November 2000

Election time is coming up! Later in this issue, you will find the bios of all the candidates who have been nominated (and who have accepted the nomination) for election to our Board of Directors. We will elect seven Directors when we vote later this year. In the December Rootes Review, you will get the bios of those nominated and running for the Elected Offices and a ballot to vote for both the Board Members and the Officers. Balloting may be by U.S. mail or email. As I will again next month, I encourage you to vote. This election of Officers and Directors is important to the Club and to you. TE/AE and its stellar website have reached yet another milestone. We now accept credit cards and bankcards for the payment of dues through our website. Both new memberships and renewals can be handled. You can find this area of the website at www.teae.org/ club_info/members.html#Join. Please give it a try. I am sure you will find it a fast and easy way to keep your membership up-to-date. My thanks to Gary Schotland, Donna D'Amelio, T. J. Higgins and Robert Jaarsma for helping to get this system in place and tested out. 

Each month, I have been giving you an update on my 347-stroker motor and 5-speed project. Well, the new engine arrived today! I uncrated it and have it on the engine stand ready for the project to begin. My current 302 motor is getting tired. I just returned from a 2700-mile trip down South to the SOS in Birmingham, AL. The drive was great, with the first 1400 miles being top down. It then got so cold (I drove through areas where it had snowed, for gosh sake), that I had to put it up and keep it up. The car went through a quart of oil every 300 miles, so it is time for a little freshening up. The car and 302 engine performed flawlessly as it buzzed down the highway at 3800 - 4000 rpm (thanks to 3.31 gears and 13 inch tires). I can't wait for the leisure of the 5speed. By the way, the 302 is for sale. 

The SOS was a great event as always with about 30 cars there. It is always so nice to see everyone, poke our collective heads under all the hoods and to talk Sunbeam. It is what the Club is all about.