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45 YEARS OF SHINY PORCHES! ................................. pg. 13

AUTOCROSS CORNER................................................. pg. 17

RICE’S RAMBLINGS .................................................... pg. 26

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May 2015 PANDEMONIUM 1

In this Issue

Features

Upcoming EventsCalendar of EventsBurgerBahn45th White Glove Concours2015 Autocross ScheduleKrispy KremePorsches & PancakesBreakfast Club

Departments

Editor

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AdvertisingDirector

Classified Ads Editor

Technical Writer

Contributing Writers

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Reutterwerks ListPresident’s MessageContactsEditor’s CornerBook ReviewAuto-X CornerRice’s RamblingsMembership UpdatesClassified AdsList of AdvertisersThe Goodie Store

45 Years of Shiny Porsches!Snowy Mountain TourRiverside’s Ed McRae passionate about PorschesPCA-OCR Helps Celebrate Orange County Donut Bar’s First Anniversary

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Orange Coast Region 2015 Calendar of Events

OCR Board MeetingsAll members are welcome to OCR Board Meetings, held after the breakfast meeting at Original Mike’s

We thank them for their support

* Event dates subject to change.

Breakfast Club & Board MeetingWoody’s BurgerBahn – HB Krispy Kreme GatheringConcours Preparation SessionPCA-GPX ConcoursPorsches & Pancakes – Woody’s LidoPCA-OCR AutoX – El Toro

Breakfast Club & Board MeetingWoody’s BurgerBahn – HB PCA-OCR 45th Annual White Glove ConcoursMammoth Hi-Alpine TourKrispy Kreme GatheringPCA-OCR AutoX – El ToroPCA 2015 Porsche ParadePorsches & Pancakes – Woody’s LidoFV Classic Car Show

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Reutterwerks ListA Request for updated emails!

Contact: Pete Lech: [email protected]

The Reutterwerks List is our communication tool to reach members with Announcements, Event Reminders and Information deemed “Important”.

If you are not receiving emails from our Region or want to change, update or add additional email addresses, Please send

any new email addresses or changes directly to Pete Lech to be included in

the Reutterwerks e-blasts!

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Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB Breakfast Club & Board MeetingKrispy Kreme GatheringPCA-OCR AutoX – El ToroPorsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido356 Club Dana Point Concours

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEGreg Lush

Things to look forward to..Wouldn’t life be boring if we had nothing to look forward to? For many, this process starts as a young child with holidays like Easter, Halloween and Christmas. As we get older, other events are anxiously anticipated...Valentine’s Day, Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve. For me it is these events, and many others that make the ebbs and flows of life enjoyable.

The first half of 2015 has been packed with these “look forward to” events for me…

Colette released her first big band musical production, in black and white singing a modern song. If you have not heard it, you are missing out. You can listen to it here: http://bit.ly/colettelushyoutube.

Four track events, literally every couple of weeks from March to May... now come on, it is really hard to get better than that!

We started with an OCR event at Chuckwalla; by far my favorite track in Southern California with lots of groomed run off and really NOTHING to hit!

Next is the epic Festival of Speed. It is really hard to beat this 150mph experience screaming around the r-oval. Of course you are brought back to reality after seeing the times of the Pro racers. As a matter of fact, I am composing this month’s (late) message sitting in a trackside garage with Steve Eguina on one side and James Buck on the other.

Our third event in the first half of the year is blowing each of our budgets to shreds. A handful of OCR members are shipping their cars to Austin, Texas to experience racing on the Circuit of the Americas (COTA). This track is a full-blown F1 track that is going to be simply fantastic. We are all praying to the rain gods to bless our trip to Austin with clear skies.

Finally, in mid-May a handful of OCR folks will be entering as a Porsche team

in the Silver State Challenge. This race is on a public highway, which is closed for 90 miles of racing. Open road racing is new to me; however, with veterans like Keith Clark (8 time and 2 time winner) and Norm Follis, we all are hoping for a victory. It would be great to beat those Corvette guys!

The one thing that I don’t look forward to is figuring out what to write every month, it takes weeks, and a replay of my events or personal stories is probably not the most exciting for our readers. If anyone has a topic that they would like discussed in a President’s message I say, bring it on! Email me at [email protected]. Hopefully your 2015 has started with some great “look forward to events” and, if not, you still have time to make 2015 the most memorable year of all.

Greg LushPCA OCR PresidentPeople. Porsches. Passion.


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EDITOR’S NOTESGarey Cooper

An end to socktarian violence

Driving a Porsche is really sweet, man they handle oh so neat. Let those plebs in a Prius learn to envy us! We’ll rush right by, and wave bye bye! And gasoline is such a good buy…..today. You can’t do Diddley squat when all you can burn is a kilowatt! We’ll all have fun and grin, in a car you don’t have to plug in!

Reality BitesActually the future is more and more electrical, or perhaps hybridical if I can coin a word. This is going to happen in my humble opinion for more than just one reason. While economics plays a part, the major reason I think the switch will happen is political. I live in the greater San Diego area nowadays and there are many Teslas running around my neighborhood. Teslas are in fact nice cars, very technical and they drive and handle quite well. I have test driven one myself. However they are expensive, very expensive. They are easily in 911/Panamera/Cayenne territory. But this is a “statement” car, and rich people buy them to make a statement. Exactly what that statement is may vary but at least one of these is: “I care about the environment

so I’m driving this expensive, luxurious car to prove my bonafide concern in this politically correct way.” To support this statement, the government is willing to give these relatively wealthy people tax breaks and other support because using electricity rather than “fossil fuel” (insert sneer about such gauche activity here) is NOT politically correct.

Scientists, politicians, and academics may argue back and forth over the “footprint” of lithium batteries, and power generated by electricity versus that generated by “fossil fuel” (again, insert sneer) but the reality is that today’s trends support the former methods over the latter. So, if you don’t already have one there is quite likely a hybrid or plug in pure electrical car in your future.

Porsche and most other manufactures realize this, and they are producing product to meet the need. Now I have no idea if behind closed doors they are on one side or the other of the great debate, but they are making automobiles incorporating this latest technological

trend. And some of these have towering performance... this includes the new race car 919 and the street car 918. Of interest to us is that whatever the mode of locomotion, at least one car maker, our beloved Porsche, can bend the technology trend to induce performance that we can all enjoy. So dear readers, you will still be able to play, albeit in a new electrifying way.

White GlovesIn June we have the 45th annual White Glove Concours. Imagine 45 years? That is a long running event and perhaps the longest running in the club. I don’t know that for sure, but I wouldn’t bet against this statistic. In this issue we have some interviews with key volunteers of the event that you may find interesting.

White Glove around automobiles is quite a concept. But, indeed there are classes where the White Glove is used to see if any “schmutz” will come off in the judges hand. No, I wouldn’t pass this test either if you are asking yourself that question. But some cars can, and some of these actually get driven on the street. Again, while I don’t know how long the White Glove term has been around, I do know it has been around a long, long time.

Norm Follis continues as the event chair and I want to give Norm and his wife, Carolyn, prominent mention up front in the Pandemonium! Norm has kindly run this event a few times now and he does a wonderful job of it. He gets us minions to do his bidding and we all enjoy doing it, quite a feat. And at the end of the day, he’s still smiling and so are the minions, again quite a feat. Saddle up the Porsche and drive out to Lantern Bay Park in Dana Point. You will have a great time

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Book ReviewColin Chapman: Wayward Genius

Story by Bruce Herrington

by Mike Lawrencepublished in 2012 as a Classic Reprint by Brooklands Books; originally published in 2002 by Breedon Books, Ltd, England

Anyone who knows anything about non-NASCAR motorsport, has heard of Colin Chapman, the designer/producer of Lotus race cars. This book is about Colin Chapman the, let’s say, ‘Character’, and his activities. He is presented as a much different individual than the creator/racer of Lotus cars, with whom American motorsports enthusiasts have become familiar, or at least acquainted.

Though the focus is on Colin and Lotus, other significant players in European motorsport make candid appearances, as do some from Indy. Interesting race reports are included, with focus on the cars as much as the drivers. The story of Colin Chapman and Lotus is the antithesis of the Porsche story – Chapman started out making cars, then became, decades later, an engineering firm.

Colin is initially presented not so much as a designer, or even a tinkerer, but as a ‘wild man’ given to diving off the highest diving boards, or racing bicycles downhill in the snow. It comes to appear appropriate that his first commercial ventures, while still a school boy, were as a Used Car Salesman, well acquainted with such tricks-of-the-trade as sawdust in noisy differentials, and extra heavyweight oil in crankcases. He was a man of stories – stories about him and by him, creating a fascinating persona that may well be largely apocryphal.

After his used car days, it appears he perpetrated con after con, fraud after

fraud, all the while managing to produce major improvements in sports/racer design and construction, and amass an amazing record of race wins: A master of scam as well as of race car design! Interestingly, his scams were all business oriented – it appears that his race teams were uniquely free from fraud. What Lotus did in the way of creative rule interpretation/skirting, was all done openly.

Colin was a very charismatic individual, a salesman par excellence, but his leadership skills seem to have been minimal. As for genius, this book makes him look like an incredibly perceptive, fast learner in multiple fields, rather than one who is inherently smart. However it came about, he had an extremely wide, and rather unheralded, influence on motorsport. As presented in COLIN CHAPMAN, he was a man who ‘could sell iceboxes to Eskimos’, but was reluctant to blow his own personal (as distinct from Lotus’) horn.

Interesting asides provide a perspective on the character of Richard von Frankenberg which is different from what one sees in Porsche-related publications, as well as an outsider’s view of USAC’s operation of the Indy 500 races. The story of how John Player sponsorship arrived for Lotus is almost anticlimactic, especially after the years-long effort to obtain support from Ford.

It has been said that “no one is easier to con than a con man,” which may bear on why Chapman became involved

with individuals such as David Thieme of Essex Petroleum and John Z. Delorean. These individuals, more than his personal dealings, would cause the Chapman name to become associated with criminal activities. And John Z, as presented in this book, was not the automotive genius he has often been portrayed in this country, but a true con man rip-off artist.

This book purports to give the real story behind ‘The Chapman Legend,’ and the subtitle comes to seem more and more appropriate as one reads. All in all, grab this book and sit down for a very fascinating and most enlightening read.

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45 Years of Shiny Porsches!Story by Phil Harmonic, Photos by Gary Labb

This year, the annual Orange Coast Region White Gloves Concours will be held on June 14th at Lantern Bay Park in Dana Point, CA. It is probably the best venue the club has had to showcase our members’ Porsches. As you can guess, the Concours has been held in several other locations during the remarkable time span of 45 years. We are very glad to be back in this lovely park.

Among the places I know where the Concours has been held are the Old World Village in Huntington each, South Coast Plaza Village in Costa Mesa/Newport Beach, and Huntington Beach

Central Park in Huntington Beach. These past locations all left something to be desired, so we are thrilled to return to Lantern Bay Park in Dana Point. As mentioned above, Lantern Bay is probably about the best venue one could ask for; overlooking the harbor and the Pacific Ocean, a cooling breeze because of the elevation, and an easy to access point of entry.

No event can be run without volunteers. And we have a cadre of volunteers who have devoted time and expertise to help us run our marquee car display event. Being a full Zone 8 event means that

our trophy winners also score points in the overall zone Concours competition leading to potential zone prizes. Therefore, we attract entries from all over the southwest. This makes the organization and control very important, and it is all handled with ease and grace by our Volunteers. While we cannot get remarks from all of our volunteers, we did ask our lead staff about when they first started volunteering and what they did, favorite memories to share, what they like most about the concours experience, and what they will be doing at this year’s Concours.


of their time somehow comes together creating such a wonderful party enjoyed by so many people. My plan is try and with the support of this wonderful group of volunteers make 2015 another successful event.

Paul Wilkensen (Our Field Marshal)I first volunteered for the 2009 Concours. I think that was our first at Golden Lantern Park in Dana Point. I had just joined PCA/ OCR, and as a traffic engineer (it’s an actual profession, really, with state licensing and everything, despite your thoughts while driving in the LA basin), I thought I could help Dick DeRose, Norm Follis, and Arnie Shusterman “do” a parking layout on the park lawn. We had no plans of the area, so I conscripted some of the team at my office to whip up a layout on a Google Maps aerial photo. That was our first experience with the flour dots (for marking the individual parking positions of judged cars). The Display parking was kind of fudged on the day of the Concours, but it all worked for about 100 cars in attendance. I’ve done it every year since then and with the help of many volunteers, I think we’ve really honed the process, parking well over 200 cars last year, with very few problems. I suppose the extent to which a disaster is or is not averted is in the eye of the beholder. The 2012 Concours was at Shady Canyon Golf Club on the driving range, a “lumpy” hillside interspersed with target greens and other hazards (think of it as a grass parking lot with sink holes). As an active practice range, we couldn’t get on the range to take measurements as part of the planning process, so all the layouts were worked up to be flexible. We used an aerial photo and construction grading plan given to us by site management (that as it turned out, was not actually used to build the range). Surprise! The range was in use that morning for club members, and we had very little time

to implement the parking arrangement by the time it was made available to us. Anxious judged class Porsche owners, trailer rigs, flatbeds, vendors, and others with stretched patience levels piled up in the parking lot and who knows where else. By the time we could open the field and start loading in the cars, it must have felt like exiting an Angel game. But it eventually all came together, and everyone was very gracious as we got them in place. Like they say….it’s the people! The volunteers are incredible…they just don’t give up on making it perfect, and everyone seems to appreciate the setting all of us work hard to create. As a traffic and parking guy, I’ve worked professionally on lots of projects I’m proud of, but row after row of neatly arranged Porsches is an absolute thing of beauty. I’m the Field Marshal again, so I’ll be there early to get the “load-in” plan going with help from all the volunteers, and make room for visiting Porsche vehicles throughout the day.

Monica Asbury (Goodie Store Manager)My first Concours volunteer ‘job’ was at the Goodie Store. Actually, I got my volunteer start at the Goodie Store prior to the Concours.

The Concours is a great challenge to plan ahead and bulk up on ‘never-seen-before’ merchandise, and have those offerings out on display so everyone has a good selection of our creative products. Of course, it’s a wonderful thing when people compliment our Goodie Store for the variety we offer.

Each year, we have had a wonderful time with our club members and selling to other Porsche Concours enthusiasts and making new Concours friends.

Occasionally, we have a big surprise from the crowd. Four years ago, Dallas

Norm Follis (Our Event Chair)I first volunteered 11 years ago when the Concours was held on the grounds of the Huntington Beach (HB) Library. I assisted David Vadman and Arnie Shusterman marking the field and parking cars. I have been involved with almost every Concours since then in some capacity and have been the OCR Concours Chair for the past three years.

One of the challenges we had at HB was our closing ceremonies were always finished long before the other groups award ceremonies, and some of the more anxious of our group drove their cars through some of the other groups’ area on the way to an exit disturbing other groups ceremonies much to the chagrin of the HB powers that be.

The last year at HB Library was fraught with drama. The company that I had hired to deliver tables and chairs for the vendors was scheduled to deliver the items around 6 am; by 7:30 the truck had not arrived and no one from the company had called to tell me there was a problem. When I finally made contact with them, I was told by the owner that they did not have a driver available to drive the truck. After expressing my displeasure in an most un-Norm like way, I asked for a volunteer from our group to go with me to bring the truck to the Park, thankfully Larry Moore was quick to volunteer and together we went and got the truck to the Park with time to spare.

The saying “It is not the cars, it’s the people” could not be more true. I have been involved with many clubs, but I have never been with a group that is more ready to volunteer when called upon. I have been fortunate enough to have a core group that is very experienced and I attribute all the success of past Concours to the group listed above. What I enjoy most about that single day is watching with great pride how the efforts of so many people that have given so much


Raines, the long time weather man for Channel 7 News, was walking around the grounds, strolling by all the cars ... then recognized by my husband, Denny, who grabbed him and started introducing Dallas to all of our lady club members, as his ‘good friend’.

Dallas was a delightful celebrity, who was gracious enough to walk with Denny all the way over to the Goodie Store to be introduced to me, as well as taking time to talk and pose for pictures with everyone. Dallas is very cool.

The Concours has always been one of the highlights I look forward to. Dana Point is such a gorgeous location, everyone is upbeat, and the excitement begins early in the a.m., when the hum of the first engine rolls onto the grass, one by one until a vast array of colorful painted steel flowers covers the landscape. Members and ‘accidental tourists’ come from all over (East Coast to West Coast and across the Ocean), we’ve encountered “Jersey” accents and the occasional “Aussie” who are always fun and enjoyable.

We’ve always managed to stay busy at the Goodie Store during Concours, whether we’re breaking prior year’s sales, or helping in other areas such as providing and selling box lunches, stuffing and distributing Goodie Bags, issuing volunteer shirts and Judge’s gifts. All in all, it’s a great experience and a great day to be a PCA-OCR volunteer!

The club members are always supportive, helpful and awesome! The Concours is genuinely a day to remember!

Joe Nedza(Head Judge)I first volunteered at the 2004 OCR Concours as a newbie judge. I have lots of great memories of past Concours. One that comes to mind happened just before the trophy

presentation and the sprinklers came on. I saw the sprinklers ahead of me come on and, much like a French tank in WWII, was able to get into reverse before the sprinklers could acquire a target. Crag Simonin and I then ran around trying to cover the Rainbirds with boxes to keep the cars in the area dry. Needless to say, we weren’t too successful, but someone got the sprinklers turned off before too many cars got wet. On a personal note, there was the time when one of the front air vent blades on our 356, came off just before “light dusting only” was called. Our son Casey and I began chewing gum and were able to re-attach the blade with the help of the gum and no one even noticed it.

Come to think of it, the preparation time in our garage is a consistent favorite memory of mine. I can just take my time cleaning, waxing, repairing, etc. with some slack key guitar music on the garage stereo. At the Concours itself it is quite nice to just survey the field of cars and marvel at their beauty and the fact that so many others share our sickness. I will be the Head Judge for about the ninth straight year. Initially, I’ll be working on the 356 with Karen and then having the Judges’ meeting, then probably judging a Division, before checking in with the judging teams and scorers tables to make sure there aren’t any issues that need to be addressed. Post Concours we’ll be at Turk’s in the Harbor!

Garey Cooper (Emcee)I can’t remember when I first volunteered to work at the Concours but it would be around 2000 or 2001. The big news then was the 996 and if water cooled Porsches would or would not “catch on”….

There have been several humorous or semi-disastrous moments I’ve witnessed over the years…some are

let’s say... “colorful.” One I can recall is when setting up the microphone we had an electrical short that caused a slight tingling whenever the mic was activated. People wondered why my voice quavered whenever I spoke; I assured them it was pure emotion!

My favorite Concours experience is of course the people. I am a “people person” and in that reference I renew old acquaintances and meet new people at every Concours that more or less make my day. The smiles outweigh the frowns by a huge margin and everyone is happy to be out in the sun with their favorite car(s).

This year I will again be “behind the mic” at the Concours. As such it is my job to make the important announcements such as where the restrooms are located, and what time certain activities will take place. Timing is always fluid at the Concours and I use the term “Announcer Minutes” to describe when a certain activity will take place. This is because when something is 15 minutes from now it might be 12 1/2 or 20 minutes in reality. It is all part of the fun and with a good-natured crowd it works delightfully well!

Thank you to all of our volunteers and we all hope to see you in June at Lantern Bay in Dana Point!

Images on page 13 are from the 44th Annual White Glove Concours.

Photo credit: Gary Labb

Please turn to pages 41 and 42 for a registration sheet for the 45th Annual White Glove Concours.


AUTOCROSS CORNER

It’s a Numbers GameStory by Chris Barrington, Photos by Mike Knudsen225mm vs. 245mm. -2.5 degrees vs. -3 degrees. 1/16” vs 1/8” toe. 30 PSI vs 32 PSI. Do any of these figures sound familiar? Maybe. Do they matter? Sure, they do; but only if you want them to. The 2nd Walter’s Porsche PCA-OCR AutoX Championship, held on March 15, 2015, was a competition event, and certainly some of the drivers take all these figures into account. The good news is as long as you can drive your car safely to the event, you can likely drive an autoX event.

When I signed up for my first track day, some nine years ago, I hit the Internet and started gathering as much helpful info as I could. Within no time, I was

down a worm hole of suspension setup threads, talking about more aggressive spring and damper combos, camber plates to allow for more negative wheel camber, maximum tire widths for a given wheel size, benefits of lighter wheel weights, using higher fuel octane, and endless discussions on brake pads, brake fluid, and engine oil. Truth be told, I bought into much of it, literally. I spent money on wheels, tires, and brake pads. Did it help get me around the track any faster? Probably not. With little to no track driving experience, I honestly don’t think one could tell a difference between a slightly larger tire or a couple pounds difference in tire pressure, or more negative camber. One

thing I know for sure, had I been driving a Porsche, I wouldn’t have wasted my time doing any research.

Porsche engineers, believe it not, have a leg up on the “Internet engineers” and have crunched the numbers to deliver something out of the box that you can hit the track with, get you to work with, and everything in between. I’m very happy to report that more and more PCA members agree, with the March event attended by 71 Porsches! Fifteen of those Porsches were driven by new attendees getting their feet wet in the Novice class. Sure, some other attendees’ cars are gutted, caged, with suspension modifications and race tires.


But, there is one important thing to note: the smiles from the drivers, whether driving their Porsche setup the same as they drove to work on Friday, or from the Porsche drivers measuring tire pressures and adjusting dampers and anti-roll bar settings are just as prevalent.

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Speaking of sticky tires! Michael Oest, with the top time of the day, clocked a very impressive 79.421 seconds with his 2007 GT3 (edging out Steve Abbot, who turned an 80.201); Michael and Steve are certainly guys who fiddle with car setup, and boy does it show. Dave Waddell climbed to the top of the BRI, which are the “adjusted” times based on car class to equalize all cars at the event. Christian Van Fleet continues to dominate the CC09 class, this time by over a second! Kraig Amador is cleaning up with the heavy hitters in CC14, taking top honors. The very deep Novice class showed what we love to see: consistency and improvements over previous runs. Jason Brennan took top honors, with a 91.595. The following Novice drivers also achieved their fastest laps in their fourth and final attempt: Austin Noss, Michael McDonald, Scott Bringham, Jonathan Shapiro, Candace Cultraro, Mary Hong, William Lafitte, Doriano

Cultraro, and Lisa Quinby, showing that practice does make perfect! I’m sure if I asked each one of them, they would tell me they didn’t do much, if anything, to “setup” their car for the event. They simply showed up, hit the track and began improving as the laps ticked by, getting more and more comfortable with their Porsche’s.

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The weather predictions for Sunday, March 1, were for Scattered showers of measurable rainfall across the Southern California basin with snow on the mountains, and it was, for a change, accurate.

With some hesitation, 20 cars with some of OCR’s real drivers aboard gathered next to Krispy Kreme (KK at the Outlets of Orange Center) under a limited sunny sky dotted with puffy clouds. Among the car talk, the consumption of coffee and a few “KK sugar bombs,” the tour registration took place. The Tour Leader, name omitted to protect the guilty, directed the participants to view the Route Instructions (RIs) and explained they would be easy to follow and no one should worry about getting lost.

At approximately 9:15, the 20-car Porsche parade departed for the driving adventure. Proceeding east on

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Chapman the intact Porsche parade was immediately broken up by the traffic signal phasing into several groupings. Thus, when the lead group (about 8 cars) turned left on Cannon (RI #3), the trailing groups could not see this maneuver and missed the turn and continued up the Chapman hill heading towards Santiago Canyon. (Understand, this was only the third instruction out of 17. Truth is, the Tour Leader should have explained this turn more clearly.) Thus, the die was cast and the real driving adventure began for all. Adding to the fun--the predicted rain was beginning.

The lead group stopped several times, to see if the others would catch up, thinking that the others were just delayed by traffic signals. Meanwhile, the others began to fragment into even smaller groupings as they realized something was wrong. The recovery stories of the others vary, are very interesting and some were downright ingenious. The recoveries ranged from turning around and finding Cannon, to proceeding ahead and taking the 241 Toll Road over the mountain to the 91 Freeway. So the lead group reached the 91 via RI #8 and, apparently, most of the others reached

the 91 via other routings. At this point we, the lead group, and the others are more or less all heading east on the 91 Freeway. That ends Off Course Story #1. Off Course Story #2 is perhaps even more amazing and ends better. RI #9 refers to the 91 Freeway and reads: Continue through Corona and past I-15

interchange. The lead group did this and proceeded to RI #10 and turned right on La Sierra and paused to see if the others would catch up. No such luck, despair!

Then a member arrives and tells us a large bunch of others turned south on the I-15. My first reaction was, “What?” My second reaction was, “a glimmer of hope!” The RI’s connect La Sierra to Cajalco Road east of the I-15, and the I-15 interchanges with Cajalco Road just south of Corona. Perhaps the others will see this and turn off the I-15 and head east (the correct direction) on Cajalco.

Based on this thought, the lead group rapidly heads for the intersection of La Sierra and Cajalco in the hopes of finding Porsches. In the light rain the lead group pauses at La Sierra and Cajalco; no Porsches. More despair! Shortly we see, but they don’t see us, two Porsches heading east on Cajalco as if their tails were on fire. Perhaps we can, at least catch and reunite with a couple of others. Thus the lead group, heads east on Cajalco, in the increasing rain, at a brisk pace. Shortly we catch up to a line of cars, no Porsches, behind two

The very limited view down the tram line

Malcolm Macondray and Mark Johnson in the descending tram


slow trucks with no opportunity to pass. Despair, because at this rate we will never catch them! Just before Cajalco crosses over the I-215 there is a small shopping center and our President, Greg Lush and his wife, Annie, (our Eagle Eyes) see most of the others huddled in a corner of the parking lot. Joy and relief! We are reunited. Amazing! And oh-by-the-way, how did the others get in front of the lead group without passing us? To be solved later as the important thing right then, in the rain, in the parking lot, is to press on.

The remainder of the drive, approximately half of the total distance, was by comparison uneventful. It was raining fairly hard and the low storm clouds were unusual for So.Cal and interesting to be among. The roads were obviously wet, but they were draining well and the drive was “winter pleasant.”

At the San Jacinto tram base the rain was light, and the tram/bus from the parking area to the station was quick and easy. Inside we purchased tickets, waited about 15 minutes, entered the revolving tram car and headed up into the snow. At the top it was snowing pretty hard and this produced a white-out condition, so the hoped for views out over the valley were non-existent. But boy did we have snow!

The parking lots were quite full and the facilities seemed very busy. In talking to the tram operator we discovered that our Sunday was unusually busy, apparently because of people wanting to experience the heavy snowfall. The snowstorm weather was keeping most everyone indoors, so the facilities at the top were packed. Thus, those choosing to eat in the Peak Restaurant had about a

Some of the group in the Peak Restaurant

25 minute wait for a table. The service and the food were really very good, particularly considering the fact this is a state park facility and that it was a very busy day.

As the Tour Leader, I was hoping to have snow on top with clear skies. With clear skies both the view from the upper station out over the Coachella Valley and the views from within the tram of the ride up and down are spectacular. Unfortunately, we did not have those views, but we did experience an unusual snowing white-out day. So, I guess a second tour on a clear day, without the en-route drama, is called for in the not too distant future.

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Ramblings* Whale of a Tale Part I ran in the April 2015 issue of Pando

Whale of a Tale Part IIJohn Thomas was working at Bozzani P+A, an active POC, PCA, and all around race car driver (~pilot extraordinaire”). John Thomas, or to his friends known as: “JT” also worked for Roger Penske on the I.R.O.C 911s. He later became mechanic, driver/instructor, co-driver, teammate, and friend of Otis Chandler who was a car lover, Gulf Porsche 917 owner-driver and Penske 917-30KL, 935 and true passionate owner driver.

I got to know John Thomas at one of the POC/PCA Riverside time trials. I vividly remember was when he showed up with Los Angeles Times Publisher Otis Chandler and Chandler’s newly acquired Porsche 917K in Gulf Blue/Orange. I wrote about seeing this as I

drove my ole 911 to the snack bar to get coffee for our time trial ‘rat pack’ guys as the fog kept the track closed. As I drove by the open garages, I saw many time trial cars, race cars, street cars, and a….. what! A 917! I though it had to be some kind of kit car like the VW made over “Laser 917”. However this was definitely not a kit car! It was the Porsches of all Porsches, a Gulf-Porsche 917 –just like out of a dream!

JT took turns with Oats driving and learning the secrets of the 917-30-003/KL, after all 917-30-003 was Mark Donohue’s “perfect race car.” We of course just got jazzed watching and listening to those fantastic machines alone out on Riverside’s long course.

Once when I was doing a test drive on my 911 running flat out on that long, long, back straight of Riversides’, I

was doing about 160 and almost at the ‘kink,’ a slight left bend before entering the Daytona like high banked turn 9. An instant later, I see in my mirror a bright blue-yellow shape. There is no way to mistake the 917-30! And it’s pointed straight at me. But it’s a long way off so, no sweat -right? Think again! It is the fastest machine on wheels and I gotta get the H- - - - outta the way! But I am committed for the left jog, so I slow and then dive to the right -for the inside apex of 9. I give the 917-30 all the room it needs!

I remember that pass by so vividly: seeing, listening, and feeling that lightning flash of a 917’s blast as it came whoooshing by with its hissing-whooshing-popping, and an orange flash-bang! I can hear that right now. It’s a sound you never forget. I was in love

Friends, fellow Racers, Otis Chandler & John ThomasJT piloting Ex Penske-Donohue 917-30/KL.


and from that moment on, and I vowed to get into turbos and build my own turbo car.

The IROC races that October of 1973 almost overshadowed the featured event, which was the last CanAm Race for 1973. CanAm by the way was an unlimited sports car race series run in Canada and America. Unlimited meant literally that: “Run what you brung,” and almost everyone did! But the press ignored most of the CanAm, which was most unfortunate, they instead focusedon the race between world champion drivers in the invitational International Race Of Champions (IROC) and that is what brought the extra big crowds to Riverside that weekend.

But for us Porsche owners/drivers we were fascinated by the new IROC Carreras and of course the CanAm Championship winning Porsche 917/30 KLs!

Almost as exciting for JT and guys like me was the new PORSCHE IROC 911 Carrera RSR.

All of us ‘Porsche pushers’ were more than intrigued by the new Carrera. In 1973, the government mandated that all new 1974 cars needed new safety bumpers. From the early pictures of the new 1974 911, we thought what once had been the once a graceful and elegant 911 was now turned into something looking more like a truck with it’s new

massive bumpers and black rubber parts stuck on them. Many of us thought the 911’s looks had been ruined.

At the time, even the 1973 RSR with it’s massive flared fenders and duck tail, looked graceful, but what would the new big bumpers of the 1974 911 look like? My impression was that it looked…well...not so good!

The IROC was the 911s first attempt to deal with the new safety look and functional racing. How well would it work, and more importantly look? And could it really be made to work on a racing car?

What we saw was really different but

Ticket to IROC races from 1973

IROC Spoiler Deck

The first IROC racers

we also saw was function leading form. The new front bumper incorporated the needed spoiler but in a one piece spoiler-bumper. This new front had two circular air ducts on each side for the front brake cooling, a large front opening for the 3.0 liters engine’s need for more oil cooling, and the bumper-spoiler sides flared out evenly to match the large wheel flares. The 74 Carrera RSR’s spoiler-bumper was also much lower to the ground to push air around the bumper and not go under the car. It actually looked good… aggressive, but good.

Up front, the IROC had wheel flares much as the’73 RSR with its road version 9 & 11 Fuchs wheels/ racing tires, now shod with new racing radials-


a new concept for 1973.

The IROC 911 had the new 3.0L type (911/74) 315 HP High Butterfly MFI engine with the new super-strong silicone-aluminum crankcase. It had the same racing RSR brakes as the 1973 RSR- evolved from the 917, and most of the same suspension and running gear.

What was most apparent to us all was that large wing on the back of the IROC Carreras. That wing surely had to work or the factory wouldn’t be using them, but what were they?

The 911 took on serious aerodynamic engineering devices and incorporated them into the basic 911 body shape. From now on no 911 racer would ever be without real aerodynamics!

The IROC weekend was a tremendous

success for one of the largest crowds ever at Riverside as well as ABC’s TV coverage. That weekend put Riverside I n t e r n a t i o n a l R a c e w a y , Porsche, and those 911 Carreras racing on TV and on e v e r y o n e ’ s mind then and

ever since! AND, after the races that weekend, JT got to thinking.

ReflectionsBack in 1973, when Roger Penske brought the Porsches to Riverside Raceway for the first IROC Race it was a tremendous blessing for me. Having known Roger fairly well since 1964 he called me and asked if we could help with mechanics to service the IROC Porsches. I was delighted and said sure since we at Bozzani P+A, based in Monrovia, CA. weren’t that far away.

As you know Riverside Raceway was my second home. Also at the same time, I had a great relationship with Frau Bear, Porsche Racing Parts Mgr. at the Porsche Factory. When the IROC Porsches arrived I thought that they were the most beautiful cars I had ever seen. I totally fell in love with them

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including the big WING on the back. I called Frau Bear immediately and asked if she could sell me a Big Wing. She said she only had 3 spares for those cars, but could spare one and sent it to me with my next racing parts shipment. A couple of days later I placed my weekly parts order with her as usual. She shipped the parts air freight including The Wing for the IROC cars. I was extremely privileged and delighted to have the only spare copy. I had a meeting with my Board of Directors who included me, myself, and I, and we all decided to duplicate these in secret. I enlisted Dan McGlaughlin of American International Racing to do the fiberglass work, as he was the best in all of LA.

The result was that we literally sold hundreds of these “Wings” all over the USA and even some went to Europe. Dan asked me in the beginning what the heck do you want to call this “Wing” and I personally replied, “Well, they look like a Whale’s Tail to me, so let’s call them “THE WHALE TAIL”. If anybody questions that, just tell them to see JT.

Amen.. any questions see JT.... Thanks to JT, the real story is finally documented. So now you know what and where, when and how the Whale Tail was born and went on to Porsche 911 fame -forever.


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Riverside’s Ed McRae passionate about PorschesStory by David Zink, Originally posted by The Press Enterprise

Ed McRae grew up in New Jersey with a dad who drove Volkswagen Beetles.McRae, a 46-year-old Riverside resident, spent his childhood in the backseat of his dad’s Bug, listening to the drone of the rear-mounted, air-cooled, four cylinder boxer motor.

“It had such appeal,” said McRae. “I was hooked on the sound.

“A lot of my friends were hooked on muscle cars as we got older, but I just love the rear-engine sound of the boxer motor. It’s what gave me my passion initially for Volkswagens and then Porsches.”

McRae has taken his love of rear-mounted motor cars and turned it into a profession.

McRae, the general manager at Walter’s Porsche in the Riverside Auto Center, is a member of the Porsche Club of

America, which is hosting the California Festival of Speed this weekend at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. The event, which is free to the public, runs Friday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with plenty of on-track racing (time trials and club racing) and off-track events such as car displays.

“The Festival of Speed is probably the largest time trial the club does,” said McRae, who transferred to the West Coast and became part of the car scene in Southern California. “My wife and I fell in love with the car culture, the weather, and we’ve been here for over 12 years.

“The car culture in SoCal is unlike anywhere else in the country and it’s the largest market for Porsches in the country, with great tracks nearby. It’s just a great place to be if you are a car guy of any type.”

This weekend, McRae will be competing in the time trials with his latest Porsche, a seventh generation 911 (called a 991 car) which debuted in 2011. McRae’s 991 is a Carrera S-type, which is only the third new platform since the original 911 debuted in 1963. McRae’s 991, which has a slightly larger wheelbase and overall length, has a 400-horsepower 3.8 liter flat six motor with a dual clutch PDK (Porsche Doppelkupplung) transmission.

“It’s great that I can combine my hobby and passion with my career,” McRae said. “We (my wife and I) are big supporters of the Porsche Club of America, and are involved with the Orange Coast Chapter in Orange County, the Riverside Chapter and the Grand Prix Chapter.

“We have a lot of friends from all three, and we’ve been involved in PCA for quite some time as well.”

McRae began racing more than 20 years ago with autocross, a timed competition in which drivers navigate one at a time through a defined course. It differs from road racing and oval racing in that generally there is only one car on the track, racing against the clock rather than other cars. An entry-level competition, it provides a steppingstone for drivers looking to move into more competitive and possibly expensive forms of racing.“The Orange Coast Chapter, sponsors an autocross series down at the old Marine base in El Toro,” McRae said. “We sponsor an autocross series on the old runway, which is a great, wide-open area.

“If somebody wanted to get into time trials or club racing, autocross is the place to start.”


McRae began driving autocross in the 1980s with an old, rusty BMW 2002. From there, McRae said he got a new Mazda Miata, a rear-wheel drive car that McRae said was pretty robust and fit his racing budget at the time.

“I drove the Miata for several year then got into a (Porsche) 944 and then (Porsche) 911,” McRae said. “I’ve had several different forms of air-cooled Porsches all the way up to the latest generation.

“It’s been very fun over the years, combining my career with my hobby.”And, his hobby has helped McRae stay on top of all the latest in Porsche products, understanding the history and the fandom that follows the German auto manufacturer’s every step.

“Believe it or not, we come across people in the dealership that their knowledge greatly exceeds ours,” McRae said. “But we all share the same passion and I think

that is important.

“To run a Porsche dealership you aren’t selling a commodity, you are selling something people need to have a passion for. I believe having that understanding and having that passion helps, so its important we hire people that have that passion.”

This story was written by David Zink and appeared on The Press Enterprise website.

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and so will the family. Better yet, sign up to “Wash and Shine” or “Display” and be inside the ropes with a superior attitude to those poor folks walking by, you don’t need to use the White Glove in these classes either. But you do have the opportunity to sneer back at any “greenies”.

Who Are You?Now and then we get mail asking about how the club comes by its information on a member. Actually in this day and age it’s always email, never “snail mail”. But to answer this question it comes from our National Club information, which is shared with the regions and zones. So, if your own information looks out of date go to the National Club Site (https://www.pca.org) and update your information.

By the way, the national site has been recently updated and looks and works very well. There is also a classified section, which is fun to browse with your “dream checkbook” wide open. Our own Regional web site (http://www.pcaocr.com) is also a great site to visit and keep up to date on events.

Who Are We?You can find out all about the Orange Coast Region of the Porsche Club of America at our web site listed above. This includes the Board members, and the Board appointees. We all have

listed emails, of course, so you can send compliments and/or complaints or suggestions to the responsible party quite easily. Communication is so easy in this electronic age that I must comment how we sometimes fail to recognize that it is as easy to send a kind word as an unkind one. So, my challenge to you all (all 2,000 plus of you) is to send a kind word to your favorite Board Member today (or tomorrow)!

The PandoAs we wind up this months editorial message, I want to mention the changing look of the Pando and its composition. You may have noticed in the past few years the use of color everywhere, and the improving organization of your little club mag. This is thanks to a number of people. We hope to continue this trend with some further changes coming in the next few months. Of course we are open to suggestions and importantly contributions. So, write up that memory about the first 356 you put a door dent into and we will probably print it!

Speaking of the Pando, it was decided that we would adapt this as our formal magazine name. The original name of the magazine of course was the Pandemonium, which had a nice alliteration with the name Porsche (try it, “Porsche Pandemonium,” it does roll of the tongue rather nicely I think). However through time almost everyone

calls it the Pando and that is what we shall become so as to cut down on the Pandemonium, pun intended.

A last note on the Pando is to call particular attention to our classified ads editor, Mr. Bob Weber. A sterling and fun fellow Porsche fanatic. Bob owns one of the most iconic Porsche Race Cars around and displays it at some fantastic locations. In addition, he is always a voice of calm and reason in any of our sometimes heated debates. I am a Bob fan and I hope you are as well when you read our classifieds…buy something, let open that purse string. Thanks Bob.

Forever and EverI will end by saying I’ve just found out I won’t live forever. Interesting news to me as I had always planned to do so and my plan was elegant simplicity. I was just going to keep on doing what I’ve done for the last 67 years and voila! What other plan do you know that has lasted 67 years? None I dare say. However the Doc has put me on the list of Americans who regularly contribute to Pharmaceutical Company Income and promised that I may stay around quite a bit longer…..just not forever. Ah well, enjoy your Porsche and smell a rose or an exhaust pipe now and then, it will help you to live the life you have!

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PCA-OCR Helps Celebrate Orange County Donut Bar’s First AnniversaryStory by Gary Labb, Photos by Gary Labb and Paul Novotne

In late May 2014, Hector Garcia, owner of Orange County’s Donut Bar in Fountain Valley, contacted PCA-OCR to see if we’d be interested in having some “Car Meets” at his newly opened location. I met with Hector, a lover of Porsches, and we started having “night opening meets.” Hector contacted me in February and wanted to have a Sunday morning meet on March 29th, their one year anniversary of being open in Fountain Valley. To celebrate their anniversary, Hector and his staff provided the first donut free to PCA-OCR participants. Needless to say, everyone enjoyed their Sunday morning get together.

To see more photos from the Donut Bar First Anniversary event and other PCA OCR events, please visit our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pcaocr

Full Concours DivisionC-1 All Closed 356C-2 All Open 356C-3 911, 912 (‘65-’73)C-4 911, 911 Turbo, 930, 912E (‘74-’83)C-5 911 Carrera & Turbo (‘84-’89)C-6 911 Carrera & Turbo (964, 993 ‘89-’98)C-7 911 Carrera & Turbo, GT2, GT3 (996, 997, 991 ‘99-’12)C-8 914-4 & 914-6C-9 All 924, 928, 944, 968

Street DivisionS-1 All Closed 356S-2 All Open 356S-3 911-912 (‘65-’73)S-4 911, 911 Turbo, 930, 912E (‘74-’83)S-5 911 Carrera & Turbo (‘84-’89)S-6 911 Carrera & Turbo (964, 993 ‘89-’98)S-7 911 Carrera & Turbo, GT2, GT3 (996, 997, 991 ‘99-’12)S-8 914-4 & 914-6S-9 All 924, 928, 944, 968

Unrestored Stock DivisionUR-1 All Closed 356UR-2 All Open 356UR-3 911 & 912 (‘65-’73)UR-4 911, 911 Turbo, 912E, 930 (‘74-’83)UR-5 911 Carrera & Turbo (‘84-to ‘89)UR-6 911 Carrera & Turbo (964, 993, ‘89-’98)UR-7 911 Carrera & Turbo, GT2, GT3 (996 ‘99-’10)UR-8 914, 914-6UR-9 924, 928, 944, 968

Wash & Shine DivisionWS-1 All 356sWS-2 911& 912 (‘65-’73),911, 911 Turbo, 930, 912E (‘74-’83) 914-4 & 6WS-3 911 Carrera & Turbos (84-’98), (964, 993 ‘89-’98)WS-4 911 Carrera, Turbo, GT2, GT3, (996, 997, 991 ‘99-on)WS-5 Boxster, CaymanWS-6 924, 928, 944, 968WS-7 Cayenne, Panamera, Macan

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Special Categories DivisionSC-1 Special InterestSC-2 Current CompetitionSC-3 Limited Production

You can check Zone Rules for the correct classification of your car at the Zone 8 web site: www.zone 8.org

Ubergang DivisionUG-1 BoxsterUG-2 CaymanUG-3 911 Carrera (991 ‘12-on)UG-4 CayenneUG-5 PanameraUG-6 Macan

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Each Box Lunch contains a Croissant Sandwich (Please choose from the list below). Mustard and Mayonnaise Packets on the side Red Skin Potato Salad Carrot & Celery Sticks with Ranch Dipping Sauce A Bag of Chips An Incredibly Delicious Double-Fudge Iced Brownie

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FOR SALE: 930- 911 TURBO ’87 911 Turbo Coupe, Guards Red/Black lthr, 82,000 original chassis miles (odometer was replaced around 20,000 and shows 62k miles). Less than 9,000 miles on full engine and transmission rebuild by AASE Motors. Andial 3.5L Twin Plug 410 HP engine, 4 spd. Mostly original paint (except hood). California/Southwest car from new. $68,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

‘96 993 Twin Turbo Coupe, Arena Red/Classic Gray lthr, 68.1K mi. 6 spd manual, all wheel drive. Impeccable maintenance history, PCA member owned. $109,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

‘96 993 Twin Turbo Coupe, Midnight Metallic Blue/ Cashmere lthr/black accents, 39.5K mi. Factory heated Sport Seats, 6-spd manual. No accidents, recent inspection/service. $147,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

2011 997 Turbo S Coupe, Dark Blue Metallic/ Brown Natural lthr, 27.7K mi. Orange County PCA member owned. 7-spd Porsche Doppelkupplung transmission (PDK). No accidents, original paint. CPO warranty. $102,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

FOR SALE: LATE MODEL 911-964-993-986-996-997-991‘90 964 Carrera 2 Cabriolet (911), Grand Prix White/Black lthr, 47.6K mi. 5-spd G50 manual trans. Numbers matching. 1-Orange County owner for 21 years. Original paint, fresh clutch and dual mass flywheel. All records from new. $43,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

‘95 993 Carrera Coupe, Polar Silver Metallic (L92M/A8)/Classic Grey lthr (MX), 56.2K mi. 6-spd manual, new clutch & flywheel. PCA member owner, 1-owner Southwest car for 16-years. No accidents. $49,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

2008 997 S Coupe, Carrera White/Black lthr, 31.5K mi. 6 spd manual. Original OC PCA owner with all service records. Heated seats, Factory sunroof, white instrument dials, chromed exhaust tips and Carrera whls. Always garaged, never raced and no accidents. Excellent condition. $51,995. Bob Kahn 949/ 293-9639; [email protected]. OCR (1).

2014 991 GT3 Cup Race Car. White/White. One owner professionally maintained. IMSA GT3 Cup specs. $225,000. Ramez 305/6999; [email protected] FCR (1)

FOR SALE: EARLY 911--1960s‘68 911 SWB Karmann Coupe, Ivory (original color sand beige)/

original Brown leatherette interior. 99,800 miles (believed to be original chassis miles), 20,000 miles on engine rebuild/swap. Fresh 3.0 Engine. 1968 L Long Block available. 5 spd manual trans. Original was Sportomatic. PCA member owned. Porsche Certificate of Authenticity comes with car. $37,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

‘69 911 E Sportomatic Coupe, Golden Green (6828 Special Order)/Black Lthr w/ Green/Black Pepita inserts, 101,400 original miles. Fresh 2.7 MFI engine, 5-spd 915 gearbox. 1-owner for over 40 years. Original black plate CA car sold by Chick Iverson Porsche. $119,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

FOR SALE: 911--1970s ‘71 911 S/T Tribute, Tangerine (018)/Black leatherette, 17K mi. 5 spd manual, 3.2L Carrera engine, steel RS flares. Engine rebuilt about 4-years ago (less than 5,000 miles). PCA member owned. $94,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

‘73 Porsche 911 RSR/ST, Backdated recreation, Slate Grey/Custom Red lthr. 2,700 miles since bare metal/ground up restoration. Twin plug 3.2L engine, 5spd manual (915), Backdated from 1984 Carrera by John Esposito. Car located in Costa Mesa, CA. $97,990.00. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

‘73 911 RSR/ST Backdated recreation, Emerald/Viper Green (225)/Custom Black lthr. Twin plug 3.4L short stroke engine (305hp)by AASE Motors. ENG# 64C4726 (1982 9111 SC Aluminum Case). 5-spd manual 915 gearbox, LSD. 2,000 miles


since bare metal/ground up restoration (less than 2-years ago). Backdated from 1975 911 S by John Esposito. 3-time magazine feature car. West Coast Porsche from new. $114,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

FOR SALE: 911--1980s‘81 911 SC Targa, Wine Red Metallic/Black leatherette, 129.5K mi. 5 spd manual. Numbers matching car. 1-Southwest family owner from new!!No accidents. $27,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

‘86 911 Carrera Coupe, Iris Blue Metallic (33P)/Champagne lthr (76) w/ Navy accents, 162.8K mi. Numbers matching. 5 spd manual, rebuilt transmission and A/C. 2-SoCal owners from new, most records from new. $34,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

‘89 911 Carrera Cabriolet, Silver Metallic (S7)/Silk Grey supple lthr (97) w/ Black piping, 92K mi. 25th Silver Anniversary Edition. 1 of 200 built. Numbers matching, G50 5 spd, SoCal car. Porsche Certificate of Authenticity (COA). $44,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

‘89 911 Speedster, Black/Black lthr, 21K mi. LSD, 5 spd G50 trans, sport seats, CofA with car. $260,000. Fred 407/760-9761; [email protected]. FCR (1). FOR SALE: 914-6/914‘74 914 2.0L, Zambezi Green (L64K)/Brown/Black leatherette w/Corduroy inserts, 44.2K mi. 5 spd manual. Numbers matching car. 1-owner from new!! $22,990. Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (1).

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‘75 914 2.0L, Nepal Orange /Beige leatherette, 90K miles on chassis. ‘73 2.0 engine with 40,000 miles on engine, chrome ‘73 bumpers, 5 Fuchs alloys, front sway bar, center console w/gauges, vinyl covered roll bar, electric windshield washer motor, aux, oil cooler, Bilstein shocks, polycarbonate suspension bushings, 21 mm torsion bars, 140# springs. No known rust or accidents. Excellent paint. Interior is good other than a very worn spot on the driver’s side, outside bolster and a tear in the side of the center pad. New carpet set. $8000. Mike 661/273-2690; [email protected]. IER (1)

FOR SALE: PANAMERA, CAYENNE & CAYMAN2009 Cayman S, Carrera White/Brown (Cocoa) lthr, 28.8K mi. 2nd generation Direct Injection motor, 6-Speed manual w/ locking differential. Original paint. No accidents. $40,990.00 Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911; [email protected]. OCR (2).

FOR SALE: PARTS-911-930-993-986-996-997911 ACCESSORIES FOR SALE: Koni adjustable sport shocks, fits ’74 –

‘83?, 2 “red” solid body fronts 8641-1039 (8802) and 2 “yellow” rears 8210-1159 (1299 & 2697), with adjusting knob, 25K on all 4, as-is, $400 (not sold separately); black Tonneau “short” cover with bag (911 561 023-60 2xw) for Cabriolet, like new, OEM, fits ’84 – ‘89? $1,000 (cover and bag retails for $2300). OBO on both. Buyer pays shipping. Harry 949/374-3379; [email protected]; OCR (2).

MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE PORSCHE MANUALS & BOOKS: 1965 Porsche Workshop 911 Manual - $650.00; 1971 Porsche Workshop 911 Manual - $450.00; 1970 911S, 914/6 Porsche Information booklet - $175.00. 1963-1979 Porsche Panorama books, all twelve (12) months in each binder - $60.00 per book. Coffee Table Book – Porsche 1985-1986 Signed, Susann Miller #188/250 - $225.00. Contact Tiana 714/846-7453. OCR (1).


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