AHCM

President: John Davidson Vice-President: Ted Moorby Treasurer: Helmut Friedrich Secretary: Jim Jackson Past-President: Roger Morcilla AHCA Delegate: Elaine Davidson

Newsletter Editors: Ann Blonski & Mark Rogers annnmark AT mymts.net Webmasters: Ed Driver edriver AT sasktel.net Roger Morcilla roger01 AT mts.net

Volume 25 Number 5 www.ahcm.ca April 2014

The Push Is On – Spring is Here Yes, it looks like the snow is melting, streets

are becoming wet and above 0 degree nights will soon be upon us. That means that May will soon be here and the official start of the 2014 Driving Season. Now is the time to finish those over-the-winter car projects and get our LBC’s back on the road.

There have been three over-the-winter tech sessions to officially, but informally, get together and think about the cars. The club meetings helped hold everything together until the driving season starts. Many thanks to those who have organized and hosted these events.

The next big event will be on Saturday, April 26th with the 15th Annual (according to my sources!) Garage Tour. This year we have tentatively planned a stop at a local indoor car show, other members’ garages and who know what else may pop up. Brian and Brenda Lanoway have offered to host the morning start location as well as the Chili Dinner get together afterwards at their home in Fort Richmond. More details further in the newsletter.

Online registration is open for the 2014 Rendezvous in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This is the 24th year for this event and ask anyone who has attended, and they will all agree that it’s always a great time wherever it is held. Thunder Bay especially has a great host hotel location, which as of March 15th was over 75% booked. For more information about the Rendezvous, the hotel, schedule of events and to register online check

out https://event-wizard.com/Back_To_The_Bay/0/welcome/ Early bird registration ends on May 1st!

On a final note, it has been reported that Brian “Bic” Healey, son of Donald Healey passed away on April 6th at the age of 88. Our condolences to the Healey family.

2014 Spring Garage Tour

A day spent touring restoration projects, interesting shops and the indoor Rodarama show.

8:30 AM: Meet at the Lanoway’s in Fort Richmond. Enjoy a Tim Horton’s coffee and breakfast sandwich and then get on the tour bus.

5:00 PM: Chili dinner at the Lanoway’s. Bring your partner for an additional $5.

Garage Tour Cost = $25.00 per person (includes breakfast, the tour bus, entrance into Rodarama, one Chili dinner).

To reserve your spot, contact Ted Moorby at tedm@canadawestboots.com

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Not a Healey Story

- Helmut Friedrich

I thought I would write an article about my Hawke DL2A Formula Ford. While it isn’t a Healey, it is a British car.

Formula Fords originated in England in the early 1960s to provide affordable race cars for race schools, but soon migrated to a single seater series for aspiring Formula 1 drivers.

The first, stand-alone race took place at Brands Hatch on July 2, 1967 with a field of 20 cars evenly split between Lotus 51s and Russell Alexis cars. The original cars were powered by the 1498cc Ford pushrod engine found in the Cortina GT. Ford agreed to provide the engines for 50 Pounds, which was 15 Pounds less than retail. As the engine evolved to 1600 cc, so did Formula Ford. By the following year six additional manufacturers started building cars including a company called Hawke Race Sales Ltd. owned by David Lazenby.

David Lazenby was Formula One legend Jim Clark’s mechanic in 1963 and was on the team when Jim Clark won the Indy 500 in 1968. By the end of that year he left Lotus Cars, first to produce close-ratio gears for the Renault gearbox, used in the Lotus 51s. He also started work on his own design of a Formula Ford, which he was building for the man who owned the premises he was working in.

In 1968, he built one prototype, the DL1. In 1969 he built 28 DL2s, in 1970 54 DL2As, and in 1971, 27 DL2Bs were produced. Lazenby continued to build Formula cars until 1978.

My car is a 1970 DL2A, serial number AM40. It is powered by the 1600 cc Ford engine,

producing 112 HP. The power is transmitted through a Hewland racing transmission, which allows you to quickly change gear ratios to suite individual track configurations. The 112 HP and the fact the car weighs 950 pounds provides for some exciting racing. My car runs in the vintage class, but new Formula Fords are still being built and raced today, with the primary builder being Van Diemen.

Dyrk Bolger’s Classic Motorworks Vintage Weekend, August 9 and 10 at Gimli Motorsport Park is an excellent

excuse to exercise your Healey and view some exciting racing

Related ?

- Jean Caron

A few weeks ago I was looking at an article about Geoffrey Healey and then it dawned on me, don't we have someone in our Club that looks just like him? Is this a coincidence or what?

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A Spritely Report

Ted Moorby shared these “Before” photos of Tom Pearson’s (TDC) 1959 Sprite in November “on its way to being smooth and shiny…”

And at the end of January we received these photos and update from Ted. Freshly painted and ready for reassembly when he and Debora return from Palm Springs in April. Hope to have it ready for the MCMG Show & Shine at The Forks in July.

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Cars for Sale

- Ted Moorby

This winter Cynthia and I were fortunate enough to get away to four different sunshine locations. The first was a week in Mexico with the Hawley’s followed by a week in Florida with the Lanoway’s then a week in Indian Wells California with the Pearson’s and lastly a week in Phoenix with the Ramsay’s and McMillan’s.

Tom and Debora Pearson own a condo that they refer to as their ‘little piece of paradise’ in a gated community in Indian Wells. Indian Wells is to Palm Springs sort of like Tuxedo is to Winnipeg. Tom had planned an action packed week for us which included a day for he and I at McCormick’s Collector Car Auction [while the girls spent the day at the spa].

McCormick’s Auctions are sort of like a smaller version of Barrett Jackson held twice a year in Palm Springs. We went to the ‘free to public’ Friday of auction # 56 Feb 21st. The entire auction took place over three days. The Saturday

and Sunday cost $15.00 to get in. The 500 plus cars up for sale were all parked in the sun in a secure lot next to the big tent that they held the auction and beer sales.

We spent a very interesting few hours walking the grounds looking at the cars and talking to owners. There was a very cool mix of American hotrods, antiques and custom cars along with a significant number of foreign [about 25%] sports cars and collectables. Over 400 of the cars actually sold and lots of them went through with no reserve. The thing that really surprised me was how cheap the late 90’s ‘executive’ sports cars went for. You could have driven away in a rust free low mileage Jag or Mercedes for way less than 10 grand.

Here is a list of some of the sales:

1996 Jag XJ6 Vanden Plas $6,825

1998 Mercedes 500SL CVT $6,405

1960 Austin Healey 3000 BJ7 $32,025

1974 Triumph TR6 $16,800

1952 Austin A40 Sport $23,625

1974 Jensen Healey $6,300

1968 Jag 1 ½ E Type $70,875

1960 Austin Healey Sprite $23,888

You can go to McCormick’s web site for more of the results.

If I am fortunate enough to get to this auction again next year I might bring my wallet. Thanks again Tom!

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March Tech Session: Getting

Suspended

- Rick Unrau of TDC

March 12th saw the 3rd installment in our 2014

Triumph Drivers Club / AHCM tech session trilogy.

Entitled “Getting Suspended”, the tech session was led by Ted Moorby and was another well-attended event with 25 guys gathered in my garage. I have to say it is always gratifying for me to see the garage filled with others who enjoy our hobby!

As you might guess from the title, we were looking at suspension issues; specifically front suspension and front end alignment. Using his collected experience gained from many different restorations, Ted took us through the geometry of various Little British Cars and discussed the specific advantages and problems of each variant. We looked at how each of the different designs use camber (negative and positive) and castor (why and how much).

Ted also covered kingpins, trunnions, ball joints and bushings. We also spent time learning how to assess the overall condition of any suspension system and specifically how to check the detailed aspects of a front suspension.

Using my Spitfire we had a look at how to do an at-home-version front end alignment. To do this: start with a level floor, drive straight in, check your tire pressure, check the relationship between your front and back check camber, look at your tie

rods, etc.

It was all informative and useful info and frankly it was fun to learn about the different front suspension designs.

Thanks to Ted for another fabulous tech session. It’s actually kind of mind boggling how much we covered in one night. Let’s do it again soon.

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FOR SALE: Club 25th

Anniversary T-Shirts

Unlike the 10th Anniversary T-Shirt that was produced in extremely Limited Edition (actually a grand total of two were ever produced and both are still known to exist, although rarely seen in public), the 25th Anniversary are out and available for purchase for $25.00 each for club members and $30.00 for non-members.

The 25th Anniversary T-Shirts are in only one colour, British Racing Green with the artwork in light grey and the Club logo on the left sleeve in the same colour. They are 100% Combed Cotton made in the USA by American Apparel, which means that they are high quality but their sizes are likely one size smaller than what you would regularly take; so if you are a Medium, then order a Large.

Contact Jean Caron by phone or email to purchase.

Saturday Morning Breakfast

Drives

- Jean Caron

The Club Calendar in the newsletter has been updated with the locations, times and details of each Saturday morning breakfast drive.

For most of the locations, we will meet somewhere beforehand to be at the location for 9:30 am. In one case the place opens only at 10:00 am so check all the details under each location so there are no surprises when the appropriate date comes up. While this is an Austin-Healey Club promoted schedule, members of the TDC and Mid-Canada Mini Clubs are all welcome. If you cannot be at the meeting location, you are more than welcome to meet us at the breakfast location

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2014 Calendar of Events

DATE TIME EVENT DETAILS

Monday, April 7th 7:30pm Club Meeting Jim and Wendy Jackson's

Saturday, April 26th 8:30am 5:00pm

Annual Garage Tour Post Tour Chili Dinner

See newsletter article Brian & Brenda Lanoway’s

Monday, May 5th 7:30pm Club Meeting T.B.D.

Saturday, May 10th 10:00am Saturday Breakfast Drive

Buffalo Stone Cafe at the Fort Whyte Centre, 1961 McCreary Road, Wpg * We will meet at the Cafe for 10:00 am, their opening time and then tour

the place afterwards *

Saturday, May 24th 9:00am Saturday Breakfast Drive MJ's Cafe in Steinbach * We will meet beforehand at

Deacon's Corner at the junction of Hwy #207 & Hwy #1 for a 9:00 am

departure *

Friday, May 30 – Sunday, June 1

T.B.D. Spring Drive & Overnight stay

T.B.D.

Monday, June 2nd 7:30pm Club Meeting Val and Hugh Arklie's

Saturday, June 7th 9:15am. Saturday Breakfast Drive St. Andrews Airport in St. Andrews *We will meet beforehand at Classic Motor Works, 10 Parrish Bay in St. Andrews for a 9:15 am departure*

Thursday, June 12th – Sunday, June 15th

Vintage Sports Car Rendezvous

Thunder Bay, ON http://tbvscc.ca/Rendezvous/rendezvo

us.html

Saturday, June 24th 9:00am. Saturday Breakfast Drive Kingswood Country Club in LaSalle *We will meet beforehand at the Co-Op Gas Bar in St. Norbert on Hwy

#75 for a 9:00 am departure*

Saturday, July 6th 8:30am Saturday Breakfast Drive Bonnie Lynn's Cafe in Winnipeg Beach

*We will meet beforehand at The Lower Fort Garry parking lot on Hwy

#9 for an 8:30 am departure*

Monday, July 7th 7:30pm Club Meeting Joan and Bob Wilkinson's

Sunday, July 13th 12 noon – 4:00pm

Mid-Canada Mini Group’s All British Car Show

The Forks followed by BBQ at Barry Howarth’s

Saturday, July 19th 9:00am Saturday Breakfast Drive Newbie's in New Bothwell *We will meet beforehand at the

Winnipeg Mint parking lot on Hwy #59 South for a 9:00 am departure*

Saturday, August 2nd Tom’s BBQ Rush Bay, ON Note: Kenora’s Harbourfest Show

August 3rd

Saturday, August 9th Lanoway’s BBQ Ponemah Beach

Monday, August 11th 7:30pm Club Meeting Karen and Roger Morcilla's

Saturday, August 16th 8:30am Saturday Breakfast Drive Maplewood Golf Club in St.Pierre-

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Jolys *We will meet beforehand at the Tim Horton’s parking lot at the corner of

St.Mary's Rd & Warde Ave, Wpg. for an 8:30 am departure*

Saturday, August 16th – Sunday, August 17th

Classic Motorworks Vintage Race Weekend

Gimli

Saturday, August 30th 9:00am Saturday Breakfast Drive Selkirk Golf Course in Selkirk *We will meet beforehand at the residence of Graeme & Joyce

Lowden on Hwy #44 for a 9:00 am departure*

Saturday, Sept 6th 9:30am Saturday Breakfast Drive Roxy's Cafe in Oak Bluff *We will meet at Roxy's Cafe for 9:30 am, located in Oak Bluff and we will

go for a drive afterwards*

Sunday, September 7th

T.B.D. Ted & Terry’s Car Rally T.B.D.

Monday, Sept 9th 7:30pm Club Meeting Isabella and Todd Chiver's

Saturday, Sept 20th 9:00am Saturday Breakfast Drive Cottonwood Golf & Country Club in Ste. Anne

*We will meet beforehand at Deacon's Corner at the junction of Hwy #207 &

Hwy #1 for a 9:00 am departure*

Saturday, September 27th (tentative)

T.B.D 25th Anniversary Dinner Banquet

T.B.D

Monday, October 6th 7:30pm Club Meeting Don Huebert's

October ? Fall Supper Drive T.B.D

Saturday, October 25 – Sunday, October 26

Fall Colours Tour T.B.D Rain Date: Nov 1 – 2

Monday, November 3rd

7:30pm Club Meeting Graeme and Joyce Lowden's

Friday, December 5th T.B.D. Christmas Dinner Party Rembrandt's in Lockport

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