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Jud Perkins - Past President

My interest in sports cars began in high school with a girlfriend who had a TR-3.  In college, a prospective new fraternity member drove up in a 100-6 with a 383 cubic inch Pontiac tri-power V-8 under the hood.  I put the full court press on him to join good old TKE and he just happened to end up as my little brother. 
 I bought my first BJ-8 in 1964, an old English White for $3,600 and the fun began.  I keep the car until 1971 when I moved from California to Florida with Walt Disney World.  It had 125,000 miles on it when I sold it for what I thought was the great sum of $1,000.  If I’d only put it on blocks and kept it, on a percentage basis probably would have been my best investment ever.
 For the next 35 years I lamented selling my Healey and when fates had me living in Sacramento, California I decided to take the plunge.  Went on EBay and purchased my current 1965 BJ-8 in 2005.   Upon moving to Connecticut and after retirement I joined our Club and have been participating in events ever since.   
 Probably my greatest thrill was in 2013 taking Formula 1 driver Max Chilton and in 2014 F-1 driver Sergio Perez around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve before the F-1 Race in Montreal.  I spent most of my career in professional sports and entertainment and thought I’d seen it all, but nothing matched the thrill of pulling up to the start-finish line, picking Max and Sergio up and doing a lap with the 100,000 plus in attendance cheering us.  In 2013 we left the car with Quebec Club member Roger Hamel and came back for Conclave Charlevoix and a driving tour through the Maritimes.  We put 3,500 miles on the car and had a ball in Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Maine on the way home. 
 I am thrilled to succeed Bob Britton as the new Club President.   With the help of everyone in the Club we should have some great events in this year.

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  • Home Page
  • Join the Club
  • Summit 2021 Healeys @ Newport
    • Summit Event Schedule
    • Summit Registration
    • Summit 2021 Sponsors
    • Summit Regalia
  • 2020 AHC NE Event Calendar
  • 2020 Healey Exhaust Notes
    • 2019 Healey Exhaust Notes >
      • 2018 Healey Exhaust Notes
      • 2017 Healey Exhaust Notes >
        • 2016 Newsletters
        • 2015 Newsletters
        • 2014 Newsletters
        • 2013 Newsletters
        • 2012 Newsletters
        • 2011 Newsletters
        • 2010 Newsletters
        • 2008 Newsletters
        • 2007 Newsletters
        • 2006 Newsletters
        • 2005 Newsletters
  • Officers Directory
    • President - Don Margeson
    • Rick Neville - Vice President
    • Past President - Jud Perkins
    • Membership/Treasurer - Linda Hakala
    • Delegate - Steve Bell
    • Publisher/Editor - Dutcha
    • Webmaster - Pete Sturtevant
    • Woman's Coordinator - Donna Cunard
  • AHC of NE Charity
  • AHC of NE Wings
    • Wing Coordinators
    • Wing 1 SE NY, NYC, SW CT
    • Wing 2 North Central CT
    • Wing 4 HEMRI
  • AHCA custom Jewelry
  • Members Only Section
    • NE Member Directory
    • Zoom Meetings
    • Healey Services & Parts
    • Bringing your Healey out of Storage by Moss Motors
    • Healey OnLine Technical Resources
    • AGM Meeting Minutes/Financials
    • AHC of NE Bylaws 2017
  • New Members Name Tags
  • AHC NE Sponsors
  • Summit 2019
    • Summit 2019 Pictures
    • Summit 2019 Event Winners
    • Summit 2019 Sponsors
    • Summit Event Schedule
    • Summit Registration
  • Summit 2018
    • Summit 2018 Sponsors
  • 2019 Member Survey Results
  • 2018 Member Survey Results
  • 2017 Member Survey Results
  • Summit 2017 Pictures and events
    • Summit 2017 Overview
    • Summit 2017 Sponsors
  • Summit 2016 with Pictures
    • Generous Sponsors
  • Photo Competition
  • Members Pictures
    • Enclave 2015 pictures >
      • Enclave 2015 Website
    • Southern Maine Tour - Fall 2013
  • History of our Club
  • AHCA National
  • 2016 AHCA Delegates Report
  • Austin Healey designer - Gerry Coker
    • Gerry Coker Interview 2008
    • Gerry Coker at the 2016 Southeastern Classic
  • Manny Cunard's Story
  • Blog
  • AH BS calls