the official journal of the jaguar drivers ......volume 35 number 3 march 2016 the official journal...

March 2016 Volume 35 Number 3

THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE JAGUARTHE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE JAGUARTHE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE JAGUAR DRIVERS’ CLUB HUNTER REGION INC.DRIVERS’ CLUB HUNTER REGION INC.DRIVERS’ CLUB HUNTER REGION INC.

www.jaguarhunter.org.au

IN THIS ISSUE: Lost in the 50’s

February Mid Week Run

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JAGUAR DRIVERS' CLUB HUNTER REGION Inc. JAGUAR DRIVERS' CLUB HUNTER REGION Inc. JAGUAR DRIVERS' CLUB HUNTER REGION Inc.

Box 604 Newcastle NSW. 2300

(The Clubs’ first meeting was held on the 31st of May 1983)

FRONT COVER Ken Moore’s XJSC at Lost in the 50’s

DISCLAIMER In regard to products, services and/or procedures which are either advertised, mentioned in the editorial content of this magazine, mem-bers should determine for themselves the reliability and/or suitability for their own particular requirements. Advertisers must ensure at all times that the products and/or services represented are suitable for the intended use and for the nominated vehicles. Their representatives, outlets or agents must be similarly directed to sell, fit or offer products or services that are suited to the intended use. The Jaguar Drivers Club Hunter Region Inc. cannot accept responsibil-ity for any product of service statements made herein, and the opinions or comments from any contributor are not necessarily those of the Club, its Committee, its Members or its Editor.

CLUB OBJECTIVES 1. To promote and foster the Jaguar/Daimler Marque and

the sport of automobilism generally in all its branches. 2. To encourage restoration, preservation and use of all

Jaguar motor vehicles and those Daimler vehicles built by Jaguar Cars during and after 1960.

3. To promote friendship between members of the club socially, in competition and on the road.

4. To promote and engender social activities, exhibitions and club activities.

5. To provide technical assistance and a reference source for its members.

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CLOSING DATE Contributions for the HUB will be accepted by the Editor up to the 3rd Saturday of the month preceding the month of publication

Club Committee and meetings 4

President’s Report 5

Secretary’s Report 6-7

Happy Birthday, Welcome 7

Social Secretary’s Report 8

From the Editor 9

Latest Points Table 9

Contribution Ideas 10-11

February MWR 12-16

Peter Lloyd’s Motoring Adventure 17

Lost in the 50’s 18-21

Display Day Preentation 22

Club Calendar 24-25

Flyer—Inner Circle Tour 27

Flyer—Coast to Centre Tour 28-29

Flyer—Newcastle Show 30

Flyer—May Mid Week Run 31

Flyer—Hawks Nest Motorfest 32

Flyer—March Mid Week Run 33

Flyer—March Meeting Singleton 34

Flyer—Club Dinner 36

Flyer—Observation Run 37

Flyer—April Mid Week Run 38

Flyer—Mudgee Weekend 39

Flyer— Eurofest 41

Flyer— Economy Run 42

Flyer— Floriade Canberra 43

Club Regalia 44-45

Let’s Have a Laugh 46

ADVERTISERS

Thomas Jaguar 40

Triggs Motors, PPC Leatherique 15

Jax Tyres, Shannons 26

Trade & General 2

Tyre Compare 35

Noel Clark Services 35

English Auto Parts 47

Concours Restorations 23

SNG Barratt 48

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The Clubs’ first meeting was held on the 31st of May 1983 MONTHLY CLUB MEETINGS

Last Wednesday of each month - 7:30pm (no meeting in December), WALLSEND DIGGERS CLUB, 10 Tyrrell St Wallsend.

Except two Upper Hunter meetings - 7:30pm SINGLETON, on the last Friday in March and the last Friday in October

NEXT MEETING : Wednesday 25th February 2016 at 7.30pm

Payments to the Club can be made by direct credit to the Club’s bank account as follows:

Account Name: Jaguar Drivers Club Hunter Region Inc.

Account Number: 268977

BSB Number: 032-515 (Westpac)

Please add a tag so we know who has paid the amount and what it’s for.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

President Ian Hissey J.P. 0425 248 275 [email protected]

Vice President Phil McLeod 0405 339 376 [email protected]

Secretary Ken Moore 0419 289 725 [email protected]

Treasurer Margaret Perry 4988 6149 [email protected]

Events Coordinator Don Anderson John Moremon

6573 2084 0414 684 794

[email protected]

Social Secretary Bill Whitby 4964 4071 [email protected]

Editor David Merryweather 0414 266 499 [email protected]

OFFICE BEARERS

Points Secretary Leyland Rix 0409 045 521

Plates Registrar Peter Dwyer 4958 4596 [email protected]

Regalia Robynne Lilly 4966 5909 [email protected]

Library Alistair McIlroy 0459 033 710 [email protected]

ACJC Delegate Ian Hissey 0425 248 275 [email protected]

Webmaster Andrew Haigh 4959 8840 [email protected]

CMC Delegate Andrew Pointing 9399 5533 [email protected]

Tools Custodian Peter Dwyer 4958 4596

Display Day Grand Marshall

Mark Perry 0428 789 584 [email protected]

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SECRETARY’S REPORTSECRETARY’S REPORTSECRETARY’S REPORT

MEETING OPENED : 7.40 pm PRESENT : 35 members APOLOGIES : David Merryweather , Peter and Jennifer McDonald , Robynne Lilly , Steve Hobbins , Ian and Jenny Vaughan. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING : Ken moved that the January general Meeting minutes printed in the February Hub be accepted as read. SECONDED : Peter Dwyer and carried. BUSINESS ARISING : Nil CORRESPONDENCE IN : # Westpac cheque and cash reserve statements for January . # Invitations : Maitland Steamfest and Tea Gardens Motorfest. # Invoices from: LMC for Hub printing , Lings Trophies . # Membership application: Tim and Kath Davies. # Club magazines from Sydney , Victoria and ACT plus MG club. CORRESPONDENCE OUT : # Presidents welcome letter to the Davies . # email from Bill to Club Macquarie with termination advice. # email from Phil to Hexham Club thanking them for their offer of a venue , and advising of our decision. Ken moved that the correspondence be accepted. SECONDED : Don Anderson and carried. TREASURER : Margaret tabled her Income / Expenditure statement for January 2016 and Balance Sheet , members seeking further detail are invited to contact her directly. Margaret moved that her report be accepted . SECONDED : Graeme Cox and carried. SOCIAL SECRETARY : Bill reported on recent and proposed events , details may be found in his report later in these pages. Bill then put the following proposal recently adopted by the Committee to the meeting : “ That a second Club Dinner be held , in addition to the traditional end of year Presentation Dinner , on Fri-day evening 1st April at our new Club , and that the ( approx. $30 cost ) of the meal be 50% subsidised by JDCHR , for members.” This was overwhelmingly carried on a show of hands. Bill also announced that the March Singleton meeting , if held at the usual time , would fall on Good Friday . The Committee had therefore elected to bring it forward to Wednesday 23rd March , subject to the availability of the venue. CLUB PLATES REGISTRAR : Don Anderson reported that the new log book trial scheme is being heavily policed during the week , resulting in fines of over $400 for drivers using their club plated cars and not filling out the log book. The subsequent general discussion revealed that there is still quite some confusion and conflicting opinion about the operation of this trial scheme amongst our members. Peter Dwyer’s advice is to always carry a copy of the RMS rules , along with any club notices concerning the outing ( Hub etc. ) , to provide the best chance of escaping trouble with the police , some of whom seem to share our confusion about the club plates scheme. EVENTS COORDINATOR : Don Anderson gave an overview of preparations being made by the manage-ment committee for the 2017 National Rally to be held at Port Stephens. This is the first time that JDCHR has been so heavily involved with JDCA in the organisation of this Rally. Phil Mcleod has been appointed as post Rally tour manager , and Don will be calling on other members to lend a hand as the event approaches. There being no further reports from other Office Bearers , the meeting moved on to :


Ken Moore

Members and Family with birthdays in March are :

Janelle Chapman (2nd); Marg Patriarca (3rd)

Ian Chapman & Peter Williamson (4th)

Margaret Hobbins (5th); Ian Hissey & Margaret Perry (9th) Edna Hurdman & Denis Shanahan (10th); Helen Rix (17th);

Norm Crowfoot (19th); Lesley Harvey (23rd); Paul Harris (24th) Kelly McInness (26th); Steve Saladine (28th);

May your birthdays be filled with good health, laughter and safe driving.

GENERAL BUSINESS : Ian raised website issues with Andrew Haigh , ie unpublished Hub backlog , and continuing problems with redirection of emails . Andrew to expedite. Ian also mentioned that the ACJC are working on a system to link all club magazines on the web. Ian mentioned some issues raised at the ACJC meeting last weekend in Sydney , where he was slaving away while the rest of us were enjoying a day “ Lost In The 50s” at Cameron park. There is a marked decline in numbers for the National Rally , accommodation bookings for 2017 at Nelson Bay are presently some 50% down on the last time the event was held in this region. This is in part due to the ever increasing cost of participation , but the event is possibly in need of revitalisation in some way , Ian would be pleased to receive suggestions. The recently released XE model is being purchased by a much younger demographic ( 35 -40 ) than past models , and efforts are being made by the ACJC to attract these drivers into the club movement .The XE is being purchased on its merits , rather than its badge . It is hoped that club membership will introduce these owners to the wonderful heritage of the Jaguar marque, and that they will learn about , and appreciate and collect , the older classic models. Margaret Perry invited members to consider donating small prizes to be used in the monthly club raffles. PROBLEM CORNER : John Moreman has discovered , after some heartbreak , that a special tool kit is required to retract brake caliper pistons on the XKR , which apparently must be screwed , rather than pushed in , to allow the pads to be replaced. John has purchased this kit. Unfortunately , this has had no effect on the pedestrian safety system alert light , which continues to glow menacingly . Our previous general alert to all pedestrians to stay well clear of this car therefore remains in force until further notice. As Peter Lloyd did not attend the last award presentation dinner , Ian took the opportunity to present his 1st place trophy to him during tea and coffee at the meeting’s end. RAFFLE : Bottles of wine won by Peter Smith and Allan Reilly.

MEETING CLOSED : at 9.30 pm , another great night at our fantastic new venue.

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SOCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORTSOCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORTSOCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORT

Bill Whitby

We were off to an early start to the month with the run to the Dam Hotel with the Central Coast British Car Club, it was an awesome day with the variety of cars along for the run, and the two clubs socialising, made the day well worthwhile attending. We had seventy plus members and over forty cars along for the run. The other event was the visit to the ‘Lost in the Fifties’ car museum at Cameron Park. Another an excellent turn out of members for the visit with thirty members and guests along for the day. If you want to show off your Jaguar, join in the Newcastle Show Grand Parade Friday 4 March, and carry a showgirl for the parade, let me know if you wish to join in the fun of the fair. Coming up is the week end away at Murrurundi on 5-6 march, with the visit to the Vaughan’s, the Arrowfield racehorse stud and the Nundle wooden mills. Let me know if you are intending to come along, the Vaughn’s and bistro’s will want to know how many to cater for. Hawk’s Nest Motorfest is on Saturday 12th, it is always a good event with plenty to see and do, there is many classic car clubs there for the day, The Mid Week Run this month is on Thursday 17th to Gilmore’s cafe at Singleton, which is next door to the Royal Hotel on the new England Highway, then on to Denman for lunch at the Denman Hotel, we we’ll return via the Golden Highway. I have made the preliminary enquiries to attend the Floriade spring festival in Canberra in October. We will be going for the weekend Friday 7 to Monday 10 October (flyer on page 43). The Canberra Jaguar Club will host a dinner on the Saturday night and a tour run on Sunday. It will be a great weekend, but Floriade is very popular and we will need to book early (several months) to secure accommodation. On Saturday 23 July the Jaguar Car Club of Victoria is holding the 2016 Winton Track Day, it is a day exclu-sively for Jaguars and we will be attending as a club event. More to come in the next edition of the Hub As you can see by the calendar there is many events coming up, too many to mention here. If you are com-ing to any event please let me know as early as you can, as seating at restaurants etc. have to be booked in advance. At the February meeting the committee put forward a motion that we have a Social Dinner around March/April, and make it an annual event, this being the inaugural dinner JDCHR will subsidise it, the motion was carried unanimously. The dinner is on Friday evening 1 April, check the flyer on page 36. The other dinner we have is the Presentation Dinner which has the night taken up with the ceremonies, this dinner there will be no ceremonies, just a fun night for all. There will be a sumptuous two course dinner, and light entertainment provided, all for $16.00 PP (members). Please reserve your seat ASAP as there is a lot of organising to complete, and it has to be finalised by Monday 21 March. The Cruise in December is on, and it is time to think about booking if you are coming. The Sydney and Can-berra Jaguar clubs have been invited to join us, with a few already booked. The last cruise with the Jaguar Clubs was fantastic, and this one is shaping up to be just as much fun, book early, don’t miss this opportunity for the one of the best holidays you could have. We are looking forward to seeing you at some of the many events that are coming up over the next couple of months


FROM THE EDITORFROM THE EDITORFROM THE EDITOR

From mid March your editor and his wife Janet are embarking on a six months trip around Austra-lia in our caravan. Heading down to South Australia, across the Nullarbor and around the Western Australia coast, across the NT and into North Queensland for the winter. I will continue to edit THE HUB, if somewhat remotely. As I some live someway from Newcastle I do rely very heavily on certain committee members, namely Phil McLeod and Bill Whitby for articles and photos of Club events. We are always looking for contributions from members, accordingly I have included on the next 2 pages an article by Peter Lloyd encouraging member contributions. Peter gave this presentation at a meeting late last year. If you have any items to contribute send them to [email protected] or [email protected]

David Merryweather

BOYS POINTS GIRLS POINTS

Bill Whitby 48 Anne Melville 30

Barry Melville 41 Robynne Lilly 28

Thomas Shannon 37 Margaret Holt 27

Peter Dwyer. 35 Kelly McInnes 24

Martin Dickinson 33 Candice Evans 20

Leyland Rix 32 Margaret Perry 16

Phil McLeod 30 Nicole Haigh 15

Roger Holt 29 Helen Rix 15

Steve Lilly 29 Jenny Vaughn 13

Ken Moore 28 Julianne McLeod 12

Tim Evans 26 Margaret Patriaca 12

John Moreman 26 Susie Sturman 12

Tom Jones 24 Angela King 11

Ian Hissey 23 Teresa Price 10

Brian Dixon 22 Jenny Crooks 10

Provided by Leyland Rix

JDCHR Point Score Table as at 17 February 2016

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As we know, one of the major problems with a club magazine is to be able to encourage members to provide interesting copy to cover more of the di-versity of members’ experiences and pursuits. Often it is left to the senior offi-cer positions to insert their routine reports and just a very few regulars to contrib-ute the reports of club-related events. What I would like to see is an opening up of the forum to a broader variety of subject matter to hopefully attract content from more of our members. To do this, the initiative needs to be generated by the inclusion of typical examples of some of this subject matter. Members who normally don’t participate with their own submissions might be more comfortable once they see a range of subjects contributed by others that are not always the traditional. I propose to boost this by submitting some of my own considerable range of motoring related experiences. Though they may be from a ‘technologically inferior time’, they are interesting.

For this I am proposing a range of subjects to fall into just a few catego-

ries. These subjects are devised to raise the inspiration of members because collectively we will have a vast array of experiences and knowledge gained over our motoring years. I decided to raise this with the club for a few reasons. Many, many years ago in a past life, I was assisting with the editing of a club magazine and found out how difficult it is to sometimes fill a magazine with a variety of information to avoid each issue being rather dry and too narrowly fo-cussed in content. And, just recently, I started putting pen to paper - does any-one know how to do that anymore? This project was intended for the benefit of my family, but I realised as I progressed, that these were suitable for general readership. It is about the many and varied experiences related to my motoring involvement in different parts of the world and the unexpected events and prob-lems that accompanied those times. And some are very interesting and unusual indeed.

Contribution IdeasContribution IdeasContribution Ideas


Provided by Leyland Rix

Maybe it is a little ‘tongue-in-cheek’, I am suggesting that all these can be put into one section in the magazine and which I am calling by the acronym DRATS!, as in ‘Oh, drat!’ This can be debated, of course, but the intent is to create a general section that is not necessarily Jaguar, or even car, centric.

DRATS! D for Drive, Disasters, Disappointments, Damage, Did

You Know…. R for Recoveries, Restoration tips, Regulations. A for Alternatives, Aggravations, Advice, Attempts,

Avoids, T for Tech Torque, Tips, Tests, Tries, Technical Expertise

Support. S for Safety, Standards, Spares.

Although some of these titles may be self-explanatory, I would like to give a brief explanation of each of these categories and add that I have quite a lot of information and tales to tell that will kick-start the con-tent of many of these groups and I can progressively submit them for con-sideration.

Before that I would like to add another stand-alone title, my favourite,

‘Tales from the Motoring Diary’. Tales from the Motoring Diary. (Motoring ventures that became adventures.) See Page 17. This is for giving an account of a motoring adventure. I stress the

word ‘adventure’ because it is about a motoring related situation that was unusual, risky, unexpected, that you have experienced in your years of travel. Travelogues, plain touring, and ‘ooh..aah look at that’ stories are not applicable. It can be just one short paragraph or one page, but must focus on the situation, and not the whole trip. Everyone will have an amusing, near miss, or ‘..if only…’ story if they think back.

Peter Lloyd.

Contribution Ideas, cont.Contribution Ideas, cont.Contribution Ideas, cont.

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This was the first time we have began a run from our new meeting venue at the Diggers Club Wallsend. The Jaguars looked magnificent in the open carpark which is behind the main covered carpark station. I arrived early and directed some members as they arrived, to the open carpark at the rear, a few drove di-rectly to the covered parking station but they soon found their way outside. The day was off to a good begin-ning with fourteen Jaguars at the start, and more to join in along the way. Because we were going to an unfamiliar spot with the Central Coast British Car Club for morning tea, I gath-ered the members together and gave simple directions, but assured those with a GPS that the GPS location on the flyer would get them there OK. It has been an informal policy of JDCHR for some time not to travel in a tight conga line procession for safety reasons. Since that time I have included a GPS location for stops and destinations in the flyers. It has been a good move by our club, making the runs so much safer, and no confusion about locations, although we still have a couple of members without a GPS device. For morning tea we joined up with the CCBCC at Wyee point, when we arrived they were already there and parked there was an impressive variety of British cars, and now with an equal number of Jaguars the cars looked stunning. Most of the CCBCC were there to welcome us, but still more were arriving, and it wasn’t long before we had quite a crowd. We have been out with them before and it was great to be catching up again, the conversa-tions and mutual car admirations went on for some time. Members from both clubs showing off their cars to each other, sort of a mutual admiration society going on. The two social secretary’s soon realised that there were a few more attending than was expected, we phoned the Dam Hotel and informed them of the higher number, the hotel staff were very obliging and said they would be able cater for the additional number. Doing a quick head count we had in excess of seventy for lunch, and now more than forty five cars, a very impressive turn out. We are to take the scenic route to the Dam Hotel for lunch, heading back towards Newcastle for a few kilo-metres before turning east toward the coast and returning south along the shoreline back to the Dam Hotel. There is detailed instructions in the flyer with exact distances to the next turn, all the way. But it seems that not a lot of members bothered not to follow the scenic route and proceeded on the direct route to the hotel. It was a pity for those that took that direct route, a quick dash down the old Pacific Highway as against a pictur-esque coastal meander to the lunch. Our members were pleasantly surprised with the quality of the Dam Hotel, most had never been there and for those that had, it was many years ago when the road was the main Pacific Highway, and the old Dam Hotel was a pit stop on the way home from Sydney. There was plenty of room for all of us and some to spare. The meals were delicious and very reasonably priced. The only disappointment perceived by the two social secretaries was that each club was seated as groups around the tables, we are going to organise the seating at our next outing so that both clubs are min-gled. It was a wonderful day for both clubs, we enjoyed each others company for the day, and we are looking for-ward to the next time we get together.

Bill Whitby

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Left : Morning Tea shade.

Above: Alistair McIlroy’s E Type

Left: More cars at Morning Tea

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Above: Bill Whitby giving directions.

Above: Merv gale, John Heagney and Richard Lynch.

Below:Jenny Crooks, Tom Jones, Ann & Barry Melville, Garrie Bain, Charlie Hankin, Peter Dwyer, Jill & John Heagney with their Beautiful granddaughter.


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Right. An old Singer from the CCBCC.

All photos courtesy

Phil McLeod


After the regular monthly meeting of the car club, some of the members joined for the usual late coffee. There was a café in the basement of Latec House that stayed open a bit late and was good for a coffee and a snack. The popular treat was raisin toast, or maybe cheese on toast, with a coffee or green tea. The poor waitress was run off her feet keeping up the supply of victuals. The talk drifted on to travel and a few ex-pressed their interest in going to England for a working holiday. But how to get there? The usual means were by jet or ship. A few chose ship and another few, the plane. Neither appealed as both seemed so ho-hum – ‘…everybody goes that way’. So someone said “Why don’t we drive?” The advantage of being a twenty-something with no commitments, very naïve and unworldly allows you to say “yes” without a second thought to something as outlandish and bizarre as this suggestion. We didn’t understand why our mothers were not quite so excited. But like recalcitrant teenagers, we were going anyway. Our mothers aged ten years overnight. That was forty-five years ago and was the commencement of a real road adventure. One that would steer much of the direction of my life and allow me to see and experience things in the places that are rarely on the standard tourist itinerary and that are normally seen only by relatively few. Many were disturbing, dangerous and risky. Feeling the effects first hand, of non-democratic regimes, military states, and bureaucracies that provide uncertainty about one’s freedom and rights, in retrospect is quite a jolt. Many of the names and titles herein could be those current at the time and may have been now superseded. The first step was to confirm if this was feasible. It was, but rarely done as a private venture. A track was traced out on a world map laid out on Bruce’s mum’s kitchen table. Many calls were made to embassies and consulates, who freely gave information, the occasional map and handled visa applications. There were many overland tours run by Kon Tiki and the like, so the travel by road was well worn, but usually in the west to east direction for the Aussies and Kiwis returning home. It is not difficult technically to drive from Singa-pore, or even back further, from Jakarta, to London with the aid of a few ferries and bridges. After all, the Asian Highway had recently been joined up through all countries. There was one minor problem – Afghani-stan had no representation in Australia. The only way to get into Afghanistan was to present oneself at the frontier and make application in person. Could this have been refused? Of course. Did that deter us? Of course not. Politically it was a different matter. A whole different matter. In those days there were more hot spots smoul-dering across south-east Asia than in a footy final barbecue fry-up. The Communist threat and Middle East unrest was rife and well entrenched and expecting the authorities to promote the ease of entry or movement within a country for foreigners, or anyone was not high on their priority lists. Then there was some political or militant unrest growing in Iraq which we had little information on. There was also much trouble in Burma or Myanmar (not to mention Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), and to skirt it would mean heading into Communist territories and a corner of China that is one of the most inhospitable regions on earth best suited to horses or donkeys. Oh, and guns were advisable for personal safety.

To be continued

This is an anecdotal tale of events that Bruce Morley and I undertook in 1971. The risks

associated with repeating this endeavour are at such a level today, that some of the coun-

tries, being so dangerous, not only would you not want to travel through them, you would

not want to fly anywhere near them. The period up to the early seventies was a time which

had a lull in hostilities and political upheaval within countries, between neighbours, and

between East and West – ‘ between wars’ – for the countries from South East Asia to Cen-

tral Europe. Our blasé approach allowed us to ignore what could happen to change things,

literally, overnight. To us, all seemed quite peaceful and logical and most disagreements

seemed to be around the Israel and Egypt area and we had no intention of passing near

that zone.

TALES FROM THE MOTORING DIARY. A story of a real adventure on the road.

East to West, not West to East – Part One - At Home

Peter Lloyd

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WOW what day at the ‘Lost in The 50’s’ car museum. It was a glorious day as we gathered at the Wall-send Diggers, we were to leave by 9:00am ready for an early arrival at the museum. I knew that was neces-sary to get to the museum early as parking could be an issue. Luckily they had reserved a parking area within the premises to display the Jaguars. We arrived just prior to the rest of the visitors. which made it so much easier for us. We arrived and were ushered into the reserved section of the parking area, where they had a DJ pumping out the music from the fifties and sixties blaring across the area. There were some Rock ’N’ Roll dancers on the dance floor, all dressed in their fifties outfits and hairdo’s. A really great start to get you in the mood for the day to come. I was greeted by Glen, the owner, he passed on his welcome to the Jaguar Club and hoped that we would enjoy his cars as much as he does. I assured him that we were all car enthusiasts and looking forward to the museum. It was a real carnival atmosphere, with the music, the dancers, the classic cars, food and coffee stalls and lots of car enthusiasts wandering around. Right on queue the museum opened at 9:30 and we began to pour in. The museum is divided into two sides, on one side is Hot Rod Hall, with the Batmobile, Delorean, Eleanor, Hot Rods and muscle cars, on the other side is his collection of American cars from the fifties and sixties, all look to be concourse, a dazzling display of chrome and classic Americana. The area between the two sides has a classic ‘burger bar that was popular in the period. The counter of the bar has a mannequin dressed appropriately and all the trimmings from the day, the kitchen behind the bar has appliances that were used at that time. Beside the Burger bar and kitchen is another room full of memorabilia, radios, toys posters, collectables and much much more. A truly amazing place to visit. It was just after midday when we left for the Diggers Club for lunch. I had reserved tables for us and we were soon seated and ordering lunch. This is the first time we have been to lunch at the Diggers as a club, and everyone was pleased with the quality and the quantity of the meals. As usual when we get together over a lunch the time seems to go by so quickly, good company and nice surroundings, then you check your watch. We were there for almost three hours before going home after an amazing day.

Lost in the 50’sLost in the 50’sLost in the 50’s


Text by Bill Whitby Photos by Phil McLeod And David Merryweather


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Left: Elaine Dickinson, Suzie Sturman and Peter Dodds.



Right: Eddioe & Ailsa Wright and Barry Melville.

Right:Garrie & Pauline Bain, with Laurie Crooks. Below: Bill Whitby, Ilse Bowen and Alistair McIlroy

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President Ian presenting Peter Lloyd with the trophy for Ist Place in the JDCHR Display Day.

Display Day Ist Prize PresentationDisplay Day Ist Prize PresentationDisplay Day Ist Prize Presentation

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MAR

Fri 04/03/16 * Newcastle Show (See Page 30)

Sat-Sun

5-6/03/16 * BBQ Weekend Away Ian & Jenny Vaughan, Murrurundi

Sat 12/03/16 * Motorfest, Hawks Nest ( See Page 32)

Thur 17/03/16 * March Mid Week Run, Denman (See Page33)

Wed 23/03/16 * Monthly Meeting Singleton, 7.30 ( See Page 34)

APR

Fri 01/04/16 * Dinner at Wallsend Diggers (See Page 36)

Sat 02/04/16 ** Observation Run (See Page 37)

Thur 07/04/16 * Mid Week Run with NCRC ( See Page 38)

14/04-25/04 * Inner Circle Tour including National Rally (See Page 27)

14/04-14/05 * Coast to Centre Tour including National Rally (See Pages 28-29)

Fri-Mon

15-18/04/16 * National Rally

Sat-Mon

23-25/04/16 * Wings Wheels and Wine, Mudgee ( See Page 39)

Wed 27/04/16 * Monthly Meeting Wallsend Diggers, 7.30

MAY

Sun 01/05/16 * Eurofest (See Page 41)

Sat 14/05/16 ** Economy Run (See Page 42)

Wed 18/05/16 * May Mid Week Run (See Page 31)

Wed 25/05/16 * Monthly Meeting Wallsend Diggers, 7.30

OCT

Fri-Mon

7-10 October * Floriade, Canberra. Forward Planning ( See Page 43)

OFFICIAL CLUB CALENDAR 2016OFFICIAL CLUB CALENDAR 2016OFFICIAL CLUB CALENDAR 2016

* Denotes Point Score Event ** Denotes Club Championship Event

NOTE: Events subject to change – check Club website www.jaguarhunter.org.au


APR

Sun 03/04/16 Boatfest, Toronto

Sun 10/04/11 NSW Supersprint Round 2 Eastern Creek

Fri-Mon 22-25/04/11 Bathurst Motor festival, Mt Panorama

Fri-Sun 22-24/04/11 Festival of Sporting Cars Eastern Creek

MAY

Sun 08/05/11 NSW Supersprint Round 3 Wakefield Park Sun 15/05/16 Family Day for Charity, Cessnock Show Ground Sun 22/05/11 NSW Supersprint Round 4 Eastern Creek

Sat-Sun 28-29/05/11 Sports Cars Eastern Creek

JUN Sun 19/06/11 NSW Supersprint Round 5 Wakefield Park

Fri-Sun 24-26/06/11 HSRCA Eastern Creek

JUL Sun 31/07/11 NSW Supersprint Round 6 Eastern Creek

ALTERNATIVE EVENTS CALENDAR 2016ALTERNATIVE EVENTS CALENDAR 2016ALTERNATIVE EVENTS CALENDAR 2016

<> Club Plate Vehicles are eligible to attend these events <> These events do not attract Club Points

NOTE: Events subject to change – check Club websites

CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION The RMS Certificate of Approved Operations must be kept in the vehicle at all times. It is an of-fence to drive a Conditionally Registered (CR) vehicle on a public road while the Registered Op-erator (RO) does not have current financial membership of the JDCHR. It is desirable to carry a copy of the Hub magazine or flyer that shows the approved use of the vehicle when on a public road. RO using the RMS Trial Log Book Scheme should fill out the Log Book according to the directions printed on it. Persons other than the RO can only drive a CR vehicle with the RO permission. Such use shall be in accordance with the information given above.

The Club's by-laws also require that a member must attend at least three Club events in a Club

registered vehicle to maintain entitlement to Club plate registration.

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22 National Park St (cnr Parry St)

Newcastle West

[email protected]

Ph: 4961 1261

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RSL

Drive to Singleton Drive New England Highway thru Singleton Across Hunter River Turn 1st Right at Bridgeman RD (lights) Turn 1st Left into Blaxland Ave Turn 3rd Left into Dorsman Drive Turn Right into RSL

WEDNESDAY 23RD MARCH 2016 DINNER FROM 6:00PM MEETING 7:30PM

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Formerly Better Spares—Refurbished to service you better

We specialise in:

ALL JAGUAR REPAIRS AND SERVICING

Cylinder Head Reconditioning & Pressure Testing

Motor Vehicle Repairs

Rebore & Crankshaft

Log Book Servicing

Tig & Mig Welding

E-safety inspections

Improvements and Upgrades

**** Trade and Fleet Discounts apply****

120 Maitland Rd Brett & Michelle Thomas

Islington 2296 ABN: 97078445887

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Hand Towel $12 Coffee Mug $12 Stubbie Holders $7


CLUB REGALIACLUB REGALIACLUB REGALIA

Club Polo Shirt with pocket, large Leaper on back Available in men’s & ladies’ styles, S, M, L and XL

Cap $15

Long Sleeved Fleece large Leaper on back

with full length front zip

Fleece Vest large Leaper on back

with full length front zip

Club Scarf $15

All shown items are generally held in stock; shirts & jackets to order.

Leopard Print Scarf Brown or Grey $10



CLUB REGALIACLUB REGALIACLUB REGALIA

Windscreen Sticker $5

Umbrella $30 Metal Badge $25

Windscreen Sash $35

Cloth Badge $5

JDCHR Sticker $5

Name Badge $12.50 (free on joining)

Leaper Key Ring $10

Growler Key Ring $10

Jaguar Enamel Cuff Links $10

Club Key Ring $6

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ENGLISH AUTO PARTS

LEYLAND SPECIALISTS IN

SPARE PARTS AND SERVICING

For *JAGUAR * RANGE ROVER * *MORRIS * TRIUMPH * MGB * MINI*

*LAND ROVER*AUSTIN*P76 * MOKE *

PARTS DELIVERED DAILY, TWICE DAILY TO MOST OF NEWCASTLE

24 HOURS ON MOST PARTS IF NOT IN STOCK

CREDIT CARD PAYMENT BY PHONE OR COD POST

ALL JAGUAR SERVICING—NOW WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART

AUTO LOGIC DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER

02 4353 2844

ENGLISH AUTO PARTS

4/188 Pacific Hwy Tuggerah NSW 2259

Ph: 02 4353 2844

Fax: 02 4353 2389

Email: [email protected]

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