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

Date	Name	Venue
Dec 11	BRR-PCA Executive Board Meeting	Shakers Restaurant - Roanoke	Register
Dec 14	BRR-PCA Cars N Lunch - Beales Brewery Bedford	Beale's Brewery	Register

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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

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.