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Put On Your Mitten ’Cause Concour’s The Word! JIM EWING
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This
month a couple of guest authors grace our pages. BOB COGEN, resident legal beagle and PCA Veep has penned a feature article on the Holtville Time trials. And JOHN LI PHAM, the oldest living speedster restorer (or is it "restorer of the oldest living speedster") sent US a review of the same event, with pictures. So John apoears in "Reviews." Bob got the feature page but with John’s pictures. Dick Kodani also has given us the start to a coming permanent technical feature page. Cartoons by Dave Deal are courtesy M6 Mitten’s g(acious proprietress Marion Weber. I
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Coming up, Max Dunham, a new member as of February has authored a lively Porsche Odyssey through Mexico complete with photographs. Next month for Max and more. Keep reading, it feels so good’.
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STATEMENT OF PORSCHERAMA EDITORIAL POLICY
Porscherama is the official publication of the Porsche Club
THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO US: David A. Nahrstedt. David drives a ’67 Polo Red 912. He’s an eng. major with a minor in Time Trials. The address is 644 Stephen Rd. Van Nuys, Ca. 91504.
of America, Los Angeles Region. Porscherama is owned by
the Porsche Club of America, Los Angeles ~eglon(a Californla Corporation) and is published monthly in accordance
Russell Nannarello, who drives a ’60 red 1600S. A film technician, Steve’s interests are in racing and Contours. Meet Steve at the May i0 meet Of cource, Steve lives at 15415 Vanowen St. Van Nuys, 91405.
with the club by-laws and conditions of the charter granted
by the Porsche Club of America, Dated material must be received by Porscherama no later
Stephen Crocker works as a programmer & drives a ’68 Burgandy 912 Targa Steve is interested in tech and short rallyes. Amd he resides at 733A Pier Ave. Santa Mortice. 90405.
than seven days after compleflon of an event to insure
publication. Other contributions will be published on a space available Baals, Statements appearing in Porscherema are those of f~e author and do not consfifute an opinion of the Porsche Club of America, Los Angeles Region, ~ts Board of Directors, the Porscherama editor or its staff. All contributlons 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,
Watch out. Here comes Thomas Landini and his wife, Elizabeth who both drive a single ’70 Silver 911S and dig drivers schools and racing. A great car forWillow. And they live in Arcadia. IDa Box 1433. ]n apt. 7 located on Sepulveda Blvd. (at 7055 no less), Van Nuys lives Don Findley. Don drives a ’66 grey 912, is an engineer ’n likes tech, racing, and driving school. WE WANT TO WELCOME all of our new members. And we hope to see all of you out at our events and activities. Fast or slow. AND AS PROMISED, WE WILL NOW FIT IN SOME MORE ADDRESS CHANGES (this tirne those editors won’t be able to cut my new address: Cliff Yost has now moved to continued on p. 14
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( ALENDAll MAY i0 MAY ~4 JUNE 28 JULY 26 AUGUST 22 SEPTEMBER 20 OCTOBER 3/4 OCTOBER 16/17 NOVEMBER 15 DECEMBER 14
MAY 2/3
PREVIEWS May I0
Concour’s D’Porsche Gyrnkhana 12 Hour Rallye (Yawn) Slalom Beach Party Concours/Oktoberfest Willowy Springs
Concours D’Porsche
Green Motors Porsche-Audi is hosting the concours. Kitchen and service area will be open. And there will be plenty of beautiful Porshces to look at. Bring your wax--better yet, hit it with the rags the night before. Win an engraved pewter mug. Entry fee $2. Judges: Duane Alan/Dale Boyd among others. Green Motors 10840 Firestone Blvd. Norwalk, California
Tour-Sodona Arizona Rsllye Christmas Party/Dinner
Timetrials, Santa Maria Airport. $15/two days. Includes giant barbecue. Contact Joe Schneider for details. PCA SPONSORED
MAY I0
Concours
MAY ii
General Meeting (PREVIEW)
MAY 17
Gymkhana. Fashion Square Santa ins. Sponsored by Orange County PGA.
MAY 18
Board Meeting
MAY 24
Gymkhana (see PREVIEW) Rose Bowl-Pasadena
MAY 27
Tech. Meeting (PREVIEW)
JUNE 8
General Meeting at KAWA FUKU, Little Tokyo.
JUNE 21
June Bug Autocross. De Details not yet available.
MAY llth MEETING You’ll find Julies at 3730 So. Flower in Los Angeles: The May meeting promises to he fast. Just off the freeway, Julies will be serving dinner at 7:45. AND GUEST SPEAKER. Richie Ginther, promises to have a meeting most interesting. Of course Richie is in the know when it comes to going fast. One of the faster ones, Richie now confines his time to managing the Porsche-Audi Pacific Race Team. Under his guidance, Porsche took a 6th over-all in the 1969 CanAm This despite having the smallest engine and the heaviest car. Julies is serv~’Ig roast (rumor has it’s Prime Rib), vegetables, salad, potatoes, and desert, all for $4,75. And of course, there will be drinks, Social Hour-7dJ: Dinner, 7145;: and the meeling at 8: 45,, You do not have to attend dinner to attend the meeting. For reservations; or just to be sure that here’s a seat for you. o ° please call (leave a message with the secretary if they are not in): BOB COGAN 277-3655 DAVE KALBACH 381-6161 PCA (evenin~ 388-5043 )x 398 -2217
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The May meeting will be held at Autoscan Inc., located at 3641 This easy to find location is near the junction of Rodeo & Jefferson. It is south of Jefferson and west of La Cienega.
The topic for the night is a demonstration and discussion on the merits of the Autoscan Electronic Diagnostic equipment. This equipment is now used by all dealers and some independents. Hopefully an actual demonstration will be performed on PCA membership Porsches.
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hre time has comefrom to pay piper are ... or this case theNor printer. esultant noises thethenatives notinunexpected. do theyThe resemble the "sounds of silence." And little wonder. For if you are mathematically inclined, it appears that each Porscherama copy as delivered to a member could cost the club about a dollar. A dollar? That’s correct, Martha, one entire frogskin’. Don’t croakyet’. That dollar also pays for about 2 other copies delivered to other PCA regions, Porsche stores, advertisers, and prospective members. And what would that advertising cost using other media? Well, to reach the other regions an ad in Panorama for each month would do. But we haven’t done the Porsche stores or advertisers or prospective converts to our cause. Sooo, somebody must put some additional copy together to sell the club to the locals. That costs money and work. It seems to us that an active monthly book can carry a more lively sales pitch than direct ad copy, particularly since we’re doing it anyway. But all this propaganda doesn’t suggest how we pay the bills. Advertising is one way. At our present rates it pays about 20% of our cost. A rate increase would pay more if the ad returns the advertiser’s costs. We’re back to your participation again. We could run events for the support of Porscherama. Avoid the cost of big trophies and we might be a long way towards an issue or two, if it’s a decent event. And before all the argument, a vital first question. You’ve seen some of what we can do. The good and bad. And we’ve inspired, cajoled, or coerced you to react and write and photograph for us. And we’ve interested some new members ... but do you think it’s worth it? And do you want to share the price in dollars, effort, enthusiasm, ideas, fun and so on with us? I guess we have to know that before Porscherama motors on. And after all we’re just thinking about second gear on, hopefully, the way up. Porscherama ’70 has been an intensely single minded effort by Dave and myself. We are both editorially committed to remaining free from anybody committeeing our efforts. However, PCA-LA’s community effort to decide on its commitment to Porscherama ’70 must be effected. Dave and I will argue For. After all, we’ve already made our commitment and invested heavily in time, money, and lost sleel) to back it up. But then you will be arguing For, too. Thats the great thing about great people. Errata: One of my Corvette driving friends gleefully pointed out that Bob Challman’s Lotus works was just south of Marine Avenue in Manhattan Beach, not M.B. Blvd. What’s a block or two among friends? Speaking of Challman’s, his latest one liner, referring to Porscherama and the new Porsche-VW liaison: "Great Beetle book you got there, boy’." Have been entirely wrapped up in the Space Biz this month. Dave and Mary Ann were therefore responsible for getting the book together, and for feeding the old boy on his weary return to town. Merci.
REVIE \S RAMONA IS NOT HELD IN POMONA---HEMET
April 19 MINUTES OF APRIL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Thirty Porsche-Pushers buddied together in not so warm weather to watch the beautiful and stirring showing of the 43rd performance of the great western love story, ROMONA.
The April membership meeting of PCA-LA was held at Salvatores Restaurant in Paramount on 13 April.
The play, held yearly in a natural bowl setting, is surrounded by the rocky hiilsides of the Hornet valley. The acoustics are startling the voices of Indians on dintant hilltops could easily be heard. The colorful cast is picked entirely from the immediate communities of Hornet and San Jacinto and numbers 350 adults and children, Many of the decendents of the original settlers take part in play and still live in this area where the history of the early Califoruia days took place. Posses of spirited horses and riders galloped in and out of scenes making the production more realistic. The Hornet indian Reservation was well represented by their young braves and dances,
President Kalbach opened the meeting at 9:30 p.m. The minutes of the March meeting were approved as published in Porsoheramo, Joe Schneider, hoard chairman, had no report. Treasurer Lynn Boekemohle armounced that the treasury balance was $1, 736.57. At this point, the Gedeon’s asked why we had to spend so much for a paper which could not be published and distributed in time to inform the membership of coming events. Many arguments were offered by various members for and against Porscherama as presently published. In summary, all agreed that Porseherama was splendid and worth the expense, but nevertheless not distributed soon enough to inform all the membership, which is the most important function of the newsl---etter.
After the performance, eight Porsches and one Dodge Taco Wagon made a short trot to the Quarterhorse Restaurant where everyone enjoyed a friendly visit complete with dhlner and all the trimmings (since when is drinking called trimmings?)
Bob Cogen stated that no locations had been secured for coming membership meetings and that suggestions were welcomed. Future meetings will include film presentations of various topics of interest.
Vernon and Ada Covert
Trophies for the February and March events were awarded to the winners of those events by Ron Ramage. Ron announced that there would be a concour on I0 May at a location to be announced later, and that there would be a driver’s school on 24 May. :Also, of the 30 seats reserved for the "Ramona" pageant, only 2 remain. Ron urged those interested in going to see Vern Covert.
HOLTVILLE Reviewed by John Lipham For those who’ve never been to Holtville, a void exists in your life that will eat away at your Stuttgart Spirit until you go to that great Porsche-Pusher in the sky. Way down there in the wide open spaces the air is clean, the land is flat, and the tm aviest traffic was all -those Porschesl
Dick Kodani, technical chairman, announced that the April technical session on 15 April would feature a 900 series transmission teardown at VW-Pacific in Playa del Roy. All interested were invited to attend. President Kalbach introduced Corky Kirk who condhcted a drawing for a car cover donated by "Schneider Autohaus". John Case won the cover which he will use to cover his Carrera roadster. It is noted here that drawings for other such items will be held at alI future membership meetings. Members must be present to win, so--youall come now-y’hear!
Six cars represented the L.A. region at the two-day event hosted by San Diego Region. Practice was all day Saturday. Round and round we ran in the heat! The flies were so big that one attacked Cliff Yost’s blue coupe and almost finished off his Porsche bra] Bob Cogen had a flat on the far side of the course, so Joe Schneider zoomed to the rescue with a jack and tire. That was the longest lap of the day. Later, Joe managed to blow his engine--again. (back to the drawing board!)
Joe Schneider introduced Vern Covert who showed a movie of the "Fly Away", the boat he and Ada used for charter tours in the Carribean. AII were impressed by the beauty and tranquility of the islands and the "Fly Away".
Saturday night, a banquet was held at the Holiday I~n in E1 Centro. The attendance and enthusiasm of the San Diego Region was impressive. Meanwhile, Joe and his crew were eating Italian food and getting bombed on wine. Everyone retired early, eagerly anticipating manana. Cogen spend the night camped out on the trackgotta psyche that muther out, Bobl
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 p.m. with the announcement that the next board meeting would be held at Lynn Bockemohle’s house on 20 April at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted,
Sunday morning, John Lipham’s Speedster woke up with a flat tire and a frozen lug nut. "John, there isn’t a nut in the world these vise grips won’t get off. " Joe Schneider, not only did that lug tweak Joe’s vise grips, it busted a chisei! Ten people worked 2 1/2 hours before it peeled away. That was the longest pit stop of the day.
George Gedeon Secretary, PCA-LA
After some more practice laps, everyone did their thing on two time trinl laps a piece, and shortly afterward, bugged out for Sambo’s in indio.
TREASURER’S REPORT Balance as of 4/20/70 Cash and checks on hand
Along the road toward indio, Milt Minter, Bob Cogen, and Cliff Yost played tag with a frustrated C.H.P. Cogen vanished among the cacti; while Milt and Cliff were stopped helping John with his flat (same one), the C.H.P. stopped and asked: "Where’s that green one?" (Cohen).
Beautiful!
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THE SHOCKING TRUTH ( an absorbing tale) by John Leonard o£ Potomac Region Anyone who has driven on the secondary roads in this area since the thaw this month has undoubtedly been jolted into thinking about his shock absorbers. If the shock absorber you sit on has been forced to do all the work because the four on the car have had it, you should consider getting some adjustable shock absorbers. Even though they cost more, the purchase is easily rationalized at this time of year by any would--be autocrosser or rallier, or under the general principle that more of the Porsche’s handling potential can be realized. After all, a Porsche is not just transportation, Good shocks set at the proper stiffness make a big difference in hs_ndling. The function of a shock absorber is to keep as much of the tire tread on the road surface as possible for maximum traction by dampening out the bumps. You want the car body to float over the road while the tires and shocks do all the verticle moving. Uneven roads require a stiffer shock than relatively smooth roads. An adjustable shock wiI1 allow you to experiment with the stiffness to achieve the best handling for any given purpose. For example, stiffening the front shocks will supposedly promote understeer. Finally, as the shocks age, they can be stiffened rather than replaced. There are several adjustable shock absorbers currently marketed for Porsches. Konis are the best known and most popular, perhaps because they have been a factory option for years. The bump resistance (compression) is fixed and not adjustable while the rebound stiffness (expansion) can be varied. One type of Koni is presently marketed for all 356 cars. The 1969 911 cars are supplied with a narrower front insert shock than that supplied for the 1965 through 1968 911’s, and the two are not interchangeable. There are a number of points to note about Konis. The self-contained front inserts in the 911 should be surromnded with about 50 cc of oil for cooling purposes and cannot be reliably adjusted until
they are screwed down in the support tube. If you lower your 91I belo w the factory’s ridiculously high setting you must add one extra rubber bumper under the dust cover to keep the shocks from bottoming and thereby damaging the valve. The grey colored Konis supplied in the past for the 356’s but now discontinued, will self adjust to the hardest setting when bottomed, causing the front tire to stay up in the fender. The new Koni inserts for the 9!l’s merely self destruct when bottomed, at $40 each. If you would like to experiment with adjustable shocks but don’ t have the Koni coin, you might as well try some other brand, such as those advertised in Panorama. If you are really desperate you should replace the stock Boge hydraulic finid with one having a higher viscosity. Pick a fluid that is somewhat compatible with rubber, such as brake fluid or automatic transmission fluid. (Koni racing shocks use Shell Donex automatic transmission fluid.) I am temporarily using brake fluid while one of my Konis inserts is being repaired. And then there is Dan Rowzie who wants to borrow my fluid when the insert comes back. After hearing about his trip to Florida, I told him he wouldn’t have to return it. TECHNICAL REVIEW The April Technical Meeting was held April 15 at Porsche-Audi Pacific inc. Mr. Ludwig Spichtinger, of Pacific, lead the discussion on the series 900 transmission. Besides pastries and refreshments provided by our gracious host, highlights included "rubber necking" at the very fast 914/6 "C" Production race car that Alan Johnson dirves--and the Trontman 8~ Barnes modified four door VW Sedan. Dick Kodani Send in your Porsche photographs and stories of events and trips. We will try to publish as many as possible. Who’s picture will be the first photo of the month. Photographs to be pubiished wii1 be selected on the basis of general interest to the membership.
GO LIKE STIN I
t started in the usual way, at Joe’s place at ten o’clock at night, Everybody helping Joe get the cars ready he had promised by Noon -- the previous day’. Of course Joe’s car was done, but eight tires had showed up so badly re-capped tht~y weren’t round, Porsche’s were parked all over the place. People were washing cars. Changing oil. Re-installing engines. And answering the phone so Joe could finish working on their cars.
That was the scene as Cliff Yost and I started out in our two-car caravan for Holtville. The drive down was beautiful. The night, warm - in the low seventies. After Indio, where we had a great midnight snack, a straight black road took us barreling through the country to a camping s~ot in an onion field under the smoke trees and Pala Verde. Dawn, and a great cup of coffee over a mesquite fire. The Pala Verde turn to yellow butterflies in spring and the smell of scallions was in the air. On to El Centro and breakfast with the gang. As we came in, cars were already moving hastily up the ramp onto the freeway headed for Holtville. Lots of competent anxious drivers. Lots of pretty cars. On the way to the track, I wondered if it would be the same as last time. A short fast straight. A right hand 180 that you had to double apex, then a long sweeper into an "S". Right. Right. Left. All of them 90 degrees. I remember going deep into the turn. The nose got so light, I felt like I wanted to crawl out on
the hood and sit there to hold it down. The turn was fast. Somebody spilled a targa there last year. Next came a short straight into a very tight - hard 180~a nasty little turn that you take in second gear, wound all the way up to the blowing point. The right wheel lifts off about 3/4 of the way through the turn; last year Cliff Yost caught a wheel in a hole and flipped there. One begins to wonder what would hapl)en if your second flat of the day was in the same place. The track then went up a short straight into a trough that feeds off to the left. This was followed by a "S" to the left. A 70 degree sweeper to the right. A short straight and then a left and right. And then a left onto the straight. The key was in the first turn out of the trough. If you took it slow, you could really floor it through the balance of the turns and make it on to the straight very quickly. Along with these memories, lots of desert, a lot of bleak old barricks, and how good a coke tastes in the hot sun. It was already hot at 8:30-9=00 in the morning. And everyone had clandestine beer hidden under the cokes in the bottom of their coolers. Gentlemen Joe and Grandpa Bill and Tuck were urging everyone on. They had left LA about 4.00 am. Only ten or twelve hours behind schedule. By the time we got to the track, we already had out first flat tire on the left rear. There were lots of color and flashing cars and pretty girls and
noisy exhausts and the "Fearless Auto Racing Team" in Barry’s speedster, all four of them charging down the straight in the wrong direction to help pull some young lady out of the sand. It was so hot that we gulped anything down that was liquid and cold. We did three laps on the track and blew the left rear tire, in the second 180 just before the spot where Cliff had caught it. We spun but no harm was done. Bill Macanerney brought us a jack and our spare in Joe and Bill’s 85-N. We put on the spare, headed into Holtville to the Texaco station and gave the tire to one of Holtville’s finest adolescents to fix it. It didn’t fix. It had blown out. It fixed well enough to use as a spare though, and that’s where it went; the spare went on the right front. Back to the track, two laps and the tire went flat again. Went back to the Texaco station, then back to the track. By the time we got back to the track, Joe was sitting glumly in the trunk of the station wagon, his car stopped in front of the trailer, "The engine’s blown," he said. "Not again, you just blew it last week at Willow." "1 know, I think it’s the same thing." Bill Macanerney showed up looking worried -- but trying to look cheerful. Joe threatened to drink all the beer we had. Everybody came by and offered their condolences. And the Holtville Jinx continued to strike.
We returned to the track for another ten minutes and blew the tire again. The Fearless Auto Racing Team retired to the shade of a smoke tree to absorb some Coors. The jinx struck again. The other class A Porsche blew its engine leaving mine the only car running in that class. Since Cliff Yost was the only B, it appeared that both of us would be running against class C. What a dismal day. A lot of fun, but dismal. Comes the evening. I had unfortunately purchased a ticket to the banquet. I had unfortunately not purchased a room. Cliff offered the use of his shower. We dropped the fourth tire off at the Texaco station to be repaired. Jim, Holtville’s finest, hid behind a car when he saw us drive in. Then on to the Holiday Inn in El Centro; ashower of superb proportions and a banquet dinner. After drinks and dinner and more drinks and maybe a little more dinner, the "Fearless Auto Racing Team" headed for Joe’s room to bestow condolences. There was a "Do Not l~isturb" sign on the door. A thirty-minute discussion ensued as to whether or not to knock. Finally, by majority vote, we decided to knock softly. We knocked softly. "Knock, knock" (softly). Nobody answered. People walking up and down the hall seemed to think we were burglers. We all felt a little like burglers. Finally, everybody went their own way. And I trooped back to the track to camp with my .friends - under the smoke trees. At the track, there was one helluva party going on’. More beer. A fire. An occasional snatch of song and vice versa (sic, sic).
Most sat around drinking and talking. Watching shooting stars in the desert sky. Talking about the best line. Who they are. Why they race. And making friends. Worring about how to get
a bent engine home. Enjoying the desert warmth, Around ll:00, someone decided that it was time to hit the track, 5;o under the stars, we ran Holtville. Some did it quick. And some were slow (some even did it backwards). The sleeping never moved. We all decided that things should be reversed. The racing at Holtville should be done at night and the partying in
the day. After a day of hard driving, the Green Monster, wearing Number 48 was holding up well. We were happy with our ti rues, getting blown off on the straights and catching up in the turns. So far, no accidents, no one hurt and no particular hassles. What would the jinx do next? lhe next morning, racing informally started at dawn until the crews came out and th rew us off the track (to get it ready for the day). Then we left for breakfast in Holtville at the Motel Inn care and restaurant. It felt, looked and smelled like a 1939 Norman Rockwell. Ham and eggs, big window facing the park, and no formica in the whole place. Florescent lights in the ceiling, lots of stucco and linoleum. The Sunday paper and 10ts of people dressed for church saying, "Hi Martha," "Hi Fred Hi," with us over in a corner. Beards, funny cars, speaking a different language with quick movements and strange red stamps on our hands, waving our arms and going, "Vroom Vroom," and tryi ng to pretend that we weren’t getti ng strange looks. Back to the track for a little more practice and then ti me for the ti me trials. S0mehow’or other I got to be first out. "Oh, happy day." I wanted to be last. 1 became a little anxious. They weren’t going to have the practice lap. So we started out dead into the gun, up the straight and around turn one. Good old turn one. I always liked turn one because you could double apex it and didn’t have to worry too much about losing it.
PCA-LA Minutes ..................... February Meeting The February membership
meeting of PCA-LA was held at the Moonfire in organinally grown surroundings. Pres. Dave Kalbach opened said meeting at approximately 9:05 accordin~ to my sundiaI which was illuminated by burning incense. Please excuse the light-headed ramblings.
There was no new or old business to be discussed.
Ou~ treasurer
was absent, but Pres. Kalbach indicated that he thought approximat-
ely $13oo remained in the till.
non Ramage, our event chairman, would have presented awards to the winners of the January economy run, but apparently got lost in the wilds of Topanga Canyon. Rumor has it that he was kidnapped by the Moon Children. "Ad astra per aspera"! The results of the
Jan. event wi11 be published in Porscherama. Hon. Cogen,
our
vice astrologer, introduced and thanked the
owners
of the Moot~fire for providing us with a private room and also acknowledged the efforts of Ann Herman and Jiin Ewlng in pubIishing Porshcerama. Bob announced that there would be more dinner meetings somewhere in L.A. county and that the location for the
Christmas party has been secured. He then reminded those attending of the coming events-Fasching (Feb. 14), crash films at the March meeting, and Zeno Clinker at a future meeting. At this point, guests and new members were introduced. Following this, a luggage rack for a 356 Porsche was auctioned, but because only 900 series owners were present, nobody made a bid. AM Herman, publicity chairman, again thm~ked Jim Ewing, our editor, for his splendid efforts. Jim requested help and articles for future issues of Porshcerama. Personal profiles of our members will be found in future issues of the paper. Followint this, Dick Kodani announced that the January technical meeting was a rousing success and thanked Roger Wagner for his help. There will be no February technical meeting. Dick also will write an article for Porshcerama explaining how the PCA-LA point system works, and will attempt to define PCA-LA competition
rnles.
Kalbach announced that the other club would have time trials at Riverside in February and that the Santa Barbara Region was
Pres.
org~mizing a ski trip to Mammoth in March. Interested PCA-LA members should contact Santa Barbara Region for details. A~ter announcing that the next board meeting would be held at
So, of course, I lost it. So much for my first run. A DNF.
Kalbach’s
on 16 Februa2y,
Pres. Kalbach closed the
meeting
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9:38 by inviting interested parties to the O.K. Corral for a dance-
Back in line we talked Joe into riding in the green monster in order to fill out our class. The silver coupe showed up. The nemesis of class A drivers. Joe would drive as number 148. The silver coupe turned in a 145. (Which I could beat, except that I didn’t know that he’d turned in a 145 until I was well on my way down the straight on try two) I took turn one too slowly and the other 180°, turn four, too fast. It cost a lot of time and I came in at 149. Four behind. Joe hadn’t even driven a practice lap but turned in the 150’s anyway. Good old Schneider( I think he checked to see what I got before he ran to make sure I would
beat somebody). Cliff got nailed by somebody with a lead foot. Bill and Tuck had nothing to drive(and 1 don’t know how Nick Freisen, Barry or Carmen did).
out.
Yours truly
George Gedeon
Chief Scribe
A genuine Gymkhana at
the Rose Bowl-Pasadena. Trophies of
course for those who prove best at threading their way through the course-forward and backward. The course will open at 10:00 a.m. No open exhausts. The Pasadena Gendarmes frown upon excessive noise. For members, the fare is $4; $5 for non-members. Female drivers in same car with male drivers only
$1.
Finally, we put it all together in the trunk again, piled up the back seat and decided to call it quits. We headed on up the road looking for grawley. We definitely had gone like stink. Not to mention our present condition after two great days in the hotsun. J
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Transmission
THE TECHNICAL CORNER
i. Use of any transmission gear ratios. 2. Use of any differential gear ratios. 3. Any modification to prevent lubricant from spilling on course. Suspension and Chassis i. Adjust suspension--front and rear. 2. Use of any anti-sway bar or camber compensator. 3. Use of any make of shock absorbers, brake linings, or pads. 4. Removal of top (except Cabriolet), spare tire & tools. 5. Competition pade/linings are strongly reconm~ended for all speed events. 6. Decambering is required for 356’s. 7. Disc brakes are permitted on all 356B’s with no penalty. 8. Removal of 356 bumpers. 9. Removal of brake dust covers.
Generally we will try to feature technical articles published by other regions in this section along with those written by the PCA -LA
membership, it is Porscherama’s policy to bring to you as much as we can that you might otherwise miss. However, this month, the major effort here has been submitted by Dick Kodani, the technical chairman, The rules and class~ication codes have been adopted in order to present a uniforll] code consistent with the rules of other Porsche clubs. The following confcrm with those established by PCA San Diego and the Porsche Owners Club.
Tires
i. Any tire which is manufactured primarily for racing purposes is considered a racing tire in POC events. Recaps on these casings constitute a racing tire. Any type of recaps on street casings are permitted but not recommended for high-speed events. 2. Street tires are NOT recotrunended for time trials. 3. Tires must have sufficient tread depth. AUTO CLASSIFICATION RULES FOR 1970 SPEED EVENTS
i. 2. by 3. 4. 5. as 6. 24 7.
All chasms arid engines must be Porsche. All bodies must be Porsche, however they are subject to approval the Tech Committee. All cars must use pump gas--no additives allowed, All cars must use im~er tubes in tires (except racing tubeless). Any modifications made to production cars that are not listed being permitted will move the car to a modified class. Anyone who bus held a valid competition license in the last months will mo~e up one class. Licensed race drivers withClass Z cars will move into the
speicM Exhibition Race Drivers Class. 8.
Excessive lightening or extensive body modifications will move
a production car to a modified class subject to approva] by tbe Tech Commiftee. 9. 900 Series must run with bumpers. i0. Removal of floor mats & rear seats is allowed. ii. Classes with less than three entries move up one class. 12. All entries must have numbers and class identification. Legibility is your responsibility. 13. All cars must have two front seats. 14. Spare tire, tools, etc., should be removed. i~. Trophies will be awarded on a basis of one per five cars or part thereof for more than five; a first will be awarded to a class of three. 16. Special non-standard cars are subject to approval by the Tech Committee. 17. Any 900 Series car may be updated to current model specifications with the exception of engine displacement. 18. Showroom stock and ladies shall compete for trophies on the percentage ratio of their time to the fast time for their equivalent men’s class. 19. Entry fees not refundable at the course or after the event date. Engine i. Balance engine and other moving parts, 2. Removal of air cleaners 3. Use of any velocity stacks 4. Rejetting carburetors 5. Use of any exhaust system. 6. Use of any valve springs & retainers. 7. Use of any late style Porsche supplied parts that supersede earlier supplied parts. 8. Use of S-90 [ype oil pick-up and baffles. 9. Use of any ignition system as long as the factory distributor is retained. i0. Any modification to prevent oil from spilling on course,
Listed below is the classification system to be used for all speed events. However, in some of the slower events, such as sla!oms, gymkhanas, etc., classes may be combined at the discretion of the event chairman(e.g. All 356 series, all 900 Series, Modified Coupes, Modified open cars). Production Classes Class A: Class B:
Normal (ii00, 1300, 1500, 1600) , 60. Super (1300, 1500, 1600) , 75, S, C.
Class C: Class D: ~lass E:
912
Class Class Class Class Class
911S, 911E 914 914/6 4 cyl showroom stock 6 cyl showroom stock
F: G: H: J: K:
S-90, SC, Carrera 911, 911L, 911T.
(1500,
1600 and 2000GS).
Modified Classes Class M: Modified Coupes, Cabriolets, Hardtops, 912’s. Class N: Modified Speedsters, Roadsters, Convertible D’s. Class X: Modified 911, 911S, Spyder pushrod (1800cc) or similar race car combinations, 550, RS550, 911T Group IIi. Class Z: Super Modified-Spyder ohc, RSK, RS60, RS61, RS62, 904, 906, 907, 908, 910, 911R, 917 and specials i.e. Spyder/ 904, Speedster/904, etc. Exhibition Race Drivers Class: Class Z cars with licensed race drivers, Class X cars with licensed race drivers who desire to run in this class. Handicap Point System for Production Cars Each car will remain in its originally designated class until it accumulates 15 points or more; car advances one class for each 15 points. Note: Wide wheels are defined as anything other than standard for that model car, i.e. greater than 4~ incbss for 356 or 5½ inches for 900 series.
".
Group I---2 points each i. 2. 3. 4o
Lightened flywheel. Venturis removed or ID altered. °040 over factory pistons. 2 points for each ½" rim width increase.
Group If---4 points each i. 911 Series continued
ii
Group I. 2. 3. 4. 5.
111---5 points each
911 Series fuel injection. Cabriolet with top removed. Removal of windshield. GT or disc brakes on 356 or 356A. Racing tires.
Group IV---9 points each i. 2. 3. 4.
356B Roadster body & 356A Convertible D Overbore to 1750cc’s--factory pistons. Limited slip differential. Carrera 2
~.
Speedster body.
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IRELLI ROAD
,
RACE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PIRELLI
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RACING TIRES,
CINTURATOS
APPROVED
tour and concour.
"
RADIAL
quite a ~ne-up for Willow Sprigs.
PLY &
SCCA
RACING AND RETREADS
Wire
Wheel
Bal-
ancing to Racing Tolerances "
PCA-Riverside is pla~g a champa~e p~ty for the Times Gr~d Prix Oct. 31-Nov.1.
Mag
RALLY
*
*
PCA-Golden Gate has scheduled a Porsche weekend for Sept.25-27 at Los CarDs ~ the bay area. There will be a rallye, a~to cross, For some of the membership, it can make for
~TAL~A~ TIRES OF SUPERB QUALITY
Most
High
and they will fol!ow this wi~ Time Trials
Diversified
Stack
Performance &
of
Racing
Tires on the West Coast
on Nov. 22 at Adams Go-Cart Track.
[WE~COI PCA’er ]o~ Case was the w~er.
Autohause.
The door prize was a new car
Proceeds ~rom the rMfle will go toward the May
Oktober 24 N 25 will find ano~er Holtville driver’s ~ra~ning school, The event is held on a flat a~r~ield giv~g beginners plenty of room to learn to drive.
There’s no tr~h to ~he rumor that 914 and 914/6 owners will only
be admi~ed to me club with a junior stand~g.
PeA GI ~ SUGGESTIONS
SGCA regional races, Cal Club region will be held May 9-10 at
Or~ge Co~ty Internation~ Raceway, Irvine. May 3 is ~e Targa FloriD-World Man~acmrer’s Championship held ~ Sicily. Porsche has dom~ated this race-one of the most grueling for the last 8 years,
I terns may be ~u rchased at the month ly meeti ng 0r may be ~uFchase~ by mail--make checks Dayable t0 PCA-L0s Angeles. S~n~ check [0 :
i~tho~gh C~iff Yost is .ow o~ or cigars .... h~ w~.ts to be ~re ~o
hy~N B0ckem0hle 5045 0akw00d Ave.
La Canafla, Calff 91011
~nounce the arrival of a little speed demon, Paul Wesley, born February 6th and weighed 6 ibs. ii ozs.
PeA Car Badges(ca.)
$6-
PGA Standard Emblem Jacket Patch
$~.50
~ case you may have missed it ...... Porsche swept the ~AC tact at Brands Hatch on April 12. The
r~e was r~n in the wet with Po~sche 9~7’s finishing ~, ~, ~. The J.W. Automotive auto driven by Pedro Rodri~ez and Leo Kinnunen won the I000 Kms finishing over 5 laps ahead of ~e
Po~h~ Sa~b~g ~to’~ of We mro~/D~ H~m~ ~.d H~.~ Herrma~/Richard Attwood. And 4th went to a 908. Chris Amon ~d his Ferrari 512 came in 5th. 9~h.
A
few~]as,
Porsche also f~ished 6th ~d
Ferrari’s and m~y more Porsche’s filled ~
LAPCA Region Patch When purchased with car badge 0r national patch
the rest of the r~ks.
Club Name Tag (payment on order)
$2.00 $1-
F!ash... PeSo Rodri~ez-Mexico’s Ace & "Leo Ki~unen won again for Porsche pilot~g the Wyler 917 to a victory at ~e 1000 km Monza Worlds Manufac~rers Championship race.
hard pressed by three Ferrari 512’s that finished 2, 3,
& 4.
The
next Porsche f~ished 12~ ~o SfffertiBri~ Redman).
FUTURE EVENT CH~RMAN NEEDED Ron Ramage still has three or four openings for event chapman and co-chairman. trophy.
Earn some po~ts and possibly a gr~d
Der Porsche
MeNber
$3-
N0~-Member
$4-
PCA Cuff Links, 1/2in Dia, 4 color
$2.50
PCA "Storm Master windproof lighter
$1.75
ENb0ssed P0rsche I nsignia
Running an event is fun--and the board would appre-
ciate all help ~ m~ing this year a better one. or chMrm~ an event,
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Up-Fix[R
They were
call Ron Ramage,
If you can. help
your a~i~-ities chairman.
P~A Emblem Pin discount priced
$1.75
by appointment
specializing in Porsche and that other Deutsch Porsche Parts. Fred
Neil
SER /ll;E
9436 Las Tunas Drive Temple City, California
287-I~
GENERAL OBJECTI VES OF THE PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERI CA: LOS ANGELES REGI ON
PCA-LA PORSCHE PUSHER TROPHIES PCA-LA has traditionally paid homage to the active members
The general objectives of the club, to which its members are joined together and mutually pledged, shall be in the furtherance and promotion of the following:
who have
successfully and
competed
each year.
supported
the club during
At the magic time of the year, we will again present
me annual trophies. In next month’s Porscherama the current standings will be
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A. The highest standard of courtesy and safety on the roads, B. The enjoyment and sharing of goodwill and fellowship engendered by owning a Porsche and engaging in social and other such events as may be agreeable to the membership, C. The maintenance of the highest standard of operation and performance of the marque by sharing and exchanging technical and mechanical information. D. The establishment and maintenance of mutually beneficial relationships with the Porsche Works, Porsche dealers, and other service sources to the end that the marque shall prosper and continue to enjoy its unique leadership and position in sports car annals. E. The interchange of ideas and suggesstions with other Porsche clubs throughout the world and in such cooper-
ation as may be desireable,
published
Points
and therea~ter
are
on a
issued for two
hi-monthly basis until el fini!
separate catagories--competition
Porsche Pusher (workers).
and
This in turn is subdivided into two
sub groups; men and women. The objective is to acknowledge separately those who are competitive in events, and those who work them. Cqmpetition points are awarded thus: Ten (10) points for a Ist place in an event.
lOth place.
Points are awarded in declining numerical order through
Porsche Pusher points
are
awarded thus: One
(]) point
for each
meeting attended; Two (2) points for each day of an ev&nt,attended and
Event Chairm
.... d onchairman, 15 points (20 points for two day events); event workers 5 points per day; coffee hostess,
in Porscherama
or
5 points; articles published
Panorama(includingphotographs) 5
points;
and photographs alone, 1 point. PCA-LA officers and members of the board are not eligible for Porsche Pusher points, however can compete for the competition trophy.
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REMEMBER WHEN ........ PORSCHE Price List Coupe Porsche hard Porsche hard Porsche hard Porsche hard GS (Carrera)
top, l, top, 1, top, 1, top, 1, 1, 5 ltr
3 ltr engine 6 ltr engine 3 ltr engine Super 6 ltr engine Super engine
$ $ $ $ $
2450. 2750. 2940. 3012. 4117.
$ $ $ $ $
2630. 3120. 2930. 3192. 4297.
$ $ $
2450. 2712. 3817.
$
6000.
Convertible Porsche Porsche Porsche Porsche Porsche
AL’S
SPECIAL OF THE MONTH
The Hal and AI Tire Company
convertible, convertible, convertible, convertible, convertible,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
3 3 6 6 5
ltr ltr ltr ltr ltr
engine engine Super engine engine Super engine (Carrera)
Speedster Porsche Speedster, l, 6 ltr engine Porsche Speedster, i, 6 ltr engine Super GS (Carrera) 1, 5 ltr Spyder Spyder 1, 5 Itr engine RS
Increase for right hand steering. $150.90 For M1 models freight ex factory 20.00 Auto-Handelsgesells chart m. b. H. George Ritrersbacher Porsche-Wholesale-dealer Kaiserlautern Phone 2041 - 2043 Submitted by:
The name unfortunately escapes me, but thanks.
911L PORSCHE ’68 Tangerine. 22, 000 miles. A~VI/FM r~dio. All Michelin XAS High Speed Tires. Interior Light Sand/Beige Factory May Wheels... 6" Alloy wheels rnit Dumlops available for additionaI $350. Five speed transmission. Leather steer-
Lessee...was it heel on the brake and toe on the gas ..... ?
ing wheel. Total
price
(not
including tax &
licence)
$5, 500.
Ask for Nell or Fred. Caii 287-1944. Car in excellent shape and may be seen at: 9436 Las Tunas, TempIe City.
Four (4) 51/2 x 15 Aluminum McAfee Wheels for 900 series excellent condition with special lug nuts $160. Ron Ramage 763 -6090 continued It was a full weekend. Casualties were moderate (,me engine, one pair vise grips, one chisel, . onewheel, oxte tire, lots of $), but fun was plentiful. 8o get out and enjoy your cars and good felIowship, people.
Would you believe..heel on the toe and brake on the gas?
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