Porscherama 1978 December

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same -- a recap of the year’s events (usually seen in somewhat better light), followed by thank you’s and some promises for the year to come. Well, I’m going to have to plead guilty to the charge of nonoriginality, as that’s exactly what I feel I should put down.

The year began on an optimistic note with the club’s outing to the Malibu Grand Prix in Northridge. This event, combined with the brunch at Dean Going’s home, was very well attended, was great fun, and seemed to get people enthused about club activities. Off to a flying start, our calendar had a few splutters when the Las Vegas Tour and the Utah ski trip were poorly supported. These traditionally fun social events mysteriously failed to attract the expected numbers of participants.

The following months saw a nice LAPD slalom turnout (spinout?) in the rain, thanks to Jose and Judd’s efforts, and a nifty Sunday Shorty Rally, courtesy of the LeFlang’s. Dave Stephens and Ann and I put together a quick and simple Economy Run, highlighted by a tour through Lindley Bothwell’s amazing collection of antique and historic autos. By May PCA-LA suffered something no other club had to endure -the "screw of the tern." Our planned LAPD slalom was cancelled by the Harbor Dept. in response to pressure from conservationists to protect the little critters that weren’t even on Terminal Island. Oh well, what can you do? The traditional POC/PCA Challenge Cup Rally was put on by POC this year; in all honesty, it was awful. It’s our turn again next year and we’ll make it a good one.

July was Parade month. Over forty people from LA went to Aspen. It was a great way to get away for a scenic vacation in the Colorado mountains and to be with over 1000 Porsches and so many club friends and acquaintances. Several PCA-LAers did well in competition, although there were some disappointments (the road tar not being the least of them).

As if Parade were not enough, we had a frantic AugUst with Pat Hurty’s superb Zone 8 Concours (no one will ever know how much effort Pat put into that event), Jan Winthrop’s capably-run PCA/POC Challenge Cup Slalom at LAPD (again!), and the group tour to Monterey for the Historic Auto Races (another tradition a-forming?)

September was consumed by the meeting at Vasek Polak’s incredible racecar storehouse (I think Williamson is still shaking), and our Zone 8 Time Trial at Riverside, sponsored by Mr. Polak. The last local club event for November was Nick Friesen’s Great Grape Rally, run in conjunction with San Gabriel Valley Region (see article this issue).

In the Zone 8 competitive series PCA-LA had some somewhat surprising results. We did fairly well in Concours -- first places went to Cal Marks, Tom Chang, and Angelo Pino. We were shut out of Rally competition, despite the many capable and experienced people in our club; we just didn’t have the participation.

We did great in Zone 8 Time Trialing, with Lee Burton, Peter Luelsdorf, Jack DiRosario and myself getting first place trophies. Not only that, seven other PCA-LAers got 2nd places in overall points. Great!

Sam ]e,~ be,oFe he ,~nished Rhe~o~,c. bu~ he p~obab]~ would have ended wi~h a fe~ thank ~ou’s, and an optimistic preview of nex~ ~ear’s events.

These w~]l include our ~rip ~o ~he Briggs Cunningham

Museum on 20 January (this will also be our membership meeting), our Zone 8 Concours at Santa Anita on 25 March, our annual trek to the Historic Auto Races in Monterey 25-26 August, and our Zone 8 Time Trial at Riverside 6-7 October).

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It was one of the nicest days we can remember at Santa Anita -- bright sunshine and NO smog.

It couldn’t have been better if we had ordered it that way.

And just as the flyer said, our Santa Anita Porsche Evolution really was "a beautiful event amongst the flowers with the full color of the race in the background."

Bill Peters 1970 911S - Black William Roberts 1968 911Targa

The exhibitors, all of whom had been invited to show their cars, started arriving before 8 AM. By ten, the early morning chill had given way to sunshine, and 34 cars were arranged on the infield.

The cars were parked in two rows facing each other, with the pre-65 cars on one side and the later models on the other side, all in chronological order.

Event organizer Ron Ramage and his helpers prepared signs for the cars that showed the year and model designation, a brief general history of the car and what made it special in the evolution of the marque, and the owner’s name.

Novice observers could get a quick education in what the earliest 356 as well as the latest 911 are all about, both cosmetically and mechanically.

For the old hands, it was a pleasant picnic atmosphere, a day of relaxation and camaraderie.

Robert Searight 1963 356C Coupe - Yellow Jose Vaz-Vieira 1965 356C Cabriolet - White TRANSFERS TO LOS ANGELES REGION Gerald & Mary Giordano from Downeast (Maryland) Leonard Olmsted from San Diego Edward Schneiderhan from Orange Coast

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I approach this last newsletter of 1978 with mixed emotions.

Despite the hard work and frustrations, it’s been a great experience.

I am very disappointed that no one else has the time or inclination to give it a try.

It means that all we’ll have next year, at least for a while, is a calendar, a For Sale column, and maybe an o~casional article.

That doesn’t sound like much of a newsletter, but it will get the job done by keeping members informed and up-to-date on LA and other regions’ activities.

I do want to thank all of our fine advertisers for this year.

Several have expressed interest in continuing their ads next year.

That will depend on what the club can produce; flyers stapled in the corner don’t exactly lend themselves to advertising, Thanks too to all the people who wrote articles for me this year.

There weren’t very many of you, but you always seemed to come through just when I needed you.

My apologies to a few of you who offered articles that I didn’t find the time or space to print.

Please don’t give up; your enthusiasm is what keeps us going.

Finally, a word on the last few months.

Some of you already know that they have been very difficult for There is no easy way to say it, but I think our me. other friends in PCA have a right to know.

The "and" in Sam and Ann is no more.

Sam has left to live with someone else, and I am coping on my own.

This club and our friends are very important to us, and we would like to continue participating, separately, in PCA activities.

We hope you can give us your understanding and support through this difficult time.

Ann

Pam and Alan Hall brought their ’53 Cabriolet (the earliest car in the show) and their RS-60 Spyder.

Sara and Jerry brought two 356’s, B Roadster and C Cabriolet.

Others in the pre-65 line-up included Angelo Pino’s Speedster, Chuck and Stana’s Speedster, Jim Roden’s 59 Convertible D, Ann Wang’s s-90 and Chris Gibbs showed John Deutschendorf’s B Cabriolet.

One of the most interesting cars in the show was Terry Moorehouse’s 55 Continental Coupe, a very rare one year production car.

Other competition cars were Bob Schulof’s 550A Spyder and Jeff Cannon’s 904GTS. The first of the late model cars was Pete Zimmermann’s black 1965 911 Coupe.

Other 900 series cars were displayed by John Moffitt (1970 914-6), John and Linda Dusckett (1971 911T Coupe), Peter Luelsdorf (1973 911T Targa), Steve Ikemura (1974 911 Coupe), Lynne Smith (1974 911Targa), Jack DiRosario (1974 Carrera Targa), Bob Wood (1975 Carrera Coupe), John Klug (1974 RSR Carrera), Dustin Janes (1978 911SC Targa), Mike Springer (1978 924), and Bill Bagshaw (930 Turbo Carrera).

There was also a 928, and Pete Smith sent his 1969 908/02 Spyder, and Dennis Jackson’s 68 911Targa.

Late in the afternoon Ron presented plaques to each participant in the show.

The event was strictly noncompetitive, so there were no winners and losers.

Another nice feature of the show was that we got to see a lot of cars that wouldn’t come to a formal concours; for the Evolution the emphasis was on originality.

Everyone came away saying "let’s do it again." It was that kind of day.

Our thanks to Santa Anita for having us (and yes, we are going to try to have our Zone 8 concours there next year), and to Bozzani P/A for sponsoring the plaques.

Special thanks to Ron Ramage for thinking of the whole thing and organizing it so well.

Yeah, let’s do it again.

The Great Grape Rally For those early risers the morning of Saturday, 18 November, dawned squeaky clean with a brisk chill that diminished to a warm glow as the sun climbed away from the horizon.

It was a great day for a football game, a race, and for some Porsche People, a rallye.

As it happened all these activities took place that day, with some measure of satisfaction and success.

To be sure, for every winner there is probably a loser, in the strictest sense, but the bayside Bruins gave the pigskin a good pounding, the Good 01’ Boys had a fender-bending good time, and several Porsche People got to see parts of Rancho Cucamonga (and who knows where else) that had been previously considered hidden by grape vines, The Great Grape Rallye (GGR) was billed as a Saturday sleep-in (and it was; my co-driver didn’t stir til noon) noon-to-night navigational nonsense.

It was also to be a festive fun and sun frolic with a gimmick or two.

It was all that and much more.

Since the Rallyemaster is a slothful soul, given to gastronomic gambits to interrupt long periods of inactivity (I0+ years since the last fiasco, for example), the GGR started with an hour-long lunch and wine tasting break at the San Antonio Winery.

From there it was a 36 mile odo leg to La Verne, via the Pueblo de Los Angeles, mariachis and all; this was to be done in 50 minutes (not allowing for slow freights and a rock through the Scott’s windshield on 1-10).

Next came a drive into the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and back to the flatlands of Cucamonga, passing the abandoned Garrett Winery (home of Virginia Dare) for the first of five times, The first checkpoint came as a surprise.

Located in front of a forge shop in a field of grape vines, it was chosen because it was out of the way and because it is the place of business for George Gideon, past Pres. of LA Region.

Other checkpoint workers were Mary Morris, Jon Rueschel, Peter Luelsdorf and the Friesens.

Nikki and Duane Alan did triple duty, working the start (with Ann Wang), the finish, and the checkpoint!

Eventually, all 13 rallyists came to the checkpoint at least once; if they did it right, they would log in 3 times and pass by in the opposite direction once.

The rallye route was planned to minimize the number of checkpoint workers (3 stops at one location), simplify calculations, and avoid scenes at the Brookside, Filippi, and Thomas Wineries.

To do this rallyists were instructed to follow one sequence of instructions if in odd-numbered cars, and another if in even-numbered cars.

Either way, a complete set of instructions in the middle were omitted; these were designed to get anyone interested to the Zone 8 Awards Banquet in Riverside.

Rallyists who disregarded NOTE A went to the finish before the control

opened, took a 30 minute break, and then proceeded to the Presidents’ meeting (surprise). The rallye route was intended to be quite straightforward, but it was necessary to read each instruction in order and to obey the notes A lot of people did read carefully because on the first leg 3 cars had less than I minute error (car 7 - .04, car I - .11, car 12 - .86). On leg 2, car 7 had no penalty, and on leg 3, cars 7 and 2 tied with only .01 error; car 2 squeaked through with no error on leg 4.

Despite these great results, there were only 6 finishers (it got too dark for Dusty and Meg Janes and they DNF’d leg 3).

to learn something about the wine industry.

Codrivers had to take a quiz to show what they’d |earned. We made it hard so a single winner could be determined.

Only 3 of the 20 questions were answered right by all 6 finishers, and 5 questions were not answered correctly by anyone (only the rallyemaster knows that Almeria, Calmeria, and Rish Baba are names of white table grapes, and that the point of a cask where the head and staves are joined is called the craze).

One entrant remembered the little houses at the Regina Winery (famous for its vinegar); the Elks Club is now out back by the former stables.

Evidently none of the winery tour guides had heard the old merchants axiom to "buy on bread and sell on cheese" as they offered cheddar to cleanse the palatte.

The 20th question stretched it a bit requiring rallyists to note that all the Cucamonga wineries have 917 as a zip code.

While all this foolishness was going on, the checkpoint workers were having their own cheese tasting and wine sampling (last time this was printed in PANO as L.A. Regions "wife" sampling tour!).

Maybe those other 7 cars came by after all!

With 14 of 20 questions correct, Jean Paden won a bottle of Asti Spumante, and husband Jim, with a total error of .77 minutes, received the other bottle at OPICI Winery.

Helen and Dale Boyd took second place in both categories, with 13½ questions correct and a 4.85 minute error.

When last seen, Lynn Wineland was headed for the Zone 8 dinner, while Tore and Debbie, along with several others, had gotten into a rallye instruction loop which had no end if the checkpoint was closed.

So if you happen to be amongst the grape vines some somber night and a gray 924 passes silently by, pursued by a gaggle of 914s (red, blue, yellow, 4s and a 6), fear not.

It isn’t the Lost Dutchman Porsche Parade, but only the LA/SGV rallyists looking for the great grape in the sky.

Nick Friesen Great Grape Rallyemaster

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PCA CALENDAR 1979

JANUARY 20

LA membership meeting and tour to Briggs Cunningham Museum.

We’ll meet at the museum in Costa Mesa (map in next month’s flyer) at 10 AM; the tour begins at 11.

Bring a picnic lunch.

Cost is $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for the kids.

NO ZONE 8 EVENTS PLANNED FOR THIS MONTH

FEBRUARY 9-11 17 24-25

LA ski trip to Mammoth San Diego Rally - Zone 8 San Diego Time Trial at Holtville - Zone 8

~¢ARCH 17-18 25

Las Vegas Time Trial - Zone 8 LA Concours at Santa Anita - Zone 8

APRIL 8 28-29

Arizona Time Trial - Zone 8 Time Trial at Willow Springs - Zone 8

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MAY 19 26-28

Old Timers’ Race at Willow Springs West Coast Weekender put on by Orange Coast Region

JUNE 23-24

Time Trial at Ontario - Zone 8

JULY 2-7 21 29

PARADE in Maryland LA Rally - Zone 8 Orange Coast Concours- Zone 8

AUGUST ii 12 19 25-26

LA Malibu Grand Prix event San Diego Concours - Zone 8 PCA/POC LAPD Slalom Historic Auto Races in Monterey

SEPTEMBER I 8 15-16 30

LA One-Day Willow Santa Barbara Rally - Zone 8 Arizona Concours - Zone 8 Santa Barbara Concours - Zone 8

OCTOBER

6-7 13 21

LA Time Trial at Riverside Raceway - Zone 8 Las Vegas Rally - Zone 8 Riverside Concours - Zone 8

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER NO ZONE 8 EVENTS PLANNED

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Tech Talk

It seems as though in the past few years 900 series owners have joined the spoiler generation. If you’ve joined or plan on joining this generation, I hope this article will help explain the uses of these funny plastic pieces that bolt onto your pride and joy.

Spoilers derive their name from the fact that they "spoil" the natural flow of air past the car. And, for those who don’t know, there are both front and rear spoilers. Front spoilers prevent air from rushing underneath and lifting up the front end of your car at high speeds. Rear spoilers work as wings to provide more downforce at the rear of the car.

When both front and rear spoilers are properly used together, the stability of a Porsche at high speeds can be vastly improved.

For 911s and 912s the important -- very important -point to remember is not to use more rear spoiler than you have front spoiler. On pre-74 models, a front spoiler is necessary with all rear spoilers. A duck tail rear spoiler requires, at minimum, the factory S type front spoiler. A whale tail, however, requires at least an RSR type front spoiler. Since 1974, with the redesigned front bumper, the factory has provided a standard front spoiler on all 911s and the 912E. Thus a duck tail can be fitted without any additional front spoiler. Again, a whale tail on the rear needs a larger spoiler on the front; for example, the factory optional rubber front lip.

Note that in 1974 Porsche used duck tails on the rear of their Carreras without the rubber front lips. But in 1975 when Carreras received whale tails, they also received front rubber lips. The factory knows that too much downforce at the rear is not a good thing. In fact, it is dangerous as the car becomes imbalanced towards the rear, the non-steering end.

Front spoilers on 911s, 912s, and 914s start to work at about 70 mph. For anyone interested in even fast street driving, their benefits are easily experienced.

And since the factory built them in after 1974, owners of older 911s and 912s should seriously consider installing a front spoiler for fast driving.

around 90 mph. (914s do not need rear spoilers except for all out racing). Thus, if you plan a lot of 100 mph plus speeds, consider a rear spoiler. But remember to install the proper front spoiler before the rear spoiler of your choice. I’ve noticed a lot of older 911s running around with whale tails on the rear and no spoiler on the front. If the owner never exceeds 65 mph, everything will be fine. However, when someone wants a ride in your 1971S with a brand new whale tail and no front spoiler, and he wants to know if your Porsche will really fly, remember: it just might.

David Kozak

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