[Leica] Red Jag E Type

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

One Christmas I bought a Jag for my wife, a 1973 XJ-6.  The first time 
it broke down, I asked the tow company for a flat-bed explaining that it 
was an expensive auto.  When they asked what it was, there was 
unrestrained laughter, as in "oh yes, we have much experience with those..."

Ken


On 3/10/2015 8:23 PM, H&ECummer 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.
>
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