Paul drives his now-repaired XK8 to Hampton Court Palace for the 2017 Jaguar Trophy, where he receives an unexpected personal reward
WITH MY XK8 finally fully operational again after its fuel pump’s decision to stop working in the middle of Holland as I was on my way to the Nürburgring [see JW, August p30; September, p92], it is time to return the car to active service.
The first opportunity for a major journey post-surgery doesn’t present itself until this year’s Jaguar Trophy at the prestigious Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace. As I am again one of the judges, my car can’t officially be judged, but as I’m very proud of it and like to show it off, I enter all the same (plus, entering the Trophy offers better parking inside the Palace grounds than outside).
After leaving home early on Saturday morning, the roads are fabulously clear and, on an empty stretch of the M1, I can put my foot down a little. I’d spent the previous two days chasing D-types in an E-type and XK 150 (see page 68), so today the XK8’s refinement over its predecessors comes as a pleasant surprise. Smooth and quiet, it rolls along easily and effortlessly, which is partly due to the new Falken tyres I had fitted before my Nürburging adventure. They are a big improvement on the cheap Korean rubber the car came with, which made more road noise than a steamroller at speed.
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The Old Way
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Saving Jaguar
On the brink of the abyss in the early Eighties, Jaguar saw its fortunes turned around by a new chairman, John Egan. We meet up with him at the Jaguar Heritage Trust at Gaydon to talk about his strategies for the company’s recovery
Rolling road
A SNOWY February morning is not the ideal time to be taking out a pristine Jaguar E-type, and an early Series 1, flat-floor model at that. But my mate Bryan Smart has booked his in for a three hour session on a rolling road, and doesn’t want to miss the appointment. He’s not looking for more power – this car is standard, but it doesn’t idle as smoothly as it should. He’s not bad with spanners himself, but neither he nor a couple of specialists have been able to solve the issue.
Jaguar World's Technical Advice Service
E knock off
1966 E-Type Fixed Head Coupe
Trimmed and ready to be toned, Jim’s E-type Series 1 fixedhead returns home fromMCT Restorations
Favourite things
With a 300PS diesel engine and a lightweight, handsome body, the XF 3.0 TDV6 S could be the editor’s best-choice saloon of the current range. To discover if that’s true, he takes an example to a well-loved location of his, the Yorkshire Dales.
Jim Patten
MOT exemption
Time Warp
Carcoon will be 25 years old in 2018, so we meet the people behind the scenes to discover how the bubble idea came about
1984 XJ6 Series 3 4.2 Sovereign
Iain relays the joys and disappointments of buying an XJ6 Series 3 project car for our sister title, Classics Monthly
Family Ties
Despite the thirty years that separate the E-type 2+2 Series 1 from the XK8 they have many similarities – such as being fun and the added practicality of four seats to attract the family man. We test 4.2-litre versions of both cars back-to-back.
