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2016 JCNA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & 2016 JCNA INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR FESTIVAL REGISTRATION TIPS

1. Registration for each event is a sepa- clock. button the ticket choices will expand. rate ticket so if you are registering for both the AGM and IJF events you will 3. You can return to the previous screen 2. From the expanded ticket selection in need to register for each event separately. by clicking the arrow. If you want to the orange selection bar you will be go to a different item in the orange se- able to select a specific type of ticket 2. Remember your credentials (user id lection bar just click the button corre- (AGM, IJF, Concours, Guests). and password) as you will need this infor- 3. If you do not expand mation to change or the TICKETS selection continue your registra- all ticket choices (AGM tion. and IJF) will be dis- played. Click on the 3. Each registrant will specific type of ticket need to have a unique you want. If you do not email address to regis- see the ticket you want ter for an event/ just scroll down using the scroll bar on the far 4. Everyone attending right of the screen that the JCNA AGM and will become visible JCNA IJF must regis- when you hover over it. ter. For each registra- tion an identification 4. To proceed with a badge will be created. specific ticket click on If you and a guest are the CLICK TO REGIS- attending the AGM TER button (the orange and/or the IJF you will button at the bottom of each need to go the tile you want to se- through the registration lect). process for each event you plan to attend. 5. When you see a ticket price of $5 the fee is for 5. It is not necessary to the ticket. All pay to complete your registra- attend events must be tion in a single session. purchased additionally. If you do not complete your registration sponding to where you want to go. Attendance is only guaranteed for you will receive an automatic email that events that you registered for and have lets you know you started entering your 4. On tiled screens i.e. the SCHEDULE paid for. registration but did not finish. You can button you will be presented with a continue where you left off by signing series of large squares (tiles) with text ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS into event registration. centered in the middle. Click on the tile you are interested in knowing more If you continue to have issues register- NAVIGATING THE REGISTRATION about and the tile will flip displaying ing call: (480) 269-4172 and leave a SITE additional details. Click on the MORE message. A member of our support INFORMATION button and a descrip- team will return your call. 1. When you look at the JCNA AGM/ tion of the activity will appear. In some IJF website for the first time you will cases the MORE INFORMATION but- The Jaguar Club of Central Arizona notice an orange selection bar (vertical ton will link you to a corresponding looks forward to you’re joining us at the bar) on the left side of the screen. At the website. 2016 JCNA AGM and JCNA IJF. top you will see a copy of the event logo with a stack of options you can select REGISTERING FOR THE AGM OR from. To become familiar with the web- IJF site click on each of the selections to review the content. 1. There are 2 ways to register for an event. You can click on the large AGM 2. At the bottom of the orange selection & IJF REGISTRATION button (top bar you will see Click and the remain- left side of screen) or select the TICK- ing selections will be displayed. You will ETS+ BUTTON midway down the know you are at the bottom of the list orange selection bar. NOTE: if you when you see the event countdown click on the + next to the TICKETS Page 3 Page 4

Jaguar Confirms Entry As Precursor To Electric Cars

www.theweek.co.uk Dec 15, 2015

Rumours that the marque was -in C-X75 Hybrid supercar con- miles, says the magazine. readying an announcement were cept, which eventually morphed first reported by Sky News in ear- into the Jaguar driven by villain Car magazine also highlights the ly December. An official an- Mr Hinx in the latest James likelihood of the group's first nouncement today confirmed Bond film, Spectre. electric car being a small Jaguar those rumours. crossover. It claims the car could The big news is Jaguar Land be called the 'E-Pace', and uses A state- renders to ment pro- show vided by what the Jaguar said battery the firm powered hoped all- Jaguar electric could motor look like. sport would Jaguar's "provide a motor- real world sport her- perfor- itage mance test bed for JLR's en- future Jag- try into uar Land Formula Rover E marks technology." Rover's plans to use the racing the first factory-backed Jaguar series as a platform to develop team in motor sport since they This confirms that Jaguar Land electric cars. pulled out of Formula 1 in 2004. Rover is interested in developing a Jaguar Racing, owned by Ford, range of electric vehicles, which Autocar reports that it is still un- competed in 85 Grands Prix but could be with us soon. The firm clear whether JLR will launch an failed to make an impact on the joins Audi, Renault and Citroen/ electric Jaguar or Land Rover sport and never won a race. DS as manufacturers with some first, but says it is rumoured that form of involvement in the all- Jaguar is planning to reveal an But the company's motor sport electric series, as well as the tech- electric concept car at the 2016 heritage in is nology wing of McLaren. Paris Motor show, to preview a glittering - Jaguar has won Le production model in 2017. Mans outright seven times, Jaguar's racing team will work though not since 1990. alongside Williams Advanced En- The concept is touted to be a gineering – the technology wing small SUV, following in the According to Autosport, Jaguar's of the Williams Formula 1 team – footsteps of Jaguar's first 4x4, team will 'pay homage' to their to develop their electric power- the F-Pace. It will go head to motor sport heritage when more train. head with Tesla's upcoming details about the new racing team Model X electric SUV and will are confirmed. The two companies previously go on sale in 2017 priced around worked together to create the plug £60,000 and with a range of 300 Page 5

Whitworth, Nuffield, BSF and British Association Fasteners Essentials for a Britmobile Owner of a Certain Age ... -- Gary Lindstrom and Bill Van Moorhem

You see a great buy on Whitworth less metal is removed in making and earlier car -- but not neces- taps and dies on Ebay and you say the threads. sarily on the engine block -- see to yourself "These sure would be below. handy to clean up the threads on As stated above, there are no my MGtriumphMorganAustin- (although there may be one out Part 2: British Pipe Threads HealeyJaguar project car!" there somewhere) Whitworth threads on our cars -- only BSF - The Brits, of course, used differ- Wrong! Even though Whitworth - but with Whitworth sized bolt ent dimensions and threads/inch wrenches are essential for work for their pipe threads too. Pipe on most pre-1960 British cars, threaded fitting are not common there is nary a Whitworth on B-Cars but do occur, for ex- thread to be found on these vehi- ample on the heater valve on cles. And maybe your most Spridgets. A couple of examples: handy wrenches are actually la- both the Brits and the U.S. have beled BSF rather than WW, and what is called 1/8” pipe. The have different size designa- British Standard 1/8” pipe has an tions? What gives? Well, the an- outside diameter of 0.383” and swers have enough historical has 28 threads/inch. In the U.S. twists and turns to fill a Miss 1/8” pipe is 0.405” in diameter Marple mystery. and has 27 threads/inch. The same thing happens for 1/4” pipe, There is so much consternation on the British standard is 0.518” and this subject that we will endeavor 19 threads/inch, while the U.S. to enlighten the WMJR [ex standard is 0.540” and 18 threads/ BMCU] Assembled Multitudes heads, and hence wrench siz- inch. Since pipe threads are ta- with this All Purpose (Brief) es. The most commonly seen pered, the diameter at the begin- Guide to British Fasteners on threads are 1/4 x 26 BS, 5/16 x ning of the thread is less that an such vintage vehicles. So, pull up 22 BS, 3/8 x 20 BS, 7/16 x 18 the end, a U.S. male thread will your creepers and let's get to BS, 1/2 x 16 BS, and 9/16 x 16 likely start into female British work. BS. Wrenches labeled BS come fitting, but since the threads/inch in the these sizes, labeled by bolt are different, the two will likely Part 1: Whitworth vs. BSF diameter. Hence for the bolt siz- bind up before they seal. Every- es listed above, we use BS one I know that has tried to mate The Whitworth thread form wrenches labeled 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, U.S. and British pipe threads has (BSW) was proposed by Sir Jo- 7/16, 1/2, and 9/16 inch, respec- generated a slow, but consistent, seph Whitworth in 1841, and tively. leak. adopted as the British industry standard a few years later. This Whitworth wrenches are the Part 3: BA Machine Screws was supplemented in the early same sizes, but labeled one size 1900's by British Standard Fine smaller. Hence the Whitworth BA is short for British Associa- (BSF) threads, which are finer wrenches for the bolts listed tion Form -- originally developed (and have a different thread angle, above are respectively 3/16 by the Swiss for very small watch but that's not important here). BSW, 1/4 BSW, 5/16 BSW, 3/8 and clock screws. BA sizes range Thus the Brits had both course BSW, 7/16 BSW and 1/2 BSW. from 0BA (larger) to 16BA (Whitworth) and fine (BSF) (smaller), though 2, 4 and 6BA thread bolts. Fine thread bolts are Where are these used? Essen- seem to be all that appears in stronger than course thread since tially, everywhere on a 1950's British cars. Beware: the diame- Page 6 British Fasteners —cont’d from p. 5 ters and thread counts are deviously no rational scheme for wrench fiendishly narrow and shallow close to common sizes, e.g. a 2BA sizes here, but 3/16 BSW and slots on Lucas terminals, and a has the diameter extremely close to 1/4 BSW seem to cover all the Reed Prince screw driver -- akin that of a #10 machine screw, but -- bases. to a Phillips, but less pointy -- fit- believe it or not -- a thread count of ting those cross headed screws 31.4 rather than 32! The result is Part 5: Recommended tools with radial marks between the that some BA screws are almost, cross arms, and where the normal but not quite, interchangeable with The following table is our rec- Phillips screwdriver always slips. screws obtained from your local ommendation for the Whitworth hardware store. sizes that are needed by a 1950's [Editor’s note: I will add BA 2, 4 and 6 spanners (wrenches) and nut BA screws are used in in- drivers, available from struments (e.g., Smith and British Tool and Fasten- Jaeger), as carb throttle and ers, below] enrichment stops, and certain body trim parts. Part 6: Resources

Part 4: Lord Nuffield's Mad To read up on this Metric Form "fastenating" story, try the following references. Now the plot really thickens. There and earlier British car owner: 1) "Bolts and Nuts MG is no official name for this thread Style," The Sacred Octagon, June form, which appears on Mowog  3/16 WW, also known as 1980, pp. 138-9 (Morris Wolseley Garages, e.g., 1/4 BSF 2) "The #%@! Wrench Won't MG) engines and gearboxes. The  1/4 WW (5/16 BSF) Fit!," by "wkv", BMCU Newslet- story goes that MG engines and  5/16 WW (3/8 BSF) ter, June 1990, pp. 3-4, and gearboxes were made in a factory  3/8 WW (7/16 BSF) originally created by Hotchkiss, a  7/16 WW (1/2 BSF) Suppliers of British tools and fas- French munitions company. The  1/2 WW (9/16 BSF) teners include: tooling was all metric, but the 1) Moss Motors and Abingdon workers all had Whitworth wrench- For taps and dies, the most use- Spares -- well known to MG own- es. The result was international de- ful are 1/4 x 26 BSF and 5/16 x ers tente in the form of metric threads 22 BSF, plus 6BA, 4BA, and 2) British Tool and Fasteners, on bolts with Whitworth 2BA, as well as 8 x 1 mm. http://www.britishtool.com heads. Fortunately, only one thread size really matters to us: 8 x 1 mm Two other items that are ex- And oh yes, British tools do show -- which, being a French size, is dif- tremely handy are screwdrivers: up from time to time on ferent from the more common 8 x a hollow ground "gun smith" Ebay! Just stay away from those 1.25 mm size. There seems to be screwdriver for turning those BSW taps and dies.

From Liz Green, Membership Chair:

Hi. I waited to send in dues for the 4-5 stragglers until 10 days ago [from 2/28]. Nancy Cor- beille (Jcna membership) has the money and roster. Everything will be good for the May/ June issue of the journal. I need you to put something in the newsletter explaining why eve- ryone got a cancel notice. Next year I won't wait. I'll send in what I have by Jan. 5 and those who don't pay by then will have to wait until later. Thanks. We'll be home the middle of March from Yuma,Az.

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Jaguar Returns to Le Mans with Jaguar Classic Challenge

Posted on Just British Online Motoring Magazine February 1, 2016 by Staff in Classic Cars, Events, Highlights, Jaguar, Racing and Competition

Excitement levels are building for ing in international historic rac- the second season of the Jaguar ing competitions. These regula-  Oulton Park Gold Cup: 27th – Classic Challenge as the Le Mans tions pay particular considera- 29th August Classic is confirmed for inclusion tion to a car’s period specifica- in the all-new race calendar for tion and are in keeping with the Tim Hannig, Director, Jaguar 2016. The Le Mans Classic will true spirit of historic motor rac- Land Rover Classic, said: be one of the major highlights of ing. the forthcoming season that will Jaguar’s wonderful history of see a diverse field of pre-1966 Drivers participating in this racing at Le Mans will add to the Jaguars going wheel-to-wheel in year’s Classic Challenge will spectacle of the Jaguar Classic the competitive single-marque now also qualify to enter many Challenge. Watching a diverse series. array of pre-1966 Jaguars racing on the iconic cir- Jaguar has a long cuit, some of and successful which even history at Le raced there in Mans, with the period, will sure- marque first win- ly be a sight not ning there back to be missed. in 1951 with Pe- ter Walker and The racing and Peter Whitehead camaraderie be- driving the C- tween the drivers type – affection- during the inau- ately known as gural season XKC 003. other international historic races was fantastic to that run these standardised set of witness and the new regulations A one-two finish followed this in rules. will enhance the experience for 1953 with the duo of Tony Rolt both competitors and fans alike and Duncan Hamilton taking The dates for the 2016 Jaguar making it a fitting tribute to the overall honours. Jaguar dominat- Classic Challenge are as fol- brand’s rich racing pedigree. ed Le Mans for three consecutive lows: years in 1955, 1956 and 1957 in The Classic the D-type. A further two race  Donington Historic Festival: business specialises in cars, ser- victories were to follow years lat- 30th April – 2nd May vices, parts and experiences to er in 1988 and 1990 in the XJR- maintain and nurture the passion 9LM and XJR-12 respectively.  Silverstone International for the Jaguar brand and its icon- Trophy: 21st – 22nd May ic models for decades to come. Along with the inclusion of the Le Mans Classic in the calendar, the  Le Mans Classic: 8th – 10th Drivers wishing to take part in Jaguar Classic Challenge, run in July 2016 can visit the dedicated web conjunction with the Historic page for the new season at Sports Car Club (HSCC), will al-  AvD-Oldtimer-Grand-Prix, www.hscc.org.uk/jaguar-classic- so adopt new technical regula- Nürburgring: 12th – 14th challenge for full details and in- tions based on the FIA’s Appen- August formation on how to enter. dix K framework for cars compet- Page 9

For Sale 2001 Jaguar XK8 Convertible

This lovely car is being offered for sale by club member Scott Bringhurst.

He purchased the car from the original owner family in California in 2014.

Details:

 Only 65,460 actual miles  Original paint, top and interior  4 liter V8, automatic transmission, power windows, power seats  Factory air, special Jaguar chrome wheels.

Asking $14,500. Contact Scott at 801-913-0775. Page 10

For Sale 1959 Jaguar Mark IX Saloon

Long time WMJR member Joe Todd is reluctantly selling his beloved Mark IX.

The car is in Jaguar correct Sable and Old English White livery, and is mechanically modern- ized with a 1970 Pontiac Ram Air III engine, overdrive automatic transmission, and upgraded power steering and power brakes.

It has a 3.55 ratio rear end permitting it to cruise at 70 mph with only 2k rpm .

This car was owned by the Hollywood music director Robert Arthur who worked with Ed Sul- livan and Dick Clark.

It comes with many spares and original parts, including new wire wheels and suspension parts.

Asking price is $12,500 negotiable. Call Joe at 801-944-7797. Page 11

Club Officers

President Jerry Gill, 801-272-7274 Activities Committee [email protected] Susan Cady voice 801-731-1599, text 801-791-9378 Vice President [email protected] Jim Klekas, 801-971-6060 Kay Jennings 801-274-2671 [email protected] [email protected] Barbara Smithen, 801-278-2451 Past President [email protected] Duane Allred 801-943-9253 Newsletter Publisher / Webmaster Gary Lindstrom, voice or text 801-554-3823 Secretary / Treasurer [email protected] John Green, voice or text 801-451-5776 [email protected] Page 12 Event Calendar

March 31—April 6, 2016 International Jaguar Club Festival (Ex Western States Meet) Phoenix, AZ See article on p. 1

Saturday, June 18, 2016 British Field Day Liberty Park

Friday, July 1, 2016 North Salt Lake, UT Eaglewood Festival of Speed

Saturday, August 20, 2016 Classic Sports Car Show Main Street Park City, UT

WINTER CAR STORAGE Secure…$50 month John Green, Carousell Storage 801-628-9361 Boats, ATV’s, Motorcycles, RV’s - Price on Request

The Draftee Tried a Tube and Purred Well Whaddya Know I’ve Been Defurred —Burma Shave, 1959