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Auspuff is the German word for auto exhaust. der Auspuff is the official publication of the Cascade Region, Porsche Club of America. Submissions or inquiries regarding advertis-ing should be sent to the editor listed above. Send address changes to Dan Stubblefield using the contact information listed above.

Commercial advertising rates/issue: full page $52.00 half page $26.00 business card size $9.45 Other sizes available. All ads are to be prepaid.

Cover-- Kirk Austbo is first in line to head out to Butte Creek Mill - photo by - Kirk Austbo

Photos in this issue have been contributed by Porsche AG, Ole Blennov, Kirk Austbo, Dave Hamann, Butte Creek Mill & John Le Bel

Visit the Cascade Region web site at http://cas.pca.org for a full color version of this publication

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Greetings from the Southland 5 Central Chapter 6 So Chapter - Upcoming Tour to Eureka 7 Butte Creek Mill Tour 8 Classified Ads 11 Cascade Water Bottles 12 Mystery Car 14

PRESIDENT

Doug Stone 260 Princeville Drive Eagle Point, Oregon 97524 (541) 770-3366 douglas.stone@charter.net

TREASURER

Jim Scheffel 651 South Obenchain Rd Eagle Point, Oregon 97524 (541) 830-3855 jimelise@embarqmail.com

MEMBERSHIP

Dan Stubblefield 1111 Highwood Drive Ashland, Oregon 97520 (541) 482-6200 danstub@jeffnet.org

VICE PRESIDENT

Trevor Bacon 6161 Ventura Lane Central Point, OR 97502 541-890-0108 agproperties@charter.net

SOUTHERN CHAPTER REP

Dave & Cokie Hamann 415 Crystal Spring Road Grants Pass, Oregon 97527 (541)471-9215 before 8pm davencokie@earthlink.net

WEBMASTER

Dan Stubblefield 1111 Highwood Drive Ashland, Oregon 97520 (541) 482-6200 danstub@jeffnet.org

SECRETARY

Dave Duarte 5480 Adams Rd Talent, OR 97540 (541) 535-5061 duarte409@msn.com

CENTRAL CHAPTER REP

John & Renee Thompson 4524 Paddock Dr Eugene, Oregon 97405 (541) 342-5446 twoducks@att.net

AUSPUFF EDITOR

John Le Bel 4636 Eagle Trace Drive Medford, OR 97504 (541) 779-9155 anav8r@charter.net

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Greetings from the Southland By: Dave Hamann

Hi everyone. Well the last time I was sitting here writ-ing my little blurb for this fine publication, I was lamenting the fact that our Brunch tour was held on a day when we received approx 2” of rain. Yesterday it was 97 degrees here! Ahhh, Spring in Southern Oregon, you have to love it! Our event this month is down to Eureka for an overnight stay and a tour of a couple of the beautifully restored Victorian homes there. Then back home on Hwy 299, one of the best sports car roads in the country. Trevor & Kristi are leading the group on this one. If you need all the info or their contact information, it’s on the website. Next month will be the Poker run and BBQ on the 27th. Again all the info is on the website. I’d like to mention how much we, as Chapter Reps , appreciate your help. For years it was pretty much the Reps who planned and led all the events. It was a lot of work. The past couple of years some of you have really stepped up and taken the lead on many of the tours and done a great job! It not only helps the Reps avoid burnout, but it gives a fresh approach to events when different people plan them. Hope you al have a great Memorial Day week-end and we’ll see you at an event soon.

Dave

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Central Chapter By: John Thompson

The Central chapter hasn't had much to report on lately. The weather is still a mixed bag which I am sure has kept many experiencing the outdoors through a layer or two of 1/4" glass. I too have been guilty of this recently. Since my local Porsche family is not always available, I have found a substitue family via the internet. There are quite a few chat rooms, message boards, and other sites for Porsche enthusiasts. For me there are three of particu-lar interest: 912BBS.org, Early911SRegis-try.org, and PelicanParts.com. The benefit of these sites is that they are model specific and the members are very helpful and willing to share their vast experiences. If you've got a 914, there is a site for you, 914world.org. Got a 968? Try 968forums.com. How about a 911 Carrera 3.0. Yep, got you covered over at 911carrera3.co.uk. What I have found most in-teresting is there are people who are frequent visitors to these sights that are from Eugene and yet take no interest in being part of the lo-cal Porsche Club. What is great is that they provide another avenue for Porsche owners to enjoy their vehicles. So next time the weather is putting a damper on your driving enjoyment, pull up a chair at your local computer and pre-pare yourself to take a ride on the information

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PCA Tour to Eureka May 30-31, 2009

Meet at the Dutch Bros/McDonalds parking lot in the Allen Creek Shopping Center in Grants Pass on Satur-day 5/30 at 9 am. Leaving GP we’ll take Hwy 199 to the Coast and then Hwy 101 down to Eureka, stopping along the way for a picnic by the sea. Please bring a picnic lunch! When we get to Eureka we’ll be treated to a tour of the Zanone house and it’s neighbor. 2 grand old Victorian homes restored by their present owner Ron, who will be giving us the tour. After the tour we’ll head to our hotel, the Best Western. The hotel offers a free breakfast, so after eating Sunday morning we’ll head back to Arcata and head home on Hwy 299 which is rated one of the best sports car roads in America by several car magazines. Lots of twisty road made for a Porsche! We’ll take Hwy 3 out of Weaverville up through the mountains back to I-5 and home. It prom-ises to be a great time! Any questions? Dave Hamann davencokie@earthlink.net Trevor & Kristi Bacon agproperties@charter.net

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So Chapter -Butte Creek Mill By: John Le Bel

Although there was no Delorean or Flux Capacitor in sight our recent trip to Butte Creek Mill cer-tainly made attendees feel like some serious time travel had occurred! The starting point was present day Medford Barnes & Noble on April 18th at 9:30 am. After a picturesque and circuitous drive through Sam’s Valley we ulti-mately arrived at Butte Creek Mill, and a sight straight out of the late 1800s. The fully func-tional water driven mill has been in operation since it opened in 1872. Bob Russell and his

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wife, Debbie, have owned the mill since 2005. Both are antique lovers who moved from their Portland residence to operate the mill and open an antique shop located in an old cheese fac-tory, adjacent to the mill.

The mill is water powered but not by the usual water wheel seen on many old photos. Water is funneled into a 12 foot tunnel which acceler-ates the water to give it sufficient pressure to drive a turbine wheel. The turbine turns a se-ries of shafts and pul-leys via several large belts used to power all the equipment in the

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building, including a grain elevator. The real work of grinding the material is done by two 1,400 pound buhr stone grinding wheels quarried in France. They were shipped around the Horn to Crescent City, Cali-fornia and carried over the mountains by wagon. When the mill began operation in 1872 farmers traveled from miles away with wagons filled with grain lining the Old Military Road to Snowy Butte Creek Mill to have their flour ground. The miller was paid for his ser-vices by keeping every seventh bag of flour to sell in the Butte Creek general store. The Klamath Indians trekked 90 miles from Fort Klamath to trade berries and leather goods for flour.

Many thanks to Bill Kohn for organizing this unique and infor-mative event giving us an opportunity to experience a fasci-nating glimpse of century old ingenuity and enterprise.

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Classified Ads

1985 Porsche Carrera sunroof Coupe 62,000 original miles. India Red with Champagne inte-rior, 7” Fuchs on front, 8” in rear. Dunlop Sports all around-as new, 3.2 liter engine, air mass flow sensor, autothority chip, dual stainless steel sport exhaust. Wevo short shift kit (I have the original shifter and leather boot), turbo tie rods. Newer Bilstein sport shocks, and brakes. H5 headlights. Transmission re-built at 42k miles with all new synchros and 2 new gears. New OEM rear speaker grills. Has Blaupunkt am-fm CD player. Optional black headliner. Original spare tire, tool kit & owners manuals. Wet O’kole neoprene color matched seat covers. 3rd owner with receipts going back to 1999. I know the history from day one.

$18,500 reasonable offers considered Dave Hamann (541)471-9215

davencokie@earthlink.net

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Cascade Region Water Bottles!

We have a few of these sought after gems left from the Holiday Dinner. High quality 22 oz, stainless steel cylinder with a screw on cap and spring D-ring. Only $10 each plus $3 ship-ping.

Contact Dave Hamann at :

(541)471-9215 before 8pm davencokie@earthlink.net

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Get great quality service locally without the dealer price

CASCADE REGION BADGES

Several folks have asked about club badges. Well here they are! The badges come with a magnetic clasp and cost $8 each, which will include shipping to the buyer. Have checks made out to Dave Hamann. Don’t worry, yours will have your name on it!

(541)471-9215 before 8 pm davencokie@earthlink.net

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Can you identify this month’s car?

This foreign recreational vehicle was build specifi-cally for the American market between 1962 and 1967, 3878 was build and 3046 was shipped to the US. It used a 1147 cc Tri-umph Herald 4 cyl, 43 hp engine. The transmission and some of the fuel sys-tems came from Porsche.

We need the name of the car.

Email or call Ole before June 15th with your answer

NIMBUS@CHARTER.NET or 541-472-1537

And from last month, the answer is ….

Saab Sonett III

Annemarie Day, Dave Duarte, Jim Chambers, Tim Haburn, John Crisalli, and Joe Sweeny

had the correct answer.

Well done folks!

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Dan Stubblefield

Cascade Region, PCA

1111 Highwood Drive

Ashland, OR 97520

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Online: http://cas.pca.org