January 2003                           The Healey Enthusiast                                 Page 2

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MINNESOTA CLUB

President’s Line                                                                                                    Tom Hazen The People Make the Club  Like Lake Wobegon, our club is filled with strong women and good looking men.  Okay, that analogy didn’t come across right, but what I’m trying to say is that we have a lot of high-quality people in the Minnesota Austin-Healey Club, and it continues to be my pleasure to know them.  Last winter, along with Curt Carlson’s RWA Midget, I kept my Sprite at Steve Rixen’s garage near Hudson, WI.  Every Sunday morning I worshipped at what I called the “Church of the Sacred Carburetor”, which is actually the Strictly British car repair service that Steve runs part time out of his heated and fully-tooled garage.  I saved many hours and avoided countless headaches, thanks to Steve’s excellent tools and sage advice.  He’s a very patient man, and his impromptu tech sessions helped me through the tough parts of my major suspension rebuild.  He has an amazing selection of equipment, and always has just the right tool for the job.  Working with his compressed air tools was a real time and muscle saver.  Steve is also very fair with his rates, and his dealer status with Moss means good deals on parts.  Next winter I’m thinking of installing high-compression pistons, a hot cam, and the Datsun five-speed.  How ‘bout it Steve?

 

					Pie with the President      Editor             On December 4th the Hungry Healey Hunks again gathered for Pie & other foods at Baker’s Square in Highland Village.  Our hosts again had tables set together for about 16 in the “back room”.  There was talk about restorations, web site, the upcoming planning meeting, the reminder that dues are due, and the latest procurements from that fantastic medium – ebay!!             Curt Carlson has his Spridget running and hopes to bring it home soon from the Rixen Restoration & Relaxation Garage!  Jeff Maynard was getting his last cruises made with his recently (Fourintune) restored 100.  Dan Walters was busy calling Texas on his cell phone.  He saw an ad for a 100 parts car in one of the newsletters from other clubs that were going around at the meeting.             A real brightspot was that Tom Hazen had the MAHC nametags done and was handing them out.  He will continue to bring them to events, so be sure to come and claim your new beautiful multicolor means of identification!!             Attendees included Tom Hazen, John Snyder, Jack Stein, Mike Martin, Dave Lee, Greg Lauser, Chuck Norton, Jeff Maynard, Gary Ronning, Dan Wolters, Andy Lindberg, Steve Chirpich, Curt Carlson, & Scott McQueen.             Happy Holidays to All !!
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