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Tell Me ���Bout the Good Ol��� Days Jim Bell An article in Pano covered the Alcan 5000 rally and although there were only two Porsches entered (a red 944 and a ���72 911E), The September Spiel could probably be called the ���Expo ���86��� issue since not only did six members of the Alaska Region entered the cover show four of the attendees parked with Willie Williams from El Paso driving the 911. A little local flavor found the starting at their North Vancouver B&B, a couple point being the Bellevue Greenwood Inn (now of articles covered the festivities. Kevin the Coast Hotel) and finishing in Courtney, Paddock related a tale in which, after much B.C. on Vancouver Island after traversing thrashing with concours prep, he covered the engine in his 911 with a 10��� by 20��� plastic the Alaska Highway to Whitehorse and the drop cloth to keep it dry (it was raining, duh), Dempster up to the Arctic Circle, the 30 entries reached the half-way point in Anchorand started the engine the next morning only to have it ingest the plastic into the fan, age. The final legs went from Anchorage back down the Alaska Highway to Watson Lake, belts, ducts, etc. (This has happened before over to Prince Rupert, a ferry to Vancouver and will happen again. In fact, none other than PCA Board Member, Judy Hendrickson, Island and the finish. 11 days and 5000 miles. The overall winners were rally aces, John had the same thing happen to her during Buffum and Tom Grimshaw in a prototype the 2000 Sacramento Parade. Only she had Audi Quattro. Another event covered was the used a towel. Lots of fun cleaning that up!) Fiesta del Porsche which is held annually in The PNWR members who attended the Santa Fe, New Mexico during the Memorial Expo Concours saw great results with Jim Day Weekend. It is similar to the various Shuh, Katherine Ekar, Dave Fry and George multi-region ���Mini Parades��� which are held Ridderbusch all winning in the ���Full��� class throughout the year in various Regions and and Eric Fry, Roger Wheelis and Richard feature a top only concours, autocross and Mattei doing the same in ���Top Only���. The rally. This year���s example attracting 133 cars. Bridgestone Cup, signifying Best in Show It was also noted, that after seeing Audi Quatwas won by George and Kathy Ridderbusch with their ���79 928. The Reno tech session was tros winning the production class at the Pikes attended by three PNWR members and Dean Peak Hillclimb in ���82, ���84 and ���85, Porsche head of R & D, Helmuth Bott will ship a fully Lewellen furnished an article discussing the topics covered. Speakers included Bruce prepared Group B 959 to tackle the mountain in 1987. Anderson, Harry Pellow, Dwight Mitchell, Bill Newlin and Harvey and Linda Smith. In 20 Years Ago discussing engine mods for all models, Bruce warned all to use quality piston and cylinder Autocross results from the June 22nd sets for all air-cooled engine updates (i.e. no event were published with Mike and Pam ���California junk pistons���). The September Nugent, Chris Kauffmann, Mila Cabrera, tech notes were furnished by Bob Downing and discussed in detail the proper method for Rick and Marge Woolley, Patrick Ma, Susan Hagaman, Curt Ormiston and Debbie Starret replacing 911/914 front control arm bushall taking class wins with Curt���s 66.020 run ings, complete with a number of sketches, and PNWR President, Jack Keyes stated that holding up for TTOD. On July 28th, a concours event was held at the Columbia Winery the Board will investigate the possibility of regional dues and return with a final recom- in Woodinville with almost every entrant winning a class. In the ���full��� designation, mendation after discussing the cost and Ted Kulp, Vic Williams, Richard Breen, Wally impact of prior to the end of the year. 25 Years Ago 34 September 2011 Calkins, John Caldwell, Kathy Ridderbusch, Rick Hook and Milt Schullian all trophied and in ���top only���, Mike Piccolo, Craig Mathison, Ed Schoenharl, Mike Deitch, Jean Schullian and John Morris did the same. And what is sometimes typical at a concours event, Fred���s ���73 RS Carrera won ���Best in Show��� during re-judging after coming in second in class. Along those lines, Wally continued his articles on concours prep---this episode covering interiors. A large list of products, tools and equipment required was furnished and Wally described step-by-step how to clean up the half-eaten Big Macs out from under the seats. Al���s tech notes covered ���Buying a 914��� and listed the pros and cons of each model year with figures showing performance comparisons, model identification and base prices from the first examples in 1970 to the 1976 versions. It was also noted that the club racing program was moving forward and the National Board approved a committee to continue study and organization. An interesting up-coming event was listed----���Motor Cars of Port Townsend���, described as ���An elegant evening of dining and auto display��� with ���a black-tie preferred formal dinner among the cars���. Members were instructed to contact either Bud Shank or Ron Ramage, both PNWR members for information. No price was listed but I wonder if anyone attended. Pano featured the Type 718 Spyder with the official designation of W-RS, chassis number 718-047 and was perhaps the longest serving of any of the factory racers. The car was affectionately called Grossmutter (or grandmother). The car was used for a wide variety of purposes and a number of different venues during the four years that it ran under the Porsche banner. It was powered by both a long stroke 1966-cc version of the Carrera four as well as the Type 771 flat eight and ran in both the Targa Florio as well as Le Mans and the Hillclimb Championship. It was driven by Porsche competition heavyweights