[Leica] Red Jag E Type

[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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