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IN THIS ISSUE: New Members Breakfast at Hunter Valley Gardens JDCHR Presentation Dinner Christmas Picnic at Valentine

The HUB January 2017

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The HUB January 2017 3

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(The Clubs’ first meeting was held on the 31st of May 1983)

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CONTENTS Club Committee and meetings 4

President’s Report 5

Secretary’s Report 6-9

Happy Birthday 9

Social Secretary’s Report 10-11

From the Editor 12

New Members Breakfast 13-15

Presentation Dinner 16-23

Maguigan’s Tour & Draytons 24-27

Positions Vacant 28 Club Calendar 30-31 Hands On 32

Peters Corner 34-35

Tales from the motoring diary 36-40

Flyer— January Mid Week Run 49

Flyer— Australia Day 50

Flyer— February Mid Week Run 51

Club Points Score 52

Classifieds 55

Club Regalia 56-57

Let’s Have a Laugh 58

ADVERTISERS

Concours Restorations 2 PPC-Leatherique 26

Triggs Motors 27 Noel Clark Services 27

Greenslip CTP 28

English Auto Parts 29

Jax Tyres 32

Trade & General Towing 39

Shannons 52

Thomas Jaguar 59

SNG Barratt 60


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The Clubs’ first meeting was held on the 31st of May 1983 MONTHLY CLUB MEETINGS

Last Wednesday of each month - 7:30pm (no meeting in December), WALLSEND DIGGERS CLUB , 10 Tyrell St Wallsend . Except two Upper Hunter meetings - 7:30pm SINGLETON, on the last Friday in March and the last Friday in October

NEXT MEETING : Wednesday 25th January 2017 at 7.30pm

Account Name: Jaguar Drivers Club Hunter Region Inc.

Account Number: 268977

BSB Number: 032-515 (Westpac)

Please add a tag so we know who has paid the amount and what it’s for.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President Phil McLeod 0405 339 376 [email protected]

Vice President Ian Hissey J.P. 0425 248 275 [email protected]

Secretary Ken Moore 0419 289 725 [email protected]

Treasurer Margaret Perry 4988 6149 [email protected]

Social Secretary Bill Whitby 4964 4071 [email protected]

Editor Barry Melville 0400 488 129 [email protected]

Points Secretary Leyland Rix 0409 045 521

OFFICE BEARERS Events Coordinator Vacant Vacant [email protected]

Plates Registrar Peter Dwyer 4958 4596 [email protected]

Regalia Robynne Lilly 4966 5909 [email protected]

Library Alistair McIlroy 0459 033 710 [email protected]

ACJC Delegate Ian Hissey 0425 248 275 [email protected]

Webmaster Andrew Haigh 4959 8840 [email protected]

CMC Delegate Steve Crawford 0408 113 071 [email protected]

Tools Custodian Steve Lilly 0249 665 909

Display Day Grand Marshall

Don Anderson 6573 2084 [email protected]


Phil McLeod

W elcome to 2017 from me and Julianne. I hope everyone had a

great Christmas season and saw in the New Year in style and in

safety. I look forward to another interesting and successful

JDCHR year, hopefully with something for everyone. The Club's

Presentation Dinner in November was a resounding success, with over 70

people in attendance. Wallsend Diggers excelled for us, with terrific service

from the friendly staff, and a meal that left most people happy and satisfied. I

had the pleasure of presenting former President Ian Hissey with a special

award for his unique service to JDCHR over many years. There are details of other awards and

prizes from the night elsewhere in the HUB, but one other deserves special mention - the Mary

Cox Memorial trophy, won by Peter Dwyer, considered by the judging panel to have made the

greatest contribution to the Club in 2015/16. Congratulations to Ian and Peter, but also to all award

and trophy winners. There has been a call from a few people, for a change in the style of music

provided at this function and similar dinners - certainly a variety over the years would be good. If

you have any suggestions in this regard, please get in touch with me.

Our Club Christmas picnic early in December was a top day, with 52 people, including some

twelve children, sharing the Christmas spirit on the shores of Lake Macquarie at Valentine. It was

such a great feeling to see so many children there, making the visit by Santa Absalom so worth-

while. Thanks from everybody, Doug. And well done to all the members who brought along grand-

children - they were a terrific bunch of great little kids.The Committee will be working hard from the

beginning of this year, to ensure an enjoyable year ahead. We are endeavouring to put together

an events program that includes a mixture of things we know from the past, plus new ideas and

activities to provide variety. Again, if you have any ideas to contribute, please get in touch.

One aspect of our events that is causing a headache, is the tendency for some members to in-

clude their names on attendance lists and then not attend the particular event. This is not a prob-

lem for self catered activities, picnics etc, but becomes an embarrassing (and potentially costly)

disappointment where tables are booked at a venue, or when catering is arranged by the Club.

With our busy lives things can always crop up to disrupt our plans—that can’t be helped. But

please remember to update your intentions with Bill Whitby if they change as an event approach-

es. Your courtesy will be appreciated. At the November 2016 meeting, we introduced a slightly

different Treasurer's report in an attempt to make it more meaningful to members. It included the

traditional Balance Sheet, plus a detailed list of expenditures for the month. These are the two

main things most members are interested in, and are part of my effort to ensure transparency in

the Committee's activities, particularly where money is concerned. Of course, any member who

wants more detailed information, can seek this from Treasurer Margaret Perry.

Wishing you all a great year - see you on the road in your Jaguar.

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SECRETARY’S REPORT GENERAL MEETING HELD AT WALLSEND DIGGERS WEDNESDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2016 CHAIRMAN : PHIL MCLEOD MEETING OPENED : 7.30pm. WELCOME : Phil Mcleod welcomed all to the meeting , being the first he has chaired as President. He took the opportunity to present a 10 year membership award to John Heagney , and the Mary Cox Award trophy to Peter Dwyer. In thanking the Club for the award , Peter spoke fondly of his memories of Mary , and of his 27 year association with both her and Grae-me. PRESENT : 29 members. APOLOGIES : Ilse Bowen , Alistair McIlroy , Steve Crawford , Kelly McInnes , Steve Hob-bins , Don Anderson , Pete Prewett. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING : Phil moved that the October general meeting minutes printed in the November Hub be accepted as read. SECONDED : Graeme Cox and carried. BUSINESS ARISING : Nil. CORRESPONDENCE IN Westpac October statements for cheque account $ 6162.15 and cash reserve account $ 10,559.05. Club magazines from Sydney , Victoria , ACT and MG Club. Invoice from LMC for Hub printing. Email from John Moremon advising that a sentence of Clause 3.1 of the Constitution had gone missing in the reprint of the document following the recent amendments. Letter from John Moremon dated 1 October 2016 directed to the Committee , apologising for his emotional talk at the September meeting , explaining his reasons , and resigning as Events Coordinator. Email from Greg Jones expressing his dissatisfaction that an advertisement for the sale of his X300 had not been published in the Hub , whilst non members cars were being given coverage. Email from a non member offering a V12 fuel injected ‘76 model engine located in Mayfield free to any member. Email from Brian Dixon suggesting a notice be put out to all club plate holders advising that they use only inspection services that are able to provide a hard copy of the ”pink slip”. Email from JDCA President advising of the unexpected death of Ian Cummins. Email from Ken White , National rally Director , advising that the $15 fee for participation in the Shannons Display Day Concours has been waived , and admission will now be free of charge , although formal registration is still mandatory. Further email from Ken White of 29th November re National Rally assistance required of JDCHR.


Email from Philip Prior in SA requesting that an attached flyer, publicising the Jaguar XJC Tour which will be preceeding the National Rally , be published in the Hub. Email from Martin Dickinson proposing subjects for a future Technical Day , as was recently requested of members. Invitation to Gnoo Blas Classic 2017. Email from John Moremon to the President received 29th November requesting certain apolo-gies , retractions and withdrawals in relation to material published in The Hub or alleged to have been said. Full details of any of the correspondence items in the above overview are available from the Hon. Secretary upon request. CORRESPONDENCE OUT Letter thanking Wallsend Diggers Club for their outstanding service and excellent food at the recent presentation dinner , and reiterating how much our Club values the mutually beneficial arrangement. Emails from the president addressing the abovementioned emails from John Moremon , Greg Jones and Brian Dixon. Email response from the President to Ken White re National Rally. Letter of congratulation to Karen Herald in Qld , accompanying her 10 year membership badge. Phil then moved that the correspondence be accepted. SECONDED : Leyland Rix and carried. BUSINESS ARISING Further to the abovementioned correspondence from John Moremon , The President gave an overview of events and then put the following motion to the General Meeting: That John Moremon be advised that: “ The matters raised in your letter dated 1st October 2016 and your email to the President dated 29th November 2016 were considered at the Club’s meeting on 30th November 2016 and it was resolved that you be advised : 1 Unless marked ‘Confidential ‘ or ‘ Private’ , all correspondence addressed to Committee members or Office Bearers is considered to be correspondence to the Club. 2 The Club does not consider that you have been ‘named and shamed’. 3 Your email dated 3rd August was responded to by the Vice President by email on 8th August 2016. 4 The Club considers that the Minutes published in the September Hub ( page 6 ) , under the heading ‘Extraordinary Correspondence’ , are an accurate and reasonable summation of the discussions in which you participated.


5 The Club does not consider that any apology , extraction (sic) , or withdrawal as requested in points 1 , 2 and 4 of your email of 29th November is warranted or appropriate. In addition , the President denies using the term ‘shit stirrer’ during his private meeting with you on 14th November 2016 , but acknowledges referring to those involved in a private meeting convened by you , aimed in part at installing a President other than Ian Hissey , as ‘stirrers’. Your resignation from the position of Events Coordinator is accepted.” SECONDED : Steve Lilly. Speakers were invited for and against. There were no speakers. The motion was put to the vote and carried by a show of hands , there being 23 for , and 2 against. The motion was carried. TREASURER : Margaret advised that the Committee had earlier agreed to a new financial report format , mainly detailing Expenditure for the month. Due to the sporadic nature of the Club’s income , a monthly Income/Expenditure statement is fairly meaningless. Steve Lilly asked that this be read to each meeting by Margaret , and the Committee will consider publish-ing it in the Hub. Margaret then moved that her report be accepted. SECONDED : Nicole Haigh and carried. SOCIAL SECRETARY : Bill Whitby presented his report and took the opportunity to implore members who register to attend events which require arrangements to be made with third par-ties ( such as the recent wine and cheese tasting outing to McGuigans ) , to either honour their commitment to attend , or let him know otherwise. The Club has been embarrassed several times recently when far fewer members than catered for have attended such outings , causing unnecessary expense and inconvenience to the third parties involved. Bill also called for sug-gestions from members for a new venue for next year’s New Members Breakfast, due to the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing last time. CLUB PLATES REGISTRAR : Peter Dwyer advised that the new log book scheme for modi-fied vehicles , strangely enough to be referred to as “Classic Vehicles” , will commence on 19 th January 2017. He also discussed the issue of hard copy “ pink slip “ availability , and asked members to let him know if they are aware of any mechanics able to provide such documenta-tion. EVENTS COORDINATOR : The President confirmed that this position is vacant and called for expressions of interest in the position. REGALIA : It was announced that the price for the Club windscreen banner had been re-duced to $20 , due to a cheaper source of supply. There being no further reports from Office Bearers , the meeting moved on to : GENERAL BUSINESS Phil McLeod informed members of the email recently received from Ken White re the National Rally , and called for volunteers to assist with various activities. Stephen Bloomfield expressed concern that we may be being asked to do more than we are capable of.


Ken Moore

Ray Bond suggested that a special meeting be scheduled in order to define roles and fill positions. Phil McLeod advised that he has requested , and is awaiting , advice in this regard from Ken White. Leyland Rix expressed concern at the possibility of untrained JDCHR members being asked to participate in traffic control duties , with possible legal implications in the event of accident. Barry Melville advised that there is a Newcastle company which provides such services. RAFFLE : Lucky winners were Robynne Lilly and Eddie Wright. MEETING CLOSED : 9.30pm.

Members and Family with birthdays in January are :

George Quinn (1st); John Moremon & Sandra Wolfgang (4th);

Bernard Murray (7th);Ian Blackshaw (8th);

Kristine Flack & Jeanette Francis (14th); Roger Holt (15th);

Pauline Bain & Michael Laugesen (17th);

Barry Price (18th); Ailsa Wright (19th); Liam Pointing & Merv Gale(20th);

Linda Wooley(22nd); Stephen Bloomfield (23rd); Rosemary Everleigh &

Robynne Lilly (25th); Geoff Bradley & Veralene Lobo (30th);

Allan Reilly & Glenn Matheson (31st).

May your birthdays be filled with good health, laughter and safe driving.


Let’s take a look back at 2016 and reminisce over the events of the year. We begin in January, we set the year off on the right foot with our first monthly meeting at the Diggers Club at Wallsend. This has turned out to be a good move for our club, the Diggers Club have been wonderful, they have made us most welcome from day one, with the provision of the excellent facilities with the fees waived, discounted meals, and the use of equipment for our meetings and formal dinners. Also in January was our last Australia Day display, with the changes to the Newcastle fore-shore events, not having room for the cars, and other surrounding councils unable to accom-modate us, we will try for a picnic on the day in future. February the announcement of a milestone for Jaguar, with the earlier release of the new mod-els, the news came through that new Jaguar sales had increased from 50,000 to 490,000 (I believe that was the release of the 2015 figures). For March the next thing I should mention about 2016, is the passing of a couple of members, in March was Keith Philip, then in April we lost Peter Williamson. I had met both and they were true Jaguarphiles through and through. When I met Keith, he told me the story of his purchase of an E-type, when they were new. He had returned to England after constructing a nuclear plant in South Africa and went to pur-chase a new family sedan. On the way he passed the Jaguar dealer and was mesmerised by the beauty of the E-type Jaguar and purchased one. On the way home he began realise that, maybe it wasn’t suitable as a family car, so he parked it across the road from his home, where it could be seen from the kitchen window. That evening when helping with the dishes he invited his wife to look out at the beautiful car parked across the road, when she looked, her remark was “don’t think about buying one of those, we’ll never get the family into it”. The next day he went out and purchased a Vauxhall. We sat with Peter Williamson and his wife Cheryl at the Forster Keys social dinner in 2015, we all know that Peter had car dealerships in Sydney, and was famous for his racing of Toyota Celica’s on Mount Panorama. Back in 1979 Peter helped revolutionise in car camera coverage on racing cars that we see today. I had spent some of my career with various dealerships in Sydney and we discussed mutual acquaintances in the industry. Peter was the perfect gentleman, but I think he was a bit of a larrikin in his youth. Still in March, we had a magnificent weekend away in the upper Hunter and Nundle with Ian & Jenny Vaughan hosting the weekend and having us all home for a BBQ lunch. Then later in the month was the Jaguars on display at the Newcastle Show, and taking the showgirls on the Grand Parade. In April, we learn of Allan Starrett’s brush with cancer, Allan had life saving surgery and is all well again. We had our inaugural mid-year social dinner at the Diggers Club, a memorable night, so it will be an annual event on our calendar.


Bill Whitby

Of course the National rally was on in Queensland, those that went divided into two groups for the trip home, Ian Hissey with his broken GPS, took the long way home via Winton, Alice Springs, Adelaide and Broken Hill. Phil McLeod lead the other group home via Moree and Mudgee, stop-ping at Mudgee for Wings,Wine & Wheels festival. May was a run to the Central Coast to meet up with JDCA for lunch, and we had the initial Mary Cox memorial run, which was to Bathurst and the mid-west, a fabulous weekend by all accounts. June we were hosted to a weekend at Port Macquarie by our Port members John and Diane Hodge. Some scenic touring of Port Macquarie and a trip to the hinterland, and as we do at any and every event, lots of socialising. July is always a busy month, some members were off to Victoria for the Jaguar meet at Winton organised by the Victorian Jaguar club. Then was our All British Day, which is getting bigger every year and 2016 was the biggest so far. We have Ian Hissey to thank for taking our day to the Fore-shore, which is the reason for the day’s continued success and growth. For the sixth consecutive year we had a social dinner with JDCA members after our All British Day, a great evening with likeminded Jaguar enthusiasts. August was the Annual General Meeting where we saw a change of president of the club, with Ian Hissey standing down after the most successful and productive nine years in the club’s histo-ry, Phil McLeod our new elected president, congratulations Phil. We went to the Gosford Classic Car Museum on the Mid Week Run, and of course, later in the month, dinner with the members of JDCA the night before the Kings School All British Display day. The Kings School display day, once again boggles the mind with the number, variety and quality of the cars on show there. September was a run that many members were keenly looking towards, the trip to Leatherique for the demonstration of their products, and a sumptuous lunch at a cafe opposite Warriwood beach. October had the surprise of an additional Jaguar to the club with Martin Dickinson turning up for the weekend at Floraide in Canberra in his newly acquired XKR. The weekend in Canberra was another memorable trip for members enjoying Floraide and the sights of our capital. We also had a BBQ at Chichester Dam which was proven to be a very popular outing, more are planned for the coming year. November is almost the finish of the year with the Presentation Dinner being held at Diggers to hand out the awards to the members that have earned them. Another very popular annual event with members, and this year with the additional facilities and quality meals of the Diggers Club, we see more members than ever coming along. December we finished the year with the Christmas Picnic, and a santa surprise gift. That was the year for 2016, along with, of course our usual events, outings and displays. Lets hope we can keep the activities just as exciting in the year to come, I have laid out some plans and things are coming together fine so far. Happy New Year!!


Well what a year in passing last year was …………. Beginning of my Jaguar year was the National Rally to Caloundra and then our epic journey to the red centre , Uluru , Alice Springs The MacDonald Ranges and then on south to Coober Pedy with all those fabulous opals . The stark size of this country really comes to the fore when you stop in the outback and the land is so vast you can see the curvature of the earth in any direction you look . In Coober Pedy , Ann and I had our first experience at spending a night in an underground motel , which I found a rather unique experience and slept well , but I think my wife had a rather restless night with

little sleep . We had a break on the coast when we reached Adelaide and had a couple of days R&R at a beautiful little town called Wallaroo on the Spencer Gulf . We had a lovely run up into the Adelaide hills with the SA JDC , and visited one of the largest private collections of Jaguars in Australia and then had lunch at one of the many Vineyards . Coming east we toured up to the rugged beauty of Wilpena Pound and then across to Broken Hill where we visited Prohart’s Studio , The Living Desert and absorbed the mining history . What a great journey it was and the friendships we made along the way are a living memory . The year has also been a collage of Bills midweek runs to all points of the compass (or should I say navsat now)

with visits to Gosford Motor Museum , Mcguigans Wines , the Royal Hotel Singleton and delicious meals from cafes , Hotels & social clubs on the central coast . I had the time of my life on the observation run , a little difficult doing the driving and observing as well but once I got into it , the rest was easy although a bit risky double parking and making quick dashes to gather information , and to my surprise I won the event . Another surprise for both my wife and I were her being awarded Club Woman of the Year which thoroughly court her and I with shock and then I was named Club Champion to cap a truly momentous 2016 .

Barry Melville

2016 A Year In Passing


O ne of the great things about retirement is not needing to put the alarm on every morn-

ing. I have grown to like the idea of waking up when my body says it has had enough

sleep and the sun says it’s time. But once a year, I have to use artificial means to

launch myself into the day—it’s JDCHR New Members’ Breakfast day! The 7.45am

start from Wallsend Diggers is necessary to make sure we reach the designated spot at Hunter

Valley Gardens in time for breakfast. And of course I have to leave time to have a plate of cereal

before I leave the house—I just can’t approach an hour’s drive without something in my stomach!

There were nine cars leaving Wallsend Diggers. Everyone was interested in the Series 1 E Type

belonging to new member Ian Eddlestone, making its first appearance. I knew Ian had a beautiful

XK120—it was featured on the front cover of the HUB in October—and now this gorgeous E Type!

Then he made me properly envious by telling me he had five Jaguars. He must have a very bad

case of our common disease!

Due to the variety of route options, our little fleet arrived at Hunter Valley Gardens in dribs and

drabs, and found many people already there—some well into their sausages, bacon and eggs.

The usual willing workers had turned up even earlier, to ensure we had exclusive use of the shade

structure and barbeques. Thanks you Don Anderson, Ken Moore, Vic Perry, Gary Freeman, Grae-

me Cox and Barry Melville—and anyone else that I did not see who was part of the effort. An extra

thank you goes to Bill Whitby, who spent a lot of time planning the event, provisioning us with

sausages, bacon , bread, butter, salt, pepper, sauce , orange drink....etc etc and making sure we

had everything we needed. It once again demonstrates that these activities do not happen by

magic; we rely as a Club on the efforts of our members who volunteer, and “many hands make

light work”! events in the future.

Don Anderson & Ken Moore in charge of Ba-con and Sausages


Julie Lamb & Pauline Bain

Garrie Bain & Jim Lamb

Wendy Crawford Ian Hissey Yvonne Louis

Pam Barnwell Robynne Lilly Margret Perry


The New Members’ Breakfast is the Club’s way of

extending a welcoming hand to those who’ve

joined our ranks during the last twelve months,

and allowing them to meet other members, as well as our characteristic socialising that we enjoy

at all our events. This year, we were able to introduce Jim and Julie Lamb, Laurie and Jenny

Crooks, Derek Bull and Pamela Barnwell, and Ian Eddlestone. We do hope you enjoyed the morn-

ing and will return for more enjoyable JDCHR

As successful as this day was, there was plenty of discussion amongst those present to suggest

we need to think about some changes to our formula for this event. The facilities at this site were

less than satisfactory this time, so the Committee will be investigating alternative locations over

the next few months. We can take a broad view, not ruling anything out. For example, it doesn’t

always need to be a barbeque; it doesn’t always need to be breakfast. In fact, as I alluded to in my

opening paragraph, a later start would obviously suit some members. If you have some ideas

about this, please pass them on to any Committee member.

Look out for some more on this subject in the future. In the meantime, to all our new members,

WELCOME to JDCHR!!

Phil McLeod

Helen Rix Jenny Crooks & Laurie Crooks

Vic Perry & Tom Jones in charge of Eggs Onion and Tomatoes


Presentation Dinner

O nce again another year has come to and end ,and with that brings the Annual Presentation Dinner . The night was very well attended and Wallsend Diggers provided a lovely venue and excel-lent meals to those present not to mention the table floral arrangements that adorned each table . Entertainment was again supplied by Terence Koo & Sophie Davis during the even-ing and as usual provided a lovely musical backdrop for the night . After the meals had been served the presentations were awarded to the following people : The Mary Cox Award ……………. Peter Dwyer Club Man Of The Year ……………… Bill Whitby Club Woman Of The Year ……………….Ann Melville Best Literary Contribution to the HUB ……………. Peter Lloyd Club Champion ……………. Barry Melville

Peter Dwyer being presented with the Mary Cox Award for 2016 as well as his 30 year membership award By Phil McLeod

Barry Melville being presented with the Club Champion Award for 2016 By Leyland Rix


Presentation Dinner

Bill Whitby being presented with the Club Man Award for 2016 By Leyland Rix

Ann Melville being presented with the Club Woman Award for 2016 by By Leyland Rix

Peter Lloyd being presented with the Best Literary Contri-bution to the HUB Award for 2016 By Barry Melville and Phil McLeod


Presentation Dinner

Andrew Pointings award presented by Ian Hissey

Dale Frankes award presented by Phil McLeod

Jackson Brimble’s award presented by Ian Hissey

Mark Perry’s award presented by Ian Hissey


Presentation Dinner

Graeme & Victoria Gardiner’s 10 year award presented by Phil McLeod

John King’s award presented by Ian Hissey

Veralene Lobo’s award presented by Phil McLeod

John Heagney’s award presented by Phil McLeod


Presentation Dinner

Phil & Julianne McLeod

Ken & Caroline Moore

Victoria & Graeme Gardiner

Barry & Bronwyn Stanborough


Presentation Dinner

Leyland & Helen Rix

Yvonne Louis & Ian Hissey

Bernard & Elizabeth Murry

Teresa & Barry Price


Presentation Dinner

Allan & Ruth Calcut , Angela & John King

Robynne & Steve Lilly

Margaret & Mark Perry


Presentation Dinner

Our entertainers for the evening Terence Koo and Sophie Davis.

Ray Bond John Moremon Ilse Bowen & Alister McIlroy

Barry Price , Jenny & Laurie

Crooks , Peter Lloyd


McGuigans For Tour And Lunch At Draytons

Mid Week Run To McGuigans Wines for Tour And Lunch at Daytons Wines

Tuesday 15th November

After gathering at Diggers Wallsend , our band of intrepid Mid—Weekers set off on another of Bill’s tours of discovery out over Mount Sugarloaf Standford Merthyr Kurri Kurri Cessnock and onward to Pokolbin with our first stop at McGuigans Wine’s and the Cheese Shop before a meet-ing with host Steve .

The cheese factory is a large venue with some tables and chairs and a large variety of cheese and other condiments. Linda was very friendly and asked what we liked and provided us with some very generous tastings. I liked the Cheddar, Spiced Chèvre and Branxton Brie , the cheeses are seriously good. We started off with Steve at the point at which the grapes are separated from the remnants of the vines and skins are compressed to juice for the “Whites” and put into huge stainless tanks , the “Red’s” are held in another set of tanks with the skins to attain the red crimson red wine for a peri-od of time before it to is drained of and placed in huge storage tanks as well with over 1 million litres of both varieties kept in tanks and Steve told us about the different chemical and natural reactions until being transferred into the famous wooden barrels .


The barrels come from 2 sources in the world , Australia - imports French Oak wine barrels from Tonellerie Sirugue France & the USA , American Oak is found in most of the Eastern United States as well as Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin where many wine barrels are from .



Oak is used in winemaking to vary the colour, flavour, tannin profile and texture of wine ,as well

as aiding in fermentation and aging for long periods which Steve pointed out during his address to us , these people have a great pride in their occupation and rightly so given they have been recognised as the ‘world’ best winemaker’ by the IWSC in both 2009 and 2011, McGuigan Wines became one of only two wineries world-wide to have won the award three times in the competi-tions 44 year history Success continued at the equally prestigious International Wine Challenge (IWC) in London with McGuigan Wines awarded White Winemaker of the Year for the third time in 2013, having also won in 2009 and 2012. After a very interest tour through the complex we tasted some of their finest wines , both White and Red plus the fortified variety and many bought from the cellar door for a lingering memory. We then left for a short journey down the road to Drayton’s Vineyard for some more wine tasting if we chose while our orders were taken at the Dinning room , the varieties of meals were many and varied with a lot settling for the Barramundi chips and salad . Another momentous and interesting day which was well put together by Bill




Part of the huge cheese and dairy selection available

Steve our host with a few of the many Oak barrels

Juice tanks where the “Reds” are first stored with the skins immersed until separation

Some of our band of intrepid Mid—Weekers


F ollowing on from my mention at the November meeting, this is my impassioned plea

for some willing members and/or their family members, to take on some tasks for the

Club. One task is to take on the Office Bearer position of Events Coordinator, recent-

ly vacated by John Moremon. The other is a call for volunteers to help with the

T he Events Coordinator is responsible for the Club’s Competitive (as opposed to Social)

Events. These include annually:

One Economy Run

One Observation Run

Each of these involves mapping out the route, preparing a run sheet, arranging lunch venue, and scoring the results. He/She also participates, with others, in organising the Mary Cox Memorial Tour (which is a weekend away trip), and in adjudicating the Mary Cox Memorial Trophy winner

each year.

This is a great opportunity to make a contribution to the Club’s operation, so please think about putting your hand up. If you would like to know more about the position, please give me a call, or

get directly in touch with Don.

O ur Club has undertaken to assist the JDCA (Sydney Club) with logistical support—that means people—for their running of the National Jaguar Rally in March 2017 at Port

Stephens. People are required for:

Display Day, Saturday 25 March—directing display cars to the site, helping with on

site arrangements

Evening Functions—Friday 24 March, Welcome cocktail party, Saturday night dinner cruise, Sunday Presentation Dinner—meet and greet guests, ticket checking, assist with table set-up

and placement of guests

Monday 27 March brunch—as above

We have an obligation to provide people to help our sister Club mount a successful Rally in our area. Please contact President Phil McLeod or our Rally Committee Rep Don Anderson (phone number on Page 4), for more details and to indicate your interest. Your efforts will be very much

appreciated.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED


LEYLAND SPECIALISTS IN

SPARE PARTS AND SERVICING

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JAN

TUE 10/01/17 * January Mid Week Run Royal Hotel Singleton P49

WED 25/01/17 * Monthly Meeting Wallsend Diggers, 7.30

THU 26/01/17 * Australia Day Picnic Thomas H Halton Park Elebana P50

FEB

THU 16/02/17 * February Mid Week Run Elizabeth Beach P51

Sat & Sun 18-19/ 02/17 * Gnoo Blas Classic Orange


MAR

24-27/03/17 * Jaguar 48th National Rally


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* Denotes Point Score Event ** Denotes Club Championship Event


JAN

THURS 26/01/17 CARnivale in the Park, which will be held in Parramatta Park

SUN 29/01/17 Morriset Mega Muscle & Classic Show & Shine Car Show

Bay Hotel 330 Fishery Point Road Bonnells Bay

FEB

MAR

11/03/17 Tea Gardens Motorfest

21-29/03/17 XJC Reunion Tour

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NOTE: Events subject to change – check Club websites


W hat is it about cars?

Ever since I owned my first one, the act of washing cars

has been something I looked forward to and enjoyed. It

even was regarded as something of a reward after sev-

eral hours of study, during my student days! See, I’ve always been

little strange!!Modern cars are so easy to wash—all smooth and plastic,

with close panel fit, aerodynamically clean with minimum protrusions.

No challenge there. But in the old ones, there are gaps; there are

things that poke out. Some bits are even made of steel; some of them

have sharp edges. Now THAT’S a car! My XJ6 is such a car. The down

side of all this is that whenever I wash the XJ6, I end up drawing

blood—see photo. It’s good Scottish blood of course, so spilling a bit on the Jag from time to

time is only fitting.

But looking at the photo again, it leaves me with just two questions:

Is it just a case of playing with the cat ‘til it scratches you? And perhaps more importantly,

How long have I had the hands of a 95 year old???? Phil McLeod


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Peters Corner

You may recall the question posed by Peter last month ADT – Anti Dementia Task

Something to challenge or frustrate… There are eleven bodybuilders – three in red (R), four in silver (S), one in yellow (Y), two in black (B), and one in pink (P). They are positioned on stage, lined up side by side across the stage, for the bodybuilding con-test.The positions are consecutively numbered from 1 to 11, left to right. Also:

A The men in red are evenly spaced with three non-red outfits immediately to the left and

the right of the middlemost man in red.

B The men in silver are positioned in pairs.

C The woman in yellow is in position 9.

D One of the men in red is positioned between two women.

E One of the people in black is positioned at one of the ends.

F The man in black is somewhere to the right of the woman in black.

G The woman in pink is the left-most woman.

H Three are women, in yellow, pink, and black

What is the order of the colours, and the genders of these bodybuilders?


The answer to the Anti-Dementia Task from last issue.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Colour P R B S S R S S Y R B

Gender F M F M M M M M F M M

If you don’t believe it….

Criterion a) R (M)

R (M)

R (M)

Criterion b) S (M)

S (M)

or S (M)

S (M)

Criterion c) Y (F)

Criterion d) P (F)

R (M)

B (F)

Criterion e) B (M)

Criterion f) B (F)

B (M)

Criterion g) P (F)

Criterion h) P (F)

B (F)

Y (F)

Peters Corner

For the Ladies


A story of a real adventure on the road. Unusual Problems or Not?

The Impetus The recent road trip by the club through Central Australia reminded me of a similar type

of trip I did years ago. I will relate the driving conditions present then for the club’s participants to compare with their experiences, but I will also include a couple of unusual problems with the car, both of which I have not heard of before or since, one I solved and the other which I have never been able to explain. That was in 1970 and the trek through the centre then, will bear some com-parison to the same trip today but many surfaces will have received significant upgrades. It was a mix of appalling roads or tracks presenting consistent risks of severe vehicle damage, and of trav-ersing vast spaces devoid of other human evidence . Roadside services were limited and travel-lers had to prepare for the potential to be stranded for a few days if a breakdown occurred. Alt-hough the gas fields were recently discovered, there was no established infrastructure or ‘imported’ operating workers around to help.

In 1970, the Ampol Round Australia rally was staged. During another session of clear-out I found some rally notes and the associated documents for this event which I competed in with another club member, Ernie Parsons, in car number 113. The fifties, sixties, and seventies and so on, was rife with spectacular national or cross-continent rallies – London Sydney, African Safari, Paris Dakar, RAC, Monte Carlo, etc. These rallies fielded a range of conventional vehicles that one could recognise on the street, despite they being heavily modified to improve performance and reliability, and to limit damage and breakdowns. Winners were cars like Hillman Hunter, Aus-tin 1800, Peugeot, Citroen, Mini Cooper, SAAB, etc. This is a universe away from the extreme specially engineered high-tech machines in the modern Dakar Rally where almost nothing is the original vehicle except maybe the door handles, if any. The rally was designed in two separate parts, which suited us, as Ernie Parsons and I decided to enter the rally for just the first stage from Sydney to Alice Springs. It was designed this way for people like us who wanted to holiday in the centre without the risk of being stranded along the way. Ernie was the driver and I was the navigator and mechanic. (‘Mechanic’ can have a different connotation today, but I have never had an Uzi, a Glock, or a sawn-off.)

From Alice, we then embarked upon our own Central Australia and Queensland camp-ing tour to home, over about a month. We declined the second stage, the real rally, because of the extremely punishing conditions and times, and because it was intended for the serious con-tenders and professionals with their good back up, support, and large bank accounts. Plus, Ernie wanted a car he could still drive to work afterwards. Ernie decided on a Peugeot 404, as Peuge-ots had a long proven record on poor roads and a history of rally successes. It was preferred to the very desirable and successful recently released 504, because of cost, less sophistication, a simpler chassis design and better clearances. Peugeots in those days were designed for the extreme road conditions in Africa where France still held strong colonial interests, so their chassis designs were a notch up from most. Their suspensions had long travels and when coupled with their good ground clearances and generous approach and departure angles, they gave a good account of themselves on rough surfaces, ruts, wash-aways, and large dips, without bottoming

TALES FROM THE MOTORING DIARY.


out. Renault Australia, the Peugeot importers and distributors, provided strong support for priva-teers and factory entries alike. They even had their own tracking aircraft with Renault diamonds on the underside of the wings. (As an aside, the 504 after nearly fifty years, is still a damned good car for poor roads. And don’t be fooled by its 60kw, 1.8L engine. It can go, especially when pun-ished over the rough.) The Preparation To summarise the preparation of the car, the following was done:

Sump guard – we found a ¼” aluminium plate in Balcomb’s scrap yard just the right size to

run from under the front bumper to part way along the gearbox. The gap between the

sump and guard was packed with a foam pad to prevent trapped stones, which could

still puncture the sump with a hard bash on the guard;

Diff. guard – the diff. centre is very vulnerable and is one of the lowest parts of the car;

Stone shield - rear shock absorbers. These can be punctured by the constant barrage of the

large stones on the outback roads.

Skid plate – for fuel tank.

Auxiliary fuel tank – by chance, at the wreckers, we found a low profile fuel tank from a 1940s car that had a central filling spout coming out at a shallow angle on its rear face. When fitted inside the boot, the spout aligned precisely behind the number plate panel. We cut a hole in the

boot transom for the spout and the number plate covered it perfectly. (This was covered with

a neat tailor-made disc when the car was returned to standard.)

An array of the usual auxiliary spot and fog lights, and navigational aids.

Tools, tow rope, and spares including two spare wheels (bolted in the rear seat space).

Mesh guard – for the windscreen.

The car was otherwise left standard. We packed our main luggage and camping gear for the touring holiday into a rather

large parcel and sent it by rail freight for collection at Alice. We were advised it could take three weeks so we made sure that we met that timetable to be certain we would have fresh undies. The Roads

In 1970, the roads through the Centre were terrible – correction - atrocious. Tourism was hardly an event then and very few ventured out in their own private vehicles. There were occasional cases of car occupants dying from dehydration after a breakdown or an empty tank due to the vacant roads, or more appropriately, the tracks. A recent enterprise to kick-start tour-ism was a specially prepared coach hauling a ‘chuck waggon’ containing tents, showers, food, water, fuel and cookers for those wanting a camping tour. Passengers were expected to help the driver with roadside repairs if necessary. We caught up with one such tour group who had a failed alternator a few days before. Apparently the driver flagged down a transport, gave the driver de-tails of what was required and he delivered this into an Alice supplier and a replacement arrived by another passing transport a few days later.

The road south of Alice was not sealed, unlike the road north. The reason? There was



a rail line from Adelaide to Alice, but not from Alice to Darwin. Therefore, freight went by rail in the south and a good road was not necessary to cater for the few heavy vehicles that were competing with state rail.

The roads were carved out of the terrain by grading a wide vee ditch each side, piling it up in the centre, then levelling, rolling, and topping with gravel. This provided the running surface with some limited water protection in rains which readily flooded the surrounding flat lands. It was quite dangerous, as when passing or overtaking, it was easy to slip off the edge of the road onto the slope toward the ditch. Many a vehicle rolled over attempting to recover from this ‘hairy’ ma-noeuvre. The trick was to not try to ‘steer’ back onto the road but to travel along the slope and slowly ‘ease’ the car back up to level. Sometimes the table drain could be driven in for a much smoother ride.

We managed to overtake a cattle road train at one point and it needed a lot of ‘planning’. The train snaked a little as each trailer self-steered behind its lead and this reduced the safe pass-ing width. However, we saw a 5km long straight ahead and commenced the manoeuvre. The first step was to pass the last trailer when it moved to the left, then pause at the hitch with the next trailer. The next step was to overtake trailer number two when it moved to the left while trailer number one, just passed, was coming back to the right…and so on until fully overtaken. It took about two to three kms to complete the manoeuvre despite the road train travelling at a slow pace of about 60 or 70kph. All the time battling the vision restrictions from the rig’s dust. Drivers were cooperative and helped as much as possible to permit a car to pass.

One of our sightseeing runs was to the ‘Rock’ and an Alice local said ‘…go via the mete-orite craters. Just go past the Finke River causeway, look for a marked airstrip on the left, then go through the gate on the right and follow your nose. Make sure you make yourself known at the general store half way through’. Easy. It all unfolded as described – amazing! We had a chat and a snack at the store, which was just a typical big outback tin shed with a bit of everything you might need. The storekeeper said that we would be passing through sand dune country but should be ok if we handled it ‘properly’ – whatever that meant. He said that when we reach the cattle station, we are through the worst but we must make sure we stop and let the station know we are through otherwise they would send out a recovery party. He radioed our details through to alert the station owner. Again, all went well.

It is worth a few words about ‘handling’ the sand dunes. There was a trick to their suc-cessful negotiation with a conventional two-wheel drive. The dunes varied in height and had the track marked by two wheel ruts ploughed into the red, coarse sand, by 4 x 4s and therefore were deeper than we were happy with. They had to be charged at… nay, attacked….at high speed to use the gathered momentum to carry us over. Some dunes needed several goes. If we failed on the way up, we had to go back down and charge again from further back. The worst, I think, was three attempts, only just crawling over the top with rear wheels spraying out rooster tails of sand. We refined the technique, and in general, if we approached at 80 to 100kph, the car could crest successfully with the assistance of the engine at full bore. The sump guard was a bonus as it acted as an effective skid pan and allowed the car to ‘skate’ better on the centre windrow, instead of the underbelly digging in. There was one significant concern – the ruts were like tram tracks and could not be steered out of. In fact you could take your hands off the wheel and it would steer



itself through. The safety concern was that there was no way to see over the rather sharp crests and if we reached the top with some decent speed in reserve, the result of meeting someone do-ing the same from the other side would have been disastrous. For some dunes, we walked up to see if there were any tell-tale dust trails from approaching vehicles, but we were always complete-ly alone.

By the way, the dust got into every conceivable space – took days to vacuum out. It is easier to make a car waterproof than to dustproof it from that stuff. If we opened a face vent after a period of closure, we got a face full of dust – a bit like a scene from a National Lampoon’s Vaca-tion script. The Mysterious Mechanical Problems

This is where some fatherly advice from our contingent of tech-nerd-icians could be helpful. There were two significant problems we encountered with the car on the rally. The gravel used was of large, coarse, and sharp stones which constantly bombarded the underside of the car like hail, but actually did not cause damage to vital parts. The only problems we had were from the same cause - the corrugations.

We were very familiar with handling corrugations because of our local club rally partici-pation for several years prior, but these were something else. The height and pitch of the corruga-tions were greater than we had experienced before. This made it very difficult to find the most comfortable speed for ourselves and for car sympathy. Below 50kph was the best but you would not get anywhere. 80kph was extremely bad but 100kph was much better. Ride and car pain worsened over 100kph, so we settled for a constant 95 to 105kph. To meet the rally times we needed to go faster and did so occasionally when the road improved – up to 120 to 130, but over-all, our strategy was to sacrifice times if it meant running the car within sympathetic limits. The car was mildly airborne a few times.

It was at that cruising speed when the two unusual conditions manifested. A very dis-turbing metallic clatter developed somewhere in the front of the car. It was loud, it waxed and waned, and it did not occur at any other speed range. The fear with us was that there was some-thing very serious failing with the front suspension. Over the next few hundred kms we had the front jacked up and wheels off several times, checking and testing the front end and body connec-tions, all to no avail. Then on one occasion, with the front up and the wheels off, I had a much closer look at everything and found a clue. The McPherson strut suspension allowed an easy view of the coil springs and though everything was covered in dust, I noticed that the matching faces of a couple of coils were showing clean paint. The other side was similar. Pondering this a little, I surmised that there was a peculiar harmonic that developed in the spring as a result of the high oscillation rate of the wheel over the corrugations. Simply, the coils of the lower half of the spring would be rising with the upward motion of the wheel while the upper half was still coming down from the previous downward motion and the two halves would meet with a machine gun staccato. It was a function of the high speed and high amplitudes of the corrugations. From this, I considered the problem solved and we did not have anything to worry about. (The nearest analo-gy I can use is that is similar to the old-fashioned valve bounce.) Ever heard of this condition be-fore, anyone?

The other problem was happening at the same time over the same road conditions. We



had periodic total loss of the clutch. The initial thought was a broken or crushed hydraulic line but no faults could be found. The next thing checked was the master and slave cylinders. The fluid level was fine, so it was still a dilemma. I noticed a small pin head projecting above the fluid level and in the process of trying everything, I jiggled it and small bubbles rose up. Continuing this, the system was successfully bled and full clutch operation resumed. The master cylinder incorporated an integral reservoir and I do not know or remember what the arrangement was with this pin, but it worked each time. It acted like a tickler pin. We did this every 50 to 100kms of extreme corrugated surfaces. I have no idea how air can enter the system due to excessive vibration. Does anyone know of this phenomenon and can explain it? Conclusion The car performed exceptionally well and suffered no significant damage, nor even showed evidence that it had endured this terrain, except for some ‘shotblasting’ of the undercarriage in some exposed areas. (This was common in those days anyway, because there were so many gravel roads in the outer suburbs and secondary roads between suburbs and outlying townships.)

All protection guards were damaged or scarred in some way but they saved the relevant parts. When all rally modifications were stripped, seats refitted, hubcaps installed, and the car cleaned and polished, it was ‘as new’ and Ernie drove it for many years after.

Experiencing the conditions, the magic and special serenity of our great Red Centre in a time before it became more civilised, was a privilege and I know I would not appreciate it as much today as I did then because of the inevitable ‘progress’ and ‘modernisation’. If you’ve been fortunate enough to spend some quiet and uninterrupted time out there under that incredible day and night sky, to just look and listen, you’ll know the indelible impression it makes on you.

We filled up in Alice one day and the pump attendant was a young lady (remember the days when you were not allowed to fill your own tank?) and, on seeing the NSW plates, asked us where we were from. We said Newcastle, and she said she was from Wallsend. Who’d a-thought it. Made us think we should have just said our suburbs first, and skipped the town name.

Big country, small world.

Peter Lloyd



Christmas Picnic

Christmas was just around the corner when we all met for our annual Christmas Picnic at

Valentine , the day was superb and the location was made to order . The neighbours thought Christmas had came early when 20+ Jaguars arrived in their street ranging from early E Types to XF all looking rather pristine .

With the setting up of Gazebo’s for shelter from the sun , tables chairs and esky’s appearing out of the boots of many cars the day was set to be a success . And of cause what would the day be without that jovial man in the red suit , Santa arrived with his trusty Jaguar and a table full of goodies for the assembled throng .

Some of the little ones needed moms hand but were quickly won over with the man with a

present and a big smile , poor Santa thought he may have needed a knee replacement after

the adults had received their presents , but all was well and rumor has it he will be back next

year .

Pictures & Article By Barry Melville


Christmas Picnic


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BOYS POINTS GIRLS POINTS

Barry Melville 48 Pauline Bain 24

Bill Whitby 42 Robyn Lilly 19

Garry Bain 32 Helen Rix 16

Phil McLeod 28 Ailsa Wright 16

Ken Moore 27 Anne Melville 16

John Moremon 26 Jenny Crooks 16

Ray Bond 23 Margaret Holt 14

Paul Barnett 21 Margaret Perry 13

Tom Jones 20 Pam Perry 13

Martin Dickinson 20 Ilse Bowen 11

Steve Lilly 19 Nicole Haigh 11

Eddie Wright 18 Veralene Lobo 10

JDCHR 2nd. QUARTER POINT SCORE UPDATE. 31/12/2016.


Audi may have the mid-sized SUV market pretty much sewn up with its best-selling Q5 – but the maker is keeping an ever watchful eye on the upstart Jaguar F-Pace. When pressed for information on their thoughts on the biggest rivals for the all-new Audi model, Q5 product managers Kirstin Freudenhagen and Michaela Benz were positively cagey about revealing any. However, when pressed, they both admitted the usual suspects, the BMW X3 and Mercedes GLC, were a concern, but when quizzed on a third they surprisingly singled out the new Jaguar as a worry. A spokesman for Audi AG said: "Some people buy on looks for sure, and Jaguar did a really good job with the F-Pace. And for sure it is fresh on the market, but design wise it is subjective. However, it is on our radar." On our radar is German car manufacturer speak for we've "studied it carefully and are more worried than we would be usually". However, it seems the product team behind the new Q5 don't share their spokesman's views that the Coventry contender will be a match for German engineering. Product marketing manager Benz said: "Yes, the F-Pace is stylish. It does have a unique look, but it is not the same quality that we have. If you just look at the design, yes it looks nice. But if you get closer and use it, and look at the interior and you use all the parts and the navigation system, it's just not the same. "When you compare the F-Pace to the Audi it's still a big difference. The craftsmanship of the Audi is our main focus and we hope that will shine through." Fighting talk indeed. There's no doubt Jaguar's stylish new F-Pace is winning buyers, thanks to striking good looks and perceived sporting credentials it is having a big impact in the manufac-turer's double digit sales growth in recent months. Audi plans to strike back with the launch of its new Q5 in January and with it will come a fresh new look, a host of new technology and an even better driving experience. Although the Audi is quicker on paper, the comparable F-Pace beats it on emissions and resid-ual values, and as the new kid on the block it's certainly winning buyers looking for something different with its cool new design. Whether that is enough to make a dent in a car that has found 1.6 million homes for Audi since its launch in 2008 remains to be seen, but Jaguar will certainly be hoping it can. Courtesy of AOL Cars UK

Jaguar F-Pace Audi's biggest worry as it launches new Q5

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