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California Central Coast Region • Porsche Club of America
June 2021 Issue
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Club Information 3 8 8 28 29
Board of Directors Prez’s Corner Get Out & Drive Anniversaries Advertiser Information
Club Events 9 10 11
Club Events Calendar Autocross 2021 Drivers Education
PCA / Zone 8 News / Porsche Events 30 Zone 8 Staff - Officers 30 CCCR Clothing 31 California Festival of Speed 32 LA Auto Show Back Page Werks Reunion Monterey Car Week
Articles 12 13 15 17 18 20 27
An Outing at Dorn’s North Meets South DE at Buttonwillow FLW Meets a Porsche More AutoX Photos VIN - Pedro If You Haven’t Heard
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CoastalBreeze California Central Coast Region a PCA Award Winning Publication
Editor Bob “Kit” Kitamura
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The Coastalaire and Coastalbreeze are available on the CCCR website at http//ccc.pca.org/. The Coastalaire is printed and published online, January, April, July and October The CoastalBreeze is published online the other eight months of the year.
Photographer Bob Kitamura
Alfred Abken Pedro P. Bonilla Bob Bruington Bill Chadwick Ron Green Gil Igleheart Chuck Jennings Scott Myers Joe Shubitowski Bern Singsen Andy Winterbottom Photography Alfred Abken Ian Anderson Chuck Jennings Beverly Steventon
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The North Meets South Porsche 356 event was in Cambria this year. Read about it on page 13 and see other photos from this great event. 1963 356B owned by Scott and Lori Myers.
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2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS VICE-PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
Ron Green
Andy Winterbottom
greenron1949@gmail.com
awinterbottom@sbcglobal.net
SECRETARY Carol Walker
gil.igleheart@gmail.com
b.chadwick@earthlink.net
DRIVERS ED EVENTS DIRECTOR
concourschuck@gmail.com
aircooled911sc@gmail.com
Bob Bruington
PAST PRESIDENT Sanja Brewer
sbrewer@eyesonly.com
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treasurercccr@gmail.com
ACTIVITIES CO-DIRECTOR
AUTOCROSS DIRECTOR Chuck Jennings
Jon Milledge
ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR Gil Igleheart
glcarwal@yahoo.com
TREASURER
Bill Chadwick
SAFETY DIRECTOR Alfred Abken
alabken@gmail.com
WEBMASTER & MEMBERSHIP
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
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Joe Shubitowski
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The Prez’s Corner ........ by Andy Winterbottom, President Here we are nearing the magical date of June 15th with the assertion from the Powers-That-Be in Sacramento that we can be mostly social again. There are three annual events that we missed last year and for 2021 we want to resume. First is the New Member's Bar B Q for which we are working to agree and secure our venue. This event will be put on gratis for not only the new members, but for all members of the California Central Coast Region who elect to attend. Our Gil Igleheart and Bill Chadwick are making arrangements which we hope to announce "soon.” Second would be the California Festival of Speed happening October 30 and 31 which is billed as "Fun for the Whole Family." This event takes place at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. The events include Track Tours, Porsche Driving Experience, Porsche Photography Seminar, Porsche Corrals, 911 Porsche Time-line display, Porsche Swap Meet, Porsche Juniors Pit, Vendor Row/Food Trucks, a
Drivers Education Motorsports event organized by our own Bob Bruington (CCCR Drivers Education Events Director) and Club Races for those of you who like to swap paint on the track. Volunteers are needed over the course of the two days. Third, Sanja Brewer is working to pin down a December date at the San Luis Obispo Country Club to resume our annual Holiday Party which is subsidized by CCCR. Sanja has very successfully organized this event over the recent years and we hope to get back in the groove with the SLO Country Club. As for our Autocrosses, Chuck Jennings and crew are running a fun autocross schedule (one of the scheduled events taking place June 5th as I write this piece). In addition to the Boxsters, Caymans, a 356, a 914, and the 911s, we drew drivers piloting vehicles as varied as a Lotus 7, a modified 710 horsepower Durango SUV, Ford Focus STs and wait, there's more. Ciao, Andrew W.
Get Out & Drive ........ by Bob Kitamura, Editor
We’re coming off of a good couple of months of some great events, both on the track, on the road, at car shows and some fun food gatherings. It feels like we are getting back to normal…..at least it seems that way. I still have to have a clean mask in my pocket when I leave the house in the morning. Until I don’t have to worry about having one close by its not normal. There are some more great events coming our way, some of which will be away from home. At least the chances are good that they will happen. Monterey Car Week with the Werks Reunion and the Monterey Porsche Car Show is back. The LA Auto Show sounds like it will happen in November, keep
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your eyes open for the annual PCA / Porsche North America breakfast in the Porsche gallery at the first day of the show. The tickets go fast for that so keep checking Motorsportreg.com if you want to go. This Fall our very own Bob Bruington is coordinating the Driver’s Ed event at the California Festival of Speed. He will need volunteers to help out at the event. They also need many others to help out in other areas. There is a volunteer form online if you are interested. As the world starts opening up so we can get out, let’s take advantage of that time to participate in our great events and “Get Out and Drive”.
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CCCR Events Calendar Update http://ccc.pca.org Gil Igleheart, Activities Director - Bill Chadwick, Activities Co-Director Chuck Jennings, Autocross Director - Bob Bruington, Driving Events Director Please note, these activities are planned subject to “clearances” from all PCA, Federal, State and local authorities. Due to COVID-19, please check updates via email, on our website and newsletter before leaving for an event
JUNE 5th - Teststrecke 46 Autocross. Autocross See page 10 for more details JUNE 12th - Drive n’ Dine - Meet at Alfano Motors @ 8:30 AM. Leave at 9 AM for a short drive up through the hills and back to Dairy Creek Golf Course for lunch at the new Siren Restaurant. Sometimes they even have music! JULY 10th - Drive n’ Dine - Breakfast at Sea Shanty and drive up to Ragged Point afterwards. More info coming! JULY 17th - Drive n’ Dine - A drive down to Cypress Ridge Golf Course with lunch ... details to follow! Anybody want to play golf after lunch? JULY 24th - Teststrecke 47 Autocross. Autocross See page 10 for more details Zone 8 AUGUST 28th - Teststrecke 48 Autocross. Autocross See page 10 for more details Event OCTOBER 2nd - Teststrecke 49 Autocross. Autocross See page 10 for more details OCTOBER 18th - Drivers Education at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca See page 11 for more details
Currently In Planning by your Board .......... New Members BBQ - date and detail coming! Annual Holiday Party - date and detail coming!
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CCCR-PCA presents
UTOCROSS 2021
Autocross is a sport of trying to navigate your Porsche through a defined course of pylons while being timed. When you arrive at the autocross, you’ll see a course set up on a large asphalt area. Soft rubber traffic cones will be used to form the course, which consists of turns, slaloms, and straights. Arrive early - see what goes on, and volunteer to get involved! It is a lot of fun and is a part of learning more about the great car you drive.
Teststrecke 46
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Teststrecke 47
July 24
Teststrecke 48
August 28
Teststrecke 49
October 2
Teststrecke 50
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Details and Registration at MotorsportReg.com or contact Chuck Jennings, Autocross Director @ (805) 459-7416
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PORSCHE Santa Barbara Our major sponsor Autocross and DE Events
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Drivers Education For any questions, you can contact Bob Bruington, Drivers Education Events Director at aircooled911sc@gmail.com The mission and purpose of the Porsche Club of America's Drivers Education Program is to provide a safe, structured and controlled teaching and learning environment. The PCA DE Program is designed so that participants can improve their driving abilities and acquire a better understanding of vehicle dynamics and driving safety. Participants will experience first-hand the capabilities of high performance automobiles in a controlled, closed-course environment and acquire skills that will enhance safer vehicle operation in all driving situations.
OCT 18 - Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca I hope to see you all at Laguna Seca, October 18th for our last DE of the year. We are fortunate to have been allowed a 92db sound day for the louder cars. We should be able to have incar instruction for those who have not qualified to drive solo or want to try Laguna Seca as a first track experience. Laguna Seca is a fantastic track. Come on out and drive that Porsche like it was meant to be driven. Contact Bob Bruington if you are interested in this great event....to run or help.
aircooled911sc@gmail.com More information on this great event will be coming soon so keep your eyes open!
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An Outing At Dorn’s
by Bob Kitamura
We had about 30 club members gather for breakfast at Dorn’s on Saturday morning, May 15. Gil was able to gain us access to the parking lot across the street where most of us parked our Porsches plus one Mercedes……there always has to be one. Some of the early arrivals were able to sit in our usual room but we were limited to about 14 people. The rest of the group sat together at a couple of tables in the main dining room. It was a nice gathering of our group as Covid starts to lessen its impact on life we used to call normal. After a great breakfast a lot of the group caravanned up to Cambria Pines Lodge where the North Meets South event was in full swing. Thanks to Gil for putting this gathering together.
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North Meets South 2021
by Bob Kitamura
Photos by Beverly Steventon and Bob Kitamura
One of the Porsche events I look forward to every year is the North Meets South Porsche 356 event. Many times it is held on the California Central Coast and this year it did not disappoint. It is an amazing sight to see these many Porsche 356s in the same location. After a no show 2020 due to Covid-19, 2021 was a sold-out event for the 356 Club of Southern California at the Cambria Pines Lodge. Many of our club members were there in attendance with some entered in the Saturday, May 15 concours show. The event ran from Thursday, May 13 to Sunday, May 16 and besides the concours there were drives, an opening reception, discussion panels, an awards reception and a swap meet. You appreciate a Porsche 356 much differently when you have owned this piece of automotive history along with having tediously
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restored one on weekends and evenings for many years. To keep these looking and running in their pristine condition for an event like this, you know there was a lot of labor of love put into it along with a lot of greenbacks! Having owned and restored a 1963 356B I know what it was like. It is great being able to attend this event and talk “shop” with many of the owners. I first came across the ’63 356B that is on our cover when I was arriving at the event and Scott was leaving. What first caught my attention, was it’s original color, “Smyrna”. Also, it’s “perfect street” condition. Luckily, he came back later so I could look at it more closely and appreciate the character of how Scott was showing the 356 and provide a cover photo opportunity. Scott and Lori drove their 356 up from San Diego to the event. Thanks for Scott’s help and I will hopefully see him at next year’s event.
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Drivers Education Event at Buttonwillow by Bob Bruington Finally on May 21, 2021, California Central Coast Region drivers were able to take their prized cars out on the track at Buttonwillow Raceway May 21st, for our first Drivers Education event since last year! It has been a struggle to plan and hold DEs during these trying times. Our club usually has three DEs and six autocross events every year, making our club one of Zone 8’s busiest Regions for driving events. Want to feel how special your Porsche is? California Central Coast Region gives you nine opportunities to take that coveted Porsche out on a track. We had 67 drivers sign up for Buttownwillow, the most we have had since Covid-19 reared its ugly head. This was a fantastic showing considering we had to cancel three other DEs in the last eighteen months. Part of the increase in attendance was due to the in car instruction we were able to take advantage of again for new drivers. We had eight student drivers eager to drive their cars on the track, six were first timers! I would say, after the great experience they had, all will be back for our next DE at Laguna Seca on Oct. 18th. We had fantastic support from our sister club to the north, Golden Gate Region in Zone 7. After ours, GGR ran a two day event after
Photos by Chuck Jennings and Alfred Abken
ours through the weekend. Many of their members made it a three day event by running in ours too. Several other clubs joined in the fun, including Santa Barbara, Sequoia, Los Angeles, Grand Prix, Diablo, Orange Coast, and San Diego regions. We greatly appreciate all the other clubs who support our events! I stayed to instruct for GGR on Saturday and to have a little more track time. My student brought an Audi Q3 to the track. A small SUV is not what you would call a track car by any means. We worked to get the car going but it was a struggle, so we just had fun learning the driving lines and feel of the track. I took
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her out in my car to show her how it feels to be in a car that belongs on the racetrack. She laughed, hooped and hollered the whole way, just having a blast. By the time we parted, she was looking for a 2010 Cayman S with PDK. Another convert!!
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Drivers Education Event at Buttonwillow continued CCCR had twenty one members on the track at Buttowillow, plus volunteers to help run the event. Bill Deviny was a real trouper. He volunteered to man the front gate where registrants have to sign the PCA releases as they enter. He shows up Thursday evening on a motorcycle, with a pup tent and an air mattress. Several of us camped at the track on Thursday night. Barbeque, fire pit great conversation. We both got up at 5:00 AM. Bill was at the front gate, and helped me to set up registration and the grid. All without coffee!! On top of that, Bill didn’t even have a car to run on the track. That is dedication to a sport we all love. Alfred Abken ran our Black Flag station as he has for many of our events. He drove all the way from Paso Robles in the morning, arriving at the track at 7:00 AM the day of the event, running the station until 4:30 PM then driving back home. Without people like these, we could never have the DEs. I also want to thank Andy Winterbottom, Warren White, Barry Lockton, Bill Chadwick and Chuck Jennings for all of their help and support. If you want to come out to watch any of our track events or volunteer to help out please contact me for further information. Hanging out at the track to see how it all works may help you decide to try it yourself.
Our CCCR club has been asked to run the Drivers Education event at this year’s California Festival of Speed. We are looking for a few volunteers to help out at the event. If you are interested, please give me a call or email for further information. The dates are October 30th and 31st. I hope to see you all at Laguna Seca, October 18th for our last DE of the year. We are fortunate to have been allowed a 92db sound day for the louder cars. We should be able to have in-car instruction for those who have not qualified to drive solo or want to try Laguna Seca as a first track experience. Laguna Seca is a fantastic track. Come on out, drive that Porsche like it was meant to be driven!
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Frank Lloyd Wright Meets Porsche
by Alfred Abken
The George and Millie Ablin House
maintains its original furnishings. It is a very interesting house. It is mostly constructed of concrete blocks that have the vertical seams Saturday, May 8, I had the opfilled with masonry to accentuportunity to go to Bakersfield to ate the horizontal lines. Inside, visit the home of George and Millie mahogany abounds on the walls. Ablin. It was designed by noted or- There is also a lot of glass, some ganic architect Frank Lloyd Wright. of it going from floor to ceiling. The Golden Empire Region of PCA All of the access and cabinet had planned for a group of people doors are hung on piano hinges. A to tour the house, have a picnic remarkable architectural detail. lunch on the grounds, and photoMany thanks to the folks at the graph your car in the carport. Golden Empire Region who put Yes, this is the same house that this event together. If you ever get was featured in Basem Wasef’s to the Bakersfield area, and can article that began on page 106 of arrange a tour of this house, it is the January 2021 issue of “Porsche highly recommended. Panorama” (766). This sounded like a lot of fun to me so I made the 116-mile drive to participate in the event. I was not disappointed. What a remarkable house. It seems the only right angles in the house are between the floors and the walls and the doorways. The basic house layout is hexagonal with many triangular elements as well. As this house has pretty much stayed in the ownership of the original family, it still
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Porsche VIN The Vehicle Identification Number is a unique digital identification for motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds. As we know it today, the VIN is a 17- character identifier which does not include the letters O (o), I (i) or Q (q) to avoid confusion with the numerals 0, 1 and 9. It is generally printed or embossed on a small metal plate on the driver’s side of the dashboard, visible when looking through the windshield from the outside.
by Pedro P. Bonilla (GCR PCA) these ISO Standards have been adopted by the United States and the European Union. The VIN is not just a random string of alphanumeric characters. Each digit or group of digits refers to something specific about the vehicle’s manufacturing or design. Starting from the left: Character 1: Country of manufacture Characters 2 and 3: Manufacturing company Characters 4 -8: Type and size of engine Character 9: Manufacturer’s security code Character 10: Model year Character 11: Manufacturing plant Characters 12 – 17: Vehicle’s serial number Following you can see the two standards (EU and USA) for comparison:
This is my car’s VIN behind the very pitted 300,000 mile OEM windshield. The first official VIN appeared in 1954. At that time, the US government requested that automobile manufacturers and the Automobile Manufacturer’s Association develop a new standardized identifying numbering system, which was called the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Up to that time vehicles had been registered according to their engine’s number, but it quickly became apparent that a new system was required because of the common practice of engine replacement. The standardization of the modern VIN started in 1981 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The standard was changed several times since then and now, modern VINs are based on two related standards, originally issued by the International Standardization Organization (ISO) in 1979 (ISO 3779) in 1980 (ISO 3780). Compatible but different implementation of
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For our particular (Porsche) cars:
Position 1 identifies the country where the vehicle was assembled: W – Germany (originally West Germany) Position 2 indicates the manufacturer of the vehicle: P – Porsche Position 3 identifies the exact brand division even in cases where the manufacturer has more than one division.
Position 4, 5, 6 for Porsche vehicles made for the European and RoW markets, these positions are filled with a “Z” that does not represent anything other than non-North American. For vehicles made for the North American market, Position 4 of the Porsche VIN identifies the model line of the vehicle. A - 911 Carrera Coupe / 911 Carrera 4 Coupe / 911 Carrera 4S Coupe A - 911 Turbo Coupe / 911 GT2 A - 911 Turbo 4WD (997) Coupe
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Porsche VIN A – 924 Coupe A - 928 S-4 Coupe (for 1990) A – 928 Coupe (for 1991) A - 944 Coupe A - Cayenne A - Carrera GT (990) A - Cayman A - Panamera (970) A - Macan B - 944 Cabriolet B - 911 Carrera Targa (964) B - 911 Carrera Targa (996) B - 911 Carrera 4 Targa (4WD) (997) B - 911 Carrera Targa 4 (2WD) (997) B - 911 Carrera Targa 4S (4WD) (997) C - 911 Carrera Cabriolet / 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet C - 944 S-2 Cabriolet C - Boxster C - 911 Carrera Turbo Cabriolet (997) C - 918 Spyder D - 911 Carrera Targa (991) Coupe E - 911G Carrera Cabriolet E - 911G Carrera Turbo Cabriolet E - 911G Carrera Targa J - 911G Carrera Turbo J – 928
Position 5 identifies the engine type. 924
A - L4, 2.5L 147HP (924 S)
944
A - L4, 2.5L 143HP A - L4, 2.5L 147HP A - L4, 2.5L 188HP (944 S) A - L4, 2.5L 217HP (944 Turbo) A - L4, 2.5L 247HP (944 Turbo (for 1989)) a - L4, 2.7L 162HP (944 (for 1989)) B - L4, 3.0L 208HP (944 S (for1989)) C - L4, 2.5L 247HP (944 Turbo (for 1990))
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A - V8, 5.0L 326HP (for 1991) B - V8, 5.0L 288HP B - V8, 5.0L 316HP (928 S-4) B - V8, 5.0L 326HP (928 GT (for 1990))
911G
B - B6, 3.2L 200HP, engine 930 / (20 | 21) B - B6, 3.2L 214HP, engine 930/26
911G Turbo (930)
B - B6, 3.3L 275HP engine 930/66 B - B6, 3.3L 282HP engine 930/68
911 (964)
A - B6, 3.3L 315HP (911 Turbo (for 1991)) A - B6, 3.6L 270hp (Carrera (for 1991)) Bed and - B6, 3.6L 247HP (911 Carrera)
911 (993)
A - B6, 3.4L 300HP (Carrera)
911 (996)
A - B6, 3.6L 320hp (Carrera / Targa (for 2002)) A - B6, 3.6L 345HP (Carrera S / Targa (for 2003)) Bed and - B6, 3.6L 415HP (911 Turbo 4WD (for 2002)) Bed and - B6, 3.6L 415HP (911 Turbo Cabriolet 4WD (for 2004)) Bed and - B6, 3.6L 444HP (911 Turbo 4WD (for 2003)) Bed and - B6, 3.6L 444HP (911 Turbo Cabriolet 4WD (for 2004)) Bed and - B6, 3.6L 456HP (911 Turbo / 911 GT2 (2WD) (for 2002)) the C - B6, 3.6L 380HP (911 GT3) the C - B6, 3.6L 400HP (911 Turbo)
911 (997)
A - B6, 3.6L 325HP (Carrera / Carrera Cabriolet / Car-
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Porsche VIN rera 4 Cabriolet / Carrera 4 Targa) A - B6, 3.6L 345HP (Carrera / Carrera 4 / Carrera 4 Targa) B - B6, 3.8L 355HP (Carrera S / Carrera 4S 4WD / Carrera S Cabriolet Technical / Carrera 4S Cabriolet Technical / Carrera 4S Targa) B - B6, 3.8L 385HP (Carrera S / Carrera 4S / Carrera 4S Targa (for 2009)) B - B6, 3.8L 408HP (Carrera GTS / Carrera GTS Cabriolet (for 2012)) C - B6, 3.6L 415HP (911 GT3 / 911 GT3 RS) C - B6, 3.8L 435HP (911 GT3 / 911 GT3 RS for 2010) D - B6, 3.6L 480HP (911 Turbo 4WD / 4WD 911 Turbo Cabriolet) D - B6, 3.6L 500HP (911 GT2 / Turbo 911 (for 2010)) D - B6, 3.8L 500HP (911 Turbo (4WD) / 911 Turbo Cabriolet with the 2012 model year) D - B6, 3.6L 530HP (911 GT2 (for 2012)) D - B6, 3.8L 530HP (S Turbo (4WD) / Turbo Cabriolet Technical / S (for 2012)) E - B6, 3.6L 620HP ( 911 GT2 / 911 GT2 RS (for 2011))
911 (991)
A - B6, 3.4L 350HP (Carrera / Carrera 4 / Carrera Cabriolet / Carrera 4 Cabriolet) A - B6, 3.6L 272HP (Carrera) A - B6, 3.6L 282HP (Carrera) A - B6, 3.8L 350HP (Targa 4) B - B6, 3.8L 400HP (Carrera S / Carrera 4S / Cabriolet Carrera S / Carrera 4S Cabriolet / Targa 4S) B - B6, 3.8L 430HP (Carrera GTS / Carrera 4S
GTS / Carrera GTS Cabriolet / Carrera 4S GTS Cabriolet / Targa 4 GTS (for 2016))
C - B6, 3.8L 400HP (911 GT3) C - B6, 3.8L 475HP (911 GT3 (for 2014 model year)) D - B6, 3.8L 520HP (911 Turbo / 911 Cabriolet Turbo) D - B6, 3.8L 560HP (911 Turbo S / 911 the S Cabrio-
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Boxster (986)
A - B6, 2.7L 217HP A - B6, 2.7L 225HP (for 2003) B - B6, 3.2L 250HP (Boxster S) B - B6, 3.2L 258HP (Boxster S (for 2003))
Boxster/ Cayman (987)
A - B6, 2.7L 245HP A - B6, 2.9L 255HP (Boxster (for 2010)) A - B6, 2.9L 265hp (Cayman (for 2010)) B - B6, 3.4L 295HP (Boxster S / Cayman S) B - B6, 3.4L 310HP (Boxster S / Boxster Spyder (for 2010)) B - B6, 3.4L 320HP (Cayman S (for 2010)) B - B6, 3.4L 320HP (Boxster R (for 2012)) B - B6, 3.4L 330HP (Cayman R (for 2012))
Boxster/ Cayman (981)
A - B6, 2.7L 265HP (Boxster) A - B6, 2.7L 275HP (Cayman) B - B6, 3.4L 315HP (Boxster S) B - B6, 3.4L 325HP (Cayman S) B - B6, 3.4L 330HP (Boxster GTS (for 2016)) B - B6, 3.4L 340HP (Cayman GTS (for 2016)) C - B6, 3.8L 375HP (Boxster Spyder (for 2016)) C - B6, 3.8L 385HP (Cayman GT4 (for 2015))
Carrera GT (980)
B - V10, 5.7L 605HP
Cayenne (9PA / 955/957)
A - V6, 3.6L 290HP A - V6, 3.6L 300HP (for 2012)) B - V8, 4.5L 340HP (Cayenne S) B - V8, 4.8L 385HP (Cayenne S (for 2009)) C - V8, 4.5L 450hp (Cayenne Turbo) C - V8, 4.8L 500HP (Cayenne Turbo (for 2009)) C - V8, 4.8L 550hp (Cayenne Turbo S (for 2009)) D - V8, 405HP 4.8L (Cayenne GTS)
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Porsche VIN D - V8, 4.8L 405HP (Cayenne Trans-Syberia (for 2010))
Cayenne (92A / 958)
A - V6, 3.6L 300HP B - V6, 3.0L 420HP (Cayenne S (for 2015)) B - V6, 3.6L 420HP (Cayenne S (for 2016)) B - V8, 4.8L 400HP (Cayenne S (for 2012)) C - V8, 4.8L 500HP (Cayenne Turbo (for 2012)) C - V8, 4.8L 520HP (Cayenne Turbo (for 2015)) C - V8, 4.8L 550hp (Cayenne Turbo S (for 2014)) C - V8, 4.8L 570HP (Cayenne Turbo S (for 2016)) D - V6, 3.6L 440HP (Cayenne GTS (for 2016)) D - V8, 4.8L 420HP + 52HP electric (Cayenne S Hybrid) E - V6, 3.0L 380HP + 52HP electric (Cayenne Hybrid S (for 2012)) F - V6, 3.0L 240HP Diesel (Cayenne Diesel)
Panamera (970)
A - V6, 3.6L 300HP (Panamera / Panamera 4) A - V6, 3.6L 310HP (Panamera / Panamera 4 (for 2014)) B - V6, 3.0L 420HP (Panamera S / 4S Panamera / Panamera 4S Executive ( for 2014)) B - V8, 4.8L 400HP (Panamera S / Panamera 4S) C - V8, 4.8L 500HP (Panamera Turbo) C - V8, 4.8L 520HP (Panamera Turbo / Panamera Turbo (for 2014 Executive) C - V8, 4.8L 550hp (Panamera Turbo S (for 2012)) C - V8, 4.8L 570hp (Panamera Turbo S (for 2015)) C - V8, 4.8L 570hp (Panamera Exclusive (for 2016)) D - V6, 3.0L 333HP + 95HP electric (Panamera S EHybrid (for 2014)) D - V8, 4.8L 400HP + 52HP electric (Panamera S Hybrid (for 2012)) F - V8, 4.8L 430HP (Panamera GTS (for 2014)) F - V8, 4.8L 440HP (Panamera GTS (for 2015))
918 Spyder (918)
A - V8, 608HP + 4.6L electric 279HP
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(continued) Macan (95B) B - V6, 3.0L 340HP (Macan S) F - V6, 3.6L 400HP (Macan Turbo)
Position 6 for vehicles made for North America, represents the passive safety systems 0 - Inertial seatbelts pre tensioners 2 - Inertial seatbelts
Position 7 – 8 represents the sports car lineup. For the European Market 91 - 911G (code 911) (1974 ... 1989) 91 - 918 Spyder (code 918) (2013 ... ) 92 - 924 (code 924) (1976 ... 1988) 92 - 928 (code 928) (1977 ... 1995) 93 - 911G Turbo (code 930) (1977 ... 1989) 94 - 944 (code 944 ) (1982 ... 1991) 95 - 944 Turbo (code 951) (1985 ... 1991) 95 - 959 (code 959) (1986 ... 1988) 96 - 911/911 Turbo (code 964) (1989. ..1993) 96 - 968 (code 968) (1992 ... 1995) 97 - Panamera (code 970) (2009 ... 2016) 97 - Panamera (code 971) (2017 ...) 98 - Boxster (code 986) (1997 ... 2004), 98 - Boxster (code 987) (2004 ... 2011) 98 - Boxster (code 981) (2012 ... 2016) 98 – 718 Boxster (code 982) (2016 ... ) 98 - Cayman (code 987) (2005 ... 2012) 98 - Cayman (code 981) (2012 ... 2016) 99 - 911/911 Turbo (code 993) (1994 ... 1998) 99 - 911 / 911 Turbo (code 996) (1998 ... 2005) 99 - 911/911 Turbo (code 997) (2004 ... 2012) 99 - 911/911 Turbo (code 991) (2011 ...) 99 - Carrera GT (Code 980) (2003 ... 2007) For the Porsche crossover platform, it’s different 9P - Cayenne I (9PA / 955) (2002 ... 2007) 9P - Cayenne I (9PA / 957) (2007 ... 2010) 92 - Cayenne II (92A / 958) (2010 ...) 95 - Macan (95B) (2014 ...) For the North American Market
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Porsche VIN
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A1 - 918 Spyder (918) A2 - Cayenne II of (92A / 958) A5 - Macan (95B) A7 - Panamera (970), A8 - Boxster / Cayman (987, 981) A9 - 911 (997, 991)
Position 9 for Porsche vehicles made for the European market, position is a “Z”.
For the North American market it is a value that checks whether the VIN that has been entered is a valid.
Position 10 – Model Year A - 2010 B - 1981 and 2011 C - 1982 and 2012 D - 1983 and 2013 E - 1984 and 2014 F - 1985 and 2015 G - 1986 and 2016 H - 1987 and 2017
I - NOT USED J - 1988 and 2018 K - 1989 and 2019 L - 1990 and 2020 M - 1991 and 2021 N - 1992 and 2022 O - NOT USED P - 1993 and 2023
Q - NOT USED R - 1994 and 2024 S - 1995 and 2025 T - 1996 and 2026 U - NOT USED V - 1997 and 2027 W - 1998 and 2028 X - 1999 and 2029 Y - 2000
1 - 2001 2 - 2002 3 - 2003 4 - 2004 5 - 2005 6 - 2006 7 - 2007 8 - 2008 9 - 2009
Position 11 – Assembly Plant This position is used to identify the assembly plant of the vehicle: •K - (Boxster, Cayman) Osnabruck, Germany •L - (Cayenne, Panamera, Macan) Leipzig, Germany •N - (924, 944, 928, 911G, 911) Neckarsulm, Germany •S - (Boxster, Cayman, 911) Stuttgart Zuffenhausen, Germany •U - (Boxster, Cayman) Uusikaupunki, Finland
Position 12 represents the third factory code mark pattern. The other two are represented by positions 7 and 8. Position 13 -17 – Serial Number These positions represent the serial number of the vehicle. This series of numbers is used to identify the exact vehicle in question. The set of numbers are not standardized and their choice depends on the manufacturer’s preference.
With a car’s VIN, you can obtain specific information about the vehicle, such as the manufacturing build sheet, historic service and repair reports, CarFax, specific manufacturer recalls and updated information, etc. The VIN is really your car’s DNA code.
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If You Haven’t Heard....... by Bob Kitamura PORSCHE and PIECH FAMILIES WEIGH DIRECT STAKE IN PORSCHE The Porsche and Piech families, who control Volkswagen’s largest shareholder, are prepared to take a direct stake in Porsche AG should the luxury carmaker be separately listed, two people familiar with the matter said. Such a move would loosen the families' grip on Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen, in favour of direct ownership of the iconic sports car brand, founded by their ancestor Ferdinand Porsche, which dates back to 1931. Selling some voting rights in Volkswagen to co-shareholder Lower Saxony, which holds a 20% voting stake, would be one way for the families to gain direct ownership in the namesake brand while keeping activist investors out, Stifel analysts say. Speculation about a listing of the unit earlier this year included estimates of a stand alone valuation of Porsche AG ranging from 45 billion to 90 billion euros ($55 billion-$110 billion), compared with 135 billion euros for the Volkswagen group. While saying that a possible initial public offering of Porsche AG is not high up on the agenda, Volkswagen continues to weigh scenarios for a listing, the people said, adding that the key obstacle remaining is VW's complex stakeholder set-up. No final decision has been made by Volkswagen on whether to separately list Porsche AG and there is no guarantee that such a move will happen. That set-up was carefully crafted in the wake of a failed takeover of Volkswagen by Porsche in 2009, which resulted in Volkswagen acquiring the wellknown brand while the Porsche and Piech families became VW's most influential investors. Today, the families hold all ordinary shares of Porsche Automobil Holding, which owns more than half of the voting rights as well as a 31.4% equity stake in Volkswagen. Porsche Automobil Holding and Volkswagen de-
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TESTING DRIVERLESS VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA This is not directly Porsche related but I found it interesting and very pertinent to our EV world in California. ET Auto.com reported that a Chinese startup company, Pony, received approval to test driverless vehicles in California. Pony has been authorized to test autonomous vehicles with safety drivers in California since 2017, but the new permit will let it test six autonomous vehicles without safety drivers on specific streets in Fremont, Alameda County; Milpitas, Santa Clara County; and Irvine, Orange County, The Verge reported this on Saturday, May 23rd.
According to the DMV, the vehicles are designed to be driven on roads with speed limits of 45 miles per hour or less, in clear weather or in light precipitation. A total of 55 companies have active permits to test driverless vehicles in California according to the DMV. Pony is only the eighth company to receive a driverless testing permit, joining fellow Chinese companies AutoX, Baidu, and WeRide, along with US companies Cruise, Nuro, Waymo, and Zoox.
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PCA-CCCR Anniversaries Anniversaries for June 2021 1 Year Marc Nelson Michael Bonner Frank Lindsey Michael Nguyen Jeffrey Willis
9 Years Thomas Goerlitz 11 Years James Major 12 Years Archie Woodward
2 Years Matthew McCoy Charles Hill Ron Little Doris Kanemura 3 Years Kitrina Bryant Gary Johnson George Tindall Daniel Coronado
18 Years Russ Zink John Olson Howard Glidden 19 Years David Dietderich
15 Years John Green
24 Years Norman Hollinger Bernard Jones
16 Years John Becerra
29 Years Alfred Abken
17 Years Bruce Smith Craig Smith
36 Years Stan Fiorentino
4 Years John Bell
Total CCC Region Membership - 685
6 Years Leo Romero 7 Years John Catania Jerry Alexander 8 Years Robert Koegler Larry Lloyd Andy Wong
29 Years Alfred Abken
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Zone 8 Contacts
CCCR Embroidery
Embroidered Porsche and CCCR Logos available at Poor Richard’s Press in San Luis Obispo.
For more details call Ken Finney at (805) 542-9671
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Some of us remember the “Good Old Days!”
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PORSCHE MONTEREY WERKS REUNION 2021 TBD
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