Ohio Valley Austin Healey Club
Serving Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
Monthly Meetings
Meetings are the 2nd Monday of the Month unless indicated - 7:00 PM
Family, friends and guests are always welcome!
January 2025: No Meeting
February 2025: Jacobs
March 2025: Wallace's
April 2025: Lindauer's
May 2025: Conclave No meeting
June 2025: Campbell's
July 2025: Cox's
August 2025: Wolfer's
September 2025: Grabow
October 2025: Parrot's Bonfire
November 2025: Slater's
December 2025: Christmas
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Video of Grace - Drive away Cancer Take a look it is great!
Tid-Bits
How does your gasoline rate ?
The Golden Age of British Sport Cars
Green BJ8 in " Every one wants to rule the world "
Like Blackberrys, Cobbler ? Come out to Pratt's Berry Farm and get fresh Berries of all types !
PHOTOS of Conclave - Https://Dropevent.com/Conclave2019
Bellefontaine Hill Climb revival
PHOTOS at www.jlofoto.net
January .................................................................................................... Romeo Lunch 1:00
Crystal River manatee Tour
at Conclave 2023
November OVAHC Meeting Minutes
November 2025 OVAHC Meeting Minutes
Thirty members attended the monthly meeting on Saturday, November 15 at the Jon and Deborah Slater home in Waynesville, OH on an unusually warm, windy, and cloudy afternoon. President Scott called the meeting to order about 2:15 PM. Scott thanked Jon and Deborah for hosting. (applause) He then thanked the four members who drove their Healeys to the meeting. (applause) He recognized a member making his first meeting, sixteen year old Max Hanger from Florence, KY. Max said he had inherited an original owner 1961 3000 from his grand parents and was happy the tech team was able to get it running and back on the road. (applause) The October OVAHC meeting minutes were approved. Then President Scott thanked the club for letting him be President for the past two years. (applause)
Vice President John Wallace, Secretary Dale, and Historian John Parrott had no report. Newsleak Editor Mary Ann was absent.
Membership Rosalee gave the current status of the club. We have 48 OVAHC/AHCA members, and 4 multi club which totals 52 National members. Ten local only OVAHC members for 2025. We have 2 honorary members. She also said the 2026 membership dues renewal process will start around December 1 when AHCA Membership Chairman, Mike Schneider sends out the first of his 3 renewal notices. There are three Membership options with different dues payment amounts: LOCAL ONLY, National (AHCA) STANDARD, with mailed hard copy Healey Marque, and National (AHCA) DIGITAL with electronic Healey Marque. The AHCA web site healeyclub.org has instructions for renewing on-line. Log in and click on FAQ for site users, then click on How to Renew Your Membership and follow it.
Dues are to be paid by January 30. She cautioned everyone who wishes to pay AHCA online with a credit card to pay careful attention to make sure you sign up for the membership type you desire. She will send Don the membership form and online sign-up information and he will post it on the OVAHC web site.
Business Manager/Delegate Jake mentioned that if you want to make an additional choice to be on “auto-renewal” for AHCA dues going forward, inform Mike Schneider by email and they will charge your credit card on file each year to renew. You must notify him this fall with an email, tell him your choice for level of membership (standard or digital only), update your credit card info, and check to see that your Healey(s) has the correct listing on the web site under your membership. The AHCA is creating a vinyl information packet for us to leave in the glove box to make sure future owners of any Healey you may sell are aware of the AHCA and tell them how to join.
Treasurer Cindy said since the Lindauer 10/25 meeting we had credit of $60 for October split the pot, one $85 membership renewal credit. Debit of $70 to AHCA for that renewal. Current balance is good. Tech team balance is $1219. Cindy has OVAHC business cards for the taking.
Activity reports: President Scott said BOTH the ROMEO and Juliettes lunch will be at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, November 19 in Wilder, KY. Ladies at Mellow Mushroom and men at Longnecks Grill across the street. This is due to Thanksgiving.
Christmas dinner is Wednesday, December 10 at the Grove Park Grille. Arrive at 4:30 PM for drinks and appetizers with the meal to follow at 5:30. Rosalee Campbell will send an email with the complete information, meal options, and a RSVP request so she can properly notify the restaurant.
Dale stepped to the mike and informed us the Queen City Coopers had invited us and the Cincy Miata Club to visit the Cincinnati Night of Lights at the Clermont County Fairgrounds on Thursday, December 11. Arrive at 6:30 PM and the fee is $30 per car or $25 if we manage to get 25 cars. Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights is a dazzling drive thru holiday light show illuminated by more than 2 million lights! It is located at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville, Ohio about 20 minutes east of I-275 off Route 50. Let Dale know if you want to go.
There is also an invite to attend the 24 hours of Daytona Rolex racing watch party at Zakira’s Garage in Blue Ash, OH. The date is Saturday, January 24 and they host a chili cook-off contest with soft drinks and dessert. Times are 1 PM – 3:30 and see Dale if you want to get an invitation.
Tech Director Tim reported on the last two sessions this month. The first was completing the work on the Dan Durbin 61 BT7 in Lebanon, OH. Then they went to Jerry Cox’s garage to put the head on his MGB, but it still needs work on Thursday, 11/20 next week.
Tim suggested that Max borrow the new powered grease gun for a session next Tuesday afternoon 11/18. Secretary Dale reported that 16 year old OVAHC member Max Hanger had some of the TT over to get his 1961 Healey running. Future work involves putting the wire wheels with the new tires back on, and fixing some wiring problems.
Scott Brown has a drive-over front end alignment gauge to help set the steering correctly. Contact him if you wish to borrow it or to find out how it works. Bernie Grabow has a leak-down test kit for the cylinders. Tim wants the TT to buy it and loan it out to OVAHC members in need.
Tim is asking the club to email him suggestions for a sheet or list of procedures that members can follow to prepare our Healeys for winter storage. Contact him if you can give any good advice. To join in or to schedule a tech session, please contact Tim.
Web Site Don reported that the web site is up and has the location and menus for the next luncheon. He has posted some businesses for fixing up our Healeys. There is a link to our OVAHC Club Store for gear from RP Diamond with our logo.
Business Manager/Delegate Jake and AHCA Safety VP Jeff Porada just returned from the annual AHCA delegates meeting. Jake sent out a report via email. Ben Moore is now president. Jake said the AHCA will soon modernize under Ben’s tutelage. Conclave 2026 in Galena, IL has registration open if you go to Conclave50.com and enter the site. The Conclave committee for 2027 in Lake Tahoe, CA has begun to accept $100 deposits for future registrations. Go to Healey75.com for more info. Their 2027 plan is for an all-inclusive fee setup. For 2028 Jeff Porada and Nancy Bacon put in a bid to hold the Conclave at Hocking Hills, OH. It would not be an OVAHC event as much as a group of individuals from AHCA clubs to fill committees which will run aspects of the show. Their club would share any profits.
Jake is on the AHCA retention committee. Toward this pursuit, he hosted the first Zoom.com tech meeting for our Mid America region on Wednesday, November 5 at 7:00 PM. Twenty-seven members logged in and Jeff Porada contributed as an expert. Jake is promoting the plan of having one the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM. They are easy to join in, informative, casual, and actually fun if you like Healeys. Keep an eye on your emails and please participate.
Rosalee made an announcement concerning the Mid America Classic. After the holidays pass the co-chairs will hold meetings with the volunteers. They will keep the club informed and ramp up the planning and outline the details for individual assignments.
Old business: None. New business: Scott asked who had set up the OVAHC Facebook site years ago. Jake said it was John Jacobs when he was Chairman of the OVAHC Conclave in 2016. Scott needs access to remove various players which have taken it over. He wants to require registration to make it more secure in the future and limit posts by people not in our club. Jake and Scott will speak with John to set this up.
New business: Kevin Livingston from the SE Michigan AHC is starting to look into making an extended driving trip to Lake Tahoe before the 2027 Conclave. Scott was interested because the plans include stopping to stay overnight on a riverboat, a tree house, or other unusual venues. Stay tuned for more exciting information.
Scott thanked Jon and Deborah for graciously hosting. (applause) The winner of the Split-the-Pot drawing received $60 and $60 went to the Club. John Parrott was the lucky one, AGAIN! The OVAHC Christmas dinner is coming up on Wednesday, December 10. The next official OVAHC meeting is scheduled for February with new President, John Wallace. Scott adjourned the meeting. We continued to snack on the brisket, pulled pork, and all the delicious fixings.
Submitted by Secretary Dale
January .................................................................................................. Juliette's Lunch 1:00
February ................................................................................................. Meeting at kick tires 1:00 meeting 2:00
June 7-10 .................................................................................................... Mid America Classic 2026 Lebanon Ohio
September 13-18 ........................................................................................ 2026 Conclave Galena, ILLINOIS
December 10 .................................................................................. Christmas lunch at Grove Park Grille
Flyer 6735 Kellogg Rd. Cincinnati
