The Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast has created a tradition of gathering the team together at the end of each year and reviewing the highlights of the past 12 months of Jaguar activities together. This year is no different so, on this special episode, we will be sharing some personal memories and looking forward to the amazing calendar of events yet to come in the New Year.Join James Blackwell, Richard West, Colin Porter and Ray Ingman - hosted by Wayne Scott for our fun review of 2023. 

The Jaguar Enthusiast Magazine Podcast visits a well-known Jaguar business in Somerset for a behind-the-scenes tour of their workshops and facilities. Swallows Racing has built up over four decades and three generations of the same family to the position they are in now with huge facilities for car servicing, major repairs race preparation, full restoration and even bespoke parts and engineering. Tom Robinson takes us for a tour round and explains how they are growing to meet the increasing...

The JEC Podcast continues with part two of an exciting interview that investigates the background and lives of the two drivers who took Jaguar to victory at Le Mans in 1953, Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton. Find out why Duncan Hamilton carried satsuma in every race car, how the 1953 race unfolded and how Tony Rolt’s legacy is long-lasting to this day with all-wheel drive. Wayne Scott talks to Stuart Rolt (Major Tony Rolt's son), Caroline Lee (Duncan Hamilton's daughter) and Dominic Hamilton...

At last, the JEC Podcast returns and we are back in fine style with part one of an exciting interview that investigates the background and lives of the two drivers who took Jaguar to victory at Le Mans in 1953, Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton.We investigate the fascinating and heroic lives of these Jaguar icons with their descendants, as Wayne talks to Stuart Rolt (Major Tony Rolt's son), Caroline Lee (Duncan Hamilton's daughter) and Dominic Hamilton (Duncan Hamilton's grandson). We also take...

Pioneering renewable fuel specialist, Coryton, recently launched the UK's first publicly available sustainable fuel. It is a fuel that could secure the future of the classic vehicle movement and historic motorsport. The SUSTAIN Classic range allows regular combustion engines in our Jaguars to be fuelled by environmentally friendly, plant-based petrol without the need for any engine modifications. Now available from launch partner, Motor Spirit at Bicester Heritage, with more stockists to...

On this bumper episode, we meet Josh Tyler from the north-east of England who decided during lockdown to leave his job as a Jaguar main dealer technician to educate himself as a specialist diagnostics for modern classic Jaguars. Having started up on his own as a new business he has quickly grown to a business that is helping keep Jaguars from the 90s and 2000s on the road. Plus, we get tips from Ray Ingman, our ARDS instructor on the perfect lap of Blyton Park in the club’s Jaguar XF...

In the latest Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast, Wayne is at the JEC TrackSport event at Harewood Hillclimb being thrown (quite literally) up the hill in the racing S-Type of Andrew Harper. 

In the latest Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast, Wayne catches up with Andrew Maynard, owner of the very first Jaguar XJR15, known at the time as R9R. He talks us through how he came to buy the car and also what it is like to live with an XJR15.

In the latest podcast from the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club, we meet Andrew Nahum, curator and historian, Peter Grimsdale, author and TV producer and Painting the Cave (a specialist in creative digital technologies) to learn about how the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust has devised a new and original virtual journey through the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest carmakers and designers, Sir William Lyons.This is the first exhibition devoted to his work, showing how his unique eye for style...

In this podcast, we catch up with Tom Robinson from Swallows Racing on how the 2023 CTRC season is going for the Swallows Racing team, plus some exciting news on a new car he is building plus updates from JEC Tracksport and a low-down on the current trends in modifications and upgrades for Jaguars. 

In this podcast, we continue our tour of Jaguar specialists buy paying a visit to Classic Motor Cars (CMC) in Bridgnorth. Their Managing Director Tim Griffin shows us around the impressive facilities including the parts stress, car storage, restoration, maintenance, body shop and trim areas for a comprehensive guide to their work.  Along the way, we also meet some of their staff and Hayden, their latest apprentice who is apparently already a master at building Moss gearboxes!  It’s a great...

The opening event of the 2023 season of JEC TrackSport track day shows was a truly unforgettable day for all who gathered at the historic Wiltshire circuit of Castle Combe. In this episode we have an extended podcast that brings you a taste of the atmosphere and action you can expect to be a part of when you attend a JEC TrackSport event. We get tips for the perfect lap from ARDS instructor Ray Ingman, Matthew Davis talks about the importance of getting the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust...

This unique gathering was organised as part of the launch of the book ‘Strictly No Admittance!’, which tells the definitive history of the lightweight E-type programme.  The first Lightweight built, 4 WPD, (which took 4 victories in 1963 piloted by then F1 World Champion Graham Hill and one further win in 1964 piloted by a then promising young Scot called Jackie Stewart) was brought over to the event on behalf of owner Shaun Lynne by keepers CKL Engineering, who maintain the car. This...

Strictly No Admittance by Peter Wilson is a book telling the story of Jaguar's Lightweight E-type. The book's author, Peter Wilson was one of the small team of men who built the Lightweights in Jaguar's famed Competition Department. As the name of the book suggests, it was out of bounds to most employees at Jaguar!  Just 12 were built, all in 1963 and they competed in major races across the world like the Sebring 12 hours, the Le Mans 24 hours, Goodwood Tourist Trophy and the Nürburgring...

In this episode, Wayne Scott continues his in-depth tour of the behind the scenes workings of Jaguar parts supplier, SNG Barratt. In this second part of our tour he concentrates on the areas of the business that are developing new parts to keep old cars on the road. From 3D printing to skilled craftspeople fabricating parts by hand we explore all aspects of reproducing and improving parts for classic Jaguars. We also have a poke around the old presses and visit the workshop of Peter Stant to...

In this episode, we have the first part of our behind-the-scenes tour of SNG Barratt. Wayne Scott pops in for a day at SNG Barratt to have a snoop around the warehouses, workshops, and offices with Julian Barratt for a detailed look behind the scenes at the one of the largest suppliers of Jaguar parts in the world. In this episode we meet Julian at the front desk at SNG Barratt’s UK headquarters in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. He takes us through the warehouse to walk us through the technology...

This week, we go behind the scenes at another Jaguar specialist, this time it is Tom Lenthall. In this in depth interview, we chat about Tom's early beginnings in the industry, his tales from behind the scenes working at a main dealer and some of the commonalities between Fords and Jaguars of that era. Plus, we discuss Tom's take on where the industry for classic cars is heading during these times of great change.

Kathleen Costley worked at "The Jaguar" as the folks in Coventry called the Browns Lane Factory during the 1960s. It was a time of great activity in the motor industry in Coventry, which was cementing its place in the UK as a vibrant, new and upcoming city. Kathleen's job was working in rectification, back during the time when paint defects reported on new or recently sold cars by dealers would see Jaguars heading back to the factory to be 'touched up'. Kathleen's job was working on the...

We gather together to the whole team behind the events, TrackSport sessions and office operations at the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club to meet the people behind the scenes and get an exciting preview of what is to come in 2023. If you want the full low-down on exactly what the club is offering members for events this year, then this is a MUST listen. 

A guide to tours and trips for 2023 with Kieran Line from Scenic Car Tours. On this episode, Kieran Line joins us from Scenic Car Tours with Richard West, Chair of the JEC Events Committee to give us an update on what we need to know about touring with our Jaguar abroad this year, including green cards and low emission zones, plus a run through the exclusive packages on offer through the club in 2023. Also, Richard gives us a heads-up on a special event being planned to celebrate Le Mans in...

In this, episode Wayne Scott puts your questions on the new Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Insurance scheme to Dave Youngs from Peter James.It's fair to say we gave him a good grilling on your behalf!They cover it all, from how member to member cover works to whether or not your garage must be made of bricks! Plus learn all about reinstatement cover, breakdown, multi-car and modern Jaguar cover and how the new insurance scheme benefits the club and its members.  

In this opening episode of the new series , Wayne Scott reviews what has happened over the past few months within the club, before getting on the road to meet Andy Waters, founder of the specialist restoration business near Wolverhampton, CBR Restorations.Andy shares his incredible journey from striking out as a young apprentice, through to building globally successful Concours D'Elegance Jaguars, rescuing E-types from rallies and working with TV and magazines to produce restorations for all...

David Rooney worked for Jaguar between 1980 and 2004 in Quality Development at a pivotal time for the company. In this magical interview, David takes us behind the scenes at Jaguar and shares his memories and stories from working alongside the greats like Sir John Egan, Jim Randle, Norman Dewis, Peter Taylor and David Fielden. In this trip behind the factory doors at Browns Lane, David speaks with Wayne Scott to share his memories on how he arrived at Jaguar after a career at Lucas and...

On this episode, we gathered together some of the guys from the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club events team to give a preview of all the exciting events still to come, here in the UK over the next few months. If you are still looking for exciting things to add in to your Summer car events diary - then this is a MUST LISTEN!