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Meet the 200MPH F-Type SVRSet to debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month, this newest rendition of the F-Type is said to be lighter, faster and more powerful. You may probably never need to go 200MPH but wouldn’t it

be nice to know you could? For more on this car and other Jaguar news go to page 12. Photo from www.us.media.jaguar.com.

Official Newsletter of the Jaguar Association of New England

February 2016 www.j-a-n-e.org

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President’s Update Jim Sambold, JANE President

We Are On To February

Our January monthly meeting was a great success, with over 50 members in attendance as Reverend Dr. Joseph Wilkes expounded on the state of collecting die cast Jaguar models. His collection was started in the late 80’s, and time has enabled him to amass well over 1,000 examples in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Joe told us that the biggest problem with his collection, even in a very large house, is finding the space to display them. Fortunately, his family is very understanding, and with some proper planning, he is able to rotate parts of the collection so they all can be

viewed over time instead of being always tucked away in their boxes.

As we roll into February, Mother Nature has been rather kind so far, and it appears that she will continue to be so at least for the near future. This also means that with the official date of Spring less than seven weeks away, we may, just may, get an early start on getting our cars ready for the season. Our event calendar has been pretty well-sketched out for the year, with the possibility of a few additional events that will put us over the 40 mark for the year once again.

Coming up in very short order will be our Valentine’s Day Dinner on Sunday, the 21st. The event is always well attended and has been a sellout for the last several years. If you are planning on going, make sure that you go on the website and preregister while there is still room. Directly following will be our February monthly meeting, and I am sure Dean will have another great speaker lined up for us.

Plans are being finalized for our Quebec City tour in June, as we have well over 60 people and 30+ cars already signed up. Ed Avis and Mark Lenci have outlined a fabulous event over the course of five days, at a first class hotel along with some great sightseeing and photo ops. If you have any interest in going, you need to call the hotel right away to book a room, and either check out the tour details on the JANE website or call Ed or Mark for more information. This will be an amazing trip and also one of the largest attended aside from our annual Concours.

Speaking of the Concours, it is not really that far away, and we are in need of someone to step up and take charge of the Hospitality Suite. This is the social focal point for our biggest event and is enjoyed by many. This chair position has the best benefits of any during the Concours weekend, so if you are interested, please contact Jane Murray and let her know.

In closing, I would like everyone to keep a couple of our members in their thoughts and prayers as days and weeks go by. When this goes to press, David Moulton will have had a major surgery and will be in recovery. We wish him a speedy journey back so that he can get behind the wheel of his beautiful F-Type. As I have mentioned before, Al Zanengo continues to battle some serious medical issues that have prevented him from attending any of our recent club events. We wish him the very best with the challenges he faces and hope to see him sometime in the Spring. Please take a few minutes and reach out to Dave and Al and let them know that we are thinking of them and wish them well.

This is a great club, because you, the membership, have made it so. As we continue to increase our member-


Above (l to r): Reverend Dr. Joseph Wilkes, Gus Niewenhaus and Jim Sam-bold during the January meeting in which Wilkes talked about his model Jag-uar car collection. Below: Reverend Wilkes brought a handful of his collection

to the meeting. Photos by Bill Richardson.

February 2016 Volume 18 Number 2

The Coventry Cat is the official publication of the Jaguar Association of New England (JANE), a non-profit organization of Jag-uar enthusiasts that is a regional chapter of the national Jaguar Clubs of North America (JCNA). JANE is incorporated in the Common-wealth of Massachusetts.

JANE Officers & Committee Chairs

President: Jim Sambold, 603-918-8795, [email protected]

VP Events: Dean Saluti, 617-285-6565, [email protected]

VP Membership: Howard Kalet, 508-380-7898, [email protected]

Secretary: Bonnie Getz, 603-943-6400, [email protected]

Treasurer: Don Holden, 603-673-8167, [email protected]

Concours: Jane Murray, 781-729-1886, [email protected]

Head Judge: Jim Sambold, 603-918-8795, [email protected]

Slalom: Richard Kosinski, 978-685-4111, [email protected]

Webmaster: Dennis Eklof, 508-878-9510, [email protected]

Traveler Contact: Gary Hagopian, 603-763-3093, [email protected]

Board MembersMichael Kaleel ● John Brady ● Jane Murray ● Marjorie Cahn Dennis Eklof ● Frank Grimaldi ● Rich Kosinski Lauren MacCarthy ● David Moulton ● Jennifer Taylor Gus Niewenhous ● Mike Axford ● Aldo Cipriano

The Coventry CatEditor: Tracey Levasseur, 207-247-3385,

[email protected] Editor: Prebble Eklof, 617-877-5825,

[email protected]: Barbara McLachlan, 508-947-0313,

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President’s Message continued

Jim

ship, the number and quality of our events continue to excel, and that happens only through strong participation and support. I look forward to seeing many more of you over the course of the year’s events.


Membership Howard Kalet, VP Membership

Welcome New Members

Chester Rice Bowdoinham, ME 1973 XKE OTS, 1971 XKE 2+2 FHCDouglas Touart Bedford, MA 1961 XKEJay Levine Brunswick, ME 2015 F-Type Coupe

JANE is starting out 2016 with 241 members on the roster as of Janu-ary 28th. This compares very closely with 242 members last year at the end of January. I expect that a few more members will sign up when we report our membership to JCNA at the end of January. As an AGM delegate this year, I will be proud to report our JANE mem-bership at the upcoming AGM in Scottsdale. I expect we will once again be one of the largest clubs in JCNA.

I would like to see our numbers grow, so that we can firmly be the largest club in JCNA! Please take the opportunity to reach out to your acquaintances to look for prospective new members. Also, please take a few brochures at any of our meetings. Additionally, the JANE website is a great place for prospective members to sign in with a guest membership and see the full calendar of activities held year round. And of course they can sign up there as well!

If you have not renewed yet, please do so at your earliest opportunity. If you have not done so as of February 1, your JANE/JCNA membership has expired. You may miss out on our regular communications, the Coventry Cat, the Jaguar Journal, and other club benefits unless you renew promptly.

I will be mailing letters out to all members who have not renewed. We will be asking why they have not re-newed and will be asking for feedback to improve the overall JANE experience.

Kevin and Diane Murphy won the “early renewal drawing” at our January meeting for one free year of basic membership.

Cheers,

Howard Kalet


Upcoming Events

*Dates above are only those confirmed at time of publishing.

Check this page for updates each month.

More details are available on the Calendar page at www.J-A-N-E.org, as well as information about non-JANE car events that may be of interest.

2016 JANE Calendar

You may register for any JANE event online at www.j-a-n-e.org and pay in advance by credit card or PayPal

Date Event Location February 21 JANE Valentine’s Day Dinner Bullfinchs, Sudbury, MA February 24 JANE Monthly Meeting Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA March 12 Tech Session – Restoration of a Mark II Waltham, MA March 23 JANE Monthly Meeting Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA March 31-April 6 JCNA AGM & International Jaguar Festival Scottsdale, AZ April 27 JANE Monthly Meeting Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA May 15 JANE Concours Judges Training Session TBA May 25 JANE Monthly Meeting LAAM, Brookline, MA June 2-6 JANE Tour to Quebec City Quebec, Canada June 9-12 2nd Annual Bristol British Motorcar Festival Bristol, RI June 12 JCSNE Annual Concours Middlefield, CT June 22 JANE Monthly Meeting Inn at Bay Pointe, Quincy, MA June 26 British Car Day on the Lawn at Larz Anderson LAAM, Brookline, MA June TBA JANE Spring Slalom North Andover, MA July TBA JANE at Myopia Polo Club Match South Hamilton, MA August 12-14 JANE Annual Concours Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge,

MA August TBA JANE Potluck Picnic and Lawn Party TBA September TBA JANE Autumn Slalom North Andover, MA September 16-18 26th Annual British Invasion Stowe, VT September 18 5th Annual Boston Cup Boston, MA September 28 JANE Monthly Meeting Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA October 1 JANE Lobster Tour in Maine TBA October 14-16 JANE Martha’s Vineyard Weekend Martha’s Vineyard October 26 JANE Monthly Meeting Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA November 16 JANE Monthly Meeting Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA December 4 JANE Holiday Party and AGM Vesper Country Club, Tyngsboro,

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Upcoming Events

The Wayside Inn is the oldest operating inn in the country and a Massa-chusetts historic landmark, well worth a visit even separate from JANE’s monthly meetings there. The Inn’s Old Bar is its oldest room, and it’s still in use today. On the evenings when we have our meetings at the Inn, you’ll always find members already gathered in the Old Bar well before dinner meetings begin at 7pm. It’s always the perfect gathering place to visit with fellow members.

February Monthly MeetingWednesday, February 24, 7pm

Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA

JANE’s Annual Valentine’s Day DinnerBullfinchs Restaurant, Sudbury, MA

Sunday, February 214pm

Join other JANE members to celebrate love and Jaguars!

Bullfinchs capacity is limited, so register early in order to be sure you're "in"! RSVP by February 17 to Chuck or Patt Centore (their numbers are on the JANE website), or more conveniently, just sign up online.

This event is always a sell-out. Don't delay! Then all you will have to add is flowers, candy, jewels, maybe a new red Jag...okay, maybe that's too much to ask? Individual checks will be available, so no advanced payment is required. For more information about Bullfinchs, including directions visit www.bullfinchs.com.


Upcoming Events

Tech Session – The Restoration of a Mark 2Waltham, MassachusettsSaturday, March 12, 10am

The Mark 2 Jaguars are a favorite of many people, but they suffer from a rather low market value that means they are not always kept in the best of health. The cost of professional services for full reconditioning far out-weighs a collector’s appraisal, and so it is left to competent owners to keep the cars in fine fettle.

Eric Kriss has taken on the complete rebuilding of a Mark 2 with a meticulous (or perhaps obsessive) approach to the task. It is being done with an extraordinary level of thoroughness and has been completely documented. Eric has made certain changes from the original, including a major revision of the electrical wiring and the fitting of a modern electronics multi-function display with a backup camera.

At the time of this event, the car will essentially be complete except for the final outer body painting and interior upholstery. The project has progressed very quickly, having started only in June 2014.

Eric’s blog may be seen at http://fairislepress.com/WP/. This website not only details all the work and tribu-lations encountered, but also provides interesting background information on the original vendors of some components.

The car is being built in a very well equipped garage that has room for a good number of visitors. Street park-ing is very limited, but there is a municipal parking lot between Common and Lexington Streets that is only a short walk away (see map).

Kriss’s garage location is at 10 Middle Street Court, Waltham, Massachusetts.


Other Musings

New JANE Website Tool Launched

Ever see a Jaguar-related news story on the internet that you wanted to share with fellow Jag lovers? Well now you can do it easily through the JANE website!

All you need to do is log in to the JANE website, hover over My JANE on the main menu, and click on Add News Link. When you do, a form like the one below will appear.

All you have to do then is:

1. Click on the calendar icon and select a date for the article.2. Type (or paste) a headline into the Headline field.3) Paste (or type) the link to the story into the Link field.4) Click the Submit button.

The news story will be filed in the JANE database and will henceforth appear in the Latest Jaguar News area on the JANE home page.


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JANE’s Delegates at JCNA AGM

The JCNA will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) from March 31 to April 3. Member clubs are encour-aged to send delegates to represent them. This year President Jim Sambold and Vice President Howard Kalet will represent JANE. Howard and Jim are pictured below at the January meeting.


In the News

Jaguar XJ220 at Sotheby’s Arizona Auction

From justbritish.com January 27, 2016

Autoweek is running an article about RM Sotheby‘s upcoming Scottsdale, Arizona auction and nine cars to watch. What really caught our attention in this one is the inclusion of one of our favorite, but often overlooked, supercars – the Jaguar XJ220.

To quote Autoweek…

Jaguar’s technological masterpiece is getting to that stage when some of those who wanted them as kids now have the ability to buy them, whether they have to sell their houses to do it or not. The XJ220 had a compli-cated history, and like an impressive number of 1990s supercars it was conceived during an economic boom to arrive in their owners’ driveways a couple of years after a market crash. The recession of the early 1990s dealt a heavy blow to the XJ220 without killing it outright, though the car itself was in some ways a compro-mise. The controversy surrounding this model is long gone, and what remains is a 1990s legend, with most examples showing very modest mileage.

RM Sotheby’s will be offering one of two cars that are California emissions compliant (it’s a wonder there aren’t more given where collections are based), an example that shows a claimed 6,900 kilometers from new. This example has had a number of items serviced and replaced within the last 600 miles, the auction house advises, including the clutch, fuel pumps and timing belt, and is now ready for the auction block. This one’s estimated to bring between $425,000 and $500,000 on auction day.

Read more about the auction and the other cars up for grabs at http://autoweek.com/article/auctions/9-cars-watch-rm-sothebys-scottsdale-auction.

Photo from www.us.media.jaguar.com.


In the News200MPH Jaguar F-TYPE SVR to Make Global Debut at 2016 Geneva Motor Show

From Jaguar Media Center website www.us.media.jaguar.com

(MAHWAH, N.J.) - January 26, 2016 - The new 2017 Jaguar F-TYPE SVR will make its global debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show on March 1, 2016 and will go on sale in summer 2016.

Capable of accelerating to 200mph1, the new F-TYPE SVR is the first Jaguar to wear the SVR badge and is developed to exploit the two-seat aluminum sports car’s full potential while retaining its day-to-day usability.

Lighter, faster and more powerful, the new F-TYPE SVR takes performance, dynamics and driver involvement to a new level yet retains the comfort and duality of character inherent to all Jaguar cars.

“The new F-TYPE SVR is the first series production Jaguar car to be developed by Special Vehicle Opera-tions and benefits from everything we know about precision engineering, performance and design,” said John Edwards, Managing Director, Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations. “The result is a 200mph, all-weather supercar that you can drive every day - we even made a convertible version so that enthusiasts can revel in the sound from the new titanium exhaust system.”

The new F-TYPE SVR will join the 2017 Model Year F-TYPE coupe and convertible range comprising of the F-TYPE, F-TYPE Premium, F-TYPE S, F-TYPE British Design Edition and F-TYPE R.

Full technical specifications, pricing, images and films will be available on February 17, 2016 at www.us.media.jaguar.com.

1Top speed shown for Coupe derivatives of the F-TYPE SVR. Always follow local speed limits.


The All-New 2017 Jaguar F-PACE

Excerpted from Jaguar Media Center website www.us.media.jaguar.com

• F-TYPE-inspired form that delivers on the promise of the breakthrough Jaguar C-X17 concept.

• Spacious cabin and large 33.5-cu.ft. luggage compartment.• Strong and stiff Lightweight Aluminum Architecture delivers agility, refine-

ment and efficiency.• Optional Jaguar InControl® Touch Pro™ infotainment system featuring

a 10.2-inch capacitive touch-screen, a virtual 12.3-inch HD instrument cluster with full-screen navigation display, supplemented by laser head-up display.

• Available InControl Wi-Fi™ capable of hosting up to eight devices.• World debut of Activity Key: an optional waterproof, wearable vehicle

access technology, allowing the keys to be securely locked inside the vehicle while engaging in outdoor activity.

• Double-wishbone and Integral Link suspension for exceptional handling and ride comfort.

• F-TYPE-derived chassis technologies including Torque Vectoring, Adaptive Dynamics and Configurable Dynamics offer a rewarding, tuneable driving experience.

• Optimized aerodynamics deliver low drag and high-speed stability.• Supercharged 380hp V6 gasoline engine delivers 0-60mph performance in 5.1 seconds.• Intelligent Driveline Dynamics enables all-wheel drivability and rear-wheel drive character.• All-wheel drive delivers reassuring levels of grip in a variety of conditions, and can be further enhanced

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Classified AdsDates in parentheses indicate the issue in which the ad first appeared. Classifieds are also available on our website at www.j-a-n-e.org, where they are updated as they come in, so check there often for new arrivals! Classified ads are free for JANE members and $15 per inser-tion for non-members. All ads will expire after three issues unless renewed!

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