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 1000km. 

Drivers included Jack Sears, Graham Hill, Roy Salvadori, Jackie Stewart and others.

Today the cars are one of the most sought after collectors pieces in the classic car world. In this podcast, we meet the surviving members of the team who built them. We speak to Peter Wilson, Gerry Beddows, Frank Philpott, Peter Jones and Brian Martin at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust offices, Gaydon. 

We are starting this content with kind permission from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, who filmed the session for their own archive collection. This is part one of two, so sit back , relax and enjoy as we transport you back in time to 1963 and Lightweight E-type production.

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 explore how they test parts in real world conditions, on real cars. 

The tour ends in the design department where scanning and computer modelling is being utilised to create small production runs of complex components. We even pop in to see the IT department as well, which is larger than you might imagine! 

This podcast is a must listen to learn more about how unavailable parts are being made in collaboration with the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club to ensure good supplies of parts long into the future.

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 employed to search, store, pick and dispatch parts across the world. After that, we head up to the Lucas Lab where genuine heritage Lucas parts are still being made by a British team of craftspeople.

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 track, as these Jaguars came in for paint rectification. Her job, was to mask the car up ready for painting. She could mask a whole E-type in just a few minutes. In this fascinating conversation, Kathleen shares her memories of her time working at "The Jaguar" during the 1960s. Including insights into working conditions, the unions and being a woman in industrial Coventry during that time. So, settle in and be prepared for a fascinating trip back in time. 

The interview was recorded by the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust as an on-going project to record in audio and video formats, the memories of former employees of Jaguar throughout the eras. The video of this interview is kept in the Jaguar Heritage Trust archives.  

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.

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 the race's centenary year at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon.

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 our favourite shows and personalities.

Then, after a brew in the workshop we head out to poke around what is on the ramps and truly get behind the scenes at CBR Restorations.

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 Triumph and how he worked on improvements to the XJ6 series 3, XJ40 and XJ-S. He also explained the differences that arrived with the dawning of the Ford era and also the improvements that Sir John Egan brought to the ailing company to turn it around during the 1980s.

Today, David is a volunteer at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and also at one time, owned two Jaguars previously supplied to Bob Knight.

Sit back, relax and take this journey with us behind the scenes at the Jaguar plant at Browns Lane.

Plus we hear from Matthew Davis on how his season racing his Swallows Racing prepared Jaguar has played out so far.