Read Issue - Florida Crown Region

Membership Update
By Bob Schmitt
Florida Crown Region now has 432 members. Please welcome
our new and transfer members. Join us at the next event!
Name Tags
Please contact Bryan Croft at bryan@holmesstamp.com to order
your Florida Crown Region PCA magnetic name tag from
Holmes Stamp & Sign ($9.00). The phone number is 904-396-
2291 or 1-888-465-6373. Please order and wear your name tags
to our events.
New Members
Jose Diaz, Jacksonville, Red 1987 911
Jose Gutierrez, Jacksonville, Black 2001 911
Christine and Bob Lacy, Atlantic Beach, Black 2008 Cayenne
Dave and Pat McInerney, Ponte Vedra Beach, Light Ivory 1968 912
Joseph and Rona Oliver, Jacksonville, Black 2008 Cayman
John D. Williams, Jacksonville, Black 1999 Boxster
Transfers In
Mark and Ann Riceman, Macclenny, from First Settlers Region,
1992 911
Members celebrating PCA anniversaries
5 Years: Scott Arthur, Jacksonville
5 Years: Raymond Keener, Jacksonville
5 Years: Steve Lancaster, Neptune Beach
5 Years: Steven Owens, The Villages
5 Years: Scott Petry, Orange Park
5 Years: Susan Spain, Gainesville
10 Years: Raymond Shaffer, Jacksonville
10 Years: Timothy Sinclair, Jacksonville
10 Years: Debbie Rensing, Jacksonville
20 Years: Keith Hadden, Orange Park
25 Years: Bert Pharis, St. Augustine
40 Years: Dillon Huder, Jacksonville
Book Review - The Book of the Porsche 356
By Bob Schmitt
I recently read The Book of the Porsche 356 by Brian Long.
This book contains a succinct history of the Porsche car and
the family behind the automobile that exists today. There are
many other more thorough books that document early Porsche
history, but this one provides you with a good understanding
of the formation of the company.
It documents the development and production of the Porsche
356 which grew out of the Volkswagen Beetle. The VW was
created because Adolph Hitler, newly elected Chancellor of
Germany in 1932, wanted an automobile that any German
could own. The German government financed racing
programs for Mercedes Benz and Auto Union. Auto Union's
V-16 Grand Prix car was a Porsche design. Founder
Ferdinand Porsche died in 1951 and his son Ferry Porsche
continued to run the company.
A quote by Ferry Porsche in the 50s still is mostly true today.
"We build cars that have a sporting tendency and which bear
an obvious relation to sporting success."
The photographs in the book are almost all period images. It
is a very helpful source for correctly restoring a Porsche 356.
The pictures highlight the quality built into the cars and the
styling roots of today’s
911.
If you are interested in the
history of Porsche, this
book should be part of
your automotive library.
7 Porscheklatsch June 2008