Vol. II No. 7 AUGUST 1982
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Board Of Directors PRESIDENT Judd B0yki n ............... days 419-3875 eves 788-4182 VICE PRESIDENT John Fels ................. eves 476-4755 SECRETARY Carmella Tellez ........... eves 362-3801 TREASURER Brent Morrow .............. days 451-7478 eves 823-1690 ACT I V I T I E S Sam Wang ............. eves (714) 831-3799 TECH Doug Anderson ............. days 738-9518 eves 912-2356 MEMBERSHIP Bob H0usman ............... eves 990-2869 EDITORS Connie Fern ............... days 398-2217 Lark Nakazaki ............. eves 398-1963 Ken Bal 1 ard ............... days 824-5503 PCA ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE Mike Springer ............ (714) 847-7598
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3 Well, the Parade in Reno is history
now and so is the proposed L.A. Parade for ]984. Going up to Reno to present our bid, all involved thought we had a very good, competitive pack-
age. We still feel it would have been an exciting week, but if you are planning for 1984, get ready
for Chicago--actually Wisconsin. The Chicago Region will be hosting
Congratulations to the following Los
An.~eles Re~on members for their outstanding accomplishments at the REliC PARADE:
nov~er WinS - Class & Division Winner/Concours Tom & Jsune Chang - Class Winner/ Concours
the Parade in Wisconsin.
Vern & Ada Covert - 3rd in Class/
All I can say is "sorry"--maybe ’85. If you were attending the Reno Parade for a vacation instead of submitting a Parade bid, you would have had an enjoyable week. All things considered we had a good time so if you haven’t attended one yet, consider it for the future.
Ken Ito - 3rd in Class/Contours Dou.~ Anderson - ist in Class/Autocrosse; 7th in class/Tech Ouiz John Williamson - 2nd in Class!Tech Quiz Other Zone 8 members takin~ home tromhies were: Mike and Georgia Springer (OCR) Class & Division winners/Concours; Ron & Susan Armour Class & Division Winners/Contours; Tom Gougd Jr. & St. (OCR) Overall Rally winners and Lars and Beverly Frhom (OCR) ist in SOP class Rally. As Ken Ito predicted in his article the major competition in the Concours was mrovided by the Zone 8 cars
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I want to thank you all for your support of the new regional dues. If this was not a necessity, we would
not have considered it.
One impor-
tant thing to keep in mind is that we are a non-profit organization and
if there is an abundance in the treasury, we definitely will be looking for ways to return the money to you through reduced entry fees or the like Your support is important though, for without it we won’t continue to exist. Think about
running for a position on the Board of Directors next year The slots available for nominations should be
President, Vice President, Secretary, Membership and Activities Directors. Come out and participate. See you in Monterey. ~-~
Three of the five eligible for the
Manhattan Trophy were from the Zone 8
Region,
Special thanks this month to Doug Dana and Carmella Tellez for their articles. This is a first for Doug and we hope he will become a frequent contributor. PHOTO CREDITS go to Doug Anderson, Judd Boykin, John Willia]]]son and Lark Nakazaki. Production Staff: Peggy and Bil! Watkins and Coralee Ellison.
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MID-SUMMER MEMBERSHIP MADNESS Well, we didn’t make it’. The Parade for 1984 will be hosted by Chicago Region. That will make two midwest Parades in a row --with 1983 being hosted by Kansas City Region. Now the fact that the majority of the National Board hails from east of the Rockies probably doesn’t have as much to do with those choices as does the fact that I just didn’t sell our ideas well enough. I apologize to PCA/LA for not bringing the Parade to L.A. for 1984. But, our idea’s must have been sound since there is now talk of putting in a bid for the 1985 Parade as a Zone 8 collective effort using the basics that we proposed for 1984. Best of luck to whoever puts it
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69 Sil~er 911T While we were all having a "good time" at the Reno Parade, we still have new members joing our ranks. Also, as of this writing, approximately 60% of our L.A. members have chosen to remain active by sending in their regional dues. The other 40% I’m sure are opening their checkbooks right now to help out the old region. Welcome to new members this month’.~
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Vern Covert talking over old times with Chuck Stoddard. Vern and Adaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 904/6 Turbo took 3rd in Class at the Concours. The Coverts (20 year members will be featured in a future issue.
Roger Wing putting the finishing touches on his award winning (Qlass and Division) soft-top Targa.
LA members relaxing and enjoying the cars and friends.
The Springers sleeping - dreaming of Manhattan Trophies. Their immaculate 924 was Class and Division winner, but no Manhattan this year.
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Doug receiving the checkered flag on the winning run. He was the only LA region member to trophy in the Autocross. Ah... to have a 914!!!!!!
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Terry McCormick in Doug’s car receiving last minute instructions from the grid personnel. This was her first speed event. Beware Doug, you may have opened Pandora’s box!!!
Carmela Tellez and Carla Dominguez in "Meekie" receiving out-time and instructions at Check-point 9. Working on the opposite side of the road at the In marker was our own Dusty Janes.
Judd Boykin/Connie Fern (the announcer couldn’t seem to get it straight - how could you expect the photographer to know). It’s Judd’s corner -14 pylons and he still didn’t get the top pylon award!).
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15 June 1982 Dear Friends, About 18 months ago at the Presidenhs and Editorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Meeting in Apple Valley, I suggested that we bo[row a good idea from the 356 Registry and make up our own Zone 8 Crisis Directory, (a Zone 8 directory of assistance available from other PCA members) to include the addresse~ and services (including coffee and chat, to overnight lodging, directions to the best local Porsche garage, tools, parking -- whatever you feel you wish to offer) around our Zone. For various reasons, the Directory never got beyond the initial stages (questionnaire and permission to copy the idea from the Registry) until now. This is an opportunity to provide assistance to fellow PCA members with a problem as well as make new friends. Enclosed please find a copy of the Questionnaire. We are requesting that each Region in the Zone print it in their newsletter or otherwise diseminate it to the membership in their Region so that the members can fill it Out (if they so desire), and return it to me at the below address to be compiled into our Zone 8 Crisis Directory and s~nt out to those who wish a copy. This will be put on a computer so that it can be completely updated and reprinted from time to time, every few years or so, possibly with an update to be sent to Editors to be published in the newsletters for pen and pencil changes once or twice a year. The completed Questionnaires should be sent to: Lis Stanton 4087 Montoya Ave. Las Vegas, Nevada
89120
Although the price has as yet been Undetermined, I think it will be in the neighborhood of $5.00 - $7.50 to defray the printing and mailing costs. It ie hoped that we will be able to provide the initial contributors with a "free" copy for their contribution, but our cost Ray have to be charged. I hope you will give this project your fullest support and with any luck we will be able to get our OWn Zone 8 Crisis Directory out to the membership within a few months. Very truly yours~
CRISIS
DIRECTORY QUESTIONNAIRE
Sourtcsy of the 356 REGISTRY
Jerry Fevser
Thls quest~onnaire’s purpose Js to compile a reference listzng of Zone R PCA members who wJlllng (and able) to offer fellow members the followino: ])
Mechanical assistance if they suffer a Porsche breakdown whi]e tourin~
2) Touring, services or activities information for their own "home" area 3) Coffee and Conversation -- a friendly rest break with congenial people Participants will be identified ONLY by telephone number and location by city. state and z~p code. No names or addresses ~Ii be listed. (Name & address info requested on the questi~n-nalre for filing and mailing only.) A coded entry will accompany each listing specifying the forms of assistance a participatinq PCA member is offering, as well as his or her Porsche inter~t.s. In..t~e interest of fairness, copies of this reference will only be made available ~o persons who have contributed thief own listing to it. A couple of notes of caution and/or requests for cooperation -- First. this assistance reference can only work if it is NOT ABUSED!! Calling other contributors to bum cheap or free parts freeloading a night’s lodging in a non-emergency situation, or calling a contributor to request assistance which that person is not ON RECORD as offering will likely "turn off" the imposedupon person to future participation, and may easily ruin a positive program for everyone. Second prior to checking boxes on the questionnaire itself,THINK!! Depending, of course, on the assistance you offer, you may get a phone call a 4 a.m. Sunday during a freak June rainstorm from someone whose electrical system has died 20 miles out of town, and you may be the only listing within I0 miles. If for example you’ve listed repair space and overnight shelter, you will probably have a dead Porsche and a wet tired person or two at your door within the next hour or so. IF YOU REALLY AREN’T PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY, DON’T OFFER THE ASSISTANCE! SOMEONE, SOMETIME IS GOING TO ASK! NOTE: Please offer only assistance you are realistically prepared to offer over an extended ~yeriod time. /19n /__/91~ /__191h_I192h I_/~8 /__/~30/__/Other PE c~:of /__I:~5~ (specify) CODE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE -- REPAIRS ~__/ A ~_/ P ~_/ OL ~_/ CR // UR // SS ~_/ LT ~_/ HT ~ TA i0 ~_/ TA 25 // TA 50 ~/ TVO ~_/ TVB // TVT // RPI
Assistance with repairs Some parts on hand (don’t expect gifts) Overnight lodging (ONE night) Covered or inside repair space Unsheltered repair space Secure storage (72 hours maximum) Light hand and power tools (wrenches drill, etc.) Heavy tools (Floor jack, compressor, press etc.) Travel to assist up to 10 miles Travel to assist.up to 25 miles Travel to assist 50 miles or more Towing vehicle only Towing vehicle with suitable tow bar Towing vehicle with trailer or truck Up-to-date repair sho~ and/or parts availability info TYPE OF ASSISTANCE -- SERVICES AND INTERESTS
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Coffee and conversation Services info -- medical, dental etc. Touring info -- loding, restaurants, points of interest, routes Activities info -- local PCA events, etc. Bilingual/multilingual (please list native language first, ie i, 2, 3) ~_/ E-English ~_/ G-German // J-Japanese // F-French ~_/ I-Italian ~_/ S-Spanish ~_/ O-Other (please state) Concours preparation/participation Restoration Social Touring Competitive racing Vintage racing Autocross/timetrial/hillclimb NAME ADDRESS (Street & No.) CITY STATE & ZIP CODE TELEPHONE NO.
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Sacramento, CA 95823, 916-392-7318 356, 915 A, P, OL, UR, LT, HT, TA 25 RPI/CC, TI, AI, S. T, VR
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In more ways than one, August will be a HOT month for PCA/LA~ August 1 was the date of the Annual Porsche-Corvette Challenge Slalom in San Diego. The ’vette people did us in the first two years. I hope I’II have a nicer report for next month’s column, Saturday, the 7th, will see our own Swap Meet. Held at Max Dial Porsche Audi, 817 No. LaBrea, Inglewood. This will be one of those ever-convenient opportunities to find that elusive passenger-assist handle or original A-Model hood handle while getting rid of your 3rd set of steel-magnesium 904 race wheels. Sellers at 7:15 a.m. and buyers at 8:00 a.m.
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San Diego Region comes up August 15th with their version of the Zone 8 Concours. Though it could hardly compare with L.A. Regions effort, San Diego’s event always has been spectular. I guess there are a lot of beautifully clean cars around San Diego that we don’t get to see unless we catch their show~ Really, tho, it’s a neat show. See elsewhere for full details of site and time. The next weekend, actually covering Friday-Sunday, August 20-22, is perhaps the biggest Porsche affair of the year. The Historic Auto Races at Laguna Seca will be honoring Porsche as the Marque of the Year. This should bring PCAers and their cars out by droves (yes, most will drive, some will be driven). Anyway, reservations in Carmel and Salinas will be filled up, but I’m sure there’s always a way to find a room. Call me (714) 831-3799 evenings if you need to make such a connection. Don’t forget the PCA/LA Board of Directors’ meeting, set for Wed., August 4th. Also, the membership meeting for August will be a New Member meeting and will be moved up a week, to Thursday, August 12th so as to avoid conflict with the Monterey weekend (above).
This is to inform all Porsche owners that STEVE TAUB PORSCHE-AUDI parts and accessories department is now open for your convenience on Saturday between the hours of 9am. and 4pm. see us soon. Steve Taub Porsche-Audi 1020 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, Ca. (213) 393-9922
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Lastly, plan on Saturday, September llth for the famous (infamous?) 911 Rally (check the date again). It’ll be a simple, non-Zone 8 instructional rally and picnic that will begin in Santa Monica and (probably) end up somewhere hot. Stay tuned--see you everywhere~
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Reno would be my second Porsche Parade, and I had been patiently waiting for that one week in June since Portland ’80. Well the time was drawing near and Meekie 2 needed a tune-up badly. Meekie 2 is my 1973½ 911T Targo Coupe --Meekie l was my 1978 black 924 Well, Meekie was running and sounding terrible and was going through gas and oil like they were water. So in the last week of April I took the 911 to my good friend, Jose Ochoa. Jose had just started his own business with a friend of his, David Mann. I met Jose back in ’78 when I joined PCA. He was my first instructor in Time Trials, and we both survived nicely. If he could trust his life with me behind the wheel, I sure could trust him to fix Meekie. We won’t mention that Jose happens to be a fine mechanic° Well, back to the story. I left the car with Jose and Dave knowing all would be well in a couple of days. When Jose called back a few days later I was totally unprepared for his statements. "A tune-up isn’t going to help--it’s time to rebuild the engine~" I knew the car was sick, but that sick?~ This was a big operation, intensive care stuff, BIG BUCKShOt! Goodbye Reno! I told Jose I would call him back in lO minutes--I needed the time to cry. What to do? Fix the car (was it worth it?), sell it, or perhaps trade it in (heavens, what am I saying?). When I called Jose back he told me his olan and said not to worry--we could work something out. He had such a way of making me feel that everything would turn out OoK. So he began taking out the engine the first of May. During this time I had a nice talk with the MOM and POP Loan Agency, and got
prompt courteous service. They knew I would be unhappy without the 911 and were more than willing to help out in any way. My sister offered the use of her truck while Meekie was in the hospital, my nephew came to call Jose and Dave doctors, and my friends offered much needed moral support, although their response was "SELL ITS" They have grown used to my "crazy" behavior about my car. Jose called back after the engine was out and said he thought we could get by with the pistons and, thus, all was done except for that. However, the rings failed to seal and the engine was taken out a second time and the rings replaced. Again, the rings did not seal, and Jose called to tell me that the pistons would have to be replaced after alI--HEADACHE$~ "Go ahead." So the engine was taken out for the third time. I was getting nervous-the engine was out on June 14th and I had planned to leave for Reno June 19th. Jose and Dave kept reassuring me that I would make my departure date and the car would be running fine. On Thursday, June 17th, the engine was in the car--thanks to Jose and Dave who put in extra long hours to get it done. I picked up the car on Friday afternoon with a terrible cold and left Saturday for Reno--right on time. Tracy Nakazaki, in his beautiful 914-6 was my travelling partner and we began our slow trip north. The trip was great--except for the parking lot accident to the 914 and a little overheating outside of Sacramento, the car ran beautifully. We rolled into Reno at 6:00 p.m. that evening. Jose was flying in the next day and I couldn’t wait to tell him how great the car ran, felt, and sounded. (con’t on pg.15)
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RENO PARADE RALLY NOTES FROM THE INSTANT RALLYIST (JUST ADD BEER) SUBTITLED:
CF:
Of course. In the middle of a dark New England night I once set a rally course so devious that every Sunbeam Alpine produced by the factory in 1960 was lost for a week°
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Perfect. I too am a seasoned vet of "Rally Wars." ! once ran a Tom Gould OCR rally by myself in John Williamson’s Rabbit race car and became so mired in Newport Beach that I headed directly (Do Not Pass Go) to Shakey’s Pizza (the rally end).
PLEASE CHECK ME INTO THE SIERRA CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, FAST~
~t,~. DOUr. D~h’~ Most rallies don’t begin over a banquet dinner, but for the "Instant Rallyist" (hereafter referred to as IR), this one did. IR found himself seated at another (usually) interminably boring banquet dinner. The dinner company soon revealed itself to be anything but boring. Judd Boykin and Nicki Tonius conducted the group wine-tasting, Aside from the usual bouquet, color and palate criteria were such new techniques as sampling the vintage from the tablecloth rather than a glass. Tom Marx revealed an encyclopedic knowledge of femme fatale film stars over the vigorous nomination of our able President’s favorite (ed. censored). Dustin Janes proved hardy enough to withstand the author!s feeble conversational efforts. Chris and Jim Nielsen provided the balance of class and restraint required by the rest of our activities. Brent and Georgette Morrow were terrific dining companions except that they ordered the only carafe of white amongst a veritable sea of red, thereby totally bamboozling the hapless waitress and ruining the service for the rest of the evening, Enter our innocent heroine, Connie Fern. Heard amidst her otherwise impeccable conversation was the following exchange" IR: CF: IR:
Say Connie, I hear you are needing a rally ride tomorrow? Why yes I am. Settled. I hereby bestow upon you the dubious honor of accompanying the IR on said Parade Rally. Have you any navigational experience??
CF: IR:
Oh. (Pause and gulp.) out-time?? 7:48 a.m.
CF: Ugh. (end of conversation) lessons began.
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And so rally
7:45 a.m., next morning--Overhead was the following: "We should have at least read the "Generals." 7:46 a.mo--"What’s WWV?" 7:47 a.m.--"What’s a note?" 7:48 a.m.--"Faster, IR. We’re late~ At 7:48½, our team found out the next interesting fact. Old, thrashed 356 speedometers aren’t very accurate. Let’s see. I/lO of a mile error over II.27 mi = a cosine tangential of the distance from the Truckee River to Sparks, squared. O.K., next!! This rally had 9 legs and a duration of 8 or 9 hours. The dynamic duo found themsleves with respectable beginner’s error on the Ist two legs (gross ignorance is bliss~), despite our first empty~ubdivision (finished streets, no homes) and a local sheriff eyeing us suspicously. Honest, officer we don’t usually drive in circles. (con’t on pg.15)
($250.00 Tune-up con’t)
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Reno was just as exciting, if not more, than Portland. We enjoyed the Parade of Porsches (imagine being in a 3.8 mile long line of Porsches going through the streets of Reno), the banquets and Harrahs, the rallys, even if Carla and I came in 34 out of 40 in navigational, the view of Lake Tahoe and the Truckee River were fantastic, and all the other events and new friends we made while we were there,
Now settling in for the duration, we enjoyed scenic mountain vistas, an all-too-brief visit to Virginia City (period-piece buildings and Comstock Lode history) and the panicky feeling of seeiqg Tom Gould, Sr. and Jr. and their healthy 356 looming in the rearview mirror. Knowing the Gould’s considerable rally skills and also knowing they left after we did made the driver put his foot down and set the navigator off in search of something calming. What we found calming were little yellow parade signs with "G’s" on them. "G"--GOOF~’ (By the way, the Gould’s placed Ist overall.)
The trip home was just as smooth. We stopped off in Lake Tahoe to see the Ponderosa Ranch and !et my 4 year old nephew, Jay, p!ay cowboys and Indians. I have 1400 miles on the new engine and its running great, and it doesn’t leak, and l’m so happy. I don’t think I’II ever be able to express how grateful I am to Jose and Dave for all their patience with me and for doing a "hell of a good job" on Meekie--THANKS DOCTORS JOSE AND DAVE!’’ Carmela Tellez
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Oh no, here comes the sticker lady. Off and on-course controls dispensed little stickums of various colors. More migraine. Ahh, finally. Eureka. Sierra Conval-. ascent Center (an unused note) looms on the horizon. No one answered IR’s plea for help by checking him into the Center, so we responded by attempting a head-on collision with Vern Covert and Jose Ochoa in Vern’s funny little foreign car (a 906) in another subdivision (with houses this time). By the way, Vern and Jose were on-course. We were off-course. Also spent a pleasant lunch with V & J at North Tahoe Regional Park. Fed the wildlife and took a quick rally-terms lesson with V & J. If you have never seen Lake Tahoe, quit your job and go immediatel~. Pristine. The more we knew, the worse we got. And the longer the rally wore on, the more fun we had. IR heartily recommends Connie as rally campanion. IR also recommends rallying to those who haven’t tried it as a way to add some grey hairs, use some grey matter, see some new and gorgeous scenery and i ndulge in one of my favorite pas ti mes-- Por sche- Pushi ng.
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PCA/LA BOARD MEETING JUNE 2, 1982 Meeting called to order at 7:50 p.m. by Judd Boykin. Persons in attendance: Bob Housman, Sam Wang, Doug Anderson, Connie Fern, Brent Morrow, Judd Boykin. Bob Housman, Membership & Parade Committee--Bob presented the 1984 Porsche Parade bid to the Board. All agreed that if proposal accepted Bob will survive; if not he will be shot. No membership discussion, Sam Wang, Activities--Gimmack Rally being planned by Sam and Judd for 9/11/82. Swap Meet planned for 8/14/82 at Max Dial Porsche-Audi. Judd to speak to Chauncy about chairing event. Bob Housman to coordinate parade to the Reno Parade. 4-Club Time Trial discussed--event proceeding smoothly--sponsorship of dash plaques by Vasek Polak and possibility of trophies by National Performance Center.
July Membership Meeting--Sam Wang to arrange for Vasek Polak P/A as location. Bob Housman and Brent Morrow to coordinate dinner of beer and bratwurst. Judd Boykin, President--Christmas Party-Board to chair event, assignments to be split up among members. Judd Boykin to coordinate and arrange for room. Possible location is Lobster House, Marina del Rey for brunch on 12/12/82. Nominations for next year’s Board and replaceemtn for Lark Nakasaki on newsletter discussed. Respectfully submitted,
Judd Boykin President
Doug Anderson, Technical--Doug to plan tech meeting between July 19 and 30 at Redline. Connie Fern, Newsletter--Articles are due now. The new printer is going to be cheaper. We need feature articl es. Brent Morrow, Treasurer--No problems at present. Money due from POC any t i me.
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