[Healeys] Bill Barnett

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

Marge and I met Bill and his then wife enroute to the west coast Eureka meet 
in 1976.  Distance between Vacaville and southern California kept us apart 
but I have a collection of e-mails that span part of the time period between 
then and now.  We would 'confront' each other periodically at shows that we 
both attended.

Marge and Bill had an on-going friendly 'hate' relationship when Marge found 
out his birth date and we sent him a Happy Birthday e-mail.  He wanted to 
know how she found out and she would not tell him.  Bill began calling her 
the "Witchy Woman".  When he arranged to stop by our house in 2008, we 
greeted him with Marge wearing a witch's hat.  He never found out that he 
had mentioned his birth date during a telephone conversation.

We both had one other connection that kept us in contact each year.  June 
27th marked both his birthday and our wedding anniversary.

We will miss him.  God Bless his (sometimes ornery) soul.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ATIGHTPROD at aol.com>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 9:53 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Bill Barnett


> Just got the sad news that Bill Barnett passed away last evening. I don't
> know all of the details as of yet, but as soon as I do, I'll pass them 
> along
> as  well. For those of you who knew Bill, you know what a handful he could
> be at  times, but a bigger heart you'll never find. And for those of you 
> who
> didn't,  you missed out on one of the truly great characters who make up
> this  Austin-Healey community. He will be missed.
> Steven Kingsbury
> _______________________________________________