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PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
OCTOBER 2014
ORANGE COAST REGION
IN THIS ISSUE
AN OLD TIMER TRIES AUTOCROSS............................. pg. 15
SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL RALLY.................................. pg. 16
NEW MEMBER PICNIC ................................................ pg. 28
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PANDEMONIUM OCTOBER 2014
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Garey Cooper
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Larry Moore
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Book Review
Road to Riverside Web Series
Forty-Six Bucks
An Old Timer Tries Autocross
Shake, Rattle & Roll Rally
OCR Meeting Guest Speaker
New Member Picnic
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2014 Autocross Schedule
Julian Thru the Back-Back Door
Porsches & Pancakes Breakfast
Krispy Kreme Gathering
Burger Bahn at Woody’s
Back Cover Breakfast Club
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President’s Message
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The Goodie Store
Rice’s Ramblings
Auto-X Corner
Membership Update
Breakfast Club for New Members
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October 2014 PANDEMONIUM 1
2014 Calendar of Events
OCTOBER 2014
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Breakfast Club & Board
Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB
PCA-OCR Fall Tour
Krispy Kreme Gathering
PCA-OCR AutoX – El Toro
Porsches & Pancakes - Woody’s Lido
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PCA-OCR AutoX – El Toro
Woody’s BurgerBahn – HB
PCA-OCR Toys for Tots Drive
Krispy Kreme Gathering
Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido
JANUARY 2015
NOVEMBER 2014
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6-9 PCA Escape to Orlando, Florida
10 PCA-OCR DE Event – Streets of Willow
13 Woody’s BurgerBahn - HB
15 Krispy Kreme Gathering
16 PCA-OCR AutoX – El Toro
21 LA Autoshow PCA Preview
22 Porsches & Pancakes – Woody’s Lido
22 Tech Tactics
22 Anza Borrego One Day Drive
PCA-OCR Sunday Brunch/Breakfast Club
PCA Zone 8 Banquet
Reutterwerks List
A Request for updated emails!
The Reutterwerks List is our
communication tool to reach members
with Announcements, Event Reminders
and Information deemed “Important”.
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additional email addresses, Please send
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* Event dates subject to change.
Note: Italicized text
represents events outside
of OCR sponsored events.
Links to Zone 8 events can
be found at www.Zone8.org.
OCR Board Meetings
All members are welcome
to OCR Board Meetings,
held after the breakfast
meeting at Original Mike’s
We thank them for their
support
Greg Lush
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Our club is very fortunate to have so
many dedicated volunteers committed
to providing great activities that
involve you and your Porsche. While
that is great news, sometimes it can
be challenging to choose the right
event to attend. As suggested in past
messages, we encourage everyone to
try all of the different events. To help
the new members and more seasoned
members alike, this President’s message
is committed to providing some insight
about key events.
Breakfast Club
A monthly meeting that covers all the
club business, followed by a board
meeting (open to all members). Close
to 100 cars show up and enjoy the
breakfast and free coffee regularly.
Every Second Saturday
AutoKennel provides an opportunity to
hang out with one another and check
out the consignment cars for sale.
Paul and his father have been great
supporters of OCR for many years.
Fall Tour
The last couple of years we have
provided a tour, limited to 20 cars
(which sells out within minutes); it is a
multi-night driving event. We explore
different areas and commonly drive
between five and six hours per day with
plenty of stops. This is a must attend
event.
drive and destination should not be
missed on this up-and-back drive.
Other Eating Events
Our second performance driving event
happens at a race track. The venues
change; however, this November we
will be going to The Streets of Willow.
Streets is a great and challenging road
course just past Palmdale. Watch for
details and come up the afternoon
before the DE and join us all for dinner.
NOTE: These events do require a
minimum of four AutoX events.
These are strategically placed around
Orange County and are simply times
to visit with others sharing common
interests. Interestingly, these all seem
to pull different groups of people to
attend, which means each of these gives
you a great opportunity to meet a lot of
different OCR members.
AutoX
I am a little biased towards our
performance driving events. AutoX
(autocross) is competing against the
clock while navigating around cones
on a 1- mile course. Over 100 cars
monthly show up to compete with one
another, ranging from showroom stock
to race prepared. This is the best way
to really experience your Porsche in a
safe, inexpensive environment.
Julian
An annual drive from Orange County
to Julian (about 2 hours).
This drive covers all types of driving
conditions and when you arrive, the
fresh apple pie is fantastic. A great
Streets of Willow
(Drivers Education)
Toys for Tots
Our annual event in conjunction with
the military to collect toys for military
families just before the Christmas
season. An afternoon gathering that
typically lasts less than two hours.
I am looking forward to seeing you all
at these fantastic events. Please make
sure that you are always checking the
PCA/OCR calendar and our Facebook
page (http://www.pcaocr.com/?page=6)
for the latest information on these and
our other activities.
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OCR Board Appointments
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Autocross Registration
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Joe Nedza | [email protected]
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Norm Follis | [email protected]
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Historian
David Hockett | [email protected]
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Garey Cooper
O’er those green fields of Eire
Wherever you go, there you are.
It’s a little déjà vu for me this month, as
I write this column at 35,000 feet
or so, flying intercontinental with
Virgin Atlantic. Midway between
the continents actually. Mrs. Cooper
and I have had a lark in Ireland and
the United Kingdom. I’m writing
United Kingdom for now anyway, as
it seems Scotland is going to vote for
full independence as I am writing this.
The United Kingdom may revert to
England and Wales, unless of course the
former kingdom of Mercia decides to
reconstitute itself.
Driving the wee
country lanes
While on the Emerald Isle and in Merry
Old England, we drove of course, and
on the “wrong side” of the road at that.
It is to be certain on the left side, a
legacy we understand of a time when
two armored equestrians could ride
by one another with the sword and
scabbard on the right side.
I’ve now done this many times, and
EDITOR’S NOTES
after the first day or so it slips back
to a pattern. The pattern consists of a
few components:
1. Each morning Mrs. Cooper goes
to the wrong side of the car and we
collide trying to both wedge into the
same side, spilling coffee, golf balls,
and our cool weather ephemera.
2. We dive into the mental arithmetic
of metric conversions, KPH/MPH,
miles/kilometers, and impossibly
quaint village names.
3. Narrow lanes get narrower and
huge trucks with trailers go by in the
opposite direction leaving a shower
of leaves, small pebbles, and minor
loosely rooted plants raining down
upon your vehicle.
4. With narrowed eyes we scan the side
of buildings or little posts for any street
name to verify our GPS is not sending
us to lower Slobovia. That is when
they have bothered to even post a street
name as they can change every block.
For a woman who was gifted with
many things except a sense of direction
(barring an uncanny sixth sense of
location for the nearest Nordstrom),
Mrs. Cooper is an able navigator. She
is especially keen when it comes to
locating golf courses.
Driving the wee country
lanes, part deux
So what did we drive? Firstly a Renault
FLUENCE. Since the Renault brand is
most remarkable here in the US by its
complete absence, it is likely you will
not have heard of this model. After two
weeks in this car, the best I can say is
that it was competent and kept rain and
those loose small plants off our faces. If
that sounds like it is faint praise, then so
it shall be.
The next vehicle we rented in old
blighty was a Kia, and this was a nice
little roller. We do have Kia in the US
and if they can produce a vehicle like
this, Porsche needs to keep upping their
game, as they have been doing.
Both cars were diesels and most of the
cars we saw on the road were diesels,
including a diesel Panamera. The ever
thrifty folks over there understand the
better mileage and range one gets with
a diesel. Porsche claims one can range
over 1,000 miles (more than this in
kilometers), provided that your bladder
will last. So, every car running by you
clatters along as only diesels can.
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Porsche things
How about our own dear Orange Coast
Region? It’s quite fine, thank you. We
have some rallys coming up as I write
this. I recommend trying these instead
of partners’ counseling as a way of
testing your relationship’s true depth.
I say that of course “tongue in cheek,”
as they are always fun and they do
demand a certain pairing of activities
to participate. And if any division does
creep in, there is always a pub at the
end of it all. Try a cool Guinness to
wash away the miles.
We also have some end-of-year
celebrations to insert into your calendar.
These are great mixers even if you
haven’t made it to any events during
EDITOR’S NOTES CONTINUED ON PAGE 32
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Book Review
Fast Ladies: Female Racing Drivers 1888 to 1970
Review by Bruce Herrington
The heroines whose brief biographies
are compiled in this book, are indeed
ladies, starting with the preface by
the Marquise de Montaigu. Though
members of the nobility were not
the only ones who could afford a car
to race, in the early days the female
racers were all married and are listed
as Mrs. So-and-so, or The Honorable
…, something one does not think about
these days. It is a book about the ladies,
not race results or even just their ontrack lives. A fascinating read about real
people albeit mostly upper crust. And
the term “racing” in the sub-title should
be understood as ‘competition’ because
from the ‘30s on, many of the women
presented were rallyists, not circuit
racers.
Divided into seven chapters, the
documentation of these ladies and their
successes (or adventures, as the case
may be), ranges from “1900, the very
beginning” to “Formula 1.” In addition
to the biographies, each chapter begins
with a paragraph expanding on the
concept of the title. There are also a
few summary write-ups of significant
by Jean-Francois Bouzanquet
published by Veloce Publishing, UK
‘eras’ in the more or less
chronological presentation.
Amazing to this reviewer, is
the depth of information and
pictures contained in FAST
LADIES about pre-WWI
women drivers, and especially
the number of pictures from
the ‘30s on. It seems that
European information archives
are much more comprehensive
than American. Just looking
at the pictures and reading
the captions can leave one
in awe of how these women
(contemporaries of grandmothers or great-grandmothers
of current readers) handled
these massive cars on crude
roads, with very primitive
support facilities, and nothing in the
way of ‘crowd control’.
The first woman to enter races, Camille
du Gast, finished 33rd out of 122, in the
1901 Paris-Berlin race, in part because
of being able to afford a very good car
since her husband was manager of a
Paris Department Store. Her story gets
more interesting after that success in
motor racing.
The first English woman racing driver
was Dorothy Levitt who won her class
in the 1903 Southport Speed Trial.
Most infamous might be Violette
Morris who won medals in cars,
Olympic woman’s shot-put and Javelin,
was a boxer, and, in modern parlance,
a ‘dyke’. Her sexual preferences got
her in trouble with the French sporting
authorities. Surprisingly, she found
the Nazi authorities more tolerant,
and became an all too effective antiresistance spy for the Germans.
BOOK REVIEW CONTINUED
ON PAGE 32
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Walter’s Porsche, a premier Porsche
dealership in Riverside, CA, unveiled
the Road to Riverside web series last
month. The thought process, of course,
was to build local interest in the storied
Porsche brand. The web series gives
customers an in-depth look at select
Porsche vehicles. It also provides some
laughs, drama, and excitement.
Filmed both on location at the Walter’s
Porsche and at various Southern
California spots, the Road to Riverside
episodes each give viewers a taste
of humor while sparking a collective
intrigue. The locations are perfect to
show off the ins and outs of Porsche
vehicles. Local roads lined with orange
groves and the California sunset
provide the gorgeous backdrop to the
story that each film tells.
Written and directed by Julian White,
owner of WebVideoVision.com, the
Road to Riverside series captures
the fascination of the Porsche brand.
White presents not only the stylish
new vehicles, but gives viewers a
look at Walter’s Porsche in a whole
new way. The use of state-of-the-art
film equipment, lighting, editing, and
a small crew allows White to create
something special.
You’ve never seen Porsche quite like
this.
Road to Riverside utilizes a creative
way of placing the message. In the
episodes, the viewer meets a variety
of characters. Each of these characters
bring a unique way of telling the
Porsche story. In one episode, the
viewer sees a man dressed in a tuxedo
while reviewing the 2015 Porsche
Macan, while in another story, a mullettopped, Marty McFly stunt double
discusses the interesting features of the
revamped 2015 Porsche Targa.
The Road to Riverside web series is
unlike anything you’ve seen before.
Viewable on YouTube at the Walter’s
Porsche channel, Road to Riverside
has already created a significant buzz.
Both new and longtime Porsche owners
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Views and subscriptions on the Walter’s
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the initial launch. In fact, viewers are
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Story by C.L. Jarusek
So you are either thinking of joining the
Porsche Club of America or the time
has come for you to renew your annual
membership. Yes, times are tough, that
$46 bucks could go to next month’s
cable bill so you can see the new
movies on HBO. As some television
ads would say, “It is less than a dollar
a week, less than a Starbucks coffee
a week.” Some of you have been
members for many years, check out our
monthly magazine the Pandemonium
(Pando for short) and you will see two
members who have been in the club for
over 40 years and five members who
have renewed over 30 years. We must
be doing something right.
PCA/OCR has over 1300 primary
members and counting “associate”
members, we are approaching 2200
members. I like counting both primary
and associate members because
the car is shared and enjoyed by
both. Considering that our region
encompasses all of Orange County
and some members from nearby
counties, that is a lot of Porsches in
a small area. And to think we really
only have a small percentage of all the
Porsches in Orange County. Overall
PCA National has 141 Regions in 13
Zones. The title “National” is actually
a misnomer in that it also covers all of
Canada. Orange Coast Region is in
Zone 8 and the Zone has 13 Regions.
These Regions cover all of Southern
California, Arizona and Southern
Nevada. In all, you are a member of
the largest single marque car club in the
World. Being a part of it is something
to be proud of.
Okay, so my $46 bucks go to a “large”
organization that doesn’t benefit anyone
other than our large administrative
staff. Au contraire, National has four
staff members that are paid. If you ever
need to contact them, or if you are ever
back in Columbia, MD and visit them,
you will find them extremely helpful.
Stop in and say “hello.” As far as OCR,
we are all volunteers and devote a lot of
time to make sure our members have a
great experience with the Club. Garey
Cooper still writes of our “multi storied
OCR tower” and I guess I have never
been given a key, as I have never seen
it.
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An Old Timer Tries Auto Cross
Story by Malcolm Baca
At 73 and having driven a car for
59 years, if I was to pick the most
exciting and exhilarating thing I have
experienced in car performance…
autocross would have the pole position.
Growing up in a small oil town called
Avenal in central California, we lived
and breathed ¼-mile drag racing;
to me, it was the ultimate signature
of automotive performance. When I
was 14 years old, once a month my
friends and I would head north of
Bakersfield, CA to Smokers Inc, one of
the first ¼- mile drag strips in America.
Long before NHRA formalized and
regulated drag racing, Smokers Inc.
of Bakersfield created the original
¼-mile drag strip on an abandon air
field in about 1951. This is where Big
Daddy Gartlett got his start. It’s from
this ¼-mile drag racing culture that my
views of automotive performance were
shaped by pure ¼-mile acceleration.
Hence, my motivation to own a Turbo
S with PDK transmission, twin turbos,
530 hp, and 515 lbs of torque with 4/wd
launch control…need I say more about
Porsche’s reputation and signature
of excellence in acceleration? I have
to admit, holding the brake down
and bringing the rpm’s up to 5k and
releasing the brake for a straight line
launch is not technically very difficult,
nor does it require much skill with a
PDK transmission eliminating manual
shifting.
Recently having joined PCA/OCR, I
met David Wright at a PCA breakfast
and as he described with great
enthusiasm autocross, I was intrigued
and wanted to try it. Why? 1) My ¼mile driving skills are one dimensional,
2) I wanted to discover and enjoy
Porsche’s full realm of automotive
excellence in all facets of performance,
3) I need to substantially improve my
driving skills, thereby improve my safe
driving skills and 4) autocross hooked
me on the first lap. Plus I was impressed
with David Wright’s skill which is
relatively new to motorcross.
In 59 years of driving, I’ve never
experienced the adrenaline rush, eye,
foot and hand coordination and the
driving challenge that engulfed all my
senses with pure exhilaration like PCA
autocross at El Toro. Once I parked
my ego on the shelf and ran the risk
of embarrassment, I knew my existing
skills would display how little I know
about driving a Porsche. In reality, it
was quite contrary…all the participants
willfully shared their knowledge, and
like at all PCA events, everyone I
encountered was friendly, helpful and
collectively represented a vast pool of
Porsche knowledge that I could learn
from…this is why I joined PCA.
AN OLD TIMER TRIES AUTO CROSS CONTINUED ON PAGE 36
October 2014 PANDEMONIUM 15
LeLesch Team Wins Shake, Rattle & Roll Rally,
A Gimmick Car Rally presented by PCA/OCR
July News: Mike and Bonnie LeLesch
navigated their Porsche on the
circuitous roads about north Orange
County to claim the best score and the
GOLD Medal in the Shake, Rattle
& Rally gimmick rally event on
Sunday, July 20. The event routing
took the contestants over roads in
the area affected by the March 2014
Fullerton/Brea/La Habra Earthquake.
The LeLesch’s battled the team of
C.L. Jarusik and Nancy Troast for the
victory, ultimately besting them by
one point to capture the GOLD medal.
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The SILVER medal winning Jarusik/
Troast team was, in turn, pressed hard
by the two Bronze medal winning
teams of Mark & Tina Trewatha and
Rick & Andrea Hayes. The event drew
a field of 26 teams, and it was good
to see the members of the teams that
finished had smiles on their faces and
were all still talking to one another.
Viewing the podium finishers, one of
the competitors was heard to say: “This
proves that on any given day, luck may
win out over skill.” In that vein, it was
interesting to note that approximately
50 percent of the finishers achieved
scores of 50% or better.
The rally route in this event was
designed by OCR Member Mark
Johnson, and the event was produced
by OCR’s Rallymeister Larry Moore.
At the festive finish party held at TGI
Fridays in the Outlet Mall in Orange,
the Rallymeister congratulated the
medalists and thanked the participating
members for coming out to enjoy their
wonderful cars on this beautiful day.
Photo Credit: Mark Johnson
and Larry Moore
Winners, Left to Right:
Gold Medal
Mike & Bonnie LeLesch
co-Bronze Medal
Mark & Tina Trewatha
co-Bronze Medal
Rick & Andrea Hayes
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C.L. Jarusik & Nancy Troast
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Ever hear that one? Those changes
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Being a Technical Editor, or whatever
this appointed position is now, presents
some changes that yours truly struggles
with.
I have learned 911s the hard way since
1971. I learned to adjust my Weber
carburetors mostly because I wanted to
know how the world’s best carburetor
worked and to save money.
I mastered setting the ignition timing
and distributor “dwell” to a perfect 38
degrees for the same reason.
I would have to know how to service
and repair my Porsche, for cost
considerations, and since I was a
certified Aircraft engine and airframe
mechanic, I should know how to
maintain a 911.
I bought my first factory Werks Shop
Manual within a week of buying my
911 and I joined PCA and the Orange
Coast Region that same week.
Forgive me but this gets into the old
days, but one of the most interesting
things I soon discovered about being
a PCA member was a feeling of
belonging to something special and
being a Porsche owner, back then, was
not a status symbol.
Porsche was know for fantastic
handling and reliability, and winning
such things a as fuel efficiency class at
LeMans. Only a Porsche aficionado got
worked up over these awards. Nobody
else even knew what they were.
Porsche owners helped each other with
learning how their Porsche worked
and how to fix things. Some thoughtto-be-secrets of keeping your Porsche
out of the shop were shared from one
person’s experience to another, and
likely would end up in the “Ask the
Technical Chairman” and maybe later
on complied in the Up Fixen articles
that were entirely contributed by the
worldwide PCA membership.
RICE’S RAMBLINGS CONTINUED ON PAGE 37
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OCR Membership Updates
ANNIVERSARIES
43 Years
N. A. & Lee Begovich
42 Years
John & Linda Dusckett
41 Years
Doug & Pamela Carrie
37 Years
Steven & Krystal Peters
33 Years
Brent Martini & Wendy Nicholson
32 Years
Greg Collins & Sara Booty
29 Years
Frank & Lesley Hanrahan
Peter & Sylvia Kelley
David Hayes & Diane Yagen
28 Years
Edward & Carole Kim
27 Years
Jim Liberty
26 Years
Gregory & Vicki Tedesco
24 Years
Todd & Debbie Johnson
George Pappagelis & Phil Cowan
23 Years
Doug & Theo Russell
19 Years
William Smith
Louis & Elisa Stipkovich
18 Years
James & Ardys Denno
17 Years
David Locke
Peter & Jin Thatcher
Ted & Brett White
16 Years
Kaj & Tricia Lea
Paul & Jennifer Kramer
Brian & Lynn Husting
Joseph & Lieta Janczyk
Greg & Colette Lush
Jim Seastrom & Igor Gamarra
15 Years
J.M. & John Chevallier
Tadahiro Fukuda
John & Lynn Siefker
Jeff & Terri Zwart
6 Years
Denny & Monica Asbury
Guy & Pam Cain
Bill Lambropoulos
Andrew Madlener
14 Years
John & Marisa Behnke
13 Years
Kent & Myrna Boom
12 Years
Robert & Diana Arrigoni
Jack & Susie Kenefick
Speed Torrance
Norman & Linda Wolcott
11 Years
David Miranda
George Mooradian
Brian & Grace Zambrana-Sutton
Dan & Nancy Wilson
New Members
Lena Becker
Pomona/2008 911 Carrera Coupe
Tim Bennett
Laguna Niguel/ 1983 911 SC Cabriolet
Nolan Broaddus
Anaheim/ 2008 911 Carrera 4S
Joon Choi
Irvine/2012 Panamera
Robert Forrester
Corona Del Mar/2012 911 Carrera GTS
Coupe
10 Years
Ken & Donna Devine
Thomas & Phyllis Meng
Steve & Linda Wong
Brian
& Julianne Hamstrom
Trabuco Canyon/2009 Cayman
9 Years
Bruce & Ellen Campbell
Anthony & Jennifer Troutman
Mike & Karol Nesdale
John Helt
Orange/2007 911 Turbo
8 Years
Christopher & Laureen Haughey
C.L. Jarusek & Nancy Troast
Guy & Linda Johnson
Maryann Marks
Thomas Swanson
Greg Van Dyke
7 Years
Stanton & Debra Bird
Rick Hartbrodt
Saini Kannan
Irvine/2007 Cayman
David Keator
Trabuco Canyon/2004 911 Turbo
Cabriolet
Tim Kong
Orange/2014 911 GT3
Ted Lee
San Marino/2012 Panamera
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October 2014 PANDEMONIUM 25
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OCR Membership Updates... Continued from Page 25
New Members Continued
John Lin
Yorba Linda/ 2014 Panamera
Jason Lyn
Brea/2014 911 GT3
Irene Macauley
Newport Beach/2005 Boxster S
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John Marshall
Newport Beach/1999 911 Carrera
Cabriolet
Darin Moore
Laguna Beach/2003 911 Turbo
Mark Mowrey
& Alexander Williamson
Laguna Beach/ 2012 911 Carrera 4
GTS
John Quilico
Huntington/ 1976 912E
Merritt Rex
Anaheim Hills/1999 911 Carrera
Cabriolet
Todd Steaffens
& Kimberly Mohr
Laguna Hills/1975 911
Josh Ward
Laguna Niguel/ 2001 911 Turbo
Greg Wilson
Orange/2011 Cayman
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PCA-OCR Breakfast Meeting’s Guest
Speaker
Article by Monica Asbury
Lee Rice of Rice’s Performance Porsches, was
September’s PCA-OCR Breakfast Meeting’s Guest
Speaker.
Lee’s basic message was to encourage all members to
share their stories and what they’ve learned about the
mechanics of their Porsches with other members.
We’re adding a new feature to Lee’s “Rice’s Ramblings”
Article, “Ask a Mechanic.” If you have a question about your Porsche, please send in your question
to Lee at [email protected] or 714-539-1042 (reasonable hours, please).
Know someone who would be a great guest speaker at our Monthly Breakfast Club Meetings?
Someone members would find interesting, appealing and present automotive-related material (noncommercial in nature)? If so, please contact Monica Asbury at [email protected].
October 2014 PANDEMONIUM 27
New Member Picnic
Story by Sandy Schwartz
A beautiful day greeted all who
attended the annual New Member
Picnic on Saturday, August 9, 2014.
Once again, we chose the Laguna
Niguel Regional Park for the festivities.
Monica Asbury and the Goodie Store
team welcomed the attendees and
provided a commemorative cup cooler
to each family as they arrived.
With approximately 120 new and
existing members in attendance, we
feasted on a great barbeque lunch of
grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, salad,
chips, condiments, cold beverages and
dessert! A big thank you must go out to
our Grill Masters, Chris Brooksby and
Craig Adams!
While socializing and snacking,
everyone could admire the bevy of
gorgeous Porsches that adorned the
parking lot. What a wonderful sight to
behold!
One of the activities of the day involved
Peggy Huddleston, our Charity
Director, selling 50/50 “split the pot”
tickets to benefit our charity, Semper
Fi. A surprised Nancy Troast held the
lucky ticket that was drawn for half
the pot! Later on, our Rallymeister,
Larry Moore, spoke to the crowd and
highlighted all the different activities
available to club members while his
wife, Gloria, rounded up the large
group of new members for a group
photo by Mark Johnson. The photo
featured 50+ new members to the club.
My sincere thanks to all who attended
with extra thanks to those who
volunteered to help put on this great
event: Jerry O’Donnell, Doug &
Maureen Fedele, Richard Wilbur, Scott
Fleener and a special thank you to my
wife Catherine for all her help.
For those of you who missed this yearly
event held to welcome the newest Club
members, you may want to plan on
attending next year.
It was truly GOOD FUN!
Photo Credit: Gary Labb
New members attending the picnic
One of our two chefs, Chris Brooksby
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Breakfast Club
Each month the Club meets at Original Mike’s Restaurant in Santa Ana for breakfast and to view each other’s cars. The new
members attending the September 2014 breakfast are pictured below with their Porsches as well as other club member
activities. Location details for the Breakfast Club appear on the back cover of this magazine.
We thank Original Mike’s for their support.
Mike and Bonnie LeLesch, Yellow 2007 Carrera
Marion Plegel Schmitdt, Red 2001 Carrera
Michael and William (son) Au, Gray 2014 50th Anniversary 911
Bob and Nancy Andrews, Gray 1988 928
Gary and Joelle Cohn, Dark Blue 2014 Carrera S
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Scott McDonald, Arena Red 1999 Boxter
Jim Mahoney, Rhodesian Silver 2014 Cayman
Long-time Member Mary Hong and her new Peridot Green 2012 Cayman R
October 2014 PANDEMONIUM 31
Editor’s Notes... Continued from Page 7
the year. I recommend attendance to
all, just say hello to another member,
and I’ve never seen any member shun a
chance to talk about their own Porsche.
Look at our website or the calendar in
this magazine for the actual dates. I am
currently in “airplane mode” and can’t
get to them.
There is also still a chance to get in an
Autocross. Hurry, before our beloved El
Toro goes away!
Smile USA ‘cause you’re special
As quaint as the “auld sod” is, once
you’re away you realize how lucky we
are to be in the “Excited States”....and
nearly everyone I spoke to mentioned
either having visited or wanting to visit
our “sea to shining sea.”
So to conclude, be happy you happen
to live in our messy melting pot called
America, and don’t forget those Amber
waves of grain!
Book Review... Continued from Page 9
FAST LADIES tells another interesting
story of a woman racer, with possible
espionage involvement, is that of Hellé
Nice. Allegations of involvement
with the Gestapo, first made in 1949
by Louis Chiron, were never proven,
but ended her career of racing cars
borrowed from various owners/lovers.
Then there was that photo of General
Von Richthofen, found in her personal
effects after her death.
Other stories, eye-opening to this
reviewer, are about women racing at
Le Mans in the ‘30s, and even setting
long-distance records in cars built by
their husbands. Unreal, to a southern
Californian at least, are pictures
showing ladies driving open cars, some
32 PANDEMONIUM October 2014
without windscreens, on snow covered
roads. Also at odds with modern
practice, these ladies are shown driving
race cars whose bonnets were taller
than their shoulders! And macho as
these race drivers might be considered ,
these ladies are shown racing, in skirts,
on over hundreds of miles of public
roads, in open cars!
Yes, there is Porsche content: Not
only are Spyder racers (notably Denise
McCluggage) and rallyists in cars
ranging from Gmund Coupes to a
‘75 911S included, but it is amazing
how often the words “Huschke von
Hanstein” show up in the biographies
of Fast Ladies!
If you have ever followed motor racing/
rallying history, it is interesting to be
able to put a face, and a personality,
with a long known name. And some
of the unknown names, like Annie
Soisbault, have really spectacular
stories to tell!
FAST LADIES consists of 176 9¼
x11½ inch pages, profusely illustrated
(mostly black & white of course), and
should be available for $59.95 from
your favorite bookseller (ask for it), or
from http://www.motorbooks.com.
October 2014 PANDEMONIUM 33
Forty-Six Bucks... Continued from Page 13
Now that you see we do not soak up
the members’ monies, you wonder
where that money goes. Well, for that
membership dues you get two very
good magazines. The Panorama is the
National magazine and comes every
month neatly wrapped up in a plastic
wrapping so that your postal worker
can’t take a peak. You also get our
Region’s magazine, the Pando that
I mentioned earlier. This magazine
is supported by both our advertisers
and our membership dues. The cost
of printing, mailing and various other
outlays is a major portion of the Club’s
budget annually. We would like to add
more advertising, and we do have a
waiting list, but we need more articles
to ensure that it is not an advertisement
with a few articles, but rather a
magazine with some ads. If you have
any stories, experiences or something
the members would be interested in,
please send it in to our staff.
They don’t have to be polished stories,
we can help with that. We’ll also like
your photos...of you and your car in
interesting places, etc.
Almost every month we have an
Autocross that even though it normally
is a positive cash flow, still requires
the capital of the Region to guarantee
our commitment. I hope you either try
Autocross or at least go out and watch
one of our events. Did you know that
we own the truck which is out at the
track, all of the radios which are used,
the timing equipment and computers
to keep the times, the cones and all of
the other related equipment? Again,
all of the volunteers at Autocross are
just that, volunteers. It takes a lot of
planning and coordination to pull off
these monthly events. If you see the
volunteers out there, thank them, they
will appreciate it.
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Our monthly gatherings (Breakfast
Club Meeting, Gathering at Krispy
Kreme, BurgerBahn dinner and the
Porsches and Pancakes breakfast) are
all non-cost events. We have picked
up the cost of drinks at the Original
Mike’s meeting to benefit the members
who attend. Original Mike’s does not
charge us for the room and this is the
only breakfast that they prepare on
Saturdays. Please have breakfast if you
are hungry, the room is no cost due to
the breakfast income.
Most of our driving and rally events
are no cost events also. We sometimes
collect $10 per car, but that is for
prizes (medals with lanyards) or
miscellaneous expenses. All that is
not used is forwarded to the charity
account. The people who set up these
tours/driving events are volunteers…
see a trend here?
Let’s talk about Charity. Charity is a
large part of the goal of the Club. We
make sure that we try and help those
that are in need. We have benefited
the CHOC Hospital Children’s Cystic
Fibrosis fund, the Orangewood
Children’s Home and now the Semper
Fi Fund. We have a donation box at
most of our events and we have various
means of increasing our donations
such as silent auctions and our Hearts
and Garages Tour. We are able to
provide an annual cash donation to
the charity of the Club’s choice. It
really makes the heart feel good to help
those in need. We indirectly help other
charities also such as our contribution
to the website administrator for our
Reutterwerks email updates which
you receive on Club updates. By the
way, we do not share our email list or
mailing list with ANY advertiser, to
ensure you do not receive spam emails.
John Dunkle contributes the $1000
we send to him to www.Rennwish.
org, which benefits homeless children
in Haiti. Below is his note to the
Organization this year.
John’s Note of appreciation
to OCR members
Good afternoon, Denise.
I hope that this finds you well
and thank you very much for all
you do for the children. I could
not do all this without you. Also
today I send the money with
control #xxxx for the education
tuition, fees and uniforms for the
children with the foster mothers.
This month is special because it
comes from the hearts of some
people in a Porsche Club in CA
of the United States. Please
know that the people from there
don’t forget the children, OK?
Please give a big hug from my
wife and myself for a wonderful
September and may God watch
over all.
Your brother always, John
Okay, I hope that this gives you a little
bit more incentive when you get ready
to write that check or pay online for
your next membership dues. Also
remember that most of our advertisers
give a discount to OCR members, so
be sure and mention that you are a
member. Please also mention the Club
to anyone you know who has a Porsche
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An Oldtimer Tries Auto Cross... Continued from Page 15
I wish I could take the time to describe
everything I experienced at autocross…
but to avoid turning this article into the
length of War and Peace…my intent is
to share with other owners like myself
a driving experience that I will talk
about for the rest of my life. All new
drivers are assigned an instructor; Mike
Oest was mine…what an awakening
and an epiphany to witness his driving
skills and racing knowledge up close.
By analogy, it was the equivalent of
watching up close Arthur Rubinstein
playing Rachmaninoff‘s 2nd Piano
Concerto on a 12-foot Steinway. Mike’s
driving skills, like Rubinstein’s, created
sounds and beauty that were aweinspiring. I instantly realized how much
there was to learn that would increase
my joy and pleasure of owning and
driving a Porsche.
Although my driving skill level is at
“Chopsticks” level, there was immense
excitement knowing how much there
was to learn. No matter what year or
model of Porsche you may drive, you
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instantly will verify the reality of your
driving skills and better appreciate
your Porsche’s automotive brilliance.
For a novice like me, motorcross is
not a race against other drivers, it’s
an opportunity for me to improve
my driving skills and bond with the
engineering brilliance that goes into
every Porsche. Plus, How Sweet It Is to
have the rare opportunity to accomplish
all this under safe conditions, without
breaking the law or endangering anyone
or getting a ticket.
As to my first autocross performance,
intentionally I have few comments…I
was probably the day’s best serial killer
for osterizing orange cones. My first
run was an absolute challenge just to
stay on the course...but as bad as I was,
Mike (my instructor) was the epitome
of forbearance and driving knowledge
and skills. Based on how David Wright
talked about his instructor, all OCR
instructors are special like Mike Trout
is to the Angels. Will I try it again? Let
me quote Arnold Schwarzenegger, “I’ll
be back!”
Quick note: having just finished my
2nd autocross with Don Costello my
instructor, there are not words of space
enough in this article to convey the
level of excellence and experience a
beginner like me gets access to. The
quality of the autocross instruction is
worth the price.
Let me summarize my first autocross
driving experience with a quote from
Sir Winston Churchill, “Nothing is
more exhilarating than being shot at
and missed.” It’s too bad Mr. Churchill
never had an opportunity to ride with
Mike or drive a Porsche in autocross.
I’m scratching my head wondering why
all 2,200 PCA/OCR members are not
out there monthly.
Rice’s Ramblings... Continued from Page 19
We learned some really neat lessons on
cost savings and sometimes that meant
to use some methods or parts that
worked better than what the factory
had to offer. Anyone ever heard of a
Delta Mk X IGNITION KIT? Anyone
tired of fouled spark plugs in the early
day did. It was a kit for home-built
high performance ignition. And it
worked. Ask a grey hair Porsche driver.
And we called Porsche drivers –who
drove hard “Porsche Pushers.” NO
explanation needed.
We understood that Porsches were
mostly a hand-built car and there were
small differences and oddities that we
saw as adding ‘personality.’
While today’s Porsches have changed
dramatically over the decades, they do
have some key elements that are really
not all that much different from back
then. One is the need to understand
how to drive our Porsches well and
drive them fast safely.
Familiarity
Owners need to acquaint themselves
with their Porsche Owners Manuals.
Many are only available online and
some are in print and found in the
glove box (who uses gloves in SoCal?)
The owners manual is a treasure of
information; that is after you get past
the legal stuff like “…don’t drink
contents of the fuel tank- it can make
you sick” etc., etc. Owners should
learn how to use the onboard spare
wheel, jack, and tools, and where are
they located? You should check to see
if it’s all there? Know where and how
to check all fluid levels.
Driving
Autocross, and later on Time-Trial
driving, are confidence builder #1.
Lessons are relatively free and PCA
offers free equipment and competent
instructors. Orange Coast region offers
new Porsche owners a chance to legally
exceed speed limits and do it SAFELY!
Learn how great Porsche brakes really
are safe and in a fun way. Learn what
going around turns smoothly and
quickly feels like and doing it with
100% control and, again, doing it all
safely.
You will experience that the sensations
which may have caused you
apprehension before will now, as you
learn, become only a warning sign for
you to adjust your driving. You will feel
in control because you have learned
to be in control and gain a far better
understanding of your Porsche. Oh,
and one more thing: we call it FUN!
From these points I hope to impress
that we need your impressions of your
Porsche experiences to share with
others that may be timid about trying
some of our activities. And some of
us enjoy the passion of repairing and
modifying our Porsches.
We need you to share your questions,
inquiries and experiences. This
has been the backbone of Porsche
membership since the very beginning
and we need that today.
What ever your need may be, there is
somebody that has that knowledge out
there somewhere. How about sharing
your needs or expertise with us? We
have excellent editors and those who
can rewrite you thoughts, ideas, and
questions to make them look nice.
Don’t be concerned about that. So,
think about it and share -Please.
We’re adding a new feature to Lee’s “Rice’s Ramblings” Article,
“Ask a Mechanic.” If you have a question about your Porsche,
please send in your question to Lee at
[email protected] or 714-539-1042
(reasonable hours, please).
Where’s the Pando?
Kimble Skov recently took Pando with him to Japan!
Where will Pando go next?
Send your photos and description of where you are
to Garey Cooper at [email protected]
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Classified Ads
Would you like to
advertise your car in
the Pandeomonium?
FOR SALE: LATE MODEL 911964-993-986-996-997-991
Please contact Bob Weber
714-960-4981
[email protected]
FOR SALE: 930-911 TURBO
’78 930 Turbo Coupe, Silver/Black
lthr, only 13K miles!!! Delivered new
to Rusnak Porsche Pasadena. 3-owner
car. Completely original, thermal
reactors removed. Polished Fuchs.
Original C.O.A./all paperwork/service
records come with car including a copy
of the original window sticker. A full
service just completed. Low mileage
original 930s just dont exist anymore!!
David 305/582-9723; more photos at
www.DJMConsultants.net
’79 930 Turbo Coupe, 51K mi. CA car.
Sport seats, LSD, sunroof. All original,
near perfect condition. $82,000. Michel
713/498-4880; michelgaston@yahoo.
com.
’84 911 Turbo S, Grand Prix White/
Dark Blue lthr, 28K mi. A Factory
Sonderwunsche built 930S Slopenose,
COA certified. Original condition
except for 550HP Andial motor. 20 yrs
with current owner. $129,000. Richard
520/395-0809; [email protected].
’88 911 Turbo Coupe, Guards Red/
Black lthr, only 12K mi! All original,
perfect car. Factory sport seats and
radio. $175,000. Ken 845/709-5935;
[email protected].
’93 964 RS America, Guards Red,
Black, 19.9K mi. Only 701 units
were made for the USA. 100% Factory
stock with fixed rear spoiler, red
seat belts, cloth fitted sport seats w/
increased side bolster, lightweight door
panels and carpeting, deletion of rear
seats and sound deadening, deleted
standard C2 power steering. M030
sport suspension, with Factory options
LSD and A/C. Complete service by
Jerry Woods Enterprises, 12/2012.
All tools, books, jack, spare, copy
of the original window sticker and it
recent service records. $165,000 OBO.
David 305/582-9723; more photos at
ww.DJMConsultants.net)
’94 964 C4 Widebody, Midnight
Blue/Marble Gray lthr, 18K mi.
Rare 964-150 code Widebodies only
built in 1994. Car has original Porsche
alloys and 3 piece modular whls.
Other aftermarket accessories have
been removed and original Porsche
knobs, brake handles replaced. All
books, records, tools. $110,000. David
305/582-9723; more photos at www.
DJMConsultants.net GGR (1)
August 2014 94 911C4Widebody
Midnight Blue Dave Mohlman Picture
Here
2000 996 Carrera Coupe, Arena
Red Metallic/Graphite Grey lthr,
24.9K mi. 6 spd manual, original
paint. Originally owned by Lindsay
Davenport. SoCal car from new. PCA
member owned. Serviced by Tony
Callas. $24,990. Pictures at www.
autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911;
[email protected].
2002 996 Carrera Coupe, Lapis Blue/
Savannah Beige lthr, 74.6K mi. CA
car. 6 spd, upgraded IMS/RMS/Clutch.
Car now has full professional 3M wrap
in Matte Dark Grey w/carbon fiber-look
top surfaces. $29,990. Pictures at www.
autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911;
[email protected].
2003 996 Carrera 4 Cabriolet, Seal
Grey Metallic/Graphite Grey lthr/
Black top (glass rear window). 59.9K
mi. All wheel drive, 6-spd manual. No
accidents, non smoker car. MSRP new
was $90K+. $26,990. Pictures at www.
autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911;
[email protected].
FOR SALE: 911-1970s
‘73 911T 2.4L Targa, Silver Metallic
(80)/Black leatherette (16), 119K
mi. PCA member owned. Numbers
matching, 5-spd manual, COA,
original Factory 15x6 Fuchs available.
$64,990.00. Pictures at www.
autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911;
[email protected].
‘74 911 Carrera #9114400073. Grand
Prix White/Black lthr, 83,040 on
body, 5,000 miles on engine. ‘76 Turbo
torsion bars, adj. sway bars,7”+8”
Fuchs, polished blk. Painted centers &
CLASSIFIED ADS CONTINUED ON PAGE 40
October 2014 PANDEMONIUM 39
Classifieds Ads... Continued from Page 39
caps w/locks, tower strut brace. Sun
roof, all accessories, hydraulic chain
tensioners. 2nd owner for 38 yrs. All
records. $40,000. Todd Lee 949/4899562. [email protected].
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Autowerkes----------------------------------------------- 3
Bill Brewster------------------------------------------- 26
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Cooper’s Classy Car Care---------------------------- 33
David Piper, CPA - -------------------------------------- 6
Doorshield---------------------------------------------- 10
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European Collision Center---------------------------- 4
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Fairway Mortgage Capital---------------------------- 31
Fast lane Travel---------------------------------------- 29
Global Motorsports Group--------------------------- 24
Haus of Performance------------------------------------ 6
Hergesheimer------------------------------------------- 35
Integrity Motorcar------------------------------------- 18
James Schaedler Wells Fargo Advisor---------------- 6
Kargo Sled---------------------------------------------- 31
Law Offices of Joe Nedza---------------------------- 10
M. Scott Huddleston------------------------------------- 4
OC Factory Service-------------------------------------- 5
Pamela Horton, Surterre Properties------------------- 8
Pelican Parts---------------------------------------------- 8
Racing Lifestyles-------------------------------------- 12
Spectrum Collision-------------------------------------- 3
State Farm Insurance/Bill Petersen----------------- BC
Sundial Window Tinting-------------------------------- 8
TC’s Garage-------------------------------------------- 10
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Walter’s Porsche----------------------------------- 20-21
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADVERTISE IN PANDEMONIUM?
FOR SALE: 924-928-944-968986
2005 Boxster S, Arctic Silver
Metallic/Black Top/Black lthr. 23.7K
mi. 6 spd manual, 1-owner car. Original
paint. PCA member owned. $27,990.
Pictures at www.autokennel.com. Paul
714/335-4911; [email protected].
FOR SALE: 356
‘65 356C Sunroof Coupe, Dolphin
Grey (6410)/Red lthr, 46.5K mi.
4,000 approx. miles since restoration.
Numbers matching CA car. 1 CA owner
for 30+ years. PCA member owned.
COA. Great options and accessories.
$114,990.00. Pictures at www.
autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911;
[email protected].
For Rates and Availability Call Cooper Boggs at (714) 505-3662
or email Nicole Forrest Boggs at [email protected]
2011 Cayman, Platinum Silver
Metallic/Stone Grey lthr, 10.9K mi.
Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK)
Transmission w/Sport Chrono Plus
Package, 1-SoCal owner. PCA member
owned. Original paint. No accidents.
Full Factory warranty bumper to
bumper. $39,990. Pictures at www.
autokennel.com. Paul 714/335-4911;
[email protected].
40 PANDEMONIUM October 2014
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED
1970-1971 911S. Driver quality is
preferred. PCA member. Ken 619/2519901; [email protected].
WHEELS & TIRES
FOR SALE: PANAMERA, CAYENNE
& CAYMAN
2007 Cayman. Meteor Silver / Stone
Grey lthr. 31K mi. 5 spd. Chrome
wheels w/ colored crests. Preferred
Package. CD. Heated seats. All
books, original window sticker and
service records. Purchased as a CPO
vehicle at Walter’s Porsche July
2011. Meticulously maintained.
Always garaged/covered. Near perfect
condition. $30,000 OBO. Billy
Hufnagel 714-588-2170
[email protected].
EDITION RIMS: Original set of 4
Fuchs rims from 1980 911 Weissach
Edition, Platinum color. These are 15”
by 8” and 7”: Excellent condition.
Rims located in Dana Point. Tom
Liquori. 858/395-7714.
RARE FACTORY WEISSACH
HISTORY OF PORSCHE
PAINTING FOR SALE: 39” X 27”
framed original painting “History of
Porsche” painted on aluminum with
the release of the beloved 993 Turbo.
This rare original is # 4 of only 10
created by the world renowned artist,
Michael Bryan. Mr. Bryan features this
piece of automobile art on his website
“michaelbryan.com”. He offers copies
on aluminum for $9.000. Serious
interested buyers, please call or text
Charley Cox with offer 949/378-5413
or 714/514-7607. OCR (1)
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