Thanks Don!

I will do a post on the car at some point and tell the story behind it.
Unfortunately she is looking rather sorry for herself on my driveway at the moment, awaiting some work.

 

As well as leading the XJ40 project, Jim Randle was technical director of Jaguar, largely responsible for the independent rear suspension of XJ40 and subsequent Jaguars, creator of the Randle Handle that allowed a simple, safe and convenient means of manual shifting of automatic gears, and very much the successor of Bill Heynes and Bob Knight.