Dave....greetings from the NI. I have been having a 'chat' with a mutual friend of ours and he tells me you have fired up the new MKII, which had a few residents of the street reaching for their ear-plugs!! It sounds a very interesting machine, as it would be, coming from the Silcock stable. Could you perhaps enlighten the Jaguar fans on this thread about this car, and when we can expect to see it dueling with Bert Govan and Co on the racetracks of NZ. We would love to see both you and Bert up here sometime, and I'm sure that you will have no trouble with the hierachy in getting it on the track, in a suitable class. I for one would welcome you, and although the car has no history, yet, the driver/constructor most certainly has. We might even persuade the owner of a certain Coombs modified car to join us, thats if he can convince the MSNZ Doctor that he is fit and able to get behind the wheel of a race-car. I believe he has joined Les Mills to loose a bit of avoidupois!! He may need to partake of a couple of 'cheeky' wines when he reads this to settle his ulcer! Woops, there's the phone; bound to be 'you-know-who' ready to give me an earful !!!!!!!