April/May 2022

Classic Jaguar

The definitive celebration of this most iconic of British motoring marques

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In Defence Of The X-TYPE
In the immortal words of ‘Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ – DON’T PANIC! The wanton use of the X-TYPE image above is not a response to readers pleas to extend our catchment area further into the modern era. Unfortunately, the X has not yet pulled
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Classic Jaguar
Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AL +44 (0)1959 541444 Editorial Editor Ray Ingman . cj.ed@kelsey.co.uk Art Editor Mark Baker . mark_baker04@yahoo.co.uk Contributors Jim Patten, Eric Dymoc
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Jaguar ‘Mk 1’ And Xj Coupe Day
Nigel Webb once more hosts a pair of special meetings at his Surrey ‘Mike Hawthorn Museum’ - Owners of ‘Mk 1s’ and XJ Coupes (only!) are invited to attend consecutive dedicated days over the weekend of 30th and 31st July 2022. They can be in any cond
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2022 Club Racing Dates
Opportunities to see Classic Jaguars in competition: JDC ‘Four Hills’ Sprint: April 30th Aintree (L9 5AS); May 15th Blyton Park (DN21 3PC) Mike Hawthorn Challenge: March 20th Brands Hatch; April 24th Snetterton; May 1st Mallory Park. CTCRC Jaguar Cha
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Jaguar Breakfast Club
The Gaydon based JBC continues to go from strength to strength, ably organised by our very own Peter Simpson. The latest meeting featured the ‘Future Classic’ F-TYPE, with an amazing 100 examples attending. On Saturday 2nd April, a dedicated display
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On Track
1st August 2021 saw the amazing sight of 43 E-types taking to the Silverstone grid in appalling conditions – an equally amazing 36 finished! Roger Gage witnessed the event and shares his experience with us. Normal service will be resumed in the next
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Have Your Say
Send an email to cj.ed@kelsey.co.uk or write to: The Editor, Classic Jaguar, Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AL Reading the feature on the one family owned 240 Mk2 (CJ Feb/ Mar 2022) that
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Seeing Red
“Who painted this D-type red?” was my thought when first laid eyes on this legendary machine. Most Jaguar competition cars are BRG, or British Racing Green, a livery thought by many to be ‘proper’ for a car of this ilk. Sure a few black, blue, or eve
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A Flying Visit To Bridgnorth
We last comprehensively interviewed Julian Barratt in the April/May 2021 edition, so rather than repeating that content, my idea was to give you a hands-on snapshot of the organisation and how it serves us, the enthusiasts. Julian kindly personally c
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY… The JDC Season Gets Off To A Flying Start
It looks like the Jaguar fraternity is determined to make up for lost time and get cracking on some post-pandemic action and the Jaguar Drivers’ Club is no exception. This is a particularly special year, being the centenary of Swallow – the company t
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Blue Remembered Hills
Please forgive me if I become a little overexcited as you read the following pages. You would too if you had shared this riproaring experience of piloting a historic XK120 across the dramatic landscape of the Shropshire Hills. The trip came about wit
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Offsetting Carbon Emissions
It’s truly amazing how fast things are changing. A decade ago, if we had written about carbon balancing our activities in classic Jaguars by planting trees to work towards a netzero carbon future for the historic vehicle movement, we would have raise
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THREE Mk2 SALOONS WOW THE RACE CROWDS DOWN UNDER
There has been – and still is – some great classic car racing in Australia and none better than the battle between three Mk2 Jaguar saloons. Lionel Walker,Tim Mallyon and Tony Pallas might be great friends off the track but the moment they come toget
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E Is For Exasperation
For the last few years, I have adopted the principle of owning a 'floating classic', whereby I aim to change my car every couple of years, trading up or down (in age) to a different classic Jaguar. Upon retirement this seemed like a thrilling prospec
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The Eric Dymock Archive
My Sunday newspaper readers were exasperated. They complained about boring Jaguars. Their ultimate put-down: “Everybody knows X-TYPE is only a Ford Mondeo.” But they had forgotten their history. A small luxury Jaguar went back further than they knew.
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Monte Or Bust
Europe was on the brink of war, and yet such was the determination of the gentleman racer for the excitement of travel and the need to compete, that not even these troubled times would deter them. The 1939 Monte Carlo rally would be a memorable event
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Paul Keating’s Xj40 Journal
XJ40 is over 35 years old now – it’s getting on in years. But many will still remember back to 1986 when a small fleet of launch cars were unleashed to the motoring press at Dunkeld in Scotland to show the world what the successor to the Series 3 cou
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Xclusively Letitia
exclusively-jaguar.co.uk. I have been a car enthusiast from an early stage in my life, following dalliances with TRs, my first foray into Jaguar ownership was an XJ40, purchased after much prevarication for the sum of £2500. As a fulltime carer of my
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Secrets Of: Powder Coating Processes
In this concluding feature in our series of refinishing themes we cover powder coating, a process widely employed in the restoration of our treasured vehicles. In the Dec/Jan 2022 edition of this hallowed publication (page 76) we covered ‘plating’, s
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The Collection Of George Matthews
George Matthews was a journeyman driver for over 20 years. Born in 1905, he started competitive driving in the early 1930s and his first recorded SS mount was a 2.5 litre saloon DEV 207 – in the 1936 Welsh Rally. The SS90 and SS100 were launched in 1
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Let’s Get Injected
In Part 1 we reported on how the existing fuel pump was utilised to supply the swirl pot, which in turn feeds the high-pressure pump and then on to the injection fuel rail and back to the swirl pot via a fuel regulator. This time we continue with fit
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Fred Gardner’s Sawmill
Alice Fenton knocked on the MD’s office door and peaked around the opening. ‘Mr Lyons, sir. Sorry to interrupt, but there’s a Mr Whiteley to see you. He’s from the Coventry branch of the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists. ‘Thank you, Alic
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Wish You Were There?
Or send by post to: The Editor, Classic Jaguar, Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AL I am particularly proud of my XJS Convertible, even though it is only one of my collection of five Jagua
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Ray Ingman
Following last issue’s ‘Backchat’, I’ve hit on a cunning plan: If I introduce my ‘Project XJS’ to you, it will shame me into actually getting on with it, creating some copy for your edification and delight, and a ‘new’ classic Jaguar for me. Win, win

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