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Inside this issue: • Inland Empire Concours • “According to Lucille pt. 4” • Christmas Dinner Party November 2011 Volume 56 No. 11 Artwork by Auto Effigies
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Inside this issue: • Inland Empire Concours • “According to Lucille pt. 4” • Christmas Dinner Party
November 2011 Volume 56 No. 11Artwork by Auto Effigies
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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN November 2011
I belong to several clubs and get a number of newsletters and maga-zines from them each month. I am always dismayed that the President’s seem to feel obligated to review the contents of that month’s edition…after all, I am going to read the thing anyway in a few minutes, so why does someone have to waste space telling me what I am about to read?
In retrospect, however, there may be a method to the madness. Perhaps some people ONLY read the Presi-dent’s column and only skim the contents, so maybe giving them a preview will pique their interest and motivate them to read an article in depth. Or, more likely, most people NEVER read the President’s column and so it ’s not redundant after all!
In any case, I urge you to check out the articles on upcoming events in this edition and decide NOW to
participate. Our November tour is going to be great fun and our Christ-mas Party is always very enjoyable and classy. Don’t be like so many members I talk to after an event who say, “golly that sounds like it was fun, I wish I had come”. All these events take a great deal of time and effort to construct and we really do try hard to include something for everyone. Get Involved! And please, sign up EARLY. That makes things so much easier on the orga-nizers. Like my Dad used to say, “it ’s the same amount of work, no mat-ter when you do it”. So do it now.
Your tireless Board of Directors is working hard behind the scenes to keep the Club active and of value
to our Members. We’ve already sketched out plans for many of the 2012 events (see the calendar in-side). We’re going to be introduc-ing a new online Regalia store with a much broader selection of JOC logo goods which are click to buy….yes we really are getting into the 21st centu-ry! And we are considering a major overhaul to the website to make it more interactive and user friendly…even including a way for Members to casually “Meet Up” with others for impromptu events. Watch for these developments in the months ahead.
Finally take note that the biennial Western States Meet (with the 13 other western Jag Clubs) will be held in March in Phoenix. Make you plans now to attend what is always the largest and best meet-ing of the Jaguars anywhere.
Happy Holidays!
2011 Club Board MembersPresidentSteve Kirby
949.261.8208 [email protected]
First Vice President (Activities)
Charlie Hallums949.733.1097
Second Vice President (Membership)
Stan McCartney714.525.1470
Immediate Past President
Richard Darnell909.948.9522
Director at LargeJohn Nyquist652.597.1263
SecretaryFranchon Lyons818.349.2046
Newsletter EditorKevin J. Easton818.419.6697
Hospitality ChairmanShirly Nyquist562.597.1263
Touring ChairCreighton Turner
TreasurerJames Friel
Director Club Regalia & Photographer
“ Positions Open”
Chief JudgeBill Streitenberger
310.375.5028 [email protected]
Concours ChairFrank Gauer714.838.8488
Corporate RelationsJudy Graven323.257.9992
JOC Web MasterEd Sowell
Historian/Club LiaisonPatti Fox
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Hard to believe that it’s already Novem-ber and by the time you read this, there won’t be another Concourse until the end of “Winter.” However, Steve and the Board have done a good job putting events on Calendar so that we don’t have a good reason to stay home. If you’ve seen the Tech Tales article by Ed Sowell (Member Spotlight this month) in this month’s Tales or visited your website, I think he would tell you that it’s a good opportunity to tackle that short list of re-pairs ahead of show season next year. We’re constantly looking for solid content and Steve Kirby’s “Concourse Ready” se-ries is almost coming to a close. So, if
you have something that you are work-ing on and wouldn’t mind a set of pry-ing eyes or having the story told on the pages of the Tales, then let us know. As the Tales continues to evolve, our message and content is changing. We’ve had some feedback that suggests that we shouldn’t focus as much on the E-types and XK’s when most of the cars on the road today are XJ6’s, XJS’s and XJ8’s. Hard not to write about the Classics es-pecially with XKE 50th Celebrations go-ing on, but if you’ve ever had the oppor-tunity to drive a V8 XJR, you’ll know that they are pretty fun to drive and they de-
serve more press. Maybe Jaguar could be convinced to loan me a press car….but until then, I have to rely upon the membership. So, I invite you to step forward and drop me a line about your car. I would love to hear about it, perhaps see it photographed by Auto Effigies and maybe appear on our cover.That said, our last tribute to XKE 50th (Collector’s Edition?) is scheduled for December. If you haven’t already, please do send in photos of your E-type so that we can include your car in the collage and online editions. We’d love to hear your story. Don’t be left out.
According to Lucille 4Pebble Beach 2011
by Paul McNabb
Pebble Beach 2011 was a Jaguar lover’s paradise. I wrangled an invite to the swank corporate party at the Beach Club Thursday evening. Jaguar North Amer-ica had E2A, the Geneva display E-type and one of the four New York show cars at the entrance; pretty dang impressive. A couple of racing E-types were avail-able for inspection as well. After loading a plate sky high from an excellent food spread, I waddled over to the C-X75 pro-totype. It looked better than anything on the road today. Ian Callum, chief de-signer, proclaimed in a short speech that the car was moving forward to produc-tion! Get your checkbooks ready. It is a thoroughly modern highbred with in-dustry topping performance. The design was sleek and pure Jaguar.
Jaguars were in high demand at the auc-tion houses. An XK150 DHC, very similar to Lucille but in absolutely mint condi-tion after a complete restoration, sold for $225,000 at the RM! This was not an “S” car, just a perfect example. An un-restored 1961 E-type OTS with less than 3,800 original miles but looking rough sold for $118,250 at Gooding & Com-pany. An XK120 alloy roadster sold for
$319,000 at Gooding as well.
Laguna Seca was a masterpiece. Jaguar fielded a huge display spinning its his-tory in sympathetic story boards with real life examples nearby. There were close to twenty C-types, D-types and XKSSs parked outside. I’d never seen so many in one place before. I think twenty E-types raced in the main event, an all-time high for that model. It was thrill-ing to see and hear them going all out around the marvelously designed track.The Quail-A Motorsports Gathering fea-tured E-types as well. Seventeen of the iconic sports cars were circled in a grand display with the owners available to an-swer questions or just gloat. Many of the cars were early or one owner examples. The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was super crowded as usual with a heart-stopping $200 ticket price plus $35 for the poster and $20 for the pro-gram. It seems the higher price charged, the more people want to attend! Jag-uar had several significant cars on the fairway of the 18th hole with Stillwater Cove as a backdrop. Peter & Merle Mul-lin won Best in Show with a 1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne. I hope we’ll see it soon at the museum with its cousin, the C-27 Aerosport. It was like a win for the home team. Twenty-two Ferrari GTOs lined the
giant sand trap along the ocean, a world record gathering I think.
* * *Don Greene drove his 1958 XK150 FHC named Bubba with my wife, Cathy, and I following in Lucille this year. We took the 101 on the way north because the fog was really dense in the early morn-ing. Bubba also needed a part we re-trieved with a pit stop at XKs Unlimited. We came back on the Pacific Coast High-way with a stop for hot chocolate and snacks at Napenthe and a picnic at San Simeon. Round trip was 671 miles. Both cars performed flawlessly. Great sports touring cars with vintage looks. It was as good as it gets, at least according to Lucille.
McNabb facebook cell 805 263 3836 [email protected]
Don Greene (left) with Bubba and the author with Lucille as we leave Ventura Wednesday
morning to head to Pebble Beach
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Inland Empire Concours a Big Success
By Charlie Hallums
During the past weekend of October 1st. the Inland Empire Jaguar Club held their annual Concours in the mile high en-clave of Idyllwild, California, located in the San Jacinto Mountains on route 243 above and to the south of Palm Springs. Set among tall pines, sweet smelling ce-dars and legendary rocks……….. There were over twenty seven Jaguars in attendance with members from the Inland Empire, San Diego, Los Angeles and Phoenix Jaguar clubs. As in the past the event was held at the rustic Idyllwild Inn located in the heart of the Idyllwild community. This is a great location as once you arrive you can park your Jaguar for the weekend. Restaurants and anything else that is needed can be found within walking distance of the Inn. Quite a few of the participants arrived Friday afternoon just in time for Mother Nature to welcome all with a rain storm to help wash off the road grime. This “hospitality” car wash continued into the early hours of Saturday morning. Much of the rain aggravation was re-
leased with the wine and cheese wel-come event Friday evening at the Inland Empire Jaguar Club cabin. Hats off to Rusty and Jolene Beard for the libations and hors d’oeuvres. Afterwards many went together in a large group to savor the local restaurants. Saturday morning broke with fresh air and sunshine which continued for the rest of the weekend. Unfortunately we were also visited by Vandals and Visigoths in the wee hours that made off with three “leapers” and personal effects out of one Jaguar. With no paint or panel damage to any of the “cats” we all took it in stride…. Yea..a new “leaper” is $250.00! In attending over twenty years of Jaguar Concours this is the first time that I have experienced any vandalism of this sort. Dastardly wank-ers! One Jaguar owner was not even a Club member. He just happened to be spending the weekend at the Idyllwild Inn………
The “rags down” call went out at 10AM and the judging began at a leisurely pace. We were able to complete the review of all the Jaguars by lunchtime. At 1:30PM the scores were announced and awards passed out. Those who judged were also awarded a bottle of wine. Outstanding! Many of us spent the rest of the day and
evening catching up with friends and spending the night. Some of us volun-teered to do two hour shifts from mid-night to 6:00AM to watch over the “cats” in case of a return attack by the van-dals. The only creatures that wandered through the area under the canopy of stars during our watch period were a couple of bob cats and opossums. Those of us who remained over to Sunday were packed up and gone by 11:00AM. Harriet and I took the “palms to the pines” route 74 back home and made it over the Ortega Highway into Orange County by 1:30 pm. Less than an hour later the road was closed for over two hours due to a motorcycle crash. The Ortega Highway continues to require driving vigilance at all times. Please plan to support and attend the In-land Empire Jaguar Club Concours next year. Once again it will be held the first Saturday of October 2012 at the Idyll-wild Inn. We will work closely with the Idyllwild Inn staff and club volunteers to watch over our “cats” just in case the local hoodlums haven’t outgrown their “sticky finger” habits.
2011IEJCWineCountryConcoursJOCWinners
Class Score FirstName
C05 99.94 KenandCarolynLaymon
C05 99.97 KenandAnnSmith
C12 DNS BrettWright
C15A 99.97 JackieandArtGuzman
D02 9.896 DonMagargee
D07 9.998 CharlieHallums
D08B 9.983 DavidandJocelynKelley
D08B 9.987 JimandCoreenNeary
Display
Only DanielandArleneArsenault
S02 99.98 BillRooklidge
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Bill Streitenberger New JCNA Regional Director
We are happy to announce the long time club member and JOC Chief Judge Bill Streitenberger has been named the in-terim JCNA Regional Director for South-ern California, replacing Jerry Nuijen of the San Francisco Club.
Bill intends to run for a full term as Re-gional Director for 2012, so we are ex-cited at the prospect of our Club being represented on the national JCNA Board. Congratulations Bill!
Two Fabulous Car Museums And a Brunch at the Mission Inn!
By Creighton TurnerNovember 13, 2011
That’s right, all you Jaguar thrill seek-ers, Dr. Don Rankin has arranged for us to visit two of the fastest and finest auto museums in the west, the Tom Malloy Car Museum in Corona, and the River-side International Automotive Museum in Riverside, both on Sunday, November 13th, 2011. Then, after stirring up our fantasy hungers at the two museums, we will thunder over to the nearby his-torical Riverside Mission Inn for one of their legendary brunchie poos. Egads, tis more than the mind can grasp!
Tom Malloy has been a successful busi-ness entrepreneur, car racer and collec-tor for many years and has assembled all his fabulous car collection into one in-credible museum. The museum is beau-tiful and the cars are either meticulously restored or exquisitely presented in their original glory. These are all racecars, re-ally fast cars, from every racing milieu and background, each with a history which Tom Malloy will bring vividly alive for us in his narratives.
The Riverside International Museum is only 15 minutes from there in driv-ing time, but will take many of us back nearly half a century, to the golden years of the late 1950’s and 60’s, when tiny,
small engined Lotus and Porsches and MG Specials battled thundering Chevy Corvettes, AC Bristols that some crazy Texan had stuffed a 260 Ford V8 into, and cars called birdcage Maseratis and Ferrari Testarossas. The cars and pic-tures of Riverside Raceway, now long gone, are enough to make us old coots weep with recollection, for this museum relives those great and glorious years and their cars and drivers. We will be hosted by curator and director, Bruce Ward, whose father (not Roger Ward), set many of those racing records with one of the cars there. You will see a stun-ning new Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, a Jaguar XJ220, and even the prettiest Jaguar SIII roadster I think I’ve ever seen. There are two buildings with incredible cars, including at least one of every type of Maserati sold in this country.
After leaving this feast for the eyes (at about 1PM), we will snarl away to the legendary old Riverside Mission Inn, a huge, gorgeous old hotel dating back nearly 100 years, where we will deal with the pangs and pains of unsated hunger. I know that many of you will want to walk around gazing in awe at this handsome old castle. But the rest of us must eat. The day is Sunday and they are only able to serve their magnificent big Brunch, a cornucopia of all the worlds known evil foodstuffs and liquids. We have re-served a gathering of table places out in the most lovely of courtyards, weather permitting. The cost is not bad, all things considered, $39 per person, which with tax and service totals to $42.28 each. I’m sure we’ll all love it.
The brunch is optional, so those who wish may choose to end the day at the museum, or after wandering around the Mission Inn depart for the home corral.
Those who choose to dine with us should
rsvp and send a check to: Shirley Nyquist 5120 E. El Roble, Long Beach 90815 (652-597-1263), so that the club can reserve and pay for the brunches without confusion. Also, each of the museums charges a “donation” of $5 per person, which we will each pay at the museum’s door.
ALL BRITISH SWAP MEETSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19
The parts will be flying and the deals will be overwhelming at the Fall session of the All British Swap Meet on November 19. No matter what you need, or want to sell, this is the place to be. Clean out the garage and make some cash. You will be amazed what sells!
Sponsored by the Classic Jaguar Associa-tion, there is no fee and no sign up re-quired to attend or sell at this event. Pop the trunk and you are set. Coffee and Donuts provided. Get there early for the best deals and biggest crowd.
Set up starts at 6am and doors open at 7am. The location is 2875 Junipero Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755
SAVE THE DATEJOC JANUARY EVENT
Mark your calendars now for the Club’s January event, to be held on Saturday the 8th.
We’ll be visiting the Lyons Air Museum at John Wayne Airport where we’ll see a host of vintage planes as well as William Lyons personal Dusenburg collection. After that we’ll visit the Crevier Motors Museum and cap off the day with a fine lunch at Nurty Nellie’s a fine old English Pub in Costa Mesa.
Don’t miss this first event of the year.
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OC CALENDAR OF EVENTS, 2011 JOC EVENTS IN BOLD
(For more information on all eventsPlease refer to the JOC website calendar
www.lajagclub.com or contact Charlie Hal-lums at [email protected]
(949 733-1097)November2nd: Brit Cars Meet at Belmont Shores5th: Board Meeting at Hallum’s office6th: Million $ Breakfast Club, Marina Del Rey12th: Brits at Cars and Coffee, Irvine13th: Tour of Riverside area museums and Mission Inn Lunch19th: All British Swap Meet (see article in this edition)20th: Brits at Golden Cove, Palos Verdes
December3rd: Board Meeting at Hallum’s office4th: Million $ Breakfast Club, Marina Del Rey7th: Brit Cars Meet at Belmont Shores10th: JOC/CJA Christmas Party, Long Beach Yacht Club10th: Brits at Cars and Coffee, Irvine17th: Brits at UA Theatre Show, La Canada18th: Brits at Golden Cove, Palos Verdes
2012January 8: Lyons Air Museum and British LunchFebruary: Surf and Turf RallyMarch 10-14: Western States Meet, Phoenix (tentative dates)March: Saddle Peak Lodge BrunchApril 1: 8th Annual La Jolla Concours (www.
NeW MeMBeRS JOINeD BeTWeeN 9/1/2011 AND 9/30/2011
Tony BillettNewport Beach, CA1996 XJ-S XJ-S conv., beige
Total number of members: 338 in 203 households. Total number of cars: 346
MeMBeRSHIP ReNeWAL TIMe
Now is the time to renew your house-hold membership in the JOC for 2012. The dues for renewing your member-ship, is $70. Each household is entitled to two registered members.
A renewal form is inserted into this edi-tion of Jaguar Tales for transmitting your dues to the JOC. PLEASE NOTE: If your
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23rd John Donaldson 23rd Peter Tweedt 25th Ted Wynne 26th Ken Laymon 27th Marsha Hirsch 28th William Barnes 28th Janet Loftis 30th Roslyn Feller
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membership information is unchanged, the only information to record on the form is your name and address and whether or not you would like to re-ceive only the digital edition of the JOC monthly newsletter, Jaguar Tales (please see below for details). However, if any of your information changed during the year, please record the change on the form.
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The check for the dues is to be made pay-able to the Jaguar Owners Club, Inc and is to be mailed to: Stan McCartney, 1207 E. Union Ave., Fullerton, CA 92831.
The dues payment must be received by the JOC by February 13, 2012 in order for a member to maintain current mem-bership status. Members who have not timely paid their dues will be dropped from the membership roster. The Febru-ary 13, 2012 cutoff is required in order to have the JCNA portion of the dues in the JCNA hands by February 15, 2012, which deadline (the JCNA recently stated) will be strictly enforced for continuing JCNA membership status.
Your promptness in paying your dues will be greatly appreciated and thank you for renewing your membership in JOC.
lajollaconcours.com)April 12-15: XK’s Open House and Show, San Luis ObispoMay 4-6: CJA Spring Event, Ontario CAMay 20: Muckenthaler Car Show and JOC ConcoursJune: Dana Point Three Club BrunchJuly: JOC PicnicJuly 22: San Diego Club ConcoursSeptember: Yosemite Trip and TourOctober 6: IEJC ConcoursDecember: JOC Christmas Party
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Ed was one of the first people that I met in my second stint with the Club. His XJ-S was parked across from my Series III at a Concourse in SLO and he came over and introduced himself. I didn’t know that he was an expert on the inner workings of the XJ-S. I suggest you check out his website which details a number of XJS repairs and upgrades.-ED
You can’t miss Ed & Judy Sowell’s XJ-S at a JOC event and as our Webmaster; you can’t visit our website without seeing his other passion. Ed and Judy are an inte-gral part of the Club and it all stems from a certain 1976 XJ-S. Their car is cosmeti-cally spectacular (and original) and me-chanically perfect. It is easily one of the nicest early XJ-S I’ve seen in a long, long time. And, they drive the car regularly.Having had two love affairs with XJS’s, I can tell you that they are very seductive car. By the end of the production run,
the later cars were pretty well sorted and a joy to own but the pre-HE models of-fered a greater seat of the pants driving experience than the later cars, perhaps with the exception of the limited edition 1994 XJR-S. Ed and Judy’s car is indeed an early one with a build date of Decem-ber 1975. She was number is 51180 or the 1180th XJ-S to roll off the assembly line. Also, note that the XJ-S name was properly hyphenated until the introduc-tion of the HE model. This car was originally owned by Henry Segerstrom (think South Coast Plaza, Segerstrom Hall, etc.), from whom Ed bought it in December, 1980 with 45,000 miles on the clock. It was Ed’s daily driver until he retired and he continues to drive it several times a week. It’s been reliable enough to drive on Club tours to the Central Coast and other out of town des-tinations every year. The current mileage is about 140,000.
While never fully restored, the car is very well maintained and cher-ished by the family. Ed has done a lot of the maintenance himself and document-ed it on his website www.efsowell.us/ed/myJag.html with Britalia in Fullerton handling the bigger jobs. The body was sanded to bare metal and completely repainted in 1988, and the interior com-pletely redone in 2003. It looks pretty good for its age and regularly takes home a trophy in JCNA D8A class; a first is not uncommon but he’s also compet-ing against XJS’s up to 1996.Watch for some of Ed’s articles to appear in the Tech Tips section of the newslet-ter. He’s graciously allowed us to reprint his articles and photos for the member-ship. The next time you see a certain XJ-S, please do take a moment to introduce yourself!
Ed and Judy Sowell’s Jaguar XJ-S
”Ed’s XJ-S regularly places 2nd in the JCNA D8A and an occasional first...if there aren’t too many 15 years younger XJSes in the show!”
”Ed & Judy Sowell’s XJ-S carries a 1976 US model year but shows a 12/75 build date on the door post. The vehicle number is 51180, meaning it is the 1180th XJ-S off the assembly line.”
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As many of you know, my XK150 has won numer-
ous awards and continues to be ranked in the JCNA top five annually, despite being driven about 3000 miles a year. Many people ask me, “how do you keep a driven car so nice?” In this series of articles I will share with you a few tips and tricks that have been useful for me……I hope you find them useful too.
NOVEMBER 2011EXTERIOR WASH
We’re on the home stretch in prepar-ing our Jaguar for show, or just getting it in top shape, having completed all the heavy work on the interior, engine bay and boot; and now it’s time to start on the final exterior jobs.
Most people are inclined to wash first, but as I explained in the first chapter of this story, we want to work top to bot-tom, inside to outside and dirtiest to cleanest. The reason is simple; we don’t want to spoil any work done previously (like ruining our exterior cleaning by do-ing the engine bay after the car is washed).Most of us have been washing cars since
before we can remember. I have some fond memories of helping by Dad wash all the “low places” on his ’59 Pontiac Bonneville. Believe me, there were a LOT of low places on that behemoth! Unfortunately most of what we learned as youngsters was wrong. Starting with the selection of a detergent.
Dishwashing solution seemed fine in ’59, but today there are much better prod-ucts. All the major car care companies offer a car wash solution and most are just fine. They are PH neutral (not too acid or alkaline) and contain additives that help the car shed water. I like the product made by Griot’s Garage, but any good quality car wash soap is OK….just don’t use anything found in the kitchen or laundry room.
Half the battle is removing as much dirt, dust and grime as possible BEFORE soap-ing. Spreading the suds on a dirty sur-face only creates a fine abrasive mixture which will result in swirls and scratches to the finish. Choose a shady location or work on a cloudy day….you want to take your time and avoid water spots. Never wash in the sun.
I use a garden hose without a spray noz-zle for better control of the water. Set the flow low and let the water “wash” over the surface. This really helps the water sheet off and cuts way down on drying. I also prefer a lamb’s wool wash mitt over a towel as the wool is softer and gets into the small areas better.
Drying is done with a “two stage” mi-crofiber towel method (I’m not a big chamois fan). Use one clean towel to wipe off most of the water and follow with another, drier towel to finish, one in each hand. You will probably have to change out the dry towel two or three times. I do the glass first, then the body, then the chrome as I find that any water spots that do form are easier to get off the chrome.
The bottom line to my method is realiz-ing that the act of washing a car can in fact be the source of deterioration of the finish. Less rubbing is better. Less dirt being pushed around is better. Less wa-ter is better. Oh, and nine year old knees are better for the low places!
Cleaning AC Condensate DrainsEdward F. Sowell
If you sometimes experience water splashing on your feet while making right turns in your XJ6 or XJS, it is probably because the tubes that are supposed to drain the condensate from the evapora-tor are clogged. They tend to clog due to disintegration of the thin foam used as flap seals in the AC unit behind the dash, or simply dirt from years of dust washing off the evaporator. When I cleaned mine for the first time recently it seemed to be the latter, as there was lots of fine mate-rial rather than chunks. Regardless of the source, the problem is easily solved.
There is a drain tube on each side of the transmission tunnel, dropping down from of the AC unit and emerging under the car. The red arrow in Figure 1 points
to the emerging tube on the left side of the car, approximately at the front of the transmission pan. There is another one on the right side. All you have to do is run something up the tube to break loose whatever is clogging it.
Figure 1 Condensate Drain
I had my 1976 XJ-S on the rack at Brita-lia Import Service in Fullerton and they were kind enough to let me clean the tubes while it was in the air. Although most people on the XJ-S Lovers mail list use a coat hanger, they let me use their
“special equipment” for the job (Figure 2). In the chuck of the hand drill is a length of spiral-wound cable. It seemed to be a little more substantial, but I imagine an old speedometer cable would do the job. Or, just straighten a coat hanger like most of the folks. Either way, a gentle touch is called for because the tubes are rubber and you want to avoid sharp edges on whatever you use.
Figure 2 Special cleaning equipment(Continued on page 12)
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For Sale: 1990 Jaguar XJS Classic Colletion 5.3L Convertible101,000 miles, New Battery, New Tires, Fuel Injectors, Beautiful Oys-ter paint, Doeskin Leather All Original, Jaguar services, $ 6,000 OBOR.J. Romac (805) 685-1703 (1)
For Sale: 1986 Vanden Plas. Owned since 1987. Service records available. 159,246 miles. $4,500 or make an offer. Call Scott (310) 470-0770 for more information an additional photos. (1)
For Sale: 1994 XJS Convertible. Maroon/Tan. Garaged all it’s life. 50k miles. 6-cylinder. Chrome Lattice wheels with correct P600s. Gorgeous. Photos upon request. $13,500. Kevin Easton (818) 419-6697
For Sale: 1965 Series 1 E-Type FHC BRG with tan interior. Very low mileage on a total restoration. Richard Darnell restored it, so you know it is nice. Contact Richard @ 909.949.2556. This E-Type earned very high JCNA scores in the JCNA Campion Division. Late John McCord’s E-type
Free TIreS: 4 like-new looking original Michelin redline 185X15” radial tires THAT ARE GREAT FOR A SHOW-ONLY CAR, SPARE TIRE FOR SHOW, ETC. BUT ARE 30 YEARS OLD SO NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON AT SPEED. Contact: Richard MacLean, [email protected]
For Sale: 1997 XK8. One owner with full history available. JCNA Regional 1st Place Winner and 6th place Nationally. 71,000 miles. $11,000. Contact Dorian Paul, 951 659 2568 or [email protected] (3)
For Sale: Set of 4, 2001 XJR 18” Wheels with Pirelli P-Zero tires. Asteroid Style. Nice shape $750 obo (818) 419-6697 (3)
Save the Date!
JAGUAR OWNERS CLUBCHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY
BY THE SEASATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011 -- 6:00PM
Long Beach Yacht Club will once again be the destination of our Annual Christmas Party. The Club prides itself on the exceptional Holiday decorations throughout, which will add to our pleasure.
No-host cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served in the Bar area at 6pm. Credit Cards or cash will be accepted during the cocktail hour.
Adequate public parking is available adjacent to the Club’s private parking.
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Cleaning aC Condensate drains(Continued from page 10)If you don’t like getting under the car the tubes can also be cleaned from the pas-senger compartment. You have to take off the inboard footwell trim pieces to get at the top ends of the drain tubes.
The drains may quickly clog again if the problem is due to disintegrating foam or other collected debris in the unit. It’s a huge job to replace the foam as it would require removal of the dash and the evaporator housing itself. Some people have reported removing the side plate and cleaning the drip tray of debris as best they could but I have not tried that.
tools explained
drill press:A tall upright machine useful for sudden-ly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
Wire WHeel:Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removesfingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, ‘Oh Sh--!’ It also throws finewire like pieces of metal all over the freshly painted, previously dented ob-ject, safely stored in the corner.
pliers:Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.
Belt sander:An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
HaCKsaW:One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms
human energy into a crooked, unpredict-able motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
Vise-grips:Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is avail-able, they can also be used to transferintense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
oxYaCetYlene torCH:Used almost entirely for light-ing various flammable ob-jects in your shop on fire Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.
taBle saW:A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.
HYdraUliC Floor JaCK:Used for lowering an automo-bile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack han-dle firmly under the bumper.
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MEMBER CAR A STAR! Club member Bob Scibelli recently volunteered his immaculate XK120 for a wedding in Palm Springs.
He knew it was a high end affair, as the wedding planner offered him a nice fee just to drive the bride to the wedding. Little did he know that his car would be the star of the show! Seems this was an Indian wedding and there is a tradition of pushing the bride and groom around in a car….who knew! As can be seen in the accompanying photo the 120 got quite a ride! Bob reports that the lead designer of Facebook was the groom and Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook) was the Best Man. The “ride” and attendant singing and dancing last half an hour!
JAGUAR OWNERS CLUB CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY
BY THE SEA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011 -- 6:00PM
Long Beach Yacht Club will once again be the destination of our Annual Christmas Party. The Club prides itself on the exceptional Holiday decorations throughout, which will add to our pleasure. No-host cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served in the Bar area at 6pm. Credit Cards or cash will be accepted during the cocktail hour. Adequate public parking is available adjacent to the Club's private parking. Dinner will be in the Main dining room at 7pm, for our exclusive use. Please make your reservations early ------- don't miss this special evening. WE MUST RECEIVE YOUR RESERVATIONS NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 03, 2010. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS have been made at the same charming Boutique Hotel in Seal Beach, the night of Saturday, December 10, 2011, for those who wish to stay overnight, the evening of the party. We have blocked rooms at THE PACIFIC INN, 600 Marina Drive, Seal Beach, which is located approximately 2 miles from the Yacht Club. The special blocked rate is $109.90 per night (the same as last year and a $40 discount off the regular price), plus tax. It includes a deluxe complimentary Continental breakfast. The Inn has also made arrangements to shuttle guests to and from the Yacht Club the night of the affair, at no cost. The blocked rate will be released on DECEMBER 01, 2010. Make reservations directly to The Pacific Inn, (562) 493-7501, or www.pacificinn-sb.com. Be sure to mention you are with the Jaguar Owners Club, for the reduced rate. For further information, please contact Shirley Nyquist, (562) 597-1263 ([email protected]) -----------------------------------------------Cut & return bottom portion------------------------------------
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Jacket,WesternStatesBlack
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Jacket,WesternStatesBlack
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