John Peterson coined the name Nord Stern in 1959. He was one of the charter members of the club. I recently spoke to John who is in his 80’s and lives in Plymouth. He was wondering if anyone knew the whereabouts of his Ruby Red ’59 Carrera GT Speedster. This would be the 1.6 liter 4 cam with aluminum body parts. A very rare car.
John has confirmed that the logo was designed in 1959 by Gordon Oschwald. Unfortunately Gordon passed away in 2002. John recalls the discussion of the elements of the logo, including the car, the snow, and especially the North Star.
Gordom was a neat guy. His last Porsche was a signal orange 1969 911T Targa that he picked up at the Factory. When it got back in the US, Dad did the fianl delivery inpection on the car.