john,
great piece !
i noticed your e went to cully as well as the list. i assume cully isn't on
the list, however, still has, and is enjoying, his healey.
i've followed your healey enjoyment from the beginning and believe you
certainly qualify in that minute, ultra small % of real -- healey nut !
congrats.
happy healeying,
jerry
John Soderling wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> You never know when your Healey will make someone's day.
>
> Yesterday I got a cold call from a man in San Diego, CA who said his dad, who
> lives in nearby Lafayette, CA, was turning 75 tomorrow, Friday. He said that
> his dad continually talks about the great 1956 Austin Healey he owned from
> 1956 to the mid 1970's, and was wondering if I might be kind enough to give
> his dad a nostalgic ride in my Healey as a special birthday treat. Of course
> I said sure.
>
> Seems he was thinking several weeks ago about possibly buying his dad an
> Austin Healey for his birthday, thinking he might have to spend around $5,000
> to $7,000. When he checked the internet an discovered that it would be
> $20,000 to $35,000, he abandoned the thought. Several days ago he came across
> the San Diego Austin Healey Club website which had a link to the Golden Gate
> AH Club and club president, David Nock. Knowing I live next door to Lafayette
> in Walnut Creek, David put him in touch with me.
>
> So today Erika the Red & I made a 75 year old former Healey owner's day with a
> 75 mile Healey ride in warm 75 degree weather around San Ramon Valley's back
> roads, with a stop at the British Crown Pub for some warm beer & Healey
> reminiscing. He couldn't get over the how great it was to again hear that
> raucous, blatting Healey tailpipe symphonics.
>
> As I dropped him off at his home, he sat there for a few minutes reminiscing
> as he ran his fingers over the Derrington wood wheel, the odd trafficator
> lever, overdrive switch and escutcheon, and chrome grab handle, all the while
> admiring the simplicity of the Healey cockpit with its symmetrically arranged
> Smiths gauges. There's something about sitting in our primitive roadsters
> that seems capable of transporting one back to a more civilized time, like the
> 1950's, before monster traffic jams, road rage and cup holders.
>
> Aren't these cars great!!!!
>
> Vrooom vrooom,
> John
>
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