[jag-news] Les Ryder 1916-2005

A Jaguar ‘back room boy’, Les Ryder’s name will not be familiar to many, but in Britain’s Midlands area he was a legend for decades as an engine tuning expert, both during and after he retired from Jaguar’s engineering department. His particular art was cylinder heads, and over the years he gas-flowed and modified to his own secret templates hundreds - probably thousands - of cylinder heads, including those of many important racing motorcyles, speedway bikes, and cars ranging from those powered by the BMC A and B series engines through to Jaguar C- and D-types.
Les had other interests too, notably the Jaguar Apprentices’ Motor Club and the Desert Rats Association - he served in the British Army for five years in WW2, never seeing home during that period which included the battle of El Alamein in North Africa, and the Italian campaign. His devoted wife Christine, who endured the war years separated from her husband, died some years ago. Les leaves behind a son and a daughter.
The funeral will be at Cannon Hill Crematorium, Canley, on Monday, March 21 2005, at which many people from the motorcycle and motor industry, and from Jaguar and various organisations, are expected to be present.
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