Welcome to JEC GLASGOW REGION

A short history of JEC GLASGOW REGION

The Regional Club was founded in 1990.

The story began shortly after Jim Colville purchased his Series II Jaguar XJ6.

Jim did not know how to restore the car so he asked around and he was advised to join the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club. When he started reading the Club's Magazine he thought there might be a need for a Glasgow Region.

He contacted the area liaison person at that time and assistance was duly rendered. The Club gave Jim a note of all the existing signed up national members in his area and off he went. Jim then sent out 80 letters inviting them to form a JEC Glasgow Regional Club and received three replies.

The four resulting founding members were:

Ken Gorman, Chris Magnus, Ken Rae and Jim Colville. The first meeting was held in August 1990 at the Burnside Hotel in Burnside, Rutherglen. The four members each took a turn with the expenses to help get the club off the ground.

After 33 years the Region's club night is still at the Burnside Hotel.

Two of the four founding members, Jim Colville & Ken Gorman, are still active members of JEC Glasgow Region. If you need advice, or just want to talk Jaguar for an evening, the Burnside Hotel is a must. Within the Regional membership there is a vast body of knowledge on all things Jaguar.

Committee Members for 2024 - 2025

Chairman: Jim Pettigrew
Regional Organiser: Jim Colville
Secretary: Gordon Mathieson
Technical Adviser: Ken Gorman
Treasurer: Angus Mackenzie
Events Organiser: Ron Hutchison

Meetings
Meetings take place on the second Wednesday of the month from 7.30pm at the Burnside Hotel, 7 East Kilbride Road, Burnside, Glasgow G73 5EA.

The hotel now charges the club for the use of our private room and we have therefore put in place a contribution fee of £2 per member attending an evening meeting. This fee covers tea & coffee and the overall cost of the room etc is subsidised from regional club funds.

In addition to our evening meetings we have started to enjoy some Breakfast Meets on a Saturday morning which would take place in a month instead of the evening meeting. Members will be notified in advance on the dates of these Saturday Breakfast Meets. Individual members will have to confirm their wish to attend so that we can book a place and they must cover their costs of tea & coffee and filled breakfast rolls at the meeting. The room is limited to 24 places for our Breakfast Meets.
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Whatever your Jaguar (or if you have just started looking), come along and you will find....someone who has one....or used to have one....or wants one too....or someone who will sell you one. In any case you are assured of a warm welcome from members and the committee.

Contact Jim Colville on 0141 631 2208 (sensible hours please) or e-mail : [email protected]