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Editor’s Notes
by Garey Cooper
The stylish Mr. Cooper
Here We Are Folks
Well, it is truly 2009 by February. I have by
now gotten used to writing 2009 instead
of 2008 and also become accustomed to
the new year. High atop the OCR Tower
overlooking the crumbling Orange
County infrastructure we are indeed
ready to have a rollicking Porsche Club
year. Not that we are immune from the
economical concerns that are prevalent;
we’ve lowered the thread count on our
towels for the club sauna, everyone has
to do their part after all.
Have We Got a Deal For You
If you wanted to find deals, I think now
is the time to find them. The current prize
Porsche chassis for hot roding is probably
the SC from the middle 70’s. But after
years of being sacrificed to various
customizing fantasies, these are now
getting pretty rare. So rare that unmolested
examples have been increasing in price
recently to the point that buying one to
cut up as an RS “look-a-like” becomes
impractical.
Featured Member Continued from page 9
And although the Porsche began
as a “guy thing” in our family, I, too,
am enjoying the benefits of being
a Porsche owner. Although I don’t
drive at the events, I make a pretty
good “navigator”. (Yeah, he always
tells me to stop giving directions!)
Well, Al was right when he
suggested that we join PCA and
enjoy the company of other Porsche
owners. AND he was right when he
told me that we would make many
I wonder why we don’t see
more early 996 Carerra chassis being
customized? These can be had for almost
laughably low prices, compared to new.
And the after-market industry has caught
up to them with a whole panoply of
specialized pieces to take them in any
direction you’d like to go, fast street...
track...or rolling stereo den.
One of the early water-cooled
chassis that is now getting the “hot rod”
treatment is the Boxster 986 series. There
is a Spec Boxster class now in PCA and
we have a local young woman who is
getting some attention for being a new
hot shoe in this interesting new class for
competition. I hope to do a write up on
this in the near future.
So, What’s Up Doc?
Don’t forget the Krispy Kreme meeting
each the month. These are a lower key
counter part to our regular first Saturday
of the month Breakfast Club at Original
Mike’s in Santa Ana. I happen to like
Krispy Kreme donuts a lot, and when
they’re warm from the fryer you just
can’t beat them...yum. It’s always lots
of fun to see the gang walking around
with frosting coating their cheeks as they
check the cars in the parking lot at the
Mall of Orange just off the 57 Freeway
where these gatherings are held.
Tall Tales in the Golden West
Just how do stories get published in the
Pandemonium? Actually there is very
little secret to the process. Typically
someone sends me an email and tells
me they have something in mind. I don’t
recall turning too many down. Once I
receive the story we edit it a bit, removing
friends.
I’ll have
to hand
it to
him…
because
he’s not
right that
often!
Camping out at Laguna Seca for the Historics
the curse words and over implementation
of things likes commas and semicolons;
as necessary. Then they go to the Pando
production. I am sure that you must have
some story to share with our readership?
Let me know and we can put you into
print!
I Say Rallye
You may say Rally but it’s really more
sophisticated to use the “e” in the word.
It impresses people and makes you
seem more continental, urbane, kind
of Yves Montand charm in prose. Mr.
Larry Moore is ginning up a couple of
rallyes for us this year that are going to
be a whole bunch of fun in a bucket seat.
Here is a driving event where two can
be involved and the teaming can matter
to the outcome. I can only urge that you
take part in at least one of these this year.
I know your Porsche will appreciate it;
get it out into the sunshine and a fair
road.
Honest Officer It Was Only a Grocery
List
If you’ve seen the signs you know that
you can no longer text and drive. I mean
not even a little love note to your fair
companion without risking the official
approbation of the State of California.
What next will they specifically ban
in a moving car? I suppose sculpting,
I can see the signs now: “Don’t Sculpt
and Drive…it’s the law.” Do we need
so many specific interdictions? Why not
just say, drive safe or else?
Oh well, enjoy the magazine, send
me a story, a photograph, and come out
to one of our events. You’ll have fun
even if you can’t legally text on the way.
Hitching a ride in James Buck’s Porsche tractor
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