[Healeys] EPA Takes First Step

Greg Lemon glemon at neb.rr.com
Sat Apr 18 06:36:39 MDT 2009


While it is a well know fact* that Al Gore invented the internet, it is less 
well known that Jefferson invented e-mail.

On a more serious note a short while back when I wasn't sure where my career 
was going I considered trying to start up a national assoction of car clubs 
and perhaps the big players who make money off our hobby--not just healeys 
or british, but classic cars in general, to actively try to protect our 
hobby from any government action negatively affecting the hobby at the 
federal and local level.

We have a case that I think plays pretty well if you get the message out, 
facts and figures on the size of the industry as a whole, whats more 
American than a guy working on his car on Saturday morning?, charity work 
the various clubs do, group is mainly made of "model citizens" from a 
politicians perspective, middle age middle class people with some disposable 
income who vote.  There are probably as many or more "car people" as there 
are "gun people" and look at the clout the NRA has.

If in fact Len is right and a serious threat to our hobby arises such a 
unified organization will be sorely needed to protect our cars and 
interests, I am not sure if he is right, but the possibility exists.

As I said I was thinking about it, and have somewhat of the background for 
it, but my prospects have stabilized so don't think it will be me, but maybe 
the kernel of the idea will get planted and someone will run with it.  Sort 
of a timing issue there as well, as the likelihood of such an active broad 
organization increases as we get closer to the possibility of legislation 
affecting our cars, but ideally the organization would get up and running 
early to attempt to nip goverment action negatively affecting our cars and 
getting politician's ears early on.

Greg Lemon


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