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NEW MEMBER INFO....I HAVE HAD AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITES FOR 50 YEARS.....

Tom Walker

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I AM TOM WALKER FROM POTTSTOWN PA.....MY FATHER IN LAW BOUGHT MY FIRST SPRITE IN 1971...IT WAS A 1966 MKIII WITH 120,000 MILES ON IT, MG MUSTARD WITH BLACK ROCKERS.....NOT VERY APPEALING....I STRIPPED IT, AND SWAPPED A FRIEND A LARGE EXHAUST FAN FOR A PAINT JOB AND MADE IT A LIGHT BUGEYE SPRITE BLUE....IT WAS ORIGINALLY OLD ENGLISH WHITE......

I BELONG TO THE AUSTIN HEALEY SPORTS AND TOURING CLUB.....THAT 1966 SPRITE MADE IT TO 28 "ENCOUNTERS" ( OUR ANNUAL EVENT) WITH THE CLUB BEFORE THE FLOOR BOARDS WENT OUT.....I WON MANY AUTOCROSS EVENTS AT THE ANNUAL MEETS WITH IT (1098 STOCK ENGINE)...MY SON ALSO WON HIS FIRST EVER ATTEMPT AT AUTOCROSSING WITH IT......AND HE HAD JUST LEARNED TO DRIVE STICK SHIFT!!

IN 2002 I BOUGHT A 1961 SQUARE BODY SPRITE THAT HAD BEEN SCCA PREPARED WITH A 2300 MUSTANG ENGINE AND VEGA GT WHEELS.....IT HAS BEEN A THRILL TO DRIVE EVERY TIME....IT IS A BRIGHT CHRYSLER BLUE, SIMILAR TO THE 1966....THE CAR HAD BEEN A CHAMPION ON THE SCCA TRACK IN THE HARRISBURG PA REGION BEFORE I GOT IT......MY SON BEATS ME IN IT NOW....GUESS I TAUGHT HIM TOO WELL....

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT CLUB EVENT IN SEPTEMBER......( I ACTUALLY SAW THE '62 FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THIS SAME VENUE IN THE LATE 80'S).....IT IS NEAR MY HOME THIS TIME, IN FRAZER PA, AND I WILL SUPPLY ALL THE CONES FOR THE AUTOCROSS EVENT AS I HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.....AMAZING HOW MANY CONES ARE JUST LEFT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!!! I TYINK THERE ARE ABOUT 105 IN MY SHED NOW.....

GLAD TO JOIN IN WITH MY FELLOW BMC OWNERS......
 
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