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1Hundreds & Thousands - September 2014

Hundreds&The official newsletter of the Austin Healey Owners’ Club of Victoria incorporated

In this issue

• The Old Aeroplane Museum

• Farewell to Denis Welch

• Part 2 Protecting Your 100M

• Racing and Sprint Reports

Print post number 100000633 September 2014 Issue #56

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HUNDREDS & THOUSANDS IS THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE AUSTIN HEALEY OWNERS’ CLUB OF VICTORIA INC

Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the editor, the Austin Healey Owners’ Club Inc or its committee. Information is published in good faith and we do not accept responsibility for any loss, damage or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause. All rights reserved.

Calendar of Events.........................................................................4Vice President’s Report...................................................................5Side Exhaust.....................................................................................6Vale: David Woodhouse...............................................................9Competition Report & MSCA News......................................10Austin Healey Memories (Part 2).............................................14Old Aeroplane Company Tour.................................................15A Tribute to Denis Welch..............................................................18Fraudulent Sales of 100Ms (Part 2).........................................20Odds & Ends.................................................................................24For Sale or Wanted......................................................................27AHOC General Meeting Minutes............................................28

CONTENTSPresident Selwyn Hall 0412 546 208 [email protected]

Vice President Paul McPherson 0418 123 925 [email protected]

Secretary Brian Aitken 0419 025 858 or 9775 3699 [email protected]

Treasurer Mike Snelgrove 0418 320 524 or 9379 2836 [email protected]

Membership Simon Gardiner 0409 426 076 [email protected]

Clubrooms & CMC Tony Barrett 0427 051 297 or 9725 5587 [email protected]

Social Mick Smith 9789 7698 [email protected]

Librarian Mick Smith 0419 553 840 or 9789 7698 [email protected]

Communications Alex Hope 0467 855 875 [email protected]

Competition-MSCA Rod Vogt 0408 395 240 or 5962 1915 [email protected]

Regalia Arthur Tuckett 0418 105 627 or 9571 8324 [email protected]

AOMC-VicRoads Ken Styles 0431 481 082 or 9809 4382 [email protected]

CAMS Tony Barrett 0427 051 297 or 9870 4447 [email protected]

Registrar Iain McPherson 9850 3267 [email protected]

Magazine Editor Mandy Parry-Jones 0409 806 986 or 9884 9200 [email protected]

AHOC COMMITTEE 2014

Two well known and respected Healey men who both did so much to improve the marque passed away in August -

Dave Woodhouse in Australia (above) and Denis Welch in the UK.


CORRESPONDENCE: P.O. Box 97 Mulgrave, Victoria. 3170. INTERNET ADDRESS www.healeyvic.com.auCONTRIBUTIONS: Items of interest, articles, technical information, correspondence, constructive criticism, photographs - all material is very welcome. Any material for inclusion to the magazine should be sent directly to the editor details below.

The next general meeting will be held in the clubhouse, 19-23 Rosalie Street, Springvale on Thursday 4 September, 2014.

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Please note these dates are subject to change. This calendar is not a comprehensive list of events please check the website www.healeyvic.com.au

Date Event Organiser4 September AHOC MONTHLY MEETING

General meetinG the Clubrooms 19-23 rosalie st, sprinGvale 8.00pmAHOC

10 September COMMITTEE MEETING AHOC

11 September MID WEEK RUNContact Bill Metcalf 0477 010 145 or Barry Barnes 0412 583 868

AHOC

13 September MSCA SUpER SpRINT pHILLIp ISLANDwww.msca.net.au

MSCA

13-14 September WINGS & WHEELS Maryborough

TBA

24 September pENINSULA LUNCHBerreta’s Langwarrin Hotel Please book with Gordon 0418 540 920

AHOC

2 October AHOC MONTHLY MEETING General meetinG the Clubrooms 19-23 rosalie st, sprinGvale 8.00pm

AHOC

8 October COMMITTEE MEETING AHOC

9 October MID WEEK RUNContact Arthur Tuckett 0418 105 627

AHOC

12 October MSCA SUpER SpRINTS SANDOWN www.msca.net.au

MSCA

24 October to 10 November

NEW ZEALAND SOUTH ISLAND TOUR Lead by Ralph Fletcher 0418 567 218 for more information

AHOC

26 October bENALLA CRUISE AND SHINE WINTON MOTOR raCEWAY www.cruiseandshine.com

CRUISE AND SHINE

29 October pENINSULA LUNCHLynbrook Hotel Please book with Gordon 0418 540 920

AHOC

WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH


VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT

FIRST AND FOREMOST – an apology from me in relation to the minutes of the July General Meeting, where it was recorded that I commented that AHOC Vic members were welcome to drive down to Lorne for our National Show & Shine but, were not able to show their Healeys with the Rally participants! My comment was factually incorrect and very misleading to our members, as to the rally committee’s intention.As noted by our chief marshall for this display, Terry Wade, at our August General Meeting – all members will be most wel-come and, their Healeys would form part of our large Healey display, on the Lorne foreshore. We will however, be looking for an indication of numbers of members travelling down for the display, in order to calculate the area required to accommodate our vehicles – this will be done much closer to the rally date.

OLD AEROPLANE COMPANYSunday, August 24

A large group of members met at Geo’s Café in Somerville for breakfast – 60 arriving at the visit site at Tyabb Airport, including 21 Healeys. Stan and Pat were excellent hosts, giving us a dose of their pas-sion for vintage and old combat aircraft – their knowledge of airframes, motors and aircraft performance made for a fascinating couple of hours! Fifty one members and guests drove down to Hastings to the MaQuay Restaurant on Marine Parade, for lunch. We certainly need to get more Sunday trips into our schedule. Great to see the mix of old and new members in attendance.DISPLAY VEHICLE FOR SEPTEMBER Martin Dix will display his BJ8 on September 4 and give us an insight into the development and restoration of his Healey. DIARY DATESPlease add these to your current calendars• Eastern Healey Mid-Week Run Bill Metcalf and Barry

Barnes Thursday, September 11. This will be an excellent run – details at the September general meeting.

• MSCA Phillip Island – Sunday, September14. Details of AHOC participation at the September general meeting.

• Peninsula Lunch at Berreta’s Langwarrin Hotel, Wednesday, September 24. Please book through Gordon Lindner.

• As there is no Victoria/South Australia mini-rally this year, on the first weekend in October, the National Show & Shine is being held in Euroa – this day is HUGE and, we have not, in the past had a presence, except for many of our country members. We are looking for someone to lead a run to Euroa on October 5 and, be the contact point for our members, before and, on the day.

• Southern Healey Mid-Week Run – Thursday, October 9. Arthur Tuckett.

• Sunday, October 12 – MSCA Sandown – this is “Bathurst” raceday – that will be broadcast on the big screen, as per last year, in the café area.

• Saturday, October 18 – AOMC will be holding a |Resto-ration Workshop / Seminar, at the Chevrolet Club – clubrooms, Unit 1/3 Edgecombe Court, Moorabbin East.

• October 19 – the Alfa Romeo Club of Australia Winton Six-Hour Race – all members welcome to support our racing crew – race runs from 10.00 am until 4.00 pm, with the teams completing the highest number of actual laps, plus bonus laps, being on the podium. Look for the AHOC Flags and tents on the car park side of the pit garages. Food and drink available close to the action. Should be approx. 43-45 teams competing with five cars in each team. Our team is onsite from the Friday.

• October 24-26 – Motoclassica at the Exhibition Buildings – well worth a look! (Pre-purchasing of tickets is highly recommended!).

• October 29 – Peninsula Lunch at the Lynbrook Hotel – Please book through Gordon Lindner.

• November 4 – Melbourne Cup Day Lunch at Peter & Lyn Edwards – Donvale. More details at the October General Meeting.

• Mick Smith will speak about our Christmas Presentation Luncheon at the September General Meeting.

EVENTS FOR 2015Natter Lunch – to be held on Sunday, January 11 – details at the November general meeting.The RACV/AOMC Classic and Japanese Showcase is being brought forward (by five weeks), to Sunday, February 22 – be-ing held at the Mornington Racecourse carpark. The end of March date has gone to “Cirque de Soleil”, on alternate years, for the next 10 years, on the Flemington site.The RACV is also involved at the end of March with the inaugural “Australian Festival of Motoring” being held at the Melbourne Showgrounds, over four days.

CheersPaul McPherson


‘ORANGE’IT’S A yEAR this month since Sydney and Melbourne were finally linked by a continuous dual carriageway highway, unbroken by traffic lights or town speed restrictions, in a grand ceremony opening of the Holbrook bye-pass. The first bye-pass (Gundagai) was opened in 1977, so it took 36 years to complete the 900 km long road. Now a serpent of white concrete slithers across the bush landscape, arid and parched in summer and green and rich in winter. As dusk closes in, the truck grand prix starts at each end and roars towards each other; then as the morning gets going, the cars and SUVs and caravans venture out. As you hum peacefully along this high-way with cruise control locked onto 118 kph indicated, 112 real, the twin turbos feeding the silent diesel tiny sips of fuel and Dylan testing the Harmon Kardons, it is hard to remember what it used to be like. Let’s jog your memory. Maybe you glimpsed off there to the left in the trees beyond the Armco another bit of road. Not all engineered and cambered and polished, but cracked and shaggy. Pull off down that farm track, park at the pile of dirt where road base was mined for the new shed slab. Get out. Now look along this old bit of road. That’s what it used to be like. This is an abandoned remnant of the old Hume Highway, deserted since

1977 and the bush is encroaching. A bit further on, you can still find the old wood trestle bridge which carried the Hume Highway across the Murrumbidgee flood plain until 1977. Disfigured by a modern cycle path, this fine old structure, somehow so much more human than the soaring concrete overpasses, is slowly falling apart.The old road has barely one lane in each direction and follows the contours of the ground, with few cuts and fills. It was a road you had to drive along, with gears and brakes like a normal road.

The Kenworth W900 with Cummins and Roadranger and an urgent load of bananas for the Melbourne market is at the head of the queue and struggling to hold 80 kph into the hot sweaty headwind. There are a dozen slowcoaches stumbling in his dust cloud. you inch out – it’s clear, so the torque of the mighty 308 hurtles your A9X down this narrow chute. you’re passed. And it happened right here.

The A9X was of course painted Papaya – that’s GMH speak for orange. The 70s was a very orange period. Kitch-en tiles, knobs, laminate. Bench tops. Walls and paint. Miniskirts, curtains, towels. Sofas, plastic furniture. And cars, lots of cars.But not Big Healeys. There was never an orange Healey because Healeys were never orange in spirit. By the mid 70s, although the young-est were only 10 years old, they were obselete in design and performance as well as image and character. Flairs, big ties, tight shirts and Marlboro man moustaches like Denis Lillee went with Sandman panel vans and getting pissed every lunchtime. Holden and Ford, Pete and Moff, V8s and Hemis, big grunt and larrikin behaviour. Healeys were never surfwear. They had become yesterday’s car for your uncle and aunty, from the old country as Australia was discovering its own style. That meant they were cheap. It was not unusual to see a 100S filling up at the next pump, looking a bit battered. If they went wrong, it was hard to get bits. More people could afford to buy one than could afford to maintain one – they started to go rusty. The flowering of demand for 60s sports cars from the post war baby boom generation was still some 20 years in the future. AHOC and The Healey Factory and overnight parts, online ordering from the UK were all in the future. Today was orange, tail tent accommodation by Burrenjuck Dam and bad luck for your old banger.

The A9X was of course painted

Papaya – that’s GMH speak

for orange.


Even talking to the owner of your car back then would have been fraught. If he was going well, he would have said things like: “Mate, it’s all right’ or ‘I’m goin’ ok’. In today’s vernacular of ridiculous hyperbole, that would sound like he had a drama. Today you have to say: ‘Mate, I’m awesome’ and follow up with a few ‘epics’ and ‘legendaries’ to sound like you’re not half dead. And don’t forget, when Tim scored his goal in Brazil, it was ‘Sumptuous’. Queued up in the centre of Goul-burn behind a stinking line of trucks and grumpy cars, the Hume travel-ler of the orange period would view today’s calm and fast progression as utopia. Back then, the water temp gauge was his master and bridging the cit-ies inside 12 hours was an achieve-ment. In spite of being in an orange free zone, the Healey marque survived. There were enough true believers to see beyond the first 20 years of

marque life. Among them was John Grey, for many years a stalwart of the Austin Healey Club, who provided sanctuary for some of the most impor-

tant old race cars and prototypes and weird specials at a time when they were seriously unloved. He travelled and met the family and

gurus and studied the records and researched the background. He knew what to save.Modest to a fault, John and his size-able under house storage helped Australian Healeys survive so that later, when orange was history, they were safe and ready to blossom.Now that orange is itself cycling back and numerous old Holdens and Fords and yanky muscle are heading towards Eastern Creek on Fathers Day, we see that they are not as happy on the relentless New Hume. The old V8s don’t like constant running with their crude 4-speed top loaders and M20s. Whereas with our miraculous transmissions, we just flick into overdrive top and enjoy the warm breeze. Orange always was crap.

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WOODy PASSED AWAy peacefully on Friday 8th AugustIt’s very difficult to do justice to Dave Woodhouse’s contribution to the Austin Healey movement.Dave signed up and bought his first Healey, a BN1 100 whilst still an apprentice pattern maker in 1958. A bold step for a young bloke from Berwick and I gather not a popular one with his parents as they thought the repayments would bankrupt him. Then in 1959, as a 20 year old, he traded up to a one year old black & red 100/6. Back then Dave made the nicest of all the aftermarket alloy rocker covers for his car and eventually they were sold commercially through Speco Thomas.Dave’s enthusiasm for not only pattern making but design and development, particularly with engines and drivelines led to his insatiable search for knowledge on those and other engineering and performance topics. An avid reader and not one for television, except for car racing, his technical book library was impressive.His mechanical skills and knowledge grew too, based on broad experience and fantastic mechanical aptitude.As Dave settled down, married, had a son and a daughter went through the family and house phase, his Healey interest had to take a back seat. His original 100/6 is now Ed Clark’s car.It wasn’t long till Dave bought another 100/6, this time white with a blue flash, from Henry Van Heel who had bought it from his brother Theo who Dave knew well from earlier Healey days. Dave fitted an original 4-wheel disc brake 100/6 kit, that Henry acquired. Geelong Sprints became the measure of suc-cess in annual improvement in the mid 80s. By that time Dave was running his own DW Spares and Repairs, specialising in Volvos and building a name as the Laycock d Normanville overdrive specialist.

His quality of workmanship was excellent and combined with his engineering and machining expertise and capabilities ... near enough was never considered to be good enough.Dave knew Healeys and had good contacts for parts ... particularly gearbox and overdrive parts, long before the big overseas players started remaking them.Then there was Dave the SU carby specialist ... he’d researched, read and understood the principles, sourced the parts, had the experience and spent the time to experiment with all the options ... again everything was done properly.In the quest for better efficiency and performance from his Healey, Dave saw the standard inlet manifold to be deficient and set about making his own. Again, he researched the principles and theories and made and cast aluminium manifolds that not only looked like quality products but also maximised efficiency. First manifolds to suit triple SU carby 6-cylinder Healeys then onto an efficient big

twin SU manifold that didn’t restrict the exhaust sys-tem, then onto Weber carb manifolds as well as other specials for 4-cylinder Healeys. Every run-ner shape, size and

volume was incrementally calculated and measured. If they didn’t measure up it was go back and start again.Into the early 90s and the lure of faster times in the Healey at Geelong Sprints had seen Dave build up a Mk1 3000 (white with a red flash). It was built to Dave’s usual top quality but as light as possible ... minimal trim, tiny fuel tank, no bumpers, an original alloy head and a good strong motor with triple 45mm Weber carbs. It weighed less than 1000kg and it was quick. He set the Healey record.Some time later the offer he couldn’t refuse came along and the car was sold to David Dawson and the red painted out to blue. (Subsequently this was Garry Whitrod’s car and now Tony Rogers.) In 1989, Dave met Max Hooper who was building a Healey 3000 for historic racing. Max had a family history of American pushrod racing engine development, and

wanted to incorporate this proven technology into his Healey race engine. As a toolmaker, Max was able to manufacture prototype roller rockers, and a roller profile camshaft and follower set. Dave was at first sceptical of this non British approach.However, the performance improvements were very impressive, and Dave was immediately convinced that BMC Healey race engine development had been stagnant for a considerable time.Dave and Max realised there would be a market for these new generation of performance products, and DMD Australia (Dave Max Developments) was formed.Originally Dave suggested the name MAD Australia (Max And Dave) but it was thought this may not have credibility overseas where the major markets were perceived to exist.Dave was a highly skilled patternmaker by profession, so prototype aluminium castings could be produced without prohibitive cost. From the outset, Dave and Max determined that DMD would only produce products which were unique or superior in design, or not available in usable quality from overseas suppliers.Their mutual appreciation of Toohey’s Red led to protracted technical research meetings, and the creation of many unsuccessful products relegated to the scrap-bin.Dave with encouragement from Max then set out and made an alloy rocker box that incorporated the rocker pedestals to achieve the rigidity lacking from the original design and gave both increased rocker ratio and the facility to run roller rockers.After countless hours of development work


and the destruction of several engines on the engine dyno, Dave and Max realised that the original design of the 12-port iron BMC head had reached its zenith. Woody had even grander plans ... why not make a new up-graded alloy Healey head that took advantage of more modern combustion chamber and runner design. The DMD alloy 6-cylinder Healey head was made from scratch and was a beautifully designed and developed creation (externally it looks basically original but the science is on the inside!).As with all DMD products, only after the prototypes were produced and subjected to extensive dyno and competition testing, were products released for sale, with the initial batches of production castings being superbly machined by Henry Van Heel, who also developed many of the tools required for future production.Then came the raised, multi-baffled sump and various other Healey engine components. These components found their way into not only Max’s racing and rallying Healey but also numerous others.Dave’s sound theories and designs were well tested and it was of no surprise to those who knew Dave, that they all excelled.DMD was designing and making racing quality competition products for street, race and rally Healeys of exceptional quality.Meanwhile another 3000 Mk1 was being built in Dave’s garage but it was put on the backburner when his most ambitious project got under way.Back in the mid '60s Austin had some alloy Healey engine blocks made to use in the works rally Healeys. The aim was to reduce the front end weight and thereby improve the handling and braking as well as the anticipated improvement in acceleration. However, the development ceased and the program was stopped after only several blocks were produced.Dave said why not? and Max agreed, so after research into lessons learnt from the factory blocks and getting one of those original

blocks to inspect, David set about making the patterns to cast new alloy Healey engine blocks.The design and pattern making alone were a huge undertaking but Dave saw the project through to its extremely successful completion.For the last eight years or so Dave’s deteriorating health has limited his hands-on capabilities but his highly regarded advice has been sought, and freely given, by not only all of the local Healey specialists but also from numerous Healey owners locally and from overseas.During these years of restricted movement, and with encouragement from his partner Joan and fellow rail enthusiast Kevin Burns, Dave immersed himself in his lifelong interest of steam rail engines, in the form of meticulously reproduced brass model replicas of documented steam locomotives and rolling stock. A very large proportion of the house at Beaconsfield was devoted to the railway track project, as well as the dining table permanently overtaken by dismantled locomotives under repair.As always with Dave, Never By Half!!The quiet achiever has played a significant role in the Healey movement and we’ve only scratched the surface!

Rob Rowland


MARQUE SPORTS CAR ASSOCIATION (MSCA) 2014 MSCA Championship

Round 7 Saturday 13 Sept *PHILLIP ISLAND Round 8 Sunday 12 October *SANDOWN Bathurst 1000 Day (includes Come and Try)Round 9 Sunday 23 Nov *WINTON (includes Come and Try)

ENTRy FORMS are available on the MSCA website www.msca.net.au . Ring Rod Vogt on 5962 1915 or 0408 395 240 or email [email protected] . Spectators are encouraged. Entry is free and you are welcome in our pit garage. Competition starts at approximately 9 am.

Events marked with * count towards the competition championship. Sprint and Regularity events require a basic CAMS level 2S licence only. (contact Rod Vogt)

OTHER EVENTS (Major Victorian events highlighted)

Sept 6/7th *ARDC Muscle Car Masters inc Group S Historic at Sydney Motorsport ParkSept 27/28th *HSRCA Historic meeting, Wakefield Park. Goulburn. NSW.Oct 18/19 *Winton Six Hour Relay Regularity

COMPETITION REPORT & MSCA NEWS

MSCA Phillip Island13 July 2014

Only two AHOC members were keen enough to brave the depths of winter at a racetrack fronting Bass Straight where I reckon I could see a couple of icebergs floating on the horizon. Peter Kaiser ran his modern Mini Cooper S to get in some practice for the coming Phillip Island 6 Hour Relay, sensibly leaving his Sprite at home and instead sitting under a hard roof, heater on etc. Not being as smart as Peter I ran the Sprite “sans” roof – my french is very rusty but that is supposed to mean “without“ roof! Of course I had no choice, both the Sprite and MGB are topless, neither having a soft top to erect. Two heavy downpours pre dawn on the way to Phillip Island made washing the Sprite on Saturday afternoon a complete waste of time. The “Come and Try” group must have been feeling apprehensive too. AHOC member Mark Keane was a late withdrawal from C & T due to a family illness but he is definitely going to enter again at a later date.Selwyn Hall was Clerk of Course and did great job as always. The infield was totally wet and boggy leading to some tow strap recoveries, but by the end of the day all drivers were able to complete four sessions. I ran in a pretty quick group with Porsches, Nissan 370 Zs, Lotus Elises, AHSDC president Peter Clarke in his new Sprite and Peter Kaiser and his mate Geoff Vernon in their modern Minis. I shared a hired garage on pit straight with Peter Clarke and Peter’s two Sprites. AHSDC member Glen Coombs is

driving Peter’s original supercharged Bugeye while he builds a Honda S2000 for MSCA events. The three blue Bugeyes looked impressive together but it was all downhill once the action started. Our first two sessions were on a wet track following rain which fell only occasionally but always just before our runs. Our garage position on pit lane meant that we entered dummy grid at the front of our group so Peter C and I got a reasonable run in the slippery conditions but my thought was to stay on the bitumen, be sensible and keep the powder dry for the afternoon in the hope of a dry track. Unfortunately Peter Clarke spun exiting Turn 5 in the second session and put his immaculate Sprite backwards into the fence. Quite a bit of damage to car but not driver thankfully. After lunch the track WAS dry so my “race strategy” was working.


First in line for run three I did a nice quick warm up lap and then as I accelerated out of that fateful Turn 5, battling with a Porsche GT3 the accelerator cable broke! Day done and dusted. One fast lap only and AHOC Championship Points gone too with an enormous points spread between that fast lap and the slower times for my next best three laps done in the wet. I coasted to a stop out of harm’s way and watched Peter Kaiser and Geoff Vernon having a nose to tail battle in their Minis. The most exciting part of my day was the rapid tow back to the pits behind the rescue vehicle – flat out on about two meters only of tow strap. All I could see was the differential of the big Nissan!Now I think about it, my highlight had to be having my PIT CREW of Russell Baker, Bill Metcalf and Barry Barnes fussing over me in the rain while I awaited the start of session two in the steady rain. Russell was my umbrella girl and when the rain stopped, Bill found a chamois and kindly wiped off the excess water on the bonnet so that it would not end up on my lap as I started out at speed. Thanks boys. Bill and Barry enjoyed a chance to see how the Come and Try day worked and I reckon Bill might be keen to have a go. So the day was not totally wasted.Another highlight was a chance to chat to AHSDC member Glen Coombs and discover that he raced Formula Three open wheelers in the distant past at National and International level, including against an up and coming Mark Webber! Glen still catches up with Mark when he can. He also reached the upper echelon of speedboat racing in hydroplanes. I was delighted to hear him say that he really enjoyed the chance to get back on the track in Peter Clarke’s supercharged Bugeye and that he thoroughly enjoyed the camaraderie of the MSCA group. ANy chance to have FUN! POINTS TOWARD AHOC COMPETITION CHAMPIONSHIP and 4 fastest lapsRod Vogt (Sprite) 0 pts 2.07.67, 2.31.56, 2.34.80, 2.36.21All that effort for nothing !!!!!ASSOCIATE CHAMPIONSHIPPeter Kaiser (Mini Cooper S) 937 pts 1.58.70, 1.59.09, 1.59.27, 1.59.33

Winton Sprint Series 19 July 2014

John Southwell ran his Bugeye Sprite in the third round of the Winton Sprint Series. The Sprite was flying again, apart from a broken throttle cable at one point. Unlike me at Phillip Island, John must have had a spare cable and continued his day. Not only was John very quick, he nailed a compact four fastest laps to score 982 points from a possible one thousand. His best time of 1.45.71 fell just short of his best set last time at 1.45.19. POINTS SCORED TOWARD AHOC COMPETITION CHAMPIONSHIP and 4 fastest lapsJohn Southwell (Sprite) 982 pts 1.45.71, 1.45.79, 1.45.84, 1.45.89

Jaguar Club Sprints Winton 26 July 2014

Fantastic to see Hugh Purse back on the track in his 100/4 after an enforced break during which he generously allowed Shane O’Brien to exercise the car. Don’t feel too sorry for Shane folks – he got to run Hugh’s Lister Jaguar instead! Hugh had a great dice with an MG in his run group and his times reflected that with a new fastest lap for Hugh at Winton of 2.00.07, mores than a second quicker than before. Oh so close to 1.59’s Hugh. Either Hugh has come back better with age or Shane has taught the Healey to go faster. Shane and Steve Pike both drove Hugh’s Lister Jaguar, with Shane doing 3 sessions and 14 laps and a best time of 1.45.64 and Steve doing 2 sessions with a best time of 1.47.20. This is seriously quick for it’s first serious event. Shane reported that “it is a bit of a beast, you get a real workout driving it. A lightweight car, lots of horsepower and vintage race tyres all add up to a pretty interesting ride. But a hell of a lot of fun.” Damian Moloney appeared on the results driving his 100/4 and I was impressed to see a best time of 1.42.70 which was FIVE seconds quicker than his previous best. What the…!? Turns out Damian ran the company car - his late model Porsche Carrera. Geoff Leake was a spectator and dobbed you in Damian, also mentioning that you drove in your usual exciting fashion, experimenting with traction control and ABS etc on/off with plenty of sideways as well as forward momentum. POINTS TOWARD AHOC COMPETITION CHAMPIONSHIP and 4 fastest lapsHugh Purse (100/4) 737 pts *2.00.07, 2.01.28, 2.01.71, 2.02.43POINTS TOWARD ASSOCIATE CHAMPIONSHIP and 4 fastest lapsShane O’Brien (Lister Jag) 845 pts 1.45.64, 1.45.69, 1.45.99, 1.47.19Damian Moloney (Porsche) 823 pts 1.42.70, 1.43.09, 1.44.32, 1.44.47Steve Pike (Lister Jag) 547 pts 1.47.20, 1.50.16, 1.51.07, 1.51.73* new best lap time

Phillip Island Six Hour Relay Regularity 2-3 August 2014

Great to see David Kelly back on the track even if it was just in a Triumph (his TR7V8) in a triumph team! Joking David – I don’t want to be in trouble next time you are Clerk of Course at an MSCA meeting. Peter Kaiser competed in his usual team on modern Mini Coopers securing a new PB lap time and Tony Rogers was in his usual Porsche team running a new and more powerful engine which I have been told did not last the distance. Ouch!POINTS TOWARD ASSOCIATE CHAMPIONSHIP and 4 fastest lapsPeter Kaiser (Mini Cooper S) 924 pts *1.58.17,1.58.71, 1.58.89, 1.58.93


David Kelly (Triumph TR7V8) 893 pts 2.07.35, 2.07.68, 2.08.10, 2.08.42Tony Rogers (1974 Porsche 911) 856 pts 2.04.35, 2.04.98, 2.05.37, 2.05.79* new best lap time

VHRR Historic Winton (long track) 9-10 August 2014Group S production Sports Car Racing. Peter Jackson and Brian Duffy in their Big Healeys and Rod Vogt in the MGB certainly had some fun. Groups Sa and Sb ran together with later model Sc cars having their own events until we were all thrown together for the 12 lap Tourist Trophy feature race on Sunday afternoon. Brian and I paid for optional practice on the Friday – Brian to familiarize himself with the track on his once a year trip down to Winton from Sydney and I needed to redial the MGB in to the brain, not having driven it since February at Phillip Island Historics. I am certainly NOT Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Graham Hill etc who could step from one type of racing car to another over a single weekend. I really needed to get the Sprite out of my head and adapt back to the quite different nature and controls of the B. Two sessions and I could look forward to Saturday morning qualifying with a bit more confidence. Brian was going “top-less” in the Green Healey 3000 – the hardtop was removed and Brian said the car did feel different. Peter Jackson arrived late on Friday afternoon with Simon Gardiner for company.Qualifying was uneventful. PJ 3rd, Brian 7th and the MG 13th out of 21 Sa/Sb cars. The weather was fine but pretty cold for the afternoon. Race One and as usual the start was frantic. I put my hand up and admit I find the first half a lap scary with everyone fighting for a slight advantage on cold tyres, often three wide in the first few corners with cold brakes working at less than optimum. I have asked around and PJ, Brian, Peter Kaiser etc just love the start! Anyhow, I dealt with it and settled down to race. Except that when I arrive in turn one I am confronted with a spinning Triumph TR6 that is scattering the field. Instinct kicks in and somehow I missed him, only to find Brain Duffy re-entering the track on the right from inside a cloud of dust and dirt. A self-inflicted off, with just too much pace to get around the corner Brian admits later. So for the best part of the first lap I had the unusual pleasure of tailing Brian quite closely as the traffic sorted it self out. And then I pass Peter Jackson on lap two!!!

I guess I have to mention the Healey was tucked up inside the rear of a stationary Corvette. The Corvette had got off the gas to avoid a crossed up car and the concertina effect meant locked brakes and a touch from the white Healey. Now I spent time closely checking mirrors for the Healey storming back through the field and sure enough PJ catches me at the end of the main straight at the end of lap 4 and we go through the esses side by side. I should feel pleased that he trusts me enough to do that. It was a fantastic sight and sound to be alongside the Healey in race conditions. At race finish, Brian Duffy is 5th, Peter Jackson recovers to 6th and I am delighted to finish 11th, just holding off the Corvette that PJ kissed. Any body contact means an automatic visit to the Driving Standards Officer where Peter is given his first ever penalty – starting from the rear of the grid for Race 2.Race Two is 9.40 am Sunday morning. It rained heavily in Benalla just before dawn and even though the weather has cleared, the track is wet. The first two races of the morning give a slightly drying race line with damp patches, but slippery off line where you must pass if you are game. I settle on a strategy of driving on the drying race line and if someone is game to pass on the slippery side, well good luck to them. The only trouble with that plan is that despite starting 11th, I have behind me on the grid four very fast cars – the Jackson Healey with its penalty, a Corvette and TVR Tuscan with big V8s and the quickest MGB in the field. I can picture mayhem at the start but in fact Peter and the TVR don’t catch me until near the end of the first lap, although PJ again shows off by passing me hard under brakes again at the end of the first track extension straight. On the damp line! Show off! So PJ sets off in pursuit of the leaders which include Brian’s Healey. With only 21 starters Brian does not have such a great advantage and what I miss from my vantage point staring at the rear end of two Triumph TR6s and another MG is a monumental battle between the two Healeys that is only resolved when Brian attempts to re-pass Peter with just two corners to go on the last lap and runs wide. PJ 6th and Brian 9th. There is a disadvantage in sharing garages with the Healeys – when a race is over our supporters flock to the Healeys with much animation and back slapping while the MGB and I have suddenly become invisible. At least I am on the spot to hear about the great Healey racing. I finished 13th and harried the faster Triumphs until the track did have a fully dry line for the last two laps and my competitiveness early, through the corners, was lost to the power and top speed of the larger capacity Triumphs.The 12 lap Tourist Trophy Race combined us with newer and generally faster Porsches and Alfas from Group Sc, grid positions determined by Saturday morning qualifying. So Peter started 6th, Brian 14th and I fell back to 25th. By all accounts this was one of the races of the entire weekend with close racing all the way down the field. Twelve laps is tiring and demanding on car and driver and I was pleased with the MG and myself finishing strongly, improving from 28th after a messy start to finish 21st of 35 cars. Not one moment of respite from pressure and certainly the best race I have experienced in my brief three years in Group S. An Alfa spun


right in front of me at the end of the main straight, succumb-ing to my pressure I would like to think, and others were get-ting very loose and slowing by the end. The MG performed strongly to the end as I passed a few and held off others. A new best lap time for me in the MG capped off a great weekend. Much closer to the front and well out of my sight, Peter finished a fine 7th and Brian 14th, also with a new fastest lap for him. They were presented with first and second Class Sa trophies by Patron of the Meeting, Bryan Thomson. Do you remember Bryan in the ‘60s and ‘70s in Touring Cars in a Mini Cooper S, an ex Beechey Mustang, a Camaro and finally in Sports Sedans in the outrageous Chev V8 powered VW Fast-back with mechanicals from a F5000 open wheeler? Bryan’s very first competition car was a Healey 100/4, he tried to buy a Le Mans Healey next but the deal fell through. Regularity Shane O’Brien ran Hugh Purse’s Lister Jaguar in a ridiculously large field of nearly 60 cars with enormous speed differential between the fastest and slowest cars. We watched with heart in mouth as Shane pushed the quick Lister through the traffic with little hope of driving consist-ently at his target lap time. Despite this he did in fact finish 5th and 6th in events two and three which is a testament to his skills. I don’t know how he managed a fastest lap in the 1.44s while negotiating so many slower cars, many of whom were obviously engrossed in their own battles with other slower cars and not watching their mirrors. Poor Hugh must have been stressing and we thank you Hugh for showing off that

magnificent car. Shane really does need to find a way to go racing, joining us in Group S preferably, because he is a wasted talent now in Level 2S Sprints and Regularity.Thank you to our supporters – Simon Gardiner helping Peter, and Eric Rudd down from Sydney with Brian, plus Russell Baker, Jeff Gillard, John Goodall, Graham Palich, Rob Rowland, John Southwell and I saw Ken Styles in the distance. Chris Lamrock was working hard as pit crew chief for son Andrew competing in Formula Fords. Apologies to any I have not mentioned.POINTS TOWARD AHOC COMPETITION CHAMPIONSHIP and 4 fastest lapsBrian Duffy (3000) 956 pts 1.42.63, 1.42.75, 1.42.86, 1.43.07Peter Jackson (3000) 922 pts 1.40.53, 1.40.66, 1.41.25, 1.41.31POINTS TOWARD ASSOCIATE CHAMPIONSHIP and 4 fastest lapsRod Vogt (MGB) 918 pts *1.45.21, 1.45.64, 1.45.76, 1.46.03Shane O’Brien (Lister Jag) 815 pts *1.44.24, 1.44.61, 1.45.39, 1.46.09

A CLOSING THOUGHT from Bryan Thomson when racing the V8 Volkswagon :

“We are only doing this for fun, and the more we win, the funnier it gets.”

CheersRod Vogt


LANCE MACKLIN 12-9-1919 to 29-8-2002Lance was fortunate to come from a wealthy family, which had a very early involvement in Australia.His father, Noel was born in Western Australia in 1886 and the family moved to England in his younger years. He was well known as an amateur jockey and played hockey for England. He also raced a Mercedes car at Brooklands. In WW1 he served in the Royal Artillery and was invalided out with serious injuries in 1915.Noel built up a business as a builder and be-came known as an industrialist as he branched into car manufacturing. His efforts as a manu-facturer were 1919 – ERIC-CAMPBELL motor car1920 – SILVER HAWK motor car1925 – 1935 INVICTA motor car1935 – RAILTON motor carDonald Healey drove Invictas for Macklin and won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1931 and placed 2nd in 1932 thereby establish-ing a family relationship, which lead to Lance driving for Donald later.Noel established the Fairmile Engineering Company in 1939 and any stu-dent of WW2 would be familiar with Fairmile air/sea rescue and motor– torpedo boats. The company was taken over by the admirality and Noel was paid a “large sum “and was knighted for his wartime efforts.In the meantime, Lance completed his educa-tion at Eton and was looking for something to do. He started racing after buying a half share in a Maserati, but was prevented from driving it due to “inexperience”. He subsequently drove Formula 2 cars with Stirling Moss for HWM. Lance was regarded as ”a brilliant talent who never had the urge to apply himself ” and was criticised in his younger days for spending most of his time chasing girls with Stirling Moss.His next break was into sports cars when he joined George Abecassis at Aston Martin and they scored a 5th and a 3rd at LeMans before he left Aston Martin and joined Bristol which he later stated was a “mistake”In 1954 he joined Austin Healey where he drove the prototype 100S to third place at Sebring and 6th in the 1955 race with Stirling Moss in another 100S.Their next major tilt at LeMans resulted in the horrific accident with Levegh’s Mercedes’ an event that Lance never really recovered from and it affected him for the rest of his life. He retired shortly after and spent the rest of his life working on boat design.

RON FLOCKHART 6-1923-4-1962Ron drove for Healeys on a number of occa-sions as well as development work on some of the Special Cars. He had success at LeMans in D type Jaguars and won in 1956 and 1957 driving for Ecurie Ecosse. He was fortunate to break into Formula 1 competing in 14 Grand Prix.Ron was a competent pilot and was training for a tilt at the Australia- England record in a WW2 Mustang when he crashed into a hill at Kallista in the Dande-nongs in poor weather.For those not familiar with Mille Miglia and Sebring, a summary of the events follows.

MILLE MIGLIA 1955This race was run over a course of 992 miles in an anti-clockwise direction around Italy start-ing at Brescia in the north and travelling down the western side to Rome, across to the eastern side and back up to Brescia.In 1955 there were 533 starters who were flagged off at one-minute intervals with their race number being their starting time.A Mercedes Benz 300SLR driven by Stirling Moss and navigated by Dennis Jenkinson won outright at an average speed of 97.99 MPH. Dennis was a motoring journalist and documented the drive in a number of articles.Their car was geared to do 180 MPH and they cruised at 176 MPH, keeping 4MPH in reserve for God only knows what reason!Four English 100S’s were entered as follows :• Healey entrant Lance Macklin• Healey Entrant George Abecassis• Healey Entrant Donald Healey/Jim Cash-

more (a Healey employee)• Private entrant Ron FlockhartThere was another entrant by the name of G Verilli, who ended up 9th in class behind Lance Macklin, but I can find no information on this entrant or which Healey he drove. I have been unable to find much information on individual performances except the Moss drive, but the results were as follows.Lance Macklin. Had a “very fast” first 300 miles but faded to finish 36th, 8th in class and one hour behind Abecassis.George Abecassis. Unfortunately, ran out of petrol in the mountains before Rome and eventually borrowed fuel from a spectator. He was passed by 52 cars while stationary but finished 11th outright and 5th in class behind 2 Mercedes and 2 Ferraris.Donald Healey/Jim Cashmore. This car had an oil consumption problem (I’ll bet it was a leak-ing rear main seal!!!) and had to be continually topped up. Finished the course, but not in the

time allowance.Ron Flockhart. Ron was travelling well until he went through a parapet on a bridge and ended upside down in a river 30 feet below. He man-aged to extricate himself and was carried to a nearby house where the occupants stripped him, and rubbed him down with brandy – he survived all this with no ill effects.Geoff Healey stated in one of his books that George was 1st in his class but all the bigger sports cars were in an over 2-litre class, which made the 100S’s effort all the more amazing as it was racing against factory race cars which were really well above the Healey’s class The other race the Healey excelled in was the Sebring 12 hour race in Florida, America. The circuit was an airfield and notoriously hard on brakes and tyres. A brief summary of the 100S’s involvement follows.1954The 100S was still at the prototype stage, a development of one of the original Special cars and still had its 100/4 body panels, but was distinguishable by its Dunlop alloy wheels and disc brakes. It was driven by Lance Macklin, and George Huntoon an American.The car was up to second place late in the race with Moss in an Osca the only car in front of them and Moss was having trouble due to a lack of brakes. Healeys thought they were a chance for an overall win when their car started to run on three cylinders due to a broken valve rocker. The car pitted, but could not be fixed and con-tinued on three cylinders and was overtaken by a 3.3 litre Lancia and finished in 3rd place.1955Because of the 1954 results there were high hopes for this year and Moss was engaged to drive one car with Macklin.The result was a 6th outright behind a D type Jaguar, two Ferraris and two Maseratis, again all specialist race cars of much larger capacity. Four other 100S’s finished driven by locals among the 35 finishers.1956Healeys prepared two special cars for this year driven by Lance Macklin/ Archie Scott-Brown and the Roy Jackson-Moore/Forbes Robinson combination.The cars were lightened as much as possible with a tubular extractor exhaust system to replace the heavy cast iron manifold, stub axles and lower control arms of a later lighter type were fitted.The cars were very quick and handled well but the exhaust systems broke up during the race due to vibrations encountered by running the engines up to 6000 revs.At the time the failures were listed as “clutch trouble” on the RJM/FR car and “starter burnt by exhaust gases” on the remaining car. A real anti-climax and a finish to the factory 100S involvement at Sebring.

by Jim Reddy

AUSTIN HEALEY MEMORIES Continued


Words Mandy Parry-JonesPics Mandy PJ,

Gordon Linder & Paul McPherson


EVERy SO OFTEN the roar of another aircraft flying above the hanger drowned out the commentary from Stan but it also brought a sense of realism to the displays at the Old Aeroplane Company in Tyabb.On Sunday August 24 a big contingent of 50+ from the club drove down first to Somerville to meet at Geos café for breakfast before heading to Tyabb to visit the aircraft museum.It was unfortunately cold and wet on Sunday, whereas the day before had been a warm and sunny 20 degrees and perfect top off weather.The Old Aeroplane Company which we were touring, belongs to Judy Pay who has become synonymous with the Warbird movement in Australia. She opened Old Aeroplane Company Tyabb with a mechanic friend then they bought and restored an Australian warbird that has been followed by many many more since.Judy has been flying for 32 years and continues to do so, she learnt to fly after her children started school never expecting to start a collection. Her first plane was a Cessna 172 and she imagined that would be it, until a friend introduced her to flying a Tiger Moth. This led her to become interested in restoring older aircraft.That led to the warbird collection.We were shown around two hangers by Stan, these line one side of the runway at the Tyabb airfield. The first hanger was a more a mechanic’s workshop for aircraft with parts, partly restored aircraft and a collection of aircraft engines including a jet engine. Many planes or engines are simply waiting their turn for attention, not unlike the cars in many enthusiasts’ car garages.By contrast the second hanger was a clean and spacious area holding restored aircraft sitting proudly on a shiny floor and bathed in natural light.The lovely classic planes housed at Tyabb on display are not held tightly behind roped off areas it’s possible to walk among them, touch them and get up close and personal. you can check out the cockpits and touch the glossy propellors.We were warned, though not to be tempted to poke our fingers too heavily into the canvas wings that grace some of the planes as it leaves a dent that requires a lot of repair.

Below: The Tiger Moth. Above: Jet powered van?


July Pay owns, maintains and flies several warbirds in the collection and included in the airworthy fleet is a rare Merlin-powered Kittyhawk, a P-51D Mustang, T-28 Trojan, Harvard, Vampire and Tiger Moth. The P40F Kittyhawk is the only air worthy one in the world.The Old Aeroplane Company also carries out maintenance and repairs to general aviation aircraft as well as warbirds.After spending two hours touring the hangers we headed off to MaQuay’s restaurant in Hastings for lunch where we spent the next two or three hours enjoying the two course meal and drinks before heading out into the cold again to drive home.Thanks to Gordon Lindner for organizing the day it was great to see so many members turn out.

Above: Harvard. Below: T-28 Trojan (left)

In the mechanics workshop.


IT WAS A heart stopping shock to read that Denis Welch had been killed on Sunday 27 July 2014 whilst driving a pre ‘66 Grand Prix Car – his1960 Lotus 18 – in the Jack Brabham Memorial Trophy race at Silverstone Classic, the major historic event at the legendary circuit. He was 69 years old. Reports of the accident are sketchy, but it seems that Denis succumbed to his injuries in the circuit’s medical centre after his car rolled following contact with another car. His son Jeremy was quoted in the Birmingham Mail as saying “The one consoling fact was that it was very swift and he died doing what he loved.” But it has been a horrendous event for the family – Jeremy went on to explain that his mother, Tina, married to Denis for 45 years, had witnessed the fatal crash from the grandstands. “My mum is devastated because her whole life was her partner and motor racing,” he told the newspaper. “Her world’s been turned upside down.”The Healey world has lost a giant who has had immense influence on the quality of the estimated 10,000 Big Healeys still going and the enjoyment of the 8000 owners on the books of Denis Welch Motorsport. Only this July the AHOC magazine ‘Hundreds and Thousands’ carried a story by regular contributor ‘Side Exhaust’ about the impact Denis Welch had in Australia in the aftermath of the Donald Healey International Tribute Race at Bathurst on October 4th 1998:

“Denis Welch is right up there today in terms of quality and investment and commitment. Denis opened the eyes of Aussie Healey racers that October day in 1998 ... with his 7000 rpm rev range and a whole different scale of car prepara-tion. Those laps of the Mountain may have sold several steel

cranks at around $8000 each and today you can buy off the shelf competition Tulip gearsets and high pressure overdrives. But his superbly engineered collapsible steering columns could be in every Healey. You can also choose from six different CWP ratios including a 3.54 for the next trip to Europe. And so on. It’s a huge range.”Based at yoxall near Burton on Trent in Staffordshire, the Welch family has a 100 year history with engineering. Denis Welch’s grandfather built the first six cylinder engine ever made in the UK in 1906 and went on to build marine racing engines. Today the company has the largest range of high quality re-engineered parts for performance and road cars and a big range of services for Austin Healey enthusiasts. Son Jeremy Welch bought the business from his father in 2006, to allow Denis more time to pursue his motor racing passion. After many years with the highly successful Welch Big Healey (KVS 484), Denis moved into single seaters in Formula Junior and recently the historic GP cars.To everyone who knew him, Denis was a great enthusiast and entrepreneur and a top bloke, jovial and fun as well as caring and considerate. He had an immense energy to make things better for Healey owners and as a steerer, many of the facebook tributes recount stories where he was the best, especially in the wet. When he came out to Bathurst, he was already the big star with the fastest car, but was respectful and modest and eager to learn from anyone who knew anything useful. This was seen in his relationship with Pete Hopwood, already dying of cancer but his only close challenger.But I dare say he will be remembered most for his contribution in setting the quality standard for engineering and re-engineering and manufacturing parts for Austin Healey owners. On behalf of everyone in the Austin Healey Club of Victoria, we offer sincere condolences to his wife Tina, his two sons and his many friends in every place where Big Healeys reside.

Words Brian DermottPhotos courtesy of Newsteam

& The Birmingham Mail

A TRIBUTE TO DENIS WELCH:

‘Mr Historic Healey’


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CITY 2 SURF THE SUN-HERALD City2Surf is a gruelling 14 kilometre run over eight big hills from the centre of Sydney to Bondi Beach and on August 10 this year 67,559 people finished the course. Among them was AHOC member Linda Dermott who completed the course in 1 hour and 27 minutes. That’s an average pace of 6:12 minutes per kilometre and put her 65th among the 995 finishers in the 60-69 year old female finishers or 94% of the age group – and 76% of all woman finish-ers. Although you can’t see it in the photo, that sun visor Lin is wearing carries the AHOC logo. Also in the run was Lin’s daughter Anna in the elite group and this year was 11 weeks pregnant but still managed 1 hour 5 mins.

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FOR SALE100/4 PART SHARE in a ground up rebuild of a classic BN1. Contact Mark Bird 0419 995 648 or email [email protected]

LATE 58 BN8 a motor. Motor removed from the car in 1989 andput into storage - as rebuilt in 1967 3000 motor. Missing the head but otherwise com-plete. $650. Call Stephen Brooks on 0407 540 008

CARBIES HEALEY 6 Triple 1.5” carbie set-up for a Healey 6 with air cleaners, exhaust manifold & heat shield. Look and we can talk about a price. Brian Forelich 0407 008 628

CAR TRAILER Single axle tilt car trailer suit Sprite, MX5, Big Healey. Large alloy lockable toolbox on front. Hydraulic brakes & tilt. Refurbished and registered. $3000 Contact Simon Gardiner on 0409 426 076 or email [email protected]

WANTEDSEATS Pair of BN1 100/4 seats, condition not important as long as they can be restored.Brian Murphy 0414 840 999.

FOR RENTCOWES: A 3-bedroom apartment that sleeps seven is owned by the parents of a club mem-ber. It is located just a few minutes walk from the main street cafes, restaurants, shops and the jetty.It has a fully equipped mod-ern kitchen. Also provided is a TV with DVD player, iron and ironing board, clock radios and hair dryers.The apartment has a spa bath, second bathroom, split system air conditioning and heating. All bedding, blankets, electric blankets, bed linen and towels are provided. The downstairs paved patio area includes a BBQ.A reserved car parking space is provided along with extra off street parking.Single night $200 and $100 a night thereafter in off peak.. Call Brian or Pauline 03 9812 2699

The August meeting was a chance for everyone to have a spring clean. So I’ve done the same for the magazine listings as some of the items had been For Sale For a Long Time. We welcome new listings or if you still have those bits for sale I can put them back in just let me know. The Ed.

My Alfa Spyder driving mate sent this info and I thought it might be of interest.

“Further to my email the other day, I have just got some results from the Monterrey auction.A 1961 3000 MK II BN7 sold for US$170,500 and a 1967 3000Mk III BJ8 sold for $159,500.”

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7 August 2014

1. OPEN MEETING at – 8.20………pm2. No new members No visitors3. Motion that the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted. Moved Arie Vermaas……seconded…Gordon Lindner………………….

4. CORRESPONDENCE IN Flyer from “Napalee” offering regalia itemsFlyer from Victorian Goldfields RailwayFlyer from Euroa Show and Shine on 5 OctoberFlyer for Shannons Melbourne Winter auction

E Mail from Ballarat Festival of Motoring with flyer for 2014 eventE Mail from “Waxit” offering specialized car care advice - car & brand specific for club members.E Mail from AOMC with invitation to magazine Editor’s Seminar and Australian Motoring Festival information.E Mail from Patrick Quinn re Historic Sports and Racing Car Association at Wakefield Park.E Mail from Veloce Publishing with On the Grid - July 2014 Newsletter.E Mail from Rotary Club of Belgrave re their Annual Car Show.E Mail from Veloce Publishing advertising their 0ne week end Flash sale.E Mail from Shannons re Winton Festival of Speed AUGUST 9th - 10th

MagazinesJuly 2014 “Goblins Gazette” of the Austin Healey Sprite Drives ClubAugust 2014 “Goblins Gazette” of the Austin Healey Sprite Drives ClubJuly 2014 “Healey Torque”” magazine from Queensland AHOCAugust 2014 “Crankhandle” SPCHCC (Southern Peninsula Classic and Historic Car Club) magazine.July 2014 “Slipstream” magazine of the Bolwell Car ClubAugust 2014 Catalog – Jaguar Club magazineJuly 2014 Catalog – Jaguar Club magazineWinter Healey Howl – magazine from SA Healey Owners ClubJuly edition of “Matters of the Mount” – from National Motor Racing Museum Bathurst

LettersInvoice from MSCALetter from Tess Noonan donating an old Sprite cloth patch badge

5. CORRESPONDENCE OUT:None this month

6. PRESIDENTS REPORT: No report Selwyn is overseas.

7. MICK CALLS FOR REPORTS: FINANCIAL – Mike SnelgroveOperating Account for June 2014

Opening Balance 31 May 2014 $33,908.20 Deposits $1,380.00 Payments $1,224.58Closing Balance 30th June 2014 $34,063.62

Term Deposit AccountAs of 17th April 2014 $70,231.10

Building Maintenance Account As of 3oth April 2014 $15,559.65


National Rally AccountAs of 5th August 2014 $46,385.69

M. G. SnelgroveAHOC Treasurer4th August 2014

MEMBERSHIP - Simon Gardiner No report

SOCIAL - Mick Smith1. Fund raising car display at Cruden Farm, Cranbourne-Frankston Road, Langwarrin on October 26 in aid of Mental Health

Foundation of Australia. Contact Mick or the committee if interested in attending. 2. Tops Off For Cancer fund raiser at Maffra Shed on September 21, run by the Gippsland Vehicle Collection. Display of

veteran, vintage, classic, hot rod and modern topless vehicles. Catering available. Gordon Linder asked for responses with a possible stay at a motel in Sale on the Saturday night.

3. Gordon Lindner reported that the visit/lunch at the Old Aeroplane Company at Tyabb is fully booked with 58 members attending.

EDITOR - Mandy Parry-Jones No report

COMPETITION / MSCA - Rod Vogt

COMPETITION REPORT FOR AUGUST 7th GENERAL MEETING

Past EventsAn unusual month with a small number of AHOC members competing in 4 events.Peter Kaiser in the modern Mini and Rod Vogt in the Sprite were our only members at MSCA Phillip Island on July 13th. John Southwell competed in Round Three of the Winton Sprint series on the 19th of July.The Jaguar Club held it’s annual Winton Sprint on 26th July with Hugh Purse back in his 100/4 after an enforced lay-off but handing the keys to the Lister jaguar to Shane O’Brien and Steve Pike for it’s first serious track run. Damian Moloney ran his Porsche when the Healey was found to have a mechanical issue..Finally, the Six Hour Relay Regularity at Phillip Island last weekend saw David Kelly back on the track in a Triumph Team in his Triumph TR7V8, Peter Kaiser in the modern Mini Team and Tony Rogers competing in a Porsche Team in his yellow 911.Full reports in next month’s magazine.

Coming EventsWinton Festival of Speed August 10-11 - go to the VHRR website www.vhrr.com for a full list of events, times and competitors.The following AHOC members are competingGroup S Sports Cars - Peter Jackson Healey 3000 #1, Brian Duffy Healey 3000 #34 and Rod Vogt MGB #81 racing in a 40 car field at the following times Saturday 10 am and 1.50pm Sunday 9.40am and a 12 lap Trophy Race at 2.10pmRegularity - Shane O’Brien in Hugh Purse’s mighty Lister Jaguar, Peter Osbourne (ex NSW Healey owner and past member of our 6 Hour Relay Team) in his Alfa Romeo and Chris Komor from NSW in his 100/4 at Saturday 9am and 12.30pm/Sunday 12pm and 2.40pmFormula Ford- Barrack for Andy Lamrock, son of AHOC member Chris Lamrock who is pit chief for Andy in his historic Formula Ford, racing at the following times Saturday 10.15am and 3.35pm /Sunday 11.25am and 4.10pmGates open at 7am and cost is $30 for Saturday, $35 for Sunday and children under 16 are free.

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9. GENERAL BUSINESSA National Magazine UpdatePaul McPherson reported that the AHOC NSW put forward a broad, encompassing constitution to satisfy the new Fair Trading requirements for the establishment of an incorporated association in the name of “Associated Austin Healey Owners Clubs of Australia Inc.”South Australia as at July 25 were the only state to confirm their acceptance of the constitution and that was expected to be rati-fied by the end of the first week of August. Once all states have confirmed acceptance the documents will be filed with New Fair Trading. Once we receive the documents of incorporation all states will be sent an invoice for the upcoming “Australian Austin Healey” magazine.The magazine will be mailed to every financial member of each state club, plus minimal overs for libraries in each state plus some for selling advertising held by Patrick Quinn. Our national delegate Bill Ingham and president Selwyn Hall are the Victorian representatives on the new incorporated association.

B 2015 National Rally UpdatePaul McPherson reports that Brian and Annette Aitken have advised that our rally is now fully subscribed. For anyone who would like to register, your names will go on the wait list. For all those who have registered and have not paid for their rally tick-ets, those funds need to be transferred to the nominated account by December 31. After that date any unpaid registrations will lapse and those spots will be filled by members on the wait list.Accommodation has been booked direct with the Mantra and at the moment all you have to give them is a credit card number and nominate the type of accommodation you require.We believe that all attendees will leave with great memories of a program catering for most tastes in food and event, showcas-ing this iconic Victorian destination. The quality range of regalia items will be finalaised in the next couple of months and then advertised in 100s & 1000s and on our website. These items will be made to order for collection at Lorne.Terry Wade corrected an error from last month re participation in events by non registered members - you can drive to Lorne on the Sunday and display yours cars in the display area.

C Super Saturday September 6AHOC club members have been invited to join in on this event in Hampton Street, Hampton between 10am and 2pm. Please arrive by 9.30am if you wish to display your car. The organisers say “it is in principle an opportunity to share with like minded enthusiasts and the general public their cars and discuss the pros and cons of the various makes and models that are on display. This is not a concourse event, nor is there any cost to enter. The asssociation will provide all participants with a goodies bag which will include a breakfast voucher at one of the local restaurants. If interested forward your details including car details to:David CooperThe Coachman377 Hampton Street, Hampton0418 544 991 9598 2089

D John Birdsey is on the mend after his recent accident and hopes to see us at the September meeting.

E Bruce Dixon mentioned that Dave Woodhouse is critcally ill.

F Mick Smith reminds members that our end of year luncheon is at the clubrooms on December 7 at a subsidized ost of only $25 per head. Mick is starting to take names now. Also donations for the Christmas raffle will be appreciated from the September meeting onwards.G UK Healey icon Dennis Welch was tragically killed in an accident at Sivlerstone Classic on July 27 driving a pre 1966 Lotus Grand Prix car. Details of the funeral service etc were read to the meeting. Bill Ingham made a brief comment about the loss to the international Healey community. An appropriate response will be made on behalf of our club.

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