13May2023

2 to 6 PM

The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis

35 Scudder Avenue

Hyannis, MA 02601

http://www.capecodresortandconferencecenter.com/contact/

This event has been in the planning since shortly after Paul’s untimely passing, last August.

In addition to his Porsche buddies, Paul was an active member of the Hyannis Yacht Club. His travel company, SnoSearch booked countless ski holidays for College & University Ski Clubs up and down the East Coast. This event will be an opportunity for acquaintances and associates from all these activities to get together and celebrate The Man.

Also, looking for contributions to a scholarship, in Paul’s name at the UMass Amherst College of Engineering

For additional details contact Roland Rzewnicki,  Cell # 508-237-4429

As a reminder, here’s the rememberance I wrote last year

In Remembrance of Paul Tetreault; 10July1943 to 01August2022

On August 1^st, 2022 we lost a true Porsche enthusiast and I lost a real friend. I have known Paul for approximately 12 years. I’m sure some of you have know him much longer.

There are a number of coincidences and common experiences that we shared and they always gave us a chuckle. I’ll try to summarize them and hope you’ll get a chuckle as well;

• We were both born in July… 10 years apart.
• His birthday was the same day as my deceased kid-brother, the 10^th.
• We were both enrolled at UMass Amherst in the early 70’s. Paul was coming off his time in the Army, so he was on the GI Bill.
• We both started in Engineering. Paul transferred to the Business School. I stayed in Engineering.
• Paul’s sunroof ’62 356B Super was originally Slate Grey and is now Meissen Blue over red upholstery. My 356A Coupe was originally Meissen Blue over red upholstery.  During restoration in the late 70’s I had it painted 1962 Slate Grey… before I repainted it Red in 2000.
• We both own an Arctic Silver 2000 Boxster S

While attending UMass, Paul had a Speedster as his daily driver. During the winter months he stayed warm by lighting a Coleman propane camp heater and placing it on the floor on the passenger side. That has to be the most novel heater upgrade I’ve heard.

We met at the Mobil Station on Rt134 on So. Dennis. That’s kind of interesting to me as I worked for Mobil Oil (and subsequently Exxon Mobil) for 36 years. I don’t recall which of us were tanking-up the 356… which obviously started a conversation. We quickly realized that we lived about 1 ½ miles apart.

Paul was a Charter Member of the Cape Cod Porsche Gruppe. This started soon after we met at that Mobil station. We started meeting on Saturday mornings at Bucky’s in Dennis Port. There was 5-6 of us early on. We had invite cards printed up and we all stuck one under the wiper blade of any Porsche we came across in a parking lot. The CCPG mailing list now numbers over 300 and we’ve changed venues a few times. Paul was the organizer of the popular luncheons at the Hyannis Yacht Club.

Generous does not begin to describe Paul. You could not pay for lunch with this guy! Hot Dogs at the Dog House in Dennis Port was one of his favorite locations.  Indeed, the last time we ate lunch together a couple days before he was hospitalized, we grabbed a few dogs there. Clancy’s was another favorite. We could sit on deck and look across Swan River at his & Dianna’s house. He would show up at my barn/workshop with tools. Mostly Porsche related but not always.  Many of his yachting friends have similar stories of his generosity.

We would help other Cape Cod 356 owners with mechanical work on their cars. Paul would estimate the complexity of the job in terms of the number of hot dogs the owner would owe us.

We spent a lot of time together in the workshop in my barn. We’ve rebuilt 3-4 356/912 engines together. We had plans for this summer, to finish up his early ’67 912 engine and build a Frankenstein 356 engine from our combined spare parts, aka junk!

Paul Tetreault will be sorely missed by many.

Keep the Faith!

Michael S. Sarli, current caretaker 103679