JCCV Catalog December 2022

President’s Report

by Geoff Hergt

Well, here we are at the end of our 60th Anniversary Year - who would have thought??

From humble beginnings in a flat in Prahran, Melbourne in 1962 and only a hand full of members. The hope was that they could attract sufficient new members to have circa 60 members in a year’s time.

Today, 60 years later, we have a total membership throughout Victoria of circa 950 members who regularly enjoy meetings and activities in our own wonderful clubrooms. It seems like it is all a bit of a dream.

Not only that but we have a member elected Management Committee of 10, with two positions yet to fill. This committee is complimented by 6 Country Registers catering to the needs and interests of our country cousins. As if that wasn’t enough, we have no less than 10 Metropolitan based Registers specialising in various models of Jaguars (all model registers are open to all members), 7 Co-Ordinators looking after our Club Advertising, Club Merchandise, Club Permit System (Club Plated) cars, Member Welfare, Club Library, along with our representatives on three of the most influential motoring bodies, the AOMC, CAMS and the MSCA. See details on the penultimate page of each monthly edition of our very own CAT-A-LOG magazine.

To top it all off, three of our Club members sit on the Clubrooms Management Committee (CMC) which, in collaboration with the Austin Healey Owners Club (AHOC) jointly manage the fully owned and shared asset we know as “Our Clubrooms”. We are the envy of many other car clubs.

That is a total of 39 voluntary club members all working for you. More than the total number of members of our club 60 years ago.

Yes, it has taken 60 years of voluntary time, effort and dedication to get to this point. However, I think you would agree that this is a fine achievement especially when you acknowledge that there is not one paid employee in our club. All this has been achieved by volunteers with a common interest (passion). Try achieving that level of growth and success in a competitive commercial environment without any wages paid for sixty years!!

What is so gratifying is that our club today is as exciting and vibrant as it was 60 years ago when it existed only in the hearts and minds of our forebears. Wouldn’t they be chuffed to see our club today?

Thank you to all who made our 60th Anniversary year Concours such a wonderful success.

As we enter our 61st year, renewal of our leadership is uppermost in our minds. In late 2023 we will elect a new President, Vice Pres, Secretary/Public Officer, Treasurer and several others. Right now is an ideal time to nominate your interest and become involved as an understudy then make your mark in the continuing tradition of our successful club. Speak to any committee member and express your interest in the role of your choice.

On behalf of all members may I offer our sincere thanks to Lyn Belcher and her dedicated and hardworking 60th Anniversary committee who have enabled us all to look back, appreciate and celebrate what we have enjoyed over no less than 60 years of wonderful memories.

Your Committee of Management thank each and every member for your participation and involvement in club activities this year and wish you all Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a safe and enjoyable time with family and friends. We will have even more exciting events, functions and activities for you in 2023. Cheers, Geoff

President's Report 3

Smith

Minutes - JCCV Monthly Meeting 6

Claytons Run - Somers General Store 7

Jaguar Concours 2022 Photo Gallery

E-Type Register Notes 10

Gippsland Register Notes 12

MkVII, MkVIII, MkIX, MkX & 420G Notes 13

VIN Runs/Change Points Jaguar XJ-S 14

Jaguar National Rally - Handorf 2023

Modern Classics Notes 16

Central

Geelong Register Notes 20

Goulburn Valley Register Notes 21

60 Year Celebratory Luncheon Review 22

North

SS100 Clone Project - Part 17 28

Journey into the Unknown - LEDS in a Mark 2 30

Meet our New Librarian - Barry Atkinson ..... 32 Library News 33

JCCV New Members

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Geoff presents Nick Guthry with a Thankyou certificate at the 2022 Display Day.

Dona�ons over $2 are tax deduc�ble and receipts issued automa�cally via email. We look forward to your support. You can make a dona�on by using the following website link: h�ps://events.thesmithfamily.com.au/fundraisers/JCCV/toybook-appeal

JCCV is helping the Smith Family again this Christmas to put a smile on the faces of disadvantaged children

Editorial

by Maurice de Morton

Our monthly magazine is only as good as the contributions that we receive, mostly from members but also a few from other sources. I’d like to thank all of our contributors to this year’s editions and it’s a pretty long list. Thanks to our register secretaries who contribute their register reports every month without fail. In addition to this, we have received regular articles from Andrew Smith, John Edgar, Lyn Belcher and Wandy McIntyre-Leake. Then there have been items from Gavin Moore, John Howard-Jones, Heinz Schendzielorz, Wayne McPherson, Rod Brown, Debbie McVean, David Lyon, Gail Bradley, Wayne Woonton, Gerry Howell, Stuart Holbery, Chris Webb, Nicholas Scarff, Geoff Hergt, Chris Logue, Barry Atkinson, David Taylor, Ian Wilkins, Roy Armfield, Vickie Stevenson, Chris Morison, Howard Snow and John Elmgreen.

Thanks also to the team at Geelong Printworks. In particular to Graham Deahl who has helped keep me on track as I learn how this job is to be done and of course to Darlene Flakemore whose creative layouts make our magazine so visually attractive.

Finally, thanks to David Cook for setting the example of what an excellent magazine should look like and for his encouragement over the few months that I have been editing.

This month’s magazine is largely focussed on our two most recent events which capped off our 60th Anniversary year of celebrations. The cover story is about the luncheon held in mid-October with text from Vickie Stevenson and photos contributed by various people. We also have some photos

that we’ve squeezed into this edition from the Concours and Display Day held in mid-November.

In addition to this, you can find out a little more about our new librarian and may notice a slight change to the “Library News” section of the magazine. And Chris Morison shares his experience with converting his Mk2 to LED lights with a few helpful diagrams.

I wish you all compliments of the season. Have a safe and enjoyable break and Heather and I look forward to seeing you in January at the Claytons run in Somers.

Garry Disher has been writing Australian crime fiction for many years. In his 1997 book titled "Fallout" the key protagonist owns the Jaguar and has been robbing country banks.

The author has clearly had some association with our Club, or at the very least has read Cat-A-Log at some point because he writes as follows: “Raymond flicked though his Jaguar Car Club magazine. He didn’t know why he’d joined. Okay if you wanted to wear a tweed sports coat

and go on a fun run through the Dandenong Ranges, stop at a picnic spot and have your picture taken for the magazine. Okay if you wanted to be buttonholed by some little twerp from the social committee. Okay if you wanted to read a blowby-blow description in jokey prose about changing the diff oil in a ’68 S-type. He yawned massively.”

Anyone recall an edition of Cat-A-Log with a photo of someone in the Dandenongs wearing a tweed jacket?

Minutes of the Jaguar Car Club of Victoria

Monthly Meeting Tuesday 1st November 2022 by David Lyon

MEETING OPENED

8.05 pm

PRESIDENT’S

Geoff Hergt

WELCOME

Geoff welcomed everyone to the meeting.

ATTENDANCE

63 members 7 apologies 0 guests

Apologies were received from: David Taylor, Paul Dwan, Bruce Elliott-Smith, Lyn and Kevin Chatley, Rob Lewis, Ray Stebbins

VISITORS/NEW MEMBERS

No new members or visitors

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

David Lyon

David moved that the minutes be accepted. Seconded Nik Cirakovic No disagreement.

CORRESPONDENCE

David Lyon

David noted that other club magazines were available in the library.

The Beaumaris Car Show will be held on 12 February 2023 (Note that the Secretary maintains a record of all correspondence which is available for members to view)

TREASURER’S REPORT

Ashraf Abdelmoteleb

Ashraf noted a funds balance reduction of $16k from the prior month due to the Audit Fees and the Club Insurance falling due.

WELFARE

Lyn Belcher

Lyn reported that sadly Gerhard Varady had passed away in October.

CLUB 60TH

Lyn Belcher

Lyn thanked the anniversary sub-committee for all their work and support this year. Lyn had special thanks for Karen McKinnon for her contribution to the very successful lunch at Southern Golf Club with 167 attending. Lyn also thanked Geoff Hergt and Charlie for their part in making the day a success. It was amazing that around a dozen members with over 50 years membership attended.

A slideshow is being prepared for the December 14 meeting.

SOCIAL Grant Piekacz

Grant spoke on the Christmas casual afternoon on 11 December with the Australian Welsh Men’s Choir. Bookings on TryBooking.

SPORTING

Gavin Moore

Gavin reported on the most recent MSCA Sandown meeting with 110 entrants.

The MSCA celebrates 50 years in November with a dinner for 160. The JCCV is a founding member.

The very popular “Come and Try Day” is in December and is already close to capacity.

MEMBERSHIP AND WEB

Fazal Cader

Fazal reported total paid up membership of 900 active and paid up, with 6 new members in October.

The Claytons Run will be on in January - details in December CAT-A-LOG.

LIBRARY

Barry Atkinson

Barry introduced himself as a relatively new member who is also quite new to Jaguars - he bought his XKR in December and joined the JCCV in January.

He noted that John Edgar had set up the library very well and he is getting to know his way around. Barry will put his own touches in there over time.

EDITOR

Maurice de Morton

Maurice noted that we had a slightly smaller crew at CAT-A-LOG packing last week, but it was still all completed by about 7.30pm. Maurice thanked everyone for their contributions once again, noting that the December edition is already under way.

PUBLIC RELATIONS / SOCIAL

Luke Charteris

Luke introduced himself to the meeting, noting that like Barry, he is quite a new member. He added that he will do his best to take over the Public Relations role despite still getting to know everyone and Jaguars. He has an X308 but has largely been involved with Aussie built cars over the years, being a GMH Dealer mechanic.

Lyn Belcher noted that she had been contacted by Les Hughes regarding a British visitor coming to his daughter’s wedding in December - he had been involved in designing the interior of Jaguar X308’s and was keen to show his family an example of his work while here. Luke just happens to have an X308 in the same colour scheme as Tad and has offered to use it as a wedding car on the day!

CLUB MERCHANDISE

Jon Beck and Ray Parker

John and Ray showed the new polo’s which have arrived for Concours.

CLUB PERMIT SCHEME

Robyn asked everyone who sells a CPS vehicle to notify them within a week - she and Neville are wasting a lot of time chasing overdue permits only to find “Oh, I sold that car months ago”. Please adhere to this requirement.

2022 CONCOURS AND DISPLAY DAY

Geoff Hergt

Geoff spoke on the approaching Concours and Display Day on 20 November, noting that the subcommittee has met 6 times planning the event.

Members can pre-pay on TryBooking for $15 or pay $20 on entry to Wesley.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Alan and Karen McKinnon

Alan commented that 1, 2, or 3 points gained or lost can make a big difference in preparing your car for concours judging.

Alan offered some key advice for members:

• Source a good detailer who can clean underneath - this provides a good starting point.

• Obtain a judging sheet from previous years to see where opportunities to pick up points can be seen.

• Prepare all supplementary documentation etc for presentation. Such as, Heritage Certificate, spare keys, service books and wallets. In fact anything which came with the vehicle originally. Also remove anything not originally supplied.

• Check lights, wipers, indicators, horn correctly functioning.

• A good scrub is better than spraying with Armor All!

• Don’t forget to remove the wheels, and also clean easy to forget places such as inside the fuel filler lid.

Karen then followed with tips and tricks on cleaning exhaustively:

• Attention to detail in all areas of your car including both sides of the door, boot and window seals. Cotton buds become your new best friend!

• Even on judging day, a thorough mini vac inside, remove any bugs, brake dust and a complete wipe-down.

Alan then spoke briefly on the beautiful 2008 Bentley W12 GTC with only 26,000 Km in 14 years which he brought along tonight.

Geoff thanked both Alan and Karen for their presentations tonight.

Concours Chief Judge, Trevor Wilkinson then also spoke on the things judges will be looking for on the day.

His message was to present your car as it would be delivered from the showroom, cleaning every part of the car thoroughly inside and out. Don’t forget the under-bonnet area as far down as you can see, and not forgetting the folding mirrors and electric antenna. He reminded everyone that most points are lost for cleanliness.

GENERAL BUSINESS

John Laird suggested that anyone planning to attend the 2023 SA National Rally check available accommodation sooner rather than later as it appears to be filling quickly.

Richard Bearup spoke on his Life Membership Award at the October AGM. Richard spoke fondly of his long association with the club and the absolute honour of this award, which on the night left him virtually speechless. His full letter of appreciation is on the club notice board.

Kevin Brown relayed an invitation from the AHOC to attend their general meeting on Thursday at which well-known race driver, Kevin Bartlett was guest speaker.

Fazal Cader reinforced the previous speakers’ comments about preparation for Concours relaying his experience with the JCCV British Columbia.

Wandy McIntyre-Leake spoke on the 2013 Florence Thomson tour for female drivers of cars over 25 years old. This will be based around Wangaratta on the weekend of 29 April.

GENERAL MEETING CLOSED - 9.50pm

The next monthly meeting of the Jaguar Car Club of Victoria will be held on Wednesday 14 December 2022, commencing at 8.00pm, at the Clubrooms. Note the Date.

Karen and Alan giving their concours preparation tips

CONCOURS 2022

November E-Type Register Meeting 2022

Once the volcano just off Tonga blew its lid in January 2022, which vaporised a significant amount of water and gave us the terrific orange and red sunsets this year, driving one’s E-Type to a Register meeting this year was doomed. This year has been a little wet. Our November meeting was again another wet night and no E-Types ventured out for the 10th November meeting.

The dinner at The Vale Hotel was attended by around 25 of our members. Lots of chat and gossip was had, with warm meals and good company.

The meeting at JCCV was enjoyed by 32 Members and partners. Keith Francis, our Register Secretary, was an apology as he has suffered some bumper damage, so his wife, Gail Bradley, chaired the meeting and did a fabulous job. We noticed that Jiffy has rejoined the Barrel Boys and Gail coped well with the laughing and frivolity coming from that quarter.

There were quite a number of apologies which included Andrew Sorrell and Keith Francis who are recovering from health issues, and nine other regulars.

We were joined by a new E-Type Register Member, Phillip Taylor who is a noted Principal Violinist and Conductor, and is another Hillbilly from Upwey. Phillip owns a Red S1 1965 Coupe.

Anthony informed us that there are currently 60 E-Type Register Members registered with WhatsApp keeping in contact with each other. He also indicated that it is a good idea that private conversations be done offline, so as to keep the general chatter free from being overloaded.

Gail proposed and it was agreed that the original print run of the currently proposed E-Type register windscreen sticker concept be approved and was carried by the attendees.

During this month a call went out for a 100-year-old lady, Cath, who wished to celebrate her coming of age by having a drive of an E-Type. Our fearless Register Secretary, Keith, volunteered to provide his Series 3 red E-Type Roadster as an appropriate chariot. Of course, our honoured guest asked if he wouldn’t mind if she drove? “You know, just a spin around the block?” I only wish we could have seen a photo of Keith’s face before he gave his reply. A positive response was not forthcoming.

we all don’t have to wait 100 years for our dreams to come true.

by Andrew Smith

Current E-Type projects underway include:

• Spud completing Simon Pole’s 1962 E-Type is nearing completion. The car is an interesting grey with cherry red interior which we have been informed is stunning. It’s just been driven for the first time; noises emanated.

• Andy Long’s E-Type body restoration of his 1964 coupe is now being assembled.

• Andrew Smith’s 1967 E-Type coupe is having its suspension assembled with his son Callum doing most of the work under a watchful parental eye. It is aimed to have a rolling chassis by Christmas.

• Jiffy proudly told us from the Barrel that his E-Type Primrose was being cleaned again.

The meeting finished off with a Show and Tell presented by Father Fob (Alan Ward) showing us six of his E-Type Steering Wheels and informing us of the evolution of these E-Type wheels from 1961 to 1968. To assess if we all stayed awake, Gail asked us a quiz question as to who the manufacturers of the E-Type wheel were. Answer: Coventry Timber Bending Co. Pty. Ltd., Springalex and not Spencer Silver-Bark.

Past Events:

Sandown Historics 6/11/2022 (Author: Ian Wilkins)

After excellent arrangements being made by one of our fearless leaders, Keith Francis, we all gathered at the Sandown Park Hotel at the rather undignified early hour of 8:00am on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning.

In all 12 E-Types were in attendance including a NSW participant, Warren McQuarters, who attended in his S1 FHC having driven down from Berri in NSW the day before.

On arrival at the track, we were ushered into an excellent parking location right at the edge of the course adjacent to the main grandstand which was excellent for viewing the days’ events.

A wide variety of races were held including MGs, HQ Holdens, Formula 5000, Historic Touring Cars, Formula Fords and Sports Sedans.

After lunch came the opportunity we boys and girls had all been waiting for, completing two Parade Laps around the track which was a really great experience. Although the briefing emphasised there was to be no racing or overtaking, the pace was still enough to make it interesting and from a personal perspective having been around the Phillip Island circuit in the same car a few years ago, Sandown is a larger circuit but still with interesting bends to allow practising the correct racing lines.

After this some of us departed for home while others stopped to watch the racing until later in the afternoon, all in all a great day out.

Driving out we were amazed at the numbers of spectator cars parked everywhere which numbered in the thousands so no doubt the organisers, the Victorian Historic Racing Register, would have counted the day a huge success.

Undaunted, our Honoured Guest’s son then volunteered to do the honours. I can only imagine what the spoken reply was. In the end, Cath was chauffeured on a substantial drive by Keith and loved the experience. Let’s hope

Keith with the Birthday Girl Cath

The E-Type Spring Run was held on 7-9 October just before the big wet flooded Shepparton and the Parklake Hotel, where we stayed. We were all delighted with how Jenni Williamson coordinated this enjoyable event.

At the time of the drafting of these minutes the E-Type Felines Lunch was held at the JCCV Club Rooms on 12 November. Inaugurated this year by Jenni Williamson and Tricia Marshall, the Felines have enjoyed four lunches so far and seem to be growing in strength, numbers and enjoyment of each other. The men went off to The Naked Racer Café Bar for light refreshments, this time bringing their E-Types as did some of the Felines.

Festival of Motoring will see at least 12 of us attending Cruden Farm, Langwarrin, on 29th January 2023 for our inaugural Run with Picnic.

Winter Warmer will be another run to Daylesford mid-year, to be organised by Jiffy.

The E-Type 2023 Spring Run, October 2023, is in need of a volunteer team to start planning it.

E-Type Register Mailing List:

If you wish to be on the list, please contact JCCV in the first instance to update your details there, then drop a line to Gail Bradley, gail.bradley228@gmail.com.

The WhatsApp E-Type Register forum has been a lot of fun and offers a good technical resource too.

Bye for now, keep safe. Exercise your Cats daily.

Future Events:

Xmas Lunch will be held at Lunch Under the Vines, Killara Estate Winery, Seville East on Sunday 27th November. Bookings have now closed. Contact Robyn Lockstone on 0414 300 538 to argue your case for attending.

E-Type Register Meeting: The next Register Meeting is the E-Type Christmas event where “dressing festive” is essential, planned for 8th December with a pre-meeting meal at The Vale Hotel at 6:00 pm, moving to the JCCV Clubrooms at 7:15 pm for the 7:30 pm meeting. Bring a partner and a (small) plate.

Robin McCann receiving an award for the best E-Type at Sandown Historics

E-Type Felines lunch at JCCV Clubrooms

Gippsland Register Notes

By Lloyd Reynolds

Gippsland Register met, as usual, on the first Monday of the month, at the Bairnsdale Bowls Club. Quite unexpectedly, positive response to information and advertising of our Christmas Function, has been somewhat slow, with the probability that our group will need to share the 388zero venue with members of the public. Our organising team have put in a huge effort to make this night a little out of the ordinary, so, if you haven’t responded and intend to go along, please contact me, yesterday. In a different vein, as I have been Register Secretary for quite a long time, I feel that it’s time for someone new to take the reins. I am actively looking for a volunteer to carry the task into the future.

We are all sorry to see that Keith and Diane Charman will no longer be an active part of our Register, owing to a move back to Queensland. We wish them well. Visitors, Peter and Cheryl Sutton, who are new faces in Gippsland, have purchased an XJS cabriolet and will be made most welcome in our group.

The monthly Meal Ticket Raffle was won by Laurie Johnson.

Monthly Run Reports:

October Run No. 1: Keith and Dianne Charman’s lunch booking at Graze Bistro, at the Sale Greyhound track on October 16th was well attended. It was great to see John and Mary Birdsey in attendance.

October Run No.2: David and Roscoe Blue’s midweek lunch run to the Long Paddock Café, at Lindenow, was also well attended.

November Run: Adrian and Christine Mitchell’s for lunch, at the Lake View Bar and Marina, Loch Sport, was held on November13th. Their report follows:

Once again we were threatened by inclement weather for the Gippsland Register monthly run. Although some of our members travelled through the rain to the meeting point in Bairnsdale, luckily, by our 9.30am departure, Adrian and Christine’s prayers were answered. Threatening clouds moved away and the sun shone, as twenty members and two visitors, set off to Sale, for a morning coffee stop by the Lake. Then onto our lunch venue at Loch Sport Hotel, where we all enjoyed nice food and good company. We did not have to pray for good weather for the long trip back home, as “someone up there” made sure we made it home in the warmth of the sunshine. It was Adrian’s first time ever organising an event, so thank you all for making a great day.

Christmas Function: This is a final appeal. With planning completed by our “volunteer” subcommittee of Carol, Christine, Marg B, and Roscoe, our finale for 2022 is to be held at Cafe 388zero, in Paynesville. ALL JCCV members are invited to attend, but please express your interest to Marg on 0409 244 293 or, mk2bluegirl@bigpond.com.

Thanks to those who contributed to this report. As usual, reminders for all events will be emailed.

Until next time, keep well, be safe and Keep on Cruising.

David Blue enjoying a steak and a red

Graze

Marina Hotel at Loch Sport

MkVII, MkVIII, MkIX, MkX & 420G by Richard Bearup REGISTER NOTES

By the time this Cat-A-Log reaches you, the journey will be well over for two of our intrepid adventurous register members. Peter and Coral Zarebski will have returned from their exploits to Antarctica! Peter rang me on the morning preceding our November meeting to submit his apologies for non-attendance as the trip they had been waiting for was finally coming to fruition. Organised and paid in 2019 they were among many of us who had holiday plans put on hold due to Covid. Three false starts later and they received a phone call on Friday saying the trip was going ahead and they were flying out early in the morning on the following Monday!

Initially heading to Chile and onto Buenos Aires, they were then flying out in a small charter aircraft toward the tip of South America to board an Antarctic Research vessel in company with several other visitors to spend two weeks travelling by sea to Antarctica and accompanying the scientists on Zodiac inflatables to the continent itself. I’m sure they will have had a wonderful time and would be excited to tell us all of their adventures! Those penguin onesies pyjamas have finally come in handy. With Peter and Coral away, it was nice to see enough of us brought along sufficient supper to supplement the tea and coffee. Thank you everyone.

November saw us with quite a gathering including recent member / first time Register visitor Con Servinis who has a fleet of MkVIIs among others in his wedding car business. Phil Jelleff brought along Phil Segat and Ken Williams in a carpool effort from Gisborne – any excuse to add ballast and company for the journey now that he has traded his trusty Kia in on a Trailblazer. Plenty of room in it I must add. He has received more word on the progress of the painting of his Mk IX and is waiting excitedly for its return for reassembly.

Chris Logue was featured in an article in the programme for the Sandown Race Meeting the previous weekend. Sadly, due to various circumstances he didn’t attend in person but from all accounts I hear that it went very well.

I have also been keeping in regular contact with member Paul Fuller (Mk X) who with his family own and operate the Caravan Park and Cabins at Narrandera NSW. The recent heavy rains and flooding have licked at their door on more than one occasion and the prepared levee and channel gates put in place, while leaking a little, have saved them from inundation. The caravan park has hosted a boost in population of many and various species of frog (and snakes). There was a tense time for a while as they moved vehicles and important equipment onto the high ground of the levee behind the property. With only a few hundred metres of road currently under water at time of writing they expect to be open to receive guests again in a few more days. Always nice to know they are safe and sound.

NEXT MEETING: Our Register Christmas meeting for dinner is once again at the Vale Hotel in Mulgrave/Springvale (Dandenong Road near the corner of Springvale Road) on Monday 12th December at 7:00pm so block it into your calendars now. I have booked for 20 attendees. The kitchen takes final orders at 8:30pm. Please let me know if you will be attending in case I need to alter guest numbers.

Stay safe, drive with care. It’s chaos out there. Richard Bearup.

VIN Runs and Change Points by model

VIN Runs and Change Points by model

- Jaguar XK8

(X100)

VIN Runs and Change Points by model - Jaguar XJ-S

Jaguar XJ-S

First short VIN (last six digits) by production year, all bodies

First chassis number by production year, all bodies

Year 5.3 Litre Coupe RHD 5.3 Litre Coupe LHD

Year First Short VIN

VIN construction:

1975 2W/1001 (Jan 1975) 2W/50001 (Jan 1975)

Vehicle numbers locator:

● Engine prefix 8S (early V12 pre HE) Body prefix 5W (V12 coupe)

1976 2W/1319 2W/51409 1977 2W/2639 2W/53329 1978 2W/4338 2W/55273

First three letters

SAJ = all Jaguars

Last 2W/5000 (May 1978) 2W/55915 (May 1978)

Year First Short VIN

1978 100001 (May 1978)

1996 001001 (February) 1997 008106 1998 023018 1999 036194 2000 A04808 2001 A17049 2002 A27749 2003 A35155 (Coupe) 2003 A35171 (Convertible) 2004 A40265 2005 A44686 Last A48684

1996 1999

Fourth character

J = Jaguar

Fifth character

Chassis: Stamped in the boot on the vertical face adjacent to the battery.

1996 2002 VIN label on LHS door post.

● On US models, extra prefixes were added to the standard prefix: U = US specification followed by a letter indicating model year: F = 1975, G = 1976, H = 1977, J = 1978

First short VIN (last six digits) by production year, all bodies (introduced May 1978)

2003 2006 VIN label on LHS door hinge post. VIN plate visible on bottom LHS of windscreen.

Years of construction

1996-1999 – 001001-042775 1999-2005 – A0016-A48684

Change Points by model year, all bodies

Date

G = XK8 ands XKR

Engine:

RHD and LHD cars mixed together in the sequence of VINs

Seventh character

VIN construction:

E = Coupe F = Convertible

First three letters

1999 -2005

1996 2002 Stamped on a raised pad on the front of the engine block on the RHS near to the thermostat housing.

2003 2006 Stamped on LHS on ‘B’ bank oil drain channel.

Gearbox:

SAJ = Jaguars (from March 1981 onwards)

Fourth letter: J = Jaguar

Sixth character 4 = XK8 and XKR

Fifth letter

Seventh character 1 = Coupe 2 = Convertible

N = Standard model

1996 2002 ZF Auto Trans a metal label or bar code located on the LHS of the gearbox casing.

Mercedes Auto Trans used on the supercharged engine had the number stamped on the LHS of the transmission case.

2003 2006 ZF Auto Trans Stamped on the LHS of the gearbox casing.

Assured VIN Comment

June 1996 001246 1997 model year introduction

August 1997 018108 1998 model year introduction

February 1998 024687 1998.75 model year introduction, launch of the XKR

August 1998 031303 1999 model year introduction

January 1999 A00001 First of the new VIN system

April 1999 A00016 2000 model year introduction

1979 101835 1980 104250 1981 104917 1982 106450 1983 109919 1984 114671 1985 121281 1986 129079 1987 138031 1988 147958 1989 158321 1990 169530 1991 178781 1992 183501 1993 187159 1994 192235 1995 199155 1996 225038

August 1999 042775 Last 1999 model year vehicle, last of old VIN system

Change Points by model year, all bodies

February 2000 A06139 First XKR Silverstone

Date Assured VIN Comment

July 2000 A11051 2001 model year introduction

February 1981 105048

June 2001 A23312 First XKR 100

First HE engine car

June 1982 108026 First 3.6 litre cabriolet

July 2001 A24196 2002 model year introduction

March 1983 111000 End of manual records

June 2002 A30645 2003 model year introduction, introduction of the 4.2 litre engine

October 1983 112253 First 3.6 litre coupe

January 2003 A35155 2003.5 model year introduction

October 1983 112314 First 3.6 litre convertible

June 2003 A36874 2004 model year introduction

January 2004 A40265 2004.5 model year introduction

1987 139052 Sportspack introduced on 3.6 litre 1987 140952 First convertible (in the JDHT collection)

June 2004 A42348 2005 model year introduction

January 2005 A44686 2006 model year introduction

February 1988 148594 Last V12 cabriolet

January 2005 A45289 Introduction of the 4.2 S Final Edition

June 1988 152978 XJR-S introduction of 'Celebration' model December 1988 157118 Start of 1989 model year

September 1990 176103 Start of 1991 model year

September 1990 176921 Le Mans limited edition introduced December 1990 178707 Le Mans limited edition discontinued March 1991 179733 V12HE discontinued, last VIN pre-facelift

Please note the information relating to the various change points, model years and dates are approximate based upon the Assured VIN as allocated by Jaguar Cars. There may be minor discrepancies with specific vehicles due to manufacturing processes. This information must be treated as a guide only.

April 1992 184574 4.0 litre convertible introduced May 1993 XJR-S 6.0 litre discontinued, standard model introduced September 1993 190528 Start of 1994 model year

Information courtesy of Jaguar Heritage Trust

c. May 1994 Unknown Introduction of AJ16 engine 1994 194775 Start of 1994.75 model year

February 1995 199999 Jump in VIN series

February 1995 221001 Jump in VIN series

May 1995 221855 4.0 litre designated “Celebration” April 1996 226644 Last 4.0 convertible April 1996 226645 Last 6.0 V12 coupe

Please note the information relating to the various change points, model years and dates are approximate based upon the Assured VIN as allocated by Jaguar Cars. There may be minor discrepancies with specific vehicles due to manufacturing processes. This information must be treated as a guide only.

Information courtesy of Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

by Paul Dwan

Run to Walhalla Sunday 23rd October 2022

On a very overcast Sunday morning, after watching the weather forecast all week, most of us met up at the BP service centre on the Pakenham bypass for the day’s trip. 14 of us left after refuelling, coffee and a chat to head off to Yarragon. At Yarragon, we met up with another 5 members.

Some stopped for a coffee at Yarragon itself while the others went over to the Vintage Market on the other side of the railway line where a few purchases were made. (records, CDs, glassware)

After an hour we headed off to Walhalla, there were 3 X300s, 1 XKR convertible, 1 very nice XE, 2 S-Types, 1 X-Type, 1 XK (X150), 1 Jeep and 1 BMW X5.

As we left the highway at Moe and entered the hills the weather took a turn and the mist set in and it just got a little damp. The road was sealed all the way with some hair pin bends and lots of potholes and lumps and bumps and some magnificent scenery for the passengers to look at.

We all arrived at once and headed to the Walhalla Hotel for lunch, we basically booked the hotel out and the hotel had reserved us 2 large tables of 10 people all inside. Most of the other diners (of which there were quite a few) were relegated to the outdoor tables under umbrellas.

This was a good opportunity to catch up with each other and have a really good hot pub lunch. All members had a good time with lots of chatter and laughter.

Unfortunately, the weather went from drizzle to rain and this put everyone off the idea of a walk around the town or a trip on the railway to the Thompson river or a gold mine tunnel tour.

We all said our goodbyes and headed back towards home, it was really nice to see Bruce and Karen Craven from the SS, Mk IV, Mk V register and John Fowler join us for the day. As we left the hotel, we were greeted by a Kookaburra who sat high up on the hotel sign close to the front stairs.

Once out of the mountains the weather seemed to be on the up and there was no more rain.

I would like to thank everyone who came as it was an enjoyable day out. The next run will be in the new year, hopefully on a warm sunny day with no rain.

Modern Classics Christmas Break Up Templestowe Hotel Tuesday 8th November 2022

The Modern Classics had their last meeting for 2022 as a Christmas break up on the 8th November 2022 at the Templestowe Hotel. We had a good number of 24 members and partners with apologies from David and Judith Jury who were not feeling well, and we wish them both a speedy recovery.

We had 2 large tables on the upper level with lots of conversation and laughter. Jon Chung said goodbye to everyone as he will be leaving for a one month well earned holiday with family over to England. I had offered to look after his XK8 convertible in his absence, but he declined graciously.

Final register meeting for 2022

There will be no meeting in December for the Modern classics however the general Club meeting will be held on the Wednesday the 14th December 2022.

Our next meeting will be the second Tuesday in February which is the Tuesday the 14th February at 7:30pm with the meeting to commence at 8:00pm at the Clubrooms.

I would like to thank all the new members of the Club who came to the modern classic meetings and hope that you have enjoyed your time and the activities from this register and the Club run events.

A big thanks goes out to my wife for all her help in organising the 2 runs we have had to the country and being my spell checker, I will blame myself for the fantastic weather we enjoyed on those occasions.

This is good opportunity to thank Geoff Hergt , Rob Lewis, Maurice de Morton and the committee for all the help that I received over the last 10 months.

Finally, to all the regular and new members, not to mention the members from the other registers who popped in from time to time, thank you so much, it really has been my pleasure.

If I don’t see you at the concours or the last general meeting, please have a safe enjoyable Christmas and new year and hope to see you all back in 2023

Cheers Paul

Mk 1 and 2 Register Notes

A very small meeting to close the year off, with an apology from Ray Parker.

I haven’t spoken about this lately but a timely reminder that in the event of a car fire, one extinguisher is not usually enough. You will need two. Ask for one as a Christmas present and put it in the car in an accessible place.

Another issue with classic cars is theft. This is becoming very frequent and can happen to anyone. Trackers are becoming very useful in monitoring your vehicle. 3G ones are being phased in soon and the next generation are based on 4G. Wired in or stand-alone, these devices can be monitored via your phone. You can buy these SIM based or subscription. All can be Geo-fenced, so they send an alert if the vehicle leaves the defined area.

Interested in visiting Cruden Farm? The AOMC has a display day on Sunday, 29th January 2023. See the AOMC website for details. https://www.aomc.asn.au/festival-of-motoring

by Terry Bostock

Our Christmas dinner will be at The Rosstown Hotel, 1084 Dandenong Road, Carnegie VIC 3163, on Tuesday 13th December at 7:00pm

Please email or call me for numbers and of course, partners are encouraged to come with the undertaking that not too much car talk will occur.

Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

First Meeting for 2023:

Our first meeting will at the clubrooms on Tuesday 14th February 2023 at 7:30pm.

Register Secretary

Terry Bostock

mk238@live.com.au

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGISTER NOTES

by Noel Feltham

We met at the Eastwood Street Leisure Complex negotiating the night-time roadworks to get there. Gerhard Varady’s family had a celebration of his life at the Big Apple Cafe Bacchus Marsh last month. Gerhard was a very keen and valued member with Jaguar and motoring friends at Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh.

We discussed the excellent fishing in Lake Wendouree and Port Phillip bay then went on to door locks in Jags, Fords and Beamers. They can be painful to work on with some very unusual faults.

Lake Goldsmith, Springfest and the February Swap Meet have been cancelled mainly due to a record October rainfall. We will be desperate to get out and attend the Ballan Tractor Pull on Sunday the 19th February 2023.

h�ps://nhma.com.au/rally/ballan-vintage-rally-and-tractor-pull/

Breakfast in October was well attended and some E-Type pics are included.

Breakfast at Krooze In Cafe is on the 4th Sunday except for December.

Our Christmas breakup will be on Sunday the 11th December at The Lake View Hotel Balcony 9am to 11am.

(please email or call me if you are attending)

Noel Feltham Ph. 5331 5315

Hughes

Peter

Robyn and Greg with their E-Type

Neil and E-Type

By

Nik Cirakovic REGISTER NOTES

It’s hard to believe that another year is almost over. This year saw our Register celebrate its 50th Anniversary. To help commemorate the event, we had stemless wineglasses made, engraved with our 50th Anniversary Register logo, as well as metal “Anniversary” car badges and vinyl car stickers. In March, our Register held its 50th Anniversary Lunch at the Clubrooms, with over 60 members and their partners attending. During the year, many members helped with and had input to the writing of a chapter on the history of our Register to be used in the coming book detailing the 60 year History of our club, which should be available next year. Thank you to all the members that helped, in particular David Laird, Ian Mullins, Keith Bell, Ivan Stephens, John Clucas and Stuart Holbery.

With the Club also celebrating its 60th Anniversary, there have been many functions, runs and social events held throughout the year. These have been well supported and attended by our Register members and have been a huge success for the Club. The many members who helped organise these events have to be congratulated. In order to prevent any “clashes” with the Club’s events, it was decided at our first Register meeting of the year to not hold any Hump Day Runs this year. They will resume in 2023.

October Register Meeting

Well, there’s not too much to tell about our October Register meeting, mainly because there wasn’t one. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I was forced to take holidays and enjoy myself. Just another burden that I had to bear. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I was unable to obtain the services of a “temporary Secretary”, so the meeting had to be cancelled. We will however have a November meeting, with several important issues to be discussed, but if you don’t attend, you will all have to wait until February to read about it in Cat-A-Log. I can feel your eagerness from here.

December Register Meeting

As is usual, our December Register meeting will be an entirely social event for members and their partners to enjoy themselves and end the year. This year it will be held on our “normal” meeting night, Thursday the 15th of December, at the Vale Hotel, Springvale Road, Mulgrave. We have been booked in for dinner in the Bistro commencing at 7:00pm and after dinner we can adjourn to the adjoining loungeroom which has been reserved for us. As I will be away the week before the December meeting, could any member wishing to attend please advise me NO LATER than Friday the 2nd December so I can notify the Hotel of our numbers. Thanks.

Post-Christmas BBQ

Planning for our Post-Christmas BBQ is still a “work in progress”. As we all know, this social event to start our Register Year off has been cancelled for the past couple years due to a certain pandemic, but hopefully it will return this summer. I will notify members of the details once they have been finalised.

That’s about all from “The First Register In Every Way” for another month and indeed another year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members for making the year a very pleasant one and for all the help and support I have received. I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Take care out there and don’t overindulge, not without me anyway.

Our first meeting for the new year will be at the clubrooms on Thursday the 16th of February 2023 at 8:00pm. Hope to see you all there.

Best regards Nik Cirakovic

Some of our Register's founding membersDavid Laird, Ian Mullins, Jim Wiadrowski and Keith Bell cut the 50th Anniversary cake

Geelong Register notes

by Rob Tolano

November

The Blues Train

A brave group of 10 members of the Geelong Jag Car Club met up at the Queenscliff railway station, to spend the evening on the Blues Train. None of us were prepared for the experience about to commence.

On arrival we were shepherded through a narrow entrance, bags checked, and water discarded. There was a large contingent of bouncers present and a sign saying No Hens or Bucks Nights.

The train had 4 carriages, each of which had different musicians performing. I had booked carriage D, not understanding that this meant the Bronze carriage which is opposite to comfortable meal service.

Carriage D had only one entrance and we sat on plank seats jammed behind the central trestle table. We had to file in and out for food and drinks, clambering over passengers, after which we passed out dishes and then the tables.

Bob and Marlene Reyes, who joined the club recently, barely needed introductions as they immediately joined in with the group and the spirit of the night.

Drinks were sold at each pla�orm, adding to the rowdiness and dancing on each carriage.

We changed once before the second change at Suma Park and again on the return journey.

Our members looked enviously as we passed the Q Train. This is a very different affair, offering silver service, white tablecloths and sit-down dining. There may be a Q Train trip in the near future.

The music provided on each of the carriages was entertaining, fun and certainly got most present joining in and dancing. A great night of music with some talented musicians and some familiar oldies. (Songs, that is.)

Peter and I appreciate everyone who joined in for the Blues Train experience. Gemma.

December Christmas Dinner

The Christmas Dinner will once again be held at the Telegraph Hotel, 2 Pakington Street, Geelong West, from 6:30pm on Friday 9th December 2022. If you have not booked yet, please contact me on 0418 526 181 as soon as possible so numbers can be finalised with the hotel.

January 2023

Tech Night and BBQ

A Tech night and BBQ will be held at the home of David and Fiorella Jones, 12 Keith Place, Hamlyn Heights on Wednesday 18th January 2023 with the BBQ starting from 6:00pm and the tech night beginning around 7:00pm.

Sausage sizzle and salads will be provided –bring your own drinks.

Titled “What’s hidden under the shiny paintwork that you can’t see”, David will be presenting a photographic display featuring before and after shots along with commentary about various body problems he has encountered and solutions he has found, along with general mechanical and technical discussions.

The night will kick off with a viewing of David’s current project, the restoration of a 1967 Mustang, and its conversion from left hand drive to right hand drive.

In order to know how many snags and lettuce he should buy, please contact David if you are coming along to the BBQ by Monday, 16th January 2023 on 0409 440 539.

Geelong members ready for a big night on the Blues Train

Great party atmosphere aboard the Blues Train

Goulburn Valley

November Meeting

The November meeting was held on Friday 4th at the Shepparton club with Twenty-five members in attendance. Holidays over until the middle of next year when we will have an exodus away from the cold and rain. The flood was discussed, and some had inundation in their sheds and homes that were completely surrounded by water views but fortunately they were not inundated.

November Run

Register Notes

by Shelley Sutton

Ngaire and Peter organised this run for the 6th November. Twenty members met at the, Milk Bar in Shepparton, for coffee and a chat before beginning the drive to the Falcon Hotel at Koyuga which is near Echuca. Ngaire and Peter organised a Darts competition, but I think we all failed this activity; it was very difficult to actually get the dart to stick to the right numbers on the board so no winners.

Our next meeting will be the Christmas Party on the 3rd December for a Roving Roast at the Suttons

Enjoying coffee at the Milk Bar

Downunder dunny at the Falcon Hotel

60 Year Celebratory

Luncheon - Review from a Member’s Perspec�ve

by Vickie Stevenson

The Jaguar Car Club of Victoria’s 60 Years Celebratory Luncheon was held on Sunday 16th October at the Southern Golf Club in Keysborough.

A truly unique experience! The luncheon embraced so much of the history of the JCCV growing up including the establishment of the current seventeen country and metropolitan Registers. Publica�ons, spor�ng events, social and family events, the annual Concours d’Elegance and Display Day, lobbying with other clubs for the establishment of the AOMC which influenced changes to historic vehicle registra�ons. Hos�ng many Jaguar people including Lo�y England, Paul Skilliter, Norman Dewis, Jim Randle and others also came to my mind. Treasured friends of many years were lovely to see and above all, collec�vely enjoying the Jaguar Marque along with the stories and passion of our members. We all had so much to say in such a short �me!

Sunshine greeted the event at this lovely venue, plenty of free parking and a highlight being of seeing some of the member’s cars on par�cular display in front of the Golf Club rooms. Many members a�ended in their Jaguars that most of us were familiar with and s�ll going strong ‘though some of their owners being a li�le slower in pace!

The event was well a�ended with 167 guests, natural ligh�ng flooded in, the tables looked deligh�ul with a 60th centre piece (I wanted to take it home for my mantlepiece) and the sea�ng plan was a great idea. Warm bread rolls, a two-course meal and a big thank you to Wandy McIntyre-Leake for her home-made chocolates.

The lovely staff were a�en�ve with canapés on arrival, excellent table service and the bar was open to everyone. Our

President Geoff Hergt welcomed everyone. He acknowledged the a�endance of eleven members with over 50 years each of con�nuous membership and 22 Life members. The MC Charlie was well versed in Jaguar ”speak” and made everyone most welcome. Later the “Prowling Cats” gave an entertaining performance, and many enjoyed the photo opportunity.

Charlie conducted impromptu interviews and a number of members entertained us with memories of the past. These included wri�ng and producing our beloved and fantas�c high quality informa�ve monthly CAT-A-LOG, then the kindness and generosity of members in colla�ng it in �me for the mail out. Social events with and without children were thoroughly enjoyed and I recalled a highlight of the JCCV in sponsoring the care of a Jaguar at the Melbourne Zoo for a year. Others spoke about spor�ng events, interstate rallies, mid-week touring (Hump day runs), life as a child at club events and of course the proud crea�on of our shared club rooms with the Aus�n Healey Owners Club. Lots of photos completed the event.

As we le�, this happy event brought back another lovely memory. In 1974, husband Richard had been given his father’s beau�ful green Mark 2 Jaguar (LUG153). Days later, he announced he was off to a JCCV mee�ng in Auburn. At the �me, I remember thinking this was a one-off mee�ng, how wrong I was! We have been members for 48 years and Richard is a Life Member…. we proudly remain involved!

Thank you to the JCCV and especially to Lyn Belcher and Karen McKinnon for organising a fabulous and memorable 60th Year event! So many members past and present have made THE Jaguar Car Club of Victoria the success it is today.

Magnificent display of members' cars

Jeff Beable and the Cats

Peter and Betty Day and Vickie and Richard Stevenson

Jeanette Chapman, Ria Lucas and groups of guests catching up

Cheryl and Ivan Stephens, Peter Anscombe, Stuart Holbery

Clinton Breeze being interviewed by Charlie

Ivan and the Cats

Notes by Wandy McIntyre-Leake

Here’s wishing everyone a joyous and safe Christmas season. Hopefully there will be some lovely summer weather to enjoy…. goodness knows, we surely deserve it.

COMING EVENTS

December 2nd First Friday Brekkie at the Plant Farm Café, Wodonga 9am

A�er that….. absolutely no idea! Watch your email.

Well, we have all developed webbed feet and are carrying our Government issued snorkels around with us….but so far so good. I have had no news of register members in trouble. It has been said that it takes a fair bit to upset the Murray, but once it gets angry….. it’s pretty awesome. That is certainly the case at time of writing (Nov 15th). We remain safely 6 metres above the water and just have to deal with ever shortening mooring ropes on the boats. Bit scary for Robyn and Warren Turner as the water will have come right up to the foot of their deck. But it’s only inconvenience value here…..not devastation. Our hearts go out to all those negatively impacted by these incredible floods.

Huge shout out to the police and SES who are amazing. One of the two policemen who called in to give us water height advice was from Morwell and working out of Shepparton….and he’s been here for weeks. (They ended up looking at cars and eating handmade chocolates, because we were their last call for the shift.)

PAST EVENTS

October got pretty busy. A number of us joined a touring group from Canberra for lunch at All Saints (not a patch on the Olive Hill pizzas from the previous month I might say). It was pleasant to catch up with a couple of old friends, but in general the group didn’t seem much interested to meet or talk to us. As we lined the cars up for a photoshoot the pleasant day turned into a deluge. Ah well….

and it was a lovely morning. Headed out just after 9:30…..except the Leakes. Oh no! If it was the V12 it might be expected but not the beloved, ultra-reliable 4.2 Blue Girl who has never put a foot wrong in the 40 odd years she and Geoff have been together. Oh the embarrassment of it all! There were some good photo ops of multiple backsides sticking out from under the bonnet, but I dared not take them as the atmosphere was a bit tense. No one would leave us, and time was ticking. Eventually she gave in and fired. Took her up to Mal’s and left her alone to contemplate her humiliation while we went with Mal and Deb. The whole event was now running a good hour late.

Stopped in Gerogery, Deb’s hometown, for picnic morning tea, then on via a scenic and circuitous route to Burrumbuttock via Henty. In Henty we stopped at Judy’s Bazaar, a marvellous rat’s nest of a place. I think most people came out with a bit of something.

The flower show in the Burrumbuttock Hall was a fabulous flashback to country shows of our youth, with great displays of jams and pickles and baking and of course flowers. In the baking the largest section was the “3 decorated cookies” by under fiveyear olds. Well! The fun those kids had had with that icing. The flowers were glorious, especially the roses. It must be a great area for growing them.

From there we pushed on up the road to Fe and Howard’s property. The house has a sweeping semicircular drive which had been reserved for Jaguars only. Once we arrived Howard and his son brought out their cats to add to the line-up. We set up our picnic tables and enjoyed a very pleasant lunch on the lawn, followed by a wander around the lovely garden. I was delighted to learn there are resident semi tame rare squirrel gliders in residence, which come down from their tree hollows each twilight to be fed. We will certainly be taking Howard up on his invitation to re visit at feeding time sometime soon.

offered us an outing to a flower show and their own open garden day. Mal and Deb quickly put together a great run with bring your own everything. We met up with everyone in the Shell servo just down the hill from Mal and Deb’s at the un sociable hour of 9:00am ….then waited half an hour for a couple of “no shows” and discovered our system needs some attention as no one had their phone number. But…. not to worry, we weren’t booked in anywhere, so half an hour late really didn’t matter,

Got back to Mal and Deb’s and Blue Girl fired up instantly and travelled home without so much as a splutter.

Huge thanks to Howard and Fe for the suggestion and their hospitality and to Mal and Deb for organising the run and to everyone for behaving as if a Jaguar breakdown was no big deal.

November Brekkie saw a good turn out on a pretty nice morning. At the café, nobody had looked in the book and they “weren’t expecting us,” despite us having moved to Thursday at their

Flower Show Picnic. Fe Coleman and Howard Hodgetts at their first brekkie meeting after a longish absence from the register

Some cats in the garden

View from Maude whilst lining up for photoshoot at All Saints

request, because they wouldn’t be open Friday because of a scheduled power outage. They assured us they would somehow cope. I don’t think anyone noticed the difference in their service which was still slow and a bit muddled but with excellent food. We moved back outside into the covered garden area and it was lovely. Our conversation was robust and noisy and very pleasant as always.

The showstopper of the morning was Richard and Sandra Hubbard’s caravan. Richard rescued this poor, sad, totally beyond repair 1957 caravan, with its backside completely missing about a year ago. In his meticulous way he has completely rebuilt it to its early 50s glory. He has fitted glorious brassy gold taps to the sink and the rest of the interior has followed suit to match. There are brassy gold goblets on a custom-built rack and cutlery to match.

The lovely rich red and gold curtains have both scalloped edges and bobbles, which I think Sandra found a bit of a pain to sew, but they are what Richard wanted. It is such a cutie. With the exterior body stripe painted to match the XJ it’s a pretty fancy rig. It was on its way to its roadworthy.

The rig

Mother Hubbard's Cupboard 1957

SS100 Clone Project

P art 17 Peddle Box

Constructing the Peddle Box floor and adapting the rubber cover for the gearbox is not a sexy aspect of completing a car but is essential to ensure that the heat and gasses do not enter the driver’s compartment. So, after consulting with Ed, Ivan and John Clucas I’d made timber from panels for the floor and was working on the toe board that sits behind the bulkhead. The design of these elements from the factory was not fully known, at least by my SS100 friends and most cars were adapted in various configurations.

In the midst of these works, in September, Bronwyn and myself went on a long-delayed holiday to Europe. We arrived the day before Her Majesty’s funeral and found the UK in mourning. Respect was the order of the day, reflected in many shop and household window displays and of course conversations. The tourist aspects of England were closed for the period of mourning. We made do by walking around the grounds of Highclere Castle and during the funeral had the best roast dinner I had had for many years at the Earl of Carnarvon’s Pub near the entrance of the estate.

The next day we visited Brian Sewell, at Cambridge, a well-known SS100 restorer and at the time the owner of three SS100s. One original immaculate burgundy coloured 2.5 Litre SS100, which made John Clucas’s SS100 look slightly shabby (due to the colour and not the car.), an SS100 special that is being assembled, after

The Peddle box, which is a deep dark hole where the peddles live

by Andrew Smith

years of lying dormant and finally, an SS100 special with a brandnew Rubery Owen chassis, that was sold the day before we arrived. As I was looking at his cars, overhead there was a Supermarine Spi�ire and a Mustang doing aerobatics, which had taken off from a nearby airfield. Quite a special day. Brian has a very fine eye for detail.

We then went off to France to visit some friends in rural Brittany. The father of my friends was a roving mechanic, used by historic auto tours.

The next person of interest to the SS Register on our schedule was John Barton, who lives in Western France and is building an SS100 based on an SS1 chassis. John and Ed Nantes have struck up a friendship using Facebook and thus we all can see Ed trying to navigate John into completing his SS100 special as close to an original SS100 as practical, with John putting up a good fight. We visited John in his house in rural France and were greeted with the sight of a 1950s clone of a Bugatti. John is a post war Bugatti expert and has published a large tomb on Bugattis that I had to lug around Europe to take back to Australia to give to his Mentor, Ed. Thanks. John’s work on the SS100 is excellent and his aluminium body is on the way to France from England and so to beat him in finishing mine first, I better get a move on with my SS100 project.

Steady on

SS100s are now around 80 years old and there are very few if any that have their original wings or even an original body in place. So other than the chassis and engine, many parts have had to be remade. My Victorian SS100 friends thought that the front section

of the floor was believed to be made of timber. Over the last couple of years, I have sighted anomalies in various photos on the internet and found that in some cars the front peddle box sections are timber and others are pressed metal. John Clucas was missing the front floor section of his SS100 cars and indicated to me that he pondered which way to go in finishing the floor at the peddles and made his out of timber. Ivan followed suit with a timber peddle board. Ed’s SS100 cars are the same.

A timber floor section is relatively easy to make with metal around the edges to support the gearbox tunnel. However, after reviewing the photo archive and viewing Brian’s SS100s, I can confirm that the front section of the floor for SS100s was originally pressed metal and not timber.

So, I have spent the month since I arrived back home, ditching my timber peddle pox floor and constructing a metal one. It has been the most enormous pain, having to lay flat contorting the body to reach up to the back of the engine whilst adjusting a cardboard pattern, wriggling it around the 2 bent peddles. It only took about 20 times to eventually get it right, even though I had a paper pattern derived from Brian’s cars.

However, once the cardboard pattern was developed, the metal panels were constructed in one day, with minor adjustments, another job is done.

So, our trip to Europe was busy, tiring and useful to the completion of my SS100 project.

I’d like to thank the following people for assistance in working on the car this year. Ivan Stephens for his cheery assistance. Ed and Doug Nantes for their depth of knowledge. Ian Mullens and Nick and the SS and MkIV Register for their parts and support. Gavin

Final cardboard cutouts made as patterns for the metal fabrication

Peddle box floors with openings for the peddles

LEDS IN A MARK 2 A JOURNEY INTO

Well, I have been rewiring my Mark 2. Why? Because I had to. I wanted LED globes… headlights, parkers easy. Dash a little tricky because I had to remove the blue light filters (good advice from Trevor Wilkinson), indicators not so easy.

I changed all the globes over (inside and out) and go nothing… some reading on the new testament (Google) and I realised that I needed an LED compatible Flash Can… which is a bugger because I just bought a new stock one. Anyway, did that and found that if I put LED globes everywhere, I still got nothing, but if I changed the internal globes to incandescent, I would get external globes flashing but zip on the inside. So, more research, trial and error and a bit of lateral thinking resulted in this.

I have attached a scan of the wiring schema of the Mk2 indicator stalk. It is a marvel, like many things Jag and or Lucas did.

Here is how I think it works. Referring to the first picture below:

1. The Flasher unit takes power on the Green (G) wire. It’s an ignition switched wire (in my case positive, since I have converted to negative earth... the method I used won’t work with standard LEDS and positive earth... if you buy positive earth LEDs it WILL work, if not, it needs a rethink)

2. The Flasher is switched by the Green/Pink wire (GP) going to earth (more on this later)

3. The Flasher then sends positive to the Indicator switch via the Green and Brown wire (LGN)

If the load on the LGN wire is not high enough, it won’t flash, just come on and stay on. You need an electronic LED capable Flasher Can instead. Again, these are negative earth, so some thought would be needed if you want Positive earth. Also, even though they are 3 pin, the one I bought used different pins to my original. A bit of trial and error is needed to work out what's what. I used a CF13 Flash Can. It has Power (G) on the same post, but the other 2 were reversed.

4. In standard mode, when the indicators are "on”, let’s say RHS for example,

a. G puts power to LGN, which is connected to the switch at the WR (White/Red) wire

b. WR is switched to GW, which puts power to the actual external RHS lights

c. and LGY (green/yellow) is switched to earth via the switch body

5. Given both dash lights are connected in parallel to the Flash Can via GP, when LGY is earthed by the switch, the Flash Can is earthed, current flows and the dash light comes on

6. Given the load on GW is sufficient (Amps, not volts) the Flash Can will flash and all RHS lights will flash since posts L and P on the Flash Can switch as the CAN flashes.

by Chris Morison

Now this all works fine for standard globes. However, when all indicator globes are LED and an LED Flash Can is used, it still won’t work.

Here is the reason. The dash indicator lights are wired with the "Power" coming from the GP wire thru the common LGP wire to the centre of the globe and the earth wires of the globes LGY for RH and LGP for LH being switched to earth via the indicator switch. Now this is the correct wiring for an LED globe, negative earth, but the LED does not draw enough current to trip the flasher, so you get a very light glow from the LED. If you put incandescent globes instead, it does draw enough to trip the LED flasher, but not enough to drive the globe. This must be a function of the Flasher, so it’s entirely possible that other Flashers may work without what I am about to describe.

I did not want to beholden to the vagaries of any specific Flash Can, so I decided on a different approach. I did the following (THE SOLUTION, if you skipped the first part).

7. Earth the Flash Can directly and independently of the switch. In our diagram, Wire GP goes to earth.

8. Wire LGY is removed from the switch and connected to wire GW at its junction block.

9. Wire LGP is earthed.

10. Similarly, LGU is connected to GR for the Left side. LGP is already earthed.

11. But the light sockets are now backwards, so the centre wire of the socket needs to be cut and joined to LGY, and LGP for respective LH and RH sockets and LGP joined to the earth connector on the outside of the light socket. This is because LED's need one-way current flow. If you keep incandescent here, you can leave them as they are in terms of polarity and they will get enough current since it now comes from the external indicator circuit. It might even drive a standard Flasher. I didn’t test this, but maybe.

This has effectively made the dash lights be driven by the same circuit as the external lights and removed the earth switching from the indicator switch altogether... rather... it still switches internally; I just don't use it for anything. The good news is that all this can be done with the wiring at the steering column. No need to break into the dash or anything else other than replace the Flash Can. And it works with all LED globes.

Now just for completeness, whilst we are looking at the indicator switch, there are 2 wires not mentioned so far. These are the Brown wire (N) and the Blue/White wire (UW). These have nothing to do with the indicators. They are the headlight high beam flash. N is connected to Battery positive (or negative if pos earth) and UW directly to the high beam headlights.

Hope someone finds this useful.

First diagram is Mk2, standard. Second is the changes I made. The picture took longer than the job itself!!

THE UNKNOWN!

Mk2 LED Mk2 Original

MEET OUR NEW LIBRARIAN Barry Atkinson

After many years of running the Club library and getting it into excellent order, John Edgar has stepped down from this important job. Thanks for all those years of looking after our books and catering to the reading and research needs of our members John. Quick as a flash, relatively new member, Barry Atkinson has picked up the job and already has a few ideas to build upon the improvements already implemented by John.

At the next Club meeting why not pop into the library and introduce yourself to Barry and perhaps find a book, magazine or DVD of interest.

Here is a short background of our new Librarian.

Barry has been married to Jen for 33 years. He was born in Surrey, England, and emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1973. He returned to South London with his new wife in 1991, where they had their two children, Jacob and Georgia. After several years there, they moved permanently to Melbourne and now live in Warranwood.

NEW THE JAGUAR XK140

IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

By John Elmgreen and Terry McGrath

This new book is a follow up to the authors’ The Jaguar XK in Australia and The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere

John Elmgreen and Terry McGrath have covered every XK140 sold new in the southern hemisphere and for good measure added in Asia, the Middle East and the rest of Africa. They have also relentlessly pursued identifying and recording the histories of all the other XK140s ever in those areas – with numerous imports from the USA and the UK.

The result is a large format book (the same as those earlier) of some 528 pages, 380,000 words/figures, and records of nearly 500 XK140s in eleven chapters. The print run is just 500 copies. A special slip case with enamel badge is also available.

The XK120 book is also still available.

For more and to place an order, go to: www.jtpublications.com.au

Barry ran a successful finance recruitment business in Melbourne and after some 25 years has recently retired. He has always been drawn to the Jaguar brand, his father owned two Mark 2s when they lived in England and was heavily involved in the classic car scene in New Zealand. Barry and Jen enjoy their XKR and the many new friends they are making in the JCCV. As well as learning more about the world of Jaguar, Barry enjoys running and improving on his golf game.

Barry getting acquainted with the library

Barry and his XKR

LIBRARY NEWS - Barry Atkinson, Librarian

The Library is open at the monthly Club meetings from 7pm to 8pm and for 15 minutes after the conclusion of the meeting.

CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR MAGAZINE October 2022

Contents include:

• Comparison of the Aston Mar�n DB5, Mercedes Benz 300SL and Ferrari 275 GTB.

• Two BMW Motorsport models the E28 M5 & E24 M635CSi.

• The epic 1988 London to Sydney Great Taxi Ride in a black cab (£31,000 fare!).

• A special Lotus Carlton ge�ng up to 180mph in a historic closed road race in Nevada.

• The Ford Cor�na celebrates its 60th anniversary, covering all models.

CLASSIC JAGUAR MAGAZINE October/November 2022

Contents include:

• A restora�on tale of a 3.4 S-type that should have been a Mk10.

• The many lives of an An�podean XK140: daily driver, concours, racer, restora�on project, to concours winner again.

• XJ40 major body refurbish.

• How to repair E-type boot hinges without the subsequent surgery.

NIGEL MANSELL’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION (Hardcover / 350 pages)

A great read full of examples of Mansell’s courage, single mindedness and skill, describing his dis�nc�ve cornering technique, braking hard and late, turning in very early to the apex s�ll carrying a lot of speed and further slowing the car down in the corner. He was very demanding of his machines but in turn got the best out of them! He covers his love/hate rela�onship with Ayrton Senna and Frank Williams. Nigel had 28 Grand Prix wins and the World Championship in 1992. He then went to the USA to race in the IndyCar World Series.

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CAR

IS REBORN -

DVD (total 180 minutes viewing time) we have 2 library copies! Very watchable and entertaining as well as informa�ve. Every aspect of the restora�on is covered in the total rebuild of 1965 Series 1 E-Type Roadster taken from a farmer’s field to concours condi�on. Mark Evans injects his personality and humour throughout, interviewing various specialists along the way, covering metalwork restora�on to the leather upholstery, nothing is untouched with appropriate help and advice on procedure and safety. Compelling watching!

GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE EXTRA FOR CHRISTMAS!

What you borrow at December’s meeting doesn’t have to be returned it until we meet again in February. So, come and take a selection of books, Magazines and DVD’s and put your feet up for a good read over the break!

Terry

Peter

David

Allan Reid

Lindsay McKay XJS 5.3l Coupe; XJ 6 Series 1 4.2l

Ross Spriggs E-Type Series 1 4.2l 2+2; XF

Will Lauria Mk 2 3.8l

Angelo Nervosa XJ 6 Series 1 4.2l; XJC 4.2l; XF

Robert Binns E-Type Series 1 4.2l Roadster

Peter Sutton XJ 12 Series 1 5.3l

Charles

Rory

2014 V8 F – TYPE CONVERTIBLE

Its features include the following;

• Super charged 5.0L V8.

• 8 speed sports automatic with “track” mode.

• Red sports leather interior with black leather trim.

• A beautiful car.

• Bought directly from the original owner.

• Only has 63,232 kilometres

• Serviced from new only by Jaguar Dealers.

• Full-service

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JAGUAR XK PARTS

• Two door 1/4 vent frames with original glass for XK 150 Coupe. • Two door 1/4 vent original glass to suit XK 140 Drop head coupe. • One washer bottle complete and mount bracket excellent condition for XK 150 Coupe. • Numerous Dash switches and a few small instruments for XKs • One complete set of new XK 140 instrument faces. • 1 XK 120 inlet manifold - aqua blasted • 4 spoke wood rim steering wheel and boss, 16 inch, for XK 140/150 • 1 x E type original steering wheel and boss, restored, new wood rim.

• 1 pair XK 140/ early 150 tail-lights restored, new lens plus screws.

• XK 140/150 headlamp rims ex chrome plus fittings.

• 1 pair XK 140 / 150 correct horns, 1 high, 1 low tone.

• 2 correct fog lamp lens to suit 4.5/8 inch.

• 2x7 inch flame thrower lamps new lens, excellent chrome.

• 1 x restored starter motor- concours cond. for later model

XK 120 - No. 26042E car eng. number W 1001- W1022

• Bonnet chrome strip 1 x XK 140, 1 x XK 150.

• 1 x number plate light new in box suit XK 120/140 MK 5.

• 1 x restored Smiths heater to suit XK 140 roadster or DHC.

Contact David Taylor, Member 156 on 0431 703 008 or David.Taylor@denniscorp.com.au

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, New, not used... 164mm - x 4 P/N C29035 323mm - x 6 P/N C29033

JAGUAR MK IV PARTS

2

• In very good condi�on.• At no charge.

JAGUAR MKIV GRILLE

• Complete, straight and undamaged.

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JAGUAR MK 7 GRILLE

• Structurally very sound with all mounting lugs correct.

• Chrome good but not perfect.

• Located at Inverloch.

• Pick up or delivery at buyers expense.

PRICE:

JAGUAR MK 7 HUBCAP

• In good physical condition but would probably need re-chroming.

• Pick up or delivery at buyers expense.

PRICE: $20

Contact for either - Frank Bugeja at Inverloch on 0411 293 984

• An absolutely essen�al spare or replacement item.

PRICE $850

Contact: Max Joffe, Member 214, on 0407 303 388 or maxjoffe@netspace.net.au

SS100 Parts

3.5L SS engine wanted

Salisbury 2HA 3.7 Ratio Diff Crown & Pinion

Contact: Andrew Smith, Member No 1070, Phone: 0418 592 499 or ASmith@Cracks.net.au

To suit E-Type 6 Cylinder Car:

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Contact

Jaguar XK120 Chassis

To be used as a ‘Buck’ for panel work. Contact Andrew Simmons on 0411 228 858

Jaguar Overdrive Parts

Parts required for Laycock overdrive unit from a XJ6 or S type all-synchro box - need a housing and planetary gears or complete unit.

Contact Glenn Shepherd (Colac) Member 4833 on 0499 095 878

Jaguar Mk 2 3.8 litre Manual

I am an impatient, time poor JCCV member who wishes to enjoy club prowls and social events, and can’t afford the time to restore our current car. Looking to purchase a high end, fully restored Mk 2 3.8 manual.

Contact Karl Jochheim, Member 5166, on 0418 396 627 or lubelift@bigpond.com

Front ‘Number Plate’ Plinth

To suit a MK2, 240 or 340.

Contact Arthur Williams, Member 3038, on 0418 538 971 or adwilliams@bigpond.com.au

Cars & Parts for Sale

The JCCV only acts as a venue for sellers to list cars and parts and buyers to purchase cars and parts. The club is not involved in any transac�on between buyers and sellers and have no control or make no representa�on regarding a) the quality, or safety of the items adver�sed b) the accuracy of the ads, c) the ability of owners to sell items d) the ability of buyers to buy items. The adver�sement details are contain informa�on supplied by the adver�ser and are presented in good faith. While every effort is made to be accurate, the JCCV gives no undertaking and accepts no liability with regard to any classified adver�sement. Adver�sements of vehicles for private sale on the JCCV Website or Magazine are required under the current Motor Traders Act to show: a) The cash price of the vehicle, b) If the vehicle is registered, the registra�on number (this does NOT include vehicles on VicRoads Club Permit Scheme Plates – as the “Vehicles Security Registry” does not include these.) c) If the vehicle is not registered (including those on VicRoads Club Permit Scheme), the engine number, chassis number or VIN of the vehicle.

JCCV CLUB CONTACTS 2023

Address PO Box 4263 Mulgrave Victoria 3170

Monthly Meetings 1st Tuesday month, Including Cup Day 8pm at the clubrooms

President Geoff Hergt*

M: 0438 433 424 E: president@jagvic.org.au

Vice President Rob Lewis* M: 0438 581 367 E: vice@jagvic.org.au

Club Secretary David Lyon*

M: 0438 344 073 E: secretary@jagvic.org.au

(Company Secretary and Public Officer)

Treasurer Ashraf Abdelmoteleb*

M: 0413 922 174 E: treasurer@jagvic.org.au

Editor Maurice de Morton

M: 0415 335 160 E: catalogarticles@jagvic.org.au

Social Secretary - Vacant

Central Highlands Meets 2nd Tuesday each month

Noel Feltham H: 03 5331 5315 E: centralhighlands@jagvic.org.au

Goulburn Valley Meets 1st Friday each month

Shelley Sutton E: suttsrus@iinet.net.au

Geelong

Rob Tolano M: 0418 526 181 E: robtolano@gmail.com

Sunraysia

Brad Mottram M: 0438 539 005 E: sunraysia@jagvic.org.au

Clubrooms 23 Rosalie Street, Springvale

Contact 03 9558 5434 E: secretary @jagvic.org.au

Sporting Secretary Gavin Moore

H: 03 9326 1924 E: gavlynm@bigpond.com

Public Relations Luke Charteris M: 0424 727 934 E: publicrelations@jagvic.org.au

Membership Records & Website Fazal Cader

M: 0408 149 109 E: fazal.cader@jagvic.org.au E: membership@jagvic.org.au

ACJC Lyn Belcher M: 0407 685 984 E: acjc@jagvic.org.au

Committee Person - David Cook (Cat-A-Log distribution) M: 0447 563 859

Concours Director - Vacant

Gippsland Meets 1st Mon (Feb-Nov)

Lloyd Reynolds Ph: 03 5156 0902 M: 0492 945 498. E: gippsland@jagvic.org.au

North East Meets 1st Friday of each month and a mid-month run Mal MacVean M: 0418 221 593 Wandy McIntyre-Leake M: 041 111 3294 E: northeast@jagvic.org.au

Central Goldfields Vacant E: goldfields@jagvic.org.au