Slipstream - October 2019

Coffee, Cars & Conversation
by Bill Kruder
photos provided by author
Well, talk about a chance meeting!
A few weeks ago I was working on
putting a group of cars together
for the Third Annual Park Place
Luxury & Supercar Showcase. The
one elusive car was a 924 - I know,
right? For some reason, rarely do we
have any show up at our monthly
Mavs & Mochas. So, I reached out
to our Membership Chair Jim Hirsch
and asked him to pull the file on 924
owners. Jim sends me a handful, but
says there is this Guards Red 924
Turbo that would be nice, as you don’t
find that many. So I send an
email to the owner and tell him
what we need and to call me.
Well within five minutes I get
a call back and this guy is over
the moon that we would want
his car. We spoke for about
10 minutes, during which he
said he would be out at the
upcoming Mavs & Mochas at
Highland Park Village. Sure
enough, that morning, along
with nearly 200 other Porsches
comes in the lone 924.
So here is the next in my
series of “conversations” I
would like to share with you:
George Snowflack, enthusiast since 2005,
Owner, ‘76 914 2.0, 82 924 Turbo, ‘88 924S,
and 2019 911T
Bill Kruder: So where are you two from?
George Snowflack: I’m a New Jersey
guy; I grew up in Lake Hopatcong
in Morris County not far from
Morristown, about 60 minutes
northwest of Manhattan.
BK: And where did you go to college?
GS: Wagner College in Staten Island,
about 60 minutes southeast of Lake
Hopatcong; I graduated in 2005 with
a degree in International Business and
Finance.
BK: Did you stay near home after
graduating?
GS: Oh no, that wasn’t necessarily the
plan, but I couldn’t have moved much
further from home. I took a job in
San Francisco and got involved with
start-up software companies.
BK: So how did you end up here?
GS: After spending about five years in
SF, my company presented me with
an opportunity in Dallas, so I made
the move and landed in the Midway
Hollow neighborhood around
Northwest Highway and Midway.
George and Beth Snowflack
BK: I understand you are married?
How did you meet?
GS: Yes, married to Beth for three
years now. It’s kind of funny. I was
hosting a customer dinner at Bob’s
Steakhouse. Beth caught my eye from
across the room - she just had this
gorgeous smile - so I walked over by
her (I had some “liquid” courage)
and introduced myself to
her and her mom who were
enjoying an after-dinner
drink. As it turned out, she
had just moved to Dallas
the day before! She was
opening up a new retail
store at Shops @ Legacy. As
they say the rest is history.
We now have two kids:
Ella, who is 19 months, and
Ava, who is two weeks old.
BK: Let’s talk cars now. What was
your first car?
GS: It was red 1989 Toyota Supra
followed by a VW Scirocco and a GTI.
BK: Where does your car passion
come from?
GS: My entire family but mostly my
dad; he always had this love of all
things cars and motorcycles. As a kid
he would take me to the New York
International Auto Show at Javits
Center. He really wasn’t a German
car guy but just loved to work
on and restore things. Nothing
crazy; his projects were all about
being kept original, reliable, and
functional. Except the El Camino
(laughter); we spent a lot of time
working on my 87 El Camino:
black with a 454 and a 3-speed.
The thing has about 500 hp. It’s
a beast.
BK: Ok let’s talk Porsches now.
What was your first one?
GS: That would be my ‘76 914
2.0; I bought it in 2005. When
I was living in SF, my neighbor
owned it; He had bought it brand
new, and the car was solid. This was
just another project I volunteered
my dad to help me with (laughing). I
kept it all original except the addition
of Koni coilovers and some sticky
tires. We’d drive it up and down the
California coast on Hwy 1; actually
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