comment, LI TTLEWI Ti C I SNSAND SNEAKYMESSAGESIN THES ELINESKEEP TU~F~INTOFOLL 0WINGI S SUESF 0RMORE ~his year there will be few changes in PORSCHERAMA and we will continue with our predessor’s form of newsletter. It is brief, yet newsy and relatively inexpensive. I feel very fortunate to ir~erit such a well arranged publication.... Your editor is open to all criticisms and only requests that you make your suggestions prior to the 20th of the month or before the paper is printed.... Participation and contribution are the key words. Our club is full of a great bunch of people ~ho are more than anxious to welco~e anyone new on the scene and the way to have a feeling of belonging is to have something to contribute, whether it be a plate of cookies for a meeting, some slides to show or an article on one of the events....As you know ou~ dinner meetings are always enjoyable but we have to guarantee any restaurant a certain number of paid dinners whether the people are present or not. Make those evenings a special occasion and a pleasant change in your daily routine and attend the dinners so we can have more of them. .The year ahead is going to be fun-filled and the only ~ay for you to sh~r~ in it is to be there: Gerl Boothe
next events JANUARY 29, Santa Anita Racetrack - Concours d,Elegance for Porsches. Sponsored by Alan Johnson of Bozzani Porsche-Audi in Monrovia. Gates will open at 8:00 a.m~, with Judging beginning pro~mptly at l0:00. Admission to the track ~ill be $2 for adults. Persons under 18 free if accompanied by an adult. Entrance fee for each car will be $5 which admits the entrant and one helper. REGISTRATION CLOSES JANUARY 19TH. Tickets must.be purchased in advance by writing Vern Covert, P.O. Box 66515, L.A. 90066, call 39G-2217 days, 397-8533 eves for info. Also, call Cliff Yost 325-4131, evenings. T~ophies ?Jill be awarded according to the following classes: (i) 356’s; (2) All 6-cyllnder Porsches; (3) 914-4’s and 912’s; and (4) Special interest and competition. A Porsche count must be gotten as soon as possible in order to accommodate everyone. Come and enjoy Porsche talk and possibly learn some new ideas for your car even hho’ you don’t enter any car in the contest. TECHNI C ALMEETINGTECHNI C ALMEETI NGDONTF~0RGETTHETECHNI C ALMEETI NGONFUEL INJEC TI ONTECH JANUAEY 19, 7:30 p.m., Volkswagen Pacific, ll300 Playa, Culver City. Subject will be fuel injection, both mechanical and electronic. Since all new Porsches have been blessed with this device, those interested in learning more about their car should attend. Speaker will be Mr. Vic Arestegui. Admission free. JA.NUARYMEETI NG JANUARYMEETI NGLAS TBU.TNO.TLEAS THAP PYNE~DIEAR JANUARYM~TI NG JANUAHYM~ JANUARY 13, General Membership Meeting, Cahuenga Elementary School, 220 So. Hobart Blvd., L.A., 8:00 p.m. Come and see the new board of directors in action. Also, see a documentary by Duane Alan, "~he Making of a Ridiculous Movie by a bunch of weirdos in Porsches" and see the ridiculous movie itself, a get-off on "Le Mans" called "Twenty-four Minutes mt LeMons". Many laughs~.
last events CHRI STMASPARTYANDGENERALMEETINGI971WHATABLASTCHRI STMASPARTYI971 CHRI S ~.~ASPARTYCH This year we had a Christmas party and our December general up into one ball of wax and what a ball it was! Ninety-one prime rib dinner and a lot of fun at the Regency Restaurant After about an hour of cocktails s_ud Porsche chatter we sat --2--
meeting all wrapped members paid for a in Do~ney. do~n to din~e~
were treated to some rib-tickling co~nents by our President and some serious (and comical) award presentations. Cliff Yost presented the competition and participation trophies and then this year’s chairman of the board, Dave Kalbach presented the board members with plaques. George presented a few awards of his own, among which were a~petunia in an onion patch~pot to Mary Morris, our outgoing V.P. and a new red flocked helmut full of cookies baked by Mary Ann Kalbach to our hero, Curt Kuebler. .Following dinner the entire group was treated to PCA and Jim Ewing’s vers~o~ of "Le Mans". ~his hilarious color film,.~ complete with sound is entitled "Twenty-four Minutes at LeMons" and stars John Lipham and everyone else who could be conned into being in it. Do try to make the January meeting to see the re-run....And of course there were the alwayspresent door prizes which were given ou~ by our own Santa, Don Somerville. ~hanks to many kind Porsche dealers and some generous members, everyone went home with a gift and a door prize. By the time the festivities were over it was much later than anyone thought, but isn’t that the case when you are having a good time? . . .~here were a lot of nice people responsible for making the party a success. I would llke to thank all the fellows who got the door prizes: Cliff Yost, Ron Ramage, Don Somerville and Corky Kirk to mention a few, and the nice ladies ~ho helped at the door : Linda Miller and Helen Boyd. And most of all, I want to thank Jim E~ing for taking charge of our entertainment so skillfully. Carol Gedeon
presidential rhetoric PRES I D EN ~JEHAVEANEWPRESID ENTBUTN0 TREALLYNEWASHEHASBEENPRESIDENTBEF 0REPRESI DENT One would think that I would know better, however: . . . The first thing my other half, Nicki pointed out, upon hea~ing that I was President, was all the items that I did ~Tong before. How is it no one remembers all the good things? We started several inovations in 1967 that are still being carried on. Members come and go and most of that year’s board are no longer seen. Almost all the membership from that year has turned over, so why flog it anymore? ~at is a fact of llfe. This is 1972. There is one thing left over from all the previous years of PCA-LA and that is the same problems of rurming the club. Following George Gedeon and his cohorts will be a challenge as they did an exceptional Job....~e 1972 board intends to keep the goals of last year; namely, and I quote George, (1) Publish a timely newsletter to inform the merabers what ~ll happen ~h@r~~. ~hen and tell them about the happenings of past events. (2) Establish planned, budgeted and well publicized events.. (3) Establish a pe~nanent meeting place. (This has been accomplished and I th~nk we should stay there. ) (4) Build the treasttr~. (This has also been accomplished. We start the year with over $800.00 and no bills to pay. ) Actually we are well on our way in all phases. I do not have any great pearls of wisdom to impart except, let us go out and have fun with our Porsches and Porsche people: Duane Alan
women’s glib WOMENS GLI BGLANC ES IN0~HATTHEWOMENARED 0 INGMAUDIAUDIWILLWRI TEONIN~0MENSGLIBWOMENS ~aanks to all who elected me to the new board as editor and thanks to those who dldn~t, as you probably wanted to save me from a terrible fate’. I have a sneaking suspicion I was "set up" for the Job. (Its not nice to fool Mother Nature.) All kidding aside, I was honored and excited, and then after looking the whole thing over, I sat down and cried. Well about that. time the phone rang and it was ole Maudl Audl. Said she heard there was a new editor that -S-
might need some help so she had some friendly advice for her. "Honey, " she says, "If you feel confused get this; saw a gal in the bee-u-tee shoppe with two different kinds of shoes on. What’s bad, she had s~nother pair at home Just like ’era: Now doesn’t that give you hope? If you can’t dazzle lem with brilliance, then baffle ’em ~ith bull_ _ , Keep on truckin’. 01e Maudi ’l support ya:" Yep, Maudi is a great old g~l and has become a club tradition. Lets help Maudi with your support. Use this portion of the paper to express your ideas, gripes, even good recipes. If you wish to remain anonymous you can. Geri Boothe
membership M]~4BERSHI PMIi~IBERSHI P C 0 RKY-K I RKI SBUILD I NGADYNAS TYA SMEMB ZRSHI P CHAI RMANM £%IBERSHI P CH NEW MEMBERS : ~%omas C. Terrell; 1825 Ranchero St. West Covina; UN 3-8711 ; ’71 911T Targa Bill Womack; 33000 Pacific Coast Hwy. Malibu; ~57-96~5; Engineer; ’6h 356C Michael V. Parsells; P.O. Box 2625 Sepulveda; ~92-4331; Consultant; ’72 T-Targa Victor Allen; 9063 Florence Ave, Do~mey; 861-2520; Grocer; ’68 912 Coupe Lee Clark; 821 W. 167th, Gardena; 329-7938; Doctor; ’68 912 Coupe
secretarial SECRETARI ALNEWSEC RECARYPAULBEAMYOURON THEBEA~Ji THPAULBEAMN~4SECRETARYS EC RETARIAL The December 1971 Membership Meeting was in the form of the Christmas party. Here are some splinters from the last board meeting of the year, December 7, 1971. George Gedeon opened the meeting at 9:00 p.m. at the home of Mary Morris and the reports from the directors are as follows: PORSCHERA~.[A EDITOR: John lipham said there is no sponsor for the 1/72 issue. VICE-PRES. MARY MORRIS: The school is set for the meeting place through 6/72, at which time the agreement will have to be renewed....SECRETARY SKEE ZIES~{E~[NE: All expenses were in....TECHNICAL DON SOMERVILLE: 1/19/72 meeting set for VW Pacific with subject on fuel injection. . .ACTIVITIES CLIF~ YOST: The 1/72 event is set and the Christmas party h~d a profit of ~8. MEMBERSHIP CORKY KIRK: Our total membership is 288 and Corky presented a check from National PCA for $124.80 for membership refunds. . .TREASURER CHUCK ADKINS: Deposits since last report were $58~.00 and bills paid since last report were $[~6[~.00. There were additional expenses of $135.00 for the movie. After all expenses and deposits, the closing balance will be $865.00. . . PRESID~;T GEORGE GEDEON is making the follo~;Ing recommendations for th~ new board: (1) If there are dinner meetings publicize the event and get the money in advance. (2) Drop the point system, or if held, have points just for PCA-LA events. (3) Pay for Vasek Polak’s membership since he is our Life Member. (4) Sell the old timing equipment. (5) Make use of the people ~ho ran for the board but ~ere not elected. (6) Membership Chairman should have the address labeling machine....ANNOUNCEMENTS: The National PCA Board will have a meeting in San Diego on 1/15/72 and 1/16/72. .The meeting was closed at 10:15 p.m....Respectfully sub~itted~ R. H.’Z[esenhenne, Secretary.
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TECHNI C AL TEC}[NI C ALG00D TECHNI C.~I24EETI NGSAREFOR THC OM I NGTECHNI C ALMEETINGS TECHNI C AL Porsche-engined racer at Indy in 1972? Its true. The Chula Vista cam grinder Bruce Crower is preparing a USAC Championship car that he hopes will make the field of 33 at Indy in 1972 ~ith PORSCHE POWER. The engine, a 12 cylinder, 4.5 liter, 917 type ~ill burn pump gas instead of alcohol and deliver 641 horsepower -4-
rat 8200 rpm. Although this is about lO0 hp less than the alky burning turbo Ford~ and 0ffys, he is counting on an advantage gained by Porsche reliability, minimum weight design, lower fuel consumption along with better tire wear and pit stops hopefully under l0 seconds.* Peugeot won Indy in the early 1900’s, so keep the faith Porsche fans.....Peugeot??....The British Autoweek "Motoring News" Nov. 25, 1971 is to my knowledge the first to publish a road test on the new 2.4 liter 911S that is now capable of burning regular gasoline (8.5:1 comp. ratiO). The test car was fitted with the front spoiler now standard on the 911S, repositloned oil tank, relocated rear shock mountings and other trim revisions. The road temt acceleration times were superior to any production 911S road test I have ever read. (0-60 mph in 6.6 sec. and 0-100 mph in 17.7 sec. ) This performance is even ~1ore remarkable when you consider that the 1972 Cali£ornia emission regulations lowered hydrocarbon and nltrogen-oxide limits by 33%.. .Porsche received a boost from Motor Trend Magazine (Dec. 1971) by being nominated as the best sport and GT car of the year. Other contestants for the catagory were two Ferrarls, (the Dino 2~6 and~ the Daytona) and the LT-1 Corvette. The reason they selected the 911S ".....!t is the moat ~reallstlc approach to solving the high performance sports car dilemma striking the precise and delicate balance between on-golng roadability, handling, advanced engineering, power, braking and a certain sine qua non of general feel. For us the 911S was the ultimate amalgam of these attrlbutes.". . . .The 1972 SCCA production car classifications are now official and as usual it was amusing to see how the gents from Westport, Connecticut handled classification of new cars along with reclassification of older cars. One new addition is the 1972 (2.4) 911T, E and S which are logically_ placed in class ~Cealong with all of the other two and one half liter sports cars. However, would you believe the 2.0 and 2.2 1969, 1970, 1971 911E and S are still in the supposedly faster class ,B,. All other Porsche models will remain as categorized in l~f-~splte some early rumors that did not materialize. . For additional information on the Crower Indy effort pick up the December 1971 issue of Hot Rod Magazine. Bob Van Cleave
for sale FORSALEFORSALE&WANTADSYOUREDITORI SGOINGS TIRCRAZY~TIRC RAZYWI THFORSALE&WANTAD SAD.S 1965 COUPE 356’C’ - White with black interior, chrome wheels,, one owner, 63,000 original miles, spotless - $3,200. Hermann Hartig, phone 209/734-1153 work, or 209/73~-2900 home in Visalia, Calif. 1967 912 4 speed - Sand beige/black, radio, Weber carbs, 45,000 miles - $3,400. Robert Nourse, phone 714/624-3147 after 6:00 p.m. 1968 911 YELLOW - .Mags, Konis, Mark X, 40,000 miles. 799-8205 home, 225 2491 work.
Mike Feldman, phone
FOR SALE: 4 NTM DUNLOP MAG WHEELS 6 x 14 for 914 Porsche and VW - $50.00 each. 4 NEW CHROME ~E~S 5½ x 15 for drum braked Porsche. Requires spacer - $20.00 ea. 4 NEW DUNLOP MAG WHEELS 6 x 15 for Volvo and will fit Porsche 911 with adapters. This would equal Porsche 7" mags in width - $50.00 each. 4 NEW HUBCAPS for drum brake Porsche wheels - $2.50 each. NEW Golden Mink CAR COVERS - one for 356 and one for 911 Porsche. - $30.00 each. NEW KONI SHOCKS for rear of 911 or 912. Will install if desired. - $25.00 each. CLUTCH for 356, used but in good condition 180mm - $10.00 GEARSHIFT KNOB - New Italian made leather for 10am levers - $4.75 SUPER COIL 12 V, new - $10.00. ANTI-SWAY BAR 22mm American made for 911 - $28. See Ralph Boothe or phone 696-0866 cont,d, next page
FOR SALE: 2 black vinyl seats for 900, very good cond. $150. Call Neal 473-8633~. WANTED: Clean ’65 SC or ’61 S-90 Cabriolet, any color, 748-8111 ’57 or ’58 Speedster, prefer good cond., Jimmy Komorre 469-9080 business.
etcetera ETCETERAETCETERATH~SPAPERW~NTBEASPRETTYASJ~HNSETCETERA~4~ST~[ESYIPE~ETCETERAETCE M A N A G E M E N T by Peter Zentner The even closer cooperation with Volkswagen since 1969 based on Stuttgart and the United States is one way for Porsche into the future. But Porsche had to face up to another question involving the future, that of the executive control held by the f~nily. Up to this year, Dr. Ferry Porsche, son of the founder, was sole head of the firm. Since April, he has headed a board of five, three of whom are sons or nephews, all about 30 years old. ~ile the family still occupy most of the top management positions, Dr. Piech, one of the new nephew directors, points out that merit will be the main factor deciding whether a man keeps his place on the board. Certainly, in the Porsche company in Salzburg, changes, also instituted in April, brought in a new chief executive from outside the family for the first time--Dr. Himmer. Perhaps more significant though is the wind of change blowing down from the top. Management is trying to fan the idea of greater employee participation through increased responsibility. ~he team idea, though still new, has been well received inside the fi~-~ and a democratic ethos appears to be replacing Porsche’s former popular paternalism. Unlike other motor car manufacturers, 15 per cent of Porsche’s turnover worth about 60m DM, comes from design and development work. This provides a steady flow of money and is a useful counterweight to the more volatile business of selling cars often so strongly influenced by outside factors. They have recently opened their new research and development centre in Weissach outside Stuttgart. This centre incorporates not only all the most modern epuipment but also a race track nearly two miles long for testing cars. Racing cars is, of course, a famous pastime of the company. Porsche have won the world championship of manufacturers three years in succession, as ~;ell as many other competitions. Although racing cars give Porsche glamour and publicity, they regard racing primarily as a tool of desigh and development, of ensuring quality under extreme conditions. Precisely because Porsche is a family concern, they have a great advantage over larger public companies: the family shareholders waive their dividends and leave profits to build up inside the business. Then as a small firm Porsche subcontracts important parts of the manufacturing programme, has a quicker turrmound in the factory and less cash is tied up. They have also trained their distributors to pay cash ~ithin eig!%t days. And finally as a place of research and development, the Weissach ~entre qualifies for 50 percent tax concessions. Porsche’s built-in strength of world renowned products; the design and development section, the Volkswagen link and an excellent liquid cash situation, give it an enviable stability. (Courtesy of the London "Times", October ~i, 1971.) Reprint from San Diego Region, December 1971. Panhandlers in New York have taken to offering to wipe windshields and polish cars in return for a handout. As a young man with rag in hand approached a shiny new Porsche the driver gave him a dollar to keep the dirty rag OFF his car. -6Jan. ’72 Road & Track