In March 1961, the Jaguar E-Type was unveiled to the world at the Geneva Auto Show. Few other automotive launches have captivated the public as much as the E-Type did. Enzo Ferrari even dubbed it the most beautiful car ever made. The E-Type would stay in production until 1975 across three different series and three major body styles. Sixty years later, the E-Type still turns heads and is a much in demand classic car.
The Jaguar Drivers club ran an event today to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type. The goal was to get at least 60 E-Types for a photo shoot at Mt Panorama. In the end we got really close with 58 cars on display. At least one car didn’t make it up to Bathurst, sadly heading back to Sydney on a tow truck with a bad clutch.
It was a beautiful day for a drive up to Bathurst. A lovely Autumn Sydney day. We met up at the M4 services and then drove up in a loose convoy to Bathurst. There was a photographer along the route somewhere, so there will possibly be some good photos of the convoy coming. The meeting point was a vineyard on the Mt Panorama circuit. It really was a lovely venue and the cars were all lined up in one of the fields. There was a separate place to park for the other cars.
As part of the event they had a drone doing photography, a club member interviewing people about their cars and some proper photos taken of the field.
Most of the club were staying up in Bathurst, but I did it as a day trip. I managed to drive up and back on a single tank of fuel. My car ran well, although the brake fluid light came on a few times on the way home. I am not sure why as I checked and there was plenty of fluid in the reservoir.
All in all, it was a great way to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type.
Hi,
Great Photos!
I attended also, coming from Canberra, but “cheated” by trailering my car as it was only purchased 4 weeks ago and appears to have an alternator fault that I wasn’t able to fix in time.
I thought a 600k round trip may be a bit too ambitious in the circumstances.
However the car ran faultlessly around Bathurst on Friday afternoon and Saturday.
In my car the brake fluid warning light is also the handbrake warning light which comes on in my car sometimes and can be turned off by moving the handbrake lever a little.
Kind regards,
Jac
Great you could make it!
The light on my dash has always said brake fluid/handbrake, but never done anything on he handbrake. .
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