Volume 15 Number 1 January 2015 SMJC 2015 Officers President Peter Davis Jonesborough, TN [email protected] Vice-President Gary Cobble Knoxville, TN [email protected] Secretary Diane de Ropp/Barbara Rigby Knoxville, TN [email protected] Treasurer Jane Ogle Johnson City, TN [email protected] Membership Chairman Terry Mosley Farragut, TN [email protected] Concours Chairman and Chief Judge Gary Cobble Knoxville, TN [email protected] Event Coordinator Jim de Ropp [email protected] Newsletter Editor Cyrus Taft Harriman, TN [email protected] Board Members A.W. and Gail Amanns Vonore, TN [email protected] John Sapper Knoxville, TN [email protected] Newsletter Editor Cyrus Taft Don’t Forget to Renew Your Membership - Now From the President’s Desk Welcome to 2015 and a promising new year of activities being planned by the club officers. 2014 was successfully concluded with a great Christmas lunch at Rarity Bay Country Club, hosted by retiring President Gail Amanns. In appreciation of her extended Smoky Mountain Presidency term, she was presented with a gift certificate for a stay at the General Morgan Inn, Greeneville. We are going to run the membership challenge again this year, so anyone recruiting three new members during the year will have their dues paid for 2016. In addition, if any of their new members attends a club event during the year, I will award the recruiter a gift certificate for the first and any subsequent new member taking part. The bleak mid-winter is traditionally the time to fix broken bits on the cars, but if there’s a sunny day and no salt around, get them out on the road and surprise everyone. January’s UK magazine “Classic & Sports Car” features the Jaguar XJ series on the cover and in an article covering models from the S1 to the present day. We’ve got several good examples in the club, so let’s see them out and about. There will be a board and members meeting at Dandridge on Monday February 2 to plan the year’s events, so come along and give us your input. We will have a tech session at Harper’s Saturday March 7, followed by lunch at the Chop House across the road, so save some jobs for then. Members can also drop by to observe at the tech session or just join us for the lunch. We will have a head count nearer the date. The annual Dogwood drive and picnic, hosted by the de Ropp’s, will follow in the spring. In the meantime, send in your membership renewals, honor the timeless classics and get the oil changed. Peter Davis Next Event: SMJC Members and Board Meeting, Monday, February 2, 6:00pm, Angelo’s at the Point, Dandridge, TN. Upcoming Events January 6, 2015 English Auto Society meeting, Tuesday, 6:30pm at Le Noir restaurant in Lenoir City. Contact Barbara Rigby at [email protected] for more information. February 2, 2015 SMJC Members and Board Meeting, Monday, 6:00pm, Angelo’s at the Point restaurant, Dandridge, TN. February 5, 2015 English Auto Society meeting, Thursday, 6:30pm at the Chop House at 9700 Kingston Pike. February 7, 2015 Winter party for area British Car Clubs at the Greeneville Car Museum, Greeneville, TN. Plan to be at Museum at 11:00am. Lunch will be served, cost for admission and lunch $12-$15. RSVP to Jim Watson at [email protected]. March 7, 2015 SMJC Work on your own Jaguar Tech Session at Harper Jaguar, Knoxville. Lunch following at the Chop House across the street from Harper. June 13, 2015 Jaguar Association of Greater Indiana Annual Concours d’Elegance, Indianapolis, IN. Contact Debbie Holley at 317-714-7586 for more information. July 11, 2015 Jaguar Association of Central Ohio JACO Annual Concours d’Elegance, Dublin, OH. Contact Jim Baker at 614-846-7032 for more information. July 16-19, 2015 Carolina Jaguar Club Head for the Mountains Concours d’Elegance, Little Switzerland, NC. Contact Gregg Gaylard at [email protected] or 919-2701406 or for more information. August 1, 2015 Jaguar Club of Ohio 43rd Annual Concours d’Elegance, at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, OH. Contact Dominic Perri at [email protected] or at 330467-3953 for more information. August 8, 2015 Jaguar Club of Greater Cincinnati 13th Annual Concours d’Elegance, West Chester, OH. Contact Don Leedy at 513-777-9811 for more information. March 21, 2015 September 17-19, 2015 Jaguar Club of Florida Concours d’Elegance, Celebration FL. Contact Phil Mannino at 407-312-0218 JCNA Challenge Championship hosted by Wisconsin for more information. Jaguars Ltd. Includes slalom, rally and concours. More details to follow. March 28, 2015 2015 EAS April Fools Bash at Kingston City Park Pa- September 18-19, 2015 vilion. Contact John and Barbara Rigby if you would SMJC 13th Annual Concours d’Elegance, General like to help with this event. Morgan Inn, Greeneville, TN. For more information contact Concours Chairman Gary Cobble at April 12, 2015 Cars and Coffee presented by Harper Auto Square at [email protected]. October 11, 2015 West Town Mall, Sunday, 8-11am. North Georgia Jaguar Club Annual Concours d’EleApril TBD, 2015 SMJC Annual Dogwood Drive hosted by Jim and Di- gance, Chattahoochee Country Club, Gainesville, GA. Contact John Hoffman at [email protected] or at ane de Ropp. Stay tuned for date and time. 770-992-2856 April 24-26, 2015 Classic Motorsports Mitty Presented by Hagerty, BMW is the featured marque for this year’s event at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA. www.roadatlanta.com/the-mitty. 2 Annual Luncheon and Meeting by Cyrus Taft with photos by Gerry Mitchell and Cyrus Taft Despite rather miserable weather on Saturday morning, we had a good turnout for the Annual Luncheon and Meeting at Rarity Bay Country Club. By the time we left our home in Roane County, the worst of the weather had moved to the east but those coming from the Tri-cities area were not so fortunate. According to Peter Davis the visibility on I-81 and I-40 was very bad for almost his entire trip. Fortunately the weather inside the country club was very nice and our hosts, Gail and AW Amanns had taken care of all the arrangements for the luncheon and meeting. The social hour provided time for everyone to catch up with other members and also time to view the two Jaguars on display at front of the club. One was a brand new silver F-type R coupe owned by Bob and Lori Stryer. The other was a 1992 XJ12L VDP owned by Neil Hattingh. This car is a Series 3 body style and was not available in the US. This car was originally sold in Canada and later brought to the US. Kudos to both car owners for bringing these beautiful cars out in less than ideal weather. New club officers for 2015, from left, Gary, Peter, Diane, and Jane. Gary presents Gail with the Robert L. Reid Memorial Trophy. Lunch was soon served with very generous portions which meant the leftovers could be enjoyed a second time. The business meeting followed lunch and included the election of our new officers for 2015. Peter Davis is President, Gary Cobble is Vice President, Diane de Ropp and Barbara Rigby are sharing the Secretary duties and Jane Ogle is Treasurer. Gail Amanns was presented with the Robert L. Reid Memorial Trophy for her leadership of and dedication to our club. Other business from the meeting can be found in Gerry Mitchell’s minutes on page 6. Styer’s 2015 F-Type R Coupe and Hattingh’s 1992 XJ12L VDP. 3 More Photos from the Annual Luncheon and Meeting Gail presents Peter with the club gavel. A sampling of other clubs concours prizes. 4 Rev It Down Revisited by Fred Secker, Jaguar Club of Southern Arizona Editor’s note: I received the short article below in response to Peter Davis’ article in the December Mountain Jaguar about installing a new 5-speed transmission in his E-type FHC. I thought it might be of interest to our members. Peter has also provided some additional comments. A few connected jottings: Fred’s approach of changing the gearing with a replacement rear end is certainly cost effective, if you can get a reliable unit and don’t have to change the crown wheel and pinion yourself. Dropping out the back sub-frame to fit it is also a good opportunity to replace the rubber mounts and bushings, suspension bearings and try to get the handbrake working again. Second gear synchro was shot on my original transmission and the engine needed a rebuild, including reconditioned heads by Dick Maury, so I thought I would get everything done at the same time. Unfortunately there’s no room for an overdrive in an XKE to get six or seven speeds like I have on the Healey and TR. The T5 conversion kit was $4500, so my quick shifting, modern synchro, “snicky” transmission cost me $900 per gear. The 0.73:1 reduction in 5th gives about the same gearing as a 2.88:1 back end but I still have the four intermediate gears with direct 4th, so acceleration and response are optimized. The XKE has a broad flat torque band, especially if you free up the exhaust flow, so the response is not going to be that different anyway. I have considered changing the rear end gearing on my Morgan +4 but nobody makes the gear sets unfortunately. Again, there’s no room for an overdrive and I don’t really want to lose the character of the centrally placed Moss transmission, so an oriental five speed is out. It seems that project will stay on the shelf for a while. The article in your December issue about XKE gear ratios would have struck a chord with all your XKE owners because just as Peter Davis says the gear ratios do not suit the way most owners drive their cars. Replacing the existing gear box with a 5 speed unit is a terrific upgrade as I know from experience having a Tremec in my XK150 however your members might like to know of an alternative method of achieving the same result in their XKEs in a cheaper and easier way. The answer is to install a different rear end. I obtained a replacement unit for my own 1969 XKE from Dick Maury at Coventry West. The new unit has a 2.88 ratio and was originally from an XJS HE and has transformed the car. I now achieve effortless, quiet cruising at 27mph per 1000rpm with the attendant improvement in MPG. If there are doubts about the XKE having sufficient torque to drive this rear end I can only say that over the last 6 years I have found no problems and have thoroughly enjoyed the new set up. Using this method of achieving the desired ratios is considerably cheaper than purchasing a 5 speed gear box not to mention the cost of removing and replacing the engine. Peter Davis does not mention how many thousands of dollars his modification cost but it would be a bit more than the $940 cost of the replacement unit in 2008. This is the total cost of my upgrade as I did the work myself at home with the aid of a friend. It is heavy work but you just follow the instructions in the manual. And by the way the replacement unit bolted straight up with no need for adaptors or brackets. Fred Secker President & Editor Jaguar Club of Southern Arizona Peter Davis 5 Annual Meeting Minutes by Gerry Mitchell, Secretary Rarity Bay Country Club, Vonore, Tennessee December 6, 2014 Present: Gail Amanns, President, and AW Tom Ballentine, Treasurer, and Susan Jane Ogle, Vice President & Membership Chairman Gerry Mitchell, Secretary Gary Cobble, Concours Chairman & Chief Judge and Kim Joyce Ford Cyrus Taft, Editor, The Mountain Jaguar and Julia Diane & Jim de Ropp, Board Members Jimmy George Pat & Peter Davis Gerda & John Sapper Bob Stoll Jack Harbourne Terry Mosley Richard Lockhart Lori & Bob Stryer Neil Hattingh Natalie Bailey Prior to the annual meeting the members enjoyed a won- derful hour of visiting and fellowship followed by a delicious lunch. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by President Amanns who welcomed those in attendance. Treasurer’s Report Treasurer Tom Ballentine presented his treasurer’s report: Balance as of 9/19/14: $6943.68 Deposits: 3OCT14: Concours Banquet & Registrations $200.00 5NOV14: Concours Registrations; $370.00 Total Deposits: $570.00 Debits: 3OCT14: Gary Cobble, Concours Expenses $679.31 3OCT14: Jane Ogle, Concours Expenses $221.44 24OCT14 JCNA—Hattingh $15.00 28OCT14 General Morgan—2015 Concours Res. $500.00 28OCT14 Refund of Concours fees—Sapper $110.00 5DEC14 Jane Ogle—President’s gift $221.82 Total Debits $1747.57 Balance as of 12/5/14 $5766.11 6 Annual Meeting Minutes, continued Concours Report Concours Chairman Gary Cobble discussed the recent concours and the association of the American Cancer Society. Gary said that SMJC has over $1300 from ACS’s participation. He further disclosed that SMJC had $966.11 gain from the event. It was decided that ACS’s funds and the amount of profit from the Concours should be turned over to the ACS. Peter Davis suggested that the amount be rounded off to $3000. This suggestion was approved. Gary says we already have JCNA-sanctioned approval for our next-year’s Concours at the General Morgan Inn in Greeneville on the 18th & 19th of September. Jane is arranging for the usual Friday-night reception at the nearby car museum. Gary will schedule Judges’ Training for sometime in August. Harper’s Tech Session Gary asked for a show of hands of those who would like a Tech Session at Harper’s early in March. There were several and Peter says he already has a job for the Tech Session. Peter suggested presenting a gift certificate to a restaurant to each technician present at the Tech Sessions. This idea was approved by those present. Harper New Dealership and Book Donation Gary announced that Harper’s is building a new dealership on Parkside Drive and they have many boxes filled with old owners’ and workshop manuals and wiring diagrams that they’re willing to donate to the club. These books will be added to our club library. 2015 JCNA Annual General Meeting Gary announced that the 2015 AGM will be held in Philadelphia. There has been increasing concern that so many perfect-100 scores are appearing at the JCNA Concours around the country. This is prompting consideration of some rule changes at next year’s AGM. Bob Reid Memorial Trophy The Robert L. Reid Memorial Trophy is presented annually to a club member who has performed outstanding service to the club. Gary presented the trophy to this year’s recipient, President Gail Amanns. Gail has performed outstanding service to the club in taking over the presidency when the office was tragically and unexpectedly vacated by the passing of then President, Jeff Erickson. Gail expressed sincere regrets about Jeff’s tragic passing and she thanked Jack Harbourne for making this beautiful 7 Annual Meeting Minutes, continued trophy, other club trophies and also for making the Jeff Erickson Memorial Box which houses the club gavel. Jack Harbourne’s New Jaguar Jack Harbourne related the story of how the 1963 E-Type OTS he has owned for many years was sold and replaced with a BRG 2007 XK8 Convertible with tan top. Election of Officers for 2015 The club nominating committee presented a slate of officers for next year for the members’ consideration: President Peter Davis Vice President: Gary Cobble Treasurer: Jane Ogle Secretaries: Diane de Ropp and Barbara Rigby This slate of officers was unanimously elected. Membership Chairman’s Report Membership Chairman Jane Ogle announced that we now have 69 members but that only 19 of these have renewed for next year, two of those renewals having been received at this meeting. So, we still need 50 more renewals from current members. Future Events Jim de Ropp led a discussion of potential future events for the members’ consideration. Mentioned were the Concours, Tech Sessions, Dogwood Drive, participation in other clubs’ events, Townsend, Rugby, etc. He will prepare and calendar for the year to put in the newsletter. Cars on Display Jim also stressed the fact that Neil Hattingh’s 1992 XJ12 and Lori & Bob Stryer’s new F-Type Coupe were being exhibited at today’s meeting just outside the front door. The members very much enjoyed viewing these two outstanding Jaguars and many photographs were made of them. The members were fascinated by the rear wing on the FType, which rises automatically at 70 MPH. President’s Plans New President Peter Davis discussed the plan for future club meetings. Those present said they like the location at Angelo’s at the Point in Dandridge. It was agreed that meetings would still be held every other month as they have been in the past. It was also agreed that having the meetings close by after Tech Sessions is a good idea. The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m. 8 Member News By the time you read this, a new year will have dawned and you will have made all those wonderfully optimistic resolutions that you may or may not keep. If one of those resolutions is to renew your club membership, please send your check and renewal form to our new Membership Chair Terry Mosley, 12742 Shady Ridge Lane, Farragut, TN 37934. As of December 31, only 59% of our membership base renewed. Please send yours in today. The club welcomes back to our membership Bob & Lori Stryer. Their contact information is: Bob & Lori Stryer 2345 Cherokee Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37919 (865) 755-3979 (H) (865) 755-3977 (M) [email protected] 2015 Silver F-Type R Coupe We also welcome new members Merle Eels & Sylvia Pratt. Their contact information is: Merle Eels & Sylvia Pratt 12217 South Fox Den Drive Knoxville, TN 37934 (360) 941-7104 (H) (865) 288-3336 (W) [email protected] 1990 Signal Red XJS Convertible Gary Cobble, Richard Lockhart, Gail and AW Amanns, Cyrus Taft and son-in-law Will Spearman went to Harper Jaguar last Monday and loaded 23 boxes of Jaguar service manuals and other technical documents into Cyrus’ truck for inclusion in the club’s library. When Cyrus gets these books sorted and catalogued he will put a listing in the newsletter. Many thanks to Harper for this generous donation. Jane Ogle Membership Chair 9 SMJC Name Badges To order a magnetic name badge, send a check for the number desired and exactly how you wish the names printed to Ben Bailey, 2734 E. Oakland Ave., #55, Johnson City, TN 37601. Classified Ads 1977 Regency Red XJS Coupe, one owner, 28K miles, 5.3 liter V-12, excellent original condition, meticulously maintained, very minor body damage to roof, GM400 transmission, runs and drives like new, includes high quality car cover. Contact Gerry Mitchell at [email protected]. $12,500. tired and can no longer give her the care she deserves. No. 1112 of only 1688 built. Excellent condition. 94,000 miles on the odometer. Perfect mechanically. Needs only minor coachwork (mostly interior) to be considered fully restored. New petrol tanks (original tanks included). Original interior woodwork intact. Leather seats (restored) perfect. Same owner since 1981. Garaged since 1982. Serious inquiries only: (865) 693-3757. Lee Whittenberg. $45000. 1972 Norton Commando, complete with two helmets, spare parts, Whitworth tool set, and 30 years of great stories. Contact Wayne Manges, 865-2160264. $5,000. XJ-40 Parts Club Member Les Piniak is cleaning out his barn and has many XJ-40 parts for sale. If you need something call Les at (865) 318-7761. 1957 Jaguar Mark VIII, Looking to find a good home for this 1957 Jaguar Mark VIII (LHD). Owner has re10 SMJC Membership Application/Renewal Name(s) including spouse or other: Address: City, State, Zip Code: Telephone: Home ______________________ Business E-mail Address: Jaguar(s) Owned: Use an extra sheet if necessary Year Model Body Style Color Miscellaneous Membership Dues Structure: $45/year if you provide an e-mail address for receiving the monthly newsletter “The Mountain Jaguar” and updates electronically via e-mail or $75/year if you need to have them sent by US mail. I hereby make application to become a member or renew my membership in the Smoky Mountain Jaguar Club (SMJC), a non-profit corporation. I agree to abide by the by-laws of the corporation upon my acceptance as a member. I enclose my check for $45 or $75 for a year’s dues ($23 and $38 after July 1 for half-year membership) made payable to the Smoky Mountain Jaguar Club. I will receive The Mountain Jaguar newsletter monthly and six issues a year of the Jaguar Journal from the Jaguar Clubs of North America (JCNA). Note Paypal option is available by contacting Tom Ballentine, Treasurer, [email protected]. Signature:_________________________________________________ Complete this application and mail with your check to: Jane G. Ogle SMJC Membership Chair 1212 Greenfield Drive Johnson City, TN 37604 11 Commercial Advertising Rates In The Mountain Jaguar, we offer free classified ads to SMJC members selling Jaguar cars or parts. The ads run for three issues unless cancelled. Classified ads for non-members are $5 for two issues. Classified ads (for Jaguars only) can also be posted nationally at www.jcna.com under Classifieds. Below are commercial ad rates for businesses. 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