Jaguar Enthusiast January 2003

Publication Details

TypeMagazine
PublisherJaguar Enthusiast
Published date 01/01/2003

Articles

Page Title Type Length Options
16 New XK8 - makeover. . . or just more of the same? Nigel Thorley drives the latest incarnation of the XK8. Single vehicle -Reviews 3 View
20 Home maintenance. Mac Booker covers the fitting of a new brake master cylinder to the Jaguar 420 saloon, in particular the things they DON'T tell you in the workshop manual. General interest 1 View
22 Big & Beautiful - the Mk X Jaguar. Peter de Frere tells his own story about one magnificent beast of a car. Single vehicle -Reviews 2 View
26 How safe are your frames? Graham and Fiona Heritage look into the implication of replacing the front frames on their E-type Series 1. Restoration 4 View
30 In the trade. In the second of these articles Nigel Thorley looks at the current market place for the XJ40 and X-300 saloons. General interest 5 View
40 An E-stretch. Nigel Thorley checks out an unusual request for a modified E-type. Restoration 2 View
42 Cool XJ40. Part one: Nigel Thorley relates Dave Marks's story on retro-fitting an XJ40 with a factory air conditioning system. General interest 4 View
48 XJ-S Front subframe change - Part two. Last month Dave Marks and Bob showed Nigel Thorley just how bad these subframes can get and this applies to not only XJ-S frames but also XJ Series and XJ40 saloons as well. We also saw the removal of a corroded frame from a car. This month the procedure continues with the strip-down of the old frame. Restoration 4 View
54 Jaguar top of the pops - Part 6. Mk I Saloon. Nigel Thorley continues his review of the ten best Jaguars made. Previously covered have been the original Swallow bodied Austin, the SS Jaguar 2½ litre saloon, MK VII to IX saloons, XK120 and XJ6. This month it is the turn of the compact Jaguar saloon of the fifties and sixties. Features 4 View
58 DVLA - a further update. Keith Vincent clarifies the procedure over the 'Historic Vehicle' category of taxation and the retention of original registration numbers. General interest 1 View
60 Howard Kirkham. Jaguar Racing Profile. Nigel Thorley talks to Howard Kirkham, one of our saloon car challengers, and team boss of European Motorsport. General interest 1 View
66 420 Project - Part Seventeen. The story of the engine build continues with the fitting of pistons and engine ancillaries. General interest 3 View
78 Committee Cars. Nigel Thorley continues the story of his Mk VIII refurbishment. Restoration 3 View
82 Festival Historique de Laon - 1st/2nd June 2002. Story and pictures from Derek Argyle. Events 2 View
84 How original is your Mk 2? Urs W. Haehnle relates the story of his unusual collection and not least an early Mk 2. Features 2 View
86 XJ Project - Part 1. The club has previously carried out projects in conjunction with the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. The first car we took on and sponsored the refurbishment of was the ex-Sir William Lyons XJ6 Series 1. This was followed by the ex-press E-type Series 3 fhc and now work has commenced on a new project. This is the ex-Sir William Lyons (and also used by Lord Stokes in BL days) Daimler Double Six Vanden Plas Series 2 saloon. Restoration 4 View

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