December - California Inland Region

Winding Roads
Volume XXII No. 12
Editor:
David Witteried witteried@charter.net
9900 Susan Avenue
California City, CA 93505
760.373.1413
Writers:
David Witteried
John Crnkovich
Rich Paré
Mailing:
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Features
2008 Zone 8 Event Calendar
Announced...............................2
Riverside Region’s Porsche
Timeline....................................4
Types of Engine Efficiencies
and How to Increase Them.....6
Austin Wicks
Mike Forest
Abran Rivera
Photographers & Artwork:
David Witteried John Bumgarner
John Crnkovich Austin Wicks
Janice Witteried Patricia Wicks
Advertising:
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2008 Zone 8 Event
Calendar Announced
(page 2)
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Calendar .......................................1
Board Of Directors.......................1
Committees ..................................1
Bumper Smiles.............................2
Highways, Byways & Tracks ......3
Secretary’s Report.......................7
Membership News .......................7
For Sale.........................................9
Zone 8 Staff ..................................9
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Proofreading:
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Riverside Region’s
Porsche Timeline (page 4)
On the Cover:
Front: Ron Snelgrove's 1963 356 B coupe
at the RSR Porsche Timeline at Lake Arrowhead. Photo by David Witteried.
Back: Karl Dempwolf's replica 1956 550
Spyder at the Porsche Timeline at Lake
Arrowhead. Photo by David Witteried.
Engine Efficiencies & How
to Improve Them (page 5)
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California Inland Region
December 2007
California Inland Region
See event flyer in this issue or visit the web site Event Calendar — http://cai.pca.org
December
1
CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30 Greenhouse Café
1
CAI Holiday Party - POC: Alice Rivera 661.772.0379.
1-2
SDR Zone 8 Time Trial @ Buttonwillow February 2008
2
CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30 Greenhouse Café
2
CAI Board meeting after the breakfast meeting.
9
CAI Breakfast Meeting in Santa Clarita @ 9:30
Mimi’s Café. January 2008
5
CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30 Greenhouse Café
5
CAI Board meeting after the breakfast meeting.
12
CAI Breakfast Meeting in Santa Clarita @ 9:30
Mimi’s Café 19
Zone 8 President's Meeting and Awards Banquet
26
CAI Death Valley Tour, Jim Gude 760.762.7381.
March 2008
1
CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30 Greenhouse Café
1
CAI Board meeting after the breakfast meeting.
1-2
LVR Driver’s Ed at Spring Mountain.
16
OCR Zone 8 Autocross at El Toro.
If you have any ideas or suggestions contact Mary Ann Paré at 661.256.3486 or rmapare@yahoo.com.
Board of Directors:
President—Jim Gude
23080 Homestead Way
Tehachapi, CA 93561
760.762.7381
jimgude@prodigy.net
President:
Jim Gude
Vice President:
Abran Rivera
Secretary:
Janice Witteried
Past President:
Gregory Reed
Treasurer:
Mike Forest
Vice President—
Abran Rivera
42526 57th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93536
661.772.0379
arivera@dslextreme.com
Past President—
Gregory Reed
23360 Dart Drive
Tehachapi, CA 93561
661.821.1672
gtreed@wildblue.net
Secretary—Janice Witteried
9900 Susan Ave
California City, CA 93505
760.373.1413
jwitteried@charter.net
Treasurer—Mike Forest
256 E Ave P-1
Palmdale, CA 93550
661.273.2690
mid4mike@mindspring.com
Committees:
Newsletter/
Webmaster
David Witteried
760.373.1413
witteried@charter.net
Events
Mary Ann Paré
661.256.3486
rmapare@yahoo.com
Autocross
Rich Bessette
661.810.8443
richs914@
direcway.com
Rally
Rich Paré
661.256.3486
rmapare@yahoo.com
http://cai.pca.org
Membership
Austin Wicks
661.400.5768
wicks@qnet.com
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Bumper Smiles
By David Witteried — Editor
It is hard to believe
that I’m already writing the 12th issue for
this year! One of our
members at the recent Santa Clarita
Valley breakfast
meeting mentioned that he reads the
newsletter cover to cover every month.
As Editor, this makes me feel pretty
good! However, it should also make all
of the contributing authors and photographers feel good as well as it is the
information they are generating that
makes our newsletter so good. If you
participate in an event that you feel
would be interesting to our membership
please feel free to contribute an article.
It is these great stories to keep the
newsletter fresh!
Planning for next year’s calendar
of events has already begun. If you
have an idea for a tour or just a fun
drive please let our Events Chairperson, Mary Ann Paré, know about it. No
ideas are too small! Also, we will need
some volunteers for various events
such as the Zone 8 Festival of Speed
Autocross, our Zone 8 Rally, and I
think we are even planning for a Concours this year. Sounds like a fun year
is taking shape… so be sure to set aside
some time to participate!
In this issue we have an event report by Rich Paré on the Lake Arrowhead Timeline car show. My wife and I
drove up the night before and stayed at
a bed and breakfast so she could hit the
dealership booth while the “good” stuff
was still available at great sale prices.
We shared dinner with several Riverside Region members and the Paré’s at
a great restaurant. Anyway, we all had
a great time and it didn’t even rain this
year! Read Rich’s story for more of the
details.
The Golden Empire Region in Bakersfield hosted the annual California
Challenge multi-event weekend. Aside
from a noisy tattoo convention at the
event hotel it was a great weekend! The
new concours site was great, the rally
was fun, and the autocross as usual was
big and challenging. Kudos for Golden
Empire Region and the members who
make this great event happen every
year!
With the holidays coming up I was
thinking about what my favorite Por(Continued on page 8)
2008 Zone 8 Event Calendar Announced
Schedule will be finalized at January Zone 8 President’s Meeting.
January
19
Z8 President’s Meeting
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12
February
17
18
31
31
March
1-2
16
April
4-6
13
26
27
May
2-4
2-4
3
2
LVR DE at Spring Mountain
OCR Z8 Autocross at El
Toro
Z8 Speed Fest at California
Speedway
OCR Z8 Autocross at El
Toro
SBR Z8 Rally
SGV Z8 Concours
LVR Club Race
SAR Cinco de Mayo
SAR Z8 Concours
SAR Z8 Autocross
GPX Z8 Autocross at Streets
of Willow
GER Z8 Autocross
GPX Z8 Concours
CAI Z8 Rally
OCR Z8 Concours
June
1
OCR Z8 Autocross
8
LAR Z8 Concours
28-4 July Parade
August
10
SBR Z8 Autocross
16
RSR Z8 Night Autocross
September
6-7
Ventura Show
14
RSR Z8 Concours
20-21 LVR DE at Spring Mountain
21
SBR Z8 Autocross
27
28
RSR Timeline
SGV Z8 Rally
October
3-5
4
5
12
12
GER California Challenge
GER Z8 Concours
GER Z8 Autocross
SBR Z8 Concours
GPX Z8 Autocross at Streets
of Willow
25
OCR Z8 Rally
26
CCCR Z8 Concours
31-2 Nov Phoenix Flight
November
1
AZ Z8 Concours
2
AZ Z8 Autocross
15
CAI Z8 Concours
California Inland Region
December 2007
Highways, Byways &
Tracks
By Jim Gude— President
Happenings: The
Santa Clarita breakfast
and the tour to the
Nethercutt collection
are over and I missed
it. I attended the Zone
8 presidents meeting
instead (less fun but necessary). At the
President’s meeting we approved rule
changes making us more inline with
PCA National rules including adding
two new Porsche 944 Spec Racer
classes as well as a Boxster Spec Racer
class. As for next year, we will be hosting two Zone 8 events, our usual rally
and our first concours. I will keep you
posted.
The California Challenge was a hit
(many thanks to the Witteried’s and
Pare’s for helping the Golden Empire
Region with the work). I drove over to
Bakersfield after our regular monthly
breakfast and made it in time to see the
end of the concours. It was a great setting with the cars parked under trees on
green grass and surrounded by the historic buildings at the Kern Museum’s
Pioneer Village (I think we need to go
back as a tour). I later rode with Dave
Witteried as his navigator in the Rally.
It was a real kick buzzing around the
mountains with the top off in the Witteried’s 911 Targa; 911s are truly fun
cars with a lot of personality (I may
have to buy one someday). As of this
writing, I am looking forward to our
upcoming Holiday Banquet which tops
another great year.
A Holiday Story
I should have known it would be a
strange night when while opening my
door the knocker resembled a Hurst T
handle shifter and then faded back to its
normal appearance. Working too hard
again I thought and something best
kept to myself. Later that evening,
while half asleep in my easy chair, I
was half watching an old Muppet
Christmas animated special. While
trying to doze I was awakened by the
sound of clanging chains. I looked towards the sound and a figure passed
through my door and stood in front of
me. The specter was frightening! It
wore a 1960s racing jumper and an old
duck bill racing helmet. It was wrapped
in chains that were fastened to tool
boxes, transmissions and engine
blocks. I stared at it and realized that it
was somewhat transparent and I could
see my clock through what once must
have been its bowels. “Can you
speak?” said I… it then unwrapped a
scarf from its face and answered “yes I
can.” I asked if it could sit, and it
promptly sat on an upended tool box
that was chained to its waist. That’s
when it struck me. The face looked
familiar; it was George Schultz! We
went to the same college. George hated
cars, he even refused to get a drivers
license. I used to tease him about his
dislike for all machines. As I recall he
died years ago after being mugged on a
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Jim Gude adding up rally times at the end
of the day… darn math!
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Riverside Region’s
Porsche Timeline
By Rich Paré
Photos by David Witteried
The day dawned bright and beautiful
and as we prepared for our trek to Lake
Arrowhead and the 2007 Porsche
Timeline. We were invited by Dave
Yerzley (Riverside Region) to bring
our 1973 914 to represent the “most
built Porsche model.”
Dave Carroll's 1955 356 Continental
coupe.
Off we went along the newly refurbished Hwy 138 East crossing over the
I-15 and continuing upward toward
Lake Arrowhead. We had never been to
Lake Arrowhead so we were relying on
printed instructions we had gotten from
Dave Yerzley, Google, and MapQuest
etc. It wasn’t very long before I noticed
a little yellow speck in my rearview
mirror. That tiny little speck quickly
swelled into a 911S with David and
Janice Witteried inside. I felt relieved
because David had been to Lake Arrowhead before and I could follow him.
However, he (or his car) wanted to run
faster than I was and soon I had a
shrinking yellow speck in my windshield!!! However, as we ascended the
Philip Trask's 1968 912 coupe.
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mountains visibility steadily decreased
because of low hanging clouds and we
soon caught up to David and Janice
who had slowed down. It wasn’t very
long before said visibility was near
zero. A few miles later we came to an
intersection and David crossed. Before
he was completely across the intersection, I lost sight of him. (I hate fog!)
My turn to go and down came the
driver’s and passenger windows to listen for the sounds of oncoming traffic… we certainly couldn’t see anything! Eventually after several fog enshrouded miles we found ourselves at
Lake Arrowhead Village and the Lake
Arrowhead Resort which was the HQ
for the event.
Janice Witteried and Mary Ann Paré ready
to hit the dealer booths for some deals.
That evening we had a long dinner
with others who had come up on Friday
evening, several of the people were
local residents and members of Riverside Region which was hosting the
event. There were a few other regions
represented including the four of us
from Cal-Inland. We eventually broke
up and headed for our rooms to get a
good night’s sleep before the next
day’s activities.
Saturday morning broke bright,
clear and beautiful. However, those
who drove up that morning ran into the
previously mentioned fog as well. We
got our cars positioned as directed by
Dave Yerzley’s master plan and everything was coming together. Empty
A series of early 911's along the lake front.
spaces along the village sidewalks soon
filled in with Porsches of all types and
colors. The Porsches are arranged in
chronological order so there was a
stunningly beautiful early dark blue
912 in front of our yellow 914. The
combination of colors reminded me of
the University of Michigan’s colors!
Jim Gude’s 944S was parked several
cars up the hill behind us and Dave
Yerzley’s gorgeous early 911 was a
dozen or so cars in front of us. In between and all around were Porsches of
every description. There was a Cayenne, another 914-4, many 356s: some
in total race trim, some streetable. Turbos of every description were parked in
a separate area as similar cars were
grouped together. There was even a
VW Beetle at the front of the display to
represent our Dr. Porsche’s early pre(Continued on page 8)
The real thing… Greg Gustafson's authentic
1973 Carrera RS.
California Inland Region
December 2007
Types of Engine Efficiencies
and How to Increase Them
By David McAlexander, Gabriel’s Horn, September 2006
Photos by David Witteried
There is an old hot-rodder’s mantra that
the engine is an air pump - pump more
air and fuel in, get more power out.
This is a useful analogy, but rather limited and quite an oversimplification.
Instead, a better way to approach an
engine modification program is to recall that from an engineering standpoint
there are only two variables to engine
power output: Volumetric Efficiency
and Thermal Efficiency. Nothing else
matters. Your modifications must materially improve at least one of these
while simultaneously not reducing the
other, or you may as well not bother.
Volumetric efficiency is the easy
one. It is simply shorthand for how
efficient an air pump you have – what
volume of air is actually ingested and
expelled on every 4-stroke power cycle
relative to the total displacement
(volume) of the engine. Most production car engines are somewhere between 80% and 90% volumetrically
efficient. Thus a 2 Liter 911 engine at
80% volumetric efficiency actually
“breathes” 1.6 Liters of fuel-air mixture
- the rest is “lost” to intake and exhaust
restrictions, etc. If you can improve
your volumetric efficiency to 90% by
reducing these restrictions, your 2 Liter
engine now breathes 1.8 Liters of rewarding air-fuel mixture. Assuming
combustion quality (and thermal and
mechanical efficiency, and...) remains
the same (and it doesn’t, but that is
beyond the scope of this article), it is as
if you just increased your engine size
and power 12.5% for “free.” This is
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why factory high performance engine
variants typically use bigger valves,
smoother ports, less restrictive exhausts, etc. This seems too simple why doesn’t the factory do this for all
their engines? Laziness? Stupidity? No.
Realize that there is a limit to the gains
available here. Because of those pesky
old laws of thermodynamics and of
diminishing returns, no engine can ever
be 100% efficient as an air pump. Even
if it could, you shouldn’t bother trying,
because each additional percentage
point of gain comes at an - exponentially - increasing cost in both dollars
and – sacrificed performance in other
areas. (Though curiously, by using
resonance tuning some engines have
been made to be more than 100% volu-
metrically efficient, but only in a very
narrow rpm band where the “ram” effect kicks in. Think of 2 cycle dirt bikes
with peaky tuned exhausts and the
early 1960s Mopar “hyper-pack” V-8s
with the almost 3 foot long cross-ram
intake manifolds. This is what modern
manufacturers are after with their increasingly complex intake manifolds
with moveable internal flaps that
change intake track length at different
rpm. Fascinating, but don’t try this at
home, kids...).
Increasing power via improved
volumetric efficiency isn’t simply a
matter of reducing intake and exhaust
restrictions. If it was, all manufacturers
simply would have bolted on the big(Continued on page 6)
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Engine Efficiencies (Continued from page 5)
gest intake manifold, valves, and exhaust system possible. Two problems
here: The biggest is that a large determinant of volumetric efficiency is not
the accidental physical impediments to
good airflow like a restrictive air filter,
etc. but an intentional impediment - the
camshaft. More on that later, but for
now just remember the one immutable
law of the universe: you can’t have
everything you want (or at least not
when you want it). The second problem
is that much of the science of optimizing VE is related to harnessing the inertia inherent in the mass of an intake
charge. The column of air
and/or fuel inhaled on
each intake stroke has a
small but definite mass
and therefore a certain
amount of kinetic energy
when it is in motion. This
can be carefully harnessed
to maximize cylinder filling in a particular rpm
range. An air mass in motion will tend not only to
drag along more intake
charge behind it, but will
also help push the spent
exhaust gases out of the
combustion chamber, but only if everything is timed correctly. We can easily
get into trouble if we arbitrarily change
the volume (e.g., size) of our intake
tract through porting or other techniques looking for higher VE through
reduced flow resistance. This is because by changing intake system volume, we have now changed the mass,
and therefore the speed and inertia, of
the intake charge. This will change the
rpm at which we get our best cylinder
filling through the ram effect of intake
charge inertia. This new rpm range of
our altered intake tract had better
match, or at least complement, the rpm
band of our camshaft and exhaust system or we have a big problem, Houston.
Thermal Efficiency is simple in
theory but a bit more complex in practice: How much of the potential energy
in the fuel-air mixture you just worked
so hard to pump was actually burned,
and how much of that heat of combustion was transformed from thermal
energy into mechanical energy (Le.,
captured as the ability to do work,
rather than just dumped out the tailpipe
or radiator)? Thermal efficiency can
cover everything from how dense
(cold) the intake charge is, to how effectively the ignition burns the mixture,
to how well the exhaust is insulated.
Insulation keeps the exhaust gas velocity up, thus scavenging the exhaust
more completely, which in turn also
contributes to volumetric efficiency by
allowing more fresh fuel-air mixture to
be pumped in.
Many of the amazing power, emissions and mileage gains in the last two
decades have come about via major
strides in thermal, not volumetric effi-
ciency), but that is pretty expensive just
to get at the pistons, and you had better
know what you are doing with the rest.
Drag racers traditionally used cold-air
intakes, iced their intake manifolds, and
wrapped their exhausts to try to exploit
thermal issues. The smart road racer
pays attention to getting a cold intake
charge, but wrapping exhausts promotes faster corrosion and materials
failure, in addition to posing a fire hazard, especially with ever-present Porsche oil leaks.
The one thing we can do to get a
“free” power increase via increased
thermal efficiency is to raise our static
compression ratio. Increased compression
raises the final temperature in our combustion
chamber (remember
PV=NrT from chemistry
class?), and enhanced
temperature differential is
what drives thermal efficiency. This is why oldline hot-rodders shave or
“fly-cut” their cylinder
heads for extra compression - it is the closest
thing to “free” power
available. However, it
also moves the cylinder head and
valves down relative to the engine
block/case and therefore closer to the
pistons. Several caveats: 1) Valves or
even combustion chamber material can
now hit the piston tops if clearance is
insufficient. This is bad. 2) Done to
extreme, head shaving changes valve
train geometry. On a push rod motor,
we face binding and increased stress
and wear on parts unless we shorten the
push rods. Worse, on an overhead cam
engine, we just threw off the camshaft
timing and increased slop and play in
the chain by shortening its effective
length. 3) Our cooling system, valves,
and cylinder head material had better
be able to handle the increased heat,
and 4) Our fuel grade and ignition system need to be altered to resist the increased risk of detonation or ping/
knock caused by the higher static compression ratio.
Hmmm. Maybe “free” power isn’t
so free after all. Why did those darned
factory engineers make our job so hard
by doing theirs so well?
Many of the amazing power, emissions and mileage gains in the last two decades have come about via major strides in thermal, not volumetric efficiency 6
ciency: The better mixture control and
atomization of modern fuel injection
makes for a fluid that is easier to burn.
Computer-controlled ignitions and
modern combustion chamber designs
leave fewer gasses unburned, while
tighter seals, better coatings and improved materials allow more of the
latent heat of combustion to remain in
the combustion chamber longer so it
can be captured more fully as the gas
expansion drives the piston down
stroke.
Car engines are incredibly thermally inefficient (just feel your radiator
or exhaust after a drive - that is all
wasted energy), but here again there is
little you can do to help here without
several banks of supercomputers. It is
pretty hard for you to improve combustion chamber design, though you can
mess it up by running bigger piston
bores that effectively alter the carefully
designed shape of the chamber. Stock
car guys have been using thermal coatings on piston tops, etc. to allow higher
compression rations (thus higher temperatures, and improved thermal effi-
California Inland Region
December 2007
Secretary’s Report
By Janice Witteried — Secretary
California Inland
Board Meeting November 3, 2007
The meeting was
called to order at
11:10 a.m. at the
Greenhouse Café.
In attendance were: Jim Gude
(President), Janice Witteried
(Secretary), Mary Ann Paré (Activities
Chairperson), Austin Wicks
(Membership), Mike Forest
(Treasurer), David Witteried
(Newsletter Editor), Rich Paré, Alice
Rivera, Roy Jensen, Kathy Quick, and
John Quick.
Old Business: Roy stated the incorporation forms are ready to be sent
to incorporate the club. A motion was
made to pay the fees for the papers, it
was seconded and passed.
The club is still in need of a VicePresident. If you would like to volunteer please contact the board as soon as
possible.
The Christmas party was discussed
and Alice stated everything is coming
along fine. Donations are needed for
the silent auction. If you have anything
you would like to donate please contact
Alice Rivera before December 1st.
New Business: Jim will be attending the President’s meeting and he will
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deliver our vote for the new Zone 8
Rep. Jim will also get dates on the
Zone calendar for next years’ Rally and
Concur.
President’s Report: Jim will announce the 2008 board at the Christmas
party.
Vice president’s report: Abram
was not present.
Treasurer’s report: Mike Forest
gave his report.
Membership Report: Austin stated
we have no new members this month
but one dropped.
Activities Chairperson: Mary Ann
is working on getting the new calendar
organized for next year. Please submit
any suggestions you have.
The Christmas party is our next big
event, December 1st. Then the Zone 8
Awards Banquet in January.
Newsletter/Website Report: The
newsletter was done on the big printing
press last month at no extra charge.
David and Elizabeth Alpert will be
taking over the Website next year.
The meeting was adjourned at
12:04 p.m.
This is my last report as your secretary. I gladly pass my column onto
the next secretary.
Membership
News
By Austin Wicks — Membership
Anniversaries:
Years
• Patrice & Thomas Kuby
15
• Cynthia & Douglas Sharpe
11
• Linda & John Zbysenki
10
• Alan Fedorow
4
• Lisa & Chris Furia
1
• Eliot Roberts & Elaine Weiss 1
Welcome New Members:
• No new members for November .
Stephen Barber and Dianne Foderaro in
their 1978 911SC Targa after the November
breakfast meeting in Santa Clarita.
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drooled over the car worth close to a
million today. I then noticed how he
was dressed. He wore an old wrinkled
suit, yellow in color with a red dickey
and a wrinkled hat. His hand was filled
with business cards. His face looked,
well, like Kermit the Frog! I suppose
he did indeed look like a used car salesman after all. So I had seen something
like him but not in many a year. He
then said “touch my business card” as I
did we were whisked away to a Mercury dealer in Pasadena. A Jaguar XKE
sat on the lot, priced at $1,100. At a
Dodge dealer we saw a Daytona
Charger with a Hemi, it was new and
discounted $1,000 below list as they
just couldn’t sell the ugly things. Next
we stopped at a large lot off of Wilshire
Boulevard where a nice Porsche 356
was priced at $1,500. He said “follow
me you must see this one!” In a service
department bay sat a lonely but pristine
Porsche 904. “This one is the one that
gets to me” he said “its $4,500.”
I awoke with a snort. The Muppet
special (A Muppet Christmas Carol)
was just ending. I was left contemplating while sipping my now cold coffee.
Was I haunted or was it just a dream?
All in all, I was left wondering just
what cars that today we find common
place or unwanted, will become tomorrow’s classics. Which of us are driving
one of those today?
Happy Holidays!
Bumper Smiles (Continued from page 2)
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sche and car related items I have acquired over the years… so here are my
suggestions for gifts for your favorite
Porsche person: CG-Lock seatbelt lock
(great on or off the track, $45), CR
Spotless water filter (spot free car
washing, $450), Porter-Cable oscillating polisher ($130), Piloti driving
shoes, Sparko racing gloves, Cibi headlamps ($160), Elephant Racing Polybronz Bushings (suspension parts,
$300), Detail Kit from Adam’s Car
Care (see their quick release buffer
heads for Porter-Cable tool, $140+),
and Sears aluminum racing jack
($180). Also, don’t forget to visit our
advertisers for your gift giving needs
(and mention where you saw their ad!):
Mellor Printing for your greeting cards,
t-shirts or embroidery items; Hodgkins
Jewelers for some bling; Zuma’s for a
great Italian dinner; and Dr. ColorChip
for your auto touchup paint. We also
have Cal-Inland license plate frames
and beer mugs for stocking stuffers!
Hope that gives you some shopping
ideas, have a great holiday!
See you on the road!
public bus. “George, is that you?” I
said. “That’s who I was” said the specter. “Well why are you haunting my
living room while dressed as an old
racing driver? I answered” The lips
moved eerily as George answered “I
never loved cars in life and am now
doomed to walk the earth dragging
these chains and seeing what I should
have enjoyed but did not.” “Can we
fast forward?” said I; “let me guess, I
will be visited by three spirits but what
I don’t understand is I love cars, so
why haunt me!” “Silly man, you are
confusing this with the Dickens haunting, all specters know about that one”
he answered. “This is your story, not
the one by Dickens! You will only be
haunted by one spirit and from that
haunting you may learn to appreciate
what you have lost, may gain and already have.” At that he passed out the
front of the house in pursuit of a Porsche 996.
I suddenly found myself standing
on a used car lot. I know this place,
thought I; it was a dealer specializing in
sports cars that was located on Ventura
Boulevard in Encino. I went there as a
young man. What I thought to be a
salesman walked up. As he approached
he said “I bet you have never seen anything like me! I am the ghost of car
deals lost in the past. Let me show you
this 1967 Cobra for only $5,600.” I
Porsche Timeline (Continued from page 4)
We are looking forward to next year’s
Obviously, Lake Arrowhead Vilevent and hopefully we will be invited
lage is a shopper’s paradise and we
back again.
found a Thomas Kinkade store so we
went in just to look. (Yeah, right!) We
bought yet another of Thom’s beautiful
works of art, this time the Disneyland
50th Anniversary
painting. (Cha-ching!)
Being in the 914, and
since both trunks were
already packed to the
limit, we had the
painting shipped
home.
The day went by
way too fast and it
was now time to vacate the village. We
stayed over one more
night so we could
drive home earlier in Jim Gude, Sheila and Richard Semana, and Patricia and Austin
Wicks discuss their favorite cars.
the day on Sunday.
WW II project. Interestingly, this Beetle had a story… this was Joe Nedza’s
first car. And as usually happens this
first car went away for another car and
on and on. One fine day, Joe stumbled
across a VW Beetle for sale and yes, it
was his old Beetle! He bought it back,
spent lots of money to restore it; and
now it’s a permanent resident of his
garage.
Two dealerships, Desert European
and Walter’s Porsche, both had booths
available with great discounts on Porsche related items. I had to have a Porsche pen which I found and purchased!
Walter’s Porsche brought several Porsches to display including the new
veeery limited Boxster Special Edition.
Only 250 base models and 250 S models will be produced, and all of them
are Orange, as in GT3RS Orange!
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California Inland Region
December 2007
Zone 8 Staff
Zone 8 Representative
Beverly Giffin-Frohm
760.727.6068
bevfrohm@yahoo.com
Autocross Chair
Michael Dolphin
626.798.2312
carrera3@msn.com
Concours Co-Chairs
Linda Cobarrubias
310.453.9602
MS993@aol.com
Doc Pryor
818.402.6264
lpryor9@aol.com
Club Racing Coordinator
Vince Knauf
619.287.4334
vvvince@aol.com
Rally Chair
Tom Gould
tcg@aol.com
Rules Chairman
Tom Brown
760.942.2706
tb911@adelphia.net
Region Coordinator
Gary Peterson
858.535.1800
gary.peterson@hrh.com
Time Trail Chair
Paul Young
619.449.1768
pdyoung@cox.net
Web Master
Tom Brown
760.942.2706
webmaster@zone8.org
Treasurer
Linda Cobarrubias
310.453.9602
MS993@aol.com
http://cai.pca.org
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924 Porsche Turbo wheels manufactured only one year) and very rare.
Complete set 6 X 15 in good used condition $600. Pictures available, Gary
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Fuchs wheels (2) 7X15 and (2) 8X15
$900 for set, all straight. Pictures available, Gary 650-968-8708
Dunlop Tires (4) 205/255 ZR16 –
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944 Turbo Rear Spoiler (86 thru. 89)
Used good condition $400, pictures
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96 Porsche 911 Coupe. Arena red with
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turbo twist hollow spoke rims with
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Our Next Event...
December 1st
Breakfast Meeting
9:30 a.m. at the Greenhouse Café
in Lancaster.
December 1st
Holiday Party
6-11 p.m. at Palmdale Holiday
Inn. POC is Alice Rivera
661.772.0379.