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been on hiatus for a number of months. He and his wife will accept special orders from club members and will have samples available at club events. John Thomas's second installation of his trip to Germany to pick up his newly ordered Boxter was included and described the mini-Treffen that he and his daughter experienced as well as a trip to Switzerland to meet some of his British friends. Al's tech notes described the evolution of Porsche clutches complete with a schematic showing a typical cable-operated diaphragm clutch and a diagram showing clutch types from 1955 to the present. A huge number of ads appeared in the "Caveat Emptor" column and took up three total pages of the issue including 15 cars, 29 ads for parts and 5 for items wanted and commercial ads. Another article was submitted by member, Duncan Newell and related how he went from racing motorcycles to owning his first Porsche, a 912 that he found in Arizona. A number of pictures were furnished with the article but it appeared that one of these had been photoshopped the judging is based on originality rather than spit-shined cleanliness, an original car that shows a little usage can easily top a later The featured car in Pano was Harry model that maybe has had a panel repainted Cooper's outlaw 356A Carrera coupe which or an after-market carpet. An Arkansas gathfeatures trailing arms from a 1986 Carrera as well as brakes, half shafts, a 915 transmis- ering which included over 30 914s was also sion, torsion tube and 2.4 liter engine from a featured. The event, similar to a mini-Parade 1973 911T. In order to fit the engine, oil tank included a concours, tech quiz and tech sessions and many door prizes. It was also noted and rear suspension, the rear of the car was that Weissach chief Horst Marchart will widened four inches but is almost undetectretire on March 31st after a 40-year career able from a rear view. The car is painted at Porsche and the post of Research and Radium Green and while it won't win any concours trophies in the Preservation class, it Development will be assumed by Wolfgang is a knockout. And speaking of the Preserva- Durheimer. tion class, our own Chris Hamilton furnished an article encouraging those of us who drive older cars that have no modifications, original paint and interiors to enter this class at the Parade level. Since since the person included resembled either Emiliano Zapata or Burt Reynolds. TRACK PREPARATION FUEL INJECTION TRANSMISSIONS DIAGNOSTIC Celebrating 25 Years of Quality Porsche Service ELECTRICAL 996 & Boxster IMS Bearing Retrofit Now Available! Call (425) 462-9296 for Details. ENGINES Specializing in Porsche Service & Modification 1503 130th Ave. NE Bellevue, WA 98005 425. 462. 9296. Tel 425. 455. 2551. Fax ChrisGerman.com ProFormance Racing School Authorized FVD Dealer Valued Advertiser Since 1980 / / Authorized Motec Dealer Authorized LN Engineering Dealer / / Authorized H&R Dealer Authorized Griot's Garage Dealer February 2011 35