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He Likes It
                                                                 culture  has  always  had  an  audience,    Russ  now
                                                                 calls Franklin, Tennessee home.  His  passion  for
        All                                                      automobiles, starting when he was 13, stuck  with

                                                                 him,      followed  him  over  state  lines  and  now
                                                                 has crossed the half century mark.
        Russ Welty is  the new                                   After  a  30  year  career  with  DuPont  Company,
        Vice-President for 2022 and                              Russ  now  runs  the  automotive  development
                                                                 division for Mercantile Development, Inc., one of
        also the Car Show Chairman                               his  former  DuPont  customers.  Combine  Russ'

                                                                 second  career  with  his  hobbies  of  motorcycling,
        When  he  saw  the  Nashville  British  Car  Club's      bicycling,  woodworking,   and  "building  things"
        cars  on  display  at  Nashville's  Centennial  Park,    as well as a ground -up,  ongoing restoration of a
        seven  years  ago,  Russ  Welty  liked  what  he  saw    1967  Austin  Healey  and  an  old  saying  is  proven
        and  signed   up  to  become  a  member.  It's   the     true:   'If  you  want  something  done,   ask  a  busy
        club's  good  fortune  to  have  him  as  an  active     man to do it'.
        volunteer,  stepping  up  in  2022  to  serve  as  both
                                                                 After  all,  it  isn't  work,  if  you  like   what  you're
        the club's Vice President and  the chairman of the
                                                                 doing  and  as   our   interview  with  Welty  shows,
        annual  car  show.   (He's  also  a  member  of  the
                                                                 he not only likes what he does, when it comes to
        Austin Healey club.)
                                                                 British cars, it's more like a long lived love affair.
        A  native  of  Wooster,  Ohio,  a  state  where  car
                                                                 The interview with Russ  starts on page 10











































        The Weltys' daughter drives an excellent example of a period  appropriate
        1959 MGA
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