Graeme Lord Workshop

26 March 2014 / Brendan Barr

Twenty four interested people turned up to marvel at the skills involved in properly renovating Jaguar cars. Getting these classic Mark V, E-type or XJS back to pristine condition is Graeme’s passion, or as he puts it, ‘getting paid to do what I enjoy.’
Nuts, bolts, suspension parts, engines and differentials were all inspected while we listened to Graeme’s wonderful tales of searching worldwide for parts and materials. A favourite was a beautiful XJS, painted in John Player Special colours with a twin turbo V12 engine, reputedly once owned by Kerry Packer.
Some of us even noticed the good old Austin 1800, ‘the floating lounge room’ as it was once called. Not many people have an Austin 1800 ute, naturally Graeme did. Morning tea was greatly enjoyed by all and Phil expressed our thanks and presented some bottles of wine to show our appreciation.
We then headed to Burrawang Pub for lunch and a good chat fest. Mark thought that all his birthdays had come at once, however one proved to be enough!
Our visit to Graeme Lord’s workshop convinced all club members that having a passion for a Japanese sport car versus an English sport car is a far more economically sound (dare I say …. sane) decision!
Our thanks go to Graeme for happily sharing his ‘hobby’ with us. The expertise displayed, coupled with his enthusiasm and hospitality, show why his business is so successful.