Oregon Mini Society

45th Annual Mini Meet West 2018 in The Columbia River Gorge

Newland — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 20:47:31 +0000

Join Oregon Mini Society as we host Mini Meet West 2018 in The Columbia River Gorge. Mini Meet West is the largest and longest-running annual gathering of fans of the classic Mini in North America. All classic Minis and enthusiast are encouraged to attend (including variants such as Mini-based Wolseley, Rileys, Innocenti, ADO16 and variants derived from the classic Mini ) and the modern BMW MINI that is currently in production. A group of West Coast clubs held the first U.S. Mini Meet in Reno, Nevada back in 1973. There were 43 paid registrations at the first meet. Eventually, the Meet became known as the 1st Mini Meet West after the startup of the Mini Meet East events in 1975.

2018 New Members

ZPP — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 02:56:38 +0000

The year 2018 brings us the following new OMS members.

January
Our first new members of 2018 is Scot and Annika from Salem, OR. They have a 1995 Mark VI black Mini with panoramic sunroof AND it is in good working order.

Angie and Andrew from Portland, OR bring their 2005 Pepper White Mini Cooper S.

Dave and Amy from Troutdale rejoin OMS with their 1960 Orange Morris 850 Delux FIA Rally Car. Dave loves to build and race Minis.

And four Japanese RHD Minis (black 1991 Rover, black 1992 Rover, green w/ white 1989 Mini, and white 1991 Mini) join OMS with Blaine who lives in Beaverton.

February
Takuma and Mai come to OMS with their 2006 Pepper white MINI Cooper S and 3 long hair dachshunds. They love to travel, ski, and consume Japanese food. They are looking for a classic Mini they can restore and call their own.

We look forward to a great year of Minis!

2017 ABFM Giant Slalom Results

ZPP — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:39:33 +0000

Congratulations to those of you who participated in the 2017 ABFM Giant Slalom.
See you next year!

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3
Group 1
Tyler H.	42.78	42.48	42.11
Ben M.	47.16	44.22	44.35
Brian F.	45.81	45.12	44.01
Dale C.	60.47	45.77	46.18
Amir D.	52.44	49.92	49.28
Austin S.	57.67	57.67	48.96
Group 2
Jeff V.	56.56	53.55	52.97
Kristin L.	54.07	55.28	53.82
Group 3
George O.	48.01	47.03	46.99
Eric N.	47.65	49.01	47.64
Ken W.	56.76	53.39	52.81
Thomas P.	64.25	54.16	52.09
Alec D.	64.09	55.85	52.04
Muffy B.	53.40	59.38	52.74
Times for Second Day Run
Ken W.	50.78	50.30	49.23

For Sale: 2008 Mini Cooper Suspension kit

oms-nicholas — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:46:39 +0000

$500.00 – 2008 Mini Cooper Suspension kit – COMPLETE KIT

Please call: 971-240-1940 or 503-881-4967

2017 New Members

ZPP — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:04:25 +0000

The year 2017 brings us the following new OMS members.

January
Justin from Portland, Oregon has a 1980 diesel Clubman in great running condition and is restoring a 1967 Mini (currently in bare metal). His hobbies include wood working, metal fabrication, welding, beer brewing – yum!

February
Kenneth and Joan from Vancouver, WA bring their grey 1970 Mini to the club. It’s not running… yet! Hobbies include auto restoration, fishing, and travel.

Diane and her red with white roof 2013 Countryman come to us from Philomath, OR. Diane’s hobbies include camping, relaxing, driving, coast & mountains, antiques, photography, get togethers, researching anything and everything of interest, orchids, etc.

Pat and his 1972 Yellow w/ White Mini Clubman Saloon join the Society all the way from Novato, California. He is the founder of the facebook.com site Mini Collective. He is a member of MOASF but has so many OMS friends and his Clubby has a few Jet Motors parts that it made sense to join the OMS fun.

April
Dayna from Portland joins us with her 2012 charcoal Countryman S, charcoal. It has been lowered and has racing suspension. Being an OSU Beaver fan, she has it details with OSU stripes, rims and decals. She grew up in a national champion go-karting family. It will be fun to see Dayna on the track at the ABFM this year.

May
Lance and Rachel love anything Mini/MINI related. They a have 1978 red w/ white stripes MK4 Mini and a heavily modified 2003 MINI Cooper S. They lead active and healthy lifestyle and recently had their first child – congratulations! Their boy can’t help but grow up to love and appreciate Minis/MINIs!

June
Kevin, from Portland, OR, joins OMS with his green 1960 Cooper S.

Kelly, from Ridgefield, WA, brings his red 1965 Austin Mini Cooper.

From Salem, we have several friends who became new Mini owners:
Tom with his 1992 MK5 JDM Mini w/ AC.
Kris and April purchased red “his and her” Minis: 1980 MK4 Mini and 1996 KMK5 Mini.

Marc & Laura from Portland just purchased a 1990 JDM Automatic with AC; way cool!

Also Charlie and Kim come to the Society with 6 Minis and 230 Matchbox Minis WOW – what a collection!

July
Ron & Linda from Olympia, WA drive a 2004 Chili Red w/White Roof MINI Cooper S AND a 2013 Chili Red MINI Roadster – both JCW . They like all things Mini/MINI, genealogy, and driving twisty roads.

Dale & Lindsay Clough from Portland, Oregon also drive a 2004 Chili Red MINI Cooper S. Their MINI has some Alta pieces.

August
Aaron from Newberg rejoins OMS with his Harvest Gold 1971 MK 3 Mini 1000 – RAD. She’s not running – yet! But Aaron would like to get her back on the road and so does OMS!

Randy, Julia, and their silver 2004 MINI Cooper S R53 are from Gresham, OR. Randy is a former Classic Mini racing champion.

Paul from Portland joins us with his Black on Black 1982 MK5 Clubman Wagon.

Jim is also from Portland and brings his blue 1962 MK1 Austin Mini Panel Van.

September
September was a loaded with membership activity. Many of the following new members attended Portland’s 2017 ABFM.

Kapri joins us from Bend, OR. Owning a 1973 black Austin Cooper, interests include: metal work, body work, collecting English Cars. We want to hear about your other English cars…

Andrew from Portland has a MK 1 Mini.

Jim drives up from Dayton, Oregon in his 2006 MINI with a serious interest in cars.

Jim & Bonnie have a 2013 Convertible Cooper S. Their interests include Minis and Golf. They live across the river in Vancouver, WA.

From Coquille, OR Marion joins us with her 2009 MINI Cooper and an interest in gun collecting.

Joe & Pat are from North Plains, Oregon. They have the a classic 1967 Cooper S
and a NEO 2006 Cooper S – Living the dream! They like cars & wine. And with experience in complete restoration (welding, paint, etc.) sounds like they would be a great help with restoring the Club Mini.

Barry & Patricia from West Linn have a Green w/ Grey 2015 MINI Cooper S. Their interests include classic cars, Formula One racing, photography, amateur astronomy. Wow – way to keep active.

Andrew & Erica have an almond green 1963 MK1 Austin Cooper S. They live in Portland, Oregon.

Tracy from Newberg has a red JCW 2005 MINI Cooper.

Jeff & Sherrie are from Castle Rock, Washington. They ride in luxury in their JDM, AC, RHD 1999 MKVII. Other interests include airplanes as Jeff is a private pilot.

November
Cody and Nicole, from Gladstone, join OMS with their 1964 MK2 Austin Mini. It’s yellow and it’s running!

The Oregon Mini Society gives you and your Minis/MINIS a BIG and Hearty Welcome!

2017 Monthly Club Meeting Information

ZPP — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:00:32 +0000

The Oregon Mini Society Monthly Club Meetings are held every Second Sunday at 7PM.

The February Monthly Club Meeting will be held Sunday Feb 12th, 7pm at The Verdict Bar and Grill’s Holding Cell in Oregon City. The Verdict is located in the heart of downtown Oregon City at 110 8th Street with on street parking in front of the historic Oregon City Court House.

Good food, Good people, Good beer & Good cars. Eat, meet, drink and ogle!!

Pop on by and see what all the fuss is about.

For the most accurate information about the club meeting visit the club calendar.

OMS Scholarship: High Demand Leads to Bright Career Choice

ZPP — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 02:00:09 +0000

Snowmagedon or Icedoom or however you characterized the recent weather disaster caused an exceptional amount of automobile carnage. Hopefully no OMS members’ cars were victims. Anyone whose vehicle does need repair is also having an inconvenient, head-on collision with a new fact of life of the auto-body-repair business, as noted in this article from the Oregonian. The number of collision-repair shops is decreasing while the need for their service is increasing. This problem has been growing even before the recent, slip-sliddin’ calamity exacerbated it. A critical reason for the decline in the number of body shops, which this article does not mention, is the lack of skilled people to do the increasingly-complex work. It should be a good feeling to OMS members that the Clackamas Community College scholarship we provide is helping people get training in this field and fill a serious need of the community. Instructor Russ Peterson at Clackamas CC gets way more requests for graduates from shop owners than the school can produce.

2017 OMS Renewal Special

ZPP — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:13:21 +0000

This is a special January to renew your OMS Dues.
Any renewal of OMS Membership in the month of December 2016 or January 2017 will earn you (and your significant other) a special OMS Name Badge to wear at all the upcoming OMS Events and Meetings. When renewing online, you will have opportunity to update your personal information and car information so it reads correctly for the 2017 OMS Roster.

Renewing online is so easy to do:
Go to www.oregonminisociety.com
Select “Membership” tab
Select “Application/Renewal”
Use Paypal or credit card.
$20 for 1 year membership
$35 for 2 year membership
$50 for 3 year membership
Wow! What a great deal!

So don’t delay – Renew TODAY!

Rhonda Hull
OMS Membership Chair
[email protected]
www.oregonminisociety.com

2016 New Members

ZPP — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 05:37:17 +0000

2016 brought the following new members to OMS:

January: Christy & David from Bend, Oregon
February: Carl & Julie from Allyn, Washington
April: Dean & Rachel from Gladstone, Oregon
August: Chris from Portland, Oregon
September: Jesse & Jody from Hillsboro, Oregon
September: Buddy from Hermiston, Oregon
September: Michael from Milwaukie, Oregon
September: Austin & Kristine from Oregon City, Oregon

Welcome to the Society!

SCCA – 2016 Friday Night Rallys

Newland — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:50:00 +0000

SCCA – 2016 Friday Night Rallys

Starting – Fri, March 4, 6pm – 9pm
13631 SE Johnson Rd, Portland, OR 97222

Cascade Sports Car Club TSD (Time-Speed-Distance) road rally events are open to the general public in a variety of competition classes from Novice to Expert. Special emphasis is placed on giving Novice entrants an opportunity to get comfortable with rallying by providing a more simple set of instructions. After a few events, most are ready to try the more advanced instructions.

All Friday Nighter events start at Milwaukie Lowe’s parking lot, 13631 SE Johnson Rd in Milwaukie, Oregon (Directly off I-205 Exit 13 on Hwy 224 (West)/Milwaukie. Expressway, near the old K-mart.)

Friday Night Registration opens at 6:00 pm. with First Car Out at 7:01 pm. Cost is $20 per car for members and $25 or non-members. Event driving time is about two to three hours. Rally teams consist of a driver and a navigator. If it’s your first rally, plan on arriving at the
start early. Bring a watch, a clip board, a flashlight and something to write with. Most
importantly -be prepared for an interesting evening in the country.

For more information, contact: [email protected]

FRIDAY NIGHTER DATES
March 4
April 1
May 6
June 10
July 1
August 5
September 9
Mountains to the Sea August 6, 2016

CSCC Road Rally Rules