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Voice of the Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America

Volume 23 Issue 4, May 2020

This Issue Improve a Special Edition?, Quiz, Tech Corner, Pedro’s Garage, Ruby’s Reunion, Cars & Covid19

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CREDITS :- Steve Peers, Wyman Lee, Rick Barnes, Ron Dempsey, Skip Foss and Steve Fairbrother. If we have omitted anyone, our apologies, please advise us and we shall credit you next month.

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THIS MONTH’S CONTENTS VIR EXECUTIVE

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EXECUTIVE COMMENT

7

IMPROVE A SPECIAL EDITION?

9

VICE PRESIDENT’S NEWS

15

PORSCHE QUIZ

18

TECH CORNER

19

CARS & COFFEE

23

CARS & COFFEE & COVID19

25

PEDRO’S GARAGE

27

SIR STIRLING MOSS

31

QUIZ ANSWERS

32

RUBY’S REUNION

33

DISCOUNTS & USEFUL WEB SITES

39

CLUB CLASSIFIEDS

40

AROUND THE BEND

41

GOODIE STORE

43 Cover Image Steve Peer’s 911

Carrera S on Mayne Island Photograph by Steve Peers VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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President Tim Evans president@virpca.org

Vice President Garth Webber Atkins vicepresident@virpca.org

Secretary Ross Mosher secretary@virpca.org

Treasurer Trevor Ross treasurer@virpca.org

Director—North Island Wendy Woodley northisland@virpca.org

Director—Mid Island Dan Bourlet midisland@virpca.org

Director—South Island Imogen Burr southisland@virpca.org

Newsletter Chair Steve Fairbrother newsletter@virpca.org

Webmaster Chair Dave Nickel webmaster@virpca.org

Competition Chair Dean Aikenhead competition@virpca.org

Rally Chair Klaus Kreye rally@virpca.org

Membership Chair Dan Schuetze membership@virpca.org

Tech (Classics) Chair Paul Rossmo paul.rossmo@prhistorics.com

Past President John McGurran pastpresident@virpca.org

VIR Business meetings are normally held on the 2nd week of every month, refer to “Around The Bend” for dates and places. Meeting minutes are available upon request from the VIR Secretary VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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nfortunately, not much has changed from last month as we continue to stay home and avoid gatherings.

However, we are hearing that those advisories may be relaxed somewhat and maybe even to the point of being able to hold drives with physical distancing.

We just have to wait and see what happens.

We have cancelled all events up to the end of May and suspended all registration for events after May. We will decide on June events at our next Executive meeting on May 14th which is being held on Zoom. Following this meeting, an update will be communicated via email, Facebook, and the website.

ready begun planning for our 25th anniversary celebrations in 2021. A few of you have come up with some great ideas for events and venues, so please continue to send ideas for events in. With what we are going through now, we need to look forward to a fun 2021.

The Porsche Club of America, Vancouver Island Region takes seriously the COVID-19 pandemic. On behalf of the Executive, we wish you all the best during this difficult time and our thoughts go out to all those that have been affected by this unprecedented event. We know we will get through this and be able to get back together soon.

Thanks to all who are submitting articles for the Porscher and posting on Facebook. In Take care. times like this, these are ways we can keep in touch and see what our members are doing with their cars and passing the time. Is Tim Evans anyone else tuning in to all the sim racing President that has replaced the real thing? It’s not quite the same, but it is interesting to watch.

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too, like many VIR members that had registered for Black Rock was sad that it was cancelled last month, but it was absolutely the right thing to do in the circumstances and “better safe than sorry!”.

However, there is great news in that Dan Bourlet has secured a 2021 date with the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort so that we can hold the event next year AND it will be our 25th Club anniversary, so that will be one “humdinger” of an event for sure!! Please mark your calendars for Thursday May 20th to Sunday May 23rd 2021 and we’ll let you know when the MotorsportReg.com page is open for registrations.

Steve Fairbrother Editor VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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Membership Report April 1st 2020

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ancouver Island Region has 564 members. We have 346 primary members and 218 affiliate or family members. PCA has 87,158 primary members, 47,8106 affiliate members and 17 life members for a total of 134,981 members.

Member

Co-Member

Location / From

Vehicle(s)

Glenn Rising

Janis Rising

Lone Star

2010 911 Carrera and

2015 Macan S Renewals: Non-renewals: Transfer out:

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Anniversaries in March – Congratulations!

35 Years

Dave Morman

15 Years

Dave Proctor, Janine Martin

10 Years

Rick Collopy, Gayle Collopy, William Johnson, Donna Johnson

5 Years

Lee Odgers, Peter Brennan, Lily Brennan

One Year

Gary Sundberg, Wayne Krawchuk, Sean Krawchuk, Ann Marie Barnhill

Dan Schuetze

Membership Chair

Are you moving, changed email or bought a new model?

Please contact the PCA national office at www.pca.org to update your information e.g. address, phone, email, car model etc.

PCA Test Drive Do you know someone with Porsche ownership intentions or aspirations? Tell them about the PCA Test Drive program. For US $40 they get 6 months access to PANORAMA and defined access to browse the online PCA Mart to find their Porsche.

Contact membership@virpca.org for details VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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Rick Barnes of the Wild Rose region has provided us with this article. Thanks to him, and to Dan Bourlet for suggesting it.

Having spent the last two winters working on classic North American cars (my 1964 Malibu SS in 2017 & a neighbour’s 1963 Corvette Stingray Roadster in 2018), I was overdue to indulge my DIY affliction and work on a German sports car.

In February of 2019 I was very fortunate to locate & purchase a 2011 Boxster Spyder in excellent condition from Miles @ Porsche Centre Calgary. I have had a soft spot for this light

weight version of the 2nd generation Boxster since its launch in 2011.

I also like the First Gen. 40th Anniversary Jahre Edition, however I’ve yet to find one in good enough condition and/or close enough proximity to consider acquiring.

The Spyder has turned out to be THE best handling Porsche I’ve ever owned or driven and its’ now infamously polarizing manual roof (a.k.a. sun shade) hasn’t taken anything away from the driving experience. It is a mechanical masterpiece making great sounds while providing excellent feedback and minimal electronic intervention.

So why then should I think I could make an improvement to this already outstanding sports car? The truth is I have always enjoyed tinkering with my cars (& bikes) and the breadth & depth of aftermarket pieces for most every Porsche is impressive.

(FYI: Elaine still rolls her eyes & says “why do you insist on messing with a perfectly good car” every time I mention my latest tinkering intentions).

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When you consider the balance most car manufactures must strike between performance vs. affordability it’s not too hard to recognize that certain specially engineered pieces can unlock additional performance from an already well designed vehicle.

One such specialty vendor is IPD (Innovative Pro Design) who design & manufacture high flow intake plenums for Porsche motors.

Their plenums are designed to mitigate back pressure in the intake track by better managing the air flow to both cylinder banks. Their design/s are sufficiently more effective as to accommodate larger throttle bodies than what’s regularly installed on stock designs.

A larger throttle body permits more air to enter the plenum. More air moving over the Mass Air Flow sensor tells the ECU to allow more fuel to be injected into the motor. That incremental combination equates to more power! IPD’s designs are dynamometer tested and proven to unlock as much as 35 hp. & 40 lb/ft. of torque depending on which vehicle & engine configuration you’re working with.

In the case of my Spyder, 20 hp. & 18 lb/ft. approx. 6% more power. ((20 hp / 320 hp.) * 100) = 6.25% Though 6% might not sound like much, consider this, the Spyder is approx. 6% lighter than a Boxster S of the same year and as such the two cars are perceptibly different to drive. SpeIPD’s plenum snorkel and throttle body kit

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cifically, the Spyder is notably quicker and obviously nimbler. Numerous magazine road tests have also proven this out.

So the prospect of adding an additional 6% power advantage (through intake efficiency) resonated in my techie brain as a great little project, and was all the justification I needed to pull the trigger and purchase the plenum kit ($$). The fact it is a “relatively” simple modification was icing on the cake!

The kit was ordered and anticipation mounted as I waited for UPS to knock on our door.

As this would be my first work (of any kind) on a Porsche Boxster I prepped as much of the car ahead of time as was practical!

Once I removed the engine cover, it was apparent that Porsche engineers are not only brilliant at designing great sports cars, they are also very good at design packaging (a.k.a. using every available space to place components or accessories). I immediately increased my estimate of how much time I would need to perform the conversion and the required number of bandages for my knuckles.

Note: even though you can see the top of the Boxster’s motor when the cover is off, there is precious little additional room vs. a 911 engine bay.

In spite of the tight quarters, removal of the stock plenum, throttle body and air box snorkel was straight forward with no problems encountered or created!

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Stock plenum & throttle body removed New equipment installation could begin.

The installation notes state that “all pieces will fit if care is taken” in aligning each piece and following the installation sequence. I elected to ignore two steps, #1: I did not remove the shifter cable that routes directly over top of the plenum and #2: I did not bend the body tab at the rear of the engine bay used to secure the engine cover.

Those decisions slowed installation but patience saw the new pieces found their intended positions & alignment.

Note: one additional step (not listed in the install notes) involved grinding a 1/4” off the bolt head that secures the rear of the alternator to the motor. Without this modification the plenum would not sit down sufficiently to align its elliptical shaped outlet ports to the intake manifold inlet ports.

IMPORTANT POINT: I can’t overstate this, due to the high precision fit of each component there is NO allowance for the slightest misalignment.

The final step in the conversion was to initiate an ECU recalibration to recognize the new (larger - 82 mm) throttle body. This was accomplished by turning the ignition key to the power on position and waiting for 60 seconds, then pressing the accelerator pedal to the floor and releasing it. Finally turn the ignition off and remove the key. Installation complete, except to drive the car in spirited fashion for 50 kms. allowing the ECU to create a reVANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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vised Air/Fuel map incorporating the increased air flow capability of the new plenum & throttle body.

Given our weather throughout Nov. the driving step will have to take place in spring 2020.

The total time taken for this project was approx. 4½ hrs, It would have been longer without help from a good friend (and fellow WRR member) Larry Stadnick.

Look forward to seeing you on the road this Spring in your favourite Porsche! You know which one I’ll be driving.

Installed IPD kit

Rick Barnes Wild Rose Region member VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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This Porsche 1500 was on display at Porsche Centre Victoria in early March.

A beautiful example of the Porsche marque.

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I hope members are all keeping well and

86% were “satisfied” or “very satis-

safe. I myself am mostly at home, working

fied” with the provision of monthly

on household projects or gardening. On a

Director and Chair reports in Por-

few of my errand runs, though, I noticed

scher as a means to keep members

quite a few Porsches out enjoying the sun-

apprised of the ongoing business

shine. There have been a lot of good days for

matters of the club.

a drive.

14% of respondents would always or usually

attend

monthly

members

Last month, the Executive conducted a sur-

meetings, though 60% said they

vey of members to get feedback on what

would rarely or never attend.

you would like to see in an updated club

The types of monthly member meet-

website, as well as your thoughts on other

ings that would be of greatest inter-

aspects of club communications. Thank you

est to respondents are tech talks, or

to the 45 members who responded. It is not

member presentations of their Por-

a large sample, but there is enough pattern

sche or travel experiences.

in the responses, and similarity to feedback

Members had some great ideas for cele-

received on related questions in the 2018

brating our 25th anniversary next year, in-

member survey to draw some conclusions

cluding parties, driving tours, commemo-

about preferences. There is also good align-

rative items, and a variety of gatherings.

ment with the needs identified by the Executive team earlier this year.

The full results are posted on the VIR website under About Us/Governance.

Some highlights of the compiled survey responses are:

The feedback on the web site has been passed to the web update team, which com-

In respect of the website, members would pletes the input stage of that project. The

like more current information, a simpler, team is now designing a new structure and clearer list of upcoming events, a mem- content proposal for consideration by the bers-only forum, and classified ads.

Executive.

For club communications: 86% of respondents think the current The feedback on communications will be level and frequency of communica- considered by the Executive to determine tion about club events and news is what actions are needed, and the feedback “just right”.

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passed to the planning committee being formed. There is clearly a lot of interest in having

a special year next year, so if you would like to help make that happen, please contact VIR President Tim Evans at president@virpca.org .

Thanks again to all who participated in the survey. It really helps the Executive to hear from you, so we know how best to enhance your Porsche experience. Of course, you don’t need to wait for a survey.

Usually you can feel free to collar us at an event, but in the meantime, our e-mails are all on the website.

Take care, and happy driving!

Garth Webber Atkins Vice President

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1. Porsche Motorsport developed the Le Mans conquering Porsche 956 (below) as a replacement for the Porsche 935 which had been long in service. The 956 proved competitive and victorious in European Racing series at the time of introduction. However, it wasn’t eligible to compete in the North American IMSA race series.

What was the primary reason for that?

2. Niki Lauda was a hugely influential motor racing driver. He became a 3 time Formula One world champion, he survived a devastating 1976 accident at the German Grand Prix, he founded his own airline and piloted many of them and eventually became team advisor for the current Mercedes Benz F1 team. Niki died of complications from his 1976 accident shortly before the Monaco GP in 2019. Niki drove Porsches competitively in his early career. What were the first 2 Porsches he independently purchased and drove?

3. What is this?

John Clark VIR Member

Answers on page 32 VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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Dry sump continued……

The use of a dry sump carried through into the I’d first like to voice my appreciation to all 911 (901) with an engine the front line workers putting themselves at designed by the legendrisk to keep us safe. While you are contrib- ary Hans Mezger. uting to the solution, the best many of us can do for our part is to take the steps needed to One of the great attribnot increase the problem. Thank you all. utes of owning a Porsche was whatever worked on DRY SUMP the race track usually found its way into Porsche first utilized this design in 1953 with their production cars. the introduction of the Type 547 engine designed by Ernst Fuhrmann.

Referring back to part one of this article we established an engine requires an uninter-

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rupted supply of clean, cooled oil.

tional wet sump engine. The oil can thus be very effectively cooled before being reused to lubricate the engine.

The Porsche dry sump addresses this with both a pressure pump to force lubrication and a scavenge pump to remove the oil from the engine to a large separate tank with full flow filtration and single or multiple oil coolers.

The 911 system provides a number of warning and metering gauges for the owner which are not intuitive to those with no experience with dry sump engines.

Let's look at this criteria individually.

The Oil Pressure (Druck Press) gauge.

A. Uninterrupted supply - The 911 Dry Sump system holds the oil not in the bottom of the engine, but in a seperate tank located in the right rear fender. This tank is tall and narrow and with the oil pickup located at the bottom of the tank, there is no possibility of starving the pickup of oil during extreme acceleration, braking or cornering.

B. Clean oil is accomplished through full flow filtration.

C. Cooling of the oil is accomplished in several ways. There is an oil cooler on the rear of the engine which is fed air from the same fan that cools the cylinders. In addition there is the option of additional oil cooling through a loop leading to the front wheel housing or on some models below in the nose. Although we call these Porsche’s “Air-Cooled” a great deal of the engine cooling is provided by the oil. The dry sump system allows the engine to circulate almost a case of oil, much more than could be accommodated by a tradiVANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

The oil pumps are driven by a layshaft which instantly responds to engine RPM. For this reason it is normal for the pressure to show very low at idle then rise immediately with engine RPM. There is also a low oil pressure warning light, (I will point out that I have never seen an oil failure on a 911, but lots of defective switches. Thankfully they are easy to change and inexpensive.)

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Oil Temperature gauge.

It is intended that the driver can know the oil level while driving without pulling over and physically checking the oil level by pulling the dipstick from the dry sump tank. (When returning the dipstick to the tank, be sure it is located in the holder or it will just disappear into the tank… not plan A) There is a float sensor located in the top of the dry sump tank which measures the top litre of oil, then mirrors the dipstick level and It is critical that 911 owners pay attention to sends the signal to the gauge. this gauge. When the engine is first started the oil is cold and too thick to provide the lu- *NOTE* The criteria for reading this gauge is brication the engine needs to operate at the same as if you physically check your oil level with the dipstick. When the car is fully high RPM’s. up to temperature, on a level surface and 911 engines grow about 10mm wider as they idling the gauge will stabilize and give you a heat up, they need to be fully up to tempera- reading. When you are moving this gauge is ture before they are driven hard. Sodium meaningless and can be ignored. cooled valves also do not function properly Checking oil level in a dry sump system is the until brought up to temperature. exact opposite of a wet sump, the engine The oil has thermostats which open the cool- has to be hot, level and idling. I can’t tell you ing circuits as the oil heats up. It is key to how many times garage attendants would have the entire system up to temperature point out that the engine should be switched before driving the car hard. There is a lot of off to check oil. I also used to love filling up, oil held in the front cooling loops which at about 70 litres they’d start looking under needs to be integrated into the system be- the front of the car for fuel leaks...great fun. fore the temperature is fully stabilized.

The system is designed in such a way that the correct oil level is shown when the two Oil Level gauge pumps are operational at idle. The thermostats have to be open or the oil held in those loops will not be reflected on the stick. When the engine is shut off gravity takes over and the oil shows low, if you now top up the tank when you start the engine the scavenge pump will return all the oil that has been hiding and you will have a large mess on your hands. The engine holds so much oil my strategy was always to wait until the level gauge was reading fully in the red (when on a level surface, hot and idling). I would then This has to be the most widely misunder- pull the dipstick, check and top up as needed to be about half way up the dipstick. I never stood gauge on the 911.

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liked filling it to the top, as too much oil throughout the race seasons. came through the tank breather.

The opposed engine (aka Boxer) has many advantages including a very low centre of gravity. Without the need for a bulky wet sump the engine can be set even lower in the chassis. Some Porsche race cars would invert the gearbox which became the limiting factor, to get the engine even lower in the chassis.

The location of the sump tank was also flexible. On one of my 911’s I built in the 80’s I used a 935 style tank located in the front compartment where the gas heater was This has nothing to do with dry sumps….. I housed. This transferred the weight (pic)from just like looking at it. the rear of the car to the centre and also Porsche now uses what they describe as an held additional oil.

“Integrated Dry Sump” on most models but I’d discovered Aeroquip that year and ran retained a true dry sump on some GT cars the huge hoses right through the centre of and Twin Turbo’s. the car down the tunnel. There’s nothing like the sound of gurgling oil to augment the ex- The true dry sump was last featured on all 911’s in 1998. haust note of a carbureted flat 6.

I will note that a later 1988 Carrera which we Paul Rossmo endurance raced had a totally stock factory VIR Technical Chair oiling system which operated flawlessly

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here is always a Cars & Coffee meeting near you at weekends! Pop in, meet old friends and make plenty of new ones. You never know, VIR may even pay for your coffee occasionally too! Below are some photos from recent meetings, please feel free to send in yours, especially from Mid Island and North Island!

North Island 2nd Sat. of month, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza (next to Starbucks), 444 Lerwick Road, Courtenay Mid Island Sundays 10am, Serious Coffee, 9-1209 East, Island Hwy E, Parksville South Island Sundays 9am, Starbucks, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria (pictures by Wyman Lee) Instead of some Coffee & Cars photos, here are some pics of Wyman Lee’s die-cast collection that he sent in.

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For many VIR members the weekly (or monthly in the north) Cars & Coffee sessions are an essential part of PCA life…if not life in general. Whether it was at Starbucks at Eagle Creek or Crown Isle Plaza or at Serious Coffee in Parksville, we love our caffeine, our Porsche friends and car talk.

Come to think of it, my introduction to the club was through Cars & Coffee at Francelli’s in Royal Oak Plaza. That is where the south island group gathered before the move to Eagle Creek. In fact, I started to hang out there before I bought my first P-car! What a convivial group…but I digress.

cial restrictions may be loosened. What will this ‘new normal’ cars and coffee look like?

Well, probably not much different than before other than some may wear a mask and others may choose not to attend. I have seen some pretty creative mask designs but I have not seen any with a Porsche or PCA logo…yet.

So while we are waiting for club activities and events – including Cars & Coffee - to resume we have time to do that upgrade or repair to our Porsche(s) that we have been putting off. We have the opportunity to spend more time driving our Porsches…and the current price of gas provides a bit of a Covid-19 reared its ugly head and by mid- crazy incentive.

March most jurisdictions put in place prohibitions on social gatherings. PCA regions Here is something else you can do. Use the across North America cancelled scheduled VIR Facebook page to stay connected to the events and recommended against social club. Post photos of your car or your Porsche gatherings like cars and coffee. We are projects or where you have recently travabout a month into the prohibition and there elled. Use the Facebook page to tell us what are a lot of people whose Sunday or Satur- you are doing instead of Cars & Coffee. John day mornings are a lot different than before. Kuch from Port Alberni posted that his Sunday mornings include driving his 911 on the The impact of covid-19 on the economy and nearly deserted Tofino highway from Port our work and social lives is devastating in Alberni. Nice. many ways. In that light one might say that the absence cars and coffee is really just a Health officials tell us that some restrictions minor irritation. Not true. We are social crea- in BC may be lifted as early as mid-May. We tures and we reap great benefits being part do not know what they are or how they will of a group. That is partly why we join PCA in affect us but there’s the first place. Sports, concerts, movies, room for optimism. shopping, coffee with friends: the things that There are 564 members give us pleasure. Now we can’t do them. This in VIRPCA who are keen pandemic has turned our lives upside down. to resume social and Not good. driving events. Let us hope that the wait is not Thankfully, these prohibitions are temporary. too long.

If we do our best with social distancing and hand washing to limit the spread and if we John McGurran take steps protect those at high risk, then soVIR Past President VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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Worst Case Scenarios?

lock the car.

Unlock your car the You’re going on a trip and you need to leave old fashioned way, your Porsche parked at the airport (or any- using the key on the where else) for a couple of days. When you door.

Scenario 1:

If you see lights inside then your issue was the remote control’s battery-saving Standby Mode. If that’s the case, press the key button What to do? on your remote to reactivate the remote.

Before you panic, there are steps that you You are now good to go. come back you go to start it and the battery is completely dead. No problem, you think, you’ll call AAA and get them to come by and give you a jumpstart, but when they arrive you realize that you can’t open the front trunk because ... the car’s battery is dead!

can do now to prevent this from happening If you don’t see any lights on the inside you to you in the future (more about it later).

Scenario 2: You have an early Boxster or Carrera and you just laughed out loud from reading Scenario 1, because your car’s trunk is not electrically operated so that can’t happen to you.

What you may not know is that the cable used to unlatch the trunk in your car is prone to breaking at some point and you could end up with a limp latch and a closed trunk! If you have a Boxster your worries just doubled because you have two trunks.

probably have a dead battery and need to read on.

Porsche devised several ways of solving this situation for you, depending on the model year you have.

For the cars with electrically operated trunk lids (with a switch next to the driver’s doorsill) the easiest way to solve the problem is to recharge the battery a bit. You can use a 12 volt adapter connected to a donor battery through your cigarette lighter (12 volt) outlet.

Who’s laughing now?

Also, on the fuse box (driver’s footwell) there is a red emergency prong. Pull it out about ½ Before you panic, there are steps that you inch and attach the positive (red) clamp of can do now to prevent this from happening the jumper cable from the donor battery to its copper sides. The negative (black) clamp to you in the future (more about it later). of the battery’s jumper cable attaches onto the door latch striker (ground).

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Note: When you attach the negative black clamp of your jumper cable coming from your booster battery to the exposed door latch striker the car’s alarm will be triggered.

Turn the alarm off by locking and unlocking the car at the door lock.

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Depending on the condition of the car’s bat- So, where is this lifesaving cable? tery you may have to leave the connection in On US 986 and 996 cars, the front trunk’s caplace for up to 1 hour in order to get enough ble release is next to the right front charge to pop the trunk lid. (passenger’s side) headlight assembly. You’ll When recharging this way, make sure all of have to take out the headlight to find it. the electricals are turned off including lights, radio, radar detector, GPS, etc. This connection is only good enough to get the trunk lid open. DO NOT try to start the engine with this connection in place.

If the battery is completely dead and will not take a charge with the previous method, there’s an alternate way to open the trunk.

Boxsters (all of them), Caymans (all of them), and Carreras (from 1999 on) are equipped with an emergency release cable to open the trunk(s) in case you’re ever facing Scenario 1 or 2.

The problem is that the aforementioned emergency cable is not located in an easy position to reach it. The factory didn’t want to make it too easy for crooks to break into your trunks. This is not even mentioned in the Owner’s Manual.

On US 987, 997 and Caymans, the front trunk release cable is in the left (driver’s) wheel well so the left front tire needs to be removed as well as three plastic fasteners so that the wheel well liner can be pulled back.

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The rear trunk’s cable release for Boxsters is in the left rear (driver’s side) bumper, just under the left tail light.

But what does this cable look like?

It’s a shinny, steel-braided cable about 1/16 (0.06) inch in diameter with a loop on its end. (see right) My recommendation is that you reroute this cable (986/996) to a place that you can easily reach in case you’re ever faced with Scenario 2. Some people reroute the loop to the car’s tow hook opening in the front bumper so that they can easily fish it out in case of need by just popping out the plug. On my car I rerouted it to the right fender’s turn signal / sidemarker with a zip tie. That way I can just pop the sidemarker and have access to the cable in an emergency.

On the 987 Boxster, 997 Carrera and C7 Cayman you may want to add an extension to the existing cable in the left front wheel well so that you don’t need to remove the liner in case of an emergency.

Now you can travel without worries knowing that you can get back into your car even with a dead battery.

To learn more about the emergency release cables and Porsches in general, please visit my website at www.PedrosGarage.com.

Happy Porscheing,

Pedro © 2012 Technolab / PedrosGarage.com

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“It's not just the cars, it's the people!”

The Passing of a True Legend.

Stirling Craufurd Moss became not just a poster boy racing car driver, but Britain's best known sportsman in the immediate post war period. His name became part of the national vocabulary epitomized by many a traffic cop while booking speedsters with the opening remark “Who do you think you are Stirling Moss?� His recent death confirmed this with glowing tributes and obituaries in the UK national press, quite the achievement when one considers he retired as a professional racing car driver 58 years ago.

His motoring began aged 16 when he acquired a Morgan 3-wheeler, likely influenced by his mother Aileen who had raced one herself. His father Alfred had raced at both Brooklands and Indianapolis before establishing one of the largest dental practices in England which enabled his son to start a competitive racing career aged 18. It was in 1947 that he entered his first event in his father's BMW 328 but it was over the following three years that he graduated to a real racing car in the form of a Cooper JAP engined single seater. His career came to an end driving a Lotus at Goodwood in 1962 by which time it was widely acknowledged that he was the man to beat. During this 15 year time span he participated in 529 events in different automotive related disciplines from rally cars, saloons, sports cars not too mention speed records and of course in Grand Prix events.

Possibly his greatest claim to fame was being considered the best driver to never win the World Drivers Championship having finished runner up in four consecutive years.

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another side to his character when he sportingly supported his rival Mike Hawthorn who was disqualified from the Portuguese GP. Due to Moss's intervention with the stewards, Hawthorn was reinstated and awarded 6 points and went on to secure the Championship by 1 point from Moss. Although his services were sought by Enzo Ferrari, Moss would not countenance such a move as the 'il Commendatore' had used Moss previously as leverage against a fellow driver.

Numerous victories have been cited as his outstanding performance on track but for me his winning the 1955 Mille Miglia must surely top the lot. On this occasion he was blessed with state-of-the-art machinery, a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR, a Grand Prix car disguised as a sports car. Victory was accomplished over the 1000-mile race on public roads at a record speed of 98 mph and MAY 2020 Page 31

Moss became only the top of his prothe third nonfession. His final Italian to win this statistics make imgruelling event. Acpressive reading. companied by the Between 1954 when effervescent Denis he became an F1 Jenkinson with his driver and his last famous pace notes, race at Goodwood, the pair finished 30” he entered 310 racahead of Moss's es in all types of mentor Fangio also car winning 138 of in a 300 SLR. Jenks' them giving a 44% account of his 10 winning ratio, a hours in the cockpit true measure of his with Moss has gone versatility. Stirling into motor sport Moss became the folklore, a must read for every true petrol role model for many of his generation and head. Sir Stirling himself thinks this was considered to be the first British professional probably his finest achievement. driver.

It was therefore tragic that on St George's Day1962, England's most famous racing car exponent driving Rob Walker's humble Lotus 18 had a major accident. Starting in pole position, he had been forced to pit due to a gear selector problem. In typical Moss fashion and 2 laps down, he decided there was still the lap record to go for. There followed a month in a coma and 6 months of partial paralysis and reluctantly he decided to retire at

Those of us around at that time have always regretted not seeing the Maestro pitting himself against the up and coming Jim Clark.

Sir Stirling Moss OBE 1929-2020

“Allstar Crocks“ VIR Member

1. IMSA rules stipulated that the driver’s feet must be located behind the front wheel centre line. The 956 driver’s feet were ahead of this thus possibly contributing to foot injuries in the event of a crash. Porsche addressed this by lengthening the wheelbase and the car became known as the 962 2. In 1968 Niki traded his Mini Cooper S and some cash for a Porsche 911 S which he drove in hillclimbs and sprint races. His next Porsche was a 908/2 which he purchased in 1970.

3. This is an art piece/ sculpture of the iconic Porsche 911 produced by Austrian artist Irwin Würm.

Thanks to John Clark again.

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A Seattle 356 story by Ron Dempsey

This article is courtesy of the Porsche 356 Registry www.porsche356registry.org Everybody loves a good story, and if you’re the owner of a Porsche 356, no doubt you’ve wondered what stories your car might have to tell. If you have a Certificate of Authenticity (or CoA), you know how your car left the factory and when. If you have a Kardex, you Original owner Jim Crutcher might even find out who the car’s original owner was and where he or she bought it. If you’re even luckier, you might actually get to years, and was still active with charities and meet the first owner one day. causes around the Pacific Northwest. According to the history of the company he On September 15, 2019, I was very lucky in- founded, he would have been in his late 80’s deed. or early 90’s. Likely the father of Dr. Crutcher, but I found no new stories about Crutcher I received a copy of my Kardex in late 2018, Senior in a few years. How would I find out? and with it learned that my Ruby Red C Would I ever have the chance to learn any Coupe (named ‘Ruby’ in our household, in a more than that? not particularly creative stroke), was sold to a James Crutcher on October 24, 1963, I started by sending a few emails to friends (coincidentally also my late father’s 19th of mine in SOVREN (the Society of Vintage birthday). That would have made it one of Racing Enthusiasts, the long time sanctionthe first C’s sold, a fact confirmed after re- ing body for vintage racing in the Northwest) searching the VIN and determining that it around the Seattle area. Some of them had was likely the 107th C Coupe out of the Kar- ties to construction, but none knew any mann factory in July of 1963. The Kardex al- Crutchers in town. Thankfully, a few forwardso stated (or I understood) that the car was ed my request to others and that’s where I sold by CP Motors of Portland, Oregon. got very lucky, indeed.

Thanks to the wonder of google paired with an uncommon name, I was able to start a little research. I found a few Crutchers around. The first was a surgeon in Seattle, and according to his clinic’s website, appeared to be in his late 50’s. Too young to have been the original owner.

One morning I got a call from an old friend and another fellow SOVREN racer, Bob Morrison. I had driven with Bob and his wife Julie to Rennsport V in 2015 but we hadn’t spoken in a number of months. “I hear you’re looking for the original owner of your 356?” I said yes, indeed I was.

The other Crutcher I found was involved with “Well, Jim Crutcher bought your car originalthe construction industry around Seattle for ly - and I just had lunch with him yesterday.

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Photo: Brian Gilmore

As it turns out, I worked for Jim for years.” on Mercer Island to work every day at Boe-

Well, what are the chances that a friend hap- ing from 1970 to some time in the late 1980’s. pened to work for the same man that bought After a number of years of rain and occamy car 55 years previous? sional snow, the body needed attention. He left it with a body shop in the Capitol Hill disI asked Bob if I could speak to Jim, and he trict of Seattle for a while, where it sat in the arranged for me to reach Jim in his office. At corner for almost ten years, gathering dust, age 88, he was still going to the office every and the shop never got around to restoring day in downtown Seattle, and his assistant it. In all likelihood, it just wasn’t worth the inpatched me right through. We spoke at vestment. length about him owning the car, buying it in Seattle (not Portland) and how he sold it to Fast forward to an insurance adjuster named his next door neighbor (named Lloyd) in Brian. Brian became friends with the shop 1970. After a nice conversation, I promised owner and said ‘if you ever want to sell it let that I would bring the car to his home again me know’. A few years later in 1996, he got the next time that I and the 356 were in Se- the call and asked my friend (and another attle. Although my home in Victoria isn’t far SOVREN racer), Jeff Larson if he wanted to as the crow flies, finding a time when the car buy it with him. As Jeff tells it, “I went there and I would be in Seattle together again on a lunch break one day. The shop owner looked like it might take some time. I hoped had charged the battery knowing a potential I hadn’t made a hollow promise. buyer was coming to see it. He put some lac-

quer thinner in the carbs, and a shot of startFilling in the Blanks er fluid ..turned the key and with a little bit of I learned later what happened after Jim sold smoke it ran just fine. First time in over 10 the car. Lloyd drove the car from his home years.”.

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Ruby in a fresh coat of paint sometime more than 20 years ago (photo Brian Gilmore)

As the story goes, just prior to going to the body shop Lloyd had Denny Akers, a wellknown independent Porsche shop, rebuild the motor. Denny confirmed that to Jeff when they spoke at one of Denny’s 356 open house parties in the late 1990’s. As a side note, Denny still has his shop in downtown Seattle, celebrating over 50 years of working on Porsches in the Northwest.

Once Brian and Jeff bought the 356, Brian took to restoring the car himself. Gary Emory (of 356 Outlaw fame) provided most of the restoration parts from Parts Obsolete. The original wheels were sent by Emory to a shop in the Bay area that did a conversion to 7inch wheels, using the original centers, keeping the original offset and welding in a band to add width. The intent was to give it a more aggressive look, yet keep the original stance.

Brian did the 90% of the prep work on the exterior. The final paint was sprayed by the head painter at Phil Smart Mercedes, also in Seattle.

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Knowing that the color was Ruby Red (actually ‘rubinrot’ #6402), but now having a body shell in primer, Jeff and Brian sent the untouched glove box door to Sikkens in California. They did a color spectrum analyzer on it to make sure that the outside matched the inside, ”just like it left the factory”. As a side note, I’ve learned that finding the same shade of ruby on two 356’s is almost as hard as finding a ruby in your backyard: at the 356 parking area at Rennsport V in 2015, it was evident just how many shades of Ruby Red exist, either from different formulations, baking under the sun, or the effects of time.

How Ruby finds its way to Victoria After I decided to leave vintage racing with SOVREN in 2014, I needed to find an outlet for the driving passion and love of classic cars. It was early that same year that close friend and fellow SOVREN racer Jeff Larsen called me from his home in Palm Springs and said ‘are you still interested in my old 356? I think I’ll need the space at my home in Seattle, and you told me you wanted it back when we met’ (in 2002). I most definitely was, but most of all it was very special to me MAY 2020 Page 35

that he had recalled that conversation years After I got Ruby into shape, I signed up for earlier. my first vintage rally with Classic Car Adventures. Based in British Columbia, Classic Car Within a few months, we had a deal on the Adventures has grown quickly around North car, and I started making arrangements to America over the past 11 years, running nonimport it into Canada. By July 2014, it was at competitive, affordable and extremely fun our home in Victoria in a recently expanded driving events for pre-1979 cars. They’ve garage. Having been restored in the 1990’s caught the eye of Hagerty Classic Insurance and not driven a lot since then, it needed in that time, and have become active partsome love but not much: synchro’s were ners as both promote the love of driving worn and lots of rubber bits that had dried classic cars. out over the years had to be replaced. The paint was looking dull, but held promise. The The 2019 Fall Classic Rally and the reunion tires were 12 years old and a little too wide, Another fellow SOVREN racer and close so they were replaced as well. The best news friend, Skip Foss of Friday Harbor, WA, had was that it had its’ original engine and the given up vintage racing around the same CoA confirmed that, as well as that the car time as I had. Both of us had raced BMW was still the original shade of Ruby with 2002’s against each other for over 10 years, black interior. It didn’t leave the factory with and were both looking for the next thing. many options, and that’s how it had stayed, Both of us took to Classic Car Adventure apart from the bumperettes being removed events right away, and discovered that we and a sport exhaust added. had almost as much fun sharing a car as codrivers as we had previously as competitors VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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in our own cars. Being able to have a ‘streetable’ event car also had benefits over a race car that had to be trailered from event to event, too.

Skip had acquired a BMW e12 in 2018, and we had hoped to enter and drive it in the 2019 Fall Classic Rally through Oregon. Old car projects being what they are, it wasn’t quite ready in time after modifications and improvements began in the spring. Not wanting to miss the rally altogether, we decided (with a few days preparation) to enter Ruby instead. Given how reliable a maintained Porsche is, it was never a concern that we’d be ready tackle the 1,200+ miles.

However, the forecast called for heavy rain all week, and driving an old car on a busy interstate with limited visibility is no feat for the faint of heart. On the other hand, it would mean we’d drive through Seattle on the way home from the rally, assuming that no issues arose along the way. And that would mean we might have that opportunity to bring the car back to its original owner, Jim Crutcher.

this was heavy rain. Thankfully, the seldom used wipers worked well, and we discovered that their speed was variable, too. (How many 356 owners know that anymore? Not many, would be my guess). However, we made the trip to Seattle unscathed and pulled in front of Jim’s driveway on schedule.

The Morrisons were fittingly waiting there as we arrived, as Bob and his wife Julie were the whole reason that the reunion was taking place.

We knocked on the door. Jim opened it with a smile and introduced us to wife, Barbee.

Both looking healthy and spry, we stepped out of the way and walked them to the street to see their car again. Jim was persuaded to sit behind the wheel again as we took pictures, and had the smile one gets when you see an old friend for the first time in 50 years.

Jim and Barbie invited us in their home for a drink and to get acquainted. We soon discovered a number of mutual friends, but I was anxious to learn about their history with the Ruby Coupe. I learned more than I exAfter deciding to take Ruby on the rally, the pected. next step was to reach out to Jim Crutcher and see if he would be in town when the car Jim told us the story of how he came to buy was. As it turned out, he was. And he was his 356 in 1963, one year after Seattle hosted very excited to see his car again. the World Fair, and the same year the I5 was built through the city and Max Hoffman’s The rally was a perfect one for a 356. Twisty Porsche US distribution deal came to a close. roads through the cascade mountains like Jim’s brother asked him if he could pick him Hwy 19 between Rainbow and Westfor, OR, up a new exhaust from the VW/Porsche placed Ruby in her element. So much so, dealer in downtown Seattle (the name of the even a die-hard BMW guy like Skip had to dealer he could not recall), and send it to him admit that he finally understood what all the abroad. Once at the dealer to pick up the fuss was about when it came to the 356. We part, Jim was smitten. He signed a deal on a hooked on to the tail of a Porsche RSR trib- Ruby C Coupe then and there. ute and hung on like a dog to your favorite sock.

As his wife Barbie tells it, Jim came home that day with what was a complete surprise.

We left Oregon at the conclusion of the rally Especially to a mother of 3 children, aged 6, under the predicted epic amounts of late 4 and 2. Where were they supposed to sit? summer rain. Even for the Pacific Northwest, Proving what was possible, Jim took the VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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whole family for a drive that night in that little Porsche, one of many more trips to follow in the car everywhere, even toting all three kids to skiing lessons at Snoqualmie Pass. As any Porsche 356 fan knows, they’re a great car in the snow, and Jim proved it.

After 6 years and an estimated 100,000 miles of job sites, ski hills and reliable transportation, Jim decided that his now-teenaged family needed something slightly larger. He sold the 356 to his friend and next-door neighbor, Lloyd. Jim bought a Volvo. Practi-

cality won over the day. But Jim sold the car to Lloyd under the condition that he sell it back to Jim when the time came that Lloyd was done with Ruby.

Unfortunately for reasons now known, Jim never had that chance more than 20 years later. Jim’s reunion with Ruby was to be delayed for decades longer until I drove up that late summer day in Seattle. A day that luckily happened. Very luckily indeed.

Chronology of Porsche 356 C #215107 July 29, 1963

#215107 (Karmann) completed at Porsche factory and shipped to North America

October 24, 1963 Sold to Jim Crutcher of Seattle WA 1969

Sold to Lloyd Applegate, Mercer Island, WA

Circa 1985

Car left with body shop in Capitol Hill district to begin restoration, but is never completed

1996

Bought by Brian Gilmore and Jeff Larson of Kent, WA and restoration begins

Circa 1998 2014

Engine rebuilt by Denny Akers of Aker’s Porsche, Seattle Sold to Ron Dempsey, Victoria BC

September, 2019 #215107 reunited with Jim and Barbie Crutcher at their home in Seattle. Pictured below (courtesy Skip Foss).

Ron Dempsey VIR Member

Editor—Many thanks to Ron Dempsey and the 356 Registry for this article.

Pictures are courtesy of Ron Dempsey, Brian Gilmore and Skip Foss Jim Crutcher and Ron Dempsey (photo by Skip Foss) VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER

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Please reply with condition, price, offset, preferably with photos, thanks!

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FOR SALE — 2.7 litre Magnesium Block 1974 911 S, time certs with head studs replaced. S/N 6340417, engine type 911/93, $4,000 Steve Cropper 250 752 7430

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At this time, all events are cancelled, including weekly Cars & Coffee up to the end of May For events on the calendar for June and onwards, we have closed registrations and will make a decision on those events based on information and government directives at that time.

North Island

Mid Island South Island

Thursday May 14 Sunday June 7 Thursday June 10

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2nd Sat. of month, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza (next to Starbucks), 444 Lerwick Road, Courtenay.

Sundays 10am, Serious Coffee, 9-1209 East, Island Hwy E, Parksville Sundays 9am, Starbucks, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria

Executive/Business Meeting

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Contact Ross

Spring Fling Drive

Imogen’s annual drive. Details at msreg.com/2020-fling

PENDING Imogen

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Dan is organising a meal and drive at the Fairwinds Golf Club.

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Chemainus—Blue Grouse Winery Lunch & Drive

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VIR member Greig Christian (and Dan) have organized morning Saturday tea at Westholme Tea Farm, then drive to Blue Grouse Winery for June 13 a lunch plus optional wine tasting.

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Club Track Day — VIMC

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Dean Aikenhead has organized another track day at Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit. Cost is $525 for a full day including buffet lunch. Limited to 28 people.

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All events below are PENDING as of time of print-

ing

TSD Rally

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Family Picnic—Duncan

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Gold River Lunch & Drive

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TSD Rally

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AGM

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Port Renfrew Circle Tour

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