Gateway Relay Vol IV, No. 1 St Louis Council September 2014

Council News & Notes Up & Coming  Obviously there’s a chance 18 Sept 2014—Official launch of the Jaguar F-Type Coupe, sponsored by Plaza some heat and humidity may Jaguar, Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, IL, 4-8 PM. Three professional racecar return, but when you figure drivers will take people on a ride around the road course. Come out for a fun evening Rapid City, the Black Hills for all including refreshments and hors d’oeuvres. and points north and west got 19 Sept 2014—ABBCS Welcome Parking Lot BBQ, Red Roof Westport, 11837 serious snow last week Lackland Rd. Traditional pre-show meet and greet hosted by the MG Club of St Lou- (thanks Alberta!), it would is, $5 donation to the cause requested, info at www.allbritishcarshow.com/home/. appear we are now into fall...which means leaves 20 Sept 2014—Cars & Coffee. LOCATION CHANGE: Westport Plaza, I-270 and turning and great driving Page Blvd, south lot between Starbucks and McDonalds, 8 AM to 10 AM. On Face- weather. book at https://www.facebook.com/events/1578786405680180/  Fall also means the last flurry 20 Sept 2014—33rd All British Car & Cycle Show, Creve Coeur Lake Park, featur- of activities; check “Up & ing Sunbeam as this year’s featured marque. Hosted by the MG Club of St Louis, Coming” to the right and/or food concession by St Louis Triumph Owners Association. Online registration availa- www.stlscc.org for the latest ble at www.allbritishcarshow.com/home/. This is the single biggest LBC event of the information and opportunities year in greater St Louis, always a strong turnout and always some truly unique vehi- and take advantage of them, cles. as things will slow down sub- stantially within the next cou- 20 Sept 2014—St Martin de Porres Car Show, on the church athletic fields, 615 ple of months. Dunn Rd, Hazelwood. Registration 8-11 AM, dash plaques to the first 100 arrivals, 50/50 drawing benefits St Martin de Porres Parish. Call (314)972-9200 8 AM to 4 PM  Also, this season seems to be for more information. bringing about an uptick in 26 Sept 2014—Sonic Car Cruise, 6 PM-10 PM, 1002 S Kirkwood Rd, Kirkwood, short-notice “y'alll come!” sponsored by the Outsiders Car Club. Still held every Friday through 31 October, driving events, invariably in- 50/50 raffle benefits the Wounded Warriors Project. volving a stop for food and libation. The Triumph club 26-27 Sept 2014—St Louis Scottish Games & Cultural Festival, Forest Park, alone did three Sunday drives near the tennis courts, south of the Missouri History Museum. Friday 5-10:30 PM, in the space of one month. Saturday 8:45 to 6 PM; the event includes a British car show, contact Dave Massey (314)966-6056 or at [email protected]. Info at www.stlouis-scottishgames.com/  If your club decides to call a contestants-new.php. short-notice, all-hands evolu- tion, please keep StLSCC 27 Sept 2014—Joint JAGSL and Spirit Classic Car Club Drive to Mark Twain Birth- Central in mind. We’re here place Historic Site, Florida, MO, on the shore of Mark Twain Lake. Meet at the to get the word out and can Bass Pro Shop, 1365 S. Fifth St, St Charles, at 9 AM, instructions/directions will be do so fairly quickly through issued prior to the 9:30 departure. After the tour, lunch at The Junction at the inter- the use of event alerts. We section of Highways 19 and 154. Monitor www.jcna.com/clubs/main.php? normally can also provide club=sc20&Vref=sc20 or see the online Jaguar’s Growl for additional information. photo coverage, if desired. 27 Sept 2014—Annual Olivette on the Go Car Show, sponsored by Enterprise Fleet Management, at Stacy Park, 9750 Old Bonhomme Rd (east of Lindbergh/US 67,

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Note: Some club driving events restrict participation to club members only, primari- ly for national/chapter insurance reasons. If interested in joining in on a drive or other event, we recommend you contact the club’s event coordinator in advance for details.

In Print September’s the traditional new car month and rest assured, magazines like Car & Driver and Road & Track have dedicated their latest issues to the subject, with information on new Jags, Nissans and Volvos, among others. R&T provides a short feature on Volvo’s new turbo- and supercharged 2.0L four and also gives an early look at the 2016 Jaguar XE. C&D fea- tures the Volvo S60 T6 Drive-E as well as

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south of Olive/MO 340). Free event, registration opens at 11:30 rain or shine, first 35 cars get dash plaques and trophies will be awarded. Register through 20 September at the Olivette Parks & Recreation Department (3140)991-1249 or online at http://olivetteonthego.com/carshow/. 27 Sept 2014—Jefferson County Motorama Car Show, at Jefferson College, 1000 Viking Rd, Hillsboro. Dash plaques to the first 100 participants, 50/50 drawing benefits the Jefferson County Association for Gifted Children and Jefferson Col- lege Foundation. Call (314)239-8650 for more info. 27-28 Sept 2014—19th Annual Wings & Wheels Car Show & Fly-In, St Louis Regional Airport, 8 Terminal Drive, East Alton. Free event, registration 9 AM to 12 noon, trophies at 3 PM. Formation flying and vintage automobiles, aircraft rides on Sunday. Info at http://stlouisregional.com/events/19th- annual-fly-in-and-open-house/. 28 Sept 2014—Boeing Sports Car Club autocross, Family Arena, St Charles, $35 for six runs, show about 9 AM. Con- tact Racer Steve at [email protected] for details and to get on the event email list. 28 Sept 2014—4th Annual Autos on Valhalla, on the grounds of Valhalla Cemetery, 7600 St Charles Rock Rd, 11 AM to 2 PM. Open to classic and contemporary American, Asian and European cars, entry $25 (tax deductible), admission free. Event benefits Ride On St Louis; info at https://www.facebook.com/autosonvalhalla, call Dodie Frank (314)961-8881 or email Steve Warren, [email protected]. 4 Oct 2014—Cars & Coffee West, Mid Rivers Mall, St Peters, 8 AM to 10 AM. 5 Oct 2014—West By Southwest Drive, SLTOA fall run to Washington and New Haven. Details to follow, monitor www.sltoa.org. 11 Oct 2014—Annual Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis Concours d’Elegance, Kemp Auto Museum, Ches- terfield. Over the last 20 years, consistently one of the largest Jaguar Club of North America concours. Friday night cocktail party at EdgeWild Winery & Restaurant, 550 Chesterfield Center; cars on the plaza Saturday 7-9 AM, judging from 12-4 PM; awards dinner at Bishop’s Post, 16125 Chesterfield Parkway West that evening. Monitor www.jcna.com/clubs/main.php? club=sc20&Vref=sc20 or see the online Jaguar’s Growl for additional information. 11 Oct 2014—Paint New Town Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Classic Car Show, at the New Town Amphitheater, St Charles. Info and online registration at www.paintnewtownpink.com, $10 registration benefits the Karen Weidinger Foun- dation. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place People’s Choice Awards, food trucks and vendors, DJ entertainment. 11-17 Oct 2014—And now for something completely different: Operation Arcadia: 5th Annual WWII Vehicle/ Reenactor Convoy. Hosted by VI Corps Combat Engineers, start at the Arcadia, MO, Academy. Tanks, halftracks, jeeps and other historic vehicles and reenactors wend their way through the Mark Twain National Forest to Arcadia. For information contact Terry Johns, [email protected] or monitor www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/. 12 Oct 2014—St Louis Region SCCA Solo No. 10, Family Arena, St Charles. Info at http://stlsolo.org/node/98. 12 Oct 2014—3rd Annual Florissant Police Officers Welfare Association Car & Bike Show, in association with the Florissant Fall Festival, benefitting the K-9 Unit. Registration 8 AM to 12 noon, entry fee/donation at registration. Plaques and t-shirts to the first 150 cars, attendance prizes, K-9 demonstrations, awards at 4 PM. At the Knights of Columbus, No. 25 W Washington, Florissant. 18 Oct 2014—Last Cars & Coffee of the season, 8 AM to 10 AM, Westport Plaza south lot between Starbucks and McDon- alds, 8:15 to 10:15. 18 Oct 2014—Boeing Sports Car Club autocross, Family Arena, St Charles, $35 for six runs, show about 9 AM. Con- tact Racer Steve at [email protected] for details and to get on the event email list. 19 Oct 2014—Rescheduled Gateway VCOA Mid-MO Meet-Up. Drive to Jeff City to meet with the Volvo Club of Kansas City and tour the infamous Missouri State Penitentiary. Depart from the Schnuck’s in Eureka (I-44 and MO 109) at 8:30 AM, lunch at a winery in the Jefferson City area following the tour of The Big House. If you’d like to come along, please contact GVCOA President Doug Morrell at [email protected], also keep an eye on https://sites.google.com/site/gatewayvcoa/. 31 Oct-1 Nov 2014—Volvo Club of America National Meet, hosted by the Ozark Rollers VCOA in Eureka Springs, AR. More details to follow including meet location for the drive to Eureka Springs. The town’ll be ready for the Volvos: the Alfa Owners Club meets there the week before, followed by the Porsche owners the subsequent week. 8 Nov 2014—St Louis Region SCCA Road Course Solo, Gateway Motorsports Park. Info at http://stlsolo.org/node/98. 8 Nov 2014—Annual Museum of Transport Wheels and Wine. Enjoy tasting some of the region’s finest wines and foods amongst the museum’s vintage cars, 7 to 9 PM. Call (314)615-8MOT to purchase tickets, other info at http:// transportmuseumassociation.org/. 9 Nov 2014—SLTOA 2nd Annual Veterans Day Drive. Run down the Mississippi River on the Illinois side to Chester, lunch in Perryville and then return. Open to all local special interest/enthusiast car clubs, donation requested, proceeds benefit the Fisher House Foundation (www.fisherhouse.org). Plan on meeting at the McDonalds in Columbia, IL on Hwy 3 at 10-ish, more details to follow. 9 Nov 2014—Last Boeing Sports Car Club autocross of the season, Family Arena, St Charles, $35 for six runs, show about 9 AM. Contact Racer Steve at [email protected] for details and to get on the event email list. 9 Nov 2014—St Louis Region SCCA Year-End Solo, Gateway Motorsports Park. Info at http://stlsolo.org/node/98. 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Roadwork: The Incredible C-Type

As this issue of the Relay goes to press, we’re roughly one Jaguar entered week out from the greater St Louis area’s single largest “Rule the 1951 Le Mans Britannia” event, the annual All British Car & Cycle Show. race some six Initiated by the Gateway Healey Association in 1985 as a weeks after com- combination show and funkhana (“Roadwork: The All British pleting the first C- Car & Cycle Show,” Gateway Relay, August 2013), it later Types; remarkably, passed to the MG Club of St Louis with the St Louis Triumph the type won first Owners Association handling the food concession and settled time out, with driv- in at its now long-time venue, Creve Coeur Lake Park. ers Peter Walker and Peter White- In and around the Austin/Morris Minis, Healeys, Jaguars, head taking the flag Lotii, MGs, Morgans, Rolls-Royces, Sunbeam Tigers and Tri- in XKC003. Stirling umphs showing up, one can always count on several truly Moss, teamed with unique vehicles to show up, such as a 1959 Berkeley, or a in 1952 Singer, Marcos or Austin. However, the arrival of one XKC002, set the particular vehicle at the 2009 ABCCS pretty much brought the And they’re off! The start of the 1951 Le single lap record, Mans race with the Walker/Whitehead C- registration proceedings to a standstill. achieving 169.356 Type in front, followed by the Cunningham KmH (105.32 mph) C2Rs of and George prior to the car’s Rand. Photo: Wired. demise on lap 92 due to loss of oil pressure. The third team car, driven by Leslie Johnson and Clemente Biondetti, went out on the 50th lap with an oil pump failure; a fourth C-Type, driven by privateers Rob- ert Lawrie and Ivan Waller, finished 11th. Despite his Le Mans disappointment, Moss subsequently won the Tourist Trophy in XKC002 and two events at Goodwood in XKC001. After hearing reports of the insanely fast Mercedes-Benz 300SL, Jaguar redesigned the C-Types in advance of Le Mans, increasing engine displacement to 3.5L while adding bigger carbs and a more aerodynamic, “droop snoot” nose and long, flat tail which ta- pered down to the The car was a replica (or, if you prefer, “continuation”) 1953 track. During test- Jaguar C-Type, with owner/driver Fred Stout wearing highly ing, the cars man- appropriate cloth racing helmet and goggles. St Louis Triumph aged in the vicinity of Owners Association member and newsletter contributing edi- 153 mph, 10 mph tor Kathy Kresser immediately tracked down Mr Stout (who faster than the also owns or owned a 1959 DB2/4 MkIII) for a standard C-Types; quick interview. He said he’d bought the car in Chicago during unfortunately, in mid-winter and drove it back to St Louis, remaining quite com- these early days of fortable in his RAF fleece-lined helmet, ski jacket and mittens automotive aerody- despite the below freezing temperatures (apparently wife namics, at speed the Shirley thought better of the effort after a few miles and found redesigned Jaguars another means of returning home). Drive an open cockpit, all- XCK002 at the Jaguar factory with the 1952 developed enough up race car through Illinois in the dead of winter? Why not, mods. Photo: Jaguar Automobilia lift to be bad air- particularly when the vehicle’s a sports car legend? planes. According to one report, “…the drivers came back to In 1948, Jaguar introduced its first post-war sports car, the the pits ashen-faced to report evil instability.” equally legendary XK120. In the 1950 Le Mans 24-hour race, Jaguar failed to defend during the 1952 24-hour race as all driver Leslie Johnson ran like the hammers of hell against three cars dropped out due to overheating. One by one, the C- more specialized vehicles and managed to get his XK120S Types of Moss/Walker, Whitehead/Ian Stewart and / into third place at the 21-hour mark, prior to dropping out with Duncan Hamilton fell by the wayside…and yes, Mercedes- clutch failure. According to writer Tim Nevinson, Johnson’s th th Benz scored a one-two finish, although it became apparent effort along with the 12 and 15 place finishes by two other during the race that they weren’t near as fast in a straight line 120s (Peter Clark/Nick Haines and Peter Whitehead/John as everyone thought. Post-race, Jaguar’s engineers did some Marshall, respectively) convinced William Lyons to return to Le testing and determined the aerodynamic body hadn’t caused Mans with purpose-built race cars. the cooling problems, at least not directly; the convoluted en- The C-Type – initially also known as the XK120C – was the gine cooling system required by the lengthened, lowered hood result. Malcom Sayer designed the streamlined body while was the culprit. In any event, the company regrouped, went Bob Knight handled the engineering end; the resulting vehicle back to the standard body style and prepared for the following employed Jaguar’s DOHC 3.4L six with two SU H8 carbs, year’s race. developing 201 bhp; an aluminum body over a tubular frame; The 1953-edition C-Types introduced four-wheel disc front wishbone suspension with torsion bars and hydraulic brakes, along with three twin-choke Webers. In May 1953, shocks; a solid rear axle with torsion bards; four 6.5x16 tires, Tommy Wisdom ran one of the cars in the and and drum brakes at all four corners. Weighting only 2101 finished 17th, completing eight laps in 8 hours and 5 minutes. pounds the cars had a top speed of about 140 and certainly Summarized one writer, “You might think that 17th is nothing to looked purposeful, like, well, leaping cats. The company built brag about, but even finishing the Targa is a proud accomplish- 53 between 1951 and 1953, with 11 serving as factory cars ment.” At Le Mans the following month, Jaguar returned to the and the rest going to customers. At introduction, they cost winner’s circle with a vengeance, with Hamilton/Rolt taking first £1500 (about $6000). place in chassis XKC051 at an average speed of 170.336 (Continued on page 4) 3

C-Type (Continued from page 3) Glen and in December, Hill took the Torrey Pines Road Races in California with XKC007. Bob Blackwood notched a win at KmH/105.85 mph, Moss/Walker finishing second four laps back the SCCA Nationals at MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida in Febru- and Whitehead/Stewart in fourth ( and John Fitch ary 1953 in XKC013, while took XKC015 to finished third in a Cunningham C5R-). A fourth C- wins at the Golden Gate Nationals in San Francisco in Sep- Type, entered by the Belgian team Ecurie Francorchamps and tember; he followed up by taking his class in the Mount Wash- th driven by Roger Laurent and Charles de Tornaco, placed 9 . ington, New Hampshire, hill climb. Interestingly, Dun- Time and technology march on, particularly in . can Hamilton and The C-Type recorded its last European victories on 29 June Tony Rolt almost 1957 at the National Silverstone, with Bob Mould winning the didn’t make the race; unlimited race and John Bekaert finishing first in the Scratch the team originally and Motorsport Handicap events. The last US victory oc- entered them and curred at Torrey Pines on 22 October 1955, when Pete their car, XKC051, as Woods took the 6-Hour race. Several of the C-Types sol- a backup just in case diered on; incredibly, on 28 August 1965 at an SCCA regional someone else didn’t race at Lime Rock, Connecticut, Gordon MacKenzie finished qualify. Following an second in XKC030. accident involving another team’s car Decades later, several C-Types still exist, periodically show- during practice, they ing up in vintage racing and on the auction circuit. XKC006, The winners, 1953 Le Mans 24-Hour. Pho- were cleared to start one of the former Ecurie Ecosse cars, sold at auction in 2006 to: BBC on the morning of the for $1,649,638. Three years later at Monterey, XKC007 – Phil race…and proceed- Hill’s car at Elkhart Lake, Torrey Pines, Watkins Glen and ed to drive at least the first few hours with massive hangovers. other locales – rang down the gavel at $2,530,000. The following year’s Le Mans event marked the factory’s de- Which brings us back to Fred Stout’s C-Type. If you can’t but of the D-Type, one of which – driven by Hamilton and Rolt – afford to invest several million in an original, several manufac- finished second behind José Froilán González and Maurice turers offer replicas with appropriate Jaguar running gear, Trintignant in a 375-Plus, only one lap down. Roger starting at about £40,000 ($65,200 at the current exchange Laurent and Jacques Swaters placed fourth in a C-Type. The rate…now where did I put that winning lottery ticket?). Shell two other factory D-Types, driven by Moss/Walker and White- Valley Classic Wheels of Platte Center, Nebraska (!) offers a head/Ken Wharton, failed to finish. Jaguar did win again in do-it-yourself kit starting at about $22,000. Other companies 1955, with Mike Hawthorne and crossing the finish such as Coventry Classics of Otago, New Zealand; Suffolk line first in a D-Type. The victory occurred under tragic circum- Jaguar, Woodbridge, Suffolk; Nostalgia Cars, Taunton, Som- stances, following ’s lap 35 accident in a Mer- merset; and Classic Jaguar Replicas, Scotland Corner, Buck- cedes-Benz 300SLR, which killed Levegh and 83 others. The leberry will build to order. 1955 win marked the first of three consecutive victories for the Is it worth it? As Classic Jaguar explains on its web page, D-Type but C-Types, in the hands of other teams and private owners, continued to do well in European competition for a few To the purist enthusiast of this mark, the thought of a more years. replica or kit might be seen as sacrilege, but the oppor- tunity to drive or own the real thing is for most, an im- The C-Type also did par- possible dream. We see these products as essential ticularly well and, like in the to keeping the enthusiasm and heritage alive. US, recording its first win nearly “straight out of the Keep the “enthusiasm and heritage” of one of the proudest box.” In 1952, Jaguar sold British marques alive? Who’s going to argue? XKC007 and XKC009 to Charles Hornburg, the own- er of the company’s US west coast operations in Beverly Hills who, in 1947, became the first to import Jaguars to the states. In Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin’s at Elkhart Lake. Phil Styles last-ever street race in Sep- is in the somewhat modified XK120 tember 1952, a 25-year-old to the rear. Photo: Sports Car Digest Phil Hill took first place in the Sheldon Cup for big sports cars, driving -007 while holding off Phil Walters in a Ferrari 212; George Weaver in -009 placed third. Despite his relative youth, Hill already possessed a good amount of racing experience (he won his first race in July 1949 at Carrell Speedway, Gardena, California, driving an MG TC), including XK120 time. He liked the 120 but absolutely loved the C-Type, as he later recalled: Jonathan Turner in XKC038, Goodwood, 2010. Photo: Tim Scott The 120 was “gee-whiz” in 49 and still “gee-whiz” in ’50, but by ’51 they were passé; they were still very Sources: Classic Jaguar Replicas, www.jaguarreplicas.com/ much envied as transportation but not taken very seri- ctype.html; James Page, “Living the dream for a fraction of the ously as race cars. I was just in awe of the C-Type price,” Classic & Sports Cars, May 2014; Supercars.net, when I first stepped into it. When I look back on it now, www.supercars.net/cars/833.html; “Jaguar C-Type XKC029 – it makes me smile. The steering was light – almost Car Profile and Photo Gallery,” Sports Car Digest, 6 June scary light. It was the first car I ever drove that had a 2011; Jack Squatriglia, “75 Years of Cool Cats,” Wired, 23 really precise feel about it. It really felt like a racing car. September 2010; “A C-Type in Sicily,” The Chicane, http:// Besides Hill, several other drivers burnished their records thechicaneblog.com/; “Jaguar C-Type,” HowStuffWorks; Rac- driving C-Types in the States. In September 1952, John Fitch ing Sports Cars, www.racingsportscars.com/. drove XKC009 to victory in the Seneca Cup Race at Watkins 4

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In Print (Continued from page 1) something for the Boeing engineers in the StLSCC audience: a one-pager on the Phantom Menace, a jeep-type vehicle specifi- cally designed for hauling in the V-22 Osprey. The August edition of Octane has a bunch of stuff, starting with a cover article on a Jaguar C-Type driven by AC/DC singer Brian Johnson in this year’s . Others who drove Jags in the legendary event included F1 driver ’s in a D-Type, Jay Leno and Jeremy Irons. In the same issue, the legendary Paddy Hopkirk is reunited with the Austin-Healey Mk3 with which he won the 1964 Alpine Rally. An interview with Hopkirk follows, where he discusses his career with the BMC com- petition team, including drives in the Mini, Triumph and MG. The September edition of Thoroughbred & Classic Cars continues a “reader’s dream car” theme with one lucky subscriber go- ing for a romp in an Austin-Healey 3000. Elsewhere in the issue, collector car market analyst Quentin Willson rates the first- generation Jaguar XJ6/Daimler as a “smart buy.” September’s Classic Motorsports compares the Triumph TR250 to the TR6 and also provides information on lowering late-model MGBs (nothing about installing hydraulics, however…). Finally, congrats to Gateway VCOA member Jim Jeske, featured in September-October’s issue of nineMagazine, the publica- tion of KETC-9 in St Louis.

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