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MR. DON MORRIS IS ON HAND AT THE CHECKPOINT TO CHECK IN CARS AND TO HAND OUT ROSTERS. THE SETTING IS JUST OUTSIDE THE BROOKSIDE WINERY IN GUASTI. THE EVENT IS THE 0KTOBERFEST, OCT. 6.
November 11- Dinner A eeting Well PCAer’s this should prove to be one of our BEST Meetings ~ of the year, and that will be something! Due to the Holiday the school is not available and we will have the pleasure of meeting in the TERRACE ROOM of the Pickwick Recreation Center, 921-1001 Riverside Drive, Beautiful Downtown
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Burbank Ventura Freeway Buena Vista off-ramp, then East on Riverside Drive to Pickwick (turn north off of Riverside under overhead PICKWICK sign, drive to back of lot, past Ice Skating Rink, turn right and park where you see the PORSCHES, directly behind the Pickwick Drive-In screen). You will enjoy the Country Club Atmosphere of the TERRACE ROOM which is large enough to accomodate the entire membership of the club and guests which, as usual, are welcome. Main attraction of the evening will be a brand-new 1969 911T PORSCHE, displayed on the terrace for your wistful gazing by Mr. PHIL TAYLOR of P.O.A.C. who will also have someone there to answer questions and explain all the inner-working goodies that can’t be seen. So between the dinner and the PORSCHE, BE THERE and eat your heads off and/or your hearts out.
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Part of the serious business will include a report by the chairman of the Nominating Committee. Come prepared with names of those whom you may wish to nominate for the board of directors for next year.
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For dinner reservations please use the form provided in the paper and MAIL NOW~ or no later than NOV.6, 19~8. Happy socia-l--~o~-~ starts at 6:30 P.M., dinner at 7:30 and the meeting at approximately 8:30. Credit for securing the meeting place goes to editor R0N RAMAGE and to president CURT KUEBLER for the PORSCHE appearance. See you there ............... Ray Cooper, vice pres.
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minutes The OCTOBER meeting of ~he PCA-LA was held at the ALEXANDRIA AVENUE SCHOOL on October i~,1968. Pmesident Cumt Kueble~ opened the meeting at 8:10 PM and called for a seconding of the Septembem minutes as ~hey appeamed in PORSCHERAMA. These minutes weme accepted without change. Vice president Ray Coopem announced that the OCTOBER meeting would be a combined business/dinnem meeting and would be held a~ the Pickwick Recmeation Center, on Rivemside Drive in the city of Bumbank. Tmeasumem Ray Komnfeld mepomted a bank balance of $i010.00. PCA goodies weme on display and for sale to members. Activities Chaimman Peter Luelsdomf filled the membems in on the pmogmess being made fom the WILLOW SPRINGS TIME TRIALS. Last yeam i01 dmivems attended. This yeam with incmeased membemship and intemest shown by sum~ounding megions this attendance should incmease to over 125. Geomge Gideon has completed plans fom the toum to San Simeon and Hearst Castle. Geomge announced a grand total of 7 cams were making ~he t~ip and outlined ~he high points. The OCTOBERFEST was a huge success with 19 ca~s stamting and all of them finishing. The winners were awarded %~ophies in the fomm of BEER MUGS (vemy appropriate). Nick Fmiesen and Joe Schneide~ co-chairman of the WILLOW SPRINGS TIME TRIALS weme p~esent to tell of the schedule fom NOVEMBER 16 and 17. (be suPe to see PRE-TECH Inspection Location in this issue). P~actice will be Saturday and Sunday the timed Puns. Nick complimented the enthuiastic g~oup who have been womking ha~d for 2 months and asked fo~ volunteers %o help make this event a success. Ron Ramage mepo~ted on the GRAND FINALE ’68, famous yea~ end ChPistmas Pamty a~ the La Canada Countmy Club. The pmice of admission is $17.00 pe~ couple. Roge~ Wagnem ~epoP~ed on the last Tech Session held at Boggs and McBuPney. Cumt MaehleP spoke on his experiences with the Spo~tamatic Tmansmission. Pre-Tech inspection for Willow Springs will be held Nov. 6 at All~ed Motors in Glendale. The monthly Tech Meeting will be Nov.27 and concern t~ansmission assembly demonstmaZion~ a% Boggs g McBumney. Ray Coope~ bmought up the subject of the ~ecent by-laws vote, gave ~easons for the changes and apologized for the fact that Mr. Robbins name was used as it was and gave anyone who might want to change his vote the chance to do so.
Ray Kornfeld is the chairman of the numinating committee to work up a slate of officers for next year.
After intermission Charley Akly gave the club all the facts that the PORSCHE factory had given out at that time, on the ’6S cars. Charlie, who has had considerable experience driving at Willow Springs gave pointers on driving this track and setting up a car for that course. Nick Friesen talked about novice and first time drivers, stressing the fact that experienced drivers would take them around tNe track, also that driver’s sessions would fill them in on all they needed to know. The meeting adjourned at 10:30. Lyle Arnold, secretary
....... tear offRESERVATIONS FOR NOV.llth DINNER MEETING AT THE TERRACE ROOM, PICKWICK RECREATION CENTER. name dinner at 7:30 p.m.
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- ROAST SIRLOIN OF BEEF $4.60 (price includes tax and gratuity) mail before N0V.6 to: RON RAMAGE 5737 TOBIAS AVE. VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA 91401
TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR YOU TO PREPARE YOUR CAR (AND YOURSELF) FOR THE WILLOW SPRINGS TIME TRIALS, NOVEMBER 16 AND 17, SAT. & SUNDAY. THE PRE-TECH INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION WILL BE AT ALLRED BROS. PORSCHE DEALER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT NOVEMBER 6th. THE WEEKEND ITSELF WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE! OPEN PRACTICE ALL DAY SATURDAY. SPECIAL HOURS FOR SLOW DRIVERS AND LADIES. SATURDAY NIGHT A GALA BUFFET DINNER AT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB. COCKTAIL HOUR AT 7:00 PM. WEEKEND HEADQUARTERS ARE AT THE CARAVAN INN, ~3321 N. SIERRA HIGHWAY, LANCASTER, 9353~, 805-8~8-2681. SPECIAL RATES IN EFFECT IF YOU MENTION YOU ARE WITH THE PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. ALL DAY SUNDAY WILL BE TIMED RUNS. STARTING AT ABOUT 10:00 AM. AND CONTINUEING UNTIL SUNSET (~:~5 PM). NICK FRIESEN AND JOE SCHNEIDER ARE THE EVENT CHAIRM~N FOR THE WEEKEND. YOU CAN REACH THEM FOR INFORMATION BY CALLING EITHER OF THESE TWO NUMBERS .... 388-2217 ..... 625-8203 ................. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO WORK ON THE WEEKEND ALSO, SO CALL THEM UP AND SAY THAT YOU’LL WORK TO MAKE THE WEEKEND A SUCCESS. REGISTRATION FEE: AT ALLRED BROS. NOV.6 .... members..$1~.00 others...$15.00 lady ~nd driver ..... $ 2.00 AT WILLOW ON NOV.16,17...members 815.00 others...$17.00 lady 2nd dmiver ..... $ 3.00 buffet a% Antelope Valley Country Club on Saturday n~Eht... ........ $5.50 for dinner and danceinE to band. ........ $1.50 for dancinE only .... -..SEE YOU THERE.
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Here is a suggestion, buy the November issue of ROAD ~ TRACK. Open it to page 59. Theme you willsee a picture of a 300SLR Mercedes, immaculately maintained, owned, driven and loved by a very fine gentleman, friend of the club, and the leader of the orchestra that will help us to celebrate the annual PCALA Dinner/Dance at the La Canada Country Club on December 21st. This gentleman’s name is MR. DON RICARDO. Those of us who attended the Christmas Party last year and the Dinner/Dance in July at Mr. Ricardo’s home will not have to be sold on hi~ music. Just the kind that you like to hear. Those of you that had not had the pleasure of hearing him will have an opportunity to hear him once more this year. Just buy a ticket to the Dinner/Dance, THE GRAND FINALE ’68. Come and enjoy the lovely La Canada Country Club, the view of Christmas-life Los Angeles over the challenging golf links, Christmas atmosphere in the company of good PORSCHE friends, a roaring fire in the entry fireplace, plenty of delicious food, good. drink~ door prizes and of course the dance music of Don Ricardo. Dinner for the evening will be TOP SIRLOIN STEAK, tossed green salad, with French dressing, a baked potato with sour cream and chives, green vegetable, hot rolls, a beverage, dessert and a fancy cookie. Fare for the evening will be $17.00 per couple. The best entertainment buy around. This will be the final event for the year, so if you haven’t been around lately be sure to come to the GRAND FINALE ’68.
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Two e~oss-county Porsche pushers leave simultaneously from Los Angeles and Miami heading for Miami a~d Los Angeles. Each travels at a uniform, but different rate of speed. They pass each other with the customary high-beam flash and it takes 16 more hours for the westbound driver to Peach Los Angeles~ while the eastbound driver reaches Miami 36 hours after they pass. How much faster than the Normal Coupe was the The best solution received at:
PCA Box 66515 L.A., 90066 by November 8th wins a gala award for its sender ~ the Meeting.
With apologies to those who submitted excellent solutions to the September Teaser, we must report that the writeup was misplaced just prior to publication. The winner was Allan Crane his prize was a steering wheel glove, compliments of Royze, Inc. Allan Crane, Elton Mosher, Rich Rezings and Lowell Semans each managed to find the odd piston ~ ~udging their solutions was not easy. The winning solution from Allan Crane follows: Divide the pistons into ~ sets of 3 pistons each, placing 1 set on each pan of scales. Observe the balance. Remove (ist weighing) one set, replacing it with another. 0bserve the balance. You have now located an off-weight set conraining the off-weight piston. If %he O/W set is on the scales remove (2nd weighing) one of its pistions replacing it with another piston. Observe the balance. Repeat (3rd weighinE) this one-for-one substitution (if neŠessa~y) which will pinpoint the off-weight piston .~ indicate its ~elative weigh%. If however, the 0/W set is not on the scales, add 1 piston from ~% %0 each pan. 0bse~we %he-~alance. Then remove (2nd we~Khing) either of these pistons substituting the 3rd piston from %~e O/W set for it. This will pinpoint the off-weight piston and indiea%e its relative weigh%.
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Did you ever realize that a club like PCA-LA thrives on enthusiasm? A little bit of the contagious-type enthusiasm injected regularly results in increased pleasure for all members plus manyfold return in satisfaction for those who invest the time and effort. A new team of club members will soon be selected to run with the batons of leadership. All members are eligible to t~y out for the team, but not all are capable. When the Nominating Committee invites you to try out for the new Board of Directors, be assured that you are capable of running with a winning team. And your enthusiasm as a candidate will ensure you a spot on the Board for 1969. Curt Kuebler, President
NOVEMBER TECH MEETING In case you wonder what happened when you missed that downshift from 3rd to 2nd at 6000RPM come to the November 27th Tech Meeting. Be at Boggs % McBurney, 11650 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. at 8:00pm. The Porsche synchromesh system will be explained followed by a transmission reassembly demonstration.
SEPTEMBER TECH MEETING Kurt Maehler, a field technical representative from Porsche Car Distributors, gave an informative talk on the Sportomatic Transmission. A lively session followed on formulating the car classifications for the Willow Springs Time Trials. WILLOW SPRINGS TIME TRIALS TECH INSPECTION & REGISTRATION The Technical inspection % registration for our 1968 Willow Springs Time Trials will be held Nov. 6th at A%ired Bros., 1220 S. Brand in Glendale, starting at 7:30pm. Allred Bros. is about 2 blocks North of Los Feliz. To speed up inspection please pre-check your car for bad shocks, belts~ front end looseness~ etc. and thus avoid a possible complete reinspection delay after correction at the track. Have your car inspected hePe and avoid delays at the tmack and a late tech fee (for cars under 50 miles Padius).
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Diane Semans/Lowell Semans Dialoraine Herman/Tine Elliott Jack Solomon/Jan Brown Paul Oxman/Pat Oxman Doc Gauchenour/May Gauchenour Marian Clarke/James Walker Ron Ramage/Shelley Ramage Roger Munn/Dave Blakesley Joe Schneider/Bill McInerney Lyle Arnold/Betty Arnold Dale Boyd/Helen Boyd Ray Kornfeld/Shirley Kornfeld Joyce McInerney/Kathie Schneider Roger Wagner/Judy Logans Ray Cooper/Minna Cooper Nick Friesen/Ce Ce Moutes
Those who missed the OKTOBERFEST missed a good thing. A full OX roasting over an open fire, visit to a Brookside Winery in Guasti, a very nice drive down Carbon Canyon, plenty of good German Beer and Knackwurst, Bratwurst, authentic Oom-Pah type old world music,dancing, and all the company of the PCAer’s who participated. It was fun.
tech tips Oil consumption on some 66/67 912’s is reported to be 250 to 500 miles per quart. In most cases the trouble can be traced to faulty piston oil control. The cure is to drill an additional 4 holes in the oil ring grooves to allow the excess oil to drain back to the crankcase. Also the exhaust rocker arms are throwing an excessive amount of oil around under the valve covers. This excess oil is leaking down the valve guides into the combustion chamber and out the exhaust. The oil holes in the rocker arms should be plugged. Labor for the above work is $i00 to 200. Work should be done along with the next valve grind.
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Beware of those automatic garage door openers. I parked my 911 halfway in the garage with the door open. Something triggered the~°~2x-~ thing to close. Before I couid run back to shut it off it had caved in my top. The so called safety clutch didn’t stop it. Fortunately the top popped back in place leaving me a small reminder to never trust those electronic devils again. Roger Wagner, tech chairman If your 356 falters or dies completely and the fuel system is suspect, don’t forget that the fuel valve strainer may be clogged. The valve is attached directly to the bottom of the gas tank and is accessable either from under the dash (356A) or from beneath the car between the front wheels (356C). Make sure the reserve lever is in the "Zu" (off) position before removing the filter can and have a fresh rubber gasket handy so no leaks occur when reassembly is complete.Curt Kuebler, president
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1966 Porsche 911, red, excellent condition, Bursch exhaust for 911, both street and competition. 5 5-1/2 American Mag Wheels with newly recapped Goodyear Blue Streaks, 5.00/830 x 15 (900 series), 5 4-1/2 chrome wheels with near new Pheonix Firestone Radials (900 series), 13MM front anti-sway bar (900 series), stock 911 exhaust system, make offer for any of the above. Contact: Tom Abrahamson 672-2365 evenings & 6~8-~82W (days) 1961 Super 90 Porsche Coupe with sunroof, red, 52,000 M, 5 new Continental Radials, Chrome Wheels, Black leather seats, service record available, well loved and maintained, reason for selling~ New Porsche. Asking $2700.00 Contact George Gedeon ....... 869-78~2 evenings. 1966 912/4 Coupe, Polo red/black, AM/FM, new Pirelli caps, $3,500.00 .... Contact Bob Downie .... 3~6-6675. One new unused Continental 600x15 black wall ti~e and wheel $25. One Blaupunkt AMFMSW new radio.S150. Sullivan type dual 6 volt electric counters boxed with hand reset.S60. 6 volt Porsche cam for above.S30. Several single 6 & 12 volt boxed pushbutton reset (Stevens type) counters.S25. Some double 6 & i~ volt boxed pushbutton reset (Stevens type) counters.S60. THE ABOVE ARE MY ASKING PRICES. IF YOU ZARE TO OFF~R PLEASE SUBMIT TO: Chuck Rogers, 857 West Beach Avenue #i0, Inglewood, Calif.9030~ phone 213-9~6-7387 business...67~-8970 home.
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WESTERN PORSCHE PARTS 4091 Lincoln ’mlvd., Venice, NEW PORSCHE PARTS Main bearings ~ Rod bearings Solex 4TII (912) ~ 1600S piston/barrel set E 1700 piston/barrel set C 912 piston/rings/pins . Roller bearing crank | with bearings A clutch 180 Carrera clutch disc [ Super 90 180 pressure plate PCA 200 SC covers 200 clutch disc Rings D Intake valve Exhaust valve ~ Tuned exhaust system | Shock absorbers BOGE Cocoa mats, set ~ Hela quartz lights, pr. E Bosch plugs, ea. S Points
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USED PORSCHE PARTS 1500 heads $75.00 1600 heads 35.00 qS.00 1600S heads sc/912 heads 80.90 912 cases 112.00 A type cases 80.00 B type cases 90.00 Rods from... 5.00 Counterbalanced Crank 130.00 $90 Crankshaft 80.00 S Crankshaft 75.00 Zenith carb/manifold 75.00 Solex ~0Pll/manifold i00.00 912 cam 20.00 912 cam followers set 20.00 912 piston/barrel set 110.00 Late shrouds 20.00 q0.00 Rocker arm 912, set 5 speed transmission 300.00 4 speed transmission from 125.00 Axles 900 series, price on request, new and old style. disc brake complete set 125.00 912 seats, pair 200.00 ALSO NEW A!~D USED PARTS FOR VOLKSWAGEN .........................
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