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TTHEHE NNEWSLETTEREWSLETTER OFOF THETHE IINTERNATIONALNTERNATIONAL JJAGUARAGUAR ‘S’‘S’--TYPETYPE RREGISTEREGISTER Volume 7, Number 1 US$ 3.00 Editor’s Views open only to special customers. In the Cop- per Room there was eating, heavy drinking, On a recent drive north of Tucson, we shady ladies and the main attraction — big- stopped at the Tom Mix time gambling. "One of the Cop- memorial. Thomas Edwin per Room's regular visitors was ‘Tom’ Mix was born Tho- Tom Mix, the silent movie cow- mas Hezikiah Mix on Janu- boy star. He had relatives that ary 6, 1880 in Mix lived in Florence and was a Run, Pennsylvania. He was friend of Gene Autry's who also a skilled horseman and ex- had a ranch there. Mix often pert shot, winning the 1909 drove up from the Santa Rita national Riding and Rodeo Hotel in Tucson and stopped in Championship. He started the Copper Room on the way to acting in 1910, in silent Florence.” movies, and became “the Further up Route 89 there King of Cowboys" making The plaque reads: "In memory of were road construction barriers 370 films with “Tony the Tom Mix whose spirit left his at a bridge previously washed-out Wonder Horse”. He was body on this spot and whose by a flash flood. Mix was driving Hollywood’s first Western characterization and portrayals fast (Eyewitnesses said the Cord megastar. Tom Mix was mar- in life served to better fix memo- was traveling over 80 mph.). He ried five times and worked ries of the old West in the minds tried to stop the car, swerved and played hard. of living men." twice, then rolled over into a It was said that Mix gully. A polished aluminum case had been living it up at his favorite Tucson containing a large sum of money, traveler's haunt, the Santa Rita Hotel. Tom Mix left Tuc- checks and jewels, was on the package shelf behind him. It flew forward and struck him Inside this issue: in the back of the head, shattering his skull and breaking Editor’s Views 1 his neck. The 60- year- o l d On the Cover—45 2 actor was killed On TV-The Avengers—3 2 almost in- stantly. Tony P1B75290DN 3 the Wonder Horse died two Originality – Current 4 Voltage Regulator years later, on the same day. Celebrities’ ‘S’-types 4 son the afternoon of Saturday October 12, A tall Window Wind Deflec- 5 1940, heading back to Phoenix, driving his stone memorial tor yellow 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton. He stopped at marks the site The Oracle Junction Inn (http://friendly- of his death Auctioned ‘S’-type—10 6 village.org/arliedutiel.html) near Florence, AZ. and the nearby gully is named Drivability and Per- 7 The Copper Room, which was a room in the ‘Tom Mix formance Updates back filled with copper — copper tables, cop- Tom Mix, The King of the Cow- Wash’. per chairs and even copper drinking cups, was boys Letters-P1B76415DN 8 On the Cover—45 Jaguar Journal, Vol. 4, No 7, April 1964, carried our beloved ‘S’-type on the cover captioned “Wintry scene at an old hotel near Copenhagen. The Jaguar ‘S’- types in the photograph were being used for demonstration purposes during the Danish Motor Show, held in Copenhagen recently.” In the 1960’s, Jaguar Journal, was the house magazine of Jaguar Cars Ltd., The Daimler Co. Ltd., Guy Motors (Europe) Ltd. and Coventry Climax En- gines Ltd. It was not distributed to the public. As such, the magazine covered corporate news (Cruise of H.M.S. Jaguar The Jaguar Dancing in the Persian Gulf, Safety Lecture to Troupe, which appeared Management, New Jaguar Home Sales at the Horticultural Soci- Manager), company history (Some Rare ety’s dinner-dance. Daimler Cars, Case History part 5, Lanchester Cars from 1946 to 1956), com- pany success stories (Coventry Climax Cuts Costs in Liverpool’s Supermarkets), employee activities (Jaguar Cricket Club, Guy Motors Football, April in the Garden, Obituaries) and the monthly winner of the Employee Photography contest. On TV-The Avengers—3 The British TV ‘spy-fi’ series, The Aven- Green, Series 4, Episodes 10 and 11, our beloved gers, was a hit with television audiences around ‘S’-type made cameo appearances. the world. Six series of The Avengers’ (161 fifty- Patrick Macnee must have been im- minute episodes) were made between 1961 and pressed with what he saw of the new ‘S’-type 1969. The programs were always interesting for during filming of these episodes, because he the motorcars used in them as well as their bought an ’S’-type for his personal use at that quirky stories. The main character throughout time. In his book, The Avengers and Me, 1997 the series was John Steed (played by Patrick (originally published by Titan Books, London, Macnee). A sequel series The New Avengers was now in reprint), Macnee says, “Then I went off produced in 1976–1977 with Patrick Macnee and spent three weeks with a girl who played an returning as John Steed. extra in the show. Perfectly gorgeous, she was In the 161 episodes, Steed drove six blonde, buxom and had a sweet open smile. I different British Racing Green Bentleys of 1926 asked her if she’d come along with me to south- -28 vintage and from 3 to 4½ litres. He occa- ern Spain. She gave me an enthusiastic nod and I sionally drove other cars as different as a Yellow went to pick her up in my Jaguar, which I’d “My Jaguar, which cost 1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost 40/50 and a bought the year before for the huge sum of the huge sum of £2,000.” Messerschmitt KR201 micro-car. In The New £2,000 (Ed: The base price, including Purchase Tax, of Avengers Steed drove a BRG Jaguar XJ12 5.3 an ‘S’-type in August 1965 was £1945). Her pride litre Coupe. and joy was an open top Baby Austin with Sixty-four episodes of The Avengers were bucket seats – a fine-looking little car – which produced before the ‘S’-type was announced – she elected to drive down through the whole of and a further 24 before it made its debut in one. Spain, the Jaguar being too dashing.” In Dial a Deadly Number and Man-Eater of Surrey (Continued on page 6) Volume 7, Number 1 Page 2 The Story of P1B75290DN My ’S’-type is a 4-speed Model: 3.8L S-Type manual that I acquired from a private Body Style: 4-Door Saloon party in Connecticut in July 2009. Specification: Left Hand Drive Supposedly, but I do not VIN/Chassis Number: P1B75290DN have documentation to show it, the Engine Number: 7B51023-9 car spent some time in Houston, Body Number: 4B50768 Texas and was in the Chicago area. Gearbox Number: GBN79921JS “I had an opportunity at Somewhere along the line Color, Exterior: Cream the same time to the body was painted Opalescent Color, Interior: Black purchase an E-type, but Silver and the interior was redone in Date Built: 23 April 1964 red (the colors that it is today). Date Dispatched: 15 May 1964 went with the 3.8 ‘S’.” I purchased the car because Main Distributor: Jaguar Cars, New York it is unique. You don't see cars like First Owner: Eugene H. Adams, First National this. I had an opportunity at the Bank, 17th & Walton, Denver, Colorado same time to purchase an E-type, but went with the 3.8 ‘S’. I haven't done much to it, but plan to redo the bonnet insula- tion, door rubber seals, and clips for the molding. I'm also considering adding fender mirrors as I don't like what I have. Robert Silvestri P1B75290DN Volume 7, Number 1 Page 3 Originality – Current Voltage Regulator (Control Box) The current voltage regulator on our from dynamo ‘S’-type is called a ‘Control Box’ in the Parts and to battery to Service Manuals. All units are the Lucas RB.340, a b o u t 2 2 however there were two variations fitted to the amps), and ‘S’-type: 37331A/D-RB.340, which was fitted to normal cut out most cars, with and without power steering; and when the bat- 37354/B-RB.340, a high output unit fitted only tery is more to cars exported to Canada and available by spe- powerful than cial order. the dynamo Lucas RB.340 Adjusting Tool (low engine speeds). To adjust the RB.340, re- move its cover RB.340 Control Box with and use The Cover Adjusting Tool to adjust the 3 cams on top of the bobbins according to Left: Original RB.340 Control Box with cover held on the instructions Adjusting the RB.340 Control Box. by screws. Right: Replacement unit with riveted cover. on pages P.28- .30 in Pub. No. E/133/x, the “3.4 and 3.8 ‘S’ All original RB.340 units have the Models Service Manual”. cover held on by two screws. The cover can be Later RB.340 replacement units have the removed and the units adjusted using a Lucas cover held on with rivets and are non-adjustable. RB.340 Adjusting Tool. The control boxes have All RB.340 Control Boxes were also originally 3 bobbins inside. They are voltage cut out fitted with Part No. C.22662 ‘Cover, protecting An original Part No. (limits voltage to about a maximum of 14.5 control box connections’, which was fragile and C.22662 ‘Cover, pro- volts), current cut out (limits current produced is missing on most cars today.