The website for the Austin-Healey Club of Oregon is currently under total redesign and construction.

the website will be available by the first of the calendar year.

The website is going to be great looking and easy to use.

Mark Schneider, President

Special Invitation

June 25, 2001 – The last Saturday of June Kent Lambert is holding an open house at his  new building in Odell, OR near Hood River, OR.  The building is two stories tall.  The ground floor is configured as single and double car garage/storage areas.  The upper floor is the new home of the Weaving groups that Judy was so active with.  The open house will run from 1:30-4:00 PM but Kent said anyone driving up from the Healey Club may come early and grab a good parking sport.  The address of the building in Odell (south of Hood River) is: 3399 – Odell Highway.  The new building is located directly behind Gehrig’s Chevron, 3387 – Odell Highway.

Healey Racing Report from Doug Escriva

The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival attracts some of the most prestigious vintage race cars from all of North American with 400 entered for the 2011 enent. My race group included ’55-’62 production GT cars of all makes and models: http://www.generalracing.com/attachments/193_SatGrps4Web.pdf The warm California weather I was expecting didn’t materialized as it rained all 4 days of the event. Racing in this field with some of best vintage drivers in the game I felt some what at home on the wet Sears Point track qualifying 2nd out of 30 cars. On Sunday’s main our group was the first out as it start to rain once again. As the green flag dropped and I climbed the hill entering the very technical sweeping off-camber turn # 2 I was passed by an incredibility fast ’59 Morgan (the eventual race winner) and the ’59 Sebring Sprite of Seattle billionaire Bruce McCaw. I re-passed McCaw in the Sprite on the following lap and started to settle in on making consistent laps while holding down solid 3rd place. With one lap to go while over taking 3 slower cars I moved off the dry race line and started to brake to set-up my turn-in for the up coming hairpin turn. My car suddenly hydroplaned and at that point I was merely a passenger as my car and I were no longer racing that day.

Video of Saturdays Qualifing race: http://youtube/wwP7UyjvUMY

Editor’s Note: Be sure you check out the website pdf file Doug identifies in the first sentence above.  It includes some great dshots of race machinery including Doug’sd Healey, # 414.  Then check out the youtube video of the rainey conditions at Sonoma.  Once you get on the youtube site it should also provide you with a string of other clips of racing activities.  Sone are with Doug and others are just cool racing videos and sounds.  If you are a gearhead it will be well worth the time spent to watch a few of the videos.  If the gearhead title is you, turn up you speakers.

Activities

June 27th – July 1st: Healey Rendezvous 2011.   Rockin 50′s & 60′spresented by Cascade Austin Healey Club of Washington.  Headquarters for the Rendezvous is the Heathman Lodge in Vancover, WA.  See the Cascade Club website for details and registration form.

http://cascadeahc.homestead.com/Rendezvous.html.

July 8-11th:

Portland HIstoric Races – Registration for the event includes a corral parking pass, two packets of admission tickets for the three eays.  AHCO point of contact is Nikk White.  (503) 936-5313.  You can check out details for the weekend at the Historic Race website at: http://www.portlandhistorics.com/

July 2nd – 8th

Colorado Springs, CO – The Austin-Healey Club of Americaa Conclave, portions of which will be held at the Air Force Academy.  Marilynne and I are going to attend so we will be leaving the Rendezvous early Thursday evening after the Rendezvous banquette.  I will report on the results of the Conclave in my Jusy Mark’sMemo and in the Austin-Healey Club USA magazine.  At last count I hear that the America Club has 270 registrations.  Should be a fantastic show.

July 17th

Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance – The Austin-Healey Club of Oregon has received a very interesting request.  The organizers of this prestigious charitable event have asked our Club to organize a special showing of the Austin-Healey marque at the July 17, 2011 event. These Healeys will not be judged in the concours competition but will be there for static display and viewing only.  Fourteen Healey owners, most of them AHCO members volunteered to show their cars.  The goal in arranging this show has been to display as wide a variety of Healey models as possible.  Final notification, registration form and directions to the volunteers went out earlier this week.   If you would like more information please call Mark Schneider at 503-643-7208.  You may also find information at: http://www.forestgroveconcours.org/

August 13 – 15, 2011

Joint meeting with the Cascade Club in Wesport, WA

The August meeting and tour with the Cascade Club.  This is an overnighter. To make your reservations call The Chateau Westport – (360)268-9101, mention the Austin Healey Club to receive a rate of $107.00 per night. Try to get the top floor for a better view.

NW Meet – Squamish BC, Canada

September 21 – 24th

We will leave Portland on Sept. 21st and tour north on Hwy. 101 on the West side of the Olympic Mountains to Port Angeles. We will ferry to Victoria BC then drive to Nanaimo and ferry to Vancouver. We will be staying at the

Executive Suites Garibaldi Springs Resort, 40900 Tantalous Road, Squamish, BC. Phone number is 1-877-815-0048. You will need to call to make your reservations for Thursday Sept. 22, 23 & 24th. Room rates are $119 per night for a studio and $129 for a one bedroom.  Ferry information and lodging for the 21st has not been finalized yet.

October 8th

Overnight Trip to Yachats

We will meet at the McDonalds in Philomath at 10:00 A.M. We will be staying at the Adobe Resort, 1555 Hwy. 101, Yachats, OR. Call to make your own reservations at 1-800-522-3623. You will need to mention the AHCO to receive a special rate of $92.40 plus tax. John and Joan Wilson are planning this event and they have a short tour of the area planned for Saturday afternoon. For those of us going from the Portland area we will plan to leave from the old G.I. Joes parking lot in Sherwood at 8:00 a.m. Our monthly meeting will be at the Resort after breakfast on Sunday morning.

PLEASE REVIEW all of the AHCO upcoming Activities and make you reservations for any you are planning to attend. Any questions on upcoming activities call George Koeber @ 503-244-3731 or John Carter @ 503-579-6599.

February 12 Tech Session and Meeting: We will meet at Loyning’s Engine Service(9125 SE 64^th Ave.) at 9:30AM. Arnie Loyning will give us a tour of his race engine rebuilding facility explaining what his business does. He will also demonstrate the operation and function of the engine dynamometer. John Carter will have his Bugeye there on the chassis dyno for Doug to demonstrate how it is used to tune an engine. If you have never seen these operations we are sure you will enjoy learning about its possibilities. My 3000 has never run so good after Doug finished tuning it.  At 1:00 we will meet at  the Macaroni Grill at the Clackamas Town Center(9073 SE Sunnyside Road) in Clackamas for lunch and the business meeting.

ABFM – SOVREN Racing Report: Not Bad for 50 Year-old Sports Cars Group 1 of the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts (SOVERN) includes Austin_Healeys. The Austin-Healey Club of Oregon Healey was very well represented in Group 1 racing by member Doug Escriva. The following gives Doug’s final placing in the race heats for the Labor Day event:

Saturday……….. Heat #1……….Finished 2nd

#2……………………4th

Sunday……………Heat #1……………………3rd

#2…………………….1st

Monday…………..Heat #1…………………….1st

#2…………………….1st

The two racing pictures above were taken during the second heat on Sunday. My camera was on the outside of Turn 2 at the chicane. The left-most picture was taken well into the race. The red car had been leading the pack up to this point. As can be seen in the shot, Doug is all over the red car. Doug had worked hard and raced smart to get to this position. The middle picture was taken the next lap. Doug had passed the red car and was now leading the pack and finished the race that way. The red car then retired with a serious brake problem. The problem was likely caused by the severe pressure Doug and his 210 hp Healey with 220 ft lbs of torque were applying. The 2nd and 3rd place cars in this heat were also Healeys. Oh! BTW, if you hadn’t noticed, the red car is a Ferrari!!! Good on ya, Doug. That was one of the most exciting races I have seen at PIR. It is too bad Doug couldn’t hear the cheers and whistles from the grandstands when he was flying, hair on fire, sliding through the chicane after passing the Ferrari. Forthcoming Acrtivities

NW Meet, Lake Chelan, WA

Sept. 16-18

Meet at the site of the Parker House (now closed) in Washougal, WA, Exit 7 @ 8:30 a.m. The tour will depart at 9:00. Please have your tank full. We will tour east on Hwy 14 to Hwy. 97 – then North to Yakima where we willl spend the night. Make your own reservations @ Oxford Suites (509)457-9000, $105.00, for Wednesday night, Sept 15th. The room rent Includes a big breakfast, evening hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine. River views. Mention the Austin Healey Club of Oregon. The rooms will be held until Sept. 6. Thursday morning, Sept. 16th, we will meet with members of the Cascade Club in Cle Elum and tour the rest of the way to Lake Chelan with them. If you have not made your reservations for the NWMeet the phone number for the Hotel is Best Western Lakeside Lodge, (509) 682-4396. If you have any questions regarding the Meet contact Lois Buhman neilandlois@comcast.net. Sunday, Sept. 18^th we will return to Portland.

October Meeting October 9^th

A tour to Fern Ridge Reservoir is planned. We will meet at the Shari’s Restaurant at the corner of Hwy 213 and Beavercreek Road in Oregon City @9:00 and depart at 9:30. We will tour back roads to Eugene where Bob and Carla Bollinger will host us for a BBQ at their Yacht Club. The general meeting will be held at approximately 2:30. We will return to Portland Saturday evening. Please let us know if you are planning to attend so there will be enough food for all. Please call John Carter (503) 579-6599 or George Koeber (503)244-3731.

November Meeting, November 13^th

Tech Session and Meeting at John Wilson’s in Marcola, OR. John Wilson will have a tech session at his shop at 37141 Parsons Creek Road, Marcola, Oregon (if you are using a GPS you will need to put in Springfield instead of Marcola). The tech session will start @10 a.m. and will involve tearing down and reassembling a transmission. The general meeting is scheduled for 3:30. No tour will be scheduled due to the chance of inclement weather. John has informed us that he will have a pot of chili on for us. Please let us know if you are planning to attend so there will be enough food for all. Call John Carter 503-579-6599 or George Koeber 503-244-3731.

December 4^th Christmas Party

The party will be held at the Mountain Park Recreation Center, 2 Mount Jefferson Terrace, Lake Oswego, OR, 97035. The fun will start at 5:30. There will be a social time between 5:30 and 7:00 at which time there will be a silent auction to benefit charities. After dinner activities are planned including a gift exchange for those wanting to participate. We are also asking for donations for the auction. Please contact us if you have something you wish to donate (it doesn’t have to be Healey related). The club has approved that each member will pay $10 per person with the balance of the cost to be paid for by the AHCO. Feel free to bring your own libation for the social time and during dinner. If you are planning to attend send your check to John Carter (16173 SW Dekalb St.,Portland,OR 97224). You can also pay at any club activity. The cut off date for notification is November 24^th (so we can give the caterer the count). Live music and other entertainment is being planned.

Annual Club Elections

The Nomination Committee will consist of:

Past President Jeff Mach

Executive Board Member Jack Jakobsen

General Member Allan Gross

Jeff will arrange meetings of the Committee as necessary to generate a slate of nominees to fill the Club offices. Nominations for officers will also be accepted from the floor during the October general meeting, providing those nominated agree to serve prior to the nomination. The Secretary will post the slate of candidates on the website and develop a ballot when the Nominations Committee completes its task. The President will appoint a Club member as an election official. At least two weeks prior to the November Club meeting the election official shall postal mail a ballot to each Club member with instruction to return the completed ballot to the official by a specified date. Ballots will be counted only if received by postal mail prior to the deadline or delivered in person to the official at the Club November meeting. Ballots will be opened and votes tallied by the election official at the meeting.

Historically, the annual efforts of the Nominations Committee can be a bit of a struggle. Their challenge is to find Club members willing to dedicate time and effort to supporting Club direction, decisions, planning, activities, etc. If you have given some thought to helping your club I encourage you to contact one of the three members of the Committee. You can find their telephone numbers in the Club Directory.

This year’s Club officer nominating committee of Jeff Mach, Jack Jakobsen, and Allan Gross are seeking Club members who want to run as candidates for the Club offices of:

President                                 Vice President 

Secretary                                  Treasurer

Activities Director                      Regalia Director

Membership Director                 Advertising Director

 The responsibilities of these positions are described in the Club’s Bylaws, which is available online here.  There are no prerequisites for holding an AHCO office, except that the President must have previously been a member of the Club’s Executive Board.  The position of Advertising Director may or may not be continued in 2011.  The Club’s Executive Board recently decided to suspend the activities of the Advertising Director pending a review of whether their  position should be continued and if not, membership approval of  such a change to the Club’s bylaws.

 The Club bylaws encourage regular changes in members serving as Club officers and a club like ours survives and prospers through the active participation of its members.  I encourage all Club members to consider running for one of the Club officer positions to help guide the Club and keep it vital in 2011.  For all you members who have served as officers in the past, thank you, but please consider becoming a officer candidate again also.

 If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else (with their concurrence, please), contact Jack, Allan, or I.  You can find telephone and email contact information for us in your membership directory.  In addition, nominations for office will be solicited at the October general membership meeting.  Voting will occur in November.

 Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Forthcoming Activities

Club members who participated in the Rendezvous and have been attending meetings have already heard about and experienced a high level and quality of activities due to the efforts of our Activities Directors, John Carter and George Koeber.  The next couple of months are not to be missed.  Check out the following:

All British Field Meet

Sept. 3-7

The Meet is held on Labor Day Weekend. That will be Friday through Monday of Labor Day Weekend. Starting Friday evening and continuing for the next three days there will be plenty of fun activities: Meet and Greet Parties, Vintage Races, Land Rover Adventure rides, and photo competition, vendors, plus over 800 vehicles!  We have enough volunteers to count popular car show votes but we can always use more.

NW Meet, Lake Chelan, WA

Sept. 16-18

Meet at the site of the Parker House (now closed) in Washougal, WA, Exit 7 @8:30 a.m.  The tour  will depart at 9:00.  Please have your tank full.  We will tour east on Hwy 14 to Hwy. 97 – then North to Yakima where we willl spend the night.  Make your own reservations @ Oxford Suites (509)457-9000 $105.00 Includes a big breakfast, evening hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine. River views. Mention the Austin Healey Club of Oregon. The rooms will be held until Sept. 6. Thursday morning we will meet with members of the Cascade Club in Cle Elum and tour the rest of the way to Lake Chelan with them.  If you have not made your reservations for the NWMeet the phone number for the Hotel is Best Western Lakeside Lodge, (509) 682-4396.  If you have any questions regarding the Meet contact Lois Buhman neilandlois@comcast.net .  Sunday, Sept. 18^th we will return to Portland.

October Meeting October 9^th

A tour  to Fern Ridge Reservoir is planned.  We will meet at the Shari’s Restaurant at the corner of Hwy 213 and Beavercreek Road in Oregon City @9:00 and depart at 9:30.  We will tour back roads to Eugene where Bob and Carla Bollinger will host us for a BBQ at their Yacht Club.  The general meeting will be held at approximately 2:30.  We will return to Portland Saturday evening.  Please let us know if you are planning to attend so there will be enough food for all.  Please call John Carter (503) 579-6599 or George Koeber (503)244-3731.

November Meeting, November 13^th

Tech Session and Meeting at John Wilson’s in Marcola, OR

John Wilson will have a tech session at his shop at 37141 Parsons Creek Road, Marcola, Oregon (if you are using a GPS you will need to put in Springfield instead of Marcola)

The tech session will start @10 a.m. and will involve tearing down and reassembling a transmission.  The general meeting is scheduled for 3:30.  No tour will be scheduled due to the chance of inclement weather.  John has informed us that he will have a pot of  chili on for us.  Please let us know if you are planning to attend so there will be enough food for all.  Call John Carter 503-579-6599 or George Koeber 503-244-3731.

December 4^th Christmas Party

The  party will be held at the Mountain Park  Recreation Center, 2 Mount Jefferson Terrace, Lake Oswego, OR, 97035.

The fun will start at 5:30.  There will be a social time between 5:30 and 7:00 at which time there will be a silent auction  to benefit charities.   After dinner  activities are planned including a gift exchange for those wanting to participate.  We are also asking for donations for the auction.  Please contact us if you have something you wish to donate (it doesn’t have to be  Healey related).  The club has approved that each member will pay $10 per person with the balance of the  cost to be paid for by the  AHCO.  Feel free to bring your own libation for the social time and during dinner.  If you are planning  to attend send your check to John Carter(16173 SW Dekalb St.,Portland,OR 97224).  You can also pay at any club activity.  The cut off date for notification is November 24^th (so we can give the caterer the count). Live music and other entertainment is being planned.

Other Unofficial Goings-On:

August 31st  A TV Shoot for the ABFM.  Your chance to have your Healey on television.

Bill Hawkins, owner of the British Auto Works has asked the AHCO to participate in an early morning television shoot which will be used to promote the ABFM.  The filming crew will be at BAW about 05:30 AM and will be filming for a couple of hours.  There will be coffee and doughnuts as fortifications.

September 11.

Open House at Hanger 26 at the Aurora Airport.

The event will feature hot airplanes and hot rods.  And if any Healeys want to show up there might be a cool British Car or two. We have been personally invited by Lonnie Gilbertson of Gilbertson’s Machine Shop in SE Portland.  There will be free hot dogs until they run out and a live band, the Jim Mesi Band.  BYOB.  Starts at 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM.  Address is 23055 Airport Road NE. Hanger 26. Aurora, OR 972002.  Directions: From i-5South Bound, Take Exit 282A to first stop light, left, tonext stop light, right , 1/4 mile . Right into “orange gate” follow guides to parking @ north end ot airport.   Turn left.

Dear Club members,
These are thank you letters received from some of this year’s AHCO Charity recipients. Over the years, thousands of people in our own area have received tremendous assistance from you, the core of our car group. These letters reflect the gratitude of many.
Thank you for providing years of support needed, which enabed our Club to help so many who could not help themselves.

Just wanted to convey a personal thank you for Saturday’s donation from the Austin Healey Club. We, here at the Oregon Food Bank, are humbled to be included with the very deserving charitable organizations you have chosen to donate to. I tried to be quick and to the point in thanking your organization being first in a long line of those there to receive your gifts, I did not want to take up much of anybody’s time and your group had been sitting there for quite some time, so what I am saying is I hope being quick did not come across as ungrateful as we very much appreciated the donation. Hopefully we will see each other next year as I always have a great time meeting folk and you are the best host.

Robert Dale
Volunteer Coordinator
Oregon Food Bank
503-282-0555 x 217

I just want to echo Robert’s message of thanks.  We are grateful to Austin Healey club members for choosing to support the vital work of hunger relief.

With gratitude,

Gina Taylor, CFRE
Oregon Food Bank
Major Gifts Developer
direct: 503-419-4193
cell: 503-381-9597

Austin Healey Club of Oregon’s veteran’s day card that the club is sending to the vets in the local VA hospital. Designed by Glen Enright.