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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

2011 Jaguar Cars XJ Sentinel Luxury Sports Saloon

2011 Jaguar has announced that it will debut its XJ Sentinel armored car version of the new XJ – Jaguar XJ Sentinel, the armoured version of the new XJ luxury sports saloon which will make its official debut at the 2010 Moscow International Motor Show from August 25-29. The XJ Sentinel luxury sports saloon has armor plating that it’s earned B7 levels of ballistics protection, which the new XJ Sentinel luxury sports saloon is promised stop attacks ranging from .9mm guns to explosives.

2011 Jaguar Sports Cars XJ Sentinel Luxury Sports Saloon

Constructed from specialised high strength steels with Kevlar backing, the armoured inner cell was engineered in partnership with Centigon, a leading global specialist in vehicle armouring. The Jaguar XJ Sentinel offers ballistic protection up to B7 level (BS EN 1522 level FB7 and BS EN 1063 BR7-), blast protection against 15kg TNT equivalent detonated within close proximity of the vehicle, and substantial under floor grenade protection.

The 2011 Jaguar Luxury Sports Saloon XJ’s aerospace-inspired lightweight aluminium body structure also makes it possible to offer a very generous 500kg payload for passengers and luggage without compromising vehicle performance. The 2011 Jaguar Luxury Sports Saloon XJ Sentinel is the ultimate armoured luxury limousine. It offers governments, security organisations and private individuals, the highest level of security, with advanced design, refined performance and a beautifully-crafted cabin.

Despite being equipped with so much anti-weapon systems, Jaguar says the Sentinel is “virtually indistinguishable” from the base XJ luxury sports saloon mode. Long wheelbase of the XJ Luxury Sports Saloon forms the basis of this unique Jaguar too. 245/45 19? Dunlop Self Supporting Technology Run on Flat tires supported 19-inch Aleutian Alloy Wheels make the car highly competitive for the role it is designed. The weight of the car has been seriously increased, and Jaguar XJ luxury sports saloon decided to put its most powerful engine available in this baby, the 5.0-litre 385PS AJ-V8 Gen III naturally aspirated direct-injection V8 petrol engine mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. As a result, the car can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 9.7 seconds while the top speed achieved is 195 km/h or 122 mph.

2011 Jaguar Sports Cars XJ Sentinel Luxury Sports Saloon

“The Luxury Sports Saloon XJ Sentinel was designed and developed in partnership with industry leaders, and incorporates the very latest armoured vehicle systems to deliver extremely impressive levels of protection, while maintaining a very discreet appearance,” said Mike O’Driscoll, Managing Director, Jaguar Sports Cars. The Luxury Sports Saloon XJ Sentinel comes with a three-year/50,000-mile warranty and can be serviced at any Jaguar dealership. So it’s a practical choice, too. To enhance passive safety, the Sentinel retains full functionality of the standard XJ luxury sports saloon restraint system, including dual-stage driver and front passenger airbags, side thorax airbags and side curtain airbags.

2011 Jaguar Cars XJ Sentinel Luxury Sports Saloon

2011 Jaguar Sports Cars XJ Sentinel Luxury Sports Saloon

2011 Jaguar Sports Cars XJ Sentinel Luxury Sports Saloon

Hood Ornaments from the Cruise

For Tere's photos from the show, both modern (1980's and what a difference) and mid 40's and 50's http://justacargal.blogspot.com/search/label/Hood%20ornaments

I hope you had a chance to visit the Monte Holm railroad and car museum

A pennyless hobo that road the rails during the great depression, and through his own great efforts became a business tycoon and railroad owner... one of the last private railroads.

After riding the rails and sheepherding from a covered wagon in Montana from age 13 to 19, Mr. Holm became a scrap-metal salvage business with 10 cents, at age 19, and have made a success out of things people throw away, started his own railline and this musuem to showcase the equipment he salvaged, was a City Council member and owner of the House of Poverty Museum, which showcased many antiques and his collection of train cars.

Mr. Holm was one of the few remaining registered owners of a private rail line. His collection included a presidential dining car used by President Wilson and later President Truman, the last steam engine operated in Alaska he'd acquired the locomotive and later the Alaska Railroad asked unsuccessfully to purchase it back, and several cabooses. The collection includes an ex-US Army Class S-160 Consolidation steam locomotive, a former Great Northern caboose, former Spokane, Portland & Seattle private observation car, an 0-4-0 steam locomotive, and various track machines, railroad-themed amusement rides, as well as a wide variety of railroad collectibles ranging from old books to tool collections.

According to "Once a Hobo .. The Autobiography of Monte Holm," published in 1999, he bought the cars to fulfill a promise he made one day to own a railroad after he was kicked off trains during the Great Depression while traveling across the country between jobs as a sheepherder in Montana. started a scrap metal salvage business and started his own railline and this musuem to showcase the equipment he salvaged.

http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5515279/Monad-Holm-89-hobo-turned.html

There is a book about his life which is reviewed in the most wonderful ways, "Once a Hobo, the Autobiography of Monte Holm"
http://thecelebritycafe.com/books/full_review/153.html

and http://www.amazon.com/Once-Hobo-Autobiography-Monte-Holm/product-reviews/1882792769

and http://www.railroadbookstore.com/shop/general_11950_1882792769_Once-A-Hobo-The-Autobiography-of-Monte-Holm.html

Port of Moses Lake Commissioner Larry Peterson said he enjoyed stopping in and visiting Holm. He recalled that Holm had wanted to drive his locomotive out to the airport and back during a celebration. The predominant railroad at the time was Milwaukee Railroad, and when Holm got ahold of them, the railroad told him no.

“Monte was great friends with Joshua Green, president of Peoples Bank, who was a major stockholder in the railroad,” Peterson recalled. “Monte called his friend Joshua Green and before long, had a call back from the railroad that it would be OK to do that.”

http://www.hobonickels.org/holm.htm

He passed away in May 2006

the museum days and hours of operation:
Monday thru Saturday 10am to 5pm

Address:
West Broadway
Moses Lake, WA United States
98837
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMMJW_House_of_Poverty

To a Pacific Northwest magazine writer in 2000 he showed his antique cars, steamship whistles and fire engines in his museum.

"Then we boarded Holm's train. Up front was the locomotive, the last steam engine to run on the Alaska railroad. At the rear was a caboose Holm had built because the train seemed lonely without one. In between was a 1915 presidential car that Burlington Northern used for dignitaries, including Presidents Truman and Wilson on their whistle-stop campaigns. The presidential car had sterling lamps, a stainless-steel galley, servants quarters with an ironing board, even a polished mahogany banquet table with a filigree coffee pot suspended in its own silver cradle. This train outclassed even today's top-of-the-line RVs.

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20000730&slug=4034399

July 17, 2001, Moses Lake, Washington, Moses Lake Iron and Metal Co.
The last steam locomotive to run on the Alaska Railroad was 2-8-0 #557. This took place on September 5, 1960 and it was a passenger run from Anchorage to the State Fair at Palmer, in the Matanuska Valley, and return. Old #557 was then sold for scrap and left Alaska June 14, 1965 aboard the Trainship ALASKA, bound for Everett, Washington. Our family unit traveled to Moses Lake, Washington to visit #557's current resting place. It is owned by Monte Holm who owns Moses Lake Iron and Metal. Monte was extremely friendly and had his assistant take us through his museum called, "The House of Poverty". Inside the museum we found an extraordinary collection of antiques which included old cars, Jesse James' mother's sewing machine and a rifle that came over on the Mayflower. Stepping outside, we came across #557 where we spent some time photographing it and checking out its controls

http://www.alaskarails.org/railfanpage/pnw/pnw-train.html

The story of Monte Holm is a long and interesting onehe went from being a self-described hobo waiting in bread lines and riding rail cars during the Great Depression, to the owner of a railroad and a scrap metal tycoon who handed out Werthers Original candies to everyone he met. Eventually, he opened the House of Poverty Museum to showcase antiques and other curiosities that he had come across in his lifetime. In 1979, Monte Holm took the Collectors Edition name on his 1979 Lincoln Mark V seriously, buying the car, taking it home, and parking it in his museum for more than two decades.

http://www.jameslist.com/advert/139196/for-sale-lincoln-mark

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2465738520098197393Yafgap for a photo of his steam locomotive

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2010 Jaguar XKR Car

Just one look at the Jaguar XKR – and you can understand, that Jaguar trade mark is in a full swing. Almost all its cars are well-thought, gorgeous, stylish and has no disadvantages, but for expensive price. But, who knows?

New Jaguar XKR takes care about driving, because it is well-balanced and seemed to be glued to the road while riding. As to the interior and exterior design: developed by a creative team, led by Ian Callum, seems like a sport car silhouette multiplied by elegance and muscles. This Jaguar can be proud of new comfortable sport car seats, also, it has an ‘R’ badge on the tachometer, gear selector and steering wheel. The exterior is made in a “weave pattern” design, and, of course, this car is: ecologically-friendly and made taking into consideration leading principles of ergonomics (simple and clear info display on the instrument panel).

Source: http://glamgirlcars.com/