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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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Have You Celebrated Your PCA Membership Anniversary?

By: Jordan Godorov

As a member of the Porsche Club of America, on my 5th Anniversary, I signed up to receive the following:

Porsche Club of America recognizes membership anniversaries in five-year increments. Five- to 20-year anniversary materials are available upon request. Members can request anniversary materials by clicking www.pca.org/anniversary (must be logged onto PCA website to use link). Members will receive a letter, certificate and decal commemorating their anniversary.

Materials for 25- to 60-year anniversaries (soon to be 65) are mailed quarterly depending on the anniversary date. Members celebrating these anniversaries will receive the following: 

25 years – Letter, Decal, Certificate, Pin 

30 years – Letter, Decal, Certificate 

35 years – Letter, Decal, Certificate 

40 years – Letter, Decal, Certificate, Name [...]

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Porsche Almost Became Part of BMW?

By: Jordan Godorov

As a member of the Porsche Club of America, we are lucky to receive a newsletter regularly from the national office. Sometimes those newsletters highlight Porsche history. I also happen to belong to the BMW Car Club of America. Some months back, I received a notice from the BMWCCA in a newsletter that a 3 book set of BMW “Behind the Scenes” was available for purchase by the general membership. One of the clips from the set was a story about how BMW once had a chance to buy Porsche. I thought that this was fascinating and got me thinking about how different Porsche would be if that happened. Here is the story:

When BMW Went To Buy Porsche – [...]

From The Archives – October 2025 

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Who Doesn’t Love Car Marketing Materials?

By: Jordan Godorov

I am a huge fan of automobile history. I love seeing vehicles from the past in, not only true form, but also in paper form. As a kid, I loved collecting brochures on all types of vehicles. I would bring them home and study them for hours. Those days truly made me into a car fanatic.

With the Internet bringing all sorts of information to the world, some evil geniuses have compiled a free online database accessible to anyone with a web-surfing device. It’s called Auto Catalog Archive (www.autocatalogarchive.com). From the ACA Website –

“This website – it is a journey through the history of cars. An extensive archive of brochures from all over [...]

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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 

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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 [...]

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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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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 

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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 [...]