TobaccoRoads - Carolinas Region Porsche Club of America (PCA)

Sandhills Area By Marty Barrett
Meeting: Every odd month (Jul, Sept, Nov, etc.)
Fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm
The Italian Table, 136 Grant St., Seven Lakes, NC
Contact Marty Barrett, Area Director
sandhills-ad@ carolinas-pca.com
Sandhills Area held a tech session on November 5 with fourteen
members participating. Our group included two guests from the
Triangle Area. The day started with part of the group meeting in
Pinehurst for coffee and car talk. Then we took an hour drive
through the beautiful horse country of Southern Pines. On the way
back we stopped at Mid-Pines Golf Club for some pictures at their
historic inn.
Next stop was Barrett’s garage in Pinehurst. The tech session focused
on the areas that I get the most questions about from our members;
tires, brakes and alignment/suspension. Bernie Dennison, one of our
members who is currently between Porsche ownerships, helped with
the presentation using the hand built Lotus race car as a demo vehicle.
We compared the Lotus suspension with the GT3 in my garage.
And we looked at a comparison of the GT3 brake system with an ‘85
911 Carrera. It was obvious that the GT3 brake system performance
has exceeded the increase in engine power.
By that time we had all worked up an appetite, so we threw some
brats on the grill for lunch. Barbara Anisley and Alexa Ascher helped
BJ put together a few nice things to eat and drink along with our
brats. Thank you ladies!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
– Marty
Mountain Area By David Butler
Meeting: First Saturday of the month at 10:00am
Deal MotorCars, 621 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC
Check monthly area report for location changes.
Contact David Butler, Area Director
mountain-ad@ carolinas-pca.com (828) 252-1752
The Mountain Area meeting on Saturday November 5 was held at
Herman & Walker, LLC in Hickory, NC. Herman & Walker perform
complete restorations and re-build engines with primary focus on
the beloved 356 and early 911’s. They are recognized worldwide
for their services. Visit their website, http://carreramotorsport.
com/. We began the day with about 10 cars meeting in Asheville to
caravan and as we progressed east over I-40 additional members
joined the group with about 17 cars pulling into the shop at 10:00
a.m. Other members met us there including a number of Hickory
Area members.
Tim Herman provided a shop tour and spoke to the numerous restorations
in progress as well as completed projects. He discussed
current efforts that demonstrated the beginning, in progress, and
end product of a restoration. He reviewed an 356 coupe that had
been disassembled; a 1951 coupe with the 123rd engine built by
Porsche currently undergoing body repair and a beautiful yellow
with green interior 1964 Carrera 2 that was undergoing reassembly.
The completed four-cam engine for the Carrera 2 was on display
as well. On display (and for sale) was a twin-grill 356 Roadster, one
of 249 built, with black with green interior. Also on display was a
1953 Jaguar XK120 that had been restored for a customer; dark
blue with red interior. While not a Porsche, one couldn’t help but
admire the lines of the car and quality of the restoration.
Herman & Walker had an open house beginning at noon which included
lunch (BBQ) and some very good microbrewery beer. Other
folks arrived, and we all continued to drool over the cars, enjoy
lunch and car talk with other enthusiasts. I received numerous
comments from those participating, including spouses, who were
very impressed with the shop and thoroughly enjoyed the event. If
you get the opportunity be sure and visit.
Our December meeting was canceled due to the Carolinas Holiday
Party. Our next monthly meeting is on Saturday, January 7, 2012.
Hope to see you at a future event.
– David
Left and Above: Shots from
Herman & Walker in
Hickory, NC.
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