Jaguar Australia (Edition 215)

◊ Dealers Host JDCA: “Alto Jaguar” and “Paramatta Jaguar” played host to members of the Jaguar Drivers Club of Australia (JDCA) at their premises. The two Sydney dealers appreciate the value of club members and invited them into their premises.

◊ Rare Original Colour Photographs. Coloured slides taken when Jaguar were at its best. Photographs from various sources and all show D-Type Jaguars at various times and in a number of countries.

◊ Models of The First Ecurie Ecosse Transporters: They love the two early Ecurie Ecosse transports, now sadly gone. However, a very clever model maker has reproduced them in the scaled-down form and they see just how he did that.

The latest edition of Australian Jaguar Magazine includes the following stories:

◊ Vale Chris Lever: The former Jaguar apprentice who ran Jaguars Service Department and moved to Sydney and established “Lever Jaguar”.

◊ Jaguar’s Once Secret XJ-S is Saved: A Norwegian Jaguar devotee found one of three engineering prototypes built around the XJ-S. It was neglected, but he bought it and has almost finished restoring it. We debut the car. One other is retained by Jaguar.

◊ The Last XK: They celebrate the XK model (X100 & X150) which ran from 1996 to 2014 – and focus on the last one – the XK-RS.

◊ The Factory-Built Ultimate Mk1 Racers: In 1959 Jaguar built five very special racing Mk1s for their final season. Two remained in the UK, one went to the US and the other two Australia. Today just one provable genuine one survives.

◊ Solving a D-Type Mystery Dating to 1958: Three D-types fate uncovered. XKD 503; XKD 521 and XKD 525. They uncovered the fate of all three and Briggs Cunningham is the common denominator.

◊ Story of 2 Rare Mk IVs for Sale: A Mk IV drophead (DHC) with a 55 year restoration story and a 1937 1.5 litre SS saloon claimed to be one of the best original examples in the world.

◊ Sir William Lyons: An eight-page tribute to an enigma and automotive genius. .

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