PCA-OCR Pandemonium - October 2013

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In This Issue...

• Feature: The Hearts & Garages Tour • Mount Wilson • Monterey

www.pcaocr.org Editor

October 2013

Inside this issue

Garey Cooper gareycooper@mac.com (714) 264-0530

7 Book Review: Alf Francis

Racing Mechanic 9 Feature: Semper Fi

Matching Challenge -the Muse’s 12 Hearts and Garages Tour 16 Monterey 23 OCR Board Nominations 26 Mount Wilson Tour

Production Editor Maryann Marks mamsy1@yahoo.com 714-315-7977

Advertising Director

Cooper Boggs

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Matching funds reached $10,200!

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Classified Ads Editor Bob Weber hbobw930@aol.com 714-960-4981

Technical Writer Lee Rice

Contributing Writers Garey Cooper Doug Fedele Bruce Herrington Peggy Huddleston Julie Husting

The Destination - Mt. Wilson Observatory

Upcoming Events

2 Calendar of Events

3 Christmas Cruise 11 Escape 11 Tech Tactics 30 AutoCross Events 36 GER Concours 36 DE & Zone 8 Time Trial IBC GPX Stop Tech Session IBC GPR Day Away From Work

Departments

Contributing Photographers Garey Cooper Chris DeRose Julie Husting Gary Labb Mark W Johnson David Miranda Bob Weber

Features

Lyn Husting checked out the fabulous pork roast at the H&G Tour

On the Cover: Semper Fi Matching Fund Champions, Lee and Evonne Muse receive a Semper Fi shirt for their generous support

4 Contacts

5 Editor’s Corner 15 Rice’s Ramblings 23 Goodie Store 24 Membership 25 Breakfast Club/New Members 35 Classifieds 36 List of Advertisers

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2013/14 OCR Calendar of Events* OCTOBER 2013 5 Breakfast Club and Board Meeting 10 Woody’s BurgerBahn-HB 7pm 18/20 Southern Utah Tour 19 Krispy Kreme Gathering 19 Toyota Museum Tour

NOVEMBER Contd.

16 Fall Fling / A Twisted Tour Rally 17 AutoX-El Toro 23 Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s Lido 23-24 Porsche Tech Tactics 2013 -

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Breakfast Club and Board Meeting PCA-SGVR Rally Julian Tour Woody’s BurgerBahn-HB 7pm Krispy Kreme Gathering

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Breakfast Club and Board Meeting AutoX-El Toro Woody’s BurgerBahn-HB 7pm Christmas Brunch Cruise Krispy Kreme Gathering Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s Lido TBA Ladies Christmas Soiree

Breakfast Club & Board Meeting Woody’s BurgerBahn - HB 7pm Krispy Kreme Gathering Porsches & Pancakes - Woody’s Lido

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DECEMBER 2013

24/27 PCA Escape 2013- Pomona

26 Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s Lido 27 AutoX-El Toro 27 PCA-GPX Driver’s Ed & Zone 8 TT

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Breakfast Club & Board Meeting Woody’s BurgerBahn - HB 7pm Krispy Kreme Gathering Porsches & Pancakes - Woody’s Lido

MARCH 2014 1 13 15 22

Breakfast Club & Board Meeting Woody’s BurgerBahn - HB 7pm 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.

Toyota USA Automobile Museum Tour Saturday, October 19, 2013 Depart from Krispy Kreme at 9:30, Tour to the Toyota USA Museum in Torrance, Guided Tour (of 100+ Toyota, Lexus, and Scion cars and trucks) from 10:00-12:00, (optional) Tour to “FishBonz - Casual Seafood Grill” in Torrance for no-host lunch, Return home at your leisure

The Rennlist A Request for updated emails!

The Rennlist is our communication tool to reach members with Announcements, Event Reminders and Information deemed “Important”.

If you are not receiving emails from our Region or want to change, update or add additional email addresses, Please send any new email addresses or changes directly to Pete Lech to be included in the rennlist e-blasts!

Thank You Contact: Pete Lech: peterlech@att.net

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OCR Board Meetings All members are welcome to OCR Board Meetings, held after the breakfast meeting at Original Mike’s.

We thank them for their support.

Got a suggestion?

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Just want to vent?

This email will go straight to the board of directors: opinionspcaocr@gmail.com Let us know what’s on your mind and we will share it at the next board meeting.

Anyone wishing to inform the club of special circumstances, illness or loss please send the information to this email also.

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Contact Information

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OCR Executive Board RennList Master Pete Lech peterlech@att.net

President - Greg Lush

Treasurer - David Piper dpiper@socal.rr.com

ocrtours@live.com

Social Media Chair Gary Labb pcaocrgary@yahoo.com Sponsorship Director Bob Scheussler bscheussler@gmail.com Tech Activities Director Cooper Boggs cooper.boggs@gmail.com Web Coordinator Bob Scheussler bscheussler@gmail.com

Greg at AX Vice President - Vacant

Membership Director - CL Jarusek ccwguy@aol.com

Member at Large - Ken Fredrickson Secretary - Monica Asbury

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fast.freddy@verizon.net Concours Chair Norm Follis njfollis@gmail.com Goodie Store Manager Monica Asbury sheamonica@gmail.com

Member at Large - Gary Labb pcaocrgary@yahoo.com

OCR Board Appointments Advertising Team Cooper & Nicole Boggs cooper.boggs@gmail.com Autocross Co-Chairs Christine Newcomer AutoXReg@sbcglobal.net Craig Adams ocrautox@live.com Autocross Registration Armand Gastelo autoxreg@live.com Charity Director Peggy Huddleston hud5family@gmail.com

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Historian Judy Lech JudyLech@att.net Ladies Committee Liaison Maryann Marks mamsy1@yahoo.com Pando Editor Garey Cooper gareycooper@mac.com Pando Classified Ads Editor Bob Weber 714-960-4981 hbobw930@aol.com Pando Production Editor Maryann Marks mamsy1@yahoo.com Past President Nicole Forrest-Boggs Rally Director Larry Moore beechnut60@cox.net

Zone 8 Chairs Zone 8 Representative Tom Brown zonerep@zone8.org Zone 8 Secretary Skip Carter skipcarter@pobox.com Zone 8 Autocross Chair David Witteried dwitteried@hotmail.com Zone 8 Concours Chair Joe Nedza jcnedza@aol.com Zone 8 Club Race Coordinator Vince Knauf vvvince@aol.com Time Trial & Drivers Ed Chair David Hockett davndirc@yahoo.com Zone 8 chief Driving Instructor Scott Mann scott@renegadehybrids.com Zone 8 Rally Chair Revere Jones Zone8rallychair@aol.com Zone 8 Region Coordinator Gary Peterson gary.peterson@hrh.com Zone 8 Rules Coordinator Tom Brown tb911@adelphia.net Zone 8 Treasurer Linda Cobarrubias MS993@aol.com Zone 8 Webmaster Ken Short webmaster@zone8.org

Editor’s Notes Story by Garey Cooper alacrity to keep club functions happy and snappy!

Garey and Maxine glam it up in Monterey Heat shimmers in hazy waves And any we have, ambition caves In to lazy days Okay, not your region of the Porsche Club of America, the Orange Coast Region! There are no laggards here. And high, oh so high in the OCR tower, minions and mavens move with

Counting down the minutes I write this column just a few weeks before our annual White Gloves Concours. It’s back in Lantern Bay, Dana Point. To say I’m excited by the prospect of the day is an understatement of course. As it happens, it will also be my first post retirement club event. This means I can attend and have fun with nary a thought to having to be back in any particular saddle by the next day. I hope that by the time my dear readers see this, they will have attended and also be basking in the memory of a wonderful day.

Porsche Today It is interesting to think of what just the last fifteen years have been to Porsche, our car of choice of course. 98-99 intro-

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duced the Boxster and water-cooled 996 at a time when the only car Porsche sold was the 911, if not that many variants.

Many people consider the car immediately proceeding the 996, the 993 version of the “911”, as one of the prettiest of a long preceding lineup. And while those pre-water day 911s did have options, my memory does not recall the potential for options that are available to Porsche buyers today. I have read that the future of car buying is “personalization”, but Porsche is there already and has been for some time. Just bring a big W2 to the game.

So today we have the Boxter, Cayman, Cayenne, Panamera and 911 (many times it seems Porsche prefers to use the word “Carerra” to describe this now) and very soon the Macan. The Macan will be a smaller version of the Cayenne, rather like the Audi Q5 is to the Q7. I think that Porsche has identified an entry level potential in this chassis class and cleverly targeted the car and the demographic.

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Book Review:

ALF FRANCIS Racing Mechanic,

By Alf Francis with Peter Lewis, Published in 1958

by G. T. Foulis & Co., LTD, Strand, England Review by Bruce Herrington Many books have been written purporting to give an inside view of the motor racing world, as it was when racing was a sport not a business, when all concerned were involved for the ‘fun’ of it. Duncan Hamilton’s books give a more or less from the cockpit view; Stirling Moss’ books describe the life of a racing driver in almost sordid detail; Innes Ireland’s All Arms and Elbows gives often hilarious descriptions of the off-duty antics of Formula 1 Drivers. But the hands down best youare-there first person, how-and-why story of the life at the track and on the road with the Racing Circus, is ALF FRANCIS Racing Mechanic, by Alf Francis.

Alf’s story begins in April of 1948, and tells of a bygone era, a time when an individual with one mechanic, could design and build a competitive grand prix car, and the bent valves of an over-revved engine could be successfully straightened with a hammer, an anvil and a bench vise.

The book is full of interesting incidents, such as the time a podium finish was achieved because there was no adequate cooling for a bottle of Coke, and how a plug oiling problem was solved by drilling new drain holes in the cam gallery of an Alta engine.

Alf’s story (but in no way his career) ends Saturday, May 11, 1956 with a very successful performance, under adverse conditions, of an F2 Cooper-Climax, entered by Rob Walker in the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco. This event launched what became Rob Walker’s very successful independent F1 Team, managed by Alf Frances, as well as putting an Australian by the name of Jack Brabham into the racing limelight for the first time. An interesting side story is how Jack drove Walker’s F2 car in the Sunday Grand Prix, because he had wrecked Walker’s F1 car on the very first lap of Friday’s practice!

Alf Francis got into the racing game sort of by the back door - he was hired

as the mechanic for a one-car G.P. racing team (despite the fact that he’d never even seen a racing car), because he knew ‘the Continent’ and could speak several languages. His racing experience began working for John Heath and George Abecassis whose HWM sports cars are still significant in vintage racing. This book describes how Alf was intimately involved with the design, construction and development of the first of these cars, and how in December 1949, Stirling Moss obtained his first ‘Team Driver’ job to work with Alf and HWM. In those lo-tech days, expediency was the name of the game. ALF FRANCIS Racing Mechanic is full of descriptions of ‘pressing on’, such as the time when the Ford V-8 powered transporter ran a big end. Alf, by the side of the road, dropped the pan, pulled two rods and pistons, then sealed the oil ports in the crank with a piece of his leather belt held in place by hose clamps, then proceeded to the next race track, on 6 cylinders.

Though for the 1951 season, Stirling Moss was the primary driver, additional drivers on the HWM team included Duncan Hamilton, Louis Chiron, Prince Bira, Lance Macklin, Richard Millani, Baron de Graffenried, and other famous, or tobe famous, drivers. The book details how Louis Chiron broke a driveshaft at the San Remo, (Italy) Grand Prix, walked back to the pits, got Alf to grab a spare and some tools, walk out to the car and exchange driveshafts, enabling Louis to be an official finisher in the race. Such is not the way Grand Prix’ are conducted today.

After 3 hectic years with HWM, Alf moved on to the much more placid oneman team of Peter Whitehead, who raced all over the Continent, specifically for the fun of it. Then Alf was a founding member of the Moss family racing team, once

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again building the cars he maintained at the tracks.

In addition to the teams of which Alf was formally a part, his work involved spending time in, and building rapport with, the shops of Cooper cars, Maserati, and Alta engineering, as well as Coventry-Climax engines. The descriptions show significant differences in operating philosophy in the organizations, but a common, very high level of intensity and focus.

This reviewer finds ALF FRANCIS Racing Mechanic very inspiring - every couple of chapters I feel the urge to rush out to the garage and work on my own cars! It’s a very readable book of 336 5x8-1/2 inch pages, including eight sections of black & white plates and six two-column pages of very thorough index. Used copies can be obtained through Amazon Books: http://www.amazon. com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=searchalias%3Dstripbooks&fieldkeywords=Alf+Francis for roughly $80.

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SEMPER FI MATCHING FUND Story by Peggy Huddleston During the planning of this year’s Hearts and Garage Tour, my husband and I were invited to view a prospective hosts garage. We were inspired by this host couple’s generosity and willingness to open their garage, home and yard to share with our club tour attendees. While planning our main course, Lee and Evonne Muse shared with us a new idea. They wanted to inspire our PCA-OCR to increase the donations to our charity “Semper Fi Fund”. Their idea was a matching funds challenge; the club contributions would be matched dollar for dollar up to $2,500 with a check from Lee and Evonne. Most of you saw and heard the many announcements that were sent out for the 2 months prior to the event and you whole (and generous) heartedly took on this challenge; your checks and cash donations helped to keep that figure growing.

The Representatives from Semper Fi Fund, which included Kerry-Ann Ellington, Community Outreach, and Ret. Lance Corporal Brandon Pelltier and myself, your Charity Director, are so proud and thankful to announce the total received from that challenge amounted to $10,210.00. A special thanks goes out Lee and Evonne Muse who initiated this challenge and contributed their matching amount. Along with the Muses, many of our fellow club member’s generosity helped to make this additional generous donation to the surprised and appreciative SFF reps. Special thanks go out to our donors:

Clockwise: A whopping $10,210 was raised in the matching challenge; The Husting’s listen to Ret. Lance Corporal Brandon Pelltier tell his story; Lee and Evonne Muse receive their “star” host bottle of wine and certificate

Gordon Williams Don Leeper Ole Barre David Miranda Doug Fedele Dick Sartor Patrick Backus Mark Johnson Penny Wynn Arnie Shusterman Mark Wallace Kim Earl Mili Simonin Gary Labb Russ Frank

Steve Eguina Bruce Harrington Malcolm Macondray Bob & Cindy Nimtz Jim & Gail Reinholdt Tom & Pam Gray Steve & Sandy Klein Eric & Candice Keltenbach Sandy & Katherine Schwartz Jeremy & Angie Sakioka Scott & Janelle Fleener Doug & Vicki (Billings)Neill Paul & Christine Mueller Glen & Mindy Christiansen Preston & Ana Mc Fadden

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2013 Hearts and Garages Tour Story by Doug Fedele Guards Red, Biarritz White and Midnight Blue Metallic! These three Porsche colors were standouts, and appropriately so for such a patriotic and worthy event, The Hearts and Garages Tour, benefitting our PCA OCR charity, Semper Fi Fund.

Reminiscent of a LeRoy Niemann painting, Porsches of all colors and stripes sped through Orange County. Speed Yellow, Lapis Blue Metallic, Zanzibar Red and Seal Grey Porsches created a dizzying display of color and spectacle as they sped from house to house, their owners paying homage to our men and women in uniform and lending heartfelt support for those who so bravely defend our freedoms abroad.

The event was hosted generously by four members, Cooper and Nicole Boggs, Tony Rontundo, Lee and Eyonne Muse, and Alan and Gail Hall who graciously opened their homes and hearts. The event was a sight to behold, worthy of a Stokowki Symphony, arranged and orchestrated by Charity Director Peggy Huddleston with the aid of her hubby Scott, with on site assistance

by Jim and Gail Reinholdt and David and Mary Hong. David Miranda and many others took some great pix. (Did I mention the fabulous dessert?)

Their efforts led to a spectacularly memorable evening, the culmination of which was the presentation of donations to the Semper Fi Fund at the Muse’s home. The check for 2012 was $6,700 and an astounding $10,210 was raised in the Club’s Matching Fund Challenge. Thanks go to all, and especially to Lee and Evonne Muse, whose matching challenge was met with heartfelt passion. You humble us all with your open and generous hearts, and your actions create in us a desire to do more.

The donation was received by Semper Fi Fund Community Outreach Representative Kerry-Ann Ellington and Ret. Lance Corporal Brandon Pelletier, an inspiration.

Recounting the struggles of his own journey back from his tours, he reminded us all of the heavy toll taken by soldiers we have sent to defend our freedoms worldwide. His epiphany by virtue of a wheelchair bound veteran made our own troubles seem so trivial. His undefeatable attitude and spirit were amazing. How can we do any less than

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measure up to those like him and stand with them? For the uninitiated, the Semper Fi Fund is a non-profit program dedicated to assisting wounded warriors and their families with much needed material support.

These soldiers have sacrificed life and limb without complaint and return from battle with physical and oftentimes psychological disabilities that make it impossible for them to reintegrate into family and society without help. Semper Fi helps with bills, cars, assisted housing and so many other things for the veteran and his family.

That was the “Hearts”, now for the “Garages”. (Did I mention the fabulous desserts?) The first stop was the home of Cooper and Nicole Boggs for appetizers. What a beautiful home, redolent with orange trees, remnants of a once grand orchard on the family farm. One is instantly transported back in time to those Idyllic days, leaning on the tractor while sipping a cold orange juice under the trees after a day’s work. A little note about the house; built in 1918 by

Charles Sauers using traditional stick framing methods. It started life as a 2 bedroom, 1 bath with a 3 bay barn as the headquarters of a 16 acre Walnut grove. This was replaced in late 20s with Valencia Oranges. (These are the sweetest oranges this writer has tasted!)

From 1938 to 1968, Aubrey Glines owned the home, tended the orchard and raised chickens, which were sold to the Knott’s family. (Think Knott’s Berry Farm, fried chicken and jams). Aubrey added a large master bedroom and bath as well as a mess hall for the orchard workers. Cooper’s grandparents, Dave and Barbara Bryant, acquired the property in 1970. Dave’s illustrious career at Douglas Aircraft was counterpointed by his passion for remodeling his home. The superior workmanship of both is evident in the results. They were careful to recreate and stay true to the many old details of the original home. All of the wood siding and moldings match the original. Barbara designed and made all of the stained glass windows found throughout the home.

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Clockwise: The cars of the tour enamoured the neighbors; Mary Hong and Gail Reinholdt assisted with sign ins; Hosts Nicole, Cooper & Hunter Boggs; Cooper’s dream garage turned into a perfect room for appetizers; A 1938 Oliver tractor.

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Rice’s Ramblings:

993 FAN HOUSING CREEP AND RUB Story by Lee Rice

Last month I was writing about winter coming and the concerns with fuel contaminating additives (Ethanol), mandated by government. Today, as I write this, it is 92 degrees with 65% humidity. Hot and moist air! This also creates nightmares in your cool fuel tank –with your fuel (contaminated) with ethanol in it! I mentioned the “issues” with CIS fuel injection and finding a new repair facility that does CIS fuel injection repairs. I shall report in detail on this new supplier soon. However, I need time to evaluate this business as I feel all Porsches with CIS Fuel Injection are in trouble. I have personally not found an OVERHAUL facility that does what an “overhaul” is supposed to do.

I cannot stress enough that all Porsches and all automobiles with KJetronic (C.I.S.) Fuel Injection need to be driven frequently and their owners must be proactive maintaining their fuel system. It only takes two cans of additive (Techron® and Sta-Bil®) twice a year.

I finally became so frustrated with not getting straight answers and reliable information for CIS Fuel Injection that I started building my own 911/930 C.I.S. flow bench to check my Fuel Injection components and learn just how the insides of these things work.

I put this off for decades, but, with CIS on my own Turbo 3.6, it was a matter of survival of the breed! More on this later…

Question: I have a 1991 Turbo (3.3l) and I have trou-

ble with the fan housing moving rearward over time and that causes the fan belt to rub on the fan leaving dark black rubber marks on the fan hub. It looks awful. I like to keep my engine looking clean and even tightening the fan strap tighter, it moves rearward after a few months?

Oh yes that is a problem. I have almost never seen a 911-930-C-2 or 993, which is not a show car only, without this problem. The problem has always been there and over-tightening the fan housing strap IS NOT THE SOLUTION. In fact, over-tightening causes another worse problem. The “wide clamping strap on blower housing” is torqued to 5 lb/Ft-all 911/930s and 6 lb/Ft. for all 964 & 993s.

The problem, especially with the Turbo engines (3.3l & 3.6l), is the intercooler mounting uses a bracket attached to the blower housing. Everything must be in perfect tension-free alignment so the blower housing doesn’t move! This is nearly impossible since heat expansion causes everything to move around and seek its own alignment.

Note: The later 911/930s use a larger crank pulley and that stops the fan-housing from moving back as it rubs the mag. housing against the pulley. No, not good!

Note 2: The 1968-1989 911/930 blower housing are magnesium and it is a thin wall pressure casting. Over tightening causes a deformation around the 5 o’clock area, when viewing the fan/housing from the rear looking forward. This OCTOBER 2013

deformation pushes the housing inward against the spinning fan. Many 911/930s have scrape marks in the 5 o’clock area.

It is repairable. I have done many, many of these.

The C-2 and 993 Turbos brilliantly reverted back to aluminum blower housing in 1991 to 1998. [The first 901 (911s) used a tiny bit larger Aluminum fan and housing.] Even the aluminum housing, which could be torqued higher, will still move rearward.

The FIX: On one of my Turbo engines I first removed the fan/housing /alternator from the engine and then removed the blower housing’s alignment steel rolled pin. This is mounted in the rear of the blower housing mounting on the engine case. This alignment pin aligns only. It doesn’t hold the housing in place. I made an “alignment locater pin” by removing the rolled pin with vice grips, then drilled and threaded the hole for a M8 x 1.25 mm shouldered bolt. I cut the bolt thread end shorter so the bolt would fit lower in the hole with threads only in the thread hole and only the smooth shoulder part of the bolt would contact the blower housing’s newly drilled out hole. I measured the thickness of the blower housing and cut the bolt off so that only a 2-3 mm part of the bolt would show through the hole. I then cut the bolt accordingly, rounded the top off smoothly, installed it with red Loc(Continued on Page 23)

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Monterey Story by Garey Cooper Panamera Peregrinations (or) Bes(s) Busts Loose (or) Do you know the way to Monterey?

The bare statistics are these: Total time driving; 27 hours, 23 minutes; Total distance driven; 1,150 miles; Average speed; 43 miles per hour; Average fuel consumption; 24.1 mpg As in every endeavor, the bare statistics don’t tell the whole story of course.

For instance in terms of fuel mileage, I did see as much as 26.7 after a long stretch of highway driving. Not bad for a car that weighs about as much as a fully laden jetliner at takeoff. The statistics also cannot relate the fun or the lack of it on any particular venture or trip.

The “Mother Road” to the “Beat Generation” was supposedly highway or route 66. To the generation before that, it may have been the old Lincoln Highway. But to a generation of surfers in California, it was definitely Highway 1, 101 or Pacific

Coast Highway, affectionately known as “PCH”. As such, it is well known by me, and a few others I suppose, that it was and is the route along which lie many storied surfing spots. Also at the Monterey point of the road is the location or locations where an extraordinary gathering occurs every year. I don’t think there is really an official name for the collective weekend but we just call it the Monterey Weekend.

Multiple events in multiple locations all spell car gatherings of every type. Historic racing and historic car bidding, it is all there.

This year is the first year that did not require that I immediately quit work Friday and get there the soonest and fastest, and then reverse that itinerary Sunday evening for work commitments. My recent retirement made it possible for Mrs. Cooper and me to pack up the 2012 Panamera (Bes(s), for Big Expensive Sedan, and take a leisurely route up and down the coastline.

So, we joined up with fellow PCA member Connie Summers and her new Corvette to share the trip up. We arranged stops in Rancho San Marcos, Solvang, Carmel Valley, Monterey itself and then

a return via Paso Robles and Ojai. It was about a week altogether in a Porsche with four seats. Bes(s) swallowed two golf bags, two sizable suitcases, one backpack, numerous hats, several shoes, a neck pillow, a regular pillow, two stolen airline blankets (don’t tell Delta!) dental floss, binoculars, a California duster, and a spray bottle of detail polish. There’s more but I can’t remember it all. I also must admit there were fewer golf balls that came back with us than started the trip. I didn’t notice any performance gains despite the weight loss.

Way Stations for playcations First stop was at Rancho San Marcos Golf Course, located on Highway 143 in the hills above Santa Barbara. This used to be one of my favorite golf courses. I have to say used to be because the drought has devastated this course. Pray that that the water well they are currently digging will produce and allow them to bring it back.

Until then, don’t bother. However, that evening was a much-anticipated dinner at “Sides Hardware & Shoes” smack in the middle of Los Olivos. Two brothers who used to have a restaurant at “Mat(Continued on Page 20)

Corvettes on parade at the Laguna Seca Race Track

A Porsche 962 with logo from our own Andial, which was located right in Orange County for many years

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Right to Left: Pagoda top Mercedes at the “Legends”, Autocorso Italiano, Lambo’s as common as leaves on the trees, Back when “men were men” they used “manly” headlights, Brass and exposed valve springs from the early era, you used kitchen polish to make the brass shine

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Monterey: (Continued from Page 17) tie’s Tavern” operate the restaurant. The food is still great and we recognized the restaurant’s building as a former art gallery where Mrs. Cooper and I purchased a wooden carved Indian woman, whom I call “Princess Winter Spring Summer Fall”, hanging in our kitchen now. If you’re ever in Los Olivos give them a try.

In Monterey, we, of course, went to one of our favorite restaurants in the world, “Passion Fish” in Pacific Grove.

We like this one so much we actually went twice and it is a certain destination whenever we are in the Monterey area.

The Monterey weekend is so full of car events that it is practically impossible to attend them all. Our choices for this latest visit were: 1. Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance a. This event is actually FREE, which is highly unusual anywhere during the weekend. The Pebble Beach Concours cars leave from Pebble Beach and stop in the middle of the day on Ocean Avenue in Carmel-By-The-Sea. They remain on display there for at least two hours before departing once again to return to the Pebble Beach area. Thus, for about two hours (approximately 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM) you have the cars that would cost you $225 per person in advance or $275 at the gate to see on Sunday. Plus, you get to see them run, some wheezing, some puffing and some quite visibly upset ex-race cars straining to stay at about 25 mph as they go by.

2. Legends of the Autobahn a. All of the German cars in one spot: BMW; Mercedes Benz; Porsche and some oddities as well, like Borgward.

Really a Borgward Concours? Again, a “free” event. I have to put free in parentheses, as you must pay $10 for parking, reasonable enough for Monterey. Humorously the sign at the entrance is posted with two directions; Play is one way while Pray is the other! That is because the parking is on church grounds and they make a good contribution for the weekend. Think of this one as several club type concours in one area, one concours for each marque. b. With the dealer at the show, Mrs. Cooper discovered that the new Boxster would take two sets of golf clubs. I am not

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sure what this means except that it raised the estimation of this car no small amount in her thinking.

3. Concorso Italiano a. This, as the name would imply, is the exclusive show for all things that are car AND Italian. A pretty good combination, as a matter of fact, when you consider Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Lamborghini amongst others like FIAT. Now remember that FIAT owns Ferrari and show some respect here! I love 1930s Maserati racecars and 1960s Ferraris.

Look up, or as we now say “Google”, Tazio Nuvolari and you’ll understand the cachet. Being Italian the food available is not TOO bad, for a car event. And the cars! b. Okay, we showed up at the gate and showed our tickets, for which we paid $150 each. I thought this was a fairly high tariff but not in Monterey. We were “general admission”. Barely one level up from “scum of the earth”, which meant we parked in Slobovia, in fact lower Slobovia. We obediently followed the traffic control guys and gals who were on leave from various peninsular substance abuse programs as they waved us past one good looking parking location after another; platinum, gold, silver, mud, and to general admission we hoped. But in fact, we popped right out of the entire shebang back onto highway 68! After my blood pressure dropped to maintainable levels, we looped back around and parked in the

first available location; $150 General Admission not withstanding!

4. Rolex Motorsports Reunion a. You should know enough to know that anything with “Rolex” in the name is expensive... and any kind of racing is expensive. A famous quote is, “to make a small fortune in racing is easy.

You just start with a large fortune”. So, it is the perfect combination AND expensive. To attend and to attempt. I went Saturday and Sunday, which will serve to show the addict that I am with all of this.

My favorites are the small formula cars from the 1950s through the 1970s, which nails my era effectively. I am willing to bet I could still change gears in a Hewland FT200 gearbox in under an hour. b. In some of the races you can still smell the Castrol, aromatically better than cologne to a car person. c. Another era I love is the very earliest, the big fire breathing monsters created not that long after the turn of the previous century. Handlebar moustaches, kidney belts and artillery wheels. A riding mechanic would pump up the fuel pressure and change the “gum rubber” tires.

Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers who carved a nation from “sea to shining sea”. What is NOT to like? d. On Sunday I went with my friend and ex Jaguar XK120 racer Myron Richart. Poor devil, he had to sit in the stands and watch. He has a Mercedes Gull Wing, amongst others, and we went to the pits of his friends who actually race Okay make your choice; “play”, “pray” or “end” it all!

L to R: Porsche LMP2 racing car; Porsche’s on track!; Self portrait in multiple reflections; Talbot Lago race car from France driven by Jean Pierre Wilmille; Jay Leno helps out in the pits; Bess can handle the goods! You could haul lumber in this thing….

these museum pieces. A wonderful treat but my attention was on a “junk formula” 1930s Miller Indy car.

5. In the meantime Connie, of PCA, was working in her brothers booth and we went by to say “howdy and hello”. Nice shirts and clothes, her brother is very talented.

6. Okay, you get the picture. Bes(s), built for the autobahn, could cruise at 80 mph ALL day and handle a ton of luggage. But she likes the “twisties” too!

Between Santa Barbara and Ojai I outran a gaggle of “wannabes” right past Lake Casitas while Mrs. Cooper read her latest book, much more intellectual and smart than I could undertake.

a. If you long for a peaceful and serene region, move to Ojai. You will not be alone. For the more active, I highly recommend Ojai Valley Inn and Spa and the golf course. Inimitable and beautiful.

Our friend Jim has been working there officially for 55 years! We’ve only known him for 20 years so we are newcomers. b. Suzanne’s Restaurant in Ojai is where I saw the lovely June Allyson some years back. A great restaurant to this day and Ms. Allyson was as lovely and dynamic in person as she was on the screen.

You could say the ladies have always captured my heart and Ms. Allyson was quite a lady!

Okay, that is our weekend in a “nutshell”. I hope that perhaps one day you

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can use our information and contacts (below) as you make your own pilgrimage to the Monterey Weekend!

Go to; 1. www.montereycarweek.com/events.

2. www.passionfish.net/ 3. www.legendsofthe autobahn.org/.

4. www.concorso.com 5. www.mazdaraceway.com/rolexmonterey-reunion.

6. http://www.ojairesort.com/.

7. http://www.suzannescuisine.com.

8. http://www.losolivosca.com.

9. http://www.brothersrestaurant.com.

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2014 Board Nominations Board elections are coming up in December for four PCA-OCR Board positions for the 2014-2015 two-year term.

The current by-laws state that the Nominating Committee will contain at least three members, including one board member, appointed by the President. At the 09/07/13 board meeting the Nominating Committee members appointed are Steve Eguina, Ken Fredrickson and Gary Labb.

It was also decided to add two additional club members for a total of at least five members on the Nominating Committee. The only requirement is that you are a current PCA-OCR member, associate member or family member, in good standing. The Nominating Committee’s job is to submit a slate of nominees for each vacancy on the Board of Directors.

If you have an interest in joining Steve, Ken and Gary on this year’s Nominating Committee, please email one of them or any board member your interest.

Steve Eguina seguina@cox.net Ken Fredrickson fast.freddy@verizon.net Gary Labb pcaocrgary@yahoo.com According to our current by-laws, the membership does not vote for a position on the board. The membership votes to place a person on the board and then it is at the discretion of the current board to place the people who “win” in the actual position on the board. The board positions that will be voted upon by the new board after the election will be: President; Vice President; Membership Director; and Treasurer Additionally, if you have an interest in becoming a board member, please let us know. We are not only seeking PCA-OCR members for our Nominating Committee, but also seeking PCA-OCR members who wish to volunteer to become board members.

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Rice’s Ramblings: (Continued from Page 15) tite® and painted the tip red. (Just to show how it can be done).

Unfortunately my images of this were lost during a computer issue and that engine was sold. I intend to do this on my 3.6 Turbo engine soon ~ and document it all.

This is so simple that I am wondering why I (or Porsche) didn’t think of it 40 years ago…

QUESTION: I am installing a 3.2 Carrera engine in my 1977 911. What other improvements should I do next?

BRAKES! You need to have at least early 911S alloy brakes and that is mar-

ginal by today’s standards and needs. The early 2-piston alloy calipers will bolt on to most struts in the front. You might ask your service shop if they have customers that have upgraded their Carrera to track or higher performance road use. If so they may have good used 3.2 Carrera brakes discs and calipers available.

Fortunately, you have vacuum boosted brakes. You can upgrade the 911 vacuum unit for the larger 930 Turbo vacuum unit, it is all bolt on.

If one has a non-vacuum boosted brake 911, and desires much safer and improved brakes, a vacuum unit can be installed. A good body shop can remove and weld in the vacuum booster sheet metal

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deck piece. I think it is an 18” sq piece, then bolt in the later pedal cluster. I did this on my 1968 hot rod 911 and it is one of the top 3 things I have ever done in 42 years of 911 driving!

Godspeed, Lee Rice, Technical Director Inquiries, questions, differing ideas are all welcome. ricetrbos@sbcglobal.net call 714/ 539-1042 – reasonable hours

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OCR Membership Anniversaries [6 years or more]

40 Years William & Joyce Perrone 36 Years Frederick & Clay Trueman 33 Years Chris & Paula Burdy Bob & Hope Kanaley 30 Years Frank Lebda & Linda Smith 29 Years Craig & Robin Franzen 24 Years Don & Mary Bierce 23 Years William & Christine Kelly 21 Years Edmond & Robert Fumo Mike & Linda Mansolino 20 Years Thomas & Kanokrut Prine Samuel & Kathrine Corliss Mark Bartosh Jack Thomsen & J Creencia 19 Years Robert & Jeffrey De Santis Gerald Lee &Lisa Szeto Timothy Musick 17 Years Scott & Maggie Brown 16 Years Wayna & Doug Mason Larry & Gloria Moore 15 Years Jerald & Sheila Ainsworth Alwin & Yolanda Springer

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14 Years James & Monica Thomas Mark Niese 13 Years John & Victoria Chakmak Leigh & Michelle Heyer John Pettross Josie Pettross 12 Years George & Louise Bedrosian Michael & Judith Foy Bob & Stephanie Christie 11 Years Marc & Sangeeta Gianzero Gary & Cathy Paer

6 Years Peter & Helen Ryhlick Paul & Pat Taylor L & Rodger Pruitt Thomas Armstrong Jerry & Tracey Collazo Emilio & Ryan Rodriguez James & Happy Warden Larry & Denise Kaprielian Martin & Janet Bonanno

New Members Alexandru Birca Newport Beach/2005 911 Jody Dean North Tustin/2008 Cayman

10 Years John Dimock & Nathalie Cunningham Bill & Nancy Sweningsen Leah & Kevin Cahill

Robert Fitt Lake Forest/2014 Cayman S

9 Years Mark Gautreau Ronald Knievel & Wendy Bugbee

Greg & Kris Gibbs Irvine/2012 Panamera

8 Years Nicholes & Anna Ghnouly Dan & Sue Creegan Ronn & Barbara Hosmer Bill & Pam Reinert John & Johnny Kanavas 7 Years Aaron Felman Steve & Donna Witt Wency Villaluz Robert & Nancy Conway James & Christine Valdivieso Michael & Shelley Reissmueller Chuck Beverly & Jody Elliott Duane & Lya Selby David & Kathleen Frazer

Dominic Gallello Newport Beach/2014 Cayman S

Howard Miller Orange/2000 Carrera 4 Cong Nguyen Tustin/2006 911S Chandler Rabens San Clemente/unknown Gregory & Diana Sargenti Newport Beach/2013 991 Matthew Shurts & Nicole Wessel Fullerton/1996 Carrera Blaise & Beth Smith Orange/2003 Carrera4S

Marc Walther Anaheim/1973 914 David Wright Huntington Beach/2014 911S Janet Yu & Dean Mayer Corona Del Mar/1997 993

Transfers

Gregory Bouras Laguna Niguel/2013 991 4S Transfer from Cal Inland Stephen Chan Huntington Bch/2013 Boxster Transfer - San Gabriel Valley Stanley & Eileen Hall Indian Wells/2006 911,2009 911S, 2011 BoxsterS,2012 991 Transfer - Riverside William & Christina Hebert Huntington Beach/1982 911 Transfer - Connecticut Valley Scott Levitta Laguna Beach/2007 997, 2010 Carrera Transfer - Los Angeles Grant McCorkle San Juan Cap./1963 356B Transfer - California Central Coast Brian Robinson Aliso Viejo/Unknown Transfer - San Diego

Breakfast Club/New Members Photos by Gary Labb

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 September 2013 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.

New members Blaise & Beth Smith & their 2003 Polar Silver Carrera 4S New member Dave Wright & his 2014 Guards Red Carrera S

New member Alex Birca & his 2005 Seal Gray Carrera New members Allan & Denise Lamonte & their 2003 Blue 996 Cabriolet

New member Steve Nogy & his 2001 Black Boxster S New member Patrick Lechtenberger & his 2010 Black Cayman S

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MOUNT WILSON TOUR: Story & Photos by Julie Husting & John Ortiz I love the mountains and a good friend of mine, Lori Shapiro, loves astronomy so I knew this was a must do tour and knew exactly who my copilot would be. Our tour started in the Krispy Kremes parking lot. My tour started inside Krispy Kremes-is it really possible to go to that parking lot without getting a donut first?? Nah! Grabbed the donut and headed outside just on time to hear Greg Lush tell us about our adventure. His top priority was keeping all 20 of us together as we navigated multiple freeways to get to our first stop, Sport Chalet, where we were to pick up some more Porsches before heading to our final destination.

Unfortunately, Greg’s best intentions were soon to fall short as we came to a halt on the freeway. Lori is a wizard on her iPhone and, as is usually the case, I often add an app or two after spending time with her. Today proved to be no different. She quickly turned on her WAZE app, which happens to be the perfect app for Porsche drivers. It tells where CHP/police speed traps are as well as accidents and hazards in the road - all in current time. So she was able to tell me how long we were going to be stuck in the traffic, not too long, fortunately. I pointed out a person leaning out of their window taking a picture of the long line of Porsches. I’m sure seeing us made their traffic stop more enjoyable!

Since we were bumper to bumper, we were able to read the license plate on the Porsche in front of us, MEMBER 11-99 Foundation. We speculated on what that could be, police? Firemen? Military?

So Lori whipped out her iPhone and Googled it.

Turns out it’s a charitable foundation that helps the families of CHP employees in the event of sickness or death. My first thought was, “Boy, that’s a great way to get out of a speeding ticket on the freeway!

Just show them the license plate frame!” Turns out I was right! She read a whole article that she found that had several stories of people getting out of speeding tickets. Sounds like it’s a worthwhile charity, too. Hmm, maybe I will have to bring up this organization when we are looking for a new charity for the club to support!

Eventually, we got going again but, unfortunately by that time, our group was split up. As far as I could tell, there was the lead group and then our group. The lead group seemed to be long gone and nowhere in sight. Fortunately, I had printed out the email that had the freeways to take to get to Sport

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Top to bottom: Looking down at the porsches from the Mt. Wilson Viewpoint; CL Jarusek, Nancy Troast along with guests and members from other regions gather atop sport Chalet before the drive up the freeway, The Observatory Tour; The Observatory

There was a 150’ tower that is used to measure the sun’s movements

Chalet and Lori happens to be a good navigator. There were two Porsches in front of us and many more behind. Unfortunately, the two Porsches directly in front of us took the 210 West. Lori insisted we were to take the 210 East so I honked frantically as we veered off to the east, hoping they would realize we were no longer behind them. We quickly made our way to the roof of the Sport Chalet parking lot only to find . . . the lead group wasn’t there! How could that be? The Porsche group that was meeting us was there but no one else. It turns out the lead group had an adventure of their own as they somehow wound up on the 134 freeway. So we chatted with the new group for awhile waiting for the other two groups to show up.

Soon we were all together again and began our journey to Mount Wilson. Greg hinted that some of us might like to go faster than, shall we say, the people that wanted to view the scenery. So I made sure that we were in the first group. We headed out on the Angeles Crest Highway. Ahhh, this was what I came for! Porsche roads! In beautiful scenery! Man, how I love speeding along on those twists and turns! We were lucky that the slowpokes all pulled over and let us go by, too! Perfect!!

We arrived at Mount Wilson at noon.

The arrangements were for an observatory tour at 1:00 and that our illustrious leader would be on that tour and would be leaving at 2:00 with whoever wanted to caravan back joining in. We had a nice lunch on picnic tables with our fellow Porsche peeps and some new friends and had a very enjoyable time. Many of us were able to get tickets for the 1:00 tour, although it did sell out so not everyone was able to get

tickets, including our leader. It also turned out that the one hour tour that we thought we were going on was actually two hours. Well, it was SUPPOSED to be two hours! It turned out to be almost three hours!

The tour was actually very interesting. We learned a lot about the history of the observatory, the discoveries they have made there, and how all of the equipment was transported up Mt. Wilson a hundred years ago. Turns out that mule power was better than horse power in those days! The museum had some really great pictures that were taken on the microscopes at the observatory. I was amazed at how many stars there are!

There was a 150’ tower that is used to measure the sun’s movements. We watched a worker go to the top of that tower, in a little bucket on the outside!

I’d like to go on that! Once inside, we were told how they study the shifting sun spots. It was very surprising how archaic the equipment was in there. In fact, we were told that some of the studies had just stopped because their 40 year old computer (!) had died and they were trying to figure out how to get all of the information transferred to new equipment. They had all kinds of old monitors laying around.

It was like going through a time warp in there! I looked closely at the equipment I was leaning against and realized it was a giant old computer that I remembered in sci-fi movies from my childhood. Wow! We moved on to more domes and giant telescopes. Some stories were very interesting and some were, well . . . not.

At one point we went inside a building where one researcher started telling us

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about light rays and mirrors and well, to be honest, that’s when my eyes started glazing over and I noticed that people were making a beeline for the door. How was I going to get out of there when I was right in front of the guy? Aw heck, sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do and I slowly backed away until I could make my escape, too! We wound up enjoying the view with some other Porsche members while the rest of the people were still trapped inside. It was nice to see somebody so passionate about that stuff. I guess somebody has to be in order for the research to continue.

The final stop on the tour was a gigantic microscope. To be honest, I was more excited to see the chairs than the microscope by that point. I looked around and didn’t see any Porsche people by then!

Turns out that Porsche people aren’t only quick on roads but they are also quick to escape on foot! We ducked out at our first opportunity and made it back to the cafe for an ice cream. One glance at the parking lot revealed only three Porsches left, including mine. Fortunately, we talked to a local who informed us that the road we had planned to take had a dirt portion part of the way so we decided to go back the way we came.

We ran into traffic on the way home but have no fear, Lori pulled out her app and told me that EVERY freeway had the same amount of traffic! During a nice conversation all the way home, we both agreed that we thoroughly enjoyed our day!

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Editor’s Notes:

(Continued from Page 5)

While I wish this latest Macan had instead been the talked-about small 4 cylinder Boxster, I do think it makes more sense for Porsche to begin a down market here. There must be a much larger potential universe of buyers for the putative Macan, than there would be for the 4-cylinder version Boxster? Does this reflect too much of the Audi/VW ownership cross platform strategy and less of a pure Porsche sports car centric strategy? I am not sure about that, but I do know there are many, many Cayennes and Panameras running around today and with that, many new Porsche drivers.

Okay then, to finish off this thought, I know that many of our readers and club members have either a second Porsche or an only Porsche that has four doors.

I would think that part of our club challenge in retaining relevance in the coming years/decades is to make sure our activities are inclusive of this growing wedge of Porsche owners, or inclusive enough.

Would you autocross a Panamera or Cay-

enne? Perhaps once to see what is was like but I can’t see it being a primary focus for this owner group? I certainly would like to hear from you all out there about this. I think it may be a relevant question for our next 50 years as a club.

Sportin’ life There is still sporting blood at Porsche, of that there is no doubt, and we can all be proud of the LeMans results for this year with multiple class wins for the Carerra. The new 911RSR would seem to have the speed DNA from decades past Porsches we know. And wonder of wonders, Porsche is supposed to be working on an LMP1 car! Now for me, the most interesting aspect of this is that during the pure Porsche days of independence, Stuttgart had pulled out of the top prototype tier. And within the corporate umbrella of Audi/VW, it would not seem to have been in the cards for Porsche to go back to the top level of prototypes. The Porsche LMP2 car was and still is very

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successful, but why encourage expensive sibling rivalry after Audi has really dominated this top class for so long? The only answer that I can come up with, besides just for the fun of it, is that the Board of this giant company realizes that the brand awareness and positioning for Porsche demands a company that lives up to the rich heritage it brought to them.

P.S. The regulations that the LeMans program will go forward with are complicated and place an emphasis on efficiency, not just raw power. It may not be generally known that in the past LeMans has been interested in class performance shown when in years past they offered an “Index of Performance” category. This made many small cars eligible for an interesting result attracting small sporting car entries from people like Austin Healy, among others.

P.S. Photos have, by now, been shown of the new LMP1 and it looks like a modern day racecar. There will be, it seems, some type of hybrid power train involved. Get ready to see this spill over more and more into the Porsche road cars.

How about a Hybrid GT3? Porsche has already built one but they haven’t sold it to the general public yet!

Hail and Farewell I’ve just seen an email announcement from Gordon Williams stating that having sold his 911 he is leaving the club as President and Member. It has been a pleasure to know “Gordo” over the years, a man with a big heart as his trips to help people in Haiti will attest. We wish you and the family well Gordon, and hope to see you back with us some day sir.

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Top to Bottom: Tony Rotundo’s restored 356 was a big hit; Tony, Paul & DJ Wilkensen receive their certificates from Peggy & Scott; The Muses garage was Porsche central where the walls match his carrera in the next shot; Photog David Miranda got to pose for one shot with the Muses canary yellow 911. (The one not stolen)

Garage Tour: (Continued from Page 13) There is also a 1938 Oliver tractor.

This ‘Model 70 Orchard’ worked about 20 Acres of Orchards in Tustin. The tractor was a gift from the Vandenburg family. It still runs. The large in-line-6 is a gasoline engine with a single barrel updraft Zenith Carb. It develops 25hp at the crank and 16hp at the drawbar.

The next stop was the garage of Tony Rotundo where salad was served, compliments of Paul and D.J. Wilkinson. His passion for Porsche is exciting and infectious. What a lovely home and what a treat! A beautiful 356 was sitting, ever so humbly but ever so stately, in the driveway. The pure essence and excellence of the brand is so simply and eloquently stated in the lines, the fit and finish of the car. It was worth seeing such a splendid example, right down to the anodized aluminum Karmann badge, beautiful in fjord green. Some things just get better with age. One is reminded that there

were no 911’s back then. The Carrera 4 cam engine was invented initially for the 356 and became one of the hallmarks of performance.

Then it was off for the main course at the beautiful home of Lee and Evonne Muse, reflecting the simplicity and unassuming nature of their personality. Another spectacular garage with beautiful Porsche specimens. Included in the donation was the contribution made by one suckling pig who gave his all. Reminds me of a tale about the chicken, the cow and the pig who were asked by the farmer to give something for dinner. The chicken gave eggs. The cow gave milk. The pig gave his life.

Did I mention the spectacular desserts? Hosted by Alan and Gail Hall, assisted by Theo and Doug Russell, it was a beautiful ending to a perfect evening. The wine flowed, along with the laughter, the love and the passion for our cars. Overlooking the lights and the night sky, it

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was a gorgeous and most fattening finish to a perfect day, the goal of which was to share our good fortune and blessings with those who need them. Alan and Gail’s house was a unique, exciting, imaginative work of architectural design. One could not tell that the house had such humble beginnings. The striking entryway, varied interiors and spacious outdoor area all contributed to an exciting and harmonious reflection of the owners themselves, a style that is engaging and welcoming.

In closing, if you were not there, you missed a very special event. I suggest you make room on your calendar for next year. If reports about Peggy Huddleston and crew are correct, next year will be more spectacular and fruitful than ever. I hear she is already planning and scheming, spreading honey on the next group of hosts and volunteers! One closing note: one does not need a palatial, grandiose garage filled with exotics and eye (Continued Page 31) (Continued onon Page 33)

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Garage Tour: (Continued from Page 31) candy. That would be personally enticing to this attendee. It is, however, the event itself that is the spotlight. Soldiers such as Lance Corporal Pelletier and other soldiers like him who would not stand here today were it not for the tireless efforts of The Semper Fi Fund.

And the editor adds that the fabulous deserts were all hand made by the author of this article. We give him our thanks.

Right: Alan & Gail Hall were the gracious hosts for desert with the assistance of their good friends Doug & Theo Russell; The deserts were fabulous and all prepared by member Doug Fedele

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Classified Ads FOR SALE: 930- 911 TURBO ’78 Kremer K2 Coupe, Light Blue/Grey. Real Kremer Brothers K2 with orig ONS papers, race history. $472,500. Matthias Comes, comes@ comes-distribution.de GR (2) ’79 930 Turbo Coupe, Gray/Black lthr, 67K mi. Sport seats. $37,500. Jonathan 205/441-5579; jad930@ gmail.com. AR (2) ‘79 930 Turbo Coupe, Black Metallic (A2A2/Black lthr, 36K mi.

4-spd, Recent top end engine rebuild. Numbers matching, COA, no accidents. One of the last imported to U.S. Built October 1979. $67,490. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@ autokennel.com. OCR (2) ’87 911 Turbo Factory Slant Nose Cabriolet, Gold/Brown lthr, 25K mi. Real Factory 505 option slant nose. 100% original, all books, records. $81,900. Bob 209/5294062; rwh-hrcinc@comcast.net. CCR (2).

FOR SALE: LATE MODEL 911993-986-996-997 ’92 911 Carrera C2 Targa, Maritime Blue/Black lther. 67.4K mi. Rare original paint. 5spd manual, SoCal car.

Crested rim caps, AM/FM radio w/cassette, 17” light alloy whls. $26,990. Paul 714/3354911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (1).

‘95 993 Carrera Cabriolet, Black/Champagne lthr, 85.4K mi. New clutch, A/C 6 spd manual. Crested rim caps, LSD, 17” Cup design whls. Full pwr seat left, comfort seat right, cruise control. $32,990. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (1).

‘99 996 Carrera Cabriolet, Arena Red Metallic/Gray lther, 72.7K mi.

1,200 miles on complete engine rebuild.

6-spd. 3-owner SoCal car. $22,990. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com.

OCR (1).

2001 996 GT2 Club Sport Coupe, Polar Silver/Black lthr, only 2,500 miles!! 1 of 7 imported to USA. Factory Carerra Cup style racing seats, Factory roll cage as standard equipment w/A/C and radio. One owner concours quality car. Never raced, shown in concours only. All records, books, tools. $165,000 OBO. Dave Mohlman 305/5829723. GGR (2)

Chrono w/heated seats, 6-spd manual, SoCal car. No accidents, orig paint. PCA member owned. $34,990. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@ autokennel.com. OCR (1).

2006 997 Carrera Coupe, Black/Black lthr, 18K mi. Sport Chrono Plus w/Sport Seats, 6-spd manual. 1-owner SoCal car. PCA region President owned. No accidents, original paint. $41,990. Paul 714/3354911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (2).

FOR SALE: EARLY 911--1960s

FOR SALE: 911--1980s ‘84 911 Carrera Targa, Black/Black lther, 83K mi. 3.2L motor, Motronic F.I. 5 spd w/ short shift. A/C, pwr windows, mirrors & locks, original Factory top in excellent condition. Polished Factory Fuchs (6” & 7”), lowered Targa struts & shock tower brace. New deck & hood lifts, H4 headlamps, numbered Fittipaldi steering whl. 3rd owner of this (rust free) California car. $24,000 OBO. Bob. bobrennie@pacbell.net. OCR (1).

‘67 912 Coupe, Irish Green/Black lther. 109.6K mi. 2.0L 911 engine installed w/15,000 miles on engine rebuild. Original color was 6605 Bahama Yellow. 5-spd (901) manual transmission. 3-owner California car. $49,990.

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

OCR (1).

‘69 911 T Sportomatic Coupe, Bahama Yellow (6805)/Black lthr (9822), 85K mi. Engine rebuilt about 27K miles ago.

Numbers matching. Sportomatic gearbox.

1-owner for over 30 years. Original Black Plate CA car/Santa Rosa Veale Porsche license plate frame. COA. $51,990. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com.

OCR (2). ’69 911 T/R KLINE PORSCHE RACE CAR. Grand Prix White. Extensive Sebring, Daytona and IMSA, TransAm race history.

Recent full restoration. Dave 305/582-9723.

GGR (1)

FOR SALE: 911--1970s ’73 911S Coupe, Bahia Red Glasurit/Black lthr, 64.4K mi.

Texas car. Single owner since new for 40 years!. Recent mechanical and cosmetic restoration. $159,000. Bill 619- 840-7811. SDR

2005 997 Carrera Cabriolet, Black/Black top/Black lthr, 68.9K mi. Sport

FOR SALE: 924-928-944968 2001 Boxster S, Black/Black lthr, 41.8K mi. 6-spd manual.

1-owner SoCal car. No accidents/never tracked. $23,990. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com. OCR (1).

FOR SALE: CAYENNE & CAYMAN 2010 Cayenne S Transsyberia.

Black/Black lthr w/orange trim inside and out. 36K mi. Rare Transsyberia Trim package Cayenne S. Certified Pre-owned, warranty. All the off road goodies: air suspension, PDCC, Off road Technology package, tow package, A/C , Factory GPS system, removable light bar, back-up camera, Satellite radio, Lojack, Alcantara. Well maintained. Can email window sticker with full details and complete options list. $54,995. Tom, 619-491-0150, tb911@tbsoftware.net.

OCR (2)

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Classified Ad Rates PCA Members - No charge for 2 times in the Pandemonium (2 consecutive months, photos free) Non-PCA Members - $10 for 2 times in the Pando (2 consecutive months; $5 extra for a photo) Make checks payable to: PCA/OCR Please contact Bob Weber at 714-960-4981 at 714-960-4981 or hbobw930@aol.com

Classifieds Contd:

Hergesheimer------------------------------------------- 10 Integrity Motorcars------------------------------------ 22 James Schaedler Wells Fargo Advisors------------- 14 Law Offices of Joe Nedza---------------------------- 14 Pamela Horton, Surterre Properties------------------- 8 M. Scott Huddleston - Newcastle Financial---------- 3 Racing Lifestyles-------------------------------------- 30 Pelican Parts---------------------------------------------- 8 Racing Lifestyles-------------------------------------- 30 State Farm Insurance/Bill Petersen----------------- BC Sundial Window Tinting-------------------------------- 8 TC’s Garage-------------------------------------------- 34 The Helmet Man--------------------------------------- 29 Ultimate Shield---------------------------------------- 14 Walter’s Porsche----------------------------------- 18-19

American Collectors Insurance---------------------- 34 Anaheim Hills Auto Collision----------------------- 14 AutoKennel----------------------------------------------- 5 Autowerkes--------------------------------------------- 24 Bill Brewster Automotive------------------------------ 8 Cape Auto Repair-------------------------------------- 28 Circle Porsche-----------------------------------------IFC Cooper’s Classy Car Care---------------------------- 32 David Piper, CPA -------------------------------------- 29 Doorshield--------------------------------------------- 34 Einmalig------------------------------------------------ 10 European Collision Center--------------------------- 33 Fabricante Auto Body------------------------------- IBC Fairview Mortgage Capital--------------------------- 28 Global Motorsports Group----------------------------- 6

MISCELLANEOUS PORSCHE 911, 993 TURBO CAR COVER: Still in the original box. $125.00. Brian Quadt : 949/244-7862, OCR (2).

Would You Like to Advertise in Pandemonium?

For Rates and Availability Call Cooper Boggs at (714) 505-3662 or email Nicole Forest-Boggs at 993nicole@gmail.com

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Day Drivers Ed — $ 125.00 Time Trial adder — $ 25.00 $50.00 late fee if payment not received by October 20

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THIS IS AN ENTRY LEVEL EVENT Instructors are provided (and mandatory) for novices We will NOT be using the tunnel because of asphalt damage Mandatory First Timers Ground School Saturday evening

Porsches Around Town:

On-Line Registration

October 7, 2013 — Monday Streets of Willow

http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com For help, contact Registrar —

Grand Prix Region Drivers ED & Zone 8 Autocross

(619) 992-4287 SuesanWay@pobox.com

For other information: Event Chair — (619) 992-9927 or SkipCarter@pobox.com

GPX Tech Session with StopTech Manufacturer of high performance brake components and systems for street or track.

Registration & Tech opens at 7:00 Mandatory drivers meeting at 8:15 First run group at 9:00

HOTEL INFO – Hampton Inn & Suites 2300 Double Play Way, Lancaster (661) 940-9194 $105.00 double occupancy with breakfast (mention Porsche Club)

When:

Oct 5th right after our breakfast club meeting, from 11:00-1:00.

Where:

StopTech (see map below) 1805 S. Wilmington Ave. Compton, CA

Why:

Rare inside look at StopTech manufacturing facility so we can learn about: · Research & Development · Manufacturing · Testing · Motorsports – Grand Am, ALMS, World Challenge, circle track, off-road and more · Street Applications

Registration fee: $120.00 per driver ($145.00 paid after October 1— Day of event $170.00) Morning practice — 20 minute continuous lap DE sessions Mid day — Autocross timing — 3 timed laps Afternoon – Two more continuous lap DE sessions Entry level event — no special equipment needed for stock classes Run groups determined by experience and performance Instructors available (required for novice drivers) See http://zone8.pca.org/events_de.php for rules, car classification info, tech station locations, etc.

Cars need to be tech’d at authorized Tech Station within 30 days of event Required Sunday afternoon Ground School for novices (at hotel) Registration and Tech available at hotel Sunday afternoon Helmets available for rent/purchase Breakfast & Lunch: coffee, donuts, breakfast & lunch available at concession stand INSURANCE NOTE: Liability insurance is provided by PCA’s traditional insurer. A copy of the Certificate of Insurance is available at registration. PCA insurance does NOT cover damage to your car or damage that YOU cause to the facility or other cars. You are responsible for this. Please see the PCA website (www.pca.org) and go to the insurance page for more information.

Please review your personal car insurance to verify what coverage it provides, if any.

Who:

Space is limited to first 50 respondents

How:

RSVP: roger@stoptech.com

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