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MAY 2016 Volume 21 Issue 4 The newsletter of the Jaguar Association of Greater St. Louis proudly serving St. Louis Jaguar enthusiasts since 1961 A 1957 XK140 Zagato was featured on the Phoenix ver- sion of Pebble Beach at the International Jaguar Festival on April 3 The PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE with John Testrake Jaguar Association of Greater St. Louis “To promote, foster and encourage a spirit of mutual s El Presidento, I’m officially extending JAGSL’s gratitude to interest among enthusiasts of Jaguar automobiles.” Mark Hyman and his great staff at Hyman Ltd. Mark opened A th up his amazing facility on April 16 for our use, a perfect venue for ♦ Officers ♦ our annual Judges’ Training seminar. Mark graciously took time out of a very busy Saturday to personally greet our club and chat with President us. It was both informative and entertaining – as conversing with John Testrake Mark always is. Vice-President Matthew Johnson Treasurer I am listed as a Co-Chief Judge and Co-Event Sponsor of the event, Terry Carmack but if I’m honest, it was Jim, Lisa, and Ben Hendrix who actually did Secretary/Membership the heavy lifting. I just nodded my head in agreement whenever any Diana Schlueter 636.477.1763 of them said anything. Oh, I did bring one of the coolers so … you’re welcome. ♦ Board of Directors ♦ In the garage, I’m working happily along on the ‘67 E-type. The pro- Term expires 2016 Tom Loew - Gary Schlueter - Kelly Waite ject is a conversion from automatic transmission to manual 5- Term expires 2017 speed. It’s going along well, but I veer wildly off course. Allan Ellis - Marsh Riegert - Phil Taxman Term expires 2018 First, the bonnet came off and I immediately thought it needed fresh- Todd Dillon - Jim Hendrix - Lisa Hendrix ening up on the underside. Then I started removing the transmis- sion, a process that includes removing the engine from the car. As Point Tabulator - Terry Carmack long as it was out, I pulled the head, the core plugs, and the sump for Concours Chair - Lisa Hendrix & Ray Unger a good look-see and cleaning, and then put it all back together with Chief Mechanic - Gary Schlueter new seals and gaskets, new core plugs and head studs. I made the Chief Judge - Jim Hendrix mistake of telling Jim H. that my engines don’t leak and now I have Assistant Chief Judge - John Testrake to live up to it! Naturally, with the engine out, I’d have to detail the Historian - Gary Schlueter engine bay. If I’m going to detail it, I might as well do a full restora- Advertising Manager - Tom Loew tion of everything from the firewall forward. Webmaster - John Sippel On the web at <http://www.jagstl.com/> Additionally, I have to remove some of the interior for the transmis- sion shifter work, so I might as well replace some of that. See what’s happening? Now I know how Shakespeare’s King Lear felt when he ♦ Editors ♦ said, “Oh, that way madness lies.” Ever Humbly Yours Allan Ellis Matthew Johnson [email protected] [email protected] Welcome new members DAN & BETH GREEN Printing NICK & JENNIFER TOMPRAS Kwik Kopy Printing - Chesterfield, Missouri Don’t forget the May 14th Veterans Show & Rallye! See the April ADVERTISING POLICY: Growl for details. 8:30am start at the St. Louis Veterans Home. All submissions to The Jaguar’s Growl must be in a form suitable for reprint; .jpg for RSVP: Ron Henry (314.750.7100 <[email protected]>) photographs; eps., .tif, .gif, or .png for illustrations. High quality .pdf files may work. ADVERTISING RATES - 12 months: Business Card 1/4 Page 1/2 Page Full Page $49.00 $111.00 $194.00 $375.00 Featured at the International Jaguar Festival in All material for inclusion in The Jaguar’s Growl must be submitted no later than the 15th of the Phoenix, Arizona was this 1957 Jaguar XK140 month preceding publication. The Editors reserve the right to edit all material submitted. The Zagato. Its accompanying information placard Jaguar Association of Greater St. Louis, its officers, directors and the Editors of The Jaguar’s Growl expressly disclaim any warranty or endorsement for any of the services or products contained in any stated that it was found in an unrestored state advertisement or mentioned in any article. The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and in Florida and was brought back to its original not necessarily those of the Jaguar Association of Greater St. Louis, its officers, directors or the condition. It is the only XK140 bodied by Editors of this publication. Zagato, making it one of a kind! To Join: <http://www.jagstl.com/the-club/memberapp> The Jaguar’s Growl May 2016 3 n the 16th of April, JAGSL had this tion! JAGSL was out in force, spread out in hope that we’ve sparked new interest in O year’s Judges’ Training Session, held pockets of Jaguars all over the plaza. judging and have given all the heads up at Hyman Classic Cars Ltd. First, we would Many of us found each other, though, and on how to do it. Activities included the like to thank Mark Hyman and Shawn were able to mingle before heading over review of the judging manual, discussion Dugan as well as their staff for their warm to the Judges’ Training Session at Hyman of judging test details, and an overview of welcome, allowing us to spend time in Ltd., just down the road on Chaffee. the changes for the season enacted at the their NEW photo booth, and for providing AGM. We also were able to judge, their 1974 Series 3 E-type OTS for (our Thirty-five people attended, many arriving “interactively,” Hyman’s E-type for a seri- first) interactive judging! Second, we early to start looking around at Hyman’s ously hands-on experience. A highlight would like to thank those who cleaned up 130 cars; hopefully, we did not make too was a talk with Mark Hyman about the their cars and brought them out on such a much of a mess with our drool … ha! The status of the collector car hobby and mar- great spring day. Third, we would like to staff at Hyman had the chairs set-up in ket with a bit of Q&A. thank John Testrake and Jim Hendrix for front of the NEW photo putting on the Judges’ Training Session, booth. Right on time the Lisa and Ben Hendrix for arranging the pizza arrived – four deli- organizational details, and finally to all of cious choices – and all you who came and participated! of us convened to have some sustenance, talk Spring is here!! The day started with the as a group, and sip wa- opening 2016 St. Louis Cars & Coffee at ter and sodas provided Westport Plaza. More than 500 cars were by JAGSL. There was a in attendance -- people and cars were eve- $5 cover fee to help de- rywhere – from cars barely running to pris- fray cost for the club. tine examples, the brand new to the very Veterans of the judging old, Jags to Volvos to Studebakers to Lam- scene as well as several bos to kit cars to American iron … and all new members (or pro- sorts of sports cars. It was a visual sensa- spects) attended. We 4 The Jaguar’s Growl May 2016 This was an important Judges’ Training Session. Over the last twelve JCNA Annual General Meetings, the rule book has been revised signifi- cantly by the Judges Concours Rules Committee (JCRC), the foremost April Cars & Coffee experts on judging rules; the Protest Committee, which researches the I don’t think anyone has a precise count, but the 500 previous season’s disputes and offers its rulings on them; and the Con- mark was doubtless reached at Westport for the April cours Committee, which issues sanctions and approvals for the previous Cars & Coffee. Allan and I arrived but eleven minutes year, and offers new suggestions for subsequent Concours. JAGSL re- past 8:00am, and were relegated to the far east side. I viewed changes, highlights of chapters, new addendums, and guide revi- immediately declared that I was not going to attempt to sions which led to a detailed conversation resulting in a better under- get an accurate roster of JAGSL attendees or Jags driven. standing of these developments. Any judging manuals you use will have Still, the following JAGSL members at least put in an ap- to be updated or re-printed from the JCNA website <www.jcna.com/ pearance (apologies to those I’ve missed — this time, I concours>. This is all re- have little doubt the list isn’t complete … but maybe!). quired reading for those who attended and want to judge. Details will continue to change until better parity of judging results can be achieved across the coun- try. The official judging guides cover the details of specific Jaguars with in- depth information on the items to look for and how that specific model is judged; they can also be used for aid in car prepara- tion. Thanks to all who came, especially those driving their Jaguars to this yearly event! -- JIM HENDRIX and JOHN TESTRAKE, Co-Chief Judges Jim Atkinson, Art & Linda Buechler, Bob Duddy, Allan Ellis JAGSL Attendees: To Those Not in Attendance: with Matthew Johnson, Curt Engler, Steve Gissy, Joe Guenther, Jim & Lisa Jim Atkinson ('70 E-type) JCNA rules now require that anyone Hendrix, Bob Herold Art & Linda Buechler (’71 XJ6) wanting to be a Certified Judge at- with Brandon Hibbs, Terry Carmack ('95 XJ12) tend a Judges’ Training Session eve- Mark Hyman, Court- Bob Duddy (’89 XJ-S) ry three years and meet require- ney Jones & Tatyana, ments as defined by the rule book.