I saw a banner stretched across the road: “Nantwich Motor Club welcomes Pat Moss to the Rally”. I gave her a friendly wave and went on my way. My wife, a professor at Edinburgh University where I was working later on the Forth Road Bridge, learned to drive in Zub. I put on Michelin X tyres for better road grip,
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Bits and Bytes
We will start with a groaner submitted by a former senior executive of the club who might wish to remain anony-mous. The Price of Gas in France A thief in Paris plotted to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, lifted the paintings and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of fuel. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied “Monsieur, THAT is the reason I stole the paintings. I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh, so I figured I had nothing Toulouse!”
************************************************* The following is from club member Iain Clayre, who once owned a Swallow Doretti. “Those old cars were such fun. I had a 1955 Swallow Doretti (same coachbuilding company as SS) with a wet liner 4-cylinder 2 litre OHV engine in a tubular space frame and a pillar-box red aluminium body designed by Doretti of Milan. It would do 120 mph on the clock without any trouble except the possibility of burning out some bearings if your oil pressure dropped a bit low. Once, driv-ing up from my mother’s place in Winchester to my bridge-site at Chester, I was overtaken by a red 3 litre Healey - driven by a woman!! Naturally, having won the Boat Race, I set off in hot pursuit and found that I could take her on corners but she then passed me again on the straights. As we approached Nantwich, there stretched across the road was a big banner “Nantwich Car Club welcomes Pat Moss as the starter for this week-end’s rally.” Ah, well.” Iain Clayre
A Swallow Doretti
While we hope for the appearance of another mystery from Bennie Chisholm, here is a potential bit of light read-ing to fill in the time for us: “The Jaguar Conspiracy” “A Killer’s Revenge” By Paul McNabb
These books chronicle the exploits of retired detective Michael McAllister, and, in the second volume, his fiancée Tanya Stafford. The action takes place in the San Fran-cisco - Monterey area. The books are sold as e-books on the Amazon website, where more information can be found. Probably a good read while we wait for summer. *****
Have you ever wondered where the word “Jaguar” originated? I didn’t think so, neither have I. It came to English via Portuguese from one of the Tupi-Guarani languages, spoken in what is now Brazil, probably from the most widely used Amazonian trade language, Tupinamba. Those of you fluent in Tupinamba will recog-nize the word transliterated as “yaguara, literally meaning “beast” but also meaning “dog.” The specific word for Jaguar is “yaguarete,” the “ete” suffix meaning “real” or “true.” Now you know. A lady of the Tupinamba and her pet jaguar, named, I think, ekskayee.
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Plan now to attend the first British car event of the sea-son, The Ninth Annual Restoration Fair and Swap Meet, on Sunday April 13 at Heritage Acres on Lochside Drive in Central Saanich, presented by the Old English Car Club, South Island Branch and the Saanich Historical Arti-facts Society. Thinning the herd and selling your British car? We have a special “British Cars For Sale” section, but space is lim-ited so you really should register now. We have seen great success with people selling their British vehicles at this event. Absolutely everyone attending is a British car enthusiast. Now that is a captive audience! When you bring your British car you have the opportunity to be part of the “Boot Sale” to sell your parts, car books accessories etc. If you have decided to “purge” your garage, consider rent-ing a table for a swap meet space. Maybe go “halfers” with a friend on a joint effort table space. You will have a ton of potential buyers. We fill up early, so register SOON!
For all the details and a registration form, please go to the OECC South Island Branch website: www.oecc.ca/sib/index.htm
Restoration Fair & Swap Meet by Wayne Watkins
Jaguar is showing its C-X17 SUV concept for the first time in Canada at the Canadian International Auto Show, February 14-23 in Toronto. No doubt the company has seen the profits generated for Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Lexus, Infiniti et al by their SUV products, and decided that it is necessary to get in on the act. The concept vehicle made its debut at last year’s Frank-furt show. The aluminium-bodied C-X17 is built on what is known as the iQ (Al) platform, also reportedly the basis of a new saloon planned to appear in 2015. Engines will probably be 4-cylinder gasoline and diesel (for Europe), the Jaguar 3-litre V6 as an option, and a hybrid system.
(Below) Something impressive emerges from cover at the Toronto Auto Show……….
*************************************************************** I was doing useful projects at home. My wife was obvious-ly impressed, saying that I did the work of three men. Then I found out she meant Larry, Curly and Moe.
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Wanted for joti
Jaguar Mark I
Jaguar Mark II ****************************************************************
World Car of the Year Awards We will cast our minds back to last year, and the winners of the World Car of the Year Awards. These awards are decided by an international group of auto journalists, and are considered quite prestigious. The 2013 awards were as follows; 2013 World Car of the Year...Volkswagen Golf (Ho Hum) 2013 World Green Car...Tesla (What’s a Tesla?) 2013 World Performance Car….Porsche Boxster/Cayman (That’s a bit more like it) 2013 World Car Design of the Year….Jaguar F-TYPE (Neat-O!)
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For Sale 1981 TVR Tasmin convertible. Hand-made in Blackpool, England. Tubular chassis and fibreglass, designed by ex-Lotus engineers. Euro-spec German Ford 2.8 litre V6, Bosch fuel injection, 160 HP. A very usable exotic, and a joy to drive. Glove soft leather, mahogany trim. Excellent Michelin tires on special rims. The original rims come with it. Comes with lots of information, service books, new parts, car cover, even a TVR clock. $20,000. Raymond Nichols, [email protected] 250 390-1134 ****************************************************************** For Sale Beautiful 1989 XJS Jaguar V12 coupe. Glacier White with Tan Doe interior. Double-European headlights. 61,535 original miles. Once owned by a former mayor of Saanich. Garage-kept, excellent condition. $10,500. Please call (250) 715-7547 in Mill Bay or e-mail [email protected] if interested.
For Sale 1992 Series III V12 Vanden Plas Only 100 of these beautiful cars were made, each one individually numbered. This car is #3/100, in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition, with low mileage. Perfect body, chrome and wheels, excellent wood and leather; an easy concours competitor. This is an oppor-tunity to own one of the very last of the most beautiful sedans ever made. $10,500 Contact Angelika Ehlers, 250 592-2161 (evenings) Or e-mail [email protected] For further information, e-mail Gregory Andrachuk [email protected]
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New Personal Accessories Two New Exclusive Wrist Watches Round Face Sports Watch High accuracy quartz movement. Mineral crystal scratch-
resistant lens. Luminous hands and hours markings. Stain-
less steel bracelet band, 1 ATM water resistant and shock-
proof.
Classic Rectangular Design High accuracy quartz movement. Nickel plated metal case,
Italian design, hand-crafted and padded and stitched black
leather band.
Round Sports Watch…...17-9502………$49.95
Rectangular Classic…….17-9504………$39.95
New Car Accessories Something for the E-Types and XK-120s and
XK-140s New Tool Tray for E-Type Mechanics Many E-Type mechanics use the heater box as a tool and
parts tray. This isn’t good for the top of the heater box and
it’s even worse for those small parts that can roll off into
some under-bonnet nether region. Our tray is made from
the same nearly indestructible vinyl that long-haul truckers
use to tarp their loads. A layer of soft foam protects the
heater box, and a large lip contains tools and parts. Mag-
nets keep the tray in place. Made for you in the XKs Unlim-
ited Upholstery Shop.
Series I and II……….17-4400……………….$44.95
Series III V12………..17-4401……………….$44.95
NEW Side Curtain Stowage Bag, XK-120, XK-140 Also made in the XKs Unlimited Upholstery Shop, this stow-
age bag provides far more protection than an original. As-
sembled from stout and attractive materials, it will keep
your side curtains safely stowed and damage-free.
Side Curtain Bag…...19-0141………..$169.95
Tool Tray
Side Curtain Stowage Bag
Empty two-pocket pouch
Side curtains are separated ‘Zips’ closed to fully protect
XKs Unlimited, Inc
850 Fiero Lane, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
North America call (800) 441-5247
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Jun 21-22 Vancouver Collector Car Show, PNE Grounds. Info: www.vancouvercollectorcars.com Jun 22 Turkey Head Coffee Klatch, 9 am to noon
February 2014
Jaguar Events 2014 JCCV events are printed in bold
Feb 25 JCCV Regular Meeting, details page 12
March 2014
Mar 2 Sunday Prowl, details TBA (Cancelled)
Mar 16 Coffee Klatch at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel 9 am to noon.
Mar 25 JCCV Regular meeting, details TBA
April 2014
Apr 4-6 JCNA Annual General Meeting, Cambridge, MA Jaguar Association of New England Info: www.j-a-n-e.org
Apr 6 Sunday Prowl, details TBA
Apr 13 OECC South Island Branch Restoration Fair and Swap Meet, 10 am - 3 pm , Saanich Heritage Acres. Info: www.oecc.ca/sib
Apr20 Coffee Klatch, Oak Bay Beach Hotel, 9am to noon.
Apr 22 JCCV Regular Meeting, details TBA
Apr 27 St George’s Day British Motoring Show, Langley Info: Langley Area Mostly British Motoring Club. www.lambscarclub.com
May 2014
May 4 Sunday Prowl, details TBA
May17 Van Dusen ABFM, Vancouver Info: www.westerndriver.com
May 18 All British Run to Whistler, Vancouver. Info: www.oecc.ca
May 18 Turkey Head Coffee Klatch, 9am to noon. (Oak Bay Beach Hotel, if the weather is bad)
May 27 JCCV Regular Meeting, details TBA
May 31-Jun 1 Pender Island Trip, details TBA
June 2014
Jun 8 Sunday Prowl, details TBA
Jun 6-8 Brits Best Classics, Radium Hot Springs Info: www.calgayymgclub.org
Jun 7 Jags on Parade and On Show on the Meadow, Pitt Meadows Pacific Jaguar Enthusiasts Group Info: Art Dickenson 604 465-7244
Jun 8 PJEG Slalom, Jags & Friends All Out. Scott Road Skytrain station, Surrey Info: Art Dickenson 604 465-7244
Jun 15 Fathers Day Picnic, Beacon Hill Park. Info pending
Jun 15 Seaside Cruizers Fathers’ Day Show & Shine, Qualicum Beach. Info: www.seasidecruizers.com
Jun 22 Turkey head Coffee Klatch, 9 am to noon
Jun 22 Canadian XK Jaguar Register Summer Slalom, Scott Road Skytrain station, Surrey Info: John Morse, 604 594-8992
Jun 24 JCCV Regular meeting, details TBA
July 2014
July 1 Gorge Road Canada Day Picnic. Info: http://www.gorgetillicum.ca/site/index.php/events/gorge-canada-day-picnic
July 1 Saltspring Canada Day Show & Shine Info: www.saltspringcarclub.com (Pending)
July 6 Sunday Prowl, details TBA
July 13 Brits on the Beach, Ladysmith Info: Old English Car Club Central Island Branch, www.oecc.ca
July 19 European Classic car Meet, in Calgary Vintage Sports Car Club of Calgary, www.vsccc.ca
July 20 Turkey Head Coffee Klatch, 9am to noon
July 20 Classic Car Field Meet, Elk/Beaver Lake Park, Saanich Victoria MG Club. Info: Pending
July 25-27 Jaguars on the Island Info: www.jaguarcarclub.ca
July 26 Western Washington All British Field Meet. Info: abfm.com
August 2014
Aug 3 Sunday Prowl. Details TBA.
Aug 9 Jaguars on the Green, Tacoma, WA Jaguar Drivers and Restorers Club of NWA Info: www.seattlejagclub.org
Aug 9 Rally in the Valley, Peachland Okanagan British Car Club. Info: www.obcc.ca
Aug 10 Cowichan Valley Car Picnic, Mill Bay Info: www.cvcp.ca
Aug 10 Oak Bay Collector Car Festival, Oak Bay. Info pending
Aug 14-17 Monterey Motorsports Reunion , Laguna Seca, CA Info: http://www.mazdaraceway.com/rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion
Aug 16 Heritage Classic Concours, Douglas Park, Langley City Info: Canadian XK Jaguar Registry, Tom Doyle @ [email protected];
Aug 17 Filberg All British Field Meet, Comox. OECC Comox Valley Info: 250-338-0026 or [email protected]
Aug 17 Heritage Classic Slalom, Scott Road Skytrain Station, Surrey Info: Canadian XK Jaguar Registry, John Morse 604-594-8992
Aug 24 Turkey Head Coffee Klatch, 9am to noon
Aug 24 Vancouver Island Motorcar Gathering, QA grounds Info: www.gain-vi.ca
Aug 24 Concours d’Elegance of the San Juan Islands, Friday Harbor, WA. Info: www.sanjuanconcours.org
Aug 26 JCCV Regular Meeting. Details TBA.
Aug 30 Jaguar Owners Club of Oregon Concours, Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR Info: Bill Loppnow 360-253-9144
Aug 29-31 Portland All British Field Meet and Historic Auto Races, Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR. Info: www.abfm-pdx.com
