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fabulous surroundings. The tour wasplanned in such a way that there wasstill plenty of time for breaks to be taken en route. As a result, smallgroups of Porsche 356 could be foundparked together at intervals when pas-sengers wanted to see a waterfall orcanyon, or simply wished to enjoy themountain panorama of the CanadianRockies. Particularly memorable formany of the participants was the viewfrom high above a valley across theProvince of British Columbia, with LakeLouise shimmering in the distance.This was the destination of the day’strip.

The next day, a heavy rainstorm ratherdisrupted the programme schedule.For in place of the Concours d’Elé-gance, it became necessary to bringforward a workshop on Porsche 356electrics.

In the evening, everything then went toplan. With piano musical accompani-ment, around 140 individuals gathered

The 356 Registry USA has 7,500 mem-bers, making it one of the world’slargest Porsche Clubs. The Club meetsat least one each year at so-called “holi-day” events. As a rule, these are heldat central locations on the East or WestCoast. This year, however, also saw aspring meeting on the Gulf Coast, aswell as an event in Canada to whichparticipants travelled from throughoutthe USA. Canada was therefore thevenue for Club members from Mary-land, Missouri, Texas, New Mexico andCalifornia to meet, as well as numer-ous Canadian participants. Three driv-ers even came with their Porsche 356from New Hampshire – their wives pre-ferred to complete the route by air.

After many days of heavy rain, on 29June the first participants to arrive forthe 356 Rocky Mountain Holiday Cana-da 2005 in Kananaskis were welcomedby practically spring-like weather. For-tunately, the sun continued to shinewhen on the next day over 70 classicPorsches set off on a tour through the

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in a ballroom for the so-called “Open-Bar” – the overture for the subsequentbanquet. Following the dinner, the win-ners of the Concours were announced.In this conjunction, the companyPorsche AG donated the “Best in ShowAward”, which was presented by JuttaAldenhoff of Porsche Club Services.

Two important regional newspapers,Rocky Mountain Outlook and CalgaryHerald, reported extensively on thisevent. Above all, the fascination exuded by Porsche and the indescrib-able quality of these classic vehiclesimpressed the invited journalists.

The meeting ended on 3 July with asmall parts market. The participantsthen took their leave and headed backhome.

Bert Leemburg

Chuck HouseTel.: +1 714 418 07 79Fax: +1 949 567 45 10E-Mail: ChuckHouse@356registry.org

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Porsche Classic

AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix on the Nürburgring

For anyone wishing to experience his-toric racing and sports cars in action,the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix is theplace to be. The 33rd meeting of thisgripping event, which was staged from12 to 14 August on the Nürburgring,once again attracted thousands of afi-cionados of classic automobiles to theEifel region. As always, in this con-junction, it was not just the almost 600starters who compete in numerousraces with their quality vehicles forrankings and victories which make thisevent so attractive, but instead theattractive supporting programme.

Porsche enthusiasts know, for exam-ple, that they will not merely experi-ence a thrilling race atmosphere at theOGP, but also no end of fascinationand information on the topic ofPorsche. It is rare for so many Porschevehicles to be gathered together on asingle spot as on these days. Theybegin arriving in the early morninghours, the 356s, the 911s from all con-struction years, the 914s, the front-engine vehicles 924, 928, 944 and

968, the Boxster and Cayenne. Thistime, event two Carrera GT and a 959took part. A separate parking area isprovided for each model series. Thistransforms the Mercedes-Arena for the weekend into the world’s largestPorsche museum.

Those who park their Porsches herehave acquired a VIP package fromPorsche Classic. This enjoys growing

popularity, year for year. The associ-ated services range from the provisionof parking spaces, to entrance ticketsand access to the hospitality tent withits customary excellent refreshments,and a terrace overlooking the racetrack.

The extensive range of informationwas available to every visitor. Thisincluded the impressive presentation

of the Porsche Customer Centre, withits eye-catching display of two Porscherace cars from the Porsche Museumin Zuffenhausen, specifically a Formu-la 2 from 1960 and a Formula 1 from1962. Not forgetting the Porsche718/8 RS Spyder of 1962, recentlyrestored at the Customer Centre. Thisshowcased the stunning quality of aworks restoration.

Porsche employees attending thisevent found themselves having toanswer numerous questions on thesubject of restoration and the avail-ability of spare parts. Many visitorsalso spent time watching the so-called“Living Workshop” – where steeringwheels were covered with leather. Inan adjacent marquee, the Exclusiveand Tequipment Department present-ed themselves with two individuallyequipped 997s, while the Porsche Centre Koblenz presented itself with a911 Carrera Cup as well as a numberof new vehicles. The computer game

“Need for Speed” and the Carrera racetrack attracted the particular interestof the young. At the same time, someadults - who would no doubt have likedto complete a few quick circuits in areal car – admired the vehicles show-cased by the Porsche Centre Siegenand Knebel Motorsport: the historical

911 race car, the GT3 RS, the 996GT3 Cup and the 997 GT3 Cup fromthe Porsche Factory.

The information stands set up byPorsche Club Services, the PorscheTravel Club and the Selection Truckwith its extensive range of accessories

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Denmark. Clubs from Spain, Englandand Italy traditionally travel to the eventin impressive numbers. On this occa-sion, the Porsche Club Norway alsoput in an impressive showing. Fiveyears ago, around 20 members wouldusually attend. On this weekend, how-ever, around 90 of the current approx.850 members of the Norwegian Clubmade their way to the Nürburgring.Over 40 of these drove all the way,such as Fredrik Christensen with his924 Carrera GT. “The route coveredprecisely 1,012 kilometres” he an-nounced with pride. His orange T-shirtalso proclaimed the reason for thelarge number of Porsche drivers fromthe north: Porsche Club Norway – 25thAnniversary.” Club President SteinarSalminen explained why the Club hadchosen to commemorate its anniver-sary at the OGP: “Because we partic-ularly like this event.” This view isclearly also shared by many others.

Bernd Woytal Porsche AG Worldwide Club Services

was positioned opposite the hospitali-ty tent. And in front of this, two Porschetractors were posted. But that was cer-tainly not all. Employees of Porschepartner companies, such as the shockabsorber manufacturer Koni or thesealant specialists Elring Klinger werealso on hand to answer questions. Aparticular highlight, in the literal senseof the word, was provided by Porsche’slogistics partner Hendricks. The ship-ping agent brought along a crane, towhich a viewing platform was hooked.In return for a donation to the Stuttgart-based charitable association “Herz-sport e.V.”, visitors were able to enterthe platform and were lifted to a heightof between 35 and 40 in the air. “It isonly from up here that the sheer sizeof the Porsche site really becomesapparent,” said a member of thePorsche Club Italy.

In addition to various German PorscheClubs, increasing numbers of mem-bers of foreign Clubs make their wayto the OGP. Including from Switzerland,Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and

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VW Porsche 914 Deutschland Club

International Porsche 914 Meeting

Interest in this meeting, held from 17to 19 June 2005 in Essen, was tremen-dous: 105 participants were counted,and a total of 53 vehicles. These camefrom Germany, Belgium, England,France, the Netherlands, Switzerland,Spain and Portugal. A Porsche 914enthusiast from California even man-aged to take part.

And it was certainly worth the effort.On the first day we undertook a torch-lit tour in the dusk through Duisburg’slandscape park. Many of the partici-pants were both surprised as well asfascinated that such old, disusedindustrial plants had been kept as his-torical monuments, instead of simplybeing demolished. Particularly impres-

sive was the view from a 70 metre tower across the countless industrialrelics in the surrounding area.

The next day saw a visit to Dekra,where the participants were able tohave their vehicle’s shock absorberstested. The subsequent tour of Essen’ssurroundings, whose beautiful land-scape clearly took many of the partic-ipants by surprise, was interspersedwith dexterity exercises and quiz ques-tions. The evening began with a Cham-pagne reception, and later a discoprovided an opportunity to burn up anyremaining energy in dance.

On the final day of the event, partici-pants made their way to the Porsche

Centre Essen, where a tour was pro-vided. This also enabled a participantfrom Portugal to get some necessaryrepairs to his vehicle. Thanks to numer-ous sponsors, who supported usactively or with prizes for the tombola,the tremendous weather and the fan-tastic programme, this 914 meetingwas a complete success.

Barbara Schürmann

VW Porsche 914 Deutschland ClubPresident: Udo BreuerTel: +49 (0)22 03 283 17Fax: +49 (0)22 03 98 67 38E-Mail: udobreuer@compuserve.com

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