Porscherama 1967 August by Porsche Club of America, Los Angeles Region

5640 Stardust~Road, L~ Canada

A UGUST i 67 PRESIDENT VIC~E-PRESIDENT . SECRETARY

Duane Alan ¯ Don Morris Pete Galena Ray Kornfeld Dave Kalbach Da!e Boyd John Bevan

TREASURER

ACTIVITIES CHAIRMAN EDITOR, PUBLISHER PARLIMENTARIAN

283-7423 284-0387 329-8807 653-9520 797-6126 790-4298 935- 3Z3Z

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The AUGUST ._~rnembership meeting will be held on August 14, 1967 at 8:00 pm at the usual meeting place,¯ ALEXANDI~.IX AVENUE SCHOOL located at 4211 Oakwood Avenue in Los Angeles. Mr.. G. I~. ~ynn will be our guest speaker. Several years ago. Mr. G.. R. l.Vynn of .the Los Angeles Imolice Department talked to our ¯club r.egarding .automotive safety in the ro!l of the Los Angeles Police. We .i~.av:e invited him back as the guest speaker~for, the August Meeting. .Mr!..Wynn’s man.y.i years of experience in the automoti~e’ safety field and.hiscontribution as an expert in this field as well as his work with the Federal Government and other agencies will provide interesting and beneficial information to our club me robe r s.,. ~

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D.on Morris -.Vice/President

MINUTESOF THeE JULY MEMBERSHIP MEETING

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The following are the minu..tes as taken at the general membership meeting of the Porsche Club of A.meri.ca for the m0~nth of Julyinthe year 1967. The ~meeting was as always, on the second Monday.of each month. In July, the date.fell On July 10..The m:eeting took place a£.an unusual Place and not at the Alexandria Avenue School, our usual meeting place.. ,.The Ju!y meeting was a combined Dinner/Business meeting. It was held at the Tam O’Shanter In’n Which is located at 2980. Losi Feliz,. Blvd. $~a Glendale, .California. On hand were a. go.od turn-out of about 150.imernbers. The affairs of the e~zening progr, essed (more or.leSs, due to a Martini or two) in this manner:

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1. Cocktails were served from about 6"30 prn to just prior to sitting down to dinner at 8:00

2. At 8:00 pzn all sat at tables. Duane Alan asked for a motion to dispense with the bulk of the normal business normally taken on at standard meetings. The motion was made and passed. This resulted in no financial report or reports from s~anding committees. 3o

Dave: l(_".albaCh:0,,.~ ACTIVITI.EO CHAIRMAN did make at short report on coming

events~f6ri~he..l~5-1ance of the year°

He asked that we all make use of our calendar

of events supplied vith d~e monthly POXSCHERAM.A.

He reminded the members

of "these coming events"

~ July Z3, 1967 " ~ August Z7, 1967 Se~,teT,-nber 24, 1967 October ZZ, !967 November l l-!Z~ :1967: ~ecember Z3, !967 January ZI, i968

Gymkhana at the ~ose Bowl Lucky 7 plus 1 Rally Ca.roping Trip Picnic Tithe Trials at Willow Springs Christmas Party Apple Valley Run for breakfast

4. ~6n h4c,2"ris themgave a br.i~f, description of.tI~e get-.together put on by the OrangeG~s’C ~egi~mSor~he visiting members from the Golden Gate Region. It was a grand evening with over 125 people from 6 west coast regions on hand. ~’T.here was plenty of goo{d drinks, food and co’~versation. The evening was topped off witL ir;zpro~ptu dips int~o~ the :baCkyard swimming pool. About 25 people .from PGA-LA were, on hand.

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5:. .Floyd ~obbins:was asked to introduce the speaker for the evening. Again we ......... :w.ere fortuna~ge to .have~ !Don.Davis~:spea:k.:to us :.. He game .us .an ext.rernely .interest::ing hour c.r,:so speaking. ~)ri .a number 0f topics ,of g,<ea{.interest.to io~e.rs~iof our kind of driving. He spent a good portion of his talk in trying to make us..a,.!~.more alert to the fact that our way of driving and our kind of car may be on its way out due to cu~-z:ent theories:i-that a:re: grx’i~]cube..ti.on at this time in Washington ]3. C. Don added further stories on the recent affair at Indianapolis as well as his recent ~.,~is it with JJ.~n Hall at Midland, ~fe~as., ’bull, de r of ’the. C.hap:ar ral c a.rs.~ . D:on-a~dded a number of e~:periences he had af~~iy~~r-~ ago ~n hi~ trg~eis abou~ the mi~t~g~est .vai~h a:da,redevil pilot at the.cont~-ols o:f, a fidgety plane...He.fol!owed with a rather

leng.thtypet:icd of q.ues~ions~iand an:s~rs~. 6.

The ne):t board ~aeeting wa.s:s~t, for~Tu.esday evening, JU!y 18,

!967.

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be N.e~din:~ay Kornfeld’s offiC;e.whieh is located.ate6380 Wilshire,.Blvd. in..Los

¯ 7-.- -The ~e~t,ge~:4ral,:mee:.t{:ng i:s: robe. a,~ou.r usua:l~ place, ~he A~E~NDR!A. AVEIqU£ SCHOOL which is located at 4Z ! i Oakwood Avenue. in. Los Angel~s.. meeting will be p.s always on ~he seco~.d Monday of each month,

In August it will

fall on August 14, 1967. 8.

The next Tech Committee meeting will be as always on the fourth V,~ednesday

of each month ~and in~Jt{ly thi~ Will ~all o~~u~y~26; 1967.

Me~t~Ks~ake place

11650 Sa~a~M~ni~ca Blvd. in west L0~ Angeles

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The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 "

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Pete Galena - Secretar?

¯ TECH. COMMITTEE REPORT

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The next Tech Com~ittee Meeting takes place August Z3rd (the fourth Wednes~day) at 11650 Santa Monica Blvd~ in West Los Angeles. Festivities begin at 8 pro. The crowd at the June meeting learned al! about the Autoscan Model 4000 Engine Analyzer, thanks to Jack Phillips and Stu Haggart of Auto=can, ~nc.

Mr. Phillips

put the Unit fhYoug.h:itspaces while Mr. Haggart 0perated the engine simulator. The AutosCan Model -~000~has tnany uniquefeatui’es,-including a-relative power test for which any selected cylinder is impulse-grounded at ~he~firing~instant. The Anal.~zer leads~:~el~ipimmediately to any engine without the need for a~pters. Look fo~ the Autoscan 4000, with its 14 inch aluminized picture tube at~your favorite Porsche tune-up facility!

After the session, bench racing continued full speed

until Alai~~ }Sons, ~a~/~6~K~gan and Stu Haggart finally pa~ted-shor~!~ b~f-0~~id_

TECH COLUMN ~ :~

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On’ a small piece of paper in a folder of miscellane0u~ tech informationW~’ :~ias wrltten tl~e date (19 Novembe~ 65) andthe WOrds -- weight of crankpulle.%z woodr’uff k~ 6!~9 gin.i Th~se ~vo~ds have significance foranlzonewh0~ha~ sen~ a Porsche Crank~haft Out.for balancing and found the ke~ missing when the ~cr~nk wa~ returne~~e Some balance machin40pe~r£~0rs don’t ~halize that the ii~tle~ key~m~k4s a diff~9~nce. Sinc~ the key’s center of gravity lie~ close to i0 m~fro~ the axis ~of crank~a~t rotati6n, ~d~e unbalance effect is6.9 gn’~-cm~ In b~ne case, abiilncer~ leaving the key out during balancing made no d~ffeg~ence, ~and t}~e~ ~{~~e-d " ~ that machine had a Z. 5 gm-cm sensitivity.

He obviously had not weighed the key.

The< point of this ~atory is that dynamic balancing of engine com~ne~tsiS S~ome~hat

~f-~black-ar.t sihd’e the customer :cannot chech accuracyof thej~0b~, Mostbalan~ers toe’,tit the Cbmfidenc~-~tghich ~uSt be placed in theme. ~Bb.t"it ~ake~C~bnly. a questions ’~0 discover One whose work may require ch~eckingl[ }~:~...... ~" Curt Kuebler~ :TechniCal-~hairma~ ~

V~ILLO~ SPP~INGd V~INDUP - Q~A~I~ICATION

PCA-LA~ !NC, has scheduled time:trials for Porsches at the v,iillowSprings .. Raceway, near l~osamond, California on the 11th and 12th: of November This ~ event is open to all Porsches. In competitive events it is customary to have rules governing the competition so that total chaos is avoided. These rules may include a handicapping system to make the competition more interesting for the competitors and spectators i.e. horse racing, golf, bowling, etc. This also applies .to automobile Classi~icatioh. As an objective for PCA-LA’s classification system, the following rationale is offered-. . . ~. ¯ ~:,, . . .... i ~:’ The purpose of having classes for competitors in an event is to:

,:~...(a). Encourage new entrants to compete. (b) Encourage improvement in the sport and the skill of the entrants. (c) Encourage each entrant to compete to the best of his ability in order to wi.n. . , ~ ., .(d). To be fair to each entrant so that each has the same opportunity ¯ to win.

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The procedure of grouping cars into classes is an attemptto accomplish these goals; however, not every event warrants classes since it depends on the type; purpose, and organization of the event. The establishment of classes requires discrimination, which hopefully will be done with some intelligence and logic. To accomplish the four objectives listed above~’ the classes are set in advance~. ~ to giv.e each competitor an equal chance of winning.

In. other words, no"eritrat~t!:

should be. clearly superior to any other in his class before the ?eventlSegins.

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one or several.,entrants are clearly su.perior, and this is knOWn befoi~ tlie event then..the other .competitors are, discouraged from entering the event. in.keeping with :the stated objectives.

This is not

The objectives may be accomplished in

sgveral ways,,.:tbp.best way being the way that most easily makes the required discrimination befor:e the event begins. There are several ways in which one driving competitor may be clearly superior to another: i, eo .his:car. maybe more powerful, it may handle better, it m~a~ be’ !~.tgr, it mayb.e in.a better state of tune;, or the driver may have ~etter.:rieflexes, b.e,:.may have. ;more .n.a~ural~ abilit~y, he may liave more courage, he:may haVe more Skill, or any combin.at$on of any.or all of these factors may be operating.

Not to recognize the ad..vantag~s of one competitor over another is an automatic penalty to the competitor without the advantage. To unduly penalize a competitor with some advantage is also unfair° The problem lies in the middle ground of making a reasonable assessment of the possible advantages, and still not arbitrarily ruling against the competitor who is ,dedicated to improving himself and/or his -4-

car~

Impr.ovement is to be encouraged only to the point that the competitor does

not have a clear supe’rlo~ity ~efore t~he event begins. _As a basis for classification the cars may be gro~d aC~0rding .to the~r,.stock condition on the assumption that they were all equa~ when first made. Additional discrimination is based upon the power/weight rati0’~and r~!..6t imagined improvements made to overail performance by modifications and/or the installation of certain parts or items of equipment. Wherever and Whenever possible these things are identified, evaluated, and used as a basis for making the required discrimination. To do this rationally requires that these things be easily recognized and their relative ad~anta~ge judged. The driver’s abilities ~ay also be evaluated ~ the basis of anticipated superior performance~ This is done by assuming ~hat~plst performance, proven skill and experience are good criteria for estimating future potential.~ Attempting to evaluate competitors on the basis of past performances should accomplish two things: it will mean ~hat the driver has to continually ~ry ~harder as he improves and it should also compensate for any undeclared improvements to. his equipment. All of these judgements require objectivity and skill to be fair. Of necessity they are arbitrary and only an approximation, with the hope that.they are the best possible for the particular time and situation inV~l~ed. The following is such a classification prop~sai: I.

CLASSES ~~ All Porsches (Porsche being de~i~ed~a~s a car with both engine and ¯~ .~chassis manufactured byDr. Ing~ h..C~F.~Po~sche K.G.) entered will compete in one’ of the~following~classes: ~ ~ ~’~

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Class B:

1600S, $75, C

Class C:

$90, SC

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~~500N, 15.00S, 1600N, 60

Class E:

~ ~Carrera,~911

ClassgI2: ~

~912

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Modified, 911S GS

~ ~CIa’SS~F~:,I~ :. ,Competiti:on (race prepared

90~, .Spyde~.,~

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Trophies for Class G~illbe~ a.warded on.the basis of low score wins.

Ladies~ scores are

determined by dividing their best time by the -5-

winning tinge for the class into which their car falls. II.

MODIFICATIONS

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Any of the following rnodifications will tend to move a car. to .the next class according to the poin~ system below.. . :

POINTS

.Any ig_nition using stock distributor

MODIFICATION

Ho air cleaners

0 0 0 0 0

$90 oil pickup ~lancin[7 of moving parts Over bor~ to a ~ax~mum of l mm Non-standard curb jets No bun~o e.~s

Rear..whee! decamber

Electric rue! pump

V, heel s,.pacer.s

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Lighteneo flywheel

Non,standard ventu:ri size

Z 3 4 4

Fr.ee-flov,,~ :exhaust system Fro.n~ wheel decamber \~’ ide rizns Elated or cutot~t fenders Rac in<~ r~tbber

NoR-s ~andard gearing

Ye_:ocity stacks

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is.redo III.

Limited slip ¯ Roads.tci~ body Speeds",:er body

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Expert driver (cornpetition license within, past Z years)

A car wil! move ..~ the n,zxt class for each ten:(10), points accumu "

CLASSIFICATION.AUT~IORITY

Final authority for classificati0n0{ all ’cars is l~ft to the Classification Coramittee, and trophy-winning cars in Glasses A, are subject to inspecki,-.mThe purpose, of thes~ ru]esis.toat!ow~ th6 new%nfrant with the stock Porsche to be competitive, without unctuly penalizing the experienced entrant ,with improvements to his Porsche. These rules are based on the PCA Parade Guidelines. They are similar to the rules used by other. . Regions.. .,. land,,:,. ~Clubs and were decided upon by e. group.of.seasoned:. .... ’. eomp!etit6rs/{hter~sted members as being the fairest

of several ways to classify the comapetitor,s. ~0~ iinf~rma~on iand~ 0 ~ <S-~~i~.i. i~i~iiii!~ u~~. I~eb~e r, class illcation Chair man at 398-2217. Nick Friesen and Curt. IKuebler

~°ORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA P.O. Box 1234 East Point, Georgia 30044

Jun6 29, 1967 TO:

P.C. Ao Regions

FROM:

Mrs. Jane H. Nestle~ode, P.C.A. Executive Secretary

v~e have just received the sorrowful news of the untimely death of our President, Dr, Leroy Spanj.o’l,~ Wed:r~esday evening, June 7,8. Leroy had returned safely from the XII Porsche Parade and was driving alone in his Volkswagen when he was hit frona behind by another vehicle. This loss¯ will be fe~t: b~ ~he: PI~A ~ganization for many years to come. Leroy has performed .outstanding ditties duringhis:/ssociafi0n with PCA for the last five and a half years within his Rocky Mountain Region, as Parade Chairman for .the.llth iDorsche Parade and for the last six n%onths as PCA ¯National President. It is with¯the utmo.st regret that we S~nd.this sorrowful news and extend our deepest sympathy to his lovely~wife and farnily. in accordance withthe provisions o~the By~I~aws, Mr. Charles M..Kuell, ~President~Elect, will immediately as s,ume thle:duties of President of for the unexpired term.

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An announcement will appear in the._~uguS’tli~aeof PANORAM~%,. We of the Los Angeles Region join all others in mourning the loss of our friend and~President Dr.

Leroy Spanjot.

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PORSGHE CLU]3 OE AMt~RIGA-LOS ANGELES REGION STATEMENT CASH REGEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS PERIOD APRIL 1-~UNE 30, 1967

Cash in bank 4-1-67

673.44

Refund on dues from National Sa!e of b~[e~ and merchandise Gain on Coffee Gain on Driv~:~- Training .... Gain. on-S.uz~day S.hor:[y , To~i to be accounted for ....

90.29 29.00 3.87 i. 25 19., 00 143.41 816.85

Newsletter and ~ublfc.ati~n cosis Purchase ofbadges and merchandise Freezin Frolic Dash Plaques President’s e~pense Cash in ~anl< 6-30-67 Total accounted for

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i56.90 62. 19 ~7~ IZ i0. 87 559.77 " 816.85 ~ay Kornfeld - Treasurei "~

PCA-LA PRESENTS "THE PRESLOENT’S RALLY-LUCKY 7 plus

August 27

The Lucky 7 plus~ 1 will take. place, on SundayA.~gust. ZT,. ,!967. This will be a simple navigatione:l lime and distmmCe event. Two classes are featured: S.O. (se~[-o~-pan~s) and Na~ ~ga.~on~l..{ The. rally will;~over approximately 150...mile]s of varied driving conditions on all public roads, .E.ntry req.uirements- a four wheeled vehicle, driver, navigator, $3.00 and a desire to have fun~ Qualify? ]~ell> omc and bring your friends for an enjoy~ble...event to the start at De~y’s Restaurant behind the Union Station in. downtown Los An.g~les. The finish will be within Z0 miles of this point. Plan to arrive by 9 am. The first car will le&Ve, precise]y a[ 09:30. 00. Trophies in,both~!asses. You say you’ve never driven or gene on a rally?

Then

this~is.one for.~y~.’

See you on th~ 27ti~ of August at DENNV’Io ~ ._ -’ REoTAURANT~. .... For additional information, please contact Dale Boyd (790-4298) or Duane Ala~

E X[f.RA........ mXT~A~o.EXTRA., ~’elcome to a new little Porsche Pusher~ Lisa Marie was born Junc Z4 and wei~aed ~, ~’ Kathie Schneider.

Congri~uli[ions to Jse

7th ANNUAL SPORTS CAR OLYMPICS .

You maF.have asked, "What .is this Sports Car Oly~-npics? ~’ Z,"eil, seven years ago the Northern California Sports Car Council had an inspired president named Ed Duncklemann who is the Sports Car Scribe for the San Jose Mercury. He visualized a super weekend combi~:ling all types of events for all sports cars. A trip to Sacramento for the blessing of Gov. Pat Brown and the State of California resulted in the use of -the Squaw Valley Olympic area. The ~i, rst Olympics in 1961 were attended by about 200 cars and have grown each’year.; now attracting entrants from out of state as well as Northern and Southern California~ This yea:r the Olympics start September 2nd with a simple (usually) "Rally to the.Valley".. A packet containing instructionswill be sent to you with your entry acceptaz~Ceo This event starts near the Sacramento area and ends at Squaw Valley. It is soen followed by a Concours, t~.vo Hi--Speed Autocrosses on the Blythe Arena parking area, a T ~ D Rally, plus a Variety Rally and a Funkhana will fill the daytime hours of the 3rd and 4th. One of the events in the pas.t has been a variety rally that ends at one of the Casirios in ~h.e, T.ahoe No~tl~ Shore area° Vv~hat you do in the evening or on your s:pare~,tin~e is left to your better discretion ..... but it all adds up to FUN! Of course, we won’t mention the socializing, dancing and cocktails at the Lodge bar or in the rooms. Speaking of rooms, we’d better mention, that although you won’t be using them for much other than sleeping .... (!~hat’s that? ?) the facilities are the same skiers use in the snow season~ Clean, rather spartan and you do hav.e to.walk.down, the hall to the shower, etc. but thats part of the s ocializi.ng ..... , You’re probably saying,.~.’.’I’ll bet this costs a pretty penny. " Well how would $35. 00 per_~erson. grab youV:~ Yes, for two nights lodging, meals for three days, entry~to all ten events and parties...many door prizes and trophies galore° A special prize is a free Las Vegas Trip for two. ~,hy don’t you plan on art!ending the Sports Car Olympics this year?’? over Labor Day Vveekend~ 7~ou can’t spend a morc pleasurable less expensive weekend anywhere. ~t~rite P~O~ Box ii121 Oakland, California 94611 Do it NOWas entries must be postmarked August 30 ...... Applications and details available at PC~a_-LA August membership rneeting~ George V.

¯. ,:.. FOR SALE 1967 9!!-So

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Orange Coast Region ..:: ~i.

Special white paint with genuine black leather interior.

Electric

sunroof, Blaupunkt radio, Dunlop SP tires, tinted glass, transistorized:~ignition; head rests, 9,000 miles. Asking $6,600. .Contact Dick Whitesell, 22718 Rodax Street, Canoga Park. Phone: 883-9796. Halda Speedpilo~t Mark IV fits Porsche or VB/, complete with gear boxes and drive shaft. V.,~e even. won some trophies. $50.00. Contact Paul Magaris at 359-1722. ~.ILu~gage Rack’ -(V~ikswagen)used.slightly in Europe. you. $15.00. Contact Paul Magaris, 359-1722.

Shipped directly here for

Johnson Mess’enger Z-way citizens band mobile transceiver. Was installed in 356Aand is complete with antenna and mount. Contact Gerd Reetz 521-0226. 1967, 912 5-speed trans, bahama yellow, chrome wheels, semperit tires, Blaupunkt AM/FM, black vinyl interior, 2,700 miles. $4,300. Party anxious to sell. ContactGeorge Gedeon at 869-7842 evenings or 564-2436 days. (Or Mr. Mars at 714/JA 7-8240

V/ANTED

Assist~ants to aid in >i-eparatory work toward successful November PCA-LA E,ven~(Time Tr’ials’i[ Willow Springs). Female talent also needed and requested to assist with pre-registration mailings, etc. Instructions provided--only your time needed. Conta¢.,t Nick Friesen (625-8203) or Duane Alan (283-74Z3), .~ NEW ’iVLE MBERS

Welcome ~

Robert AtBriffett .... 8530 Sharp Avenue Sun Valley, California 91352

Roger G. Bursch 3595 Greenhill Road Pasadena, California 91107

Jack Solomon 11605Mis’souri Avenue Los Angeles; California. ~ooz 5

John E. Anderson 3636 st. Elizabet_h i%oad Glendale,’ California c) IZ06

Marvin A. Bauer : , 2113 Hyperion Los :Angeles, C’alii~ornia 90:027

Alan Johnson 4261 Caledonia V~’ay Los Angeles California 9006

.C :ANG5 OF ADDRESS Max E. Strehler ’. 140 Calle de Andaluci"a

¥~. Christy Barden (From Hawaii Region} 14654 iayen Street #18

Redondo Beach, California 90277

Panorama. City, California 91402 .....

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