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Back to the schoolhouse for OCTOBER 12th, second Monday of the month, 8:00 pm, in the auditorium of ALEXANDRIA AVENUE SCHOOL, 4211 OAKWOOD AVE., LOS ANGELES. It is a pleasure to announce that our guest for the evening is a man who has been associated with PORSCHE cars for many years. Some of us have met him at one time or another in his capacity as Field Engineer for the western states distributor. Mr. Erhardt Zeidelmeyer will be returning fresh from his vacation in Europe where he spent some time in STUTTGART. We hope he will be at liberty to discuss the plans of PORSCHE for the 69 models and answer the questions many of us have relative to rumor and fact. Come expecting to be informed for Mr. Zeidelmeyer is well qualified to speak of PORSCHE. Guests are always welcome, come one, come all, SEE YOU THERE. RAY COOPER, vice president
minutes : september meeting The Sept. Meeting of the Los Angeles Region of the Porsche Club of America was held at the ORIGINAL BARBECUE RESTAURANT at 8th and Vermont in Los Angeles on September 9th, 1968. The meeting was called to order by President Curt Kuebler at 9:10 PM after several hours of social adjustment over well prepared dishes. The minutes were approved as published in the Sept. issue of PORSCHERAMA. Shirley Kornfeld, acting in the absence of treasurer Ray, reported a cash on hand balance of $1,124.08. Ray Cooper announced that the October Meeting will be held at the school house~ Alexandria Ave. School, and that the guest speaker for the evening will be Erhardt Zeidelmeyer, PORSCHE Representative. It is hoped he will be able to disclose the new features and changes that have been incorporated on the 69 PORSCHES. Ron Ramage, acting in the absence of Peter Luelsdorf, introduced Dale Boyd who presented trophies to the winners of the LUCKY 7 RALLY on Sept. 25th. The team of John and Susan Plunkett won first SOP Class, and Joe Schneider and Bill McInerny won first NAV Class. Dave Kalbach gave a short report on the July Rally/Beach Party and presented trophies that were well earned by the 4 cars that competed despite the rain, freeway accidents, loss of direction. First place was won by Ken and Mickey Fields.
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Plans for the October Tour to San Simeon and a visit to Hearst Castle wet outlined by George Gideon. The tour will be held the weekend of October 19 and 20. The tour fee plus hotel accommodations will be approximately $27. Tours will start at 1:30 Saturday afternoon. A dinner Sat. evening and a senic route home is also in store. A description of the September Tech Session to be held at Boggs and McBurney with a discussion conducted by Dick Kodani on car preparation for the November WILLOW SPRINGS Time Trials was given by Roger Wagner. Ron Ramage, editor of PORSCHERAMA, asked that all material for publication must be in by the second Wednesday in the month for printing the following month. The primary reason for this is so the newspaper will not become obsolete so quickly. Don Morris, membership chairman, stated that the membership Poster is mow complete and copies will be mailed to all those members not attending the October Meeting. After a short break the guest speaker for the evening was introduced. Mr. SCOOTER PATRICK gave a rather humorous account of the trials of being a PORSCHE racing driver. He spoke on some of the advantages and faults of the PORSCHE racing cars. He also gave a brief account of preparation for Sebring ’68 and some of the situations that occurred during the race. His talk was enhanced by a 16mm sound film of the 1967 race at Sebring. After the film a short question and answer period was conducted. The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 PM.
NEW MEMBERS This month there are ~ new members and one regional transfer. Be sure to enroll their names in your new Roster when you receive it. First there is Mr. BOB DeCONTRERAS of 1031 Gravacia St. in S. Pasadena, 91030, telephone number 799-8295. Bo~ drives a RED 1960 Super 90 ROADSTER. Bob is also mainly interested in the technical functions of our club. Next there is a Public Relations man, Mr. Lee A. Hooker, 1509 Wilson Terrace, Glendale, 91206. Lee has an interest in short and long rallies and racing. He can be reached at 2~-~684. We’ll look for him next meeting in his ’67 912.
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Heads up!(all you bachelors). Miss ANN E. HERMAN, legal secretary, 5625 Summer Way #108, Culver City, 90230, 641-1854, drives a 1958 Canary Yellow, Normal Coupe. There won’t be any trouble getting some people to write her name down on there Roster. We now have with us a transfer from the NORTHEAST Region, he is DICE LOVE, now living at 5403 Newcastle #66, Encino. 91316. Welcome to our region, Dick~ AT LAST, AT L000NNG LAST, Mr. and Mrs. William McInerney, (Bill and Joyce) have bought a PORSCHE. A light blue, 64, SC Coupe. That famous rally navigator and co-driver (not to mention father in-law) of the equally famous driver Joe Schneider, has finally joined our ranks. They reside at 907 Mower Court, Thousand Oaks 91360, telephone number 805-495-9671. (Now if we can only find a Porsche for Joe to buy.). The Los Angeles Region of the Porsche Club of America extends a greetings to you all and hope that you will take advantage of the activities program that we offer you. Start off by seeing you at the OCTOBER MEETING, 0KTOBERFEST, SAN SIMEON TOUR, and of course WILLOW SPRINGS .......................... Don Morris, Membership. P.S. Another new member, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Cogen. They live~ at 6380 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90048. They are owners of a 56 green, normal coupe. Look for them at all of our Rallies, (and other events, we hope). ~’
OKTOBERFEST EINS, ZWEI, SUFFA .......... THE OKTOBERFEST AND RALLY - OCT. 6 JOIN THE "KRAUT’S" (OOPS~, I mean crowds) AND ENTER THE SURPRISE RALLY WITH A HAPPY ENDING ( THE OKTOBERFEST ). YES, OCTOBER 6, 1968 at 10:31 AM, WE WILL SEND THE FIRST CAR ON IT’S WAY TO A LITTLE RALLYING AND LOTS OF GOOD BAVARIAN FOOD AND MUSIC AND BEER AND OTHER SURPRISES ( Sorry, no wife sNmpling ). SO BE THERE, MEET US AT DENNY’S COFFEE SHOP, 530 RAMIREZ, BEHIND UNION STATION, DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. ENTRANCE FEE : SINGLE ENTRANT $2.00 COUPLES $2.50 PRICE INCLUDES ENTRANCE TO FESTIVAL GROUNDS ....... ( please wear your lederhosen and lodens ) PETER LUELSDORF, activities chairman
Coslle hop II Come drive~ith us to LA CUESTA ENCANTADA - The Enchanted Hill, William Randolph Hears~-rs--~d hilltop retreat o~erlooking San Simeon and the Pacific Ocean. The main residence is a huge Hispano-Moorish structure which contains an estimated $50 Million in art treasures and antiques, and is surrounded by formal gardens a magnificent outdoor pool, guest houses and several fountains. This event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20. It is a non-competitive event in every sense of the word so you may relax and enjoy the scenery. We will leave the Los Angeles area early Saturday morning, dirve to San Simeon and take either the lower level tour at 1:30 PM or the upper level tour at 2:00 PM, gO to the San Simeon Lodge for socializing and dinner and return to the Los Angeles via PORSCHE roads on Sunday. A maximum of 53 people can be accomodated on the Enchanted Hill Tour, the tour of the lower level. This tour covers the formal gardens, the indoor and outdoor swimming pools, one guest house, and the lower level of La Casa Grande including the assembly hall refectory, and movie theater. This tour is especially recommended fbr those whom have never visited the castle. La Casa Grande Tour, the upper level tour, goes through the upper
levels of the castle and includes the Celesteal Suite, the Doge’s Suite, Gothic Suite, libraries, and the kitchen. Only i0 people can be accomodated on this tour, and those desiring this tour will be taken on a first come basis. Those desiring to participate in this event must submit the application and check to the event chairman on or before OCT.1. This is the onl notice that will be sent out so act now __ We must know who wl±± De going and what tour and room reservations are required by this date because we must give beth the motel and . the State of California this information at least two weeks in advance of our arrival. Please send you checks to : G.L.GEDEON, 8575 LUBEC STREET, DOWNEY,CALIFORNIA
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On th~ 25th of August,(a nice warm day) the PCA-LA and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Boyd staged the annual LUCK 7 RALLY. They promised not to send us out into the heat and they held their word. Starting from So. Pasadena, the rally route went to Laurel Canyon in the Valley, up to Mulholland Drive, over to Beverly Glen (making sure not to go down Coldwater Canyon), down to Sunset, and then up and around a devious side trip (where everyone got lost), up to Will Rogers State Park, Down to Pacific Coast Hiway, down the Freeway, right past Vasek Polak, thru Palos Verdes, over the Terminal Island Bridge (nice sight with a silver Targa ahead of you),over Signal Hill, and back on the freeway to Alhambra, at the Village. Inn Pizza Parlor. Here is how we placed: NAVIGATIONAL CLASS *Schneider/McInerney 18.72 Meister/Mathieu 66.59 Lucas/Massie 27.6~ Arnold 73.~9 Moutes/Friesen ~1.35 Wilkinson/Nebergall 92.95 Merrihugh/Dunn DNF Watts/Watts 10~.63 Yates ii#.~2 SOP CLASS Cogen/Salot MCP *Plunkett Altschuler/Cosel 5.55 MCP *Keckhut Luse/Kretik 7.~0 MCP *Wagner/Huss Kuebler/ Graham 12.~8 MCP *Kuebler, Bruce/Pat Gedeon/Schueler 13.~0 Mcp Watts *Jones/Funke i~.~0 MCP Wise *White/Kodani 17.82 MCP Baughman Jones/Gray 18.91 MCP Walters/Waldron Contrevas/Gregory 19.68 MCP Maddox Cheeseman/Dier 19.91 MCP Gray, Jr./St. Johnson/Loschke 23.12 MCP Cooper/Morris Lewis/Mattchen 28.#0 MCP Luelsdorf RAMAGE 30.0~ MCP Hadley/Grant . Lundquist/Speight MCP 33.71 Condon Hammett/Larsen 38.68 MCP McInerney/Schneider(MRS.)~0.39 Connor/Golightly MCp Herman/Glover Briffett/Briffett 52.05 DNF Waugaman Bedard/Printz 52.12 DNF Stevens/Baughman 61.03 Where one name is mentioned, it is a husband and wife team. Where two same names, it is family relations. MCP means Missed Checkpoint, DNF means Did Not Finish. This was a very good rally, and I can say at least we all got dash placques, Right?
WILLOW SPRINGS : WILLOW SPRINGS : WILLOW SPRINGS : NOV.16, 17 THE SECOND ANNUAL WILLOW SPRINGS IS COMING. Be sure to reserve the weekend of Nov. 16~17 for this event. NICK FRIESEN and JOE "SCHNEIDER are working hard to make this event a success. They have the weekend schedule worked out. Headquarters: THE CARAVAN INN~ 43321 N. Sierra Highway~ Lancaster, 93534~ 805-948-2691. You must make your own reser~ations~ they are setting aside 75 rooms for us, with a special rate for those who mention PCA-LA. Weekend Schedule: Sat. Nov.16 Driver’s Meeting 9:00 AM Open track 9:30 9:30/5:00 Driver’s Training and Open Practice. NITE: Cocktail/Buffet at ANTELOPE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB. 7:00 PM Cocktail Hour. Dinner and Door Prizes. 8:00 Sunday, No~.17. 8:30 AM Driver’s Meeting i Practice 9:00/10 i0:00 Time Trials I 4:45 (approx.) Sunset There will be a pre-tech inspection for Los Angeles area residents for additional information contact either: JOE SCHNEIDER: event chairman at 398-2217 NICK FRIESEN: event chairman at 625-8203 club president at 398-2217 Curt Kuebler: Ron Ramage: publicity at 781-6737 Those who would like to volunteer to work at the track please contact one of the persons mentioned above.
GRAND FINALE 68 On December 21, PCA-LA will present its annual dinner g dance at the LA CANADA COUNTRY CLUB, this year it is appropriately tagged as the GRAND FINALE. There will be the ever popular door prizes along with dance music provided by the club’s good friend Mr. DON RICARDO and his orchestra. There is a bar adjacent to the dinning room and a fantastic view of the lights of Los Angeles from.anywhere in the room. You can be sure the food served will be delicious, I can vouch for that myself for I enjoyed the excellent dinner last year. I doubt if you could findas good an entertainment buy in the LA area anywhere. Dinner, dancing and the atmosphere of being with good PORSCHE friends at Christmas time. At this time the exact fee for admission to this great time has not been set, but it will be approximately $17.00. The price and tickets to this event will be available at the next meeting, Oct. i~, at the Alexandria Avenue School.for Ron Ramage Ron Ramage, event chairman
1968 At the rate PCA-LA successes are piling up, the GRAND FINALE will be long remembered. The Boyd’s Lucky 7, forty-six car rally started off without a hitch and ended at a great spot to eat, drink, g be merry. Tech Chairman Wagner’s sparkplug and tune-up session at Trans Ocean was packed. Meeting chairman Cooper.’s arrangements for the September gathering resulted in a standing room only crowd to hear Scooter Patrick talk about really fast Porsche driving. Many thanks to Duane Alan for bringing Scooter to our meeting. In the upcoming column we have an excellent tour to San Simeon be= ing put on by George Gedeon, and Lewis Pulley. This will be a low pressure get-out-and-drive-the-Porsche weekend,.so mark your calen~ dar now. Our 2nd Annual Willow Springs Time Trials in November promises to be an interesting weekend for every-one-workers-spectators-and drivers alike. Plan ahead now, but when the time comes, BE THERE. Curt Kuebler, President We wish to welcome one of our new LITTLE PORSCHE PUSHER’S: CLAUDE OLIVIER MONA, proud parents are Alain g Inga Mona. Claude was born August 26, 1968; hasn’t yet been seen driving their red 911 but we soon expect to see him in the competition.
TEASER OF THE MONTH One has 12 pistons, all of the same shape, size, and color. One of these pistons is either heavier or lighter (in weight) than the rest. In three weighings with a simple double pan balance determine: i) 2) Note:
Which is the odd piston Whether it is heavier or lighter than the rest.
A weighing consists of removing a piston, or combination of pistons, from either pan of the balance.
The best solution received at:
PCA Box 66515 L.A., 90066 by October 12th wins the Prize of the Month at the October Meeting.
AUGUST TECH MEETING: The August Tech meeting was a tune up session at Trans-Ocean Motors. An informative discussion on spark plugs was directed by Mr. Streeter of Champion Spark Plug Co. This was followed by a valve adjustment demonstration by Joe Schneider on his ex Normal. Paul Magaris demonstrated his skill in tuning up Ray Kornfeld’s C Model. Several of the group left for refreshments nearby and a bullsession on man’s favorite subject (not Porsches), ~ ~ ~~~,~0~0.~"
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THE PLACE TO MEET AT THE TIMES RIVERSIDE GRAND PRI~ IS TURN ?A. The PCA- Riverside Region will have a PORSCHE corner there. They are also treating all PORSCHE owners to a CHAMPAGNE PARTY Saturday night, OCT. 26. A caravan of PORSCHES will leave from the track (in the opposite direction of the heavy traffic ~low) to the RIVERSIDE REGION CHAMPAGNE PARTY ........................
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