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Table of Contents Nord Stern is the official monthly publication of the Nord Stern Region, PCA Inc. Articles herein are those of the author’s and do not necessarily represent the official position of PCA, the Nord Stern Region, or their members. The editor reserves the right to edit all material. Articles and classifieds for Departments publication in Nord Stern must be submitted by the 15th of each month prior to publication. 4 2017 Nord Stern Officers and Committee Chairs Permission is given to chartered regions of PCA to reprint articles in their 5 Welkommen . . . Welkommen . . . Welkommen newsletters if credit is given to the author and Nord Stern. 5 So, Just What Do We Do In Nord Stern??! Nord Stern membership is $30 per calendar year. Nord Stern subscription for non-PCA members is $40 per calendar year. 6 The Prez Sez . . . Want Ad insertions are free for Nord Stern members, $10 for non-members 7 From the Editor . . . and should be sent to the editor. Contact the advertising manager for further retail advertising information. 9 Car Biz Board . . . One Stop Shopping! Christie Boeder, Editor 11919 Hilloway Rd. W. 10 Club Talk . . . ‘Talk’ Minnetonka, MN 55305 612.845.4509 (cell) or 33 Book Reviews for Porschephiles . . . editor©nordstern.org 35 PCA’s Zone 10 Directory Proof Reader - Scott Berger 36 Classifieds Adv Mgr - Lara Dant, [email protected] Ron Faust, Staff Writer/Photog. 218.961.1617

Please contact staff for any event coverage you may need e-mail address: [email protected] Features website: http://www.nordstern.org 11 Own the Cone! Online issues, past and present are available in pdf format at http://www. nordstern.org 12 Nord Stern Membership Socials 13 Nord Stern Business Meeting Minutes April 2017 14 Back In The Saddle Again 20 Just 1/4 Inch Cover - photo by 24 Do You Uber? Michael Grabner 25 2017 Porsche Parade Spokane 27 2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 1000 Teresa Pfister’s 29 Celebration of the Porsche Transaxle Cars Event beautiful 930 as featured 31 Porsche Pop Art - Seubert (aka Jim) Style in the 2017 37 Photos from the recent Transaxle presentation Charity Caelndar - at Further Performance the month of January Upcoming Events Note: The April 8 2017 Calendar . . . Get Around with Nord Stern cover was from Glen 22 Slowpokes - May 20-21, July 3 Larson’s 25 PCA 2017 Porsche Parade - Spokane! Tobacco Brown 928, 30 AutoLieben Motorsports Fest also in the Nord Stern Region PCA May 2017 2017 Charity Calendar

Nord Stern May 2017 3 How to Join PCA and 2017 Nord Stern Officers then Nord Stern Region PCA and Committee Chairs 1. First, JOIN the Porsche Club of President president©nordstern.org Historic Archivist archivist©nordstern.org America (PCA). Please visit www. Kim Fritze Ryan McGee pca.org for membership instructions. 2645 Lyndale Ave S Insurance insurance©nordstern.org Minneapolis, MN 55408 2. Next, join Nord Stern Dan Perinovic

• Visit www.nordstern.org and Vice President vicepresident©nordstern.org Membership membership©nordstern.org pay dues via Paypal (http:// Lara Dant usa35.noip) hotlink is on the Ed Vazquez 612.720.0760 Betsey Porter Join/Renew page. Secretary secretary©nordstern.org Betsey Porter • Or, send check, payable to Nord Met Council metcouncil©nordstern.org Stern, directly to Ed via the Bob Kosky 952.938.6887 snail mail address below. Treasurer treasurer©nordstern.org Jeff Bluhm • Your membership information Newsletter newsletter©nordstern.org 6767 Marsh Ridge Ct. with PCA will be available for Christie Boeder Eden Prairie, MN 55346 the club’s records. 952.975.5931 (h) or 612.371.1148 (w) 3. To RENEW an existing Nord Oktoberfest/AutoLieben Event Paul Bergquist 952.937.1822 Stern membership visit www. All Porsche Show porscheshow©nordstern.org Phil Saari Mercedes Benz Club nordstern.org and pay via PayPal Mark Koegler (link is in instructions on how to Rally and Drives rally©nordstern.org YOUR NAME HERE! Join/Renew or use: http://usa35. Advertising advertising©nordstern.org noip.me). Or, you may send your Lara Dant Safety safety©nordstern.org check, payable to Nord Stern, to Ed Paul Ingebrigtsen via his snail mail address below. Autocross autocross©nordstern.org Keith Erickson Andy Golfis [email protected] Or, call Ed directly and leave your Social Media [email protected] name, address and both home and Board of Directors board©nordstern.org Betsey Porter work phone numbers with any Dave Anderson questions. Paul Ingebritsen Tech & Mike Sabers Shop Relations techsessions©nordstern.org Address Changes: Roger Johnson Charity Fundraiser charity©nordstern.org Please send Ed any address changes Mark Kriesch or updates via email or just give him Touring touring©nordstern.org Randy Walker 715.441.6084 a call! Club Race clubrace©nordstern.org Dave Sorenson Track Relations - BIR and RA Ed Vazquez Driver Education de©nordstern.org trackrelations©nordstern.org email: edmn911©aol.com or Steve Meydell Jim Bahner 612.720.0760 (cell) Webmaster webmaster©nordstern.org DE Registrar registrar©nordstern.org Mail renewal checks to: Dave Anderson Jeff Bluhm Zone 10 Rep: Julie Bailey 6767 Marsh Ridge Ct. Driver Training dt©nordstern.org Eden Prairie, MN 55346 Jim Bahner 229 S Westfield St Wichita, KS 67209 Reminder: Annual Dues are: Fall Color Tour fallcolor©nordstern.org John Dixon eyerack©tcq.net $30 per year (defrays monthly racylacy944©yahoo.com newsletter costs!) 316.655.4058 Nord Stern membership Options: $30 per year $80 for three years! Check your mailing label for your expiration date Contact Ed with any membership inquiries or updates

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4 Nord Stern May 2017 WELKOMMEN . . . WELKOMMEN . . . WELKOMMEN

Welcome . . . New Nord Stern Members

We hope to see you at upcoming events!

Daron Armstrong So, Just What Do We Do In Nord Stern??! Lake Elmo, MN A brief synopsis of activities and events offered by your club, Nord Stern, and/or PCA or, just 1999 911 Cab enough info to pique your interest??!! Michael Borg Autocross: A low-speed driving event, teaching one how to maneuver one’s car around a Eden Prairie, MN set course of pylons on a closed circuit. Instruction is available, drivers compete against the clock. No modifications to one’s car are necessary. Some safety equipment needed (helmet). 2007 Boxster S, Silver ClubTalk: E-mail listserv for member subscribers focusing on car issues and discussions as Jeff Deters well as a place to ask questions, get recommendations and comments. Also for last minute Maple Plain, MN breaking news on upcoming events and activities. Subscribe at http://listserv.nordstern.org/ 1999 Boxster, Silver mailman/listinfo/clubtalk, or any account edits, updates. Thomas Lambrecht Concours: A setting where Porsches are displayed for general viewing and/or inspection Minneapolis, MN competition. Experienced judges evaluate the various models based upon cleanliness, overall 2001 911 Turbo, Seal Grey condition and authenticity. Note: Nord Stern conducts an ‘All Porsche Show’ at which cars are ‘shown’ but not judged. Scott Morse Driver Training: A driving course designed to teach and enhance high speed driving skill Chisago City, MN and technique on an actual race course. Training includes classroom sessions, on-track 2004 Cayenne Turbo Black ‘exercises’ plus supervised lapping sessions. A Pre-Requisite for Driver Ed participation and Brent Newton NOT to be confused with Driver Education events. Driver Training includes both Novice and North Branch, MN Intermediate level options. Check with DT Chair for additional options. 1975 911 Targa Yellow Driver Education: High speed driving event on a closed-course racetrack (Brainerd, Blackhawk Farms, Road America, for example) where drivers are grouped according to prior Isaac O’Connell lap times. Prior Driver Training participation is required. Performance enhancements are Lakeland, MN frequently made (but not required!). 2004 911 Carrera Cabriolet Parade Laps: Often held during lunch at Driver Training/Driver Ed events at closed-course Charcoal racetracks, this controlled environment with a pace car provides participants an opportunity Dean Polkow to take street cars on the track at highway speeds so that they can see what the course is like. Golden Valley, MN Minors are permitted in state approved restraints and with a signed parental release. Charles Smith/Dan Smith PCA Club Racing: Wheel-to-wheel competition between drivers who hold PCA club racing licenses. There is a race class for every model Porsche. Safety modifications to your vehicle Minneapolis, MN required. 2007 911 Turbo Rally: An event wherein a driver and co-driver complete a predetermined route along Aaron Varani open roads following a specific set of navigational instructions. Can be aTDS (time- St. Louis Park, MN distance-speed) or a ‘fun’ rally. 2009 Cayman S White Social: Organized gatherings of club members, affiliates and family member to meet, eat and drink beverages! Tech Session: Casual educational session that span a wide range of topics, from general maintenance, through Concours prep, performance enhancements and general car/mechanical knowledge!

Nord Stern May 2017 5 The Prez s of the writing of this article, we have had pool which included a lazy river with innertubes, a two new member socials. The first was held at sand pool and a bar with great beach drinks. There Sez . . . Imola, in Plymouth and the second was held at was a 4-course tapas dinner in the evening that was AAuto Edge, in Mahtomedi. Thanks again to each of scrumptious! Saturday we toured the Highland Lakes, them for hosting the events! The Oasis, and Bluebonnets which included a great

We also had a national event, the Porsche Club of Texas BBQ lunch. The roads were fun, and we had

America’s Hill Country Region in Austin, Texas beautiful views of the Missouri River. Saturday evening included a two-steppin’ BBQ where everyone hosted the first-ever springtime Treffen North America, the event formerly known as Escape. The dressed up in cowboy/cowgirl outfits, learned to dance by Ryan McGee Treffen events are meant to showcase the regions a Texas 2-step to a live country band, and included 1990 944 S2 roads via drives and tours of the area. The national moonshine margaritas in a great social atmosphere. PCA Parade includes competitive events such as an Surprisingly, we were in the only front engine, Autocross and Concours events. Lara and I were able water cooled Porsche at the event in our 1990 944 to attend the Treffen in Austin, Texas, which was held S2. There were NO other 944s, 924s, 928s or 968s at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa just in attendance. There were plenty of 911s, Boxsters, southwest of Austin TX. The resort was wonderful, Caymans, 356s and even a 918 and 914 for us to see. bordering McKinney Roughs Park which has The next Treffen will be located in Asheville, NC beautiful hiking trails. We drove straight through with September 20-24, 2017. Lara and I plan to go and a two-hour nap south of Oklahoma City, OK arriving hope to see you there too! Thursday morning at around 10:30 a.m. We grabbed lunch at Shellers Barrelhouse Bar and then decided to nap before the reception that evening at COTA (Circuit of the Americas). The reception had some yummy appetizers and we were welcomed by PCA before heading out to do parade laps around the track. COTA is an amazing track, very well kept with fun elevation changes and 21 turns. We took six parade laps just for good measure! Friday was spent relaxing at the resort. In the morning, we took a hike in the McKinney Roughs Park where we had a little bit of excitement running into two snakes! The afternoon was spent at the

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6 Nord Stern May 2017 s I write this month’s column, I’m sitting in the do have the Vino in the Valley drive in August - From the car heading north towards Duluth and the North invariably a sellout. And there’s an informal drive Shore. Just a short, quick trip at the end of what in the SE portion of the state scheduled later in the Editor . . . Afor me, work-wise, is a spring break week off. Late fall. But that’s it, wouldn’t something in the spring in the year, it wasn’t conducive to travel for some last be nice and most welcome as we come out of the minute skiing out west at one of the Colorado ski areas. winter dolldrums? Sure would but, no one has Several reasons for that, of which I won’t go into. So, stepped up, dang. None of these things take all that second choice is our very own North Shore. We will much organizing and there is ‘behind the scenes’ always enjoy this very beautiful part of our state. Easy support and help for such endeavors. If you, too, are by Christie Boeder drive up, the change in topography is always stunning, thinking how nice it would be to get a drive on the ‘73 911 lots of good hiking, biking, skiing, boating, driving - calendar, give me a shout out and let’s see what we whatever outdoor adventures speak to you personally can get going! certainly are available. And that doesn’t even count And on that note, a big thanks goes to Roger good restaurants, museums, historical sites. Plus Johnson who has really been busy this winter friends! A combo hard to beat. Better yet when driving setting up a number of tech sessions, tours, if a P-car but ours isn’t street legal so we settle for the you will, of some very interesting places and Audi. Not a bad choice, though. shops this winter. While they haven’t been in Which leads me to the topic of drives and tours. Of the ‘paper calendar’ he’s been able to effectively late, the club hasn’t offered much in that vein. We use digital communications - Clubtalk email list and PCA eBlast plus some social media - to advertise these various opportunities. Porsche Enthusiast & Commercial Real Estate Expert Hopefully readers have noticed the follow-up recaps and photos. Lots of attendance and some pretty darn-right fascinating shops and topics were explored (even the US Bank Stadium!). A universal comment I’ve heard is “and I had no idea such Sales Leasing Consulting Development [email protected] 952.334.4554 BillWolfsonCommercial.com things existed right here 201 East Lake Street Wayzata, MN 55391 in our own backyard!” BURSCH TRAVEL SPECIALIZING IN WORLDWIDE LUXURY TRAVEL

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MAY 2017 tcq.net 9 Nord Stern Business Meeting Based out of Tofte, MN Location: Grizzly’s in Plymouth, 220 Carlson Pkwy N. Make your reservations a year out 6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Business, All Members welcome! OCTOBER 2017 JUNE 2017 8 Sunday’s ‘Bark and Beer’ Drive (corrected date) 12-13 Nord Stern Cheese Fling Driver Ed @ Road America Details TBA Registration at: clubregistration.net 8 Nord Stern Autocross Two full days (Monday/Tuesday) of track sessions, Eventmaster: Andy Golfis one awesome price MAC co-event at Canterbury Parak 25 Joint-Sponsored Autocross with Corvette Club NOVEMBER Details TBA 12 Old Log Theater Outing with the Mercedes Benz Club 25 Nord Stern Annual All Porsche Show Eventmaster: Paul Bergquist Central Park, Roseville, Rosefete Details TBA, Co-Chairs Phil Saari and Mark Koegler JULY 2017 “Third Thursdays” of each month Informal ‘Post-Work’ Social, 5:30 p.m. at 9-15 PCA Annual Porsche Parade (updated) Spokane, WA CLUB JAGER 923 Washington Ave. North, Mpls, MN 55401 612.332.2686 28-30 Nord Stern Annual Club Race & Driver Ed Location: BIR website: http://clubjager.com/ 30 AutoLieben - Car Show **Please note: Nord Stern sponsored events are officially designed ‘Nord Location: Afton Alps Stern’ and/or PCA (Porsche Club of America) activities. All other events of potential interest to club members may be added to the calendar as a Details TBA: Eventmaster Jackson Richter courtesy to the organizer, or organizing entity, as space permits. AUGUST 2017 12 Nord Stern Vino In The Valley - Drive Maiden Rock, WI Eventmaster: Randy Walker Below: Learning about each other’s Porsches at the Rochester SEPTEMBER 2017 Membership Social Sunday, April 23, photo by Jeff Boehm 4 Annual Rochester Labor Day BBQ and Picnic Details TBA, Questions Jeff Boehm at 507.261.9407 15 Nord Stern Driver Training Brainerd International Raceway Eventmaster: Jim Bahner Registration: clubregistration.net 16-17 Nord Stern Fall Fling Driver Ed Brainerd International Raceway Eventmaster: TBA Registration: clubregistration.net 20-24 PCA’s Treffen Asheville Omni Grove Park Inn; Asheville, NC 29 - Nord Stern Fall Color Tour - 25th Anniversary! Oct 1 Eventmaster: John Dixon, eyerack@

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Nord Stern May 2017 9 Club Talk Other Region Events of Note Red River Region Event . . . ‘Talk’ ‘Escape to Bemidji 4’ e are inviting our fellow PCA Region members

to help spread the word

Wabout our upcoming event where we share good food, great driving and Porsche culture with one and Courtesy Clubtalk all. To subscribe to Clubtalk Please considering adding this http://listserv.nordstern.org/ event to your calendar and join mailman/listinfo/clubtalk with other Porsche enthusastics Or to un-subscribe, edit settings, ‘Up North’ in the gorgeous change email accounts, this is the Bemidji area. site to visit to make ANY updates or changes. You can find last year’s event Attachment Information!! report at http://www.redriverpca. Pictures (and other) attachments that org/2016-bemidji/ with more don’t exceed 1.5 MB in size may be event details to follow! sent. Anything bigger gets flagged for review by the administrator. A posted Event page @ http://www. message remains on the server to be redriverpca.org/event/escape4/ either approved/rejected/deferred. If the attachment size is within reason Questions please feel free to it will be approved the server will contact Richard Wansbutter either distribute to the list. If the picture is via email at: r.wansbutter@gmail. excessively too large, sender might be asked to reformat and resend or, if the com, or 204.794.5099. administrator has time, he will pull a copy of the picture, resize it, and post it on your behalf.

ord Stern would like to welcome New new Advertiser, Gates General Contractors and Luis Fraguada! Advertiser - NWe are excited to have them join us and it obvious that they a share passion for Long time professionalism in both their work and ‘play’ worlds. Nord Stern Gates General Contractors, Inc. was founded in 1984 by Bruce Gates (Also and PCA a Nord Stern member who frequents the track in his white 991 GT3) member! We are a full service general contractor that specializes in storm damage restoration, roofing, siding, windows, interior remodels and dream garage building. I’ve been working with Gates since my move back to MN from AZ in 2008 and would be happy to assist any of our members in any of their home improvement and restoration needs. – Luis Fraguada Jr. (Nord Stern member since 1988, PCA Member since I was born in 1975)

10 Nord Stern May 2017 f you are one of those Porsche people who enjoys Registration can be made on MOTORSPORTREG. Autocross driving your car with enthusiasm, but are tired of com at a cost of $30 and if there are still openings collecting tickets from all fifty states or you maybe the day of the event, you CAN register on site for Option! Iare a member new to Nord Stern, here is your chance to $35. get your ‘feet wet’ and drive your car with enthusiasm You need a helmet that is SNELL approved and and NOT have to worry about getting a ticket or must be 2010, or newer. hurting your car all while doing it ‘on the cheap’. What An onsite inspection of your car will be done to could possibly be this much fun and still be legal? check tire tread, loose suspension composites Autocross is the answer! and secure batteries. Otherwise, there isn’t any If you have wanted to see what it is like to drive your additional prep involved or additional equipment for car on the edge in a controlled environment and at you or your car. by Andy Golfis, Autocross Chair 1994 968 speeds that are safe to make mistakes and not hurt It’s easy to have fun; join us and enjoy. See you yourself or your car, come join us Sunday, June 25 at there! Dakota Technical Collage in Rosemount, MN for a day you will not forget. Nord Stern Region is co-sponsoring the event with Corvettes of Minnesota (COM).

Own the Cone!

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Get your track fix and test your technical driving skills at the Nord Stern Autocross Event:

• Event will be held at the Dakota County Vo-Tech facility and is a co- event with Corvettes of Minnesota.

• Registration fee: $30 ($35 day of event). Please register early MOTORSPORTREG.com as participation LIMITED

• Helmet and Tech form needed, On-Site Tech inspection available

Run What You Brung!

• Car classes are: Novice, Street Tire, Prepared, Stock, Pro, Street Prepared, ST, STS, SSM, STR, MOD, V, PCA

A Nord Stern points event as well as a Met Council Autocross points event!!

• Eventmasters: Andy Golfis, [email protected]

• Location: Dakota County Technical College, 1300 145th Street East (County Road 42), Rosemount, MN 55068 • Registration: 8 – 9 a.m.

Nord Stern May 2017 11 Nord Stern Membership Socials

First Up:

Imola Get- Above, attentive members listening and learning Right above, Betsey Porter and Ali Vazquez handled together the check-in! Right: Is it real?! Far Right, okay everyone, smile - so serious!

photos by Christie Boeder

A lively group of members, newer and ‘older’ gathered at the Imola shop in Plymouth for a morning learning some of the ins and outs of club membership. Event and committee chairs gave quick summaries of all the various activies the club sponsors. Tech inspections were offered by Imola for any member who was signed up for First Fling.

Thanks go out to Imola and Above, left, Membership Kevin Tan for opening his shop Chair Ed Vazquez and providing sandwiches and introducing various club chairs and beverages, too! Great morning officers for sure. Above, Ed Vazquez, Dave Anderson and Paul Ingebritsen discussing finer points of our track program Left, several Imola employees Right, Club Race Chair Dave Sorenson gives a presentation on our club race and all the weekend events on tap.

12 Nord Stern May 2017 The meeting was call to order at 7:01 pm. the new logo to? Send swag ideas to Dave. Were we Nord Stern President – Ryan McGee going to have the State Patrol come and participate somehow? Steve Meydell said to just call the local Ryan and Lara went to the Region 10 Presidents Business office and ask. Possible PR/photo op. meeting. They want to get 100K members by 2020, currently at 75K-something. Michael Grabner asked Driver Education – Steve Meydell Meeting if we have business cards we can hand out to potential Waiting for insurance paperwork. Dave P says its new members. We will work on getting some created/ paid for, should arrive this week. All participants Minutes printed. The Zone 10 Rep issued some challenges to need to get a sticker at the mandatory drivers her regions: meeting to get on the track. Many people April • Increase growth percentage commented that they liked this at Final Fling. Would • Increase number of affiliate member emails like to have instructor wristbands again. Reviewed 2017 • Nominate a member or region for a national DE minimum standards. award DE Registrar – Dave Anderson • Apply for a subsidy from PCA for a new First Fling registrations member event or charity event • DT – 18 • Fill out observer reports for all events (which • AL – 7 we already do) • DE - 50 Vice President – Lara Dant Dave will put out an eblast, BP to post on FB.

No update Driver’s Training – Jim Bahner by Betsey Porter, Secretary Treasurer – Jeff Bluhm Via email, Jim will try to build up advanced lapping. No update Fall Color Tour – John & Suzanne Dixon Advertising – Lara Dant/Cathy Peronovic No report, Ed reports event volunteers will be Finally got a major outstanding advertiser to re-join. treated to a BBQ at Chez Dixon sometime this Still have half of the advertisers outstanding. summer. All Porsche Show – Phil Saari and Mark Koegler Historic Archivist – Kim Fritze Per Christie, Phil has flyers, will send to her. Looking No update for more racecars to commit to show. Insurance – Dan Perinovic Autocross – Andy Golfis No update No update, Paul I thinks we should start talking about Membership – Ed Vazquez October event soon. Scheduled for October 8th at Thanks to all chairs who came to Imola. Please join Canterbury. the Auto Edge event. Betsey P. will be the co-chair Board of Directors of membership. No update Met Council – Bob Kosky Charity – Mark Kriesch No report Calendar auction ended on Saturday, April 8th. It didn’t end where we wanted, but they have plans to increase funds/donations. Club Talk was down over that weekend, which affected bidding. Working with Courage Kenny for a tech event, may have to do it on a weeknight. Club Race – Dave Sorenson Still have a few open volunteer positions. Talking to a new member who might be interested. Please talk up the Race at the New Member Socials! Contacted the new race control person. What items do we need to add Continued on page 30

Nord Stern May 2017 13 Back In had been away from Porsches for a long time. As in, not The having one in my garage, but Istill in contact. Years ago I had moved up from a brand new 944 Saddle that I waited eight months on the waiting list to get, to a low Again mile 911SC after a long search. The 944 was nice, and I had tricked it out with some sixteen- inch wheels (!) and a Blaupunkt

stereo with the Beogram graphic

equalizer. In 1983 I thought I was rolling pretty strong, but My 944, nice, but . . . the early cars had a bothersome upgrades, CIS and airbox failures, and a “Topside” Text and photos by Jim Southwell vibration in the front end, and the car topped out at class win at the Nord Stern Afton Concours. But only 123 mph. Whaaa? I autocrossed it at the ’84 Parade at another 9k miles rolled up on the odometer. Family 2012 911 Turbo S Road America in a class of fifty-two cars, but had my obligations, work responsibilities, you name it, I spent eyes opened wide by all I saw around Appleton. There more time detailing it than driving it, and the weather had to be more. had to be perfect anyway. The Curse of the Garage After moving to Minnesota from the suburbs of Queen was working its power on me. A big career Chicago, I found a Weissach Edition SC at a small change loomed, and I sold it to an Anesthesiologist dealer in Hopkins named Sterling Imports. Two guys from Rochester. Maybe he could drive it as intended working from a small inventory, they had a 17k mile by the folks from Stuttgart. That was it, driven away in March, 1991. Funny thing about a Porsche though, for all their quirks, expensive repairs, and the naysayers, I couldn’t get the brand out of my mind. I continued to follow their racing successes, the model changes, and even the switch over to water-cooling. What were they thinking!? Well, maybe staying in business! Porsche Cars North America certainly had their ups and downs, and as a luxury brand their fortunes followed the US economy closely. Still, I could be walking down Nicollet Mall, crossing 7th Street and the sound of a 911 crossing the intersection would have my head rotating on my shoulders like it was mounted on a The 1980 Weissach Edition 911SC delrin ball coupe on consignment and my heart was “beatin’ joint. I louder than a big bass drum”. One of four hundred couldn’t, and made for the US, the car had a full leather sport seat didn’t want, interior and the ’76 Turbo tail with color-matched to forget Fuchs. The car had come from Florida and the owner about these wanted to move up to a Turbo. I told the Sterling guys cars. I could help with his capitalization up to a point and a As The deal was struck. I took delivery on my birthday with Stones sang, my wife Gayle and two young kids in tow. My GTI The slogan that kept me going “time waits for would continue daily duty and the 911 would start a no one”. The kids grew up, conquered high school pampered existence. and college, and our daughter got married. Cars came Four years came and went, with road trips, tensioner and went, some nice ones too. I worked in the retail

14 Nord Stern May 2017 car business for fifteen years and could drive years earlier. Three hundred ninety-four the good stuff. Black on Black, 11k miles, lots of fun stuff and snag the occasional horsepower, six-speed and LSD, it was a this was looking promising. And at about trade for myself. An MB 300E and a string respected uber sedan that I lavished my two-thirds the price of the Ferrari, even of BMWs passed through the stable, and attention on. Still, Porsche. The 993s were realistic. I did a quick Carfax on my phone, I joined the BMW club. I was the typical getting out of reach, but I found an ’87 930 telling me they had taken it in about two member, paying dues but not really involved. at a dealer in New Jersey that looked pretty months ago. Sean told me it came in on a 458 But I noticed one thing, a fair number of the nice, and paid for a pre-purchase inspection Spyder. “How about this one Jim, would you BMW guys aspired to Porsche ownership. at Paul Miller Porsche. Cosmetically fine, like to drive it?” It took me about the time of There was that pull again. it had the usual issues and had ten-year-old a launch control zero to sixty run to answer One thing about the car biz is that it offers a tires, with which the dealer wouldn’t even in the affirmative and hand him my license. good amount of free time between customers. road test the car. I passed and kept looking. Naturally, Sean accompanied me on the test This can be passed prospecting leads, A month later, Gayle and I flew to Denver to drive. No dealer is going to toss the keys following up with recent sales, kibitzing visit her sister Jan and brother-in-law Bob, to an expensive high performance car to a with co-workers, and…..surfing the ‘net. I and see their new home. The first afternoon stranger, who unattended might flog it and did my share, for sure. Working until 9 p.m. there, Jan proposed the following: “Gayle bring it back with the brakes and tires giving on midweek days allows this indulgence. and I want to do some shopping. Why don’t off the aroma of abuse and maybe worse. As I’d search eBay, Classic Driver, lots of sites you boys go check out some of the car we pulled away, the tire pressure warning for cars, watches, and motorcycles. Anyone dealers over on County Line Road?” She light was on, so I stopped to eyeball the looking at my monitor over the last year didn’t have to twist my arm at all and Bob tires. They all seemed about even pressure, before retirement got a good glimpse of and I were soon out the door. so I proceeded. Later I realized I could have the 993 Turbo market. “Southwell, are you The first stop was the Bentley and Lotus pulled up individual pressures on the screen. buying a ‘Porsh’?” Don’t be surprised if I do! dealer about three miles from their home. As Oh well, press on. We drove about an eight we pulled into the lot, I realized they were mile loop, including a few miles on I-470 to also a Ferrari dealer. Even better. get it up to speed. The car drove beautifully, but I didn’t want to push it given the tire Walking in the door, we were immediately situation. greeted by a fellow named Sean, who had the coveted first desk inside the door, just as I Back at the dealership, we discussed the had occupied at my former employer. car a bit more, and of course Sean asked for the sale. With my best poker face I told Sean greeted us and asked us what we were him I liked it but would need to do some looking for. I tossed out “599 GTB” as if due diligence. He let me take Bob for a I could actually buy one. “We have two in A ‘68 Bonneville, definitely lustworthy ride so I could get his input. Now Bob is a stock, shall we take a look?” “Let’s go!” I had a memorable conversation with Gayle retired United Airlines pilot, so he is one during this time frame. It went something Sean led us outside to see two 599s. Neither cool customer and betrayed no excitement. like this: was ready for showing, as the dash was apart I needed that just to keep me grounded, as on one, and the other had just arrived and had Me: “You know, I’d really like to get another I would have sold body organs to get this not been cleaned and prepped. No problem, it motorcycle. Maybe a late 60’s Triumph car. We left and that was the end of visiting was all he could show us and we understood Bonneville, that would be really cool.” dealerships for the day. Why confuse the it would all be made right. “Would you like issue? Gayle: “You’re not getting another to drive it?” “No thanks, I’m sure it is nice, We met up with the girls later, and their trip motorcycle! You can get any car you want, but I’m not serious enough to drive it.” I was successful too, as Gayle had scored a but not another motorcycle.” didn’t want to take up his time with a joyride nice top at Steinmart and was quite thrilled Here, I applied a sales lesson I had learned and make him miss a real prospect or a with her $39 purchase. Black with colorful many years earlier: once the customer says phone call. Walking back to the showroom, I appliqués on the shoulders. Jan was empty- “yes,” shut up and start writing the deal. spotted the front end of a black 911 at the end handed but her closets were far from empty Hearing that statement, I filed it away in of the row. What do we have here? anyway. I’m sure I mentioned the car, but as RAM memory for easy access. Seeing just the motorsport styled wheels, I Gayle knew I had been looking for some time Fast forward from my retirement in May of was thinking maybe it was a GT3, another she wasn’t at all surprised. I spent a little 2015. I was enjoying the summer and driving model I would certainly consider. Closer time checking the inventory at Porsche of a nicely modded ’02 M5 that I bought four inspection revealed a 997 Turbo S, with all Continued on page 23

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May 1997 changed before each event. Different pads Porsche offered a new 911 America Roadster Editor Bobbi Miller thanks Jim Miller for can take more heat than others. Track tires for 1992, forty years after the 356 America the cover, an array of Porsches from the 12 have stiffer side walls and softer rubber. Roadster was created. Wider fenders, a 3.6 Hours of Sebring. She offers a contest to see Bob Johnson warned that the single most liter engine producing 247 hp, twin ignition, who can identify the models. important thing to check is “the nut behind larger cross-drilled rotors, and ABS gave it a the steering wheel.” Nord Stern should 5.5 sec 0 to 60 and 158 mph top end. President Teresa Vickery gives a concise collect Bob’s pearls of wisdom. breakdown on the budget at that time--no pie In a new series on Favorite Roads two are charts or spread sheets were needed: Ray Bowden offers “Cheap Trick for the mentioned. US 60 from Soccorro, New 944”. Poor throttle response on the non- Mexico to Globe, Arizona, as well as our Income: turbo was said to be caused by the shape of own MN60 from West Albany to Dumfries. Member Dues 9% the throttle Watch out for the motorhomes on PCA Rebates 12% the latter. Advertisers 11% Driving Event Fees 67% At the business meeting Bob Miscellaneous 1 Fleming reported that 6-7 SCCA Out-Go: folks will be flag/communication Newsletter 26% workers covering corners. Nord Driving Events 66% Stern would be paying (only) $40/ Social Events 6% person/day. For the first couple of Miscellaneous 2% years after the pros came drivers were still assigned corners to John Ballard contributes an work with them and learn from article on “Why Change the Brake them. Rain or shine, heat or cold, Fluid?” Porsche Owners’ Manuals they do provide a wonderful recommended replacement every service and make our fun at BIR two years. DOT Levels were set safer. according to boiling points by the US Federal Motor Vehicle James and Cindy Holton, Safety Standards and the Society of David Anderson, and Kendall Automotive Engineers (SAE). Wet boiling points were measured after the brake fluid was stored and allowed to and Patricia Benson were absorb some humidity from the air (as welcomed among other new in your calipers or an open can on the members. shelf). Replacement every two years The Mart includes a ’59 was recommended. 356A Coupe ex-rally car Peter Vickery reported on the pre- from Portugal for $8,900. autocross tech session at Johnson Rod Johnson offers a 1978 Autosport. Bob Johnson had pointed 911 SC with 86,000 miles for out that cars will reach “terminal” speed on cam. The remedy was to switch to an $14,950. Fred Senn at Fallon McElligott, the BIR straight once the pylons are pulled. entirely round after market cam or modify the Minneapolis ad agency, was looking for Suspension parts, steering components, the original one by relocating the cable holes durability and reliability stories about long, CV joints, motor mounts, valve clearances (under your shade tree). tough trips or high odometer readings in need to be checked. Brake fluid needs to be Porsches.

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Nord Stern May 2017 19 Just ust a quarter of an inch drop in the window is all In rare occasions the microswitches are damaged or your convertible needs to allow the door to open are disconnected when some work has been done in 1/4 without hitting the convertible top’s frame. the door panel. They are easy enough to measure to J make sure they are closing the circuit when the door In order to water- Inch seal properly, the latch is pulled. cabriolets slightly There could

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By Pedro Bonilla, because it is under door locking Pedro’sgarage.com the frame, when mechanism. opening it needs This is also a to drop the 1/4 common failure. Published in the January 2015 issue of “Die Porsche Kassette” inch. The factory But most of the time, probably 9 out of 10, it’ll be accomplishes this the window regulator that’s the culprit. The way the by installing a window regulator works is by a motor which moves microswitch on each the base of the window up or down on two elevator of the car’s door tracks as a braided steel cable winds or unwinds on latches. the motor’s pulley. It’s very simple but it requires the As you start to pull braided cable to be taught at all times. on the door latch Eventually with age and heat, one of the plastic cable (interior or exterior) guides breaks, allowing the cable a little slack. When a microswitch closes you now pull on the door latch the motor moves the and sends a signal to required steps, but the slack in the cable doesn’t move the Central Locking the window at all or just 1/32 or so. You can test by System (CLU) pushing down on the top edge of the glass. If the telling it to drop window lowers the required amount, the regulator is the top edge of the corresponding glass by 0.25 inch. damaged and needs to be replaced. When the door opens, the glass clears the frame and Replacing it is not terribly complicated, but it stays lowered until the door is closed again. But, sometimes they start acting up and the top’s edge of the window catches on the frame as the door is being opened or won’t allow it to close.

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22 Nord Stern May 2017 Sean’s easiest Saddle . . . sale of the day! continued from page 15 Minneapolis and around the metro but didn’t find a comparable car. The next day we all went up to Boulder for a little excursion. The plan was to drop the girls off in town for a little shopping reconnaissance, and Bob and I would go to the airport on the east side of town for a glider flight, meeting up later for lunch. Bob is a “ratings chaser” and is qualified to fly everything but the Goodyear Blimp, so this

I answered in the affirmative. I was buying a so I could maximize miles on my credit 997 Turbo S! A credit card deposit was made card and we discussed other details. What and it was official. about the tire situation? Sean volunteered Wait, the glider flight was happening in that there was a problem with one tire, but the same time frame! Bob arranged for a they would swap out the whole set, replacing two-man glider. I was to sit in the front seat the Michelins with a set of Hankook Ventus and Bob behind. The plane had two sets of tires. Well, I wasn’t too crazy about the Under tow near Boulder the basic controls, my job was to keep my brand, maybe they would just give me a credit for the tires and I could buy my own should be easy. As Bob made arrangements hands and feet away from the pedals and later? Sean checked with his sales manager for our flight, my phone notified me of an tiller while Bob did all the work. This gave and came back with a good number, more incoming text. me the freedom to watch the little hot rod tow plane do its duty and pull the disconnect than I expected. OK, sounds good. A further Sean, salesman that he was, was touching lever for the towline at Bob’s direction. We discount and I’ll handle all the other details. base and sent me a photo of the car, asking had an exhilarating thirty minute flight, from I left with a packet containing the second “Whaddya think?” Right away, I respected about 3,000 to 5,000 feet, as Bob worked the key, full owners manual packet, and window that, he was taking me seriously and thermals. I could relax and take photos all the sticker. Paperwork signed, I arranged a wire following up. I gave him a quick answer back flight. Fun! transfer and it was done! and started looking for some comparables There were a few details to attend to. I online. I found a few similar cars, some We met up with Gayle and Jan and selected arranged for transport through my former private party and some at dealerships. With a brew pub for lunch. Might as well enjoy employer using their shipping broker, for a used car, you’ll typically find similar cars, a little Colorado beer culture while sharing only $500 on an open truck. No big deal, I’d but nothing identical. There were a range the good news. Gayle was a little surprised done this three times from California without of prices and I sent Sean the comps to let but happy for me just the same. Jan was a bit a hitch. A used Pilot Sport tire with similar him know I was casting a wide net and was shocked, and of course made the transaction tread was found on eBay and would be definitely in play. After a few back and forths comparison: “Gayle bought a top for $39 shipped to the house. I just had to wait for the over an hour or so, I made him an offer. At and you bought a Porsche?” Well, yes I did! car to arrive in Minnesota, maybe the hardest first, a refusal, the GM wouldn’t go for that. I was beside myself with excitement the rest part of the whole deal. I reminded him of my dealership experience of the day. I’m sure lunch was fine, I tried and contacts, and how easy a deal it would their award winning IPA, and we did some A few days later, Bob and I again went to the be for them. The car had been in their more browsing around Boulder, but the real Ferrari store, and Sean insisted we take it for inventory for sixty days, and I was offering destination that afternoon was Ferrari of another drive. Okay, let’s do a little further cash. I would be making the transportation Denver to see the car again. bonding. I knew from the Carfax report that arrangements back to Minneapolis on my At the dealership, Sean had the car pulled it had been serviced at nearby Stevinson dime. A little cellular haggling later, Sean onto the sales floor and slipped a “Sold” sign Porsche, so we drove over there. The service came up with a reasonable counteroffer and under the wiper. I gave him a further deposit Continued on page 28

Nord Stern May 2017 23 Do n some gadgets, I’m what I would consider a have to cross the street. And he waited, he sort of kept relatively early adopter. But when it comes to guard, while I made my way inside. You prying my hands from the wheel of my beloved I’m sold. Oautomotive conveyances, I’m not exactly in a rush. I mean, I currently own two cars. My Porsche and my Uber? Then again, I’ve started using Uber . First there was daily driver. Now, admittedly, I’ve introduced myself this snowy night, earlier this winter. I was off to a to my neighbors in my building as the person who big fund-raiser downtown, and I really didn’t want to owns the copper-brown 911 that never leaves. And drive. I called up the app on my phone, and punched they always respond with, “Oh, YOU’re the owner!” in my location and destination, and a car and driver Both cars have parking spaces in my building. picked me up in, like, five minutes. The ride cost $12, Normally, heading downtown, I’d cruise around the with tip, which was built in. Charged to my credit block, looking for a meter. And end up in a garage, at card. With no cash changing hands. Same for my least a few blocks from my destination. And, with gas return. And, both times, a cheerful driver inched to and parking, the trip would cost me the same as the the curb and waited patiently for me to slip over a thin Uber hop. And take at least as long layer of slush. I always felt secure, knowing that, no matter what Then I took Uber from home to the airport, with a happened, or when I wanted to come or go, I had my by Danielle Badler, companion. I reserved a time, the day before. The transportation with me. I was beholden to nobody. Rocky Mountain Region PCA driver was right on time. There was the time, last year, returning from Chicago, reprinted from April 2017 We got out of the car, and I took a quick look at my High Gear when my flight was seven hours late. United never phone. I noticed a receipt was already in my e-mail. canceled the flight. They just kept pushing back the For the trip, not the number of passengers. Along with departure time, again and again and again. We landed instructions on what I should do, if I wanted to take at 3 am. I’m not kidding. But I had my car at the Uber for the return trip home. airport. I got home as the sun was rising. The instructions weren’t exactly complicated. I took If I had been using SuperShuttle? They were battened Uber from the airport to home. I walked up to a down like they were waiting for an air-raid. Uber? designated floor and door. And met a small gaggle of Who knows. But, after my experiences, I think I”d other Uber -doopers (Uberites? Ubermovers?) who, chance it. My driver told me that, after dropping one by one, suddenly moved out to the drive to be someone off at the airport, they head to a holding picked up, all the while staring at their phones. area, where they wait in line, virtually, for a fare back. I was doing the same. Watching a representation of a And wait, and wait, if they have to. car make its way on a map, projected on my screen, I tried SuperShuttle a few times to the airport. But I with a simultaneous readout of how many minutes kept meeting fellow passengers I had no interest in away my driver was, along with what type of car meeting. And visiting neighborhoods I had no interest and the license plate number. And the driver’s name. in exploring. On average, a 30 or 40-minute ride was And a rating for my driver, submitted by a bunch of taking at least an hour and a half, maybe two hours. previous passengers. And, of course, they charge by the person, not simply And this was late on a Sunday night. My flight home the trip. was delayed three hours. I had been fretting over I have a very close friend, who was an impetus for my whether there’d be anybody to pick me up, at all. It Uber indoctrination. She had driven for Uber and L wasn’t a problem. yft. Mostly, she cruised around downtown, especially The driver on into the night, waiting for a “surge” fare. And, yes, made a u-turn on these shifts, in these locations, most rides were so I could get people who had had, shall we say, imbibed a bit too out, right in much. front of my Now, that’s innately a very good thing. She would building. God tell me that these people had no business being forbid I’d behind the wheel. But, again and again, they were often belligerent. They always knew the best way

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26 Nord Stern May 2017 ith time to fill, I walked to our suite to meet high school boyfriend “had a car just like that.” Not 2016 with our DeVilbiss customers. Approximately quite the same as the women in the pictures with 40 customers made the trip to Bathurst to Taylor. Liqui-Moly Wsee the 1000 with most coming for the entire weekend. Later Saturday afternoon, we lined up for the second Taylor walked to the suite with me but after 30 minutes race of the day. The field was set with the Aussies Bathurst decided he would go look for souvenirs in the fan zone on the inside of the starting grid with their position which was on the outside of the track along Pit Lane set by fastest to slowest time front to back and the 1000 Straight. He asked if I wanted anything and I asked him Kiwis lined up the same way on the outside. The to look for a Bathurst 1000 flag that I could hang on American, well I slotted in near the back and they October 7th, the wall of my garage. About two hours later, he came didn’t give a hoot which side I picked. The race was back with a flag that is now proudly displayed on a run without drama or incident which is remarkable wall in my garage next to a side panel and driver’s suit when you think about the difficulty of the circuit 8th & 9th, from Baja. and the number of cars on the track at the same Taylor also came back from his trip to the Fan Zone time. The race results were very similar to Friday’s, 2016 with a few interesting photographs. While I didn’t with Glenn Seton winning followed by John Dowd and a few other fast drivers. Both Glenn and John . . . still have the speed of their glory days. There was no doubt I could put either in my Camaro and they would run near the front. I am not sure they could win, because the car lacked straightaway speed, but I think they would hang with the fast guys. Like any sport, talent is a wonderful thing. The Sunday arrived a glorious day. Sunny and a bit warmer than the previous five days. Taylor and Adventure I packed our bags, put them in the funky green Holden and headed to the track. We left early to beat Ends, As All the traffic, parked the car and went to the ProDrive Mess Hall for a full Australian Breakfast. After Good Things breakfast, we headed to the paddock to get ready for the final race of the weekend. Must The race, like the previous two days, was run without incident. In fact, not once during the weekend did a yellow flag wave. I don’t want to mislead anyone into believing these races were a parade. To the contrary, they were highly know it then, I saw the pictures on our trip home two competitive throughout the field, because when by Dave Roberts days later. Saturday evening I asked Taylor if I could Aussies and Kiwis get together in any sport, it is download his iPhone Bathurst pictures to my computer, highly competitive. These were races with very fast which we did. On the plane headed back to the States cars that were driven by very good drivers. It doesn’t on Monday, I opened the file and all I can say is that it get any better than that. must be fun to be young and single. I think he had his picture taken with every attractive Australian model at Two hours after our Sunday race, the crew had the the track. Wearing his Team Hawk shirt I suspect he cars and spare parts loaded on the truck and Peter told the young ladies he was the driver of the yellow was ready for his 12 hour drive to Melbourne. I Cragar Camaro from America, because I seemed to packed my driver’s gear and took it out to the rental have more young female fans cheering for me after car. It had to go home with me, because I was racing he came back from his souvenir hunt. These women at Savannah in my 56 Corvette and Holden Monaro, were from a bit different demographic than those who aka Pontiac GTO, in two weeks. I said my goodbyes normally are a fan of the Camaro. Usually the women to the crew, many of my fellow competitors and attracted to the car are over 60 and tell me that their the Touring Car Masters officials. I went up to our

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continued from page 23 department was happy to print off the service records for the car, and I had all the info. Of course, we had to browse their inventory too, and what do you know, they had an ’89 930 Turbo, the one with the 5-speed, available. A brief moment of cognitive dissonance ensued, as here I was confronted with the air- cooled/water-cooled conundrum once again. This was easily decided in the 997’s favor with the $65k price differential. Dissonance decimated. The rest of the Denver trip was a pleasant blur of dinners out, visiting, and a trip to Canon City and walking over the Royal Safe in the driveway at last Gorge bridge, one thousand feet above the In 2016 So there I was, September 24, about five these weeks before my normal put-the-car-away- would include the New Member Social at for-winter date. Get the tire mounted, have Imola Motorsports (“Ih!-mo- luh”), the All Midwest Clear Bra cover the whole front Porsche Show, Fall Color Tour, and Holiday end with 3M shield, and start driving it. I Banquet. And contributing a few articles to made it to the final Cars and Coffee of the this august publication, which has proven to season and a trip to Montgomery, MN, to be quite enjoyable. Many more await, and visit the brewery there. Seven hundred miles this year will see me at Brainerd for the First accumulated on the odometer before storage Fling DT event. Vino in the Valley is on the and I was ecstatic! I re-joined Nord Stern and horizon, and we have already booked our looked forward to the activities I had missed rooms for the Fall Color Tour again. It is so during my first stint. much more fun to be involved! Right off the truck . . . So I am firmly and happily back in the Arkansas River. The Mooch Plan was again Porsche fraternity. Much as I love this employed to good benefit, and everyone car, I have great memories of the five we encountered for the rest of the trip examples that preceded it (well, maybe was briefed on the Steinmart Top/Porsche not so much that ’56 Speedster!). dichotomy. Ron Faust, I know you are reading Once we got home, it was another two days this, and I hope you will drive your for the car to arrive. I spoke with the driver 1980 Weissach Edition 911SC on May and agreed to meet him at the Manheim 26, 2017 to commemorate the thirty auction site in Maple Grove to pick up the year anniversary of my purchase of car. The last few days had been rainy, and that car! as we got there he was just pulling it off the truck. I got to watch him inch it down the ramps and see and hear the front air dam scrape and almost fold under on contact with the pavement. Since it had made the trip on the lower level of the trailer, it was filthy! I did a quick walk-around and signed for the car. Several hours and three washings later it looked as I remembered it. Spectacular, and Left: Ron with HIS 911SC mine!

28 Nord Stern May 2017 t was a quintessential early spring Saturday, and Nord 944 series were hugely successful for Porsche, with Celebration Sterners gathered at the new location of FURTHER a sales volume that made Porsche a prosperous Performance for the “Porsche Transaxle Cars” sportscar company, funding LeMans efforts with of the Ipresentation. It was authored by Dieter Landerberger the 956/962 racecar, as just one example. The 928 of Porsche AG, and narrated by Kim Crumb, a 35-year was in a segment Porsche had not entered before: Porsche Transaxle-Car owner. Tasty coffee and scones a sportscar that also had genuine Gran Turismo Porsche were served. Opening videos were also shown on the credentials. Essentially the two transaxle series cars big screen, featuring the 924S, 944, 944S, 944 Turbo “flanked” the 911 in pricing, below and above. The Transaxle and 928S4 . . . all from authentic 1986 PCNA videos presentation covered the history of all the Transaxle and commercials. Models: 924, 944, 924S, 944S, 944 Turbo, 968 and Cars Event various 928 models. Then it covered the Transaxle Car display that was at the new Porsche Museum in 2016, with 23 cars that had never been shown . . . before. In attendance, Nord Stern’s Tech Chair Roger On their 40th Johnson, added this comment: “The mid-80’s was a period of great membership growth for PCA, as Anniversary well as Nord Stern. This growth was to a very large extent driven by the 944. It hit all the right buttons for performance, style and affordability, and owners came to PCA to get more out of their Porsche experience.” So the success of the Transaxle Cars for Porsche was also good for PCA. Afterwards, Photos and text by Kim Crumb there was a drawing for the many door prizes. The “long distance” prize went to Tom Rusk who had driven all the way from Des Moines, Iowa in his Tristan (Henderson, owner of Further) and Scott Mayer draw for Door Prize Winners Guards Red 944S just for this event. Later, Tom, Dozens of both new, and long-time, Nord Stern who is the Schonesland Region Historian, sent members were in attendance, and each shared a bit this follow-up event review: “I had a very good about themselves and the Porsches they had owned. In time, worth the trip.” Tristan Henderson, owner of Kim’s opening remarks, he communicated the official Further Performance and Kim Crumb, the Presenter, factory position about these unique cars: that they wish to thank everyone who shared their time and saved Porsche. The 914 was being discontinued and it attention at this celebration of the Porsche Transaxle was Porsche’s volume seller. The 924 and subsequent Cars 40th Anniversary Event.

Some Transaxle Cars at the event Continued on page 37 Nord Stern May 2017 29 Minutes . . . dealerships. They think Facebook is getting Old business it done but most of our members are NOT continued from page 13 Bobby Viau, Jr will bring his Crown Rally on the social media outlets, for the most part. Newsletter – Christie Boeder peeps to Road America to participate in our They really want to do another event like event. Depending on registrations, they could Working on May the one they did for us a few months ago. get their own run group. Octoberfest – Paul Bergquist, Mercedes Ryan M said Ceramic Pro (national sponsor/ New Business Benz Club advertiser) would be interested in doing a tech session. Ed will check, Ryan will pass There being none, the meeting was adjourned No report, Nord Stern is helping publicize the on info. at 8:33 p.m. AutoLieben German car show to be held on the grounds of Afton Alps July 30. Touring – Randy Walker Respectfully submitted, Rally and Drives – Open position No report Betsey Porter, Secretary N/a Track Relations – Jim Bahner Safety – Paul Ingebrigtsen Contracts are all signed Will mention open top rules in driver’s Will try to pin down 2018 dates meeting soon. Social Media – Betsey Porter Webmaster – Dave Anderson/ Christie Boeder We will delete junk posts and junk-posting members. We will let advertisers post Still working on the new site. Have Shop and Tech relations – Roger Johnson invoice for the auction software We have a communication gap with Dyno/the

30 Nord Stern May 2017 Porsche Pop Art - Seubert (aka Jim) Badler . . . continued from page 24 Style home, or thought they did. She related how, sometimes, it was next to impossible, just to photos by Dave Weisel get an exact idea of where they were heading. To say nothing about the occasional, uh, shall we say, release of bodily fluids. No, she quit. After about three or four months. Which, my Uber from the airport driver told me, is the typical length of time behind the wheel. I asked this driver how long he’s been doing it. He said two years. He was very proud; called himself a pioneer. I asked him how he likes it. And he said it was great. He set his own hours, learned to stay away from pub- crawling, and has met all sorts of interesting people, like me! It’s the people, he said … yeah, really, I’m not kidding. I’ve read about how literally all the major automotive manufacturers are in the process of aligning themselves with one, or more, travel disruptor like Uber . They see themselves in a race to stay viable, against the new-idea upstarts that seem to pop up in sets of waves, ready to break ashore with a market capitalization that dwarfs their manufacturing cohorts. What to do? Keep your sports car for nice days and the track. I want to know, has Uber become a verb, like Google? If not, it’s only a matter of time.

Nord Stern May 2017 31 Bathhurst . . . sponsored Team Tekno Holden. As they have been that once in a lifetime opportunity. rounded the final corner, Whincup’s Red Bull It’s not like loading your car on a trailer and continued from page 27 teammate, Van Gisbergen was on Davison’s towing it to Road America. The Camaro has suite and spent the afternoon watching the rear bumper. It was a drag race to the start- been out of sight since late August and won’t V8 Supercars pre-race activities and half of finish line with Davison winning the race be back until early December. Melbourne is the race with our customers and employees. by less than a car length after racing 1000 9948 miles from Charlotte as the crow flies They seemed to thoroughly enjoy the race, kilometers. and he would be one tired crow. With that but I found it difficult to watch the race said, I wonder what date the 2017 race will knowing that I had been on track a few hours On Monday morning, we boarded an be run. I am sure we have a bigger engine in earlier. About half way through the 1000, American Airlines triple 7 and began our trip the shop and the Camaro should be able to Taylor and I said our goodbyes and drove home. At 38,000 feet somewhere over the catch a ride to Melbourne on the San Brittina back to Sydney. We wanted to beat the traffic Pacific Ocean a smile came to my face. Many about the same time next year. as we had an early morning flight home. We drivers have dreamt about racing at Bathurst, had hoped to get back to Sydney in time to but only a few have had the opportunity. see the end of the 1000 on TV and our timing While our track time was limited, I was the was perfect. We walked into our hotel rooms only American racing in the Touring Cars with approximately 25 laps left in the race. Master race, sharing the track with a top professional series like the V8 Supercars The 1000 finished in dramatic fashion as in front of 100,000 rabid Australian fans. Red Bull’s Jamie Whincup was involved in I thought about Austin Cindric getting the an accident in The Chase with a few laps to opportunity to race at Bathurst at age 18 in a go in the race. He was penalized for causing Mercedes AMG GT3. I know he appreciated the accident which cost him the win after being on Australian soil as much as I did this dominating the competition from the start past weekend, but I am sure he will be back of the race. Holden’s Will Davison and sometime in his career. Me, as much as I Jonathan Webb won driving the STIX candy would like to come back, this weekend may

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32 Nord Stern May 2017 ore than most Boxster books, this provides when some of them became standard. For the less Book Reviews great homage, in pictures and text, to the literary inclined, there are very comprehensive speci 4-cyl, air cooled Spyders. The index lists cation tables inserted in the appropriate places in the for Porsche- Mnine references to the 550 Spyder, eighteen to the 718 text. These tables, provided for every generation and Spyder, ve to the 904, as compared with only four model (and indeed there are many), are gold mines philes . . . references to the 718 Boxster. Coverage of the Boxster of information for anyone interested in these cars. and Cayman is quite complete from the Boxster The chapter “Driving the Boxster and Cayman” concept of the 1993 Detroit Motor Show through the is almost more about the local(s) and the road(s) Boxster Spyder and the Cayman GT4, marking the end than about the car, its performance and handling, POSCHE of the 6-cylinder era for these cars. or cockpit conveniences. It is still interesting to The introduction provides a very comprehensive read and gushingly en- thusiastic about traveling summary of the genesis and evolution of the Boxster in a Boxster. Interestingly, this chapter includes Boxster and and Cayman models. Chapter 1 “Antecedents”, deals something of a comparison test with a 2005 with the original Spyders, the 910 racer and the 914. Harley-Davidson V-Rod and a comprehensive race Cayman, the Chapters 2-7 deal with the details of the models and report of the 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring! Travel the year by year changes, and includes (in Chapter 2) references to Route 500 and A8 are unfamiliar Complete an extensive interview with Harm Lagaaij, Porsche’s though acceptable, but the section titled Rocky Head of Design during the gestation of the Boxster. Mountain Highs is somewhat off-putting when it Story Chapters 8 & 9 deal becomes clear with driving and that the subject is racing/modifying a 500-mile loop by Johnny Tipler, published 2016 respectively. The drive in Scotland. by Crowood Press, Ramsbury, Cayman is given The Competition Marlborough, UK incidental mention and Modication in the appropriate chapter is mostly Boxster year-model about companies chapters, then full in UK (and RUF coverage in the in Germany) Reviewed by Bruce Herrington, Cayman-specific Orange Coast Region, that perform Courtsey Grand Prix Region PCA, Chapter 7. modications The Circuit April 2017 PORSCHE Boxster or provide and Cayman is aftermarket profusely illustrated. upgrades, but the Some pictures look concepts described strange because are applicable the cars are right whomever the hand drive or are supplier of on the wrong side components. of the road. The PORSCHE arch typical twisty Boxster and drive in this book is “The Snake” not “The Tail of The Cayman does indeed provide a very complete Dragon.” True, the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca and The story of the 6 cylinder Boxsters and Caymans, and Downhill at Lime Rock are mentioned as prototypes contains 192, 8-1/2 x 11 inch pages with many for The Mouse Trap at Blister Berg (a track that is photos and a comprehensive index. It is formatted to described in detail), but most of the track references are be an interesting read as well as an ef cient reference meaningless to Americans. book. A must for any dedicated Boxster/Cayman The narrative gives complete description of the enthusiast, owner or not. It might be available for evolution of Boxster (and Cayman) design, plus $44.95 from your favorite book seller (ask for it), or performance factors and aesthetic considerations. The from http://www.amazon.com/books. introduction of various options is discussed as well as

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Tradition of Greatness, 911 + Porsche World. Collection of (95) various vintage magazines featuring Porsche, $92 Total. 1990 944S2 Race Car Auto Edge engine rebuild ($16,700), 1986 911 Carrera Cabrio Limited slip differential, No expense 99,000 miles, $35,000 OBO. Must sell - our healthcare costs make spared, Fiberglass front bumper cover this a good deal for someone interested in a Classic Supercar (Class= with integrated brake cooling ducts; Sport Car, Upper Class, Premium) in Excellent condition (category four quick release screws for easy on/ 3) with spotless Carfax.Cabriolet with Turbo-look Package, White off , Large oil cooler, Gutted bumper Fuchs Original, Optional Wheels, resprayed in 2014 in original struts, Adjustable camber plates, White. Maintained by Hubers Auto in Golden Valley. Maintenance 928S4 brake upgrade front, 993 rear brakes, Koni 2012 double Record Available, 3 owners total. New Transmission, Clutch & adjustable coil over suspension, 750# front 700# rear springs, Synchros in 2016! Alpine Stereo, many original parts available to 968 M030 sway Bars, Polybronze suspension bushings, Racers restore. Tonneau cover and two Ragtops (Blue and Black) included. Edge front A-arms, Header and turbo exhaust upgrade, Custom Joseph P. Yenkosky, cell: 612-202-7678, [email protected]. welded roll cage (Auto Edge), Longer rear lugs, Stripped, clean, 2012 Porsche Cayman R safe interior, Electrical cutoff switch, Wired for cool suit, Sparco Guards Red / Black Sports Seats , Guards Red interior dash accents, evo L (tall) seat, Sparco steering wheel with quick release, Lexan 19 Inch Twin Spoke Turbo Wheels, Bi Xenon Light Package, CDR windshield, Lexan rear hatch and fiberglass rear wing, Fiberglass 30 Audio System, Bluetooth Phone Pkg, 3M Clear Bra Dealer rear bumper, BBS RE wheel (8.5 and 10” by 18”) 2 sets, “Best Installed, Ceramic Paint Protection Pkg, New Factory Windshield Prepared” award Hastings club race 6/2012, Safe, fast, fun car. installed 1/10/17, Mobil 1 Oil and filter 1/11/17, Put in Winter $19,500, Contact Bob Viau Or Dan Balthazor 651.777.6924. storage 1/13/17, Porsche Trickle Charger, Excellence Mag 2017 For Sale Rated:, Average $55K, Good $60K, Excellent $65K, This car is Selling set of four Michelin in Excellent Condition, Asking $62,500. Call Bill Groschen 952- Pilot Super Sport tires on SSR 292-6349 Cell, E-mail [email protected]. 3-piece 19” wheels.Tires have only 1800 miles and are in like new condition, no damage. Purchased April 2016. Front tires 235/35ZR19, Rear tires 295/30ZR 19, 19” wheels were on a 2005 Porsche 911 Carrera 997. Excellent condition. $1,500 Roger in Maple Grove, MN. Ph. 612.741.0240, [email protected]

36 Nord Stern May 2017 Photos from the recent Transaxle presentation at Further Performance

All photos courtesy Further Performance

Top, Clockwise: Group Shot - All the Door Prize Winners, Table with the many Door Prizes, A “big view” of Further’s new location, showing all the cars, and Kim gives the Transaxle Cars Presentation, with accompanying Porsche Museum images

Nord Stern May 2017 37 photos by Nick Cirillo by photos Dyno Session at Porsche Minneapolis A morning tech session on their Dyno put by the dealership was pretty fascinating for members A and those who were able to attend!

Additional Want Ad . . . Cayman GTB1 For Sale $90,000, Built and Campaigned by Auto Edge. Chassis started life as a 2008 Cayman Base and was converted to 2010 Cayman S specs: MA1 3.4L DFI engine, 6 speed manual, OS Giken LSD, All Electrical Components. Remote canister Coil-Over Struts, fully solid and adjustable control arms and sway bars, wheel stud conversion, 6 piston front brake calipers and 4 piston rears, Engine replaced this season with used 9,600miles 2012 3.4L DFI, Full race exhaust, Auto Edge Air intake, and custom ECU tune, 3rd radiator with top vent, lightweight flywheel, A/C delete, Full Roll cage, Side windows and locks retained, Cayman Interseries front splitter and rear wing, Data logger w/ 2 camera system, Cool shirt, Wired for driver com radio, and much more. Comes with 2 sets of Forgeline ZX3R wheels. More photos or information available upon request: Bob Viau Jr 651.777-6924, AutoEdge@ AutoEdgeMN.com

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