INTERNATIONAL Mk VII/VIIM/VIII/IX REGISTER: STATUS UPDATE

By Larry Martz

The International Mk VII/VIIM/VIII/IX Register is jointly sponsored by the JAGUAR DRIVERS' CLUB LTD of England and the CLASSIC JAGUAR ASSOCIATION, based in America. Our joint efforts to find these big saloons have moved along because of the Internet! As of January 11, 1997, our latest audit, we have:

Model	Number Located	% of Production	Years Produced
Total VII, VIIM, VIII, and IX:	812 of 46,537	1.745%	10/50 - 9/61
VII RHD:	102 of 12,755	800%	10/50 - 9/54
VIIM RHD:	64 of 7,245	0.883%	11/54 - 7/57
VII LHD:	72 of 8,184	0.880%	10/50 - 9/54
VIIM LHD:	34 of 2,016	1.686%	11/54 - 7/57
VII no chassis #:	39 of 20,939	0.186%	10/50 - 9/54
VIIM no chassis #:	21 of 9,261	0.227%	11/54 - 7/57
Total VII:	213 of 20,939	1.099%	10/50 - 9/54
Total VIIM:	119 of 9,261	1.285%	11/54 - 7/57
Total VII/VIIM in Register:	332 of 30,200	1.099%	10/50- 7/57
VIII RHD:	69 of 4,644	1.424%	9/56 - 12/59
VIII LHD:	35 of 1,688	2.073%	9/56 - 12/59
VIII no chassis #:	20 of 6,332	0.316%	9/56 - 12/59
Total VIII in Register:	124 of 6,332	1.958%	9/56 - 12/59
IX RHD:	158 of 5,984	2.640%	10/58 - 9/61
IX LHD:	168 of 4,021	4.178%	10/58 - 9/61
IX no chassis #:	29 of 10,005	0.290%	10/58 - 9/61
Total IX in Register:	356 of 10,005	3.558%	10/58 - 9/61

At this point, we've found them in 26 countries:

USA	274	SWITZERLAND	10	BELGIUM	3
ENGLAND	231	FINLAND	10	SCOTLAND	3
AUSTRALIA	139	FRANCE	8	CHANNEL ISLANDS	1
SWEDEN	24	SOUTH AFRICA	10	GREECE	2
HOLLAND	19	AUSTRIA	11	ZIMBABWE	1
GERMANY	15	IRELAND/EIRE	5	CHILE	1
NEW ZEALAND	17	NORWAY	3	ITALY	2
CANADA	14	SPAIN	4	COLOMBIA	1
ISRAEL	1	DENMARK	1

This effort is now almost 7 years old; here are our Registrars:

Dr. Jerry Theis, Registrar CLASSIC JAGUAR ASSOCIATION 2510 Anza AV Davis, CA 95616 (916) 756-6219

Clive A. Morris, Registrar JAGUAR DRIVERS' CLUB LTD 20 Tredington RD Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8EP ENGLAND 01162-875600

Larry Martz CLASSIC JAGUAR ASSOCIATION 9027 Newhall DR Sacramento, CA 95826 USA (916) 363-9561 <jagmkix@cwo.com>

The Register has two main purposes:

(1) To determine just how many of these magnificent luxury/racing saloons still exist;

(2) To create a worldwide network for lovers of these Jaguars.

To accomplish these purposes, we need information from you (by the way, registration of your car(s) costs nothing!).

If you own or know of any of these cars, send the following information to any of our Registrars, or to our Email address, <jagmkix@cwo.com>:

Owner's name, address, phone, Email if there.

Condition: original, restored, excellent, good, fair, poor.

Numbers from commission (data) plate, on scuttle (firewall) behind engine -- chassis, engine, body, gearbox. The chassis # is most important because we're listing the cars chronologically by chassis #, as Jaguar did when they were built.

Colours, exterior & interior (note: all VIIs and VIIMs were single-tone; most VIIIs and IXs were two-tone)

Tools in doors -- all there? some missing? all missing?

Any additional information on car(s) - history, modifications, etc.

Regarding the Internet: As of now, we have 33 people who've registered electronically. We've created a method of reaching them all at once, and we're using it very successfully in many countries to help purpose (2), building the worldwide network. If you contact us electronically, your address will be added to this list.

We appreciate your help in trying to document these marvelous old Jaguar saloons!

Larry Martz, Registrar Mk VII/VIIM/VIII/IX

CLASSIC JAGUAR ASSOCIATION

9027 Newhall DR

Sacramento, CA 95826 USA

(916) 363-9561

Email jagmkix@cwo.com

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As of now, we're posted on:

Jag-Lovers SALOONS or <http://www.jag-lovers.org/saloons/>

ALL JAGUAR CLUBS OF THE WORLD (Jon Heber, Dallas TX USA) --

AUSTRALIAN JAGUAR MAGAZINE (Les. Hughes, Editor, Queensland, Australia) --

XKE-LOVERS (George Cohn, Tucson AR USA) -- or <http://www.xke-lovers.com/saloon.htm>

XK-Lovers (Dick White, Columbia, SC USA) -- or <http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/library/saloons.html>

XJ-Lovers (Per Stenius, Goleta, CA USA) -- or <http://www.jag-lovers.org/xjlovers/>

We really appreciate your help in spreading the word! Tnx much & take care -- Larry Martz

Please send comments and questions to: Larry Martz

If you have any questions or comments send e-mail to: ted@jag-lovers.org
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