does gerry coker really need a restored big healey? after meeting him a few
years ago(getting obligatory photos and signature) i got the feeling he and
his wife were not doing too bad in retirement after his association with gm.
chuck.
btw. gerry is a wonderfull gentelman . after spending over an hour with him
and his wife we parted ways and i was just amazed with his wit and courtesy.
he was amazed at how long i had owned a car that was termed disposable from
new. he said we never intended for these little cars to last this long or
become collectable. he said they were intended as an inexpensive entry
level sports car to be used as a stepping stone to a larger car. he never
ever dreamed that a bugeye would become collectable let alone last as long
as some have. when he found out how long i have owned my bugeye his
question was "why"? he could not imagine that anyone would keep such a car
for so long. he was as amazed at my answer as i was to be spending time
with him.
oops! enough of wasting bandwidth, boring the world......c.
----- Original Message -----
From <type79 at ix.netcom.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: New England AHCA Website?
> Listers,
> Wonders will never cease.
>
> Only a year or so ago AHCA raised dues to cover expenses. When the
> subject of an AHCA dues increase was discussed in this forum, the
> defenders cited numerous increases in expenses including the costs
> associated with Healey Marque, yada yada yada. (See the archives.)
>
> Now apparently they have so much $$$$$$ that among other things, they
> are discussing building and GIVING AWAY a concours Healey.
>
> So much for scraping to cover expenses.
>
> I quote from the website:
> " Items from the national delegates meeting were discussed. Some of the
> items talked about were buying books for auto-related libraries and
> building a concours 100 to give to Gerry Coker."
>
> http://ahcaneregion.homestead.com/01coord.html
>
> I said at the time that the increase was unnecessary and this is just
> further proof.
>
> There are great local regions of AHCA and I always advocate that every
> car owner should belong to at least one marque club, but it's
> expenditures like this (and others that are not openly discussed) that
> inflate the dues to unnecessary levels.
>
> I'm sure my mailbox will receive the usual responses from the usual
> suspects, but so be it.
>
> Shaking my head in disbelief,
> Jay Fishbein
> Wallingford, CT
>
> Someone wrote:
>
> > The Northeast Austin healey site can be found at:
> >
> > http://ahcaneregion.homestead.com/
>
>
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