PCA-OCR Pando - November 2015

NOVEMBER 2015 ISSUE THE FIRST YEAR IN MY MACAN S..................... 22 ROAD TRIP TO RENNSPORT .............................. 26 PORSCHE PARADE 2015 .................................... 29

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Features

Editor Garey Cooper gareycooper@mac.com

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Kristen Jaoui kmjaoui@gmail.com

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The First Year in My Macan S: A Happy Marriage of Want v. Need

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Technical Writer Contributing Writers

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C.L. Jarusek Garey Cooper Bruce Herrington Paul Wilkinson Mike Knudsen Denise Michaels Barry Michaels Bruce Powers Victor Cachia Tom Gray Lee Rice Malcom Baca Robert Weber Gary Labb

C..L. Jarusek Contributing Photographers Garey Cooper

Paul Wikinson Mike Knudsen Barry Michaels Victor Cachia Tom Gray Lee Rice Robert Weber Gerry Crews Mike Lawrence

The First Year in My Macan S Photo Tip of the Month French Lick 2015 or Bust A Missed Opportunity (Almost) Road Trip to Rennsport Porsche Parade 2015 Rennsport V Delivers Remembering an Icon PCA-OCR Mobile App September BC Special Mentions Election’s Announcement Where’s Pando

Upcoming Events

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A Missed Opportunity (Almost)

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Calendar of Events Krispy Kreme (on Calendar of Events) BurgerBahn (on Calendar of Events) Porsches & Pancakes (on Calendar of Events)

Porsche Alley Toys for Tots 2015 Autocross Schedule Breakfast Club

Departments

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Reutterwerk List Board Member Message Contacts Editor’s Notes Book Review Auto-X Corner Rice’s Ramblings Membership Updates New Member Photos Classified Ads List of Advertisers The Goodie Store

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Orange Coast Region 2015 Calendar of Events NOVEMBER 2015 7 9 12 21 21 22 28

Breakfast Club & Board Meeting PCA-OCR DE Event – Big Willow Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB Krispy Kreme Gathering Tech Tactics 2015 PCA-OCR AutoX – El Toro Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido

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Breakfast Club & Board Meeting Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB Krispy Kreme Gathering Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido

* Event dates subject to change.

Note: Italicized text represents events outside of OCR sponsored events.

Links to Zone 8 events can be found at www.Zone8.org.

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Breakfast Club & Board Meeting 5 OCR Board Meetings DECEMBER 2015 10 Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB All members are welcome to OCR Breakfast Club & Board Meeting 5 19 Krispy Kreme Gathering PCA-OCR / USMC Annual Toys for 26 Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido Board Meetings, held after the breakfast 6 meeting at Original Mike’s.

Tots Drive Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB 10 13 PCA-OCR AutoX – El Toro APRIL 2016 19 Krispy Kreme Gathering Breakfast Club & Board Meeting 26 Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido 2 8-10California Festival of Speed 2016 JANUARY 2016 14 Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB 10 Sunday Brunch /Annual Meeting 16 Krispy Kreme Gathering 14 Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB 23 Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido 16 Krispy Kreme Gathering 23 Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido

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C.L. Jarusek, VP

BOARD MEMBER MESSAGE Gathering, Burger Bahn, Porsches and Pancakes, Autocross (all of which are monthly activities), the White Glove Concours, the great rallies, Tech sessions, Driver Education events or the numerous other events, you are bound to find people with mutual interests. All of these events have one common factor, they all require volunteers. The club is run entirely by volunteers and I encourage you to look into the opportunity of volunteering.

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Hope You Enjoy Being a Member Our membership is comprised of people who have been members for many years, (even a few members for four decades!) as well as members who are new to PCA OCR. To those who are new, I hope you are enjoying the Club so far and continue to come out to the events and enjoy the benefits of being a member. While possessing and driving a Porsche is a great joy, sharing your joy with friends is a definite plus. In the nine years that I have been a member, I have made some great friendships. I continually gain more friends, and I brag that my friends are my greatest wealth.

I have met many of those friends through the events which are put on by the Region. There are so many events that it is impossible to attend them all, but I like attending most of them and some I appear at more than others. Whether it be Breakfast Club, Krispy Kreme

It is always interesting to learn how folks get involved in a club, and I thought I would share my story with you. I started helping out when one of our departed members, Jerry Muno (RIP) was being treated, and I helped as temporary Charity Director. I attended the Board meetings as a Region chair, and learned a great deal about the Club. Then, I was recruited by Pete Lech to be the Membership Chairman, which I did for four years, and subsequently recruited Sandy Schwartz as Membership Chairman when I took over as Vice President. You are always welcome to attend the Board meeting, which is held right after the Breakfast meeting.

Maybe you don’t want to serve on the Board, but you want to devote a little bit of your time to help the Board or the Chairs and make their jobs easier.

There are plenty of opportunities.

Autocross requires set up workers, planners, corner workers, time keepers, tech inspectors, and many other duties.

Tours and Rallies need people to plan, handle promoting the events and other

tasks (by the way, we are always looking for people that have ideas for tours and rallies, and should you want to put one on, we will help). Concours requires many volunteers in set up, placement of cars, timers and judges. The recent Hearts and Garages Tour was another example of volunteers helping out.

First of all, we needed the four garages and people to hand out instructions and others to make the tour a success.

Each of these volunteer assignments get you to know many fellow Porsche enthusiasts, and I promise we won’t work you to exhaustion. Think about getting involved, it actually is fun.

One of the easiest things that you can do is writing an article for the Pando.

We are always looking for interesting articles such as your experiences with your Porsche, trips you have taken in it, or anything that would be interesting to other members. Let us know and we will get you in touch with the appropriate people and they will fill you in to help on writing the article.

Final thought, if you see something that can be improved in the Club, let any of the Board know or go to our suggestion box, opinionspcaocr@gmail.com, and it will be discussed. By the way, if you have not downloaded our app, which is found on the App Store on your smart phone, search PCAOCR app and you can download it for free. You must be a member or associate to obtain the app, but I believe you will use it.

Until we see you at an event, C.L. Jarusek Vice President

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Contact Information OCR Executive Board

OCR Board Appointments

Zone 8 Chairs

Advertising Co-Chairs

Zone 8 Representative Tom Brown | zonerep@zone8.org Zone 8 Secretary Skip Carter | skipcarter@pobox.com Zone 8 Treasurer Linda Cobarrubia | ms993@aol.com Zone 8 Autocross Chair

Cooper Boggs | cooper.boggs@gmail.com Nicole Forrest Boggs | 993nicole@gmail.com

Art Director Denny Asbury | dennis@asburydesign.com

President Greg Lush | greglush@outlook.com

Autocross Co-Chairs Chris Barrington | genikz@yahoo.com Don Chapman | porschedon@mail.com

Autocross Registration Courtney Coad | autoxreg@live.com

Charity Director Vice President CL Jarusek | ccwguy@aol.com

Peggy Huddleston hud5family@gmail.com

Concours Chair Norm Follis | njfollis@gmail.com

DE/TT Co-Chairs Bob Scheussler | bscheussler@gmail.com Chuck Bartolon | woodslsman@verizon.net

Secretary Monica Asbury | sheamonica@gmail.com

Goodie Store Manager Monica Asbury | sheamonica@gmail.com

Historian Judy Lech | judylech@att.net

Ladies Committee Liaison Maryann Marks | mamsy1@yahoo.com Treasurer David Piper | dpiper@socal.rr.com

Pando Editor Garey Cooper | gareycooper@mac.com

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Pando Production Manager Kristen Jaoui | kmjaoui@gmail.com

Rally Director Larry Moore | lbmc4s@cox.net

Reutterwerks List Master Pete Lech | peterlech@att.net

Social Media Chair Gary Labb | pcaocrgary@yahoo.com Member at Large Gary Labb | pcaocrgary@yahoo.com

Zone 8 Chief Driving Instructor Scott Mann | scott@renegadehybrids.com

Zone 8 Club Race Coordinator Vince Knauf | vvvince@aol.com Zone 8 Concours Co-Chair Brett Mohr | concours@zone8.org Zone 8 Concours Co-Chair Betsy Wadman | concours@zone8.org

Zone 8 Rules Coordinator Russell Shon | rules@zone8.org Zone 8 Social Media Chair Sam Avedon | samavedon@gmail.com

Zone 8 Drivers Ed / Time Trial Chair Dave Hockett | davndirc@yahoo.com

Zone 8 Webmaster Karen Garcia Raines webmaster@zone8.org

Pando Classified Ads Editor Bob Weber

Member at Large James Buck | james@capeautorepair.com

David Witteried | dwitteried@hotmail.com

Sponsorship Director Bob Scheussler | bscheussler@gmail.com

Tech Activities Director Cooper Boggs | cooper.boggs@gmail.com

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EDITOR’S NOTES century political cartoon, “dropping the Pilot”…look it up on the net. The Kaiser had “retired” Bismarck for the better……or so they thought.

Now, VW, a company that still carries much “goodwill” worldwide, is soiled with the revelation that underneath that storied German engineering there was a lie regarding performance to emissions standards. While this is scandal enough in America, in Germany it will be almost treason. The Germans are very “green” and even have a Green Party in their political system that polls well enough to have representatives in their various governmental forms, state and national.

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Full Circle?

I have written a fair amount in the past about the machinations of upper level management at VW Group and Porsche.

It now seems that Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG has resigned in the wake of the software manipulation scandal at Volkswagen.

Famously, within the past year, the Board at AG supported Mr. Winterkorn over Porsche Grandson Ferdinand Piech causing the unthinkable. Piech left the Board which cleared the way for Mr. Winterkorn to run the entire group without a member of the Porsche family in view other than as large family shareholders. I must admit I’m not fully knowledgeable about the technical organization that supports the active companies of VW AG up to the Board but this was a sea change. It reminded me much of a very famous early 20th

It appears that Mr. Winterkorn has “fallen on his sword” to answer for this and to clear the way for what will be a clearly restructured future Board. I am sure that he was not likely to have been involved in the detailed engineering of this software, but when the ships sinks the tradition is that the Captain goes down with it.

Make no mistake that this is a disaster.

I myself considered the diesel as a potential future alternative because I was very impressed with some examples I’ve driven in Europe. And Porsche uses VW diesel engine technology in the Panamera and the Cayenne. The diesel Panamera can supposedly get over 1,000 miles on a single tank of “dyno-juice”.

This is much longer than your bladder is likely to sustain. In particular a quick and efficient little turbo-charged Audi A4 was a revelation… I never knew it cheated to get there, or did it? Now, we are tinged with suspicion.

So, Porsche will be involved. And what will the authorities do with all of those now non-conforming automobiles? Will they be recalled, crushed? Retooled, or

replaced? Can they allow these to remain on the road? The damage to the VW/ Porsche/German Engineering brand is incalculable and may have very long lasting ramifications, to enthusiasts as well. I have heard several authoritative newsreaders state that “fines up to $18 Billion” are possible/likely. How did they come up with such a concise figure so quickly? I’m not sure, but it will be big both in hard cash and public opinion.

Just like the USA several public pension funds are invested in these manufacturers. They have done well with the association financially. Will a government/pension fund management be installed? And what do they think of the “wastage” of racing? LeMans, how does it pay our investment? Stay tuned this will be ugly.

The Siren Call of Success

I have, myself, been associated with a manipulation of test results to meet a desirable end. It had to do with a company where I was employed and we were trying to qualify for a VERY difficult specification. Success meant an immediate increase in business with attendant benefits for owners, employees, and we felt the customer.

The trouble was we could NOT qualify a certain range of our product. The very nature of its sensitivity to the parameter being monitored meant that it was difficult to meet the criterion.

So much pressure for success, and so much explanation for recurrent failure takes a toll… and ultimately, we passed!

Great applause, great acclaim, a bright future. BUT in the analysis of the data it was apparent that no possibility existed that this had actually happened.

Deeper research into the laboratory data

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Book Review

HOW TO BUILD A CAR

A high-speed adventure of mechanics, teamwork and friendship

Story by Bruce Herrington

by Saskia Lacey, illustrated by Martin Sodomka, published by Quatro Publishing Group, USA Lots of car clubs are worried about their future. Cars are becoming obsolete as a hobby. Many of the old, easy-to-workon cars are becoming ‘collector cars’, priced out of the range of the guy who wants a car to ‘tinker’ with. The ‘modern generation’ has become ‘all thumbs’ when it comes to recreational activities.

Getting one’s hands dirty is not a way of life for the urban dweller, which increasingly dominates our population.

It has even been argued that Government Policies have de-motivated people from doing things for themselves. And indeed the modern automobile with computer controlled ignition and fuel injection does not allow the timing tweaks and mixture adjustments that drew former generations into the car hobby.

If no one becomes newly indoctrinated into the car hobby, car clubs will literally die off. Some car club leaders see this as a bad thing. Others opine at length about the loss of the character (or vocabulary!) building experiences of working on cars. Those who always looked askance at ‘hot rodders’ have quieted down, seeming to assume, perhaps correctly, that they’ve won the war.

The 356 Registry has even established a Young Member Advisory Committee to help ensure a future for the organization.

Arguably, the best way to build dedicated car nuts is to indoctrinate them early, before they get hooked on, shall we say, electronic devices. To that end, this book is a gem.

HOW TO BUILD A CAR is almost 3 books: 1) It is a picture book with youth oriented illustrations as exemplified by the cover, telling how the characters Eli the mouse, Phoebe the bird and Hank the frog, build their car; 2) it is also a juvenile introduction to all the components of a car and of an engine; 3) it provides an almost encyclopedic listing of vehicle components down to the detail of cylinder liners, distributor rotor and oil pump suction strainer.

The middle school level is presented as the technical labels provided for the drawings. The cutaway of the “Fourstroke Engine” has 34 components specifically labeled. The steering box cutaway has four components labeled, not including the steering shaft or steering wheel which are self-evident.

There are no cutaways of transmission or differential, though these components are labeled in the chassis drawing. Brake detail is shown for drum brakes only.

Not having had kids in the house for some decades, it is hard for me to ascribe age groups to these three ‘books’, but I would tend to say they cover pre-school, early elementary and late elementarymiddle school comprehensions.

I think the story of the three “Scrap Pac’ members successfully accomplishing something by themselves would appeal to any youngster. The component drawings, and especially the detailed labels, could be educational for many adults, though perhaps not for PCA members.

The ‘pre-school’ book presents a fascinating story of how Eli, Phoebe and Hank, conceive of a vehicle, accept/ reject design considerations, obtain parts, put together components and have a vehicle in which to hit the road.

The early elementary book discusses components in what would be called ‘dialog boxes’ if they appeared on a computer screen. The intellectual level is less than college: “The engine...controls how fast the car moves...carburetor uses electricity to ignite the fuel.”

HOW TO BUILD A CAR is a hard bound book with illustrated cover, containing 64, 9x9 inch pages including 100 hand drawn illustrations. It should be available for $14.95 from your favorite bookseller (ask for it) or from http://www.quartoknows.com. If every 12 year old and younger descendant of every PCA member received a copy of this book for Christmas, we might start a movement!

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The First Year in My Macan S:

A Happy Marriage of Need and Want Story and Photos by Paul Wilkinson

need (there’s that word again) to leave it home on “stuff” days, which seem to happen a lot.

For her part, DJ has preferred an SUV of some type, and that’s now a Mercedes ML 350. It has lots of room for “stuff’ and is our go-to for extended driving trips, like a three-week jaunt to Washington state and British Columbia last month.

Need Versus Want

My son, Shane, and I have had the conversation about need versus want several times about deciding on a next car, especially when it involves Porsches. After working in another profession for about 15 years, roughly four years ago he called to say he’s going to do something new and began working as a sales associate at Porsche Santa Barbara (where he also handles Mercedes). Shane has done very well, and our conversations have taught me a lot about the Porsche brand, its aura as well as substance, and the premise that having a vehicle for transportation (a need), and “needing” a Porsche for its driving experience (be honest, a “want”) are two different things.

Mostly.

or have fun when I want to, car. I had lusted after the brand since the late ‘60s when I was in high school, but never pulled the trigger because of the need for something larger in my everyday driving (to carry people and “stuff”). That need resulted in a string of four-door sporty sedans; Lexus GS, an E-Class MB, three 5-Series, and, most recently an Audi A4 (from Walter’s). The Audi and Walter’s service experience was arguably about the best ownership experience in the string. I love my 911, but do find the

Almost Like the Collision of Chocolate and Peanut Butter to Make a Great Candy Bar

That’s sort of what I thought when I got wind of the “Cajun” (Cayenne Junior), now known as the Macan. I tracked it in the automotive press, went to its preview at the LA Auto Show, and generally absorbed everything I could find out (a common affliction among engineers, I’m told). I began thinking it might be a good candidate to replace my A4 at its end of lease. I’d always been intrigued with the Cayenne, but didn’t have the 911 yet, and envisioned the latter as

Some Context. My wife, DJ, and I are empty nesters (with no grandkids yet), and up until about seven years ago, we were a two-car family. That changed when I had a midlife “realization” (don’t you dare call it a “crisis”) and, with DJ’s encouragement, I bought a low mileage ’04 Carrera Cabriolet…a weekend, November 2015 PANDO 11

my first (and probably only) Porsche. I talked to Shane and DJ to the point of their exhaustion, and “built” one online (color, interior, and options). With DJ’s ML to carry lots of stuff, the 911 for a little stuff, and a Macan in the middle, I was beginning to feel like Goldilocks.

It was spring of 2014, the first Macan models were due in dealerships in May, and still, I had not placed an order. But DJ and Shane were paying attention.

Bless them!

My Macan

After taking the train to Santa Barbara, DJ and I took delivery in July 2014. It was my nicest and longest drive home in a new car. I was and remain delighted.

Unbeknownst to me, DJ and Shane had “conspired” and ordered the car in January 2014, keeping it a secret until early May. All that time I had raved about how great it would be, and it was already being made and about ready to leave Leipzig. The details: 2015 Macan S in Dark Blue Metallic; 3.0-liter twinturbo V6 with 340 HP (yes, the “S” has a twin-turbo as does the 400 HP “Turbo”); 7-speed PDK; Sport Chrono (0-60 mph in 5.0 seconds), Premium, and Infotainment Packages; BOSE Sound, Panoramic Roof, Leather Black/Garnet interior with 14-way memory seats, and a long list of safety as well as comfort and convenience items (check out their web site). The base price of the car was $49,900, and mine stickered at almost $67K. Not small change, but a real value for what it is.

My Experience. In a word, awesome.

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us in the “needs” category for my everyday car, and for longer trips without an excess of “stuff”. The latter has included multiple trips to see Shane and wife Kristen in Santa Barbara, plus longer trips well north. It’s incredibly comfortable and capable on a long trip. In the “wants” category, with the Porsche Heritage and driving experience, it clearly beats the string of sedans it replaced. I still really enjoy my 911, and I’ve concluded that the Macan, with its stance, 4100-pound weight, lower belt and rooflines than most SUVs including the Cayenne, cargo capacity (enhanced by 40-20-40 split rear seats), power and performance, it is much more like a 911 (and less like a SUV) than many would expect. Some of you may recall that I navigated for Norm Follis in his 911 Turbo during our recent win at the Silver State Challenge (105 MPH Class). My Cabriolet would not qualify to run because it does not have a full roll bar, but I would not hesitate running my Macan in its place. I think it is that good.

I’m now approaching 13,000 miles, and have had no service or warranty issues beyond an interior alarm sensor that was pretty quickly replaced. I read that Porsche as a brand came out on top in the recent J.D. Power initial ownership experience (problems per 100 vehicles), and the Macan took the top spot in

its class. That certainly matches my experience. Walter’s did my first service (at 10,000 miles) and everything was in order.

Other Thoughts. Porsche is known for a long list of available options, and many more could have been added to my vehicle (like Active Suspension Management, Torque Vectoring, or even the “Turbo” package and nameplate).

Based on my needs, I didn’t justify those as wants, and I don’t think I miss them.

You might, so talk to a sales associate for the “full skinny”. When you do, be sure to ask them about features you might assume to be standard, but were not on my vehicle when introduced (like rear vents for the AC, or lights on the vanity mirror... both concerns my wife had), and instead come with other optional packages.

A word about towing…it surprised me that the tow rating on the Macan for a braked trailer is about 5,300 pounds, so if you’re thinking about towing, the Macan might be a viable option to the larger Cayenne.

If you’d like to know more, I’d be happy to talk to you. Just track me down at Breakfast Club, the next OCR Concours (I’ll be Field Marshal again), or use our new PCA OCR app to start a conversation.

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Photo tip of the Month

Using Light Part I

Story and Photos by Mike Knudsen Second, when you have very bright and very dark parts in a scene (like you get with shadows), your camera will have a tough time setting exposure. If it meters on the bright spots, the dark parts will be underexposed. Metering on the dark spots will “blow out” the lighter parts. Even averaging will tend to underexpose the darks and over expose the lights, because the camera can have just one exposure setting at a time, and applies it to the entire image. Look at the photo below. The camera tried to find a midpoint for exposure, but got the bright background too bright, and the cowboy and horse are too dark.

Photographers probably have as many adjectives to describe light as Eskimos do for snow. But unless you’re spending your kid’s inheritance on cameras instead of Porsches, I’m going to suggest just two to help you find and use light to get the best photos – “good” and “bad”.

The difference between good and bad light is the size of the source. Small, intense sources typically produce bad light. The best example of a bad light source is the sun. It’s huge, but because it’s so far away, here on Earth, it’s really a very small, very bright source. On the other hand, large sources, much larger than the subject being photographed, produce good light. That’s why you always see large umbrellas and light boxes in photo studios. The way to detect bad light is to look for shadows.

Shadows are trouble for several reasons.

First, scattered shadows, like the kind coming through tree branches or other patterned obstructions, create dappled light, obscuring the features of your subject, like the little darling’s pretty eyes or dimples. Apart from being unflattering, you can lose important detail. In the photo above, see how the dappled light cuts across the faces? Not a good candidate for their Facebook pages, is it?

Third, even if there are no shadows from the surroundings, the subject herself can cast shadows, like her nose, eye sockets, hair, a hat, etc. And hard intense light can bring out those “character lines” (aka, wrinkles). All of these are unflattering.

If the sun is behind you, you’ll also have your own shadow to contend with.

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Fourth, bad light desaturates colors, and causes glare off surfaces. Look at the photo above (see the shadow?), I really wanted to catch the driver’s face, but the glare off the windshield wiped it out.

Lastly, people are either going to squint or wear sunglasses in direct sunlight.

Neither is a flattering way to be photographed. And we photographers are all about making people look great, aren’t we?

Convinced? Ok….let’s find some good light. Here are four ways to get great light outdoors.

Mornings

In the hour or so around sunrise, the sun isn’t high enough in the sky to create shadows, but illuminates the entire sky, making it a huge light source. The light is soft and diffuse. That’s why photographers call it “the golden hour”.

Don’t just think of this time of day as merely sunrise photo opps.

Evenings

For the “I’m not a morning person” type, evenings offer a similar opportunity. You only get it for an hour or so, depending on your topology, so don’t miss it. The photo of the woman above was shot just after sunset. Beautiful, soft light, no shadows, great color.

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Cloudy days

Overcast days are golden too. The whole sky is your light source, and for lots longer than the “golden hour”. You’ll get great shots, no shadows, no lens flare from shooting into the sun, and good saturated color.

Next month, we’ll go indoors and figure out how to turn that bad little flash into a big – good – light source. In the meantime, good shooting!

Shade

Even on a bright sunny day, you can get great light by moving into the shade.

Just make sure it’s total shade – no light leaks. The picture above was shot during a bright sunny day (see the bright sun in the background?), but in the shade. So the subjects look great – no shadows – not even from the cowboy’s hat. And yes, that’s the great Joe McNally in a workshop at Eve’s Movie Ranch, near Santa Fe, NM. The tools you need for getting good light are a clock and weather report….that’s it. So, anybody can find and use great light for their photos.

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French Lick 2015 or Bust Story by Denise Michaels, Photos by Barry Michaels

Ten days before Porsche Parade, my husband Barry and I decided to drive our 2011 911 4S one way to French Lick, and then use Reliable to transport it back to southern CA. As it turns out, Barry was in New York on business, so I drove the 2,100 miles alone. The good news was that traffic on the 1,000 miles of Interstate 40 was relatively light; the bad news was that I felt a little too conspicuous as a woman traveling alone in a Maritime Blue Porsche with sport exhaust! Once I crossed the California border I saw only two other Porsches, a Panamera in Oklahoma and a Boxster in Missouri.

I drove 800 miles the first day, 900 the second, and a short 400 miles the third. Potty-breaks were few and far between as Hurricane Bill was headed for “tornado alley” which also happened to be my route to Indiana. It did not take 20 PANDO November 2015

me long to figure out that “Bill” was traveling at 15 mph, and I was traveling at a wee bit over the posted speed limit, so I felt comfortable I’d get to Indiana well before Bill. A few sprinkles and only a couple of nasty showers proved my instincts to be correct.

This was not a trip to enjoy the scenery as I was anxious to get to my sister’s home in Indianapolis. There were a few highlights along the way including the Cadillac Stonehenge outside of Amarillo, TX, Route 66 shops (potty and coffee breaks), and the giant crosses along the highway. A red hot-rodded 32’Ford coupe traveled with me for about an hour, a California car with two seniors in it who “drafted” me until our paths went separate ways.

The car performed flawlessly but I did forget how to check the oil. I was

happy to find 93 octane gas along the way. Once in Indianapolis, I spent a half day cleaning the road dirt and tar off the car. Being raised in the Midwest I remembered there are two seasons in the Midwest: winter and road repair. The Maritime Blue color was beautiful for 2 hours, until I drove to the airport in a downpour to pick up Barry.

The drive to French Lick was long, but worthwhile as it was nice to have the car with us for the Parade driving events. For me, driving around the Indi 500 track was a highlight and Porsche Parade 2015 was a blast!

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A Missed Opportunity (Almost) Story and Photos by Barry Michaels Life is a Series of Experiences

My takeaway from one of Greg Lush’s recent articles was that life is a series of experiences, and a joyful life is achieved through successfully stringing together great experiences (apologies to Greg for my summarization). I’m pleased to report Denise and I had a great experience in French Lick, IN celebrating the PCA 60th anniversary at

Porsche Parade….. an opportunity that was nearly missed due to my narrow view of the location. Can you blame me? After all, French Lick is located somewhere past the middle of nowhere.

My empirical investigation into who traveled to French Lick for the Parade concluded the participants fell into one of three buckets: 1) those who would go anywhere as long as it was the Porsche Parade (a group of 8 from Alaska seem

to fit that classification, having driven 4,800+ miles to attend), or 2) those that lived within 400 miles, or 3) those that had family or some other reason to warrant traveling to the middle of nowhere and beyond. I’m not really sure how to classify the enthusiast who flew to the mainland from Hawaii and bought a mint 944 in Delaware for the sole purpose of driving it to and at the Parade. Maybe he belongs in a 4th bucket we could label “crazy but fun”.

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Denise and I fell into the third bucket; she had two sisters living in the greater Indianapolis area and it was “our turn” to travel for a family visit.

While I wasn’t wrong about the location, I was embarrassingly wrong about the experience. The West Baden and French Lick facilities were fantastic and the staff, from the VP of Operations to the bellman, went far beyond the call of duty to make our experience special. I mean really, really, special in so many ways, to the extent a few of the staff began to feel like close friends before the week was over.

While much of the Parade format carries over from one year to the next, what stood out for me this year was the opportunity to drive three laps on the Indianapolis Speedway oval (we only hit 104 mph before they slowed us down to a near stop before letting us build speed again) and the 60 4 60 display, where

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a landmark or historically significant car for each year from 1955-2015 was exhibited. I found myself drooling on more than one occasion as I toured the display.

The Gimmick Rally to Churchill Downs was a blast. Denise and I scored sufficiently high to tie for a trophy but it just wasn’t to be – we lost out in the tie breaker question by underestimating the number of rose petals in a specific flower arrangement. None the less, it was a moral victory as last year our first turn out of the parking lot was in the wrong direction. We’re making progress.

Beyond all of that, of course, were the people we met while sharing the experience. As an example, Pete Tremler (the Zone 1 rep) and I spent about 30 minutes together discussing the merits of the limited edition Club Coupe, among other things. In that conversation I learned the bold colors

of some Porsches in the ‘70’s were considered “safety colors” in Europe, and owners financially benefited through lower insurance premiums. Who knew?

I just love the bright colors because we typically don’t get the chance to experience color on Porsches beyond black, red, or some shade of silver or gray. In any case, I loved Pete’s sense of humor (ask me about Above the Crease Racing); his race prepared 911 indicates it is “sponsored” by Social Security.

My point in sharing this with you is simply to agree with Greg…. A great life can be built through collecting great memories. As members of PCA-OCR we are fortunate to drive great cars and surround ourselves with a great cast of characters, and we have the opportunity to capture memorable moments if we open ourselves to the opportunities presented at the region, zone and national levels of the club.

AUTOCROSS CORNER

Morning Shot

Burning Up the Runways at September’s OCR Autocross Story by Bruce Powers, Photos by Mike Knudsen September 20, I am motoring into the Great Park El Toro Fields grounds, three others are here ahead of me. The weatherman promised a hot day, dawn is upon us and the air is already thick.

As other PCA members arrive in their various Porsches, a subtle tension builds as everyone awaits their turn to drive.

Autocross PCA OCR style is an exciting day for Porsche drivers who rip around the course of cones in their cars, “driving ‘em like they stole ‘em.”

Many different years and models of Porsches are in attendance each month.

Most of the Porsches in attendance are driven on the street either as a daily driver or as a “Cars and Coffee” weekend car. Quite a few of them have license plate frames from Walters Porsche of Riverside, our primary PCA OCR Autocross Series Sponsor and, one of the top Porsche Dealers in the Country.

Some are prepped for the racetrack;

such as Steve Eugina’s GMG racetrack prepared GT2. GMG is another one of our Series Sponsors, located in Santa Ana; they provide Porsche service as well as prep for racetrack and Autocross.

I’m “new” to autocross. While my company has been a sponsor of PCA OCR Autocross since 2007, I had never driven in an autocross prior to December 2013. I did some racing 30+ years ago, but Autocross is a very different game.

For example, the top speeds are slower than racing on a track, the course is lined out by cones, it is usually on some pavement that is built for some other purpose, in this case a runway, and in Autocross there is no wheel to wheel racing.

Part of the reason I had never participated in Autocross is that all these differences from racing on a track, which make it much safer, also made it

seem to me like it might be, well, rather boring! However, one day in December 2013 I was asked by a customer to compete in an Autocross in their car and this experience showed me I was definitely wrong about my perception of Autocross. It’s amazing how driving a Porsche around some orange cones on an old runway can evoke a big smile!

I had such a great time, I immediately signed up for the next Autocross. The FUN factor was way up there; I was excited like a little kid at Christmas, and Autocross delivers that Christmas excitement and level of FUN, PCA OCR style, eleven times a year!

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the quickest time. It is a challenge to figure out the elements of each course and be consistent and technically proficient each run.

The speed attained coupled with the course design (type and radius of the turns) put the car and driver at the edge of the control envelope, but in an environment that allows room for run off if things get pushed too far. The learning process for newbies is to first figure out how to navigate and interpret the elements of course layout, and then how to manipulate the throttle pedal, steering and brakes in order to get the car in a position to drive the line. The educational aspect of driving Autocross is exciting. Many people with little experience at driving a car at the edge of the speed/control envelope learn very quickly the different sensations and the requisite necessary inputs to the car’s controls in order to drive on the edge and yet in control. AND it is what your Porsche was built to do.

around the cones. Kyle is a dedicated PCA OCR Autocross sponsor and team member, you can always find him at the command post assigning corner workers and announcing times over the PA system. Thank you Largent and Associates for sponsoring and Kyle for your time and energy. Thank you again to our Series Sponsors, Walters Porsche and GMG.

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Jason Brennan 2007 Carrera S, started as a 2015 novice, winning his class

The temperature may have hit over 100 degrees that day, but the competition was hotter. Erik Hagendijk, while staying cool as a cucumber in the fridge, not only won his class this month, he claimed the #1 spot in September’s BRI and he was in the hunt for top time of day, taking third overall Porsche, following Kurt Ressler (2nd) in his 2007 Carrera and our esteemed President, Greg- hot shoeLush who garnered top time of the day!

Whether you are competing in a class with a street stock car or in a performance-enhanced car, the BRI is another means of measuring up. BRI = Bench Racing Index; which is adjusted time based on car class, is similar to a handicap in golf or sailing.

Kyle Largent driving his almost stock 2004 GT3 each month is the president of Largent and Associates, the September Autocross event day Sponsor. Kyle has so much fun with the PCA OCR group that he flies down from his Washington State home each month to drive his GT3 26 PANDO November 2015

Karen Guthorn, OCR’s new Autocross Registrar, a new-comer in February 2014 at the OCR Driver Ed day. She now participates at SCCA Autocross in addition to our PCA events. She won her class in 2014 and is the class series leader this season.

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Road Trip to Rennsport Story and Photos by Victor V. Cachia Having just recently returned from a similar road trip from Malibu to Monterey for the Werks Reunion during the Monterey Car Week, I wobbled momentarily at the last minute decision to make the drive up from San Juan Capistrano to Carmel for the Rennsport V Reunion. My hesitation was partly because my rear P-Zeros were close to retirement and partly due to lack of planning, as in a failure to plan accommodations. After a quick discussion with my longtime friend Todd Clement, owner of the Horsepower Ranch in Ensenada, we pulled the trigger on yet another adventure and rolled out of San Juan at 7pm on Thursday thinking we’d make it halfway up to Carmel.

Todd is a champion SCORE driver and has built and driven many an off-road racecar, but seemingly never shared my passion for Porsche cars and driving so I was stoked to trap him in my coupe and feed him some of the poison.

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We fought the traffic for a bit in Los Angeles before getting some enjoyable speeds and stopped for an awesome dinner in Agoura. With my belly full, I feigned exhaustion and tossed Todd the key. An explanation of the workings of the cockpit went quickly and we set off with me in the passenger seat. I watched and felt the love story begin. We stopped at Pea Soup Anderson’s in Buellton just after midnight for some rest. I knew the hook was set as I observed him looking back at the car at least twice as we walked away and again as we looked down from the second floor walkway of the motel. He also took a selfie with the Carrera as I checked our now rapidly waning rear tread.

Morning came quickly and after a ceremonial pea soup and coffee breakfast, we launched. We shared and mutually enjoyed the driving and the rising endorphin level that Stuttgart

engineering so elegantly delivers.

Meanwhile, I failed at all attempts to locate some replacement tires anywhere between Santa Maria and Monterey.

Seems we weren’t the only ones leaving the rubber on the road, as demand certainly exceeded supply.

We arrived at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway at about 10 a.m. and parked seemingly far away on a dusty pad and walked over the track via the Mother’s bridge and soaked in the hardware, sounds and displays of a vast expansion of history, speed, technology and innovation. An impressive gathering of historic and modern cars was found in the paddock and tents, including the Chopard Heritage display of 63 of the most significant Porsche race cars in history. The people we met were pleasant and all shared the Porsche excitement, including Todd who stated, “I get it now.”

We ran into many old friends and we were particularly impressed with much of the work on display, including that of Nick Clemence of European Collectibles, James Patrick of Patrick Motorsports, Marc Zurlinden of Zurlinden LLC and the Singer Vehicle Designs outlaw 911’s.

On Friday evening, we enjoyed cocktails and an awesome sunset dinner at the Mission Ranch Restaurant, with the likes of Marty Fiolka, motorsports public relations specialist, author and producer of the upcoming film the “Baja Social Club,” and other good friends. The food was fantastic and the setting was awesome, overlooking the ocean and a large field full of grazing sheep. We ended up at the rooftop bar of Vesuvio’s in Carmel. Vesuvio’s had great bartenders and a welcoming atmosphere.

A Number of Cyclists on the 17 Mile Drive Offered to Swap Rides With Us

We managed to book at the last minute a lovely one star motel called the Candle Bay Inn. It’s a cute little 14 room motel with door front parking, where we met some real enthusiasts who drove their 70’s 911’s out from Texas and Colorado.

Before heading to the track on Saturday morning, we couldn’t resist the 17 mile drive through Pebble Beach. The weather was phenomenal and the views were breathtaking. We encountered a fairly large group of cyclists, a number of which offered to trade their high tech road bicycles for the Carrera.

We stopped at the Baja Cantina in Carmel for a great breakfast on the way to the track. It’s a cool restaurant and bar filled with vintage auto racing memorabilia of all types. It attracts a fun crowd.

On Saturday, we found the best place to view the races was on the hill above corkscrew. The vintage races were followed by GT3 Cup Car racing.

There are a couple of shady glens with trees and great viewing angles in a number of different directions. It was a casual atmosphere and a friendly and enthusiastic crowd. The highlight to

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The Hill Top Was a Great Vantage Point to View History Come to Life on the Track at Laguna Seca Raceway

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We kept hitting home runs on restaurants, and highly recommend the Rio Grill in Carmel, where we dined with Nick Clemence and friends. Saturday night we scored a last minute room at the Mission Inn Hotel in Carmel. Great rooms, décor and parking in a very convenient location for the raceway and bars and restaurants.

and saw them on the road as we headed south through Big Sur on Highway 1 for So Cal. The road through Big Sur, Gorda and other little towns is a thrill of its own, a great winding road with spectacular views of the coastline. We made a couple stops; one at a great art gallery in San Luis Obispo called “Just Looking”, where we met another motor head named Ken McGavin, the gallery director. Last stop was for some incredible fish and steak tacos from a taco stand in Ventura on Main Street, after a swim at our buddy Mark’s home in the hills of Santa Barbara.

All around town and in most parking lots, there were Porsches out on the road and in town for the reunion. We enjoyed meeting many of these folks

I took over the driving at that point as we headed into the sunset and into the moon rise for a rare lunar eclipse that we viewed from the 405 freeway as

Saturday was the concourse lineup of racecars on the track near pit row where all were on display in a long line. It was a rare opportunity to see so much variation and history in one place.

The Concourse Event at Days End on Saturday Proudly Displayed Nearly 100 Important Race Cars

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At that point, Todd was actively on his iPhone searching for Porsche cars. It appears that he has a new interest.

Our tires held up after all, and in the process of deciding to stop and smell the roses a little more often, I have come to the conclusion that the journey is just as important as the destination, and its way more fun to drive by the flowers at variable rates of speed in a 997.2 GTS Coupe.

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Porsche Parade 2015 French Lick, Indiana Story and Photos by Tom Gray

The 2015 Porsche Parade was held in June at the French Lick Resort in French Lick, Indiana. The companion host hotel was the West Baden Springs Hotel, about a mile distant. Both venues date back to the 1800’s but have been thoroughly modernized and updated.

The present West Baden Springs Hotel opened in 1902. It is built around an interior atrium covered by a huge dome.

This was the largest free standing dome in the world when the hotel opened.

The hotel closed in 1932 and remained closed as a hotel until it reopened in 2007. The atrium was a fitting place for the Parade’s closing banquet. The French Lick Resort Hotel was also closed for a lengthy period, reopening in 2006.

Parade featured so many activities that any attendee had to pick and choose which to participate in. One highlight was the 60 year Porsche timeline to celebrate 60 years of PCA. This was followed the next day by the Concours, which included cars from the timeline.

Autocross was a multi-day activity.

There was a TSD rally for the “pros” and a gimmick rally for the rest of us (the gimmick rally led to a tour of Churchill Downs). Another option was a scenic Ohio River Byways drive. Finally, there was of course the Porsche Parade, participated in by OCR members Barry and Denise Michaels and Dennis and Carol Howey.

There were tours aplenty, including one where you could drive your car on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bus tours took us to places such as the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and the Louisville Slugger factory. Dining activities abounded, including several banquets and other less formal opportunities where foodies could dine.

Only ten members and associate members of OCR attended this Parade.

Several had connections of one sort or another to that part of the Country.

All were rewarded for the long journey to get there.

Clockwise: Porsches start the Parade next to the French Lick Resort trolley Scores of Porsches line up for the Parade at the West Baden Springs Hotel Arch Tom and Pam take a photo break during the 5K run/ walk

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Story and Photos by Lee Rice My 930 Story Part III After seeing the shock from the driving reports of Porsche’s new 1975 911 Turbo, we were anticipating a car that was maybe just perfect.

Porsche’s Turbo reports and wild stories were seen in almost every car magazine, sports magazine, racing rags, and almost every other kind of magazine on the planet including Playboy. I, of course, just read the articles. Gone were references to the 911’s Spartan past with its former meager accessories and simple luxuries. But something totally unexpected was the referral to this new 911, actually the “930” Turbo. It was now referred to as a “super car.” That was a real surprise. We wondered: just how quick is this thing?

In the USA we had to wait to get the 930 Turbo. As usual, we had to wait for the ‘good stuff’ to arrive. Actually, nobody had even seen it yet except for me, in Germany, back on our ’74 factory visit.

Fig 1 the new 911 Turbo (930) -1974

In 1975, only the Europeans got to see and drive a 930 Turbo. With every writer’s slobbering compliments over those things, those of us in the USA were frustrated as we only got the “911S” 2.7L. Perhaps our wait was a means for Porsche to build up an inventory or to figure out how to make the Turbo run with all the newly mandated emission equipment.

That emission equipment was a sad story for the once great 2.7 liter Carrera, since government regulation and smog laws reduced the once mighty 2.7 RS of 210 HP to a measly 155-165 HP and with the odd looking CIS Fuel Injection, the new smog equipment and the engine destroying Thermal Reactors. We would soon learn to dread them! Prior to catalytic converters and computers we had “lean-burn” technology, which was ruinous to engines and fuel mileage, and contributed to even worse air quality. These were the days of “lean

burn technology” to reduce emissions.

It worked partly by leaning the A/FR (Air/Fuel Ratio) that did reduce CO emission but it was found to increase the Nitrogen emissions. That’s what makes the yellow-brown smog clouds you see in the LA skies.

At first, we comically wondered how an air-cooled 911 engine could last with those cherry red-hot Thermal Reactors glowing underneath the “2.7 S” engine.

How did it stay together with all that heat? Truth be told; it didn’t!

And now, how would the new Turbos coming to America handle the “TRs” (Thermal Reactor) heat? Luckily, the new Turbos had the advantage of new silicon-aluminum die cast crankcases.

The silicon-aluminum crankcases resisted the damage the magnesium 2.7 engines experienced.

But we wondered how the new Turbo would handle the heat from turbocharging, Thermal Reactors, EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation), and lean tuning? How would the new 930 Turbo run? And could it stay together? Many of us had our doubts. However, we would soon find the 930 Turbo engine was a hearty beast for the power and the heat! Amazingly, it seemed to run quite well for the high heat and the reduced 245 HP for emission regulations. The R.o.W. (Rest of World/Europe) had 260 HP. By the time USA Turbo deliveries started, the 934 and 935 racing cars were making headlines. News reported

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the dynamic wins of Porsche’s new 935 racing Turbo cars with wins all over Europe and eventually in America at the end of ’76.

With the 1977’s came the 930 Turbo’s first upgrade, and as usual, price increases.

But technically it came with vacuum boosted brakes. This greatly improved slowing and brake feel. The old 911S brakes still on the Turbo were marginal at best and the promised 917 brakes had not come on the Turbo yet. Vacuum boosted brakes made slowing much easier and more controllable, especially when coming down from speed, doing what I call a BOOST BLAST! Also new was a boost gauge now built into the bottom of the tachometer with a 0 – 1.5 BAR indication. Turbo also had upgraded suspension spring plates for weight balancing and a simpler under body anti-roll bars. Wheels went from 15” to new Fuchs 7” x and 8 “x 16” with low profile Pirelli P-7 tires. It also came with electrically heated door mirrors.

All this was wonderful for road driving, but still, in 1977 there was no Turbo S and no Turbo RS for anyone.

I recall one brave soul with his girlfriend driving his new 1977 Turbo at Riverside for a noon slow lap or two. The excitement got the better of him and the Turbo came out of turn 9, too fast, too high, across the pit entrance sideways after a turn and a half on his new P-7s.

OUCH! But there was no other harm done. The only question was “Where could I get some new P-7s today?”

Fig 2. ON boost thrills!

a local VW bug could out run the Turbo across an intersection, but by 5,000 rpm the Turbo’s acceleration felt like it broke your neck!

Some shops installed the R.o.W. exhaust system for improved cooling and better gas flow. I did this as well and although the flow from the exhaust ports to the turbine was longer, the engine ran better.

Of note, one cylinder, Nr. 4, has a 13foot pipe length to the turbine. It takes time, every shift, to re-pressurize the exhaust pipes with exhaust gas and spin the turbine-that’s “lag”! But the R.o.W exhaust increased power up to the R.o.W. Turbo’s 260 H.P. and had no ill effects on emissions.

Increasing boost pressure was a common practice with exaggerated tales of horsepower but almost always with

increased heat and some with engine damage!

1978 came with an almost new engine.

The new 930/60 series came with a 3.3Liter displacement from it’s former 3.0L, now with a longer crankshaft stroke 74.4mm (70.4mm) and larger piston diameter of 97 mm(95mm) for more torque and down low power increase.

An intercooler was now fitted on top of the engine and was most noticeable. The intercooler cooled the turbocharger’s hot compressed air from 280°F to 170°F degrees; still hot, but much cooler than with no intercooler. Compression was also raised to 7.0:1 (6.5:1) to improve low-end throttle response.

But the USA 3.3L Turbo still came with the lean burn emission T.R.s and had

Fig 3. 1978-89 3.3 TURBO WING

Me, I had an answer: Just having had my wheels balanced across from Don Burns P+A, I knew the tire shop and the owner and knew he had some new P-7s.

Anyway, Sunday bright and early that brave soul was back, with girlfriend and all new P-7s.

We heard of some experimenting with racing turbo car parts on the 930 Turbo, most concluded with dismal results! One shop I know installed 934 racing cams on a 3.0L turbo engine and discovered November 2015 PANDO 37

Brumos P+A, Mode’s Bob Holcomb, Power Haus, Evolution, and many, many more, we in the USA found ways to make our own kind of Turbo using Porsche parts inventory and our imaginations.

We ended up building what Porsche would not. Small tuners like Alois Ruf became real manufacturers. In fact, Ruf is the only manufacturer who can, to this day, buy a white 911 chassis from Porsche and build his own RUF (911) with his own design, parts, engineering, and his own serial numbers.

Fi 4. 3.3 Liter with new intercooler funky York A-C Compressor

only 265 HP compared to the RoW’s 300 HP. Nobody was real happy about that.

The 1978 Turbo also had an enlarged rear deck wing with a new “3.3 Turbo wing” which encapsulated the engine and intercooler with a flat, louvered, cooling air grill on top, and a black rubber edged lip around the sides and back. This wing also created more down force pushing the rear of the Turbo down on the road at speed.

However, not all things were bright for Turbo enthusiasts. For one thing the engine was now mounted further rearward by almost 2”, and this obviously was not for performance or handling. NOT AT ALL. It was to accommodate the new heavy iron, 2” thicker, clutch pressure plate and fit in a thick rubber clutch disc. Therefore the 930 4-spd gearbox now had an additional 2” length added onto its bell housing to fit the new clutch, and push the engine further out the back! And why the heavy “boat anchor” clutch you ask? To reduce gear noise from the interior at idle? I kid you not. We were disgusted as this was no performance upgrade at all.

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with new dust seals and hardware and now named, 930 Turbo Brakes. These new brakes and more to follow, had a permanent home on Porsche road cars.

Those brakes were the largest brakes fitted to any passenger car, and were D.O.T. & T.U.V. approved.

The 3.3 Liter turbo remained in production until 1989. In that year, the Turbo FINALLY got a new Getrag (G50 type 950) 5-speed transaxle. The Turbo went through many upgrades and improvements through its lifetime of 14 years. Targa versions came and went. Convertibles, slant nosed fenders from the 935 look, every color, leather interior, every option imaginable came on some Turbos. But the limited and very expensive Turbo S (1988) that did finally arrive was a limited version built by “Special Wishes” at Porsche for mega dollar prices with small power gains.

Porsche seemed satisfied with their luxury turbocharged 911 versions and continued with the fabulous C-2Turbo 3.3L (M30/69), 3.6 (965) Turbo (M64/50), then the twin turbo computer EFI-ed, 993tt (M64/60), and later onto the water-cooled technology.

With the creative genius of engineers such as Chuck Stoddard P+A of Ohio, ANDIAL, Garretson, Bruce Anderson,

In 1979, a Porsche 935 Turbo hot-rodded by two brothers from Köln, Germany, upgraded their own successful racing 935, their Kremer Bros. K-2 into the K-3. This streamlined 911 turbo out ran every Porsche 935 Turbo at Le Mans and won the race outright, first place.

Back here in the USA we went to work making the normal Turbo into something WE wanted in the first place.

Rice’s Ramblings: Ask a Mechanic

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Rennsport V Delivers Story and Photos by Bob Weber Overwhelming. The only appropriate word to describe the record three-day number of 57,531 fans that came to Monterey’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Porsche Rennsport Reunion® V experienced an event like no other. Over 50 legendary Porsche drivers and engineers came together with more than 75 Le Mans specific and significant models to celebrate “Porsche at Le Mans”. The most recent 17th overall victory this past June was celebrated by hot laps with the winning LMP1 919 Hybrid racecar along with the 911 RSR from the Factory Team Porsche North America.

Seventy-five historically significant Porsche race cars displayed in the Chopard Heritage tent. One hundred specially selected Porsche racecars competed for Concours awards in Pit Row after doing parade laps Saturday around the rack; 320 racecars competing in seven race groups on the track, 1,400 Porsche streetcars in 20 different corrals. Modern Porsche Factory Werks drivers like Patrick Long, Jorg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler and Mark Webber mingled with legendary drivers such as Co-Grand Marshals Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood, plus Hans Stuck, Derek Bell, Vic Elford, Hans Herrmann, Bruce Leven, Bob Garrettson, John Fitzpatrick and more for three days of multiple fan interactions in the race car Paddock area as well as in the first class and impressive Porsche Park in the Paddock.

Bob Weber with Hurley Haywood accepting the Rennsport V Concours Hurley Haywood Award

Rennsport V Concours Hurley Haywood Award with 934.5

My Peter Gregg 1977 Brumos Porsche 934.5—the 1977 TransAm Championship winner—was invited to be in the Porsche AG Chopard Heritage tent with 75 other racecars from the Factory Museum, Revs Institute, Ingram Collection and others from around the world that represented significant Porsche racing history.

Rennsport V Concours Hurley Haywood Award

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It was thrilling to take the ‘77 Brumos Porsche 934.5 out on the Laguna Seca track for parade laps on Saturday afternoon with these other famous Porsche race cars from the Chopard Heritage tent.

After the parade laps, 100 significant Porsche race cars were lined up on Pit Row for a Porsche AG/PCNA Concours.

The Brumos Porsche 934.5 was being judged by Bill Warner, the Founder and President of the Amelia Island Concours d’ Elegance and Detlev von Platen, President and CEO, Porsche Cars North America.

Overwhelmed and shocked. The Brumos Porsche 934.5 beat out 100 other Porsche race cars on Pit Row to win the Rennsport V Concours Hurley Haywood Award... presented to me by the Grand Marshal himself, Hurley Haywood.

Pictures are worth a 1000 words. Orange Coast Region comes away with another significant Concours win for our Region.

Rennsport Heritage Display 934.5 With PMotorsport

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Remembering an Icon Story by Malcolm Baca

Some claim this photo of Dean at a petrol station with his Porsche is the last one taken Source: Bettmann/Corbis

The first time I ever encountered a Porsche marked a date that I will never forget. This special relationship began in 1955 when I was a 15 year old teenager.

Raised in Avenal, California, a small isolated oil town with a population of 1,700, and is located on the mid-western side of the San Joaquin Valley along hwy 33. Little did I know then that the events I am about to share would have an impact that transitioned me from the age of innocence by exposing how fragile and temporal life is.

On Sunday September 30, 1955, it was shortly after 6:00 pm, and I was shooting pool with my high school buddies in Avenal’s Grigsby’s Pool Hall.

One of the girls in our click whose Dad was our local Sheriff Chaffin in Avenal, came running into the pool hall saying, “Dad just told me a movie star had just been killed in an auto accident outside of town.” These words to a teenager living in a small town…were like a thunderbolt, both shattering and shocking. She said, 42 PANDO November 2015

“It’s at the Y junction of highway 41 and 46.” Ken Lankford (shooting pool with us) blurts out, “Let’s take my car, we can be there in 30 minutes.” At that time of year we knew darkness would not occur before 7:15 pm. The actual reported time of accident was 5:45 pm. In unison, our facial expressions conveyed, “Let’s Go!” In 1955, I was like most teens a volatile mixture of craziness, curiosity, adventure and foolishness. Nothing this big had ever happen close to Avenal.

Instantly, we headed out the door. Five of us piled into Ken’s car, all feeling the emotional rush of adrenalin and excitement wanting to know who the movie star was. Leaving Avenal at about 6:15 pm we traveled south on hwy 33 to turn right on hwy 41 towards Paso Robles…at that time of day the sun blinded you traveling westward. We all quickly concluded that this could be a factor in the accident. We knew exactly where the scene of the accident

Dean in 1953 Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

occurred. In fact, Avenal was closer to the scene of the accident geographically than Paso Robles who provided the CHP and emergency support.

By the time we arrived there were only two CHP units, a Sheriff unit and an “A” frame type tow truck with a hoisted crumpled silver sports car…and it was getting ready to pull away as soon as he properly secured the wrecked car.

Parking far off the road shoulder, as we walked towards the tow truck we quickly asked, who was the movie star that was killed? The tow truck driver replied; “It’s somebody named James Dean.” We all looked at each other with a bewildered look, none of us including the tow truck operator or CHP and Sheriff Officer had ever heard of him. The two CHP officers quickly informed us that we would need to move on because it was still an investigation site.

Knowing we had to leave…none of us recognized what make of car the totaled

video, narrated by Martin Sheen, titled, “James Dean Forever Young”; it’s a Warner Brothers released video. It has excellent photographs and footage of the three Porsches he owned. As for a book type documentary I recommend, “The Death of James Dean” by Warren Newton Beath is a down to earth documentary of his short life.

Dean and his Porsche Speedster 23F at Palm Springs Races March 1955 Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

sports car was. So we asked a parting question to the tow truck operator; “What kind of car is that?” The tow truck driver said; it’s a Porsche. Again, our group was perplexed in double astonishment, because none of us had ever heard of a movie star named James Dean nor had we ever heard of a Porsche. The tow driver then added, “And it cost more than $4,000 dollars.”

As we all got back in our car to go back to Avenal, we all were left a little dumfounded and frankly disillusioned.

We just could not accept that not one of the five of us had ever heard of James Dean. Plus it was equally difficult to believe that we were not familiar with the car he was driving. If there is anything teenagers are experts in, its cars, movies and music…we were all capable of rattling the names of an entire cast in any movie, we instantly could talk about the performance specifications on any car, and in pop music we could recognize the song on the first note and knew the names of the musicians playing it.

I might add, we collectively thought the tow truck driver’s comment that the car cost $4,000, was frankly BS. In reality, we all later found out in news articles the cost of a new Porsche 550 Spider in 1955 was more than $7,000 dollars.

None of us believed a little sports car could cost more than a brand new 1955 fully equipped Cadillac Coupe DeVille that was less than $4,000 dollars at that point in time. Plus, we knew a brand new

1955 Corvette Blue Flame Six started at $2,700 or the ultimate V-8 version cost $2,900.

On the following month, October 27th 1955, “Rebel Without a Cause” was released…a week later it was playing in Fresno. In Avenal, all of the movies that came to our small theatre had been released 9 to 12 months earlier. As you can guess when “Rebel Without a Cause” opened in Fresno, California, (the nearest big city)…we all found out who James Dean was and we were shocked and distraught. We also realized…yeah, we knew American cars but we didn’t know diddley squat about foreign cars.

I don’t have to tell you how devastating and how deep the emotional shock was to all of us seeing “Rebel”. A month later we got to see “East of Eden”, that was his first movie release and arguably his best acting performance. Eden was released on April 10th, 1955, but the movie had not yet made it to Avenal.

His final movie was completed just days before his death was “Giant”, released, October 10th 1955.

For any of you that would like to view or read a good comprehensive documentary about his brief life…there are a ton of publications that have been made over the years and they all have merit. For any of you that would like to see a documentary with the historical details of his life, I highly recommend the DVD

Like us, Dean loved Porsches. His first race ever was in Palm Springs and he took a 1st place and 2nd place trophy.

He also placed in Bakersfield and it was there that he saw his first Spider 550 racing Porsche that was dominating the track in its class. It’s hard for me to believe that 60 years has passed since September 30th, 1955. It’s a date I will never forget. In life there is a turning point where we lose “our age of innocence.” This event coupled to our later discovery of whom and how he played characters in movies brought our generation to the emotional reality life is temporal. This fateful date and brush with history marked the beginning of the end of our youth.

I know for many of our generation there were threads of rebellion, there were those occasions where we felt like screaming, “You’re tearing me apart,” and we all wanted to be accepted, and in spite of the awkwardness of our youthful years, there was good and love in our hearts. It was in this emotional vortex of James Dean’s acting we heard, saw and felt the echo or our own emotions.

You can bet the farm that he would have loved our Porsche Club’s “Autocross” where you can let it rip to the peak of your skills enjoying the consistent performance of these great Porsche’s we all love. Without a doubt, we all know and understand the many shades of unique feelings and highs experienced every time we drive what is a perfect definition of auto performance. Time may change all, but Porsche performance and the joy we experience is forever!

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PCA-OCR Mobile App

By Gary Labb

If you haven’t had the opportunity to use the app yet, I’m sure you’ve heard about it from many of your friends and fellow members. This app is free to the user, the user pays nothing. We released it to the members on 7/11/15 during the Breakfast Club Meeting. This was originally set up to only be available to PCA-OCR members, however the Board voted to open the app up to confirmed PCA members in adjacent regions at the 10/3/15 Board Meeting.

This app was built by a professional mobile app provider, GroupAhead.

Minor modifications have already been made due to iOS 9.0 coming out in September, causing a bug in the app.

As bugs and minor problems are found, they are conveyed to GroupAhead and corrected. There have been many suggestions from users that have been relayed to GroupAhead for future “updates.”

The app provides a discussion area where information and pictures can be shared. There is an event area that has an ongoing PCA-OCR event calendar that provides reminders. It also has a listing of the members using the app.

This provides (if you choose) email and phone contact information so you can make contact off the app. There is also an area for you to control the notifications you receive from the app.

The only requirements for using the app are a smart phone or tablet with either iOS or Android operating systems. The app does not work on smart phones or tablets using the Windows operating system.

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search. If not, direct links to the app in each store are available on the PCAOCR website at http://www.pcaocr. com/?page=17#PCA-OCR%20 Mobile%20App%20Announced. Go to that page from your mobile device and choose your operating system.

You’ll have the downloaded app in a matter of minutes.

Once downloaded, the app will ask you to provide your email address. This is a two-prong necessity. One is to confirm a valid email address for the app user and the second is to match the email address to the current PCA-OCR roster. If the address matches, you will automatically be granted access. The roster only contains the email addresses of the PCA-OCR primary members, so if you are an associate member, use an email address not on the roster, or are not a member of the PCA-OCR region, there will be a delay in obtaining access to the app. One of the administrators will have to contact you by email to find out your association with PCA-OCR / PCA. You will be asked to provide your PCA membership number and your region.

Once the information you provide can be authenticated, the administrator will then approve your access to the app. If you do not provide accurate information, you will not be granted access to the app.

After using the app for several months, the number one thing I’d like to ask any future users and current users to do is enjoy the app. It is one of the easiest ways for PCA-OCR to get information out to you. Currently we have 369 members using the app. Hope you take the opportunity to use the app and share with your fellow members.

If you have any app questions, please contact me at pcaocrgary@yahoo. com and I’ll try to answer them. If I don’t know the answer I will contact

GroupAhead to try to find an answer for you.

A couple of quick tips...

When you reply to someone’s ongoing discussion, please use the “Reply” tab and do not use the “Create a new post...” tab. If you hit “Create a new post” that is exactly what it does, creates a new discussion, rather than replying within the prior discussion.

The app currently allows you to only post one photo in each new post. If you are trying to post multiple photos, rather than create a bunch of new posts on the app, it is suggested you post one photo with a link to your other photos in the narrative. The link can go to an album posted on a photo sharing website (Flickr, Facebook, etc.). This keeps the number of new posts down on the app and at the same time allows everyone to see all the photos you want them to see.

We are trying to make the Mobile App experience a positive experience for everyone. If you have a problem with a dealership, a sponsor, or some other business, please contact them directly to deal with your problem. If it is a Club sponsor or advertiser, please contact our Sponsorship Director Bob Scheussler or our Advertising Directors Nicole and Cooper Boggs. We do not want to have negative comments shared on the app.

September Breakfast Club Special Mentions

Ed and Robert Fumo, Green 1990 CD Carrera (Ed and Robert are long time OCR members, but father has never had his photo in the Pando)

Students of Valley High School, Santa Ana, CA George P. Heidler Jr. Automotive Academy

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2016-2017 PCA-OCR Board of Director Candidates Greg Lush, C.L. Jarusek, David Piper and Sandy Schwartz are running for a two-year term on the OCR Board of Directors. Following are descriptions from our candidates. We hope this will help you get to know them a little bit better.

You will receive an email with a link to vote online in your email box. Thank you for your participation in this important election! Your vote counts!

Greg Lush

In 2007 I purchased my first Porsche, a Lapis Blue 997 Cab S with the intent of joining the Porsche Club and participating in AutoX. For years, at each Mini Meet, the thrill of AutoX (stock class with my 66) was intoxicating.

Within six months at AutoX I was drafted to help with Equipment (loading and un-loading the truck at events) due to the current volunteer vacating the position about 1 year ahead of time (sound familiar?). Shortly thereafter Jim Harris began grooming me for AutoX co-chair, which consumed the next couple of years. Since the move from AutoX co-chair to AutoX Emeritus I have been actively involved, along with the other Emeriti and current AutoX team members, in attending meetings and pitching in on event days.

Our past President Gordon Williams approached me regarding interest in joining the board as Vice President.

JAN 2012 I was elected by the club and appointed by the board to take the role of VP. Half way through Gordon’s term he had to leave the club and I assumed the role of President Pro-Tem. Once elections were held the following 46 PANDO November 2015

year (2013) I ran for President and was elected into my current position.

We have made great progress over the last three years and I am excited at an opportunity to try my luck again and run for OCR President (2016-2017).

As with many of you, I just love what this club is about, our members and the joy that working with all of you has provided. My skills and enthusiasm are well positioned for this role, your consideration and votes are sincerely appreciated.

C.L. Jarusek

Hi, many of you may know me, many more have seen my name, and most have received emails from me. My name is C.L. Jarusek (Charles Lyle, but call me C.L.). I am the current Vice President of the Orange Coast Region of Porsche Club of America. I first belonged to OCR in 1969 to 1972 and sold my 67 Porsche 912 due to my employment needs. After retiring as a Police Officer for Santa Ana PD for 25 years, I decided I wanted to get back into a Porsche and purchased a 2002 996 Turbo. I actually joined the Club before I took delivery of the car.

Since rejoining the Club in 2006 I have served as temporary Charity Director, Membership Chairman and Vice President for the last four years. Being a gluten for punishment, I have decided to run again. My goals as VP have been to give all of the members the most worth for their membership fees. I try and look out for you, whether it is AutoCross, Rallies, Concours or just socializing. I also try and maintain a close watch on Club finances. I ask for your vote.

David Piper

I have owned and enjoyed several Porsches throughout the years and have been a member of PCA-OCR since 2007. I have been on the OCR Board of Directors and served as treasurer for the last six years. I am a Certified Public Accountant and have been in business for forty-seven years.

After serving in the United States Navy, I attended and graduated from the University of Southern California and began my career with Price Waterhouse and Company. I then served as a controller in several companies in private industry for over seven years before starting my own firm.

Sandy Schwartz

My name is Sandy Schwartz. I am seeking the position of Membership Chairman. I have been a member of PCAOCR in good standing for over 7 years and during that time have volunteered my time with the New Member Picnic as well as our White Gloves Concourse. I currently hold the position of Membership Chairman which I have had the pleasure of chairing for almost 2 years. I enjoy meeting the new members as well as all our existing members. I am asking for your vote to continue in this capacity. Thank you.

OCR Membership Updates

Anniversaries 36 Years

Ronald Holecek Robert Lincoln

35 Years

Bruce & Bernice Belo

32 Years Timothy & Diane Ferguson 27 Years

Michael & Kathryn Poppe

26 Years

Michael & Gloria Moreau

25 Years

Jim Mahaffy Julian & Susan Nestor

New Members

14 Years

Jay Amestoy San Clemente/2014 Boxster S

13 Years

John Augsburger Foothill Ranch/1968 912

Conrad & Terry Nilo Mike Swain & Melody Chalaban Robert & Gale Kahn Dick Madenburg & Scott Madenburg Ryan & Kristin Williams

11 Years

Bret & Shannon Davis Ivan Eskenazie

10 Years

Ray & Adelina Ceja William MacBride & Christine MacBride-Hart Ted & Laura Hoiberg James & Barbara Robinson

9 Years

Paul Bishop & Thomas Manix

Deon Colchester & Gregory Nel Maryann Marks

22 Years

8 Years

23 Years

Charles & Betty Cox

20 Years

Will & Kay Lane Thomas & Shannon Moebius James Robles & Ana Robles-Rattray

19 Years

Gregory Franz & Kevin Franz

17 Years

Bruce & Elizabeth Hallett

16 Years

Tim & Devon Cox Edwin Yu, M.D. & Salvador Abiera

15 Years

Jon & Denise Rhodes Stephen & Janice Ruckmick

Bryan Ballreich & Braden Ballreich Vern Chinen & Tim Chinen Daniel & Jaclyn Holtz G. David Piper & Barbara Piper Brian & Carolyn Quadt Rick Schrader & Kyle Schrader

7 Years

David & Suzanne Arnheiter Arthur Braeger & Steven Braeger Mark & Paula Evans Paul & DJ Wilkinson

6 Years

Scott Homan Joe Kilar Jim & Janet Martois Steve Meline & Gary Gebler

Victor Cachia San Juan Capistrano/2012 911 Carrera GTS David Cashion Lake Forest/2008 911 GT2 Frantz Celifie Huntington Beach/2011 Cayman Steve Chow Fullerton/2008 911 Carrera 4S Allen Dran Huntington Beach/2009 Cayman Leah Forrest Dana Point/2015 Macan Turbo Stanley Gordon Laguna Beach/2007 911 Carrera 4S Eliot Grossman Ladera Ranch/2013 911 Carrera S Cabriolet Kelvin Hiraishi Newport Beach/1997 911 Turbo James Ho Irvine/2015 911 Turbo Randall Hughes Huntington Beach/2009 911 Carrera Mary Johnson & Tim Hoevelkamp Newport Beach/2014 Boxster Steve Krantz Laguna Niguel/2016 Cayenne Diesel

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Robert Land Lake Forest/1997 Boxster

Don VanSwearingen Mission Viejo/2013 911 Carrera

Chuck Ng Foothill Ranch/1988 911 Carrera

Lori Warden Santa Ana/2015 Cayman S

Miranda Perez Irvine/2016 Cayman

James Warden Santa Ana/2015 Cayman S

Carey Reynolds Dana Point/2009 911 Carrera

Alan Watts San Clemente/1997 911 Turbo

Gino Stumpo Newport Coast/2008 911 Carrera

CJ Wilson Corona Del Mar/1993 911 RS America

Paul Thenard Huntington Beach/2006 911 Carrera 4S

Charlie Wolff Mission Viejo/2008 Cayenne Turbo

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Transfers Matthew Kozloff Palm Springs/2014 Boxster S Robert & Eileen Krause San Juan Capistrano/2012 Cayenne S Eric & Cece Rodriguez Chino/1998 911 Carrera S

New Member Photos Each month the Club meets at Original Mike’s Restaurant in Santa Ana for breakfast and to view each other’s cars. The new members attending the October 2015 breakfast are pictured below with their Porsches. Location details for the Breakfast Club appear on the back cover of this magazine. We thank Original Mike’s for their support.

Maurice Nieman, Black 2016 Macan S

Conrad and Teri Nilo, Silver 1989 911-25th Anniversary Edition

Don McKinzie, Grey 2006 Carrera Cabriolet with a black top

Howard Kramer, Baltic Blue 1989 911 Carrera Targa

Where’s Pando?

Mike Lawrence brought Pando with him to Maui in September 2015!

Thanks, Mike, for taking us along!

Where will Pando go next?

Please email Kristen Jaoui at kmjaoui@gmail.com with your “Where’s Pando?” submissions.

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Editor’s Message Continued From Page 7 directly revealed we had not passed.

Several DAYS of agony resulted, for the manager who had to make two very painful decisions; one to dismiss the person involved in the manipulation, and secondly to notify a happy potential customer that we had… well, lied.

Awful.

Why mention all of this? Firstly because there will be ramifications that involves our favorite carmaker and, secondly, as a reminder that true character must sometimes exist with many forces being against the “right thing”. Remember this.

Say does that banner still wave?

Okay, let’s move on to much more pleasant subjects. The look of your “Pando” continues to improve. We are also working to improve our timeliness in production. Not always easy as we

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are in fact a volunteer organization.

But I think the recent improvements are worthwhile and we are looking better as the presentation magazine of our club.

What do you think?

Also kudos to Lee Rice, a gentleman and knowledgeable “wrench” on Porsche. His latest articles have been very insightful and for me at least have given much penetration into potentials and performance on Porsche.

I’ve been everywhere

I am just back from Las Vegas and the “Red Rock Concours” that was a Zone 8 event but actually a Concours within a Concours. Many of our regions are not as large as we are in Orange County. So, a Porsche-only concours is challenging for them. It can be done but it will be small. So, this Red Rock Concours was open to other automobiles of distinction and I must say it was a wonderful day.

Our Las Vegas companions did a great

job for their first large Concours. It reminded me of the days when we shared our Concours with that of Huntington Beach in the Central Park. Certainly, we are much better off now at Lantern Bay, but there were compensations…I can remember distinctly sights such as a Lola T70 being very loudly unhappy about being idled to a display position.

Over Hill Over Dale

I am preparing for travel through much of October which will include automobiles from our VW AG suppliers. These will be Audi R8’s through southern Germany through Switzerland and down into Italy.

Che Bella Italia! Arrivederci Bello, mi Amici!

Classified Ads Would you like to advertise your car in the Pando?

Please contact Bob Weber 714-960-4981 hbobw930@aol.com

FOR SALE: 930- 911 TURBO ’78 930 Turbo Coupe, Grand Prix White/Black lthr, 239K mi. One owner for 35 years. Factory sport seats. Full engine, trans rebuild 20K miles ago.

Recent service. $81,900.00. Spencer 214/893-3976; spencerheitman@gmail. com. MR (2). ’79 930 Turbo Coupe, Guards Red/ Cork lthr, 93.9K mi. Recent engine/ trans service, new tires, interior carpet & headliner. $99,000.00. Ric 949/6978779; ric.costa@pimco.com. (1) OCR ’79 930 Turbo Coupe, Guards Red/ Tan lthr, 32K mi. Sport seats, sunroof.

Recent engine reseal, new clutch. COA. $120,000.00 Mark 260/627-3909; mchaney.930@gmail.com. RIR (1). ’79 930 Turbo Coupe, Petro Blue Metallic/Cork lthr. Rebuilt drivetrain, full service. Owned for 18 years. $155,000.00 Robert 917/836-3886; bgonline@earthlink.net. NYR (2).

‘80 930 Turbo Coupe (ROW), Oak Green Metallic (265)/Dark Green lthr, 54.6K mi. 4 spd. Matching numbers, Factory non sunroof car. 1 of 840 built (Lowest Turbo production year),original 300HP 930/60 engine. $26K invested in engine rebuild. Less than 500 miles on engine rebuild. $99,990.00. .Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/3354911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (2).

‘86 911 Turbo Coupe, Meteor Grey Metallic (Y5)/Black lthr, 34.4K mi. 4 spd. Numbers matching car with COA. Recent $15K major engine out service/ reseal. $129,990.00. Pictures at www. autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (2). ’87 911 Turbo Coupe, Guards Red/ Champagne lthr, 21K mi. LSD, sunroof. All original car, 3rd owner. $125,000.00 Phil 918/808-8827; p.goswick@cox.net. OR (2) ’87 911 Turbo Coupe, Grand Prix White/Marine Blue lthr, 118K mi.

Sport seats. LSD. Fuchs restored by Al Reed. Recent trans, clutch overhaul by AASE Motors. Orig paint, matching numbers, COA. $99,950.00 Tom 916/880-6124; t_garling@yahoo.com.

OCR (1)

dual power & heated seats. Custom whls w/ new tires, widebody, Xenon headlights, carbon fiber steering whl, brake lever, & shifter. Fabspeed sport exhaust. New water pump. Pioneer Nav system w/ Rockford Fosgate amp. Valentine One radar detector. 3M clear bra over hood and bumper. 30K mi. service just completed. Complete service history. Clean title & Carfax.

Car is in showroom, excellent condition.

Ron Kuskie 714/318-3011. OCR (1) 2004 911 GT3 Coupe, Polar Silver Metallic/Black lthr, 17.6K mi. 6 spd manual, Factory sport seats, thick steering whl. Original paint, never raced. One owner, SoCal car. PCA member owned. Price Upon Request.

Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com.

OCR (1).

2002 996 Twin Turbo Coupe, Artic Silver/Black lthr, 39K mi. 6 spd. SoCal car. Unmodified all original. Mostly one owner. All maintenance up to date including annual oil changes, clean history, no accidents or paint work. Two sets of Turbo twist wheels included.

Never tracked or abused. $50,000.00.

Steve 714/287-9965 steveabrahas@ sbcglobal.net. OCR (2)

FOR SALE: LATE MODEL 911-964993-986-996-997-991

2005 Carrera S Coupe, Silver/ Black lthr. 45.5K mi. 6 spd, all options including Sport Chrono Package. New tires, brakes, clutch, IMS bearing & rear seal. $42,500.00 Ron 951/741-4342; rgcip4452@msn.com. OCR (1)

2002 996 Carrera S4 Cabriolet, Silver/ Metropol Blue lthr & top, 37K mi. Euro sport suspension, Advanced Technical package, short shift package,

2012 911 Carrera (991) Coupe, Aqua Blue/Luxor Beige lthr, 18.5K mi. One owner, PCA member owned.

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3.4L 350HP motor w/PDK trans. Bose stereo, folding mirrors, 14 way pwr seats. Warranty good until Oct 2016.

New brakes, rotors, tires. One Porsche technician has performed all services.

All service records available. Weekend & special occasion driver. Garaged, hand washed, only hi octane gas used.

Julian 714/335-5004; juliandwhite@ me.com More pix at .https://www.flickr. com/gp/96078361@N06/E3B3sv. OCR (1)

FOR SALE: EARLY 911--1960s

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‘66 911S Coupe, Red. 73K mi. Chassis number: 307 129S. There were only 412 Porsche 911Ss built in 1966, with the uprated 160 horsepower engine and this is one of them. Kardex comes with car. This 911S has been upgraded to resemble the first competition oriented 911, the “R” model and has been thoroughly race prepared with roll bar, race seats and general attention to detail. $210,000.00. John 727/384-1179; 727/743-6186; john@johnstarkeycars. com. FCR (2).

FOR SALE: 911--1970s ‘73 911S Coupe, Metallic Silver/ Black lthr, 63K mi. Matching numbers, all original, 100% correct early 911.

Blaupunkt AM/FM, Fuchs, Michelin XWXs. $300,000.00. Mark 760/5220090; allaircooled@yahoo.com. SDR (1) ‘73 911S Coupe, Black/Black leatherette w/ Pepita/Houndstooth inserts. 5 spd manual, Factory sport seats. Less than 10,000 Miles since Jerry McCarthy restoration with KAM Motorsports.

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Porsche COA. $274,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/3354911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (1).

‘73 911 RSR Coupe, Ferrari Rosso Corso/Black leatherette, less than 5K miles on build. 5 spd. Twin plug 3.8L Varioram 993 RS spec engine.

Backdated from 1984 Carrera Turbo look by Jeff Gamroth/Rothsport.

Featured in Total 911 & Excellence magazines. $224,990.00. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/3354911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (1). ’74 911 Carrera 2.7L Euro Coupe, Acid Blue/Blue&Black leatherette w/basket weave inserts/Black script.

A REAL 2.7L MFI Euro Carrera completely restored to Factory standards. Factory paint code 354-91.

Matching numbers car resided in CA for 30 yrs. Original Fuch alloys, COA available. $355,000.00. Bert 310/261285; bjayasekero@gsn.com. LAR (1).

FOR SALE: 356 ‘58 356A 1600N Speedster, Fjordgrün/ green (5705)/Brown leatherette. 4 spd. One of the last 100 Speedsters built. Build date May 7th, 1958.

Matching numbers car with Kardex.

Restoration completed 8-years/5,000miles ago. Same CA owner for 30+

years. $419,990.00. Pictures at www. autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (2).

FOR SALE: BOXSTER, PANAMERA, CAYENNE & CAYMAN 2006 Cayman S, Black/Black lthr, 98K mi. Tiptronic trans. Original paint, 2-Orange County PCA member owners.

Great service history. $18,990.00. .

Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com.

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