Porscherama 1967 November

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PRESIDENT VICE -P Pd~ SID E N T SECRETARY " TREASURER- ~ ACTIVITIES CHAiR!~/~N -~-. ;: EDI~T’0R,~: "PUBLISHER PARLIMENTARIAN

Duane Alan Dcn .Morris Lyle Arnold Ray Kornfeld Dave Kalbach Dale Boyd John Beva~_

2.83-7423 $.84 -0387 6184- 1861 653-~5Z0 797-6126 790-4Z98 935-3Z~

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i . The NOV-EMBER membership::~eeting wi!l be held cn Novernber 13~1967 at 8:00.pm at our usual meeting place, ALEXANDRIA AVENUE SCtlOOL located at 4211 Oakwood Avenue in Los Angeles. A portion of this meeting will com.sist of nominations for the " ! 968<-:g~.~rd ofDirectors for PCA- L.A. Yes, it’s that time of yea’r ~g’ain whe~ you ~s a member of PCA-LA have the opportunity of nominating (or be,ing nominated) and electing board members tq. run ymu,r ¯ cIub~~ The:~c~:rent bS~a)’d has pregided ove) and directed the club in the past:year to the best of their ability~ They have donated their time and fulfilled their duty by serving PCA-LA. I know that you as active.members wil! fulfil! your :ob!igat~on ¯ ,’;,.,:. by coming to our Nd*ember ~eting expressing an ~gpinion and choosi-ng a. n.ew Board of Directors~ ~’ll"See’al!of you ~here[ ....¯ :~.

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P,S~ By the time this issue of PORSCHERAMA reac:h~s you,;it will~be.~eryclo,se to ou,r ~ent ~at ,g,":illoW Sp:~ingg. ’ }hope ~hat’.:;~[’ ~f yOU ha;e.~ gotten, ful!. informatio~ ;~Bout the W;eeke~d: if you have not; pie~se "~ .... ’ -~ g~ve m~..., a cali. (g84-0387)... ,:. ~.. I’m. .. sure that..nane of you will want to miss this event, If you’ve never spent a weekend wi-~h Porsche People, you’re in for a rip-roarin’ time~ lA~e’re s:etting up. for a real..swing~n’ time and we want your smiling face and wiIling hand ~o be there, .~so, see you at MINUTES OF THE ~CTOBER;~4NMB~RSHIP MEETING The foliowing will be the minutes taken at the October 9; 1967g~neral ~mg-e~p meeting of the PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA-LOS ANGELES REGION~ The .meeting ~"’ took:,ptac.e, at tee ALEXANDRIAAVENUE :SCHOOL.which i.s .!c.~ca~:9.d at 421 ! Oakwo~od ,.::A~enEe~i~ the di’ty of;Los Angelelg:’ Sinde: your ~ecretary was away on a trip to Utah, the following minutes were taken by Treasurer, Ray Kornfeld who was pressed into

service at the last minute~ [[he meeting was called to order at 8:00 pm with our president Duane Alan presiding,. The business progressed in this manner: 1.

The minutes of the October meeting were approved as they appeared in the last

issue of PORSCHERAMAo

2. Ray Kornfeld, Club Treasurer reported that PCA-LA has a bank balance of $451.00~, . .

3. Dave Kalbach, Activities Chairman gave an interesting and graphic report of the fun the membership had at the September camping trip to Mr, Pinos in the Los Padres National ~’oresto The H~ueisens were the winner of the trophy for the best camping rig.. (Editor’s noke- Pl.ease see pictures in¢:iud~d in this issue f0rproof.). Dave" then elaborated on the :coming OKTOBERFEST which will incorporate an economy run to Idyllwild and a brunch at the Chef-in,the-Forest Restaurant° 4.

Nick Friesen gave furtl~er information on the November llth and 12th Tir~e Trials

at Willow Springs. He anne;traced tha[ Alan Johnson has offered to help as head structoro Tech inspection will be held at Trans Ocean Motors in Pasadena on Weds. e~ening Novembertst. The address is i30 No ,~5.ferra Madre in Pasadena. This will s.ta~rt :a~t::7.:30 p:m: .:~’ 5. Technical Chairman Curt Kuebler told about the ve_wy s~cc~ssful ’September Meeting attended by Roger Bursch and Alan Johnson~ The October meeting will be ~de~voted to the fine.1 details of.:th~ Time Trials at WilIow. 6.

Ray Cooper, Membership C~li~ii~man ar~neunced, that the membership Of PG.A-LA

now totals 241o

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Z..:!Budd Snyder then reported:on "Up-Fixin der porsche~’.. He reiat’ed his’C0rrespondence with National PCA Executives in connection with th’i~’i~ublication. ’ .....

8, The meeting then broke fora coffee break with Helen Boyd and Marianne Strehler serving as Coffee Hostesses. ,9., Th:e bal~:ance of the. evening was tu’rned over to Harold Semans who presented an enthusiastic audience a slide ta!k w~th enlightening comments of the S4mins trip through Ru.s, sia, Afghanistan, Bulgariaand other’ far away pieces.

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The. meeting was.adj0urned at 10:05 pro.

Lyle Arn01d - Secretary

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TECH COMMITTIEE REPORT Th.e_.next’T.:ech. Committee Meeting takes place the fourth ~Vednesday ~f November, the 122nd-at-I.1650..Santa Monica. Blvd. in West LOS Angeles.

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Discussion. . of E’illow Spr~i, ngs

Technique star~s at 8 pro.

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Roger Bursch and Alan Johnson told a capacity crowd at the Septe..m~ b.er Meeting how to prepare the Porsches for "vViilO%vSp~ings. Some of their points were:

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On older cars, the disc~ coup!~ing’~the stde.r~ing box should,be checked for cracks and strength. ¯ ~, .~

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Elexib!e brake hoses should be inspected for cuts or cracks.

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All lug nuts should be ~,:orq.ued.

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Ball check valve covers are worthwhile for the long turns.

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Stoplights should function properly,

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]Donit drive with a crached wooden steering wheel.

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The exhaust stinger should be adequately supported.

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Frendo brake linings are worthwhile.

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Stick to factory specs for ignition timing ....

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Lubricate throttle linkage wear points.

Alan closed the meeting with a shoz’t chalk talk ab"out the correct line around the Willow Springs circuit.

TECH COLUMN The following meaty article was stolen from the October issue of "Northeast News", official publication of :~hq Northeast P~egion, Inc. PC7~:: "AUTOMATICALLY A SPORTE WITH:A RORSCHE"by Sue and Gil Meyer It isn.’:t difficult to be a sport while driving a Porsche, all you have to do is depress the clutch, shift into gear engage the clutch according to your own private feel and away you go in a driving drear~o It’s easy but how many of us hesitate to let someone else drive our little gems for fear of their treatmen~ of the clutch’ Wives, girlfriends and most:real6 fi’iends just can’t seem to shift the way the owner does and they soon learn that happiness is as a passenger. ......

The-Fa:dtbry recognized this individual trait in the owners of their cars as early as 19.-50".ii T~iS;.year they solved the problem but the solution has not yet been incorporated in cars on th’~ market. It rna? bet~L~ it fears that the purists will picket, protest, or even walk. Some owner’s would rather shift than shift. .-.

It’s here! Porsche’s newest automotive release - the semi-automatic transmission and it is called the Sport-o-matic. It will be available with the six cylinder engine only and hopefully will be only about $250 more .....

V~;hat is it? From the cockpit the only thing different is that there is no clutch pedal.

Underneath ~hings are slightly different. ~n essence the shifting is accomplished ~!ectrically whenyou touch the gear shift stick. We say touch because the electrical switches are so sensitive ~hat it is impossible to ~’beat" the clutch. A nice touch has been added in. the form of a torque converter between the engine and the clutch. This enables the car to be left in gear ’at a standstill without stalling the engine. ]By clever design this converter allows the driver to select any~gear he wan~s at any time.

How is it to drive? We had the pleasure of driving the only prototype in the U.S. at the Tri-State~P.c~rscherama the w~ekend of September 8-10. POAC sent it up for test-drives and to get an idea of the impressions of PCA ~-nen~bers. The hardest thing to get used to is the missing Clutch pedal. %Vith the engine going you gulp a little at just putting it into gear without downing .the clutch but you do it and just before the lever is completely fo}ward the hidden clutch engages and the car settles into first much the same as any U. So car witL a full automatic transmission. Take your foot off the brake¯ and~the car’iust sits there. No creep. Press the gas and it creeps forward. As the RPM’s rise the car accellerates until you decide to shift.

The only thing noticed is a momentary revving of the engine while the electric clutch opens and closes. Speed shifting tan be done with the gas pedal to the floor!

The transmission is ideal for al! of us who drive in town. No more shifting, just start off in second gear and leave it there. The converter will get you off at a light and the 7000 i~PM]imit on the engine gives you 90 mph in second. No more worry about keeping the revs up, For your competition weekends you !_ave all four gears available as fast as the arm can move plus the added benefit of the converter which gives you an infinite variety of power combinations.

Mechanically it is the same dependable four-apeed gearbox, the same clutch now electrically activated, ¯and a ~ydraulic torque converter before the clutch. The converter is unique in several ways: it is ~e smallest on the ~narket, it uses engine oil from your crankcase and it is cooled by your oil cooler. When you change your oil it gets a clhange too, although it can~¯~ot be drained unless you rernove it. Several changes will be made before this is marketed: the sensors on the s~hifting stick will be made adjust~bl~ so that the car can he set up to shift according to the owner’s~ taste. V~e!fo~ndthis one too sensitive° a bit of a bump with the knee sent it int0~open position. The ¢!onVertef is to be redesigned to give more pick-up from a stop, we found it a bit ,.sluggish, ~This was borne out at the accelleration trials where a good 911 time four the well kno¯wn 91i was 15.7 sec. with terminal speed of 93.8 mph.

The Sport-o-matic did 17.7 and 83 mph. Anot~er prototype has just won its first major race at Nurnburg~ing with an improved¯ n~odel of the transr~ission.

All in all, we th~n~zthis is a val.uable feature for the U. So market where the traffic makes it .difficult’to properiydlive a 911 and especially since it will allow the car

~t0pro~e~iy be driven by everyone in the family including those who like to shift and those who just can’t do it right ....

Curt Kueb!er - Technical Chairman

ti~Oi~SCHE CLUB OF AMERICA-LOS ANGELES REGION STATE~NT OF.CASH £ECEIPTS ANE DISBURSEMENTS PERIOD JULYI -S.~PT~MBER~’ ~ 30, 196:7

Cash in bank 7-i-67 Gain on Gymkhana Gain on Lucky 7 l~ally Sale of badges Total to be accounted for

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P0rscherama and publication cost Dinner meeting speakers and entertainment President’s expense Purchase of badges Cash in bank 9-30-67 Total to be accounted for

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73. 51 47.45 2.00

122.96 682’. 73

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Here are the tabulated results of the’Au’gust Lucky ~ p~us Seat~of-P,an~s Class. ,.

CAR NOo ;~12 ~ 9 a~ -5 15 3 Z6~ Z1 19 8

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: Bob ~B~iffett iCuPt~Kuebl’er ~Tom/Meredith ~>alte.rs ......

Bruce/Patricia :Kuebler Lynn/Sharon Bockemohle Ron/Gary Kamage ~ " ~ete Galena/Dave Kalba&N~ Lyle ,Arnold/S’uzanne Keha~~ .... ~ Dick W.aIrose/Sahdy Hamilton ~ ...

Harold/Charlotte Semans ,.

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’63 ’67 ¯ ’65 ’66 ..... ’58, ’6~ ~ ~62 ,~ ’65 ’63

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9.88 12.48 13. 57 13.68 13~ 73~ 16.80 18.38 21.29 23.77

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Don/Mary Morris Ray/Minna Cooper ~iill~am/Jack~e Heueisen ~illiam/Dawn ~augaman T~rri!i/judy ~utnam ,.....

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R0bert/Vi~ginia Rhine

~62 Chevy

L~ Han~met~/Paul Larsen P~on Thompscn/Gladys Schenk Garson/Mel German

’66 ’65 Sprite ’67

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George Merwyn/Gerry Gordon Joe Schneider/Bill Mclnerney J~mes Hauhart/U. C. Nelson Perry Beal/Roge~" Pender Ray/Cary Kornfeld

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Dale Boyd - Rallymaster .

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N[(I.IT~I ANNUAL VvE~KEND, sponsored by the Monterey Bay ~egion For those of you who are planning to attend the Ninth ~knnu~l P,’eekend sponsored by Lhe ~onterey Bay Region of PCA, this letter comes as a. personal invitation tO you.

GRFZETliqGS TO SISTER P.C.A. REGIONS Co-chair~an, ~ob Little and Greg Gobby join me in exte~.ding this war~,es~.: ef ii-~vitations ~:o all sister regions to share with us what promises to be an unforge~:tab!y g~-eat 1-~!nth Annual P, eekend.

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-F!ans ~aid down by the "Little-Gobby" team are entertaining, challenging and citing~

They have employed imagination, knowledge, hours of hard work and the

natu.ra! bea,~ties of this~outstanding area in progra~ming activities for you~r pleas-

........r’~, addcd ~mp,~~u.o~ fo~_ considering this a "must" on your fal! recreation. , !ist is t~l~e Lal~py’fac~ that our National Board of Directors have elected to.. conduct the ~oard Meeting on November Z4 at our "Vv’eekend" headquarters ~

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to meet our leaders in our own backyards, so to speak. An oppeftiinity, too, for the fostering~t~:i~e~tter unde~stan~kfn~ai,~d communication bet~,?een the weste%~n regions and the parent organization, A~.repr@~entative attendance will leach%hem know th.af we all wholeheartedly endorse the policy of moving the Natio~! ]Bo~d~,~Meetings:ar0~nd the country.

Suffice it to saylthat our excitement concerning the entire We’ekend knows n.o bounds!

We hope to see"-& g~.eat many~f~ou here to ~hare it w~.,~h, us.

Very cordially yours ....

Werner O!."Tonn Pr:es~den~ Monterey ]3ay .~egion, Im. C. A~ FOR SALE

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1963 Ruby red $90 v?iti~<fact0r:yhardt~:.p and like~,~w soft top~ many extras

~.~xc.. e_,.~ent ~ ’ condition,

’~Cori!~ct Johrz Case, 46Z.-5556 (gig5 Af~yle.Av,en~,

2 ~C~asfog lights’witl~ bad:~ bar~m6unt, old stuff, n~oving ~n~o ~ev. gb.rage

Los Angeles ~00Z8

i2 v~lt starte~- and ~nerator.

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~Voodri~ steering. . _ ~. wheel, A~.cc:, luggage rack --. bo~h new.

Norm Sandusky, 445-0Z91. &[its 356 B and C)

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Tickets are nOW avaalable xor-6~r::.A-rmve.!:<~ris,~:mm-s Party to be held on December Z3rd (Saturdaynite) at dac J~a Canada Country Club~

Don Ricardo and his orchestra

will be featured, Cocktails sta:’t at S:00 pm with dinner at 8"00 pro. For reservations, please fill in the form below and mail it with your check to Duane Alan. .................... Tear here ....................

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Duane A!an, President: 418 South Alhaa~abra Aver:ue

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Please reserve places at ehe !967 PCA-LA Annual Ch~-istrc.as Party° )!fy check in the amoun% of $ made payable to PCA-Los Angeles P~egion is enclosed. ($8. 75 each or $17. 50 per couple), Kindly forward rny tickets by return mail, Name

Audress

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NE~,~ MEMBERS (Welcome !)

Charles Akly 1255 So. Marilyn #7

George<Deal (Martha Jane) 922 Sou~h 9th Alhambra, California" 91801

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~ . Gle~.daie, California 91205 l~oger Munn 89 East Las Flores ]Drive ¯ ~-~i-~

John L. Opdyke Jr. M. Do (Suzanne) I1633 San Vicente IBlvdo Los Angeles, California 90049

AItadena-’ California 9i 001 Leroy Taylor 1854 So. Syca:more Avenue Los Angeles, California 90019 CHANGE OF AD’DP~ESS John Case Z185 Argyle Avenue Los Angeles, California 90028

Dick Garrett 1174 Ocean Aire San Luis Obispo, California 93402

Myil T. Carson 333.5 V,~est Avenue L-8 Lancaster, California 93534

Fred Harris (from Sierra Nevada Region 2730 Ardmore Road San Marino, California

CORRECTIONS Our apologies to Don Teiwes for an error in an article published last month. Credit should go to Don for sending in the article about the Tri-State Porscherama not Dawn V~,.~augamano

F LA SI~I DON’T B_AING FOOD TO ]~ILLOZ,. -- JUST EMPTY STOM_ACHS[: t~EINEP~S, ETC,, V~ILL BE .AVAILABLE AT THE T. I_~ CK.

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NO: NOT THE TI~E STUPID THE DEAR AND T~4~ A~TELOPE PLAYED

THE BIG VALLEY

KELLY MORRIS AND TAMM~ HEOEISE~

WRAT DID YOU EXPECT? CBATE~k~IABD

DALE BOYDS XMAS P~ES~.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ST TO BELEB

BEFORE RAIN

HEUEISEBS AWAHU WINNING CAMPSITE

YUCR-H-~-~, ~UT TH~ COFFEE Is GHEAT:

I CA~ DRIVE ’£~E PORSCHE’.~ ALL BY MYSELF

BUHNT STICF~S A~D ~AW ~S~IAI~LUWS

DA~LN PHOTOgrAPHER:

P.C.A. PORSCHERAMA. 5640 Stardust Road La Canada:, California 91011

John M. Clyman 923 "G" Second Street Santa Monica, Calif. 90403