Official Newsletter of the Austin-Healey Club of Southern Ontario
“Prez Sez” almost gone!!
Going….going…. Summer, that is. It seems as though we have been in a constant state of anticipation, waiting for the summer to arrive and now I hate to have to tell you that it’s fast disappearing. This should be your wake-up call to get into your Healey and drive somewhere… anywhere! Here are some of the places members have been taking their cars so far this year. Conclave is behind us and a great time was had by all who attended from AHCSO. The wine tour, ably planned and hosted by Ed & Anna, is in the books for another year and a great weekend in Bobcaygeon was had by those that made the trip. A big thank you is owed to Gary & Marie for organising that weekend. Coming up is a BBQ in Tottenham at the home of David & Marilyn, followed the next day by the Port Perry British Car Day and hot on the heels of this is the salmon BBQ hosted again by the Wilfords. Hopefully Laurie catches enough salmon for everybody, otherwise it will be tube steaks all round! By the time these events are done, so will August be. So you can see you don’t have a lot of time to waste. I have been in Canada for 46 years and every year, except two, we have been treated to snow in October. So don’t wait any longer….. Drive your Healey. They like it and you will too! I would just like to take a moment and ask you to give a thought to Bob & Jean Slater. Bob is not very well and I am sure an e-mail to Jean would be appreciated by them both. Bob Yule
View From the Navigator’s Seat As I can only speak for ourselves, even with this very odd summer weather we have been experiencing, we still managed to get a fair bit of ‘Healey driving’ in! Our trip to Conclave this year was ‘memorable’ to say the least – the host location – the beautiful mountains of Virginia was truly thrilling – I especially loved the Inglis Airport – whose elevation was surprising – where Gymkhana, Funkhana, & Speed runs, were held, was the perfect place to see how fast your LBC can actually go! PS: Our ‘Misty Blue’ was not ‘up’ for racing that day and had a comparatively poor showing!, however quite a few of our members did very well here. Wow! who would have guessed that Len Thomas was a ‘speed demon’!! Anyway just one of the terrific events we have attended this summer. We still have two more August events and at least one in September – and maybe we can squeeze in a couple more if the weather co-operates. Maybe our Events Co-ordinator can put together a “Run for the Leaves” in late September – we will keep our fingers crossed.
AUGUST 2014
Inside Prez Sez ..................... Pg 1 View from the Navigator’s Seat ........ Pg 1 Brits in the Park .......... Pg 2 Austin Healey Models .... Pg 3 2014 Executive ........... Pg 4 Wine Tour .................. Pg 5 Advertisers .............. Pg 6-7 1910 Ford & Statistics ... Pg 8-9 News & Information ... Pg 10 Salmon BBQ ............. Pg 11 Events ...................... Pg 12 Healey Smile ............ Pg 12
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