TM Official Magazine of the Jaguar Clubs of North America May-June 2017 Reflections on Vancouver, an AGM of Note And then there were three – 1951 XK lightweights Smiths instruments, as seen from inside XK8 satellite navigation deletion JAGUAR CLASSIC PARTS MASTERFUL ENGINEERING, LASTING PERFORMANCE Jaguar Classic genuine parts are designed to enhance your classic Jaguar’s performance and reliability. All parts are manufactured to original drawings and specifi cations and work in harmony with your car. Help ensure your Jaguar stays true to itself by choosing only genuine parts. Contact your local retailer for more information on Jaguar Classic genuine parts. THE ART OF PERFORMANCE WORLD’S OLDEST JAGUAR MAGAZINE VOLUME 63 NUMBER 3 Jaguar Clubs of North America, Inc. NEWS & VIEWS Publisher Peter Crespin Editor 4 ..... Blowin’ Smoke ....................... Regime change and war stories 6 ..... News Shorts ........................... Art for car’s sake and Jags selling well Gregory Wells Associate Editor 10 ... President’s Perspective ......... Welcome Jack as he tells all Tim Crespin UK Correspondent 11 ... Region Report ....................... Northeastern region report Diane DuFour Advertising Manager 12 ... Canada Calling ....................... Sweet de-icer and multinational cars [email protected] 13 ... Continental Drift ..................... Education and apprentice learning Contributors: Malcolm Baster, Tim Crespin, Dennis Eklof, Jack Humphrey, Kurt Jacobson, FEATURES Steve Klonsky, Bob Knijnenburg, John Larson, Norman Lutz, Dave Moulton, Dave Wardale, 14 ... Lightweight XKs .................... Two by Jag, one finished by others Gregory Wells. 19 ... Smiths Instruments ................. 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Write for schedule and rates. © 2017 Jaguar Clubs of North America, Inc. www.jcna.com MAY-JUNE 2017 3 NEWS & VIEWS Blowin’ Smoke “They just used any stuff they had left over from other models, if there were parts missing or transitioning from one series to the next.” Oh really? Peter Crespin Most of this issue was developed before typical winter crop of phone calls and the AGM, but it is being finished off on emails from disappointed people Sunday evening/Monday after most wondering why they had not received people have gone home. Normally their magazine. Computers are dumb the Journal would be signed off for but they are pretty efficient in collating print by now, but we held it back so membership rolls each year. At JCNA we could add the on-site reports from central, it is only those with fully paid- Vancouver, to give you the quickest up status who receive the Jaguar possible news of decisions made at Journal. It follows that if the computer this year’s important meeting (see does not mail out an issue for you, pages 34-37). Full minutes and plans then it doesn’t have you as a paid-up will be on the JCNA website shortly, member and that is rarely a central but special thanks must go to Carole JCNA issue. Instead it is typically If you used to work for Jaguar, in whatever Borgens, Barbara Grayson and band related to incomplete or missing club capacity, we’d love to hear your stories and of helpers for organizing the AGM on rosters submitted at the start of each anecdotes. comparatively short notice. year. Please always double-check first entry remediation facilities, or at dealer whether you have paid your dues or level? We’ll soon have an article by a CHANGING OF THE GUARD just forgotten. Then check if your club worker from the engine refurbishment We got a chance to thank George officers have included your details on in Coventry. The factory offered this Camp for his energy and commitment the club roster submitted to JCNA. If service from facilities near Radford, these last two years, which have been they have somehow delayed submitting which was a mile or two from Browns phenomenal. George was always on their roster, we operate very lean these Lane. I can’t wait, but there must be duty 24/7, and how he kept so many days and don’t have stashes of extra others so send us your experience. important projects moving, and tackled JJs to send out to people who have so many managerial challenges, is a somehow missed out and not realized EXCITEMENT AND mystery to me. I think he must also have their membership lapsed. If you are no EMBARRASSMENT had a money tree in his back yard to longer enrolled in your local Jag club, First the good news – a little birdie put Joshua through college, because we miss you! tells me that there is soon to be a his unpaid JCNA work was seemingly brand-new vendor of some extremely- endless and overtime, let alone full TELL US YOUR STORY advanced tuning and upgrade parts time. It was a massive effort and we The last issue reviewed a very for classic Jaguars, made using fully now have a win-win where his input will interesting little book by an ex-Jaguar modern design and production not be totally lost to us, but he gets apprentice. I know for a fact that we methods. The improvements quoted to take it easier after his self-limited have more ex-Jaguar members and I to the Journal were astonishing and two-year stint. Thanks, George, and would love to capture your experience we hope to report on them at the first welcome fellow soldier Jack Humphrey and memories of your Jaguar service. opportunity. The ‘embarrassment’ part to the presidency (see page 10). This applies equally to production is that in the last issue’s advert for the workers, managers, and dealer staff of JCNA International Jaguar Festival, all kinds. There is so much conjecture NEW ROLES, NEW ROLLS I got the North Georgia club’s web and guesswork about how Jaguar As usual, the newly-elected officers/ address wrong – it should be ngjc.us, operated (“They just used any stuff regional directors took over at the not ngjc.com. Apologies from us all they had left over from other models, if end of the AGM. This is to prevent at JJ Towers. In fact, by the time you there were parts missing or transitioning there being two officeholders during read this, the dedicated website www. from one series to the next.”) Really? business meetings. A sincere ‘thank jcnaijf.com should be working. you’ to all who stepped up to serve for Sounds a bit disorganized and would a term in either role. require recordkeeping, by VIN at least, for what parts were fitted within each In the run-up to the AGM, the Journal VIN range. What did you see happen and other JCNA volunteers got the at the factories, or at the US port of 4 MAY-JUNE 2017 JUNE 4, 2017 +1 (212) 461 6514, East Coast Greenwich, Connecticut +1 (415) 391 4000, West Coast [email protected] CONSIGNMENTS INVITED Beautifully restored 1961 Jaguar Mk II 3.4 Liter Sedan Part of a collection of three Jaguar Mk II saloons, this example along with a faithfully executed recreation of the 1960 New York Auto Show “Golden Jaguar” and a professionally prepared Mk II setup for road rallying, will be off ered without reserve at the 10th annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance Auction.