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SCH~~ ~TS ~ITOR ~E 8: ~neral Membership Meeting, 8:00 p.m. ~ C~uenga ~ementary School, 220 S. Hobart, ~t~de ~othe 696-0866 L.A. ~peri~ental Honda f!~ & speaker. 7957 S. ~o~est Ave. J~E I0-Ii: St~islaus River ~ip, call ~ittier, C~if " 90602 ~rt Kuebler for i~o~atlon 398-2217. ~E lO: PCA-SD CONCOURS; ~E ll: G~ANA at Gross~ont ~opping Center 714/582-5909 ~E ll : PCA-CCCR AUTOCROSS, ~ta M~ia. PR~ID~T ~e ~ .283-7423 ~E 13: ~d Meeting 8:00 p.m. ~orge 1049 B~a~ Ave. Gedeon’s home 8575 Lubec St. Do~ey. ~ Monterey P~k, ~E 17: DINING & D~CING at the lovely home C~ifo~nia 917~ of DON RIC~0, see ’~ents’ fo~ details. ~NE 18: PCA-0CR ~E BUG SLALOM, 0r~ge Co.. VICE PR~. D~e ~derson 459 1219 Int’l. Racevzay. Fast 1.1 mile course. C~l
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TR~SUR~ Le~s ~ley 861-I~3 ~E 18: PCA-SB SLALOM, call 805/687-1619. ~ CHiN ~orge ~deon ~E 25: Tour of Bond ~blishing Co., ~b869~7~ lishers of Road & ~ack Magazine, 1499 ACTIVITI~ Ron R~age 374 6888 696-0866 P~LICI~ ~ri ~o~e Mo~ovia Ave., Newest Beach, 10:00 A..E. TEC~ICAL Rob’t V~Cleave 368-4056 ~E 23-24-25: PCA-Loma Prieta Monte C~lo J~7-5109 M~SHIP Cor~ ~k Rallye at Los Gates. Nor-Cal R~.llye Te~, P.O. ~x 416 37~ ~gefield Dr.., Santa Cl~a, Cal. 95050 ~cadia, C~if. 91006 ~Y 23: PCA-LA ~ivers School and Road Test .AUGUST 26-27: Colorado River To~ - tenative SEPT~ 24: Gay Nineties Picnic. ~ 0CTOB~ 14-15: Willow Springs Time ~ials,~~ DI~-A-PORSC~CL~ OCTOB.~ 28-29: Tour to S~ Simeon. (~ For info~ation about PCA NOV~ER 18-19: 0ver-ni~t Nav. Rallye. activities, call: 398-2~7 ~ ~ DEC~ER 9 : Christ,s Di~er-D~ce. ¯
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THE GREAT RUBBER MYSTERY Here’s something you can worry about on those nights you can,t sleep. . . . The amount of rubber worn from tires in the Unite~ States each year amounts ~o over 700,000 tons, which is considerably more than the particulate emissions from all gasoline powered vehicles. The problem is, no one can find it. Examination of road surfaces finds little or no rubber adhering to the surface, and air samples taken from tunnels contained none of the compounds that would be present if the tread rubber volitized. . So, if you happen to notice where your tread goes, drop a line to William RI ~i~rson of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Pierson recently presented the above information at an industry meeting..... Kansas City Region. Reprint fror~ Cascade Region. Cam you imagine a ’hare and hound’ Porsche Targa, rigged with road-grader type tires, air horns crudely bolted to that gorgeous finish, a skid plate, dual shocks, dust filters and the letters BAJA glued along the lower edge of the doors? . . . Apparently, Porsche considers this an important part of its publicity and ha~ come up with a model called the 919. (Sounds like it should be a 999 Mayday.) EVen though it is rumored that the route to LaPaz will soon be paved, Porsche isn’t taking any chances and this off-the-road vehicle may soon be seen blinking two or more of its eight lights at Jack rabbits, donkeys (since meeting one of its own kind out there is unlikely) and some of the local yocals enroute to Mexico. . . It seems the factory people believe that they can construct a winning low budget" car from spare parts with a little help from the tractor factory. A composite picture and report appeared in Santa Barbara Region newsletter for May. TECH TIP for 91~-~ owners from Curt Kuebler: Under no circumstances let the engine turn over backward with the ignition. Brain blows its mind instantly. If you spin out and slide backward, put the clutch in. Most of you know about the beautifUl magazine CHRISTOPHOROUS, published every other month by the Porsche factory in Germany. But for those of you who are new to the Porsche scene and take pride in anything ’Porsche’, this magazine is highly recommended. The cost is $5.00 per year and the address is:Christophorous, Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche K.G., 7 Stuttgart - Zuffenhausen, &2 Porschestrasse, West Germany. Thanks to Duane, Lewis, George, Edith, Curt, Phil, Ran and Ralph for helping with the paper last month. The next paper-put-out will be Friday, June 30th, 7:30 p.m. at the Boothe residence 696-0866. Geri One of todays new sins: Autolatry--the intemperate worship of one’s automobile. ¯ ~q~ ¯ ~
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HONDA~40 TORCYCLEHONDAM0 T0R CY CLEBUTN 0NELIKEYOUHAVEEVERRIDDEK~IONDAE0 TORCY CLEHOND.~,~O T0 JUNE 8: General Membership Meeting, 8:00 p.m., Cahuenga Elementary School, 220 S. Hobart, L.A. We will hav~ a very interesting program featuring a film on an experimental Honda motorcycle which turned 286.7 m.p.h, at Bonneville. Our speaker will be Jon McKibben, Director of Automotive Research, Experimental Mechanics Division of Agbabian, Jacobsen & Assoc., Los Angeles. He is a member of S.A.E. and driver of the motorcycle The vehicle was built by Reaction Dynamics in St. Louis. The motorcycle is 21# ft[ long, has solid wheels, two 750cc engines which are tu~bo-cha~ged and fuel injected, and two 5~speed tranmuissions. It runs on alcohol. STANI SLAUSRI VERTRIP STANI SLAUSRIVERTRI PSTANI SLAUSR IVERTRIP STANI SLAUSRIVERTRI P STANI S JUNE 10-11: Raft trip dovma the Stanislaus River. There may still be some reservations left so contact Curt Kuebler 598-2217 or write to 0.A.R.S., Inc., 1310 20th St., Santa Eonica, Calif. 90404. Cost per person is $45.00. TECHNI C ALMEET INGSUNDAYTEC}INI C ALMEETiNGSL~DAYTECH3,~I CAI~IEETINGSUNDAYTECHNI.GALMEETI NG JUNE 2%: A tour of Bond Publishing Co., publishers of Road & Track Magazine will be our teclmnical meeting for the month. This will be on a Sunday morning at I0:00 a.m. The tour will include their research offices and libraries and there will probably be some autos of interest on display. A Sunday brunch is being planned, afterward. FLAZHFL ASHB I GSUMMERBASHFLASHFLASHBI GSUMNERBASHFLASHFLASHB IGSUMMERBASHFLAS~K~LASHBI G JUNE 17th: SU~ER DINNER DANCE at Don Ricardo ,s home, 964 Hillside Terrace, Pasadena ~.TU 2-1563. Coctails at 7:00 p.m. and dinner at 8:00 p.m. The tariff is ~15.00 per couple including tax and tip. For those of you who have never danced or listened to DON RICARD0 AND HIS BAND, you have a real treat in store~ He ranges in music from my era of swing to contemporary. ~is affair will be outside under the stars. I would suggest a sweater or wrap for the girls. The club will run our own bar and guests are very welcome. Send in your reservation NOW~ There is limited seating. DF~DLINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS JUNE 12TH~ Phone Ron Ramage 461-311!2! or myself at 283-7~2~ for information. Duane Alan
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DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF DON RICARDO AND HIS B~ND~ AND DINNER . $15.00 per couple. MENU: Top ~irloin steak cooked to you~ specification before your very eyes. Augratin potatoes, mixed buttered peas, carrots, pearl onions and fresh mushrooms, tossed salad, choice of two dressings. Assorted rolls and butter and for desert, French pastries and coffee. Cocktails a~e not included in the price of the dirnaer. Clip this form and send with your check to Duane C. Alan 1049 Bradshawe Ave., Monterey Park, Calif. 917~4.
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We are now in the middle of the fifth month of this year and have come along very smoothly. ~e way everyone on the board is ~orklng and the way the membership is r~spondlng, I don’t foresee any problems. Our treasury is in excellent shape. The events have been great with mo~e’t~a~ the usual attendance. Willow Springs Time Trials is a d~finite ’yes’ on October 14th and our other future events are shaping up ~ell. . . . ! Just returned from a meeting with Ed Yates, PCA representative for Zone 8 and the presidents of Zone 8 regions, alon~ with ¯ W. Bruecher, District Service Ngr., W.G. Haworth, P.R. man, G.A. Holcomb, Inventory man and P. Taylor, Sales man of Porsche/Audl. This was a very interesting m~eting about customer-dealer-distributor relationships, plus ~hat is in store for us in the future and good technical stuff. I taped the meeting and we will have a special hea~ing at a later date..... Starting at our next meeting, ~ will have a i%-20 zinute open discussion on Porsche problems and I am sure many questions can be answered by fellow club members. Also, Bob Van Cleave ~ill answer questions or problems you may have in a column in PORSCHERAMA. In the future we ~ill have a representative from Porsche/Audi for a ’Tech Nite,..... Duane Alan
, women’s glib Pushing to beat that time you ~ere clocked at only three minutes ago. Pushing to the point of danger, to the peak of you~ ability but not to d~structlon. Such a fine line is dra~rn between danger and destruction but it makes all the difference. ¯ . . Release--its a f~utastic escape for getting your mind off you~ p~oblems; onc~ you are on that track all you~ forces of energy and concentration go into your driving skills. There is no t~me to think of anything but your machine and you~ control of that machine... . Sensatlons--there are so many to fe~l, se~ and am~ll when on the track. It ~egins while waiting to enter the straightaway; the sounds of revving engines; the tension in your arms, le~s and neckt the t~ght grip you hold on the wheel. The starter flags you on the track--now its your chance. Shifting into first, your on your way, then s~cond and third. The power of the engine, the tires gripping the road, slo~ing do~n, shifting, increasing your it all becomes a part of you when you a~e in control of that c&r aud that car comes an extension of your body to assist you in conquering those tight turns, dodging a series of pylons in a shakane or letting everything go in a st~alghtaway. ¯ . . Seeing that guy ahead of you makes you step on the gas to go all the faster; you’ve got to get ahead of him, beat his time. Looking ahead to that n~xt challenge; it may be a tight curve or passing another guy in the straightaway. What@ve~ it is, once you’ve done it and done it well the feeling of meeting that challenge head on, as you do on the track, and making it, is fantastic. You can sense th~ concept of speed and motion not only through feeling but through sight. It is of prime importance to be able to react to ~hat can be seen ahead for the purpos~ of better entry into the situation. A curve for example, or as well, if danger lurks around the bend, the ability to see and react quickly can make or b~eak it on the track. S~ells, gasoline, exhaust, oil, ~tc. all combine to make the at~nosphere ~o~p~e~e. Hopefully not, but often enough, you’ll smell overtones of the rubber you just burnt off your tires slldl.ng through the last turn or the brakes you just burnt to the hilt attempting to slow down before entering that "S" cu~v@ or the oll you’~ burning because something isn’t functioning properly in engine..... Disappolntments--too many to mention all of them, but how about t~mes ~hen you’re ready to run your time trial? You round the lap once, but Just ~fore you hit the starting line you blow a tire and you don’t have any spa~es hand. Or a time when there are three peopl~ running the same ca~ and they r~n out of gas half-way through thei~ time trials; no one has extra gas and the gas station is nine miles away. Or the time when everything seems to be running smoothly and suddenly you blow a rod one-half hour before the time trials begin. A f~ obsc~nItles are released after which the long truck home is made by a very down and out individual..... Excltement--every minute is exciting if you love the sport. by Joanne Beckham -4-
MINUTES OF THE MAY 1972 GH2~ERAL ME~[BF~SHIP MEETING OF PCA-LA
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The meeting came to order at the usual 8:00 pomo and after officer reports, some slides were shown of the area where we will depart on the River Trip. Also, Curt Kuebler said a safe place to park our "little darlings" has been secured at a near, by ranch.... After a brief coffee break, Scooter Patrick showed a very good movie, The Racing Scene, with Jim Garner narating~ and featuring Jim and Scooter in some of their actual racing situations, including a multi-car crash which seemed to explode ri~t in front of the camera. After a question and answer period with Scooter, the meeting adjourned. Than!~s to Scooter Patrick for providing us with a very enjoyable evening be~i~d’~e scenes and in the pits. PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA, INC., LOS ANGELES REGION Statement of receipts and disbursements ~-13-72 to %-16-72. Cash on hand, April 13, 1972 Receipts TOTAL CASH TO BE ACCOU~TED FOR Dis bur s ement s Cash on hand May 16, 1972
$1,736.78 380.75 2,117.~3 498.49 1,619.04 Lewis Pulley, Treasurer
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NEW MEMBERS : George Avedissian 912 E. Haltern St., Azusa 91702 Howard & Ramona Boren 9744 Zelzah Ave°, No~thridge 91702 Mel Hammer 16025 Temecula St., Pacific Palisades 90270 Robert Johnson 421 E° 6th St., Long Beach 90812 Laureen May 2913 10th St., Santa Monica 90405 Craig Raymond 2525 W. 8th St. #209 Los Angeles 90057 Richard Schlickman 12530 Braddock Dr. #113 Los Angeles 90066
334-~640 349-3779 933-5501 436-0378 396-4587 380-6483 391-5621
TRANSFERS IN: FROM: 8702 Vinevalley Dr., Sun Valley 91352 Overseas 405 E. Elk, Glendale Golden Gate 938 Oxford, Marina Del Rey 90291 Potomac 7462 Cherokee Ter., Yucda Valley 92284 Germany 3948 Sumac Dr., Sherman Oaks 91403 ~ Golden Gate Welcome new member, s~ We,~e looking forward to meeting all of you and a good way to get acquainted and have a good time with Porsche people is to come to our June 17th DINNER-DANCE (see page 3). See you all there: James E. Smith Mary Felo Ralph Dorchester Chas. Johnson Robert Van Horn
FOR SALE: TIMER, 4 channel, for slaloms, time trials, etc. Can be triggered by pneumatic co~d, by photocell o~ manually. Resolution is 0.01 sec. $150.00, contact PCA-LA. PIRELLI RADIAL TIRES, 4-165 x l~ u~ed, ~ith tubes. WHEELS. Cliff Yost P.O. Box %20, Lone Pine 93545.
5-4½ x 15 drum type chrome
1961 356, Excel. condition, rebuilt engine, new trans. car. Call Gary 836-1288. $2,300.
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1958 SPEEDSTER, was shown at PCA-LA Santa Anita Concours this year. on engine. Call Manny Garcia 657-8380, 763-4024. WANTED: 912 Targa with air and mags.
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WANTED: 356 A, B, C, 911, 912 wheels or wheel centers. Ralph Boothe 696-0866. F.OR SALE: CUSTOM BUILT CHROME WHEELS for all P0rsches, Ralph Boot/he 696-0866.
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Since 1967 or 1968 most 911 owners have been using CD ignition units to avoid spark plug fouling and to minimize frequent distributor point service. There are a number of good units on the market for the owner to choose from. These proved to be SO successful (if not an absolute necessiW), that the factory has recently instituted a Bosch unit as standard equipment on all 6 cylinder models. However, recent horror stories on CD ignition system failure (April Panorama, for instance) make it obvious that any Porsche owner with one of these units should carry an emergency ignition system that will allow him to proceed without delay or at least get to the nearest friendly dealer without towing. This could be especially importantifyoudoanycross-countrytravel where dealers may be a state or two apart. If you have an early 911 which you have converted over to a CD unit, it is relatively easy, since the unit is designed to work on the standard coil that comes with the basic battery-coil ignition, and can be easily changed back to the original if you remember how you installed it or kept the original instructions. The later deluxe Delta or Knight kits even offer a built-in switch (others provide interchange connectors) that will allow changing back to your original just pushing a button. If you don’t wish to payigniti°n without any rewiring; the set-up extra charge fordoing the switching unit, you can design your own switching set-up for the engine compartment using a four-pole, double throw switch for an ignition system utilizing a standard coil as shown in Figure 1. The ballast resistor in the conventional system is designed to protect the coil from burning out with the ignition
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"PORSCHE HISTORY IS INTERESTING" says Ken Pul~dy.--Ten years after his triumph a~ the Paris Exposition, Porsche went to the Austrian Daimler company, later named Austro-Daimler. A car he made for Austro-Daimler was one of his few failures: it was a 30-horsepower touring car named after one of the daughters of a wealthy financier, ~inile Jellinek. Jellinek had money invested in both the Austrian and German Daimler companies, so a car was named for each of his daughters, ¾aja and Mercedes. The Germany oompany’s Mercedes became world-famous--the firm today is now Mercedes-Benz; poor Maja’s car never caught on at all.....To the end of his life, Porsche would rather design a race-car than eat. In 1907 he got an amazing 77 miles an hour out of a mixed-drive Austro-Daimler. It had water-cooled brakes, a device believed by many to be a daring innovation when it was tried by Briggs Cunningham in the late 1950s. (They didn’t work well for Cunningham; they hadn’t for Porsche, either.).. .In 1910 he came up with the still-famous "Prince Henry" Austro-Daimler. ~a~ed after the Prince Henry "tours," or trials, and no wonder. Carrying a full four-passenger body, it would do better than 80 miles an hour, and handle in such a superior fashion that it won firs~ta second and third places in the 1910 Prince Henry competition. Porsche himse-r drove the winning car, and the Austro-Daimlers conceived on his drawing board took home nine of the 12 trophies offered that year. "Porsche History" will be continued. -6--