The JAG MAG - Jaguar Clubs of North America

The JAG MAG
A Jaguar Clubs of North America Affiliate
Jaguar Drivers Club of
Long Island
2015 Second Quarter
Annual Post Holiday Event
74 Orienta Ave
Lake Grove, NY 11755
631-981-5708
President & Editor
George Stephani
631-981-5708
geolee@optonline.net
Vice President
Laurence Campbell
631-692-5909
lmcamp@optonline.net
Vice President/Concours
Chairman
Mike Carroll
631-757-9764
MACSL300@aol.com
Membership
Ralph Trimarchi
JDCLI@mail.com
631-239-6075
Club Photographer
Stephen Leoniak
631-473-9452
cmleoniak@att.net
Secretary
Lee Stephani
631-981-5708
Despite the nasty rainy weather and
some icy roads club members ventured
out to Deluxe Storage in New Hyde Park
for a tour of their facility. Deluxe Storage
is a first class, climate controled car facility
with 150 luxury, sports and vintage cars, a
“Good Humor” ice cream truck and a
Hook and Ladder fire truck from the Garden City fire department.
Chris Epperson conducted a tour for
the club and pointed out some interesting
facts about the cars in storage and thosefor sale.
For sale is one beautiful black 1959
XK150 drop head coupe for sale and can
be a daily driver. Another rare car was a
Chevy El Camino that’s been “Over
Hauled” by Foose from the TV show
“OverHaulin’ on the Velocity Channel.
After the tour, guest speaker Mike
Tourville gave his presentation on Evans
Waterless engine coolant and it’s benefits
over standard glycol coolants. Afterwards
Mike addressed technical questions from
the group the product.
Afterwards members drove over to
Koenig’s German restaurant for fine German cuisine, sponsored in part by the
club’s treasury. A short business session
was lead by club President George
Stephani addressing the up coming Annual
General Meeting in Philadelphia, presenting club events for 2015 and encouraging
new ideas from the club.
Ralph and Adriana Trimarchi suggested a
club picnic and pool party in their community by the beach or at their home.
Members could display their cars on the
Trimarchi’s property while taking a swim
and enjoying summer comfort food.
Cont, Page 2
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President’s Corner
George Stephani
Looks like the club is off to a
good start. It was great to hear that
most members have renewed their
membership and payment by the
deadline of January 31st. (This makes
Ralphs job easier and avoids delay of
receiving your Jaguar Journal and
membership card). As of this writing we have over 70
1959 XK150 Drop Head Coupe
Cont from pg. 1, Holiday Event
After reviewing the suggested events for the year,
George announced a new membership kit-in-themaking with the help of Ralph Trimarchi, Membership
Chair.
Since the club doesn’t have anything to give a new
member when they join the club. Ralph suggested a
unique folder containing a welcome letter, schedule
of events, a Jag Mag newsletter, resources and general information about the club. That same week
Geoffrey Au volunteered his advertising skills and
along with fresh
ideas for the
production of
the membership
kit folder.
By JDCLI
members in the club; if you count spouses that’s
about 140.
I’m looking forward to longer days and warmer
Spring weather with some great events coming up for
2015. Be sure to check out the club’s updated website and pictures from past events.
Happy Motoring!!!
Chevy El Camino “Over Hauled” by Foose
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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
The birth of sports car racing was spawned
from the GI’s return from WWII. While in Europe
they were exposed to light weight sporty cars that
just didn’t exist in the United States. So when they
got home they started to import them. In just a few
years the Sports Car Club of America was formed
and racing began.
It would only seem logical that given the
population centers of the east coast and west coast
that you would find strong racing interests in those
areas. So how did a little village in southeastern Wisconsin become an international race destination?
Elkhart Lake was a tourist destination with many people throughout the Midwest arriving by train. After
WWII tourism was down. The Chicago region
SCCA was looking for a place to run a race on public
roads. After a lot of searching they thought the area
around Elkhart Lake would work well. Two of those
SCCA people were, Fred Wacker and Jim Kimberly,
high profile businessmen who knew how to get things
done. They went to local business owners in the
area and pitched the idea of a race. Everyone was on
board and hoped to revive the tourism industry. The
first race was July 23rd 1950. The first race was very
much a Chicago region event. There were five races.
The cars were divided into over and under 1500 cc.
There were races for novice and experienced drivers.
The event was a success with over 5,000 spectators.
The 1951 race was heavily promoted by
SCCA throughout the U.S. The race track course
was enlarged to 6.5 miles from the 1950 track which
was 3.5 miles long. The event was now two days
long with a concours, rally and street dance on Saturday and races on Sunday.
The rally started from different locations
throughout the U.S.
Check points were set up and more points were
awarded for a greater distance from Elkhart Lake.
The overall winner was Morgan Sinclaire who drove
his Allard from Santa Monica California, a total driving distance of 2,241 miles at 41 miles per hour. Second place went to R.H. Riecken who drove his Ford
from Cambridge Massachusetts. He drove 1,195
miles at 39 mph. The third place went to Paul Dillion
from Babylon New York. He drove his MG-TD 994
miles at 35 mph. At this time there was not a network of interstate highways to make life easy. There
certainly was not an Allard or MG dealer in every
town. It was quite an adventure. The races brought
in 98 entrants for 1951. Like the rally cars most of
the race cars were driven to Elkhart Lake, raced, and
driven home. There were three scheduled races.
The first race was for novices. The race was won by
Roger Wing from Bethesda Maryland driving an
XK120 Jaguar. Maybe after driving that far to get to
the event he should not have been considered a novice. Second place went to Frank Bott driving Dave
Garroways Jaguar SS-100. The second race was to
be a ladies race. Bad weather was coming in so they
cancelled that race to make time for the main feature.
The feature race was 30 laps. The race was won by
John Fitch driving a Cunningham. This car was driven
from Florida to Elkhart Lake. Michael Graham driving
an Allard came in second. The “Silverstone” Jaguars
finished third and fourth. These were actually the
factory LTW2 and LTW3. These cars were built in
case the C-types were not ready for LeMans. They
actually came in first and second in their class. Phil
Hill beat out Jorge Malbrand, from Argentina, for the
top Jaguar. The 1951 event brought an estimated
50,000 spectators.
Cont. Page 7
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Jaguar News
(MAHWAH, N.J.) - January 28, 2015 - At the 30th edition of
Festival Automobile International in Paris, the Jaguar XE was
awarded 'Most Beautiful Car of 2014'. Jaguar Director of Design
Ian Callum collected the award in front of a crowd of 600 VIPs
and more than 60 media. The award is decided by a public vote,
with more than 100,000 votes cast across 59 countries. Beating
competition from the Mazda MX-5, Mercedes C-Class Estate
and Fiat 500X, the Jaguar XE took victory with 28% of the
votes.
From the morning of January 28, the Festival Automobile International continues in Paris with a four-day exhibition at the
Hotel des Invalides, where the Jaguar XE will be showcased
alongside 18 concept cars, including Jaguar Project 7. More than
40,000 visitors are expected to attend. This is the XE's second
French award since the Paris Motor Show in October 2014,
where it was crowned 'Best Production Car'
by Auto Plus magazine and the listeners of
By George Stephani
& Various News Media
French radio station, RTL.
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2015 Events Calendar
March
Private Car Collection Tour & Luncheon (rescheduled to Nov 8th)
March 2021
JCNA-Annual General Meeting in
Philadelphia, PA. Visit www.jcna.com
for information, click AGM
Aug TBA Oyster Bay Rally, Collector Car Show Case
And luncheon
Aug TBA Ward Melville Historical Society-New Motorcycle Display, Rally & Luncheon
Sept 3-7
Lime Rock Park Historical Festival, CT
April 3-12
New York International Car Show at
Jacob Javits Center, NYC
www.autoshowny.com/show
Sept 13
Vanderbilt Jaguar Concours d’ Elegance and
All Marque Concours Sanitaire (Jaguar &
MG car clubs) Rain date 20th
May 17
Spring Dust Off and Luncheon
Tour of the Workforce Development
Technology Center at Suffolk Community College.
Oct
Bridgehampton Poker Rally & Car Show
Oct
Antique Car & Fashion Show (Back in time
Before ‘59) Cutchogue Village Green
July TBA
Stony Brook Vintage Sports Car & Motorcycle Show.
Nov 8
Fall Foliage Rally & Herb Wetanson CollectionTour. Meet at Hauppauge Palace Diner
Aug TBA
Polo Games Match in Bethpage State
Park
1/17/16
Annual Post Holiday Luncheon/Dinner
As the date for an event approaches, further information, flyers, registration forms will be
posted on the Jag Club web site www.jdcli.com. Reminders will also be sent.
From time to time some of our members announce impromptu car related activities, car shows
or just going out for a cruise. These will be announced via e-mail and if time permits on the
club’s web “News and Updates Flasher”.
Members are encouraged to submit their ideas for club events; please forward them to:
George Stephani at geolee@optonline.net or mail them to: JDCLI 74 Orienta Ave, Lake Grove,
NY 11755
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Luxury & Classic Car Storage
1401 4th Avenue, New Hyde Park,
NY 11040
1-855-DLX-AUTO
www.deluxecarstorage.com
A proud Sponsor of the Jaguar Drivers Club of Long Island
John was removing a cylinder head from the motor of an
MGA when he spotted a well known heart surgeon in the
shop. While the surgeon was there, waiting to order some
parts, John shouted from the across the shop, “Hey Doc, can
I ask you a question?”
The surgeon a bit surprised, walked over to John. John
straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, “So Doc,
look at this engine. I opened it’s heart, take the valves out, fix
‘em, put ‘em back in and when I finished, it works just like
new. So how come I get such a small salary and you get the
really big bucks, when you and I are doing basically the same
work?” The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and
whispered to John…”Try doing it with the engine running”
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fuel efficiency, the engineers under-designed the AJV8's timing gear: in particular, the cam chain tensionJaguar’s 4.0-liter V8, known as the AJ-V8, was the first ers.
-ever eight-cylinder engine from that manufacturer.
These plastic components are part of the AJ-V8's
single-chain design, a weight-saving alternative to the
more robust double-chain approach Jaguar has used
on most of its six-cylinder engines. (The new 4.2L
version of the Jaguar AJ-V8 engine has double timing
chains.) As a result of their weak design and other
factors like engine overheating or poor maintenance,
the plastic cam chain tensioners on 1997 to 2000 V8
Jaguars began to experience stress fractures, and so
did some of the plastic guides. While the cars were
under warranty, many tensioners were replaced by
Jaguar service departments with improved components. In their Technical Service Bulletin No. X303-68
of February 2005, titled “Rattle From Engine on Startup and Idle,”
Jaguar states: This Technical Bulletin has been isDesigned in the mid-1990s by an all-Jaguar engineersued to address customer concerns of a rattle emaing team (including employees who worked on the
previous twin-cam six), it proved to be a superb com- nating from the engine on start-up and idle. Cause:
Failure of a primary or secondary timing chain tenbination of lightness, torque, power, and fuel effisioner. Should a customer express concern, and the
ciency, the equal of anything from BMW or Mercedes. In their zeal to reduce the weight of the valve fault has been confirmed as a timing chain tensioner,
train and related components as a way of improving
Cont, Page 9
Jaguar Tech Tips
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Our experienced sales staff is dedicated to satisfying our customers' needs. We encourage you to take the time to
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Cont. from Pg 3, History Repeats
The promoters built on the success of 1951 to make
the 1952 event even bigger. The event became three
days in legnth. It was now called the Elkhart Lake International Road Race and Monte Carlo Rally. The
competition of the rally and concours was held on
Friday. The overall winner of the rally was Dorothy
Dickinson driving an MG-TC from Long Beach California. She truly deserved that win. The second
place award for “Best Performance by a car under
1500cc’s” went to a team of ladies from Los Angeles
California, driving and MG-TD.
Saturday was the Sheldon Cup race. This feature race was for cars of 1950 cc to 4000 cc. It was people. The population of the Village of Elkhart Lake
Phil Hill who drove the Jaguar C-Type to a win. This was less than 1000. For that weekend in September
would be the C-types first win in North America. it was the center of the racing world. Due to safety
concerns open road racing was banned and a new era
of racing would begin, but not until 1955.
You may think that you missed your chance to
experience those glory years. You would be wrong!
The 2015 JCNA Challenge Championship will be
Held September 16th – 20th 2015 in Elkhart Lake with
many activities at the Road America race track. The
Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association is welcoming
the Challenge Championship to the 30th Anniversary
Phil Walter drove a Ferrari to second place. Third
place went to George Weaver driving another CType. The Saturday concours saw winners such as a
1909 Hup mobile, 1919 Loco mobile and a 1928 Mercedes Benz Phaeton.
Sunday’s first race was the Kimberly Cup.
This was for cars under 1950cc. This race saw over
20 MG’s enter. It was the Osca of Bill Spears that
took the checkered flag. Second and third places
were taken by Porsches. The big race for the day
was the Elkhart Lake Cup. This race was open to all
cars no matter the displacement. The race was 201.5
miles in length. Once again it was John Fitch in a Cunningham that won the race. This year it was an all
Cunningham podium. Out powered, the two Jaguar
C-Types finished fourth and fifth.
The 1952 event was a huge success.
The spectator count was estimated at over 100,000
of the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival, a nationally recognized vintage race festival that brings in almost 300
race teams. Test your skills at the slalom on Thursday
while racers are honing their own skills on the track.
You will be able to prep your car for the Friday concours and watch the races at the same time. The
concours will take place at one of the best viewing
spots at the track.
Cont. Page 8
You might be a Jaguar Car Fanatic if…
You’re first thought is not BEER! When someone mentions GROWLER.
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The rally will traverse the beautiful rolling hills of the Kettle Moraine. It will take place on
Saturday morning. There has never been a Challenge
Championship like this and there never will be again.
That should be enough to get you planning to
attend. This event will offer much more. There will
be lunch time touring on the track both Saturday and
Cont. from pg 7
down for a car show. As that show ends the Gather
on the Green concours begins on the back lawn of
the Osthoff Resort. This is an invitation only concours and you’re invited. At the end of the concours
is the VSCDA banquet. Sunday will be a full day of
racing. The Jaguar feature race will be right after
lunch. Before the main feature there will be a Jaguar
Sunday. Do you want a ride in a pace car for one of parade lap for all street cars and also any race cars
the races? How about a ride in a race car? Let us that are not racing. Two major events, one location,
know. The 24th annual Road Course Reenactment Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin!
will happen Saturday afternoon. This is a police esDick Maury, JCNA President
cort of the original road course. This is open to all
race cars and street cars. The reenactment will stop
on Lake Street in the village. Lake Street was part of
the original road course. The street will be shut
Visit Jaguar Clubs of North America
(JCNA) web site for their monthly news
letter at www.jcna.com
Click on news letter thumb nail on right
side of page.
Visit www.jcna.com for event application
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Cont. From Pg 7 Tech Tips
new primary or secondary timing chain tensioners
must be installed.
Engines subject to this problem include XJ8/XJR
engines with the last six digits of their VIN numbers
between 812256-F41862, and XK8/XKR engines with
the last six digits of their VIN numbers between
001001-A24195.
Note that late in the 1999 model year the factory began installing upgraded plastic tensioners. These second generation units are, to the best of our knowledge, more reliable than the originals.
In 2005, Jaguar introduced a third-generation metalbased tensioner kit. Most mechanics now use the
metal-based third generation tensioners exclusively
when replacing cracked first- and second-generation
Jaguar V8 tensioners. (Be sure to ask for metal ones)
What happens when a tensioner breaks
When a plastic tensioner shatters or wears to the
point the cam chain becomes loose, a rattling around
can be heard in the cam area at the front of the
engine. Usually this happens on start-up, when the
engine is cold.(Note that a rattling sound does not
necessarily mean broken tensioners. There can be
other causes that are not as drastic but nevertheless
indicate trouble.)
On some occasions there is no rattling sound to
serve as a warning. As the tensioners wear, the cam
chains can become loose and eventually jump one or
two teeth on the cam sprockets – usually on a cold
start. If the chain jumps one tooth, rough running will
be experienced. If it jumps more than one tooth, the
valves on one block will contact the pistons, resulting
in catastrophic engine failure requiring a full teardown and engine rebuild.
VERY IMPORTANT!
If upon start-up you notice a rattling sound from
your 1997-2000 Jaguar V8 engine, or unusually rough
running, turn off the engine immediately and DO
NOT restart it. Have the car towed to your Jaguar
specialist service facility or your mechanic for inspection.
Article courtesy of Continetal Imports, CA
(edited for space)
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Or call
1-800-345-5789
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For more information, visit the Gold Coast Cruisers website at:
WWW.GOLDCOASTCRUISERS.ORG
The Velocity Channel will be filming this car show with Dennis Gage for one of his
episodes. Come and meet Dennis between takes and watch how it’s filmed.
How’s your New Year’s Resolutions Coming Along?
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Have you saved the date, Sunday, Sept 13th for the Vanderbilt Concours d’ Elegance car show?
Have you relaxed with a good book about Jaguars? Some great
reads can be found in the JCNA Shoppe. www.jcna.com.
Have you prepped your Jaguar for a road trip, to somewhere you’ve
never been before? (when the snow melts of course).
Have you decided to get more involved in the Jag Club? Volunteer
to organize an event, help at the Concours, submit an article to the
newsletter, recruit new members.
Stop by the Jaguar dealer and take a test drive in a F-Type?
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JAGUAR AND LAND ROVER
ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP WITH
“SPECTRE”
THE 24TH JAMES BOND ADVENTURE
Monday 9 Feb 2015:
Jaguar Land Rover has announced its line-up
of vehicles set to feature in SPECTRE, the 24th
James Bond adventure, from Albert R. Broccoli’s
EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. These
will include; Jaguar C-X75s, Range Rover Sport
SVRs and Defender Big Foots which have been
provided by Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations.
The Jaguar C-X75 will feature in a spectacular
car chase sequence through Rome alongside the
Aston Martin DB10. The C-X75 vehicles have
been built in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering facility in Oxfordshire, England. Scenes including the heavily modified Land
Rover Defenders & Range Rover Sport SVR
have already been filmed in Austria. The Range
Rover Sport SVR is the fastest and the most
powerful Land Rover ever. The highly capable
Big Foots were constructed by the Special Op-
erations division with huge 37-inch diameter offroad tyres to tackle the extreme terrain. They
also feature bespoke suspension and enhanced
body protection.
Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations, John Edwards, said: "This is an
exciting partnership for Jaguar Land Rover and
an opportunity to demonstrate the fantastic capabilities of the Special Operations team.’’
About SPECTRE
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to
uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political
forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back
the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind
SPECTRE. Directed by Sam Mendes, the film is written by
John Logan and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and produced
by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
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Membership: January 31 through December 31, 2015
□ please check here if any of your information has changed from last year!
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Please visit www.jcna.com for further information for hotel, registration and agenda for
the Annual General Meeting.
More information will also be available in the
next Jaguar Journal
So save the date!
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