The 2011 National Rally is to be held in Canberra over Easter from the 22nd to the 25th of April, and will be followed by a six-day Post Rally Tour.

The official rally website is now online, and gives full details of the Rally itinerary; bookmark it now!
We're proud to introduce new Classified pages to the JCCT website. Cars and parts for sale will be advertised here, as well as in the JCCT magazine Jaguar Torque.

The website will feature larger, colour pictures of cars, and should prove popular with members who are buying or selling jaguar-related items.
JCCT Editor Andrew Irving hit the headlines in the Mercury during July in an article on his newly-acquired Daimler DS420. You can see the article here.
Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building has been confirmed to host Australia's inaugural International Concours d'Elegance at Motorclassica from Friday 22 - Sunday 24 October 2010.

A 1928 Daimler Double Six Limousine, a 1927 Bugatti Type 37A, a 1930 Alfa Romeo 1750 Brianza Spyder and a 1912 Rolls Royce 40/50 Silver Ghost are just some of the $50 million worth of cars already confirmed to compete in the event. 70 cars have so far been accepted to compete in Concours at Motorclassica and organisers estimate that an additional 50 cars will complete the field by October, along with up to 60 or 70 display cars at an estimated combined value of more than $100 million.

Find more information on this event at the motorclassica.com.au website.
The Melbourne Mille - A Mille Miglia touring event.

Founded in 1999, the Melbourne Mille accepts classic and sports cars up to year 1976. A four day touring event covering 1000 miles of the best roads southern Australia has to offer. Held annually in spring, Tasmania is on the agenda in 2010. After a successful Mille in 09 where we ventured west to the Adelaide Hills, this year promises another full field of exotic sports cars, together with the opportunity to meet new friends.

For more information on this wonderful event and to download an entry form please visit the event website at: www.melbournemille.com.au
A lot of discussion was held on the Gold Coast during the very successful 2010 National Jaguar Rally on the staging of a 50th Anniversary Tour for the E Type. With this in mind the Jaguar Car Club of Tasmania is proposing to conduct such a Tour during February or March 2011.

At this stage expressions of interest are being sought for possible participants.

You can find out more of the proposed tour here.
The club is shortly to receive a copy of a new Jaguar book, "The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere", by John Elmsgreen and Terry McGrath.

An expanded version of the earlier (1985) book "The Jaguar XK in Australia", this book provides much more detailed information on the XK120.

It is a limited edition of 1000 copies.

This sumptuous volume of some 480 large-format pages is available to purchase, if you want your own copy, from the publisher; you can see the details and order it online from www.jtpublications.com.au
We have a selection of new pictures from the recent 2010 National Rally held on the Gold Coast. The latest pictures are from JCCT President Rod Force, who was one of a small contingent of Tasmanian attendees. Rod's pictures are in addition to those previously contributed by Ian Bakes (son of Frank and Aloris), and we heartily thank both Rod and Ian for their contributions.

You can find these pictures in our Galleries section here.

Please note that the official 2010 National Rally site will have more pictures available shortly; when these appear we will link to them. Long time members will be saddened to hear of the sudden death on the 18th of March of Kevin Harrison. Kevin and Jacqueline joined the club when they moved here from Victoria after Kevin's retirement as an airline pilot. We well remember the lovely white '60s S-Type with chrome wire wheels and the Victorian registration FLY-767.

They graciously opened their lovely home on a farmlet at Mole Creek for a Northern Xmas party one year. Jacqueline found it hard to settle, having left family in Victoria. This was made even harder with the birth of grandchildren. Kevin came to several events by himself, but it wasn't a lot of fun, and eventually, we didn't see a lot of them.

Kevin would have turned 70 on Boxing Day this year. We're proud to introduce a new section of the Jagtas website, called 'Torque'.

Torque is all about cars; there's a 'MyTorque' section with stories and information about members' cars, and a 'TechTorque' section with good technical information. New information is being progressively added, so check back from time to time to see what's new. As you may recall from last year, the winner of the Editors Choice Award is now presented with a proper perpetual trophy, which is now engraved each year. This is awarded along with the original 'K9' big plaster cat, and the choice of each years recipient is to take both home, or if room for the 'K9' is a problem, then it will reside in the Shannons meeting room for the year.

At the time, it was noted that 'K9' was looking a little worse for wear, and that Barry Wiggins had offered to take it home and rejuvenate it. That he has done, with outstanding results, as I am sure you will all agree from the before and after photos.

Thank you Barry for your efforts in doing such a fine job for the club. There's a few more good years left in the old girl yet! We have a new club logo, as per the article on the Web Site and the December issue of Jaguar Torque.

In the past 2 months we have only heard 2 verbal arguments against the logo, but 18 emails and several verbal approvals for the change (its 5th to date). At the committee meeting on the 1st February, it was voted on unanimously to affect the change immediately.

The change will be very gradual, as we still have a few items with the current logo on, but all new regalia items will have the new logo.

The logo on the front of our club magazine will stay unchanged for approx. The next 2 years, as we seem to have an excess of covers (!!!!)

Got some news? Let us know. Anything of general interest to members is welcome, so why not e-mail us with your contribution!