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PFERDESTÄRKE
winter 2016
Regional Officers Info
3
President’s Column
4
2016 Calendar of Events
5
An Alpine Adventure Newbie 8
A Needle In A Haystack
13
Trading Post
17
ON THE COVER
Abe Abraham and his brother Albert chatting
next to Roger Abraham’s light ivory 1970
911T Coupe purchased new at Gruber
Porsche Audi in Cedar Rapids. For more, see
the article on page 13.
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Regional Officers Info
Welcome New CIA Members
President: Darrell Frett
319.648.2920
[email protected]
Jameel Abraham of Cedar Rapids, IA
Hope to see you at a future
event.
Secretary: Ed Mitchell
815.493.6339
[email protected]
Treasurer: Leesa Elseman
319.337.2157
[email protected]
Zone 10 Representative:
Julie Bailey
Webmaster: Jim Millick
309.765.4907
[email protected]
Pferdestärke Editor:
Jameel Abraham
319-210-1522
[email protected]
Zone 10 Regional Clubs
Ozark Lakes: www.pca.vintageeuro.com
Dakotas: www.dakotapca.org
Red River: www.RedRiverPCA.org
Great Plains: www.gprpca.com/
Schönesland: www.schonesland.org
Kansas City: www.kcrpca.org
St. Louis: www.stlpca.org
Nord Stern: www.nordstern.org
Wichita: www.wic.pca.org
Zone 13 Regional Clubs
https://www.pca.org/regiondirectory?field_zone_tid=462
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President’s
Column
by Darrell Frett
CENTRAL IOWA REGION PCA FEB 06 2016
WINTER MEETING
Attendance:
Darrell Frett President, Jim Millich Vice President, Ed Mittchel,
Secretary, Tom Moore Past President Brenda Moore, Jameel
Abraham Newsletter editor, Don Thomson, Dena Baethke, Tom
Schinrock, Gary Millavetz
Membership news – January membership has raised to107
primary member and 74 secondary members. This is the biggest
membership we have had in many years which is consistent with
national membership at 117,000 members. By far the largest
Porsche Club worldwide and the largest single make car club.
Financial news – The club has $6,846 in the bank as of
December 2015. The largest expense for 2015 was the
Membership Participation Raffle prizes at $955. Second biggest
expense was autocross as we paid $1,200 for the track rental
and took in $640 in entry fees. Most of the revenue from the
club is quarterly membership dues which
are returned percentage of PCA National
dues. 2016 goal is to use more of this
money to enhance the events and to
support worthy charities. As a non-forprofit organization, we need to reduce our
bank balance by a reasonable amount
Membership Participation Raffle -2015 did not appear to
increase participation but it was well liked. Discussion for 2016
was instead of three large prizes raffled off; buy a gift for anyone
who participated in 2016. A gift would be presented based on
the number of events attended
News Letter – Welcome Jameel Abraham. He has offered to
compile and edit a quarterly newsletter. As a board (and editor)
we felt it was important to get regional news out and that national
content was not as important. However, we need all members
to submit anything they might find interesting to share as the
editor job is not to create the stories but to publish them. As in
the past years, it will be issued electronically only to those with
current e-mails
2016 Calendar will be issued separately but this year will
include publication of other events not necessarily PCA. There
are several local car shows that Porsche participation would be
good. We have been approached by the Hawkeye Downs Car
Show to participate (more on that in the future).
Autocross for 2015 had low attendance. The board asked to
issue a survey to find out how the membership feels about
providing autocross in the future.
National PCA has contacted CIA regarding holding a Street
Survival Skills Driving Program for new drivers. The BMW club
sponsors a national program and the Iowa region puts on an
event twice a year. We have contacted them and offered our
help. Which was gladly accepted. BMW has not set the dates
yet so stay tuned.
Submitted – Darrell Frett 2016 Central Iowa Region President
National and Zone 10 News – Two
issues were before the national board this
January 23. First was a Whistle Blower
Policy. Second was approving the PCA to
buy a future property. No details on which
property or final cost, the vote was to give
the board approval to spend money if a
property comes available. However, the
Board found out that Proxy voting is not
allowed in Virginia so they could not accept
the vote. We have a new Zone 10 rep Julie Bailey from Wichita KS.
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CIA Calendar of Events 2016
Feb 6
2016 Board Meeting Ok Yoke Inn Amana, Contact Darrell Frett
March 12
Lunch meeting Location and Organizer TBD
April 9/10
Zone 10 Region Presidents Meeting – Contact Darrell Frett if interested in attending
April 16
Tech Session at Eddie’s Rod and Custom, Cedar Rapids. 10am.
*May 1
Nord Stern Drivers Ed at Brainerd MN – See http://nordstern.org/ for more
*May 1
Great Plains Drivers Ed at RPF Pacific Junction IA– See https://www.gprpca.com/
May 7
St Donatus Car Show ? tour from CR, JM tour from QC
May 7
Street Survival Driving School Iowa Speedway, Newton IA – With BMW Club
May 21
Spring Drive Location and Organizer TBD
*June 3 – 6
Blue Ridge Boxster Summit Little Switzerland NC Contact Darrell Frett if interested
June 11
Autocross Marshalltown Iowa
June 18 – 26
Porsche Parade Jay Peak Vermont – Contact Darrell Frett if interested in caravanning
to Parade
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CIA Calendar of Events 2016
*June 24
Chicago Drivers Ed at Blackhawk – See http://pca-chicago.org/cms/
*June 25
Hemmings New Car Show 5PM Third Avenue Bridge CR – See http://greatrace.com
July 9
Nothing Better To Do Than Go For A Drive – Location and Organizer TBD
July15-17
Brian Redman Challenge Vintage Race (RA) – See http://www.roadamerica.com/
July 24
Ice Cream Social at Tanya and Jim’s Place. 2PM to 5PM
August 5-7
IMSA at Road America See http://www.roadamerica.com/
August13
Hawkeye Downs Car Show Details TBD
*August 13
Chicago Drivers Ed at Blackhawk - See http://pca-chicago.org/cms/
August 14
Botham Vineyard Car Show Barneveld WI – Caravan TBD
August 28
Sertoma Car Show and Pancake Breakfast – IC Airport – Contact John Dyson
*September 8
Nord Stern Drivers Ed - Seehttp://nordstern.org/ for more information
September 10
Planes and Trains Geneseo IL
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CIA Calendar of Events 2016
September 17
Autocross Marshalltown, Iowa
October 8
Street Survival Driving School Iowa Speedway, Newton IA – With BMW Club
October 16
Fall Leaf Tour Route and Destination TBD
*November 8
Chicago Drivers Ed at Blackhawk – See http://pca-chicago.org/cms/
*November 4-6
Porsche Palooza (Eureka Spring AR) Contact Darrell Frett if interested
November12
Lunch Meeting Location and Time TBD
December 4
Holiday Party, Ox Yoke Inn, Amana Iowa – Details to follow
*Not CIA events but are fun to attend anyway.
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An
Alpine Adventure
Newbie
story by GARY MILAVETZ
photos by DARRELL FRETT
Several years ago Jim Millick and Darrell Frett told me about the Fast Lane
Travel (FLT) Treffen experiences they had. They raved about the experience
they had, how they can’t wait to go back and that I should consider going with
them. Needless to say, I was skeptical and the trips seemed expensive on the
surface, at least. However, about a year ago Jim sent me a message with the
tentative plans for a driving adventure in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
planned for September, 2015. Not only would I be driving the Porsche of my
choice but luxury hotels each night for a good rest and gastronomic delights for
sustenance between drives. I sent the itinerary to my wife and asked if she would
like to go. For a variety of reasons, she said she didn’t want to go but I could if
I wanted. FLT makes it somewhat easy to pay, the amount hurts but you can
spread the payments over several months so you don’t need to pay it all up front
at once. When September arrives, its passport: check; clean clothes: check; toiletries:
check. I’m ready to go!
I flew over the day before the
tour started in order to allow some
extra time to acclimate to the time
change. I was picked up at the Leipzig
airport in an S-Class Mercedes and
chauffeured to our hotel. Waiting in
the lobby for me was Hans (our
guide), Jim, Darrell and one of the
couples also attending this tour. The
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other couple arrived the next day. Each of the
others had at least two prior driving
adventures, so I was the newbie on this trip.
We had a walking tour of Leipzig on our first
full day. Did you know: Goethe wrote Faust
there; Bach wrote most of his music there
and the German reunification movement
started there? Although we had hoped to visit
the Porsche factory there, it was closed to
the public during our visit. The next day the
ICE train took us to Berlin and we saw the
Brandenburg Gate, ate lunch at the top of the
Reichstag, were moved by the Holocaust
Memorial and had an unplanned walking tour
(…
don’t ask*) to find the restaurant for our
evening meal.
The next day began our driving
adventure. The eight of us rented six high-performance Porsches. Waiting for
me was a 2015 911 GTS Cabriolet! The other cars in our group were two 911
Cabriolets, a 911 C4S coupe and a Panamera GTS. Whenever we were on one of
the German autobahns with an unrestricted speed limit, we cruised between
190 to 250kph (~120-155mph) while attaining a high speed of over 270kph.
Autobahns near cities, areas of congestion and poor weather conditions have
reduced speed limits. Speed, when monitored, was by radar camera. We were
told that the autobahns in
Austria and Switzerland have
limits that must be followed
closely or we would find a
ticket surcharge added to our
credit cards before we
returned home. We even ran
into a couple of traffic jams
on the highways, although
this was primarily limited to
Switzerland. In addition to
high speed driving, we visited
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mountain passes with many
switchbacks going up and
down the mountain.
However, the most
challenging driving we did
was in the Black Forest.
Narrow roads, limited sight
lines and tight turns tested
our driving skill. Although I
have been enamored with
Porsche handling since my
first test drive, these are
the roads Porsches are made for! Quick acceleration, amazing cornering, clear
feedback, immediate and firm braking define these cars. Everyone succeeded
with no incidents, even the newbie.
There are other highlights to this trip that need to be mentioned. We
had a personalized tour of the Porsche factory in Zuffenhausen. We saw
engines being assembled along with 911s, Boxsters and Caymans of all types
being put together. Our factory
tour guide is a former employee of
Porsche, so he not only had a
complete and inside knowledge of
the manufacturing operation but
when he didn’t know the answer to
one of our questions, he asked one
of the nearby assembly line workers
or stepped up directly to the line to
look at the car being assembled and
obtain the answer.
European style breakfasts
were included at each hotel. I started each day out with some freshly squeezed
orange juice, assorted fruits, a freshly-made omelet with smoked salmon,
veggies and Swiss cheese followed by hot coffee and pastries. If that isn’t to
your liking, one could have any of a number choices of other juices, breads,
cheeses, meats, egg dishes, fruits, cereals, tea or coffee beverages.
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On our way to Glashütte, we
had lunch in the Royal Castle
Kitchen of the 800 year old
Weesenstein Castle. After
preparing our entrees, the chef
surfed his kitchen computer to
show us pictures of the only
sports car made in East Germany
during the cold war era, the
Melkus. (Consider the concepts
of computers in a castle and a
GDR sports car for a moment.) Have you ever seen what goes into making a
mechanical watch? At Glashütte, we had a private tour of the A. Lange and
Söhne wristwatch manufactory. The watches are hand made and we were albe
to look over ths shoulders of the watchmakers as they assembled and tested
the watches. After the tour, we visited their boutique store in Dresden where
we saw watches priced from around USD$20,000 to over 200,000! (No one
bought a watch that day, but I think Jim saw a couple that he really likes.) In
Dresden, we viewed the some of the stark reminders of the firebombing of the
city and World War II.
Each evening, we
relaxed and ate together
to share our impressions
of the cars, driving and
activities of the day. We
talked about current
affairs in the world,
racing, other sports and
told our personal stories.
After the cars were turned
in, one can reflect on the
experience. For your
upfront payment, everything is included (even gas, regardless of the heaviness
of your foot). Importantly, FLT takes care of all the details, including car rental
and insurance, hotels, meals and they provide a guide fluent in German, so
language isn’t a barrier. Only you can say if it worth it. However, if you like to
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drive Porsches the way they
are intended to be driven,
consider this worthwhile. My
co-travelers have been on
several of these trips. As for
me? I can’t wait to go back.
* No, we technically didn’t get
lost but we had a scenic
walking tour of Berlin and it
took us a lot longer to get
there than we first expected.
Next trip I need to review
reading smartphone map
apps.
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Needle In A Haystack
STORY BY JAMEEL ABRAHAM
PHOTOS BY ROGER ABRAHAM
My Porsche Story, and The Search for
Dad’s 1970 911T Coupe
I am a child of the 1970’s. I think I was
born at just about the perfect vertex between
the analog world and the digital one. Old
enough to remember my lincoln logs and legos,
but young enough to have enjoyed dropping
many a quarter into the slot of a video game
at the perfect age of 10. Once you get sucked
into the world of Donkey Kong, little else commands your attention. Yet in the midst of all
this digital distraction I somehow got hooked on Porsche.
The Löwenbräu 962 (yes, I
had to Google that, just to
check my memory) caught my
attention, and I would watch
IMSA races with Al Unser Jr.
at the helm. I didn’t know the
names of any other drivers. It
didn’t matter. Unser was my
man. End of story. Of course I
had no clue what I was talking about. What 10 year old
does? I walked around the
house touting the high
viscocity of Quaker State oil.
I knew nothing about engines.
A year or two passed and my interest
in racing was replaced with the 911. I must
have been about 11 or 12 when I asked dad if
we could drive to Carousel Motors in Iowa
City to check out the Porsches. It was 1985.
Mom snapped pictures of me kneeling down
next to a Guards Red 911 Turbo. I still get
nearly the same feeling I had then when I
reminisce about that car. A giddy excitement
in my gut that, at 42, I feel silly experiencing.
It wasn’t long before I had a framed glossy of
that same car hanging on my bedroom wall.
That same year Porsche issued a huge
poster-style brochure featuring the 1986 lineup.
On one side was a column of side-profile glamour shots of every model of 944, 911 and 928
with detailed specs on each model. But to a 10
year old, this was boring, grown-up stuff that
only an adult would read. Who really cares if
the body is “unitized welded”? Not I! The look
and top speed were all that mattered. On the
opposite side of the poster was something entirely different. Something that only a genuine
purist could appreciate. Something that the
rich kids at my junior high school, with their
fancy, glossy car magazines full of Lamborghini
Countachs simply couldn’t comprehend: a sublime, silver Porsche 959. Shot from a low angle
as if it were an animal on the hunt, crouching,
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haunches loaded, ready to pounce, the car had
eagerness without attitude. The gloss black wet
river rocks that the car seemd to float over
presented a stark contrast to the three hot-pink
neon beams that cast subtle rosy hues across
the liquid metal finish of the fenders and tail.
This was, for me, the Porsche. I had hit the
heights. There was no better car ever to be
made.
Dad was always surprising us with cool
gadgets that I never imagined we could afford.
One day he brought home a Betamax deck that
would talk if you pressed a blue button. I remember calling him at work after school asking
if I could press the blue button. I’m surprised I
didn’t break the thing. Then he came home with
something that made me forget about Porsches
for a while. A bright orange Volkswagen Thing.
I fell in love. I was 12 years old, and it became
my life goal to make my first drive in the Thing.
I simply could not wait to drive it. We had sev-
eral VW’s in the 70’s and 80’s, a red sedan, a
black convertible in rough shape (coco fibers
were everwhere in that car) a couple white,
late 60’s bugs, and a bus with all the little windows up top. My brother’s high school ride was
a 1974 Super Beetle that we sanded down and
prepped for a $99 paint job at Earl Scheib. But
for me the Thing was it. I could not wait until I
was 14 so I could get my permit and take it for
a spin. But before that happened, my older
brother lost control of it on 1st Ave one afternoon, and smashed into a telephone pole, ironically enough, right in front of Earl Scheib. The
frame was sprung, the insurance company totalled it, and I was heartbroken.
As I moved into my teen years and beyond, and the self-awareness that time in a
person’s life brings, I slowly lost interest in
Porsches. Being self-employed with nothing more
than a high school diploma, I had resigned myself, perhaps subconsciously, that owning a
Porsche was forever out of reach. In the ensuing years I got busy, pursued my interests, and
although I never forgot about 911’s, I simply
figured one wasn’t ever in the cards for me.
Through this entire process one thing never
changed though. Every now and then my
father would mention the 911T he owned
briefly in the early 70’s. Although the car
had its quirks (broken clutch cables, the
uncomfortably-positioned pit gear) dad
always talked about the 911 with great
admiration. “That thing would sail down
the highway like it was riding on rails”
he’d say. “The hood swept down fast, so
it was like you were running down the
highway at 70 miles an hour.” He touted
how sweetly it handled. How solid it was.
During a trip he and my mom took to the
Black Hills, he crested a mountain pass,
then simply coasted downhill with the
engine off, to appreciate nothing but the
silky smooth, Swiss-watch like handling. He once
told me that his father (my grandfather Abe,
he’s the one on the left in the cover photo)
drove back from Phoenix in the car with him
riding shotgun. Grandpa loved it so much he
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wouldn’t let dad take the wheel for the entire
trip.
So a couple of years ago my brother
had dug out a bunch of the family’s old slides
and rigged up an apparatus for getting them
into the digital realm. One night while watching
the results of that effort with my folks, something came on the
screen that struck
me. There it was.
Dad’s stunning 1970
911T in light ivory.
All the giddy, gutwrenching emotion
I’d experienced as a
kid came rushing
back. At that moment I made a decision. I would try to find
dad’s car.
Little did I know how daunting a task it
would be. How does one go about finding a car
without a VIN number or any paper trail of any
kind? How do you even start? I didn’t even have
a license plate number. So I sat down with dad
and started asking about the car. One name
came up immediately. Tom Bruch. Tom had been
dad’s mechanic in 1969 when he bought the car
and had worked on it a few times. It didn’t need
much, being brand new. Mostly it was the notorious clutch cable that kept breaking. We had
actually bumped into Tom just a couple years
ago at a car show in Fairfax, so we knew he
was still around. I didn’t have his phone number though, so I had to do a little hunting around.
My first contact that held promise was Tom
Moore, who kindly put me in touch with Lee
Schlabaugh at Stalltek in Wellman. I called Lee
and was warmly received. We chatted for a
while, and it was at that time that I discovered
a fantastic little tidbit of information. But before I get to that I should back up a little.
In 1969 my big brother was born. That
was the same year dad bought the 911. He kept
it for only a couple years before the folks real-
ized that the 911 was getting a bit tedious for a
family. Mom still tells the story that she’d put
my big brother in the back window luggage shelf
during road trips. No seat belt, no restraint system. I imagine it was her that was tiring of
having to wrangle the baby from the back seat
of a two-door car. So bear with me as I try to
write this next sentence. Okay, deep
breath. Whew. Here
we go. In 1973 the
Porsche was traded
in at Allen Motor
Co. in Cedar Rapids
for a Buick Skylark.
There, that’s done.
Now let’s move on.
Still with me? I wouldn’t blame you if you just
punched your computer monitor. I’m on my third
in the past year.
So back to my conversation with Lee.
Bruch had informed me that he’d given some of
his old repair invoices to Lee. Jackpot. I knew
there was a good chance that dad’s car was in
the records. Lee was very cordial and invited
me down to take a look for myself. Tom Moore
and I agreed to meet at Stalltek on the next
good weather day. A few weeks past and I made
it down to Wellman with my father and brother.
Meeting Lee and Neil simply fueled my hunt for
dad’s car all the more. What a great pair of
guys. They were kind enough to pull the file
drawer for “A” and let me leaf through it, searching for a record of dad’s car. But after a few
minutes I realized it was hopeless. No record.
Nothing. It was a bust. I left Stalltek empty
handed regarding dad’s VIN, but completely satiated otherwise. The Schlabaughs were very inspirational, not only about finding dad’s car,
but about finding any 911. Before we parted
ways I asked Tom Moore if the CIA newsletter
was going to happen again, since I’d been reading the old issues via the CIA website, and hoping that it could perhaps help me in my quest to
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find dad’s car. His answer was both disappointing and surpsing, “No one has time to do the
newsletter right now. You want the job?” A bit
daunted by the proposition, I told him I’d sleep
on it. A few weeks later, I took the offer.
More recently I took some time off one
afternoon to do a little more detective work.
This time I was armed with some pretty solid
information. Back in ‘69 when dad bought his
car, he was at Gruber’s the same day that another man was taking delivery of his car. A
1970 911T Targa in Tangerine. That man was
Al Aossey. I’d seen Al at a car show last fall,
and told him about my quest. A few weeks later
I found a note in my mailbox with the VIN from
Al’s car. Armed with that info, I called Porsche
of North America to see if they had records of
that VIN, and perhaps had a delivery manifest
of other cars delivered to Gruber at the same
time. The young lady on the other end of the
line tried her best, but I was
told they simply don’t have information like that from that
long ago. Another dead end.
But my story isn’t over
yet. Last year I joined the Early
911S Registry in hopes of finding the car. I waited for months
to get the actual registry in the
mail. Then it came. Like a rabid dog I started scrolling
through the list until I came to 1970. And there
it was. A 1970 911T coupe, in light ivory. And it
was in eastern Iowa. I could barely contain my
excitement. I immediately wrote an email to the
owner. I waited for days. Okay, that’s a lie. It
was just overnight. I picked up the phone the
next afternoon and dialed the number. Could
this be it? Could dad’s car be gathering dust in
a garage just 30 minutes from home? A man
answered. I must have sounded like a nervous
kid asking a pretty girl for his first date. If this
guy had dad’s car, I thought, I better make a
good impression. So I put on my best “mature
adult” voice, acted totally nonchalant (or so I
thought), and started my story. But before you
expect the ultimate climax to this tale, I have to
break it to you. I’m afraid it hasn’t happened
yet. Turns out this particular light ivory car
originated in California. It wasn’t my dad’s 911
after all. So, back on the hunt.
In the mean time I had discovered a photo
of the front of dad’s car. I had a plate number!
A call downtown didn’t yield much, the Linn Co.
Treasurer only has records back a couple decades. And many of the paper records were
destroyed after the big flood. I’ve seen enough
episodes of Law and Order to know that a police detective should be able to find the owner
of a car, no matter how old, if they know the
plate number. So I call the Cedar Rapids Police
and ask for a detective. Surprisingly I get one. I
first apologize for wasting their time, then get
down to the nitty gritty. The detective is hep to
my cause. I give her the
plate number. She starts
hunting around, asking
questions. But like a punch
to the abdomen, I reach yet
another dead end. Even the
cops don’t know how to
find dad’s car! At this point,
I have few roads left to
venture down, yet I keep
on driving.
I’ve tried to get in touch
with Mike Rexroat, the salesman who sold the
911 to dad, but have struck out there. Hopefully I’ll be able to make that connection eventually and he’ll have perhaps that final little
morsel of info that unlocks the location to dad’s
car.
Until then, the wild goose chase continues. I’ll not only keep searching for dad’s car,
but hopefully find an old 911 that I can call my
own. If you’re interested in helping me make
either of those dreams happen, my door is open.
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Trading Post
WANTED TO BUY
Excellence Magazine back issues, especially early ones.
Also looking for back issues of Porsche Panorama or any older Porsche
books/manuals/literature, especially pre-1989.
Contact Jameel Abraham
[email protected]
319-210-1522
WANTED TO BUY
Parts for ‘71 914. Looking for rain tray and interior driver’s side door pull
handle, but I’d be interested in anything else you might have.
Contact Jameel Abraham
[email protected]
319-210-1522
WANTED TO BUY
Single 6x15 Fuchs for 72 911
Early 911 Parts-Call me with what you have. I'm restoring a 72 911T Targa
Contact Jace Stone
563-209-8278
[email protected]
WANTED TO BUY
1970 911T Coupe in Lt. Ivory purchased new at
Gruber Porsche by Roger Abraham of Cedar
Rapids. Linn Co. plate number 57-78211
Contact Jameel Abraham
[email protected]
319-210-1522
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