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Austin-Healey Club of Oregon September 2000

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President:Bob Bollinger1530 W. 28th PlaceEugene, OR 97405(541) [email protected]

Austin-Healey Club of Oregon2000 Officers

Vice President:Jack Jakobsen3801 Wy’east RoadHood River, OR 97031(541) 354-3971 & FAXwith prior [email protected]

Secretary:Stephanie Hellickson1618 Avon WayForest Grove, OR 97116(503) [email protected]

Treasurer:Gary Jackson3118 Northridge WayEugene, OR 97408(541) [email protected]

Membership:Mary Gross8217 NE 71st. StreetVancouver, WA 98662(360) [email protected]

Activities:Allan Gross8217 NE 71st. StreetVancouver, WA 98662(360) [email protected]

Club Cordinator:Bill Bolton82923 Bear Creek RoadCreswell, OR 97426(541) 895-5576FAX (541) [email protected]

Editor:Terry Hellickson1618 Avon WayForest Grove, OR 97116(503) [email protected]

Regalia:Betty Hand &JaAnn Hoisington1520 NE Lincoln StreetHillsboro, OR 97124(503) [email protected]

Club Address:A-H Club of Oregon82923 Bear Creek RoadCreswell, OR 97426

Advertising Mgr.:Skip Monaco7710 SW 89thPortland, OR 97223(503) 245-0174FAX (503) 472-9953

Librarian:Doug Auburg7215 NE 61st AvenueVancouver, WA 98661(360) 694-7769FAX (360) [email protected]

Contents: September Meeting

Thanks for your Help

Date: September 2, 2000, 10:00 AMProgram: Portland All British Field MeetMeeting: The meeting will be held at PIR after theday’s activities.Dinner: Open for discussion.See page 4 for more information....

Club Activities 4NW Meet Update 5Other Car Events 5President’s Message 6Membership Report 6August Meeting Minutes 7St. Mary’s 8Thanks, AHCO 9St. Mary’s 10Rallye 11Cruising 12Sidney Tour 13Weddings 16Classified Ads 18

Bob Bollinger, Allan & Mary Gross, Stephanie Hellickson, Tammy Auburg, Sarah Bledsoe, Karen Morrison, Reid Trummel, Bill& Pat Bolton, Kathy Jensen, St. Mary’s Boys and staff, Skip Monaco.

CoverThis month’s cover was shot at the Mist Store andCafe by Stephanie Hellickson during the RallyeAcross the River. Healeys and their crews take abreak on their winding way.

Club Web Site: http://www.healey-oregon.org

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Healey Northwest© 2000 AHCO

The official publication of the Austin-Healey Club of Oregon, Healey Northwest,is published monthly for the benefit of itsmembers. Articles which appear in HealeyNorthwest express the opinions of the authorand do not express the official Austin-HealeyClub of Oregon position on any subjectunless specifically noted. We do our best toinsure accuracy, but can not be responsible forany errors or omission of fact. Contributionsare welcome on any subject related toHealeys, Club members, or of general interestto the classic car hobby. Material from HealeyNorthwest may be reprinted in other publica-tions, provided credit is given to the authorand source and reciprocal article use permis-sion is offered by that publication. Pleaseaddress correspondence to: Healey Northwest Editor

Terry Hellickson1618 Avon Way

Forest Grove, OR 97116(503) 357-8969

e-mail: [email protected] MEMBERSHIPS

Membership in the Austin-HealeyClub of Oregon is available to anyone withan interest in cars bearing the Healey marque.Individuals need not own a Healey to join noris membership restricted to any regional,national or continental boundaries.

Members are encouraged to partici-pate in all Club activities. Winter activitiesare normally indoor technical sessions orsocial events. Summer activities are normallyoutdoors involving tours and car events.

Calendar year memberships areavailable in person at any meeting or by mail:$25.00 per individual or couple (add $10.00for international mail). Checks should bemade payable to AHCO and sent to the ClubMembership Director.

DEADLINESThe Healey Northwest submittal deadline

is the 20th of the preceding month.

AHCO Activities Calendarby Allan Gross

Editor’s note: Some information or dates may change afteroriginally published. Check the calendar each month forcurrent information.

September 2, 2000 (Note: 1st Saturday of the month)The Portland All British Field Meet is now the largest ofits kind in the United States. The Protland ABFM willbe held on Saturday and Sunday, September 2nd and 3rdat Portland International Raceway, located on the westside of I-5, across from Delta Park. Saturday activitiesinclude the giant British vehicle display, food vendors,type-club regalia tents, popular choice voting and Jaguarconcours. Sunday features a rally, slalom course on thePIR track and the all-British swap meet.

The AHCO meeting will be held on Saturday after theday’s activities. The tentative time for the meeting isaround 4:00 PM. Meals will be up to individual mem-bers following the meeting. Let’s make it a great Healeyturn-out. Bring your Healey and be prepared to have fun!

October 14, 2000Hosts: Gene and Barbara Lambert, Todd and CarrieSchelling. The planned activities include a wine tour.

November 11, 2000Hosts: Kevin and Marie Cowan. Activity to be identifiedat a later time.

December 2 , 2000 (Note: 1st Saturday of the month)Christmas party at the Shriner’s facility near Wilsonville.

January 13, 2001 ?

February 10, 2001 ?

Activities Note:As you can see by the lack of planned activities beyondDecember, there isn’t much on tap in the way of clubfunctions for 2001. That makes it kind of tough for mem-bers to plan AHCO get-togethers among life’s other de-mands. It’s not too early to suggest or host a club activ-ity for 2001. Help us begin the ‘new year’ planning pro-cess by sending in your suggestions or plans. ContactAllan Gross at 360-254-4527 or e-mail [email protected].

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Other Car EventsPortland Oregon All British Field Meet

September 2 -3, 2000The 24th Annual Portland All British Field Meet onLabor Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September2nd and 3rd, 2000, will be held at the Portland Interna-tional Raceway. Over 800 British vehicles of all typesare on display on Saturday. This year salutes Minis andMorgans. Activities include popular choice voting, Jag-uar concours judging, car club regalia tents, food stands,a rally, autocross and free sports car rides. For moreinformation see the website: www.abfm-pdx.com, orcall the hotline: 1-503-504-ABFM.

Annual Northwest Austin Healey MeetSeptember 15-17, 2000

Hosted by the BC Club the meet will be held on Sept15,16,17 on Vancouver Island in Sydney. Come visitwith friends and fellow British car enthusiasts, partici-pate in the rally and enjoy the big car show on Sunday.For more information phone or FAX: Phone #: 250-656-3166 Fax: 250-656-1999.

Sunriver Exotic Car Show WeekendSeptember 15 - 17, 2000

This year’s event features a tour to Sunriver from thePortland area, judging and peoples choice awards and ascenic rally, not to mention all the activities available inthe Sunriver area. Cost is $50 per person and includesthe concours, Saturday night dinner and Sunday BBQlunch. For information on the tour to Sunriver call JohnDraneas at 503-639-4036. For information on the eventor lodging call Shelly McKittrick at 800-531-1130. A“first-timers” packet complete with activities and eventsis available and can be obtained by calling the SunriverChamber of Commerce at 877-669-3378.

Maryhill Loops HillclimbOctober 7 - 8, 2000

Sponsored by SOVREN, the Society Of Vintage RacingEnthusiasts, the Maryhill Loops Hillclimb offers plentyof excitement for competitors and spectators alike.Maryhill Loops Road is located in south central Wash-ington between Maryhill and Goldendale in a valleystretching from the Columbial River to the bluffs abovethe river on land owned by the Maryhill Museum of Art.The course follows a section of this road. With sharpswitchbacks and steep drop-offs, this event will super-

EVENT: ANNUAL NORTHWEST AUSTIN HEALEY MEET

DATE: September 15-17, 2000LOCATION:

Dunsmuir Lodge and Conference Centre1515 McTavish Road, Sidney B.C.Canada, V8L 3Y3

CONTACT INFORMATION:Phone: 250-656-3166 Fax: 250656-1999Email: HYPERLINK mailto:[email protected]

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:Friday September 15th:

Friday will feature a hospitality suite with horsd’oeuvre, cocktails and fun.

Saturday Sept 16th:Saturday features tours of the area, and the Saturdaynite dinner at the lodge.

Sunday Sept 17th:The Vancouver Island All British Car Club is host-ing the All British Field Meet at Fort Rod with theHealey as the featured marque. The park is locatedoverlooking the Esquimalt Harbour and this is whereyou’ll see very rare British Marques.

Northwest Meet Updateby Karen Morrison

charge your adrenalin pump. On a scale of 1 to 10, thiscourse offers a “pucker factor” of 12! Don’t miss it.For more information call SOVREN at 206-232-4644or FAX: 206-232-3844.

Texas 2000November 12 - 17, 2000

This is a Vintage Rallies affiliated event presented bythe Ford Motor Company. This event, a time/speed/dis-tance rally, is open to any pre-1974 sports, racing or GTcar, or any Ford performance car. The route followsroads through treed and hilly landscape not normallyassociated with Texas. It is anything but hot, flat andboring. More information can be found by calling Vin-tage Rallies, Inc. at 800-645-6069, FAX 860-364-5899or visit their web site at www.vintagerallies.com.

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President’s Messageby Bob Bollinger

Membership Reportby Mary Gross

September President’s Message:

And another great Healey weekend goes in the historybooks. This last one led us on a rally from the Port-land area to the Monaco’s beach home in Seaside.Unfortunately, Carla and I couldn’t make the rally butthose who did said it was a lot of fun. The few whogot lost did make it in time for the meeting. Thanks toTom and Chuck for putting on the rally and to Skipand Barbara for the delicious Mexican feast.

Nominations have been made for all offices for nextyear. Ballots will be in the mail in plenty of time soplease fill them out and bring them to the meetingSeptember 2 at the All British Field Meet or mail thepre-addressed ballot to arrive at the club address nolater than September 1.

See you at the ABFM.

Bob

September Birthdays:2- Kathy Jacob, Kelly Bledsoe, John Keaton5- Carole Trenko9- Tom Chikalla, Jim Hollingsworth15- Jim Mankowski17- Michelle Waters21- Wendi Mankowski30- Elizabeth Earnshaw

Please welcome and add our new members to yourroster:

Gary Scott/ Nancy Gainer PO Box 628 Yamhill, OR 97148 503-464-3742

Dave Haij10815 NW 11th AvenueVancouver, WA 98685work: 360-574-88661960 AN5

We also have a member who is rejoining: John Dahle 3033 Landmark Cr. Nanaimo, BC Canada V9T 5P9Jeannie and Joe Bornhorst have moved. Their newaddress is: Joe and Jeannie Bornhorst 7796 Crystal Cove Pt. Mainesville, OH 45039-7010E llen H ector now has E -m ail. H er address is:

[email protected] Baccus has new information for the roster. Hisentry will be under his name only. He also has a newphone number: 253-445-0499

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General Membership MeetingAugust 12, 2000 Minutes

by Stephanie Hellickson

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The meeting was called to order at 4:05 p.m. at the beachhome of Tom and Skip Monaco in Seaside, Oregon.President Bob Bolinger thanked Tom, Skip, Chuck andBarb for putting on the terrific rally and food spread forthis month. Everyone had a wonderful time.

The minutes of the July meeting were approved as pub-lished in the August newsletter.

Vice President, Jack Jakobsen, had nothing to report.

Treasurer, Gary Jackson, reported a beginning balanceof $21,840.72 with a total income of $825.97 mostlyfrom a contribution to the charity fund. Expenses forthe month were $337.50 giving us an ending balance of$22,329.19.

Membership, Mary Gross, was not in attendance.

Activities, Allan Gross, was not in attendance but Bobpassed on from him information on the Christmas Partywhich will be on December 2nd, starting about 3:00 p.m.and going to about 11:00 p.m. It will be at the ShrineCenter in Wilsonville. The club meeting will be at 4:00.There will be entertainment by the Off Broadway Sing-ers and a catered dinner from 6:00 to 7:30. The charityauction will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 and the gift ex-change from 8:30 to 9:30. Allan also proposed that theclub pick up the tab for the party which includes $300for the building, $975 for the catered dinner, $150 forthe band and $25 for the decorations. The motion wasmade and approved. Help will be needed for decoratingprior to the party.

Editor, Terry Hellickson, asked for more infatuation ar-ticles. He has none for this next newsletter. There arelots of great stories out there. We want to here them.For people who don’t make very many meetings, this isa way to get to know you.

Regalia, Betty Hand, reported that the new restorationbooks are available for $25 and can be purchased at theAll British Field Meet along with some other new items.

Advertising, Skip Monaco, had nothing new to report.

Club Coordinator, Bill Bolton, reported on the Rendez-vous 2002 in Lake Tahoe. They have separated the bud-get for the honored guests from the budget for the meetitself. They are trying to get sponsors for the guests.Possible guests include Stirling Moss. They have quasi-commitments for several cars coming from Europe andAustralia.

Librarian, Doug Auburg, was not present.

All British Field Meet, Tom Monaco, reported that wehad almost 500 registrations for the meet so far. It willbe the biggest meet in 24 years with as many as 200Minis there. There are more Jaguars, MGs and Triumphsregister than Austin Healeys, so get registered soon. GaryJackson reminded members that the club will reimburse$10 of the registration cost, but it must be picked up atthe regalia table between 11:00 and 12:00 on Saturday.

Bob took a few moments to introduce Larry and MarieEmerson, new members, who won Peoples Choice atthis years Rendezvous in Ocean Shores. Also introducedwere Jeff and Lisa Brown who have been members for alittle while, but his is there first event. Kelly and SarahBledsoe, who are long time members, were attendingtheir second event. Welcome to them all and we hopeto see them at many more events.

Rendezvous 2001 committee head, Bill Bolton, reportedthe new dates for the event will be July 30th - August3rd at the Riverside Inn in Grants Pass. Tasks headedup so far include Earl and Joann Yarnal for the Rally,Pat Bolton along with Steve and Laurie Day will handleregistration, Gary Jackson will handle the financial end,Bert Hand will Handle the Popular Choice Car Show,Jim Grace will handle the trophies, Doug Auburg andSkip Monaco will Be in charge of sponsors for the auc-tion. Monday night will be welcoming event. Therewill be tickets in peoples’ packets for free drinks of wineor beer. Hard liquor will be available at a no host bar.Tuesday morning will be a board meeting for AustinHealey Cub USA. Bob Hamlyn, a club member andoperator of Hellsgate Excursions will be putting togetherexclusive Healey club excursions down the river for

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On July 13, 2000, thirteen Healeys and their occupantsstarted out from the Monaco abode and headed for St.Mary’s Academy for Boys in West Beaverton, Oregon.We all had instructions (verbal) on where to make thefirst stop and gather another car. So we jumped into ourcars and away we went! The entourage lasted about amile before we began to lose people to the rush hourtraffic in Beaverton at 5:00 p.m. At the appointed stop,the car I was riding in could only find three of the other12 cars. As we were leaving the parking lot, the car madeone of those “funny” little noises they make when thebattery is VERY low on juice to make the motor smoke.And you all know that if the smoke is gone out of thecar, it will not run. Chuck Gowan was nice enough togive us a push so that Tom Monaco could pop the clutchand get the engine running.

By that time we had lost the other cars in the group again.As we progressed done the street and got into one of thelines for a left turn we noticed that the Gowan car hadgotten behind a large Detroit type car and we no longerhad visual contact. It took four cycles of the left turnlight before Tom got us through the light, but no Gowansappeared. Tom drove as slow as traffic allowed alongthe Tualatin Valley Highway to the Academy while Iwatched for the Gowan car in the mirror. No luck.

Finally we parked the car outside of the outdoor picnicarea where the other club members were gathered withthe 50+ boys and their counselors for grilled brats, po-tato salad, fresh fruit and fruit drinks. We were greetedby some very polite you men who introduced themselvesto us and told us what the procedure was to fill the platesthey had handed us. The Gowans finally arrived muchto our relief. They had broken down, but a very nice

AN EVENING CAR EXPERIENCE WITH TEENAGE BOYSby Tammy Auburg

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gentleman in another British sports car was nice enoughto get them started again on their way. We enjoyed ourdinner while visiting with the boys at our tables. Theywere excited to have us there and to take an interest inthem.

St. Mary’s is home to 50+ young troubled males whoare there for a variety of reasons and are placed there

through the legal system. Here an attempt is made tochange a boy’s thinking and behavior so that he becomesa productive member of society. Some of these kids arejust a walk away from being sent to do hard time in areal prison or jail environment. Many are survivors ofchild abuse and neglect. Some are also abusers as aresult. Many have various degrees of attention deficeitsyndrom. Some are affected by the drugs and/or alco-hol their mothers ingested during the pregnancy. Each

boy stays there until they learn what is needed to makeit in the real world. One graduate of the school told methat just being able to make a decision about what hewanted to eat for a meal was a very big thing for him.You don’t get to make choices like that in these facili-ties. They earn privileges by behavior modifications.They can also lose these in one instant by not being strong

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A beautiful evening , July 13, 2000, Thirteen Healey’svisited the St Mary’s Home for Boys in Beaverton. Wewere included in the boys evening meal, a BBQ, heldoutdoors. We parked the Healeys surrounding our pic-nic area affording a picturesque view during our dinner.

Approximately 26 Healey Club members joined the boysand staff members at the picnic tables for some chatterduring the meal. The boys were certainly enthusiasticover seeing the cars, having under the hood tours, andhearing the engines run.

It was a worthwhile experience for us to show interestin the boys and the school. We met the director of theschool, Emma Dennis, who began as a entry level staffperson more than 30 years ago and has remained de-voted to its operation. She and director of development,Lynda Walker, who has been there 28 years, certainlyshowed us a warm reception and welcomed our ques-tions about the school and its programs.

Approximately 54 boys live at the school and another17 attend only in the daytime. The boys are troubled

HEALEYS VISIT ST. MARY’S HOME FOR BOYSby Kathy Jensen

youth and wards of the court. The school’s program isbased on a behavioral model and has a student/staff ra-tio of three-to-one.

Started as a Catholic orphanage 111 years ago, the schoolhas changed over the years and in 1968 transitioned to astate funded residential treatment facility. The name ofthe school has been retained, and a Catholic priest isrepresented on the board of directors but it is no longerconnected with the church. The basic components ofthe school’s program introduce values and morals to theboys. And as Lynda Walker emphasized, the programimparts a sense of empathy to the boys. Learning to notfocus entirely on themselves is a crucial component intheir development.

Lynda told us that it means a lot to the boys who are“stuck here” when non-school visitors show interest inthem. Lynda has a stack of thank you notes written bythe boys we can read at the next Healey meeting. Weare grateful to Dave Brown and Skip Monaco who ar-ranged the event. We enjoyed getting in contact with animportant community service.

(...St. Mary’s, continued from page 8.)enough to say “No, this is not right and I will not do it”.

After dinner, the boys were free to look the cars overand ask questions. The highlight of this was being ableto take pictures of the 10 or so boys who had legal re-leases to have their pictures taken. They took turns pil-ing four or five at a time into one of the cars for a snap-shot while the rest gathered around the car. They wereso awestruck by that experience. They giggled and jokedwith each other.Club members had so much fun watching these boysand talking with them during the hour and a half that wewere there. Jonny Hart and Barb Gowan each saw acouple of the boys that they wanted to adopt right on thespot. This was a good opportunity to see some youngmen who are part of this country’s future and give themthe idea that if they develop a tangible goal and worklong enough at it, someday they too, can have some suc-cess. These boys will remember these cars. It was anopportunity for us to give our cars some publicity and itdidn’t cost us a dime (except for some gas money).

Sole Survivor

As a cruise ship passed a small island, a bearded mancould be seen shouting and furiously waving his arms.

“Who is that?” a passenger asked the captain.

“I have no idea,” the captain replied. “But every timewe pass by here he goes nuts.”

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Saturday started as a perfect day, partly cloudy and cool.Perfect for the “ Awesome Healey “; warm enough todrive with the top down but cool enough not to overheatwhen stopped at a light. My husband, Kelly, and I packeda lunch and left home in Rainier, Oregon, with plenty oftime to get to the rendezvous early. This was the firstrally we had ever been on and the first club drive sincewe bought our BJ8 in 1991. We did attend one wintermeeting in Portland three years ago but it was rainingand the car stayed home.

We were the second car out, and passed the first car inthe first five miles. I was the navigator and just read thedirections and speed to Kelly who was driving. He did agreat job of averaging speed by gut hunch and with thespeedometer and odometer working in the car we werenear the top at all the time check points.

We might have won the thing except for two small com-plications. The first was the list of questions on signs,

stores and landmarks along the way. The driver is busydriving, the navigator is reading the directions so who is

supposed to read all the signs and find out “how manypounds you can lose on ______ Rd?” We were told to

RALLYE ACROSS THE RIVERby Sarah Bledsoe

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For many years a favorite modification made by manybig Healey owners has been to install a differential froma non-overdrive equipped big Healey into one with over-drive. The gear ratio of the rear end fitted to cars with-out overdrive is different — it’s a higher gear ratio thatpermits lower RPMs at highway speeds. When you in-stall one of these gear sets into a Healey with overdrive,the result is a very high gear ratio – “long legs” — thatpermits highway cruising at even lower RPM when theoverdrive is engaged. For anyone who uses their Healeyon the highway, particularly for long trips, it is a realgood deal.

Unfortunately these non-overdrive rear end gear sets areactually somewhat rare because the vast majority of bigHealeys were delivered with the “optional” overdrive(it was standard on the 100, series BN1 and BN2, butwas an extra cost option thereafter). Those people whohave been lucky enough to find one of these rare gearsets and install it in their overdrive-equipped big Healeytypically rave about the results.

Well, I’m happy to report the efforts of a member toorganize a limited production run of gear sets in a ratiothat is very close to the original non-overdrive ratio.Mike Lempert of Bridgewater, New Jersey is organiz-ing this effort and the plan is to produce 100 sets of 3.5:1gears. (The original rear end ratio on non-overdriveequipped big Healeys was 3.54:1.) The good news is,the cost will be only $220 and the minimum order re-quired is 100 sets.

If you commit to this project, here is what you get: oneset of 3.5:1 gears for the rear end of any big Healey (ex-cept for the early BN1 cars with the spiral bevel geardifferential). The 3.5:1 rear end ratio means easier cruis-ing, less engine wear and better gas mileage.

Almost immediately after announcing this project, Mikegot orders for over 50 sets. It’s looking very good formaking the minimum order of 100 sets. Therefore ifyou are interested at all I encourage you to contact Mikeright away. The original rear ends with the 3.54:1 gearsets are rare and in most cases would cost you a wholelot more than $220 anyway. If this project comes to

fruition, you will get a NEW 3.5:1 gear set for just $220(plus shipping, and of course you must make your ownarrangements for installation).

Mike is listed in the Austin-Healey Club USA’s 2000Austin-Healey Resource Book, and he can be reachedat 940 William Street, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807;(908) 526-6090; [email protected]

Call now, operators are standing by. I’m already signedup for a set myself!

IMPROVING YOUR CRUISINGby Reid Trummel

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Bill & Pat Bolton are organizing a tour to the NWHealey Meet in Sydney during the 15-17 of Septem-ber. The tour will start in Creswell on the 14th andwill travel up I-5 to Olympia, hence to Shelton, WA,and on to Port Angeles.

Participants can stay at the Rivera Inn, close to theferry, at 535 E. Front St., 360-417-3955, and placetheir cars in line for the ferry early in the morning.The Rivera has the cheapest rates and are AAArecommended. Participants can then go have break-fast and await boarding.

The ferry will dock in Victoria and it is a short drive toSydney. The advantage of going through Port Angelesis avoiding the Seattle traffic, avoiding the unpredict-able delay at the border to Tswassen and enjoying alovely route along the Hood Canal.

If you want to join the Boltons on this tour please callthem at 541-895-5576 to work out a meeting place.

Tour to Sidneyby Bill and Pat Bolton

lunch at the OK Corral. The excursion will run from 11to 3 and cost $37 per person which includes both theride and the lunch. Pre-registration will be necessary.Tuesday afternoon will be tech sessions. Wednesdayfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. will be the Rally in the Valleywhich will include stops at both Goldale and Jackson-ville and time allowed to see the sights. Thursday morn-ing will be the Rendezvous 2003 planning meeting. From10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be the Popular Choice Car Showon the grounds of Shroeder Park beside the Jeff HealeyMemorial, followed by a full catered picnic at the park.At 3 p.m. will be trophy presentations for the PopularChoice and the rally followed by speeches by the hon-ored guest and a presentation for the Tahoe Meet in 2002.There will be an evening social get together that dayand people will leave on Friday. There will be self guidedtours available and concours by appointment. Bill re-minded members that the committee heads are going toneed help, so please volunteer if you can.

Charitable Contributions committee head, Skip Monaco,passed around some of the nice thank you notes fromthe Boys at St. Mary’s. She talked about some of thepossibilities coming up such as manning phones for atelethon for Emanuel Hospital’s Burn Center and anevent for Friends of the Children in mid Septemberwhich would involve school supplies. The next plannedevent, suggested by Gary Jackson, will be for JasperMountain in Eugene. Located on 80 acres in the hillnear Eugene, this organization is a center for severelyabused children between the ages of 5 and 13 with anaverage stay of 2 to 3 years. We were provided with alist of athletic and musical needs and wants and wehave decided to buy them a good BMX bike and helmetas they a track but only have two bikes for 18 kids. Wewould also buy bike helmets and other accessories foruse with the regular bikes. This event will be August26th People will meet at about 1to 1:30, go up to thefacility for about an hour to an hour and a half. Johnand Shirley Wilson will then put on a barbecue. A mo-tion was made and passed to have the club pay for thebarbecue. It was also noted that the center needs musi-cal instrument and that if any members had any in goodcondition that they no longer needed that this would bean opportunity to do something good with them. Skipalso asked for more suggestions from members for pos-sible charity events.

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bring a pad of paper and a pencil. I sure could haveused a clip board! I was trying to leaf back and forthbetween the directions, the instructions which told youwhat CAST or RIP (not rest in peace) meant and the 3pages of questions. I was terrified that I would lose oneor another of these critical papers in the wind that

whipped around as we headed down country roads go-ing the required 50 mph. Many of the questions werenot something that could be read or counted going 45mph. We soon found that to count the hubcaps, antlers(about 18) or abalone shells on a house (over 30) youhad to back up and count them carefully and that madea mess of your time. We answered many but alsoguessed or left several blank.The second complication was the red British sports carstopped along the road. We slowed down to make sureit wasn’t a Healey, saw it was a Triumph and went onby. The more experienced drivers knew this for a trap(?), stopped to offer help and got 10 points taken offtheir time for it.

Having passed the first car at the start we were out allalone most of the trip. We followed Hwy 47 north toVernonia crossing the Nehalem River and going underold train trestles (3). Having counted the pillars on theVernonia town Hall (4) we continued down the Nehalempast “Big” Eddy park and into Mist. Here the direc-tions were a little lacking for they neglected to tell us to

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turn “R” to find the Mist store, our first stop. Being inour own backyard by now, we knew where the store wasbut others weren’t so lucky. At the store there were al-ready about 20 motorcycles, a club also out on a tour.We made a rest stop and got an ice cream cone whilecars came in and parked on both sides of the road. Whilethe other drivers tried to find the owl and the fire extin-guisher we headed down the river valley to Jewel. Here

we turned left to follow the river back to Hwy 26. If youmissed this turn, as one car did, you ended up in Astoria.Back on the Sunset Highway it was time for lunch but

there was nowhere appealing to stop. We filled withgas, and continued on down the river on Hwy 53 after

being timed at the check point. Eating our lunch as wedrove, we missed what the sign before mailbox 44500said. After following the river to Nehalem Bay, travel-ing 101 north for a few miles we circled back to pick upHwy 53 to backtrack to the previous check point andthe end of the rally on Hwy 26.All cars then continued to seaside to the Monaco’s beachhouse for food (great tacos), meeting and generally goodfellowship. We enjoyed the food, the company and theplace. After trophies (we got second place) and moretalk we headed home up the Columbia river.

The roads were scenic and not too bumpy (does every-body else’s Healey rattle on bumps?) and the course funto drive. The company and free food was great. We willtry to make it back for another drive with the club soon.We thank Tom, Chuck, Barbara and Skip for all the timeand effort they put into making the rallye and Mexicanfiesta a great experience and special treat for us . Oh, bythe way, for those who weren’t there, I believe Tom saidthat Gary Jackson had a perfect 0 score for the timedportion of the rallye . Unfortunately he didn’t have a co-pilot , so he missed out on all the extra points for thequestion and answer part of the rallye.

Rallye Across the River Standings

Hook Award (given for car coming in on tow hook):Patrick Bigand

Honorable Mention (perfect score but no extra creditpoints): Gary Jackson

Third Place (Rallye score: 15; Q&A: -28): Car#10,Jeff and Lisa Brown

Second Place (Rallye score: 10; Q&A: -24): Car#2,Sarah and Kelly Bledsoe

First Place (Rallye score: 11; Q&A: -35): Car#?, Toddand Carrie Schelling (driving an MG!)

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Wedding Number One!

Picture this. You and your sweetheart are on a Euro-pean holiday in the Alps. After dating this wonderfulwoman for 6 years, you just can’t stand it another mo-ment. So, you gather up your nerve, a bottle of wineand a fistful of wildflowers and in this beautiful

Alpine setting you ask your Lady Love to be your wife.

That sounds like something out of a storybook to mostof us, but last year that was the setting AHCO memberDan Mailey used when proposing to Bonnie McGarry.

Just one year later the marriage took place on July 1st ofthis summer and afterwards they spent their honeymoonin Ireland.

The new Mrs. Mailey is a teacher at Eastwood Elemen-tary School in Hillsboro. Husband Dan has been a salesrep for Nike for 20 years. The couple will reside inHillsboro.

IT’S WEDDING BELLS...TIMES TWO!by Skip Monaco

In Chronological Order-

Wedding Number Two!

Some of us wondered if it would ever happen. After all,they had been dating since 1993, had participated inmany events, and had even participated in the MonteShelton Rally each year since 1995. David was the driverand Wendy the navigator.

Now THAT can really test a relationship. But on July15 of this year it came to pass. Wendy Schaffer made an“honest man” (as the saying goes) out of Dave Auburg.

Wendy’s son, Reed, was one of the groomsmen, andHeidi (a mutual friend & also the matchmaker in thiscase) was one of the bride’s attendants.

Dave is a design engineer for Freightliner in Portland.Wendy is the office manager for a law firm. The newly-weds are making their home in Vancouver.

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Under Old Business, we finished up nominations for newofficers. There were no new nomination accept for LeonHart for Activities and a confirmation that Shirley Wil-son would be willing to accept the nomination to workwith Pat Barron on Regalia. Ballots will be sent out inthe mail and must be returned before Friday the 1st orbrought to the meeting at the ABFM

Under New Business, a motion was made and passedfor the club to pay for a snack tray for the people count-ing Popular Choice ballots. Tammy Auburg suppliedthis last year and it cost her about $35. Bill Bolton askedfor logo designs for the 2001 meet. He also told us thatthe room rates at the meet will be $80 plus tax for a riverview and $65 plus tax for a non view room. We havereserved 85 rooms for the meet.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.

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Classified AdsClassified Ads are free to all paid up members of AHCO, the Austin-Healey Owners Association of BC and the Cascade Austin Healey Club, and $2.00 each to non-members. These rates do not apply to commercial ads. Ads normally run three issues unless renewed by the advertiser. O=AHCO, C=Cascade, B=BC.

Commercial Ad Rates: Monthly payment: Full page: $30, 1/2 page: $18, 1/4 page: $10, 1/8 page: $6, Business Card: $4. Inside cover (f or b): Full page: $35, 1/2 page: $21,Back cover, 1/2 page: $24. Annual payment in advance w/monthly appearance: Full page: $300, 1/2 page: $180, 1/4 page $100, 1/8 page $60, business card: $40. Insidecover (f or b), full page: $350, 1/2 page: $210. Back cover, 1/2 page: $240. Non-member business classifieds: $5 per month per six lines. Commercial display ads will be

rotated between various positions. (Max. sizes: Full: 7.5” x 10”, Half: 7.5” x 5”, Quater: 3.5” x 5”, Eighth: 2-1/8” x 5”, Bus. Card: 2’ x 3.5”.)

Cars for Sale1959 AH Bug Eye Sprite. Original, very complete car with original 948cc engine. Needs complete restoration.Dean Willoughby (503) 286-4042. (O-12)

1963 Austin Healey BJ7. Basket case. Fairly complete though a badly rusted frame and instruments out; all orwill part out. Also, an extra BJ7 rear shroud in fairly good shape. Esko, 253-813-9842, [email protected].(O-5)

1961 Austin Healey, 3000 MK II, Series BT7 ( four seater model ), VIN: HBT71 6726. 47,867 miles, primer,major body work done, new chrome, new wiring harness, not running, numerous spare parts, stored for years,$7900.00 Canadian. Contact Wayne Walker, Saskatoon, Sk. Ph. (306) 242-7476, e-mail:[email protected] (N-5)

67 Austin Healey Sprite, right-hand drive, papers of shipment Hamburg to Portland, wires, several tops, recentrebuild top to bottom, eye catcher, good condition. Priced to sell @ $5,000. Contact Jerry at (503) 650-0396 or E-Mail aweese@cybcon. com (N-6)

63 Sprite (not Bug-Eye), great condition. Has both tops. Has 1277 engine, it and the running gear are in excellentcondition as are the tires. Body is in good condition. Has been garaged. Drives very well. May be interested in atrade. $4000 or best offer. Contact Peter Shoemaker in the evenings at 294-1453. (N-7)

Parts for SaleFull set of Mini-lite Wheels, fit AH Sprite. Charles Burke, 503-289-5055. (O-6)

Heavy Duty Poly Front Suspension Bushings for all Austin Healeys - big and small. Correctly done in black.Competitively priced. Tom Monaco (503) 245-0174. (O-4)

Heavy Duty Brake Shoes for all Austin Healey models. Impervious to all oils and fluids. Experience 25% betterstopping power - cheap at any price. These can save your nose! Tom Monaco (503) 245-0174. (O-4)

Lightened flywheels for big Healey models. They really make a big performance difference. You need one if youwant your Healey to perform better in the corners and on the acceleration profile. Only the material not being usedis removed. BN1 - BJ7 $120 plus a $40 core charge. BJ8 $140 plus a $60 core charge. Packing and shipping isextra. Bill Bolton (541) 895-5576. (O-6)

New Side Curtain Pouches made of felt lined black vinyl from original pattern. $45 ea. John Wilson (541) 933-2016 (O-7)

Hardtop windows for BN6/BT7/BN7. These windows are specifically manufactured of the treated poly-carbon-ate material used by the Indy race cars. They don’t fog or scratch like the currently advertised ones do! Fit it andforget it! You won’t need to replace it for years. $260 plus packing & shipping. Bill Bolton (541) 895-5576. (O-2)

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