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Published by the RMJC Club since 1967 Volume 51, Issue 5

May 2018

Contents by page 2 Club Information 3 President’s Page 4 Coming Events 5 Event Details 7 ACC Announcement

9 Board Meetting Minutes 12-13 Monthly Meeting Minutes 14 Membership 15 Classified Ads, Ad Rates

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These photos are fromthe Presidents Dinner ofMarch 30th.At right are some of thepast presidents.

L-R: Gary, Steve, Judy,Dwight, Frank, Gordonand Bob

Betsy, Shirley & Gordon, Glenace & Marty, Dwight, & Linda Jack Murphy, Bob Hall, Ray & Leni, Rita Hall

Deb, Judy & Tom Estes, Jackie & Brian, Frank, Mike Karyl & Bob, Judy & Gary, Frank, Steve & Deanie

Most photos by Bill Beeson

Memorial Service forWilliam Hellstern

See note in PresidentsColumn on page three

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The RMJC is supportive of theJaguar Club Southern Colorado - JCSC

Don Yowell, President 719-641-3985General Meeting on 2nd Thursday of the month at the Jaguar/Land Rover

dealership in Colorado SpringsSee the web site for leadership and event information at jagclub.org

Cat Tales is published monthly. Reproduction of articlesis welcomed if proper credit is given. Editor: Gordon Kenney, 303-766-7826 [email protected]

Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Picco-lo’s restaurant at 3563 S. Monaco Parkway, 0.2 mile east of I-25at Hampden and 1 block south on Monaco. Meet at 6:30 pm fordrinks and dinner; meeting starts at 7:15.Meeting are held every month except March, July and Decem-ber when special meetings are arranged.Board meetings, open to all, are at a members house at 6:30pm on the 1st Tuesday of every even numbered month.

Dues are $65.00/year which includes “Cat Tales”,membership in JCNA, the national “Jaguar Journal”,eligibility to enter JCNA sanctioned Concoursd’Elegance and other national and regional events.

For new memberships there is a one-time $20 addi-tional charge covering name tags, club patch, decaland membership cards. Use the form in this newslet-ter or printed from the web site or sign-up on-line.Non-members subscriptions are $30/year; Canadianand foreign are $36/year. Membership is open to own-ers of Jaguar automobiles and to others interested infurthering the enjoyment of them.See page 19 for Commercial Advertising Rates

Board Members at LargeVince Lane 303-322-8998Brent McGibbon 303-378-4249Frank Oakley 720-851-5708Deborah Ramirez 303-428-8898

Jackie Redrupp 720-515-2454

2018 Concours: Kennedys, Georges, KirbysDust Off: Frank Sullivan and Deb RamirezSummer Party: Redrupps and LanesMembership: Deanie Kennedy 303-489-3944Local Contact & Regalia: Steve Kennedy

303-489-3955 [email protected] to board at: [email protected]

2018 Officers: Put title in front of @rockymountainjaguarclub.org

President Steve Kennedy 303-489-3955 [email protected] President Bob Grossman 303-278-2068 vice_president@Secretary Bill Beeson 303-699-8705 secretary@Treasurer Deanie Kennedy 303-489-3944 treasurer@Newsletter Gordon Kenney 303-766-7826 newsletter@Webmaster Deanie Kennedy 303-489-3955 webmaster@Past President Dwight Eisnach 303-794-6443 past_president@Chief Judge Gary George 303-477-0189 chief_judge@

The club’s purpose is to promote interest in the preservation, operation and ownership of Jaguar automobilesand to encourage safe, careful and skillful operation. To be a source of technical information, to establishrules and regulations governing Club activities and to promote good sportsmanship at all times.

The Rocky Mountain Jaguar Club - RMJCPO Box 2923 Denver, CO 80201-2923 www.rockyountainjaguarclub.org

mailto:[email protected]


Presidents Comments by Steve Kennedy

Thank you to everyone who attended the AprilPresident’s Dinner at the Welshire. The eveningwas great with 38 members in attendance whichwas a great turnout. Gordon showed two presen-tations, one was about the design and building ofthe new Jaguar I-Pace electric car and BillBeeson talked about the other video of the Jag-uar built module which replaces the 6 cylinderXK engine and transmission and converted it toa total electric vehicle. Photos from this eventare throughout this newsltter.

The Spring Dust-Off will be May 19 th; detailsare in this newsletter and then the secondJudge’s School on the following Sunday atHagerty’s.

June will be a busy month with the ACC event onthe 10th and our concours on the 30th. We hadoriginally planned to hold it at the Spirit of Flightmuseum in Erie but the owner had to cancel soValerie Kirby stepped right in and found a park inBroomfield, not too far from their new home,where we can hold the concours then go to theirhome that evening for dinner and the awardsceremony. Full details on the loose insert in thisnewsletter.

Not a club event but on May 12th, Hagerty isholding a Driving Experience for Teen Age Driv-ers, with an introduction to manual transmis-sions. If you would like to help out, you can

probably just show up out at theHagerty facility in Golden, 1010Johnson Rd #150, Golden, CO80401.

A project we might want to lookinto is helping the Forney Muse-um. We have not been there asa club in some time. With lots ofcity construction going on, ac-cess to the museum has beenrestricted as has been their attendance. There isno easy access from I-70. Some clubs have do-nated as much as $300 to them just to help theykeep going. We could do that or we could get 25to 30 members to attend and each donate $10.We might be able to find some time in July orAugust. If someone would like to head this up,please contact me or Deanie.

Remember the Air/Car show that many of ushave attended at Front Range Airport in Watkins.The city has taken over management of the air-port and it seems the CCCC could not reach anagreement with the airport on the car show date.Anyway, the CCCC has made arrangements tohold an Air/Car Show/Swap Meet at the RockyMountain Metro Airport (Jeffco Airport) in Broom-field on August 4th. We have had great atten-dance to this event in the past, it would be greatif we could support this event. See the write-upin this newsletter.

Ted Hummel’s Uncle

Ted’s uncle William Hellstern was a Gunners Mate 2nd Class on the USS Oklahoma,a Nevada-class battleship that was sunk by several torpedoes during the Japaneseattack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. Five and a half years ago the Navy con-tacted Ted and said they were trying to identify remains and asked for samples ofTed’s and his mother’s DNA. Ted’s mother passed away some years ago, but it justso happened that he had a locket of her hair that he could send to them along witha swap of his own DNA.

They called him several months ago and said they had identified his uncle’s re-mains and they will be doing a full military funeral at 11 am at Mt. Olivet Friday, May18th. As Ted does not have much family, just him and his son, it would be great ifwe could have a great representation from the Jaguar club at the funeral. Ted willalso be sending in a full write-up about his uncle in the next newsletter.


June 5 Board Meeting, McGibbon’s at DAC

9-10 RMVR at Pueblo Raceway9-10 Annual Glenwood Rallye

10 ACCO Show at Arap. Commjnity College 12 Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s 30 RMJC Concours, Broomfield Commns Park

July No Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s4 Evergreen Car Show at Buchanan Park

14 Summer Party at Roxborough Park Center and Haney Park - Redrupps and Lanes

28 Warbird/Car Show at Front Range Airport

August4-5 RMVR Kids Race Against Cancer – HPR

4 Airplane/Car Show at Metro Airport - CCCC 5 Colorado Scottish Festival - Citizens Park

7 Board Meeting, Beeson’s 11 Albuquerque Concours at Santa Fe 14 Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s 19 Slalom at Front Range Airport

September 11 Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s 15 Ride the Rockies 16 British Car Conclave 22 Bids for Kids 30 JCSC Concours

October 2 Board Meeting, Oakley’s 9 Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s13-14 RMVR at Pueblo Raceway 31-Nov 4 2018 International Jaguar Festival

November 13 Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s

December No Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s 1 Holiday Party 4 Board Meeting, Kennedy’s

Events listed in italics may be of interest to some membersbut are not a RMJC organized or sponsored event.

Club Events in 2018

May Event Details8th Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s

18th Memorial Service for Pearl Harbor Veteran - page 3 19th Spring Dust Off - Frank S. & Deb R., details next page 20th Second Judges School at Hagerty’s, details next page

And coming in June:

June 5th , Board Meeting

June 10th ACCO show - details on page 7

June 12th Monthly Meeting at Piccolo’s

June 30th, RMJC Annual Concours at Broomfield Commons


Event Details - May

The ACCO Concours on Sunday, June 10th see page 9

The RMJC Annual Dust-Off May 19th:This year we’re going to visit the Stephen Tebo Classic Car Museum in Longmont. It’s a private carmuseum not open to the public. Then we will be going to Treppadas’ Restaurant in Niwot afterthe museum tour. Organized by Frank Sullivan and Deb Ramirez.

Saturday, May 19th

8-9: Meet and Breakfast at the Ramirez Casa11708 Tennyson Way, Westminster, 303.428.8898, call if you get lost

9-10: Drive north to Longmont (directions to be given at Breakfast, or will be posted closer to thedrive)

10-12: Tour of Tebo Classic Car Museum, Longmont, free admission to RMJC

Lunch to Follow at Treppeda’s Ristorante, 300 2nd Ave (Niwot Rd), Niwot. Five minutes from TeboMuseum.(Lunch is not free - order from the menu with individual checks.)

For those not meeting for breakfast, contact Frank either that Saturday or the day before for Tebo’slocation. They do not want to give it out ahead of time.

Everyone interested, please RSVP to Frank Sullivan at 970-460-0307 or [email protected] by May 14th so Deb knows how many are coming for breakfast and Frankknows how many there will be for lunch.

2nd Judges School, May 20st at Hagerty’s, 1010 Johnson Rd, GoldenSame location and format as the 1st school. Come a 12:00 noon for Pizza lunch. Thissession will include the exam required for Judge Certification. Any questions contactGary or Steve.

The RMJC Concours, June 30th, see loose flyer

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Don, Mark and Barbara

The month of May is approaching and it is time for us all to start thinking seriously about the 2018Colorado Concours. This year's date is Sunday June 10th, and will be the 35th rendition of thisgreat event which, as always, will take place on the lawn at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S.Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Sponsored by Ability Connection Colorado (ACCO) this year's concourswill benefit at-risk children through ACCO's Creative Options for Early Childhood Education Pro-gram.

As many of you know ACCO is RMJC's desig-nated charity and our club was one of the veryearly sponsors of this event. Last year's showhonored Jaguar as the featured Marque andpaid tribute to our club's 50th anniversary. Some40 Jaguars were in attendance highlighted byJeff Schroeder's amazing C and D-Types andDave Massy's spectacular Cotswold Blue XK150 that garnered the Concours' coveted Peo-ple's Choice Award.

You can register on line at the ACCO website or at www.coloradoconcours.org. The last date toregister and have your car included in the program is Wednesday May 16th. On line registrationcloses Wednesday May 23rd which is also the cut-off date for signing up to have your car Concoursjudged. After May 23rd you can download the registration form and take it to ACCO (June 6-8) orbring it the morning of the show assuming space is available. This year's entry fee is $50.00($100.00 if you want your car Concours judged). We will have our usual club judging and ACCO willprovide 1st and Place ribbons for our regular six classes plus a special "Judges Choice" ribbon.

Last year's event netted ACCO $101,498.00. This year's featured Marque is Porsche and they arepromising some very special cars. When you go on line to register be sure to mark RMJC as yourclub affiliation. You might also want to check out ACCO's Porsche Cayman raffle. In conjunctionwith all their fundraising events in 2018, ACCO is selling chances to win a 2019 Porsche CaymanGTS (or $75,000.00). The drawing will be held December 15th and you don't have to be present towin.

As always I could use 3 or 4 volunteers to help stake out the grounds at the college on Saturday the9th. Please let me know if you can help. We can also use a couple volunteers on Sunday morningto park cars and direct traffic. Please contact me with any questions or for any assistance in gettingregistered etc. Let's have another great turnout!

Thanks all for supporting our club in this event.

June 30th, 35th Annual Colorado Concours d'Elegance & Exotic Sports Car Show - Vince Lane



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The meeting this month washosted by Dwight and LindaEisnach. All of us truly appre-ciated their hospitality andwonderful food. Our clubdoes food and drinks betterthan any other club.

The meeting was opened byPresident Steve Kennedy at7:30pm. In attendance wereBrent McGibbon, Jackie Re-drupp, Deanie Kennedy, Gor-don Kenney, Bob Grossman,Vince Lane, GaryGeorge, Dwight Eis-nach, Don Leach, andBill Beeson.

Treasurer’s Report:Deanie reported that thefinancial status of theclub remains very good.The majority of CatTales advertisers have renewed for 2018. Clubmembership is at 100 with several more renew-als expected. The Club is on budget. Deanie,as the Club Webmaster, also commented onongoing improvements to the website content.

Event Recap: The Annu-al General Meeting(AGM) of JCNA held inMarch was attended byDeanie and Steve Ken-nedy and Bob Grossman.This year’s meeting washeld in San Antonio, TX.Highlights from the meet-ing were presented bythe attendees. This in-cluded a rundown of new rules for ConcoursJudging and a recently released, very extensive,XK 120 Judging Guide. One new rule that drewsome controversy at AGM was one requiringJudges to evaluate the cleanliness of the itemsthat can be seen through wire wheels and alloyson all models, like brake calipers, rotors, and in-ner wheels, but not for authenticity.

The Presidents Din-ner was also re-capped with theconsensus beingthat it was a veryenjoyable and suc-cessful gathering. We enjoyedgreat conversations at each table,good food and drinks, and athought provoking video presenta-tion on the future of Jaguar elec-tric cars, both new and classics.

Upcoming Events: Don Leach,our representative to the Col-orado Classic Car Council(CCCC) reported on the deci-sion of the CCCC to supportthe Rocky Mountain AirportAirplane and Car Show thisyear. This is a departurefrom CCCC supporting theWar Birds Car Show held atFront Range Airport as they

have in the past. As a member club of theCCCC, RMJC will support the Rocky MountainAirport Show.

It was reported by Deanie that the RMJC Con-cours d’Elegance originally scheduled at the

“Spirit of Flight” Muse-um is to be relocateddue to a schedulingconflict at the muse-um. Details are in thisissue of Cat Tales.

Vince reported on theACC show and re-minded us that volun-teers are requested for

set up the day before and the morning of show tohelp direct the cars onto the field.

Gary also reported on the British Car Conclaveand our long time commitment to this popularshow. Hagerty Insurance has increased theircommitment to the show this year.

Minutes of Board Meeting of April 3rd by Bill Beeson




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Minutes of General Meeting of April 10th by Bill Beeson

After the dinnerand conversa-tions, the meetingwas opened at7pm by PresidentSteve Kennedyannouncing theApril birthdays ofnine members.There were nonew members inattendance but itwas good to seeRoger Noonanwhom we don’t usually see at the club generalmeeting.

We were pleased to welcome Rod Tomkins ofthe Triumph Club and Alan Magnuson of theMG Club to the meeting.

The Membership and Treasurer’s Reports byDeanie Kennedy were short and to the point.We have 106 members to date and the club ison budget. She added that there are ongoingupdates to website as she is also our WebMaster.

Steve highlighted a few of the upcoming eventsand encouraged all of us to review the EventsCalendar and sign up for them. The uniqueTebo Museum Spring Dust-Off event is nextmonth.

Rod Tomkins of the Tri-umph club presented aninvitation to RMJC mem-bers and friends to jointhe fun at the EvergreenMusic Festival and BritishCar Show on July 4th.Free admission and drinkticket for Jaguar driverand one passenger forthe 10am to 2pm show

and shine show. There will be great music ofall types, food, and drink for a fun day. ContactRod at 720-283-6730 if interested.

Alan Magnuson of theMG Club also pre-sented invitations totwo events this sum-mer. The first wasthe 66th Annual Glen-wood Rallye, June8th through the 10th.This is the longest continuously runningcar rallye in North America. They wouldlove to see many Jaguars participate.


Alans second event was the the Scottish Highland Games,which has returned to the Denver area from Snowmass.

It is to be held at Citizen’s Park in Edgewater August 4 &5. Theywould like have five (5) Jaguars to show on August 5th from9am to 4pm

Alan had one further request that was regarding the untimelypassing of a member of the MG Club. He is helping the familydispose of this member’s collection of British car scale modelsand books that were left to his family and brought several itemsfor purchase. Some of our members were happy to buy many ofthese items.

Gordon Kenney provided the evening’s program with a Jaguarclassic race car video hosted by Alan De Cadnet. It was fasci-nating to watch Alan aggressively drive priceless Jaguarsthrough beautiful British country sides as he described the char-acteristics and history of each one. The sounds emitted bythese jewels were amazing.

The meeting was adjourned after the program.

continued …Minutes of General Meeting of April 10th by Bill Beeson

Despite Steve getting the dates mixed up, seven Judges showed up for Gary’s class, Dwight Eis-nach, Ray Horral, Bill Beeson, Jon Strader, Tom Cohen, Rick Hill and Steve Kennedy. Gary wentover the 2018 updates and reviewed many of the items he thought were important.

The biggest change for 2018 is on wheels. The inside of the wheels are now judged for cleanlinessand condition. If you can see it, it needs to be clean. That does not mean to judge for authenticity forsomething like the brake drums on XK 120s; are they red or black. That still does not matter, theyjust need to be clean. However, if they are rusty, that falls under the Condition deduction, they canbe any color, but rust is not a color, it’s a condition.

On the other hand, do not judge the suspension for on E-Types for anything. That item was broughtup and the decision was to pass on suspension all together.

Thanks to Hagerty for hosting the Judge’s School and buying lunch. Jeff Shroder had offered to buylunch but Hagerty insisted.

Report of the Judges School of April 21st by Steve Kennedy


RMJC Membership Form____________________________________Name (as you want it on your name tag)

____________________________________Spouse’s Name (as you want it on the name tag)

___________________________________________Street Address

___________________________________________City/Town/Zip Code

___________________________________________e-mail address 1

___________________________________________e-mail address 2

___________________________________________Home Phone

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Annual FeesCurrent Membership Renewal fee $65New Membership Fee* $85Optional Business Card Ad in Newsletter $25Optional Business Card Ad on the web site $25BOTH Newsletter & web site ad $45 Amount enclosed = $_______

1st Jaguar __________ __________ __________year model body style

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*New Membership Fees includes membership card(s),JCNA Decal, name tag(s), subscription to Cat Tales andJaguar Journal. Members joining after Sept.1st pay oneyears fee and are members throughout the following year.Mail this form (or copy) and payment (RMJC) to Deanie Kennedy, Membership Chair 8137 Zang St Arvada, CO 80005

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Commercial Advertising:Non Member advertising Rates: Size AnnualBusiness Card $128 1/6 page $164 1/4 page $236 1/3 page $290 1/2 page $425 2/3 page $542 3/4 page $614 Full page $740

A members’ business card ad is $45/year Ads will be in“Cat Tales” and website.

Ads run from January 1st to December 31st but can beprorated. Advertising must be paid in full at time of place-ment. Contact: Deanie Kennedy, Treasurer at 303-489-3944 or at [email protected]

For Sale due to family circumstances: 2000Jaguar XK8, 2 door silver convertible.Mileage is 50,200, engine is a 4.0L V8, A/C,cruise control,one owner in Phoenix, us and now you.

Asking $11,000 or OBO, Sally [email protected] 303-903-4031

50th Anniversary of RMJC Car BadgeIt is 3 inches in diameter and is made ofbrass. It has green mountains andshows the years 1967 and 2017. Thereis a brass colored “growler” in the cen-ter. They are numbered from 1 to 50.

The badge has two cast fasteners onthe back and supplied with mounting hardware.

Clock PhotosClocks with the photo yousupply for $25. You need tohave the photo in Portraitformat, long ways top tobottom.

These are available from Steveat [email protected]




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