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der VorgängerThe magazine of the Founders’ Region • Potomac, Porsche Club of America • July 2012

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der VorgängerTable of contentsYour shadetree mechanic and editor 5President’s column 6Potomac contact information 72012 calendar of Potomac events 8Anniversaries, new members 9DIY: Replacing oil thermostat seal 10–12Tech Tip: When to replace brake pads 13Potomac members visit a tank farm 14–15Annual Deutsch Marque concours 16–222012 Parade in Salt Lake City 23Spring rally travels Virginia roads 24D’nD returns to Stonyman Gourmet 25Porsche horsepower visits polo 26–27DE drivers experience Mid-Ohio 28Readers and their cars 30–31


Photo by Elaine Kash

Above: This year’s DeutschMarque Concours was cap-tured on video by Potomac’sCraig Moen—interviewingHarvey Cherner—and Editor-Producer Joe Czachoronski,right. The video is available atwww.pcapotomac.org

Cover: Photographer Michael Madridcaptures Tim Shinn’s Cobalt BlueMetallic 997 4S as Shinn wipes downthe matching-color wheels. Shinn, afour-year member of PCA, also owns aCayenne S and has owned a Boxster.

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Editor’s column

Your shadetree mechanic & editorThe monthly magazine of the Founders’ Region, Potomac,

Porsche Club of America.

July 2012, Volume 58, No. 6

der Vorgänger is the official magazine of the Founders’Region, Potomac, Porsche Club of America, Inc.http://www.pcapotomac.org. Contributions for derVorgänger should be sent to editor Richard Curtis atleast six weeks preceding the month of publication,preferably via e-mail to [email protected].

Publisher: Tony Kelly6726 Lucy LaneMcLean, Va. 22101 [email protected]

Editor, designer: Richard Curtis6032 Makely DriveFairfax Station, Va. 22039703-239-1678 [email protected]

Contributing photographers: John Bailey, MichaelMadrid, Ken Marks, Tony Pagonis, John Vrankovich,Mia Walsh.

Contributing writers: Tuffy von Briesen, GaryBrindle, Sydney Butler, John Eberhardt, Rich Franco,Margaret Kauffman, Tony Kelly, John Magistro, TonyPagonis, Starla Phelps, Steve Vetter, Mia Walsh.

Proofreader: George Soodoo

Questions about display advertising rates and place-ment in der Vorgänger, please contact Tony Kelly [email protected]

der Vorgänger (ISSN 0199-0667) is publishedmonthlyexcept in January by the Founders’ Region, Potomac,Porsche Club of America at 16726 Lucy Lane,McLean, Va. 22101. Subscription is limited to mem-bers of the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Clubof America. Annual PCA dues are $42 (includes $18for derVorgänger subscription). Periodicals postagepending at McLean, Va. and at additional mailing of-fices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to derVorgänger, 6726 Lucy Lane, McLean, Va. 22101.Statements appearing in der Vorgänger are those of thecontributing authors and do not constitute the opin-ions or policy of the Founders’ Region, Potomac,Porsche Club of America, its board of directors or theeditors of the magazine. The Founders’ Region, Po-tomac, Porsche Club of America neither endorses anyadvertisement nor warrants any product or servicesthey may provide. Potomac Region reserves the rightto cancel advertisements at any time, for any reason,in its sole discretion. For information regarding com-mercial advertising and rates, contact the publisherlisted above.

Letters to the editor are welcome but should bebrief and may be edited for length. Please note ifthe letter or e-mail is submitted as a letter to theeditor; please include a contact phone number forverification.

To subscribe: You must join the Porsche Club ofAmerica. Details at www.pca.org

der VorgängerRecently, Lewis Hauser called to say he had a cus-

tomer—William J. Thomas of Alexandria, Va.—drop offa box of old der Vorgängers, and would I like to have them?

Of course! I responded. I drove over to of KarosserieLtd., his Fairfax, Va. Porsche-restoration shop to pick themup.

What a find! The earliest issue in the box was October1966 and the latest, February 1980. These issues are allblack-and-white and obviously pasted up by hand (re-member, this was the era before desktop computers).Each article had to be typed (on a typewriter... searchWikiworks.com for a description of these devices) to aspecific column width and then glued to a layout. Afterprinting, the pages were assembled and stapled, thenmailed. There were very few photos.

Besides the trip down Memory Lane of exactly howlabor-intensive producing a newsletter was in those days,leafing through these issues was an illuminating look atthe history of The Founders’ Region, Potomac. One ex-ample: Apparently, there were no dues in those days.

Although I’ve yet to work my way through the entirecollection, so far I’ve recognized at least a dozen namesfrom that era who are still active in Potomac today. Amongthem are noted hot-rod Speedster owner Dan Rowzieand 356 owners Carl Merril and Bill Tate.

Others include 356 engine builder Tim Berardelli, afrequent contribution to der Vorgänger during this period.Bill Tate was another name I tripped across, who alongwith Berardelli, volunteered at this year’s Deutsch Mar-que concours. (Coverage of these year’s DM— includ-ing photos of Berardelli and Tate—is on Pages 15–22.)Dan Dazzo, currently the safety chairman of DE events,was with Potomac during this period, along with AlanFriedman, Harleigh Ewell and Skip Reber.

Some of the DIY articles in these early issues are stillapplicable today. For example, who knew that CIS-equipped 911s had two fuel filters?

For future dVs, I’ll be revisiting these old issues to givemembers a look at their club’s past. Among a variety ofthings that have changed in the past 45+ years are thesetwo examples: Registration for the 1967 Parade was $20and a classified ad advertised a 1962 356B with sunroofand no rust for $6,500.

• • •As noted, this year’s Deutsch Marque Concours

proved to be a magnet on the first Sunday inMay for folksinterested in walking around Vienna, Va.’s Nottoway Parkat that measured pace so often used when viewing inter-esting collection of cars. Thanks to Concours ChairmanRon Davis’s hard and good work, there was a notablecollection of 356s, 911s both old and new, a couple of914s plus various 944s and 928s.

We should also recognize the work of photographersKen Marks, Michael Madrid and Ken Walls, whoworked the event and provided the photos you see in thisissue.

A tip of the hat also toMike Budinski,who wrote theilluminating artle on Pages 10–12 on how to replace anO-ring on an ’80s 911 oil thermostat.

Richard CurtisEditor

Potomac’s summer season is in full swing. June offered Potomacmembers a wide variety of Porsche things to do including three differ-ent venues to eat breakfast/bunch with fellow Porsche enthusiasts, seewhat your car looks like when up on a lift, stay at the five-star NemacolinResort and tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Fallingwa-ter house, test your skills driving through a field of or-ange cones and improve your driving skill on eitherSummit Point’s Shenandoah Circuit or the infamoustrack at Watkins Glen, N.Y. And these were just the “for-mal” club events as there were also several other venuesoffered to show off your Porsche.

Well, July is going to be busy as well. Please look at thecalendar on page 8 for a listing of all the “formal” July Po-tomac events. You also might want to check our websiteperiodically for notices about additional events that comeabout after der Vorgänger has gone to press.

One event I would like to mention is the July 28Wounded Warrior Road Rally, where 30 Wounded War-riors will serve as navigators in an “All About Speed” rallythrough theMaryland countryside. Even if you don’t par-ticipate in the rally, feel free to join us at the Branded 72 barbeque restau-rant in Rockville for lunch (for additional details see page 24).

As I mention periodically, PCA Potomac is run entirely by volunteers.We have no paid staff. These volunteers have arranged, coordinated andwill facilitate over 100 Potomac events for Potomac’s members to attendduring 2012. In addition, there are some behind-the-scene volunteerswho rarely get the public acknowledgement since their contributionsare that, behind the scenes. One group of these volunteers are those

who put this magazine together. I personally want to thank editor/de-signer Richard Curtis, publisher Tony Kelly, proofreader George Soodoo,photographers Ken Marks and Michael Madrid and the many con-tributing writers and photographers whomake dV happen every month.

Another couple of noteworthy, behind-the-scene vol-unteers are Michael Handelman and Ken Harwood, Po-tomac’s webmasters. Over the past two years, our websitehas been completely overhauled, updated, moved, im-proved...you name it, it either has been done or is on theto-do list to be done. If you haven’t recently explored ourwebsite, I encourage you to do so. My sincere thanks toMichael and Ken for their contributions.

A few years ago, Potomac made the decision to dropits internet forum. The reason was that there exists in themetropolitan area a popular Porsche-oriented forumcalled Dorkiphus, “The land of NOVA/DC/MDPorschephiles” (www.dorkiphus.net).

The forum is run by Potomacmember Chris Mazzantiand while not affiliated in any way with PCA or Potomac,the site does a nice job of meeting local Porsche owners

forum-type needs. It is funded entirely by donations and has over 2,000members. It is a great place to buy or sell Porsche items and/or seek an-swers to your technical questions. There often are threads about up-coming Potomac events and even post-event reports and photos. Checkit out sometime.

Thanks again for your support. Hope to see you at a Potomac eventsoon. And as always, if you have questions or comments email me [email protected].

The president’s page

Dick Seltzer

Busy summer shaping up for Potomac



Founders’ Region officersPresident: Dick Seltzer [email protected] 703-660-9471Vice president: John Eberhardt [email protected]: Gary Brindle [email protected] 703-987-8055Treasurer: Evan Close [email protected] 703-887-2978Past president: Tuffy von Briesen [email protected]

703-980-4839

Drivers’ EducationDrivers’ Ed: Alan Herod [email protected]: Sally Herod [email protected]: Skip Close [email protected] coordinator: Tuffy von Briesen [email protected] instructors: Bob Mulligan (703) 709-8400,Dirk Dekker 410-819-6789 [email protected]

Tech chairs: David Riley, Dave Diquollo [email protected]

ProgramsAutocross: Tony Pagonis [email protected] ’n Dine: Andrew Fort [email protected] Race: Fred Pfeiffer, Starla Phelps: 703-354-5833

[email protected]: Ron Davis, 703-409-0513 [email protected]: Fred Phelps, George Whitmore

[email protected] officer: Howard Hill [email protected]: John Magistro [email protected]

Public relations: Scott Mayster [email protected]

Public service: Scott Mayster [email protected]

Rally: Craig and Linda Davidson [email protected] (Craig) and 301-233-1530 (Linda)

Safety: Dan Dazzo [email protected] 410-608-3440Social, meetings: Mia Walsh, Jody Lagioia [email protected]: Jody Lagioia [email protected] coordinator: John Eberhardt [email protected] 2 Rep: Tom Zaffarano [email protected]

Webmaster: Michael Handelman and Ken [email protected] 301-652-0575

derVorgängerPublisher: Tony Kelly [email protected]: Richard Curtis [email protected]; 703-239-1678Advertising: Tony Kelly [email protected]

Model expertsCayenne: OPEN [email protected]: Chad Todd [email protected] & 912: Tim Berardelli [email protected] (older): George Whitmore [email protected]: Roger Bratter [email protected]: C2 & C4: Roger Bratter [email protected] (Boxster): John Eberhardt [email protected] & 914/6: Ray Plewacki [email protected] & 968: Charlie Murphy [email protected]: John Brown [email protected]: Kevin Lacy [email protected]: (’95–’98) Jose Herceg [email protected] 703-691-1771

Potomac officers and chairs

July:4: Drive ’n Dine. Wine and Pie

Drive. Meet at Manassas Battlefield Visi-tors Center, on Va. Route 234, one milenorth of I-66, exit just off of 234N at9:30 a.m. Free. Advance registrationnot required but is requested for plan-ning purposes.Other costs just cost ofpie and gas.

7: Manassas, Va. brunch.7: Autocross #3, Baysox Stadium.8–14: PCA Parade, Salt Lake City.14: Arlington, Va. breakfast.14: DE Tech for Summit Point at In-

terSport, McLean, Va. 9 a.m.–2 p.m.14: Porsches and Polo.20–22: DE@ Summit Point.21: Glen Echo, Md. brunch.28: Rally for Camp Friendship.TBD: Drive ’n Dine.

August:4: Manassas, Va. brunch.4: DE Tech at Porsche of Tysons

for PorscheFest at Porsche of Tysons. 9a.m.–2 p.m.

10–12: PorscheFest @ SummitPoint. DE and Autocross #4 (Aug. 11)

11: Arlington, Va. breakfast.18: Glen Echo, Md. brunch.18: DE Tech for VIR at Porsche of

Arlington, 8598 Leesburg Pike, Vi-enna, Va. 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

25: Autocross #5.25: Drive ’n Dine, drive-in movie.31–Sept. 2: DE@ VIR.

September:Aug. 31–Sept. 2: DE@ VIR.1: Manassas, Va. brunch.1: Gathering of the Faithful, Reston

(Va.) Town Centre. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

8: Arlington, Va. breakfast.8: Open board meeting.8 or 15: Drive ’n Dine to Char-

lottesville, Va.15: Glen Echo, Md. brunch.15: Porsches and Polo.16: Autocross #6.22: HPDC@ Summit Point.28–30: PCA Club Race @ Summit

Point with Advanced DE.29: Octoberfest Drive ’n Dine to

Lovettsville, Va. with concurrent RallyNo. 4 and car show.

October:6: Manassas, Va. brunch.7: Autocross #7, Potomac swap

meet (tentative).13: Arlington, Va. breakfast.20: Glen Echo, Md. brunch.20: DE Tech for Summit Point at

Auto Sportsystems Group, Fairfax, Va.26–28: DE@ Summit Point to in-

clude Volunteer Appreciation Day.21 or 27: Drive ’n Dine Fall Foliage.

November:3: Manassas, Va. brunch.10: Arlington, Va. breakfast.10: Autocross #8.17: Glen Echo, Md. brunch.

December:1: Manassas, Va. brunch.1: Drive ’n Dine to Antietam, Md.1: 2013 planning meeting8: Arlington, Va. breakfast.8: Open board meeting and general

membership and elections.8: Holiday party in Bethesda, Md.15: Glen Echo, Md. brunch.

Potomac break-fasts and/orbrunches are an excel-lent way to (a) have ameal; and (b) makenew Porsche friends orrenew friendships withold friends. Meetingsare low-key, no agendaand often are followedby impromptu drivesthrough the country-side.Virginia: first Sat-

urday of each month,City Grille, 10701Balls Ford Road, Man-assas, Va. 20109.Virginia: second

Saturday of eachmonth, 9–11 a.m.Thirsty Bernie SportsBar & Grill, 2163 N.Glebe Road, Arling-ton, Va. 22207. Plentyof parking, good food.The Maryland

breakfast is the thirdSaturday each monthfrom 11 a.m. to 1p.m. at the Irish Inn,6119 Tulane Ave.,Glen Echo, Md.

• • •For more informa-

tion, contact JohnMagistro at [email protected]

Potomacmonthly brunchlocations


Hunt Valley, Md.Saturdays, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Hunt

Valley Towne Centre, 118 ShawanRoad, Hunt Valley, Md.

Great Falls, Va.Saturdays, Katie’s Cars & Coffee

in Great Falls, Va. 7–9 a.m., 760Walker Road, Great Falls, Va.

Fair Lakes, Va.Sundays, 8:30–10:30 a.m. Fair

Lakes (Va.) Starbucks for coffee andcars is the site, 12599 Fair Lakes Cir-cle, Fairfax, Va.

Burtonsville, Md.Sundays 7:30 – 10 a.m. “Church

of the Holy Donut,” Dunkin’Donuts, corner of Routes 29 & 198,Burtonsville, Md.

2012 DE eventsJuly:

14: DE Tech at Intersport,1524 Spring Hill Road,McLean, Va. 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

20–22: DE at Summit Point.

August:4: DE Tech at Porsche of

Tysons, 8598 Leesburg Pike, Vi-enna, Va. 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

10–12: DE, PorscheFest, atSummit Point.

18: DE Tech, Porsche of Ar-lington. 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

31-Sept. 2: DE at VIR.

September:22: High Performance Driv-

ing Clinic at Summit Point’s Jef-ferson circuit.

28–30: PCA Club Race andAdvanced DE at Summit Point.

October:20: DE Tech at Auto Sport-

systems Group, 2810-F DorrAve., Fairfax, Va. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

26–28: Volunteer Day/DE atSummit Point.

Potomac’s 2012 calendarThe information below is accurate as of date of publication. However, circumstances may change through the year.

You’re advised to check Potomac’s website — www.pcapotomac.org > Calendar > Potomac Calendar and/orwww.pcapotomac.org> Programs for the most up-to-date information. This calendar in der Vorgängerwill be updatedeach month through 2012. Details on the monthly brunches and event contacts are listed at right.

ProgramchairsAutocross: Tony Pagonis, au-

[email protected] Race: Starla Phelps, Fred

Pfieffer, [email protected]

Concours: Ron Davis, [email protected]

Drive ’n Dine: John Eberhardt,[email protected]

Driver Education: Alan Herod,[email protected]

DE Tech: David Diquollo,[email protected]

Rally: Linda or Craig Davidson,[email protected]

Cars ’n coffee

2012 autocrossscheduleAll events are held at Baysox

(Bowie, Md.) Stadium.June 30: Autocross #2.July 7: Autocross #3.Aug. 11: Autocross #4 as part of

PorscheFest.Aiug. 25: Autocross #5Sept. 16: Autocross #6.Oct. 7: Autocross #7, Potomac

swap meet (tentative).Nov. 10: Autocross #8.


New Potomac members & anniversariesJuly 2012anniversaries

40 yearsKaren Williams &

Edward Fagan

35 yearsHoward Lefkowitz &

Zoe Lefkowitz

30 yearsPhil Boughton &

Nadette BoughtonStanton C. Fox &

Kevin FoxHeinz G. Peters &

Heinz K. Peters

25 yearsChris P. Gaylor &

Christine W. GaylorFred A. Phelps &

Starla J. PhelpsMatthew C. Stanton &

Lynn Stanton

20 yearsChuck Kanach &

Leacy Kanach

Thomas L. Mayer &Holly A. Mayer

15 yearsDavid Holt & David HoltJ. Daniel Rogers &

Randi Korn

10 yearsBill Kincaide &

Todd KincaideJohn P. Magee &

Laura E. MageeScott I. Mayster &

Deborah MaysterRonald D. Waterman &

Diana Waterman

5 yearsRudy AcreeJames R. Benson &

Elizabeth BensonStephen C. Fitch &

Maura FitchSandy Gilmour &

Karen GilmourJerry C. LaderbergVincent R. McDonaldJames J. Mikolashek &

Susan Mikolashek

Paul J. Newman &Nancy Newman

Eugene F. PhillipsJohn C. RiggsWalter L. Ziffer &

Deborah Ziffer

June 201new members

Cameron Akbari – 2006Carrera coupe

Fadi Ashy – 2000 911Steve Bauman – 2000

911 coupeJosh Beach – 1999 911

coupeAndres M. Bu Soto &

Efrain Bu Figueroa –2012 911 C2

Jeff Campbell – 2006Cayman S

Dan Carelli & FrankCarelli – 1987 944coupe

John M. Chessnoe &Virginia Chessnoe –1984 911S

Arnaud T. Couraud –2009 997-2 S coupe

Dan Dazzo (dual mem-ber) – 2008 BoxsterRS-60 Spyder

Mark E. Gordon &Craig Gordon – 2007Cayman

Elizabeth Granger – 2003911 cabriolet

Leo M. Grassi – 2008Cayman

Tom Grissen &Mary Grissen – 2005Cayenne

David J. Lockhart &Danielle Spinelli –1986 944

Dave A. McGrew &Nancy McGrew –2006 Cayman

William A. Moten – 2006Cayman S

Neil R. Ohora – 2006C4S coupe

Michael F. Oliver &Diana Oliver – 2007Cayman

Scott W. Palmer &Cynthia Palmer –2006 Cayman S

Chris H. Rehkop &Emily Rehkop – 1982911

Scott A. Sailer &McKay Sailer – 1984911 coupe

Jennie Shamey – 1984911 coupe

Larry Spector – 2004 911GT3

Jim Stiegman &Susan Ryan – 2007Boxster

Richard Talley (dual mem-ber) – 2003 Boxster

Roland M. Varesko –2005 911 coupe

Blaise Warren &Sarah Warren – 2006Cayman S

Jacob N. Wohlstadter –1989 944

Chris Zurich &Pearl Zurich – 2006Cayman S


DIYWorking on your carshould be approachedwith all due caution andwith safety foremost inmind.

Share your own do-it-yourself stories with dVreaders by sending anemail to [email protected]. Ahigh-resolution photowill be necessary also.

Photos and story by Mike Budinskifor der Vorgänger

Recently, I experienced a rather noticeable oil leakfrom the front right side of my 1987 911 normally aspi-rated engine. There are several “classic” oil leaks that canoccur toward the front portion of the air-cooled 911 en-gines: oil cooler O-rings, the hose and seal on the oilbreather plate, the oil temperature light switch (idiotlight) and oil thermostat O-ring.

Typically these leaks allow oil to drain down the rightfront side of the crankcase dripping onto the exhaust. Allof the above items should be replaced anytime the en-gine is out of the car as these items are difficult, but notimpossible, to replace with the engine in the car. Aftercareful inspection I determined that the leak was com-ing from the oil thermostat.Diagnosing the leak: The oil thermostat unit at the

back of and on the top of the engine case can be observedby looking just under the volumetric flow air meter (fig-ures 1 and 3) through to the top of the engine crankcase.

To confirm that the O-ring is leaking, start the car fromcold condition and observe the area around the oil ther-mostat using a flashlight. Since you have to look deepinto the engine compartment, watch that your clothingdoes not get caught in the air-conditioning compressorfan belt or other moving parts..

The seal often leaks most from a cold engine as the oilpressure is high at that time and the O-ring seal is at itsleakiest state (e.g. has not expanded and softened with

heat).While inspecting this area, check for leaks associated

with the oil breather cover gasket, the oil temperaturelight switch, and the rubber hose clamped to the oilbreather cover plate.Replacing the oil thermostat O-ring: Order a re-

placement O-ring from the Porsche dealer.* Unbolt theair-conditioning compressor and set on the side of theright rear fender (with copious padding) Figure 2.

DIY: oil thermostat seal on 911 air-cooled engines

Left: To access the oil thermostat unit, you must re-move the mass air-flow sensor and the air box,which can be removed as a unit.

Above: The air-conditioning compressor must alsobe removed, but it does not have to be discon-nected.1

3

2

Remove volu-metric flowmeter

Look throughhere to seethermostat

Removeair box

Remove, but notdisconnect,AC compressor

Remove ACcompressor

Oilthermostat

To front of car


Remove the air box cover and filter.Remove the airbox andmass air flow sensor assembly

(you don’t need to remove the airbox from the mass flowair sensor). At this point you should have access to the oilthermostat behind the air intake manifold.

Confirm the area around the oil thermostat is cleanand free from dirty oil deposits and grit. If the O-ring sealhas been leaking for some time, there is probably a sig-nificant accumulation of oil and dirt deposits.

Clean the area around the thermostat with brakecleaner. Figure 4. The fine nozzle and solvent pressure

can be used to clean away the oil and grit deposits (placerags under the engine to collect the solvent runoff).

Remove the two 10 mm nuts and wave washers fromthe oil thermostat.

Place an offset flat screwdriver (Figure 7) under theflange of the oil thermostat and pry it from the crankcase.It should lift out without significant force. Once the O-ring exits the crankcase, the oil thermostat can easily belifted out of the cavity by hand. Lift out and remove fromthe engine. (Figure 5)

If you have the presence of mind, place a rag above

Required toolsand supplies:

Phillips screwdriver10 mm socket, socket

wrench, extensionFlat screwdriverOffset screwdriver13 mm socket, socket

wrench, extension13 mm open end

wrench or ratchet-ing wrench

Rags and protectivecloth

Factory-supplied oilthermostat o-ring

Brake cleanerFlashlightTrouble light

Figures 4 shows the oilthermostat after clean-ing the area with brakecleaner. Figure 5 showsthe area after the ther-mostat has been re-moved. A good tip is tocover this area with arag until the thermostatwith new O-ring isready to be reinstalled.

Figure 7 shows the off-set screwdriver used tolever out the oil thermo-stat.

Left: Figure 6 shows acomparison in old andnew O-rings.

7

5

6

4

Cross sectionof permanentlydeformed O-ring

Oil thermostat Removedoil thermostat

Original shapeof O-ring


the intake valve cover as the thermostat will drip oil as itis carried out from its home.

Place the sending unit on a bench, remove the old O-ring, being careful not to scrape or damage the body ofthe thermostat or the sealing gland. Roll the new O-ringalong the body into the sealing groove. Lubricate with alittle motor oil or assembly grease (I prefer Dupont Kry-

tox). (Figure 7)Using your finger, feel around the edge of the oil ther-

mostat hole and try to wipe away any dirt-laden oil de-posits. Since the thermostat with new O-ring is replacedlargely by feel, you want to make sure there is no en-trained dirt around that could get dragged into thecrankcase while replacing the unit.

Once properly aligned, the thermostat should freelydrop into the hole in the crankcase. Push the top of theunit to seat the O-ring in the hole. Replace the washersand nuts and tighten.

Replace the mass air flow sensor, air box, air-condi-tioning compressor, filter and filter cover.

There. You’ve saved yourself about $400 in me-chanic’s fees. You’re welcome. Feel free to buy me a beerat a PCA gathering.

* As a former research manager for a major automotive company, Iknow from experience that plastic and rubber automotive parts must bethoroughly evaluated before final specification. Aftermarket part pro-ducers often do not have the means for accrediting a specific plastic orrubber resin material for an application. Additionally such vendors donot know when the OEM manufacturer has made a significant mate-rial change for some reason. Because of such factors, I make it a prac-tice of buying critical plastic and rubber components directly from thePorsche dealer.

• • •Mike Budinski is a 16-year PCA member. Formerly of the

Niagara Region, he has held the following positions: vice pres-ident, autocross chairman, newsletter editor and wine tourguide. Mike is also a PCA DE instructor. Professionally, Mikeis a metallurgist and textbook author.

The oil thermostat withboth old and new O-rings.

Leaky oldO-ring

Oil thermostat

New O-ring

7


Tech tipsShare tech tips or do-it-yourself tips with dVreaders by sending anemail todveditor @pcapo-tomac.org.A high-resolution photo

will be necessary also.

How to tell whenit’s time to changeyour brake padsPhoto and story by Richard Curtisfor der Vorgänger

On most Porsches, you can see the brake pad thick-ness through the wheel’s spokes. And you can tell—at aglance—whether the pads are getting too worn.

If the pad material is equal to or less than the backingplate, it’s either time to change your pads or begin to startpaying close attention to them. This is absolutely true ifyou track the car. Porsche recommends no less than 2mm of pad.

Some experts say that the condition of the rotorscould mean 2 mm of pad thickness would be too thin.On any car in any application the pad life is totally de-pendent on driver’s use, abuse or lack of use.

One way to know how much further you can go to-wards the end of their life is to know how far you wentin the used-up materiel thickness. For example if youwent 50,000 miles and used 10 mm of friction materialand now have 10 mm left, and assuming your drivinghabits have not changed, check again in 10,000 miles.

To check the rotors, look for a significant ridge on the

outer diameter of the rotors. You can also measure therotor’s thickness. The minimum thickness will be in-scribed on the rotor’s edge. You may need a wire brushto knock off corrosion and road dirt, but the measure-ment will be there.

Rob Nelson of Hawk Brakes, a popular brand of rac-ing and other pads, recommends replacing “the pads ifthey are getting thin. Be careful not to look at only oneend of the pad,” too, he says. Some pads are “tapered ...as a result of poor tolerance control in some vehicles cou-pled with wear rates of other parts in the systems.”

New pad Worn pad

Backing plate

Pad material


Photos and storyby John Eberhardtfor der Vorgänger

On April 7, 2012, 28Potomac members, theirfamily and friends visitedone of the more unusualdestinations in NorthernVirginia.

Outside of Culpeper,Va., is the storage facility forthe National Museum ofAmericans in Wartime. Thepurpose of the museum isto preserve and share withall Americans the experi-ences of wartime, both mil-itary and civilian, and tohonor all those who have made such tremendous sacri-fices to keep our country free.

This museum has an interesting history. Years ago,Alan Cors bought an old WWII jeep for fun. He gothooked on the idea of buying and restoring old militaryvehicles. Since then, he has amassed a collection of over50 vehicles from around the world, including American,Soviet, British, German and Swiss vehicles. I think manymembers of our club can relate to the slippery slope ofbuying things with engines!

Types of vehicles include armored personnel carriers,motorized artillery, tanks, scout cars and support vehi-cles. They include vehicles form WWI, WWII, Korea,Vietnam, the Cold War and the first Gulf War.

Our tour included a tour of the collection, a tour ofthe restoration shops, a ride in an armored personnel car-rier, and for a lucky few, a chance to drive a U.S. Army6x6.

Members enjoyed their ride in the APC, seeing forthemselves just how cramped the quarters are and how

Porsche lovers fall for historic jeeps, tanksAbove: Fun was had byall as they rode thegrounds in an ArmoredPersonnel Carrier (APC).

Right: Drive ’n DineCommittee Member TedWhitehouse presentsthe Potomac donation tothe National Museum ofAmericans in Wartime.

Read more about themuseum athttp://www.nmaw.org


impressively it slogs through mud and fords throughwater.

We also enjoyed our shop tour, where we saw aWWII-era diesel engine that is larger than an entire 356,and an unusual two-man tank, one of only two left in theworld, fromWorld War I. It was smaller than a 914!

But in the author’s opinion, the best part of the day

(apart from checking out and riding in the hardware andplaying in themud) was getting to make new friends whoshare a common interest in exotic machinery. Finally, asan added bonus, The Founders’ Region, Potomac do-nated the $1,200 in registration fees to the museum to-ward construction of the new facility in Prince WilliamCounty, Va. to house this exciting collection.

Upper left: The Drive ’nDine tour following afirst Saturday of themonth breakfast inManassas ventured toCulpeper, Va. to visit theNational Museum ofAmericans in Wartime.

Left: Potomac membersAdam Moore and JillHeckendorf enjoyed theweather and the experi-ence.

Drive ’n Dine2012 schedule

July 4:Wine and PieDrive. Meet at ManassasBattlefield Visitors Centerat 9:30 a.m. Free. Ad-vance registration not re-quired but is requestedfor planning purposes.

Aug. 25: Drive-inmovie.

Sept. 8 or 15: Trip toCharlottesville, Va.

Sept. 29: Trip to con-clude in Lovettsville, Va.during Octoberfest.

Oct. 21 or 27: AnnualFall Foliage trip.

Dec. 1: Antietam, Md.

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By Ron Davis, Concours chairfor der Vorgänger

It wouldn’t be the Deutsche Marque if there was nota weather scare, and so it was early on Sunday, May 6!Despite the forecast of perfect weather that Sunday, therewas a fine mist falling from 6:30 to about 8:30 and re-ports of showers in Rockville even later.

Nevertheless, the weather soon cleared up and 40 carshow stalwarts showed up, including 13 beautiful 356s.At the traditional awards reception, the Best of Marquetrophy went to Howard Byron’s pristine blue ’55 Speed-ster.

The award for most drama went, hands down, toDave Miller. It seems as though his stunning ’72 911 E

had a bit more Porsche tractor in its DNA than most, be-cause it decided on its own to do a little garden tilling inthe vegetable gardens adjacent to the car show field.

Not long after Miller’s early arrival, his spotless 911gently rolled backwards down the hill onto the nearbyservice road and then down into a vegetable garden!

Miller was immediately in hot pursuit of his runawaywhose muffler became entangled in the wire fencing in-tended to keep out such intruders. It was soon deter-mined that even with many enthusiastic helping handsmore powerful help would be needed. So Dave called abuddy who soon arrived with his SUV and the 911 waspulled free with only slight damage.

Trusty helper JimMcLeod was quick to point out thatthis was the first “track off” he had ever seen at a car

Photos by Ken Marks (above rightand above); Richard Curtis (top)

Above right and top:Howard Byron againwon Best of Marque forhis strikingly beautiful’55 Speedster. Byron’scar was featured in derVorgänger in May 2009.

Above: The 356 cabrio-let of Harvey Chernertook 2nd-in-class thisyear. Cherner’s car wasfeatured in dV in June2011

Concours enjoysgood weather,large crowds

show!Despite all the excitement, my faithful

registration helpers, including LonnieKessler, kept signing up cars while ChrisWingfield, Tom Coyle and Bill Tate di-rected parking. Judging teams headed byMatt de Maria and Dave Miller were doneby noon with the results shown on the fol-lowing pages. A special thanks goes toRichard Seltzer, Jim McLeod, Dayna andRick Flanagan for handling the receptiondrinks.

Our club also greatly appreciates thesupport of Porsche of Tysons who had afine display of German engineering withService Manager Chad Morrison and his

guys answering many questions.Meanwhile, at the other end of the

field sponsors Odds & Ends Detailing,Dentmasters and Farmers Insurancewere busy showing their wares.

A newwrinkle was the appearance ofclub member Craig Moen and cameraman Joe Czackorowski who arrived atthe show to capture the Deutsche Mar-que on video! They could be seen rov-ing the car show scene capturing thecars, judging, and doing interviews for avideo that is posted on the club’s website at www.pcapotomac.org. Are wegoing hi-tech or what!

Continued on Pages 18–22


Photos by Ken Marks (above andleft); Richard Curtis (below)

Above: Jay Silberg,right, with his ’65 356cabriolet (3rd in class)alongside the coupe ofhis son, Eric Silberg.How the Silbergs’ carsescaped a fire was re-ported in dV in the De-cember issue 2010.

Left: Maryland’s JohnLovejoy’s ’65 356 cabri-olet. He reassembled thecar after buying it fromthe second owner.

Bottom: Erik Sules,from McLean, Va., withhis ’96 993 Carrera thattook third in class.

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Photos (2) by Ken Marks

Top: Ray Wills, left, discusses originality of an early911 tool kit to Matt Crosby.

Above: Concours Chair Ron Davis takes a momentfrom his showfield duties to cast an approving lookat Harvey Cherner’s gorgeous 356 cabriolet.

Photo by Richard Curtis

Right: David Miller’s 911 that rolled down the hill!Damage, though, was slight, except to Miller’spride. Miller, a staunch Porsche fanatic, was fea-tured in dV in the October 2011 issue.


Photos by Ken Marks

Roderick Harrison’s Ma-rine Blue Metallic ’90928 GT that he’s ownedfor two years. The Lo-cust Grove, Va. residentalso owns a 996 911and is looking for a 996Turbo.

Roderick Harrison lives in Locust Grove, Va. and re-cently retired from the Federal Aviation Administrationafter 34 years of service. He was the assistant air trafficmanager of the Potomac Consolidated TRACON locatedin Vint Hill, Va.

This 928 GT is Harrison’s second Porsche althoughhe’s already currently searching for a 911 turbo. The 928was originally sold in Los Angeles where it was intiallyused to showcase Porsche’s available options. It is one ofthe most heavily optioned 928s, with a list price in 1989of $93,500 of which almost $20,000 was in options. Afew options include: Rootwood console and trim, full up-graded interior leather and custom installed CD holder.The car has original factory paint and options, without

any modifications.In 2004, the 928 GT was bought by a doctor in Fred-

ericksburg, Va. and sold to someone in the Boston area.Harrison brought it back to the Fredericksburg area. Eachowner has taken meticulous care of the car and it is cur-rently seeking a new caretaker.

Harrison is a retiree and a recent member of PCA Po-tomac. While volunteering at Habitat for Humanity, hegot into a discussion with someone who told him aboutthe May 2012 Deutsch Marque Concours, where thesephotos were taken. Roderick’s car took a first in class.

“I had a great time at the concours,” he said. “Therewere many great cars there but more great people andstories. I enjoyed them all immensely.”

Newcomer does well at his first concours


Photos by Richard Curtis

Pete Archibald’s car (three photos)—a ’56 356Speedster—features a custom removable hardtop byDon Fowler. The car was formerly owned by noted356 restorer Lowell Sivey. Archibald has owned thecar for five years and also owns a ’64 365C cabrio-let. Bill Tate, right in the top photo with Archibald,also owns a 356 that won third in class.


The winnersBest of Marque

Howard Byron, ’55 356 Speedster

356 (Concours)1st—Jim Hobbins, ’63 356B Coupe2nd—Harvey Cherner, ’63 Cabriolet3rd—Bill Tate, ’58 Speedster

Early 911s, 912s, 914s 1965–83 (Concours)1st—Chris Wilson, ’72 911T2nd—Daniel Blair , ’66 9113rd—Dennis O’Connor ’75 914

Mid-911s 1984–98 (Concours)1st—Nathan Strup, ’96 Targa2nd—Tom Coyle, ’97 Carrera3rd—Erick Sulcs, ’96 Carrera

Late 911s 1999–2012 (Concours)1st—John Hawley, ’12 911 Carrera S2nd—Don Zelm, ’12 911 Carrera GTS3rd (Tie)—Mike Walker, ’04 911 Carrera3rd (Tie)—Sam Almukhtar, ’03 911 Carrera

Boxster/Cayman (Concours)1st—Scott Stevens, ’08 Boxster S2nd—Jim Skelly, ’08 Cayman3rd—Geoffery Henton, ’08 Boxster

924, 928, 944, 968 (Concours)1st—Rod Harrison, ’90 928 GT2nd—Darryl Nichols, ’92 968 Convert3rd—Chris Wingfield ’86 944 Turbo

356s (People’s Choice)1st—Pete Archibald, ’56 Speedster2nd—“Littlejohn” Schebish, ’58 Speedster3rd—Jay Silberg, ’65 Cabriolet

Coupes All Years (People’s Choice)1st—Russell Kessler, ’77 911 3.02nd—Don Flynn, ’02 9113rd—Bob Hofmekler, ’95 911

Open Cars All Years (People’s Choice)1st—Chuck Drake, ’73 914No 2nd or 3rd place


Top: Long-time Potomac memberChuck Drake enjoys the view of his re-cently acquired 914.

Middle: The restoration of Bruce Bade’s356 has been noted in this binder ofphotos. Bade’s car was the subject of adV story on the history of its manydents in the November 2009 issue.

Left: A pristine trunk, complet withtool kit and jack is just one of the high-lights of Daniel Blair’s “rolling restora-tion” of his ’66 911. The Washington,D.C. resident and Georgetown Univer-sity professor has owned the car fortwo years, which took a second inclass.


Photos by Michael Madrid

Above: David Duke-hart,left, president ofPCA’s Chesapeake Re-gion, Carol Kramme,Potomac’s Tim Be-rardelli and HowardByron look at a beauti-ful 356 cabriolet on theshowfield.

Right: Dennis O’Connorbrought his 914, whichwon the PreservatonClass at the 2011 Pa-rade.

Photo by Ken Marks

Jonathan Jones’s ’88 factory 930 slantnose 911 thathe bought in 1999. Jones has been a PCA memberfor 17 years.


By Susan BrownPCA Parade chair

The 57th annual Porsche Parade will beheld July 8-14, 2012 in Salt Lake City andthere is still time to join us. Parade registrationmay be accessed by logging into your pca.orgaccount and following the links.

Salt Lake City is a city with theatre, restau-rants, nightclubs, museums and more. Theweather should be hot, but dry and sunny.

We of course have a full week of Parade ac-tivities lined up for you. There is still room tojoin in any or all of the four competitive events:concours, autocross, TSD rally and Tech Quiz.We have beer and wine tasting events in Hos-

pitality, our art show, a 5k run/walk, golf tour-nament, gimmick rally, banquets, RC car racesand the Michelin Drive & Compare. TechAcademy will be held on Friday, with hands-on instruction about do-it-yourself mainte-nance. A DE at nearby Miller Motorsports Parkwill round out the week .

For more information about the week, go toour website: http://parade2012.pca.org/.

Headquarters hotels will be the Little Amer-ica and Grand America Hotels. Located in themiddle of downtown, the hotels are on a lightrail line, making it easy to get around the city.Little America has Salt Lake City’s largest in-door/outdoor pool, and both have extensiveunderground parking areas. Within easy walk-

ing distance is Salt Lake City’s newest mall,City Creek Center. Spread across three blocksin downtown Salt Lake City, City Creek Centerhas eighty stores and restaurants either open-airor covered by a retractable roof.

About a mile from the hotel is Utah’s stateCapitol, where we will hold the Concours. TheCapitol was built on a hill overlooking the city,and is the perfect place for you to show off your“baby.” The autocross and the Michelin Driveand Compare will be held at Maverick Center,a 10-minute drive away.

The week promises to be an exciting one.Come celebrate 57 years of club history, andyour chance to experience all that Salt LakeCity and Utah have to offer.

It’s not too late to join Parade funPhoto by Alan Barker, Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau

Salt Lake City, Utah will be the site of the 2012 PCA Parade the week of July 8–14.


Remaining 2012rally schedule

July 28: Rally No. 3.Wounded Warriors rally.The rally committee iscurrently in discussionswith people at BethesdaMedical Center to stagea rally with WoundedWarriors as the naviga-tors. The date will beSaturday, July 28. Weexpect great interest inthis event, so we arelimiting the entries to30 cars. Beginning andending locations are stillto be decided, but theroute will be throughMontgomery and Fred-erick Counties, Md. Ifyou would like to partic-ipate, please email [email protected].

Sept. 29: Rally No. 4,Oktoberfest Rally

By John Eberhardtfor der Vorgänger

The PCA Potomac 2012 rally season got off to a strongstart with the “Signs of Spring” rally on May 12. RallyChairs Craig and Linda Davidson organized a fantasticcourse from Gaithersburg, Md. to Ashburn, Va. throughsome beautiful back country roads, ending at Clyde’sWillow Creek Farm in Ashburn for lunch.

Thirty-three cars with over 60 eager driver-navigatorteams gathered to see what Craig and Linda had in storefor us. It was a great group of people—some familiar facessuch as Roland and Alice Frenck and Doug and EmmyHolmes along with some new faces such as Mia Walshand her daughter, Sara. Mia told Sara that she wanted herto navigate as her Mother’s Day present! Of course someold hands like Kirstin Knott, who showed everyone howit’s done with her own industrial tape dispenser to tapeup all the photos, directions and clues.

So what did Craig and Linda have in store? I tell youthey worked overtime for this one! If you are familiar withthe phrase “diabolically simple” then that would describethe rally. While a simple photo rally format, it turned outto be very difficult.

I learned a valuable lesson. My navigator and Iswitched roles when we got to Virginia; she is a muchbetter driver than I am a navigator! After tallying as manyphotos as possible, we got to roll the dice in the event ofa tie, which was fortunate, because there were ties for firstand second place.

We got to Clyde’s and cooled down in the bar whilethe results were tallied. First place honors went to KateDaley and Chrissy Reich; second place to Ellen Beck andBob Gutjahr; and third to Jim and Diane Kinnear.

If you missed this one, don’t worry—there are twomore rallies this year: theWoundedWarrior Rally on July28, where you will have aWoundedWarrior as your nav-igator. This should be a great rally as theses guys and galsare all better with maps and directions that any of us. OnSept. 29 is the Oktoberfest Rally, where you gets to com-bine your passions of Porsche and rallies with Brats andbeer! Don’t miss either of these rallies; space is limitedso sign up ASAP!

Signs of spring rally

Photos by Mia Walsh

Left: Roland and AliceFrenck try to memorizeall the photos.

Below: Kirstin KnottShows us how it’s donewith her industrial-strength tape dispenser.



On Sunday, May 20, TheFounders’ Region, Potomac returnedto the StonymanGourmet Farmer inLittle Washington, Va. for our thirdspring gourmet brunch.

With a good group of 39 peoplein 24 cars (including oneMercedes)we drove some great rural roads (in-cluding some old standards) on afantastic balmy Spring Sunday downto little Washington. The weatherwas fantastic, and it felt like summerhad arrived a little early. The townknew the Porsches were coming, soall the shopkeepers stayed open lateand the jewelry store made sure theyhad enough in stock.

We met at the Manassas Battlefield VisitorsCenter and took off on a country drive throughAldie, Middleburg, The Plains, Marshall, FlintHill and finally (Little)Washington, Va.We hadsome beautiful cars, including Javier Ro-driguez’s (heavily modified) early 911, Darryland Nanci Shanley’s Boxster S all the way fromOhio and Hank and Debbie Allen’s beautifulblue 997 cabriolet.

We also had help from volunteers Steve andLinda Gifford (front and center in the groupphoto above) and Tom and Karen Decker whohelped lead cars in what was a big group. In afirst for a John Eberhardt-organized trip, no-body got lost this time! That probably had

something do to with me going last.We also got to see some new faces, includ-

ing the McDonalds, the Barakats, the Currysand Trish Poljak—who got introduced tobrunch, Potomac style!

The Stonyman Gourmet Farmer on GayStreet in (Little)Washington is a merchant gro-cer specializing in locally grown organic pro-duce and cheeses and are advocates ofNorthern Virginia farm-to-table cuisine.

Proprietors Susan and Alan James outdidthemselves with freshly made Herbed FromageBlanc (Chevre), Cavia, Turkey Ballatine, Five-Vegetable Layered Lasagna, Organic MicroGreens and a 200-year-old James family recipefor Curried Wild Rice.

This was, of course, followed by a fullcheese course, dessert and coffee. Prior to thecheese course, Alan James presented an origi-nal tomme (cheese wheel) to all, and I am prettysure it was on a 19" rim! It was all, of course,absolutely delicious!

For those of you who have not visited theStonyman, I highly recommend it—and youdon’t even have to go to Little Washington(even though the roads are great) as they rou-tinely come to farmers markets inside the belt-way.

Given the continued success of our Stony-man brunches, keep an eye on the Drive ’nDine calendar for our Fall Foliage brunch inOctober.

Gourmet Drive ’n Dine results in stuffed Potomac members

Left: Almost 40 Potomacfolks showed up for thisDrive ’n Dine tripthrough scenic Virginiato the Stonyman Gour-ment Farmer in LittleWashington, Va.

Below: Ray McDonaldadmires Alan James’giant cheese.

Drive ’n Dine2012 schedule

July 4:Wine and PieDrive. Meet at ManassasBattlefield Visitors Centerat 9:30 a.m. Free. Ad-vance registration not re-quired but is requestedfor planning purposes.

Aug. 25: Drive-inmovie.

Sept. 8 or 15: Trip toCharlottesville, Va.

Sept. 29: Trip to con-clude in Lovettsville, Va.during Octoberfest.

Oct. 21 or 27: AnnualFall Foliage trip.

Dec. 1: Antietam, Md.



Thanks to PCA Po-tomac’s commitment topartnering with our areaPorsche dealers, Potomacwas invited to co-sponsorthe summer Twilight Poloseries at Great Meadow, Va.with Porsche of Tysons.

This has given Potomac members a fantastic oppor-tunity to enjoy this event throughout the summer at nocost for admission. As a result, about 40 Porsche owners,including many Potomac members, brought their P-carsand families out to Great Meadow on the evening of Sat-urday, April 19 to enjoy three great hours of polo, a spec-tacular venue, great company and delicious food cooked

by our very own PCA Potomac Past President Tuffy vonBriesen and Mike Tsamouras from Porsche of Tysons.Rest assured, Tuffy and Mike cook a mean burger!

In addition to fabulous food and fabulous polo,Tysons also brought about a dozen of their best tempta-tions out to show off to the crowd, including 991, 997cabriolets, a Carrera GTS and a Panamera Turbo S. TheTysons guys get a lot of credit for their bravery in parking

Nanci and Darryl Shan-ley enjoyed the festivi-ties along with about 40Porsche owners asguests of Porsche ofTysons. The Shanleys,members of PCA fromMedina, Ohio were intown and took part inthree PCA activitieswhile here.

Potomacenjoys twilightpolo matches


all that wonderful machinery right next to the polo field!In addition to new faces, there were familiar faces such

as Ken Marks, Steve and Linda Gifford, Matt and ValerieCuster, and Karen Mimbs.

The distance award goes to Darryl and Nanci Shanley,mid-Ohio region members from Medina, Ohio, whowere in town for the weekend and attended no fewerthan three Potomac events over the weekend.

As an added treat, PCA Potomac member Nate Dai-ley was playing his inaugural match for the Mad CapFarm polo team in the “Porsche” polo shirts. I guess no

matter how you look at it, PCAmembers like horsepower.Nate was also kind enough to open his box to Potomacmembers. This, plus the Porsche of Tysons hospitalitydeck, meant more than enough food and drink for all.

The Porsches and Polo series will be going on all sum-mer, and there will be a chance for members to get outthere on July 14, August 18 and September 8.

To get a pass for attendance, see Jim Elefantis atPorsche of Tysons or email John Eberhardt or Tuffy vonBriesen off of the club web site.

The Porsche display atPorsches and Pologames held at GreatMeadow, Va. Potomacmembers are invited byPorsche of Tysons for fu-ture matches on July 14,Aug. 18 and Sept. 8.

Early May at Mid-OhioSports Car Course enticeda number of Potomac DEenthusiasts to make theroughly eight hour trek.

Among them wereMelonie Sullivan, above,in her 997 Turbo and Po-tomac’s Co-Chief Instruc-tor Dirk Dekker, right.

Below, Potomac’s JohnEberhardt, left, MiaWalsh andChris Mantzu-ranis clown around on thevictory stand. Below right,cars line up before rolling

out onto the 2.4-mile, 15-turn course.


Potomac turns out forventure to Mid-Ohio DE

Photos by John Vrankovich

Join PCA the easy wayJust point your smartphone at the image at

right. That will take you to the Porsche Club ofAmerica website where you can find the formfor joining.

Membership entitles you to receive not onlyder Vorgänger every month (except January) butalso monthly issues of PCA’s official nationalmagazine, Panorama. Some Porsche dealersalso recognize PCA membership with a 10%discount on parts.

The Founders’ Region, Potomac is thefounding region of PCA. The club offers over100 events each year, including Driver Educa-tion events (including free Tech days for partic-ipants and club members), Drive ’n Dine tripsthroughout the Northern Virginia–Marylandcountryside to visit interesting restaurants andother destinations, and other social events suchas three area breakfast-brunch meetings each

month. The club also offers an active autocrossschedule including on autocross school eachseason, two High Performance Driving Clinicsannually, several fun rallies and quarterly openboard meetings.


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Readers andtheir cars


Below: Potomac new-comer (but not to DEs)Fred Seebeck has ownedhis ’79 930 five years.The White Marsh, Md.resident rebuilt the en-gine himself and nowtracks the car.

Below right: Potomacmembers and DE partic-ipants Scott Seyferth ofClifton, Va. and Syd Imi-tiaz watch a DE rungroup from the specta-tor tower at Turn 10 ofSummit Point (W.Va.)Motorsports Park’smain circuit.

Photo by Don Mattingley

Left: Cayman driver andfrequent dV contributorJohn Vrankovich enjoysa break from the DE ac-tion at VIR in January.

Photo by John Vrankovich

Below: Instructor CindyPagonis takes a ridewithScott McQuiston inhis’09 Boxster at thisyear’s HPDC on theShenandoah Circuit ofSummit Point (W.Va.)Motorsports Park.


Readers andtheir cars


Above: Tom Isley of theMaumee Valley Regionof PCA and his nieceEmily Walsh, 17, ofMaryland visited Po-tomac’s June 2 brunchin Manassas in Isley’sBoxster.

Above: Bob Williams, from Centreville, Va., with his935 track car during a shake-down run at a 2011DE at Summit Point. He’s slowly rebuilding the carthat he found in Canada last year. He also has sev-eral other ongoing Porsche projects in his homegarage. Williams is a past president of Potomac.

Right: Oakton, Va.’s Trung Ho with a delightful ’64356C coupe at a recent Potomac DE Tech day. Hohas owned the car for five years and previously hasowned an ’86 944 and a 911.

At the May 6 Deutsch MarqueConcours, der Vorgänger photogra-pher Michael Madrid snapped thisphoto of a hood crest marked witha piece of black tape to recognizethe recent death of Ferdinand

Porsche on April 5. He was the de-signer of the iconic 911.

As for the crest itself, it is acomposite of symbols from severalsources. The small center crest—ablack horse on a field of yellow—

is the coat of arms of Stuttgart.Horses have formed part of thearms of Stuttgart since the MiddleAges when the town was founded,hence the name (Stuttgart trans-lates to “stud farm” in English).

The stag’s antler and the redand black stripes in the quarter-ings of the shield are part of thecoat of arms of the former King-dom of Wurttemberg (1806–1908).

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