UK Area Representatives
About our Representatives
They are, naturally, great Jaguar E-type enthusiasts. To get an idea of where that passion may have begun, or what made the E-type stand out, we asked each of them to tell us about their first, most important, or most entertaining E-type memory.
Read what they have to say below...
To contact any of our Representatives, please see the representatives list in the latest issue of the E-type magazine.
See links below for Representatives in your area:
(Cambs, Norfolk, Suffolk)
Hampshire (incl. IoW)
(incl. Notts, Northants, Leics)
Midlands, West (incl. Birmingham)
Somerset, Avon (incl. Bristol)
Avon, Somerset, Bristol: Stephen Hill
Buckinghamshire: Kent Thirley
"My passion for the Jaguar E-type started at the age of 10 when a neighbour parked a sad-looking Series 1 FHC outside his house one evening. He was in the motor trade and often appeared with different cars. The E Type looked to me like it was going 100MPH just standing still."
Channel Islands: Mark Blanchard
Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester & Derbyshire: Richard Eaton
I am your Club Representative for Cheshire and Derbyshire. I first became interested in Jaguar cars at quite a young age, starting when I bought a 420G engine from a local scrap yard; back in the days when one could wander round such places and discover hidden gems tucked away in the corners!! I stripped it down and figured out how it all went together; quite fascinating, and it was nearly like an E-type engine!! My first true encounter with an E type was at the age of 18 when a good friend of mine, who had just finished restoring a 3.8 FHC, very kindly encouraged me have a drive one day; I didn’t need much convincing, I was hooked, what a fantastic car… Being of modest means and with numerous other distractions, it would be another 23 years before I found myself in a position to acquire my own E-type. This came in the form of a 1965 FHC which “just needed finishing off to make a nice car”… Yeah, right… after the rose coloured spectacles came off it was evident that all was not as it seemed and so began a 3 year restoration in my workshop. This was completed in 2012 and I finally had my own E type! The car has now covered around 10,000 miles and is such a fabulous dream come true. It doesn’t stop there though; the 3.8 FHC which I originally fell in love with is currently in my workshop undergoing the same treatment as my 4.2… currently about 90% complete (with 90% still to go!!) and hopefully should be finished later this year. I love driving my E-type and where better than in the Peak district, about 20 minutes drive from my home. I often go for a run round in the evening after work; a wonderful way to unwind… I have met some wonderful people through my involvement with the club and want to continue to enjoy my E- type(s) and encourage others to do the same… Let’s have some fun… If I can be of any help to you with club, or car matters please do not hesitate to contact me.
Devon & Cornwall: Richard McHowat
Dorset: Paul Abadjian
"As a small boy, I was always interested in cars, and that general enthusiasm tended to focus down to Jaguars when my father bought his first, a MkX in 1963. By 1975, I had bought my first classic, a Daimler Dart, which I still have, and will probably never part with."
East Anglia: Ray Perkins
In November 2018, I sold my business and bought an E-Type (a 1970 series II coupe in red) adding to a modest collection of British sports cars that comprises a 1965 TR4 and a 1974 Triumph Spitfire (to which I have a sentimental attachment). When I bought the Jag, it was sound, just about driveable, and a bit tatty. For the last year or so, it has been undergoing a restoration that has included a new clutch and flywheel, some welding, a bare-metal paint job and a smartening up of the interior. With a bit of luck and a fair wind, it should be back on the road in the spring. In my view, owning classic sports cars can be a great social activity and as the Club’s new representative for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, my principle objective is to turbo-charge this aspect of club membership. Together with my wife, Morna, we live close to Cambridge.
Essex: Kevin Bates, Terry Greer-King
Hampshire: James Bilderbeck
Herefordshire, Worcestershire: Representative needed
Hertfordshire: Kent Thirley
"My passion for the Jaguar E-type started at the age of 10 when a neighbour parked a sad-looking Series 1 FHC outside his house one evening. He was in the motor trade and often appeared with different cars. The E Type looked to me like it was going 100MPH just standing still."
Isle of Man: Ian Thompson
"Car interests have been many with the first Jaguar coming along in the form of a 1983 XJ Sovereign, followed by an XJ40 Sovereign."
Lancashire & Cumbria: Representative needed
Lincolnshire: Representative needed
Midlands East: Anne Mitchell
Midlands West: Martin Andrews
"Like many of us I suspect, I caught the e type bug at a very young age - about 6 years old if I recall well - on seeing my first E-type: a Regency Red Series 1 FHC. Since then I dreamt of owning one and finally realised this ambition in 1997 when I bought my first E-type, an Opalescent Silver Blue S1 2+2 as family plans were in place…"
Oxfordshire: James Mitchell
"I have been involved with Jaguar all my life. We had an XK140 FHC when I was young, a restoration project with no brakes that I used to drive around fields in before I had a driving licence."
Scotland: Roger Sambrook
"I bought my first Jaguar – a 1980 pre-HE XJS in 1990 – I still remember the test drive. I was so impressed with that car right from the very first moment that I have been a big Jaguar fan ever since."
Sussex, West: Representative needed
Yorkshire & the Northeast: Ian Fey
"I have been a petrol-head for most of my 74 years and excluding company cars I bought my first car with a tin roof when I retired. My first car, at the tender age of 17, was a 1932 MG PA bought as a box of bits. This was followed by a succession of sports cars with my second favourite car (an Austin Healey 100/6) being sold to raise the deposit on the house when I married Judith who has put up with me and my cars ever since."
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