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Photos courtesy of Olga Taylor Kruder’s Cars & Conversations By Bill Kruder, Region Advertising Chair his month’s “conversation” started with an T email back in October from a member asking if it would be OK to join us at our Mavs & Mochas, even though she would be in her daily driver. She briefly mentioned how she had a Porsche that had not been driven for some time, and how she was once active in PCA and was looking to reconnect. Well, after assuring her that we would love to have her attend, a few emails later I learned she had an 80s SC, so I told her to look me up that morning and we would chat. With that, our connection was in motion. So here is the next individual in my series of “conversations” I would like to share with you . . . Olga Carolyn Stain Taylor, Porsche Enthusiast since 1978, Owner today of a 1980 911 SC Targa Bill Kruder: So are you originally from here? Olga Taylor: No, I was born in D.C. I was a baby when we moved to Houston, but I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, specifically Fresno. BK: So how did you end up living in Dallas? OT: Well after graduating college let’s just say I moved a lot (laughing). I got a job at Kraft Foods in Buena Park as a food chemist and had a few promotions when an opportunity came up with Frito Lay at Exchange Park in Dallas. I was here for several months before they moved me back to L.A. as a QA Manager. It wasn’t till 1988 that I moved here permanently, first as a Field Industrial Engineer, then as Area Manager. “Sleeping Beauty” from 1996 to November 2017 BK: I understand that after all the different positions that you had as a chemist and production manager, you have a whole different career? OT: Yes, in 1993 I started “New Paradigms,” a consulting company that specializes in organization development. I make sure people play well together (laughing). Today, I mainly work on executive coaching, training, and I teach at SMU. BK: So how did you get your passion for cars? OT: I’d have to blame my dad. When were kids he had a manual Ford Falcon that he would drive briskly down the streets, surprisingly with us kids in the car. Talk about something you would never do today! But those were different times. As a kid, I was not sure about fast driving, but my dad was always interested in fast cars and I guess that just stuck. BK: So what was your first experience with Porsche? OT: My dad’s friend saw me walking home from middle school and offered me a ride in his 911 -- it was such a thrill. Later, I bought my brother’s friend’s black 1974 914/4 after he took it out on the track for a test drive. This was in 1978. I drove the 914 for some time after that till my boss thought I should have another car. BK: And did that work out? OT: Well this was about 1984. We went to Redondo Porsche, I told them how much I would pay, and about two weeks later, for my 30th birthday, I was now the owner of two Porsches. They had located my “baby,” the 1980 SC Targa in Nutmeg Metallic. BK: And I understand your cars are not garage queens? OT: Oh no! When I own cars I drive them -- from 1984 thru 1996 I put on over 100k miles on “Baby.” She took on the Pacific coast, wine country, and mountains, as well as PCA events: Tours, Rallies, Track, Autocross, etc. Touring at Mount Hood National Forest BK: So after 1996? OT: Well let’s just say that owning and driving a Porsche just makes one happy; how can it not, right? You have to just smile each and every time you head out. But then life gets complicated, and I went through a very heartbreaking time. So, I just parked it and never looked at it again. As I said, a lot was going on, and in 2007 I lost my husband, so again that just was not the focus. 12 <strong>March</strong>
BK: And what made you want to bring the car out after 21 years? OT: Well, last September I had a friend over to the house, and he saw this car covered in the garage and asked what it was. I uncovered it and he said, “Olga why don’t you drive this?” BK: OK so I know the story gets good now. OT: It really does. I had read about this PCA group who gather for coffee every month and I thought maybe I should just go see what goes on and meet them. I had been very active in the PCA club in Oregon back in 1985 till moving here in 1988. BK: Yes I remember you sending me an email asking if you could drive over to meet us. OT: And I did, I drove over to Bedford, the Texas Harley Dealership, in my Honda Pilot, and upon arriving was directed to the “non-Porsche” lot (laughing). But hey, I get it! So, I parked and started walking the lot among more Porsches that I had ever seen in one place for some time. I casually just started to talk to some of the owners, when I ran into Frank Briggs and told him I had a car that had not been driven in 20 years. Well Frank said we better do something about that! So before I knew it he was at my house, checking the oil, and bringing fresh gas and a battery. With a crank or two it started! It had not run since 1996. With that, Frank shut it down and recommended that I get the car in for service. He recommended Nate, Rick, and Ricky at Fifth Gear. So we flat bedded it off to them. Frank went over there and supervised the whole process for me. BK: And when was the car ready to drive again? OT: “Baby” became road worthy the day before Thanksgiving. I wasn’t even sure I knew how to drive a stick after 20 years. Then, the best part was being able to attend Founders Day Mavs & Mochas with some 200 other cars. Let’s just say all the happiness I had enjoyed, and yet missed, was back! And there you have it: yet another example of “driving friendships,” and what it means to not only own a Porsche but how that simple pleasure changes lives forever. 13
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