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The International XJ-S Cabriolet Register

Contents

1. Latest news from Xclusively Jaguar

2. Latest news from The International Jaguar Supercar Register

3. Latest news from Le Registre International des XKR Silverstone

4. Diary of an XJ40 - Part 6

5. Esta-jane's Journey to Jaguar

6. Parts, Automobilia, Books etc for sale and wanted

7. Cars for sale and wanted

8. Newsletter archive

9. Important notices and disclaimers

Facts and Information by Model

SS & Pre-war Jaguar's

1950's Sports/Racing

1950's Saloons

E-type

1960's Saloons

XJ Series 1-3

XJS

XJ220

XJ40

X300/X308

XK8/R

S-type

X-type

X350

XK

XF

One-off's, Concept's, Protoypes & Replica's

The long awaited new XJ (X351) has now been revealed, so there is now a page for this on the website! This month, I have featured Esta-janes journey to Jaguar and her apprenticeship, in response to the many requests I have had for this! We also have details of our newest register "The International Jaguar Supercar Register" so read on!

I have been searching U-tube for interesting Jaguar video's, and felt that I must share the one below, so if you haven't already seen it, and it doesnt send shivers down your spine and make you cry..............
you are not a true Jaguar enthusiast !!! view video

Little 'n' Large at Herne Bay Classic Car Show

X-type Production

Production of the "baby" Jaguar is due to cease at the end of 2009 - so if you fancy a NEW X-type, grab a bargain while you still can. Last of the line cars are always the most sought after in years to come, and are always sent out with lots of extra goodies to encourage potential buyers to use up the stocks. Once production ends, there will no longer be a Jaguar estate car in the line-up. The X-type is also the only Jaguar to feature 4 wheel drive. Perhaps not always a favourite with purists, to its credit, it pioneered both the estate body and 4 wheel drive for Jaguar, and is the ONLY factory-built Jaguar ever to have featured either of these as a production car !!!

The International Jaguar Supercar Register

We also have a number of items of very rare XJ220 and XJR-15 memorabilia and spare parts for sale. Details below.

The lower gear lever is the one specially made and fitted in the Prototype R9R development car, forerunner of the superb Jaguar XJR-15’s.
SOLD

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Registre International des XKR Silverstone

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KUH goes to Thoresby Hall

by Esta-jane Mace

Thoresby Hall: JEC 25th Anniversary
Thoresby Hall is a nice hour and a half long drive north up the M1 near Nottingham, currently mostly at 50mph due to road works, but this did wonders for KUH’s fuel economy! I was invited to help out with the arrival of the XJ-SC’s, so I arrived bright and early and parked on the field, conveniently next to the Auto Boutique van, where KUH was kindly taken under the wing of Tony from Auto Boutique who proceeded to use her as a product demonstration car - much to KUHs delight no doubt, being pampered with quality products all day! The morning was generally taken up with organising the XJ-SC’s as they turned up and keeping Tony topped up with hot coffees. After the Concours judging had taken place, we set up a very Jaguar orientated Tombola. This was pretty successful, especially after lunch when the heavens just opened and we were able to coax people in under our fairly dry marquee but only if they bought our tickets! It was also nice for me to finally meet several members of the XJ40 forum who had come from miles away to be there! However sadly, the rain didn’t cease, in fact, I am pretty sure it got heavier, and by 4 o’clock we all decided enough was enough and we packed up to go home. I must add a very well done to all those brave Cabriolet owners (And other convertibles who turned up on the day) who actually stayed longer through the rain than many of the hard top vehicles did! Also, a very well done to Tara Meenaghan who won Best Ladies Cabriolet, and Paul Weston who won Best Non Concours Cabriolet.

Newby Hall: JEC Northern Day
Newby Hall, the location for the JEC Northern Day, is situated near Ripon, and another hour further away than Thoresby was, but every minute is thoroughly enjoyable in such a comfortable Jaguar! I parked up upon arrival, after allowing a hedgehog to wander across the road in front of me, which was carefully and neatly dodged by the Mark 2 in front of KUH. I went on a stroll around the event. It was hard to say whether this was bigger than Thoresby or not, as due to the rain I was unable to investigate, but there were still lots of stunning Jaguars in attendance, and it was just as exciting walking around the car park as it was the actual main event! I was slightly disappointed with the lack of second-hand Jaguar spares (maybe I was too spoilt at Stoneleigh!) but SNG Barrett were there with new parts, and Rob Jenner was able to supply me with the long awaited driver’s side window motor! The weather at this event, although in British tradition, very grey with occasional showers, was a lot drier and warmer than the Thoresby storms! Meguiars' was also at this event representing the cleaning side of things, and I must recommend to all the avid Jaguar cleaners out there to try this if you haven’t already! I am certainly not saying you should only buy the Meguiars, there are other manufacturers out there of course, it is just that I have only seen the Meguiars kit in action, so my experience of clay, and what I am about to tell you, is based around this particular brand. Armed with this kit, I showed the Meguiars seller my car. Now, KUH had been cleaned and polished the day before, but the weather had been miserable over night, and all morning on the way up she was constantly being showered in road spray from passing cars. Added to this is the bonnet: This was found in my local scrap yard, and during my ownership, no matter how I cleaned or polished it, it always felt gritty and not half as smooth in comparison with the wings! Five minutes with a clay bar however and the area of my bonnet which it was tested on was as smooth as the wings and you should have seen the dirt this piece of clay had picked up - stuff which my wash mop and polishing cloths just couldn’t pick up! I was then advised that this only needs to be done once a year, AND it makes washing the car much easier over the year as you are not fighting the ground in road dirt! I was very impressed, so if you can, get yourselves to a Meguiars shop and ask them to demonstrate it! Anyway, I digress...unlike Thoresby, the winners of the Concours and Pride and Joy could be announced on the same day, and they also made formal presentations to those winners from Thoresby as well.

Midlands Day: JDC & JEC
Midlands’s day took place at Bosworth Battle Field near Nuneaton Sunday 19th July. On my way to the event I was lucky enough to find myself following the majority of the way, F*** UDU, a dark red XJ40 XJR, who I am lead to believe has been in several Jaguar articles. Sadly we were separated at the field as he took pride of place on the JDC stand. Midlands’s day was an event hosted by both JEC and JDC, supported by David Manners and Sturgess of Leicester, who had bought along many gorgeous pre-owned but pretty new Jaguars, as well as the world famous Rocket sport XFR! I was unable to stay to the end of this event sadly as KUH had a few niggling problems that I really needed to fix, but before leaving I took a good look around at some of the wonderful Jaguars that had also turned up, including the 2 lovely XJ40s that parked either side of KUH. It was also nice to meet Peter and one of his team mates from Sweden who are both competing in a cheap Jaguar only “racetween here and Sweden in their recently purchased XJS! It also turns out that this keen enthusiast has 4 other Jaguars waiting for him at his home!!

Silverstone Classic: Featured Marque - Jaguar!
This 3-day event is not just Jaguars, but a general “classicr show, however this year, Jaguar was the featured marque! I was lucky enough to get a special parking ticket that got me in to the Jaguar Parking Only zone, where I left KUH happily between an X250 and an X200, before being whisked away in a courtesy XF to the Jaguar Zone within the event. It was quite a turn out, with the new model line up on the Jaguar stand, including the new XJ! There were also all the racing cars ranging from XK120s to an XJR-15 and clubs including the JEC, JDC, E-Type Club, XK Club and many more! Along with these, in the Bonham’s Marquee, were also some of the JDHT cars, sadly being auctioned off to help raise more money for the more “special" rare cars. I was unable to attend the auction, but it was probably just as well, I would have loved to have taken them all home - but somehow I don’t think my bank manager would have been very impressed...But on a happier note, they all fetched way beyond their estimates, and the money is all going to good use! I had the opportunity to get all over the event, visit the pits, including the XK racing pits, watching the old racing cars being chased by the XFR Fire Car, and also got to watch the impressive aerobatic display. It was an immense day with something for everyone, and it was all that more special having Jaguar as the featured marque!

You can find lots of photos from all these events in my gallery-you may even spot your Jaguar there! Don’t forget to watch for upcoming events in my “eventsction and you can email me too if there is an event I haven’t added yet.

..........and embarrassing moments along the way!

I think I can honestly say that neither Esta-jane, nor her younger brother and sister, ever had cars actually forced upon them was more a case of being raised within a family where automotive considerations always took priority! As in my own case, I don’t know what it is which actually triggers a love of cars, not shared by the majority of other females, yet taken for granted among men!

Although Esta had participated in riding activities over the years, she never really showed any interest in equitation as a career, and when finally leaving school she went to Duchy College and gained an HND in child-care. From this she learnt that child-care was not for her, and returned to East Devon College to take 5 design related A levels. During her first year, she applied to Jaguar Cars for an engineering apprenticeship and after attending several rigorous selection tests and interviews she was invited to join the company in September 2006.

Despite today’s awareness of sexual equality, an engineering apprenticeship is still very definitely male dominated. We understand that 4000 applications are received every year (mainly from young men) and out of those only 40 will be successful. Added to this, out of the 40 only 1 apprentice per year is then selected to join Jaguar’s Design team, and in 2006 it was Esta-jane!

Esta-jane aspires to one day take the place of celebrated Design Director Ian Callum, creator of the award winning Jaguar XK and radical new XF and XJ.

As we waited with baited breath to hear the results of the Apprentice of the Year, it seemed odd that only 3 years ago we were waiting in even more strained anticipation to see if Esta had even been selected by Jaguar for an apprenticeship. She did even better than that by being the only candidate that year to be selected to join the design department! If that was the icing on the cake, then the apprenticeship of the year award was the cherry on top!

There are many things going on in the design dept which Esta cannot speak of, but other things, such as the Virtual Reality Suite are now becoming more widely known, and which I take for granted as I hear of them as they happen. When the VRS was featured on Midland’s TV over a year ago, Esta happened to be working in it on the day they were filming and sent me a video clip! As an apprentice designer she gets to try out everything, and I think one of her favourites is clay modelling. In her short time with Jaguar she has already had many exciting experiences and has learnt such a lot. She says she never tires of arriving at work (Gaydon) and looking across to the test track to see a prototype being put through its paces. Everyone at Gaydon is an enthusiast, and when Esta arrived for work on her first day minutes early, she found she was the last one there and a colleague told her that if you arrive at Gaydon 10 minutes early, you are already late !!!

Esta’s involvement with the JDHT as a volunteer has provided her with yet more experience and entertainment. An extract from a letter to me, below, provides an insight into her activities and the pleasure she derived from them.

Sunday, 3rd September 2006

Hello there!

Helped out at JDHT - my first day! Awesome! Went out in an XK120 (NUB 120) and my first time in an E-Type was the very last one ever made. I got driven to the Coventry Motor Museum in an old Daimler Bus (1963). Then I did the Coventry Run in the last XJ40 Sovereign ever made! Francois Prins (the JDHT photographer and Heritage Archive Editor) drove and I navigated! Also got to sit in the new XKR - a bright yellow one!

Esta

Before being nominated for Apprentice of the Year she had already represented Jaguar at a conference promoting apprenticeships, and more recently, on June 7th she assisted at the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club 25th Anniversary celebrations at Thoresby Hall in Yorkshire, helping John Bleasdale (custodian of the International XJS Cabriolet Register) in organising the XJS Cabriolets.

Having now acquired her first Jaguar from a colleague, while still only 21, she is gaining not only knowledge of how blue printed, hand built prototypes work, but also what happens to their production counterparts after 20 years! She has been given permission to work on her early 1990 4 litre XJ40 Sovereign at Gaydon, but even though it is her own car, no photo’s are allowed! As anyone who regularly reads this newsletter will know, Esta not only has a regular feature here, documenting the progress of her XJ40 Sovereign, she also has created her own website www.projectjaguar.co.uk dedicated to her much loved XJ40 Sovereign.

Esta is looking forward to the time when she can put her own mark on the Jaguar marque, as a designer!

West Midlands Apprenticeship Awards

Jaguar Land Rover Apprentice: Esta-Jane Mace

Key facts:

• Age 22
• Started Apprenticeship in September 2006
• Undertaking Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering at Jaguar Land Rover
• Work placement: Jaguar Land Rover
• Training provider: Jaguar Land Rover
• One of seven regional finalists for Advanced Apprentice of the Year 2009 ghly Commended
• Already had six GCSEs, PPP IT key skills level 3, four AS levels and BTEC National diploma in early years
• Currently undertaking Foundation Degree in Engineering and working towards NVQ Level 3

Esta-Jane has the drive for roaring success at Jaguar

Esta was over the moon when she originally found out that she’d been accepted on the Apprenticeship scheme at Jaguar Land Rover, the car manufacturer she had always wanted to work for. Despite the challenges of leaving friends and family behind to embark on her new career path, Esta-Jane has not looked back and continues to go from strength to strength at the iconic company.

She comments, ‘I embarked on the Apprenticeship as I wanted to be a car designer. Not only have I gained vehicle-related qualifications, I have a great opportunity to work for Jaguar Land Rover, a brand I have always admired.

Most of Esta-Jane’s work is carried out as part of a team, but she also has opportunities to embark on personal projects. She elaborates, ‘I’m currently looking at various options for alternative centre console designs. I plan to propose my ideas to the design team and hopefully one of them may be taken on board in the future. Esta-Jane was recently involved in the production of the LRX concept car, a project she is immensely proud of. She comments, ‘Seeing a new model unveiled is such an emotional and overwhelming experience and it’s so nice to know that I’ve been a part of it. As well as formal qualifications Apprenticeships can give you a great sense of pride in your work. Lloyd Neal, Apprentice Supervisor at JLR, explains why Apprentices are a key component in JLR’s workforce, ‘It’s fantastic to have young people coming into our organisation and for us to be able to train them, shape them and guide them in the Jaguar Land Rover way. The fact that they’re also getting recognised qualifications along the way makes the whole scheme really worthwhile. Esta-Jane practises her skills on her friends and family’s cars and also helps the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust in her spare time. This led to her being given her own Jaguar by a colleague on the understanding that she has to get it through an MOT. She says, ‘I love working on cars and being a massive Jaguar fan I love restoring their historical models. Being a female in a traditionally male dominated industry has provided Esta-Jane with additional opportunities and she has become proficient in talking to other young women about careers in engineering and additional opportunities in the automotive industry. Following a recent attendance at a careers fair it was noted that many of the girls showed an interest in engineering, but weren’t sure how to go about getting an Apprenticeship. Esta-Jane is a great advocate for girls thinking about entering the industry and proof that dreams can come true if you set your mind to it.

She has already been named Apprentice of the Year at Jaguar Land Rover and her success is set to continue as Lloyd Neal testifies, ‘Esta-Jane’s continuous drive and commitment throughout her Apprenticeship has been infectious to everyone around her. She has a great career ahead of her at Jaguar Land Rover and I feel that she fully deserves to be nominated for the Advanced Apprenticeship 2009 Award.p>If you would like to see the video which accompanies this case study, please contact Letitia@xclusively-jaguar.com

Esta's own account of her career

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