The Bluegrass Austin-Healey Club is one of the world’s oldest and most active Austin-Healey Clubs. The Bluegrass Club was founded in 1958 as the Kentuckiana Sprite Club. The Club incorporated in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in April, 1961 as the Kentuckiana Sprite Club, Inc.  

In 1964, we became a chapter of the factory sponsored Austin-Healey Club as the Kentucky Centre. The Kentucky Centre was one of six U.S. sanctioned clubs. Other U.S. clubs at that time included the Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Illinois and Missouri Centres.

Following the demise of the factory club, the Bluegrass Club operated independently until 1978. The Bluegrass Club was then sanctioned as a chapter of the Austin Healey Club of America at the Conclave in 1978.

We currently have over eighty members in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Our club is one of the forty-six chapter clubs of the AHCA in the US and Canada.  We have sister clubs in nearby Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Nashville and Dayton that we often share events with. The Austin Healey Club of America has over three thousand members.

Some of the charter 1978 members are still involved in Club activities today.

Louisville Conclave History

Louisville has been the proud host of two successful Austin-Healey Club of America Conclaves. In 1978 Louisville was host to the third Conclave with honored guest Geoffrey Healey taking part in festivities. In 1993 we hosted the Conclave again, this time Roger Menadue was our guest. Both Conclaves were groundbreaking for their time with special events and