In this edition:
- Upcoming Events
- Monthly Meeting - August 4th
- President's Letter
- Arizona Outlaws Grille Badge – A Retrospective
- Items of Interest
- Outlaws T-Shirts
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Outlaws Monthly Sunday Meeting
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Sunday August 4, 2018 AZ Outlaws Gathering
Meetings are held the 1st Sunday of every month at Panera Bread. The gathering starts around 8-8:30am, followed by a driving tour for Brunch. Join us for a cup of coffee while you look, talk and enjoy 356's up close with other owners.
NOTE THE NEW MEETING LOCATION
Our new monthly meeting location is the Panera Bread in Phoenix - Camelback Colonade, 1949 E Camelback Rd. 85016.
- South of Camelback on 20th Street on the West side of the street, near the Best Buy store. The restaurant faces 20th Streetb.
- For parking, use the spaces away from the store (towards 20th Street) so we don't block parking access for other customers.
Following the gathering at Panera, Tom Reyman will lead the group to brunch at The Collins, 3160 E Camelback Road (32nd St and Camelback).
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October 2-6, 2019 356 Registry West Coast Holiday
High Desert Holiday
The Arizona Outlaws are going to host the 2019 West Coast Holiday in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona.This follows an Outlaws tradition of hosting the WCH every ten years.
Registration is closed following a tremendous response. After five days, the event has reached capacity.
Save the dates of October 2-6, 2019.
This will be a big effort and will require the help of many dedicated volunteers to outdo the Holidays of previous years. If you would like to be a part of the Outlaws WCH team or would like to provide a sponsorship, please contact the Outlaws Holiday Committee at HighDesertHoliday@gmail.com.
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Who can fix my 356?
Your Arizona Outlaws are pulling together a reference list of mechanics, body shops, upholstery, and other services that are local to Arizona. If you have a shop or service that you can recommend, please respond with the shop name and contact information by clicking the button below, or send an email directly to Az356Outlaws@gmail.com.
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Arizona Outlaws Grille Badge – A Retrospective
By Jeff Gamble
Prior to the organization of Arizona Outlaws 356 Club, a merry band of Baja Arizona 356 enthusiasts decided that a 356 Registry West Coast Holiday in Arizona would be a lot of fun to host. So in 1979, the third West Coast Holiday would be hosted in Tucson. The committee was headed up by Valley National Banker Fred Moore, Attorney Tom Murphy, Rick Hammel and Jeff Gamble. Invitations went out for the Tech Sessions to then-partners Al Zim and Ed Mayo who were 356 experts extraordinaire. The enthusiastic committee jumped headlong into the Holiday planning adventure.
Wouldn't you know, that year the second oil crisis struck and the price of oil doubled, with long lines at the gas pumps. We were worried about the potential impact of the shortage, but the 356 Faithful persisted and the event was a great success. We worked with a local Artist to create a Southern Arizona-specific patch designating Tucson with a saguaro cactus and event details. I went to work on the awards, hand making half plaster Porsches painted silver and mounted on wood wall plaques.
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By the middle 1980's enthusiast Mike Wroughton had organized the Arizona 356 owners with a loose concept of no rules, no dues and no one in charge. This approach became the popular Arizona 356 Outlaws club. About this time my girlfriend Patsy and I were spending Columbus Day holiday in Sedona, surrounded by a Street Rod convention at the Poco Diablo resort. We thought that this could be the perfect site for a 356 Holiday.
A committee was formed and we did a spin-off on the "Jazz on the Rocks" name and called the 1989 West Coast Holiday “Porsche on the Rocks.” I contacted and submitted the event proposal to the 356 Registry Trustees complete with an unprecedented permission to use the Poco Diablo’s golf course lawn for the Concours. When a contractual and uninsured liability developed, I stepped aside, but Cliff Berryman stepped up and saved the 1989 Holiday. I volunteered to create awards appropriate to the venue that included hand-cast sterling silver 356 Cabriolets mounted on a small slab of Sedona red rock.
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Another decade passed and in 1999, leader Mike Wroughton would step forward to chair another West Coast Holiday in the timeless beauty of Sedona. This Holiday was called the Arizona 356 Outlaws Round-up and was again held at the Poco Diablo resort. The golf course was again the setting for the Concours, based on the 1989 precedent. Scenic area driving tours were planned and Mike turned to me for help with the awards. In the meantime, the late Bob Poister's daughter Amy, who was an animation artist for 20th Century Fox, had created a very cool Outlaw design that the Arizona Outlaws subsequently adopted as the official club logo.
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With Amy's design, I hand carved a wax version of the Outlaw into a three dimensional relief the size of a grill badge. My foundry then molded and cast ten first place badges in sterling silver, ten second place badges in polished bronze, and another ten third place badges in traditional patina bronze. The badges included mounting lugs so recipients could mount their awards on their 356 engine grills. So that is how the Arizona 356 Outlaw car badge was born.
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Moving forward yet another decade to 2009, Jim Kauffman and Candace Delaney came forward to chair a fourth Arizona West Coast Holiday. The Arizona Outlaws seemed to have created a tradition of hosting the 356 Registry West Coast Holiday every ten years, “on the nines.” Once again, it was hosted by the good folks at Poco Diablo resort in Sedona. This time it would be themed "B in Sedona" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the third-generation 356B.
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Jim gave his approval for me to create a “B nose” award. Once again, the first place awards were cast in sterling silver, second place in polished bronze and third place in a patina bronze in the same medallion grill badge format. The winners were presented their newly created Outlaw awards on a German colors neck ribbon at the awards banquet.
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Jeff Gamble presenting a Concours award to winner Ron Roland
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Closeup of the “B in Sedona” award (photo by John Hearn)
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Earliest generations of the copyrighted badge had artist initials, casting date “JG 99” and brazed-on nuts for grill mounting.
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Later versions were copyrighted, sculptor-signed and dated.Then in 2010, a non-signed edition was released (not pictured).
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As part of the awards tradition since 1999, I decided to make available a continuation of the bronze badges to meet fellow Outlaw’s interest to have the Outlaw grill badge for their cars. This most recent edition of 2019 badges has a foundry stamp with an Artist logo. This design is also numbered and supplied in an antique patina finish.
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2019 version in antiqued patina
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Back side with artist logo, foundry stamp and serialized numbering
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By
Jeff Gamble
Jeff Gamble has been a 356 enthusiast since purchasing his first Porsche, a Speedster in 1967, and an active Arizona Outlaws participant since the creation of the club. Jeff‘s sculptures, both polished and in bronze patina, have received critical acclaim by automotive editors, executives, designers, and collectors in the United States, Europe and Japan, including Ferry Porsche. This favorable reception to his works is the result of his exhaustive research into the people, places, and events he portrays. His amazing attention to detail, such as oil on the hood, mud splashes, and water spraying from the tires, has earned him a worldwide following that enables the collector of his works to experience historic moments in time. More of Jeff’s story and art can be seen at http://www.gambleart.com/ .
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Outlaws at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
If you are going to be at Laguna Seca for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (August 15-18) you are invited to stop by and sit down, relax, have a bottle of water and Jacque will have her usual home made bake goods. I will be racing on Friday and Sunday, we look forward to seeing you.
Don Tevini
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Arizona Outlaws 356 Club T-shirts are now available
A first run of club shirts are being offered to Outlaws for $15 (plus $7 shipping). These shirts are high quality Gildan brand and have the new Outlaws logo printed large on the back and small across the front left breast. They are available in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, and XX-Large, and come in Navy color.
Please contact Steve Proctor (stp356@gmail.com) if you would like to order a shirt.
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Peking to Paris
Two entries in the event have strong ties to the Arizona Outlaws (AZO).
- Nico Samaras, owner of Fourtillfour (get the Porsche reference??) Coffee in Scottdale, AZ and host of the first Saturday morning Arizona Weissach meetings, is entered with a 912 prepared by renowned California 912 guru John Benton.
- High Desert Holiday 2019 keynote speaker Renee Brinkerhoff is also entered with her Tuthill Porsche-prepared 1956 356A coupe. This is the same car she drove to a class win at the 2013 La Carrera Panamericana (first female driver to do so!!) and the car named Most Beautiful Race Car at the same event.
Autoweek Magazine provides a brief description of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge: "Cars for the rally are divided into two categories: Vintageant (pre-1941) and Classic (pre-1975). On the Motor Challenge’s website, it says cars “must reasonably stand a chance of coping with the demands of the event.” Sounds easy enough. Traversing two continents means packing more than just snacks and some soda. Participants must play a game of Tetris with tents, sleeping bags, provisions and all their spare parts, which must be carried with them. There are traveling support mechanics if things go sour, so that’s helpful. Cars with high ground clearance and the capability of running of low-grade gasoline are highly recommended."
Follow Nico on his Fourtillfour blog at:
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The Arizona Outlaws now have a new updated web site. Please reset your browser bookmarks to point to:
Our web site is in search of great ideas that members will find useful and interesting. All suggestions and comments would be greatly appreciated. This site is for your use so please get inspired to contribute.
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Eric Black has been working to develop and administer the AZ Outlaws Facebook page. Facebook will be a great addition to our club and help keep us all in touch and up to date.
Add the Arizona Outlaws 356 Club Facebook page to your group list
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