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Dunkels Feb 2004
Asha and I flew into Los Angeles after a trip to Tahiti. She came
home. I rented a car and met with Jeff Trask and the Southern
California 912 crowd at the Dunkels car show and swap meet. This has
been a very popular event for a number of years. The Dunkels folk are
moving to another property, so this will be the last time the event is
held here.
People from all over the country come to it for it's selection of
display cars, Parking corrals for the major Porsche sub-groups and an
excellent swap meet.
To drop a few names, we spoke to:
- Don Marks from Amity, Oregon, a rebuilder of distributors for early 4
cylinder Porsches.
- Dale Miller past PCA National Historian and former Director of the
Collier Automotive Museum in Naples, Florida. We talked about the
history of their 356SL.
- Dean Polopolus, well known for converting 911 engines to 4 cylinders.
- Del Sessions. A prominent 356 restoration body man from the bay
area. His shop did the front pan restoration
on my 912.
- Duane Spencer, well known mechanic and author of several books on
356 and 912. Duane now lives in the Lake Shasta area in Northern
California.
912 Parking
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The 912 group has the 'parking concession'. We
gave the initial directions where like cars should go to be parked
together. RGroupe, 356, display, early 911, other and of course the
912s. Throughout the day approximately 58 912 were on the lawn. When
the call goes out the Southern California people can create an
impressive display.
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The 912 'Zebra' car was on the gravel. This is a
theme car made like a Africa Rally car. Other 912s in the foreground.
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I heard there were over 600 Porsche cars at the
show either on the property or surrounding parking lots. Parking space
was so dear that a 356 was stood on end, a couple more were on top of
the building and the Zebra car was on the gravel. Here we have a sea of
Porsches, 912s in the foreground.
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Swap Meet
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There is a warehouse somewhere with a lot of
Porsche 4 cylinder industrial engines. Here is one sitting in front of
a stack of boxes with others.
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How about a Furhmann engine look alike fan shroud
for your engine project. Might be great for that Beck replica.
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Manuals, electrical things and stuff.
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Dunkels Museum
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The Dunkels have been involved in racing for many
years and are Porsche fans. One of their 356 is shown in front of a
Porsche tractor.
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Special Cars
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A beautiful 904.
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Ex Otto Zipper 906 Carrera.
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356 America Roadster. The early U.S. Porsche
distributor Max Hoffman commissioned these cars for the American
market. They were virtually unknown in Europe.
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One of the Porsche Indy cars was at the show,
fully restored.
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Special Attractions
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Dean Polopolus
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Dean's casting for a 4 cylinder case and a
crankshaft that uses a custom crankshaft and 911 engine components.
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Last modified: Sun, 01 Feb 2004
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