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968 Celebrations
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Here are some past 968 events. All
968 owners are welcome to attend. There have
been seven 968 Celebrations: 2001-2004 in Hershey,
2005 in Reston, VA,
and 2006 in Newtown, Pa,
and 2007 in Hershey.
This year's 968 Celebration
968 Celebration on September 18-20 in
Albuquerque, NM at the PCA Escape
Access the PCA Escape
website at
http://escape.pca.org
It is a concurrent 968 Celebration during the Escape event.
A comprehensive guide on
planning & executing a 968 Celebration in your city, in
conjunction with your PCA Region, is available from the
Advocate.
Please contact us to obtain a copy. |
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Date / Event / Description
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April 21, 2001 Celebration
Hershey, PA, hosted by Don Hassenbein
Sponsored by PCA Central
Pa Region
during their Annual Swap Meet
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April 19-20, 2002 Celebration
Hershey,
PA, hosted by Don Hassenbein
Sponsored by PCA Central Pa Region
during their Annual Swap Meet
As noted in Sept 2002 Panorama magazine, this was the
largest USA gathering of 968s.
Information and pictures on last 2 events available on
www.968.net.
50 owners from; Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina and
Virginia.
47 coupes, cabriolets, club sports, turbo S's coming to the
event (only model missing was the Turbo RS). 80 people
participated in the buffet dinner. Judy Hendrickson, PCA
National Treasurer, was in attendance. |
April 25-26, 2003 Celebration
Hershey,
PA, hosted by Don Hassenbein
Sponsored by PCA Central Pa Region
during their Annual Swap Meet
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he 2003 Celebration had even more cars
than 2002. |
April 23-24, 2004 Celebration
Hershey,
PA, hosted by Don Hassenbein
Sponsored by PCA Central Pa Region
during their Annual Swap Meet
The 2004 event had 60 cars participating
(including 2 Turbo conversions and 1 original Club Coupe
from Germany) with 108 people attending the awards banquet.
Cars, and their owners, came from; Alabama (1), Canada (1),
Connecticut (7), Dist. of Columbia (1), Georgia (1),
Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Kentucky )1), Maine (1), Maryland
(1), Massachusetts (4), New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (8),
New York (3), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania
(14), Puerto Rico (1), South Carolina (1) and Virginia (7).
Many of the owners left with beautiful 968 Award Crystals
and beautiful door prizes, including a Porsche Front Engine
Water Cooled Collector Set. |
June 24-25, 2005 Celebration
Fair Lakes,
VA hosted by Ron "Cosimo" and Randi Joslyn
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May 19-21, 2006 968 Celebration
Newtown,
PA hosted by Pete Fitzpatrick and Jay Kravitz
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April 27-28,
2007 Celebration
Hershey,
PA, hosted by Don Hassenbein
sponsored by PCA Central PA Region during their Annual Swap
Meet
Special
Guest Speaker: Tom
Charlesworth (Tulsa, OK), PCA National Technical Committee Chairman
(11
Technical Committees report to Tom) made a technical presentation on
the 968 during the Celebration.

Pete Fitzpatrick's original Speed Yellow
Turbo S (10th of 14 made) which he is converting to a RS
model.
Also, Matt Drendel's original Guards Red Turbo RS (1st of 4
made).
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