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JULY 2019 Volume #18 No. 7 Coming up... 5310 Vinings Springs Point, Mableton, GA 30126 • www.ngjc.us Saturday, July 27, , – Judges Training for JCNA Certification Saturday, August 24 Summer Drive The Flying Trout Restaurant Article on page 8 Host of the 2017 International LETTER Jaguar Festival FROM THE PRESIDENT July marks the beginning of the second half of the calendar year and our club schedule is staring to fill Norman Dewis, in nicely. Saturday, July 27 will be judges training for OBE 3 August our club Concours. This is 1920 – 8 June an exceptional opportunity to not only learn about 2019 how JCNA Club Judging Submitted by works but to participate Ron Gaertner in one of our club’s Norman Dewis, the great most important events. Jaguar test driver and Contact Chief Judge John incredible friend of ours, Hoffman for details as we has passed away at aged are seeking as many new 98. judges as possible this The Prince of Brown’s Lane Norman worked at year. By David LaChance, Hemmings Daily Jaguar Cars from 1952 August will see a club David LaChance interviewed Dewis in 2013 for an article in Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car to 1985 but continued to drive to Dr. John Hollier’s magazine, reprinted below be a fervent Jaguar global ambassador right up to place in Blairsville Norman Dewis well recalls his first meeting with William D-type, the XK140, the XK150, the Mk VII through Mk his 98th year. With his on Saturday the 24th. Lyons, just a week after joining Jaguar on New Year’s X sedans, the E-type, the XJ6 and the XJ-S, for starters. infectious storytelling and September we will do an Day 1952. “I was in the experimental shop–that’s where Oh, and by the way, he also found time to help develop unbridled enthusiasm for early fall drive and things my office was–and the door opened and this guy came the modern disc brake, drive the 1952 Mille Miglia our cars – both modern really get busy in October in, and he said, ‘Dewis?’ He never called anybody by with Stirling Moss and hit 172.4 MPH on the Jabbeke and classic – Norman and November with a their first name, you see. He said, ‘Dewis?’ I said, ‘Yes?’ Highway in 1953, setting a speed record that’s unlikely was a shining light of the variety of club and special He said, ‘I’m Bill Lyons, I’m the boss of the company. to be broken. Jaguar brand. car events both in town I’m very pleased to accept you in the company. I hope It’s pretty clear that Norman didn’t need anybody’s During his 33-year and out of state. December you can do a good job for us, but we do work hard encouragement to work hard. He was just 14 when career with Jaguar, we will host our annual here, you don’t get much time off, you know?’ And I he walked across the street from his grandparents’ Norman’s development Christmas / Holiday Party thought, ‘That’s a good start.’” Coventry home and through the main gates of Humber, work on a huge range of at the prestigious Atlanta What the dour Lyons meant by “a good job,” we can landing a job doing bodywork. “That’s how it was in Jaguars was remarkable, Athletic Club on Sunday only guess. But he could not possibly have foreseen a those days. You had to get out to work to earn some including: evening the 16th. 34-year career in which Norman would be responsible money,” he says with a laugh. He was disappointed • the multiple Le Mans- Check the club calendar for the development of some of the most remarkable when, after nine months, Humber refused to give him an winning C- and D-type on the web site and come road and competition cars that Jaguar–or any apprenticeship, but saw that he had other opportunities. race cars: Norman join fellow members in company–would produce. From his first day of work “Coventry was the main car manufacturer of the himself drove a works what promises to be some until his retirement in 1986, no production car was whole of Britain,” he says. He approached Armstrong D-type in the dramatic very exciting club events. introduced, no race car set tire to track, before Norman Siddeley–“they were a very nicely made car, beautiful 1955 Le Mans 24hr; Dave Kirkman had pronounced it good. That’s a list that includes the car”–and was offered a five-year apprenticeship. Continued on page 6 • the pioneering XK sports cars, notably the XK120 Judges Training for JCNA Certification in which he set a 172.412 Welcome new Saturday, July 27, 2019 mph production car member Submitted by John Baxan speed record on a closed Keith Rabson of Canton To all those members who are judges and those who will retain their judge’s certification or will become section of the Jabbeke and Josephine and highway in Belgium in Jeff Dufresne of Milton want to become JCNA certified judges, please attend apprentice judges. Apprentice judges must judge in the Jul 27th training session. Carolyn Sikes has agreed one JCNA certified concours to become certified. The 1953; to host this event at her home 4210 Gatewood Lane in apprentice judges will receive a complimentary hat and • the classic Jaguar Mk Duluth, GA 30097. shirt at the Concours. saloons; This a very easy process. We will give each attendee It is important that current judges attend not only to • the legendary E-type a 2019 judges manual and review the changes in the retain certification, but to know the latest rule changes. (including the rules for 2019. Afterwards an open book, attendee The club has always prided itself on being able to Lightweight E-type) and participation test will be given. The test will be graded maintain a proper number of judges. Please make • the XJ13 mid-engined and those who pass, I don’t know anyone who hasn’t, every effort to attend. Continued on page 7 Apparel and Merchandise Officers Submitted by John Hoffman President Secretary Dave Kirkman John Hollier [email protected] [email protected],, 770 886-7435 Concours Chief Judge, Vice-President John Hoffman John Hoffman [email protected] [email protected], Newsletter Editor: Vice-President for John Baxa Activities 770-642-7535 OPEN [email protected] VP-Membership Newsletter Publisher: John Baxa John C. Yates [email protected] [email protected] 770-642-7535 Member-at-large Vice President Bill Flavelle Concours [email protected] Terry Mathewson Deadline for Newsletter [email protected] Articles and Treasurer Advertisements is the Lynn Cunningham 26th of the preceding lynn.cunningham9@gmail. month. com All submissions are The Old Rallymaster nonbinding and subject Dave Kirkman to approval. [email protected] 770 886-7435 Webmaster Dick Maury [email protected] Page 2 2019 NGJC Calendar Submitted by Dave Kirkman June 6-8 – Gainesville, GA ® NGJC EVENTS: July Highlands PRESERVE JAGUAR M T W T F SAT SUN Motoring OCTOBER 2019 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Festival, October 6, Sunday H I S T O R Y Highlands, NC – Festival of Speed, 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 June 9, Alpharetta, GA 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Sunday October 9-12 – Petit 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 – British LeMans – Road Atlanta, 29 30 31 Motorcar Day, Braselton, GA Peachtree October 18-19 - Euro Corners, GA Auto Festival, Greenville, NGJC EVENTS: August SC M T W T F SAT SUN June 15, October 20, Sunday 1 2 3 4 Saturday – – Atlanta Concours, NGJC Jag ‘n Tyler Perry Studios, Ft. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Friends Picnic, McPherson, GA 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Canton, GA 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NOVEMBER 2019 Now Accepting Donations 26 27 28 29 30 31 JULY 2018 November 1-3 – Hilton JANUARY 2019 First Spring Drive to July 11-14 Head Motoring Festival COVENTRY FOUNDATION Saturday, January Amicalola Falls – Carolina Concours, – Hilton Head Island, SC 20th Visit to Hussey’s 10:00 AM D. Kirkman Little Switzerland, NC November 16 or 23, Donate Today Collection,Club Event Marietta, Holiday July 27, Saturday – Saturday – NGJC • Classic Jaguar ® cars Sponsor Other EventD. Kirkman APRIL 2019 Concours Judges’ Business Meeting TBD • Parts April 13, Saturday – Training, TBD FEBRUARY 2019 Drive to Tellus Science DECEMBER 2019 • Memorabilia Feb 16, Saturday – Museum, Cartersville, AUGUST 2019 December TBD – NGJC • Literature Valentines Lunch, Pearl GA August 24, Saturday – Holiday Party • Monetary Donations Lian, Duluth, GA April 26-28 – HSR Drive to Blairsville, GA Mitty – Road Atlanta, MARCH 2019 Braselton, GA SEPTEMBER 2019 March 8,9,10 – Amelia September 8, Saturday Island Concours, Amelia MAY 2019 – Atlanta British Car Island, FL May 26 Late Spring Fayre, Norcross, GA March 22-24 – JCNA Drive, sponsor Dave September TBD – Fall Annual Gen’l Meeting, Kirkman Drive www.coventryfoundation.org Mahwah, NJ September or October March 24, Sunday JUNE 2019 TBD – NGJC Concours, Keeping your Jaguar on the road Call us on +44 (0)1746 765432 (UK) / +1 800 452 4787 (USA) or visit sngbarratt.com Page 3 Ian Callum, Who Revolutionized Jaguar Design, Is Leaving after 20 Years Callum worked on iconic car designs from the Aston Martin DB7 to the Nissan R390 and the Jaguar F-type. By Daniel Golson, Car and Driver and classic ideals. Callum worked on the X-type wagon The first Jaguar production car designed wholly In the past two decades, no one has transformed Jaguar and the facelift for the S-type, both of which were under Callum was the 2007 XK, which truly brought as much as Ian Callum.