Thursday couldn’t come around soon enough for this was the day my ‘out of office’ reply came on and stayed on for the following four days. This was the day that Steve, Brad and your scribe would head for the Midlands to enjoy the 2017 Classic Motor Show at the […]
Yearly archives: 2017
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On Sunday 20th August, JEC Essex Thameside Region joined the JDC Area 33 and other car clubs for a show at Hyde Hall. Over 200 cars attended from Mercedes, Morgan, TR, Jaguar, Singer, Austin 7 & Porsche car clubs. The weather was great for the whole day which brought out the […]
Members gathered at Birchanger Services at junction 8 off the M11 at 8am on Sunday 13th August before driving up to the common at Saffron Walden. The weather was really better than expected for a change. The sun shone all day. While awaiting arrival of club members at Birchanger Services, […]
This years event was one of the best. More than 100,000 spectators enjoyed the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival. On the whole, the weather wasn’t that bad as can be seen in the picture of Jackie Warren without her duvet coat, jumper or any other garment to keep her […]
Background During early 2016 the garage that had been servicing my car for over 15 years informed me that as it was starting to go wrong and they were no longer prepared to look after it. I then started to get concerned as to whether or not the car would […]
SUNDAY 2nd JULY What a day it was! The sun shone all day which brought out the masses. This show had to be the biggest turn out ever. Those members who attended as soon as the park was open at 8am, benefited from missing the later traffic congestion that occurred […]
This year’s club European trip was to Laon in Northern France for the annual Circuit Historique de Laon, organised by Scenic Car Tours. The trip started for me and Neil & Elaine Wylie on Thursday 1st June as we had decided to travel the day before the official start on […]
Now in its 36th year, the Bromley Pageant of Motoring is probably the UK’s largest one-day car show. It has become an institution and boasts around 3000 vehicles, trade stands, auto jumble, club and one-make stands, car sales, special guests and…Bouncy Castles. It is one event that I have been […]
The 20th anniversary celebrations of the XK8, well recorded last year in many magazines’ pages, somewhat overshadowed that of another, if less glamourous, of Jaguar’s products. It was, of course, the 50th year since the introduction of the Jaguar 420, marked by Paul Skilleter in the March 2016 issue of […]
The annual ‘Jaguar World’ London to Brighton Run was changed this year to a new destination: Eastbourne. Due to various reasons including, so I hear, the increase in fees of 300% by Brighton Council for the privilege of using Madeira Drive in Brighton. The organisers arranged with Eastbourne Council to use […]
The Royal Windsor Jaguar Festival run by the national Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club was the highlight of the year, or decade? There was an excellent turn out of Jaguars and Daimlers with a beautiful backdrop of the castle. There was also a good turn out of our club members, some of […]
The British Motor Museum, nee Heritage Motor Centre, sits on the Banbury Road, Gaydon in the heart of Warwickshire’s rolling farmlands. And whilst Gaydon, both the parish and the village, can be described as, well, small, it does boast a pretty impressive neighbour, the former RAF V bomber base RAF […]