An Official Publication of the 356 Group Northwest. Your 356 Group NW Activities Calendar for May

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1 356 DesigNr-Lite An Official Publication of the 356 Group Northwest Your 356 Group NW Activities Calendar for May May 9th Western Washington North End Breakfast 9:00 AM - Saturday May 9th Mid-Columbia Gorge Breakfast, OR/WA 10:00 AM Saturday May 16th Western Washington South End Breakfast 9:00 AM - Saturday May 16th **May 30th Portland Breakfast, McMenamins Kennedy School 9:00 AM - Saturday Mid-Valley Porsche 356 Breakfast Group, Newberg 8:30 AM - Saturday ** Contact Safder Rabbani; for more info. For dates on other upcoming events through the year refer to the following page Twentieth Anniversary & 2014 West Coast Holiday Grille Badges Place your order now as follows: $35.00 for Twentieth Anniversary $45.00 for West Coast Holiday includes shipping Cash or Check U.S. funds only, payable to 356 Group NW Mail with your return address to: Tina Richards, Membership th Street Hood River, OR Are you in need of a paper copy of your DesigNr-Lite? You may print out this PDF format on your home printer If any questions please contact the editor, jkeyes356@gmail.com For further details on any of the upcoming 356 Group NW events, just log on to: Volume 18 Number 37- Issue May 2015

2 356 Group Northwest 2015 Event Schedule 356 GROUP NORTHWEST EVENTS: May 9-10 June 20 July 3-5 July 10, 11, 12 July July 25 August 16 September 13th? Maifest and Festzug, Leavenworth, WA. (Mike Grabowski) Mt. Hood Winery Show and Shine Hood River, OR. (Perry Richards) Pacific NW Historics Kent, WA. (356 Group NW (356 corral/rick Danielson) Portland Vintage Racing Festival PIR Portland, OR. (356 corral/stefan Brown) Coast Cruise Long Beach, WA. (Mike Thornton, Rick Carns) Annual Bull Session Sequim, WA. (Dan and Sue Kalinski) Kim s Tour and Picnic Graham, WA (Rick and Sally Danielson) BS in BC (Gregory and Marianne Campbell) PORSCHE-RELATED EVENTS: March 6, 7 April 26 April 30- May 3 June August 15 August September 5-6 September September Literature Meet and Open Houses Los Angeles, CA. Show and Shine XXX Issaquah, WA. PNWR North Meets South Cambria, CA 356 Club of California Porsche Parade, French Lick, IN Heckmann Thiemann Rally Portland, OR Monterey Car Week, Monterey, CA Columbia River Classic (SOVREN) PIR Portland, OR All Porsche Grand Display Kirkland, WA. PNWR Rennsport Reunion V Monterey, CA NOTE: The above events are in addition to the regularly-scheduled monthly breakfasts. Refer to the DesigNr and the website for actual dates and times Volume 18 Number 37- Issue 138 * 356 Group Northwest

3 Just Post It If you have been reading the monthly e-newsletter on the website, you have probably noticed the information and instructions on how to post photos and information on the website at So, if you have 356 photos and fun to share, please post it on the website. You may have photos of a 356 project that you are working on or a recent drive you took, solo or with others. Please share it so others can enjoy your involvement with these cars. As an example, if you take a look at the photo gallery on the site, you ll see some beautiful photos from the Oregon tulip fields that Dan George posted recently. He and some other 356ers took a day trip drive to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm and got some special parking privileges that became an additional attraction for others visiting the blooms that day. Drone flyover photos of the tubs among the tulips created quite a spectacular effect! Pretty special fun and thanks to Dan for sharing their 356 experience. We had a lively South End monthly breakfast in April with 21 avid 356ers in attendance. Fourteen gathered in Newberg, OR, too. The day was nice enough to bring out a few top-down examples that led to more discussion in the parking lot. Great fun to have that monthly gathering, so please mark your calendar for the one near you. If there isn t one near you, consider trying to get one going. Please check out the Event Calendar and set your sights on getting to some of the events that are planned. We ve got some great opportunities for touring and gathering with others. Thanks for all your efforts to make 356 ownership so FUN! Rev it up! Rick Danielson, Prez Your 2015 Officers of 356 Group Northwest President Rick Danielson rickydan356@gmail.com Vice President Mike Thornton mikelthornton@hotmail.com Secretary David Berner davidberner@hotmail.com Treasurer Perry Richards hoodrivernow@gmail.com Events Coordinator Mike Grabowski marksmansales@comcast.net Membership Tina Richards hoodrivernow@gmail.com DesigNr Editor Jack Keyes jkeyes356@gmail.,com Webmeister Eric Cherneff eric@356a.com Volume 18 Number 37- Issue May 2015

4 Jain the Celebration in Leavenworth The Annual Maifest and Festzug May The Chamber of Commerce of Leavenworth is inviting the 356 Group NW again to be the featured car for the 2015 Maifest. We will be part of their parade and we will have a designated parking area inside the closed pedestrian zone for all to enjoy our cars. The Maifest includes live music and dance performances. An arts and crafts fair, lots of food, wine, beer and everything else German. We had an awesome time last year, with an endless crowd taking pictures in front of our cars. Attached is a copy of the official Maifest program from last year. If you do decide to make a weekend of it, there are plenty of great drives, destinations, and activities in the area! The Chumstick Highway is a beautiful loop off of Hwy 2. Icicle Ridge Winery is a gorgeous log cabin winery destination just a short drive from Leavenworth down lovely North Rd. A number of us are leaving Friday in order to enjoy the town and have an opportunity to sleep in. Please RSVP to Mike Grabowski Comcast.net) if you want to caravan over on either Friday or Saturday morning. We need to know how many will participate, so we can plan for parking and make dash plaques for each car. This is a great opportunity to have fun and promote our club. The Saturday group will meet at the Chevron Station off I-90 for an 8:30 a.m. departure. The arrival time in Leavenworth should be around 10:30 a.m., with plenty of time to spare for the 11:30 a.m. parade assembly. We will publish the Friday group departure time and place soon. Volume 18 Number 37- Issue 138 * 356 Group Northwest

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6 356 Cruise to Long Beach Peninsula July Named one of America s Favorite Beach Towns by ForbesTraveler.com and voted Best Beach by the viewers of Seattle s KING-5 TV, the Long Beach Peninsula offers visitors an expansive beach, is home to a new national park, two historic lighthouses and several small museums. You can find out more at the Long Beach Web Site of and find and book reservations at We will meet at the Sumner, WA High School at 9:30 leaving at 10:00. We will take back roads to Long Beach with 101 around Willapa Bay being one of the best sports car roads in the state. Once we get to Long Beach we will end up at Mike and Sandy Thornton s house in Long Beach for a hosted social gathering of snacks and soft drinks. (note: in July we can have MOSQUI- TOS in the back yard area so you will want to bring some repellant with you) If there is enough interest, the southern group would meet in Longview, at The Masthead at 12:00 leaving at 12:30 and go down the river on the Washington side (SR 4) with Rick Carns. Driving time is about 3.5 hours and pack a lunch as we will stop for a picnic at Rainbow Falls State Park off of State Route 6. Again will need a Washington State Parks Discovery Pass. Driving time from Longview on SR4 is about 1.5 hours. We will give you maps of the local area. To get into State Parks you will need a Washington State Parks Discovery Pass. This will include North Head Light House and Cape Disappointment Light House. There is also Port of Ilwaco which hosts a weekly Saturday Market. In the evening we will gather for a no host group dinner at one of the local restaurants The Lost Roo at 1700 Pacific Ave S, Long Beach, WA at 6:00 PM. Sunday you are on your own to visit more of the area, maybe a drive up the peninsula to Oysterville or along the river to Fort Columbia State Park before your trip home. This can be on your own or as a group that you can arrange among yourselves. For the restaurant we will need your RSVP by July 1, 2015 and you will also need to have made your hotel reservations early as the summer time at the beach can get quite busy. Send your RSVP to mikelthornton@hotmail.com (note the l between Mike and Thornton without the L it goes to some other Mike Thornton). Looking forward to sharing our Peninsula with you, Mike L and Sandy Thornton, Rick Carns and Linda Wilson Volume 18 Number 37- Issue 138 * 356 Group Northwest

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8 JUST ONE MOORE..... Comments from Bill Moore The Pacific Northwest Porsche world lost a loyal friend recently when Tom Anderson died. He was the initiator of many Porsche efforts, founding Carrera Motors, one of only two Oregon Porsche dealerships. The Bend location also housed Club Carrera which served as a hub for many Porsche activities. Tom always had an open door for his friends and customers. I remember the time that Jane and I took our 1976 VW camper in to Carrera Motors for service. It was during the lunch hour so we invited Tom. Since we were temporarily wheeless, we offered to buy if Tom would drive. He had a business meeting (or was it a tee time?) and couldn't join us, but he tossed me the keys to his new 911 and said, Here, take my car. Being an old 356er, I had no idea how to even start the thing. Once that was solved, we joked that Boise had a great restaurant, but Tom just waved and said to have fun. When I threatened not to return the car, he said, No problem. I'll trade in the camper! What a fine guy. On a lighter note, Jane and I took a road trip to California in April. We stopped at our favorite Sonoma Valley winery Unti. Many years ago we and the Zilks, visited the winery, driving our red 356 coupes. Mic Unti met us in the parking lot, thinking we were his dad, who also happened to drive a red 356. His car was in a Sacramento shop having some work done. Unti senior's car was a little different...according to Mic, it had those wheels with a spinner do-dad on them,... a 356 with Rudge wheels!!!. Wow. This trip, when I asked about his father's car, Mic shrugged his shoulders and said it still wasn't out of the shop. In fact, he thought it had disappeared. Mic was somewhat concerned, but hey, he said, I have a winery to run inviting us in to do a tasting. April breakfast in Oregon brought out fourteen eager eaters. Fun time! Come join us May 30, 8:30 a.m. at J's Restaurant in Newburg. For moore information, contact Safder Rabbani; safder.rabbani@gmail.com. Volume 18 Number 37- Issue 138 * 356 Group Northwest

9 A Note to Our 356 Group NW Supporters We will be collecting your annual advertising fee for 2015 Cost is just $60.00 for one year or $ for two years Your ad fee will include: Half page space in the monthly DesigNr Lite newsletter Company name & link on website Access to all of our website tabs Submit Cash or Checks payable in US funds only to: 356 Group NW Mail To: Tina Richards, Membership Chairperson th Street Hood River, OR Forward your ad copy/image in JPEG, gif, tif, or Word format to Jack Keyes, Editor jkeyes356@gmail.com COMING SOON! PORSCHE RESUSCITATION A Complete Guide with Photos By David Berner Available on 356GNW Website & Print Format Volume 18 Number 37- Issue May 2015

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11 The Feckless Meanderings of the Retired Judge Text and Photos by David Berner I am in the midst of assembling the third engine in the line of six (the last being a 911S from the 1969 Targa). The second one is a 1965 SC, which many of you have seen at the West Coast Holliday when it was scrutinized by Paul Christensen and Len Turnbeaugh for the group. The first is a Euro heater 1962 S, destined for the rust bucket presently on the rotisserie. But this third one is a S, and I got to thinking about why it was built for only one year by the company. If you look at the picture, you will see on the left side of the third piece of the case a round projection about two inches in diameter. That held the thermostatically controlled oil pressure plunger, which, in turn, controlled oil flow at cold temperatures and hot temperatures. I won t bore you with the operation of the control or the passage of the oil. If you are really interested, you can find the process in the various manuals. Suffice it to say that the plunger would get stuck and certain important parts of the engine would be starved for oil. Look at the second picture and you will see what happens. The company quickly dispensed with the thermostat method. A service bulletin was sent out advising that the innards should be removed and a cap placed over the resulting hole. I guess that worked, but I personally would not trust an engine of that vintage. So why am I building one? It is only for show. My Speedster was built in October of 1957, but titled as a It had the nasty engine to begin with, so should someone in the future want to show the car, the engine can be installed and run for just enough time for judging to occur. One thought leads to another and I was reminded of all the broken, damaged, and rejected parts I have. Why I keep them is sometimes beyond me, but maybe they are good teaching devices. Back when I had to attend continuing legal education seminars, I usually had to listen for hours to what I call horror stories. The terrible mistakes attorneys can make and the consequences therefrom are great fodder for those seminars. Volume 18 Number 37- Issue May 2015

12 But they do get your attention when they are relevant. So, let me show you some of the nasty things that can happen if you don t take good care of your wonderful car, e.g., changing the oil and filter and checking the valve clearances per the manual. Maybe you won t break a crankshaft because the oil is dirty and gets between the bearing surfaces, but it will be scored and require a regrind or replacement. A main bearing could seize and spin, thereby either ruining the case or requiring an align bore. Oversize main bearing are difficult to find and very expensive. Have you tried to find a standard case recently? See the pictures. broken crankshaft. Sure, you can do this damage by over revving the engine, but that is carelessness of a different variety. Or, this photo notes what could be the most catastrophic! Dirty oil and what it carries can damage the valve train. I have tried to show in the pictures the scoring inside the bores of the rocker arms. The shafts that hold the arms would show scoring also. It may be difficult to see, but allow me to say it is there and it is not something I want in my engines. If a rocker arm seizes, the very least damage will be a bent pushrod. At worst, a valve could be held open and a piston could strike it. That would be catastrophic a broken valve, a ruined piston and cylinder, a bent connecting rod, and yes, if the conditions are right, a Dirt in the oil can get between the piston rings and the cylinder wall. Such scoring that results with give rise to a smoking exhaust and perhaps by the consequent overheating at spots along the cylinder wall, a loss of the seal between the cylinder head and the cylinder top. That is very dangerous, as carbon monoxide can get to the passenger compartment via the American style heater system, which most of us have. The point of this article is that a 356 engine is a marvelous thing that will run for a very long time if it is taken care of as the factory advises. Change the oil and filter. Adjust the valve clearance. Clean the screen and the magnet on the bottom of the case. Use a good grade of oil. Keep the engine in tune. It will pay dividends, as they say, in many happy miles. Keeping the wolves at bay, David Volume 18 Number 37- Issue 138 * 356 Group Northwest

13 356 Group Northwest Website How to create your own car page! There is a Member car gallery page on our website, and members are welcome to add a page for their own car (or cars). It is fairly easy to do, so don t be afraid to try! If you make a mistake that you can t fix on your own, the webmaster will be happy to help you. Instructions: 1. Make certain you are logged in to the site! ( In the User tools box on the left side of the screen, click on Add content 3. In the white area in the middle of the screen (under Add content ), click on Member car gallery (NOT the Member car gallery page link in the black menu bar!). 4. Follow the instructions on the Create Member car gallery page and fill out information about your car. Notes: a. You can save your work and change it later. b. Don t forget to save when you re done! c. Limited html tags are available (don t worry if you don t know what this means!) d. Be patient when uploading pictures, depending on your connection speed and photo size, it might take a while. 5. When you re finished, and have saved the page, it will be available in the Member car gallery page (click on the link in the black menu bar). 6. To edit your page, find it on the Member car gallery page, click on it, and just under the grey bar at the top of the white area of the page you will see an "Edit" button. Click on the "Edit" button and it will take you back to the page for entering information about your car. Don't forget to save when you're done! Volume 18 Number 37- Issue May 2015

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15 WEST COAST HOLIDAY 2014 POST-EVENT BARGAINS ROYAL BLUE POLO SHIRT WITH PATCH $15.00 DARK BLUE WINDBREAKER W/PATCH $35.00 COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION $20.00 (50 YEARS OF THE C MODEL) WCH PATCH $1.00 LICENSE PLATE $5.00 CONTACT RICK DANIELSON AT rickydan356@gmail.com FOR AVAILABILITY AND SHIPPING INFORMATION Volume 18 Number 37- Issue May 2015