Der Porsche Brief Newsletter of the PCA North Florida Region

DRIVE YOUR 356 DAY

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

IN CELEBRATION OF

FERRY PORSCHE’S

BIRTHDAY AT TROUT

POND IN LEON

COUNTY

2nd ANNUAL

APALACHICOLA

MAIN STREET

AUTOS & OYSTERS

CLASSIC CAR SHOW

OCTOBER 29, 2016

55th ROLEX

24 HOURS AT

DAYTONA

JANUARY

26-29, 2017

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Der Porsche Brief

Newsletter of the PCA North Florida Region

2nd Quarter 2017 Vol. 44 No. 1

Cover Photos

Alan Berg—-356 Day

Scotty Roberts—

Apalachicola Car Show

Bob Wilson–—Rolex

24 Hours at Daytona

Der Porsche Brief is

published by the

North Florida region,

Porsche Club of

America. See page 3

for contact and sub-

mission information.

Table of Content

3 Welcome to Der Porsche Brief

4 The President’s Corner Bob Wilson

5 Drive Your 356 Day Celebration Alan Berg

8 The Perdue Classic Car Show Bob Wilson

11 Apalachicola Autos & Oysters Car Show-

A View From the Emerald Coast Scotty Roberts

15 2nd Annual Apalachicola Main Street

Autos & Oysters Classic Car Show Bob Wilson

18 North Florida Region Charity Efforts 2016

21 Happy Birthday Colonel Rasmussen Alan Berg

24 The 55th Running of the Rolex 24 Hours

Race at Daytona Bob Wilson

29 After The Holidays Party Bob Wilson

32 Emerald Coast Cars & Coffee March 2017 Scotty Roberts

34 So You Want to Install New Flexible

Brake Lines? Robert Moore

42 Zonefest 2017

44 North Florida Region Board of Directors

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Christa Wilson Canopy Roads Content Editor christabwilson@embarqmail.com

Scotty Roberts Emerald Coast Content Editor scottandjan@cox.net

WECOME TO

Der Porsche Brief

As announced by President Robert Wilson, the

North Florida Region (NFR) is now composed of

two activity areas; The Canopy Roads Area and the

Emerald Coast Area. Along with these areas, our

newsletter, Der Porsche Brief, is also now receiv-

ing submissions from both areas. Christa Wilson

(christabwilson@embarqmail.com) is the Content

Editor for The Canopy Roads Area and Scotty Rob-

erts (scottandjan@cox.net) is the Content Editor

for The Emerald Coast Area. Christa Wilson

(christabwilson@embarqmail.com) is the Produc-

tion Editor for the entire newsletter. Region mem-

bers may direct their submissions to their respec-

tive Content Editors. The Areas have been enu-

merated in President Wilson's Presidential Report

in Der Porsche Brief.

As President Wilson notes, the two content edi-

tors, one from each Area, will be responsible for

soliciting from their respective Area members, ar-

ticles, reports, and/or photographs on all things

Porsches including events. For example, the arti-

cles and reports may consist of any detailed dis-

cussion of new models, new features, new acces-

sories, new technology, or new issues with Por-

sche. In recent issues we have had detailed de-

scriptions of upcoming models that were about to

appear. How about a description of a new modifi-

cation you made to your Porsche that you think

your fellow NFRers may be interested in? Did you

install PSE? Did you buy a new model Porsche?

Moreover, the articles and reports may consist of

anything of historical interest to Porsche enthusi-

asts. We previously have had detailed descriptions

of our older, beloved Porsches. Do you have a

912, 914 or 356 that we would all admire? Events

of interest might include races, high performance

driver's education, autocrosses, rallies, tours and

social events. Many of us attend and participate in

these events. Indeed, in previous issues of our

newsletter we have seen reports from Sebring,

Daytona, The Porsche Driving Experience, various

Concours, our After Holidays Party, etc. There is

no Porsche event that is not worth reporting.

For that matter, there is no topic of interest to

Porschephiles that will go unpublished in Der Por-

sche Brief if you submit it! Just use your imagina-

tion. We look forward to receiving your submis-

sion. It should not take solicitation from the Edi-

tors. Please take the time to relate ANY Porsche

experience you have had. Did you buy a famous

Porsche? Did you take European delivery? Did you

buy or visit a barn-find? Do you know of a Porsche

for sale that must be featured? Do you know of a

Porschephile that must be featured? Did you buy

an obscure Porsche? All is of interest to us. Let's

hear about it!

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President’s Corner

Upcoming Events for 2017:

Areas Social Meetings

Emerald Coast Area

2nd Wednesday Night of the Month – The meeting alternates between Destin/Fort Walton

and Panama City/Panama City Beach. For two months it is held in the Destin area followed

by one month in the Panama City area. Check your emails or our website calendar pages for

dates, times, and places.

Last Saturday Panama City Beach Cars and Coffee - in Panama City Beach at the park-

ing lot of Panera Bread in Pier Park in Panama City Beach. It begins around 7:00 AM (CST)

and ends around 9:30 or 10:00. Meet up, have coffee, talk shop and look at a variety of cars.

Canopy Roads Area

3rd Wednesday Night of the Month – The social will be at The Little Italy Restaurant in

Tallahassee. Check your emails or our website calendar pages for dates, times, and plac-

es.

3rd Saturday Cars and Coffee – Tallahassee. Past meetings there have been over 50

cars in attendance. Come and don’t miss out seeing these cars and talking with the owners.

The Cars and Coffee is at Texas Roadhouse at 3131 Capital Circle, NE, Tallahassee start-

ing around 8:00 AM EST lasting until around 10:00 AM

Zonefest 2017 – Tallahassee, FL – May 26-29, 2017. This event has a Concours, Gimmick Ral-

ly, Tech Quiz, Autocross, and Tour. Registration is online at Clubregistration.net. Check out our

website for more information.

10th Annual Celebration Car Show – Tallahassee, FL – June 17, 2017. This car show has no

registration fee. You can register online or the day of the event. For more information check our

website or go to carshow.icelebration.org.

Website: http://nfl.pca.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/PCA-North-Florida-Region/163041718029

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DRIVE YOUR 356 DAY CELEBRATION Text and Photos By Alan Berg

Remember those stories that went around a few years ago about how a duck looks so calm gliding apparently effortlessly across a pond, but below the surface, where the observers cannot see, it is paddling like the dickens. This is one of those stories.

Drive Your 356 Day (DY356D) for 2016 was a lit-tle tougher to put together than past years. The event was scheduled for the Sunday closest to September 19, which is Ferry Porsche’s birthday (and Mindy Water’s Birthday). This year that Sun-day fell on September 18. Nothing tough about that, but on September 2, 2016, Tallahassee and the Big Bend area experienced its first hurricane hit (Hermine) since Hurricane Kate in 1984. It was a pretty devastating storm with most of the damage being caused by downed trees, which blocked roads and took down power lines. Wide swaths of the area were without electricity for as long as a week, and the priority for local officials was to clear roads and restore electricity in the populated areas.

The planners for DY356D had decided on an as-sembly point at Trout Pond, a very nice park in the Apalachicola National Forest, maintained by the Forest Service of US Department of Agricul-ture. Pictures to be submitted for the DY356D photo spread that appears annually in the 356 Registry Magazine would be taken at Trout Pond and then the 356s and accompanying Porsches would caravan to the Spring Creek Restaurant in Spring Creek, Florida, for lunch. It was a simple plan, and much like the movie, A Simple Plan, be-came pretty complicated due to Hurricane Her-mine.

After Hermine hit, first reports were that the Spring Creek Restaurant was underwater as Her-mine made landfall. As time went by the reports moderated to just six inches of water made it into the Restaurant. Those reports were accurate and the Restaurant closed for clean up after the storm passed. The event planners searched for a back-up restaurant. The Seineyard in Woodville was selected as a stand by dining spot, but not fa-vored as we had gone there the year before on DY356D.

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A quick trip to Trout Pond came to an end at the entrance to the park. The gate was closed and downed trees could be seen across the entrance road. Calls were made to the Forest Service’s vari-ous offices and Ranger Stations in the area. The calls went to voicemail, of if answered, the an-sweree had no information on when Trout Pond would reopen. We explained our plan for DY356D and were promised we would be called when Trout Pond was scheduled to reopen. We never got a call. The event planners searched for a backup as-sembly point. Other locations near Trout Pond were closed due to the Hurricane, or required driv-ing down flooded and muddy roads—not something Porsche drivers are wont to do outside the Dakar or Siberian Rally. We considered Barry and Mindy Waters’ house-the driveway was blocked by trees. Without another option, it was decided to assemble on the short entrance road to the Trout Pond.

On Wednesday, September 14, a trip to Trout Pond to check the suitability of the entrance road as as-sembly point revealed the road would be adequate, and that Trout Pond was still closed. However, we did receive news that Spring Creek Restaurant was reopened and would be ready for the Porsche crew on September 18. So our emergency plan was set.

On September 18, Porsches began arriving at Trout Pond, and the gate was open. Three 356s and several other Porsches including 911s, a 944 and a Cayenne were able to assemble as originally planned. The anxiety and worry about Trout Pond being closed, and Spring Creek Restaurant being flooded, were unknown to the participants until the situation was explained at Trout Pond. Pictures of the assembled cars were taken and a picture of the local 356s was published in the 356 Registry Maga-zine.

After the photo shoot for the 356 Registry Maga-zine, the Porsches caravanned down to Wakulla County to the Spring Creek Restaurant for some Apalachicola Bay seafood. It was about a 45 mi-nute drive and we met up with a few other North Florida Region members at Spring Creek Restau-rant. We dined in the back room and had a great lunch. After lunch, some members went down to the edge of the bay and looked at the fresh water spring. Several members from the Destin – Fort Walton area took the slow way back home and en-joyed the beautiful afternoon.

If you didn’t make this year, we hope to see you on Sunday, September 17, 2017. I am sure that Don Boggs and Alan Berg will have a great Fall drive with great food planned to celebrate Ferry Por-sche’s birthday.

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North Florida Region’s 356s all lined up for their photo shot for the 356 Registry Magazine

The North Florida PCA group caravanned from Trout Pond to Spring Creek Restaurant in Wakulla

County for a tasty lunch.

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On Saturday, October 22, 2016 the first Perdue’s Classic Car Show was held in Tallahassee, Florida at the Florida Department of Transportation Parking Lot next to Cascades Park.

Despite the venue being changed within the last two weeks approximately 80 vehicles paid the $20 reg-istration/donation fee to participate in the show. All the proceeds from the car show went to the Talla-hassee Alzheimer’s Project. One of the sponsors for this charity event was Tallahassee’s Porsche Dealer, Capital Eurocars. Besides providing handouts for the participant’s “goodie bag”, they dis-played a new Macan S as part of the show.

Mike Ludes, Porsche Certified Brand Ambassador and PCA member, drove his 1995 911 Carrera and parked it next to its former owner’s (Marc Free-man’s) 2015 911 GTS.

A total of seven Porsches were on display for the show which made up around 8% of the total cars at the show. This included a new 718 Boxster with the 4 cyclinder H turbo engine.

The First Perdue’s Classic Car Show Text and Photos By Bob Wilson

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Besides Porsches, there were a variety of vehicles at the show including:

An Opel GT

A Maserati

Jaguars (including a XKE)

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Mustangs

And Corvettes

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Apalachicola Autos and Oysters Car Show –

A View from the Emerald Coast

Text and Photos By Scotty Roberts

Six of us from the Emerald Coast Area

of our region, Russ & Cindy Aldrich,

Roy & Janelle Vaughn, and Jan &

Scotty Roberts (yours truly) went over

to Apalachicola on the weekend of

October 28th-30th for the 2nd Annual

Autos & Oysters Car Show at Apala-

chicola

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From North Florida Region, I think the final count of Porsches entered was 23, which for the 2nd time won the award for the largest turnout by a single car make. All of the British made cars were

thrown into one pot, which on the surface seemed unfair, but it didn't matter, we won anyway.

Porsches on Parade in

Apalachicola

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Saw some really neat transportation including a 1931 Auburn Boattail, several Model A's and T's, an old VW, a Buick Wildcat (with a trunk the size

of a pick-up truck), several hot rods..........................you name it, it was there.

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The people of Apalachicola could not have been

more hospitable. We all ate and drank from many

quaint restaurants and bars around town, all within

easy walking distance. We are really looking for-

ward to next year. It was reported that this year's

turnout was about 50% more than last year and it

will only grow.

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2nd Annual Apalachicola Main Street

Autos & Oysters Classic Car Show

Text and Photos By Bob Wilson

North Florida Region successfully defended it’s award for the Best Car Club Participation in the 2016 Classic Car Show in Apalachicola, Florida.

This year the car show was moved forward by two weeks to take place on the last weekend in Octo-ber. Like last year, a number of members gathered in Apalachicola on Friday and consumed large quantities of seafood at Up the Creek Bar on Water Street.

On Saturday, the Classic Car Show started early. With over 20 Porsches pre-registered, North Florida Region was given both sides of Avenue E as it con-nects with Water Street down at waterfront of Apalachicola.

A North Florida PCA tent was erected where free back issues of the PCA Panorama were available for the taking.

It was a great opportunity for the Membership Chair to reduce his inventory of back issues.

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As Porsches arrived, they were parked at an angle

on either side of Avenue E. In all there were 22 Por-

sches on display. They ranged from early 911s,

Caymans, Boxsters, Cayennes and Macans.

The Bay British Cars put up a stiff fight for the Best

Participation award by having 14 cars in the show.

They included Lotus, MGs, Austin Healys, Jaguars, and Triumphs. A great time was had by all.

The weather could not have been better. Many of our Porsches came away with individual car show awards as well as our Best Participation award.

Saturday night the North Florida Region had a ca-

tered dinner by Gormley’s at the Water Street Inn

banquet room for about 30 members. The celebra-

tion lasted well into the night.

PCA member Irwin Greenstein wrote a great e-

Brake News article for PCA on the car show titled

“A Celebration of Porsches in Apalachicola”. If you

did not get a chance to read it or look at his photos,

you can find it posted under the E-Brake News of

the PCA. Log on to the pca.org website and under

the “News” tab select E-Brake News. Select year

“2016” and click on “November”. Then scroll down

to the article with the green 911 and enjoy. I can’t

wait until next year for good times with Porsche

folks and great seafood.

Photo by Irwin Greenstein

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Buffet dinner was catered by Gormley’s in the meeting room of the Water Street Inn.

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North Florida Region Charity Efforts for 2016

Fred Borg, Scotty Roberts, Roy Vaughn and Bob Wilson-Contributors

This year, our Region has split into two Areas to better serve our membership which is spread from Lake City, Florida to Destin / Fort Walton, Florida. These two areas have approximately 75 regular members each. The Canopy Roads Area covers Tallahassee and the surrounding communities with-in an hour driving time. The Emerald Coast Area covers the area around Panama City / Panama City Beach and Destin / Fort Walton, Florida. Panama City / Panama City Beach has about 25 regular members while the Destin/Fort Walton has about 50 regular members.

For several years now the North Florida Region has participated in the annual “Turkey Drive” sponsored by WTXL ABC 27 and Legacy Toyota in Tallahas-see, Florida. This drive collects food and raised money for the Second Harvest of the Big Bend as part of the “Feeding America” program during the Thanksgiving Holidays. With two activity Areas, the North Florida Region Board of Directors decided to apply for a PCA Region Subsidy Program Request for Charity / Public Service from National. In Sep-tember 2016 a request for $450 was submitted to National and was approved. The North Florida Re-gion BOD approved of splitting the Charity / Public Service request in half giving $225 to Canopy Roads and Emerald Coast Areas each. Emerald Coast divided their $225 so that $150 would be used by the Destin / Fort Walton members and $75 would be used by the Panama City / Panama City Beach members.

Canopy Roads Area continued to support the Sec-ond Harvest of the Big Bend through the annual “Turkey Drive” and to participate in the PCA “Fill-a-Frunk” program. On November 17, 2016 the North Florida Region – Canopy Roads Area participated in the WTXL TV “Turkey Drive”.

We had 6 Porsches and 8 members show up for our donation. This year we donated 22 turkeys and $225 to Second Harvest. The $225 was matched 2 to 1 by Bank of America. This made our cash dona-tion a total of $675 which provided for 7,425 meals.

The Canopy Roads Area held its “Fill-a-Frunk” drive for Second Harvest on December 3, 2016. Many of the members met for lunch at the local Hopkins Eat-ery. Lunch was followed by a Porsche Drive to the Second Harvest facility near the Tallahassee Air-port. We had 7 Porsches and 10 members show up for lunch and the drive. We donated 230 pounds of can goods and $130 in cash donations. This cash amount funded an additional 520 meals.

CANOPY ROADS AREA

TURKEY DRIVE AND FILL-A-

FRUNK BENEFITS MANY

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Emerald Coast area–

panama city

Supported the Hunger and Homeless Coalition of NW FL

Members of the Emerald Coast Area (Panama City / Panama City Beach) donated their $75 to the Hunger and Homeless Coalition of Northwest Flori-da. This agency is focused on preventing home-lessness and supplying assistance to food banks and pantries in Calhoun, Gulf, Bay, Holmes, Jack-son and Washington Counties.

EMERALD COAST AREA–

DESTIN

Held A Toy Drive for Children at Sacred Heart Hospital

The Emerald Coast Area (Destin / Fort Walton Beach) paired up with the Century 21 Blue Marlin Real Estate to provide toys for children confined to Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast dur-ing Christmas. Before “Black Friday”, members of the Emerald Coast Area spent over $250 acquiring toys for the children at Sacred Heart Hospital with $150 coming from the Region’s charity subsidy funds. On December 16th, just before Christmas, members of the Emerald Coast Area teamed up with folks from Century 21 Blue Marlin Realty to presents toys for children at Sacred Heart Hospital in Destin.

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The easy way to hit 80 is to apply slight pressure to the gas pedal in your Porsche, and you are off like a shot and will hit 80 pretty quickly!

Another way is hang around for 80 years, and cele-brate those years in high style with a semi-surprise brunch surrounded by family, and friends made over those 80 years!

Now, as of December 24, 2016, long time PCA member and past President of the North Florida Re-gion (NFR), Robert “Bob” Rasmussen, has done it both ways. He has been 80 miles per hour (mph), and more, many times in his various Porsches, and probably approached 800 mph in some of our coun-try’s fastest jet fighters. But you only get to have an 80th birthday one time, and Bob’s daughter, Kay, made it memorable.

Kay organized a celebration party for Bob on De-cember 10th, 2016. Bob knew that Kay was giving him a party, but had no idea who would be attend-ing. Kay planned a “Dutch Brunch” from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Clemenza’s Uptown Station restau-rant in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. At least forty of Bob’s friends attended the brunch. The party in-cluded a group of Bob’s U.S. Air Force (USAF) bud-dies; real estate colleagues and associates; his new found skeet shooting cohorts; and his North Florida Region PCA friends. Kay, and Bob’s son, Denie, and his wife, Rena, led the list of attendees. Denie and Rena flew in from Las Vegas for the event!

Bob and his late wife, Beverly (she also served as President of the NFR), were active Porsche aficio-nados, and indulged their devotion to the marque in both the US and Germany, where Bob was sta-tioned in the USAF. One of Bob’s cars, a slate gray early 911, was acquired by the Porsche Museum in Germany, and is often on display at the Museum.

Bob and Beverly were also BBQ connoisseurs and judges. They managed to combine their passion for Porsches and BBQ into a number of annual events called Squeals and Wheels. Bob and Beverly would serve up BBQ prepared by them at their home in Niceville. Members of the NFR came from all over the Region (many of them from Tallahas-see) to partake in the delicious fare.

Bob had several careers, the first and foremost was as an Officer and Pilot in the USAF. Bob’s career included stints in many of the jet fighters of his era, including the F-4. He served as Squadron Com-mand of an F-4 Squadron near the end of his USAF career. His most memorable tour was as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) in the Republic of Vietnam. FAC’s flew propeller driven aircraft and coordinated air support for troops engaged in contacts with the enemy on the ground. Bob’s unit flew missions in support of the US Army’s 1st Infantry Division, also known as the Big Red One. It was a dangerous job and one much appreciated by the ground pounders engaged in the ground action!

Bob’s second career was in Real Estate, where he evolved into a Real Estate Property Appraiser. A much more sedate activity than flying low and slow over an active ground battle.

Bob made up for this by adding some excitement to his life in his retirement. He took trips to Europe (including a Teffen in a new, at the time, Porsche with PDK), around the US, and to really step it up he took a boat trip up the Amazon River in Brazil, where while fishing he caught a piranha. His travels continue and he will have many more adventures to tell us about.

The birthday party was a huge success! Great job by Kay! Clemenza’s was super! The party at-tendees really made it a special day for Bob! Thanks to everyone for being there.

Happy Birthday Colonel Rasmussen Text and Photos By Alan Berg

Bob and Beverly Rasmussen

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Kay (in red ) organized a celebration party for

Bob on December 10th, 2016 at Clemenza’s

Friends from many of Bob’s hobbies and inter-

ests were there to celebrate with him.

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Squeals and Wheels at the Rasmussen’s Photo: from Kay Rasmussen

Bob Rasmussen with his 911 at the Porsche Museum in Germany. Photo: from Kay Rasmussen

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The 55th Running of the Rolex 24 Hours Race

at Daytona Text and Photos By Bob Wilson

Daytona International Speedway becomes the center of the endurance racing world for four days every January. This year the Rolex Race was held from Thursday, January 26 through Sunday, January 29, 2017. Practice and Qualifying runs took place on Thursday and Friday morning.

Friday afternoon the speedway hosted the BMW Endurance Challenge Race, one of the IMSA Con-tinental Tire Sports Car Challenge events. There are two classes of sports cars in this event. The Grand Sport (GS) Pro class are made up of cars that start out as stock, production models that race with minor modifications only. The second class is the Street Tuner (ST) Pro-Am. This class is also production based sports cars with many of the cars using stock parts found on your passenger cars. This ST class is limited to four, six cylinder and rotary engines only.

The GS class has cars like: McLaren 570S GT4; Aston Martin Vantage GT4; Ford Mustang GT4; and Porsche Cayman GT4. Out of 19 cars there were nine Cayman GT4s entered this year. In the ST class there were cars like: Mazda MX-5; Nis-san Altima; Mini JCW; Audi S3; BMW 328i; and Porsche Cayman. There were eight Porsche Cay-mans out of 17 cars this year.

The Rolex 24 Hours pre-race activities began on Saturday morning. The Fanzone opened at 6:30 AM. The Rolex 24 Heritage Exhibition in the Fanzone opened at 8:00 AM. This is a display of a number of historically significant race cars from the 1960s thru 2014 that raced in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.

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Christa and I saw the 1973 24 Hours winner, #59 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Hurley Haywood and Peter Gregg. Our first date was going to the 1973 race so it was a treat to see that car again.

I was surprised to see a 1972 Cologne Capri RS2600 MK1 (German Ford) driven by Jochen Mass. The first car I bought was a 1971 Capri 2000 (Lincoln-Mercury German Import). Many of these historic cars participated in the Rolex 24 Heritage Exhibition Laps that began at 10:30 AM on Satur-day.

The Driver Autograph Session ran between 12:00 (noon) and 12:45 PM with the track opening for the Fan Grid Walks in Pit Lane beginning at 1:05 PM and ending at 2:10 PM just 20 minutes before the start of the race..

There are two driver groups in the Daytona 24 Hours Race. The Pro group features professional drivers while the Pro-Am group pairs a professional and amateur driver together. There are four clas-ses of race cars that run in the 24 Hour race. The Prototype (P) Pro class features the fastest and most technologically advanced cars specifically de-signed and engineered for the race track. The Pro-totype Challenge (PC) Pro-Am class features cars with open cockpit and technology such as carbon fiber chassis, carbon brakes and sequential gear-box. The third class is the GT Le Mans (GTLM) Pro class which features the most elite and fastest GT cars on the track. These cars are based upon pro-duction models that are engineered to extract the maximum performance possible. They serve as a true proving ground for leading manufacturers such as BMW, Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche. The last of the Endurance Race classes is the GT Daytona (GTD) Pro-Am. This class is enhanced (not defined by) technology. The GT Daytona class is also based on production model cars but not at the same level of aerodynamics and power as the GTLM class cars.

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This year, Porsche did not have any engines or cars racing in the Prototype (P) or Prototype Chal-lenge (PC) classes. In the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class there were two Porsche 911 RSRs racing against two Corvette C7.Rs; four Ford GT; two BMW M6 GTLMs; and one Ferrari 488 GTE. The GT Daytona class had eight Lamborghini Huracan GT3s; three Audi R8 LMS GT3s; three Mercedes AMG GT3s; two Lexus RCF GT3s; two Ferrari 488 GT3s; three Acura NSX GT3s; one Aston Martin Vantage; and five Porsche 911 GT3Rs.

With Thursday set aside for practice and qualifying runs, the only activity at the Porsche Corral was setting up the tent, tables, chairs, and audio-visual equipment. It was a very windy day and Zone 12 Representative Steve Kidd, had a difficult time in-stalling the Porsche flags on the sides of the corral tent.

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Friday saw more activity at the Porsche Corral tent. There were prize drawings for Hot Pit passes, Transporter Tours and Michelin Tire Workshop Tours. By the end of the day the corral was be-tween 1/3 to 1/2 full.

The Porsche Corral was treated to an IMSA Track Services Technical Presentation just before lunch. Two service vehicles with crew stopped by to dis-play their equipment and to answer questions.

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Saturday morning, Christa and I arrived at the Por-sche Corral around 8:00 AM. We spent some time visiting the various venders outside the Fanzone looking for additional door prizes for the “After the Holidays Party”. We came away with a stash of cof-fee mugs, mouse pads, and metal signs along with two Women’s Pink Porsche T-shirts. When we re-turned to the Porsche Corral area, it was full with 250 Porsches of all types and colors. After stowing the door prizes away in the 996, I walked around the Corral taking pictures of the many Porsches carefully parked. The Porsche Corral tent was in full swing registering PCA members and holding prize the drawings which included tours of support trailers, Hot Pit passes, and other items including a Porsche 911 car cover and presentations by Por-sche GT Team, Porsche Motorsports, Michelin and Mobile 1.

Just before the Heritage Exhibition Laps, Christa and I made our way to the Grandstands near the end of the infield part of the course just before the cars come back onto the main track. It was great to get some pictures of these classic race cars on the track.

After the end of the exhibition laps, we headed down to the Fanzone to get some lunch and be ready to enter the pit area to see the cars lined up for the race. We could not believe the crowds once they open the pit area. Christa and I plowed through the crowds and made it across the track into the Grandstands. We went up to the third level to find a good spot to watch the start. What a differ-ence a year makes. This year the Grandstands had lots of vender booths open and there were lots of people in the stands. We heard that this was the largest crowd (over 100,000) at the 24 Hours.

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The race began at 2:30 PM with five-time winner of the Daytona 24 Hours Hurley Haywood waving the green flag. There were a number of pits stops in the early part of the race. Christa and I stayed for about three hours and then headed back to the Porsche Corral. We left to go to our favorite Italian restau-rant, Zappi’s located just before you cross the bridge heading to Daytona Beach. By 8:00 PM, the rain

began to fall. The two Porsche GT Le Mans cars (#911 and #912), which had lost some time to the Corvettes and Ford GTs early in the race due to pit stops, made up time in the rain.

During the night in the rain, the Porsches set some of the fastest lap times when not running under the Yellow.

Sunday morning, Christa and I arrived around 7:30 AM to help set up the Corral Tent. North Florida and Sonnenschein Regions had the volunteer duties from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.

I ran the Registration Table with help from Dottie Kidd. Christa made over 100 cups of coffee while Wally Lindenmuth served up donuts, nut bars, and water. Steve LaRosa, Bill LaRosa, Marshall Hair-ston, Steve Bolles and George Bolles directed cars in the Porsche Corral.

In the last few hours of the race there were a num-ber of yellow flags which brought cars back togeth-er. Several cars ended the race all on the same lap. In the end, two Cadillac Dpi’s finished 1 and 2 over-all. The winner, #10 beat the other Cadillac by 0.671 seconds. Third was #90, Multmatic/Riley MK 30 (one lap down) with #2, a Nissan Dpi (Three laps down). The first three in the Prototype Challenge were: #38 (15th overall, 21 laps down); #26 (30th overall, 43 laps down); and #20 (32nd overall, 60 laps down). All the Prototype Challenge cars were ORECA FLM09s. The GT LeMans class had their first 7 cars all on the same lap #652 (only 7 laps down from the leaders. These first 7 LeMans cars were: #66 Ford GT; #911 Porsche 911 RSR; #62 Ferrari 488 GTE; #3 Corvette C7 R; #69 Ford GT; #912 Porsche 911 RSR; #68 Ford GT. In the GT Daytona class the first five cars were all on the same lap #634 (only 25 laps down). These five Daytona cars were: #28 Porsche 911 GT3 R; #29 Audi R8 LMS GT3; #33 Mercedes – AMG GT3; #57 Audi R8 LMS GT3; #86 Acura NSX GT3. So Por-sche finished second in the GT LeMans class and first in the GT Daytona class. All in all, it was an exciting weekend with some good racing in the rain. Lots of friendly folks and we can’t wait until next year.

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This year the North Florida Region “After the Holi-days” Party was held in Panama City Beach, Flori-da on Saturday February 11, 2017. Fred Borg, Activity Chair for the Emerald Coast Area – Pana-ma City and Shirley Kerns, Activity Chair for the Canopy Roads Area – Tallahassee worked hard on setting up and coordinating the weekend activi-ties. The party started with a Driving Tour of sur-rounding country side of Panama City; followed by an optional Tour of the “Warehouse” of the Bay British Cars; with the dinner party later on Satur-day night; ending with a Sunday Brunch for those that stayed overnight.

The Driving Tour started at 1:45 pm at the Pier Park just off Highway 98. If you arrived early for lunch, Pier Park was across the street from Long-horn Steak House. About 16 cars (18 members) signed up for the drive. The Porsche Drive depart-ed from Pier Park around 2:00 pm.

The tour of the Panama City area took around two hours ending at the Hampton Inn at Panama City Beach, the host hotel. Folks were on their own until around 6:00 pm when the dinner party started with cocktails followed by dinner at the Triple J’s Steak and Seafood restaurant on Thomas Drive.

Triple J’s provided a side dining room that sat 38 for our dinner. They provided two servers to cover our group. The Region provided two bottle of wine for each table. The service and food was out-standing. Throughout the dinner, various door prizes were handed out. For those members stay-ing over at the Hampton Inn, the celebration con-tinued after dinner around the pool area.

Sunday morning a group of 12 met for brunch at “The First Call”. They did not take reservations, but we only had a 30 minute wait before being seated. After a delicious meal we bid good day to each and all and headed home.

After the Holidays Party

Text and Photos By Bob Wilson

North Florida PCA members Bob Jones

and Danny Fuchs enjoy the scene at Triple J’s

Steak and Seafood

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Christa Wilson looks over the large array of door prizes Tommy Wilson wins a NFL PCA logo polo shirt

Party guest await the drawing for another great door prize. The drawing was supervised by Event Chairwoman Shirley

Kerns with the help of Christa Wilson

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Private Dining Room at Triple J’s Steak House was the site for the After the Holidays Party

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There were approximately 65 cars that showed up at the March 25th Cars and Coffee including a doz-en Porsches. There were lots of Corvettes and Mustangs, several Ferraris, some really tricked out Beamers (BMW), and a few hot rods. There was a little bit of everything at the Cars and Coffee. One of the Ferraris had a license plate frame that read,

“My Other Car” across the top and “Doesn’t Matter” across the bottom.

Here are a few shots of the Porsche participation at the Cars and Coffee in Panama City. It is always held in the parking lot of the Panera Bread on High-way 98 (7am-10am).

Everhart and Boxster S

Custom Targa

EMERALD COAST CARS AND COFFEE MARCH 25, 2017

Text and Photos By Scotty Roberts

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Clockwise from top:

Dave Smith’s Martini Car

Spyder Dash

Duane’s Cab

Roberts and England

Walthall SpyderD

Duane Rich’s 718

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Hi folks, one day while looking at my brake calipers,

I noticed that they looked more pink than Porsche

Red. I decided that I should have them re-coated,

however I didn’t know whether to paint them in

place, have them powder coated or have them poly-

mer coated. More about the latter a little later.

My mind got to thinking that if I was going to go

through the effort to remove the calipers, why not

replace the flexible brake lines as well as my rusty

rotors? I have a 2005, 997 with 64,000 miles. All

seems reasonable so far.

Tools you will need:

Flare nut wrench 10 and 11 mm.

MAP Torch

3/8 or ½ ratchet

Torque wrench

Star or Allen socket

Needle nose pliers

Small screw driver

10’ of clear hose, 3/16 id and 5/16 od.

Jack stands

Jack

The first, and likely the most daunting task, is to

jack up your car and have it rest on the jack stands.

Set the parking brake and begin at the front of the

car. Position the saddle of the jack underneath the

designated jack point and jack up the car. To the

left or right of the jack point is a flat reinforced piece

of the body on which you will position the jack

stand. (or wood if you choose)

So You Want to Install New

Flexible Brake Lines?! Text and Photos By Robert Moore

Proceed to the rear of the car. There is a sort of knob (see photo)

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Do the same on the opposite side.

Under the engine which is an excellent place to jack up both sides of the rear at the same time. Place your jack stands at the jack

points. When you’re done, it should look similar to this.

Next, move onto disassembly. I had read some-thing somewhere that said to brace the brake pedal before removal of the brake lines in order to minimize the loss of fluid. I used some wood

to do this, however, I still lost quite a bit of fluid. Remove the pads and then you’ll need to remove brake lines before you can remove the caliper.

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If you can easily remove the line from the caliper do this first, otherwise, I started removal from the

chassis. Here is the right front assembly.

Once the lines are disconnected, the caliper’s two mounting bolts can be removed.

Here are the calipers once removed.

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As can be seen, I had to leave the flexible line on

this caliper. I had saturated each connection with

PB Blaster and let them soak for a while. I also

applied heat using the MAP Torch.

My toughest nut was on the left front. It just would

not budge. Mind you, it had been soaking for three

weeks and heat was applied. Unfortunately, even

with using the Flare Nut Wrench, I still rounded the

nut. The only action to be taken was to cut the line

at this juncture and remove it from the monoblock.

As you can see, the line is not very long, but it is

connected behind the wheel well cover. I used

bolt cutters to remove the line. It might have been

overkill to do so, but I had had it with that nut!

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Here are photos of the calipers before refinishing and

the old rotors

With the calipers off, removing the rotors was next. The screws simply hold them in place. They are not torqued. However, Pelican said I could use a screwdriver to remove them. That resulting in stripping the heads and me then drilling them out. The proper tool is a punch screw driver. Choose the correct bit, insert it into the screw, apply left

rotational force, and hit the end with a hammer. When I used this method, all the remaining screws came out easily, except for one on the front left that had to be drilled out using my hammer drill. The cordless drill did not have enough torque.

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Old and new rotor. The new ones are coated to prevent rust.

With all the parts in hand, everything goes back together in the reverse order.

Here are the rebuilt and polymer coated calipers.

Polymer coating is relatively new in the auto-motive industry, however, it is very well known in the commercial industry. Rail tanks, tankers used in trucking and in shipping use this meth-od to coat the insides of the containers. It’s

thinner than powder coating but more durable. It doesn’t trap heat like powder coating does. The work was completed by Goldline Brakes in Port Orchard, WA.

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Here is a completed assembly. The caliper bolts are torqued at 63 lbs.ft. The brake fittings are only tightened until they don’t leak. They don’t

need to be strong-armed! Of course wheels are torqued to 91 lbs.ft.

Now you must bleed the brakes. I use the Motive Product, however, it did not remove all of the air from the system. On my initial fill of the reservoir, I had leaks everywhere. I tightened them all and refilled, again. To remove all the air, I jacked up the left front and connected the clear hose to the

outside and inside bleeder valve; slowly pumped the brake pedal until there was a continuous flow of brake fluid in the tube. I repeated the procedure on the jacked up right front. This procedure re-moved all the air from the system.

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The last remaining task is to bed the brakes. You

need to make 3-4 gradual stops from 30-45 MPH

and then 4-5 gradual tops from 60 MPH. Now

you’re ready to enjoy your new brakes.

All of my parts were purchased from EBS Racing

in Reno, NV. The total with shipping was a little

under $1,000. Goldline Brakes charged $248.50

per caliper to rebuild and coat each with a one

year warranty on both. Total time was about a

month.

The overall process does not require an extreme-ly high level of skill. You should be okay to work through when something goes wrong as I had occur at several junctures. For example, remov-ing more panels to access the brake line that was ultimately cut was a bit scary but doable. I spoke with Pelican several times and they were not ex-act about some things, such as only needing a 10mm wrench. Also, I did receive some help for a local mechanic, however, most folks don’t want to offer advice, I assume because they are think-ing about liability.

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Tim Kerns - Tallahassee, FL.

Vice President

Tim had his first seat of the pants Porsche experience in 1966 when he attended a couple

of SCCA driving schools in an EP '57 Speedster. A '63 Super 90 followed during a three year

active duty tour with the Army. After a brief hiatus of only four decades, Tim returned to

the Porsche fold with a 2010 Boxster, followed shortly there after with a trade up for a

2013 Boxster in Dec 2012. He is retired from the US Army Reserve after a 31 year career as

an Armor and Military Police officer and the State of Florida where he served most recently

as the Director of the Division of Capitol Police. He now plays in an Irish band.

Fred Borg - Panama City, FL.

Secretary and Emerald Coast (Panama City) Area Activities Chair

Having grown up in Connecticut and moving around the world during a 20-year Army career,

Fred retired and settled down in Panama City. Retiring again after working 21 years as a civil-

ian drug abuse counselor, a 2002 Boxster caught his eye. Fred's first Porsche! The Boxster gets

driven regularly, including all the way to South Dakota last Fall for the "Escape to Rushmore"

event. In addition to Porsche activities, Fred is an avid genealogist and wildlife photographer.

Bob Wilson - Crawfordville, FL.

President and Membership Chair

Bob is retired after 25 years working for the National Park Service as an archeologist and

museum curator. His first encounter with Porsches occurred when he was 15. On his way

to the public pool he would stop by and admire the local pharmacist’s dark brown 356B

with that strange metal PCA badge on the back grill. Bob’s first date with his wife, Christa,

was at the 1973 Daytona 24 Hours race. Their first Porsche was in 1975 when they bought

a 1964 356C. The next Porsche was a 1973 2 liter 914 bought in 1977. The third Porsche

was a 1981 European version 911SC which Bob bought in 1997 instead of building a back-

yard pool. They currently own a black 2001 911 Carrera 4 bought in August of 2015. They

have been PCA Members since 1997 and now Bob has to figure out how to mount one of

those metal PCA badges on the back of the 2001 911

North Florida Region PCA Board of Directors and Officers

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Don Boggs - Tallahassee, FL.

Treasurer

Don is retired after 38 years working for the Florida Legislature. He still owns the 1966 912

with which he joined PCANFR in 1976! Various stable-mates have come and gone over the

years, but the collection presently includes two 356’s and a 944 S2. Don was Worker Chair

for the ’03 Parade in Florida and the past 2015 Parade marks the 25th he has attended!

Roy Vaughn - Niceville, FL.

Emerald Coast (Destin) Area Activities Chair

Roy is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) pilot who still works for the Department of

the Air Force as a civilian. He owns a 1986 944 that was a Zuffenhausen delivery while he

was stationed in Europe and he and wife Janelle have recently added a 2014 Cayman to

the fold. He has been a Porsche owner for 28 years and a PCA Member since 2009. Roy is

an avid race fan and has been ever since listening to the 1959 Indy 500!

Shirley Kerns - Tallahassee, FL

Canopy Roads Area Activities Chair

After 20 years with the Florida Department of Insurance, Shirley joined a local law firm in

Tallahassee and has been providing consulting services to insurance companies and other

regulated entities for the last ten years. Shirley's love of Porsches has been growing ever

since her husband Tim purchased his 2010 Boxster. She was not remotely old enough to

drive when he owned his earlier Porsches! Shirley enjoys attending various sports car

events around the region with Tim and also enjoys sports and other outdoor activities.

Merv Stephens - Tallahassee, FL.

Safety/Insurance Chair

Merv's first introduction to Porsches was in 1968, attending the 24 Hours of Daytona and

the 12 Hours of Sebring with his dad. After those races the hook was set! His first Porsche

was a 2001 Boxster bought in 2005 by his wife Kim when he turned 50. Currently he drives a

2008 Boxster and loves driving with the top down. He became a member of the PCANFR in

2012. Merv has been working for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for the last

38 years as a Senior Crime Lab Analyst and prior to that with the FBI in Washington DC.

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Ray Morales - Tallahassee, FL.

Ray currently serves as Chief Medical Officer for Hospital Corporation of America's North

Florida Division and has been in corporate medicine for over 18 years. Ray also practiced in

Beverly Hills, California as an active OB/GYN for 13 years prior to entering corporate medi-

cine. His love for the 911 goes back to its origin and he loves the classic style and elegance

the car brings to his soul when he drives it to work every day. Born and raised in California,

Ray admired his colleague's Porsche Targa which was driven to the hospital every day. Ray

and wife Carmen are proud owners of a 2011 Carrera S, a 2014 Cayenne Diesel and a new

2016 Targa GTS.

Alan Berg - Tallahassee, FL

Region Historian

Alan’s first Porsche experience was riding in his Dad’s Speedster as a youngster. He ob-

tained his first Porsche in 1978, when he bought a 1977 Porsche 924. He no longer has that

car, but retains the 1987 911 Targa he purchased in 1990, the 1964 356 Cabriolet he pur-

chased in 2004, the 2007 911 Cabriolet, purchased in 2007 and the 1988 Commemorative

Edition 911 Cabriolet he purchased from Gary Kempton’s estate in 2012. Alan has been a

member of PCA since 1998 and has held several offices in the North Florida Region. He is a

former Army Officer having served in the Infantry and Military Intelligence Branches, and is

retired from Sprint Corporation where he served as an Attorney for 20 Years.

Christa Wilson - Crawfordville, FL

Newsletter Production Editor

I was introduced to sports cars at an early age. My parents bought a new AH Sprite in 1964

and it’s carcass is under a tarp in my brother’s back yard. They were members of the SCCA

and ran rallies in the Pensacola area for many years. I had the Sprite at FSU when my hus-

band Bob and I went on a first date to the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1973. My dad was there

too. We bought our first Porsche in 1974. It was our first anniversary present to ourselves.

Bob and I have owned a 356C, 914, 911 and 996. (PS-that’s the front of Janis Joplin’s Porsche

356 in my headshot)

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Scotty Roberts - Destin, FL

Newsletter Editor (Emerald Coast Area)

I bought my first Porsche, a 1973 911T, brand new in London when I was flying F-111E’s at

RAF Upper Heyford, UK. Joined PCA that year. Married wife Jan in 1977 when she owned a

1971 911T. We belonged to Ark-La-Tex Region in Shreveport, then War Bonnet Region in

Tulsa and attended Porsche Parades in ’76 in Brainerd, ’77 in San Diego, and ’78 in As-

pen. Currently am retired USAF Lt. Col. living in Destin, and own a Midnight Blue Metallic

1991 Carrera 2 Targa.

Steve Kidd

PCA Zone 12 (Deep South) Representative

Steve has been a PCA member since 1972 and has owned many different models of front,

mid and rear engine Porsches. Steve and his wife Dottie participate in/chair all types of

PCA events, with a particular fondness to Autocross. Steve and Dottie were recognized as

PCA family of the year in 2015, and look forward to visiting all the Regions in Zone 12.