Author: chuck goolsbee

Weekend Plans: The Tulip Rallye with Chris

Springtime is here, and the weather is supposed to be good on Saturday. So Chris & I are going to fire up the 65E and head over the hill to the Skagit Valley for the annual Tulip Rallye.

Yeah sure, my exhaust is still cockeyed, who know what else needs to be fixed, and the Tulip is not exactly a serious rally, but hey… it is time to drive!

Chris is jazzed. I’m ready to go.

By the way a Jaguar buddy in Bellingham is looking for a Navigator, anyone up for it? Roger? John?

Here are some pics of Chris doing stellar navigation duty over the years (guess which one is on a transit?)

Chris
Chris again
Chris & I

Car Photo of the Day: Name that car.

Dome-a-rama

This particular sort of car came up in discussion on the Jag-Lovers.org E-type group, and I commented on the way cool dashboard with the Dome-a-rama gauges. I knew I had a photo of it to share but could not find it at the time. Today I’m looking for more Bugatti pics and tripped right over it! I’ve abandoned the Bugatti theme for this one guys. Once I find the Bugatti pics I’ll post them to yesterday’s CPOTD. Since the discussion of Jag-Lovers named this car in today’s CPOTD any participants in that group are not eligible for guessing, sorry guys. Anyone else know what sort of car this is?

Hard to see from this angle, but that gauge cluster above the wheel is fully encased in a plexiglass dome that extends up along the steering column. Very Gemini-Capsule, Jetson-o-rama, retro-o-futurism! Makes me want to go watch “The Right Stuff” at the Cinerama.

Hard-core “name that car” people can have a go at all the stuff in the background too – though given that this was taken at a local car show at the NAPA store in my little town, the variety is not exactly on par with Amelia Island or Pebble Beach! 😉

(BTW Tomorrow’s CPOTD is a real stumper from Amelia so gird your loins!)

Car Photo of the Day: Back to my Bugatti theme…

Bug-O-Rama!

Here’s another Bug I have some photos of in my collection. My photo collection that is!
The car belongs to Dean Edmonds, who graciously provided a bunch of rallyists a tour of his car collection and shop on a break of the final running of the Forza Amelia a few years back. It was his favorite car in the collection. Dean is the gentleman in the center of the photo. We’re all jacketed up as after the tour we had a formal dinner sitting among the cars of another famous collection, a story for another time. This Bugatti Type 55 was immaculate, I’ll share some more photos of it later.

Here they are:





A Picture Just for Truls Teigen in Norway

Camshaft plugs

Truls Teigen from Norway sent me an email after he saw my “Camshafts of Doom!” asking if I had a photo of my replacement camshafts with the “proper” brass plugs in the end, rather than the bodged up JB Weld plugs courtesy of Classic Jaguar’s ham fisted mechanics.

I dug through my photos from that miserable summer when my engine was being rebuilt, and found the shot above. It was actually a photo of something else taken during reassembly, but I caught sight of the camshaft and sure enough there is the plug! I hope this helps Truls!

On a related note, I heard through the local Jaguar-owner grapevine that Geoff Pickard, the wonderful and capable mechanic that did such a great job rebuilding my engine (and fixing so much other stuff that “TeamCJ” screwed up) has chosen to retire. I need to call him and extend my congrats, and hopefully squeeze in a “goodbye checkup.” 😉