Category: Meet The Members

Hi, my name is Ken Hollman and I am addicted to Porsches. 

This began in 1972 when I purchased by first Porsche, a 1965 912 (s/n 010), and since we had a mortgage and two small girls in our young family, we could not afford.  This was my daily driver for about three years and as things do, practicality caused me to trade it for a Chevy pickup.  I fought the addiction for about 25 years when another 912 came home with me.  This one required renovation, most of which I did myself over the next several years.  At this point, the urge to compete overwhelmed my better sense and I auto-crossed this car for a couple years.  Wanting better lap times, a 914 followed me home, also requiring a complete makeover.  This car became competitive in local SCCA and PCA events with my wife, Betty, earning the SSCA women’s class championship, two years running.  [...]

I am always very curious as to what drew people to their first Porsche ownership experience?

For me it started the year I finished college at the tender young age of 26. (I waited till I was 22 to start). I had started a decent paying job and at the time I was driving a 1974 BMW 2002, It was a wonderful car and I have thought many times about purchasing another for vintage type events but at that age the lure of a Porsche was stronger than my desire to keep the BMW 2002.

That desire started in 1959 when I saw my first Speedster at a local SCCA auto cross. My parents were racers. Mostly English cars such as the Triumph TR3s of various years. Up to the TR4 when they decided they had enough and stopped racing. That being said I will never forget this beautiful silver Speedster with red interior and [...]

Meet The Members…Craig & Di Shanklin…in Southern Utah

It began with a casual visit to a relatively new Porsche dealership on East Sahara in 1990 (Gaudin Porsche), one of those little decisions you make that can turn out to have major impacts on your whole life. That purchase of a 944 S2 Cabriolet has led us to a life full of interesting people, wonderful events and fun adventures. 

That initial Porsche has led to many others including currently a 718 Spyder, Spyder RS, 911 T, a Cayenne Transyberia and soon, a new Boxster GTS 4.0…three of the cars being Ruby Star…our favorite Porsche color. Through our involvement with the Porsche [...]

As your zone 8 representative I was excited to share my journey with cars. 

My love of sports cars started when I was in elementary school and my brother drove me in his TR4 from our home in Pennsylvania to Watkins Glen for the 9th U. S. Grand Prix race.  Since then, I have always been fascinated and interested in all types of cars.    Porsche came into my life in 2013 when I decided that it was time that I owned a convertible.   A good friend of mine found this “perfect red convertible” and after driving it in Newport Beach on a sunny summer day, the rest is history.

Not knowing much about car clubs, or, for that matter, the Boxster that I just purchased, I joined PCA in 2013.  At my first breakfast meeting, I was warmly welcomed and thought, what could it hurt to go to the board meeting.   In [...]

In 1996 I ordered a brand-new Porsche Boxster while living in the SF Bay Area.  I was lucky to break with family history to own a P-Car.  My Mother admitted more recently that my father, who was a big car and motorbike guy always wanted a P-car, but all she had to say was, do you really need that?  That was the end of that discussion.  I waited 13 months to take delivery of that car from Rector Motors, but the good news was the Boxster saved Porsche according to experts, and I went on to have a couple more.

Somehow, while living there I never joined the Porsche Club of America, but I did get hooked on going to the track after attending the Skip Barber 3-day SCCA racing school at Laguna [...]

Irving Falkoff

My first Porsche was a 1972 Black 914 1.7. At age 74, I have owned 8 different Porsches. At this time, I own a 2000 996 Cabriolet. The only mod is a fixed ducktail-style spoiler.

Tongue in cheek, my first car was a 1968 Honda CB350 scrambler motorcycle when I was 17 years old. I purchased an Opel station wagon in college at age 21. My favorite non Porsche was a Mercedes SL 380.

I joined the PCA in 1972 and had fun autocrossing.

I have a degree in professional photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. I owned a photo studio here in Las Vegas which was sold and went into the electronic payment business. In addition to payment processing, I manufactured an ATM machine.

After college, I moved to Denver [...]

By Mark and Paula Kramer

In 2005 I purchased my first Porsche from an independent Porsche mechanic in Los Gatos CA. where I was working; his personal ride, a 1983 rust colored 911SC Targa. My next-door neighbor who couldn’t stand the fact that I got this beautiful Porsche also bought a 1983 blue 911SC Targa a week later. We discovered both cars were made only a month apart. Mine needed hardly any work; his on the other hand, needed a new clutch which we replaced one weekend in his garage. You might know my neighbor from back then, he is Brad Cameron, also a member of our club. Unfortunately, I had to sell mine a few years later to help with my daughter’s nursing school tuition. Brad still has his.