356 DesigNr-Lite - 356 Group Northwest

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356 DesigNr-Lite
An Official Publication of the
356 Group Northwest
Your 356 Group NW Activities Calendar for May
May 9th
Western Washington North End Breakfast
9:00 AM - Saturday
May 9th
Mid-Columbia Gorge Breakfast, OR/WA
May 16th
Western Washington South End Breakfast
May 16th
Portland Breakfast, McMenamins Kennedy School 9:00 AM - Saturday
**May 30th
Mid-Valley Porsche 356 Breakfast Group, Newberg 8:30 AM - Saturday
10:00 AM – Saturday
9:00 AM - Saturday
** Contact Safder Rabbani; [email protected] @gmail.com for more info.
For dates on other upcoming events through the year refer to the following page
Twentieth Anniversary & 2014 West Coast Holiday
Grille Badges
Place your order now as follows:
$35.00 for Twentieth Anniversary
$45.00 for West Coast Holiday
includes shipping
Cash or Check U.S. funds only, payable to 356 Group NW
Mail with your return address to:
Tina Richards, Membership
1555 5th Street
Hood River, OR 97031
Are you in need of a paper copy of your DesigNr-Lite?
You may print out this PDF format on your home printer
If any questions please contact the editor, [email protected]
For further details on any of the upcoming 356 Group NW events,
just log on to: www.356groupnw.org
Volume 18—Number 37- Issue 138
www.356groupnw.org . May 2015
356 Group Northwest 2015 Event Schedule
356 GROUP NORTHWEST EVENTS:
May 9-10
Maifest and Festzug, Leavenworth, WA. (Mike Grabowski)
June 20
Mt. Hood Winery Show and Shine Hood River, OR. (Perry Richards)
July 3-5
Pacific NW Historics Kent, WA. (356 Group NW (356 corral/Rick Danielson)
July 10, 11, 12
Portland Vintage Racing Festival PIR Portland, OR. (356 corral/Stefan Brown)
July 11-12
Coast Cruise Long Beach, WA. (Mike Thornton, Rick Carns)
July 25
Annual Bull Session Sequim, WA. (Dan and Sue Kalinski)
August 16
Kim’s Tour and Picnic Graham, WA (Rick and Sally Danielson)
September 13th?
BS in BC (Gregory and Marianne Campbell)
PORSCHE-RELATED EVENTS:
March 6, 7
Literature Meet and Open Houses Los Angeles, CA.
April 26
Show and Shine XXX Issaquah, WA. PNWR
April 30- May 3
North Meets South Cambria, CA 356 Club of California
June 21-27
Porsche Parade, French Lick, IN
August 15
Heckmann Thiemann Rally Portland, OR
August 10-16
Monterey Car Week, Monterey, CA
September 5-6
Columbia River Classic (SOVREN) PIR Portland, OR
September 19-20
All Porsche Grand Display Kirkland, WA. PNWR
September 25-27
Rennsport Reunion V Monterey, CA
NOTE:
The above events are in addition to the regularly-scheduled monthly breakfasts.
Refer to the DesigNr and the website for actual dates and times
www.356groupnw.org
Volume 18—Number 37- Issue 138 * 356 Group Northwest
Just Post It…
If you have been reading the monthly Pretty special fun and thanks to Dan for
e-newsletter on the website, you have
probably noticed the information and instructions on how to post photos and information
on the website at www.356GroupNW .org.
So, if you have 356 photos and fun to share,
please post it on the website. You may have
photos of a 356 project that you are working
on or a recent drive you took, solo or with
others. Please share it so others can enjoy
your involvement with these cars.
sharing their 356 experience.
We had a lively South End monthly breakfast
in April with 21 avid 356ers in attendance.
Fourteen gathered in Newberg, OR, too. The
day was nice enough to bring out a few
top-down examples that led to more
discussion in the parking lot. Great fun to
have that monthly gathering, so please mark
your calendar for the one near you. If there
isn’t one near you, consider trying to get one
As an example, if you take a look at the photo going.
gallery on the site, you’ll see some beautiful Please check out the Event Calendar and set
photos from the Oregon tulip fields that Dan your sights on getting to some of the events
George posted recently. He and some other that are planned. We’ve got some great
356ers took a day trip drive to the Wooden opportunities for touring and gathering with
Shoe Tulip Farm and got some special park- others. Thanks for all your efforts to make
ing privileges that became an additional 356 ownership so FUN!
attraction for others visiting the blooms that
Rev it up!
day. Drone flyover photos of the tubs among
the tulips created quite a spectacular effect! Rick Danielson, Prez
Your 2015 Officers of 356 Group Northwest
President
Rick Danielson
[email protected]
Vice President
Mike Thornton
[email protected]
Secretary
David Berner
[email protected]
Treasurer
Perry Richards
[email protected]
Events Coordinator
Mike Grabowski
[email protected]
Membership
Tina Richards
[email protected]
DesigNr Editor
Jack Keyes
jkeyes356@gmail.,com
Webmeister
Eric Cherneff
[email protected]
Jain the Celebration in Leavenworth
The Annual Maifest and Festzug
May 9—10 2015
The Chamber of Commerce of Leavenworth
is inviting the 356 Group NW again to be the
“featured car” for the 2015 Maifest. We will
be part of their parade and we will have a
designated parking area inside the closed
pedestrian zone for all to enjoy our cars. The
Maifest includes live music and dance performances. An arts and crafts fair, lots of food,
wine, beer and everything else German. We
had an awesome time last year, with an
endless crowd taking pictures in front of our
cars.
Attached is a copy of the official Maifest
program from last year.
If you do decide to make a weekend of it,
there are plenty of great drives, destinations,
and activities in the area! The Chumstick
Highway is a beautiful loop off of Hwy 2.
Icicle Ridge Winery is a gorgeous log cabin
winery destination just a short drive from
Leavenworth down lovely North Rd.
A number of us are leaving Friday in
order to enjoy the town and have an
opportunity to sleep in. Please RSVP to
Mike Grabowski (marksmansales @
Comcast .net) if you want to caravan
over on either Friday or Saturday
morning. We need to know how many
will participate, so we can plan for
parking and make dash plaques for
each car. This is a great
opportunity
to have fun and promote our club.
The Saturday group will meet at the
Chevron Station off I-90 for an 8:30
a.m. departure. The arrival time in
Leavenworth should be around 10:30
a.m., with plenty of time to spare for
the 11:30 a.m. parade assembly. We
will publish the Friday group departure
time and place soon.
356 Cruise to Long Beach Peninsula July 11-12
Named one of ‘America’s Favorite Beach Towns’ by ForbesTraveler.com and voted ‘Best
Beach’ by the viewers of Seattle’s KING-5 TV, the Long Beach Peninsula offers visitors an expansive beach, is home to a new national park, two historic lighthouses and several small museums.
You can find out more at the Long Beach Web Site of https://funbeach.com/ and find and book reservations at https://funbeach.com/stay/hotels-motels-and-cottages/.
We will meet at the Sumner, WA High School at 9:30 leaving at 10:00. We will take back roads
to Long Beach with 101 around Willapa Bay being one of the best sports car roads in the state.
Once we get to Long Beach we will end up at Mike and Sandy Thornton’s house in Long Beach
for a hosted social gathering of snacks and soft drinks. (note: in July we can have MOSQUITOS in the back yard area so you will want to bring some repellant with you) If there is enough
interest, the southern group would meet in Longview, at The Masthead at 12:00 leaving at
12:30 and go down the river on the Washington side (SR 4) with Rick Carns.
Driving time is about 3.5 hours and pack a lunch as we will stop for a picnic at Rainbow Falls
State Park off of State Route 6. Again will need a Washington State Parks Discovery Pass.
Driving time from Longview on SR4 is about 1.5 hours.
We will give you maps of the local area. To get into State Parks you will need a Washington
State Parks Discovery Pass. This will include North Head Light House and Cape Disappointment Light House. There is also Port of Ilwaco which hosts a weekly Saturday Market. In the
evening we will gather for a no host group dinner at one of the local restaurants The Lost Roo at
1700 Pacific Ave S, Long Beach, WA at 6:00 PM.
Sunday you are on your own to visit more of the area, maybe a drive up the peninsula to Oysterville or along the river to Fort Columbia State Park before your trip home. This can be on
your own or as a group that you can arrange among yourselves.
For the restaurant we will need your RSVP by July 1, 2015 and you will also need to have made
your hotel reservations early as the summer time at the beach can get quite busy. Send your
RSVP to [email protected] (note the l between Mike and Thornton without the L it
goes to some other Mike Thornton).
Looking forward to sharing our Peninsula with you,
Mike L and Sandy Thornton, Rick Carns and Linda Wilson
JUST ONE MOORE . . . . .
Comments from Bill Moore
The Pacific Northwest Porsche world lost
On a lighter note, Jane and I took a
a loyal friend recently when Tom Anderson died.
road trip to California in April. We stopped at
He was the initiator of many Porsche efforts,
our favorite Sonoma Valley winery – Unti.
founding Carrera Motors, one of only two Ore-
Many years ago we and the Zilks, visited the
gon Porsche dealerships. The Bend location
winery, driving our red 356 coupes. Mic Unti
also housed “Club Carrera” which served as a
met us in the parking lot, thinking we were his
hub for many Porsche activities. Tom always
dad, who also happened to drive a red 356.
had an open door for his friends and customers.
His car was in a Sacramento shop having
I remember the time that Jane and I took
some work done. Unti senior's car was a little
our 1976 VW camper in to Carrera Motors for
different....according to Mic, “it had those
service. It was during the lunch hour so we in-
wheels with a spinner do-dad on them,”... a
vited
temporarily
356 with Rudge wheels !!!. Wow. This trip,
“wheeless”, we offered to buy if Tom would
when I asked about his father's car, Mic
drive. He had a business meeting (or was it a
shrugged his shoulders and said it still wasn't
tee time?) and couldn't join us, but he tossed
out of the shop. In fact, he thought it had
me the keys to his new 911 and said, “Here,
disappeared. Mic was somewhat concerned,
take my car”. Being an old 356er, I had no idea
“but hey”, he said, “I have a winery to run”
how to even start the thing.
inviting us in to do a tasting.
Tom.
Since
we
were
Once that was
solved, we joked that Boise had a great restau-
April breakfast in Oregon brought out
rant, but Tom just waved and said to have fun.
fourteen eager eaters. Fun time! Come join
When I threatened not to return the car, he said,
us – May 30, 8:30 a.m. at J's Restaurant in
“No problem. I'll trade in the camper!” What a
Newburg.
fine guy.
Safder Rabbani; [email protected].
For moore information, contact
A Note to Our 356 Group NW Supporters
We will be collecting your annual advertising fee for 2015
Cost is just $60.00 for one year or $110.00 for two years
Your ad fee will include:

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
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
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Hood River, OR 97031
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to
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Text and Photos by David Berner
I am in the midst of assembling the third
engine in the line of six (the last being a 911S
from the 1969 Targa). The second one is a
1965 SC, which many of you have seen at the
West Coast Holliday when it was scrutinized
by Paul Christensen and Len Turnbeaugh for
the group. The first is a Euro heater 1962 S,
destined for the rust bucket presently on the
rotisserie. But this third one is a 1957.5 S, and
I got to thinking about why it was built for only
one year by the company.
If you look at the picture, you will see on the
left side of the third piece of the case a round
projection about two inches in diameter. That
held the thermostatically controlled oil pressure
plunger, which, in turn, controlled oil flow at
cold temperatures and hot temperatures. I
won’t bore you with the operation of the control
or the passage of the oil. If you are really interested, you can find the process in the various
manuals. Suffice it to say that the plunger
would get stuck and certain important parts of
the engine would be starved for oil. Look at
the second picture and you will see what
happens.
The company quickly dispensed with the
thermostat method. A service bulletin was
sent out advising that the innards should
be removed and a cap placed over the resulting hole. I guess that worked, but I
personally would not trust an engine of
that vintage. So why am I building one? It
is only for “show”. My Speedster was built
in October of 1957, but titled as a 1958. It
had the nasty engine to begin with, so
should someone in the future want to
show the car, the engine can be installed
and run for just enough time for judging to
occur.
One thought leads to another and I was
reminded of all the broken, damaged, and
rejected parts I have. Why I keep them is
sometimes beyond me, but maybe they
are good teaching devices.
Back when I had to attend continuing
legal education seminars, I usually had to
listen for hours to what I call “horror
stories”. The terrible mistakes attorneys
can make and the consequences therefrom are great fodder for those seminars.
But they do get your attention when they are
relevant. So, let me show you some of the nasty
things that can happen if you don’t take good care
of your wonderful car, e.g., changing the oil and
filter and checking the valve clearances per the
manual.
broken crankshaft. Sure, you can do this
damage by over revving the engine, but
that is carelessness of a different variety.
Or, this photo notes what could be the
most catastrophic!
Maybe you won’t break a crankshaft because the
oil is dirty and gets between the bearing surfaces,
but it will be scored and require a regrind or replacement. A main bearing could seize and spin, thereby
either ruining the case or requiring an align bore.
Oversize main bearing are difficult to find and very
expensive. Have you tried to find a standard case
recently? See the pictures.
Dirt in the oil can get between the piston
rings and the cylinder wall. Such scoring
that results with give rise to a smoking
exhaust and perhaps by the consequent
overheating at spots along the cylinder
wall, a loss of the seal between the cylinder head and the cylinder top. That is
very dangerous, as carbon monoxide can
get to the passenger compartment via
the American style heater system, which
most of us have.
Dirty oil and what it carries can damage the valve
train. I have tried to show in the pictures the scoring
inside the bores of the rocker arms. The shafts that
hold the arms would show scoring also. It may be
difficult to see, but allow me to say it is there and it
is not something I want in my engines. If a rocker
arm seizes, the very least damage will be a bent
pushrod. At worst, a valve could be held open and
a piston could strike it. That would be catastrophic –
a broken valve, a ruined piston and cylinder, a bent
connecting rod, and yes, if the conditions are right, a
The point of this article is that a 356
engine is a marvelous thing that will run
for a very long time if it is taken care of
as the factory advises. Change the oil
and filter. Adjust the valve clearance.
Clean the screen and the magnet on the
bottom of the case. Use a good grade of
oil. Keep the engine in tune. It will pay
dividends, as they say, in many happy
miles.
Keeping the wolves at bay,
David
356 Group Northwest Website
How to create your own car page!
There is a Member car gallery page on our website, and members are
welcome to add a page for their own car (or cars). It is fairly easy to do,
so don’t be afraid to try! If you make a mistake that you can’t fix on your
own, the webmaster will be happy to help you.
Instructions:
1. Make certain you are logged in to the site! (http://
www.356groupnw.org)
2. In the “User tools” box on the left side of the screen, click on “Add
content”
3. In the white area in the middle of the screen (under “Add content”),
click on “Member car gallery” (NOT the “Member car gallery page
link in the black menu bar!).
4. Follow the instructions on the “Create Member car gallery” page and
fill out information about your car. Notes:
a. You can save your work and change it later.
b. Don’t forget to save when you’re done!
c. Limited html tags are available (don’t worry if you don’t
know what this means!)
d. Be patient when uploading pictures, depending on your
connection speed and photo size, it might take a while.
5. When you’re finished, and have saved the page, it will be available
in the Member car gallery page (click on the link in the black menu
bar).
6. To edit your page, find it on the Member car gallery page, click on it,
and just under the grey bar at the top of the white area of the page
you will see an "Edit" button. Click on the "Edit" button and it will
take you back to the page for entering information about your car.
Don't forget to save when you're done!
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