
FBCC
President
Well here I am in my first full day as President of
the FBCC. The Christmas party is behind us but we still have the holidays
ahead. We also have another great year ahead for all of us that love to
race, drive, show or tinker with Little British Cars. I am proud to be
part of the leadership of this club and I learned a lot in my VP year
under Tom Buto’s excellent tutelage. Joanna and I are looking forward to
another fine year of mountain rides, The Mitty, The Picnic, Euro and many
other fun club events. Since
it seems to have become a tradition in this space, here is a little
background on my life with a LBC. In 1977 I was driving a big camper van
conversion. It was great for the carpool, but not a great daily driver. So
on my June 18th birthday, I told the carpool they were on their
own and traded for a 1972 MGB with 50,000 miles and an ugly mustard yellow
paintjob. I soon had it cleaned up and repainted. It served as my daily
driver for almost five years and another 50,000 miles. Since I was living
in Northern Virginia and commuting to DC that meant snow and traffic jams.
But I also joined the Richmond Rally Club and had many hair raising
experiences on Virginia country roads. Joanna
and I married in January 1982 and with her kids and mine the MG just
didn’t work. So I parked it in a field behind the house. As the kids grew
there were several car restorations, but these were muscle cars and the
LBC just could not make the cut. In 1995 I bought a 1971 MGB for “parts”.
Years passed, and in 2003 we purchased a lot in Keowee Key. I announced
that I was going to take the MG to South Carolina, because now I would
have the time to restore it. Joanna said something that sounded vaguely
like “over my dead body”. After many discussions about how much fun
driving in the mountains would be…she held her ground. I parted out the
’71 and began to get the ’72 ready to tow south. She was still leery.
While we designed the house I made sure there was room for a car lift in
the garage. She became resigned. By
March 2005 we were moved in and the restoration began. Now at least I had
something to do and was not bothering her. A year later there was progress
but the end was nowhere in sight. Of course I had spent many hours ( and $
) at the B-Hive. So one day Gorden said, “Join the car club and sign up
for Euro…then you will have a deadline” So I did just that and it was a
good decision. The car was ready for Euro 2006…just…and we took a
3rd Place. A dream comes true, only 25 years after I put the
car out to pasture. Hence my license plate..25YRDRM. The picture above
shows the happy entrants. Better yet, Joanna drove the car home that day
and decided that all this LBC stuff might not be too
bad! So
here we are three years later and I am President. Life is strange
sometimes. But we are planning to have another great club year. I am
looking forward to working with all of our fine members, and with other
clubs, to improve FBCC’s excellent reputation and to have a lot of
fun. Jack
Donegan FBCC
President 2010

2010 FBCC President: Jack
Donegan
Past
Foothills British Car Club Presidents: Jim
Harbison
1994 Gerald
Medford
2005
Butch
White
1995
Carey
Jones
1996
Elaine
Galloway
1997
Mike
Barefield
1998
Tim
Strickland
1999
Glen
Finch
2000
Ed
Seagrave
2001
Bill
Manning 2002
Steve
Poteet
2005
Eddie
Saunders
2004
John
Sharpe
2006
Ed
Leese
2007
Hap
Waldrop
2008
Tom
Buto
2009
updated: 12/09
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