[Healeys] Club participation

[Richard Collins]

Hi Jim,
From some paperwork I found with mine, I may be the third owner; I have seen or heard of other numbers close to both of ours.
Mine (and yours ?) may have been shipped as one of the first  big Healey BN7’s of a lot of 10 built in 1959 (titled in 1960) to San Francisco as a racer on road courses in the area.  But I have not found definitive proof of that.
I bought it out of an estate sale in Los Altos in process of restoration maybe 20 years ago. I lived nearby at the time and went to look at it with Gary. He had a newer BN7 at the time. Both previous owners are deceased but I sense the first owner did race it. Got it home to Kentucky, did some basic maintenance and it fired right up after at least 15 years in a barn.
My heritage certificate is not too close to my current car beyond VIN number. I have a top shifter, not side shifter (sold it), Wires not steel wheels, Fiberglass wings, not steel, originally Colorado Red, now English Ivory, engine upgraded to Iskiderian Cam and overbored 3 thousandths.
Love the car as I have some high school Healey history being a Captain on a 36’ fishing boat in South Florida called : “BMC”, yep, Donald and Geoff came there occasionally to visit the distributorship owned by Ed Bussey and I believe Frank Parker.
Regards,
Richard C


On Sep 16, 2024, at 15:27, jvwojcik at comcast.net wrote:


Hi Richard. I used to have BN7 434. A nice vintage for sure. Jim

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Richard Collins
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:47 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net; Greg Mandas <gmandas at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Club participation

I belong to the club and receive the Magazine and even had an article with pictures published by Gary Anderson years ago. I drive with a local Euro car Club and I believe maybe 5-6 other local Healey guys sometimes show up once or twice a year. Most have other marques as I do (Jags, Porsches, Benz, Aston, Ferrari, Lambo, Vettes, Triumph, MG, etc.) but the Healey centered clubs near me are either in Nashville or Louisville, a bit of a trip from Bowling Green.

I tend to be a track rat so am most active with the Porsche Club and run here at the Corvette Track where I also instruct. In 10 years since the track was built, rarely do you see any vintage cars, much less Healeys on it. I did a few Track X's several years ago with the Healey but couldn't develop any interest with other vintage Healey guys. SCCA, SVRA and HSR do race actual race cars but mine while maybe has some original history of track time in the '60's on the west coast, is a driver lacking a roll bar or cage, etc.  I do participate in local cars and Coffee and car shows on occasion as well as country drives.

Regards,
Richard C
BN7 440
Bowling Green, KY
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Subject: [Healeys] Club participation

Hi All,

I'd like to hear from those who do/don't belong to the Austin Healey Club of America (AHCA) and from those who do, do you/don't you participate in club events and why/why not.

Thanks

Greg Mandas
AHCA - New England Region
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