A Chapter of the Jaguar Clubs of North America Under The Bonnet Newsletter of the WMJR on the web: Wasatch Mountain www.WMJR.org Jaguar Register

February 2014

Social Dinner And Planning Meeting 6pm Wednesday February 12

The first event of 2014 for the disturbing the other cowpokes in Wasatch Mountain Jaguar Regis- attendance. ter will be a social dinner and meeting Although there are to plan the rest of many long time fa- the year’s events. vorite yearly events, there is al- This no-host event ways room for new will be at the Gold- ideas of any kind: en Corral restaurant touring, technical, in Midvale, 665 social or educa- East 7200 South tional. (phone 801-562- 4332). No reservations are necessary, so just A room or at least show up with your separate area has ideas and who been reserved for knows, you might us, so we can whoop even emerge as an and holler all we want without event organizer! Page 2 John Molnar Andrews 1932-2014 Editor’s note: John John enjoyed vintage ra- Funeral services will be Molnar was a long time dios, , collecting held Monday, January WMJR member, though World War II memora- 20th at 11:00 a.m. in the he wasn’t active in recent bilia and studying Jew- Wandamere LDS Ward, years. 304 E 2700 S, Salt Lake City, UT. John Molnar An- drews, 81, A viewing will be passed away held Sunday even- from heart fail- ing from 6:00 to ure on January 8:00 p.m. at Wa- 15, 2014 in Salt satch Lawn Mortu- Lake City, Utah. ary, 3401 Highland Drive, Salt Lake He was born on City, UT and Mon- July 19, 1932 to day morning 10:00 John and Margit to 10:45 a.m. at the Andrews in church prior to the Brandon, Mani- services. toba, Canada. He married Dorothy Published in Salt Barker on July Lake Tribune from 13, 1956 in Win- Jan. 18 to nipeg, Manitoba, Jan. 19, 2014. Canada and was ish history. See more at: http:// later sealed in the Salt www.legacy.com/ Lake LDS Temple. She He is survived by his obituaries/saltlaketribune/ preceded him in death in sons Thomas (Debra), obituary.aspx?n=john- April 1990. John married Lehi, Bruce, Salt Lake molnar- Melinda Andrews in Oc- City, Gary (Sarah), Salt an- tober 1991. They later di- Lake City, and David drews&pid=169147579& vorced. (Julie), Salt Lake City fhid=11609#sthash.dZZY and 11 grandchildren. bB5u.dpuf Page 3 Recoding Remote Alarm Transmitters Coventry West Jaguar Tech Tips We often get questions from position 1 of the seat/ customers on how to recode steering/mirror memory. their remote alarm transmit- A tone will confirm that ters after replacing batteries. the transmitter code was accepted. Note that the 3. Turn ignition key OFF. Below are the procedures for button must be pushed performing this recoding for within 15 seconds or the 4. Turn security switch ON. 1990-1996 XJ6s. These pro- module will exit the cedures will only apply to “learning” mode. 5. Cycle security system Jaguar original equipment switch ON/OFF rapidly 4 alarm systems, of course. 6. Rock valet switch once. times (within 5 seconds). Two short chirps will in-

1990-92 XJ6 Cars dicate the system is ready 6. Press each transmitter so to accept a second trans- a total of 5 confirmations 1. Record radio security code mitter. Press the arm/lock are heard. (if so equipped). (larger) button of the sec-

ond transmitter. Two 1995-96 XJ6 Cars 2. Disconnect negative bat- tones will confirm the tery terminal/cable. transmitter code was ac- 1. Open lid. cepted. 3. Reconnect negative bat- 2. Open driver’s door. tery terminal/cable; 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for up to a total of 5 transmit- “beeping” should be heard. 3. Turn ignition switch ters. The second transmit- “ON” but do not start en- ter programmed will be 4. Press each transmitter so a gine. total of 5 confirmations are linked to position 2; the heard. 4. Rock valet switch third to position 3, and so (located in center con- forth. The number of con- 5. Test operation. Enter radio sole) 5 times; a single firmation chirps men- code (if needed). Set clock. chirp and flash of the tioned in step 6 will indi- indicate the cate the transmitter count 1993-94 XJ6 Cars Security Locking Control (i.e. 3 chirps for third Module has entered the transmitter). Note that 1. Turn ignition key ON. “learning” mode. you must cycle through steps 5 and 6 five times 2. Turn security switch OFF 5. Press the alarm/lock regardless of the number (located in center con- (larger) button of the first sole). transmitter. This trans- —cont’d on p. 4 mitter will be linked to Page 4 Recoding Remote Alarm Transmitters —cont’d from p. 3

of transmitters; if you the ignition switch barrel, have less than 5 transmit- but do not turn it.. 4. After hearing the chirp, ters just repeat using the depress the button on the last transmitter until 5 cy- 2. Hold the turn signal remote transmitter being cles have been finished. switch stalk in the “flash programmed. If the re- to pass” position and turn mote was accepted, there 8. Turn ignition off and the ignition on with the will be another confirma- close door and trunk. key (while holding the tion chirp. Test for proper operation turn signal switch in of the seat/steering/ “flash to pass”). 5. Turn off the ignition and mirror memories. test the remote. 3. Then repeatedly flash the lights with the turn signal Source: http:// 1996-06 XK8/R Cars stalk until a confirmation www.coventrywest.com/ chirp is heard (usually jaguar-tech-tip-11 1. Insert ignition key into five or six flashes). Page 5

The Shamelessly Filched From The June 2012 Desert Jaguar Newsletter of the Jaguar Club of Southern Arizona

During “The Golden Age of The elegant, which is funny when you Automobile,” the hood ornament consider that a fellow sweeping was an intricate piece of artistic the floor of the Pierce-Arrow fac- expression that identified a vehi- tory was asked to be the model. cle’s make or defined a ’s style. After attending archery classes to add realism to the pose, Albert From the late 1920s until after the Gonas used his broom for the ar- Second World War, hood orna- row. ments mostly took the shape of flying ladies, graceful birds, and A “Rolls” In the Hay fleet-footed animals. The 1950s saw a general trend toward steely, Prior to 1910, Rolls-Royce did not abstract renditions of torpedoes, offer vehicles with a hood orna- rockets, and jet planes. ment; they simply carried the Rolls-Royce emblem. Hood ornaments all but disap- peared by the 1960s and, today, But hood ornaments—or mascots these attention-grabbing pieces of as they are called in Europe—were automotive eye candy are now But then came the automobile, fast becoming the automotive highly prized by collectors. and from 1903 to 1938 few made trend of the day. them better and more luxurious Some like Desoto’s “Spanish con- than Pierce-Arrow Motorcar People of the era believed that a quistador” and ’s early use Company. vehicle as grand as a Rolls-Royce of running Indian braves compli- should have a hood ornament and, ment the name of the maker and, Valuable as Pierce-Arrow tour- thus, began to affix their own. thus, make complete and elegant ing cars are today, the most cov- sense. eted single part of the vehicle is This disturbed leaders of the com- arguably the hood ornament. pany who deemed some of these Others, however, beg the ques- ornaments patently "inappro- tion: Just how did they think of Originals are worth thousands priate"—somewhat ironic when that? and are typically kept under lock you learn the story behind the cre- and key by their owners. ation of the mascot known as “The An Archer’s Tale Spirit of Ecstasy.” The first Pierce-Arrow archers Before the company became syn- were slight in frame, partly The Flying Lady we know today is onymous with the powerful and clothed, and helmeted. a figurine of woman with sight well-to-do, the George N. Pierce fixed upon the distance and wide, Company in Buffalo, New York, Later versions depict a helmet- outstretched arms. was known for making more pe- less archer with no clothes and a destrian items like ice boxes, bird- little more muscle. But she didn’t start out that way. cages, and bicycles. Both versions are graceful and —cont’d on p. 6 Page 6 1980s when a rap inspired fashion The Hood Ornament — cont’d from p. 5 trend led to thousands of Mer- and married a woman “worthy” cedes-Benz automobiles being Designed by Charles Robinson of his money and status. stripped of their hood ornaments Sykes, the idol was originally in- by vandalizing thieves. spired by a secret love affair be- But when Montagu commis- tween John Walter Edward Douglas sioned his friend Sykes to sculpt The symbolic Mercedes star so -Scott-Montagu (second Lord Mon- a personal mascot for the bonnet long associated with wealth and tagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pio- of his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, prestige was then turned into a neer of the automobile movement, Sykes chose Thornton as his piece of jewelry worn on gold and editor of The Car Illustrated model. chains around the necks of rap- magazine from 1902) and his secre- pers with stage names like Run tary Eleanor Velasco Thornton. The original “Flying Lady” was DMC and Kurtis Blow.

a figurine of a woman in flutter- By all accounts, Lord Montagu tru- ing robes and pressing a finger The origin of the “three-point ly loved Thornton. But Thornton against her lips, symbolizing the star” traces its roots back to the was “a commoner” with no social secrets of Thornton and Lord late 1880s when Daimler had standing, which proved to be an ob- Montagu’s love. been technical director of the stacle to marriage. Deutz gas engine factory. A Star is Born Lord Montagu and Thornton contin- According to company records, ued their affair even after the for- Gottlieb Daimler probably rolled mer succumbed to family pressure over in his grave during the mid- —cont’d on p. 7 Page 7

ing World War I, Rembrandt The Hood Ornament — cont’d from p. 6 found himself pushed over the Daimler often rendered the im- Brotherly Love edge. age of a star on postcards to friends and had even once writ- On June 8, 1916, Rembrandt Bu- When he was found, sealed in his ten to his wife that this star gatti, a gifted wildlife sculptor apartment with the gas turned on, would one day shine over his and younger brother of Italian the once gifted artist whose out- own factory as a symbol of auto maker Ettore Bugatti, com- standing animal can be prosperity. mitted suicide at the age of 31. found in museums all over the world was reportedly clutching a As early as 1910, both a three- An eccentric artist known bouquet of violets. pointed and a four-pointed star around Paris for climbing into were registered trademarks of the cages of animals at the Ant- When older brother Ettore went Daimler’s fledgling company. werp Zoo, Rembrandt Bugatti on to produce the famed Bugatti suffered financial troubles and Royale sports cars, each carried a Although both designs were le- chronic bouts of depression. replica of Rembrandt’s most fa- gally protected, only the three- mous on the hood—a pointed star was used after it Struggling financially and suf- dancing silver elephant— was determined to best symbol- fering from depression as a re- commonly regarded as the most ize Daimler’s original ambition sult of the horrors witnessed in sought after hood ornament in the of universal motorization “on his time as a paramedic aid at the world. land, on water and in the air”. Red Cross Military Hospital dur- Page 8 Event Calendar Club Officers

Wednesday, February 12 6pm President Social Dinner and Planning Meeting Jerry Gill, 801-272-7274 See story on p. 1 [email protected]

Vice President Classified Ads Jim Klekas, 801-971-6060 [email protected] For sale: Jaguar wheels and Past President 1) 4 XK120/140 54 spoke wire wheels with Duane Allred original "Made in England" stamping in inter- Secretary / Treasurer nal valleys mounted with Dunlop bias ply John Green, 801-451-5776 tires. Painted grey/green, no rust, one missing [email protected] one spoke. $200 for the set. Activities Committee 2) 4 15 inch steel wheels suitable for Mark I Susan Cady, 801-731-1599 sedan with snow tires and hubcaps. $100. [email protected] Kay Jennings 801-274-2671 3) 5 chrome Dayton 15 in wire wheels suitable jenningscarbarn@gmailcom for XJ6 with tires, plus 6th wheel for parts. Barbara Smithen, 801-278-2451 $500. [email protected] Roland Held, 801-745-1188 Newsletter Publisher / Webmaster 1992 Jaguar Sovereign, 23000 miles, white Gary Lindstrom, 801-554-3823 with tan interior. Absolutely like showroom [email protected] new. Kathy Reed, 208-521-9824.

If Hugging On Highways Is Your Sport Trade In Your Car For A Davenport

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