1969 Video Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance Race Part 1 to 4

EXCELLENT. A quadruple whammy. Almost 50 minutes of nostalgic action packed bliss. 1969 Le Mans from start to finish.

The Hand Built Jaguar XJ13 by Jürgen Locke

This is a truly incredible mind boggling story about a 60+ year old German gentleman Jürgen Locke who built a Jaguar XJ13 from scratch with his bare hands. On a similar note check out one of our UK Member's attempt to do the same by clicking HERE. To go to the Jürgen Locke article click on the link below the pic.

GO TO JURGEN LOCKE ARTICLE

MAKE YOUR OWN JAGUAR PARTS THE JAY LENO WAY

Amazing technology straight out of Science Fiction. Hats off to the US of A for coming up with such an amazing technology.

XK/E-TYPE SU CARBURETOR TIPS

Excellent easy to understand article I discovered on the JCNA website. Click on the link below the pic to go to the article.

GO TO JCNA ARTICLE

A MUSEUM THAT ROARS ONCE A MONTH

Ferrari Testa Rossa and Aston Martin DBR1

On the fourth Saturday of each month, the Simeone Foundation Museum in Philadelphia exercise much of their vintage cars collection on their three-acre grounds — making their displays really come alive.

It should be of interest to readers of this Blog that presently they are having a special display “Best of Britain” Sports/Racing Car Show

More details about the Museum in this NYTimes Article

$10/10€ if YOU GUESS or NAME THAT CAR

I'll mail out $10 bill or 10€ bill for the right answer. Correct answers must be received before March 30, 2010. Use the comment box below to enter your choice.

THE MOST DECADENT MOTORING TOOL KIT EVER MADE

We all remember James Bond's famous catch phrase "Shaken not stirred" referring to his preference on how he wished to have his Martini (see recipe below) prepared. During the Golden Age of Motoring or Grand Touring as it is often called, cocktails were the rage of the high society. Many of the high end luxury goods manufacturers such as Alfred Dunhill, Harrods, Hermes and Cartier etc. catered their wares to the motorist. One of the most popular items was of course the cocktail shaker as Martinis and all sort of cocktails were so much in vogue. Below are pictures of a very exquisite motoring cocktail shaker from that era (circa 1948) that I carry in my Jag for those special occasions. Parked in a secluded spot, with the Jag XK 150S hood down, on such special occasions my non James Bond line was "How about a Martini under the stars darling?" It never failed. :-))

CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM

(1) THE LEATHER POUCH

(2) THE POUCH UNZIPPED

(3) THE COMPONENTS OF THE POUCH. Two large hip flask, 4 shot glasses, a cocktail spoon and the cocktail shaker.

(4) THE COCKTAIL SHAKER

(5) ALL THE PARTS INSIDE THE SHAKER. Notice the orange or lemon juicer in the top RH corner which also doubles up as the strainer. Two smaller round flasks that can be used for Italian Vermouth and Angostoura Bitters (see Martini recipe below), 4 Cocktail glasses, a large glass, a small lidded box for sugar or salt and a lid. All the interiors are gold plated.

(6) HOW YOU WOULD USE THE SHAKER

(7) ALL BUT 2 of THE COMPONENTS PUT BACK IN.THE SHAKER. There are a total of 11 parts all together that make up the shaker.

THE PERFECT CLASSIC DRY MARTINI

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• 5/8 Dry Gin
• 1/4 Dry Vermouth
• 1/8 Italian Vermouth
• Angostoura Bitters
• ICE and shake well. ENJOY.

How to get any girl to say YES!

Getting any girl to say YES regardless of your intentions takes some preparation. Here is our suggestion guaranteed to work.

Its a very simple plan. You drive her down the Romantic Road in a hired E-Type. The Romantic Road is a specific itinerary drive right at the heart of the Cotswolds put out by the Cheltenham Tourism, The Cotswolds is the UK's largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Full details of the Romantic Road itenerary and map HERE.

As for the E-Type, it can be hired complete with a picnic basket and a bottle of wine from Classic Motoring also located in the Cotswolds area. The majority of their fleet of cars are E-Types. Click on the picture below (one of their cars) to contact them and start putting this "YES" plan in effect. Please leave comments on this plan preferably after execution.

TIME MACHINE. Comparing 1951 Jaguar XK 120/Nash-Healey/Muntz Jet

Here are our three 1951 cars that we are going to test and compare in our amazing "go-back in time" time machine. Click on each photo to enlarge it. When you've finished admiring these beauties click on the back button each time to return to this post and then finally click on the TAKE TIME MACHINE TRIP link below. There are 5 pages of comparison data. Make sure you check out the prices. Enjoy the trip.


(1) Jaguar XK 120

(2) Nash-Healey

(3) Muntz Jet

TAKE TIME MACHINE TRIP

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