At present, we have about 60 memberships, with the majority of those listing some kind of significant other or spouse type unit. Our members account for at least nine different British marques, including Austin-Healey, Jensen-Healey, MG, Jaguar, Mini, Lotus, Rover, Sterling, Triumph and whatever else Ben and Frank own today. Within those marques, are over 30 models and Series I, II etc. breakdowns (no pun intended). There are also some pure race cars in the fold. Although we have Austin-Healey in our name, we take pride in being a club which accepts and appreciates all LBCs (with the possible exception of a certain late but not lamented Lotus). The MG occupies the number one spot in member ownership with better than 35 various examples reported. Austin-Healeys of assorted size are a distant second, and the others are distributed in fairly even numbers as one would expect given production volume. Special note should be made of the loyal souls who use one of the Queen's finest for their daily driver.

Many of our members are multi Marque owners. Heck, everyone should have at least one MG! In my humble opinion, that is a significant factor in the strength of Flatwater.

Instead of spending energy expounding on the superiority of a zillion dollar whoopee mobile, we are way too busy driving our cars, eating fish, joining our friends in HMRNP for ice cream and tours, having breakfast, and spending jolly good times together. So here's to us! Three Hip - Hips, a Castrol toast! And a little puff of blue smoke as we run to the red line and catch a perfect second gear.

Contact the following people for membership information: In Lincoln call John Ulrich at 421-9252 or Bob Shaw at 435-4905. In Omaha, call Jerry Needham at 291-7122 or Marvin Marshall at 733-6868.

So many car projects to do and so many winter nights to do them in, but where did the time go? Hopefully, some of you fared much better than I with your intended winter sports car work over the last few months. My dilemma is usually many things to do with some time available to do

them, but a lack of funds to purchase the necessary parts. Nancy has some sort of fixation that paying bills and house, appliance and primary car repairs have a higher priority demand on available income than Bugeye wheels, carpets and rebuild kits for master cylinders and carburetors. I don't know if her condition is curable, but I have been attempting to correct it for many years with very little success. Anyway, this year my car repair problem is reversed. Since I've been working more, I have had some extra cash to purchase those all-important parts. The trouble is, due to long hours, weekends in the office and many business trips, the parts sit idle awaiting installation. And as the weather starts to warm, my anxiety becomes all the more acute. There's an especially troubling matter of a clutch and a leaky master cylinder that I absolutely must attend to before any Bugeye rubber hits the road. Does any of this have a familiar ring to anyone out there?

Speaking of rubber on the road, we normally have a mid-winter meeting-party to socialize and plan the next year's club events. Due to schedule conflicts, we canceled the January event and now plan a