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NOVEMBER 2020 WWW.PNWR.ORG 7 NOVEMBER 2020 FROM THE EDITOR David G. Cook 7 Spiel Submission Guidelines Deadline: 1st of the month preceding the issue. Send raw high resolution photos via email or on a CD/DVD as jpeg, png or tiff file. Articles preferred in electronic format in body of email, or attached as .pdf, .txt, .doc or .rtf - no formatting needed. Comments or suggestions for the Spiel are welcome and appreciated. Please Contribute - It's YOUR magazine! References: Porsche AG, N. McKeegan New Atlas 2007. Bridging the gap between past and present Hopefully, you have been reading the Spiel over the past several months. Starting in July 2020 and courtesy of Dennis Rood (PNWR Concours Chair), Darryl Deppe has chronicled the restoration of his 1964 Porsche 356C. This month in Part V he shows the finished fruit of his labor of love. This has been a remarkable story. Not only has this been the longest running sequential contribution to Spiel since Dean and I took the helm, it has been very well written, well organized, and interesting. Not planning a restoration any time soon? No matter. Darryl 's restoration story is brimming with all kinds of insights and tips that I imagine many Porsche owners can benefit from. For example, he explained in some detail how he fixed damage to the leather interior, noting how he did it and where he went for supplies and help. Although in this month's edition we see the finished product, there will be two more installments that will provide an organized summary of the tools, vendors, and supplies he used throughout the project. How is that for news you can use? On behalf of all our readers, we thank Darryl, as well as Dennis for their stellar work that helps bridge the gap between the Porsche's past and present. 120 years of progress—same old same old? Speaking of connections that link the past to the present and future—2020 marks the 120th year since a particularly significant zero emission automobile came to be. Developed in 1898 by Ferdinand Porsche, then in his early twenties and working for Jacob Lohner, the fully electric Lohner- Porsche debuted at the Paris World Fair in 1900. With its futuristic wheel hub-mounted electric motors on the front wheels, the car had a top speed of approximately 32 mph. The motors developed 2.5-3.5 hp and in short bursts could deliver as much as 7 hp. With no 'light weight' lithium batteries back then, the Lohner-Porsche was powered by a 44 cell 80-volt lead battery good for roughly three hours of driving. Interestingly, this means that theoretically Porsche's creation could travel for a bit more than 100 miles on a charge. For comparison, in 2020 an all-electric Nissan Leaf has a range of a bit more than 200 miles per charge. Is that all you get for 120 years? Well, as you all know, there is more, much more. As it turns out, by returning to its roots Porsche is now heading more and more electric. The latest example of this is the Porsche Taycan. Further emphasizing the significance of Porsche's focus on electrified vehicles for the future, last week they kicked off the regional launch for the Taycan in the Middle East and Africa FZE with an electrifying display on the side of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UEA. At 2,716 feet the Burj Khalifa is the tallest skyscraper in the world. Formed by more than one million LED lights, the dazzling display covered 355,209 square feet. What a statement!