JANUARY 2013 In This Issue... Toys 4 Tots Paso Robles Wine Tour ...

JANUARY 2013 

In This Issue... 

• Toys 4 Tots 

• Paso Robles Wine Tour 

• Part 2 on Leasing - Show 

Me the Money

www.pcaocr.org January 2013 

Editor 

Garey Cooper 

gareycooper@mac.com 

(714) 264-0530 

Production Editor 

Maryann Marks 

mamsy1@yahoo.com 

Advertising Director 

Cooper Boggs 

cooper.boggs@gmail.com 

(714) 505-3662 

Classified Ads Editor 

Bob Weber 

hbobw930@aol.com 

714-960-4981 

Technical Writer 

Lee Rice 

Contributing Writers 

Dennis Asbury 

Garey Cooper 

Don Chapman 

Greg Heinlein 

Bruce Herrington 

Dave Humphreys 

Gary Labb 

Major Andy Roberts 

Contributing Photographers 

Tom Calvert 

Garey Cooper 

Chris DeRose 

Bruce Herrington 

Gary Labb 

Maryann Marks 

John Ortiz - AX 

Inside this issue 

The Flying L Ranch provided a sumptuous 

lunch at AutoX 

Colorful Porsches hit the windy roads of 

Paso Robles 

“Boys & their toys” took on new meaning at 

our 1st annual Toys 4 Tots event 

On the Cover: Bruce Herrington & 

Ray Crosno in his ‘51 coupe in 2010, 

after complete reconstruction 

Features 

6 Toys For Tots 

8 Winding Roads & Wine 

9 Feature: Bruce Herrington 

13 Book Review: Porsche 

14 Upcoming Zone 8 Events 

Upcoming Events 

2 Calendar of Events 

14 AX Drivers Clinic 

29 AutoCross Events 

24 Krispy Kreme 

25 Zone 8 Banquet 

27 Porsches & Pancakes 

30 Woody’s BurgerBahn 

31 Zone 8 Events 

Departments 

3 President’s Message 

4 Contacts 

5 Editor’s Notes 

11 AutoCross Corner 

15 Rice’s Ramblings 

24 Membership 

25 Breakfast Club/New Members 

35 Classifieds 

36 List of Advertisers 

IBC Goodie Store 

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JANUARY 2013

2013 OCR Calendar of Events* 

JANUARY 2013 

5 Breakfast Club and Board Meeting 

10 Woody’s BurgerBahn-HB 

19 Krispy Kreme Gathering 

19 Zone 8 Banquet 

26 Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s Lido 

FEBRUARY 2013 



16 Krispy Kreme Gathering/AutoX 

Drivers Clinic - El Toro 

17 AutoX El Toro 


MARCH 2013 




17 AutoX-El Toro 


APRIL 2013 






MAY 2013 


4 Ladies Garden Tour 





JUNE 2013 



13 Woody’s BurgerBahn-HB 7pm 



JULY 2013 





27 Porsches and Pancakes-Woody’s Lido 

AUGUST 2013 






TBD Hearts and Garages Tour 

SEPTEMBER 2013 






30 DE at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway 

* Event dates subject to change. 

The Rennlist 

A Request for updated emails! 

The Rennlist is our 

communication tool to reach 

members with Announcements, 

Event Reminders and Information 

deemed “Important”. 

If you are not receiving emails 

from our Region or want to 

change, update or add additional 

email addresses, Please send any 

new email addresses or changes 

directly to Pete Lech to be 

included in the rennlist e-blasts! 

Thank You 

Contact: Pete Lech: 

peterlech@att.net 

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. 

Got a suggestion? 

Need a question answered? 

Just want to vent? 

This email will go straight to the board of 

directors: 

opinionspcaocr@gmail.com 

Let us know what’s on your mind and we 

will share it at the next board meeting. 

Anyone wishing to inform the club of special 

circumstances, illness or loss please send the 

information to this email also.

President’s Message 

Story by Gordon Williams 

Happy New Year to all, 

What a great year 2012 was! We had 

many new activities and record setting 

turn out for many of our events, which 

will make 2012 the year to try to match. 

First of all, congratulations to 

Monica Asbury, Gary Labb and Ken 

Fredrickson who were all elected to your 

board of directors for a two year term. 

We could not do it without them. 

Second, thanks to Maryann, Peggy 

and Toni for a great Christmas Harbor 

Cruise! I enjoyed it 

as much, if not more, 

than any event I have 

attended to date. I 

hope we can repeat it 

next year. Also, our 

Toys for Tots with the 

Marines of 514 was 

a big success and we 

are already planning 

on repeating and 

expanding that activity 

next year. OORAH! 

This New Year’s 

success will depend on how many of you 

will volunteer for an event or activity. 

We are in desperate need of a Concours 

chair for 2013, so please let us know if 

you can chair that committee. It would 

be great to have an AutoX person step 

up for the event so that we might more 

effectively reach out to that group for 

Concours participation. Beyond that, we 

need folks to lead a tour to a destination 

of their choice to help increase our tour 

activities for 2013. To all of you who 

enjoy our activities, remember they can’t 

continue without your leadership. Lead 

one activity and help your club continue 

the success that you yourself have 

enjoyed. 

A personal thanks to all of our 

volunteers that participated in our 2012 

activities. You are what makes this club 

so enjoyable. 

I will be in Kenya for the last two 

weeks of January volunteering with a 

mobile medical clinic that works in the 

villages that don’t have access to proper 

medical care. I’m sure that I will have 

some interesting experiences to share 

upon my return. In closing, I’ve enjoyed 

all of our members and associates this 

year and I look forward to an even better 

2013. Remember to say thank you to one 

of our volunteers this month and I’ll see 

you in February! 

See you on the road! 

Gordo 


Contact Information 

OCR Executive Board 

President - Gordon Williams 

Surgicat@aol.com 

Treasurer - David Piper 

dpiper@socal.rr.com 

www.pcaocr.org 

RennList Master 

Pete Lech 

peterlech@att.net 

Social Media Chair 

Gary Labb 

pcaocrgary@yahoo.com 

Sponsorship Director 

Bob Scheussler 

bscheussler@gmail.com 

Tech Activities Director 

Cooper Boggs 


Web Coordinator 

Bob Scheussler 

bscheussler@gmail.com 

Vice President - Greg Lush 

Secretary - Monica Asbury 

sheamonica@gmail.com 

Member at Large - Gary Labb 

pcaocrary@yahoo.com 

OCR Board Appointments 

Advertising Team 

Cooper & Nicole Boggs 


Autocross Co-Chairs 

Christine Newcomer 

AutoXReg@sbcglobal.net 

Chuck Bartolon 

Woodslsman@Verizon.net 

Autocross Registration 

Armand Gastelo 

autoxreg@live.com 

Charity Director 

Peggy Huddleston 

hud5family@yahoo.com 

Membership Director - CL Jarusek 

ccwguy@aol.com 

Member at Large - Ken Fredrickson 

fast.freddy@verizon.net 

Concours Co-chairs 

TBD 

Goodie Store Manager 

Monica Asbury 

sheamonica@gmail.com 

Historian 

Judy Lech 

JudyLech@att.net 

Ladies Committee Liaison 

Maryann Marks 


Pando Editor 

Garey Cooper 

gareycooper@mac.com 

Pando Classified Ads Editor 

Bob Weber 

714-960-4981 

hbobw930@aol.com 

Pando Production Editor 

Maryann Marks 


Past President 

Nicole Forrest-Boggs 

Rally Director 

Larry Moore 

beechnut60@cox.net 

Zone 8 Chairs 

Zone 8 Representative 

Tom Brown 

zonerep@zone8.org 

Zone 8 Secretary 

Skip Carter 

skipcarter@pobox.com 

Zone 8 Autocross Chair 

David Witteried 

dwitteried@hotmail.com 

Zone 8 Concours Chair 

Joe Nedza 

jcnedza@aol.com 

Zone 8 Club Race Coordinator 

Vince Knauf 

vvvince@aol.com 

Time Trial & Drivers Ed Chair 

David Hockett 

davndirc@yahoo.com 

Zone 8 chief Driving Instructor 

Scott Mann 

scott@renegadehybrids.com 

Zone 8 Rally Chair 

Revere Jones 

Zone8rallychair@aol.com 

Zone 8 Region Coordinator 

Gary Peterson 

gary.peterson@hrh.com 

Zone 8 Rules Coordinator 

Tom Brown 

tb911@adelphia.net 

Zone 8 Treasurer 

Linda Cobarrubias 

MS993@aol.com 

Zone 8 Webmaster 

Ken Short 

webmaster@zone8.org

Editor’s Notes 

Story by Garey Cooper 

Garey & Maxine posing with their 991 on the Autobahn Tour 

That Ribbon of Highway 

2013 is here and with us now; 2012 has 

gone. A whole new year in which to 

play and stay with your friends on that 

ribbon of highway, from “This Land is 

Your Land”. It is my fervent hope that 

in 2013 I’ll see less of the skies over 

America and instead much 

more of the roads below. 

Blanche Bickerson is rarin’ 

to go and so am I... and so, I 

hope, are you. 

It’s Your Club 

This year will be the first in a 

long while that I am not serving 

on the Board for the Orange 

Coast Region. My term is up 

and my schedule will have 

enough chaos left in it yet that 

I couldn’t really do justice to 

what needs to be done. But, I 

urge your involvement, as this 

would be a wonderful time to 

step forward and be a more 

involved part of a truly great car 

club. The normal way people get involved 

is to start attending the Board Meetings, 

which are conveniently scheduled after 

our 1st Saturday of the month Breakfast 

Club meetings at “Original Mikes’’ in 

Santa Ana. There is always something 

that needs TLC to be done. It’s a great 

way to meet the doers in the club and get 

acquainted with the organization and the 

names behind it. It is a great way to pay 

a little back and also a great way to be on 

the inside of the activities. I am proud of 

the friendships I’ve made along the way, 

as I hope that others have been happy 

to know me. These life experiences are 

much better than any you’ll find at the 

mall. 

The Christmas Cruise 

You’ll read elsewhere about the Christmas 

Cruise holiday gathering. I am sure it was 

a great time and a tradition for the club 

going back over many years to stage such 

a holiday party. It is a small break with 

tradition to have it in the afternoon rather 

than an evening party, but a fun new 

thought to go out on the water with our 

crew. 

On Sale Now 

Speaking of malls there is always the 

classified ad section in our Pandemonium. 

(Continued on Page 32) 

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Toys 4 Tots 

Compilation from Denny Asbury, Gary Labb & Major Andy Roberts 

Many Porches participated in the Toys 4 Tots drive 

Marine equipment was the backdrop for a fabulous Toys 4 Tots event 

A great new charity event for our club was this year’s “Toys for 

Tots” hosted by the U.S. Marines. Early in the event planning, it 

was decided to caravan from our normal monthly Krispy Kreme 

Gathering in Orange over to the Toys for Tots event at Bolsa Chica 

State Beach in Huntington Beach. Many members showed up by 

8:30 am to participate in our usual donuts and coffee and to stand in 

the parking lot and talk about cars, cars, and cars... 

Some of our participants brought toys but couldn’t caravan 

with us to the Toys for Tots event so they asked us to deliver their 

toys. The group of colorful Porsches traveled the 22 Freeway to 

Valley View, then headed towards the beach. Among the group 

were Denny & Monica Asbury, using this as an excuse to fire up 

the 930 and blast over to Bolsa Chica State Beach to support our 

admired service men and their special charity. Denny caravanned 

with an old friend in a BMW (sorry he didn’t know any better) but 

since he wanted to contribute to the cause, they let him join our 

superior German machines. There was a little panic when a steady 

red light was approaching in the #2 lane as we were exiting the 

freeway, but the police car continued eastbound without bothering 

us. Greg Lush said something about it being a “plain unit” that was 

playing with us. About 30 Porsches, from all different eras, pulled 

into the parking area at the far northern end of Bolsa Chica State 

Beach and had the Marines of 5th Battalion, 14th Marines there as 

their welcoming committee. 

The Marines of 5th Battalion, 14th Marines were happy to 

provide a display of some of their equipment for the members 

of the OCR as part of their toy run to benefit Toys for Tots. The 

Marines brought out a 7-ton truck towing an M777A2 howitzer 

artillery piece. They also brought out an armored Humvee, and 

several machine guns with which members could enjoy & get up 

and personal, Sgt. Darby, the howitzer section chief, gave a class 

about the howitzer and the ammunition that is used, and how the 

Marines use the weapon to provide long-range fire support. The 

club members enjoyed seeing the equipment up close and talking 

to the Marines, many of whom had just returned from a six month 

deployment to Okinawa, Japan. The Marines in turn loved seeing 

the fast cars and talking to the members about their Porsches. 

Our members donated lots of gifts that helped stuff the Toys 

for Tots boxes provided by the Marines. Over the next few hours, 

even more Porsches pulled into the parking lot and off-loaded more 

toys. 

CL got an artillery lesson 

Mean machines and 

man’s best friend 

Sgt. Darby gave a class on the howitzer 

(Continued on Page 7)

Toys 4 Tots: (Continued from Page 6) 

More than six boxes of toys, and over 300 dollars, were collected 

for the Toys for Tots program, which the Marines distribute to 

underprivileged children in Orange County. A great time was had by 

all, and the Marines hope to have an even bigger event next year! 

PCA OCR sends a huge Thank you to Major Andy Roberts and 

the Marines of 5th Battalion, 14th Marines for providing the displays 

and the great conversation. 


Winding Roads and Wine 

Story by Greg Heinlein 

Appetizers and Pear Valley wine greeted the group as they 

arrived at La Quinta 

What is it about autumn? We all feel 

it: a promise of the holiday season just 

around the corner, time spent with family, 

breaking out the wool sweaters once 

again, the snap in the air, the smell of 

a fireplace somewhere vaguely in the 

distance wafting along on a fall breeze. Or 

if it’s the first weekend in November near 

Paso Robles, more likely a 60 mph wind 

slipstreaming over a line of pristinely 

polished Porsches roaring toward a 

winery somewhere in the countryside of 

San Luis Obispo County. 

41 cars arrived Friday afternoon 

and evening, and eager participants 

gassed up their “blitz wagens” for the 

start of Saturday’s thrill ride, a chance 

to remember what a Porsche is truly all 

about. Friday night presented us with a 

tasting in the hotel lobby of varietals from 

the Pear Valley winery. After the tasting 

we strolled into the hotel’s dining room 

for a fabulous BBQ 

dinner and a chance to 

renew acquaintances 

with club members; 

some of whom we 

hadn’t seen since last 

November’s trip. 

Such a warm and 

wonderful group too, united 

as we are by a shared love 

of incredible automobiles, 

delicious wines and leisurely 

bonhomie. It was an early night 

as Sheriff Bob said we needed 

to assemble Saturday at 8 am 

sharp for the drivers meeting 

and an 8:30 departure. 

The drive to the first winery, Daou, 

was listed in the information sheet as a 

77.7 mile jaunt. From past experience we 

knew that Daou was most likely no more 

than a 5 mile trip from the hotel. But as 

we all know, driving a Porsche the long 

way over narrow twisting roads is often 

the very best way to go. 

In past years we had seen some 

sprinkles, but this time the weather 

cooperated and, while overcast, was dry 

and pleasantly cool. Our intrepid leader 

formed us up, got into his 1963 356B 

coupe, and off we went, out to highway 

46, right turn, down through town, and 

up into the hills. The group got a bit 

spread out but in this age of ready cell 

phones, it really wasn’t a problem. 

Hairpin turns followed by halfmile 

stretches of flat open roads in farm 

country; just the tonic for relief from 

work-a-day humdrum. After about an 

Sheriff Bob never fails 

to lay down the rules. 

and you better follow 

them! 

Porsches lined up at Daou 

hour we passed a guy walking on the side 

of the road and Margaret said, “Hey we 

passed that guy 30 minutes ago, are we 

going over the same ground again?” 

Sure enough, the entrance ramp to 

Highway 101 suddenly loomed large in 

front of us, and our line of rockets roared 

onto it. As the Sheriff explained later, he 

took a wrong turn somewhere and we 

had a deadline to meet at Daou. 

What a gorgeous winery, 10 acres 

perched atop a 2,200-foot knoll. Some 

felt the tasting was a bit pricey; however 

the wines were not bad. 

After tastings, a stroll around the 

grounds and a pause for our group photo, 

Views of the wine valley were simply stunning 

off we went to Pasolivo, for an olive oil 

tasting. While there, we had a chance 

to look at some of the cars on our run: 

Tom and Sue Calvert’s blue metallic 

924 turbo. You won’t often see a finer 

example of this model. 

There were many “911” turbos of 

varying vintages, including Randy and 

Katie Hargrave’s neon green ‘07, and 

Jim and Pat Wehner’s ‘08 that was a 

dynamic shade of orange. Bob’s 1963 

aforementioned coupe is always a 

showstopper with his and Judy’s names 

in script over their respective doors and 

the well-traveled suitcase on the luggage 

rack over the rear-deck. John and Marissa 

(Continued on Page 17)

Feature Article: 

A History of Porsches 

Story by Bruce Herrington 

Dec 18, 60: How It All Began the ‘51 Coupe in the family driveway in 

Ithaca New York before departing for my new job in Washington, DC 

“How do you like your Porsche,” 

said a voice over my shoulder. 

Wow, I thought, this guy knows how 

to pronounce Porsche. “Does the rear 

engine give you any problems in the 

snow?” he continued. Wow,” I said, “you 

really know your Porsches”. “Yes, as a 

matter of fact, I have some friends at my 

house right now who like Porsches. Why 

don’t you come join us?” So I followed a 

brown Ford station wagon to what turned 

out to be the December, 1960 meeting of 

the Potomac Region Board of Directors 

at the home of Bill Sholar, the founder 

of PCA. Needless to say, after a couple 

drinks, I joined PCA on the spot. 

I had gotten turned on to Porsches 

from reading Road & Track, my folks 

buying a VW Beetle as an economical 

second car and hanging around the race 

track at Watkins Glenn, drooling over 

Roger Penske’s and Bob Holbert’s RSKs. 

In those days the facilities at The Glen 

were pretty crude by modern standards. 

Even Stirling Moss would come race 

from an unpaved paddock, using portapoties 

just like the rest of us. Being able 

to look into the cockpits of the RSKs of 

both Bob Holbert and Roger Penske as 

they warmed up their engines, gave me 

an enthusiasm for the RSK that has never 

died. 

I acquired my split-windshield 1951 

Porsche Coupe in 1959 by swappingeven 

with a guy who was moving from 

upstate New York to Florida and needed 

the extra carrying capacity of my Beetle. 

Then a year later when I took a job 

with an R&D firm in 

Washington, DC, I almost wished I had 

the Beetle back but the Porsche was a 

real joy to have on weekend commutes 

back home through the mountains of 

Pennsylvania. 

I attended the 1961 “VI Parade” 

in the Berkshire Mountains of New 

England. The autocross used the 

entire track at Lime Rock. Since I 

was a ‘novice’ driver, I was not allowed 

on the track without some ‘instruction’. 

On the very first lap, my instructor spun 

us off into the dirt at the bottom of the 

big hill before the start-finish straight. 

No damage to the car. When I got to 

drive, I kept it on the pavement. Another 

memorable experience from that Parade 

was my being drafted on the morning of 

the Rally to fill in for a sick Navigator. I 

worked hard only to find that the driver 

got a trophy, but not the navigator. To add 

insult to injury, the official records still 

show the driver’s wife as the navigator 

of the 3rd place car. 

In 1964 I bought an SCCA E-Prod 

Speedster, retrofitted with a ‘street’ 

engine. I converted it back to street 

configuration (basically wipers and 

headlights) and drove it around Northern 

Virginia. My next Porsche was a ‘59 

Coupe that I used as a daily driver after 

I moved to Southern California leaving 

the Speedster in Virginia. California 

driving was really different from what I 

had experienced in the DC area. Much 

more aggressive and the then-empty 

freeways were a real joy. That too was 

Press Enterprise on Riverside Region’s 35th Anniversary 

Picture from first ‘Last Race at Riverside’ conducted by Vintage 

Automobile Racing Association (VARA) in early ‘80s 

the era where on any Sunday one was 

bound to find a Parking Lot Autocross 

without even trying. 

I sold the ‘59 when I was relocated 

back to DC. I retrieved the Speedster, 

which now had rust holes in the floor pan 

from a couple years of outside storage in 

rainy, humid northern Virginia. Through 

Pano, I ordered a new full-bellypan for a 

356A. When I finally had the pan installed, 

it turned out to be a B pan, not an A. Since 

the car had already been equipped with 

B brakes (and vented backing plates) for 

racing, and since the shifter mounting 

point on the B transmission tunnel was 

so much handier than the long reach to 

the A shifter, I decided to go whole hog 

– B steering wheel, B shift lever, B- 

transmission and finally ‘58 B engine 

with the big oil thermostat. I believe it is 

the only ‘B Speedster’ in captivity. 

The Speedster has been used as a 

commuting car, daily driver, an autocross 

car, and as a racecar with VARA and 

HRG Hill-climbs. I even lent it to my 

step-son who, for over a year, drove 

it daily from El Toro to Coto de Caza, 

back when El Toro Road was two lane 

all the way from Trabuco Rd to Live Oak 

Canyon/Trabuco Canyon Road. A real 

Porsche road all the way to and beyond 

the Plano Trabuco gate. 

During one of my moves back and 

forth between metro-DC and metro-LA, 

my ‘51 coupe got very badly damaged. 



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Auto-X Corner: 

The Autocross Secret 

Story by Don Chapman 

A safe and controlled learning environment 

A great deal can be learned on the morning course walk with Steve Abbott 

This article is going to reveal one of the 

best-kept secrets about Autocross, but 

before we discuss this secret, I have a 

couple of questions for you. 

How did you learn how to drive? 

Do you think you are a good driver? How 

did you become a good driver? 

There are several ways we can all 

learn the art of driving. If you are like 

most people, you studied the rules of the 

road and practiced countless hours to get 

your drivers license. But what have you 

done to improve your driving skills in all 

the years after you received your driver’s 

license? Most everyone simply relies 

on their day-to-day driving experience 

to improve the skills necessary to keep 

themselves and their families safe on 

the road. Unfortunately, without the 

proper instruction and without the ability 

to successfully perform and practice 

the extreme maneuvers necessary to 

push you and your Porsche to the limit, 

you will not know how to handle your 

Porsche when mayhem strikes. 

Interesting fact #1: 

Did you know that if you ask any group of 

driver, over 95% would tell you they are 

a “good” to “very good” driver? Would 

you agree with that statistic? 

There is a very small percent of 

the driving population that will work to 

improve their driving skills by attending 

a performance driving school. These 

schools run the spectrum 

of teaching the basics of 

car control all the way up 

to obtaining a competition 

license. Companies like 

the Bob Bondurant School 

of Performance driving, 

located in Arizona, offer one 

to three day courses that can run up to 

$4,500, plus hotel. Porsche also offers 

a Sport Driving School. This awesome 

driving experience is held at the 

Barbers Motorsports Park just outside 

of Birmingham Alabama. The Porsche 

Driving School offers courses that start 

at $1,800 and run as high as $10,000. 

Add in the time and cost of travel and 

it’s no wonder why most of us will 

never experience this extra high level of 

instruction. 

Which brings me to the burning 

question on everyone’s mind. What is 

the best kept secret of Autocross? FREE 

DRIVING INSTRUCTION. We here in 

the PCA Orange Coast Region are blessed 

to have not only the best facility in the 

country to Autocross (El Toro Airfield), 

but we are also extremely blessed to have 

the best and most experienced group of 

Instructors! 

If you are new to Autocross, you 

will be assigned an instructor. The 

instructor will go over everything you 

need to know to be successful in your 

A Special Thank you to our soon to be retired Chief Driving 

Instructors - Rick and Dennis Neff (in yellow shirts) 

autocross adventure and to be a more 

skilled driver. 

You will learn how to properly set 

your car up for the Autocross course, 

starting with the correct tire pressures. 

You will learn the proper car settings, 

and seating position. Most importantly, 

you will learn how to drive your car 

faster than you ever thought possible. 

Interesting fact #2: 

Did you know that most accidents happen 

because people do not apply enough 

brake pressure? 

Our Autocross instructors will 

also help you learn the driving skills 

necessary to be fast. In a controlled and 

safe environment, you will learn how to 

threshold brake, throttle steer, and trail 

brake. You will learn how to look ahead, 

how to late apex and early apex a corner. 

You will even learn how to handle your 

car in a spin. 

If you will join us and participate 

in the next four Autocross events, I will 

personally guarantee that you will be a 


JANUARY 2013 11

Show Me The Money 

Story by Dave Humphreys 

As you will recall from a previous 

article, when you buy your Porsche, you 

are essentially putting your money into 

a declining value savings account - in 

that you rarely get as much out as you 

put in. When you come right down to 

it, purchasing any automobile is a pretty 

dismal investment by any measure. 

You might say that leasing is 

somewhat similar to buying, but without 

the so-called equity “savings account.” 

With leasing, you have the option of 

putting your “savings“ (the difference 

between the monthly costs of buying 

vs. leasing; which can be substantial) 

into more productive investments. 

As a matter of fact, many financial 

advisors and accountants are currently 

encouraging exactly this practice as one 

of the benefits of leasing. 

But, let’s see how this can actually 

work. We’ll compare a typical lease 

(36-months) on an $85,000 Porsche at 

say 6% interest, a 0% loan and a 6% 

purchase loan. In an effort to keep things 

as equal as possible, we have assumed 

that a down payment is tendered in each 

case. Even then, leasing will invariably 

result in lower payments. 

Lease - 6% Loan - 0% Loan - 6% 

Porsche Price: 

$85,000 $85,000 $85,000 

Down Payment: 

$5,000 $5,000 $5,000 

Interest Rate: 

6% 0% 6% 

Residual: 

$51,000 n/a n/a 

Monthly Payment: 

$1,289 $2,222 $2,656 

Total Costs: 

$51,404 $85,000 $100,616 

*Note: The preceding chart was 

compiled using Edmund’s Lease Calculator 

(which is available free online), but does 

not include acquisition fees, sales/use taxes, 

registration/licensing fees, disposition fees, 

purchase option fee, etc. nor incidental 

fees charged by the leasing company for 

conducting business. These fees vary 

from state to state and from leasing company 

to leasing company. So, do shop around for 

the best deal. The chart is intended for simple 

(though reasonably accurate) comparisons 

only. 

As you can see, the short-term 

monthly cost of leasing (39-months or 

less) will always be significantly less 

than the cost of buying. For the same 

model Porsche with the same price, lease 

terms, and down payment, monthly lease 

payments will invariably be 30%-60% 

lower than purchase payments. In this 

example, that amounts to about $1,367 

per month; or, $49,212 overall. Now, I 

don’t know about you, but that kind of 

money is going to get my attention every 

single time. 

However, and this is also important, 

with the long-term leasing (exceeding 

42-months), the cost of leasing will 

always be more than the cost of buying; 

that is assuming the buyer keeps his 

automobile after the loan is paid off. 

So, be sure to keep this in mind when 

you’re negotiating with the dealer - don’t 

be talked into a longer-term lease just 

to keep the monthly payments lower. 

You’ll get burned it you do. 

Does this mean leasing is always 

better? Not necessarily. Payments are 

not the only factors that should influence 

your decision. There is much, much 

more to take into account before making 

any final decisions. 

If a buyer prefers to keep his/her 

Porsche after the loan has been repaid 

and drives it for many years thereafter, 

the overall costs will be spread over a 

longer period of time. It doesn’t take a 

theoretical scientist to figure out that 

the cost of buying one (1) Porsche and 

driving it for say ten (10) years is going to 

be less expensive than leasing or buying 

three (3) or four (4) Porsches over the 

same period of time. 

While we can’t put a dollar amount 

on everything, to put this into proper 

perspective, we need to look a little 

deeper into how each program (leasing 

vs. buying) differs one from the other. 

First, the similarities: 

• Both contracts contain a “finance 

charge”; which represents the 

interest paid for the money you have 

borrowed. This is the money that 

has been advanced to you or the 

dealer to purchase the vehicle you 

intend to either lease or purchase. 

It also includes reimbursement for 

any incidental business expenses 

incurred by the financier. 

• Both contracts set forth the amounts 

of the monthly installments to be 

paid over a specific period of time 

(usually months); and to whom they 

are to be paid. 

• In both instances, you are responsible 

to properly maintain the vehicle per 

the manufacturer’s written 

standards, repair any damage 

incurred, pay all applicable taxes 

and keep the license and registration 

current. 

Now, for the differences: 

• Leasing contracts include a 

“depreciation charge”; which 

represents compensation to the 

financier for the loss of the market 

value of the vehicle during the lease 

period. 

• At the end of the lease period you 

have the option of either buying the 

vehicle for a predetermined price 

(usually the “residual value”) or 

merely returning the vehicle to the 

leasing company with no further 

obligation - your choice. How about 

that? 

• It is important to note that the leasing 

company will maintain ownership 

of the vehicle at all times - unless 

you decide to buy it at lease-end. 


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Book Review: 

PORSCHE 

by Peter Morgan, published in Oct, ‘12 

by Motorbooks, Minneapolis, MN 

Review by Bruce Herrington 

This book is part of Motorbooks’ FIRST 

GEAR series; books that are concise 

packages with hundreds of pictures and 

relatively little text. These wonderful 

summary books also have unique and 

wonderful “Did You Know ?” fact boxes 

that present fun, and very educational, 

trivia. 

PORSCHE is the perfect introductory 

book to new Porsche fans. It would be 

a great gift idea for the kids, grandkids, 

new acquaintances etc. A great way to 

get the next generation, or new people, 

excited about Porsche cars or the Porsche 

hobby. CT STOCKING 

PORSCHE is quite up to date, the 

ten chapters cover the development of 

Porsche from Porsche No. 1 through the 

991. The coverage of models is quite 

complete, though this 

reviewer is somewhat 

miffed that the 

924Turbo is covered 

but the 924S is not. 

No other gaps come to 

mind, but it is true that 

bodywork subtleties 

are not distinguished 

– the 356 is treated 

as a block, except for 

the Speedster. And for 

enthusiasts of ‘Vintage 

Racing’ , the coverage 

of race cars is largely 

focused on those of 6+ 

cylinders. 

Illustrations are 

plentiful, and since most 



Zone 8 Upcoming Events 

Calendar Highlights from around the Zone: through Jan 20 

Autocross 

Jan 19, AR, Tempe Diablo, http://az.pca.org/event/105 

Jan 19, SAR, Pinal Air Park, http://pcasar.com/ 

Jan 20, SDR, http://pcasdr.motorsportreg.com 

Breakfast Clubs, Cars & Coffee, etc. 

Jan 5: 

GPR, Frisco’s Carhop, Long Beach, 8:00 AM, http://gpx.pca.org/ 

CIR Greenhouse Café, Lancaster, 9:30 AM, http://cai.pca.org/ 

quick_links/lancaster_meeting.html 

OCR, Original Mike’s Restaurant, Santa Ana, 8:00 AM, 

http://www.pcaocr.com/ 

RR Farmhouse Restaurant, Banning, 8:30 AM, 

http://www.riversidepca.org/ 

SBR, Way Point Café, Camarillo, 8:30 AM, 

http://www.pcasb.org/images/BkfstMap.jpg 

Jan 12: 

AR Porsches & Pancakes, The Breakfast Joynt, Scottsdale, 8:00 

AM, http://az.pca.org/ 

CCCR, location TBD, http://ccc.pca.org/ 

SDR, Krispy Kreme, Clairemont, 8:30 AM, http://pcasdr.net/ 

SBR, Moby Dick’s Restaurant, Santa Barbara, 9:00 AM, 

http://www.pcasb.org/images/BkfstMap.jpg 

Jan 13: 

LVR Egg Works, LV, 9:00 AM, http://www.lvrpca.com/events. 

Driving Tours 

Jan 6, AR Driving Tour to Bagdad, http://az.pca.org/event/111 

Jan 19, Zone 8, Driving Tour to the Justice Bros Museum, 

Pomona, http://zone8.motorsportreg.com 

Driver’s Ed/Time Trial/Club Race 

Jan 5-6, Driver’s Ed and Time Trial, San Diego Region, Streets 

of Willow, http://pcasdr.motorsportreg.com 

Jan 11-14, SBR, Driving Tour to Scottsdale & Sedona; http:// 

www.pcasb.org/images/2013_Southwest.pdf 

Social 

Jan 19, Zone 8 Awards Party, Pomona, http://zone8. 

motorsportreg.com 

Swap Meet 

Jan 13, SDR, Oceanside, http://pcasdr.net/event/sdr-porscheswap-meet-and-social-2/ 

Tech Sessions 

Jan 12, SDR, Driving Skills, Oceanside, the latest technology 

in driving simulators, http://pcasdr.net/event/tech-session-withbmw-club-driveskills-in-oceanside/ 

These are the highlights of what is happening on each weekend 

around the zone. Most regions have weeknight activities as well 

that are not listed here. Be sure to check local region websites 

for complete activities lists on any given date. Go to www. 

zone8.org for links to each region web site. 

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Rice’s Ramblings: 

Elusive Surging Ignition-Again 

1973 911 Carrera Impressions 

Story by Lee Rice 

The New Year is here with a New Hope 

for an improving outlook for everyone. 

911 ignition problems: 

Question: My 1982 911SC had some 

work done a while ago… and I notice 

my SC wants to accelerate and then as 

suddenly decelerate, only slightly all 

in a cycle lasting 1-2 seconds. Is there 

something I can do for this? 

Reply: The 911SC is particularly 

sensitive to ignition timing. Even slight 

mis-timing can result in surges, like what 

you are experiencing. The specifications 

for the 1982 are within the 1980 thru 1983 

SC Specifications. The timing must be 

checked at 950+ 50 rpm, with the red and 

blue vacuum hoses pulled off the ignition 

distributor’s “double vacuum box”. Next 

adjust the ignition timing to 5 degrees 

BTDC while maintaining 950 rpm. Then 

re-install the red and blue vacuum hoses. 

To check the “vacuum box” * 

(930.602.915.01) BOSCH: 1 237 122 

736 (See image # 1) Note* The RED 

hose provides vacuum for advance at 

cruise power. The BLUE hose provides 

vacuum for idle retard.* 

1. Check VACUUM RETARD: with 

blue hose connected, disconnect the 

red hose at the vacuum box’s front 

connection #2. Ignition timing must 

be between -3’and -7’ ATDC. 

2. Check VACUUM ADVANCE: 

Disconnect blue hose from 

connection #1, and disconnect red 

hoses from connection #2. Now 

connect blue hose to connection 

#2. Adjust idle speed to 950 +50 

rpm. -Ignition timing must be 

between 8’ to 12’ BTDC. 

3. Re- install red hose to #2 and blue 

hose to #1, adjust idle speed to 950 

+50 rpm 

These specification are found in 

Werk Shop Manual 1972 onward section 

9.3 – 2/13 

Anniversary 

2013 is also an anniversary for us Porsche 

911 fanatics of old, as we recollect back 40 

years ago, history was about to unfold in 

an amazing and dramatic way. These 911 

cars we admire so much and just cannot 

seem to get enough of, were originally 

destined to build in a production life of 

about 5- 7 years. The 911 was, after all, 

an intended move-up from the 4 cylinder 

“putt-putt” image of Porsche. This is no 

put down either. The evolution of the 4 

cylinder Porsche came about in the early 

1930s and its history is a marvel from 

Ferdinand Porsche himself. 

In the 1960s Ferry Porsche and his 

sons wanted to make their own history 

with a new Porsche. A new design 

was the answer with a growing West 

Germany economy and a world market. 

This required an entirely new design 

with much more power, higher speed, 

more driver-passenger room and modern 

amenities. The 356 had evolved to its limit 

and then (1961) a more modern car was 

needed. This gave birth to Werk Design 

Nr. 901, then a new name: “911.” 

1973 was the arrival of a new upgraded 

version of the 911, which became 

a prominent racing car called the Carrera 

Renn Sport Rennen. A German way to 

state: Ralley/Sporting/Racing. Porsche 

was determined to reduce any weight 

not absolutely necessary by making the 

# 1 -SC ignition timing layout 

new 911 as lightweight as possible and 

still have a street/road drivable 911. This 

gave birth to Porsche’s “less is more” 

philosophy. However, Porsche had to 

sell 500 basic examples of the RSR to be 

classified for homologation purposes that 

was the: “Carrera RS.” The RS enabled 

Porsche to be eligible to race in the Group 

4 Special GT Class. These were called 

the 911 2.7 Carrera RS, which became 

the basis for the full blown 2.8 Liter, all 

out racing, 2.8 Carrera RSR. 

From a long time ago I recall my 

first impression of the 2.7 Carrera RS, it 

was on my wedding day, June 16 1973. 

I had my 1968 911 perfectly polished 

and ready to gently speed my bride and 

myself from church –the very same car 

and same bride I have today. Thank 

You! 

Anyway, just before leaving for 

church the mailman delivered my 

Competition Press/ Autoweek and on the 

first page I saw, hot off the press from the 

Paris Auto Show, a pictured 911, in white 

with a blue “Carrera” stripe, blue centered 

Fuchs wheels and that famous ‘duck tail.’ 

I was stunned! I was determined to have 

one someday, or in my case build one! 

SEE image # 2 (This has a familiar feel 

- like what is brewing for 2013 and 2014: 

the arrival of the Porsche 918) And with 

that in mind I asked my brother John 

Rice, to tell me his first impression of his 

first 1973 911 2.7 Carrera RS. 

“…Lee and I were due to meet in 

Monterey for a visit and Lee went out 



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And what a group it was! (The Pando is in the front row) 

Behnke’s restored 1968 blue 911E coupe 

was a delight to see, and drew plenty of 

attention. Chris and Rebecca Robertson’s 

2013 Boxster Spyder is a car made in 

limited quantities, and a true head-turner 

in Guards Red. 

“Hey, olive oil tasting is great, but 

let go of that peach (or is it mango) 

Chris’s Red 2013 Spyder was a true beauty 

flavored olive oil people: we have to go! 

Mount up; Opalo is waiting for us with a 

stunner of a lunch spread and their terrific 

wines.” As we drove onto the winery 

grounds, we headed past rows of vines, 

the wine tasting room and warehouse, on 

up to the top of the hill, where a huge 

white “wedding reception tent” awaited 

our arrival. We heard that they are only 

permitted to host six or seven gatherings 

per year in that tent so we were quite 

honored and fortunate to be part of that 

group. 

We arranged our cars in long rows 

(talk about a photo-op!) in the grass on 

top of the now sun-splashed hilltop, and 

headed for the tent. The cooks had a huge 

grill going with mouth-watering aromas 

of sausages, chicken and lamb sizzling 

away. Servers walked about offering 

oysters and sausages to whet our appetites 

for lunch. The tasting booth 

in one corner of the room 

poured liberally, and the 

Opalo crew manning the 

booth advised us to return 

any time we needed more. 

The meal was superb: the 

wines, laughter and happy 

chatter flowed in great 

abundance. As the meal 

slowed Bob Savic and Greg 

Heinlein passed out cigars. 

So ladies and gents stepped out into the 

warmth, pulled up a hay bale, sat down 

and perused the rolling hillside vineyards 

spreading to infinity and watched a solo 

hawk wheeling overhead seeking his 

meal. 

There are indeed moments in life 

that you just wish would never end; this 

was certainly one of them. But we had 

many miles to ride and so, reluctantly, 

we pulled ourselves away from the 

reverie of Opalo and most headed off to 

Niner and yet another tasting. “Most,” 

because some of us headed back to the 

hotel for a nap to be fortified for the 

evening’s festivities. 

The heartier members from OCR 

headed for Jack Creek winery, owned by 

Doug and Sabrina Kruse, and famed for 

their Estate reserve Pinot Noir, and their 

“Concrete Blond” Chardonnay. The 

Kruse vineyard is a smallish 40 acres 

given over to 24 acres of Pinot Noir, 7 

acres of Syrah, 5 acres of Chardonnay, 

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feature: (Continued from Page 9) 

Speedster Hill Climb = Driving Speedster in an HSR Hillclimb in 

Escondido, early ‘80s 

I didn’t get any money for the damage 

(long story) and the lowest bid I got for 

new windshield pieces (in 1972) was 

$1,500 per side! I gave up on being able 

to afford to fix the car and it is now in 

Northern California. I recently got to 

visit it in its fully restored condition and 

meet the current owner who drives it 

regularly. 

In 1990, I acquired my 4th Porsche. 

A 1968 912. It looked beautiful, outside 

and in. I got it from a co-worker at a new 

job and thought I was getting a great 

deal. When I got it home (I finally had a 

decent 5-car garage), I found that it was a 

disaster underneath. After a major tuneup, 

the engine was great and I put a lot 

of miles on it. For a while, I commuted 

300 miles every weekend and used it as a 

daily driver for almost ten years. 

I had dropped out of PCA in the mid 

‘70s, but in 1997, the stepson who had 

driven the Speedster in El Toro gave me 

a new PCA membership for Christmas. 

It was nice to see the new (to me) and 

glossy Pano. I had just moved from 

Oxnard Shores to Morongo Valley (from 

a 5-car garage to a 0-car garage), so I 

became a member of Riverside Region. 

Full of newbie vigor and enthusiasm, 

I started driving to PCA meetings, even 

to the board meetings 60+ miles away, 

because they usually had free food of 

some sort. In November of ‘00 the very 

capable president was re-elected. In 

January ‘01, he announced a transfer to 

the east coast. As per the by-laws the 

remaining months of his term were to be 

filled by someone appointed to the job by 

the Board. In a fashion that seems even 

more implausible today than it did then, 

I, who had never 

even served on the 

Board, was appointed 

President. 

I found myself 

enthusiastic about this 

new challenge and 

very stimulated by 

the Zone 8 Presidents’ 

Meetings and the great 

people I encountered 

there. I acquired 

an ‘86 Targa which 

became my Sundays 

and PCA meetings car. I got turned on 

by the torquey engine (compared to the 

4-banger Porsches I had been driving for 

decades) and stopped autocrossing the 

912 and ran the 911 instead. In 2003 I 

became Zone 8 Autocross champion for 

the Carrera 3.2 class in that car. 

When I could 

not find a volunteer 

to replace the 

retiring newsletter 

editor I took on 

the job of editing 

Unsere Gedanken. 

There is a synergy in 

being both President 

and Editor, which I 

feel leads to great, 

current and focused, 

newsletters. 

During my 

tenure as president, 

Riverside held its 30th anniversary 

celebration. We still had a couple of 

founders available to participate and the 

Press-Enterprise gave us a nice write-up, 

led off by a picture of me in my VARA 

Speedster. 

Though I’m not a Concours type, I 

had been performing the scoring function 

for the Concours at the Festival of Speed. 

In 1993 I got roped in by a friend to 

help with the Porsche Timeline at Lake 

Arrowhead and was head-honcho of that 

for about 5 years. 

About 3 years ago, I somehow got 

involved in writing ‘Book Reviews for 

Porschephiles”, a monthly column in 

Grand Prix Region’s The Circuit. That 

column is now also being printed in 

Pandemonium and in 2013, it will also 

appear in Going Places, the Arizona 

Region monthly. 

While serving as President of 

Riverside, I had my arm twisted to buy 

a 924S that had been the property of two 

previous Riverside Region Presidents. 

For about 6 years starting in High School, 

I had been a sports car nut bumming 

rides with friends with MGs (TCs, TDs 

and eventually Bs) Trimphs (TR2, TR3 

and mostly TR3A), an XK120-C and 

an XK140-MC. One thing all these cars 

had in common was a large transmission 

tunnel and a deep, narrow foot well. The 

924S, being front engined, has a large 

transmission tunnel. As soon as I slipped 

into the cockpit I felt at home! All these 

decades in 4 cyl air-cooled Porsches I’d 

never realized that I missed the snugness 

of the cockpits of front engine sports 

cars. 

The bulk of my current fleet of Porsches in my garage 

Having added front-engine water 

pumpers to my collection, I became 

interested in the whole genre of Porsches 

– rear engine, front engine, mid-engine, 

air-cooled, water-cooled, 4 and 6 

cylinder. I now have examples of every 

configuration (except for 4WD and 4 

door). In a stroke of luck I managed to 

acquire a very slightly used, Thunder 

Ranch RSK replica at a bargain price. It 

is a real thrill to look at, just like I used to 

drool over Penske’s and Holbert’s at The 

Glenn. And I now have a garage (which 

I built all by myself), in which I have 

parked as many as 7 Porsches at once, 

but prefer to just have 3 project cars in 

it at a time. 

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Rice’s Ramblings: (Continued from Page 15) 

# 2 - Autoweek June 16 1973 Carrera RS 

to the parking lot to examine my just 

acquired 1973 911 Carrera RS. As a 

proper enthusiast, Lee was on his knees 

and belly examining the important bits, 

then burst out laughing. I had just had 

a set of trick new Yokohama 008 tires 

installed to help keep it under control 

and the tire shop mounted the tires right, 

but the wheels wrong. The 7s were on 

the right side and the 8s on the left! Hey, 

it still worked better than any nonflared 

911 I had driven.” 

Back in 1973 we were quite 

disappointed that the Carrera RS was not 

going to be legal here in the USA and 

so would not be imported. In those days 

there was very little information about 

them. I found bits in Christophorus and 

looked for the foreign car magazines 

to read about them. If I ever loved a 

Porsche model, it has been the ‘73 RS. 

You know that I have owned and enjoyed 

an amazing variety of 911s over the 

years, so I can claim to be an bit of an 

expert on most all of them. A stock RS 

isn’t the fastest, most challenging, nor 

most exciting. It really isn’t the “best” 

either. I don’t believe that Porsche ever 

intended to build a Great Car when they 

produced the RS. They were trying to 

continue racing. The RS was merely an 

upgrade to a lightened 911 with what 

was necessary to produce a decent RSR 

racing car. It just happened to work out 

that it was a fantastic combination of 

parts that made for one of the nicest all 

around sports cars... ever. 

My first RS: 

I had only seen one before I saw “my” 

RS. That was the early RS prototype 

that Don Wester had at his Porsche 

Dealership in Monterey. I 

saw that car several times 

at his dealership and always 

with dealer plates. It totally 

mesmerized me. 

In 1986, while reading 

the S.F. Chronicle and, as 

always, scanning the Foreign 

Car Section, I spotted a new 

listing: a”1973 911 Carrera 

RS” from a small shop in 

Berkeley called Fantasy 

Junction. White/blue, 

Restored”. I nearly fell out 

of my chair. There was an RS in the area? 

And it is for sale? I had to see it. 

I quietly went to see the RS and 

started carefully, but discretely, looking 

it over. They realized this wasn’t my 

normal social visit when I asked if they 

minded if I opened doors/hood/lid, 

brought out my flashlight and crawled 

around looking underneath it. They had 

a thick document file that went with it. 

Over the next week it was time to 

step up to the plate. It was time for a test 

drive. Mike Duffy was the lucky sales 

guy. He seemed a bit nervous about this. 

He had never been in a car with me but 

he knew my sports car and SCCA racing 

history so I didn’t appreciate why he 

seemed so anxious. He drove it out to 

the open Berkeley Marina area where we 

wouldn’t bother anyone and turned it over 

to me. To me, this was a very special car, 

but it was mainly because the factory had 

built something that worked so well, not 

that the performance level was so special. 

By this time I had read many detailed 

stories about driving, 

racing and rallying 

these cars and 

some stories were 

incredibly detailed 

about how the cars 

reacted. They were 

pretty much just 

big bore 911S’ with 

wider rear wheels/ 

tires, slightly better 

suspensions and a bit 

lighter. Pretty much 

what American 911 

enthusiasts had been 

building for years. 

# 3 - JhR’s RS Carrera -1986 

It sounded just like any other hot MFI 

911 except for a slightly guttural note 

to the exhaust and it was obviously set 

up stiffer than a genuine stock RS. I also 

noted the 80% limited slip installed. I 

knew that they cause “unusual” handling 

characteristics when driven with vigor 

and I certainly was going to do that 

before I bought it. 

There was no one around when I 

carefully felt out the clutch engagement 

and gently started off. Listening to 

every sound and feeling out the engine 

response, suspension and brakes. Finally 

it was time to give it serious stick. I 

advised Mike that I was about to finally 

DRIVE it and... all hell broke loose! You 

hear the term “explosive” and it is just a 

word. There was something so instantly 

raw and brutal about this little 911. 

It was very well set up and put the 

power down with no trauma, but the 

engine had a particular banshee wail 

unlike any of the upgraded 911s I had 

driven. It pulled “like a freight train… 

a darned fast freight train”. Gads! This 

thing was intoxicating! I also discovered 

that the testers from CAR magazine were 

correct. The 80% was severe. On the 

highway if you cruised along and nailed 

it - the car moved to the left about 2-3 

feet, let off full throttle and it instantly 

snapped right about the same. Very 

controllable and no problem... after the 

first few goes and you realized it was 

predictable and wasn’t really trying to 

kill you. Basically, it was incredibly fast. 

It was the most exciting [controllable] 



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David & Jennifer Palmquist 

William & Candace Cain 

Richard & Maureen Moran 

11 Years 

Terence & Lynice Rabun 

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Jeff & Cathy Rold 

10 Years 

Ali Hedayati 

Joe & Karen Nedza 

Robert & Maureen Zehntner 

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Preston Dyer & Ana McFadden 

8 Years 

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Clark & Dawn Severson 

Tony Rotundo & Kamran Jabbari 

Adam & Lynn Nguyen 

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Stanley & Jean Taeger 

John & Barbara Gilford 

Billie Weber 

Dennis & Susie Gorrie 

David & Carol Whitaker 

Mark & Dianne Doyle 

Bonnie Delgado 

Rolland Halbasch 

Neil & Virginia Fitzpatrick 

New Members and Transfers 

Steven Ames 

Santa Ana/2008 Cayman S 

Ryan & Joe Anselmo 

Foothill Ranch/1985 944 

Patrick Backus & Terry Liu 

Dana Point/2002 911 Turbo 

Robert & Sue Beck 

Laguna Beach/2013 Carrera 

Michael & Anne Crawford 

Dana Point/2000 Carrera 

Michael & Janie Guirguis 

Anaheim/2007 GT3 

Arnulf Hsu 

Santa Ana/1997 993 

Chris Marsh 

Corona Del Mar/2007 911 Turbo 

James & Marleen Quandt 

Coto de Caza/2013 911 

Tom Ruffolo 

Newport Beach/2013 Boxster S 

Mark & Denise Rutherford 

San Clemente/2006 911 

June & Darren Sullivan 

Fountain Valley/2006 Boxster 

William & Maureen Vogel 

Yorba Linda/1985 944(2) 

Transfers into OCR 

Nicolas Boudet 

Ladera Ranch/2011 911 

Transfer from California Central Coast 

(CCC) 

Rick & Fe Papelian 

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Cayenne 

Transfer from Southeast Michigan(SEM) 

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Dining with Porsches! 

Zone 8 Banquet 

Brought to you by Porsche of Downtown LA 

January 19, 2013 

All events to be held at the Sheraton Fairplex, Pomona 

Door Prizes 

DJ & Dancing 

Enthusiast of the Year Award 

Region of the Year Award 

Zone 8 Series Awards 

Dress Code: Casual-Come as you are! 

Concours cars on display in the banquet hall 

Saturday Activities 

Driving Tour to the Justice Brothers 

Museum ($10/car) 

Zone 8 Concours ($35 judged-$10 display) 

Website Seminar with Don Roof, PCA 

Region Web Coordinator (Free) 

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Cocktails at 6 PM, Dinner at 7 PM 

Banquet cost is $55/person 

Registration opens December 15th 

More info and register at: http://zone8.motorsportreg.com 

Special guest speaker: Magnus Walker of Urban Outlaw 

Driving Tour 

Come with us for a nice afternoon drive on twisty 

mountain roads followed by a terrific private museum 

tour. The Justice Brothers have a long and varied history 

with automobile racing. In fact, they started their 

company from the proceeds of a race car that they built 

and raced themselves! 

Driving Tour starts at 12:30 PM 

Price: $10 per car 

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Winding Roads & Wine: (Continued from Page 17) 

Eat my dust 

and 4 acres of grenache. Their pinots are 

dynamite! 

With that tasting completed the 

group departed for the hotel, with prudent 

stops to gas up, as the afternoon wound 

down. 

Dinner was at Eberle, about five 

minutes west of the hotel. Palpable 

excitement charged the air as we 

realized that this was the night we all 

set our clocks back an hour and got an 

extra hours’ sleep. The mood was, “let’s 

party!” After the tasting room, where 

you must try the 2009 sangiovese, oh 

my! Bottles tucked under our arms, we 

descended to the wine cave where tables 

were laid out with linens and candles. 

Dinner consisted of tri-tip, salmon or a 

vegetarian selection. 

What would the Saturday night 

dinner be without a round of joke telling? 

You have not lived until you have heard 

Bob’s joke about the bear hunt. Bob and 

Judy thanked everyone for attending 

the weekend, and then they recognized 

those folks who have helped them make 

the trip such a success, including the 

Hollanders and the Douglas’s. Bob also 

mentioned that we would not be leaving 

until 9:30 the next morning, and so that, 

coupled with setting the clocks back, lent 

a promise of plenty of rest and relaxation 

for the Sunday events. 

Margaret and I followed our usual 

tradition of heading home after breakfast, 

better rested to face a busy Monday, but 

those who stayed for the Sunday activities 

raved about Tobin James, always a fun 

tasting in a setting reminiscent of a stage 

coach stop. It is less a mere tasting, and 

more of a party. 

Our sources filled in the day’s events: 

Pear Valley was next, and that is the 

winery that sent over a tasting on Friday 

in the hotel lobby. Another beautiful 

hilltop setting with ambiance abundant. 

Wild Coyote is a fan favorite and treated 

us to a scrumptious BBQ lunch. Giovanni 

gave us a talk on the fine points of being 

a small winemaker and the changes in 

California winegrowing with the influx 

of corporations buying vineyards. After 

a quick stop for port and cigars at Paso 

Port, the remaining few made their way 

to Bob & Judy’s new digs for a tour and 

a hearty Hungarian goulash. 

Most of you know Bob had a heart 

attack and bypass surgery shortly after 

the tour. We wish him a speedy recovery, 

as it wouldn’t be the same in Paso Robles 

with out sheriff Bob and his Lady, the 

beautiful Judy. 

Right - The 

die hards had 

a true treat of 

Judy’s famous 

Hungarian 

Goulash at Bob’s 

new home 

First timers included Sean & Laura Taeger and 

Joel & Patti Sheiner 

Tobin James is a favorite with the ladies 

The wine caves provided a perfect backdrop for 

our Saturday night meal 

Left - tobin 

James poured 

some of their 

private reserve 

at our special 

morning tasting 

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AX: (Continued from Page 11) 

much better and safer driver. So much 

better, in fact, that it could someday save 

your life or the life of a loved one. How 

is that for a guarantee? Can you afford to 

pass up this opportunity? 

I would like to send a special 

“THANK YOU” out to Lisa Taylor and 

Tom Ridings of the Flying “L” Ranch 

for their generous sponsorship of the 

November 4th Autocross. They did so 

in grand fashion by providing everyone 

with a delicious catered Taco lunch that 

included all the trimmings. I would also 

like to thank Walter’s Porsche for their 

continued sponsorship and support 

throughout the year. 

We look forward to seeing you at 

our next Autocross event. 

One of the fastest 

cars of the day! 

Maria Elena Lauro 

powers up on some 

tacos before getting 

her 1997 993 back on 

the course 

Tom Ridings from the Flying L Racing on the track 

The day’s event sponsor, Flying L Racing had a hungry crowd to feed 

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Rice’s Ramblings: 

(Continued from Page 23) 

car I had ever driven. Everything worked 

great. I made the deal. SEE IMAGE #3 

I absolutely loved this car. In 

retrospect, it really was a racecar for 

the street. I ran it at Laguna with POC 

and was the only street tire car running 

the Red Group. I started off about a half 

lap back as to not get in their way. After 

a few laps I caught up with the group. 

Amazing. I didn’t dare try cornering with 

these guys but I followed along looking 

at their huge flares and 14” rear tires 

and backed off early for the duration. I 

had learned in SCCA that you didn’t try 

to out corner guys running huge race 

rubber unless you liked eating dirt... or 

walls. Oh, I was a fine driver but it was 

THE CAR that was sensational. On the 

cool down lap the corner workers were 

walking out from their stations and 

applauding. I knew it was this fantastic 

car they were honoring, deservedly so. 

Sadly, I sold the “RS” within a 

year. I have owned a ton of neat cars 

since. Nothing, nothing quite like this 

beast. One of my current cars is an early 

996 GT2. Yes, it is also an animal. Just 

like that first RS was. And just like the 

2.7RS… you have to control it with 

fast hands and a very well trained and 

disciplined right foot. 

There is no question in my mind 

that the early RS was not only incredibly 

exciting but it was the most fun car I ever 

owned. I could write for pages about my 

fun/crazy experiences. A particularly 

excitable lady friend in San Francisco 

was enjoying my tour of all the spots 

they used in filming Steve McQueen’s 

movie, “Bullitt”. 

She asked me if my RS would 

“jump” like in the movie? Hey, that’s too 

easy and dangerous. How about a jump 

UP the hill? So we did. I expected it to 

get light and let her stomach know we 

were almost airborne. Instead, we sailed 

up over the intersection and landed about 

3/4 across it. I thought I had destroyed 

my front end. Some people nearby were 

looking at me like I was a crazy person. 

I knew that it was time to get out of there 

and hoped I wasn’t leaving any RS parts 

behind as I quickly and quietly as possible 

left the scene. Once I was in virgin 

territory I stopped and scrambled to see 

what I might have broken... nothing. Not 

a trace of damage. For decades she has 

delighted in telling people about when I 

took her flying in SF in that RS. And, yes, 

it is just one of many great memories of 

a great car. 

Last comment: I verified that it 

had been raced but not the details. I 

also discovered that one reason this 

thing was so fast was that it actually has 

very high compression 2.8.liter pistons 

and cylinders! So, take a stock RS, add 

suspension and about 50 hp! Not so 

stock, but oh so exiting and I wish it were 

still in my garage… 

While there are endless articles, 

books, dedicated magazines and how 

to make a copy-cat RS version etc, etc, 

-nobody knows what a RS is really like 

but those who knew how to fully use one 

and ventured on street, road and track 

with one of their own. I hope you enjoyed 

it. This is an impression like none other. 

Godspeed 

Show Me The Money (Continued from Page 12) 

Otherwise, you will never own the 

vehicle. 

• Loan contracts include a “principle 

charge” which goes toward paying 

off the entire vehicle purchase 

price. 

• With a traditional loan, the financier 

will maintain legal title to the vehicle 

until the loan is completely paid off. 

Then, and only then, can you claim 

title to the vehicle. 

Next month will be the last 

installment in our series. However, 

meanwhile, if you would like to enhance 

your knowledge of the “in’s and out’s” 

of automobile (Porsche) leasing still 

further, hone your negotiating skills and 

become aware some ticks/traps some 

dealers employ (and how to avoid them), 

then you might want to visit www. 

automobileleasing101.com. 

Finally, if you would care to, you 

may submit any comment(s) and/or 

suggestion(s) you might feel appropriate 

to comments@integrationmktg.com. 

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Zone 8 Banquet 

Brought to you by Porsche of Downtown LA 

January 19, 2013 

All events to be held at the Sheraton Fairplex, Pomona 

Door Prizes 

DJ & Dancing 

Enthusiast of the Year Award 

Region of the Year Award 

Zone 8 Series Awards 

Dress Code: Casual-Come as you are! 

Concours cars on display in the banquet hall 

Cocktails at 6 PM, Dinner at 7 PM 

Banquet cost is $55/person 

Registration opens December 15th 

Dining with Porsches! 

Saturday Activities 

Driving Tour to the Justice Brothers 

Museum ($10/car) 

Zone 8 Concours ($35 judged-$10 display) 

Website Seminar with Don Roof, PCA 

Region Web Coordinator (Free) 

Zone 8 Presidents' Meeting 

More info and register at: http://zone8.motorsportreg.com 

Special guest speaker: Magnus Walker of Urban Outlaw 

Driving Tour 

Come with us for a nice afternoon drive on twisty 

mountain roads followed by a terrific private museum 

tour. The Justice Brothers have a long and varied history 

with automobile racing. In fact, they started their 

company from the proceeds of a race car that they built 

and raced themselves! 

Driving Tour starts at 12:30 PM 

Price: $10 per car 

Web seminar 

Come join special guest Don Roof, the National PCA 

Region Website Coordinator, in this intimate seminar 

discussing the latest and great technologies, best 

practices and how-to's for using your website to 

promote your region and its events. Learn all about how 

Facebook and Twitter can be used to the club’s 

advantage. 

Website Seminar starts at 1:00 PM 

Price: Free to all interested club members 

Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center 

601 W. McKinley Avenue · Pomona, CA 91768 

888-627-8074 

http://www.sheratonfairplex.com/ 

Mention "PCA" for our special room rate of $99 

Deadline: January 3, 2013 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Editors Notes: (Continued from Page 5) 

I call it the “guys wish list” because there 

are always some great cars on sale and 

some interesting “stuff” to be had. It is 

one section of the magazine I never miss 

and I always look forward to reading. 

Kept for many years by Bob Weber, we 

really appreciated his work in this area. 

I have even bought some things from 

fellow members sourced out of the ads, a 

fellow enthusiast usually, and usually that 

hard to find item. 

Vroom Vroom 

Speaking of “guys stuff” there is a button 

or switch in the newer Porsches that 

my friend Jay Warren calls “the man 

button”. This is the switch to open the 

exhaust chamber and add some throat 

to the sound quality emanating from the 

internal combustions we’ve paid for. I 

like that name because it really doesn’t 

add any horsepower or alter handling: it 

just makes noise. A delightful noise and I 

think one of the true reasons that Porsche 

remains the icon it does today. 

The latest generation of Porsches 

actually acoustically pipes the sound of 

the exhaust on demand with the “man 

button” into the interior of the car. 

It’s been written up in some of the car 

magazines as being a specific engineering 

mandate to enhance the aural experience 

of a Porsche. 

Blanche Bickerson, the 2007 GT3 

that I own, has a “man button” that I love 

to push open. You can hear the timbre 

of sound change from a higher pitch to 

one having a little more “bottom” or 

bass to it. Wonderful symphonic sensory 

overload at 7,000 RPM. I am not sure my 

new neighbors would so agree however. 

So I try to be a little discreet when and 

where I use it. But I do use it… 

Not Again 

Yes, again. I was rear ended in our Q7 

on the 5 Freeway the Wednesday of 

Thanksgiving eve, again. The first time 

was three years ago on the 22 Freeway 

on a rainy morning. This time it was the 

afternoon and the fellow that hit me was 

himself shoved into me by the impact of 

the person who started the chain reaction 

by running into him. It must have been 

quite an impact as his contact with me 

was violent and enough to do some 

damage. It’s sobering to go through these 

as they make you aware of the capacity of 

these machines to do real injury. We get 

jaded driving along every day and don’t 

necessarily ponder the potential forces at 

play when an object weighing two tons is 

doing 50-70 miles an hour. Thankfully, I 

was only doing about 5 miles per hour. I 

have no idea what the person that started 

the fender crushing was speeding at 

but given the heavy traffic it would not 

have been the normal unfettered freeway 

velocities. Still the impact was jarring, 

and had enough shock to make me think 

about what an impact at say 60 miles per 

hour might be like, after this I truly don’t 

want to know. 

There was damage to my hatch lid, 

bumper, rear lights and I am sure plenty 

of small unseen bits and pieces further 

inside the overall mechanism. Enough 

that the insurance estimate was nearly 

$3,000. Because I was the “hittee” and 

not the “hitter”, the body shop guy told 

me “it won’t cost you a cent sir”. Ha! 

Every one of us paying the insurance 

bill is paying plenty of cents for these 

incidents. I am sure that if this was 

coming out of my own pocket I’d find 

a way to cut that overall cost down. 

But accidents are so normal that their 

aftermath and cleanup is an industry in 

its own right. 

I am just so glad it wasn’t the GT3 

that got nailed. Besides just being the 

pet that it is, there are unseen costs even 

after an accident. With “carfax” one can 

now see if any car has been in the repair 

shop. So if you are buying one, there are 

two to choose from and one has been in 

an accident, oh well, which would you 

choose? 

Wham, Zoom to the Moon 

In 2013 anyway, for the moon is only one 

of the destinations. Your Porsche Club of 

America, Orange Coast Region of Zone 

8 will have a full calendar of fun and 

interesting events. Come on out, make 

this the year you get involved and make 

more use of that Stuttgart wonder in the 

garage. Have fun. And I hope to get the 

chance to meet you when you do come 

out and join us! 

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Book Review: (Continued from Page 13) 

are derived from British publications, 

they seem fresh to American eyes. Photos 

do support the narrative, but there are no 

photo captions per se. 

Though the story focuses on 

individual models, the narrative ties them 

all into a Porsche Timeline [sorry], of 

the evolution of Porsche design. Though 

nits can be picked by aficionados (longer 

wheelbase listed for for ‘68 cars, not in 

‘68 for ‘69 models, and calling the 912 

the first entry level model (somewhat 

slighting the Speedster), etc.), but 

the ‘entry level’ reader will just be 

fascinated by the eminently readable 

story, and indeed, for the neophyte, 

casually interested in learning more 

about Porsche cars and their history, such 

subtleties would only muddy the picture. 

None the less, the narrative about how 

Porsche developed and responded to the 

market place, as well as it’s relationship 

with VW, is fascinating reading for even 

the knowledgeable Porsche fan. This 

reviewer was surprised by the number 

of instances presented showing Porsche 

under-estimating the market for it’s cars 

- almost as conservative as Nissan’s 

labeling of it’s initial offerings to the 

USA as Datsuns, so that the anticipated 

flop wouldn’t besmirch the Nissan 

Corporate image. 

Overall, PORSCHE is indeed ‘a 

book for all readers’. It is a wonderful 

introduction to the Porsche marque for 

the novice Porsche fan, and a concise, 

but enlightening, summary of the history 

of Porsche cars for the enthusiast. Be 

sure to have a copy for yourself, and 

for the neophytes whom you may 

encounter. Particularly if you have 

some ‘top-level’ knowledge of Porsches, 

the details and specifics presented make 

fascinating reading and tie all previous 

bits of knowledge into a new, cohesive 

whole. Three-fifty-six die-hards may 

feel that they have been slighted in this 

book, but they must remember that they 

represent less than one-third of Porsche’s 

chronological history, and their 80,000 

cars are less than the production for the 

year 2005 alone! 

Not overly technical or esoteric, this 

book is one that every Porsche enthusiast 

should have, for an enjoyable read, and 

to indoctrinate the uninitiated. If one was 

to have only one book about Porsches, 

this is the book to have! 

PORSCHE is a handbook-sized 

paperback with 240, 6.5 x 8.24 inch 

pages, including 306 color and 28 b/w 

pictures. It is the perfect gift to engage 

the young Porsche lovers in your life. 

It should be available for the bargain 

price of only $19.99, from your favorite 

bookseller (ask for it) or from http:// 

www.Motorbooks.com, It really is a 

‘don’t leave home without it’ book for 

the Porsche fan. 

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FOR SALE: 930- 911 TURBO 

‘86 911 Carrera 911 Turbo, Grand Prix 

White/Black lthr, 160K+ miles. Sunroof, 

owned since 1998, CA car from new. 

Daily OC work driven. All records since 

purchased. Engine rebuild to 3.4L. Many 

mods. All maintenance done by Andial in 

Santa Ana and Vision Motorsports, Lag. 

Hills. Weight is 2700 lbs. Have original 

bumper system and tail, stock muffler and 

cat, + other parts. Sparco seats, A/C system 

and radio in. Speedline 17x 9 and 11” 3 

piece whls, high rubber. Never raced or 

wrecked. Price just reduced from $41,500 

to $29,500!. Includes original parts but for 

interior. Jeffrey Simonds 949/468-2392 

Direct; 949/854-6600 Main; jsimonds@ 

naicapital.com. OCR (1) 

2006 911 Turbo S Cabriolet, Blue, 13K mi. 

Pristine condition. $68,500. Marc 603/682- 

4904; mmyette@earthlink.net. NHR (2). 

FOR SALE: LATE MODEL 911- 

993-986-996-997 

’94 911 Carrera 3.8 RSR Coupe, Guards 

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RSR race cars. Racing ABS, Motronic eng 

mgmt, Premier fuel cell, air jacks, cockpit 

adj rollbars frt/rear. All engine work by 

ANDIAL & Alwin Springer. $349,000. 

Dave Mohlman, 305/582-9723. GGR (1) 

’95 911 Carrera RS Coupe, Polar Silver/ 

Black lthr, 19K mi. Very rare Porsche. Only 

1 of 19 brought into the US legal and titled. 

A/C, stereo, Club Sport (spoilers frt and 

rear). All tools, books and import 

registration. Price Upon Request. Dave 

Mohlman, 305/582-9723. GGR (1) 

FOR SALE: EARLY 911--1960s 

‘66 911 Coupe, Polo Red/Black leatherette, 

31.5K mi. 5-spd 901 gearbox. $31,990 . Paul 

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‘67 911 S Coupe, Blood Orange/Tangerine 

(R2002/Black leatherette w/Houndstooth, 

81K mi. VIN #308224S, ENG #962018, 

TRAN# 105004 (901/02). Numbers 

matching. 5-spd manual (901 Close Ratio). 

Original EMPI prepared Porsche driven 

by Bob Bondurant at Riverside Raceway. 

3-owner SoCal car. Fresh restoration, no 

accidents/no rust. $139,990 . Paul 714/335- 

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‘69 911 E Coupe Barnfind, Tangerine 

(6809)/Black leatherette, 67.2K mi. The 2nd 

Oldest “E” in Existence! VIN #1192000008; 

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‘70 911 E Coupe, Signal Orange (1414)/ 

Black with rare Original Factory Signal 

Orange plaid sport seats, 108K mi. VIN 

#9110200180, ENG# blank case (Factory 

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gearbox. Most receipts since new. $64,990. 

Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel.com. 

‘70 911 E Coupe, Albert Blue (1818)/ Black 

with Houndstooth Inserts, 77.1K mi. VIN 

#9110220637; ENG#6201080. Less than 

100 miles on complete engine rebuild. Less 

than 5,000 miles on full cosmetic restoration. 

5-speed 901 gearbox, numbers matching, 

Certificate of Authenticity. All receipts 

since new. $73,990. Paul 714/335-4911; 

paul@autokennel.com. OCR (1) 

‘71 911 ST Tribute, Tangerine (018)/ 

Black leatherette, 12.4K mi. Steel RS 

flares, VIN # 9111100388. 

3.2L Carrera engine rebuilt about 2 years 

ago (less than 1,000 miles). 5-spd manual 

(915 Gearbox). $54,990. . Paul 714/335- 


‘72 911 RS Touring Conversion, Lilac 

(Royal Purple) (6969)/Black Leatherette, 

2.3K miles since rebuild. 3.0L short 

stroke/twin plug engine, 5 spd manual 

915 gearbox. $54,990. Paul 714/335- 


’73 911 Carrera RS Lightweight, Grand 

Prix White/Black lther/Red Carerra 

graphics and whls. 52.7K mi. 2.7L, M471 

option car. LSD. One of 200 Factory 

Lightweights built. This is the real deal. 

Vin# 9113601517 late production cars. 

Stored in a museum for 34 years. Very 

original and unrestored. $545,000. . Dave 

Mohlman, 305/582-9723. GGR (2) 

‘75 911 Carrera Coupe, Silver Metallic 

(Z2)/Blue/Black (16) Leatherette, 41.9K 

mi. 5 spd. Sunroof, Factory Sport Seats/ 

rear tail delete. VIN # 9115400013; 

ENG# 6450044; Transmission# 150071. 

All numbers matching, Certificate of 

Authenticity. $47,490. . Paul 714/335- 

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‘89 911 Carrera Coupe, Stone Grey 

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California car from new. G50 5-spd manual, 

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Rice’s Performance Porsche------------------------- 15 

State Farm Insurance/Bill Petersen---------------- BC 

Sundial Window Tinting------------------------------ 22 

TC’s Garage-------------------------------------------- 10 

The Helmet Man--------------------------------------- 22 

Ultimate Shield--------------------------------------- 31 

Walter’s Porsche----------------------------------- 18-19 

Wells Fargo--------------------------------------------- 16 

Would You Like to Advertise in Pandemonium? 

For Rates and Availability Call Cooper Boggs at (714) 505-3662 

or email Nicole Forest-Boggs at 993nicole@gmail.com 

FOR SALE: CAYENNE & 

Boxster 

2003 Boxster S, Midnight Blue Metallic 

w/Metropol Blue Top/Natural Brown lthr, 

14.9K mi. Tiptronic, 1-owner SoCal car. 

Original paint/no accidents, Certificate of 

Authenticity. $24,990. Paul 714/335-4911; 


matching, 2 owners for 40 yrs. $17,990. 

Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel. 

com. OCR (2). 

‘92 968 Coupe, Black/Black lthr, 61.2K 

mi. Supercharged w/ Factory Sport Seats. 

6 spd manual trans. No accidents. $19,990. 

. Paul 714/335-4911; paul@autokennel. 

com. OCR (1). 

2005 Cayenne S, Crystal Silver Metallic/ 

Steel Gray lthr, 133.7K mi. 6-spd Tiptronic 

S trans, SoCal car. $14,990. Paul 714/335- 


‘76 912E Coupe, VIN# 9126000645, 

Midnight Blue/ Tan interior, 105.4K mi. 

Runs great, Engine 2.0L in excellent 

condition, just replaced all hoses, Must see 

to appreciate. $25,000, Noble Frye 

949/ 496-3366; nfrye3@cox.net. OCR 

‘93 968 Coupe M030 Sports Chassis, 

Amazon Green Metallic (N7N7)/ Magenta 

lthr (VE), 80.6K mi. 6spd manual trans, 3- 

Owner CA car. No accidents, Certificate of 

Authenticity. $16,990. Paul 714/335-4911; 


FOR SALE: 912 

‘69 912 Coupe, Light Ivory/Black 

leatherette, 147.9K mi. 4 sp, SoCal car. VIN 

# 129023254 ENG# 4096435. Numbers 

MISCELLANEOUS 

RACING CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR 

SALE: Club Spring Mountain Charter 

membership for sale. Equity based, full 

access to facilities in Pahrump, NV. $35,000 

asking price, monthly dues $104.50, 20 

guests per month and organized racing and 

track access. Steve Werner 949/457-1683 

home; 714/342-8853 cell; stevenwerner@ 

cox.net. OCR (2 

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Porsches Around Town: 

AUTOKENNEL 

“Your Consignment Specialists!” 

There is hassle and time involved in selling your own 

car these days. Why not have the professionals at 

AutoKennel help you get more money for your vehicle? 

We will take the hassle out of it by dealing with tire 

kickers, fraud, and the DMV for you! 

We are a liscensed/bonded California dealer that 

specializes in most European models. We also offer 

customized Vehicle Locating Services. 

Paul Kramer, Ed Kramer 714-335-4911 

By Appointment Only www.AutoKennel.com 

1974 Charle Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 

I-Car 

Platinum 

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Technicians 

26341 Dimension Drive 

Lake Forest, Ca 92630 

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Phone: (949) 859-8639 

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Orange Coast Region 

P.O. Box 6726 

Huntington Beach, ca 92615-6726 

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Dated Material: Please deliver by 1/10/2013 

Current Resident 

Three good reasons to insure your cars with State Farm. 

Call for a quote on your Porsche, business 

or personal insurance and receive a full-size 

Rand McNally Road Atlas….Free! 

Good service. 

Good price. 

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Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. 

Serving Porsche Club members since 1981 

Office: (949) 855-8325 

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Bill Petersen, Club Member 

State Farm Insurance Companies 

23101 Moulton Parkway, Ste. 103 

Laguna Hills, California 92653

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