Slipstream - September 2017

Maverick Region 55th Anniversary
By Jim Hirsch
Anniversary logo by Kurt Scaggs
here were you 55 years ago? With
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over 2500 current members in
our Region, that question is going
to garner a great variety of
answers, many of which will be something
like “I wasn’t born yet”. I ask the question in
preparation for our 55th Anniversary. To be
more precise, our PCA Maverick Region was
“born” in November 1962 at the Fiesta Best
Western Motel in Arlington with 15 charter
members. The official charter from the national offices
of PCA was issued on December 24, 1962.
For me, as a nine-year old lad back in 1962, there
are some persistent memories from that year. Magazines
such as Hot Rod were still in their early years
and our Porsches received ink in few magazines until
Sports Car Graphic came along. As many of you know,
I’m taking advantage of retirement and a particularly
well-mannered 2014 Boxster S to enjoy many extended
road trips. As it turns out, my favorite aunt (something
everyone can relate to) made her annual vacation in
the form of a road trip. Helen was partial to Pontiacs
and seemed to have a new one every couple of years.
She had just purchased a 1962 Pontiac
Bonneville Two-Door Hardtop and was
heading to Seattle from our small town in
Iowa to the World’s Fair for her vacation
that year. She arrived back in town two
weeks later and I became the proud owner
of a new t-shirt that had something called a
“Space Needle” on it. I must have worn that
shirt for three or four years before it finally
became relegated to the rag pile.
Coincidentally, Sharon and I made it a point during
our recent road trip to the Porsche Parade in Spokane,
to extend our trip by a couple of weeks and a few
thousand miles. You guessed it, Seattle was definitely
on our itinerary and we made it to the top of the Space
Needle! But, that t-shirt style was no longer available.
With that context, the PCA, and our founding members
of the Maverick Region, certainly showed foresight
into what the Porsche marque would become. And,
here we are in 2017, celebrating that beginning 55
years later. I’d like to hear your memories from 55 years
ago and share those with our members in upcoming
issues. Please send those to editor@mavpca.org.
6 September