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PORSCHE PUSHERS PRIVATE PAPERS

Official publication of the Southeast Michigan Region, Porsche Club of America

1958

SCHE CLUB OF AME

ALL SEM AND ARE DRONE F

18 Jim Williams - Enthusiast of the Year

UPCOMING SEM AND PCA SPONSORED EVENTS SEE DETAILS INSIDE

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Fall Color Tour Recap

24

Holiday Party Recap

28

Membership Dinner Recap

34

P6er's at Treffen Recap

PORSCHE PUSHERS PRIVATE PAPERS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN REGION, PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA

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CONTENTS

Roush Automotive Collection Event Announcement

Board of Directors and Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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SEM/PCA Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 President's Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2021 Board of Directors Election Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Fall Color Tour Recap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SEM Tax Return Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

SEM Webstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Concours Judging School

Event Announcement

Roush Automotive Collection Event Announcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Concours Judging School Event Announcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2021 SEM Enthusiast of the Year - Jim Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Detail Garage Event Announcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Henry Ford Museum Event Announcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Holiday Party Photo Recap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Detail Garage

Membership Dinner Recap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Lingenfelter Car Collection Event Announcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Event Announcement

Tom Feilitz's Column - Early Adopters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2022 DE Event Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Munk's Tech Session Event Save the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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P6'ers Traveling to Treffin 2021. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

SEM Porsche of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Henry Ford Museum Event Announcement

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Lingenfelter Car Collection Event Announcement

PCA Multi-Region Swap Meet Event Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Business Meeting Minutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Welcome New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SEM/PCA Member Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 The Place for Porsches and Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Around the Zone Column -1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Autocore Tech Session Event Save the Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Be a P4 Contributor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Around the Zone Column - 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 SEM/PCA Membership Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 P4 Index to Advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 P4 Advertising Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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PCA Multi-Region Swap Meet, Car Show & Tech Quiz Event

Announcement

ON THE COVER: Jim Williams accepting the Enthusist of the Year award

from Dennis Denyer and Patti Door Photo by Lisa Molzon

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SO RICA

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UTHEAST MICHIGA

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1958 SCHE CLUB OF AME

Southeast Michigan Region Porsche Club Of America

UTHEAST MICHIGA

STUTTGART

1958 SCHE CLUB OF AME

ALL SEM AND PCA EVENTS ARE DRONE FPRresEideEnt EVENTS

Walter Crump

586?873?0557

e-mail: president@sem.

Board Of Directors ALL SEM AND PCA EVENTS

Vice President/

ARE DRPOasNt PEresiFdenRt/EE EVENTS

National Safety

Chief Driving Instructor/

Inspection Chair/

Street Survival School

Region Safety Chair

Co-Chair

Howard Gilson

Marc Molzon

248?770?1788

248?882?1759

e-mail: vice-president@sem.

e-mail: marc@sem.

DE Chair/ Insurance Chair Steve Carbary

586?242?6437

e-mail: de@sem.

Treasurer Jim Williams

248?561?8301

e-mail: treasurer@sem.

Past President/ Chief Driving Instructor/ Street Survival School Co-Chair

Chris Bohr 810?623?2102 e-mail: marc@sem.

Secretary/ Region Concours Chair/ National Concours Judge Fred Young

586?566?3193

e-mail: concours@sem.

Membership Chair Lisa Molzon

248?318?1570

e-mail: lisa@sem.

Driving Tour Chair Lucas Phan

248?787?8611

e-mail: lucas@sem.

2022 SEM / PCA CALENDAR

JANUARY

6

Business Meeting

29 Roush Automotive Collection

FEBRUARY

3

Business Meeting

12 Concours Judging School

MARCH

3

Business Meeting

4-6 *Autorama

12 Detail Garage

19 Henry Ford Museum

26 Ligenfelter Car Collection

APRIL

7

Business Meeting

9

Munk's Tech Session

23 PCA Multi-Region Swap Meet

at Nikolas Motorsports

30 Autocore Tech Session

MAY

5 7 14 15 21

Business Meeting DE-101 at M-1 Garage Street Survival School Spring Tour DE #1 at M-1

* = Not an SEMPCA Event - All dates and events are subject to confirmation

SEM PCA

The club has reset & updated the club calendar. PLEASE download the NEW SEM / PCA CALENDAR Link to instructions on how to add SEM / PCA Calendar to your PC, Laptop, iOS, Android and Windows devices. The New SEM/PCA Website/Cellular Calendar is now ready to be DOWNLOADED Keep up to date on all the SEM / PCA events. Get the latest most up to date information.

Zone 4 Representative Lori Schutz

972?890?7405

e-mail: zone4rep@ national.

P4 Editor Mark VanderEyk

248?520?2292

e-mail: P4@sem.

Drive Your Porsche Day and Charity Chair Chrissy Crowe 678?661?1146 e-mail: charity@ sem.

Other Officers

Past President/ Parade Hospitality Chair/ Region Chair for Picnic, Silent Auction & Ladies Drive Patti Door 248?207?7617 e-mail: patti@sem.

P4 Member Ads/ Dealership Liason/ Swap Meet Chair Michael Cohen

248?227?8604 e-mail: michael@sem.

Progressive Dinner Chair Christina Gennari

248?550?4788

e-mail: gennari.ca@

Street Survival School Co-Chair Don Kleist

586?206?7234

e-mail: d.kleist@ sem.

Past President/ National Liaison Dennis Denyer

248?391?3268

e-mail: nationalliaison@ sem.

Immediate Past President/ Associate Webmaster/ National Safety Inspector & Concours Judge Gretus Hoogestraat 636?229?0606 e-mail: gretus@sem.

Webmaster Erik Ohrnberger

248?515?4306

e-mail: webmaster@ sem.

The Club Has Reset & Updated the Club Calendar.

PLEASE download the NEW SEM/PCA CALENDAR

Link to instructions on hAolwl evteonatsdadreSsEuMbje/PctCtoACCovaildegnudidaerltinoes issued by PCA and the State of Michigan, they may be cancelled or rescheduled.

your PC, Laptop, iOS, AndroidWaantdchWfoirnEd-oBwlasstduepdvaicteessand check the online calendar at sem. to verify the event schedule.



The New SEM/PCA Website / Cellular Calendar

Is Now Ready to be DOWNLOADED

Keep up to date on alal ttheteSEnMt/iPoCnA emveenmtsbers

Get the latest Smtaoystaubpretoasdtaotef tIhnefolramteastitoPnC. A/SEM News!

BUSINESS Meetings

Please log-in to (Membership/My Account/Edit tabs)

Business meetings are typically held on the first Thursday

to verify your contact information is up to date.

of the month at various locations.

Numerous members have missing or

Please note: for anyone interested in attending future

incorrect E-mail addresses.

Business meetings, please contact any board member.

Editor:

Mark Vander Eyk

Submission Deadline: 15th of the month

Address: Mark Vander Eyk, P4 Editor 604 Cherry Tree Lane, Rochester Hills, MI 48306 Phone 248-652-6073 (H) or 248-520-2292 (C) E-mail: p4@sem.

Publisher: P4

Copyrite Printing

586?774?0006 e-mail: karen@sem.

The P4, Porsche Pushers Private Papers, is the official monthly publication of the Southeast Michigan Region, Porsche Club of America. Available only by subscription to SEM members as a portion of the annual National membership dues, or to other PCA members at $40.00 per year. Statements appearing in the P4 are those of the author and may not reflect the views of the PCA, the SEM Board of Directors or the P4 editor. The editors reserve the right to edit all material submitted for publication. SEM/PCA is not responsible for any services or merchandise advertised herein. Permission to reprint any material published in the P4 is granted provided full credit is given to P4 and the author.

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President's Column

by walter crump - sem president

"The Old Year has gone. .... The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!" - Edward Payson Powell

As we take a look back at several highly successful SEM events in 2021 we are encouraged by the hard work, enthusiasm and member participation that carried us through the year. Our last event, the Holiday Party was held at the Heathers Club of Bloomfield on December 4th and a good time was had by all. One of the highlights of the evening was the awarding of the SEM Enthusiast of the Year to Jim Williams. Jim has been our treasurer for the past few years and he and his wife Laurie are regularly seen at club driving and social events. Although the attendance was understandably smaller than in previous years, we had a successful Silent Auction and nearly $1000 will again be donated to the Jo Brighton Skills Center, right here in southeast Michigan. Our contribution will make a significant difference to this small local charitable organization.

Thanks to Lisa Molzon for the great photographs starting on page 24 of this issue for your enjoyment.

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President's Column (continued)

Congratulations to our new Board members Jim Williams and Chris Bohr. As mentioned earlier, Jim is our current treasurer and Chris has been doing an outstanding job working on tour route planning and the summer picnic. They will both continue to help your board of directors to plan and execute our extensive slate of events this year. We are all still dealing with the uncertainties related to COVID and will adhere to all government and PCA guidelines as we go forward. I am asking the membership to please bear with us as late-breaking news or changes may affect our scheduled events. We will keep our website sem. as current as possible and, if necessary, I will send out an email blast.

Congratulations to our new Board members Jim Williams and Chris Bohr.

Looking forward, here are some fun events on the horizon:

January 29 Roush Automotive Collection - Lucas Phan

February

12 Concours Judging School - Fred Young,

Dennis Denyer, Howard Gilson

March 12 Detail Garage - Howard Gilson, Fred Young 19 Henry Ford Museum - Lucas Phan, Gary Ambrus 26 Lingenfelter Car Collection - Chrissy Crowe

As always, you are invited and welcome to come out and enjoy our upcoming events. Your early sign up for these and all events helps our organizers greatly. We hope you and your family are having a safe and enjoyable New Year. Your suggestions and feedback are always welcome. n

Southeast Michigan Region Porsche Club of America

2021 Board of Director Election Results

Congratulations to the following members who have been elected to the Board of Directors

for the two year term (2022-2023)

Chris Bohr Steve Carbary

Marc Molzon Jim Williams Fred Young

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