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SCHEDULE OF UPCOMINGPORSCHE POSS F MEETINGS

Septenber 7 October 5

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John Lacko616-344-4764

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Doug & Sharí Hoek0-2194 Lake MichÍgan Dr.Grand Rapids, MI677-1043

P0RSCHE tßERAI-[S is tfE officiol nbllcotim of the !þstem f'lichiscn Regisr, ForsclnCltö of Alerico, Inc,, o rìon-profit orgoizotim ræisterd in tfE stote of l.lichigl rdlssued rmthly. StotsrEnts crd æinims @pe{rring fErein ore úþse of tfp etfþr cnd do

rþt necessorily represent tfE officiol positim of I,IÍR-PCA, PCA, lts officers or rsrbersThe editors reserve tfE riöt to edit oll nnteriol for ilblicotim rd to prblish mlythot rnteriol rrtrich ls felt to be in tfp best lnterest of üle regim crd PCA, Permlss-im is orcnted for chortered PCA Ræims to reorint orticles, providirE credit is glven

t0 the AIn0R, ll'lR'S PoRSCHE IJBER ALLES, crd pro¡¿ided copyrifit is not in\olved, A

return of yqjr newsletter is reruested.tp yeor súscriptim prlce ls $10.00. AII correspordence, contrifuticrìs sfDuld be sentt0 offlce of pLblicotion, c/o C. 0lenyk, 8116 Es)ot Volley M, NE, Rockford, I'll 4931{1

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FIFRANK \A/AGNEtrBelieve it or not, you muststart thinkíng about theend of ttPorsche seasontt.By the time this goes topress, ttrêrll have only twoor Èhree major speed eventsleft. Chicago Regionfsfamous, Labor Day l^Ieekend,Road America event and ourannual |tI,ast. Flingtt driversschool at Grattan.

Road Ameri-ca speaks foriËself. Itts a four milelong, road course, in theKettle Morraínes justnorth of Mi1r.¡aukee.Usually the weather is cooland bright. The competi-tion is good for noviceand experienced driversand there is enough tímeallowed for everyone Ëosocialize.

Our Grattan is becomingan annual ttlast F1íngttevent, Much 1íke theIndianapolis RaeewayPark event was in theearly seventies. Many ofny old friends from Chicagocome up to drive and party.

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trle start the day with anearly drivers meeting'for those that wanÈ alotof track time. Fírstsessíon i-s for novicedrivers on1y. After that,vre go for broke. A fewhours later r¿e hold oursecond drivers meeting,for those who wouldrather sleep in. Once you'veatt,ended a drivers meeting youreceíve a card for yourwíndshield that allows youon the track.

Thís yearrs Grattan eventwill be held on the firsrSaturday of October. Itrsopen to any sport typevehicle that can passtech. You donrt have to bea P.C.A. member either.i'Ie t 11 'hrant a minimum of a1970 Snell safery helmer,a long sleeve non-flammableËype shírt, long pants, andclosed shoes. In other \^rords,the same as the 1982 or 1983Porsche Parade rules. Miní-mum safety belts allowed arethe original factory beltsín the vehicle.

The tírning for both theseevents ís great. Especíallyat the Grattan evenË, withits cooler temperatures.

Our cars can run the fullforty-five minutes wíth noproblems, if rn¡e choose.After the event we usually

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L967 Porsche 9l-2 New

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FM-Cassette, DolomíteGrey paínt. Excellentcondition. 71,000 Mi1es.Garaged winters. $S,800.00/Offer.

CALL: Larry Miller(616) 846-sL96Aft.er 5 P.M.

FOR SALE

P-7rs, nostLy used, goodfor club events or cheapsrreers . 2-205/ 55-16'sgood condition, 2-225/50-16rs fair condítÍon.Best offer.

Call: Steve TszzoIíno6L61949-6994

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wHEEL - 9LI/9LZ / 912e/356c/5-soct924/94t+' roun 5L x 14 r¡cronvFoRGED ALLoYs 911,361,016.10.

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FOR SALE

Porsche-9L4-L972silver metallic, 67,000míles. New Engíne.Restored condition.

Call: John McGarry

676-0363

FOR SALE:

4 Polished Minilite 6k x L54 Bolt wheels for 9L4-4Incl. Bolts and Caps.Excellent condition. Perfectf.or L95/50 or 205160. Tlresunder STOCK FENDERS. $375.00

CALL: Larry Rídd1e1657 Turtle Creek t{.South Bend, IN 466372L9 / 272-9072

have a get together fora gteaL party.

Iüet11 have drivíng instruc-tíons available for thenovice drívers. Last May¡¿e had a seventy-fivepercent novíce turn out.Hope to see them agafnthís October. That was anamazi:ng turn out for anearly spríng event. Noh¡,most of the drívers shouldhave enough experíence torun, unattended. As Istated before, this isan open event. All sportscar drívers are welcome topartfcípaËe. There ís anextra discounË Íf yourrea member of a car club. I{etry to support all clubs r¿ithour conmon interesÈs.

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Mernben's PollJOHN LACKI]Since we started solicitingyour personal Porsche facËsand responses to our fillin the blank psychologicaltest, four responses havepoured in. This month weare going to take the firstt¡¿o of those revealingprofiles and begin to uncoverour common automotive ¡.reak-nesses and hor¿ it affectsour aËtitude tor¿ards life'liberty, and the pursuitof happiness.

Tom Aardema li-ves onSheffield Dr. in Kalamazoo'\^rith his wífe Judy and kidsEríc and Joanne. Tom is anIBM systems engineer. Hedrives a L977 911 S Couper^rith 53,000 miles. Tomr s911 has just undergone atop end rebuíld and he ísinterested in technical andsocial PCA events. Tomrsother inÈerests includeavaiation and sailing.(This j-s beginníng to soundlÍke an introduction onthe Datíng Garne) . Tomhas plans to reconstruct theinterior of his car since ítwas damaged when the stereowas rípped out and off.Tom is planning on attend-ing the Red Barns Tour and theSpelling Bee ral1y.

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Tom says that íf there wereno such things as Porsches,he would own a largerbank account. Dale saYshe would have a Morgan.Dale I s Porsche ah^raYs comesbefore hís saí1boat, whíleTomts always comes beforehís good sense. Missíng a

dor¿nshÍft in his Porsche isembarassing for Dale. Tom

turns red r¿hen he lightsup a cígar in his. Afterdríving his Porsche, Tom

always like to stand off andadmire it, r{hile Dale wouldbe washíng his. At 55 MPH

Dalers 914 is about to over-heat, Tomrs 911 is about tocome alíve. BOOGIE wouldbe Tomrs ideal vanitY Platewhile Dale wants MEGA $.Here is a significant simí-liaríty and one I am surewe will fínd again and again.Dalers wife, Pat, saYS that

tape did not. Sorne fíeldrepairs r{ere necessary.Almost all enËrants gotthree timed runs, eventhough 240Ds were lining upwith the 450SLs. 500 SLCsare quick.

IROC Dowagíc: Autocross isheld at Southr¿estern Michi-gan College by MichiganIndíana Region. EvenÈ tostart at 9 a.m. on August 14.A caravan of ilMR from GrandRapids is a possibility.SPELLING BEE RALLY - Lacko:Everything on schedule.Two volunteers are needed to

' help in regístration.There wíll be no confliet

- fot Ëhese volunt.eers to runin the rally.NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT -Cull: The slate of candídatesfor 1984 is Gary Petertyl-PresidenÈ, Frank tr'Iagner-VÍ.cePresídent, Bob Shedd-Treasurer,Jeff Kolk-Secretary.NEI,J BUSINESS

OCTOBER DRIVERS SCHOOL -C. Olenyk: In order topractice for future Ëímedevents, Èhere is a possi-bility of some timed lapsbeíng run. Jeff Kolk wíllinvestigate updating orexpanding our timing gearand other alternat.ives andwill report back at Novemberboard meeting. Doug Tepperwill host the party afterthe drívers school.

TrIINTERFEST: No reporÈ

NOVEI{BER EVENT: Most likelyr¡i1l be a potluck at theCullrs. If day coincideswiËh a football game, thenthe game will be the majoratÈracti-on.

MEMBERSHIP BOARD FOR KAZOOMOTORS: A fabric coveredboard has been donated.However, it needs to beoutfiËted with brochureholders and suítable PCAornaments.

OCTOBER BOARD MEETING¡To be held at the Hoeks.

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:16P.M.

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@PclFtscHE pcls¡s¡E $; ALLES@Mínutes of August 3,1983 Board Meetíng,trrlestern Míchigan Region,Porsche Club of America,held at Olenykrs 6416Egypt Valley Road N.E.,Rockford, Michígan.MeeËíng ca1led to orderat 7i53 PM.

PRESENT: Gary PeterËyl,Marcia Thieme, Jeff Kolk,Paul Thieme, Phil Cul1,Doug Tepper, Bob Shedd,Michael SÈegehuis,Lynne Olenyk, Juanitatrrleersma, Lance Weersma,Doug Hoek, Shari Hoek,Chuck Olenyk, John A.Lacko.

I'TINUTES OF LAST MEETING -Lacko: Read and Accepted.

TREASURERIS REPORT -C. Olenyk: Income thismonth included $297 rebatefrom national, $200 for theMereedes Club Tíning,$100 frorn national forholding a multi regÍonevent (H.O.I4I. ).Expenses íncluded $190for UBER ALLES, $107H.O.ll. The regíonnerred $437 frorn H.o.w.Balance at end of Julywas $1994. ProjecredAugust expenses include$150 to $200 for UBERALLES. Due is approxí-mately $430 in UBER

advertising revenue, ofwhích about half should becollected during the nextmonth. So August balanceshould remain about the sameas July.PORSCHEMPORIIIM REPORT -Lacko: Present financialpositíon is $gOt.22 including$527.77 worth of invenËory.üIe were able to move someslower selling ítems as gj-ftsto pre-regÍ.strants of H.0.tr/.Costs of bet.ter quality sports-r¿ear ¡¡ith I^IMR logo done bycomputer embroídery 3 I00%wool V neck sr¿eater $40.00êâ., 70%/307" V neck sr.reater$37.00 ea., Cross Creek pu11over shirt $36.00. A grouppurchase is the only way toprocede on thi.s ín order tocover the $80 cost of thegenerated tape to program thecomputer. If enough IJMRmembers express an interest,Ëhen a group order for aminímum of 12 of any one typeof garment ¡¿ill be ínitÍated.MEMBERSHIP: No reporrUBER ALLES REPORT - C. Olenyk:August issue ís now at printer.Mernbership líst has been prínted.Compared to other clubs neqrs-letters, UBER is outstanding.OLD BUSINESS

MERCEDES BENZ CLUB EVENT -Petertyl & Kolk: Our timíngequípment handled the job,unfortunately our pressure

the 911 ís too expensive.In the most ideal accessorycatagory, Tom wants anUngo box with 440 volt shockwarning. Dale wants a topstorage area.

Compared to his everyday car, Tom says his 911feels like a sportsa-car. Dale feels too 1o¡,¡to the ground ín his 914when compared to his daílytransportation. Dale thinksthat his car ís cleanerthan his desk, while Tomfeels that hís car isalmost cleaner than his bankaccount. Forbidden in Tomts911 is any solicitíng. Heprobably thinks it belongsout on the sËreets. Daleís even more strict, hedoesn't a1low anyone in his9L4. 0n the subject ofdream Porsches, Dale hrantsa '75 Carrera, Tom wouldbe (and probably is) happywith a 911 S.

Dalers most memorablePorsche experinece r,sas E.Paul Dickersonrs Solo course.

Tomrs most memorable porscheexperience r^ras the ¡¿holeproeess of having the topend of his mil1 rebuílr ata 1ocal dealer. The lowpoints of this experience forTom include the radio beingslolen since the car wasparked on the back 1otwhile the enginsr,ras out andall the resulting damage,eight weeks down tirne,and a bill of twíce theextimate.

Next month we wÍll featuret.r,ro more i{est MichiganRegion members; John R.Pruis and Doug Tepper.üIe encourage you to fillout our members surveyand get it in to us, soon.

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Fame and glory await you,and timers a nrasËÍn:Porsche 1s combing the worldfor amateur photographs ofits producÈs involved incompetitíon of any type,from world endurance eventsto club racíng, to gracethe 1984 editi-on of itsfamous sports calendar.Send your snaps and wín atrip to Stuttgart for thePorsche Cup presentation inDecember 1983, and vísítsto the production factoryin Zuffenhausen and the

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(Sorry about the shortnotíce, I wísh Natfonal¡sould have informed us ofthis ! )

Fanily interesÈs: Porsche(the fanily, not the wingof Volksv¡agen of Anerica)is expected to announcethe purchase of ChuckSËoddard I s l,Iílloughby,Ohio dealership and parts

SA/AB ]lASMORECANGOSMCE

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_ _Flip down the back seat of a Saab and you get56.5 cubic feet of cargo space (53 in a 4-door

-model).

Now compare that to the 16 cubic feet youge_t4 æ Audi 5000. The 13.9 you get in a VolvoGLTT¡rbo. Even the posh 22.5yõuget in aBIvIW 733i (and see ho\ry much good posh doesyou when you're packing up the surnmer house).

Of course, you ca¡r't flip down the back seat ofany of these cars. So they might say Saab has antunfriradvantage.

we couldn't agree more. ,*ffi.^u.

KEEhIAN CARCO.SAIB The Èofe,ssional's @r

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for racing inasmuch as hebrought, a RS60, 904, 908long taíl and 910 as r¡ellas the 911R. He gave ÈheRS60 a good drive - noneof Èhe oÈher cars Ì^¡eredríven in competiËion.

T¡¿o weeks after the SVRAevent at Mid-Ohi-o, Èhe GreatAmerican Road Race r¿as heldat El-khart Lake, tr{is. Manyof the cars that had beenat Mid-Ohio also ran at,Elkhart. Sínce thís raceis arranged by ChícagoFerrari dealer Joe Marchetti,probabLy a third of the entrieswere Ferraris. A 1950 model195 roadster, 3 or 4 GTOs,half a dozen or so Daytonas,a replíca P4, a replica TesÈaRossa, racing Boxer andassorted other street types.Since this ¡rras largely arrMarchettitr event, somelíberty was taken with thedescrípt,íon trvíntagett ortthlstorÍctt thus there weremany late model Ferraris ínstreet trim. I havenrtseen so rnany 308s since thestreets of Carrnel , Cal-ifornlalast su¡mrer. There qras evena nerü 308-4 vaLve. As forttour carstt, Sam FbsterbroughÈ his beautiful | 59GT Carrera Speedster and JeffKeiner had a 904. Don Marshhad his 5504, 908-2 and 910fresh frorn Míd-Ohio as didPaul Robinson - 910, Bí11Erler - ELva Porsche and To¡rCongleton - 906. There nrerealso a couple of Chicagoarea basically street 911s.

ALLES¡(@ G)After Saturdayrs trackactivity there \ras aconcours on the lanmof Schwartz resort intor^n. Although twothirds or more of thecars rf,ere Ferraris, thetllo cars aËtracting themosË attention from thespectators were FosterrsSpeedster and Keinerfs904. trIhen winners rúereannounced it. seems thatnearly every car ¡¡as lna class by ltsel-f andconsequently nearlyevery car IiTas a classwinner. And rire can I t, letÈhis r¡ríÈfng end withoutmentíoning Jim Lloyd ofIndfanapolLs - long timeago Speedster oümer andPorsche engine user -racing his Lotus FormulaJr. Jim beat al-l theother Juniors but a quírkín classification putsome sports racers ín thesame class and he finfuhedbehlnd one or Ëwo of thern

Those r^rere thro neat week-ends. Interesting cars,interesËíng tracks, o1dfriends, good weatherand t,ravelíng in theSpeedster. But I mustlearn to buy more filmfor the camera beforegoing on these jaunts -I ran out both weekends.

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service wíll begin sellingPorsche parts for streetand race cars that areover seven years o1d.The venture would repre-sent the first t.ine thePorsche farnily has everenÈered a direct retal_loperation in the U.S.trfhat's behínd it? Someobservers feel itrs thefírst step tohrard Porschepullíng away from VI'IoAand that by settíng up alegitimate parts outLetfor older cars, conversionto ne\^rer pfeces should beeasy.

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The Elkhart Lake coursehas a lot of history,but perhaps íts most notedfame comes from the foodserved tracksíde. Veri-fying that was a certaínNASCAR sponsor PR typewho upon learnfng that,hls colleague rras travelingto Road America while he wasgoing to Talladega, remarked,t'You blankety-blank. Yourregoing to eat that bratrilurstup Èhere and lrm gonna havel-eftover hot dogs from theFirecracker. tt

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= ALLES@There r^ras no sígn of theTAG Porsche turbo-enginedMclaren at Silverstone.Irrhlle the engÍne has com-pleted four days of test-lng at hleissach in Stutt-gart and is currently beÍngtested at Sil-verston, NlkiLauda adnitted that itcurrentl-y features a ttüo-second throttle lag whichmakes l1fe interestlng.

***Eddie Cheverrs youngerbrother Ross is makÍng aname for hínself in EnglishFormula Ford Racing. Ilerecentl-y took hls VanDiemen to victory at BrandsHatch, in the process set-ting the fastesË-ever poletíme for the category.

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Michel-e Al-boreto sald he!üas very happy r4rith hlsdrive in this yearrsLelufans, thank you verymuch. rfl dld only one hourbefore the Lancia stopped.That was good. No way Idrive a Porsche at Lel"fans.I night have to stay upallnight. .."

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Mike's Melangetrrlith newspapers, radioand magazines (noË muchtelevision) I do a reasonablygood job of keeping up oncurrent events. But I alsoenjoy reachíng í-nto the pastand reliving history. Inrecent weeks vintage racesat Mid-Ohio and Elkhart Lakehave provided opportunitiesto relive some of the past.As thís is beíng writtenÈhere is stÍl1 anotheropportuníty coming up aspart of the SCCA Nationalraces at IRP on July 23& 24. The Mid-Ohio andElkhart Lake events lrerefull blown vÍntage race-weekends with 60 or so carsat Mid-Ohio and perhaps150 at Elkhart Lake. TheIRP event r^rill merely sand-wich a small Chicago basedvintage group into the SCCAweekend.

The Mid-Ohio weekend was rununder the aegis of the South-east Vintage Racing Associa-tion. This Florida basedorganization runs severalraces during the year, usingSebring, üIesË Palm Beach andRoad Atlanta as well as Mid-Ohio. Thoe interested inthe old Porsches had a fíeldday at Mid-Ohio as Ëhefollowing r¿ere in aÈtendance:356, 550A, RS60, 904, 906,907, (3) 908s, (3) 910s,(2) 911Rs and a re-bodied,re-engined, re-transmissi-oned

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of the event lras almost overwhen we reached l,Iall LakeRoad. Just a couple ofshifts to the north lay theGilmore Auto Museum wherelacquer glist.ened ín thesun, lurfng us on.

Once there, rde parked thecars close Ln and struck outon our separate r4lays to enjoy500 and more cars of everypersuasion. There wereHemi Superbi.rds for thoseof us who have yet to fullygrorÀr up and prim 356s forthose of us who see thingsmore mellow. WMR membersspotted in the throngs werePeter Dykema ín a sparklingwhite 356 cabríolet and DaleMorrissey in his 914 thatlooks l-ike it first sawlife in Maranello.

Tom Kayser returned to hlscar and found human pawprínts all over ít. Later,I saw someone even take aphoto of rny dull silverTarga. Our seven P-carsobviously attracted morethan their share of gawkers.

An incomplete post eventtelephone pol1 revealedthat participants enjoyedthe event fully, but regrettedthat more trll,IR members didnot take part. If justseven Porsches parked on theedge of such an autornobilebuffet can att,ract suchattention, fourteen, t\4rentyone, or more StuËtgart carsr¡ould be an ímpressivesidelíght next year to theRed Barns car shor.r.

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tu*ñÐfub--The last bit of 356 madnessI particípated Ín (MIG-I^IELDER) left me a 1íttlereluctant to continue at thesame breakneck-pace I hadstarted this projeeÈ with.I was comíng apart fasterthan rny Porsche. Someonewas going to have to restoreme. At the rate I r¿asinjuring myself both physi-cally and mentally. Alas'after a couple of weeks Ihad put the dístastefulmemories of my previousbunglings behind me'and much to my r¿ifes dis-tress, dived ínto acetylenewelding. A fe¡¿ of the weldsI had done wirh the MIG-I,trELDER

\4rerentt to my satisfaction,so I decided to try rny handat acetylene welding. Yes,If m a glutt.en for punish-ment. Again, I pícked upmy "trusty" weldÍng books,consulted the local gurusand proceded to round upthe various bits and

pieces of equipment I qras

going to need. By now I nasa litt1e "gun shy" of newexp eriences. but Ird gonetoo far to stop now.

A fellor¿ PCA| er was connedinto loaning me hls weldingtanks and torches. Hegave me his r¿ords of wísdomon welding and rnade it allsound soooo - easy ttPíece

of cake" I kept tellingrnyself , whÍle deep in myID alittle voice was laughÍnghysterically. Ifm no dummy.Once again I trÍed my handfírst wÍth all the scraps ofsheet metal I could fínd.In the rniddle of rny garage itr^¡as easy. A little smoke,a little fízzle and wa1 1ah-- sheer beauty! I wasquite pleased and a litt1etoo cocky with my practicewelds as events unfoldedto show me the error of myr^tays. It r s amazing howlittle seems to go !ì/rongwhe" it doesntt count formuch. None of the fíreworkslíke with the MIG, nounexpected fires, no singedchest halrs from moltonsteel . This r¿as the \4ray toBo, so as not to ruín or

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t@ ALLES¡@ t@EVENTffi@damage anything Ëoo bíg,I decíded to start weldíngunder the wheel well justin front of the door.There v/as a smal1 weld thatwasnrt as good as I hadr^Tanted it. It was such a1iËt1e area and I askedrnyself , rtwhat possible harmcould I do there?r'

The physical propertÍes ofmetals dictate to a largedegree r¿hat one can andcannot do when welding.Metal does strange thingswhen ít gets heated wiËh atorch, or so Itd read. Iwas about to find out allabout it fírst hand.I started slowly and concen-trated on this iÈty-bittylitt1e weld. Things weren'tgoing as planned. The¡¿eldnasn't proceding as it hadwhen I was welding ny scrappieces I had on my /110dark protective goggles andcould see the cherry redarea around the weld, buËthe metals just r¡/erentÈ co-operating. I pulled thetíp of the flame away fromthe metal for a moment. tofigure out what r^ras hrrong.Just about then I heard aloud ttthumptt and othernoises akin to a tín shedcollapsíng. One had toknow my predicament toappreciate the impactof thesenew sounds on my psyche.

My Porsche Ís sitting 3feet in the air on 4 veryhigh jackstands. There ísno suspension to prevent itfrom falling flat on thegarage f1oor. Irm lyingunder this sucker wrappedup in líght cords and acety-lene hoses, and Ifm blindedby all of my protectiveheadgear with visions ofunknovm ímpending disasterabout to happen. Ipracticully strangledmyself v¡hi1e breakíng allprevious records foremergency retreats fromunder the floor of theo1d tub. (I no longerhave affectionate namesfor her. She must besomeone I s mother-ín-1ar¿(reíncarnated).

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I^Ihat is one of your mostideal desti.nations worthyof putting your Porschein motion for? I^Iell,maybe not your most ídea1,but right up there on allof our lists of greatplaces to get to r¿ou1d bean auto assembly like theRed Barns Car Show. Someof your fellow highwayscofflaws díd just that onSunday August 7. The personsmost 1ike1y to be named inany indíctments will be Dougand Shari Hoek in theirar^/esome, mid sixti_es,wanderlust ü/íldcat, Lanceand Juanita üleersma intheí-r chartreuse 9I2, Tomand Judy Aardema in Èheirdebutíng 9115, DougMcDonnell and daughterPatrica Korth-McDonnell ínhis 17,000 mile 914, TornKayser in hís artistic 914,

special guests from southof the border Ëhe Underhillsof MIR in their BBS adorned944, ar.d of course, usLackos in the ttRunning onEmptyr'9118.

Our route started ¡rrith abrisk I-94 rornp eastr¿ardfrom Oshtemo to 35thStreet. From there r¿esr4Tept along MÍ1ler Drivepast Kalamazoos ansrn¡er toTalledaga, the GalesburgSpeedway. Four year o1dPat North-McDonnell lovedÈhe tttree Ëunnelrt and nor¿is pesteríng Daddy Doug fora race car. Then we r¿oundalong 42nd Street north ofAugusta where some turns areposted 10 MPH Turning left onC Avenue, hre r^rent straightto Gull Lake DrÍve. Some-r¡here along here JohnUnderhill r,¡ondered aloudover Channel 19 ís he wouldever fínd his way back toSouth Bend. The tour part

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The duck taíl may be used with-out a spoiler, signífícantlyimprovlng rear end traction atthe expense of some front endfeel.

The better choice is to useÈhe rubber front lip and eitherthe whale tail or the lateTurbo style taÍl. Because ofthe dramatic effectivenessof these late spoilers, useof one aË either end of the carwithout one at the other can

result in dangerous understeersituations, because reductíonof lift at one end, does actuallYpromote lift at the other.The spoílers you see on 911sarentt cosmetic, they work.Even at the sp_e_eds r¡e dri_veour cars on Èhe street,spoilers improve handling andas a resu1t., safety. However,if you must use them singly orín non-reconmeded combinations,be careful. You could endup in Lhe tulies. Backr¡ards.

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Metal expands when heateðand contracts when cooled.U-nf ortunately there I sno law that says whatshape it will fínallyend up in after ít goesthrough all these metamor-phesis. Porschets areunlbody constructíon, whichmeans that there ísnrË aframe in the conventionalsense upon whích the carbody is constructed. Ina Porsche, all the variouspíeces are welded to eachoÈher to give it strengthas a unít,. Hence, whenthe floor rusts - outyou have a major problem'because it cornprises oneof the major strengthe1ements in the car.

Ítrell, the litt1e peiceof metal I had heatedup hot enough to cooklunch on Íras welded to 5

other piece.s of metalrunning to various otherparts of the body. Theheat also transferredinto these various pieces,which ín turn are alsowelded to other píeces.llhen all these variouspieces of metal startedcontracting at dÍfferentrates, depending onhow hot each piece hadbeen, a lot of twístedmetal began to form.These pieces pulled ateach other as they cooledand the sounds r¿ere simílar

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Ëo beer cans beíng crushed.The sheet metal plates buckledas I lay helpless and hope-lessly wrapped up in cordsand hoses, chokíng to death.At the Èirne I wasntt a\¡Iareof what was really h¿Ppeningto my poor 356. I was onlypraying to be spared whiletrying to escape. After Iuntangled rnyself I peeredout the hole I r¿as in andglanced down the side of thecar. Oh joy, (those werenttexactly the words I uttered)the door of my carhlassticking out ar^tay from Ëhebody by about a half inchlThe entíre body panel infront of the door had beenpulled inward by the shrínk-Íng metal underneath. I wastoo dumbstruck by the quick-ness of 1t all and the magní-tude of the damage I hadinflicted to move. Finally'Ëhe sme1l of smoke aroused me

enough to beat out a fireas my jeans were going up inflames.

I cried a little and drank alot the next few days. Icould hardly stand to walkthrough the garage, becausethe car door stood awayfrom the rest of the bodyso grotesquely that Iwas remlnded of my adventureall over agaín.

Finally, I got up the nerveto take the door off itshínges. That hrasntt as easyas it sounded and was a

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Porsche has always been arlareof aerodynamics ín thedesígn of its cars. Theteardrop shape of the 356,with nose and taíl sharplyslanted downward, r'ras remark-ably low ín drag for a car ofíts era. The 911 carríed thebasíc 356 shape to furtherdevelopment and also waslow in drag.

The fírst spoilers appearedon Èhe t72 9LLS, a small lipon the bottom of the frontbumper, r^rhi-ch reduced líft atthe 143 mph test speed frour183 to L02,5 lbs, with rearlift remaíning at 252 Lbs.Thís 1ip was standard onthe 911E in t72, as well asthe S and the depth of thelip was incorporated intothe desÍgn of the standardburnpei valance of all '74and newer 911 models.

Attention \,rasnextturned t,o therear, where unreduced lift couldcontribute Èo oversteer ínhigh speed curves. lIindtunnel tests led Èo the shapeof the spoíler used <¡n | 73 andf74 European Carreras and r74

U.S. Carreras, promptly nick-named Éhe "duck tail" for itsshape. This spoí1er-reducedhigh speed líft Èo 93 1bs and,paíred with the front spoiler,noticeably reduced the carrssensit,ivity to side wínds aswel-l.

story into iÈself. If youhave an hour to kil1 sometirneI'11 tell you what the booksays to do and the realítyof smashed knuckles, benttools and the níce utter-ances which f ollor.¡ed.Anywayr r,rithout r,-ranting to,I had just learned how toshrínk metal. Now, I wasgoitrg to have to learn hor^¡

to stretch metal. I heated,beaE]Ged and finallyafter several Ëries goteverythíng somewhat close towhere Ít had been before Istarted playing with rrmatches".Itrs a good thlng I work cheap,because I spent a good solidL2 - L5 hours hammeríngah/ay to fíx a problem I hadcreatedín2-3minutes.Concours is out the ¡¿indor^¡.

Did I learn my lesson? Noway. How quickly we forget.'I was rÍght back at Ítagain. I heated, warped,hamurered and turned the airbLue to my líttle heartsdelight. My priest praysfor my sou1, qulte regular-1y these days or so I rm

Ëo1d. He doesnrt walk bymy garage anymore. Othert'lÍtËIe things'r happenedalong the way.

Ever wonder íf it hurt thosepoor cohrs to get branded therlray they did it in the oldmovies? Lotrs of sJ-zz1-íngflesh and haír and smoke.Early on (2nd tíne out r471thrrTHE TORCHT'.) I lost track ofa weldÍng rod, which I

Both the 356 and 911 weredesigned before Porsche learnedthrough racíng experience theimport,ance of lift as well asdrag in the performance ofthe shape of Ëheir cars.Difficulties wíth hÍgh speedstability on the 917 racingcars led Porsche to investL-gate lift characÈeristicsof the 911. They soon learnedthat at speeds of 140 mphlift, forces totalled over430 lbs, most of it in therear. In addition, frontlift íncreased sharply Ínside winds.

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ALLES@dropped after LnadvertenËlyËouchíng the red hot areaI r¿as weldíng. Naturally asI recoíled, my headrecocheted off the garagefloor and rny goggles andglasses managed to Ëry totear my ears and nose offfollowing impact. I hadmanaged to stick that redhot welding rod through myjeans ríght ínto the areaof very treasured anatomicalparts. An inch lower and Icould have been back sing-ing with the Vienna Boyrschoir. Poor corirs, it hurtILke -----Zll! Q¡ictexít agaín, flames and all.

Onthe 3rd try and a new day,I unr¿ittÍngly "grabbedtta wrench whích had beenlying inside the cardÍrectly over the piece ofnetal I was welding. l{yhad stí1l reads "SEARS BESTTT

r¿here it was branded by thered hot sucker. Lessonsalways seem to be learnedthe hard way for me. tr'londerwho ís Polish in my ancestry?

The crowning b1-ow r^¡as minoreye surgery and 3 weeksof recovery after geÈtingmoLt.en steel Ín my cornea.Yep, I had 3 sets of goggleson and still got Murphyrd.

Ho¡¿rs it golng you ask?Irm a God fearing, patient,loyal Porsche lover, but¡vhen I sËarted to work onthe oler glrl all the

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Fame and glory await you,and timers a nrasËÍn:Porsche 1s combing the worldfor amateur photographs ofits producÈs involved incompetitíon of any type,from world endurance eventsto club racíng, to gracethe 1984 editi-on of itsfamous sports calendar.Send your snaps and wín atrip to Stuttgart for thePorsche Cup presentation inDecember 1983, and vísítsto the production factoryin Zuffenhausen and the

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Fanily interesÈs: Porsche(the fanily, not the wingof Volksv¡agen of Anerica)is expected to announcethe purchase of ChuckSËoddard I s l,Iílloughby,Ohio dealership and parts

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neighbors call their kidsinside and l-ock the doors.Even my wife has joined theneíghborhood "lot.tery pool"which predicts the exacthour at which lightningstrikes my garage. Iguess I'11 go back to throw-ing tools agaín now the snowsoff the ground. IË's toughto locate tools in Ehe snowand they rust, somethingterrible.

No, things arentt going toofast anymore. Irve locatedevery piece of insulationPorsche tried to hide in my356. Billows of smokerolling out of the bowelsof the oler girl have meconstantly scurrying Eo putout another fire somewhere.

The new battery box ís finallyin, the floor is sound, andexcept for one headlightbucket, I'm through welding.I hopel

She isntE exactly concours,but shefs solid, and asrust free as anyone couldhope for.

Is all the fun and excite-ment over? Nopei I Ijust tried my hand aÈleading. Someone once toldme there was 200 - 300pounds ¡f lead in a 356.As soon as I weigh what melte¿

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ALLES¡ ü ALLES(Aoff my car onto the floor(by accident) while I wastrying to fix a 1itt1e doording I'11 be able to verífythose stories. UnfortunatelyrI don't know how to get itback on Ehe car; yet that is.I still have an engine andtransmissÍon rebuld to lookforward to. Geez, my wifewontt talk to me for anotheryear.

Nuts, bo1ts, sheet metal,exhaust pípes, etc. arespread all over the countrybeing reconditioned. Noparade this year for the356. Irve been studying formy specialty boards and trying,to get ready for a move toFort LosÈ-in-the-I{oods(Fort Leonard Wood) the lastcouple of weeks, so thingshave really slowed dov¡n. Ifanyone out there knows of any-one who can help me finda trailor to haul the carcassto it t s new home please con-tact me as I tm desperate forhelp.

The most frustrating partabout restoring my Porschehasn't really been all thetrails and tribulations oflearning ner¿ skil1s. Thereal hassles have come abouEtrying to locate correcttools, to do the jobs, andplaces whích will chrome,supply needed parEs, dospecific machining, paínt-ing etc. It sounds easlr

but I rve got a list ofhorror stories to tell aboutK.C. from my experiences.FortunaEely there have been afew people who have helPedand when I rm finally doneIr11 mention them, soanyone who cares to gamblewith his marriage, psychia-

trist and medícal insurancecompany in the Pursuit ofPorsche madriess wontt haveto sËart from scratch liker did.

tr'Iill write again soon.Reprinted from the July 1983Kansas Cíty Regionrs le:tter,Der Sportwagen.

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Porsche has always been arlareof aerodynamics ín thedesígn of its cars. Theteardrop shape of the 356,with nose and taíl sharplyslanted downward, r'ras remark-ably low ín drag for a car ofíts era. The 911 carríed thebasíc 356 shape to furtherdevelopment and also waslow in drag.

The fírst spoilers appearedon Èhe t72 9LLS, a small lipon the bottom of the frontbumper, r^rhi-ch reduced líft atthe 143 mph test speed frour183 to L02,5 lbs, with rearlift remaíning at 252 Lbs.Thís 1ip was standard onthe 911E in t72, as well asthe S and the depth of thelip was incorporated intothe desÍgn of the standardburnpei valance of all '74and newer 911 models.

Attention \,rasnextturned t,o therear, where unreduced lift couldcontribute Èo oversteer ínhigh speed curves. lIindtunnel tests led Èo the shapeof the spoíler used <¡n | 73 andf74 European Carreras and r74

U.S. Carreras, promptly nick-named Éhe "duck tail" for itsshape. This spoí1er-reducedhigh speed líft Èo 93 1bs and,paíred with the front spoiler,noticeably reduced the carrssensit,ivity to side wínds aswel-l.

story into iÈself. If youhave an hour to kil1 sometirneI'11 tell you what the booksays to do and the realítyof smashed knuckles, benttools and the níce utter-ances which f ollor.¡ed.Anywayr r,rithout r,-ranting to,I had just learned how toshrínk metal. Now, I wasgoitrg to have to learn hor^¡

to stretch metal. I heated,beaE]Ged and finallyafter several Ëries goteverythíng somewhat close towhere Ít had been before Istarted playing with rrmatches".Itrs a good thlng I work cheap,because I spent a good solidL2 - L5 hours hammeríngah/ay to fíx a problem I hadcreatedín2-3minutes.Concours is out the ¡¿indor^¡.

Did I learn my lesson? Noway. How quickly we forget.'I was rÍght back at Ítagain. I heated, warped,hamurered and turned the airbLue to my líttle heartsdelight. My priest praysfor my sou1, qulte regular-1y these days or so I rm

Ëo1d. He doesnrt walk bymy garage anymore. Othert'lÍtËIe things'r happenedalong the way.

Ever wonder íf it hurt thosepoor cohrs to get branded therlray they did it in the oldmovies? Lotrs of sJ-zz1-íngflesh and haír and smoke.Early on (2nd tíne out r471thrrTHE TORCHT'.) I lost track ofa weldÍng rod, which I

Both the 356 and 911 weredesigned before Porsche learnedthrough racíng experience theimport,ance of lift as well asdrag in the performance ofthe shape of Ëheir cars.Difficulties wíth hÍgh speedstability on the 917 racingcars led Porsche to investL-gate lift characÈeristicsof the 911. They soon learnedthat at speeds of 140 mphlift, forces totalled over430 lbs, most of it in therear. In addition, frontlift íncreased sharply Ínside winds.

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Onthe 3rd try and a new day,I unr¿ittÍngly "grabbedtta wrench whích had beenlying inside the cardÍrectly over the piece ofnetal I was welding. l{yhad stí1l reads "SEARS BESTTT

r¿here it was branded by thered hot sucker. Lessonsalways seem to be learnedthe hard way for me. tr'londerwho ís Polish in my ancestry?

The crowning b1-ow r^¡as minoreye surgery and 3 weeksof recovery after geÈtingmoLt.en steel Ín my cornea.Yep, I had 3 sets of goggleson and still got Murphyrd.

Ho¡¿rs it golng you ask?Irm a God fearing, patient,loyal Porsche lover, but¡vhen I sËarted to work onthe oler glrl all the

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@UHËTRALLEs@The next development for thestreet and early race carswas the wíder, flatter spoí1er,whích s/as soon nícknamed"whale tail't in the U.S.ComplÍmented by a rubberextension of the frontvalance, this cornbinationreduced total lift at bothends of the car to a negli-gible 37.5 lbs at a measuringspeed of 152 mph. üIithout eitherspoiler, the Èotal lift atthe same speed on the latebumper car, i-s 397 lbs, orabout 15% of the carts totalweight.

The latest development appearson the 3.3 liter 930 ('78 andnewer). This rear spoíler notonly prevents lift, but actuallycreaËes some dornmforce.

llhile measurements at lesserspeeds record lower liftfactors, the difference betweenthe spoiler equipped and plaincars becomes significanË atspeeds as low as 50 mph andare especially important in híghwinds or on rain slick roads.

Porsche is quick to point out thecontributíon to the activesafety of the vehiclsmade bythe spoilers Èhey have developed.They are also quick to point outthat unínformed use of themon one end of the car or theother, or ímproper combinations,can result in unsËable híghspeed handling.

Proper use of spoilers for pre'74 9LLsz

The 9115 front spoiler may beused alone since its reductionof front lift is not so signi-ficant as to upset rear endhandling. It is betLer, however,to combine the S front spoilerwíth a duck tail or, better yet,combine the r73 RS style bumperwith the duck tail. The laterwhale tail should not be usedwithout a deep front aír dam,available from aftermarketsuppliers.

The use of the duck tail withouta front spoiler will result inÍncreased hígh speed vaguenessin the steering and reducedstability in side r¿inds.

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