[Healeys] Re Healey Clubs

[Dallas Congleton]

Very good Rich - for someone that's not  "an academically trained historian" 
;^)

Dallas Congleton


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler at quickclic.net>
To: <Editorgary at aol.com>; <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Re Healey Clubs


> Yes,
>
> it is amazing how time flies and memories lose their accuracy. A few more 
> clarifications and corrections if I may......
>
> The 1987 AHCA Conclave was a joint venture alright but it was joint with 
> the Austin Healey Sports and Touring club at Harrisburg Pa. The Oklahoma 
> Conclave was at Shangri-La Resort in 1988, blistering hot as I recall.
>
> Turning back the clock to August 1976, that was the summer that the 
> Pacific Centre and the Northeast Region brought Donald Healey over as 
> special guest, and hosted somewhat of an East Coast and West Coast meet, 
> the N.E. being one weekend, the P.C. being the following weekend. However, 
> in between, Donald flew to O'Hare and was guest of honour of the AHCA, (at 
> that moment still basically a Midwest Regional club). Donald was a guest 
> over night at Walt and Jeanette Blanck's home, with a special dinner in 
> Donald's honour on the Tuesday evening. The next day, guests from a number 
> of brand new AHCA regional chapters sat at a formation meeting in Blanck's 
> home and mapped out the Regional Chapter with Delegate representation 
> concept, and the whole thing literally took off from there.
> This is not third party, because I was there representing the 3 week old 
> Southern Ontario chapter of the AHCA.
>
> Rich Chrysler