Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great stories, Howard. I didn't realize you were that old! ;-} --Bob On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:23 PM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Hi Luggers, > Thanks to all who commented. > My jag experience was quite a bit like my Leica digital M experience. > Shifting from third to fourth at about 120 mph on the highway to > Saskatoon, Sask. Canada, a nut holding one of the connecting rods came off > and drove itself > through the aluminum crankcase. Jaguar wanted to put the car on a flat bed > truck and tow it to Winnipeg for repair. > > I refused; so they flew the mechanic from Winnipeg to Saskatoon to do the > job after a new engine had been air freighted from London - first to > Winnipeg - and then by truck to Saskatoon - because the crated engine was > too big to fit in the cargo hold of a DC 9 - so they said. After the repair > I drove the car to LA to start a new job. On the way the starter motor > cable came off and so the car wouldn't start. A sharp eyed mechanic in > Nevada figured that one out although he had never seen a Jag before. The > transistors for the ignition were fixed between the two 6 cylinder banks > and when stuck in slow traffic in the California summer they tended to > melt. Finally I delivered a case of single malt Scotch to the Service > Manager of Santa Monica Jaguar to thank him for good service and to ensure > it in the future. In the end I rented a Camero for business and parked the > E type until I could sell it. Still, I get nostalgic when I see it. I > remember good times like VIP parking in front of various > clubs in LA. Only Ferraris outranked the E Type for preferential > parking. Those were the days!! > :-) > Howard. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >