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Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world
of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover
it all!
At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like
to
share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't
fit
into the magazine this month.
This month we continue the celebration of PCA and Panorama's
50th anniversary year with a reprint of R. E. Bodmer's December
1971 story about his first days of Porsche ownership. More than
30 years later, his experiences, both painful and funny, still
ring true. And for this month's Gallery, we look at Panorama covers
from the decade of the 1970s. Those were days when the magazine's
the budget kept the cover mostly to two-color treatments and artists
like famed Playboy cartoonist Howard Shoemaker and Mike Williford
made the most of that format.
We refer you to the magazine for even more articles. How do you
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Contributing editor and well known cartoonist
Howard Shoemaker gave us the February 1970 cover. Turning
the logotype sideways was a rare departure.
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The first full color cover shot specifically for
Porsche Panorama was the September 1971 cover showing
Sun Valley Parade-goers relaxing at Redfish Lake,
Idaho.
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A tribute to Professor Ferdinand Porsche, the founder
of the dynasty, was the cover story for the July
1972 issue. The charcoal portrait is by Dick Inman
of Peachstate Region.
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Football whimsey in November 1973:
photo by Leonard turner, design by Mike Williford,
flare pass pattern courtesy of the Oakland Raiders.
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More fun from the inventive mind of
Howard Shoemaker. As the number of forward gears in
Porsches increased, Shoemaker decided to poke a little
fun.
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With gas climbing to what were then considered astronomical
prices, Shoemaker decided that by December 1975 Porsches
would be riding on owner's backs rather than the other
way around.
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A three color posterization by Leonard Turner graced
the December 1976 cover. The tricky part was fitting
the Christmas tree into the 911 Targa.
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Dramatic use of full color made a wrap-around cover
for the December 1977 issue. Greg Volan's painting
was presented to Ferry Porsche at the San Diego
Parade that summer.
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Summer time and the living is easy-
Mike Williford's two-color visual joke for
July 1978.
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Bill Sholar, founding father of PCA, attended his
last Parade at Reston, Virginia, in 1979. Besides
Bill, only Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche have appeared
as cover portraits.
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Check out the February issue for a cover story on John
Von Neumann, the early Porsche distributor in California
who was also a successful racer, a report from Bob Rassa
on the outside suppliers that provide content for the Porsche
911, as well as profiles of the men and women who lead PCA's
cadre of volunteers. And don't forget to catch R. E. Bodmer's
1971 retrospective on falling in love with a Porsche. The
more things change, the more some things stay the same!
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