Der Porsche Brief

Der Porsche Brief Newsletter of the PCA North Florida Region DRIVE YOUR 356 DAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 IN CELEBRATION OF FERRY PORSCHE’S BIRTHDAY AT TROUT POND IN LEON COUNTY 2nd ANNUAL APALACHICOLA MAIN STREET AUTOS & OYSTERS CLASSIC CAR SHOW OCTOBER 29, 2016 55th ROLEX 24 HOURS AT DAYTONA JANUARY 26-29, 2017 Der Porsche Brief Newsletter of the PCA North Florida Region 2nd Quarter 2017 Vol. 44 No. 1 Table of Content Cover Photos Alan Berg—-356 Day 3 Welcome to Der Porsche Brief 4 The President’s Corner Bob Wilson Scotty Roberts— Apalachicola Car Show 5 Drive Your 356 Day Celebration Alan Berg 8 The Perdue Classic Car Show Bob Wilson Bob Wilson–—Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona 11 Apalachicola Autos & Oysters Car Show- A View From the Emerald Coast Scotty Roberts 15 2nd Annual Apalachicola Main Street Autos & Oysters Classic Car Show Bob Wilson Der Porsche Brief is published by the 18 North Florida Region Charity Efforts 2016 North Florida region, Porsche Club of 21 Happy Birthday Colonel Rasmussen Alan Berg America. See page 3 24 The 55th Running of the Rolex 24 Hours for contact and sub- Race at Daytona Bob Wilson . mission information 29 After The Holidays Party Bob Wilson 32 Emerald Coast Cars & Coffee March 2017 Scotty Roberts 34 So You Want to Install New Flexible Brake Lines? Robert Moore 42 Zonefest 2017 44 North Florida Region Board of Directors 2 WECOME TO Der Porsche Brief As announced by President Robert Wilson, the your fellow NFRers may be interested in? Did you North Florida Region (NFR) is now composed of install PSE? Did you buy a new model Porsche? two activity areas; The Canopy Roads Area and the Moreover, the articles and reports may consist of Emerald Coast Area. Along with these areas, our anything of historical interest to Porsche enthusi- newsletter, Der Porsche Brief, is also now receiv- asts. We previously have had detailed descriptions ing submissions from both areas. Christa Wilson of our older, beloved Porsches. Do you have a ([email protected]) is the Content 912, 914 or 356 that we would all admire? Events Editor for The Canopy Roads Area and Scotty Rob- of interest might include races, high performance erts ([email protected]) is the Content Editor driver's education, autocrosses, rallies, tours and for The Emerald Coast Area. Christa Wilson social events. Many of us attend and participate in ([email protected]) is the Produc- these events. Indeed, in previous issues of our tion Editor for the entire newsletter. Region mem- newsletter we have seen reports from Sebring, bers may direct their submissions to their respec- Daytona, The Porsche Driving Experience, various tive Content Editors. The Areas have been enu- Concours, our After Holidays Party, etc. There is merated in President Wilson's Presidential Report no Porsche event that is not worth reporting. in Der Porsche Brief. For that matter, there is no topic of interest to As President Wilson notes, the two content edi- Porschephiles that will go unpublished in Der Por- tors, one from each Area, will be responsible for sche Brief if you submit it! Just use your imagina- soliciting from their respective Area members, ar- tion. We look forward to receiving your submis- ticles, reports, and/or photographs on all things sion. It should not take solicitation from the Edi- Porsches including events. For example, the arti- tors. Please take the time to relate ANY Porsche cles and reports may consist of any detailed dis- experience you have had. Did you buy a famous cussion of new models, new features, new acces- Porsche? Did you take European delivery? Did you sories, new technology, or new issues with Por- buy or visit a barn-find? Do you know of a Porsche sche. In recent issues we have had detailed de- for sale that must be featured? Do you know of a scriptions of upcoming models that were about to Porschephile that must be featured? Did you buy appear. How about a description of a new modifi- an obscure Porsche? All is of interest to us. Let's cation you made to your Porsche that you think hear about it! Christa Wilson Canopy Roads Content Editor [email protected] Scotty Roberts Emerald Coast Content Editor [email protected] 3 President’s Corner Upcoming Events for 2017: Areas Social Meetings Emerald Coast Area 2nd Wednesday Night of the Month – The meeting alternates between Destin/Fort Walton and Panama City/Panama City Beach. For two months it is held in the Destin area followed by one month in the Panama City area. Check your emails or our website calendar pages for dates, times, and places. Last Saturday Panama City Beach Cars and Coffee - in Panama City Beach at the park- ing lot of Panera Bread in Pier Park in Panama City Beach. It begins around 7:00 AM (CST) and ends around 9:30 or 10:00. Meet up, have coffee, talk shop and look at a variety of cars. Canopy Roads Area 3rd Wednesday Night of the Month – The social will be at The Little Italy Restaurant in Tallahassee. Check your emails or our website calendar pages for dates, times, and places. 3rd Saturday Cars and Coffee – Tallahassee. Past meetings there have been over 50 cars in attendance. Come and don’t miss out seeing these cars and talking with the owners. The Cars and Coffee is at Texas Roadhouse at 3131 Capital Circle, NE, Tallahassee start- ing around 8:00 AM EST lasting until around 10:00 AM Zonefest 2017 – Tallahassee, FL – May 26-29, 2017. This event has a Concours, Gimmick Ral- ly, Tech Quiz, Autocross, and Tour. Registration is online at Clubregistration.net. Check out our website for more information. 10th Annual Celebration Car Show – Tallahassee, FL – June 17, 2017. This car show has no registration fee. You can register online or the day of the event. For more information check our website or go to carshow.icelebration.org. Website: http://nfl.pca.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/PCA-North-Florida-Region/163041718029 4 DRIVE YOUR 356 DAY CELEBRATION Text and Photos By Alan Berg Remember those stories that went around a few The planners for DY356D had decided on an as- years ago about how a duck looks so calm gliding sembly point at Trout Pond, a very nice park in apparently effortlessly across a pond, but below the Apalachicola National Forest, maintained by the surface, where the observers cannot see, it is the Forest Service of US Department of Agricul- paddling like the dickens. This is one of those ture. Pictures to be submitted for the DY356D stories. photo spread that appears annually in the 356 Registry Magazine would be taken at Trout Pond and then the 356s and accompanying Porsches Drive Your 356 Day (DY356D) for 2016 was a lit- would caravan to the Spring Creek Restaurant in tle tougher to put together than past years. The Spring Creek, Florida, for lunch. It was a simple event was scheduled for the Sunday closest to plan, and much like the movie, A Simple Plan, be- September 19, which is Ferry Porsche’s birthday came pretty complicated due to Hurricane Her- (and Mindy Water’s Birthday). This year that Sun- mine. day fell on September 18. Nothing tough about that, but on September 2, 2016, Tallahassee and the Big Bend area experienced its first hurricane After Hermine hit, first reports were that the hit (Hermine) since Hurricane Kate in 1984. It Spring Creek Restaurant was underwater as Her- was a pretty devastating storm with most of the mine made landfall. As time went by the reports damage being caused by downed trees, which moderated to just six inches of water made it into blocked roads and took down power lines. Wide the Restaurant. Those reports were accurate and swaths of the area were without electricity for as the Restaurant closed for clean up after the storm long as a week, and the priority for local officials passed. The event planners searched for a back- was to clear roads and restore electricity in the up restaurant. The Seineyard in Woodville was populated areas. selected as a stand by dining spot, but not fa- vored as we had gone there the year before on DY356D. 5 A quick trip to Trout Pond came to an end at the After the photo shoot for the 356 Registry Maga- entrance to the park. The gate was closed and zine, the Porsches caravanned down to Wakulla downed trees could be seen across the entrance County to the Spring Creek Restaurant for some road. Calls were made to the Forest Service’s vari- Apalachicola Bay seafood. It was about a 45 mi- ous offices and Ranger Stations in the area. The nute drive and we met up with a few other North calls went to voicemail, of if answered, the an- Florida Region members at Spring Creek Restau- sweree had no information on when Trout Pond rant. We dined in the back room and had a great would reopen. We explained our plan for DY356D lunch. After lunch, some members went down to and were promised we would be called when Trout the edge of the bay and looked at the fresh water Pond was scheduled to reopen. We never got a spring. Several members from the Destin – Fort call. The event planners searched for a backup as- Walton area took the slow way back home and en- sembly point. Other locations near Trout Pond joyed the beautiful afternoon. were closed due to the Hurricane, or required driving down flooded and muddy roads—not something Porsche drivers are wont to do outside the Dakar or Siberian Rally.

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