2019 – December

The Special Breed Wisconsin Jaguar Ltd Newsletter Volume XXXVIII No. 5 December 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY 2019 A special treat was served up by Mike. Since his retirement he not only spends most of his time working on car projects, he takes time to find more projects! He would and does say that the projects find him. The photo below is second in the series: “Carrol drives a Junker” The car is the third of three of the Brook Stevens Excalibur J race cars. The car started its life Friday, December 6 th was an calendar can be set. in 1953 with a Willis six evening fill with good After dinner the group took a cylinder. From 1955 to 1958 it conversation and of course, short 3 mile drive to the ran a supercharged Jag XK food! Thirty members of the Korneli’s for dessert. engine. This is its final form club were in attendance and Homemade apple crisp and with a sleek new front end even Santa took time off to brownies topped off with ice powered by a 496 CI Lincoln prepare and carve the prime rib cream was enjoyed by all. engine. Watch for coming updates for our enjoyment. The night started with drinks, hors d’oeuvres and plenty of time to Christmas mingle. It’s always so much fun to catch up with friends we don’t get to see very often. A short recap of the events of the year and a treasurer’s report was given. Ideas for the 2020 calendar were discussed. The Potluck date was set for April 4 th at the Jensen’s. A board meeting is being planned for January so the muriatic acid solution. point in the system; usually Order your Jaguar club Fortunately we were in the wheel cylinders or Name Badges! disassembling the engine for calipers. Wisconsin Jaguars Ltd. will a complete inspection. This provide individual name badges to new and veteran members for subject was brought up a nominal fee of $15 per badge. when I had a discussion with Please mail a check for $15 for an acquaintance that has an each badge, payable to WJL extensive collection of Don Huebschen Ferrari’s and race cars. He 7730 Cannellwood Drive commented that he changes South Beloit , IL 61080 Email your request to antifreeze in every car on a [email protected] three year schedule. The fact caliper piston assembly from a 1967 Type your name as you wish it to that we both are of a E-Type that was in storage for fifteen appear on the name tag years. somewhat advanced age, brought to mind a long The result was all new forgotten solution. A small caliper pistons assemblies, piece of sacrificial metal was new master cylinder and a hung from the radiator cap new servo unit. Replacing that was called an anode. hoses, flushing all lines and Water heaters have such an refill with synthetic fluid The Jag Whisperer item in the tank. This metal which is less prone to By: Jan Schlabowske works as a corrosion magnet. moisture absorption. Castrol Today’s anti-freeze solutions has reformulated and Notes From The Shop claim to have inhibitors for renamed their LMA fluid to They break standing still. this problem. Clearly they “Advanced Performance are ineffective during long Series Fluid.” As a When we discovered the term storage. Our convenience for future work; extensive corrosion in the suggestion is an antifreeze we installed remote bleeders water galleys of the 1950 XK change every three years, on the rear and speed 120, we were stimulated to being sure that the engine bleeders all around. A brake explore how much a car can block is also drained. system flush every three deteriorate even in years will lessen the On the subject of fluid conditioned storage. The potential for a large change, there is another area galleys were plugged solid. rebuilding expense. of concern, the brake If we had not decided to 2020 replace the cylinder head hydraulic system. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Conventional brake fluid Save the Dates gasket, we would never have absorbs moisture from the discovered it. Cleaning the Details to follow galleys was a difficult job by atmosphere. Because oil media blasting, scraping, floats on water the moisture APRIL 4 TH POT LUCK accumulates at the lowest and soaking with a mild AT THE JENSEN’S DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR THE CLUB? EVENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO? SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR? INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEWSLETTER? STORIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE? PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT? CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW. [email protected] Auto Biography of be made. We also cross braced report. The Connolly Leather, An 81 year old Gearhead the body in the center to Wilton Carpets and high Gloss Chapter 11 compensate for any stress Cabinetry presented well. By: Jan Schlabowske changes after the cut was made. Upon making the cut we would Upon returning to Erie street The Stretch then roll the front half away we went into full production. Scott would get on a plan and The decision to contract from the rear, keeping return with beat up cars that Blackhawk to design a fixture everything in alignment. we bought at bargain prices. to allow us to cut a unitized From that point the building We were only concerned about body in half, separate the two required straight forward, body rust, so tended to acquire halves and reassemble them work, paint work, upholstery, southern cars. Any mechanical was made after Scott and I rewiring and interior cabinetry. defects were well within our visited a coach builder in Fort We were fortunate to have a abilities. Smith Arkansas. They few ex Excalibur employees, graciously hosted us and and Bill Leahy of Leahy Coach The period of my joint venture demonstrated their process. Works. Bill had a long history with the Sampson’s would be coming to a close soon, but Their method was to with Lehman Peterson Coach there is a chapter that it ends disassemble what needed to be Works. They built Presidential with regarding the only done, support the center of the Limos. He also was head coach Cadillac Limo embarked upon car on stands and roll the two builder for the Meister Brauser at Concept Coach Builders; an halves apart on the cars wheels. racing team, who raced Scarab interesting story about a very Then fill in the gap with new and Cobra race cars. Bill did the special car that I ultimately sheet metal. They did Cadillac body work for us on Jerry ended up finishing after and Lincoln Limo’s. The result Nell’s SS 100, and later on leaving. That will be Chapter seemed to us to be a bit hap another SS 100 that I restored 12. hazard since there were while in Arkansas. He also built Alloy Cobra bodies. He was variables that could affect the end alignment, such as tire one of the last of a breed of pressure, suspension sag etc. coach builders who gas welded Taking into consideration that and hand fabricated the body NEVER USED we were going to produce Rolls parts. His welds were so good Royce limos, we thought a that one could polish both sides Dayton wheels!!! better system needed to be of the Aluminum panels and D439 - 15x6 - 72 spoke applied. not find the seams. CHROME Blackhawk engineers worked We took some of our cars to a with us and designed a two Rolls Royce Owners Club meet bead lace - tube type part frame fixture. The engine in Cincinnati to see how they FITS: V12 XKE 1971-1974 and complete rear suspension were accepted. I had been a $800 for all four wheels needed to be removed. The member of the cub for many Pick up at years and knew that we would body shell was then secured at FOURINTUNE GARAGE the rear suspension mounts and receive constructive criticism. in Cedarburg, WI The regional Rolls Royce front suspension mounts as email: well as in the center adjacent to service representative, who I [email protected] the place where the cut would knew gave us a very good PEEK INSIDE THE XK140 was. His boss had an E- PRIDE! Type and once offered Don the ultimate perk for a teenager; Don & Dave Huebschen the chance to drive it in Beloit Memorial High School’s Re- created from an interview homecoming parade. done by Fred Welk in a 2002 “Special Breed” The brothers went for a look This story is about two brothers but Don was not impressed. It and their Jaguar that reminds was a scraggly Cat. “The car Reina International Auto us that love is more important was rough and ugly” he recalls. than what’s practical. “It had thick coats of crummy 12730 West Capitol Drive paint. Parts of the interior were Brookfield, WI 53005 Don Huebschen’s childhood missing and the rest was 262-781-3336 wasn’t filled with fast cars. His reinaintlauto.com/vehicle-inventory/ covered in synthetic black fur. father owned family sedans But he wanted to have it,” Don and nothing too sporty. But his says, remembering his brother’s 1996 Jaguar XJS Convertible brother, Dave, older by four rashness. $13,995 years, sparked an interest in The car clearly had been in an British motors the day he drove accident. Body putty was home in an MGB. “It was applied thickly. The right pretty neat” Don, who was 13 wing, the right door and the years old, then remembers.

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