1 set of AH BN4 SU H4 1 1/2″ Carburettors with stock air cleaners. Great condition worked well when removed and shelved. $200.00 obo

Contact Doug Escriva for purchase or other details at dougescriva@yahoo.com

As 2009 winds down and I conclude my term as Club President, I’d like to thank the Club’s 2009 officers, all you Club  members who volunteered for one job or another over the course of the year, and all you members who participated in our activities.  Collectively, you made the Club’s 2009 activities happen, you made them fun, and you made them successful.  Without your efforts, we wouldn’t be able to continue conducting or participating in the activities we do.   The Club’s officers work throughout the year on the responsibilities they have agreed to shepard.  However, we also rely on other members volunteering for a wide range of jobs, including obtaining charity auction item donations, organizing and hosting monthly activities and meeting places, helping to put on the Portland All British Field Meet, organizing amd producing Northwest Meet and Rendezvous events, producing artwork for Club events and donations, posting items of interest on the Club web site, etc., etc.  The larger events we host periodically, such as the Northwest Meet and the Rendezvous, require many people and many months of concerted commitment and work to successfully complete.

The Club had a very busy and successful year year in 2009.  We began planning for the 2010 Rendezvous to be held in Eugene next June.  Healey was the featured marque at the Portland All British Field Meet, where we staged a successful, if wet, central display that included the first North American showing of Steve Pike’s two Healey Bonneville Replicas and a 100S, along with all the other fine Healey specimens folks loaned us.  We also handled our normal ABFM responsibilities of managing participant registrations and counting the Peoples’ Choice votes in a timely fashion for nearly 50 different car and motorcycle categories.  We also hosted the 2009 Northwest Meet, which was extremely well attended and was enjoyed by everyone who attended.  We raised funds and provided charitable donations to several worthy Oregon organizations.  Finally, we were able to experience a wonderful variety of activities and trips during the year. Read more »

People began arriving before noon on Sunday, December 6^th, for the annual Austin Healey Club of Oregon Christmas Party.  Some folks actually drove their Healeys since it was dry, including two brave, but frozen souls, who travelled sans top.  Perhaps Santa will bring them one for Christmas.  The Eastmoreland Golf Club had recently been re-modeled and now was beautifully bedecked for the holiday season – ready to greet Healey Club folks.

We had two hours to have some Christmas cheer, mix, mingle, meet new people, and catch up with old friends, while also bidding on (and sometimes winning) some great silent auction items.

At 2:15 pm, The Eastmoreland staff served a delicious brunch, featuring prime rib, eggs benedict, fruit, salads, and a variety of desserts.  Many folks, out of the 56 or so present, went back for seconds.  There was more food than you’d think we’d ever eat, but by the time people went back for seconds, it was pretty well gone.  It was good stuff!

With the meal over and drinks replenished, our President, Jeff Mach, shared a few words.  Jeff thanked everyone for coming, thanked everyone for their volunteer efforts, and thanked the 2009 officers for their service this past year.

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AGAINST THE CLOCK

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=81585

“Several shots of BMC cars being loaded onto a plane at Ferryfield airport. The cars are an MGA, Raleigh Pathfinder and Austin Healy. Plane takes off. Aerial shots as we fly towards France. Brief shot of people in cabin.

At Le Touquet airport the plane taxis to a halt and cars are unloaded. Drivers including Ron Flockhart and Marcus Chambers come down the stairs of the plane. Customs man checks under the bonnet of one of the cars. Drivers check maps for the route to the Montleri (sp?) circuit near Paris then set off. Shots taken from inside cars as we drive along roads, in heavy rain at one point. At Montleri, mechanics work on cars. C/U of weather dials measuring the strong wind and rainy conditions on the track.

Several shots of Ken Woolton (Warton?) getting into MGA and driving around the tracks during trials. Men watch and take notes and timings. At the end of the trial, team leader Chambers waves Ken in – he has held a consistent average speed of 100 miles an hour for the hour, in spite of the bad weather conditions. Mechanics check tyre pressures and seal the engine for later examination. Raleigh Pathfinder is next on trial, driven by Bob Porter with his wife and two others in the car for the ride. He zooms round the track and is signalled to go slower for this endurance test.

Austin Healy on trial, driven by Ron Flockhart in bad weather conditions. Then the Austin Westminster, driven by Chief Superintendent John Gott of the Hertfordshire Police. He comes in at the end of the trial and is given a pat on the back. Gott takes the Wolsey 2 on the next trial. Shots of mechanics and others smiling because the last car came in with time to spare, while Gott has a well-earned cup of tea!

Various shots of men making official checks on the car engines. C/U of certificates for the cars. End titles – ‘Produced by Associated British Pathe For The British Motor Corporation’.”

Also check the speed run of a Sprite at Bonneville Salt Flats in 1959

The meeting on Jan.9th will be at the Carter’s house at 16173 SW Dekalb St. on Bull Mountain. Tom Monaco will lead a hands-on tech session entitled “The Proper Way To Replace a Rear Axel Seal”. It will begin at 11:00 and last to about 1:45. We will then go to Max’s Grill and Pub in Old Town Tigard for lunch at 2:00.(12562 SW Main St.) Following lunch our meeting will convene in the private room at Max’s.

Kip Nienaber has been a member for many, many years and only moved to Texas (for his job) 4 years ago. I know folks will be happy to see him and his beautiful car at one of their Club events, which was a trip to a collector airplane museum near Dallas, Texas.

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In Boulder, CO there is a collection of some of the most significant sports racing machines produced in the United States.  The Shelby American Collection is a unique and extensive gathering of Shelby Cobras, Ford GT40s, 350 and 500 GT Mustangs, historical records and memorabilia.  Many of the original vehicles designed, built, and raced by Carroll Shelby and other famous sports car racers of the 60’s and 70’s are on exhibit.  It is a “gearhead’s” Valhalla and not to be missed.  I recently visited the collection during a visit with my Dad in Denver.  I have posted a small gallery of photographs to the website.  You can view those images here. You can also see information on the collection at: www.ShelbyAmericanCollection.com.

I attended Barret Jackson Las Vegas a few weeks ago and thought my fellow AHCO members would like to see some of the pics.  Could you post these pictures to the site?  Our very own John and Robert Wilson of Healey Lane Restorations were there selling a very nice black ’62 BT7.  Although Healey prices seemed fairly consistent- it looked like you could get a pretty good deal on muscle cars and hot-rods vs. a year ago.

Also here is a Youtube link of the actual auction- for those watching it on Speed Channel it was interrupted by a commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92VZK0_6YuE

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Earl Yarnal
40143 Deerhorn Rd.
Springfield, Or. 97478

541-741-3834

Earl has a 1968 Sprite MK IV

Geno, check out the courtesy lights…