Ignore for a second that this is about Porsche. It could be about any car brand. Or cars in general for that matter. Patrick Long, one of Porsche's factory drivers and a class winner at Le Mans, talks eloquently here about his affection for the manufacturer, but it's his motivation for organising 'Luftgekühlt' - literally 'air-cooled' - a weekend gathering in LA for vintage Porsches, that ought to appeal to any PHer who has ever attended a Sunday Service.
"Well the initial idea of throwing a 'car party' from my perspective was to allow it to be sort of disarming and welcoming," says Long. "It's not about standing on top of a soapbox and announcing how rich you are and how successful you are, it's about sharing the storylines of where you found that car or how you became involved with Porsche or coming around the corner and being absolutely convinced you've seen everything and then finding this car you've only read about or seen in books is sitting right in front of you. And there are no signs, there are no stanchions, there's no-one standing in front of it - and that part of keeping people on their toes is a lot of fun."
Sound familiar? Swap out the glorious west coast weather for grey skies and you've got a PH gathering - and everything that entails - in a nutshell. It's also worth noting Long's far-reaching relationship with the UK - any man who can put Vic Elford into a 908 fifty years after he won the Rally Monte Carlo, the 24 Hours of Daytona and the Targa Florio is alright in our book...