[Healeys] Shipping Healeys this summer -- to National Events

[David Nock]

Greg, the organization of the National Meets is a huge undertaking  
that is done by volunteers in a local club. There is usually only a  
small handful of volunteers that are will to do these meets.

When we did the Open Roads Healey International Meet at Lake Tahoe in  
2002 we started to look into doing just what you are asking and the  
logistics of trying to organize this for a group of club member 2000  
miles away was to much. So the transporting of cars was organized by  
a few members of the local clubs on the East Coast.

In 2002 there were over 700 registrants from all over the world.  
There were over 650 cars and of those there were only about 30 that  
came out on transporters.  This in only about 5% of those attending  
that used a transporter.



David Nock
Golden Gate Austin Healey Club

www.goldengatehealeys.com

On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Greg Mandas wrote:

> For me, simply attending is the question.  I'm still working and  
> have a
> limited amount of vacation time.  Attending or not is based  
> primarily on
> available free time. If I were to attend I wouldn't have the time  
> to drive
> more than a day, possibly two.
>
> I wonder if more people would attend national events if the  
> national clubs
> were able to work a deal with a transport company for discounts to  
> and from.
> It would alleviate a lot of issues around individuals and/or local  
> clubs
> trying to organize a truck.
>
> Any of the auto transport companies owned by Healey Drivers?
>
> Greg