Meeting Report 05-July-22

Notes from discussions at our June Zoom monthly meeting (which was postponed by a week):

• Talked about sale of land at Terenure College, putting future car show events for that venue in doubt. As a club, we’re still interested in a large Jaguar event in Ireland.
• Ballylickey event going ahead as planned. Hotel fully booked, 13 rooms booked by JEC members.
• Watched the first 11 minutes of this video: Jaguar/Daimler V12 Engine – a Powerhouse in a Silk Glove | Tyrrell’s Classic Workshop
• Reminisced about Jaguars of old: a Daimler Van den Plas that was used for chauffeuring Charles Haughey; Stanley Roche’s Series 1 Daimler Double Six
• Technical talk about harmonising balancer / damper. Advice to everyone with a Mk2 to check the state of the rubber on the balancer, and replace it as a preventive measure. If it fails, it can cause serious damage. Check your fan vanes, they can sometimes break off. If you have a vacuum tank for brake servo assistance, inspect the state of the tank – if it has corroded and become porous, it will allow air to be sucked in to the cylinder heads, and gradually cause damage to the engine. Similarly, keep an eye on the vacuum hoses because they will perish.
• Plan to streamline communications with the club region, making more use of the WhatsApp group to keep people better informed.
• Note that there will be no July monthly meeting, since many members are on holidays.

AGM 2021

Our AGM last year was held in the Garryvoe Hotel. This year, due to our enforced separation, we met on Zoom. No comparison between the two venues, and we’re hoping that everybody’s situation improves through 2021 so that we normality before 2022. Here’s hoping!

Meeting Report 26-Feb-20

Welcome to new meeting attendee, Pat, who joined us for the February club meeting with news of his restored Mk2. We are always happy to see new faces, whether of prospective members or returning members.

Meeting Report 25-Sep-19

It was a smaller group of stalwarts than usual that met in the Kingsley Hotel for the monthly meeting. We had apologies from a few of the regulars, so our best to everyone and we hope to get together again soon.

Meeting Report 28-Aug-19

Is it still summer, or is it autumn? Rather than try to find agreement on that topic, we’re probably better off sticking to talking all things Jaguar. Some events coming up that we discussed at our meeting:

Meeting Report 25-Jun-19

Time is moving on, the Emo, Scotland and Mount Congreve events are done already. We spent most of our evening in the Kingsley Hotel talking about upcoming items in our calendar:

Meeting Report 29-May-19

It was a nice summer’s evening in the Kingsley Hotel on Wednesday night – lots of walkers and cyclists making the most of the riverside amenities. Can’t be long before the kayakers are spotted as well.

Meeting Report 24-Apr-19

Summer is nearly here, the weather is picking up – time to make the most of the opportunities to get the cars out. That was the context of our April meeting, where we discussed:

Meeting Report 27-Mar-19

The Kingsley Hotel was buzzing tonight, but we got our regular spot for our meeting in the lounge area. Great to see a few people at the meeting that we hadn’t met up with for a while.

Meeting Report 27-Feb-19

Our first ordinary meeting of the year took place in our regular venue of the Kingsley Hotel, at 8:30pm on Wednesday 27th February. The mornings are brighter already, and the days are getting longer – it won’t be long before we’re taking the cars out for runs and weekends away again. Items discussed at the meeting: