75 Years of Porsche: A Visit to LeMay Museum

Things are gearing up. There was a Tours Class on Sunday, February 19th that my husband Eric taught. We are looking for people to lead our drives this year and we are hopeful to get a few signed up after the class. If you have led a drive in the past couple of years, please consider leading one again. You can reach out to Kurt Furstenau, our Tours Director at tours@ oregonpca.org.

Earlier in February, Eric and I headed to Tacoma for the “75 Years of Porsche” exhibit at the LeMay –America’s Car Museum. We started on Friday at the Museum of Glass which is very near the LeMay. It was interesting but the best part was the Hot Shop where they show you how they make the glass artwork. Then on Saturday, we headed to the Porsche Exhibit Opening Day at the LeMay. As we drove in to park, they were sending the Porsches up in front of the Museum. It was a wonderful sight. It was just like a Cars and Coffee with people walking around enjoying these beautiful cars. There was one that caught my eye. It was a GT4 RS in purple. The traffic folks sent the car right up to the front of the parking lot. Turns out this car belongs to member Eric Peterson and his wife, Amity. He had driven up from Camas with some friends from that area. It was great to see them all.

We then went inside to see the exhibit. In the lobby, there were 2 great cars: a 917 in Gulf Blue and Orange and a 930 Turbo known as the Orange Crush. As you walk into the actual exhibit, Steve Miller’s 1955 Speedster was right up front. There are a number of other beautiful cars – about 20 to 25, as I recall. The whole museum is worth a visit, and the exhibit will be there for a year. The best thing is when we got home, we happened to look at the front of the January issue of Porsche Panorama. The car on the cover is the Orange Crush that was at LeMay and the photos were taken at the Museum of Glass!

One more item : After the February Dinner Gathering, our Cayenne would not start and we had to get it towed. Some error triggered the starter to not work. We tried to be prepared for this by reading the owner’s manual to see what you have to do to get the car into neutral. We found the tool and the place to put the tool in to disengage the transmission. It would not work for us or our tow truck driver. Turns out the cable that connects to the transmission had been disconnected. We did have to replace our engine a bit ago as part of a recall which included 12 2021 Cayenne engines. It might not have been reattached after that work was done. But… I think it might be a good idea for everyone with electronic shifters to know where your tool is and try to use it! You never know when things might not work as you think. Check out the picture of our Cayenne just coming off the flatbed – back tires would not roll so some extreme measures were used to get it off.

Have a good March. You can always reach me at president@oregonpca.org. n

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