Meet A Member - Chuck and Johanna Snyder

Meet this month’s featured members, Chuck Snyder, and his wife, Johanna.

1. When did you join PCA? I joined PCA Pacific

Northwest Region along with my wife, Johanna, in 2008, when we bought our Boxster. Last year, we joined the Arizona Region when we moved to

Sun Lakes.

2. What Porsche(s) do you have? We have a life-size, midnight blue 2005 Boxster that was purchased in 2008, as a certified used car in Bellingham. I have scale models of a 356, a 550 Spyder, and two

Boxsters.

3. Where are you from? We both grew up in the small farm town of Sterling, in northeastern

Colorado, lived in Idaho during law school, then spent over 40 years in Bellingham, Washington.

We retired here in 2019 in search of sun and warmth!

4. Family? Johanna, me and our 19 year old cat,

Osiris.

5. Work background or trade? I was a lawyer and judge in Washington State. I served on the

Superior Court bench in Whatcom County from 1989 until I retired in 2019. I also taught at the Washington StateJudicial College and was

President Judge of the Superior Court Judges

Association. 6. What makes your car special? Our Boxster is very special because it was a present to myself after winning a frustrating re-election campaign! When

I hesitated to spend the money, Johanna insisted that I buy it, and who argues with that?

7. Next upgrade? Probably a new top. Someday a repaint of the front end.

8. Have you personalized your car? I have added a more modern Bluetooth enabled “infotainment” system to replace the aging Porsche unit. Other than that, it’s just as it came from the factory.

9. Favorite memory with a car? My favorite memory with a car would be driving a 1935 Rolls Royce, with a friend and colleague who was its owner and restorer, from Spokane to Calgary and back for the Rolls Royce Owner’s Club event. You don’t know how much attention that gets you! Coming a close second would be autocrossing through the streets of Bellingham in an SCCA event that my local car club put on. My favorite non-automotive memory is rafting the Colorado through the Grand

Canyon twice.

10. Why did you buy your Porsche? I had wanted a

Porsche for decades. When a friend suggested this car and Johanna insisted, well, I just had to. I had sold my Miata a few months before and was having serious sports car withdrawal.

11. High school nickname? The Kid.

12. Top 3 cars you would own? Now there’s a question worthy of a magazine article. My top three changes over time, but as of today they would be a 1967 911S in Irish green, a Duesenberg SJ dual cowl phaeton with body by Murphy, and a 1964 904 GTS L