Blog 10/31/2021

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Out for a Drive

I was out for a drive and stopped to help someone with engine trouble! He had been there a while!

Activities

Blue Ridge Region PCA Events

DateNameVenue 
Jun 10BRR-PCA Cars N Coffee - LynchburgAcorn Hill Lodge and BistroMore Details
Jun 14BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingSportscar ClinicRegister now on MotorsportReg.com
Jun 24Back of the DragonBack of the DragonMore Details
Jul 12BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingSportscar ClinicMore Details
Aug 9BRR-PCA Full Board MeetingBRR-PCA Location TBDMore Details
Sep 13BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingSportscar ClinicMore Details
Oct 11BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingSportscar ClinicMore Details
Nov 8BRR-PCA Full Board MeetingBRR-PCA Location TBDMore Details
Dec 13BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingSportscar ClinicMore Details

Swannanoa Tour

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This beautiful late fall tour is heading to Swannanoa, which is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern Nelson County and Augusta County, Virginia and  sits high atop the Blue Ridge Mountains at Afton. Upon arrival take in the sites of the building, its gardens and the views. Then be sure to join our group as we tour inside Swannanoa to see its imported stones and get a glimpse into the lifestyle of its day.

The tentative agenda is:

  • 9:00 Meet at the Montvale Library
  • 9:30 Depart on the tour
  • 12:00 Lunch at Edelweiss German Restaurant in Staunton, VA
  • 1:00 Depart for Swannanoa
  • 3:00 Group tour within Swannanoa
  • 5:00 Tour ends

Stories

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Early Porsche

DID YOU KNOW // Porsche launched an electric car 121 years ago. Most automotive historians recognize this 1900 Lohner-Porsche as the first, full-electric automobile. The automobile had hub mounted electric motors in each wheel that were directly powered by 1800kg of lead acid batteries.

Keen Project

Porsche began building rally-car 911s in the ’60s, then lifted them in the ’70s and ’80s for off-road races like the East African Safari Rally and the Paris-Dakar. But until recently, few private owners were interested in turning their garage queens into something that could run up a mountain and back down into the holler. Racer Leh Keen decided he wanted to do just that, so he formed the Keen Project and modified his ’81 911 SC with a four-inch lift, custom dampers, shorter gearing, and meaty BFGood­rich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires. He recently delivered his 19th such 911; about 20 more have been ordered. Keen says he loves his Safari 911 because “it’s something I don’t have to worry about. It feels, smells, and drives like a 911, but I can take it off-road and to my cabin in the woods.” More

Fast forward to this fall. The Keen Project set off on the Appalachian Mountains for a little drive.

Helping a Friend

David Hays reports he has been driving up to Fredericksburg over the years to work on this 1963 356 for Georgia Strentz who bought her car new in 1963. Amazing lady and beautiful car.

Hogan’s Corner

Porscheplatz at VIR, parade laps 2012

Porsche Gone Bad

Nice Day for a Drive

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