April 2012
Cover photo by Dennis Rood
Contents
On 1958 and previous 356s the parking light was the little bulb on the bottom of the head light bucket. In 1959 Porsche left the bulb but also put a separate parking light below which shows in this picture.
Feature Stories 16 February Autocross Practice 18 The New Porsche Boxster 20 Auction Report - 917/30 Chassis 004 24 Motorsports Around the World 26 Porsche - 991 Similarities to the Carrera GT 28 Porsche - 918 Spyder 32 April Tech Notes: 914 Mid-Engine Maintenance
Club Events Contributors
Adam Crabtree Brent Jones Dennis Rood Gooding & Company Pawel Litwinski Jay Gillotti Leeds Gulick Michael Curneen Randy Wells Ward Carter
11 Tres de Mayo 11 Tech Ed: Griot's Garage 13 More Smiles to the Mile Tour
6 Board Meeting 7 Driver Education 9 Autocross 9 Skills' Day
Departments
Editors Richard and Dolores
Consulting Editor Barb Coplen
Associate Editors Diane Koontz
Technical Editor Allan Caldwell
Advertising Manager Michael Sharps
Caveat Emptor Manager Dennis Coplen
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12 Concours Corner 10 Let's Get Together 13 Tech Talk 14 Tour Time 15 Seen Along the Highway
4 Calendar of Events 5 Club Directory 6 From the President 8 From the Editors
36 Caveat Emptor 37 Advertiser Index 38 Willkommen! 41 Board Meeting Minutes
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