If you take Interstate 15, heading south from Las Vegas, then go onto the scenic route via Kelso in the Mojave National Reserve desert, you will pass through Amboy (of which more later) and Cleghorn Lakes / Sheephole Valley Wilderness, then onto the Yucca Valley on Route 62, passing through […]
Yearly archives: 2019
Our Jaguar Mk2 NJW 121E was first registered on 31 March 1967 and purchased by Geoff on 16 May 1995. How come Geoff bought a Mk2? He says that he saw one nearby and decided to try to buy one. A friend knew of JD Classics, then at Rettendon, and they sourced […]
We are in the middle of winter and it seems strange, thinking back, that our own ‘drive it day’ on 25 August was one of the hottest days of the year. Early in the year, the committee had been looking at various options for the official Drive It Day, in […]
Just before boarding one of Ryanair’s finest Boeings, I received a text from our very own Warren – Doug, actually – requesting an article on the Warren Classic and Supercar Show that we attended in late September. Well, October sees my time taken with completing HM’s tax return, leaving little […]
A last look at the Louwman Museum Welcome to our final review of the Louwman Museum in The Hague. Along the way, we will take in some fine examples of luxury, racing, lavish and downright odd designs from our motoring heritage. So, fasten your seat belts and enjoy the ride. […]
Lunch over and, before we revel in the delights of the luxury, sporting and downright ostentatious exhibits, let’s take a look at some of the collection’s more off-the-wall offerings. First in the queue is the 1932 Blue Streak Coupe and Curtiss Aerocar Land Yacht. American banker, Hugh McDonald, used this […]
Richard has already written about our trip to the Netherlands this spring (see: ‘Going Dutch‘). The trip was not only fun, but educational. For example, why do I often refer to Holland as The Netherlands? Well, it turns out that The Netherlands comprise twelve provinces and North and South Holland are […]
Our club was invited to display cars at a new show in Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock. The show was being held by Edwards Show Vehicles to raise funds for the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance. They raised £1,000 for this good cause. On arrival we noticed the show was next to a car […]
On Sunday 5 May, seven members’ cars met up at McDonalds near Colchester off the A12. We had breakfast and coffee prior to a leisurely drive in the morning sunshine to Rickinghall Classic Car Show near Diss, held on the village playing fields next to the village hall. Our neighbouring […]
On Sunday 28 April, our region took part in Drive-It-Day. The day started with twenty five cars meeting up at North Weald Airfield. We had a good cooked breakfast at the The Wings Cafe, which set us up for the day. After a leisurely drive along the A414 we arrived at The Forties Experience Museum in Bushey. During […]
The beautiful Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire was graced by the spectacle of hundreds of classic and modern Jaguars on Sunday 12th May for the 2019 Summer Jaguar Festival. Hosted by the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club and set in the stunning surroundings of Blenheim Palace courtyard, visitors were presented with the largest […]
A dry but chilly Sunday evening at the beginning of April found fourteen members from Essex Thameside and two friends from Suffolk – nine cars – queuing in Harwich to board the overnight ferry to the Hook of Holland. For those of us who might remember the Stena line’s ‘cattle […]
As some members may be aware, I added to my collection of one Jaguar XK8 with a XJ8 3.2L V8, both coloured Seafrost. My latest addition, the XJ8, needed a number of items to be carried out which I have done, on the whole, by myself. The car is now […]
Following my earlier spread in the July Newsletter on classics spotted during my travels in Seattle, I was inundated with a request for more. So, for this piece I decided to take a look to see what could be found on Vashon – an island nestling in Puget Sound just […]
I’ve owned various cars since passing my driving test in 1971. They included my first car, a Triumph Herald, then various Rovers, a variety of Fords, a couple of Vauxhalls, a variety of Volkswagen Golfs, A Honda Prelude (Jackie’s car), a fantastic Triumph 2.5PI (when the injectors worked properly!!), […]