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JE Design Porsche Cayenne GTS magazine magazine .com 99 ISSUE #40 • $6 BruteBrute AmericanAmerican MuscleMuscle inin aa SexySexy EuropeanEuropean BodyBody THE GOOD DOCTOR’S PORSCHE Issue 40 • ISSN: 1540-1448 99magazinemagazine features... 2010 911 Turbo 6 JE Designs 8 Red, White & Blue 13 Porsche 44 6 Cayenne 8 13 Racing Action A first look at the 2010 The boys across the Porsches with American Wrapups of several Porsche 911 Turbo. Pond play dress up. V8 Muscle Porsche races. Another Great Summer in our Porsche World. Not sure if it is just me, but does it seem as if the older 9magazine we get the faster time moves by? Or is it just because 20 East White Mountain Blvd. we drive Porsches and not something with a set of Suite A5-356 • Lakeside, AZ 85929 www.9magazine.com cheap horns on the front of it? ISSUE 40 • ISSN: 1540-1448 For Porsche this summer has seen changes, big enor- mous earth-rattling changes. If the idea of a four door Brian Minson...........................Editor car wearing a Porsche badge doesn’t send you over Dallas Bortin.........................Proofer the edge, then for sure the idea that little ole Porsche, Bill Kent......................Photographer that little independent gaint killer of a car manufactor Danny Kent.................Photographer Scott Mann.....................Contributor lost at its own game and now is just another brand Kim Churchill..................Contributor under the, VW logo. It took Porsche decades to get Katie Hazlett...................Contributor out from the “it’s just an over glorified VW” crap... Now we are right back to that point I’m affraid. Copyright 2009 by 9magazine. All Rights Reserved. Published by 9magazine.com Inc., 20 East White For 9 Magazine, we introduce several new writers and a new proof reader. You Mountain Blvd., Suite A5-356, Lakeside, AZ 85929. will be seeing many more articles on Porsches from Scott Mann, Kim Churchill 9magazine is published as an information source only, the publisher does not endorse the products or and Katie Hazlett also Dallas Bortin, making sure my fat, cigar holding finders find services advertised herein. The source of this the right keys on my MacBook Pro. Adding this folks to 9 Magazine will be very information is noted or inferred whenever possible; the publisher is not liable for the accuracy of the infor- beneficial to us. mation. Reproduction of the contents of this publica- tion without permission is strictly prohibited. Subscription rates for one year (six issues) $25.00. We are looking to talk to V6 Cayenne owners. If you own one, or know someone 9magazine is not affillated with Porsche Cars North who does, please let me know. America or Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG. Porsche, Porsche Crest and logos are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.d.F. Porsche AG. All Copyrights, Brian Minson, [email protected] Registered Trademarks and/or Registered Trade Names are property of their respective owners. 9magazine.com - Issue #40 3 TThhee GGoooodd DDooccttoorr’’ss PPoorrsscchhee By Kim Churchill Photo Brian Minson For most of us we know how the style seat beloved 356 started life rolling out material. It was of the Zuffenhausen shop back in black and white Fthe late 1940’s. This story isn’t about any hound’s-tooth cloth. Porsche 356, no, this is the story about He also acquired bumper the Good Doctor’s personal 356 that was guards, a red/back interior, a modified to appeal to his desires for per- repaint, a miles-per-hour speedometer formance and likes. and a Nardi steering wheel. Truly the Porsche was something of a new kind of sold So lets get down to the basics of a 1961 animal that was defiantly one of Ferry’s again to Porsche 356, the engine #93021 was a own preferences, as most Porsche own- an Air Force 1600cc type 692/2 developing 105HP ers would keep every detail original to officer Lt. Clark and the transmission was #300/1, how- preserve the true Porsche quality and Lovrien in the early 1970’s. ever “Ferry” wanted more power and heritage. He dove the Porsche everyday began looking at other Porsche designs but his growing family and including the 1600 Carrera type 692/2 Eventually the 1961 Cabriolet was sold to finances pushed him to sell it to a engine. This was the engine that would a friend of Ferry’s, Donald Miller, was a fellow officer in 1972, a Col. Hines replace the 587/1 2-liter, the new model professor at the University of California, and while he owned it he had it serviced would carry the #97001 engine and it had Santa Barbara. From there it was at Vasek Polak, Col. Hines kept the 130hp. It was the first of the 436 engines acquired by Peter Stettinius who pur- Porsche for several years at rental prop- built and had a more powerful four-cam. chased it from the estate sale after erty in Long Beach, CA. While there two As most Porsche owners know; the more Millers death. Mr. Stettinius recognized investors got the opportunity to see the powerful engine you have, the higher the that ownership by Ferry Porsche gave Porsche, Stevenson and Redmond. They prestige and satisfaction. the car special value and he won the car noted the deviations form the regular in a bid of $2525 at the auction. Mr. Cabriolet and the missing rear skirt and Several modifications which make this Stettinius drove the Porsche for several bumpers, they examined the engine and Porsche one of a kind, some of the years until maintaining the specialized found that it was the #97001 that was changes that Ferry made was with the Porsche became a liability. He sold it for from the Carrera 2 series, and they rec- brakes, he added disc brakes from there $3600 to a owner who kept it a few more ognized that this was a rare Porsche, on he changed the interior to the 911- years in the late 1960’s, and then it was Col. Hines showed them the title and Issue #40 - 9magazine.com 4 paperwork which proved beyond a doubt years. The other question was, “why sell and all the pits and dents would have to that this was the original Dr. Porsche car, such a rare gem.” Finally, they decided to be filled in and smoothed, this process later, in 1992, a deal was made restore it, would they do a complete took 70 plus hours. A few other details Stevenson and Redmond would be the restoration and what kind? The Porsche such as the body, interior, electrical and new caretakers of the one of a kind had been Americanized and it was hard mechanics would also have to be Porsche. decision to make if it should remain that restored and each one faced a new chal- way, or take it back to its original lenge. The entire process took about five European configuration. The answer was years. clear that they had to restore it to the original European configuration, as Ferry So we now have to ask ourselves? himself would want. Where is this grand Porsche, who owns it now, and what did he or she pay for it? The restoration was very complicat Just recently last month Russo and Steel ed as they had to figure out held an auction, they won’t say who won many of the details the bid, however, I was able to get the that had winning bid amount of $330,000.00. What happens next you’re asking your- been lost over the years. self as we follow the life of this one of a kind Porsche? The new caretakers took The formula for paint color #50759 had several months to decide what they been a mystery because it was a custom should do, it was a hard decision they blend. It was just one of the challenges. could either sell it or restore it to its full Another would be the trim and bumpers glory. The long process of restoring such because of the anodized coating. It a grand vehicle would take several would have to be chemically removed 9magazine.com - Issue #40 5 JE DESIGN he tuning forgery JE DESIGN has been known as one of ment manufacturer. By fitting it to the original attachment the leading refiners for the brand Seat. Gradually, the pro- points, the makeover is accomplished in a quick and safe way. gramme has been extended for large SUV from the Thereby, not only the regulations for the pedestrian protection TVolkswagen group. And therefore, it is only logical that they have been taken into account, but also aerodynamic require- now also developed an extensive programme for the Porsche ments. The integrated LED daylight running lights are offered Cayenne GTS, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and the Porsche in the JE DESIGN makeover kit for Porsche Cayenne for the Cayenne Turbo S. first time and ensure even more safety. The makeover pro- gramme for the Porsche Cayenne is completed with elegant The JE DESIGN styling programme for the current side skirts which can be optionally ordered with LED lights in Porsche Cayenne models includes a front- and rear skirt exten- the door sill protectors. The rear appearance is dominated by sion made of ABS, a material known from the original equip- oval shaped double end pipes made of stainless steel. Issue #40 - 9magazine.com 6 CAYENNE The brawny look of the Cayenne refined by JE And JE DESIGN does not stop at the outer appear- DESIGN is enhanced by wheels of the category JE DESIGN ance.