As classic car enthusiasts, we all admire the styles and curves of older vehicles and maybe we have a wish list or a dream. And now, for me, it has happened. My dream fifteen years ago, after selling my RR Shadow 1, was to get a classic car with running […]
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Here we are in 2020. The season for shows and events won’t really start until spring so, on Saturday 4th January, as it was a nice, bright and dry day I decided to attend the monthly breakfast meet at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon. Organised by Peter Simpson of […]
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 […]
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!!), […]
Doesn’t time fly? One minute we were catching an abundance of rays under the surprisingly hot summer’s heatwave at venues ranging from aircraft museums to RHS gardens whilst watching the sun dancing from our chromed gleaming treasures, and the next, we are heading to our annual bash on a much […]
Now recognised as the world’s biggest gathering of (around 300) classic motoring clubs, this year’s event witnessed over 71,000 visitors during the weekend 9 – 11 November 2018. One of the highlights of the show was the Meguiar’s Club Showcase, with 16 exceptional classics at the judges’ mercy with Lyndon […]
No, not the 90s Scottish band, but the state of the weather at The Warren Classic and Supercar Show on 23 September 2018. The omens were not good the day before, as we set out the pitch and erected the event shelter under a grey sky cloaked in ominous, brooding, […]
April this year marked the centenary of the Royal Air Force and, commemorating the 100th anniversary, the RAF Museum in Hendon has been transformed with the addition of three new galleries and redeveloped grounds. 27 members of our club celebrated by visiting on a beautifully sunny October day; perfect flying […]
The Jaguar Drivers Club (Area 33) held their annual get together at Hyde Hall on Sunday 19th August. Other local clubs in attendance were Aston Martin, Bentley, Morgan, Austin 7, Essex TR Register, Triumph Eastern, Porsche, Singer, South Essex MG, JEC Essex & Suffolk Borders and of course, JEC Essex […]
If you couldn’t make it to our museum trip on 5th August, you missed one of the most interesting events so far this year. I’m talking of the De Havilland Aircraft Museum, a gem hidden near London Colney, just off the St Albans junction of the M25 where six cars […]
On Sunday 29 July, eleven cars from our club went to the Ingatestone Hall Classic Car Show , eleven years after we last attended as a club in July 2007. Ingatestone Hall is a Grade 1 listed 16th century manor house, originally built by Sir William Petrie and still occupied […]