Category: From The Archives

Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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PCA Celebrates Their 70th Anniversary

By: Jordan Godorov

The Porsche Club of America will celebrate their 70th Anniversary on September 13, 2025. Linda Goodman, PCA’s historian, gave a great webinar a few months back on the history of the club and how it got started. If you want to access the webinar in its entirety, please log in to your PCA member account on the national website and look for RegionFocus webinars. The webinar she gave is RegionFocus #78.

In today’s world, you can go to your local, authorized Porsche dealer and get world-renowned service for your ride. There are also a multitude of independent Porsche and European auto repair shops ready and willing to help you with service on vehicle, as well. Back in the 1950’s, service and [...]

From The Archives – August 2025 

Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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Why Does That Volkswagen Say “Porsche” On It? Some History Behind Porsche Renndienst Vehicles.

By: Jordan Godorov

Have you ever been to a car event that featured a Volkswagen with “Porsche” lettering on it? What’s that all about?

According to Richard Lindhorst, writing for Effersport Online – “In 1951, Porsche took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time. Motorsport has been a central part of the Zuffenhausen company’s DNA ever since this entry of two Porsche 356/4 SL Coupés. From the mid-1950s onwards, the so-called “Renndienst”, which means racing service, was also always there to [...]

Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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Have an Emergency On The Road? What’s in Your “Go Bag”?

By: Jordan Godorov

I have been a licensed driver for over 30 years. In that time, I have had my share of emergencies on the road. Whether it was running out of gas, getting a flat tire, having a mechanical breakdown, or getting stuck in inclement weather, I was always prepared for the situation.

Here is a list of what I currently have in my “go-bag” for any emergency situation I may encounter in my Porsche:

• Portable jump starter/power station
• Battery operated air compressor (In addition to the OEM Porsche on-board pump)
• Tire plug kit
• Spare bottle of tire sealant (In addition to the OEM Porsche Sealant)
• Leatherman tool
• Emergency triangle
• Flashlight
• Cell phone charging cord
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Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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Change Out That Flat Tire with Your Spare…Not So Fast!

By: Jordan Godorov

Back in 2005, Porsche started offering tire sealing gel as standard equipment on new vehicles from the factory. If you got a flat tire on your Boxster and wanted to swap it out with your spare, you were out of luck. 

Fortunately, Porsche has provided an easier and quicker solution to get you back on the road, without getting your hands dirty from removing and replacing a tire. By providing a tire sealant gel and a portable air compressor that is powered by the 12-volt auxiliary outlet in your car, you are able to put a liquid sealant in the tire, air it up, and be one your way relatively quickly. In order to use the [...]

From The Archives – May 2025 

Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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A Porsche for Under $50,000? How ‘bout a Porsche for Under $70.00?

By: Jordan Godorov

Back in 2017, Gaudin Porsche of Las Vegas ran a great advertising campaign on their YouTube channel. They were offering brand new Porsches for under $50,000. This was unheard of, since most Porsche purchases at that time were hovering around $100,000 & above.

My wife and I purchased a 2017 Macan around that time and were amazed at the great value we received with our vehicle; you got a lot of car for the money.

Fast forward 8 years and the days of a new Porsche [...]

From the Archives – February 2025 

Hello! Welcome to my first “From the Archives” article for our newsletter. My name is Jordan Godorov and I am the Las Vegas Porsche Club’s newly minted historian. Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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Most of us know that our local Las Vegas authorized Porsche dealership has been Gaudin Porsche since 1986. Being a Las Vegas native, I was curious to know who sold Porsches before Gaudin did. According to Gary Ackerman, the dealer principal of Gaudin Porsche, the dealer immediately before Gaudin took over the franchise was none other than Mike Salta. 

Mike Salta

Salta, for those that might not be aware, was one of the country’s first “mega” car [...]

From the Archives #29, November 2024

This month, lacking any other good reason, I decided to select a year of our Region’s past for review by pure chance. I have a big jar of pennies (lots and lots of pennies) that I’ve collected for years that I could pick from. Now this jar could contain pennies from 1945 or so (after WWII ended) through the present. I decided that the first penny dated between 1973 and 1994 (the 21 years of printed Sandscript in the LVR archives) that I picked would be the year reviewed for the next couple of months.

Now, you ask, why is this process even mentioned in this column? Well, it’s because it took me 121 tries to get a penny in this year range; I finally got a 1990 coin. I have an MA in math and statistics from Johns Hopkins University, and I’ll tell you that taking this many [...]

From the Archives #28, October 2024

A couple of months ago, I described in this column the Las Vegas Region’s entry into the computer world with the purchase of a computer and a printer in April of 1995. The purchase was described as being primarily for the purpose of creating the monthly LVR Newsletter (“Sandscript”) and keeping track of the ever-expanding membership and mailing list. 

When I transferred to the Las Vegas Region from the Santa Barbara crowd in early 2012, there wasn’t a printed newsletter. In fact, there wasn’t much of a newsletter at all, just an occasional “Blast,” which was an e-mailed notice to the members, mostly having to do with the Spring Mountain DEs.

So what happened? We had a computer. Why wasn’t there a published and mailed out Newsletter?

To investigate, I looked through the boxes of the old Sandscripts, only to discover that the last published Las Vegas Region Newsletter [...]

From the Archives #27, September 2024

This month we’ll continue our look at the Region’s year 1995, the 21st anniversary of our Region. 

In the July 1995 issue of Sandscript there was a telling article about the President’s new Dodge van. Carl bought it in his first-ever shopping trip for a NEW car. He said new car shopping was eye-opening, in that he had a lot of questions, but the dealer salesman had only answers to questions he didn’t really ask. Such as, since he intended to use the van to tow his race car, he asked: “Does it have a towing option?” And the salesman replied: “It comes in eight beautiful standard colors and three more at extra cost.” Oh….. to go back to the 20th century car shopping adventures.

But I digress. The comment that caught my attention was that, during his first towing trip with his new 1995 Dodge V-8 powered van, [...]

From the Archives #26, August 2024

Again this month we’ll look at 1995, the 25th anniversary of our Region. The year 1995 was a mere 29 years ago (it seems like about two or three years ago to me.) The first thing I noted in reviewing the old Newsletters was that many of the social events, such as dinners and pool parties, were held in individual members’ homes. Even with a participation rate hovering around 15%, we can’t do that nowadays with a membership of about 1000. 

It looks like 1995 was a good year for the “Nevada Open Road Challenge” event. In this event, entrants choose a speed they believe they can average over nearly 100 miles of a (temporarily closed) public road. Their speed choices ranged from 95 mph up to 170 mph in 5 mph increments, and there was an unlimited speed class as well. This on a PUBLIC 2-LANE road!! The [...]