February 2011

In this issue... • A Gala Christmas Ball! • The Julian Tour • Featured Members: Tom & Doris Chilton

Our Charity Endeavors are Working to Help Young Lives

Save the date for our next event with Orangewood: Belle of the Ball The ladies Group will be supporting the event for 300 teen girls to have a mentor help them choose a dress and accessories for prom plus learn about hair, make-up and what its like to be “queen for a day” on Saturday March 26, 2011 Ways to help are: 1. Donate formal and bridesmaid dresses of all sizes (plus sizes needed) 2. Donate any type of accessories that a young lady may need to get ready or go to prom 3. Donate raffle prizes that will make their event more special (gift certificates for dinner, to shop, etc.) 4. Volunteer your time to help mentor a young lady to prepare for this special event.

www.pcaocr.org Editor

February 2011

Inside this issue



Garey Cooper [email protected] (714) 264-0530

Production Director

Maryann Marks [email protected] 714-434-0126

Ken Fredrickson [email protected] (714) 962-3258

Karen Scheussler ready to roll

Bob Weber [email protected]

IFC PCA Charity 9 Sweet Heart Run 14 Porsches & Pancakes 31 Walter’s Driving Events

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Contributing Writers Nicole Boggs Garey Cooper Doris Chilton Jerry Ainsworth Jill Andersen Lee Rice Steve Eguina LB Moore

Departments Marry, Toni and Ron enjoyed the Christmas Party

Lisa Goetsch Scott Chu Nicole Boggs Jerry Ainsworth Mark Johnson





Contributing Photographers Pamela Horton

Feature: A Couple Porsches Porsche Christmas Party Crossing The Border Rally Roadtrip to the Northwest Julian Tour Ready to Do a Little Tac Testing Breakfast Club/New Members A Tribute to Jerry Muno

Upcoming Events

Classified Ads Editor

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Advertising Director

Features

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Calendar of Events Presidents Message Contacts Editor’s Notes Membership Goodie Store Rice’s Rambling’s Classifieds List of Advertisers

The restoration process at the antique auto museum On the Cover: Tom Chilton and Doris Chilton posing with Tom’s 2010 Panamera Turbo and Doris’ 2011 GT3

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2011 OCR Calendar of Events* 1 Deadline for the March Pando 5 Breakfast Club / Board Meeting 12 OCR AutoX El Toro - DRIVERS TRAINING CLINIC 13 OCR AutoX El Toro 19 Sweet Heart Tour -Armand 19 Krispy Kreme 26 Porsches &Pancakes-Woody’s NB

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Deadline for the April Pando Breakfast Club / Board Meeting All Porsche Swap Meet-Phoenix Club Anaheim Auto Club Speedway DE-SDR OCR AutoX El Toro Krispy Kreme Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s OCR AutoX El Toro

APRIL 1 Deadline for the May Pando 2 Breakfast Club / Board Meeting 8/10 Auto Club Speedway-Roval Club Race-SDR 16 Krispy Kreme 17 OCR AutoX El Toro 23 Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s 23 Tech Session/Concours Prep/Cooper’s Classy Cars

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Deadline for the August Pando Breakfast Club & Board Meeting Krispy Kreme OCR AutoX El Toro Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s

Deadline for the June Pando Ladies Garden Tour Breakfast Club & Board Meeting OCR AutoX El Toro Krispy Kreme Chuckwalla Valley DE/TT SDR Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s

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Deadline for the July Pando Breakfast Club & Board Meeting PCA Club Concours OCR AutoX El Toro Krispy Kreme Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s

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AUGUST 1 Deadline for the September Pando 6 Breakfast Club / Board Meeting 6 PCA National Parade 20 Krispy Kreme 21 OCR AutoX El Toro 27 Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s XX Hearts and Garages Tour (TBD)

SEPTEMBER 1 3 11 17 18

Deadline for the October Pando Breakfast Club / Board Meeting OCR AutoX El Toro Krispy Kreme 50th Anniversary Brunch-Orange County Mining CO. 24/25 Willow Springs DE/TT SDR 24 Porsches & Pancakes-Woody’s

Deadline for the November Pando Breakfast Club and Board Meeting Krispy Kreme OCR AutoX El Toro Auto Club Speedway DE-SDR Porsches and Pancakes

NOVEMBER 1 Deadline for the December Pando 5 Breakfast Club and Board Meeting 12 Annual Julian Tour (tentative) 12/13 Button Williow DE/TT-SDR 13 OCR AutoX El Toro 19 Krispy Kreme 26 Porsches and Pancakes Tba Annual Savic Wine tour

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Deadline for the January Pando Breakfast Club and Board Meeting OCR AutoX El Toro Krispy Kreme Porsches and Pancakes

* Event dates subject to change. Note: Italicized text represents events outside of Orange Coast Region sponsored events. Links to Zone 8 events can be found at www.Zone8.org.

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President’s Message Story by Nicole Boggs

Happy New Year

A Toast January is a time to celebrate the New Year. At the OCR towers we have many things to celebrate. The distinguished highlight of 2011 is our 50th anniversary. Orange Coast Region was chartered on January 6, 1961. A grand celebration is planned for fall of 2011; keep your eyes posted for more information to come. Or if you have some great ideas, shoot me an email at [email protected], we would love to add you to the planning team. Speaking about the team, OCR would not be such a wonderful club if it

were not for each and every wonderful volunteer. Every job big and small is so important, from Maryann Marks our Pando Production Director to Patricia Lynn Taylor the Breakfast Club Greeter. If you get a moment thank a volunteer for their time. I know I am ever so grateful for all of the great activities and welcoming atmosphere each of these volunteers helps to create for our membership. In December OCR celebrated three of our outstanding volunteers. Each year we honor a male and female enthusiast of the year and, at the discretion of the president, the special President’s award. This year’s recipients truly gave 110%. I think 2010 was one of the biggest years for tours. From fall to summer we were having one a month, sometimes even two. All of these tours, in addition to being my right hand man, were the hard work of our male enthusiast, Gordon Williams. Our female enthusiast of the year could very well be my ghostwriter. We were all impressed with the witty Holiday Ball emails sent out to round up

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the troops. She wows us every month with amazing new, unique Porsche apparel; it is hard to not come home with something new after either breakfast club or autoX. But most of all, I am appreciative of Monica Asbury’s willingness to step in and help without even being asked. Most recently, she volunteered to organize the 50th anniversary celebration, quite a production in itself. The last award, the President’s Award, went to an entire family. This family wins the most auto-X jackets and can pretty much coordinate an auto-X single handedly. They’re the key to timing, have made remarkable contributions to the club through the new website and dealer sponsorship program, in addition to frequent stints as being club photographers and contributors to the Pando. If you have not guessed it, Team Scheussler is the go to family for the club. A big thank you to Bob, Lisa, Karin, Kris and Lori! Looking forward to the New Year with our great OCR family, hope to see you soon!



Contact Information

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OCR Executive Board OCR Board Appointments contd. Pando Production Editor Maryann Marks [email protected]

President - Nicole Forrest Boggs 714-633-2978 [email protected]

Treasurer - David Piper [email protected]

Pando Classified Ads Editor Bob Weber 714-960-4981 [email protected] Pando Distribution Directors Norm & Linda Hollinger [email protected] Rally Director Larry Moore [email protected]

Vice President - Gordon Williams [email protected]

Membership Director - CL Jarusek [email protected]

Sponsorship Director Bob Scheussler [email protected] Tech Activities Director Cooper Boggs [email protected] Tech Writer Lee Rice [email protected]

Secretary - Bonnie Delgado [email protected]

Member at Large - Ken Fredrickson [email protected]

OCR Board Appointments contd. Chuck Bartolon [email protected]

Member at Large - Pando Editor Garey Cooper [email protected]

OCR Board Appointments Advertising Director Ken Fredrickson [email protected] Advertising Coordinator Grace Fredrickson [email protected] Autocross Co-Chairs Greg Lush [email protected] Christine Newcomer [email protected]



Autocross Registration Bev Chodos [email protected] Charity Director Peggy Huddleston [email protected] Concours Director Norm Follis [email protected] Goodie Store Manager Monica Asbury [email protected] Historian Judy Lech [email protected] Ladies Committee Liaison Maryann Marks [email protected]

Web Coordinator Bob Scheussler [email protected] OCR Board Meetings All members are welcome to OCR Board Meetings, held after the breakfast meeting at Original Mike’s We thank them for their support.

Zone 8 Chairs Zone 8 Representative Michael Dolphin [email protected] Zone 8 Autocross Chair Neil Heimburge [email protected] Zone 8 Concours Chair Joe Nedza [email protected] Zone 8 Club Race Coordinator Vince Knauf [email protected] (Continued on Page 5)

Zone 8 Chairs contd.

Editor’s Notes

Zone 8 Driving Instructor, Time Trial & Drivers Ed Chair Paul Young [email protected]

Story by Garey Cooper, Editor what makes a good Board Member of the Orange Coast Region of the Porsche Club of America. That and a good sense of humor! A little taste for the claret doesn’t hurt either.

Zone 8 Rally Chair Tom Gould [email protected] Zone 8 Region Coordinator Gary Peterson [email protected] Zone 8 Rules Coordinator Tom Brown [email protected] Zone 8 Treasurer Linda Cobarrubias [email protected]

Garey and Maxine in Krakow!

Zone 8 Webmaster Ken Short [email protected]

There has been some controversy in the OCR Office Suite high atop the aerie we call our home. It seems some people want to say twenty eleven and others want to say two thousand eleven. This may all seem a minor disagreement to you but you must know that this kind of obsession over the merest of details is

How it all works out then You’ll notice I used the full cognomen for the club; Orange Coast Region of the Porsche Club of America. I suppose to be super correct I would need to note that we are in “Zone 8” of the Porsche Club of America. Our overall organization is, of course, the “Porsche Club of America”. And within this organization there are Zones, we happen to be in Zone 8. Within the zones are regions and the regions are named, not numbered, which (Continued on Page 24)

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OCR Membership Anniversaries

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46 years Jill Gould 38 years Michael & John Nelson 33 years William & Tyler Fessenden 28 years Frank & Kimberly Luer 25 years Bob & Judy Savic 24 years Bill & Pam Follmer 23 years Lyle Dawn & Cynthia McGranahan Robert & Eileen Young 15 years David Fleming 14 years Scott & Kelley Goodwin Ronald & Kay Cook 13 years James Koch Michael & Stacy Schlinger Cooper & Nicole Forrest Boggs 12 years Edward & Elisa Tyrrill Mike & Kris Burns 11 years Marshall & Barbara Deems Jim Freeman Noble & Peggy Frye Darrell & Tami Erwin 10 years Craig & Jessica Doty Michael Shaw Richard & Christiane De Rose Gerald Barnes & Tom Coffey Jeffrey & Hariet Zone 9 years Douglas Dodge Brian & Susan Hazelbaker David & Maureen Vadman Glen & Mindy Christensen 8 years David & Cynthia Guardia Chris & Pam Walrod Rod Taylor & Jeff Chodos 7 years Farhad & Darrin Ansari



Michael & Jill Armstrong Warren & Priscilla Faubel Walt & Dolorie Thurner Jackie Andresen

Mark & Melissa Lord-Toof Laguna Niguel/1999 Carerra David Witters Westchester/1973 914

6 years Foti & Anderea Defterios George Weigand Michael & Gloria Sullivan

Arcot Radhakrishnan Newport Beach/2011 Cayenne Transfer from California Central Coast (CCC)

5 years Jim & Patricia Harris Carolyn Pappas Gerry & Katy Crews Craig & Janice Moreland Mark & Cynthia Mitchell Dan & Debi Blood Adam & Ilana Meislik Paul & Judy Rodelo Kevin & Ginny Landry Bob & Susan Stockwell

Richard Roth Riverside/1996 993 Transfer from Riverside (RIV) Frank Wilson Mission Viejo/2006 Cayman S Transfer from Los Angeles(LA)

New Members and Transfers Frank Aguilar Mission Viejo/1979 911SC George Arzente Laguna Bch/2010 GT3 Cup & 2007 911 KJ Christopher Redondo Beach/2002 Carrera Janette & Jay Deahna Laguna Niguel/2011 911 4S Michael Destefano Laguna Niguel/2008 997TT Gayle Jennings Costa Mesa/2002 Carrera Philip Lang Anaheim Hills/1998 Boxster

The Rennlist A Request for updated emails! The Rennlist is our communication tool to reach members with Announcements, Event Reminders and Information deemed “Important”. If you are not receiving emails from our Region or want to change, update or add additional email addresses Please send any new email addresses or changes directly to Pete Lech to be included in the rennlist e-blasts!

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Richard Reeves Huntington Beach/1984 911 Raymond & Carmella Snytsheuvel Irvine/2005 911

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A Couple Porsches for a Porsche Couple Story by Doris Chilton Photography by Scott Chu Photograpy As a first generation American, I spent much of my youth with five uncles that loved sports cars while my parents were finishing their degrees and working in to support the family. I grew up as a tomboy, playing with RC cars and toy planes. At age seven I was old enough to reach the top of the bookshelf with the help of a chair. I waited with great anticipation for my uncles to leave the house to attend their classes so I could play with the model cars carefully perched atop and presumably out of my reach. I remember every year my father and uncles would take time off to go to the LA Auto show, and of course they had no choice but to take me too. At eighteen, I got my license and my father let me borrow his Toyota Sienna. Yes, I was able to drive a mini van that can! After weekends of driving my grandmother around to temples and supermarkets, I proved to my father that I was a safe and responsible driver. However after my experience of driving a mini van, I knew in my heart that my dream car would be a two-seater!

Doris’ first car ever, 2005 Gray Scion TC

I finally got my wish a couple of years after meeting my dear husband Tom, when we both decided it was time to upgrade my Scion TC (with its back seats folded to the down position to simulate a two-seater). This is when my love for Porsches phase began. Tom suggested that I look into a Boxster as he



felt it would fit my personality... small, zippy and fun in the sun. When we drove by the dealership in Newport Beach, I saw an 08 Boxster Spyder on display. Decked out in gray racing stripes and white rims, it looked like my kind of car! Let’s just say we kept on making excuses to go to Newport for dinner for the next couple of months.

The white 2008 Boxster with blue top & white rims

a Panamera Turbo, he became intrigued. Sitting in the car, the myriad of buttons made it feel like the cockpit of an airplane and when we experienced launch control the thrill was greater than any roller coaster. We were amazed by the handling and control you have during take off... it must be why they call it launch control. After scouring dealer inventories online for a car with the exact options we wanted, including red seat belts and dials, we found one that fit the bill at Rusnak in Thousand Oaks. We knew we had to see it in person, as the Aqua Blue Metallic paint was difficult to evaluate in the pictures online. So, we made the trek to the dealer. In person, we felt it was spectacular! This was one big fish we weren’t going to let get away. We were in great shape! Tom was thrilled, and I woke up every morning looking forward to driving my Boxster.

However, one day after a family dinner we left a little early to look at cars at Circle Porsche. It was then, once again, that I fell in love with a white Boxster sitting proudly on the show room floor. We returned the very next day and took it home. I gave it a sponge bath every other day and found excuses to go to places where we normally walked. At Tom’s 2010 Panamera Turbo. He loves this car! times, I would forget a couple of items from the store and be forced to go back to get them. I thought it However while waiting for an open couldn’t get much better than this, but pump at the gas station one day, a young eventually it did... lady in a black Mercedes decided to put The first time we saw the Panamera her car in reverse and jam the gas, backing was at a Porsche display just outside of right into my front bumper. It was like a the Frankfurt airport in 2009. At first, scene out of a movie, one where you’re Tom and I both thought it was an odd watching your life end in slow motion looking thing and we didn’t think of it but there’s nothing you can do to stop it. again until a year later. Tom was driving I was in shock. My pride and joy was a BMW 550i and pondering an upgrade. damaged and my heart was in pain. To By then, we had become huge fans of this day, my blood boils when I think of our Porsche Boxster; it became a hobby this incident. Since, at this point, we had to go to Porsche dealerships every few the Panamera, Boxster and BMW, we months to look around. Once Tom sat in (Continued on Page 17)

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OCR Holiday Ball Story by Nicole Cooper-Boggs OCR’s Holiday Ball was once again the party of the year. Folks dressed to impress, Fast Freddy and Cooper Boggs were decked out in their holiday vests. Mary and David Hong hosted a great silent auction overflowing with goodies and toys. Garey Cooper, our MC, entertained us with a spectacular show that was stolen away by the comedic relief of his beau Maxine. After the dinner plates were set, OCR president Nicole got the evening ceremonies on a roll. The special President’s awards were given with glee to Miss Monica Asbury and the Scheussler’s family that makes up quite the team. Our evening would not be a party with out a dance. Did you know that Don Readdinger can do the chicken dance? Thank you to all for making this a spectacular ball.

Female Enthusiast - Monica Asbury

President’s Award, Team Scheussler.

Maxine Cooper’s comedy routine

Crossing The Border Story by L.B.Moore OCR / GPX Joint Photo Rally Sunday, October 24, 2010 dawned without rain for the first time in ten days! The Rally Gods were working for us. The hardy rally participants began arriving at Frisco’s Car Hop Diner, adjacent to the traffic circle in Long Beach, at 8:30 am. I say hardy because the past two weeks of wet weather scared a few members off. Registration went off without a hitch thanks to Gloria’s preparation and Judy Lech’s able assistance. We had 22 registered cars signed in by the time the Drivers’ Meeting started. At this meeting the participants discovered the tasks before them were to: 1) follow the route; 2) find the objects in the eight pictures provided and record the order in which those objects appeared along the route; and 3) find the answers to the three Bonus Questions. Piece of cake...right? Well, apparently not quite. Read on. The route instructions contained only one none-straight-forward element. Some instructions were designated for 12

the ODD numbered cars and some were designated for the EVEN numbered cars. This resulted in half of the participants seeing one sign that the other half did not see, and vice versa. Thus, by the end of the rally each half finished having only been able to find seven of the eight objects in the pictures. This caused some consternation among the teams and some errors. The additional challenge(s) had to do with the Bonus Questions, details to follow. At about 9:30, Marty Goldsmith, my GPX Rally Co-Master, began sending each of the participants out onto the route in aprox. 30-second intervals. The route began with a climb up Signal Hill to Skyline Park on top, which afforded the participants

The silent auction team, Mary and Dave Hong

a spectacular panoramic view of Long Beach, the harbor, San Pedro and the Palos Verde Peninsula. Again, thanks to the Rally Gods the view was there and impressive. Next, the participants drove down the backside of the hill, alongside Long Beach airport (and under the runway), past Cal State Long Beach (cool pyramid), and then south and east to The Border. The Border was the San Gabriel River that is the administrative boundary line between OCR and GPX regions, the

The Rally Master gets them ready to roll!

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Jim & John’s Northwest Roadtrip Story by Jerry Ainsworth “Jim & John” are pseudonyms my brother Mike and I adopted during the cold & dark Alaska winters when boyhood playtime usually involved zooming our model cars around the house. The rationale for these aliases is lost in time but I faintly recall this change in identity happened shortly after I saw “The Greatest Show on Earth” when I became infatuated with Betty Hutton. I somehow morphed into the character of John Hutton. I told my brother his new name was Jim and he was married to Betty Grable, one of the most popular pin-up girls of WWII. At 4 years old he couldn’t fathom the meaning nor object but at least this one time I did right by my little brother. Growing up in Anchorage in the late 50’s meant the only “live” sports broadcasts were via radio and the home teams were the NY Yankees, SF 49ers and Washington Huskies. Coincidently, one became life-long fans of those teams.

Last October Mike called to tell me he was going to visit our uncle in Salem who was opening an antique auto museum. He also had business in Bellevue so I thought it was a perfect time to take in a U of Washington football game before the renovation of Husky stadium. I had never seen a football game in Husky stadium so I told Mike it was road trip time in the Porsche. My brother quipped, “sounds like Jim & John’s next adventure”. Luckily, I was able to get UW/ Oregon State tickets at the terrific discount price of only 3 times face value. I picked up my brother in the Bay Area and a short, 14 hours later we were in Seattle. It was sunny all the way with stunning scenic views of the Pacific Northwest. The next day with boyish enthusiasm, we drove to Husky stadium 2 hours early only to be met with an almost empty parking lot. I thought that we had been projected into the twilight

zone or at least into the Alzheimer’s zone. Ticket information said the game started at 1 but we found out it was changed to 7:15 PM for television. This minor inconvenience allowed us to lunch with our nephew at Ivar’s on the wharf, partaking of the best clam chowder in Seattle. Lunch was followed by perfect seats on the 45 yard line and a nail-

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