REVIEWS CONCOUP~ CONQUERING
Nineteen sparkling entries and about three hundred visitors and Green Motors Porsche-Audi door prizes and a gloomy to groovy day in Norwalk. The "Scene" as PCALA Porsche Pushers perfected their favorite autos and treated everyone to some very well-treated "wagen". One of the older goodies-pre-restoration- was Curt Kuebler’s Porsche "Jeep". By contrast a brand new 914 was entered and two 904s appeared. That’ s pretty good since there were only i12 manufactured. Vern Covert by the way has number 112. And , as on the Porscherama cover, a very sleek Carrera-Abarthwas entered. Onr judges:Curt Kuebler, Ron Ramage, Dale Boyd, and Max Hedrick. The Winnahs ! ! I~ 900’ s: i. Booth Z. Reese/Foster 3. Chalmers For the 356ers i. (and ist overall) Cear~sino 2. Gedeon The Specialty Class was snapped up by Mr. Schocb and his Orange Carrera-Abarth. Green Motors did their best acres of asphalt were great, with lots of 914s and such to contributed six door prizes. And thanks from PCA-LA.
to make us all welcome. Their the rest of the facility immaculate crawl over. And they generously Nice people to say the least.
And thanks to all of you who at±ended and participated and enjoyed. It was Caron’s and my pleasure. (Thanks to Lew and Caron for a great event. The photos adjoining are by Gary Kious. ---ed) LEW PULLEY
The 4M’s (May Membership Meeting Minutes) The monthly membership meeting of PCA-LA was held at Julies Xestaurant on II May 1970. President Kalbach opened the meeting at 9 p.m. The minutes of the April meeting were approved as published in Porscherams. After introducing new members and guests, President Kalbach called for officer reports. Joe Schneider had no report, and George Gedeon noted that Porscherama was delivered on time which elicited much cheering. Cliff Yost passed out copies of the new membership roster. According to Dick Kodani, Joe Schneider will preside at the May tech meeting at Autoscan. Our embattled treasurer stated that the treasury balance was $1,343.06, the loss of $400 from last month being attributed to the roster, the paper, and events. Ann Egan said she would publish PCA-LA activities in various local newspapers if event chairmen would give her the necessary information. Also, Ann stated that anonymous letters would not be published. Ron Ramage announced that the concour was a success and acknowledged Lewis Pully’s excellent job in organizing the event. The second May event will be a gymkhana at the Rose Bowl and the June event a 12 hour rallye, which will be a weekend event. Ron introduced AI Gray who wants people to attend the 1970 Parade. Ron then went through the balance of the activities for the year and also covered coming events sponsored by nearby PCA regions. Items for sal e by club members were presented. Bob Cogen announced that the next meeting would he held at the Kawafuku restaurant during which a psychiatrist will speak on the sports car syndrome. At this time a drawing for the door prize, Hella driving lights, was held with Bill McInerney holding the winning ticket. An additional drawing was held to secure four women to lay out the gymkhana course at the Rose Bowl. Karen Pulley, Ann Egan, and two other unidentified females were selected and contrived a wicked course. Richie Ginther could not attend the meeting, so our own John Isakson showed Laurel & Hardy movies to the membership. The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted G.L. Gedeon Chief Scribe BOARD SPLINTERS
by George Gedeon
&
Dave Kalbach
The May meeting ~vas held at the house of Gedeon with a host of the general membership in attendance.
Because of the general interest express-
ed by the membership, ,a motion was made and carried to publish "Board Splinters" in Po~’scherama.
A "Board SpIinters" will inform the general
membership what takes place at these meetings.
As it is impossible to
publish full details covered by the board, it was moved that major points made must be published.
First of all let me state that there were as many general members as board members at the May meeting.
These people were interested
enough in the progress of PCA-LA to participate in a general discussion as to,he club’s direction.
The questions and comments from these mem-
bers were both excellent and appreciated.
It is only with this kind of
direct feedback that the board can plan and carry forth a program that will reflect the wants of the club.
Approximately half of the meeting was devoted to Porscherama and its future. ~%!~ ~
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Jim Ewing,
editor and Dave Kalbach presented a report with
cost projections and a budget which showed what has happened and what is expected to happen.
As presently published, Porscherama is an ex-
pensive undertaking. One of which PCA-LA can be proud. Ewing and Kalbach anticipated high inifial start-up and payout costs however, the paper would pay for itself after July. The board accepted the projections made. A reconciliation with6ae initial projections on Porscherama status will be made in August.
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The policy on the location of general membership meetings was discussed.
A motion was made and carried out to include a periodic meeting
at a fixed location.
The majority of the meetings will continue to be
dinner meetings, However they will be interspersed on a periodic basis with non-dinner meetings. It was moved that each neighboring PCA region be contacted to establish a reciprocal fee polic.y where PCA members from any region would pay the same fee as a member of the region sponsoring the event.
perfectly. SCHNEIDER
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Please call for appointment
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TIME & PLACE .
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The Porsche Syndrome Why do you drive a Porsche? Do you really know? Come to the meeting and find out. Dr. Jerome ]acobi, Ph.D and Psychiatrist will speak on the PORSCHE SYNDROME could prove interesting.
And what better place to hold the meeting than K AWAFUKU. can even eat on the floor if you want to.
including tax, tip, license, soup, Japanese salad, fried shrimp, lice, vegetables, KAWAFUKU is located at:
Why, you
Dinner will go for $5.00 Chicken Teriyaki,
desert and all the tea in Formosa!
204 1/2
East First Street, L.A.
see tl~
map. Please let us know if you are going to attend--even if it is at the last minute.
Meet at 7:00-7:30
Dinner at 8:00 sharp
will start no later than 9:00
For reservations,
The meeting
call the PCA number,
398-2217 or Bob Cogan/his secretary at 277-3655.
THE GREATUNNAMED RALLYE, TOUR, OVERNIGHTER, AND PLEASURE CRUISE ...... YAWN! ! June Z7 and 28.
Our own chairman of the board and friendly
skunk works proprieter,
Joe Schneider,
is planning this colossus.
And although the details may be a little sketchy,
the sparse
words conjur up a spectacle heretofore unimaginable. One of our own trusty editors masquerading as an unstuck ’68 912 ’~pooper" tube successfully penetrated the Autohaus security precautions and overheard the following delayshus tidbits. overnight in Solvang. in pastry,
Yes,
our own little Denmark.
not pornography(sorry guys,
bottomless bovine was all we found).
An
Specializing
last time Ilooked,
a
A Nay rallye and gimmick
rallye combined on both Saturday and Sunday. early enough to relax and partyall evening.
Arrival in Solvang
Maybe a Monte Carlo
type leg one day or the other. One Class only. All this to end with a Bachanalian rite catered by Joe’s friend with the mobile Dell. Mobile Dell? Of Course! Why do you think Herr S. is on a diet? This cat and his rolling wurstery visit the Works every day or so. Why do you think the Formula V goes "BRAAPP? " In fact, that mobile deli was what blew our cover as the 912 engine oiler. Just couldn’t resist a ham on rye. As a result, we never learned where we’ll start or end. Did learn that we’ll start at noon, though. And that a seperate mailing with all the details will be made to all the PCA-LA troops. All others can call the Porsche Club number in LA or Pit Stops in that bigger LA daily rag, to find out more details.
EDITORIAL
And they all did argue "FORr’. A couple even got up to Live! (Apologies to Kalbach for that one.) The Board meeting where upon your humble servant bared his soul and fantastic figures to gawd’n Board was great. You and I and them and and all can be justifiably proud. Thanks, gan~ for making it realistic and fun. And special huzzahs to those with sufficient interest to
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travel
a long ways
and help.
On to
more
and
Who’s Steve Runnals? Well, you might ask what’s B Production. Or who’s SCCA. Or who’s Kendon Porsche-Audi? Or what’s Ultra-Brite toothpaste?
Enough of this Herb Caen
parlour quiz (who’s Herb Caen? ). Steve Runnals is presently point leader of the SCCA Cal Club
JUNE 27-28 27-28 JULY Z6 AUGUST 22 SEPTEMBER Z0 OCTOBER 3-4 OCTOBER 16-17 NOVEMBER 15 DECEMBER 14 JUNE
Overnight Rallye Overnight Rallye Slalom Beach Party Concours/Oktoberfest Willowy Springs .Tour-Sodona Arizona Rallye
B Production class. He’s hotshoeing the ex-Kendon works 2. g liter 911 around the regional and national circuits, and doing very well thank you. The ex-Kendon works 911 is exworks because recently Mr. Kendon divested himself of that capital expenditure. Steve and his mechanic Keith Waterman just set up a small corporation and now have the car. And they are looking for additional investors to help them finish the season. And Ultra-Brite toothpaste for all you glamour fans currently is running TV advert ising featuring Steve’s smiling countenance. As has Playboy, Marlboro, and so on.
Christmas Party
And why am I writing about all this? Well, Steve is a PCAer and his accession to a Porsche pilot of some competence is at best rapid, not inconsistent with his velocity on the track. The Board meeting for June will be held at BoggsMcBurney Auto Parts on the 15th. Call the magic phone number to find out directions. If you can identify the following mystery voice, you don’t need directions: "Hello, what is my name?"
THERE WILL BE NO TECH MEETING THIS MONTH. WE’VE BEEN OUT-TECHED BY A WEDDING!!!!!!! DEADLINE FOR JULY ISSUE ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS IS JUNE 15.
Steve has made good money in advertising. And it’s given him the means and time to pursue athletics, at which he is a natural. He performs his own stunts for the ads. Skiing, surfing, motocrossing, you name it. He’s good too. Been that way since he was a kid. And he’s gotten hurt too. But he’s pulled himself out everytime. All this poured out over lunch with Steve one warm May day at a table for three at Chez Jet in Redondo Beach. The "~hlrd" was Steve’s older brother Gary, a friend of mine and Porsche nut for a couple of years. Gary gave me my first ride in a 912 Z I/g years ago. Later it was all in the family to see Steve drive his first competition; a gymkhana sponsored by the TRW Rallye Club. That was a year and one half ago. Hold it! First gymkhana competition to Cal Club points leader in l-i/Z years? That’s the natural athlete in him. Steve’s goal? Group 7-Can Am-the biLLies. And he’s got a lot going for him. After all didn’t wossisname just come in second at Sebring? So if you always wanted to own part of a going race team, here is a real chance. And it looks like they’re going straight to the I<oad Race of Champions if the luck and money and hard work hold up. Some shares in the "inc" are still available. It’s a great group. And they’re doing it with talent and fortitude. No big business, just big energy and fun. And they win. And it’s Porsche. And what more could you ask?
Century West is running a beautiful C Production 91IS in SCCA Regional and National races. It’s driven by Merwin Ink.
How about "who’s Herb Caen? "
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editor
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ANN EGAN DAVE KALBACH
co-editor associate
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DUANE ALAN
editor photographer
CORKY KIRK
devil’s.
It’s different again.
The printer gets ~leaner art; simpler for us and
simpler for him. We have sealed on some hard schedules that permit us to mail the book 3rd class ~th enough time to get it to you. Also gives the printer one full week to work. We’re finding it hard to get detailed information on events this far ahead, though. We’re trying. Very ~rying.
apprentice MARY ANN KALBACH
SUE LUCAS
For your eyes there is a little more advertising, an easier going format and new paper. To give you more relavent information it seems we’ve always been pressed for space under Calendar and Previews. So~ after carrying ~he editor ou~ kickin~ and screaming we grabbed half this page and now have three full columns o~ Time and Place. L’Technique the tech chairman a chance to rap. We’ll be printing other regions’ items too. And we hereby invite you to write in with’ ques-
typists
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directors DAVE KALBACH
president
388-5043
BOB COGEN
vlce-president
CR4-2582
GEORGE GEDEON
secretary
869-7842
LYNN BOCKEMOHLE treasurer
790-6976
CLIFF YOST
membersMp
325-4131
RON RAMAGE
ac,tivities
763-6090
As advertised, Max DurLham’s "Pepper’s and Porsche’s" graces our centerfold.
DICK KODANI
technical
NEl-4720
ANN EGAN
publicity
475-3662
JOE SCHNEIDER
chairman ot: the board
641-4345
advertising 381-6161
The cover photograph of an Abarth Carrera was taken by Gary Kious at Lew Pulley’s happy Concours iast month. Lew also wrote a review of it for us. The "Yawns" are in honor of Herr Schneider’s overnight rallye, coming up.
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tions about your car’s maladies that nobody has answered. Somewhere in our vast readership a Mr. Science may pop up to help you out.
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STATEMENT OF PORSCHERAMA EDITORIAL POLICY Porscherama is the official publication of the Porsche Club o~ America, Los Angeles Region. Porscherama is owned by
Lori Boller, 537 Cumberland Road, Glendale 91202. 241-7635 Lori is a student and pilots a ’59 orange-red A coupe. She also has a very pleasant mother on the telephone. She iikes races, socials, and short rallies. (would you believe a racey socialite who’s great on a short rally-ed). ~dward V. Condon Jr. and wife Ann park their ’70 911 Targa at 2813 Moraga Drive, Los Angeles, 90024 385-3478 IEd life insures people and digs rallying, racing and socializing.
the Porsche Club of America, Los Angeles Region(a California Corporation) and is published monthly in accordance w.~th the club by-laws and conditions o~ the charter granted
Joe! S. Cunningham i~ a ’67 Burgundy 912 fron Altadena-483
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I-Ie’s fcmd of rallyes
driver’s schools and conconrs.
by the Porsche Club of America. Dated material must be received by Porscherama no later th~n seven d~ys ~ter completion o~ ~n event to insure
Johnie Miller and wife Linda ’58 silver gray A coupe; who all live at 1630 N. Kerarnore Apt. 309 Los Angeles. Johnie is a maintenance supervisor for KCOP.
publication. Other contributions will be published on ~ sp~ce ~v~H~ble b~s~s. Statements ~ppe~ring in Porschemm~ ~re those o~ the euthor ~nd do not constitute ~a op;nlon o~
Driving a ’61 YelIow Cabrolet i~ John T..Wright and his wife Linda. They live at 228 E. Graves, Monterey Park. John is in law enforces ment and enjoys short rallys.
the Porsche Club of America, Los Angeles Reg;on, its Board of Directors, the Porscherama editor or ;ts staff.
All contri-
butions become the property of Porscherama unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope, The editorial staff of Porscherama reserves the right to edit as necessary all material submitted for publication,
Again, on behalf of the general membership, I want to welcome all new members to the club. Both fast and slow, I hope you’ll enjoy our outings and activities. And now to sneak in an address change or two.
Cliff Yost’s new addcontinued on p. 14.
Tooling down the road, with the warm Mexican sun getting low in the sky; I was wondering if my whole trip would be this serene. I left Los Angeles the evening of the day b~fore and had spent the night with my Jaguar driving buddy, Frank B~town, and his ffracious German born wife at their pad in Yuma. I had covered a couple of hundred miles since leaving Yuma that morning. After making a flying trip to Mexico and driving to Ensenada many times, I felt that this drive into Mexico would be a great way to spend a vacation. The trip thus far had been without incident, but I did have a mild, nagging concern about the time I crossed the border at San Luis. I began to hear a slight chirp in the area of my generator. The noise was no worse now, so I really wasn’t ~rried much and I felt that all woul d be well for the next two weeks.
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This was not precisely to he the case. At that moment, a conver ging tangent with my little 356 coupe, I noticed what appeared to be a small horse, but was the biggest rabbit I have ever seen. He must have been doing 30 m.p.h, and I was doing 75, and neither one of us gave way. In this contest, one of us had to lose, and seeing as how I was bigger, it was Mister Rabbit. I didn’t stop; there was nothing I could do for Brer Rabbit. Later I stopped for gas and took a look at the front of the car. Peter Rabbit had not lost entirely, a nice two inch deep, eight inch oval dent in the cowl under my bumper was his epitaph. Before starting this trip I had hoped to drive about 400 miles a day. In this first day, it had gone as planned. But to make many miles a day, I would have to be driving after dark, not the best way to fly in Mexico. As I proceeded south, the night became blacker and various hazards began to appear out of the gloom; like burros, cows, horses, trucks, peons, and other obstacles. A couple of times I tried follov4 ng cross country buses. With their size and many headlights an animal on the highway and missed it, I might hit it. So I fell behind and tried to keep us a steady 55-60 miles an hour. It turns out that even th~s was too fast. On a dark stretch of highway, all of a sudden there was a carcass of some large animal that apparently had been hit several times, and I was going too fast to do anything but be the next. At 50, the little Porsche became momentarily airborn but was still going straight down the highway. Fortanately, this encounter left no epitaph and it was on to Guaymas.
in this coast town, l drovearoundlookingantii foundarather inexpensive hotel; I thought I would go to the hotel bar and wthd with a beer or two. The bartender was friendly, but spoke little English (though he looked more Irish than I do). I knew very little Spa~sh, but we managed to converse. Later two local Mexicans came in and we were all enjoying ourselves trying to communicate. As time went by and no more patrons came in, the bartender closed the bar and he and the other two invited me to a place with a little more excitement. Somehow, we all plied in the Porsche. We drove some dark back streets to an area I didn’t th~k was the normal tourist hangout. We went into a bar where there must have been 200 Mexicans drinking, laughing and yelling while a band pIayed and pretty senoritas danced on a stage. By then, I was feeling my beers, so I sat back and enjoyed the show. Later, two of my companJ.ons disappeared with a couple of the "hostesses" (want to keep this story from being rated X) never to be seen again. About three in the morning, back at the hotel, I retkred, weary and mellow. Next morning, I headed south again. My guide book indicated there was a town called Alamos 30 miles east of Navojoa off the main highway that was very picturesque. I decided to make the detour telling myself that I would speud 40 minutes taking photo8
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PORSCHES story and photos by max dunham
ffraphs and sightseeing. days’?.
Forty minutes?
Would you believe three
I was really charmed by this Mexican village for it retained its "old Mexico" atmosphere, including the people, the buildings, and the customs. I was taking photographs when a Mexican, sporting a rich s,niie walked up and began talking to me in English. He turned out to be one of the guides who make their bread by watching for touristas who come into town and offer to show them the locol points of interest. His name was Jose. One point of interest was the town jail where, because of a fiesta the night before, 58 of the local men were incarcerated for the weekend. I was asked not to take pictures of the prisinners but he talked me into buying a horsehair bolo tie made by some of the long termers.
there are two village squares and the young men and the young ladies, walking in opposite directions, promenade around these squares and in this way meet each other. Well, that evening Jose and I did some promenading ourselves and I met a nice senorita who worked in the town bank.
Later in
the evening she invited me to her house where she popped with a record player and records.
Again,
Oh yes, and a sister to chaperone.
I hit the sheets feeling my boer.
I spent part of the next
day, which was my fourth day in Mexico, taking more pictures of Alamos and in the afternoon headed south again.
My goal was
the coast city of Mazatlan.
I arrived very tired in Mazatlan late that night wanting a good bed UNITED STATES
and a good bath.
So I plumped for a nice hotel bill.
The sixth day was spent taking photographs around the wharfs,
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boat repair docks, and beaches of Mazaflan.
Early afternoon I
started east on the road between Mazatlan and Durango.
It climb-
ed into the mountains and traveled through boautiful scenic mountain gorges.
According to my information,
it had recently been
gravel but was now paved all the way to Durango. -)~ ~i~-~j~
I wanted to make Durango before nightfall, to avoid the mountains at night.
This was not to be.
The road is slow, climbing, wind-
ing (a real Porsche trail) and, in many places,
sections had slid
away. though not to a point where you couldn~
pass.
It seems
the Mexican way of handling a slide is to whitewash some rocks
ClUDAD
and place them around the edge.
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road some
day.
I suppose they will repair the
On this road I passed
through
the first of three
towns with the name of Los Angeles. There were many spectacular
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views,
so with stops for photography, goat beards, and etc., the
going was slow. Darkness set in about half way to Durango. At these southern latitudes thesun sets. there it is pitch is very black. little dusk and in no time at all after ~
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This
turned out to bo a smail restaurant with a oil lamp burning. natives didn’t seem to be too friendly,
The
so I was glad to get out of
there and head on~ Durango. Further down the pike I came close to hitting a horse that had boen
the road.
Atfirst, I thought I would go back to find somebody to
horse, then thought maybe since I c.oulda’t speak Spanish they might think that I had hit the horse. Nor wanting to
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cool my heels in a Mexican jail or pay for a horse, I didn’t stop but drove on to Durango. CITY ¯ ~. ~-.~
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Driving into the northern end of Durango, I found no vacancies in the motels of this large city.
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so decided to dirve some more that
night toward the city of Zacatecas. About half way to Zacatecas, I came to a small mining town and
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thought I would spend the night there. I found the local hotel.
Driving the deserted streets,
Banging on the door, I aroused an old
Mexican who iifformed me if I wanted to park my car down an alley It was apparent that I would not be able to see and photograph this
a couple of blocks away, he would find me a room.
town the way I wanted to in such a short time,
to park my car so far from the hotel, in the dark, I drove to the
the night.
so I decided to stay
Now, I had my choice of two hotels.
with meals, or one at 80¢ a night without meals.
One at $10 a night I decided to go
the 80¢ route,
Not wanting
edge of town out on what I think was a goat path, parked, folded back the seat and proceeded to sleep; awaking periodically to stretch and look out the window to see if any bandidos were approaching.
When the sun rose, I drove back into town, took a
Jose stuck with me and showed me some of the local hangouts and
few pictures, looked around a gold mine and headed for Zacatecas.
drank beer as fast as I would buy it.
Again, I passed through another wide spot in the road called
Again that night, I hit the
sack mellowed with plenty of cerveza under my belt.
Los Angeles.
The following day I relaxed around the town by taking pictures. I
Zacatecas, a crossroads, is a thriving city.
spent part of the morning in the historic graveyard.
of a high hill overlooking the city that must have been 1500 to 2000
Most of the
I drove to the top
graves
are vaults above the ground and some date back to the
feet above the city.
1500’s.
They also included Oriental graves,
of the city, when up a cobble stone path came a group of people.
I ran into Jose a couple of times.
in my wanderings,
He was plying his trade but
managed to schedule time for a couple of beers.
In this town
It had a convent on top, and I was taking photos
One of these people was a young girl about 15 who was walking on her knees.
I talked to the people and they told me that she was
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At Cuidad Obregon I stopped for the night in a modern motel. The next morning I drove around Obregon a little to find some breakfast and was much impressed with this city. place with very little of the old Mexican flavor.
It is a thriving
It reminded me
With night.
good paved fast desert highways, I arrived in San Luis that I had packages of dried b eans, peas and seeds that I had
bought in the market of Patzcuaro which I wanted to put in a jar in stratum layers and the border guard began to wonder when he saw
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$3,800 total price.
Came the tenth day, I departed repic and took a short side trip over to the seaside village of San Blas. The road from the highway to the coast passes through green tropical vegetation and jungle-like scenery. I explored San Bias which had few tourists, has beautiful palm trees, beaches, water and fishing. Here saw farm workers walking to work with machetes and rifles. I met one American couple in a XKE and we rapped a while.
somewhat of a place like Lakewood or the San Fernando Valley.
381-6161 days.
55,000 miles
JOHNI]~ MILLI~R; wife, Zinda; ’58 silver gray A coupe. Who all live -at 1630 N. Ker~rnore, #309, LA. Johnie is s maintenance supervisor for KCOP.
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He became a little bent out of shape and queried whether
I was going to grow,
eat or smoke them.
TeiI~ng him a negative
on all points he didn’t confiscam,ther~. After searching the car 1968 Porsche, 912, Sand Beige (714)
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38,000 mi.
$4,675.00
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throughly and finding that empty terramycin bottle,
I think, with
some qualms, he let me back in~e good ole United States of
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I took advantage again of my friends’ hospitality and spent a night in Yuma. Camera 35ram.
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Comes with leather case and a fast f 1.8
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Dave Kalbach 381-6161 days
388-5043 nights,
The next day,
proceeded toward Los Angeles. was going flat,
Coupe, black.
badly.
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On reaching Riverside the tire
so I took time to change it thinking it ironic "I had
driven in Mexico like without a flat,
WANTED,
after touring the Arizona State Territorial prison
I gassed up and noticed one of my tires needed a little air, but
4,000
miles and a lot of it on terrible roads
and I get back to the States and pick up a nail".
Feelint a littIe frazzled,
I took a break and rested while visiting
friends in Riverside before taking the last leg into Los Angeles.
1266. Mr. Bill Mcinerney won the May raffle. Bill won a single Hella driving light that retails for abour $23. Watch for the June drawing for another valuable Porsche item.
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My odometer read 4,200+ miles since leaving home and except for some of the night driving, 1 throughly enjoyed my odyssey south of the border. But I don’t think I ever appreciated my own pad, my own bath, or my own bed as much as on my safe return. continued on pg 13
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The first thing to do is to determine exactly where the air leak is. If it is a gasket leak (most are) on either a 356 or 900 series you can fix ft by inserting something bet~veen the lips of the rubber gasket. You c~m use a piece of cotton clothes line dyed Mack or clear plastic A short piece at the point of the" leak is sufficient. Besides a~swering your technical questions, L’Tech~que will try to feat~re technical articles puMished by other regions that otherwise would be missed. L’Tech~ique will also publish technical i~formation that is passed on by the factory or written by the PCA-LA membership. L’Tech~ique, it seems that the gearshift lever on my ’61 Super is lose. It rattles and vibrates away--and makes other annoying sounds. How do I fix it.? M~A.S.
To install the fLller, spreak the "U" shaped gasket with your fingers and apply a small amount of contact cement, according to manufacturer’s instruction. Insert the tubing or rope a~d hold u~til the cement has set. You may have to leave the door open overnight until the glue d~ies. If so, be sure to turn off the dome lights. Another point of air noise on the 90@ series is the chrome strip that ru~s along the top of the door at the windows. If it isn’t sealed at both ends, air will enter the front a~d whistle out the back. If you thiak this is the case on your car, fill the front and back of the strip with body putty. Wipe clean and presto! No more leak!
SLOPPY GEARSHIFT. LEVER -356B, C Models When the gearshift lever on the Porsche is lose or vibrates and rattles while at cruising speed, the chances are that the molded guide ring (official part # 695.424.211.01) has split. This guide ring is located directly below the rear of the shift lever housing and serves as both rotational and linear bearing for the shift tube. To replace the ring, remove the gearshift lever assembly and then disconnect the shift tube (remove the access plate at the foot of the rear seats and pull back the rubber boot; mark the angular and inngitudinal position of the tube with a sharp pointed scribe and then remove the clamp). Slide the tube forward inthe tunnel until the guide ring bracket is free. Install a new ring. You can make a lifetime’replacement from teflon.
OVER TWENTY PORSCHE’S ARE STOLEN EACH WEEK IN THE U.S. If you are paranoid . . .take your battery with you when you leave the car. L’Technique is currently collecting a series of methods for preventing auto theft by other means. If you have any special solutions, please send them in to the editor. We will publish our collection (hopefully) in July. COMPETITION POINTS
The teflon replace-
ment should be made with smaller flange diameters to ease assembly and can be made by most machine shops for a slight fee. Following careful re-assembly, the gearshift will operate silently. Curt Kuebler
What is the easiest way to attach the PCA Car badge to my Porsche? R.S. You can purchase two toggle bolt ants at the local hardware store for approximately 10¢ each. The spring-loaded, fold back "wing" nuts will hold the badge to the grili. To insure that the nuts wkll not rotate while being tightened, cut one notche (see below) into each wing of each nut so that the nut will engage when being tightened. _~)/qD~g
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taking photographs and goiDg back to the boat I had not yet photographed a fisherman. When our boat pulled away from the island, it stopped dead in the water while on shore three or four fishermen launched their canoes, paddled out, and pretended they were fishing ’til I had finished my photography, they then slid over to the boat for their five pesos. Back on the mainland I wandered around and photographed the market place where one can buy foods, herbs and seed for indigenous medicinal purposes; and plastic and enameled ware from Hong Kong. Actually, almost everything is locally made. About noon, this the ninth day, I started the trek home. Making good time I passed Zamoro going up toward Lake Chapala. began to feel physically uncomfortable. It became worse as the hours went by. And I decided I was coming down with a case of Montezuma’s Revenge or the Aztec Trots. Toward late afternoon I was feeling very bad, and wondering if I was going to make it back to the States in the time I had remaining. I stopped in a small town,
saw a sign that said Doctor, went in and asked him if
there was anything he coukl do.
After telling me how glad he was
to be able to talk English to someone,
(which he did quite well) and
showing me National Geographics, which he read, he assured me he could take care of me with an injection. was very amiable,
Although the doctor
and I am sure quite competent, things didn’t
look the cleanest around there and I declined the shot. insistent,
but so was I.
He was
Finallyhe saidhe couldgive me some
pills and i said fine. What are they? And he said something which I finally understood to be terramycin.
He told me how to
take them and told me it wouldn’t be long before they took effect and on my way I went.
And, true to his word,
in a few hours I
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was feeling chipper again, I passed by the south side of Lake Chapala about dark.
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going to the convent, and had v~alked all the way up that path from
three young hombres and I started walking down an alley in the
the city, on her knees. was her bag.
dark, with them leading the way to I knew not where. Presently we arrived at the rear of a house and knocked on the door. A back window opened; money was passed in, a case of beer was passed out and we went on our way, never seeing our benefactor.
I couldn’t understand this, but I guess it
Wanting to hit Guadalajara that night, I again headed down the road with more on my mind than just chili peppers; because that chirp in my generator was now a nice low intermittent squeal. I did make a stop at the Chizonoztoc ruins which was the site of a prehistoric Indian tribe. It was a short way off the highway, These ruins had been excavated and partially rebuilt and were worth the time to see. An old man, in a Guadalajara type sombrero, for a few pesos, gave me some information and watched the car while I explored.
With the aid of an ayed frail ranch hand, who undertook opening the beer with his teeth, the party continued along with my loss of memory. I awakened the next morning in bed in my clothes feeling rather hung over and embarrassed at the same time. Some of my friend’s famiIy had slept on the floor so the Amerinano could sleep in the bed. After orange juice and thank you~, I was on my way again. I headed south and east on the north side of Lake Chapala to the next large city, Zamoro. Between Chapala and Zamoro I took
pict,lres of burros, women with babies on their backs making adobe bricks, v olcanic ste am vents and other sights; only to find when I reached Zamoro that l had neglected to thread the film in my camera correctly and therefore the fihn was not advancing. I had broken my sunglasses and attempted to buy a pair in a small optical shop. I told a young girl in the shop about my glasses. She asked to see them and said, "no problem." Out came her hammer. She proceeded to rivet the hinge back on the glasses and would accept no money for her services.
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That night, which was the seventh night, I arrived in Ouadalajara. The generator was so noisy now that I was really concerned and thinking about the fact that I had not seen one Porsche while in Mexico. I went to the Guadalajara Volkswagen dealer and asked the service manager, with my friend interpreting, if he had a Porsche generator or Porsche parts with an answer of the negative. I asked him if Volkswagen parts would work in my generator and he said no. Being a neopl{yte Porsche pusher, I took his work for it and we drove away. My companion had a friend in the parts house business and he suggested we try him. I told him my problem and he said "no sweat", produced two bearings and said they would do the trick. He also saidthey were Volkswagen generator he~Lrings. (ed. note: The Tech Tip of the Week). I intended to ca]cry the bearings with me in case the generator went out. I had put 170,000 miles on a VW and pulled and replaced bearings in the generator of same several times, and figured I would do the same with the Porsche. I had driven a mile or so from the hotel when my generator warning light flashed on. The generator bearing had frozen, tn the middle of Guadalajara; I called my friend at the hotel. He called some friends at a generator shop. They drove over to where I was. We talked it over. They said their shop was not very far. I discormected the fan belt and ckrove without generator or fan the short distance to their shop and we Tout de suite (sec) jumped into the fray. They produced their technical tools; like a hammer, a bigger hammer and yet a bigger hammer. I really must hand it to them, because we really did get the job done. There were three men and sometimes five and myself on the job. We pulled the generator, overhauled it, put it back in aI1 about three hours for about three dollars plus the couple of dollars I had already paid for the bearings. It was dark when we finished . When I drove south again out of the city it was apparent I would not make many miles that night so I decided to take my friend up on an offer to attend his sister’s birthday party. By the time I arrived at the party, it was in full swing. Maybe 50 people and one car parked out front, They sat me down to ear bar-b-qued goat, stuck a &rink in my hand and with that kind of hospitality I was having a good time right away. Some drinks later, I joined the dancing. Idanced~ with my friend’s sister, his mother, his grandmother, and I think his great-grandmother before the night was out. Around 2 in the morning, we ran out of drinks and beer, more beer had to be procured. I was asked if I wanted to go along to collect it. So
My ultimate goal on this trip was Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan. I decided to take a side trip to see Paracutin, the volcano ~hat erupted out of a corn field, and the city of Uruapan. On the way I stopped in a village where Indians were selling crafts and bargained with an Indian girl to pose for me. She asked for 10 pesos, I offered her five, got one quick shot, handed her a 20 peso note and expected change. Therewith she ran off into the village coming out way ahead in,he bargain. Much the wiser, I drove on down the pike. I arrived in Patzcuaro long after dark. After driving around and checking out the area and tarning down a couple of offers by some so-called guides for hotels with "specialized services" I found a find hotel with a beautiful dining room and spent the night there.
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Next morning, driving around the town trying to find a way down to the lakeshore, I saw a young boy on a corner and asked him for directions. The boy could speak English a heIhiva lot better than I could speak Spanish. He gave me directions and said he would go along with m e if I wanted. I said fine and proceede.d to the iakeshore. This lake is famous for its beauty, its fishermen who use butterfly nets from dugout canoes and an island with a large statue of a hero named Moreles. There are tour boats that wi!l take you to the island, wait an hour while you climb the hill to the statue and take you back for the exorbitant fee of $5.00. A boat owner said he would take me and my a,nateur guide to the island for no charge to the local citizen, continued on pg 14
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