Classic Jaguar

Classic Jaguar aims to be the definitive celebration of this most iconic of British motoring marques. It will chart the historic journey of a car maker that started life in 1922 as the Swallow Sidecar Company in Blackpool. The company soon evolved into a Coventry based manufacturer of sports cars. With a new factory and glamorous new models, Jaguar was flying from the 1950s onwards as it exported cars like the MkVII saloon and XK120 around the world and achieved huge motorsport success at Le Mans. Classic Jaguar magazine aims to relive these golden moments, looking back in time at this magical era for Jaguar, profiling the people, the places and, crucially, the cars that made the company what it is today. With its focus on the traditional, classic models of the past, Classic Jaguar will be the perfect complement to the comprehensive coverage readers can also enjoy in Jaguar World magazine.

CLASSIC JAGUAR

Classic Jaguar – the magazine that listens…

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JAGUAR BREAKFAST CLUB

PRODUCT NEWS • We catch up with the latest must-have products and accessories aimed at today’s classic Jaguar owner

SELF SHIFT OBSESSION • Later model classic saloons are quite rare in manual gearbox form – here we learn of approximately six of them in one family ownership

ROYAL DAMES, REGAL JAGS • The Royal connection with Daimlers and Jaguars began right at the start of the 20th century and continues to this day, with the late Queen Elizabeth seemingly an especially enthusiastic owner during the later decades of her reign

Wandering STAR • How many of us ever have the opportunity to drive an 87-year-old car, and not just around the block? Peter Simpson takes the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust’s 1935 SS1 Airline Saloon on a tour of the English Cotswolds…

INSIDE THE JAGUAR DAIMLER HERITAGE TRUST • The activities of the trust are explored through their staff, volunteers & exhibits

A PERIOD OF CONTRASTS FOR THE JAGUAR ENTHUSIASTS’ CLUB

HAVE YOUR SAY • Got something to say about anything Jaguar-related? Then we want to hear it!

XCLUSIVELY LETITIA

READING MATTER • Herridge & Sons publish a book so definitive; it is used as the Jaguar Classic Works reference source…

ONE LAST PUSH – THEN ON TO NEXT SEASON…

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E IS FOR EBULLIENT • Utilising his first wholly upbeat ‘E’ word of the series – we wonder how Peter actually manages to drive with so many body parts crossed…

THE ERIC DYMOCK ARCHIVE • Eric recounts TKF9’s place in Jim Clark’s career – and recalls his own experience of the same car

EROS TO OTTI • Concluding this true Boy’s Own adventure, we find Peter Siggers and his unlikely crew stranded with a broken axle 30-miles from Rafsinjan in the Kerman Province of Iran, the trip to India by Mk 2 looked to be in jeopardy…

PAUL KEATING’S XJ40 JOURNAL • Paul continues the restoration story of M105FVC by addressing a hazy engine problem..

ON TRACK • There was much to see for the Jaguar aficionado at the UKs Grand Prix circuit – not all ‘on track’, however…

WISH YOU WERE THERE? • This is the place where you can share mementos of your significant Jaguar event, personality or memory from the past. Photograph or scan them, add a brief description then email them to cj.ed@kelsey.co.uk. In what is now a customary deviation from our intended format, our intrepid ‘lady in the field’ Louise goes on a road trip around France and the Pyrenees in Spain with her V12 E-Type Roadster 835 HOT - did she Wish She Was There? – read on: (Normal ‘WYWT?’ service may or may not resume as soon as possible…)

THE JAGUAR ART OF ALAN FEARNLEY • Ian Cooling continues his occasional series on Jaguar artists, examining this current painter’s creations...