Nord Stern Chronicles
Snapshots of Nord Stern’s very rich history

Inspired by the Celebrating Forty Fast Years ad campaign, the club and especially the late Mark Bouljon, the Parts Manager at Carousel Porsche, decided to put together all 40 years of 911’s in front of the then new Porsche dealership. We knew we had the cars from the...

Nord Stern also helped out Carmichael-Lynch from time to time. Mid-morning in June 2003, I received a slightly panicked call from a contact at CL. She related that they had gotten a very short fuse project regarding the recognition of the announcement of the then 901...

Late in 2002, I reached out to Fred Senn for help in freshening the Club Race logo.  Fred’s ad agency, Fallon, had the BMW account at the time and he offered to call across town to Carmichael-Lynch who had the Porsche account. Introductions were made. The C-L team...

Charter member Tom Countryman was a filmmaker as well as a Porsche enthusiast.  1959 he made a film about racing at Road America called "Road America."  It was filmed during the 1959 June Sprints SCCA National event. All the in-car footage, extremely cutting age 60...

Some incredible cars have passed through the hands of Nord Sterners over the years. Here is the story of one of them, a 1970 911S.  Well, not just any 911S but 1 of 3 prototypes built for the 1970 Monte Carlo Rally. While officially a 911S, it featured the lightweight...

In 1987, then 6 year old Minneapolis ad agency Fallon McElligott, now called Fallon, was awarded the Porsche Cars North America account. Founding Partner Fred Senn joined Nord Stern shortly thereafter thinking it would enhance his understanding of the Porsche...