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Heat, Fire And 60 Years of Porsches Our Zone 8 Concours At Greystone Mansion In Beverly Hills Yes, it was Sunday August 30, 2009. Yes, it was very hot that day.
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impressive arrays of 356 Speedsters ever assembled locally outside a 356 Registry event. The balance of the entries were pristine specimens of Porsches of all kinds — early 911s, 914s, 944s and more. Then there were more recent examples of Boxsters, 993s, 996s and on and on. Racing cars were also well represented by the exquisite 904 of Roger Grago and Don Murray. Be sure to take
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Let the polishing begin. Photo by Art Yuter.
Yes, most of the Angeles National Forest was ablaze and had been for a few days thanks to what came to be known as the “Station” fire. Still, it was a joy to behold and you should have been there! The inaugural edition of the Auto Gallery Porsche Concours at legendary Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills presented by the Los Angeles region of the PCA was an unqualified success!
The main courtyard at Greystone Mansion. Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
Some folks are quite serious about this concours stuff as evidenced by this “911 in a bag.” Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
With fifty one Porsches entered in judged and display classes from seven different regions of Zone 8, the goal of celebrating the sixty years of Porsche cars was very well met. Almost half the entries were 356s, featuring one of the most
The 904 makes its way into place. Photo by Jacqueline Shubitowski.
a look at the entire list of entries and results on page 3 in this issue, which illustrates the full spectrum of Porsches brought together for this Zone 8 PCA Concours. In addition to the normal cleaning, polishing, judging and points tabulation, the LA Region’s now-famous Ribs / Chicken / Tri-tip lunch was served on the grand terrace of the mansion overlooking the sun-soaked West Side of Los
Angeles in the shade of some more-thanwelcome umbrellas. After lunch came a raffle and the awards presentations, preceded by a talk from ABC TV’s car editor, Dave Kunz who spoke about Porsche history and models in development. Raffle prizes were comprised of a fine selection of books including a copy of Excellence Was Expected
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PCA-LA REGION PRESIDENT ......................................................David Altemus 310-478-7727, fax 310-479-5181 1537 Pontius Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 VICE PRESIDENT ..................................................Bob Gordon 818-888-7224 SECRETARY .........................................................Roger Ignon rignon@edgesystem.net TREASURER ........................................................Jan Altemus 310-478-7727, fax 310-479-5181 MEMBERSHIP ...............................................Joe Shubitowski joseph.shubitowski@gmail.com ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR ......................................Martin Holford martinholford@me.com ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Roger Ignon .........................rignon@edgesystem.net Arthur Yuter ................................a.yuter@verizon.net Bill Ehrich, Bob Gordon, Jeff Peck, Terry Sullivan, Robert Vincent WEB MASTER ...............................................Joe Shubitowski joseph.shubitowski@gmail.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR & ADVERTISING MGR......Bruce Pollock imset@pacbell.net
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October 1-4
Porsche Escape - Ohio
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Rally and Concours - Golden Empire Reg.
3-4
German Auto Fest
4
Autocross - Golden Empire Reg.
5
Driver Ed. & Autocross - Grand Prix Reg.
11
Concours - Santa Barbara Reg.
17-18
Time Trial - San Diego Reg.
25
Concours - Cal Central Coast Reg.
31
Concours - San Diego Region
November 1-2
Driving School - Grand Prix Reg.
14
Zone 8 Presidents Meeting
14
Concours - Arizona Reg.
15
Autocross - Arizona Reg.
21
Concours - Cal Inland Reg.
21-22
Time Trial - San Diego Region
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While these may not span the entire 60 years of Porsche, this 356, 944 and the tail of the newest GT3 displayed by title sponsor The Auto Gallery in the western courtyard of the Greystone Mansion well exemplify the main Porsche - 60 Years theme of our recent concours. Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
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Greystone Concours Entry List & Results Class Winners shown in bold — Indicates Best of Show Co-Winners DIVISION Entrant
Year
Model
Class
Color
Point Total
Region
CONCOURS James Fitzgerald
1964 356 Coupe
C-1
Red
323.4
LA
Tony Principe Rick Principe Peter & Barbara Fodor Mike Malamut
1956 1957 1958 1963
C-2 C-2 C-2 C-2
Glacier white White Aquamarine Red
323.9 322.7 324.1 322.8
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara LA Santa Barbara
Joseph Demeo
1986 911 Turbo Coupe
C-5
Marble grey
325
LA
Sarkis Kassardjian
1998 993 Carrera S
C-6
Black
321.8
LA
Steve Toshiyuki Karen & Joe Nedza
1959 356A Coupe 1963 356 Super Coupe
S-1 S-1
Silver Heron grey
238.7 240
LA Orange Coast
Griff Snyder Gustavo Borner Bill & Linda Feldhora Jeff Brynan
1956 1960 1965 1957
S-2 S-2 S-2 S-2
Black Aqua metallic blue Champagne yellow Red
237 238.7 237.6 239
LA LA LA
Paul Colony Bev & Tom Gould
1973 911S Coupe 1970 911E Targa
S-3 S-3
Silver Tangerine
238.5 239.7
LA San Diego /OC
Eric Andrews
1971 914-4
S-9
Irish green
238.7
LA
Dick Douglass Larry Markham
1965 356C Cabriolet 1963 356B Coupe
W/S-1 White W/S-1 Ivory
129.1 Santa Barbara 129.1 (won tiebreaker) Santa Barbara
Stanley Gold
1959 356A Speedster
W/S-2 Ruby red
128.6
LA
Martin Rodriguez / Vtrac Automotive Darryl Zengler
1974 911S Carrera Coupe W/S-3 Black/orange
128.4
Grand Prix
1985 911 Carrera Targa
W/S-3
Black
128.2
Andrew Marton Matthew & Tony Garcia Maverick Marsellis Maverick Marsellis
1981 1984 1989 1986
928S 944 Coupe 928 S4 944 Turbo Coupe
W/S-4 W/S-4 W/S-4 W/S-4
White Guards red Black Teal green
128.7 129.2 128.8 128.8
LA Golden Empire LA LA
Josh Hoffmann Ken Supin Valerie Barkhordar Willie Schmeltz
2006 2008 2003 2001
Cayman S Coupe Boxster 911 Carrera 996 Turbo Coupe
W/S-5 W/S-5 W/S-5 W/S-5
Seal grey Black Grey Grey
129.1 128.9 129 129.6
Grand Prix LA LA LA
356 Speedster 356 Speedster 356 1600 Speedster Carrera 2 Cabriolet
The awards table. Photo by Jacqueline Shubitowski.
The heavy hardware. Art Yuter photo.
STREET
356 Speedster 356B Cabriolet 356SC Cabriolet 356A Speedster
Waiting for awards presentation. Photo by Art Yuter.
WASH & SHINE
Let’s eat! Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
UNRESTORED David Altemus
1957 356 Speedster
UR-1
Signal red
237.7
LA
Barbara Malamut
1969 912 Coupe
UR-3
White
236.2
Santa Barbara
Stephen Murray
1982 911SC Coupe
UR-4
Chiffon white
237.5
Santa Barbara
Bill Wildman Bob Wirffel
1988 911 Carrera Cab 1988 911 Turbo Coupe
UR-5 UR-5
Midnight blue Red
237.4 236.5
OC LA
Linda & Doc Cobarrubias 1997 911 Cabriolet
UR-6
Black
239.1
Grand Prix
Larry O’Rourke
1989 944S2 Coupe
UR-10 Red
238
LA
1980 911SC 1976 Carrera RSR Coupe
SC-1 SC-1
Red Silver
239.2 236.8
Riverside LA
SC-3
Silver
237.9
Orange Coast
S C DIVISION Robert Chamblin Chris Banning
Roger Grago/Don Murray 1964 904 competition DISPLAY David Brynan Leonard Schenkel Michael Whamond Ric Distefano Michael Loper Larry Johnson Kenneth Jacobs Paul Norris John Brunold Steve Krein Bill Diaz
1961 1959 2000 1999 2001 2001 1999 1986
356B Coupe 356 Convertible D 996 Carrera Cabriolet 996 Cabriolet 911 Turbo Boxster S 996 Cabriolet 944 Turbo Coupe 911SC Coupe 1984 944 Coupe 1998 Boxster 3.4
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA Santa Barbara LA
Some of the raffle winners. Photos by Art Yuter.
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Greystone (cont.) by Karl Ludvigsen and McQueen’s Machines, signed by the author Matt Stone, who came by in the morning to check out our show. Other prizes included a ProMount Engineering front license plate mount, and a valuable service voucher from Monaco Motors in Canoga Park. Our sponsors helped make this event a success and we thank them very much for their participation. You can thank them too by availing yourself of their products and services. Their ads appear throughout this and subsequent issues.
The upper parking lot staging area. Everyone arrived here and then went down the hill to the courtyards. Photo by Art Yuter.
Terry Sullivan stepped up to emcee the ceremonies and did a wonderful job. Assisting Terry was Joanna Andrews, who gracefully responded
Terry Sullivan. Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
Joanna Andrews. Photo by Art Yuter.
The northern edge of the main courtyard. Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
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to being recruited on the spot to present the awards to the recipients. Joanna is the sister of Street 9 class winner Eric Andrews with his green 1971 914/4.
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teered and helped make the entire Greystone Concours happen. And we look forward to seeing you at the next Greystone Concours.
Extra emphasis went into the selection and acquisition of the awards for Greystone and the result was a new standard of excellence for this or any other concours. The success of our Greystone Concours is a direct result of the many volunteers who helped in its presentation. So thanks to everyone who chipped in and made this thing happen. And special thanks to the judging team brought together from all over Zone 8 by Bob Gordon. Thanks too goes to our Zone 8 Representative Michael Dolphin who served on the team of judges and addressed the group during the awards ceremonies.
Zone 8 Rep Michael Dolphin. Photo by Art Yuter.
So that’s just some of the highlights of our first-ever concours at Greystone. Gaze at the photographs throughout this and following issues of Porscherama.
The busy western courtyard. Photo by Art Yuter.
Judges at work. Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
Enthusiastic judging. Photo by Art Yuter.
The main courtyard. Photo by Stasis Petravicius.
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Platter close-up. Photo by Art Yuter.
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Speedsters everywhere you turned. Photo by Jacqueline Shubitowski.
Early morning set up in the main courtyard. Photo by Carole Pollock.
Morning view of the western courtyard. Photo by Carole Pollock.
Central courtyard, ready to go. Photo by Art Yuter.
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