Porsche Post August 2018

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August 2018

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JOY OF THE CONVOY 70th anniversary road trip

VICTORY ROLE 911 RSRs dominate Le Mans

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While we may have passed the halfway point of one of the busiest and most memorable years in Porsche’s modern history, the remaining months of 2018 are looking just as exciting. So it’s no surprise that the Club remains a fairly constant hive of activity.

Our events calendar has kept the team on its toes for weeks, with a packed programme of sell-out summer trackdays and regional meetings vying for time with the enormous efforts of a very Porsche-focused 2018 Festival of Speed.

The final preparations for another Silverstone Classic are also under way as we go to press, and there’s still time to buy tickets both for our infield hospitality at the Silverstone round of the World Endurance Championship in August and the upcoming Festival of Porsche at Brands in early September.

In this issue of Porsche Post, we pay fitting attention to the marque, both past and present, with features on a hard-driven and much-loved 356A alongside a detailed test drive of the latest all-singing Cayenne Turbo.

For those of you who couldn’t join us, there’s also a reflection on the epic Club convoy that descended on Zuffenhausen in June for the marque’s 70th Anniversary celebrations, and a fascinating snapshot of Porsche’s earliest explorations of the now ubiquitous auto ’box.

We hope to see you at one of the events filling our diaries across the summer. Drop by for a coffee and let us know how you and your Porsche are marking this vintage year.

Chris Seaward General Manager

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Pigs flew for Porsche at la Sarthe in June, as the 911 RSRs took a one-two victory in GTE-Pro at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The WEC cars competed in retro Pink Pig and Rothmans 956 liveries.

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Class act at Le Mans as 911 RSR dominates aving bowed out of LMP1 last year following its hat-trick of victories at Le Mans, Porsche returned to la Sarthe this summer with a redoubled effort on its GT programme.

A total of 10 911 RSRs took the start, one-sixth of the entire field, with all four factory entrants from both WEC and IMSA on hand.

Porsche looked quick through free practice and locked out the front row in qualifying – less important here than at any other race on the WEC calendar, but a useful confidence boost for the Pro teams, who saw the RSR

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struggle for outright pace on both sides of the Atlantic in its first season.

The two WEC cars, in retro liveries that paid homage to the 917/20 Pink Pig and Rothmans 956, led from the start, trading places in an accident-strewn race.

While the hunt for overall victory was a one-horse race for the Toyota hybrids, fans of GTE-Pro were treated to some of the best wheel-to-wheel racing Le Mans has witnessed in years, with the fiercely determined Frédéric Makowiecki trading his Rothmans paint with the Ford GT of Sébastien Bourdais.

For a number of laps the pair piled pressure on each other, pushing track limits, squeezing

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each other under braking and driving side-by-side through the high-speed bends.

It was heart-in-mouth racing of the hardest, highest quality, ultimately won by Makowiecki, and a demonstration that when the ever-controversial Balance of Performance works, it really works.

Porsche won the GTE-Pro class with a superb one-two, and saw the Dempsey-Proton customer team take top spot in GTE-Am with a team of young drivers from the Porsche pyramid. Whatever the FIA has in store for endurance racing’s top tier, the sport is in safe hands and rude health at this level.

New Speedster celebrates 70 years of sports cars As part of its 70th birthday weekend in June, Porsche unveiled a runout model for the current generation 911. In front of a packed crowd of Porsche luminaries at the museum in Zuffenhausen, the wraps came off the 911 Speedster Concept, which celebrates both the cutting edge of the marque’s current performance capabilities and pays homage to its rich road and racing history.

Following form with Porsche’s previous Speedsters, this concept features that trademark chopped and steeply raked screen, flared rear arches from the Carrera 4 and unique

double-bubble rear cover, this time made of weight-saving carbon fibre.

The Speedster Concept’s underpinnings are pure contemporary GT3, meaning a naturally aspirated 493bhp 4.0-litre flat-six and the same race-derived chassis that has made 2017’s GT3 coupe today’s definitive driver’s car.

There are various old-school design cues here which are a nod to the original 356, including racing-style bullet wing mirrors, two-tone paint job and a lightweight tonneau in lieu of a roof, complete with traditional Tenax fasteners. In the spirit of the original Speedster, the cabin is 7 porscheclubgb.com

also pared back to something like the basics, with sat nav, radio and air con deleted and the usual sports seats swapped out for lightweight carbon buckets.

Despite Porsche’s insistence that this is a show car, with a few subtle design changes the 991.2 Speedster is expected to enter limited production in the next few months and prototypes have been seen testing both on road and around the Nürburgring in recent weeks. The price, however, is expected to be formidable, with unofficial estimates coming in at around £250,000.

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Concours Masters celebrates 70 years of Porsche

Porsche stakes claim in electriC supercar In a move highlighting the future focus of Porsche AG in 2018, the firm has acquired a 10 per cent share in Rimac Automobili.

The Croation all-electric supercar maker only began operating in 2009 but is already a world leader in cutting-edge components and batteries for electric vehicles.

Rimac unveiled its latest electric hypercar, the C Two, at the Geneva International Motor Show in March. The car produces

around 1972bhp, has a top speed of 258mph and a range of 404 miles. It also achieves an 80 per cent battery charge in 30 minutes through a 250kW fast charging system.

“We feel that Rimac’s ideas and approaches are extremely promising, which is why we hope to enter into close collaboration with the company in the form of a development partnership,” says Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche.

Pirelli fuel gift card offer Members of PCGB can benefit from an exclusive offer from Pirelli of a fuel gift card. Available only when purchasing Pirelli tyres from a Pirelli Performance Centre or official Porsche dealer, the card’s value depends on the size and quantity of tyres purchased as follows:

new wine marks vintage year To celebrate 70 years since the arrival of the 356, Porsche has commissioned a special wine, created by one of Austria’s most celebrated vintners, Armin Tement.

Armin’s vineyard sits roughly 1150-1970ft above sea level on the border with Slovenia, about 190 miles south of Porsche’s spiritual home in Zell am See. Warm days and cool nights here mean particularly aromatic grapes while the many hills ensure a diverse terroir. The soil consists partly of weathered primordial coral reefs, in which burgundy varieties flourish, and partly of clay, marl and sand. White wines

As one of the world’s most iconic sports car marques, it’s fitting that Porsche is the star of Concours Masters at Salon Privé, sponsored

by Pirelli, on 1 September.

The UK’s most exclusive garden party has the perfect venue – stunning Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, home of the 12th Duke of Marlborough and his family. Salon Privé, now in its 13th year, is famed for its ability to attract the rarest and most valuable privately owned classics. It enjoys factory support from luxury and prestige automotive marques, ensuring the very latest cars are on display, sometimes to test but in all cases to buy.

Last year saw the launch of the single marque celebration Concours Masters.

In 2018, Salon Privé showcases Porsche with a timeline display bookended by the earliest 356 A and the latest 911 GT2 RS. More than 25 trophies will be awarded, with criteria more relaxed than many more traditional concours events. Chief judge will be Derek Bell, five-time Le Mans winner.

Judging takes place in the morning, with prizes presented in the afternoon.

Afterwards there will be the Porsche parade, with entrants taking part in a moving display around the grounds.

Pirelli, sponsoring Salon Privé for the fourth year, will have its own hospitality, featuring Italian coffee and gelato. On display will be P Zero tyres plus the Collezione range, which features on Porsches through the decades.

Special packages are available for Porsche owners wishing to take part in the concours. For details, please email andrew@salonpriveconcours.com

from the region are highly regarded around the world, particularly some award-winning sauvignon blancs.

After careful selection and preparation by Armin, the aptly named Cuvée 356 was first served on 8 June 2018 at the official 70th celebration in Zuffenhausen. Visitors to the Porsche Museum can buy a bottle, as can diners at the Christophorus restaurant in Stuttgart. Visit cuvee356.com for more details.

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16” and below 2 tyres = £10 | 4 tyres = £30 17” 2 tyres = £30 | 4 tyres = £70 18” and above 2 tyres = £50 | 4 tyres = £100 Visit pirelli.co.uk/porscheclubgb for all the promotional details and a locator enabling you to find your nearest participating dealer. Terms and conditions apply. Only claims from a Pirelli Performance Centre or official Porsche dealer will be accepted.

The RSRs return to Watkins Glen After an incident-strewn Le Mans, the two IMSA 911 RSRs were straight back to business in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Watkins Glen in upstate New York.

In 34 degree heat on 1 July, the Porsches began the Six Hours of the Glen from the third row in the GTLM class, but managed to claw their way to the front through slick strategy and determined passing.

A safety car period dropped the cars back to fourth and sixth place with too little time to

mount another charge, although car #911 did manage to sneak onto the podium for some valuable points at the midpoint in the championship.

“It was a very intense race,” said third place finisher Patrick Pilet after the race. “The heat inside the cockpit was extreme and during my final stint my drinking system didn’t work.

Now I’m thirsty but I’m also pleased to have climbed the podium. Ultimately we earned important championship points to take home.”

new le mans classic off to racing start Long-established Porsche classic specialist Paul Stephens has unveiled a new limited-edition 911 – the Le Mans Classic Clubsport.

The wraps officially came off this latest high-performance backdate at the Circuit de la

Sarthe during this year’s Le Mans Classic, with order books opening at the same time for a limited production run of just 10 units.

The new car uses a fully restored shell and runs a highly modified 300bhp 3.4-litre flat-six.

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Performance figures are correspondingly impressive, with the dash to 62mph seen off in 4.4 seconds and a claimed top speed of 175mph.

Extensive weight-saving, including composite bumpers, aluminium bonnet and roof panel, has reduced the kerbweight to just 970kg in Lightweight trim, a figure that creeps up modestly to 1075kg with the improved sound proofing and thicker carpets of the Touring spec shown here.

Inside on this first car, full leather ST touring seats are finished in bespoke houndstooth woven in the Le Mans Classic colours. The cabin features a variety of complementary design elements, including matching green door pulls, dials, 24-hour clock and handmade luggage set.

The car has been designed in conjunction with event organiser Peter Auto and will be handed over at the next Classic in 2020 when owners will also be given the opportunity to drive the parade lap. Prices are expected to be around £250,000 depending on final spec.

on top form Top Gear presenter and dyed-in-the-wool Porsche fanatic Chris Harris seized the chance to drive the VIP GT3 Cup car in the latest round of the Mobil 1 Supercup at Silverstone in July.

The experienced amateur racer, who declared himself eager only to avoid coming last, finished a respectable 26th after an early spin.

Canford Classics revving up for annual Porsche Pull in

Purely Porsche at Blenheim Palace Classic & Supercar Purely Porsche at Blenheim Palace will be a day to remember for Porsche enthusiasts, with an unprecedented number of entries received a month ahead of the event on 2 September.

The gathering, which forms part of the Blenheim Palace Classic & Supercar event, is designed by enthusiasts for enthusiasts, and all models are welcome to participate.

With Blenheim Palace as the spectacular setting, by kind permission of the Duke of Marlborough, Porsche owners are in for an unforgettable experience, including entering the grounds via a tree-lined avenue, Capability Brown’s lake and the Vanbrugh bridge. They will be able to enjoy manufacturer and classic car specialist displays, plus the Pirelli Prestige & Performance Competition, featuring 80 hand-picked supercars from 1978 to the current day.

Space is now very limited, so if you are interested in joining us please visit blenheimclassicsupercar.com and complete the entry form as soon as possible.

For further information, please contact Sian Keen by phoning 01753 827 633 or via email at SianK@salonpriveconcours.com

Hosted by Alan Drayson and his Canford Classics team at The Old Hay Barn, Winterborne Kingston, the fifth annual Classic Porsche Pull In is an ideal opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at one of Europe’s most respected restorers of classic 911s. You can expect cars in various stages of restoration, a courtyard filled with Porsches

old and new, complimentary breakfast rolls and coffee, all to be enjoyed in the company of fellow enthusiasts in the glorious Dorset countryside. This year’s event will be supporting a local children’s charity, the Louis Ross Foundation, and will run from 9am to 1pm on 25 August. For registration details, please email dominique@canfordclassics.co.uk or visit canfordclassics.co.uk

‘autojumble’ has parts to spare Air-cooled Porsche specialist BS Motorsport will be holding its first open day in five years on 18 August.

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and carburettors to crankcases and even a Carrera 2.7 RS motor.

Other Porsche specialists or individuals with spare parts to sell are invited to join in, with pitches of various sizes available, starting at £50 for a three-metre stand. The event includes various other attractions, plus catering and plenty of parking. For more details, visit neilbainbridge.co.uk or 01296 658422.

STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE R ecent years have seen Porsche Club GB enjoy strong growth, financial stability, superb relations with Porsche and excellent commercial partnerships. It’s the job of the Club’s Board of Directors to continue this upward trajectory, to present and deliver a strong strategic vision for the Club and to ensure that success carries on into the future.

As presented and discussed at the April Officials conference, the Board has formed an independent Nomination Committee to manage this process in 2018 and into 2019.

This group, initially comprising three former directors, will be independent of the Board and has prepared a detailed Terms of Reference approved by the new Board. It’s envisaged one of the objectives of the group will be to establish the future resourcing and members of the team. The 2018 team will be Rob Kellock (Leader), Chris James and Richard Watling.

The Role of Director The Club’s day-to-day activities are managed

by Chris Seaward and his excellent team at the Clubhouse. The Board of Directors works as a team with specialist skills in key business areas, along with significant experience as members and, in some cases, officials of the Club. In recent years the work put into developing the Club’s strategic plan and direction has enabled the Board to operate more strategically, but there is still a need to participate in ongoing Club management decisions and operations.

The Club operates as a limited company and, including the wholly owned subsidiary Porsche Club Motorsport, has an annual turnover in excess of £2 million, more than £1 million in assets and no debt. The Club

Do you have what it takes to join the Club’s Board of Directors?

We are continuing to identify members with the necessary skills to drive the organisation forward and become future Directors of the Club

operates in accordance with company law and its own constitution, which sets rules as to how Directors are appointed. Under these rules Directors are appointed for a two-year term, with appointments taking place at the Club’s Annual General Meeting in April each year.

If, after this time, they wish to stand again they can but that appointment may be contested and must be approved by members.

The Board has the power to co-opt suitable candidates at any time between August and December. Any Director temporarily co-opted on to the Board must put themselves forward for election at the AGM and may be voted out by members. A Director must step down after a second two-year term and cannot put themselves forward for re-election again for at least a year.

Identifying and harnessing talent When a vacancy arises, subject to basic requirements, most Club members can put themselves forward for election to the Board.

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talent pool for the foreseeable future. We know that in April 2019, three of the existing Directors will have completed their terms of office on the Board, so there will be opportunities to fill the available roles.

We invite all interested members to initially contact the Committee and provide some information on their skills and experience.

Following an initial discussion they will visit the Clubhouse and meet the team and the Nomination Committee. By spending time with us you can learn what is likely to be expected of you as a Director of the Club, and we can understand what you have to offer.

Candidates who go through this process will then be able to demonstrate their experience to other members when standing for office. The Club’s rules are not changing. Any member can still put themselves forward when a vacancy arises. However, those who have participated in this scheme may be able to offer other members an informed choice for positions on the Board.

We continue to strive for excellence for the Club and its future, and by finding the very best people, this can be assured.

This is your opportunity to give something back to the Club and help us shape the future direction of the organisation. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Rob Kellock by emailing nominations@porscheclubgb.com.

Please note, in order to apply for any role, other than Finance Director, as a Porsche Club Director you must have been a Club member for three years or a Club official for two years.

We will be looking for talent each year, so even if you may not be eligible by April 2019, please do not hesitate to apply. Applications will be treated in strict confidence and will not be passed on to the Club’s Board of Directors at this stage. PP

Porsche Sale is back

New venue adds to the appeal of the September auction Words: Nick Whale

s this month’s Porsche Post reaches you, the Silverstone Auctions team is reflecting on the outstanding collection of cars we consigned for our sales at the Silverstone Classic, which saw our biggest ever catalogue cross the auction block in the presence of thousands of classic motorsport fans.

As always, Porsches made up a significant number of the classics on offer, with 911s as reliable as ever for causing a stir in the sale room.

Particularly notable among those offered was a superb tribute to the fabled 911 RSR Type F ‘Group 4’ of 1973, built to an exceptionally high standard by Bailey Edwards Motorsport during 2013-14. Finished in the colours of the 1973 Martini Racing Team/Porsche Stuttgart, the build costs were estimated to exceed £150,000.

In the classic car sale, Porsches continued to impress, with a 1986 Porsche 911 (930) Turbo SE ‘Flat Nose’, one of just 18 UK models made, among the standout lots. A striking, low-mileage, UK-supplied 1989 Porsche 911 3.2 Speedster ‘Turbo Body’, one of 139

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right-hand-drive examples produced, and a 1993 Porsche 911 (964) Turbo 3.6 from the private collection of the Sultan of Brunei, were also a pleasure to have in the sale room.

Coming up next, our annual Porsche Sale moves to a new month and a new venue. This year’s sale will take place on Saturday, 29 September at Dallas Burston Polo Club, a stunning 600-acre site located in the heart of Warwickshire, where you will find a PCGB members’ area and member’s car park. We hope many of you will join us for what promises to be a memorable event as we celebrate the very best of Porsche.

If you’re looking to sell, don’t forget that PCGB members pay no fees on cars entered into this auction. The catalogue is already open for entries, and our team of expert consignors is available to discuss the current value and potential marketing of your Porsche.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at the coming sales.

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PORSCHE PEOPLE

ERWIN KOMENDA The story of the unsung hero who drafted Porsche’s destiny

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mid ongoing celebrations for Porsche’s 70th anniversary, now seems a good time to remember one of the men who had a major hand in starting it all – the man who, quite literally, shaped Porsche’s future.

Erwin Komenda was born in 1904 into a relatively affluent middle-class family in eastern Austria. He studied metal work at a technical college in Steyr before undertaking a course in car body design in Vienna. In 1920 he found employment back in Steyr as an automotive engineer for the highly respected Wiener coachworks, a position he would hold for some six years. He then moved to the Steyr automobile factory towards the end of 1926 and it was here that he first encountered the firm’s technical director, one Ferdinand Porsche.

After three years Komenda was on the move again, this time to the illustrious Daimler-Benz in Sindelfingen after his experience and natural flair caught the eye of the company. His talents hadn’t escaped Professor Porsche either, who approached Komenda to head up the design team after he set up his modest offices in central Stuttgart.

Komenda would stay with Porsche for the next 35 years until his untimely death in 1966, during which time he presided over some of the most important and enduring car designs of the 20th century.

The Volkswagen Beetle can be largely attributed to Komenda, as Porsche responded to a commission by Hitler to design a simple, sturdy and cost-effective family car suitable for mass production. Komenda is also credited with designing the famous Auto Union Grand Prix cars and the highly advanced and elegant, though never raced, Type 360 for Cisitalia.

But for Porsche, and for posterity, it’s Komenda’s instrumental influence on the nascent Gmünd coachworks for which he will be best remembered.

At Ferry Porsche’s behest, Komenda began working on a radical new design for a sports car in 1946, using a monococque chassis and hand-beaten aluminium body. It would have to derive much of its componentry from Volkswagen,

alas, but provide a very different degree of performance and handling. No small task, but one Komenda would prove more than a match for.

The No.1 Roadster appeared in 1948, a bewitching yet understated design that fitted an 1131cc air-cooled flat-four amidships.

On 8 June 1948 it was granted its official operating permit and Porsche’s journey into sports car manufacture had begun.

The Roadster would be followed by several coupé variants that encouraged the now core principle of a rear-engine configuration.

Komenda would preside over the full gamut of 356 production, including the iconic Speedster, and was responsible for the creation of Fuhrmann-powered 550 Spyder that put Porsche on the international racing map.

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inches when discussing the advent of the 911, Komenda also oversaw the unique and ground-breaking construction of the original 901 monocoque. He then came up with the 904, pioneering Porsche’s first use of a contemporary lightweight material for the car’s famously beautiful and streamlined bodywork, setting a course for prototype production that would culminate in the all-conquering 917 and Porsche’s first outright Le Mans win.

Komenda died in the summer of 1966, living just long enough to see the fruits of his labour on both the 911 and Carrera GTS flourish on the world stage.

Another hugely instrumental figure in the annals of Porsche, he is slightly overlooked in the popular myth of Zuffenhausen today, but without him it would surely be a very different story.

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THE GREAT DEBATE TACKLING THE HOTTEST TOPICS FROM PLANET PORSCHE. THIS MONTH WE ASK YOU...

917 or 956?

Two iconic Porsche racers, but which ground-breaking Le Mans winner deserves the title ‘greatest’?

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Ant: The 956/962 is one of the greatest

Nick: The 917 and Steve McQueen in Le Mans

racing cars of all time and advanced race tech massively. Having said that, I’d love to witness a 917/30 Can-Am in qualifying set-up. It’s the 956 for me, though.

is my earliest Porsche memory, and where it all started for me.

Mike: The 956/962 is the ultimate; it was

so successful over so many years with top-class opposition. The 917 is brilliant but not in the same class – except looks!

Martin: I go for the 917, if for no other reason

than they legislated it out of competition as it was vastly quicker than anything else at the time. It also held the record for the greatest number of laps and distance travelled for years.

Barrie: It’s the 917 for me. It cannot compare

Rowland: The 917 was iconified in the

film Le Mans – but the 956 is probably the better car.

Dan: For me it is the 956. It was the car I idolised as a kid.

Alan: The 917 is a legend and rightly so, but it can’t compete with the massive technical advances – and the sheer number of wins – that are attributed to the 956 and 962.

Both are amazing in their own right, but the 956 was streets ahead in period.

Scott: It’s the 956 for me but only just!

Both are amazing cars.

ultimately to the 956, and neither can it compare against the 919. But for me, it’s about history and the real glory days of the 1960s.

Julian: It’s the 917, with that visceral flat 12,

plus Steve McQueen coolness. But you’ve got to hand it to the 956 for that enduring lap record at the ’Ring!

Timothy: The 917 captured my imagination as

a child. I had a poster of it when I was 10, and a whole new world opened up as a result. It’s iconic – the 956/962 was merely brilliant.

Matthew: Nothing beats a 917 because of the

stories behind it, the look and the noise of it.

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split in favour of the 917

WHAT’S THE VERDICT? The 956 and later 962 dominated sports car racing for half a decade, yet you overwhelmingly backed the 917 as Porsche’s greatest endurance racer.

The romance of this analogue, air-cooled Le Mans winner – taken to the limit by old-school heroes – swings it for most of us.

Next month: Bellof or Bernhard? Does the derestricted 919’s new ’Ring record really count?’

Visit the Club’s Facebook page for your chance to contribute

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The Porsche month in pictures

This superb summer meant ideal track conditions at Prescott in June for rounds 4 and 5 of the Hillclimb Championship. Records were broken and PBs smashed in both classes, with Paul Howells and his RSR setting a new fastest time of 44.79, a second-and-a-half clear of his closest rival. Howells would go on to win round 5 the following day with comparable ease, while Christian Ayres topped Class 2 on both days.

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Photo by Stuart Santos-Wing

Prescott Speed Hill Climb, June

Le Mans, 17 June

Photo by Porsche AG

Photo by Porsche Retail Group

Photo by Porsche AG

When Dempsey Proton Racing won the GTE-Am class at Le Mans this year, it made an under-reported bit of history in the process. Alongside 39-yearold works driver Christian Ried and Porsche Young Professional Matt Campbell – himself just 23 – climbing the podium was Porsche Junior Julien Andlauer, then just 18 years of age. This makes him the youngest driver to achieve a class win in Le Mans’ long and illustrious history.

Reading, June This one-off 911 GT2 RS has been finished in the iconic Martini livery that originally adorned the infamous 845bhp 935 Moby Dick in 1978.

A bespoke commission for the Porsche Retail Group, it features trademark Martini stripes and period sponsors and is finished off with 1978 kick plates. Remarkably, this finely detailed homage is not a vinyl wrap but the end product of many hours of fastidious hand-painting.

Malibu, June A small group of international journalists was invited to Malibu on California’s southern coast in early summer for an exclusive first drive of the Mission E Cross Turismo concept. This all-electric Cross Utility Vehicle (CUV), which was unveiled at the Geneva International Motor Show in March, is the second model in Porsche’s innovative Mission E series, following the Taycan sports saloon that is scheduled for production later next year.

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The Porsche month in pictures

Leipzig, 4 July Porsche has announced that its vast production facility in Leipzig is to undergo another major expansion in order to manufacture the secondgeneration Macan. This means significant investment in a new body shop at the Saxony site to meet the growing demand for Porsche’s bestselling model.

The new Macan will be built alongside the third-generation Cayenne and second-generation Panamera, while production of the 911, 718 and new all-electric Taycan will continue in Zuffenhausen.

RNLI charity challenge, August In an inventive bid to raise money for the RNLI, Belinda and James Richardson will soon be embarking on a road trip visiting all 238 RNLI stations in the British Isles in a 911. They have given themselves 911 hours to complete the challenge, starting in Teddington at 9.11am on 23 August with the aim of finishing at Tower Bridge in central London on 30 September. Full details of their route and how to make a donation can be found at rnli-911challenge.co.uk

Nürburgring, 29 June

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After weeks of speculation, Porsche has lapped the Nordschleife with its unfettered 919 Evo. The 1176bhp LMP1 Hybrid was driven by Le Mans and Nürburgring veteran Timo Bernhard, who clocked an astonishing 5.19.55 minutes, almost a minute faster than the 35-year-old record held by Porsche’s own Stefan Bellof in his 956 C. That record arguably remains intact, due to the 956’s compliance with contemporary regulations, but the new time is a fitting swansong for Porsche’s extraordinary prototype programme.

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Speed Championship, Harewood

Photos by JCB Photography

A dozen Speed Championship drivers made the most of the glorious weather at Harewood Hillclimb on 8 July to produce class wins and personal bests on the 1440-metre track that climbs a valley side in West Yorkshire.

David Dyson (left) in a 991 Turbo S, Justin Mather in a supercharged 924S 2.7 and Stuart McLean in a 924 all produced class-winning times with Wayne Eason creating a new record for Class P3. Race action included Andy Fagan (below) lifting a wheel.

Photos by Gary Hawkins

Club Championship, Snetterton Snetterton on 30 June marked the mid-point of the 2018 Porsche Club Championship with Pirelli, with overall race wins for the closely matched former champions Mark McAleer and Mark Sumpter. In Class 2, Andrew Muggeridge claimed his first win after points leader Jonathan Evans hit problems in race one, although Evans recovered in race two to take another vital win.

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The MOTORSPORT month in pictures

Trackday, Silverstone The Club returned to the home of British motorsport on 18 June for the first Silverstone trackday in eight years. The event was a sell-out, with more than 120 members taking part in cars ranging from a 1968 SWB 911 to two brand new 991 GT2 RSs. Carrera Cup GB ace Dino Zamparelli was guest of honour, offering advice and tips to members as well as setting some seriously quick times of his own in a 911 Cup Car simulator.

Hillclimb Championship, Harewood

Photo by Martyn Curley

Photos by Jakob Ebrey

New tarmac at Harewood Hillclimb meant a surprising lack of grip early on in round 6 of the Hillclimb Championship, on 7-8 July. But high temperatures soon saw more rubber improve the running and times begin to tumble.

Paul Howells consolidated his wins at Prescott in June with another dominant Class 1 victory, while an apparently untouchable Christian Ayres was pipped to the top spot in Class 2 by a resurgent Robert Lancaster-Gaye.

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s committed owners and enthusiasts, Porsche Club members often talk about a sense of belonging. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an impression that comes from the top down too, for like no other manufacturer past or present Porsche appreciates, supports and encourages its ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clubs. They have been in existence almost as long as the brand itself and now represent a vast worldwide community that Zuffenhausen rightly regards as a vital part of the extended Porsche family.

To usher in the 70th anniversary celebrations this summer, Porscheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Management team organised a vast and complicated Club convoy, meticulously planned to descend on Stuttgart on 8 June 2018, 70 years to the day that the No.1 Roadster was given its operating permit.

Porsche Clubs from all over the world came together to take part in one of the biggest convoys the marque has ever seen. Three groups took three different routes, starting their pilgrimage to the historic heart of Porsche from Vaalsbroek in the Netherlands, the Porsche family home in Zell am See in Austria and the all-important Leipzig facility in Saxony.

Club members from every corner of the globe were on board, with the United Kingdom, China, Australia, the US and Japan all represented on this truly international occasion.

As eclectic as their owners were the cars that made up the fields, from early 356s to the latest 911 GT2 RS and perfectly restored offerings from the transaxle era such as the 928 GTS and 944 S2 Cabriolet to time warp 914/6s and battle-worn trackday regulars in the 996 GT3s.

In closely knit lines, hundreds of Porsches of every age and variety snaked through some

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“The air was filled with the unmistakable aroma of vintage motoring”

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of Europe’s finest driving roads, through towns and villages, forest and farmland, to a final meeting point at Ludwigsburg, just north of Stuttgart.

A very healthy contingent from Porsche Club GB made up the western convoy, travelling south and east from Vaalsbroek to the ancient border town of Trier on the banks of Germany’s Moselle river and then on to Ludwigsburg.

Each morning the convoy started early, filling the air with the unmistakable aroma of vintage motoring, of Castrol and petrol fumes, the burble of sports exhausts and chunter of air-cooled engines. Pretty little 356s were dwarfed by GT3s and Cayman GT4s as they filtered out onto quiet side roads.

That eagerness to get rolling was mixed with uncertainty about the road ahead.

Temperatures passing 30°C and oppressive humidity could only mean one thing, and rumbles of thunder played a dramatic prelude to frequent, sharp and supersized rainstorms.

The 356s on skinny cross-ply tyres steered gingerly around fast and greasy bends while 991 GT3s, sporting summer rubber better ➝

“Most astonishing of all, one 356 had come all the way from Tokyo, its driver some 50 days alone at the wheel” suited to bone dry track work, were little more confident.

But no proper European road trip would be complete without a biblical deluge or two and the occasional enforced drop in pace provided a chance to better appreciate the convoy’s remarkable representation of Porsche past and present – our mobile museum of early 911s and 912s, later SCs and 3.2 Carreras, a 964 in our mirrors and a 993 roaring past.

Closer to Stuttgart, usually dull stretches of congested autobahn became a spotter’s paradise, with museum-worthy 356s sitting in crawling traffic beneath giant HGVs, eye-popping GT cars with massive wings and vivid paint jobs peppering the lines of grey three-box saloons and small SUVs. On the slip road from the motorway, two 1973 Carrera RS 2.7s joined us, driving in close and rapid tandem round the tight access road to our final destination.

This was medieval Stettenfels Castle in Untergruppenbach, just north of Ludwigsburg, in whose grounds the entire Porsche Club

representation would soon assemble. Car after car rolled in, bearing the hallmarks of days on the road, flecked in oil and dead flies, wheels coated in brake dust and flanks spattered in grime. They had come from across Europe and beyond.

Most astonishing of all – a 356 driven all the way from Tokyo, its driver some 50 days alone at the wheel.

Packed side by side and nose to tail across acres of grass were Porsches of every age and type, present and correct, restored and reinterpreted, maintained and adored.

Where so many marques find themselves mired in elitism and exclusivity, Porsche’s absolute integrity and ready accessibility have created a culture of openness and acceptance. From wealthy collectors sitting on stockpiles of GT cars to first-timers with high-mileage transaxles, everyone is united by a common bond.

In one corner, the owner of a gen II 991 GT3 almost disappeared under the bonnet of a complete stranger’s 996, endeavouring to trace

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the source of an intermittent misfire. In the shade of an oak tree, the 70-something owner of a concourse condition Pre-A 356 listened intently to the ups and downs of a young man’s ongoing restoration of a very rusty 914.

The next two days were packed with impeccably organised events to celebrate this milestone year, with the main focus for guests the international meet known as Sportscar Together Day. This was followed by a gala dinner for all Club members, attended by Porsche CEO Oliver Blume and Wolfgang Porsche, who received a lengthy standing ovation from the diners, reducing the chairman to tears.

This extraordinary sense of goodwill was evident across the weekend, but nowhere more so than at the end of the convoy itself – an epic drive to a historic homecoming for hundreds of Porsche-philes, forming lifelong friendships and enviable memories in the process. If you had to choose a single moment that defines what it is to love Porsche, you could do a lot worse than that. PP

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“The strength of the complex new Sportomatic gearbox proved unwavering”

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o anyone who has had the privilege of just once lapping the winding, plummeting and altogether terrifying 12.9 miles of the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, doing it repeatedly at race pace appears otherworldly in its demands of skill, stamina and bravery. Doing it for 24 hours, as many Porsche customer teams do every year, falls into an altogether different category – superhuman, surely, and perhaps a bit unhinged.

Then there’s the Marathon de la Route. From 1965 until its demise in 1971, it was the Nürburgring’s 100 per cent proof endurance event, combining the northern and southern loops of this infamous racing arena to create a 17.6-mile

roller coaster through the Eifel Mountains that ran for an almost incomprehensible 84 hours. That’s three-and-a-half days in an XXL Green Hell. What better place for Porsche to showcase a radical new drivetrain development?

So long and so arduous was the Marathon de la Route that few drivers fancied their chances, and even fewer manufacturers wanted to put their cars through the potentially humiliating rigours.

The upshot was an eclectic entry list of pro-am racing veterans and improbably matched cars, lapping the stomping grounds of contemporary Formula 1 in a complex time trial that allocated maximum lap times based on engine and seating capacity, and heavily penalised teams for excessive periods in the pits.

For Porsche in 1967, this was more of a battle with its own limits, and the forces of nature, than with a rival manufacturer.

Winning was always important, but in reality this was part development exercise and, should its car win, part marketing coup.

Rolled out onto the starting grid that late afternoon in August was a true curio in Porsche’s competitive back catalogue: an original 911 R equipped with the as yet unproven Sportomatic gearbox. This was Zuffenhausen’s first stab at a two-pedal set-up, a forerunner to the Tiptronic and PDK transmissions that we all know today.

What distinguished Sportomatic from these later iterations, however, was that it was not an automatic in the literal sense. The

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car did not change gear for you – instead, what you got was a clutchless manual that still required a physical shift through the H-pattern, disengaging the clutch via a vacuum cylinder when you depressed the gear knob.

Highly complex and undeniably ingenious – but was an 84-hour endurance race around the most demanding and unpredictable circuit in the world the best place to pressure test it?

Porsche obviously thought so and recruited a stellar cast of works drivers to trial the technology. Lead driver was Vic Elford, alongside Jochen Neerpasch and Hans Herrmann, with whom Elford would win the Daytona 24 Hours the following year. Porsche would also field one 911 S equipped with Sportomatic

and a standard five-speed manual ‘S’ as a control. The three cars lined up against works entrants from the likes of Tatra and DAF, among a sea of plucky privateers.

The race began late on Tuesday, 22 August, and through a dark and difficult first few hours Elford and his teammates pulled away from the field, finding themselves a full lap ahead of their next-best sister car after six hours. The 911 R was performing perfectly, the Sportomatic gearbox untroubled by the high-speed straights or tricky shorter sections that demanded fast and unforgiving shifts. Elford’s team was in its ascendency, and after 48 hours was maintaining a comfortable cushion at the front when the weather took a turn for the worse.

The Eifel Mountains are a haven for pea soup fog and the summer of 1967 was no exception. When it descended, visibility around the Nürburgring immediately dropped to a matter of yards. However, the pace barely slowed and neither did the rate of attrition. Cars were dropping out all over the circuit, many with mechanical failure and as many due to accidents, one of which would prove fatal. It has been reported that at one point the fog became so bad that a car was driven the wrong way down the pit lane, accelerating straight into a retaining wall.

No such ignominy befell the works Porsches, but the demands of the Marathon were taking their toll. Elford’s car suffered a damaged brake disc, forcing it to

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pit for time-consuming repairs and relinquish the lead for the first time in the race. Porsche’s first retirement came in the early hours of 25 August, when the manual 911 S suffered a heavy accident.

The other Sportomatic waved the white flag a few hours later, although the fault lay with a surprise engine failure rather than anything to do with its radical new transmission. An exhausted Elford, Neerpasch and Herrmann now found themselves back in front, clear of their nearest rivals, but still facing a long battle to the finish.

They would prove to be up to the task. As dawn broke over the Nürburgring on Saturday, 26 August, the last remaining works Porsche was now commanding an unassailable lead. All the drivers had to do was stay out of trouble and be as gentle on the drivetrain as was humanly possible. Hour after hour ticked past for the exhausted crew, nursing the car and themselves towards that seemingly illusive chequered flag.

The strength of the complex new Sportomatic gearbox proved unwavering, however, and the end was suddenly in sight.

At midday on Saturday, the 911 R took the flag after driving 323 laps, covering 5684 miles in the process. Despite the innumerable hazards, lengthy pit stops and atrocious weather, they had achieved an astonishing average speed of almost 70mph.

Proof for the suits in Zuffenhausen that the Sportomatic gearbox was ready for market. PP

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Defying critics and physics, Porsche’s new Cayenne Turbo makes the impossible look altogether easy Words: Matt Master Photos: Porsche AG

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hile massive question marks quite rightly hang over the wisdom of the current SUV Zeitgeist, there is still much to be said for the engineering acumen behind some increasingly remarkable end products. Not so different from the way in which ingenious F1 designers work around the latest raft of rules and regulations, so too must the men and women tasked with creating high-performance SUVs come up with increasingly brilliant ways to cheat the laws of physics.

The new Porsche Cayenne Turbo is a substantial car by any yardstick. A whisker under five metres long and two metres wide, it’s also 1.67 metres tall and weighs in at two and a quarter tonnes. But it also hits 62mph in 4.1 seconds, 100mph in 10 seconds, and won’t run out of puff until the needle is nudging 177mph. And these headline figures barely scratch the surface of what makes this car quite so astonishing.

First up though, a quick appraisal of the new styling. The Cayenne has been the target of criticism in the past, something that has softened a bit through generation two, and will hopefully be put to bed once and for all by this latest iteration. The front end stays much the same as the outgoing car but the rear, with its more dynamic-looking window rake and full length light bar, is up-to-the-minute Porsche and a meaningful improvement.

Inside there are some significant changes too, following on from the new Panamera with a cleaner, less fussy cockpit centred around a vast multi-purpose touch screen. The impression, as always but more so, is of uncompromising quality. The driving position is also excellent, visibility all round as good as you would expect, and the general sense that you could spend a very long time in this car without complaint as compelling as ever. Tasked with crossing a continent at speed, and in comfort, you’d be hard pushed to find a better way of going about it.

When Porsche unveiled third-generation Cayenne last year, much was made of its clever hybrid architecture – a blend of alloy and steel that significantly lightens the new car compared with its predecessor. The 30hp more powerful engine in this new Turbo has also been reduced from 4.8 to 4.0 litres. Less is more then – very ➝ 39 porscheclubgb.com

much the Porsche philosophy, even when it comes to two-tonne SUVs. The engine of any Turbo is the major talking point, and here Porsche has not spared the horses. The new, smaller powerplant is a so-called ‘hot V’, in which the Turbos are installed between the cylinder banks. This is old F1 thinking, allowing the recirculated exhaust gases to stay warmer and be more easily controlled by virtue of their proximity to the head. It also improves the packaging and weight distribution of the engine.

Porsche’s new 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 is a masterclass, delivering astonishing levels of addictive, lag-less power and monstrous quantities of torque throughout its rev range.

Power is fed via a new eight-speed auto (not the twin-clutch PDK) and regulated on the road with a bewildering hardware package. When you read through the options list that includes Porsche Active Suspension Management (standard on the Turbo), Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control and Porsche Torque Vectoring, you realise that a formidable amount of technology is at work, should you have ticked the right boxes.

And you should, for this is where the new Cayenne comes into its own. The optional Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control provides Zuffenhausen’s latest active anti-roll system, reducing lateral roll in fast corners without the need for cumbersome anti-roll bars that compromise on ride quality. The upshot of this is a car that, despite its considerable height and weight, corners impossibly flat while maintaining amazing ride quality.

Your first few minutes on a decent B-road in the Cayenne Turbo require a little faith, for no car of this size, with this sort of mass in play, should be able to go, stop or corner the way this one does. The grunt is easy enough to imagine, but the brakes – albeit £4217 optional carbon ceramics in this instance – are so immediate, powerful and progressive that the kerbweight conundrum is all but eliminated after a couple of corners. The high middle pedal is so short of travel that you’re increasingly confident to leave it later and later to scrub off unlikely speeds into tight bends – and this in a full size, fully loaded luxury SUV. Steering feel could be better, but only at the expense of some of that more important refinement. The Cayenne Turbo is easy enough to place accurately on the road anyway, and responsive enough to push hard. What it lacks in feedback it makes up for with the assurance of absolute precision.

The Turbo’s abilities are such that you’d really want a trackday to fully explore not just its depth of performance, but the point at which sheer mass takes over, where blunt force physics overrules the magic of Pirelli, and you finally plough straight on. For the road, even when pushing it as much as feels reasonable, there is more performance and grip than a right-minded road tester can exhaust.

What is tangible at any speed, however, is the Turbo’s ride quality, even on these gigantic 21-inch rims. ‘Normal’ on the mode switch offers a preternatural waft that ought to be at odds with such roll-free cornering. And even in 40 porscheclubgb.com

the most aggressive ‘Sport Plus’, which drops the ride height and stiffens the damper settings, clever new three-chamber air suspension mollifies the worst of a broken-up country backroad to the extent that the car never unsettles. At one point on our test drive, we watched a high-riding pick-up threaten to turn itself inside out over a nasty dip in the road, which the Cayenne then dispatched as if it was an expansion joint. Truly impressive stuff.

Of course, much of this will be available on a well-optioned entry-level car – the basic Turbo commands a fraction under £100,000, and for that you are paying for the rocket ship grunt, the styling and the status. In any configuration, this is a hugely accomplished, practical and desirable car, but the Turbo is the prize bull, everything unabashedly on show.

By the time this particular car is totted up, with the aforementioned dynamic aids and a few cosmetic bells and whistles, it’s £114,560.

And you will need accordingly deep pockets to

“This twin-turbo, 4-litre V8 delivers astonishing levels of addictive power” run one. The Turbo returns a less than ideal 23.7mpg on a combined cycle, making it almost as thirsty as a 911 GT3. As a daily driver therefore, a sense of humour and a fondness for fuel station forecourts would be a plus.

This, then, is a car with an exquisite indifference to Porsche’s current consuming focus – electrification via the Mission E project.

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alley on the face of it, the knowledge gleaned from such a process will pay significant dividends in the future. The Taycan, the first of Porsche’s all-electric sports cars, depends upon the dead weight of vast battery packs to find its deep reserves of power and torque. How to make a 2.5 tonne car accelerate, brake and handle with the alacrity of something half that heavy must be a dark art indeed, but one that Porsche, courtesy of the Cayenne Turbo, is already well versed in.

This is an astonishingly accomplished product then, but while the 911, and to a lesser degree the 718, do have that intangible ‘soul’ Porsche often mentions, the Cayenne feels more like a device. It’s an impressive, desirable device, mind you – one that you will delight in for the length of your lease period before, presumably, swapping out for another. It is not something to love and cherish as much as it is to simply admire and enjoy, which is by no means a bad thing. PP

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“Saying goodbye to a car that’s been instrumental in our lives for so long was never going to be easy”

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or four decades, a Porsche 356A bought for a bargain £100 was part of Tony and Eva Childs’ family. Tony, always accompanied by Eva, competed on race tracks in the UK and abroad, and enjoyed a degree of success that included the car winning its class in the 924 Championship in the early 1970s.

Tony also mixed in acclaimed Porsche company, including 356 guru Eric Studer, who helped build the car, and ‘356 Mafia’ member John da Silva Lucas, adding another layer to the car’s lineage in the process.

So when Tony passed away two years ago, Eva had a big decision to make about the car that had been part of the couple’s life since 1974.

As the 356 sat in the garage and Eva debated what to do, PCGB member Chris Easton was on the lookout for the car he’d been building up to since he bought his first Porsche in 1980, when he was in his early 20s. Now it was time to slow things down, following a succession of increasingly dynamic models that had culminated in a GT3 Clubsport.

“I’d always admired the 356, but I thought that in the present day it would be out of my reach,” he says. “After I’d secured a decent price for the GT3 I thought I’d test the water.”

Chris approached Andy Prill, owner of Prill Porsche Classics, who knew of the garaged 356 but also that Eva was torn about whether to let it go.

“I’d seen Andy’s name on paperwork for the car and decided to get in touch. He was brilliant, a real gentleman, and fully understood my predicament,” says Eva. “It was a very big decision to sell.

“As time passed, he mentioned that someone was very interested in the car and, just as importantly, would take good care of it.”

Accompanied by Andy, Chris visited Eva to introduce himself and view the car. With its 912 engine and uprated brakes adding extra pep to proceedings, it fitted the bill perfectly.

“It was RHD, a real rarity and had served time on the race track. However, it hadn’t been restored, which was a bonus as many in the 1980s employed ‘make-do’ parts when getting a makeover,” says Chris.

With Eva still reluctant to let it go, Chris stepped back, deciding to wait until the time was right.

That came in 2016, when Chris took ownership of a 356A laden with a rich history that stretches back through several lives and decades. And the more he traced this history, the more he discovered.

“I’d known through Eva that it’d been actively raced over the decades, but wasn’t initially aware of the vaunted circles Tony had moved in,” he says. “There was Eric Studer, who had his Studer Man column in Porsche Post when I was in my 20s, Mel Clarke, John Lucas and Trevor Messett, real race veterans on the Porsche 356 circuit back then. Tony was part of this group, known as the 356 Mafia to some. To know that this car was part of that

Clockwise from top left: Tony travelled around the country to race the 356; a bird’s-eye view of the interior, including old scrutineering tickets displayed on the grab handle; Eva and Chris Overton (left), who share many memories of the 356, with the car’s new owner, Chris Easton

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era added an extra element to its appeal.”

Chris also found another source of information via Eva – Chris Overton, Tony’s co-driver in later years, who’d initially introduced himself after passing Tony’s house and noticing the 356 peeking out of his garage.

“I was always interested in racing and Porsches in particular,” says Chris Overton.

He helped me out in the early days, sorting a Lotus 7 for me to race, and from there we became very good friends. He then asked if I’d like to share the car on the race circuit.”

“Our first race was at Silverstone, then along the line the opportunity to visit Spa came about. Tony’s approach was always ‘Why not?’

He was already with a great group of people, including Eric Studer, John Lucas and Tony Standen. They were always breaking up 356s and passing parts between them back then – it’s rather shocking to think about it today.”

Recalling those days, Eva says: “They all lived in each other’s pocket, a very close group of like-minded individuals sharing their passion.” As for her own role at race meetings, she describes it as chief cook and bottle washer.

“I’d always accompany him, along with a good book to keep me occupied,” she says.

“Tony drove me round Brands Hatch once – only once, as I think my screaming was somewhat of a distraction!”

Since acquiring the car, Chris has refitted the original bumpers, removed the race seats and Perspex rear windows and fitted a pair of Marchal fog lights to the front. “It looks fantastic from 100 paces. However, close up you can see its battle scars and bits of rust. At this point I’m not keen to change much; it has more history as a race car than a road car.”

With the car in Chris’s safe hands, Eva says: “Saying goodbye to a car that’s been instrumental in our lives for so long was never going to be easy. It meant so much to Tony and what he was passionate about. I’m so pleased it’s ended up with Chris. He waited for me, which I appreciate. Now they’re very happy together!” PP

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Regions Regional Director’s report I have just returned from a European trip with the 991 Register.

The most enjoyable part was to sit back, go with the flow and escape from official duties. It was really nice just to be one of the group and reap the benefits of what the Club has to offer. Meeting members from different Regions and visiting new places is a great inspiration, giving renewed enthusiasm and fresh ideas. Well done to all who put their hearts into organising the vast array of events that make up the PCGB calendar.

June was the month for celebrating Porsche’s 70th Anniversary. Most dealerships hosted special events to commemorate this important

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milestone. Our local PC Wilmslow hosted a Friday night BBQ, which attracted 150 members and customers. Breakfast at the Centre on the Saturday preceded the 80-car convoy to Cholmondeley Castle where similar groups converged from four of the other Stratstone dealerships. Sixty of these cars were owned by PCGB members who provided a comprehensive history of Porsches - from the 356 to the current models. This highlighted the importance of the Club to the dealer network and conversations with certain dealer principals indicate that they would like more involvement.

My plan to visit other Regions by meeting up at WOTYs worked well - joining Huw and Carol Jones during their stay in Betws-y-Coed. I joined them for their Saturday dinner at the Riverside Hotel. The company was good and the food excellent – a brilliant night.

I hope to meet up with you at one of the special events this summer.

Retiring ROs R2: Having taken over from Steve Rose, George Mayson and partner Caitlin Adams visited Cornbury House for their introduction into their new roles. A warm welcome to you both and I look forward to meeting you.

R7: The opportunity to take over from Mark and Carol Jessop is still available. Several members are keen to share the workload so, if you have any questions about becoming a Club official, please contact Mark, Carol or me.

Phil Graham Regional Director 07941 109638 regional@porscheclubgb.com

Regions Index Your Regional reports at a glance

Regional Organiser Donald Hossack 07968 724441 – r1@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Scott Laurie 07803 260417 The car club season is in full swing, as is the holiday season, with many heading away on a well-earned break in the sun. If only we could guarantee the good

R1 Scotland South p47 R2 Scotland North p49 R3 North East p51 R4 Lincolnshire & Humberside p53 R5 North West p53 R6 North Wales p54 R7 Yorkshire p54 R8 East Midlands p56 R9 West Midlands p58 R10 Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire p60

R11 Essex p60 R12 Norfolk & Suffolk p62 R13 Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Shropshire p65 R14 South Wales p65 R15 South West p66 R16 Gloucestershire p68 R17 Southern p70 R18 Lancashire & Cumbria p73 R19 Thames Valley p75 R20 London p77

R21 Chiltern p77 R23 Sussex p79 R24 Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire p81 R25 Kent p81 R26 Dorset p82 R27 Ireland p84 R28G Guernsey p86 R28J Jersey p88 R29 Surrey p90 R30 Isle of Man p92 R31 Cotswold p92

CLUB DIRECTORS

From top: BVAC at Thirlestane Castle; the last three to leave Thirlestane; Porsches on the lawn for the 70th Anniversary celebrations

Chairman Ian Yeoman chairman@porscheclubgb.com

Facilities Peter Thomas ptdirector@porscheclubgb.com

Vice Chairman Nick Pike communications@porscheclubgb.com

Finance Director Andrew Rowley finance@porscheclubgb.com

IT Services and Systems Mark Hamilton ITdirector@porscheclubgb.com

Registers Albert Walsh register@porscheclubgb.com

Regional Phil Graham regional@porscheclubgb.com

Company Secretary Sue Taberner secretary@porscheclubgb.com

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weather at home as of late, there would be no need to go abroad. June was a very pleasurable month in our Region with the 70 year celebrations taking centre stage. Despite being away for a couple of weeks, I managed to get along to some great events. The calendar has some good outings planned up to September but we need to be thinking of the winter months and what you would like the Region to organise - please send me your thoughts and ideas. Also, if you would like anything added to the scheduled events, let me know.

RECENT EVENTS 3 June BVAC at Thirlestane Castle Our 20 Porsches and Club marquee had a prime stand in front of the castle at this fantastic event and stunning location. A great selection of our lovely cars lined up and, once the small mud splatters were washed down, they gleamed in the morning sunshine. It was great to see George and Chris from the Clubhouse join us with the marquee. They provided a very welcome meet point, and kept us supplied with teas and coffee all day. This year I decided to treat members to a free BBQ. Before long, Shona and I had burgers and sausages cooking and we kept this going for most of the day. I will try and do this at more events.

BVAC hosts more than 1,500 exhibits and, from a public attendance point of view, was the busiest attended I have seen it. Our stand attracted a good deal of attention, so much so that George and Chris signed up some new members. Leaving at the end of the day was a different story as the soft grass had now churned up as a mud bath with us having to negotiate the slippery exit through the field. We all made it safely but I spent around two hours jet hosing both my cars after

returning home. Thanks to all who attended and to the Clubhouse for their support.

7 June PC Perth oicial opening Scotland South members joined over 300 guests and Porsche Cars GB top brass at the lavish official opening night of the state-of-the-art PC Perth. On arrival we were offered a glass of fizz or a choice of wines, beers and soft drinks with canapes, a theme that continued throughout the evening. Perth is the second Peter Vardy Porsche Centre in Scotland (the other Aberdeen) and, as you’d expect, the friendly, helpful staff made you feel very welcome. There was lots to see and do - a classic car display, live music, cooking demonstrations, tours of the Centre and a chance to book test drives. Paul Barratt, Dealer Principal, welcomed everyone and outlined the facilities Perth has to offer with his vision for the future. He introduced Alexander Pollich, Managing Director of Porsche Cars GB, who gave an official speech and presented a plaque to signify the Centre’s opening. A very successful evening for the Centre and an extremely enjoyable one for guests.

Many thanks go to Paul for the invites and his staff for their hard work on the night.

9-10 June 70th Anniversary celebrations at Glasgow and Edinburgh Porsche Centres Most of us got to our local Centre over the weekend where there was lots going on to celebrate Porsche’s 70 years. I made it to Edinburgh early on the Sunday only to be almost immediately called away as my Turbo had split a coolant hose and the car had broken down with Shona driving. The car was recovered and we eventually met up with Porsches on a run to Kelso, arriving at the lovely setting of Roxburgh Hotel and Golf Course more than an hour late. The BBQ was in full swing and we were ready for a burger and juice. A lovely display with some very special Porsches was parked on the lawn in front of the hotel. We enjoyed looking round the various models with an ice cream in our hand in the sunshine. Thanks to our local Centres for their hospitality over the weekend.

30 June Run and car display At short notice an invite was received to attend RM Condor Families’ Day at Arbroath. The first meet point was Kinross services where we linked in with a group from Driving Scotland. It was then on through the Fife countryside to the Tay Bridge where we met up with several others and completed the last leg of our run to Arbroath, meeting up with R2. A very good turnout of 20-plus cars had a very enjoyable day supporting 45 Commando’s families and their friends. The brave among us had fun on the zip line, abseiling, skiing and live firing the SA80 rifle. It’s always nice to join other car clubs and Regions for an event, meeting up with old friends and making new ones.

Thanks to all who joined us in June and we look forward to seeing you in the very near future.

Donald and Scott DIARY DATES FIRST TUESDAY OF MONTH West Coast Club night - Sherbrooke Castle Hotel, Glasgow, G41 4PG. 8pm FIRST TUESDAY OF MONTH East Coast Club night - Dakota Hotel, South Queensferry, EH30 9QZ. 7.30pm 29 JULY TESLA visit with test drives 2 AUGUST Fish and chip run 7 AUGUST Body shop visit and BBQ 11 AUGUST McLaren unveiling 12 AUGUST World of Supercars 19 AUGUST Run with Cars and Cofee 2 SEPTEMBER Bo’ness Revival 9 SEPTEMBER Run and lunch 15 SEPTEMBER RAF 100 year celebrations 23 SEPTEMBER Cars and Cofee

Scotland North Regional Organiser Steve Rose 01224 868052 – r2@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Gillian Gardiner 01382 778923 As I write this report, your new joint ROs George and Caitlin are at Cornbury House receiving their induction training as Club officials. I’m happy that they will bring fresh ideas to our Region and am sure members will welcome and support them as they find their way in the role. I have been privileged to do the job for the last six

Photos by Stan Fong and Chris O’Dowd

From top: Alexander Pollich presents the Porsche plaque to Peter Vardy at PC Perth opening. Dealer Principal Paul Barratt (far left) looks on; meet-up at Tay Bridge on the way to Arbroath

From top: George accepts his treasure hunt trophy; R2 ready for the off to Pitlochry

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amused around the village. Hopefully you are free on years and now look forward to continuing to enjoy my membership. This will be my last Region report, so thanks this date and are able to bring along your pride and joy to show and drive. Register online by visiting the Ballater to you all for your support. Happy Porsche-ing!

Victoria Week website. Don’t forget to add ‘PCGB’ to the comments box when registering! Also, please advise Steve r2@porscheclubgb.com if you have registered, to help us plan the display area.

RECENT EVENTS Treasure hunt In June Chris O’Dowd organised a treasure hunt with a difference. Here’s his report: “Despite the somewhat disappointing turnout those teams who did take part in the hunt had a great time and enjoyed themselves with some visiting areas of the country and experiencing scenery new to them. Having had breakfast and planned their routes at the Brechin Castle Garden Centre, the teams set off. The object of the exercise was to choose five locations, from a list of eight, and to arrive at the finish in Glen Clova in the shortest distance. Questions were to be answered at each location as proof you had actually been there!

“Whilst waiting for the final teams to arrive and the presentations at the finish a picnic ensued along with chocolate cake (a few gins may have been consumed also – by the non-drivers obviously). George Mayson and Caitlin Adams took top spot, followed very closely by Ian and Linda Thow, with Kim Riddell and partner Allan taking third. Everyone left with a prize for participating.

“Waking up to rain following three weeks of great weather was a concern but luckily it passed before the start and didn’t return until we were all starting to leave at which point the heavens opened. Unfortunately George’s 944 decided this was a great time for one of the wipers to become disconnected. Still, it didn’t last long and he was soon able to return home safely.”

Please check the Events pages on the website for more forthcoming events and news.

Steve Rose and Gill Gardiner

DIARY DATES 2 AUGUST Club night, Lairhillock, 8pm 5 AUGUST Ballater Victoria Week Parade 16 AUGUST Club night, Milton Inn, Monifieth, 8pm

North East Regional Organiser Greg Harm 07932 746152 – r3@porscheclubgb.com

Things may change by the time you read this, but it looks like summer is here finally. It’s great to see so many Porsches on the roads of the North East, enjoying the sunshine; I certainly appreciate my Cabriolet in this weather. Is it just me who sees another Porsche and wonders if the driver is a fellow Club member who may be missing out on the great social community we have as a Region? Still, it’s nice to get a wave. I’ve read on social media that some Porsche Sunday run Robin and Cherry Provan, and Jim Davidson inspired and drivers are disappointed to not receive a reciprocating organised our June Sunday run to the scenic Fonab Castle wave but that’s not been my experience. We are a friendly lot around here!

Hotel in Pitlochry: “We started the day as a group of 20 in beautiful sunshine at Inchmarlo Golf Centre where, after a hearty RECENT EVENTS breakfast, we set off for Braemar. The roads were Sally’s Tearoom quiet and we were fortunate to see the Highlands at That leads me to our first event of June. We were invited their very best.

“Apart from some road repairs between Braemar and to join our friends from Lancashire and Cumbria Region at Sally’s Tearoom at Warwick Bridge. Not only was it a Pitlochry we had a glorious drive over Glenshee. We great chance for a friendly catch up, with good food and arrived at Fonab Castle Hotel to be greeted by two male members of staff dressed in traditional Highland regalia to coffee, but an excellent excuse to drive some of our assist us with our reserved parking slots.

“Lunch was served as we admired the view of the stunningly beautiful Loch Faskally. After lunch we moved to the terrace for drinks and banter - so enjoyable that many of the group were reluctant to leave this perfect spot. I think it was generally agreed that it was a great day with great company and views almost beyond compare.

“All good things must come to an end, and so it was time to say goodbye to Fonab. ‘Haste ye back’ I hear people say.”

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 5 August Ballater Victoria Week Parade Gates open at the Monaltrie Park from 9am with judging at 11am. At 1pm, led by the Ballater and District Pipe Band, the vehicles will leave the park and parade around the village. There is then the option to continue on a run to Crathie for the cars/motorcycles, whilst the tractors take a different route.

As the costs of the event are forever increasing, with traffic management requirements, the organisers are asking for a £10 donation per car, to be paid on the gate. In addition to the wonderful array of interesting cars, bikes, trikes, tractors and commercials there will be stalls, games, food and entertainment to keep the entire family

Clockwise from above: a bit chilly at Hartside Summit but worth it for the view; it wasn’t just the children who enjoyed the face painting, and Graeme’s next stop was the DIY superstore; thanks to Alistair for this aerial shot of our ‘Porsche through the Ages’ display; R3 fish and chip run to Whitby

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favourite roads (like we need an excuse!). We met at Hexham services and, to avoid the HGVs on the A69, we took the Military Road west towards Carlisle. It may be a very straight road but the scenery on such a beautiful evening was spectacular. We were enjoying the undulating road until we came across a farm where the farmer had recently travelled the road with his muck spreader. Some of us avoided the mess he had left on the road, most didn’t. Thankfully, neither R18 nor Sally took offence at the unpleasant smell that we brought with us, and we spent a very pleasant evening with them. A small group of us headed back to the north east via Hartside Pass, always a great drive, but the top at sunset is spectacular. Needless to say, there was a lot of Porsche washing after that event.

Sports Car Together Day We’re all aware, I’m sure, that 8 June 1948 was the day that Porsche registered their first car - the day that the 356 turned Ferry Porsche’s dream of a sports car into a reality; a dream that we’re living 70 years later. To celebrate this momentous occasion Porsche Centres worldwide hosted ‘Sports Car Together Day’ and R3 were invited to participate in PC Teesside’s celebrations.

We were asked to put together a range of models through the eras, and our members duly obliged. Thank you to all who brought their cars for the display, the feedback from visitors was overwhelming. From a 356, through the evolution of the 911, transaxles and mid-engines, they all evoked memories and discussions. PC Teesside put on a great party, with race simulators, Scalextric, kids’ driving school, bouncy castle, face painting, hog roast, sweets and ice cream, test drives and, of course, an array of fantastic cars.

June Club night A few days later we returned to PC Teesside for our June Club night, which coincided with their first birthday.

Once again, Ross Jameson and his team made us all welcome; members were treated to a hog roast and drinks. Congratulations to Amy, who won on the roulette wheel, and Tom, who scored the fastest lap on the simulator.

To commemorate Teesside’s first year of trading we presented them with a birthday cake. I think we can all agree that they’ve made a huge impact in the Porsche community in the North East in just 12 months. It was also great to see so many new faces - apologies if I didn’t get to chat to you all.

Fish and chip run This fell on Father’s Day but we still had almost 40 Porsches join us for the drive. Starting at Stokesley, we took the scenic roads through Helmsley and Hutton le Hole and along the moor road of Blakey Ridge to park up on Endeavour Wharf in Whitby. The council had reserved parking for us and the spectacle drew quite a crowd. Most members enjoyed lunch in Trenchers.

Sadly some ended up booked into other restaurants as all places had been taken, yet on the day we had eight empty seats - a reminder that if you have pre-booked for one of our events and can’t make it then please let us know to give someone else a chance. After lunch we all spent time enjoying what Whitby has to offer mainly ice cream and fudge it would seem! Some of our members enjoyed the route over the moors so much that they did it again on the way home.

Don’t forget to keep an eye on the Forum for lastminute info and event details. Photos of our recent events are on the R3 section of the Club website.

Greg Harm DIARY DATES 5 AUGUST Festival of Porsche - Lotherton Hall 19 AUGUST R3 Regional show - Witton Castle

Lincolnshire & Humberside Regional Organiser Rod Stormes 07887 690716 – r4@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organisers Richard Watkinson 01472 562993 Gavin Marshall 01472 826334 As I write this we still have the heat wave, and it looks like it will continue for another week at least. It makes washing the car a challenge with the heat during the

day, so it has to be done first thing in the morning, or after 7pm. Probably just as well I am not following the World Cup, so early evening it is!

RECENT EVENTS Clay pigeon shooting We returned to Nettleton Lodge Shooting Ground for some more clay pigeon shooting, followed by a BBQ. The weather was not as good as it became later in the month, but the rain did hold off until we had finished the BBQ. There were around 20 shooting.

Unfortunately Sylvia and I couldn’t arrive until later in the afternoon when it was in full flow. There was varying success at hitting the targets, but everyone enjoyed themselves nonetheless. Afterwards the BBQ was very welcome – even if you had not been shooting. Thank you to Ben and his team at the shooting ground for another wonderful event.

Cross Keys, Stow pub drive out June’s pub drive out was a return to the Cross Keys in Stow. It was another good turnout, and we were well looked after by Hayley and her staff.

Judging by the chatter around the table it was an enjoyable evening.

RAF Waddington Families Day We were delighted to be invited back for our second year. The format was slightly different as it was held on the sports field. Waddington is a fully operational base, and it was necessary for everyone attending to be cleared by security before passes were issued.

So, it was a trip through security for me to get the passes and then back to the airfield viewing area on the A15 to issue them to those attending.

We all were subject to a drugs check on entering the base, a sniffer dog checking out our cars – rather worrying for Richard and Wendy who had just picked up their yellow Cayman the day before, and were hoping the previous owner had not had any bad habits! Fortunately we all made it safely through these checks and were soon lined up on the field, to be shortly joined by Bomber County Minis and then the East Midland Ferrari Club, your RO helping the latter to park in line. Just before the event another group of cars arrived, which turned out to be an informal driving group from Scotland, and it was great to meet a couple of R1 members travelling in the group. The event itself opened with a flypast from the BBMF Lancaster, which caught everyone unawares, so there was a huge scramble for cameras! The event was very enjoyable and I was delighted to present a donation of £160 to the station from those attending.

The return journey convoy went smoothly, thank you so much to the staff at The WAVE for, once again, stopping the traffic on the A15 so we could all make the right turn out together.

DIARY DATES 5 AUGUST R4 drive to Yorkshire Porsche Festival – Lotherton Hall 8 OR 9 AUGUST Pub drive out 12 AUGUST Gliding - Kirton Lindsey 27 AUGUST Props and Pistons - East Kirkby

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From top: Waddington donation; R4 clay pigeon shooting

Porsches at Cholmondeley Castle

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RECENT EVENTS 8-9 June 70 years of Porsche Phil Graham reports on the local celebrations: “To mark this historic milestone of Porsche production, R5 was invited to take part in the Stratstone Group’s celebrations involving the Wilmslow, Bolton, Sutton Coldfield, Nottingham and Wolverhampton dealerships.

“For R5 the event began on the Friday evening, with 150 PCGB members and customers enjoying a BBQ and bar at PC Wilmslow. During the evening members registered their vehicles for the 70-car convoy to Cholmondeley Castle on the Saturday.

Each car was issued with individually numbered 70th Anniversary decals for the doors.

“The man with the BBQ was back at the showroom the following morning to feed breakfast to the mass of Porsche owners before the procession headed off. Similar groups of cars from the other dealerships converged at the castle for a spectacular show of everything Porsche. The weather was amazing, and a great day was had by the 5,000 fortunate enough to secure tickets.

“Many thanks go to Jason Shenton and his enthusiastic staff for a brilliant, and memorable, experience.”

20 June BBQ at The Swettenham Arms Matt Staines reports: “June’s Club night was, yet again, very well attended, with just under 50 members driving through rural Cheshire for the R5 summer BBQ at The Swettenham Arms. A sunny but cooler evening than of late gave plenty of time to view the wide selection of cars, ranging from a 356 right up to a 991 GT3 RS (including a stunning Rubystone Red 964 RS) in the car park.

“A great selection of drinks and a fine BBQ on the pub terrace left nobody hungry, a few even made it for seconds!

“Huge thanks go to Glyn and The Swettenham Arms team for a relaxed night at a fine venue.

We’re looking forward to the next visit.”

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 25-27 August Oulton Park Gold Cup The North West Region’s main event of the year will, once again, be heavily supported by Club Office, which will provide a ‘posh’ marquee serving complimentary refreshments. PC Wilmslow will also be present with their mobile exhibition unit and a range of show vehicles.

Weekend tickets will cost just £10, which gives two persons, plus a Porsche, access to the circuit and the R5 enclosure. This represents a massive

saving over the normal admission charges. Booking is via the Club Shop on the website.

Chris Clark DIARY DATES 29 JULY North Wales run Sunday drive to Lake Vyrnwy for lunch.

8 AUGUST Club night - The Deanwater Hotel New members’ night with hotpot supper.

25-27 AUGUST Oulton Park Gold Cup 9 SEPTEMBER Lake District run and lunch Route and lunch menu (for the Inn on the Lake, Ullswater) published soon.

12 SEPTEMBER Karting Come along and drive, or just spectate. Booking details published soon.

10 OCTOBER Club night - The Deanwater Hotel Members’ previous cars. Bring photographs for others to guess who the cars belonged to.

14 OCTOBER Sunday drive and lunch Peak District drive and traditional Sunday lunch at the Swettenham Arms.

North Wales Regional Organiser Sue Taylor 01928 735357 (01766 890844 weekends) r6@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS More and more moors Justin and Jane very kindly organised our June drive to Lake Vyrnwy Hotel for Sunday lunch. Our first meeting point was St David’s Hotel at Ewloe. We set off on an easy drive along the A55, picking up Emyr and Anwen on the way – who were lurking with

R6 had a very enjoyable time during their Lake Vyrnwy Sunday drive

intent on the services slip road and slotted nicely into our convoy. Then it was on to Clan Conwy to meet the rest of the group.

As ever, getting started on the route was a challenge with several cars completely ignoring instructions to “take first exit off roundabout” and taking the more obvious second instead. After a few mini domestics of, “are you sure it was the first exit?” the wayward cars turned around and caught up.

A quick regroup for a photo and it was back in the cars for a scenic run, through amazing moorland countryside, to the hotel. The roads were quiet, the driving nice and brisk.

Following lunch, people went their own way, with a smallish group planning to go back to Betws, Unfortunately, the single-track road with sheep and other traffic proved too challenging and we got separated and ditched at various stages.

Sixteen cars took part and we welcomed new members Dom and Lian, Phil and Julie, Robert and Miriam, Brian and Diane and Andy, Caroline and Jennifer. It was great to meet you all.

Pie and chips We had a perfect evening for our drive over to the Tyn-y-Coed in Capel Curig. Setting off from St David’s again, we headed over through Mold, Ruthin, Cerriog and down on to the A5 for a straight run through Betws and on to Capel.

Justin and Jane planned to pick up with us at Betws in their little Porsche imposter but they set off a bit earlier than planned and we couldn’t catch them!

The huge portions of pie and chips were excellent and all too soon it was time to head off home.

Thirteen cars were on this drive as we welcomed Carol and Peter to their first event with us.

Gordon Bennet Irish Classic Car Run Kimberly, who attended the event in her 914, reports: “In 1900 Gordon Bennett, the son of a media tycoon and renowned rascal, sponsored the first ever international motoring competition – the Gordon Bennett Cup Race: the first to be held on a closed circuit and the inspiration behind the F1 Grand Prix.

The 1903 race was held in southern Ireland and, to mark 100 years, The Gordon Bennett Irish Classic Run 2003 was held and has continued to be held on the June Irish bank holiday since.

“Following an amazing Porsche on the Prom weekend, we were privileged to attend the 2018 Gordon Bennett Run in our 1976 Viper Green 914 alongside our friends Howard and Emma in their 1973 Orange Porsche 914. A quick hop from north Wales to Dublin via Holyhead and there followed three days of extremely well-organised drive-outs to castles, towns, villages and gardens covering the original 1903

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track. Approximately 100 cars of all vintages attended and, to our surprise, our two 914s with a couple of 944s were the only classic Porsches in attendance!

Howard and I thoroughly enjoyed talking about our cars as many people approached us with the opening line “I’ve never seen one of them, let alone two!”

“Treacy’s Bar and Restaurant hosted the starts and evening entertainments and you couldn’t get a better warm Irish welcome. It made for a wonderful atmosphere full of enthusiastic drivers, co-drivers, grease monkeys and fashionistas. We covered over 400 miles in our little green machine and all with a smile. The sun was shining so that did help.

“For those that love driving their classic cars, this event is a real treat. You really need to get your car to Portloise in southern Ireland and take part in the three-day rally with co-driver notes that are almost correct! You know it’s yourself or the car going the other way that’s wrong but it’s all good natured. Enjoy the Irish ‘Craic’ and get yourself home again. The fun is definitely in the adventure.

“We made it there and back with only a few minor niggles. It does help having the incredible Porsche practicality and knowledge of Howard Duff on hand with ‘Mrs Organiser Supreme’ Emma Duff there to tell us what to do and where the best party is. A wonderful weekend and yes, we are hooked.”

Kimberly and Jennie Vale-Nolan DIARY DATES 16 AUGUST Ramsport UK, Denbighshire 19 AUGUST Drive and BBQ - PC Chester 27 SEPTEMBER Llandudno life boat station **Please note change of date** 22 SEPTEMBER Ragley Hall National event 14 OCTOBER Breakfast run to Hawarden Farm Shop 18 OCTOBER Pu b tea

Yorkshire Regional Organisers Mark and Carol Jessop 07981 412895 – r7@porscheclubgb.com Introduction The season is now in full swing. We have had some great events and are heading for plenty more. July was busy with Le Mans Classic, Silverstone Classic and our Summer Drive. The weather was rather scorching, which made for perfect driving conditions.

need helping hands on the day as we are expecting 600 cars to turn up. If you can give us an hour or two of your time we would be grateful.

The Ribblehead Viaduct

R8 learning all things rubber at Pirelli’s open evening

DIARY DATES The full selection of events are on the website and Forum.

5 AUGUST Yorkshire Porsche Festival Lotherton Hall 19 AUGUST Witton Castle R3’s annual show. Always a nice day out - pack a picnic and come along. Entry is free.

8-9 SEPTEMBER Bridlington Weekend of Motoring Some great events scheduled over the weekend with the Sewerby Hall show on the Sunday.

16 SEPTEMBER North West 100 V2 Roger and Elaine Goode have put together another great route. See the Forum or website for details.

29 SEPTEMBER R7 WOTY Northumbria coast See the Forum or website for details.

Club nights Club nights are held on the first Wednesday of the month at The Woodlands Hotel, Leeds, which can be found just up the A62 from PC Leeds and just off J27 of the M62 (post code LS27 7LY). We aim to kick the night off around 8pm.

RECENT EVENTS June Club night: annual BBQ We hosted the Region’s annual BBQ in our back garden.

It’s hard work but one of our favourite nights of the year.

Ribblehead run This run takes in some of my favourite roads in the Dales. Twenty-eight members met up at the ‘yummy’ Keelham Farm Shop on the outskirts of Skipton before heading off towards Settle. We had an ‘interesting’ encounter with a camper van towing a trailer that lost a wheel - slightly scary for a moment! From Settle we took the road to the Ribblehead viaduct, which is a wonderfully twisting, up and down bit of tarmac. From here we drove the fast and flowing road to Hawes where we stopped for a quick cheese break at the Hawes Creamery, mindful of keeping some space for lunch. Out of Hawes we aimed for Masham via Leburn for our lunch stop at the Black Sheep Brewery. We were well looked after with some tasty, and rather large, portions.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 5 August Yorkshire Porsche Festival With Strasse and Specialist Cars of Malton, who will have a fine selection of cars on show, we celebrate everything Porsche. Entry is £6 per car when bought through the Club Shop.

This year’s charity will be the Child Brain Injury Trust. It will be supported by Strasse through the Strasse Bar, BBQ and six-lane Scalextric set.

This year’s display will be by the 912 Register so, if you have a 912, come along and join in - it would be great to see a good number of these cars. We would also like to attract as many 356s as possible in their 70th Anniversary year, so bring them along and let everyone see these stunning cars.

If you have an interesting car that you would like to show off, then it’s not too late, so get in touch. We will

products. So thank you Pirelli and their Burton team for a very informative evening.

East Midlands

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Regional Organiser Tom Fisher 07768 317346 – r8@porscheclubgb.com

12 August TOTEM Kindly sponsored by PC Leicester, this is now fully subscribed. Peter Haynes will have confirmed all entries (lotus@peterehaynes.plus.com).

RECENT EVENTS June Club night at The Coopers Arms We welcomed new members, Keith and Sally Jones, Chris and Frank Rogers, and Paul Starr. Thank you for joining us, I hope to see you all again. Sorry for the very busy room – the Great Hall should be available for next time following its refurbishment.

Sprinting at Prescott I was too late in submitting my entry and it filled up so could not compete but, as usual, our local team did well. Details next month.

Pirelli open evening This is the second time The Pirelli Performance Centre, Burton on Trent, have hosted an open evening for us. They certainly made us feel very welcome with lovely nibbles and drinks. A tour of the premises and demonstrations of their state-of-the-art machinery were certainly impressive. Many Porsches were having tyres checked (with some replaced) and alignment checks were being carried out too. The evening culminated in an expert talk on all things rubber and the technology behind their top-notch

19 August Midlands 356 gathering Thirteen 356s are confirmed for this event (see March PP page 15) at Crich National Tramway Museum. Although I do not own a 356 I hope to visit the museum to support the event as a member of the public. For a very enjoyable day stepping back in time, the museum is well worth a visit. There are free rides on different trams along a picturesque route, which is also full of nostalgia. The area has stunning scenery and wonderful roads with lots on offer locally. Let me know if you are interested in attending, or just turn up on the day. Entrance is £13 (approximately) on the gate and tickets are valid for one year.

25 August Porsche Club sprinting at Curborough Come and see us sprinting in the Speed Championship.

Free entry and many other types of competitive cars as well. Practice is in the morning with competition in the afternoon.

We will also be competing at the National Event at Brands Hatch.

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event, based at Dunsley Hall Country House Hotel near Whitby in Yorkshire, off the ground. They have arranged a special deal for us for the Saturday and Sunday nights’ B&B, including a group meal on Saturday evening. A double en-suite room costs £325. If you want any variation on this fixed deal you will need to contact the hotel direct on 01947 893437 and quote ‘Porsche Club event’. Please let us know when you have booked in.

On a personal note My Triumph TR4 is awaiting its new chassis implant and will not now be completed this year - the lovely weather is here and no soft top to use! However, following my own advice that 968 Boxsters are the best all-round value for money Porsche you can buy and there are plenty to choose from, I was lucky when I quickly found a red ‘S’ low mileage in good original condition on eBay. It nearly ended in disaster when the owner took me out for a test drive and lost the rear end, spinning it 180 degrees on a wet dual carriageway in Liverpool. His reason for selling it was that the car frightened his wife. I bet it did with him in charge!

I am enjoying it already. It’s taken me back 16 years to when we bought our first Boxster, which was identical.

They are not over-complicated, not too big, go extremely well and have excellent balance - just ask any owner, past or present. I am always happy to talk to members with a Boxster desire. Buy right and you could dodge any depreciation.

DIARY DATES 6 AUGUST Club night - The Coopers Arms 12 AUGUST TOTEM 19 AUGUST 356 event - Crich National Tramway Museum 25 AUGUST Curborough Sprint 3 SEPTEMBER Club night - The Coopers Arms 8-9 SEPTEMBER Weekend away

West Midlands Regional Organisers Kim Sutch 07855 269113 – kimsutch@gmail.com David Jones 01455 220081 – 07836 374295 r9@porscheclubgb.com

We would meet up with another four Porsche Centres and their 70 cars to create a gathering of 350 Porsche in the castle grounds. An email was sent out and we soon had the total numbers Ami was asking for.

From top: Show and Shine winner Aman Jutley (centre) with second-placed Dave Norris (left) and third-placed Phil Robertson (right); ‘Spirit of the Concours’ winner Michael Bartlett

Friday: To start the weekend off, Sutton Coldfield organised a BBQ so some of us took the opportunity to not make dinner at home and to eat what the Centre had to offer.

A good night was had by all. Mandy and I had booked into a hotel in Sutton Coldfield so we didn’t have to drive home and then drive back again in the morning.

Saturday: I had a huge breakfast at the hotel - it would prove to be the right thing to do, as I found out later. We arrived at the Centre, signed on and were given stickers for the car doors. After a couple of coffees and a debrief by the Dealer Principal all 70 cars set off towards the castle in small groups. I think some must have had different direction instructions as we saw cars going in all directions. However, we all seemed to end up at the castle at the same time!

Everyone was parked up but Rob Bird, with his 993 Carrera, and I, with my 964 Targa, were asked to go into the Concours.

We had a walk around the cars and grounds but there wasn’t much else to see or do. Dave queued for an hour to get a chicken wrap - some people didn’t even get any food as the food stands all sold out. Some R9ers got together to have a bit of a photo session and then we set off to Shrewsbury where nine of us were staying - we had another event there the next morning.

Sunday: Matt, who organises the VW and Hot Rod show at the Shrewsbury showground, had contacted me to say they would like to invite us along and we could have free entry and be part of the display in the main arena.

We’d had a good night eating out and having a drink and the nine of us were up early for the short drive to the showground where the efficient event staff showed us where to park. Dave unloaded the awning he had in his Turbo - it’s surprising what you can get in a Porsche - and a funny attempt was made to erect it. We were all glad of it as the sun was out and it provided some shade.

More members arrived and in the end we had 22 cars lined up.

There were some lovely vehicles on display at this great event and we were surprised to get the runners-up trophy for our display. Thanks to all our members who supported us over the two days of events it was a very enjoyable weekend.

8-10 June Porsche 70th Anniversary weekend Kim Dave had been contacted by Ami from PC Sutton Coldfield to ask if R9 could help in getting the 70 cars Show and Shine at Pailton needed for a convoy to Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire. On Saturday morning, Kim and I met up at the venue to

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set up the awning and flags ready for Sunday’s event. I arrived on the Sunday morning to find Kim, Mandy, Tom and Carol already there cleaning chairs and setting up.

Members started arriving at around 10am and were all in place by noon. Everybody had brought their own picnics and were soon enjoying themselves riding on the steam boat and the steam train in the glorious weather. While they were enjoying themselves, Kim and I took time out to judge the cars for the Show and Shine. We awarded first place to Aman Jutley and his 964. Second place went to Dave Norris and his 997, with Phil Robertson and his 993 taking third. Baz Barnett presented a trophy for ‘Spirit of the Concours’, in memory of his late brother who was a member of the Club, to Michael Bartlett and his 356. I would like to thank members for their generosity towards the Air Ambulance charity – donations raised £290. We would also like to thank Peter for the use of his fantastic venue, which everybody enjoyed. Many thanks go to everyone who took part and to Mandy, Carol and Tom for all their help.

We hope to be there again next year.

Dave Club night Our monthly meet, at The Bear in Berkswell, was again very well attended. For once I remembered the counting clicker, which Dave used to count up 81 cars. The car park was full with a wide variety of Porsches. We had a few new members turn up and so welcome to you all -

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we look forward to seeing you again either at some events or back at The Bear.

DIARY DATES 4-5 AUGUST Beaulieu supercar weekend 18-19 AUGUST WEC Silverstone 21 AUGUST Club night 25-27 AUGUST Oulton Park Gold Cup 1-2 SEPTEMBER Brands Hatch festival of Porsche 14-16 SEPTEMBER R9 Wales weekend

Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire Regional Organiser Paul Ebbs 01234 363358 (7pm–9pm) 07769 805594 (daytime) – r10@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS More lovely events were enjoyed by one and all in June, including travelling down to Beaulieu for the ‘Simply Porsche’ event. With lots of marvellous Porsches in the sun, this is always a great location and gathering. The Porsche ‘Sportscar Together’ celebrations for 70 years’ production of our favourite marque included a very welcome visit to PC Silverstone after our monthly meeting. Many from R10 enjoyed the splendid BBQ on offer - great food and more great sunshine! Our thanks go to PC Silverstone for the invite.

By the time you read this, several fortunate R10 members will have also enjoyed a visit to Autofarm, the renowned Oxfordshire Porsche specialist, which I am sure will have been another successful time. Many thanks go to Autofarm’s Jon Whitmore for the hospitality and arranging this exclusively for R10.

13 June pub of the month at Blackpit Brewery, Stowe Sue Rollings reports: “Visiting the Blackpit Brewery was the brilliant idea of Mark Collin, 987 owner and PCGB member. The brewery, set in beautiful grounds backing onto Silverstone Circuit, provided a great setting for members to display their

cars, to wander and appreciate each other’s cars, and to sample the local fare and enjoy a bite to eat. What more could people ask for? Oh yes, entrance into a spot of fun – ‘best turned out car’ of the evening.

“Cars started to arrive from 6pm onwards, till there was a total of 25 cars and around 50 people. We also managed to attract members from surrounding Regions - really good to meet you!

“The bar was open for the local brew to be sampled, thirds, halves and whole pints were appreciated by all.

Members were invited to take part in a brewery tour and talk provided by Duncan, one of the three friends who started the business. As members tucked into their light supper and dessert, Duncan and fellow owner Ollie set about the task of choosing placings for best turned-out vehicles.

“First prize was presented to a classic air-cooled 3.2 Targa, second prize was awarded to a metallic Peridot Green Cayman R and third prize was given to a 993, whose owner happens to be R10 organiser Paul.

“A very big to thank you goes to Mark for such a great idea. Also thanks go to Duncan, Ollie and the Blackpit team. What a wonderful evening; beautiful cars and a truly tranquil setting.”

Thanks to you too, Sue, for all your welcome assistance for the Region and especially with this brilliant event.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

half-day experience consists of two 45-minute driving sessions and two 45-minute tutorials, with either breakfast and lunch, or lunch and afternoon tea, depending on the time slot you select. Costed at £250 exclusively for PCGB members, this is available to book through the Club website.

11 August R10 monthly meeting Join us at The Sharnbrook Hotel for our popular monthly get-together and update on forthcoming events - you’ll be very welcome.

17- 19 August WEC Silverstone Come along to Silverstone to witness our local round of the World Endurance Championship at first hand. With a large infield area filled with lovely Porsches, it’d be a shame to miss it. Tickets and infield passes are available through the Club on the website. Go on, you’ll love it.

2 September Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche One of three great National events organised by the Club this year, the Festival of Porsche celebrates 70 years of Porsche with motorsport celebrities and special displays.

There’s great on-track viewing, with infield parking and hospitality that PCGB does so well. Tickets through the Club - make sure you have yours well in advance!

Refer to the R10 Forum or website for up-to-date information or, alternatively, please contact me and I’ll do my best to help.

4 August Transaxles at Goodwood OK, so this is an event I’m particularly interested in as I have a 944 Turbo (front-engined, transaxle car). I know See you all soon - enjoy your Porsche! many R10 members have more modern Porsches, but if Paul you happen to be in the area and want to see more of these great cars, think about popping along and joining us.

DIARY DATES 5 August Yorkshire Porsche Festival, Lotherton Hall 4 AUGUST Transaxles at Goodwood A good drive for most of us from our Region, the 5 AUGUST Yorkshire Porsche Festival Yorkshire Porsche Festival, just off the A1 and easy to get Lotherton Hall to, is another very friendly, cosy event. Run for many 10 AUGUST ‘Drive Your Car’ at Porsche years by R7, it has the bonus of some very pleasant Experience Centre grounds to relax in too. Some trade stands and two large 11 AUGUST R10 monthly meeting specialists will be there, so there will be lots to see and do!

17-19 AUGUST WEC Silverstone Highly recommended!

2 SEPTEMBER Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche 10 August ‘Drive Your Car’ at Porsche Experience Centre All Club members are being offered the opportunity to once again drive their own Porsche on track. This

Essex Regional Organiser Martyn Molyneaux 01245 222937 (7pm-9pm) – r11@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Greg Thompson 01376 573445 – r11gregt@googlemail.com RECENT EVENTS While Marie and I were enjoying the beautiful island of Kauai and the more materialistic Honolulu, Greg Thompson was holding the fort and reports on the three events below:

Clockwise from above: Ray Cobley’s 3.2 Targa; Cayman R in Peridot Green; three photos of a great turnout for a lovely evening

Pirelli visit at Jet Wheel Tyre, Thundersley “You may have read in PP about an earlier Club visit to the Pirelli facility in Burton-on-Trent. Fortunately, Pirelli were also happy to come and see us in Essex. One of their ‘Platinum level’ Pirelli Performance Centres – Jet Wheel Tyre – is based in Church Road, South Benfleet.

“The centre, run by Cliff Crane, is fabulously efficient. I had barely got out of my car and they had taken my tyre tread measurements and predicted (correctly) that I had a front axle toe-out alignment issue. They also discovered that Jose Figueira’s Boxster was running 60 porscheclubgb.com

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 “GEN 2” PDK (11 - 2011) Basalt black with black leather 35,000 miles ..................................................£53,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “GEN 2” PDK (61 - 2011) Basalt black with black leather 41,000 miles ..................................................£47,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “GEN 2” PDK (59 - 2009) Basalt black with black leather 37,000 miles ..................................................£47,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “GEN 2” PDK Basalt black with red leather 33,000 miles .................................................£46,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 “GEN 2 (09 - 2009) Basalt black with sand leather 50,000 miles .................................................£45,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (09 - 2009) Silver with black leather 37,000 miles .................................................£44,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “GEN 2” PDK (10 - 2010) Basalt black with black leather 65,000 miles .................................................£38,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “GEN 2” PDK (58 - 2008) Basalt black with black leather 75,000 miles ................................................£37,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “C2” 3.6 “GEN 2” Silver with black leather 20,000 miles ..................................................£42,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “C2” 3.6 “GEN 2” PDK (59 - 2009) GT Silver with black leather 23,000 miles .................................................£43,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “C2” 3.6 “GEN 2” PDK (60 - 2010) Silver with black leather 42,000 miles ..................................................£41,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “C2” 3.6 “GEN 2” PDK (09 - 2009) Aqua blue with black leather 42,000 miles .................................................£40,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) TURBO 3.6 TIP (58 - 2008) GT Silver with black leather 51,000 miles ..................................................£57,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) TURBO 3.6 (06 - 2006) Cobalt blue with black leather 52,000 miles ..................................................£52,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) TURBO 3.6 TIP (57 - 2007) Basalt black with black leather 52,000 miles ..................................................£53,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) TURBO 3.6 TIP (57 - 2007) Silver with black leather 63,000 miles ..................................................£50,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 TIP (58 - 2008) Silver with black leather 46,000 miles ..................................................£37,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (57 - 2007) Atlas grey with black leather 57,000 miles ..................................................£35,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (07 - 2007) Silver with ocean blue leather 40,000 miles...................................................£35,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (07 - 2007) Atlas grey with ocean blue leather 64,000 miles ..................................................£34,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 TIP (57 - 2007) Meteor grey with black leather 61,000 miles ..................................................£34,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (08 - 2008) Cobalt blue with black leather 63,000 miles ..................................................£34,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (07 - 2007) GT Silver with stone grey leather 56,000 miles..................................................£34,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (56 - 2006) Lapis blue with ocean blue leather 57,000 miles ..................................................£34,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (06 - 2006) Basalt black with red leather 56,000 miles ..................................................£34,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 CAB (06 - 2006) Silver with ocean blue leather 51,000 miles ..................................................£32,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 CAB TIP (06 - 2006) Lapis blue with stone grey leather 68,000 miles ..................................................£33,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” TIP (07 - 2007) Meteor grey with black leather 60,000 miles ..................................................£33,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (07 - 2007) GT Silver with black leather 62,000 miles ..................................................£33,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” CAB TIP (56 - 2006) Silver with black leather 66,000 miles ..................................................£33,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 CAB (06 - 2006) Seal grey with ocean blue lthr 60,000 mile .....................................£33,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 TIP (57 - 2007) Silver with black leather 53,000 miles ...................................£33,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 TIP CAB (07 - 2007) Basalt black with black leather 62,000 miles ...................................£32,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (56 - 2006) Silver with black leather 48,000 miles ....................................£32,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (N - 1996) Basalt black with black leather 63,000 miles ...................................£32,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 CAB (06 - 2006) Seal grey with ocean blue lthr 60,000 mile .....................................£33,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 TIP (56 - 2006) Silver with ocean blue leather 57,000 miles ...................................£29,000

PORSCHE CAYMAN 2.7 (64 - 2015) White with black leather 39,000 mile .....................................£30,000

PORSCHE 911 (996) TURBO 3.6 TIP (53 - 2003) Silver with black leather 51,000 miles ...................................£40,000

PORSCHE 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (06 - 2006) GT Silver with black leather 71,000 miles ...................................£29,000

PORSCHE CAYENNE “GTS” 4.8 TIP (58 - 2008) Basalt black with black lthr 54,000 miles ...................................£23,000

PORSCHE CAYENNE “GTS” 4.8 TIP (58 - 2008) Basalt black with black lthr 61,000 miles ...................................£20,000

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From top: PC Colchester Sales Manager Richard Eniffer with an enviable Porsche collection; members learnt a lot about tyres with Jet Wheel Tyre staff on hand for advice and help

19 August Hyde Hall Classic Car Show This will be a bigger event than last year with more car clubs in attendance, hot food and toilet facilities at our location. All cars will need to be in position by 9.45am until 4pm. A car and children under 14 will be free and for an entrance ticket please email Martyn by 6 August at r11 @porscheclubgb.com

From top: R12 and Panhard Levassor; R12’s Porsches at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse on a very hot day

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one tyre in the wrong direction for the tread. Needless to say, they didn’t allow him to leave without fixing it.

“We were treated to a talk about all things Pirelli and tyres by representatives Peter Harrison and Steve Martin. We learnt that Porsches should be taken to one of the 121 UK performance centres selected by the company. These centres take the additional care required for shoeing precision cars like Porsches.

“I found the explanation of sidewall tyre markings most useful – for instance, the DOT marking has a number like, for example ‘1416’, which would mean the tyre was made in the fourteenth week of 2016. We also learnt that modern cars can malfunction if they sense one tyre has a different diameter to another.

For this reason, you must always use tyres of the same type and wear on each axle.

“Every one of our members said how much they enjoyed this tour – the venue, the discussion on what Pirelli brings to Porsche, laser wheel alignment, the lunch, and an amazing goody bag!”

Sportscar Together Day “I attended the Sportscar Together Day at PC Colchester. Unfortunately, most of the guests had left by 2pm so I didn’t quite experience as much togetherness as earlier visitors. However, the bonus was ample time to chat with the Centre staff and the R11 members who were still on-site. We could also really appreciate the exhibits without fighting off a crowd. A big thank you to Sales Manager Richard Eniffer for getting out nearly all the exhibit cars for a family photo. It was a collection to satisfy almost any Porsche enthusiast: a 356 Coupe, 911 2.7 RS, Carrera GT, 918 Spyder, 911 R and a brand new 991.2 GT3 RS.” Bring your other car At our June Club night, we invited members to bring a car that wasn’t a Porsche. It was a light sunny evening, if a tad nippy. Many of us stood out admiring an eclectic mix of vehicles. By common consent most felt so cold that when darkness fell they headed home to warm up. It was the earliest end to a Club night that I can remember!

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 14 August Club night and R11 Concours Give the car a clean and please arrive by 7.45pm to allow time for judging. It’s an opportunity to show your pride and joy in a not too serious competition. We will have three classes, namely ‘air-cooled’, ‘pre-1997 water-cooled’, and ‘1997-2017 water-cooled’.

Assistance with marshalling would be appreciated.

14 AUGUST Club night and R11 Concours 19 AUGUST Hyde Hall Classic Car Show 19 AUGUST Wheels - The Warren 12-16 SEPTEMBER R11 WOTY to Burgundy **Event fully booked** 23 SEPTEMBER Warren Classic Super Car Show To register please contact Greg at r11gregt@googlemail.com 24 SEPT-1 OCT PCGB visit to Stuttgart and Salzburg 9 OCTOBER Club night with a talk by Andy Prill 17 OCTOBER A visit to JD Classics **Event fully booked** 13 NOVEMBER Club night

Norfolk & Suffolk Regional Organisers Tony and Colleen Wickins 01379 676251 – r12@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS WOTY to the New Forest and Simply Porsche at Beaulieu Motor Museum On 31 May we made our way to Lymington in the New Forest for a four-day break at the Passford House Hotel.

Friday was a free day with most of us visiting local attractions including Exbury Gardens, Poole, and a falconry centre while others took the opportunity to visit family and friends in the area.

Saturday dawned hot and sunny and nine of us visited Buckler’s Hard Maritime Village and Museum with a river cruise. The village was extremely busy, but we enjoyed a tour with a lady dressed in the 16th-century costume of a shipwright’s wife who told us about the hard life building ships and the dangers that went with the job.

The pub in the village was heaving but we did manage to get a drink eventually before wandering down to the river in time for our cruise.

Another convivial evening at the hotel with a few bottles of wine being consumed then off to bed for a reasonably early start on Sunday. We had been invited by R17 and R26 to share their stand at the Simply Porsche event at Beaulieu. Leaving our hotel at 9am in glorious sunshine we travelled the short distance to Beaulieu and were on the Club stand just before 10am. We learnt later that around 1,240 Porsches had turned up, so you can imagine the queues to get in - we considered ourselves very lucky not to be delayed too long. An amazing collection of Porsches were on display, and Chris and Rhian’s red 356 (Elsie) received plenty of interest as did Jean’s yellow Boxster. Our £10 entry fee gained us entrance to the motor museum where several new exhibits were on display. Our last evening at the hotel and we reflected on a most enjoyable weekend with the weather being much better than was forecast.

19 June Club night We were pleased to welcome Tim Jenkins, a fundraiser for EACH (East Anglian Children’s Hospice).

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The present hospice is at Quidenham as part of the Carmelite monastery and we were privileged to be invited last November to meet the staff and tour the building. It was apparent that the old building that opened 26 years ago is no longer fit for purpose and a brand-new hospice called ‘The Nook’ is planned to be built at Poringland at the cost of £10 million. An appeal was launched four years ago with the Duchess of Cambridge agreeing to be the patron. £7.9m has been raised so far and it is hoped that the building will be completed next year.

A collection was held, and Tim was delighted to receive £175. R12 has raised £3,600 over the past few years and Tim thanked us for our continuing support.

A warm welcome to new members Peter and Sue, David and Anne, and Peter and Pam. Also, a welcome to Nick from Essex, who was visiting with Kevin.

24 June Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Fifteen Porsches visited Gressenhall museum, and members had an enjoyable day viewing the story of life in Norfolk over the last 200 years.

The museum is run as a traditional farm might have been worked between 1900 and 1930, including using Suffolk Punch horses and vintage tractors to work the fields. The museum is also home to the oldest road-legal car in Norfolk, an 1899 Panhard we were lucky enough to have in our group photograph.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 19 August Gliding Day at Tibenham Airfield **Please note, event now cancelled** We visited the Airfield recently intending to confirm prices and were informed that the committee are no longer allowing group bookings at weekends, just Fridays!

As several of our members still work, we have decided to put this event on the back burner this year but would appreciate input from anyone who might be interested in a similar event next year.

2 September Car clubs air gun shoot at Mid-Norfolk Shooting Ground 10am-2pm with ‘have-a-go’ air gun shooting for a small fee. If anyone wants to shoot with their own equipment, they’re most welcome. No clay shooting on the day sadly. The cafe will be open and there is a bar available.

To register your interest, please email Tony and Colleen at tony.twservices@btinternet.com 8-14 September Loire Valley with Scenic Car Tours We have nine cars now booked for the Honfleur/ Loire Valley package. For room availability and details please contact kieran.line@sceniccartours.com

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18 September Club night We are very pleased to have as our guests for this evening Philip Hunt and Sandra Walster, volunteers for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Sandra will be bringing her guide dog, Jean. As we were raising monies for this charity at our July Summer Social, it will be interesting to find out how the money is spent and how these marvellous dogs are trained.

7 October Sandringham House Car Show We have been invited once again to an informal car show at Sandringham, this year with a German theme with Mercedes and BMW clubs also attending.

The organisers don’t anticipate charging for entry, but a small donation or a raffle prize would be much appreciated – all the proceeds will go to charity possibly Prostate Cancer Research. They expect around 100–200 cars to attend, and a ‘Car of the Show’ where people can vote for their favourite car.

Mercedes owners will vote for BMW, Porsche owners vote for Mercedes and BMW owners vote for Porsche to make it more interesting. No entry forms to complete this year, but please let us know if you wish to attend, with the model/registration number of your Porsche so we can give the organisers an idea of numbers.

Club nights Club nights are from 8pm at The Bird in Hand, Wreningham (NR16 1BJ) on the third Tuesday of the month (except for January and August when there are no Club nights and December when it is the second Tuesday). No booking is necessary for Club nights unless specifically stated. Our events calendar is regularly updated on the R12 Club Forum at porscheclubgbforum.com including links to full details of each event.

Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Shropshire Regional Organiser Steve Cutler 01384 370038 – r13@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Philip Sloper 01562 885740 – philipjsloper@gmail.com RECENT EVENTS

tulip maps along a wonderful selection of A and B roads. After a few hours’ driving in glorious sunshine, we all arrived safely at the Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells, where we enjoyed an excellent, three-course late lunch.

Our raffle this year was in aid of Cancer Research UK, and The Metropole had kindly donated two vouchers for Sunday lunch for two, which were won

by Mervyn and Carole, and Bev and Dave. Branson and Julie won a PCGB wallet, Chris and Robbie a PCGB petrol can, Ian and Lesley a PCGB rucksack, and Roger and Maggie a box of chocolates. We are very pleased that the raffle raised over £200 for the charity. The car voted by the parking attendants as ‘The one we would most like to take home’ was John and Lyn’s 911, for which the prize was a PCGB bobble hat in a very fetching shade of pink, which John immediately modelled! And the owner of the Metropole chose Steve and Helen’s 911 as his favourite car, for which the prize was a kneeling mat.

Our thanks to all the staff at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre and The Metropole for their help in making this such a special day, but most of all to Pat and Sylvia Henson for organising our fourth, highly enjoyable and successful, Secret Hills Tour.

June monthly meeting Our June meeting was held at The Riverside Inn in Cound, Shropshire, and was also our annual Concours event. On a beautiful summer evening, 35 cars parked up on the grass to enter, with a great selection of 911s from 1973 to current models, plenty of Boxsters from 986 to 718, a lovely 928 and a very smart Panamera E-Hybrid. This year we didn’t have an external judge, so the members present voted for their first and second choice. Mike and Chris Heywood were the winners with their bright yellow 718 Boxster, with Bruce and Ann Gregory runners-up with their Guards Red 1988 Carrera 3.2.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 19 August Cofee morning meet at the British Ironwork Centre There is no entry fee for this event, but the Centre asks if we could all donate £1pp. We will have our own parking area; please arrive from 10am onwards. There is a choice of breakfast items, which are served until noon. The Centre is located on the A5, three miles south of Oswestry: britishironworkcentre.co.uk

7 June Curborough trackday Our annual trackday was held this year on a bright sunny day. In total, 28 members from various Regions attended an excellent day of driving and spectating at the Curborough sprint course with Ian Horsman capturing the atmosphere with a few images.

Our visit is a good social occasion and put together at a reasonable cost of only £38.50pp and includes the driving plus meals, snacks and drinks. It was Ian Crosskell’s birthday on the day and Julie and Simon Hopcroft gave him a lovely birthday cake that was shared by all.

We thank Dave Pattison for marshalling and Pam Mayo and Dawn for organising the food.

22 August Drivers School at Loton Park Hill Climb We still have a few places left for our hill climb driving day at Loton Park, Alberbury (near Shrewsbury, SY5 9AG). The cost for the day will be £180, including a buffet lunch. More information is on the Loton Park website: hdlcc.com/driversschool

10 June Secret Hills Tour Forty-nine cars met at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms for a bacon sandwich and tea or coffee, before setting off in lovely weather on a 124-mile jaunt through Shropshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire and Powys. As always, Pat and Sylvia had mapped out a route through beautiful countryside, with not too challenging navigation using

Club nights Unless otherwise stated, Club nights are on the last Tuesday in the month, 7.30pm for an 8pm start, at The Manor House at Whittington, on the A449 near Kinver, (DY7 6NY). themanorhouseofwhittington.com As well as being shown in PP, our events calendar is regularly updated on the R13 section of the Club Forum.

May 2019 French tour The tour begins with meeting in Bayeux and then travelling via Mont Saint Michel, Saint Malo and Rennes to Caen, stopping at the car museum in Loheac en route. For more details please contact Steve or Phil who will put you in touch with organiser Ian Crosskell.

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From top: a 991 GT3 at Curborough, with thanks to Ian Horsman and Triple Effect photography; Secret Hills Tour briefing; Concours line-up at The Riverside Inn

DIARY DATES 19 AUGUST Cofee morning meet The British Ironwork Centre 22 AUGUST Drivers school at Loton Park Hill Climb 28 AUGUST Club night - Malvern Hills Hotel 25 SEPTEMBER Club night - Manor House at Whittington 5-7 OCTOBER WOTY in North Devon Commodore Hotel in Instow Rooms are now sold, please contact Phil Sloper to go on reserve list (commodore-instow.co.uk) 30 OCTOBER Club night, with a speaker The Manor House at Whittington 27 NOVEMBER Club night - The Manor House at Whittington

South Wales Regional Organiser Huw Jones 07799 532661 – r14@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS 9 June Porsche 70th celebrations It was good to see many of you at the Porsche 70th celebrations at PC Cardiff. I would like to thank Chris and Pauline Palmer and Brian and Anne Jones for looking after the desk in my absence. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank PC Cardiff for their invitation to the event.

Porsche in the Bay It was decided this year to try an event on a Saturday from 10am to 6pm, instead of the normal Friday evening event. The weather was not brilliant and, disappointingly, this might have kept some cars away.

During the day, approximately 35-40 cars attended.

From top: Huw and the membership desk ready to go for the 70th celebrations at PC Cardiff; some of the cars lined up for the Porsche in the Bay

the dinner and breakfast. Ray’s address is The Firs, Heol Laethog, Bridgend, CF32 9JB. Telephone 07831 174021 for more information. These will be firstcome-first-served bookings. I thank Ray for organising this event again this year.

Future PCGB oicials It was mentioned during the last Officials’ Conference, to ask our Region members if there is anyone interested in becoming a Regional Organiser or Register Secretary.

By the end of this year, I will have completed three years as the South Wales RO. If anyone is interested in taking on the role and being involved in the November planning meeting, please let me or Regional Director Phil Graham know by emailing Regional@porscheclubgb.com

It was good to see PCGB Membership Manager Chris Sweeting there with the PCGB van. I gather from Chris that five new members joined at the event.

The buffet lunch at the San Martino restaurant was exceptionally good with very favourable comments from the 33 members who attended.

I think that, for next year, due to the lack of attendance for this all-day event, it will be worth considering reverting to the Friday evening event.

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DIARY DATES 15 JULY R14 Concours 10 AUGUST Evening BBQ 27 AUGUST Roger Pearce Wye Valley Drive 2 6 OCTOBER PC Cardif car clinic 14 OCTOBER Drive and lunch event prepared by Paul Bowyer 4 NOVEMBER Abbey Cwm Hir Christmas Decorations visit 18 NOVEMBER Ken Davies Gower tour 27 NOVEMBER 2019 planning meeting

South West Joint Regional Organisers Keith Young and Alan Stoneham 07769 320379 (Keith) 07803 237610 (Alan) r15@porscheclubgb.com

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 15 July Concours event at PC Cardif If you would like to enter this event, please complete the entry form and send to me electronically or by post. Further details of the event and application forms can be downloaded from the internet or telephone me and I will post application forms to you.

10 August Evening BBQ We are planning an evening BBQ from 6pm at Ogmore by Sea in the Vale of Glamorgan. This will be a bring your own food and BBQ ingredients. Please let me know if you are interested to give me an idea of how many to expect. I have cleared this event with Vale of Glamorgan Council.

15 December Christmas dinner I know this event is a long time away, but it needs to be organised early. This year our Region’s Christmas dinner will be held at the Coed Y Mwstwr, Bridgend.

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It’s been a jam-packed early summer, sun out, tops off, hats on, driving out in the south-west! Here’s what we’ve been doing...

R15 WOTY to West Wales Caerphilly Castle stands proudly under a blue sky streaked with the mottled vapour trails of transatlantic jetliners. Lunch and a castle tour marked the start of our weekend as 21 R15 weekenders, including two Turbo Ss, a GT3, GTS, five Boxsters, a Cayman and a McLaren 720S got away in some style for an epic drive over the hills and down the valleys of South Wales to Pembrokeshire.

Our chosen destination, Slebech Park on the outskirts of Haverfordwest, sits on the banks of a tidal estuary, 20 miles inland from St George’s Channel. It is quiet and secluded, at least it was until we rolled up in numbers filling the woody car park with tailpipe reverberations. It was noted by this writer that the sensitive owners of the most valuable cars, took them to remote parking areas, away from errant falling debris and duck guano dropping zones.

The restaurant with rooms welcomed us with its sweeping gardens and castellated roof. It was family home in the 1800s to Lord Hamilton (of Nelson’s Lady Emma Hamilton fame) and we had the honour to have their bedroom, allegedly. There were no ghostly noises, though we did hear of a bat in the belfry...

The first-night dinner set the scene, splendid food and a happy atmosphere, as we practically had the place to ourselves. Each night was a feast of entertainment and good company.

The carefully planned route for the driving days on the first day took us to Pendine Sands and its Museum of Speed, scene of many a speed record attempt and then inland up over the Black Mountains on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, sweeping moorland roads, the verdant Towy Valley and Pembroke farmland back to Slebech.

On the second day we ventured up the coast to St David’s, sat near the cathedral for a sunny coffee and then drove along the switchback coast via my own childhood holiday destinations near Aberporth to Aberaeron to the Hive Restaurant for lunch. The afternoon run took the loose convoy back across the quiet rural roads to an altitude of 1,000 feet back to sea-level without touching a major road. Scenic or what?

Returning to the tranquillity of the hotel for a last night photo shoot, our most intrepid camera-folk sought best angles from which to achieve ‘that perfect shot’ for the upcoming photographic competition. It took some time.

Our last night included dinner with a couples’ quiz twist. We enjoyed another great dinner along with a tricky Welsh quiz narrowly won (by one point, look out!) by Jane and Chris, Angie and Jon taking the wooden spoon.

Thank you to the staff of Slebech Park for their great service, to Aled, for his Brecon Gin and tonics and especially to AS for the faultless route-planning and meticulous management. To those who couldn’t take part, better make sure you don’t miss the next one.

Little Bridge House visit Our regular summer visit to LBH Children’s hospice was another success with eight cars taking children, carers and parents out for a jolly ride courtesy of PCGB R15 and amply supported by the Dealer Principal of PC Exeter.

This year, the RO was able to present a cheque for £4,000 to help with this very worthwhile cause.

As ever, the visit there was a sobering experience and reminds us of the daily difficulties many families with poorly children face. Well done to all the Region’s members for supporting us in fundraising to this fantastic level!

Christmas dinner and dance Now is the time to book your room at the Osbourne Hotel, Torquay for our fabulous Christmas bash on 8 December. Book a two-night stay for an extra night out on Friday or just dinner-dance tickets for Saturday if you are local and don’t need a room.

See the PCGB R15 web pages for more details of our autumn programme.

Keith

DIARY DATES 8 AUGUST August Drive and Dine Club night The Halfway Inn 15 AUGUST Gliding and BBQ - North Hill Airfield, Devon and Somerset Gliding Club 12 SEPTEMBER Club night - The Dolphin 23 SEPTEMBER Scenic drive

Gloucestershire Regional Organisers Elaine Gammon 07854 868396 Stuart Ings 07942 184927 – r16@porscheclubgb.com

Clockwise from above: R16 are going to need a bigger car park to meet in; lovely Keyhaven fishing village; making the most of the hot weather; first stop on the New Forest tour, the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

Club night Last month Alan devised a fiendish route around the edge of Hay Tor for our July Club distraction, a 20-mile numerical treasure hunt. There was close competition, but it was won on a tie-break by newcomers Ann and Gary in their 997.2 S, with all the answers adding up correctly. Please note: car performance had no bearing on the outcome.

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RECENT EVENTS Welcome to an event packed month. June began with an event organised by Sarah and Charles Fox. Because of space restrictions in PP, their report is abridged below but can be seen online, in full, with lots of images on the R16 section of the Club website.

1-3 June R16 New Forest Drive “After an early start, we met in Warminster for a quick coffee, before heading out in a convoy of seven cars. We managed a blast over Salisbury Plain, passing Stonehenge and arriving at Boscombe Down Aviation Collection for a short talk by guide Norman Hibberd before we explored the museum.

“We then headed south, to Salisbury and Lyndhurst and the Fox and Hounds for lunch, followed by a look around the local Ferrari/Maserati garage.

We left Lyndhurst slightly ahead of schedule and got to Milford to find a thick sea mist so no view of the Needles from the Needles Café!

“Saturday, however, dawned sunny and bright, and our convoy had increased to nine cars as we set off across the New Forest and then over Cranborne Chase, with some lovely straight stretches and the famous Zigzag Hill just outside Shaftesbury, arriving at The Grove Arms for coffee.

“Heading back into the New Forest we had lunch at Keyhaven and the glorious weather meant we could eat outside in the garden. A leisurely afternoon saw some of us taking the ‘Puffin Ferry’ over to Hurst Castle where Charles gave a short lesson about big guns!

“The weather was even more stunning on Sunday and we set out from Hordle for the short drive to Beaulieu, where we were told that 3,200 people had pre-paid! So, it was busy, but we were lucky enough to get a spot in the arena before going on the monorail and taking some pics of Beaulieu to complete a great weekend away” June Club night and Concours First, a huge thank you to all of those who came

to the Concours on Club night. An amazing 44 Porsches filled the car park plus others who were unable to come in their Porsche. Second, a big thank you to our judges, John Piper, Wendi Billinghurst and Andy Rodgett – you did an excellent job.

Another big thank you to John Piper from PC Bristol who kindly donated five prizes. A very big thank you goes to Dan, Jim and their team at the Huntsman Inn for donating two prizes for ‘Landlord’s Choice’. Dan and Jim picked two cars that did not actually enter, which we thought quite apt. Last, but not least, thanks to Ted Walker and Les Purnell for roping off the car park.

The weather was very kind to us (it actually rained in Bristol that afternoon). With a few tweaks here and there, we will be repeating this event again at next year’s June Club night. Here’s hoping for even more cars and, of course, congratulations to all this year’s winners.

My 944 S2 Race car At the time of writing, it is just a few days away from the next round of the Porsche Club Championship at Snetterton but, unfortunately, I will not be competing due to some suspension problems I don’t have time to rectify before the race. Apparently, it is going to feel and handle a lot better when it is sorted, but I did think it was OK before.

The two races at Silverstone were the last ones, before the Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch in early September, where we will have the Restoracing Boxsters with us. With the Boxsters behind me on the grid it was always going to be a struggle to keep in front of them as their bigger engines made use of the long straights and fast corners although my 944 has more torque pulling out of the tighter bends.

It’s been great racing on these iconic circuits and it will be a shame to miss Snetterton but next up will be Donington and the famous Craner Curves.

10-11 November Two Moors and More **Please note change of date** Once again, we are thankful to Charles and Sarah Fox for organising yet another drive for our Region.

This one is another weekend away, although you could just do the drive on the Saturday as some did last year. The drive will start Saturday morning from the Holiday Inn Express, Taunton into the Exmoor National Park driving through beautiful countryside including some noted stretches

between Raleigh’s Cross to Wheddon Cross, as well as Exmoor’s high coastal ridge from Porlock to Lynmouth.

After lunch we will continue south towards Tavistock and arrive for a social evening and overnight stay at the Moorland Gardens Hotel, Yelverton, from where we can set out on Sunday morning across Dartmoor past Postbridge to Moretonhampstead, then back to Exeter and home.

As last year, some people will stay Friday night at the Holiday Inn Express, Taunton for a social evening.

8-12 May 2019 Isle of Man Tour Another of our members, Ted Walker is kindly helping with this exciting event and we already have around 40 members who have expressed an interest.

We now have rooms reserved at the Ramsey Park Hotel for B&B with a dinner on the first and last nights. A booking form is now available for members to send off with a £50 deposit and the balance due six weeks prior to the event. This is an inclusive package for the ferry, hotel B&B and the two evening meals.

We will have a few group excursions on the tour and there will be lots of information for members that want to do their own thing.

Expressing an interest does not commit anyone, so please get in touch and you will be the first to hear about further details and deadlines.

We look forward to meeting up with you and wish you well driving around in your Porsche.

Southern Regional Organiser Charlie McLaughlin 02380 694081 M: 07966 126464 r17@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS Club night Wow! we have had fantastic weather for most of June and certainly it shone brightly for June’s Club night that was held at Brookspeed, the biggest Porsche independent in our Region. We were hosted fantastically well by Martin Baybrook and his team.

Martin even delayed his trip to Le Mans to be there .

From left: R17 Concours winners 2018; overall Concours winner Dave Woods

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We had a good showing of cars, even though it was only a few days after our Concours.

Regional spring WOTY Forty brave people left home on Friday morning and made their way to Leamington Spa for the long-awaited WOTY. Some braved the horrible A34 and M40 on a Friday, while others with more time went by the scenic route through the Cotswolds, and good for them. Friday dinner was busy, and the bar afterwards was equally busy, with all of us filling the hotel.

Saturday dawned and a 50-mile drive to Bletchley Park was on the agenda. When Kathryn decided to go in Pete Stanbridge’s Macan, it gave me an opportunity to exercise my new GT3 on the roundabouts and straights near Silverstone – 9000rpm is very noisy, but John Smith and I enjoyed it.

Bletchley Park was fascinating, we were all amazed by the dressing up in 1950s style by the visitors. It certainly added to the charm of the day. The afternoon ended with us all back in the hotel’s lounge area, where we helped David Spreadbury celebrate his 70th birthday and demolish his nice cake.

Our WOTY dinner on the Saturday night was great, the food and company, as good as it gets. All enhanced by the magician, laid on by Peter Standbridge who organised the whole weekend superbly. Quite a few stayed the Sunday night and, therefore, on Sunday we had a visit to a few National Trust houses in the area and a drink stop at the Castle at Edge Hill, a lovely day in glorious sunshine, a big thanks to Peter and Kay for organising it all.

Regional Concours As a ‘show and shiner’, I look forward to the annual Concours and, thankfully, so do many R17 members.

Our venue for the fourth year was the excellent lawns of Avington House, near Winchester, where more than 50 cars took part in the event. This was a group picnic, followed by a charity raffle and prize-giving.

Thanks to all who took part, but especially those who gave up their time to assist in the judging.

Congratulations to the class winners. The overall winner was once again Dave Woods, this time with his 914/6. The standard is getting higher and, hopefully, one or two are considering joining the national PCGB competition in September.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS I hope you all received the MailChimp sent in June, it’s

a great way to remind members about events and certainly helps in boosting numbers. In particular, there are two events in August for your diaries. First, after an absence of a few years, we are hosting a ‘car treasure hunt’ followed by a BBQ at Alresford Golf Club on Sunday, 12 August. The BBQ is £12.50pp and we need to know numbers for the catering, so please email or text me soonest. Second, we have had a great response to our first ‘shooting day’ on 15 August, but if pushed, I could accommodate a few more, let me know.

Keep enjoying this great weather, long may it last.

Charlie McLaughlin DIARY DATES 12 AUGUST Treasure hunt and BBQ Meet at Boathouse Café, Swanick at 10.30am.

14 AUGUST Club night Empress of Blandings from 7.30pm onwards.

15 AUGUST Clay pigeon shoot Compton Manor Estate for 9.45am start.

Clockwise from above: 918 Spyder for sale at £1.25 million at Supercar Sunday; Healey 100M at Mitton Hall; Dutch visitors and R18 join Rover SD1 at Lakeland Motor Museum

Lancashire & Cumbria Regional Organiser David Baker 01772 451970 – r18@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS Classic Car Breakfast at the Cornerhouse This was well supported by members from R18 and R5. By 8.30am the car park was full of a variety of sports and classic cars, with those arriving at 9am or after having to park on the adjacent lanes.

10 June Drive and lunch Meeting up in the Roman village of Ribchester, eight crews, including new members Chris and Frances O’ Gare, departed for an Alan Ridehalgh organised tour of scenic villages within the Ribble Valley and East Lancashire.

The navigation gave concerns for some as this was in the form of tulip maps. Still, they reached the first point of interest OK, this being the Jesuit Stoneyhurst College followed by the quaint village of Chipping.

After passing through the Queen’s private property of the Duchy of Lancaster around Whitewell, the route included Newton and Slaidburn, with a view of the annual steam rally. The moorland roads around Downham were followed by the Demdyke Witch

villages of Newchurch and Sabden before climbing Pendle Hill and finishing at Whalley Abbey – an enjoyable run of great driving roads and history.

We look forward to Alan’s Friday evening drive and ‘chippy tea’ on 10 August.

Porsche Club Netherlands A small group from Porsche Club Netherlands had been in contact with Club Office who contacted me to see if we could help with some suggestions of good driving roads for their visit to the Lake District. Several members came forward with proposed drives and a group of us from Lancashire met them in Bowness.

We took them to the Lakeland Motor Museum near Ulverston that includes the Donald Campbell display, and enjoyed lunch in Café Ambio. The Dutch were delighted at the routes they had been given and had not experienced such hilly roads such as Wrynose and Hardnott passes. Our visit coincided with the monthly classic car breakfast at the museum. These are held on the first Saturday of

the month and would be a great alternative to some of the monthly social meetings. There is a discount for car club members and an annual pass is also available at an attractive price. We are also considering a WOTY in the Netherlands next year to meet up with Bet Van Sellers and his group.

Drive and lunch and Grasmere show David Nightingale organised another of his drives and lunches in the north of the Region with the start at Tebay. Thanks to David and Lynn for organising this.

A couple of Cumbria-based members entered the Grasmere Classic Car Charity Show organised by the local Lions Club.

21 June Classic Cars at Wray R18 members attended the Classic Car get-together at Wray. Around 150 sports and classic cars attend these events on the Lancashire-Cumbria border.

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The meetings tend to dissipate about 8.30pm with many going onto a scenic drive. These monthly meetings are on the third Thursday of the month, but please check online for further information.

20 June Monthly meeting This was an ‘away night’ at a micro-brewery - Farm Yard Ales, at Cockerham near Garstang. Around 40 members enjoyed a quick tour of the micro-brewery and a talk by Head Brewer Darius, who explained the brewing process. A pizza van was also present and we all enjoyed these facilities as well as a ’swift half’ in the bar.

There are plans to build a small restaurant area, which will be let on a monthly basis to different providers, so watch this space.

24 June Supercar Sunday at Mitton Hall In previous years, this event was a regular feature on R18’s calendar, but visitor numbers had grown significantly so it was relocated. As usual, you need to be there before 8.30am to have a chance of getting on the car park. There is always a variety of sport and supercars there including a 918 Spyder with a for sale ticket of £1.25 million. There were also Ferraris and McLarens, a Noble, Maserati and an excellent turnout of Porsches. Keep an eye out on the Mitton Hall website for details of future events.

I hope you are all receiving the MailChimp newsletters, and checking the Forum for forthcoming events, many of which require booking to help the organisers arrange numbers for catering.

If you would like a copy of the latest events calendar, please contact me at R18@Porscheclubgb.com If you are not receiving our newsletter, please contact Club Office to make sure they have your current email address.

We look forward to meeting you at future events.

David, Judy and the R18 organising team DIARY DATES 5 AUGUST Classic Car Breakfast The Cornerhouse Wrightington 8.30am to 12noon.

10 AUGUST Evening drive and chippy tea Contact me for details of where and what time we are meeting.

11 AUGUST Classic Car Show – Miller Park Preston For pre-2000 cars. This event will be fully booked but well worth a visit.

19 AUGUST R3 Regional Show – Witton Castle.

See R3 report for full information.

22 AUGUST Preston Sports and Supercar Club Breakfast meeting The Phantom Winger, Fulwood, Preston, IBIS Hotel, at the M6/M55 Junction.

2 SEPTEMBER Classic Car Breakfast The Cornerhouse, Wrightington.

19 SEPTEMBER Monthly meeting Garstang GC 23 SEPTEMBER Drive and lunch in East Lancashire Organised by Jo and Alan Diamond. Meet at Burger King, Bamber Bridge, at the end of the M65 at 9am. Further info will be via Mailchimp and on the Forum.

RECENT EVENTS Prescott Hill Climb Hi everyone. We start this month by continuing where we left off in July’s report, and reporting on our visit to Prescott Hill Climb, simply because May was so busy there was not enough space to get every article in June’s issue. Ten R19 members met at the Tesco garage in Eynsham to convoy on to Prescott itself. Even though we spent several miles behind the ‘safety car’ (actually, a white van that wouldn’t have troubled a spirited ride by a bunch of ‘Lycra warriors’.)

I use this disparaging tone because I emailed a cycling club’s information centre out of courtesy regarding a planned drive, but three months on, no reply; but I digress. So, after what seemed like an eternity behind a van using the national speed limit as a ‘guide not a target’, we caught Prescott on the hop and had to do some shuffling about to get in but get in we did. We parked and formed an orderly mob as we went through registration and the usual briefings. The weather was fantastic and we all had a great day. The now traditional R19 lunch in the paddock gets better every year and it was good to see a wide crosssection of Porsches from within the Region, ranging from Ian’s rather splendid red 356 running on a pair of Weber 40 IDFs (infinitely better than the Solex equivalent) through Adrian and Graham’s 944 S2, James’ 968, Mada’s 4x4 and various iterations of 911.

It was a first for me as I took the 996T up the hill this time; splendid fun! The Region’s award for conspicuous bravery goes to Mada who took her massive 4x4 up the hill as well. Well done Mada!

70 years of Porsche We give thanks to everyone who offered their cars for the sportscars together display in celebration of 70 years of Porsche at PC Reading. Thanks particularly to Paul and Vimal who presented their cars at their absolute best and that does not come without effort, which is much appreciated. The Centre put on a great event that was well attended with over 720 confirmed, and, by the looks of it, they were all there when I popped in. The Club’s members even managed to help with the provision of a Porsche tractor, without which no celebration would be complete. Samantha and her team put on some great hospitality too, providing everyone with complimentary tea, coffee, breakfast rolls (be it bacon, sausage or both) and what a great idea to have fish and chips available at lunch time as well. I have included pictures of members cars on display, sadly though I could not find any vandalised (graffitied) walls to photograph them in front of.

Breakfast drive At the very last minute, loosely based on finalising Le Mans Classic details, interested parties met at the Novello at just before 7am ready to leave for a

breakfast run drive. We had eight cars, not exclusively from the Le Mans group (some couldn’t make it) and we had a good 90-minute tour of local roads. We took in the snake-like Winter Hill, very reminiscent of the Horseshoe Pass; no less a challenge with its tighter bends and 30mph speed limits, and travelled through Shurlock Row, near Twyford, and Binfield. At one point, we slowed down to a crawl because a pheasant wanted to walk up the middle of the road, and, for the tail-end-Charlie, you now know why we inexplicably slowed down. We arrived at Fernygrove Café just in time for opening and had a good breakfast and got some things organised. Thanks everyone for supporting this early event, even though it seemed like an ungodly hour, the local knowledge of the roads, the number of cyclists likely to be encounted and even limited parking at the café to be considered, it finally made sense to everyone I hope; not exactly a dawn raid, but close.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 19 August R19 BBQ Now in its 10th year, I think - correct me if I am wrong - R19’s annual BBQ will be held from mid-day onwards. It is a very simple arrangement that has worked well so far and, if you want to come, just turn up with whatever you want to have cooked, and I will do my best to cook it to your liking. Within the Regional budget I am not permitted to pay for cooked food, but sandwiches are an acceptable expenditure, and my argument is this; what if I don’t buy sandwiches, but just buy the ingredients? In other words, the Region will provide salad and bread for you all, but if you want to bring your own anyway then that’s not a problem either.

So that we can have two activities in August I have chosen and booked The Novello for 19 August, so all you have to do is turn up, and please don’t forget that the event is open to children too. Also, please remember that the BBQ is in addition to our regular monthly meeting on 5 August. My BBQ tongs and I look forward to welcoming you to the hearth. If you have concerns about inclement weather (rain to you) then don’t worry about that either because R19 has a large event shelter which will be erected if wet, so you are guaranteed to stay dry. This year is the third year of my current food hygiene certificate, so you can have peace of mind that nothing will leave the griddle unless it is properly cooked.

3 November Fireworks More advanced notice for you, I have investigated the possibility of using The Novello for a firework evening. To have a good range of poppers, bangers and sparkly things I plan to ask for a donation of £5pp in advance. Let me know what you think through the usual channels.

PCGB, you know it makes sense

Thames Valley Regional Organiser John Barnatt 01628 471985 – 07890 181495 r19@porscheclubgb.com

From left: Paul’s 3.2 Targa at PC Reading; Vimal’s 1970 2.2 S on display for Porsche’s 70th Anniversary

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356. Out East is more of the same but with amazing street art; pop by with your Porsche and say hello.

See you out on the road - Ed and Nick

Regional Organisers Nick and Ed Pike 02089 607 111 – r20@porscheclubgb.com Facebook: pcgb.r20 Instagram: @porscheclubgblondon Twitter: @PCGB_London Opening words We are deep in event season with 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Le Mans Classic and the Silverstone Classic all behind us. Looking forward, August has that Groundhog Day feel, with the WEC returning to Silverstone, looking for better weather after the snowstorms of last year.

The Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch at the end of August is close to home and we are expecting a big London turnout, plus a few surprises.

If you fancy coming out on a drive, we have an evening drive to Kent (15 August). The ever-popular London Landmarks is in September (16 and 23), and a run to the South Downs in the autumn. Check out our Regional pages for the latest availability and the sign-up dates.

With the backdrop of the iconic Ace Cafe, this Porsche-only meet remains hugely popular; with an open, speakeasy feel. You can never be sure what will turn up; in June it was a stunning Singer, and the Club

A selection of recent events For the full write up of all our events and galleries, see our Regional website at www.porscheclubgb.com/ london/news.

24 Hours of Le Mans Another thrilling year of racing, and Porsche comradeship at the Club campsite at ‘Village on the Curves’. With a strong field of nine Porsche 911 RSRs it was always going to be exciting. The fans favourite, the ‘Pink Pig’, took an early lead and managed to maintain it for the 24 hours, driving home to victory in GTE PRO with the Rothmans liveried car in second after a close fought race with the #68 Ford.

The LMP classes had plenty to keep us occupied, even without the bigger name manufacturers. It was Toyota’s year in LMP1 with an almost flawless parade for the 24 hours, leaving the rest of the field to compete. Next year promises to reinforce Le Mans 24 as the ‘greatest race of the year’, as it becomes the championship decider.

000 Magazine does London Landmarks So, what do you do when Pete and Alex from 000 Magazine are in our home town, all the way from

West Coast, USA? You kidnap them and show them around London style, at sunrise on a Sunday morning.

A perfect time to do the route check for our upcoming London Landmarks drives.

With the Club 356 we opted for some friends with rare PTS (Paint to Sample) shades, a passion for the 000 team. Our offensive line included a Gulf Blue SC and a Zanzibar Red 996GT3, our quarterback, and, for sheer power, a Midnight Blue 996GT2. Our wide receivers were an Outlaw 911 and a Red 914. See our scheduled drives in September for more details.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 15 August R20 ‘On Tour’ - Summer Cruise (south) An updated route heading for our evening drive across the downs of Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, before a late supper. Sign-up opened on 12 July.

16 September and 23 September R20 Escape London Landmarks We start as the sun rises over London, passing over 40 of the city’s iconic landmarks and end up at a great breakfast location. This is by far our most popular drive and has now become a ‘bucket list’ event. Signup opens 1 August, check the website for latest availability.

DIARY DATES 30 JULY Ace Cafe Meet Europe’s largest free monthly Porsche-only meet. The North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London, NW10 7UD, from 6pm. (Last Monday of the month).

15 AUGUST R20 ‘On Tour’ – Summer Cruise A great evening drive into the Kent Downs, a perfect way to shake off the cobwebs.

19 AUGUST Out East Join us on Beachy Road, London, E3 2NS from 8.30am onwards (third Sunday of the month).

Plenty of street parking with an urban backdrop, together with two amazing breakfast venues.

27 AUGUST Ace Cafe Meet

Chiltern Regional Organiser Terry Perry 07748 555333 – r21@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS

From top: Pink Pig, flying; ‘Porschebello’ Road with 000 Magazine; Singer leaving Ace Cafe

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5 June R21 BBQ Committee member Graham reports; “The R21 committee decided to arrange our annual summer BBQ in June with the aim of enjoying better weather and longer evenings. Funded partly by Steve and Claire Winter from Jaz Specialists in All Things Porsche Ltd, the BBQ was provided by The Black Horse in Chesham and managed by Lisa and her team who did a wonderful job of looking after us. Our thanks to Steve and Claire and The Black Horse team.

“As we arrived and set up the PCGB flags, the clouds almost cleared and the sun broke through but not quite enough to make it a balmy summer evening.

Even so, we had a car park almost full of Porsches and the variety of models and colours on view made for a fantastic sight and represented almost 70 years of Porsche. We also had first-time members join us and we look forward to seeing them at future events as successful as this one.”

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Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water preceded by a lunch run of approximately two hours.

The lunch run will start from last year’s finish venue, The Flight Deck Café, situated in the control tower at Turweston Aerodrome, near Brackley.

Plentiful parking is available. We will meet for coffee and cake at 10am, when suggested route information will be available in the form of marked up extracts from O.S. 1:50,000 Landranger maps, offering either a northerly or southerly tour of the Cotswolds. Leave at your leisure but allow about two hours to arrive at Bourton-on-the-Water in time for a spot of lunch and the museum visit which will commence from 2pm. No specific lunch arrangements have been made as Bourton-on-the-Water has several decent eateries and many other attractions. There is good information available on the internet. You may wish to book somewhere or, at the other extreme, bring a picnic! We have arranged dedicated parking in Bourton-on-the-Water courtesy of the local British Legion. The museum has an interesting collection of vehicles and motoring memorabilia, have a look at their website: cotswoldmotoringmuseum.co.uk In order to gauge approximate numbers, please email Martin Foster with your intentions and any questions at fozziemj@btinternet.com

Clockwise from top left: R21 members’ cars lined up ready for the BBQ; Carrera GT at Azuri open morning; lots of smiling faces and prize-winners at Azuri

Terry DIARY DATES

24 June Azuri open morning Graham reports: “The day dawned bright and warm, setting us up for a great visit to the Azuri Open Morning. Azuri offer a number of detailing services including machine polishing, GTechniq coating and XPEL paint protection film. Experts were on hand to provide demonstrations and answer any questions from members.

“There was a fantastic range of cars in attendance including a 356, a good selection of 911s, Boxster and Cayman models plus the star attendance of a Carrera GT that attracted a lot of attention.

“Azuri arranged for a fresh coffee vendor to be on site along with a caterer providing bacon and sausage rolls which, along with the warm weather, made for a very enjoyable and relaxing Sunday morning event. A raffle raised over £900 for the R21 charity, Herts Air Ambulance, and PCGB member Savash Balman was the lucky winner of a full paint enhancement and Gtechniq coating for his car valued at £850. We are grateful to Graham Frawley of Azure for organising the event for R21 members.

“Talking to the Sales Director of XPEL, I was made aware of a product I had not been seen before – ‘TracWrap’. This is a temporary protection film that can be easily applied and removed safely to protect cars on track days or from any other event or trip that might result in paint chips. Have a look at the XPEL website if you are interested.”

x Pre-millennium Class for vehicles registered during or before 1999. x Post-millennium Class for vehicles registered during 2000 or later. x Visitors Class for non-R21 members.

There is no need to register, just turn up on the day.

4 August Sound of Speed – Booker Airfield, High Wycombe Chris James is organising R21’s attendance at this event and is still looking for PCGB cars to be involved.

Details can be found on their website soundofspeedfestival.co.uk They are keen to have a display of 12 highperformance Porsches on the infield area with some of the cars being able to do demonstration runs up the runway. Competition cars that are not road legal are also welcome. If you are interested in participating in the PCGB display, please email Chris at: cjames24@hotmail.com

29 July R21 Concours at PC Hatfield We are pleased to announce that this year’s R21 Concours will be held at PC Hatfield. The event will commence at 10.30am, judging will start at 11am and we estimate prize-giving will be at approximately 1pm.

Refreshments will be provided courtesy of PC Hatfield.

7 August Club night - new venue Please note that we are going to be using a new Club night venue on a three-month trial basis. Although we have enjoyed our time at the Black Horse it is often not big enough for the number of people that we now get at meetings, particularly if we have a guest speaker. So, from August onwards, we will be meeting at The Little Hay Golf Complex at Box Lane, Bovingdon HP3 0DT. This is great venue; there is a surfaced car park, a large meeting room, excellent bar facilities and a good menu. We are planning to have a guest speaker at the August meeting and details will be emailed nearer the date.

Little Hay is not normally open in the evenings so to make this work commercially, for them and us, we need to have a good attendance level. Please come and support Club nights at Little Hay.

There will be four classes as follows: x Master Class for any vehicle that has won a Concours award in the last five years.

12 August Lunch Run and Cotswold Motoring Museum visit We are organising a visit to the Cotswold Motoring

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

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29 JULY Concours - PC Hatfield 4 AUGUST Sound of Speed 7 AUGUST Club night - Little Hay Golf Complex 12 AUGUST Sunday drive and Cotswold Motoring Museum visit 4 SEPTEMBER Club night - Little Hay Golf Complex 9 SEPTEMBER Breakfast meet the Crew Room, Denham Aerodrome

Sussex Regional Organisers Chris and Martin Woolger 07720 849982 or 07802 409272 R23@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS We have not had an opportunity to put together a full report this month as we’ve just completed 18 days of driving on the Targa Florio and, at time of writing, we are preparing to travel with other R23 members to Classic Le Mans – more details in the next issue of PP. FORTHCOMING EVENTS 5 August Porsches on Display at Borde Hill Gardens Final reminder of an event at Borde Hill, where the organisers have invited us back to display our cars on the lawns in front of the manor house. The entry includes visitor access to the very well-known gardens and is open to the public as well.

To book we will need name, membership number, car registration number and model details.

Attendance tickets will be issued to display in your cars to gain access to the site. The cost is £7 per car.

If you wish to display your car, please email r23@porscheclubgb.com

and chairs for everyone to be accommodated.

“Luckily Steve and Jane were attending and sold numerous raffle tickets, whilst we both greeted new members – so many, in fact, that we’ve listed them below, welcome from R24 to: Daniel Rigby 997 Turbo Cabriolet Mitch and Maria Goldberg 718S Richard Holmes 987 Cayman S Russell Clarkson 987 Cayman S Chris Piercey 996 Kieran Finlay 996 Graham and Maggie Goodman 3.2 Carrera Clubsport David and Ann Bentinck Carrera 2 Roy and Anne Smith 987 Boxster Keith Jenkins 996 “New members welcomed it was on to ‘NAT’ (News At Ten) which brought those present up to date with events both past and present, some of which are detailed below.”

Club nights Our regular monthly meetings are at The Bolney Stage (London Road, Bolney Village, RH17 5RL) from 7pm in the main restaurant behind the bar – no booking required. Please come straight into the room where orders will be taken from your tables, so you don’t have to queue at the bar.

Chris and Martin Woolger DIARY DATES 5 AUGUST Porsches on Display Borde Hill Gardens 7 AUGUST Monthly meeting - Bolney 4 SEPTEMBER Monthly meeting - Bolney 8-16 SEPTEMBER Driving tour of the Romantic Road, Germany 2 OCTOBER Monthly meeting - Bolney 6 NOVEMBER Monthly meeting – Bolney

My thanks to Alan for standing in at short notice. A great night all round, well done and my thanks.

Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire

Golf and BBQ evening Wow, what a summer so far! On a hot and balmy evening, the annual BBQ and golf pitch and putt evening took place at the Kingsway Golf Centre.

Members and our friends from PC Cambridge were drawn into teams and then headed for the course.

Eight holes of pitch and putt. Teams scores were then added to a Porsche quiz cunningly devised by Julian Dell, Director of Kingsway GC and a Club member. A delicious BBQ followed, and it was then onto the prizegiving. The winning team of Sam, Dan, Mandy and Manjit who also took the award for the nearest the pin shot can be seen in the photo below. Well done to all and our thanks to James and staff at the Golf club for another magnificent event.

Regional Organiser John Dunn 01954 789764 – r24@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS June Club night With the absence of two of the four members of the committee and one member only being able to attend for a short duration, Steve Gillings was joined

by Alan Chambers to bring you the Region’s June Club night. In Alan’s words: “It was manic! I think somebody said there were over 30 Porsches in the car park. Some had to spill over onto the grassed area – which had been nicely cut. There were insufficient tables

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 18 August MAGPAS Air Ambulance dine, drive and charity donation You may have seen in PP that we will be donating to our chosen charity, MAGPAS Air Ambulance and we can now confirm details for the event. Unfortunately, numbers are restricted due to part of the event taking place on an active military base.

We’ll meet at 12noon at The Plough Coton (CB23 7PL, theploughcoton.co.uk) for lunch and then head off for a scenic drive from around 2.15pm to MAGPAS headquarters at RAF Wyton. After a tour of MAGPAS we’ll have a photo shoot, and hand over our Regional donation. To join the visit, we’ll need your full name, a mobile number, car registration, model details including the colour of your car.

Golf winners: Sam, Dan, Mandy and Manjit who also took the award for the nearest the pin shot

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RAF Wyton is an active airbase, and, on the day, you will be required to carry photo ID, either a driving licence or passport. All drivers as well as passengers may be requested to show these documents. Other military restrictions may apply.

As ever, this event is first-come-first-served.

To book your place please email edward.parry4@ ntworld.com with the details requested above.

More details on MAGPAS can be found at magpas.org.uk 9 September Regional Concours We can now confirm that our Regional Concours event will take place at the Ferryboat. Permission has been granted by the Parish Council for Concours car parking in front of the Ferryboat. This gives us the perfect location to show off our cars on the grass bank between the front of the river and the pub.

The event will take much the same format as last year; arrive, park, Danish pastry and coffee or tea served.

As ever, you will be the judges who decide who goes home with a trophy. Awards will be made for the best cars in class. Pre-booked cars only please since the Ferryboat needs numbers to cater for us. We are taking names at Club night or email r24@porscheclubgb.com We also hope to be able to bring you part two of the guided tour of Hollywell on foot with a local historian and we’ll have lunch on the day.

OTHER NEWS New members are always made most welcome.

Make the best of your membership and come along and join us at one of the events or Club nights at the Ferryboat on the second Wednesday of each month.

We look forward to seeing you. Full address and how to find the pub can be found at oldenglishinns.co.uk/ our-locations/the-old-ferry-boat-st-ives/ Enjoy your cars and events John Dunn

Kent Regional Organisers Phil and Pearl Sharland 01797 344121 – r25@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS Canal boating Twenty members booked a day on two canal boats on the River Wey this month. What a lovely way to spend a

If you have not registered your email address with the Club, please do so soon so that we can send you our regular updates on all our events.

Our monthly meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month (Brands Hatch event schedule permitting) at The Kentagon at Brands Hatch, near West Kingsdown (Main Gate on the A20) from 7.30pm and are always very informal and give an opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. Whatever Porsche you drive you will always find someone with a similar interest.

If you are a new member attending one of our Club nights, then look out for the yellow T-shirts and sweatshirts worn by us and our committee members.

We are there to introduce you to other members and make you feel at home.

Don’t forget - if you want to come along to any of the events advertised then please make sure you let us know in advance. Telephone 01797 344121 or email r25@porscheclubgb.com

Clockwise from left: canal boats together in a lock by Trevor Smith; Shoreham-by-Sea all-weather lifeboat

by Phil Sharland; Porsche Club at Heritage Parts Centre by Milner Pic

sunny Sunday, starting from Farncombe Boat House we had a gentle meander along the river, negotiating the locks on the way. We took our lunch at the halfway point at the National Trust centre at Dapdune Wharf in Guildford before turning for our return journey. We had packed a cream tea for everyone so stopped on the way back and, as all the seating at our chosen stopping place was full, we all squeezed onto one boat to enjoy the scones, jam and cream together. This was voted a great day out and will be repeated sometime in the future.

June Club night A lovely sunny and warm evening made for a great show of Porsches at our Club night at Brands Hatch.

Lots of new members joined us, as well as plenty of our usual regular members. Lots of great cars to see parked outside with their drivers enjoying the sunshine. Thank you to all the new members who came along, we hope to see you again soon.

Our breakfast club met at Little Farthingloe Café later in the month with around 30 members enjoying a hearty breakfast and lots of chat.

Mid-week run At the end of the month we had a mid-week run which turned out to be a full day. Starting with coffee at PC Tonbridge we set off in heavy traffic for Shorehamby-Sea’s lifeboat station, where we were booked for a guided tour in the morning. After a very interesting tour we adjourned to the nearby Shoreham Airport for lunch where we were well looked after.

Having advertised the day in advance in PP, we received an invitation from Heritage Parts Centre,

situated in Shoreham, to visit their facility for a ‘behind the scenes’ tour. Eighteen members decided to take advantage of the offer and we descended ‘en masse’ in the afternoon. We were made very welcome with teas, coffees and water and were treated to an interesting tour, in smaller groups, to see the huge array of parts for VW and Porsche available for the older models. To mark the occasion their photographer came in to take some shots of our cars outside in their despatch yard.

Our grateful thanks to Andy Gregory, Marketing Manager, and the photographer Lee Milner of Milner Pics, for a great end to our day.

Happy and Safe Motoring Wishing you smooth and empty roads Phil and Pearl

DIARY DATES 29 JULY Kentish tour 1 AUGUST Club night - Brands Hatch **Please note this is out of sequence** 19 AUGUST Archery and BBQ 12 SEPTEMBER Club night - Brands Hatch 23 SEPTEMBER Day out - Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre 30 SEPTEMBER Breakfast club Location to be confirmed.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 29 July Kentish tour Our tour begins with breakfast at Addington, lunch at Lamberhurst and finishing with dinner at Dungeness as well as using tulip map directions to navigate the day.

Members can choose how much of the day they want to do. For further details interested members should contact Sue and Mick at m1ck.dennis@btinternet.com 19 August Archery and BBQ Numbers for this event are limited and spaces need to be booked by 1 August. No experience needed as experts will be on hand and there may be a little competition. The archery (£12pp) will be followed by a BBQ (£8pp).

R25 events All our events can be found on the Kent Region calendar of events. Full details are, of course, in PP and on the PCGB website.

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Dorset Joint Regional Organisers Trefor Willingham 01747 838158 Karl Wells 07980 212056 r26@porscheclubgb.com Reports provided by Chris Hak RECENT EVENTS Beaulieu Simply Porsche From a low-key start a few years ago, Simply Porsche has grown bigger by the year and is now a firm fixture on the annual Porsche event calendar. This year,

orderly queue behind… well, the couple at the front shall remain nameless but having been the last to arrive, how they managed to get served first we’ll never know. I suspect years of practice in the art of stealth may have had something to do with it!

After a most enjoyable meal, Tref had the unenviable task of rounding everybody up for the official part of the evening but with very little to report that couldn’t wait until another time, he kept it mercifully short. Thanks to all the staff at the George Albert Hotel for their hospitality and putting on a great spread of food.

Boxster Restoracing Challenge I’m sure you are aware of the inter-Porsche Centre Restoracing challenge, so I won’t go into details here.

But did you know that with a car prepared and maintained before, during and after the races by the same technicians who work on our cars at Ferndown, the PC Bournemouth entry, driven by Ben McLoughlin has now won four out of four races with the Gerard Larrousse-inspired, hippy-liveried 968 S? With the final two races at the Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch on 2 September, if you need an excuse to make the journey to Kent, this is surely it!

Clockwise from above: the PCGB area at Simply Porsche; by coincidence, the PC Bournemouth Concours winners parked together; the Porsche timeline at The Grange; Sportscar Together Day in the grounds of The Grange

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there were over 1600 Porsches in attendance ranging from pre-A 356s to the latest 991s and a growing trade presence. When you throw in the National Motor Museum, palace grounds, special displays, monorail, etc. which are all included in the entrance price, there really is something for everyone, making it a great value, family day out.

Previously, Beaulieu has been reluctant to allocate areas to clubs or model types due to the logistical problems but, this year, R17’s Jon Fisher organised a plot for PCGB, giving us room for 30-plus cars and, with a gazebo erected, somewhere to rest our weary feet. Perfect weather throughout made for a relaxed and very enjoyable day, bookended by a great drive through the New Forest.

Sportscar Together Day On 8 June 1948, Porsche number one, the mid-engine 356 prototype, emerged from a woodshed in Gmünd, Austria. To celebrate the company’s 70th birthday, events took place around the world over the weekend of 9-10 June and, for their part, PC Bournemouth invited owners and their families to their showroom in Ferndown for a celebration of all things Porsche. With a display of classic and modern Porsches, racing simulators, the BATAK challenge, Porsche inspired artwork from Jane Sweeting, refreshments throughout the morning and the all-important breakfast baps, a great time was had by all. In addition, in return for a donation to the Alzheimer’s Society, those wishing to do so were invited to enter a Concours competition that was followed by a drive to The Grange near Alresford to meet up with PC Portsmouth and their guests for lunch.

Saved by public demand from demolition in 1975 and set in the rolling Hampshire countryside overlooking the River Itchen, The Grange is a remarkable example of Greek Revival architecture and, to an architectural philistine like myself, it looked for all the world like a real Greek Temple.

Although the house isn’t open to the public, with free

entry to the estate it’s worth a visit to see the stunning exterior of the property and enjoy the idyllic gardens – and for opera lovers, there are performances throughout the summer, one of which followed immediately after we left. It was here that we enjoyed a convivial lunch in the quirky dining area (‘shabby chic’ meets Downton Abbey) after which we retired to the portico for coffee and the presentation of the Concours awards. With the competition at each dealership split into two categories, pre- and post-2006, it was left to PC Bournemouth and former PC Portsmouth Dealer Principle, Phil Brine, to announce the winners and present them with their awards. Winner of the post-2006 PC Bournemouth Concours was Chris Ashdown with his stunning ‘Paint to Sample’, Olympic Blue 991 Turbo S and the pre-2006 winner was the 1988 Carrera 3.2 owned by the chap at the back of the crowd trying to get some decent photos of the presentation – yours truly!

Seriously, I was genuinely honoured to win an award on such an auspicious occasion and I think the other Chris was chuffed too!

Presentations over, with 70 Porsches needing to depart along a mile-long single-track driveway and the opera buffs due to arrive at any time, it was time to say our goodbyes and head home. I thank Phil, Evie and all the staff at PC Bournemouth and PC Portsmouth for their hospitality and organising yet another memorable event.

R26 Monthly meeting and BBQ On the day after the summer solstice, in the middle of a sustained period of glorious weather, it was time for the R26 summer BBQ at the George Albert Hotel.

Always a popular event and for good reason, this year we had 53 in attendance, a car-park nicely filled with Porsches, the sunshine, alfresco dining, great food and great company – what more could we ask for?

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25 August Canford Classics Canford Classics are holding their fifth Classics and Coffee open day. Different to our exclusive visit in April, it is a great event and not to be missed so if you are planning on being there, to give them some idea of numbers can you register via the link on their website?

9 September Portland Paul Butcher has organised another visit to Portland.

This will include visits to the lighthouse, the Coastguard watch station and lunch at ‘The Pulpit’.

Further details to follow.

DIARY DATES 16 AUGUST Monthly meeting 25 AUGUST Canford Classics open morning, Winterborne Kingston (DT11 9AT) 2 SEPTEMBER Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche

Ireland Regional Organiser Ken Mack 07860 850444 – r27@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser John Hilditch 07907 437303 RECENT EVENTS R27 Festival of Porsche Top of the list and by far our most involved event of the year was the R27 Festival of Porsche. Sharing the 70th Anniversary of Porsche at the new multimillion-pound PC Belfast, the home of Porsche in Northern Ireland, it was truly a landmark event in so many ways!

For the last number of years, we held our keystone event in the very apt setting of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. However, a conversation earlier this year with Paul McConaghy, Aftersales Manager at PC Belfast, set the wheels in

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Clockwise from below: R27 at the Parliament Buildings; enjoying the sun at Kilbroney; Colum Jordan with his Best in Show Carrera Sport

mark out our territory. We had a great site close to the entrance and the all-important catering area!

The day got off to a very damp start, but it takes more than a spot of rain to deter the ‘Regionnaires de 27’! As expected around 15 cars made up our display. The general rule at Kilbroney it that vehicles should be registered before 1990, however, on pre-arranged club stands that rule is relaxed. So, we had a good mix of old and new!

It turned into a relaxed day and the sun joined us mid-morning, just in time for the picnics! If you missed the show this year, we will be discussing attending in 2019 at our annual planning meeting later this year.

For all events and meetings, full details will be emailed to members (Please take a moment to ensure that Club HQ has your current email address),

motion (pun slightly intended!) that led to this year’s celebration.

With plans for the Porsche Platinum anniversary gaining momentum we could quickly see the benefits of combining the two events, and, as they say, the plan was hatched. And really there was just no other place to be to on such a special occasion.

Almost 50 cars made it to PC Belfast, with body work shining, interiors gleaming and windscreens reflecting the intense summer sunshine! It was great to have the support of so many members who had obviously risen to the challenge of making their Porsche look as good as it possibly could for the ‘Big Birthday’ event.

Visitors flocked from the attractions on display in PC Belfast to see R27 at its best. Helped, of course, by the presence of our Club stand, which was prominently positioned in Dealer Principal, Carl Russell’s shiny new showroom. Thanks to our R27 committee who helped staff the stand and chatted to several dozen potential new members.

This year was also a first for the Region when we used the PCGB website to allow members to pre-register and buy tickets in advance. This eased the administration requirements on the day of the event and allowed an accurate forecast of numbers. It also meant that vehicle display cards could be produced in advance with personalised, pre-printed details of the vehicle on display. The cards also made a nice keepsake of the day for members.

Anniversary photo Following the fun and presentation, it was off to Parliament Building for a special anniversary photograph. A big thank you goes to photographer Simon Longworth who, a colleague of R27 member

Danny Rae, willingly volunteered to capture the moment for us.

Pictures taken, we then headed off to the Cultra Inn for a well-earned, early evening meal to round off this year’s Festival of Porsche!

Many thanks to everyone who helped make for a great day. It would be remiss of me not to mention the team back at Cornbury House, who I think I pestered most days in the lead up to the event for all sorts of help, including the production of Anniversary Lanyards. Incidentally, we still have some lanyards which will be available for member to purchase at Region events. And finally, a big thank you to everyone at PC Belfast – the home of Porsche in Northern Ireland!

Trophy winners: Best in Show: Carrera Sport (1988) – Colum Jordan Best Post-2000 Vehicle: 911 Targa (2009) – Ashley Silcock Runner-Up Post 2000 Vehicle: 911 Turbo (2010) – Ian Stewart Best Pre-2000 Vehicle: 964 C2 (1992) – Mark Sloane Runner-up Pre-2000 Vehicle: 924 S (1988) – Desi Stewart Well done to everyone for taking part.

Kilbroney Classic Just one week later and it was off to the Kilbroney Classic, an annual event held in the exquisite setting of Kilbroney Forest Park at Rostrevor.

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PC Belfast Now over to Paul McConaghy: “I think it is fair to say that as we reach the first six months in our new Centre, which is truly staggering, we have covered a lot of ground.

“With a team of 29, we are a comparatively small group to have responsibility for this business. This means that all the events and programmes we run are organised only by our own staff, so to have held the biggest showroom opening in the group with more than 550 people in attendance, a family and friends evening with 100 guests and the 70th Anniversary Open Event, incorporating the R27 Porsche Club Festival of Porsche with more than 500 guests, in that first six months, is a real whirlwind for us!

“I want to take this opportunity to thank RO Ken Mack and his committee for all their hard work in making the 70th celebration such a success.

“I also want to thank R27 for their very kind contribution of £250 (that PC Belfast matched to bring up to £500) to the charity we are supporting this year, ‘The Cancer Fund for Children’.

“As we move into July, I would like to wish all members a fantastic summer with their cars and hope that the weather holds for some epic runs.”

That’s it for this month - safe driving and see you next time.

Ken Mack DIARY DATES 29 JULY Monthly drive (Fermanagh) 7 AUGUST Ulster Grand Prix visit and parade lap 15 AUGUST Monthly meeting at Gowdy’s at the Maze 26 AUGUST Cross-border drive 12 SEPTEMBER Cinema night 29 SEPTEMBER Monthly drive

Channel Islands, Guernsey Regional Organisers Ian and Angela Banneville 01481 715678 – r28g@porscheclub.com Twitter: @PCGB_Guernsey Guernsey Classic Car Show Once again, I missed our Classic Car Show as I had a 3000-mile commute to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. I got so many emails from members saying they were away (at the race or at a trackday) that I thought Guernsey might be empty...

you - your cars attracted a great deal of attention to our marquee.

Clockwise from left: Nick Trott’s Guards Red 997 and Neale Jehan’s striking Lava Orange 991 GT3 RS; some of the nine Porsches on R28G stand; Roy Carré’s fantastic Boxster project is nearly complete

Jacksons Porsche The following weekend, the local Porsche dealership, Jacksons, held their own celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Porsche and asked for our help to provide some pre-2000 models for their showroom display. Once again, several members responded with some stunning models that included, among others, a Porsche 356 ‘Outlaw’, which had originated in Canada, a 1961 Porsche two-litre SWB, one of only 35 RHD cars produced, and a very tidy example of a 1986 Guards Red Porsche Carrera 3.2.

I am very much indebted to Roy Carré and Mike Jehan for coordinating the Club display, and for organising the R28G BBQ at lunchtime. We were all delighted that we had nine cars on our stand; many thanks to those who supported this event.

We were very pleased to welcome back Phil and Lin Knight who were visiting the island from R10 on the weeks either side of the show. They enjoyed their stay more than their 997, which did not like the speeds on Guernsey roads and voiced its displeasure with warning lights diagnosed as a faulty sensor.

The show was well attended by the public and Roy and Mike handed out a lot of new member packs.

Although it started to drizzle by the end of the day, spirits on the stand remained bright due to the Guards Red 997 of Nick Trott and the spectacular Lava Orange 991 GT3 RS of Neale Jehan.

The show also marked the public debut of Roy’s 95 per cent finished Boxster project. He has done almost all the work on it himself (including paint spraying in his conservatory!). Looks great from the photos.

Club Office support PCGB was, once again, well represented at the festival. Chris Sweeting brought over a Club marquee and the Club minivan, which had pride of place in the People’s Park this year. Chris had a successful weekend, signing up several new members to the Club while his partner Gary made sure that the display cars remained polished at all times!

A big thank you We owe a debt of gratitude to those members who offered up their cars to display in front of the marquee; in particular to Peter for his wonderful Porsche 356, to Tim for his very recently and beautifully restored Porsche 914 (possibly the only one on the island), to Dave for lending us his treasured ‘daily ride’ Porsche Carrera 3.2 and to Gordon, who signed up to become a Club member and then promptly delivered his Porsche GT3 RS to us. Many thanks indeed to all of

Member news A warm welcome this month to Helaine Vermeulen and Maria Sarre – we look forward to seeing you at future events.

Keep an eye on your inbox for details of our next events.

A la Porschaine Ian, Angela, Sebastian and Jean-Marc

Channel Islands, Jersey Regional Organiser Goetz Eggelhoefer 07797 892502 – r28j@porscheclubgb.com

Clockwise from top left: German precision parking of 964 ‘Jubis’; a fine line-up of Porsches spanning 55 years; a Porsche 356 from Japan in the museum garage after remarkable journey; a Porsche 356 ‘Outlaw’

RECENT EVENTS Jersey International Motor Festival June was a very busy month for the Club in Jersey.

It kicked off with the Jersey International Motor Festival early in the month. Twenty Porsche cars signed up to represent the Club in the cavalcade of cars. Thank you to all those who participated in the cavalcade and to those who turned up for the dinner at the Radisson afterwards. Next year, I think we might add a few names to the quarter-mile ‘Moonlight Sprint’ event given the evident urge to put one’s foot down and show what the car can do along Victoria Avenue.

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964 Jubilee weekend As if that were not enough, I polished my Porsche 964 ‘Jubi’ and headed off to Stuttgart to participate in a weekend meeting at the Porsche factory and museum. Thirty-three 964 30 Jahre Jubilee editions made the journey and parked with German precision on the famous forecourt of the Porsche Museum before the owners toured the factory.

The following day, we were given a behind-thescenes tour of the garage facilities that service and maintain the 600+ cars owned by the museum.

All but five cars remain in full working order. Our guide explained that the garage works exclusively on the museums cars; it is not open to the public... except for one person, a Japanese gentleman of 60 years of age who drove his Porsche 356 from Japan to Stuttgart to take part in the 70th Anniversary celebrations. He made the 12,000-mile journey over a six-week period, removing the right-hand side passenger seat to allow him to sleep in the car at night.

So impressed were Porsche HQ with this gentleman’s feat that they offered to service the car

in the museum’s garage and ship it back to Japan free of charge. Who says that you do not get anything for free from Porsche?

Goetz and Fiona Eggelhoefer DIARY DATES 3-5 AUGUST Le Mans trackday 1 SEPTEMBER R28J Regional lunch The Atlantic hotel 26 SEPTEMBER–1 OCTOBER The Gallery Rally to Monaco

Surrey Committee Chairman Mike Lucas Regional Contact Keith Morgan 07833 206078 (before 9pm) r29@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS From Spitfires to sports cars, Jaguar factory visit Fourteen of us met at Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich factory in early June and after some welcome refreshment were split into two groups with our allocated tour guides who provided a unique insight into the operation of Castle Bromwich during the 1940s and subsequent years and over three fascinating hours we learnt the secrets of car and aeroplane manufacturing, visiting many areas of the factory.

It is at Castle Bromwich where Jaguar continues to develop its unparalleled expertise in advanced aluminium manufacturing, a skill which also served the nation during the war years, when the factory was a primary location for building Spitfire fighter aircraft. The factory ultimately turned out nearly 12,000 Spitfires – plus more than 300 Lancaster bombers.

By the end of the war, Castle Bromwich had developed world-beating expertise in building metal-skinned aircraft, an asset that was to be tapped by sheet metal manufacturer Fisher and Ludlow, which turned the plant over to manufacturing car body panels. It has been a centre of car production ever since, under the ownership of British Leyland and then Jaguar. In its time, it has produced Mini sub-frames and bodies for Rovers and Jaguars and painted Triumph TR7 sports car bodies.

During our visit we were fortunate to follow the F-type production line, from rolls of aluminium arriving at one end of the factory to the finished cars rolling off the line for final inspection. Like all car manufacturers Jaguar uses external suppliers and fabricators to produce certain elements of the car which arrive on a ‘just in time basis’ direct to the relevant assembly station, but perhaps the most impressive sight was the aluminium pressing plant where all the body panels are formed. The tools in the presses alone weigh as much as 35 tons.

As we progressed along the production lines, and the cars were coming together, we started to notice the various specification choices which had been made at the order stage by the customers. They seemed endless.

Castle Bromwich has a rich history and it’s a history that’s still being made as the manufacturing base of Jaguar cars. From the high-performance F-Type to the advanced XJ, nearly all of Jaguar’s luxury and performance cars have their home at Castle Bromwich after no less than £100m of investment.

At the end of our tour and further refreshment we all went on our separate ways, but not before noticing two convertibles from their SVO (Special Vehicle Operation) department, both fitted with the five-litre V8s. Very nice!

Weald and Downland Museum When visiting an open-air museum, you really hope for good weather and that is exactly what a group of members were treated to towards the end of June at the Weald and Downland Living Museum at Singleton, near Goodwood in the South Downs wealddown.co.uk

The museum is a living and vibrant open-air museum and since its inception as an idea in the 1960s it has been seen as a place where at least some buildings threatened with destruction, or buildings finding themselves in the ‘wrong place’, or in the way of a development, could find a secure home.

The museum’s aim has been to rescue representative samples of vernacular buildings and foster interest in our built environment.

The exhibits are buildings - the traditional homes and workplaces of village and countryside-which have been painstakingly dismantled then re-erected on the museum site. Taken from a varied landscape that is the Weald and Downland of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire they represent a wide range of geology and land use and embrace the domestic and working lives of people of the south-east over the last 950 years.

Some of the buildings have not only been re-erected, but have been brought back into their original use, none so much as the watermill from Lurgashall, Sussex, which grinds corn for flour (available to purchase in the shop) and animal feed.

The mill also sells small packs of corn as duck food which probably explains the 100 or so ducks on the mill pond.

From simple cart sheds to substantial farm houses the museum has generated a real environment of country life, but one of the problems with securing so many buildings for display is the amount of ‘stuff’ that comes with them and where to keep it. Their answer was the Downland Gridshell Building where, in the basement, they now house the 15,000 or more tools and artefacts from rural life in the region, from a simple woodworker’s chisel to a horse-drawn hearse.

The upper floor provides a workshop where historic timber-framed buildings can be laid out for conservation and repair. The building itself is quite rare being one of just a few in Britain and has a triple curvature shell made from a grid of oak laths which become self-supporting.

After spending so much time in the summer sun viewing the buildings and taking advantage of the woodland walks it only seemed fitting that we should suitably refresh ourselves, so the ‘Fox Goes Free’ pub seemed a good idea.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 18 August Capel Classic Car and Bike Show This is one of our annual events. Registration is online, but I need to know numbers as space is limited.

Events calendar To download a printable events calendar, please see the Surrey Region area of the Club’s website.

Club nights Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at the Inn on the Lake, Silvermere Golf Club, Redhill Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1EF, starting at 8pm.

Clockwise from left: Jaguar I-Pace; Gridshell Building; Weald and Downland rescued buildings

Keith Morgan DIARY DATES 14 AUGUST Club night - Silvermere Golf Club 18 AUGUST Capel Classic Car and Bike Show 11 SEPTEMBER Club night - Silvermere Golf Club 30 SEPTEMBER Breakfast get-together Bloomsbury’s Biddenden 90 porscheclubgb.com

Isle of Man Regional Organiser Julian Chappell 01624 816563 (evenings) iom@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Steve Morrow 07624 433268 Steve_m2@manx.net

Notwithstanding inconsiderate drivers, the remainder of the day at Dick Lovett’s was thoroughly enjoyable. The fine weather added to the Centre’s summer party atmosphere, which provided something for the whole family, notably a hog roast, refreshments, racing simulators, a Batak machine, children’s karting, workshop tours, demonstration drives and live screening of Porsche Carrera Cup GB racing. We left for home mid-afternoon to savour another drive in the sunshine with the roof down.

Our sincere thanks to Simon Lisemore and the hardworking Centre team for their kind hospitality and looking after us all so well.

Cotswold Regional Organisers Alan and Fiona Bartlett 07785 928687 – r31@porscheclubgb.com @PCGB_R31 facebook.com/pcgb.r31 Round-up Well, June was certainly hectic with six R31 events taking place during the month. Record-breaking warm weather meant a top-down drive to every event which, after the bad spring weather, made getting out in the car something to relish. For us, it was the first month this year when we were able to attend every event in our Boxster, having suffered a litany of problems that kept it off the road for several weeks.

RECENT EVENTS Simply Porsche As some members headed to the Pirelli BBQ, others kicked off the month with a cruise down to the Simply Porsche event. Organised by the National Motor Museum, this annual event has grown to become a big Porsche-oriented event. This year helped no doubt by the exceptionally good weather and Porsche’s 70th Anniversary, attendance was up by over 60 per cent, with 1620 Porsches of all models and ages taking part.

Meeting up in Abingdon early in the morning, we enjoyed a brilliant 75-mile drive in convoy, joining up with other Porsche drivers heading for Beaulieu along the way. By the time we reached the New Forest, an impressive procession of Porsches had formed.

Although we queued for 30 minutes to get through the gate, once we were in, we parked in a dedicated area where Club members from R12, R17, R26 and R31 were able to park together. We were very grateful to Jon and Tref from Dorset Region for organising this.

Overall, it was a great day out, and extremely good value, especially as tickets included entry to the Motor Museum, the grounds and various displays, as well as the Simply Porsche event.

Sportscar Together Day Along with several other members in the Region, we were invited to the Sportscar Together Day by PC Swindon, to celebrate Porsche’s 70th Anniversary.

Always looking for an opportunity to drive somewhere in a convoy, several of us met up at Burford for the 30-mile drive over to Swindon.

Unfortunately, the journey started out as a 20mph crawl since, unknown to us, the A361 had just been re-surfaced and was covered in loose chippings for a few miles. An Audi driver seemed pleased with himself overtaking a line of slow-moving Porsches at 70mph blasting chippings over other road-users in his wake. It struck us as ironic that Audi’s current TV advertising campaign portrays non-Audi drivers as clowns.

Cofee and Classics at The Hub Another opportunity for a drive out presented itself driving over to the Porsche get-together at The Classic Motor Hub in Ablington, a former RAF airfield near Bibury. This event proved to be a very popular gathering amongst Club members and the wider Porsche-driving community.

The occasion provided not only an opportunity for tyre-kicking, gassing and consuming bacon-sarnies, but also a chance to see some wonderful examples of classic and performance cars and motorcycles, and all manner of automotive ephemera displayed in the various buildings around the five-acre site. Our thanks go to Martin Chisholm and his team for inviting us, their kind hospitality and providing an excuse to go for a drive early on a Sunday morning.

Cofee Cruise and drive out On a brilliant sunny day, with the roof down and sunglasses on (something we’ve not done for many months), we drove over to Burford for our monthly Sunday morning gathering at the Cotswold Gateway Hotel. Despite the many other events that were taking place such as Flywheel at Bicester, the England Panama match, and the French Grand Prix, it was great to see a good turnout, including several new members.

Afterwards, for those that weren’t rushing home to watch the World Cup game, we enjoyed a 50-mile tour of the Cotswolds along a mix of fast sweeping roads and minor roads through classic chocolate-box villages ending up at Kemble airfield. There, in the

Clockwise from left: some of the 1620 Porsches at Beaulieu; beautifully restored 1952 Porsche 356 Cabriolet at Simply Porsche; Oliver Coles with PC Swindon’s Restoracing Boxster; some of the classics for sale at the Classic Motor Hub

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glorious sun, we sampled the AV8 restaurant’s menu whilst watching aircraft departing and arriving.

All in all, a good day out and boosted vitamin D levels as a bonus.

Other events During the month we also held our monthly meeting at the Red Lion and several members also attended the VIP Shopping Evening at Bicester Village.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Future Cotswold events are listed below, on the Club website and our Facebook page (facebook.com/ pcgb.r31). Please always check for last-minute updates on our Facebook page or Twitter feed (@PCGB_R31) before setting off.

Drive safely. Look forward to catching up with you at a forthcoming R31 event soon.

Alan and Fiona

DIARY DATES 29 JULY Sunday Cofee Cruise - The Cotswold Gateway Hotel, Burford 8 AUGUST Monthly meet - The Red Lion, Long Compton 19 AUGUST Porsches in the Park, Garth Park, Bicester 26 AUGUST Sunday Cofee Cruise 12 SEPTEMBER Monthly meet - The Plough Inn, Alvescot near Carterton 15 SEPTEMBER Visit to DynotechRS performance tuning workshop, Faringdon 23 SEPTEMBER Sunday Cofee Cruise 23 SEPTEMBER Drive Out Sunday Midday, starting at the Cotswold Gateway Hotel.

7 OCTOBER Sunday Brunch Scramble, Bicester 10 OCTOBER Monthly meet up - The Red Lion 28 OCTOBER Sunday Cofee Cruise 14 NOVEMBER Monthly meet up - The Plough Inn 25 NOVEMBER Sunday Cofee Cruise

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REGISTERS Register Director’s report Happily we are still enjoying this good weather, with the many events going on, not least the 70th Anniversary celebrations up and down the country. I joined the Region 5 contingent

on the Friday evening at PC Wilmslow where a BBQ was held for all the participants. On the Saturday we again met at PC Wilmslow and set off in convoy for a gathering of Porsches at Cholmondeley Castle. Five Porsche Centres were involved and every model of Porsche seemed to be in attendance.

Events still to come are Silverstone Classic, Oulton Park Gold Cup, Yorkshire Porsche Festival at Lotherton Hall, North East Porsche Gathering

356 Register Secretary Fred Hampton 01992 581580 – 356@porscheclubgb.com Firstly, a reminder about the 356 get-together for a drive in the Peak District, and also the visit to National Tramway Museum in Crich on Sunday, 19 August.

Clockwise from above: John inspecting progress at Sportwagen; not sold at €1.4 million; two photos of 777 FON at Sportwagen; a couple of shots of probably the most original 1500 GS Carrera in the world; two photos of the fourth AFN 356 sold recently surfaced but it is in need of serious restoration if it is to survive

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at Witton Castle, Brands Hatch National event and the National Concours at Ragley Hall, I could go on but please check the website, PP or your Register Secretary to get involved.

Enjoy this fabulous weather and your Porsches!

Albert Walsh Register Director register@porscheclubgb.com 07753 441730

Currently there seem to be more ‘down south’ 356s attending than ‘up north’ owners. Tim Court has put a lot of effort into organising this in the hope of encouraging a few more than the usual suspects turning up.

By now the inscription scenario for the 19th International in Switzerland next year will have been open for a couple of weeks. The response to the poll of interest to attend the Swiss event, following the success of our own International, brought in just 12 positive replies. This was no surprise as, for most, the weak value of Sterling against the Swiss Franc made the event fee a price too far – even before adding the expense of the return journey. Nevertheless a Brit quota of between 10 and 15 cars is, over many years, a historic norm attending the overseas event.

Return of the FON A recent visit to Sportwagen with John Arnold to catch up with progress on the revival of 777 FON confirmed that the body shell restoration was complete and the car was being prepared for the paint booth.

The prospect of the Club’s founding Chairman’s car being back on the road in the New Year is now a reality.

Clockwise from top left: Poppy at RAF Waddington; damage prior to repair; 912 post-damage repair

Carrera originality A few images of the outstandingly preserved original, unrestored 356 A Carrera with first paint and original trim and seats, which was on show at Retromobile earlier in the year. 356s in this condition are seldom seen and act as perfect reference for the fastidious.

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912 Register Secretary Rowena Purdy 01472 399381 – 912@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Vacancy The month in retrospect I’ve had to make a great decision this morning – should I continue with my garden redesign and planting in this wonderful sunshine and enjoy the warmth, or come inside and pen this column. Obviously the latter won – but having spent the last couple of weeks in the garden, an hour or so will not make much difference to the work process. My water butts are nearly all empty (I have six!) so, fingers crossed, it may rain sometime soon, overnight, please.

With the 912 still with ‘Bumps and Scratches’ in Ludford, I had to miss the Pirelli BBQ at Cornbury House.

I joined Region 4 at a local clay pigeon shoot instead – and yes, I managed to hit three of the plates (out of 24) – so not very good. I’d have done better with the old .303! Still, it’s something I’ve never done before!

I picked up the repaired 912 in the middle of the month – nicely fixed and re-sprayed. I have to laud Lockton (or rather Chubb Insurance) for the support and advice given to both Marion at ‘Bumps and Scratches’ and me. From my first telephone call from a Chesterfield hotel to my collection of the car, everything went incredibly smoothly, including the settlement of the claim in full – although I had to pay my excess… Well done to our approved insurance broker - well worth the premium.

I had been invited to attend PC Sheffield’s 70th Anniversary of Porsche celebration but, as the 912 was

still at the restorers, I had to call off - next time perhaps!

However, I did catch up with them at the Lincolnshire Show where they were displaying a selection of modern Porsches.

Region 4 had been invited to display members’ Porsches at RAF Waddington’s ‘Families’ Day’ in the middle of the month. I had the 912 so managed to get it out for a reasonable run on a day of changeable weather – yes, sometimes the sun shone!

Unfortunately, the organisers had decided not to have a flying display, but the BBMF Lancaster swooped over the display area (very low!) to give us all a sight of this iconic aircraft. It was, perhaps, fortunate that the aircraft was carrying out a display over the Bomber Command Memorial just outside Lincoln – not many miles from Waddo! As the station is now a high security area, we were not able to wander around, so I was unable to check out all my old haunts whilst stationed there with the Vulcan Force. I did, however, manage to see my old Vulcan (XF 607) near the viewing area on the A15 where we’d all met up prior to a Porsche convoy onto the station.

During the month I received a couple of phone calls from 912 owners who were after advice on their cars.

One of the interesting things about this role is the number of owners who contact me for advice – and the fact that frequently I’m able to help!

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 5 August Yorkshire Festival of Porsche, Lotherton Hall The 912 Register has been invited to join Region 7 and will be given its own display area with the possibility of an informal ‘as brought’ Concours.

Tickets costing £6 are available from the Club Shop.

A MailChimp reminder will be sent out as I would like to see as many 912s on the display as possible – the more the merrier!

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12 August St Wilfrid’s Rally, Ripon Another round of the Historic Rally Car Register’s Clubman’s Championship. Unfortunately, Vicki will be unavailable as she has a prior engagement with her role on the Wales Rally GB, so my right hand seat is currently vacant. However, my fingers are crossed in the hope that I’ll be able to inveigle some navigator who needs the points to sit beside me! (Ever hopeful!)

19 August Region 3’s annual show at Witton Castle Region 3’s RO, Greg Harm, is always trying to get 912s up to Barnard Castle for their annual show, so this year I shall make a concerted effort to get there.

Whilst this is not a formal invitation to the Register, I would like to think there could be a number of northern 912s being shown by proud owners.

27 August Props and Pistons This well-attended event is Region 4’s annual invited show at East Kirby, hosted by Bush Tyres.

Its main raison d’être is to raise funds for the Bloodline Charity.

22 September Castle Combe Rally Day This is a first for me as I shall be showing my 912 on the British Women’s Racing Drivers’ Club’s stand along with other rally cars owned by members.

September rallies My last two rallies of the season are both in Wales, with Vicki sitting beside me on the Vale of Clwyd (1 September) and the Tour of Cheshire (29 September). This latter event has had to be re-organised as it was supposed to be run in January (before Vicki and I crewed up together) owing to the deep snow around the route. The date change has meant that we can finish the event and then look forward to next season where, hopefully, we’ll manage to do more events together.

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Rowena DIARY DATES 5 AUGUST Yorkshire Festival of Porsche Lotherton Hall 12 AUGUST St Wilfrid’s Rally - Ripon 19 AUGUST Witton Castle Region 3’s annual show.

27 AUGUST Props and Pistons – East Kirby 1 SEPTEMBER Vale of Clwyd Rally 22 SEPTEMBER Castle Combe Rally Day 29 SEPTEMBER Tour of Cheshire Rally

Early 911 (2.0, 2.2 & 2.4) Register Secretary Ian McLeod 07539 033377 – 911@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Robin Walker robinjowalker@aol.com Technical Assistant Alan Drayson 07446 931125 alan@canfordclassics.co.uk

911 Sportomatic Register Secretary Peter Cook 01789 400832 – sporto@porscheclubgb.com Should I convert my Sportomatic to manual?

A question that crops up from time to time, this time a similar question came from across the pond in the good old US of A. The owner of a 1974 Targa Sportomatic is in the process of converting the car from Sportomatic to manual and has asked the question, “Is it worth advertising the engine and transmission in Europe, in particular the UK?” My answer covered a number of issues regarding the conversion and likely response regarding advertising the ‘redundant’ kit in Europe. I pointed out that, in Europe, matching original numbers (engine and chassis) was seen as a number one priority to prospective buyers prepared to pay a premium and, therefore, with an engine and gearbox change this would not be the case. I suggested one solution would be to store the original engine and gearbox so that any future potential buyer could convert the car back to original specification if desired. Of course, the Certificate of Conformity will remain the same - the car will be specified as a Sportomatic. I further made the point that, with a car of that age, it was the condition and originality (that word again!) that was important. A good/excellent condition Sportomatic would be worth the same as a manual in Europe.

However, it should be remembered that customising cars in America is very common so originality may not be so important.

Turning to the question of advertising the engine and transmission in Europe, I commented that the 2.7 engine (not the MFI version) did have its weaknesses,

such as Alusil rather than Nickasil barrel lining material (meaning the barrels cannot be honed) and head studs pulling out etc. Anyone wanting such an engine would therefore either be looking for extensive receipts for a rebuild or a cheap deal! Advertising in Europe would unlikely be successful as it would be buying a ‘pig in a poke’ – paying for the parts and the shipping costs would be a huge risk.

Needless to say, I have not received even an acknowledgement from the US, but then I probably didn’t say what the owner wanted.

I was somewhat surprised that this process was being carried out as, some years ago, I had correspondence with a very well-known American Porsche aficionado who was surprised that Sporto to manual conversions were common in the UK because it was seen as an expensive process in America. More recently I have become aware of a few owners who own a converted 911 and are looking for the Sporto transmission parts to keep and sell with the car when the time comes.

If your Sporto is not registered, or you are not sure, please contact me at sporto@porscheclubgb.com

2018 events Unfortunately, I have weddings or work commitments during all the Club’s major events this year, which is usually the only time we get a number of Register cars together. If you are going to attend an event please take some photos of you car there or tell me about your experience. I can then post it on the website or get it included in the magazine.

Guy

911 SC Register Secretary Paul Thompson 01531 822 305 07836 261 365 911sc@porscheclubgb.com Technical Advisor David Sewell dave.autohaus@gmail.com

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911 Carrera RS Register Secretary Fred Hampton 01992 581580 – carrerars@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Mike Chadwick 01454 232232 – mvc@fly7.co.uk

911 2.7 Carrera & 3.0 Register Secretary Guy White 01493 750278 91127carrera3@porscheclubgb.com Technical Assistant Tony Ruggles 01992 892333 I was reading Early 911 Register Secretary Ian McLeod’s report in last month’s PP concerning members searching for a car that they previously owned. I also, from time to time, get similar requests about cars on my Register. The success of such endeavours obviously depends on information submitted to the Register by subsequent owners the more (and up-to-date) information we have, the more likely we would be able to help with the request. Of course, the current owner could also benefit from contact with a previous one who may be able to supply missing information on the history of the car or may even have documentation from his time of ownership. I would therefore ask members to ensure that details of their Porsches are entered and updated in the ‘My Profile’ section of the Club website. Details of previously owned vehicles can also be added here, which again increases the chance of putting a current owner in contact with a previous one. A photo of your car can also be uploaded and, additionally, it makes it much easier to request a valuation of your car or to post a for sale notice on the Club website using the ‘Apply for Valuation’ or ‘Sell’ buttons.

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MOT and 40-year-old cars As PP readers you will know that from 20 May this year unmodified 40-year-old cars no longer require a MOT. I have had some clarification from the FBHVC as to how this will work.

The DVLA record will pick up, by reference to the date of first registration, any qualifying car and that car will become MOT exempt. This information will be updated to the police, who will treat the car as MOT exempt.

At the next licence renewal, after it becomes 40 years old, you must declare your car as a vehicle of historic interest and complete a V112 declaration of exemption from MOT. If you fail to complete a V112 your car will reappear on DVLA and police records as requiring a MOT. I still strongly believe you should submit your car to a voluntary MOT, as it is your duty to keep your SC in a safe and roadworthy condition.

I have just spent a fortnight in west Wales with glorious weather - I had not realised it no longer rains in Wales! However, I did not see any aircooled Porsches for the whole two weeks. Are our cars getting so valuable that owners are using them less? The late 1950s and the 1960s were golden eras for cars. So many new and advanced designs arrived, including, the E-Type, Mini, TR, MGB, Lotus Elan and many more from the UK, along with the 356, and the best of them all, the 911, not forgetting Ferrari etc. from Europe. It was a time when one man, not a committee like today, could design a car. Cars were certainly different and individual. Unfortunately, with the exception of the SC, very little effort was made to give the cars a long life. So, if you own cars from that era, look after them, as you are unlikely to have the pleasure of driving such an individual car again.

Mark Binks dropped me an email asking about using the collapsible spare, which could be 40 years old. I pumped mine up about five years ago and it looked like new, with no cracking of the walls – so hidden from the sun and heat could be perfect storage conditions. Has anyone used one at nearly 40 years old and does any one know if replacements are available?

Paul

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911 Carrera 3.2 Register Secretary Steve and Sue Edwards 02083 667770 911carrera32@porscheclubgb.com Technical Advisor Charles Marsland 01732 848323 Porsche Parade and Italy Last August we decided to attend the 2018 Porsche Parade in the Netherlands, before driving on to Lake Como, Italy, for our main holiday. During the long months that passed between planning and departure day, the car needed to pass the MOT and have general ‘pre flight’ checks carried out. It sailed through the MOT and performed as it should on short runs.

Departure day finally arrived. On the M20 to Ashford, I started to notice a tone coming from the front when driving between 55 and 60 mph. If I touched the brakes the noise stopped. I quickly realised it wasn’t something that was going to go away, but what could I do to get it fixed? Luckily, friend and technical guru, Charles, lived nearby and Sue phoned to see if we could drop in for a diagnosis.

Thankfully, Charles was able to open his workshop and check out the high-pitched sound (high frequency vibration, also felt at the steering wheel as if a struck tuning fork was being placed on it). Off came the front wheel and it was clear a caliper piston was seized on. With the brake pad removed, a few applications of the brake pedal were used to repeatedly force the piston onto a crowbar. This movement cleared the culprit (rust), and all was well.

It didn’t surprise us that this was the problem as the wheel felt hot due to the friction from the pad against the disc.

I checked the other wheels, and a good job too the rear on the same side was also hot. With Charles’

From top: one of the new anti roll bar brackets with a new bush fitted and weather shield back in place; Mac’s anti roll bar replaced without the shield

expert help it was soon sorted in the same manner, and we were back on our way. The brakes had recently passed the MOT leaving me with a false sense of security; there must be a moral to this story.

After we had enjoyed Porsche Parade Netherlands, we set off for Italy, using the Gotthard Pass in favour of the more usual tunnel route. I approached it with some trepidation as I suspected the other front caliper was suffering a seized piston - stuck within the caliper, thankfully, not against the disc. Later in the holiday, however, I was confident this potential problem had passed due to a couple of potent prods on the brakes clearing the issue. I’m now planning to recondition the calipers once I have researched where to send them, hopefully, saving any further brake issues for a few years.

The car performed excellently, it was a joy to drive, and gave us yet another memorable holiday. The fuel consumption average was better than 30mpg, and the oil consumption was negligible (still full). In last month’s report, I mentioned changing to Millers Oils 20W50, different from the previous 10W40 that may have needed a litre top up for the 2025 miles covered. I plan to use Millers again next year.

Broken front anti roll bar bracket Mac McLeod recently contacted us about his car: “Last time I contacted you I told you about the photo-shoot we were going on with Classic Cars. The write-up from Sam Dawson was quite complimentary. The time spent up on the Yorkshire Moors was very interesting and we had some fun.

The roads, built to withstand terrible winter weather, are in pretty good shape with very little traffic.

“However, on the way home we hit a series of huge potholes. The result was a broken front anti roll bar bracket. It’s the one attached via a seriously strong bracket and the weather shield. With a sharp hit and some Plus Gas the four bolts came off fairly easily. It was a bit rusty, but it is a very poor place to live, so I guess can be excused after 31 years. I got the spares, including new bushes, via Loe Bank Motors hand delivered by Albert Walsh. Here comes the tricky bit, the new bushes are much tougher items than the old and, with the car only about three feet off the ground, it was almost impossible to hold the weather shield in position and apply enough force to even engage the bolts, two of which are the dreaded Allen key variety. I had spent a lot of time cleaning the area and restoring the shield, which included some serious thick anti-rust paint. I cleaned it off again around the two holes but to no avail. I realised at this point that the car needed to be absolutely level side to side so I spirit levelled it - no joy! So, I put the anti roll bar back without the shield, phoned my trusty local garage and explained the problem. The mechanic laughed and suggested that I must be getting old, cheek! (Just because I am a great granddad everybody thinks I should be getting a haircut and wearing beige.)

Anyway, ‘bring it in now’ he said. I took it in, and then went home by tram - when I came back three hours later I was told that if I had waited 20 minutes I could have driven it home. I must say that, with the new bushes, the car is much better, so it was worth the hassle. Next day it passed its MOT. I really must get a proper car lift.

“The trip to the Moors and back, including the endless running around filming, was about 370 miles. I did a fuel consumption check and it returned about 29mpg.”

Thanks for sharing Mac. We all need to check the condition of our brackets. Good to hear the car is back together and even better than before.

Steve and Sue

911 Carrera Club Sport Register Secretary Alan Cordery 01798 344481 – alan_cordery@yahoo.co.uk

964 Register Secretary David Bladon 07771 194507 – 964@porscheclubgb.com

964 Carrera RS Register Secretary Melvin Spear 07860 595355 – 964rs@porscheclubgb.com

993 Register Secretary Maurice Piper 993@porscheclubgb.com Register Assistant Christian Sanger 07968503385 – cjsanger@gmail.com Last week my car had a large dose of TLC at Christian’s premises – a big service including plugs and brake fluid change, then the pièce de résistance, the installation of a GT2 strut brace.

For those not in the know, these are a much simplified design vs the RS strut brace, which has spawned many aftermarket pieces.

These designs utilise end brackets mounted to the strut towers coupled to a straight tube. The GT2 design has a larger diameter tube basically flattened at the ends for mounting. It’s pretty light, as well as being elegant design. I had a genuine one, as manufactured by Matter, for a good while, which now sits on one of Christian’s 993s. These new aftermarket pieces look great and do the job nicely. Ask Christian nicely and you could wear one as well.

By the time the Motorsport 10-60 was poured in, it was rush hour, and my two-hour trip would be three, so Christian ‘volunteered’ to get me started on my weight reduction programme by pulling out some carpet – he can get into the back better than me! I drilled the hardened brake dust out of the rotors while he jumped in the cabin. He had the GT3 seats

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out in a flash, but the factory glue on the original carpet gave him one hell of a fight before reluctantly parting company, taking various lumps of foam with it. I eventually set off around 7pm in a very sticky cabin, with all the old bits stacked up behind me. he new RS carpet set took up the boot - regular readers will know I’ve had it for a while, sourced from Lakewell in Belgium. It’s good quality and nicely finished, but when you are already paying €108 plus VAT extra for the RS carpet over the normal 993 set, you would expect the rear mat to have the factory script, as they advertise in PP as OEM spec, and you don’t get a blank mat from Mr Porsche. Bit disappointed, but I’ll do without it rather than cough up another €150 plus VAT plus shipping to and fro to get it.

I survived the journey, happily enough without earplugs, and have taken the seats and console out to continue the job. How can a glue be so tacky after 20-plus years? Perhaps I’ll have it done in time for next month…

Clockwise from top left: Guy Pollard’s 996 at the end of Snake Pass; Neil Richardson’s 2004 Turbo; Mark Willis’ 2000 996 C4; Chris and Wendy Thornton getting married with their 996.2 in attendance

Love your 993!

Maurice

993 Carrera RS Register Secretary Paul Howells 01594 833238 – 993rs@porscheclubgb.com

If you have come across any issues that you think would be of benefit to members or have any technical questions, then please let me know via phone or email. Another useful contact is Gary Sorrell (gary.sorrell@porschecolchester.co.uk). You can also use the Forum to contact Richard Hamilton.

996 MEMBERS IN PRINT Register Secretary Andy Willis 07775 138527 996@porscheclubgb.com Crank position sensor Poor starting problems, particularly when hot, is just one of the symptoms of a faulty crank sensor and, as our cars age, this issue is becoming more prevalent.

Guy Pollard sent me the following tale together with a photo of his car: “I’m new to PCGB, having bought my first Porsche (a 1999 996) late last year. It’s a fantastic car, which I have already spent too much money on tweaking and fixing up.

“Shortly after my Snake Pass photo she stalled in hot weather and then was a pain to get started. I quickly diagnosed it as the crank position sensor and thought what a doddle it would be to change myself.

How wrong was I. It’s not the easiest position to reach and things became even harder when the thing sheared off! I actually lost it several times in the engine housing but managed, with an Allen key, to play fish, find the magnet and keep pulling it out.

After a week of drilling, heating, cooling and a lot of swearing, I managed to get it out. She is now back running better than ever. I hope no other readers have this particular problem.”

I think Guy was unlucky to have the sensor break up upon removal, but it’s a cautionary tale - once you remove the locating screw it should be easy to twist and pull out. Don’t forget it’s been there a long time so don’t force it. Use some releasing spray and take your time. here is also a DIY guide to this and much more on the Club’s Forum in the 996 Technical Articles section.

Chris and Wendy Thornton Chris sent me the following message: “Andy, I have been meaning to upload a picture of my 996.2 following your January photo shoot request. he picture is from our wedding at Stapleford House, Rutland. I had to move a few small boulders out of the way to park the car on the grass much to the surprise of the hotel staff. he ‘pork chop express’ has been in the family for over five years and has been with us at every special occasion, as you can see.

“My wife and I joined PCGB in September 2017 and have enjoyed every event we have attended. We’re looking forward to many more and the Club’s hospitality. he car has been to the Nürburgring a few times and been driven around Europe many times taking in Berlin, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France to name but a few. We are planning ‘10 countries in 10 days’ in the near future through Finland, Switzerland and others.”

Mark Willis he following is a copy of Mark’s (no relation) first Forum post: “I picked up my first Porsche 911 three weeks ago and can honestly say I have not stopped smiling and making up excuses to drive it ever since.

“OK, so it may only be a 2000 996 C4, but it is a realisation of the typical boyhood dream for me. At 16 I told my parents I would own a Porsche 911 one day.

Having turned 50, and with the children all grown up, it was time to take the plunge and indulge myself.

“I am just back from yet another blast around the Cotswolds and had to post on here to say ‘Wow, what an amazing experience’. he 996 captures the magic of the old school analogue driving experience with just the important modern digital safety elements included to make it the perfect combination.

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“I am lucky enough to have driven Audi, BMW and, for the past eight years, a Mercedes CLS, all of which are very nice and luxurious but come nowhere close to the involvement in the 996. he Porsche has completely changed my attitude and appreciation of driving. It’s rekindled fond memories of days when I drove VW Golf GTI 16v MK2s in my 20s - just a lot more powerful and rewarding.

“I believe I have brought a good one - 71,000 miles, complete history and very well looked after. I fell in love with the colour the moment I saw it (Orient Red) - quite unusual for a 996 I believe, but it portrays the beautiful lines of the body shape perfectly. I am still in shock that you can buy a supercar like this and in such good condition for such little money. he power from 3000 rpm through 5000 rpm and beyond has my face aching from smiling so much.

“I look forward to participating in as many owners’ Club events as possible and was truly grateful for the warm welcome I received when I dropped into Moreton-in-Marsh recently to sign up for Club membership.”

Neil Richardson Neil has owned his 2004 Turbo Cabriolet with GT2 rear wing for the past nine years. His Turbo came second out of 1600 Porsches in the people’s choice competition at this year’s Beaulieu Simply Porsche event.

A very warm welcome to all new members and please remember, if you would like an image of your 996 (preferably yourself with it) published in this column, then just email me a photo, together with a few words if possible, for inclusion.

Enjoy your 996…

Andy DIARY DATES 31 AUGUST - 2 SEPTEMBER Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche 22 SEPTEMBER Ragley Hall

997 Register Secretary Clive Wratten 997@porscheclubgb.com Register Assistant Phil Blackman Technical advice – cruise control Many 997s were never fitted with cruise control; however, this feature has gained popularity over the years. Faced with an expensive upgrade for an older car, I tackled the issue from a different angle. Most options on most Porsche cars are already there, they are simply not enabled by software; a call to your local dealer, or friendly specialist, a flick of a software switch (for a nominal cost - £25 in my case) and the car is ready - with the obvious exception of the control stalk.

To obtain the stalk I placed a watch on a popular auction site and a few weeks later took delivery of the stalk and small cowling from America for £70.

Fitting is straightforward, if you follow the procedure.

Do disconnect the battery. You may be tempted to bypass this, but please don’t as the steering wheel needs to be removed and it contains the airbags.

Remove the centre of the steering wheel with the airbag, disconnect the yellow and green connector, and, ensuring that the steering wheel is straight and facing forward, remove the main nut. Mark the position of the steering wheel and the spline - this is an important step so don’t miss it.

Remove the lower cowling (two screws) and you should see a black connector; this plugs into your stalk.

The stalk is fixed by two screws; when these are fitted, replace the lower cowling.

Reverse the instruction to fit the steering wheel and the air bag back in, paying attention to the marks that you made earlier. You are now ready to go.

A complete PDF with photo and instructions are available by emailing us at the normal address.

Good luck!

MEMBERS’ CARS

From top: Jamie Wilson collects his Carrera 911 T from PC Sheffield; 991 Swiss Tour

Ralph Schose Ralph Schose has a stunning Gen 2 Turbo S. The photo was taken during a professional photo-shoot.

Ralph is based at Bad Homburg, Germany (close to Frankfurt) and his Turbo S is fully loaded with desirable 997.2 options. It has also been lowered by 20mm (with H+R springs) and has 15mm Techart spacers on the rear axle.

Adam Tindell Adam Tindell’s beautiful Carrera 2 GTS in Speed Yellow, taken at the 70th Anniversary celebration of Porsche at PC Reading on 9 June. The car is 100 per cent OE factory-built with many options on top of the GTS spec, including Carrera Sport wheels, Aerokit Cup, and yellow seat belts.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 4–5 August Beaulieu Supercar weekend 991 and 997 Registers have been invited back to Beaulieu for 2018 and we would like an equal number of these two models of 911s. The event is free and includes complimentary hospitality to those displaying their Porsches and free access to all the Beaulieu attractions. The invitation covers Saturday, Sunday or both days. Phil will be there and looks forward to meeting with you. Please only contact Phil Graham, 991 Register Secretary, at 991@porscheclubgb.com to be included in this super event.

14–18 September Autumn Tour Plans are well underway for our Autumn Tour to Germany and we have some cracking roads, wonderful scenery and special hotels to enjoy. This event was quickly fully subscribed when we announced it earlier in the year.

1-2 December Christmas party weekend Christmas is still a long way off but we are promoting this event now, since it was a sell-out last year and rooms will go quickly. It’s a joint Christmas party celebration along with the Macan and 991 Registers at the previously very successful venue of Wroxhall Abbey Hotel and Estate near Stratford-upon-Avon.

Phil will be there representing the 997 Register.

Please email Mike Allen, Macan Register Secretary, at macan@porscheclubgb.com for more details and booking instructions to make your reservation early and avoid disappointment.

Safe motoring and enjoy your 997s…

Clive and Phil DIARY DATES 4–5 AUGUST Beaulieu Supercar weekend 14–18 SEPTEMBER Autumn Tour

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RECENT EVENTS 3 June Pirelli BBQ The BBQ at Cornbury House attracted record numbers.

15-22 June 991 Swiss Tour Our group of 20 members in 11 991s caught the overnight ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge giving us plenty of time to get to know each other.

The night in Stuttgart gave us the opportunity to visit the Porsche Museum, which was themed for the 70th Anniversary. It was also my first time there. We also managed a rushed tour of the Mercedes Benz Museum, which was equally interesting.

A four-hour drive took us to Andermatt in the Swiss Alps. Our base for three nights, this enabled us to drive 13 of the spectacular mountain passes.

Our return journey allowed us one night in the historic town of Trier in Germany before our final farewells on the ferry back to Hull.

Many thanks go to Kenny for organising this amazing trip. We are all looking forward to the next one. Please see the Club website for Kenny’s account and more photos.

New cars Congratulations go to Region 18 member, Jamie Wilson, who recently collected his Carrera 911 T from PC Sheffield. It’s all looking cool with the grey detailing on white matching his T-shirt.

Looking forward to meeting you at a future event.

Phil and Kenny DIARY DATES 4-5 AUGUST Beaulieu Super Car Shakedown

Register Secretaries Phil Graham 01625 524596 – 991@porscheclubgb.com Kenny Robinson 07768 862280 – kenny.robinson.911@gmail.com From top: Ralph Schose’s stunning Turbo S; Adam Tindell’s beautiful Carrera 2 GTS in Speed Yellow

Another month has passed us by with endless sunny days to enjoy our cars.

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930 (911 Turbo) Register Secretary John Ward 01844 237508 – 911turbo@porscheclubgb.com

914 Register Secretary Kevin Clarke 07946 080454 – 914@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Rob Taylor 07900 164546 – rt9146@hotmail.co.uk International Events Co-ordinator Bruce Manning 07887 380914 – porsche@brucemanning.co.uk RECENT EVENTS Stanford Hall VW Show On the early May bank holiday weekend the 914 Register put on a display at Stanford Hall VW Show. This year was the first for a new 914 Concours class at the show and a trophy was donated with funding from 914 owners in memory of Mike Karavasili, the 914 specialist who passed away at the end of last year. All 10 places in the Concours were taken and a few more display cars added at the end of the row to put on a grand display for Mike and kick-start the annual 914 Concours class.

Steve Screaton took up the role of Concours judge.

At the prize-giving, Steve took to the stage to say a few words about Mike before the Mike Karavasili Memorial Trophy was presented to Kevin Clarke, this year’s class winner with his 1974 2.0. The runner-up was David Wood with his 1971 914-6. Thank you to everybody who took part in the display. We will be doing it all again at next year’s show - it could be you winning the Mike Karavasili Memorial Trophy.

Stratford Festival of Motoring After Stanford Hall Show many 914 owners stayed over in Stratford-upon-Avon to enjoy a social gathering together in preparation for the following day’s Stratford Festival of Motoring. The festival is in two parts - a tulip

route tour in the morning starting from the leisure centre followed by an afternoon car display on the closed streets of the centre of Stratford in the afternoon. The 914 group left together but it wasn’t long before the first mistakes were made - 914s going off in different directions!

Those who made mistakes regrouped and were soon back on the tulip route and, after some miles, caught up with the 914ers that got it right! We all enjoyed the 60-mile tour before heading back to the centre to take up our places on the main shopping street to the river.

The weather was fantastic, blue skies and very warm for the time of year. We split up to do our own thing looking around Stratford - a few of us headed to the river where we hired two rowing boats to enjoy some time on the water and have some fun learning how to row! David Stowers, who could row, gave us novices instructions as to how to row correctly!

Afterwards, we regrouped for a group picnic in the park area by the theatre. We then headed back to the line-up of 914s to meet Quentin Willson, who is the patron of the event, and to have a group photo taken by the 914s and a bit of a chat. Many thanks to Bren Taylor who suggested the event - it wasn’t long before a few of the attendees chipped in to make it all happen.

Happy Fourteening…

Kevin

DIARY DATES 5 AUGUST VWNW Tatton Park The 914 Register has been invited to put on a display again this year as part of the ‘70 Years of Porsche’ display. Please contact Kevin if you would like to display your 914.

31 AUGUST - 2 SEPTEMBER Yorkshire Moors Tour Contact Kevin for more details.

Clockwise from top left: Stanford Hall VW Show 914; concours display judging; Stratford Festival of Motoring 914 display; Quinten Willson meets the 914 group

924 except GT Register Secretary Paul Hedges 07940 441452 (6-10pm) – 924@porscheclubgb.com My car As is the nature of our cars, you fix one problem only to find another one becomes apparent.

In my case, the seat adjustment lever jammed with the seat in the most rearwards position. Thankfully, it was simply a case of squirting a touch of WD40 into a few key places and it worked straight away.

More frustratingly, the alternator bushes have been a big problem on my car. I ordered an alternator bush kit from Porscheshop and was supplied with item number 1520, which (on the receipt) comprises of: 059903265A - Alternator bush metal cup washer 924 times two 047131123 - Alternator bush metal insert 924 047131117A - Alternator bush 924.

I initially found it strange that the bush came in one part and the old bush was in two sections. I expected a tight fit but it proved impossible to install. Then I looked at the Porsche branded packet the item came in and it said 059903263A, which is for a left-hand-drive car. The metal insert is also shorter to suit. I rang Porscheshop and they informed me that this is all they had in stock. I also rang Design 911 and they confirmed the non-availability of the right-hand-drive bush set. As one person said, this is like ordering a screw and getting a nail...

I ordered a second-hand bush from Paul at Woolies Workshop (telephone: 01676 532346 – CV8 1PX).

Together with the metal component, the bush actually fits in, as 35 years had actually worn a perfect two-millimetre groove in the metal of the original. I reinstalled the alternator and reassembled everything to the best of my abilities, and then took the car to Deutsch Tech (telephone: 01908 579229 – MK12 5TL) to have them check everything over and tension the belt correctly.

I now had a car I could actually use, except for one thing.

The front section of exhaust had a hole in it, reducing back pressure, with the result that the car would not idle.

However, fear not – for once I had planned in advance and had a solid second-hand replacement ready to go in the back of the car.

For the replacement work I opted to take it in to a new specialist called ES Motor (telephone: 07900 991911 – MK13 9HA) and left it with them – only to be told that it didn’t fit. Left-hand-drive fever had struck again and Woolies Workshop had sent one in error. After a quick call, they sent the correct part in the next post.

Remanufactured parts #24 Each month I will feature a part that is featured for each model of 924 (as well as other models they apply to). Its inclusion here is not a guarantee of availability or suitability for your car. Your local Porsche Centre will be able to guide you in these respects. Remember you can find the full list on the PCGB 924 Forum. Don’t forget to have your membership card handy and ask for PCGB discount!

Brake pad repair set Energit: 477698076A - 924 with rear brake drum (1976–1985) Ignition coil: 211905115B - 924 Turbo (1981-1982), 924 Carrera GT Repair kit for clutch slave cylinder: 92811690100 - 924 (1976–1985), 924 S (1986–1988), 928 (1978–1995), 944 (1982–1991) More next month…

Paul

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930 Turbo SE Register Secretary Robert Day 07786 396925 (evenings) slantnose@porscheclubgb.com

924 Carrera GT Register Secretary Ricky Caesar 07796 935550 – 924carreragt@porscheclubgb.com

928 Register Secretary David Hemmings 07768 983743 – 928@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Andrew Brierley 01204 491573 – brierley28@virginmedia.com Visit to Morgan Cars When Graham Martin extended an invitation to join the Passion Group of 928 owners it reminded me that the last time I went to Malvern was over 20 years ago, with PCGB. It seemed like a good reason to see if their ‘time machine’ had moved on. I will let Graham set the scene:

“David asked me to pen a few words… Informative, professional yet intimate tour - with all questions freely asked and dealt with interestingly. An Insider’s view of the life and times of the Morgan Car company, from three wheelers, the first four wheelers, from mid 1930s to Le Mans contenders and the 4.4 BMW-engined Aero 8 and 4.8 Plus 8.

“Discussions were possible with their craftsmen as we toured around - many are third generation Morgan employees. The Morgan family influence is quoted all the time.

“Only 44,000 paint colours! If you want that many to choose from! Excellent shop and café – much needed after an extended two-hour tour.

“Great explanation of how ash is such an important safety feature of the cars, how ash allows the cars to ‘flex’ and provide comfort, but has similar side impact strength to the metal used by other manufacturers.

There is a Z section ladder frame of steel. It’s a clear blend of modern and 1900s’ technology, where many machines and presses from the early 1900s sit side by side with BMW V8 engines in the Aero 8 cars, which have a bonded aluminium alloy honeycomb chassis combining great strength with lightness.

“Their latest three-wheeler EV pre-production car was on display. They already have this electric three-wheeler ready for imminent launch and a four-wheel version could follow quite soon.

“Hire a car for a day/weekend/week from the factory before you buy. There’s now only a one-year waiting list!”

We decided we both liked Morgans but we still prefer our respective Porsches. They are as different as a Porsche is from a Mercedes. I will summarise it the following way.

Clockwise from top left: nuts and bolts of the rear body frame (or mortice and tenon joints with wood glue)?

Strong as steel and, unlike steel, it flexes; electricpowered EV three-wheeler waiting for its launch date.

One headlight is missing – it’s the development model!; the last of the BMW V8-engined cars. Notice the only ash timber is in the rear bodywork; final road testing; 928 at Morgan with David Hemmings (right) and organiser, and budding bandleader, Graham Martin (second right); Morgan factory gate meets 928

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Sir John Harvey Jones gave the car a negative in a long remembered TV programme (for those of a certain age) in 1990. However, Morgan have found their own unique updated formula upon which they successfully sell 700/800 cars per year. These cars all meet the same safety and international standards that are applicable worldwide. They just look like a car from an earlier time, but enough people around the world (80 per cent are exported) keep them busy year in, year out. Long may it continue.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 4 August Goodwood Goodwood in Sussex will host a special display section for Porsche transaxle cars - that is the 924, 928, 944 and 968 - on this Saturday. This is a follow up to 2017’s event, organised by Ken Coad from the 968 Register. It’s a great way of seeing what this interesting venue has to offer whilst avoiding huge crowds. Regretfully, yours truly will not be there with Yorkshire and Goodwood on the same weekend a clear choice has to be made.

5 August Yorkshire Porsche Festival We have been attending this event for many years (it could be 20) and are lucky enough to have our own reserved 928 Register parking area, courtesy of organisers Mark and Carol Jessop. Held at Lotherton Hall near Leeds just off the Al/M1 junction (LS25 3EB) it’s not hard to find with local brown signage. Those in the know will appreciate the hospitality shown by sponsors Strasse of Leeds and Specialist Cars of Malton - you will not go hungry.

You will find that they both have some interesting cars for sale.

2 September Brands Hatch The Festival of Porsche will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Porsche since production started in Gmünd in Austria, all those decades ago. Register parking is promised - details nearer the time.

16 September The ‘North West 100’ for transaxle cars This new event is the brainchild of Region 7 (Yorkshire) member Roger Goode. Roger’s idea is a 100-mile guided run through the Yorkshire Dales, touching on the edges of Cumbria. It will start and finish at the Bay Horse Pub and Restaurant at Snaygill near Skipton (BD20 9HB). Entry is free and, if the idea appeals to you, then please contact Roger direct by email on rogergoode47@gmail.com or by phone on 07541 275978 to ask him questions. The 928 Register likes the idea so we urge you to put your name forward. Let’s see if we can make up a small convoy group. A navigator is recommended.

13-14 October The Merry Miller meeting of 928UK enthusiasts All 928 owners are invited to join this low-key event for one day (Saturday) or a long weekend. The choice is yours. The Merry Miller meeting of 928UK enthusiasts has now enjoyed 20 years as a pub lunch and a natter. We are now staying overnight, not at the pub but in Portsmouth, and then moving onto the Isle of Wight the next morning to add to the variety.

There are only five places remaining on the ferry on Sunday morning, as I write. Drive home late on the Sunday, or stay till Monday, as you wish. Reservations can be made, or more details can be obtained directly from Andrew Brierley at brierley28@virginmedia.com David Hemmings DIARY DATES 4 AUGUST Goodwood - Transaxle Register Rendezvous 5 AUGUST Yorkshire Porsche Festival Lotherton Hall near Leeds.

2 SEPTEMBER Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Porsche.

13-14 OCTOBER The Merry Miller meeting of 928UK enthusiasts

944 Register Secretary Mike Pollock 07811 944953 – 944@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Andy Watson 07920 589750 (6pm-9pm Mon-Fri and 9am-6pm weekends) andywatson6419@yahoo.co.uk Technical Advisor Jon Mitchell 01202 488800 (during normal working hours) technical@jmgporsche.co.uk Hello to all 944 owners. I’m sitting here towards the end of June enjoying the fantastic early summer weather, having found time for a great day at Prescott Hill Climb course on Sunday. Unfortunately, I missed the Club Championship round, which was on Saturday. There was, however, a pretty standard looking 944 competing along with a 968 Club Sport and a modified 924.

I do enjoy receiving 944 stories and two contrasting ones follow, from long-term owners.

Clockwise from top left: the offending area; the finished article; a sumptuous cabin; perfectly detailed

Sill replacement Derek Boon contacted me regarding his sill replacement: “Hi Mike. I have owned my 944 S2 Cabriolet for 10 years. Last summer I decided to tackle the rust problem on the wheel arches. I found a pair of sills plus wheel arch bottoms on the internet - the rear arch bottoms I had to have made. I cut out the rust, carefully sealed and wax oiled all the metal inside and tacked the new metal in place. My friend Russ welded them in place (he is a better welder than me). I then filled, sanded and then painted the areas below the doors on both sides.

“I left the plastic sill skirts off, as these probably caused the rust problem. Next I stripped and cleaned front and rear shocks and brakes. I replaced the front discs and pads and had it laser tracked. As I changed all oil filters I remembered it had been five years since I changed the belts, so I sent for a set plus a set of silicon hoses.

“As I am almost 70 years old I thought I would make life easier and get the local garage to fit them.

When the car was in the garage I was like an expectant father as I had never allowed anyone else to work on the car. When I got the car back there was a whining sound coming from the front. I thought the belts were too tight and maybe there was a water pump problem. However, on inspection I found the alternator belt and balance shaft belt too tight.

Skinned knuckles and scratched arms later I had the noise sorted. She is now ready for a few more years’ trouble-free motoring.

A Coupé’s birthday present Jonathan Tarbitt told me about the ‘birthday present’ his Coupé received: “Hi Mike. I’m sorry to jam up your inbox with photos. I’ve been a member of PCGB for 14 years and have owned my Alpine White 1988 model for 13. In our first year of ownership my girlfriend (now fiancée) and I drove her to Switzerland from Edinburgh - there and back in four days - great fun!

“These days she comes out on a Sunday for a nice run along the East Coast of Scotland. We thought, since she was now 30, we’d give her a present. So, she’s received a 70-hour paint correction and detail using a ceramic serum, which protects her for five years. The chap who did it is called Alex, and his company in Bathgate is called Bespoke Detail. There’s a super video of the job on his Facebook page. I thoroughly 108 porscheclubgb.com

recommend him and he really loved working on the car. I hope this may be of interest to you.”

I’m sure you’ll agree, both 944s look all set for the summer. I hope you all have your cars ready to take on roads wherever they lead. For me it will be Silverstone for the Classic and I hope to see many of you there.

Happy 944ing…

Mike

968 Register Secretary Ken Coad 01923 262960 968@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Chris Sweeting membership@porscheclubgb.com Technical Advisor Alex Eacock 01213 282225 Hello 968 Register members,, when you read this we will be getting ready for the Transaxle event at Goodwood. I’ll be writing about that and the Silverstone Classic event next month. Since neither event has happened as I write this, I am hoping we shall have great weekends at both. More next month…

As so often happens, just when I am feeling happy driving my 968 I let Ninex of Maidenhead, my friendly Porsche specialist, collect the car and give it a service in readiness for my trip to Classic Le Mans. So far so good, mission accomplished, except James Tilleard, one of the co owners of Ninex, declared a noisy gearbox and bearings, which needs further inspection.

At 170,000 miles I am advised this is not unusual and it usually means removing the gearbox for a full strip down to replace the worn bearings. First estimates suggest a ballpark cost of around £1,500 to £2,000 plus VAT. I am not ready to fund that just right now and will see if I can detect the noise between now and Christmas - it looks like a New Year expense.

Meanwhile, I am looking forward to Classic Le Mans and, with a full service plus new brake and clutch

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fluids; the car should be in great shape. Of interest, the French Gendarmerie will be busy with speed cameras, as they have just reduced certain limits to 80kph It seems Porsche have increased spare parts prices for our classics and, to add to the grief, Brexit is looking unlikely to be saving us any money. Two Porsche specialists have been recommended to me, Ninex of course, who have the skills and knowhow, and RPM, where whizzkid Dave rebuilds Porsche gearboxes. (Remember, he rebuilt my 911 1974 2.7 some years back?) I suppose, with over 24 years usage and 170,000 miles, things wear out. It looks like I will start next year saving up for the big bill.

On a good note, we still have the PCGB Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche event supported by Porsche, which should be a great meeting. Contact Club Office for more details.

Enjoy your 968s and I look forward to meeting you at one of the forthcoming events. Finally, 911 and Porsche World will be featuring 968s with a feature

by David Sutherland.

Clocwise from top left: Porsche Parade in the Netherlands; prize draw winner Neil Thomas; Neil being put through his paces; ready for round two

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Boxster Register Secretary Tracy Wilkins 01992 450740 boxster@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Secretary Cliff Wilkins Contact details as above Technical Advisors Steve Winter steve@jazweb.co.uk Nick Pike 02089 607 111 (evenings and weekends) Well the summer has certainly come in with a bang and, as I write in temperatures of 30 degrees, I hope that, like me, you are enjoying your open-top driving.

RECENT EVENTS Porsche Parade Over the last month there have been many Regional and Club led events for you to enjoy. Our highlight of the year so far was the Porsche Parade in Holland.

From the moment we arrived at the five-star Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin to four days later as we said our goodbyes, Cliff and I had one of the best Porsche experiences of our life. It was always on our bucket list and we are so glad that we attended. To meet so many members from around the world (17 countries attended) and to share the same passion really was amazing. We took Cliff’s Cayman R and, as it was the only Peridot Green car out of 175 attending, we did receive quite a lot of attention. In summary, just a few events over the weekend we attended were: two gala dinners; an orchid factory; a three-course lunch at Rotterdam airport; a canal boat trip; two tulip map car drives; an evening in Amsterdam at a venue with five party rooms; and a parade driving through the centre of Almere with thousands of people lining the route cheering us along. Add to this the items in our goody bags, and the complimentary food and drink all weekend, and we had no time to take a breath.

Porsche Club Netherlands really pushed the boat out and their hospitality was second to none. I can’t remember when I have ever danced on the dance floor between courses at a gala dinner - the whole weekend became one fabulous party. We were sad to

leave. The next Parade will be in Switzerland in 2020 - we better start saving!

Restoracing prize draw winner On 2 June our prize draw winner Neil Thomas attended Silverstone as part of the Jardine Group pit crew for the second round of the Restoracing Competition. It sounds like he had a fabulous day.

Congratulations to Harry Gasson for finishing fifth.

Neil writes: “It’s worth mentioning that I had forgotten that I had entered the competition, so it was a complete surprise to get the call to say I had won! Travelling down to Silverstone, I was a bit worried as I am no mechanic. It was a bit surreal to be met at the gate by a certified racing driver (James Cannon) then being chauffeured to the pit area in a very nice Cayenne.

Once there I got to meet the team including the driver for the day, Harry, as well as Gary and the rest of the pit crew. The crew included apprentices from PC Colchester who were happy to have a chat and share their knowledge and experience of working on Porsches. I was made to feel very much at home and, with the addition of an official pit crew shirt, part of the team. Special thanks to James, our host for the day, he is an extremely knowledgeable guy. I would have no hesitation in contacting him in the future at the Cambridge dealership should I ever get an issue with my 986. It was really good to see how the 986 performed on track. For any of those sceptics; it was true sports car!

“It was a great day with some excellent racing.

Harry finished in a respectable fifth in the final race. A final note, when I got home I purchased tickets for the Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch, so I can see how the Championship finishes, and possibly meet up with the crew again.”

TECHNICAL Q&A Question: Hi Steve. The dipped beam headlights on my Boxster are very poor. Can you advise on a replacement bulb kit? My car does not have headlamp washers and the main beam is OK. Steve: You can’t legally fit LED or HID if you don’t have headlamp washers as they won’t pass an MOT. 110 porscheclubgb.com

However, you can fit an upgraded halogen bulb from any decent motor factors. Your bulbs are H7 and very easy to fit with full instructions in the owner’s handbook.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 23 September Boxster breakfast meet You should have received an email from me regarding this meet at The Artyard, Chipping Norton, OX7 4NF. This will be limited to 25 cars on a first come, first served basis. If you haven’t already booked, head over to the Club website’s Events section to reserve you place.

6 October Visit to Dove House Motor Company There are just a few places still available for this event in Rushden. See June’s PP for details. If you would like to attend please let me know at boxster@porscheclubgb.com Happy Boxstering…

Tracy DIARY DATES 23 SEPTEMBER Boxster breakfast meet 6 OCTOBER Visit to Dove House Motor Company

Cayman Register Secretary Kevan Sutherns 07733 318671 – cayman@porscheclubgb.com Summer so far has been mostly warm and dry here in Derbyshire and I am taking every opportunity to do some driving despite heavier traffic and ever tightening limits! But it’s enjoyable to just get out and about and to drive one of the best cars Porsche has ever produced.

Hopefully the Chatsworth event was well attended and Andrew got a good turnout at Goodwood and if anyone else wishes to set up a get-together in their own locality, please do.

I have cut back on what I intended to write this month to allow more room for a Register member’s report on his recent experience at the PEC, enjoy the report and stay safe.

Enjoy your Caymans…

Kevan 718 Cayman GTS PDK test drive at PEC Silverstone ‘Windy_Miller’ reports: At the 70th Anniversary Silverstone PEC event I had an hour with an instructor on the Porsche test tracks in a brand new 718 GTS PDK with PCCB. I’d specifically booked a PDK to compare the difference between the new flat-four turbo engine with computer-driven gear changes and my ‘analogue’ 987 S manual. I was pleasantly surprised.

I was thrilled to ‘receive’ a GTS. The opportunity to try the carbon ceramic brakes on track was the icing on the cake.

The interior has evolved from the 987. The Alcantara of the GTS has a tactility that feels right in such a sporting car. Despite the large touch-screen centre display there seemed to be a bewildering array of buttons throughout the cockpit. The mode-select dial diminishes the overall quality feel - resembling something from Halfords’ ‘upgrades’ bin.

The cabin is slightly larger than the 987, but retains a familiarity - seating position, reach to the wheel and views through the glasshouse seemed unchanged from the 987.

The noise...

With so many opinions on the new flat-four engine and exhaust noise, it was great to hear it ‘in the flesh’.

It’s different - no worse, nor better. I love the howl of my 3.4 flat six up to 7000 rpm when gunning it on a trackday. With PSE engaged my exhaust has a ‘rortiness’ inviting me to push the ‘loud pedal’ into the carpet. In the 718 GTS with PSE, I liked the guttural ‘angry bark’ when accelerating. I didn’t notice the downshift ‘pops and bangs’ many reviews comment on.

On a long cruise the noise may be a little ‘droney’ turn the PSE off for a quieter cabin.

The engine...

I love my flat six - its smoothness, its ‘swell’ of torque as the revs build, with acceleration, with no apparent end to it peaking. But, other than on track, I can’t access it fully and find myself having to downshift two gears to hit that sweet spot for an overtake. I enjoy the ‘drama and performance’ of manual shifting and consider it an intrinsic part of the experience of driving my ‘analogue’ 987 S. The 718 GTS had instantaneous torque available through its whole rev range, and lots of it. I tried out the launch control setting from a standing start incredible! It’s the only time I’ve felt nauseas from my own driving - it took off so fast, accelerated so quickly, and pulled constantly (till the instructor said ‘brake now’) that after four launches my internal organs decided they’d had enough.

Even more astonishing were the PCCBs - finally understanding the praise they receive. I’ve never experienced stopping power like it, total confidence every time bringing the car to a straight and rapid safe halt within 20 metres from 80mph.

The three driving and engine modes (Normal, Sport and Sport Plus) all had noticeable effects on engine, gearbox and suspension characteristics.

A few initial laps in ‘Normal’ mode demonstrated a comfortable yet capable and sure-footed car, every bit the Cayman I know and love.

‘Sport’ firmed the car up - feeling more ‘taut and sinewy’ with keener acceleration response and

longer in the revs gear change. Ideal for Sunday morning run-outs and B road ‘blasts’.

‘Sport Plus’ turned the car into a snarling, rabid animal, chomping on the bit to be let loose. I loved it.

An everyday road car became a track beast. After the launch control tests I was eager to dial back down to ‘just’ sport!

PDK versus stick When I got my 987 I tried both and preferred the manual. The PDK being the ‘buttons’ type just didn’t feel intuitive and lessened the car somehow. I hugely enjoy the additional driver to car interface and tactility of a manual lever, as well as the skill involved in shifting smoothly and rev matching.

However, the PDK in the GTS was the perfect synergy between that flat-four turbo engine and the progressively dialled-up handling characteristics of the selectable modes. After a few laps of playing with the paddles I stuck it in ‘auto’ and let the Stuttgartengineered algorithms do all the shifting for me, letting me focus on steering and the fast and stop pedals.

I felt no less engaged in driving the car.

Would I buy one?

In a ‘money no object’ world, I’d happily part with £78,000 for a 718 Cayman GTS PDK with PCCB and Sport Chrono package. A 981 GT4 costs not too much more, but if I could only have one car, I’d have the 718 GTS. Back to reality Would I spec £6,500 PCC brakes? No. As astonishingly good as the PCCBs were, I’ve never found my brakes lacking - standard brakes would be more than capable, even on track.

Final reflection I loved the GTS. I’d buy one in a heartbeat, if I had the money, (without PCCBs) and I’d move to a PDK if/ when buying a new Cayman. But, driving home in my eight-year old 987 S I felt no sense of paucity in its character and capabilities. My smile was just as big as when driving the GTS. If I could buy a new 718 GTS, would I sell my 987 S? No - I’d want to keep both. This says so much about the Cayman’s character - no matter the model you own they all invoke the same happiness and satisfaction that you are driving a perfect sports car with a fantastic pedigree.

Now to persuade Mrs ‘Miller’ that a re-mortgage for a 718 GTS makes complete ‘blokenomics’ sense...

New Register Secretary Stephen Chapman’s 2014 Panamera GTS

To kick off, the first step is to understand what Club members would like to see from this Register and, by now, you should have received an email seeking feedback. Your responses would be appreciated.

Not received an email? Then it is likely your Panamera is not recorded on your profile. This is easily sorted by logging into the PCGB website, and completing/ updating your ‘My Porsches’ section on ‘My Profile’.

For interest, as of 18 June, there were 86 Panameras on the Register, with a split of: Panamera 14 Turbo 14

S 5

4 7

Turbo S 6

4S 7 Diesel 12

GTS 8 Hybrid 13

In discussions with the Club Office, there is a lot of enthusiasm and support for Register activity so we hope to use that, along with your feedback, to produce some interesting future events.

Of course, it would also be nice to see a few cars at the main Club events – we have struggled at times to spot any other Panameras!

Suggestions/photos and further potential article material for the Register would be welcome via panamera@porscheclubgb.com Stephen

GT3 Register Secretary Alex Drobik 01628 620702 – gt3@porscheclubgb.com

Speedster

Jason Register Secretary James Kirk 01252 710479/715185 speedster@porscheclubgb.com

Panamera Register Secretary Stephan Chapman 07484 823098 10am – 8pm Technical Advisor Steve McPherson 07831 346060 panamera@porscheclubgb.com Following the recent appeal, I have volunteered to take up the Register Secretary role with Steve continuing as Technical Advisor. As background I have owned water-cooled Porsches as daily drivers for over 25 years and my introduction to Panamera ownership was five years ago when I purchased a 2010 Panamera 4. Last year, and 70,000 miles later, I took the opportunity to upgrade to a 2014 GTS. 111 porscheclubgb.com

Cayenne Register Secretary Jeremy Heney cayenne@porscheclubgb.com Adrian Clements I’ve recently had contact from Adrian Clements who is updating me on his latest acquisitions after his Panamera Turbo. In the first instance there was a 4.8 Cayenne Turbo, which was a lively beast indeed, and proved very popular with the family dogs due to the lowering to get in and out! Adrian managed 20mpg

Clockwise from top left: the Lamborghini factory visited by Adrian Clements on a recent trip; the new Lamborghini Urus compared to the…; …beautiful Biscay Blue Cayenne 4.0 Turbo; Colin Flockton’s trusty Cayenne S, which is vital to his job as professional photographer of top road cycling events

over his 12,000-mile ownership, so not too shabby considering how quick a car it is. Aside from the usual niggles with radio and phone connectivity, which sadly don’t seem to be exclusive to the Cayenne, it served him well.

Recently he has returned to his local Porsche Centre to take delivery of a beautiful Biscay Blue 4.0 Turbo – a wise choice indeed Adrian! Although only managing 300 miles so far, he has been impressed with the PDCC, the Porsche vectoring control and the ceramic brakes, which he feels are strong enough to stop a bus. He’s clearly a very happy owner with a great car that I’m sure will give him many more miles of enjoyment. Adrian went to Italy with the Goodwood Car Club and visited the Lamborghini, Ferrari and Pagani factories during the trip. He was able to compare the new Lamborghini Urus with his Cayenne. He was kind enough to send some pictures for us all to enjoy. If you need a driver next time Adrian… you have my contact details!

Colin Flockton I’ve also received an interesting communication from Colin Flockton, a member from Region 25 (Kent), where he tells us of his Cayenne being used in a work-based environment. Colin is a photographer at many of the world’s top road cycling events, such as Le Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and La Vuelta a España. As Colin explains, the races start and finish in a different town, sometimes 200km apart, and take in many different challenges and mountains. As Colin’s ‘office’ is an office on the move it needs to be able to transport numerous cameras, lenses, the right clothing and protective equipment to work in in wind, rain, hail, snow and 40-degree heat, not to mention computers to send his work on to the various media agencies. So, what better to take than his trusty Cayenne S? In between all this he can also be plonked on the back of a motorcycle too! His Cayenne is usually covered in race stickers that show the police that he is allowed to pass along the race route.

Colin starts his day photographing key riders, or

those he thinks will do well, before the race begins. He then drives off course to a pre-planned point to overtake the race. Depending on the length of the stage he will do this up to three or four times. He then endeavours to get to the finish about an hour before the stage is due to end to get those all-important shots of the winner. The Cayenne copes admirably with all terrain and can also double as a changing room he tells me! Next up for Colin is the Paris-Nice, Volta a Catalunya and the Basque Tour.

What a fascinating insight into the working life of a Cayenne, and thank you for sharing it with us Colin. If you want to see more of his work you can do on steephill.tv

Hello Modifiers. Here follows the second part of Roy Smith’s background to the early evolution of Porsche.

Early Modified– a point of view or a view with a point (part two) In the early 1950s, Porsche 356s were not exactly plentiful and so a plethora of Volkswagen component based specials, some using a modified Volkswagen chassis, started to appear. The Glockler tube frame cars even became known as Porsches - working very closely with Porsche they carried the Porsche badge.

Glockler even influenced the Porsche design personnel in the creation of the Porsche 550, Porsche’s first proper race car in 1953. In the USA racing driver Gordon Lipe took a series of Cooper chassis and fitted Porsche engines. Another racing driver, Pete Lovely, who built a car called the Porschewagon, also later utilised the Formula Junior Cooper chassis to create his ‘modified’ cars. Several others all followed a similar route. The mid-1950s also saw the arrival of the Devin, Pupulidy, Bobsy, Sable, Dolphin tube frame modified cars, which were all Porsche flat four powered. Dutchmen Wim Poll, Jan Deken and Henk van Zalinge all used the Volkswagen parts bin to create Porsche powered cars called the Poll-Platje, ATAF Porata, and Hirondelle. The Hirondelle even had its Porsche engine in front of the driver.

Then glass fibre came on the scene - in the factory cars of 1963, this relates to the final version of the 718 RSK, then the 904. Replicas, and other moulded bodies, appeared on the market in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Quite frequently, Dr Ferdinand Porsche’s famous Volkswagen Beetle chassis would form the base of many replica cars, including the Porschepowered RSK 718-RS 60 owned by the author of this article. The Porsche engine enhanced the creation of what might be called a ‘modified’. Of course, tube

If anyone else has stories of the working life of their Cayenne or possibly a road trip to deepest darkest Peru, then please let me know. In the meantime, enjoy this wonderful weather and your Porsche.

Jeremy

Porsche Tractor Register Secretary John Hearn 01206 210553 or 01206 793536 (W)

Modified Register Secretary Desmond Sturdee 07768 814264 (9am-9pm) modified@porscheclubgb.com Technical Advisor Ian Heward ian@porscheshop.co.uk Register Assistant Ralph Forster – modpor@icloud.com 112 porscheclubgb.com

From top: Porsche Type 616 in the RS60; Hirondelle 1957; Devin Porsche 2015

works drivers supplying very interesting anecdotes.

The highlight of the evening was, no doubt, the speech given by Dr Wolfgang Porsche who spoke very eloquently and emotionally thanking the worldwide clubs for their support and trust in the brand, particularly the sports cars at this 70-year milestone. He admitted the years hadn’t been without problems, both financially and in the direction the company turned from time to time, yet the enthusiasm for the family brand has continued to grow from strength to strength.

Whilst we were in Stuttgart the Mission E all-electric Porsche prototype was launched as the Taycan. It will go into production in mid-2019 at the purpose-made factory now being completed. This is a big, bold step for our favourite car manufacturer and, clearly, future models will be sired – including, no doubt, a Macansized four-by-four! Watch this space…

Clockwise from top: Max Hoffman USA, Glockler Porsche 1951; Pupulidy as seen at Goodwood in recent times; ATAF Porata 1958; Bicester 2017 the RSK modified with the air cooleds; Recreation RSK RS60, built 1990s

frame recreations, or other chassis, would normally not qualify, as they were not made from Dr Ferdinand’s design. However, if the basis for the re-creation is made of all ‘blood line’ Porsche née Volkswagen components, including the Porsche engine (which must be a post 1950-1966 Porsche flat four) there is a point of view that vehicles of that ilk could, in the light of the evidence, qualify as a ‘modified’ Porsche creation. Just a point of view, or a view with a point? The full history of the early Porsche race cars can be found in ‘Excellence was Expected’ by Karl Ludvigsen. The story of all the race cars that were powered by Porsche engines can be seen in ‘Powered by Porsche’ by Roy Smith, the author of this piece. Our thanks to Porsche Archives, and the author, for most of the images Many thanks go to Roy for his great article over the last two months.

Keep on Modifying…

Des, Ralph and Ian

Macan Register Secretary Mike Allen 07976697070 – macan@porscheclubgb.com Porsche celebrates 70 years June was the celebration of 70 years of the Porsche sports car and, indeed, even the Macan has been blessed with the sporting DNA that has been developed and incrementally honed by Porsche engineers, from the first 356 models to the current 911s, since 1948.

Fellow Macan owner Adrian Robson joined me in a week-long trip to link up with Porsche Club members from around the world at Stuttgart. The event concluded at a gala dinner in a converted warehouse dramatically altered to seat over 400 guests. We were treated to an excellent menu. Courses were interspersed with interviews with former Porsche

23-30 June 2019 Champagne/Loire trip recce Once the celebrations had concluded, Adrian and I set off to recce the Champagne and Loire regions of France for the Macan trip 2019. We made a point of calling in to meet Alain Navarre at his small Champagne house near Sauvigny following recommendation by Register members Nick and Judy Ballinger. Apparently Champagne from this vineyard was supplied for George and Amal Clooney’s wedding.

We sought out suitable hotel venues and one or two suggested places of interest. These included the Château de Villandry with its stunning gardens and a nearby quirky museum of vintage industrial contraptions, which include a mobile guillotine!

Although this trip is provisionally fully booked, I am running a reserve list, as places may well become available. Let me know by email of interest in joining.

Provisional arrangements, a draft schedule and hotel booking details will be given shortly to those already on the list in strict order of initial show of interest.

Further places will be offered, as bookings are confirmed/declined.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 1-2 December Christmas party weekend Those who haven’t already contacted me, please do so and I’ll give you the booking code and details for this year’s Christmas party weekend at Wroxall Abbey Hotel and Estate near Stratford-upon-Avon. This is a joint event with the 997 and 991 Registers. It was a sell-out last year, so book now to avoid disappointment.

15-18 March 2019 Welsh Long Weekend Back by popular demand and in order to beat the snow this time perhaps, we are planning an extended visit to mid-Wales, staying at the popular Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. There will be scenic drives and visits to places of interest with a free day on Sunday to do your own thing if you wish. There’s also the possibility of a gourmet tasting menu, if desired.

The list is filling up now, but there are still a few spaces available, so please email me to confirm your interest. Booking instructions will be issued shortly.

Clockwise from top left: the Taycan – the all-electric car prototype; Alain Navarre’s Champagne House; Château de Villandry; boutique hotel near Chinon

Happy Macan-ing…

Mike

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member benefits Make the most of your PCGB membership with these special discounts and offers

Porsche Club GB is very fortunate to enjoy the support of a small number of carefully selected partners who are equally passionate about the Porsche brand. Their generous support and ongoing commitment allow us to continue to provide Club members with a wide range of valuable benefits and resources. We hope you will in turn support them.

Eat, SHOP and relax at Daylesford Porsche Club GB is proud to announce Daylesford Organic Farm as its latest member benefit associate.

Nestled in the beautiful Cotswolds countryside near Kingham, Daylesford is the perfect place to stay, shop, eat and relax.

Nature inspires everything at Daylesford: the way it farms organically, the seasonal food in the farmshops and cafés, the sustainable materials in the luxury cottages, the holistic treatments at the Bamford Haybarn Spa, the wellbeing-focused courses in the cookery school and garden workshop, and more. It’s passionate about sharing its philosophy and aims to give visitors a truly memorable experience.

Porsche Club members can enjoy the following offers (on presentation of your membership card): 10% off bookings at Daylesford Cottages 10% off hour-long massage treatments at the Bamford Haybarn Spa 10% discount in the Daylesford Farmshop retail and café areas (excluding antiques and sale items) 10% discount at Bamford Barn a complimentary glass of rosé when dining at sister pub The Wild Rabbit (a modern British inn) where you can enjoy locally sourced seasonal food, and stay in one of its rooms or cottages. Visit the wildrabbit.co.uk, call 01608 658389, or email theteam@the wildrabbit.co.uk

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Porsche Club GB offers as part of your membership VALUATIONS

Agreed valuation service Porsche Club can provide members with a free valuation service for their Porsche.

This process can now be completed online at porscheclubgb.com. Each submission will be reviewed by a member of the Clubhouse team, and we aim to produce a completed valuation letter within 72 hours.

EVENTS

WEC Silverstone 17-19 August The FIA World Endurance Championship returns to Silverstone as the spirit of Le Mans roars into the home of British motorsport. A highlight of the Porsche Club events calendar, Club members can enjoy a two-for-one ticket offer on weekend tickets, infield parking and hospitality.

Children aged 15 and under have free entry but do require a physical ticket, so

please email events@porscheclubgb.com to request the relevant pass. This offer is only available to current Porsche Club members – you will be asked for your membership number at check-out if ordering via the PCGB website.

Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche Sunday, 2 September Festival of Porsche returns to Brands Hatch on 2 September for a special celebration of Germany’s most iconic sports car manufacturer, including racing, demonstrations and displays. Organised

by MotorSport Vision in association with PCGB, the event will be a highlight for both the Club and the circuit in 2018. Its return, for the first time since 2014, is ideally timed as it coincides with the 70th anniversary of the founding of Porsche.

Preferential ticket prices are available to members on the PCGB website.

PORSCHE CARS GREAT BRITAIN Certificate of production As part of the overall membership package, UK members are able to obtain official Porsche Certificates of Production (COP) at no cost (normally £65 from Porsche Cars GB). For detailed instructions on how to obtain a COP, look under ‘Membership benefits’ on our website.

For many Club members, their Porsche carries emotional and aesthetic connections, which need to be allied with investment, taxes and often financing considerations.

A key reason PCGB chose to partner with HFMC Wealth is because the company has direct experience of all these issues and how they can impact on your family’s broader key strategic financial objectives.

HFMC Wealth’s fundamental objective is to manage your wealth together, and help you achieve your key financial goals.

If you value financial planning for the future, or would like a health check of current finances, contact HFMC Wealth for a free introductory meeting. Visit hfmcwealth.com, call 0203 958 0911 or email PCGB@hfmcwealth.com On the way to an event, a client’s 963 Porsche 356B Coupé rear-ended and went into a spin, hitting a wall. He was unhurt, but the car was badly damaged. Under the PCGB Insurance Scheme we drove him to the event then took the 356, insured with us at an agreed value of £40,000, to his chosen garage. Repair costs agreed with the garage were just under £28,000.

Most policies write off a car if repairs exceed a certain percentage of its value, with the client offered so-called market value, minus an excess. The PCGB Scheme is more flexible. We did offer the option of a £40,000 agreed value cash payment, with no deductions, but he

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chose the repairs. Where possible, only original Porsche parts were used, and the car was returned in perfect order. Why not ask Lockton, the scheme’s brokers, for a quote on 0845 602 9420?

Oracle Finance has funded thousands of prestige vehicles, including many Porsches, and can offer a broad range of tailored finance solutions, including refinance and equity release. Contact its Porsche Club team for a fast-track service at competitive rates* by calling 0845 094 9111, emailing porsche@oraclefinance.co.uk or visiting oraclefinance.co.uk/porsche-club *Members receive one year’s free Porsche Club membership with each new finance agreement.

Pirelli has updated its exclusive members offer. PCGB members will now receive a fuel gift card, up to the value of £100, when purchasing two or more Pirelli car, van and 4x4 tyres in a single transaction. For full details of the offer, visit pirelli.co.uk/porscheclubgb Through the Club’s partnership, members can benefit from Silverstone Auctions’ expertise in a number of different ways, including free consignments (usually £300) of cars to Silverstone Auctions sales; advice and guidance to Club members on the practice of consigning their Porsche for sale or undertaking a purchase at an auction; highly discounted catalogue prices; and privileged membership of affiliation and loyalty schemes.

Porsche Club members enjoy preferential rates on Classic Additions products when purchased through Porsche Club. Buy online at porscheclubgb.com or call 01608 652911 .

Porsche Club members enjoy preferential rates on Hamilton Classic products when purchased through Porsche Club. Buy online at porscheclubgb.com or call 01608 652911.

All offers/codes correct at time of going to print

OUR PARTNERS

ARTWORK

Carvolution Discount: PCGB members receive a 15% discount.

Claim: Visit carvolutioncompany.com and use PCGB15 at the checkout.

BREAKDOWN COVER

AA Discount: Porsche Club GB members save 50% on new annual breakdown cover or 20% on yearly renewal.

Claim: Call 0800 048 0075 and quote F0729. Terms and conditions apply.

Please visit porscheclubgb.com RAC Discount: Receive up to 50% off standard RAC prices for a single personal-based cover for the first year of membership, then a 25% discount on each renewal.

Claim: Call 0800 096 6836 or visit rac.co.uk/join/benefits, quoting MS50.

CAR-CARE PRODUCTS

Vertar Discount: PCGB members receive 10% off car-care products and auto accessories.

Claim: Call Freephone 0800 177 7808 or visit vertar.com and use the coupon code PCGB. Car Hood Discount: PCGB members are offered a price of £650 inc. VAT (usually £695) to supply and fit a mohair hood with heated glass rear window to a Boxster 986 1997-2002.

Claim: Present membership card for discount. Call 020 8391 5324.

CAR STORAGE

Ecurie Esprit EVERY CAR AS IF OUR OWN Discount: A 10% discount across its entire range of car storage, transport, detailing and care services. Whether you want your Porsche securely stored for a fixed or open-ended period, moved anywhere in Europe by an enclosed transporter, detailed and protected with wax, sealant, self-healing paint protection film or even underbody chassis wax, Ecurie Esprit has it covered. Alloy wheel refurbishments, MOTs, dent removal, smart repairs and full bodyshop projects are also catered for.

Claim: Present your membership card or quote your membership number.

Visit ecurieesprit.co.uk/contact or call 07910 108507.

ECURIE ESPRIT

GENERAL MOTORING

The Institute of Advanced Motorists Discount: Advanced driving course to PCGB members for £135 (usually £149).

Claim: Call 0300 303 1134 or visit iamroadsmart.com/poc and quote POC14.

LUBRICANTS

Lucas Oil Products UK Ltd Discount: PCGB members receive 10% off online prices.

Claim: Call Freephone 0808 100 3259 or visit lucasoil.co.uk and use code PCGB10.

Opie Oils Discount: 10% discount is available to members.

Claim: Email sales@opieoils.co.uk, call 01209 202 949 or visit opieoils.co.uk and use the discount code PCGB website.

Woodcote Automotive (Millers Oils) Discount: 20% discount on products bought via the specialist motorsport distributor and 15% discount on Millers Oils products.

Claim: Email robin@woodcoteauto.co.uk, call 01565 653658 or visit millersoils.co.uk

K300 Ltd Discount: 15% discount on Goodridge hose kits and 10-15% discount on EBC and Pagid brake pads.

Claim: Call 0161 355 1275 and quote your membership number or visit k300performance.co.uk

PORSCHE SERVICING AND BODYWORK

Autofarm Discount: 10% discount on labour costs.

Claim: call 01865 331234, email workshop@autofarm.co.uk or visit autofarm.co.uk and quote your membership number.

Canford Classics Discount: For details of discounts offered to PCGB members, email info@canfordclassics.co.uk or call 01929 472221. For our full range of services, visit canfordclassics.co.uk

PARKING

APH Discount: 10% discounts at participating UK airport car parks, airport hotel/parking packages and No1Lounges at selected airports. Discounts are on standard rates published on aph.com and on participating products only.

Claim: For full T&Cs, visit partners.aph. com/pcgb or call 01342 859536 and quote PCGB.

PORSCHE PARTS

Design 911 Discount: PCGB members receive a 5% discount on parts and accessories.

Claim: Enter code PCGB005 at checkout.

Visit design911.co.uk or call 020 8500 8811.

Porscheshop Discount: A 5-10% discount is available to members on most items and services.

Claim: Visit porscheshop.co.uk or call 0121 585 6088 and quote your membership number.

Spax Performance Discount: PCGB members receive a 10% discount on all products.

Claim: Call 01869 244771 and quote your membership number.

Dynotech RS Discount: PCGB members can enjoy a 10% discount on parts and 20% on labour costs and ECU tuning on presentation of their membership card.

Claim: Call 01367 358100 or visit dynotechrs.co.uk Parr Independent Discount: 10% off labour rates when PCGB members show their membership card.

Claim: For details, call 01293 537911 or visit parr-uk.co.uk Silver Wheels Ltd Discount: 15% discount is available to members.

Claim: Call 01202 896651, quoting SW9PC when booking, or visit silverwheelsltd.co.uk

HOTELS

Hurley House Discount: Members receive 10% discount on food and beverages, spa treatments and a complimentary bottle of Ruinart champagne on booking a stay.

Claim: Call 01628 568500 or email hello@hurleyhouse.co.uk, quoting ‘Porsche Club member’, and present membership card on check-in.

Beamish Hall Country House Hotel Discount: For exclusive member rates on room only, B&B and dinner, and B&B call 01207 233733 or email reservations@beamish-hall.co.uk quoting ‘Porsche Club member’ and present membership card on check-in.

Gisborough Hall Discount: This country house hotel offers PCGB members DBB from £139 per room per night.

Claim: Call 01287 611500 or email reservations@gisborough-hall.com quoting PCGB18, and present your membership card at check-in.

Hand Picked Hotels Discount: Offers Club members 15% off Best Available Rate for Country House and Islands two-night breaks.

Claim: Please quote promo code PPOR18, or call 01642 706 606. This offer is valid for bookings taken until 31 October 2018 and is subject to availability.

The Park House Hotel, Shifnal, and the Mytton & Mermaid Hotel, Shrewsbury Discount: A free stay and complimentary upgrade to a suite when members spend £100 on food and drink. This applies all week at the Park House Hotel and Sunday nights at the Mytton & Mermaid.

Claim: Call the Park House Hotel on 01952 460128 and the Mytton & Mermaid Hotel on 01743 761220, quoting ‘Porsche Club member’.

SHOPPING

Elm of Burford Discount: PCGB members receive a 5% discount.

Claim: Produce your PCGB membership card for a 5% discount or use code PCGB at elmofburford.com Bicester Village Discount: Savings of up to 60% on the RRP of leading brands at more than 160 boutiques. PCGB members also save 10% with a VIP card.

Claim: Print the voucher from the PCGB website and present it with your PCGB membership card at the Visitor Centre or Information Hub.

experience world-class hotel in the heart of london The Montcalm London Marble Arch is a leading five-star hotel situated just five minutes from Marble Arch, Hyde Park and Oxford Street, and only a mile from Buckingham Palace. If you want to stay in luxurious accommodation and experience world-class service, then The Montcalm London Marble Arch is the place to stay.

Montcalm is delighted to offer Porsche Club members a complimentary continental breakfast and access to the club lounge at The Montcalm London Marble Arch. Visit themontcalm.com to book online, and use code PCLUBGB.

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CALENDAR WHAT’S ON IN 2018 JULY 29 29 29 29 29 29 31

TESLA visit (R1) Sunday Run - Lake Vyrnwy (R5) Trewithen County Show (R15) R20 Escape: Cambs Curves 2 (R20) Concours – PC Hatfield (R21) Kentish Tour (R25) Annual open night at The Manor House at Whittington (R13)

AUGUST 3-5 4 4 4 4-5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 10 10 10 11

Le Mans trackday (R28J) Norfolk Open Churches Run (R12) Transaxle Rendezvous – Goodwood (924) (928) (944) (968) Sound of Speed – Booker Airfield High Wycombe (R21) Beaulieu Super Car Showdown Ballater Victoria Week Parade (R2) Yorkshire Porsche Festival Lotherton Hall (R7) Helmingham Car Show (R12) Mount Edgcumbe Classic Car Show (R15) Porsches on Display at Borde Hill Garden (R23) VWNW – Tatton Park (914) Body shop visit and BBQ (R1) Ulster Grand Prix and parade lap (R27) ‘Drive Your Car’ PEC Silverstone (R10) Evening BBQ (R14) Friday Drive and Chippy Tea (R18) McLaren unveiling (R1)

11 12 12 12 12 12 15 15 15 16 17-19 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 22 25 25 25-27 26 27 27 29

Classic Car Show, Miller Park (R18) World of Supercars (R1) Gliding - Kirton Lindsey (R4) TOTEM (R8) Treasure hunt and BBQ (R17) St Wilfrid’s Rally (912) Gliding – Devon and Somerset Gliding Club (R15) Clay Pidgeon shoot (R17) R20 ‘On Tour’ – Summer Cruise (South) (R20) Ramsport UK – Denbighshire (R6) WEC Silverstone Capel Classic Car and Bike Show (R29) Witton Castle Regional Show (R3) Drive and BBQ – PC Chester (R6) Midlands 356 gathering – Crich Tramway Museum (R8) Hyde Hall Classic Car Show (R11) Wheels at the Warren (R11) Gliding day at Tibenham Airfield (R12) Coffee morning at British Ironwork Centre (R13) Gin tasting and garden buffet (R16) Preston Sports & Supercar meeting – Phantom Winger (R18) Out East (R20) Archery and BBQ (R25) Porsches in the Park – Bicester (R31) 356s Up North (356) Drivers’ School at Loton Park Hill Climb (R13) Curborough Sprint (R8) Canford Classics Open Morning (R26) Oulton Park Gold Cup (R5) Cross-border drive (R27) Props and Pistons – East Kirkby (R4) Wye Valley Drive Two (R14) North Wales run and lunch (R5)

31 Aug 31 Aug - 2 SEP

PCGB Brands Hatch trackday

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Yorkshire Moor Tour (914)

23 24 Sept -1 OCT Stuttgart and Salzburg visit 26 SEPT -1 OCT The Gallery Rally (R28J) 27 Llandudno lifeboat station (R6) 29 WOTY – Northumbria coast

SEPTEMBER 1 1 2 2 2 2-8 7-9 8-9 8-9 8-14 8-16 12 12 12-16 13-17 14-16 14-18 15 15 15-16 16 16 20 22 22 23 23 23 23 23

Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche BBQ Vale of Clwyd Rally (912) Brands Hatch Festival of Porsche (including Restoracing) Bo’ness Revival (R1) Classic car breakfast (R18) French tour (R13) WOTY (R18) Bridlington Weekend of Motoring (R7) Weekend Away – the North East (R8) Loire Valley Tour (R12) Driving Tour – The Romantic Road, Germany (R23) Karting (R5) Cinema night (R27) WOTY to Burgundy (R11) WOTY to Northern Ireland (R3) Wales Weekend (R9) Autumn Tour (997) RAF 100-year celebrations (R1) Visit to DynotechRS (R31) Kop Hill Climb (912) North West 100 V2 (R7) R20 Escape: London Landmarks XII (R20) Llandudno Lifeboat Station (R6) PCGB National Concours d’Elégance – Ragley Hall Castle Combe Rally Day (912) Warren Classic and Supercar Show (R11) Scenic drive (R15) Preston Supercar Club breakfast at Phantom Winger (R18) Drive and lunch (R18) R20 Escape: London Landmarks XIII (R20)

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Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre (R25) Drive Out Sunday (R31)

(R7) Tour of Cheshire Rally (912) Classic Vehicle Club meeting (R28G)

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OCTOBER 5-7 6 6 6 7 7 13-14 14 14 14 17 21 26-28

WOTY in North Devon (R13) PC Cardiff car clinic (R14) Porsche Clinic – Dove House Motor Company (996) Dove House Motor Company (Boxster) Sandringham House visit (R12) Sunday Brunch Scramble at Bicester (R31) 20th Anniversary of The Merry Miller meeting of 928UK enthusiasts (928) Sunday Run – Peak District (R5) Breakfast run - Hawarden Farm Shop (R6) Drive and lunch (R14) Visit to JD Classics (R11) Preston Supercar Meet breakfast at Phantom Winger (R18) R20 Autumn Break: Castles and Curves (R20)

NOVEMBER 4 4 4

Abbey Cwm Hir Christmas Decorations (R14) R20 Escape: Ups and Downs (R20) Abbey Cwm Hir Christmas Decorations (R14) REGIONS

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ATTENTION TO DETAIL Here’s our guide to this season’s must haves.

Create your masterpiece with Farécla’s G3 Pro new range of professional valeting products, in particular our G3 Pro Spray Wax. Application is exceedingly quick and only a light mist is needed for optimum performance.

Enhance shine and previously waxed surfaces with a silicone-free and temperatureinsensitive product to quickly restore that ‘just waxed’ look. Available nationwide.

Our award-winning range of luxury car care products has been developed by us, using our experience and knowledge as Master Detailers, and is manufactured in the UK. Unique to us, our products are easy to use, highly effective and excellent value for money, and cover all aspects of car care.

Buy online at www.autocurators.com Free delivery for orders over £35.

g3pro.com/stockists Tel: 01920 465 041

The idea behind a pre-wash is to remove contaminants such as bugs and grime before the contact wash stage, to reduce the risk of inflicting swirl and scratch marks.

Auto Finesse Citrus Power is a gentle but effective pre-wash formula designed to remove light contaminants with ease.

Our simple spray and rinse formula is pH balanced, wax and sealant friendly and can be used on paint, glass and plastic.

Petrol Head Detailing, offering the next level of car care…

Get in touch: Tel: 08446 93 13 93 Intl: +44 (0)1992 217 210

Tel: 01733 551965 www.petrolheaddetailing.co.uk

Our bespoke detailing packages are tailored to your needs. We offer superior levels of paint correction, perfection and protection. We are accredited by Gtechniq, which allows us to provide you with access to Crystal Serum Ultra (nine-year guaranteed ceramic coating).

To advertise please email fiona.wright@porschepost.co.uk or telephone on 01603 772553

Infinity Wax Est 2014 are a Scottish Manufacturing company specialising in automotive detailing applications.

Specialist products include: Pure 100% silicone free shampoo Nanotechnology surface coatings Ceramic Waxes Super concentrated wax safe pre-cleaners

We are a London-based car care and automotive paint protection company, working to the highest standards. Our detailing studio offers state-of-the-art lighting and machinery to bring your pride and joy’s interior and exterior back to life. We are specialists in paint correction, paint protection film, leather care and ceramic coating, regular maintenance washes and much, much more. For more information, please visit www.premium-detailing.uk

Premium Detailing London, Unit 2, Belvue Road, Northolt, London, UB55QJ Tel: 02086213204 | 07480100700

RGM design and manufacture ABS rearguards for the Porsche Cayenne and Macan models the UK. Rearguards protect the paint on top of the rear bumper, which can be damaged when loading and unloading items into the boot. Four colour options are available – Black, Silver, Carbon-Look and Brushed Aluminium Look.

Rearguards are an easy DIY fit. Door sill protectors are also available. For more information, call 01525 853888 or visit www.rearguards.co.uk

Infinity Wax Manufactures and supplies directly to the public and trade making us not only the first choice for performance but also price.

Products can be purchased directly from our web store www.infinitywax.com or from one of our distributors throughout the UK.

Cartec Ceramic Guard is a new breed of Ceramic Coating. A new formulation using SiCarbon+ leaves a more durable, longer lasting and glossier finish than previous SiO2 coatings.

Applied by our nationwide network of Ceramic Guard Technicians, Ceramic Guard not only makes your vehicle look incredible, but adds resale value and protects your investment.

01206 250639 or visit www.ceramicguard.co.uk hello@ceramicguard.co.uk www.cartecuk.com

ATTENTION TO DETAIL Here’s our guide to this season’s must haves.

BEFORE

Chipex, the world’s leading car touch-up paint, is easy and safe to use.

Supplied to major car manufacturers and customers worldwide.

For more information, please go to www.chipex.co.uk or email us at info@chipex.co.uk for help finding your colour.

AFTER

For The Ultimate Mirror Finish Top Car Detailing prides itself on going the extra mile for its customers.

We carry out paint enhancement, protection and new car detailing using Gtechniq Crystal Serum Ultra, Kamikaze Collection and glass coat for the perfect finish. Our in-house expert Barry holds the Esoteric Elite Detailing Academy certificate and is Gtechniq accredited. With our huge experience of looking after prestige, classic and supercars, you can trust us with your pride and joy. We are based in Merseyside but offer our bespoke service nationwide.

Call 01744 738699 / 07845 704487 or visit www.topcardetailing.co.uk

In car trimming and leather repairs Ripped or worn seats, cars or domestic repaired.

Full re-trims on classic cars, campers, caravans, boats etc.

Leathers seats re-coloured & repaired.

The Ceramic Pro coating will permanently protect the vehicle’s exterior and interior from deteriorating. Once the coating is applied, you will see ultimate gloss and colour depth. The slickness of the coated surface does not allow dirt, brake dust or tar to stick to your car’s paint or glass.

Washing the vehicle becomes less labour intensive and is needed less frequently.

Tel: 0333 733 1221 info@ceramicpro.co.uk www.ceramicpro.co.uk

Sofas, chairs, leather looking tired? Re-colour to NEW. Or just a full leather deep clean with a protector and conditioner.

Email: crazymonkeycartrimmers.co.uk Call Justin: 07977 015777

Trading Post

TRADING POST

RS18 HOT £4,900 RS18 FAB £2,900 Both number plates are on retention.

PCGB member.

Tel. Andrew 07738 930100 mcwilliam50@yahoo.co.uk

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Parts / Miscellaneous Cream interior for a 911 Carrera S, 1988, 2 tombstone seats, 2 rear seats, sun visas, door cards etc, in good condition.

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Tel: 07540 786240

Porsche 911 993 Targa Tiptronic S shares for sale . Three shares for sale in Porsche 911 993 Targa Tiptronic S 1997 model in Ocean Blue Metallic with Night Blue Marble leather.

Full service history, excellent condition. Each share is £17,500 with a monthly payment of £150 to cover insurance etc. Appreciating asset. Tel: 07540 786240

Porsche 996 silencers mint condition removed at three months old and stored for 20 years. Genuine Porsche/Gillet, part numbers 996.111.121.56 and 996.111.122.56 Offers via email: Arctic911carrera@gmail.com

WANTED ALL PORSCHE MODELS All conditions wanted, from restoration projects to concours. Right & left-hand drive. Complete collections purchased.

Cash buyer. Discretion assured.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested in selling your Porsche and are looking for a prompt hassle free cash buyer! Please feel free to contact me for a no obligation friendly chat.

I am especially interested in the following models: 356, 911, 964, 993, 996 and 997.

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1956 356A T1 Coupe Genuine Right-Hand Drive. UK delivered car.

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1964 356 SC Coupe Genuine Right-Hand Drive. UK Delivered Car. Signal Red with Black Interior. POA

1958 356A T2 Coupe Genuine Right-Hand Drive. South African delivered. Silver with Red interior. POA

356BC and 911 Indicator “Headlight Flash” Repair Pin ZF Steering Box Peg Genuine PR Services manufacture Precision engineered to correct hardness £100-00 inc Vat

Newly manufactured parts to repair those original indicator stalks that have broken and gone floppy after years of wear and tear.

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Pre “A”Demister Seal Newly manufactured rubber seal that goes between the dash and the windscreen de-mister tube on a Pre ‘A’. Price £40-20 inc VAT

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We have a warehouse here in the UK stuffed, floor to ceiling with literally tens of thousands of used parts, body panels, doors, engines, you name it, we may have it, even early 911.

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All on retention certificates for immediate transfer

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ORA11Y (plate on retention) For sale: a fab plate to ‘Shout About’ Also great for the ‘Dentist! Porsche owner amongst us. Offers IRO £2000 Tel: 07903 038327 K928 KNN, Suitable for a Porsche 928 of 1993 or older. PCGB Member £200 Tel Jason: 07807 626611 Email: lljjuk@yahoo.co.uk N3 PJT, On retention £750 O.N.O Tel: 07931 170205 959 VB, Club member has plate for sale for immediate transfer. Offers around £3,000.

Tel: 07796 935550 E-mail: papaporsche@yahoo.com A12 POR, on retention, £800 O.N.O Tel: 07583 899717

V999 POR Currently on Retention for resale. It does not come with number plates.

£750 or nearest offer T: 07484 658000

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BIG 272 £950 BIL 6322 £850 600 BJ £3900 BL 632 £3600 EI BMW £3500 N90 BMW £950 43 BO £6500 N2I BOB £I400 P24 BOB £I200 H9 BON £950 S26 BOX £850 775 BP £3600 R6 BRY £I400 LI0 BRY £850 673 BRY £2400 I7 BU £3500 D6 BUG £I300 BUN 9Y £3500 65 BV £3500 I984 C £4I00 I985 CA £2500 839 CAB £2500 CAM 5Y £3500 N24 CAM £850 CAR 8R £3500 B80 CAR £850 M3I CAS £I200 M28 CAT £I500 CAT 55Y £2500 EI CAY £850 4II CE £4900 C8 CEE £850 534 CER £I800 D7 CES £II00 M2I CHH £850 M32I CHL £850 M24 CJB £950 M2I CKR £850 JO07 CKS £950 W8 CLK £I300 CO 6503 £I300 D6 COB £I200 V4 COL £I700 N23 COL £I300 CON 6N £3500 M24 CON £950 COO 7K £5700 673 COO £I700 TI9 COX £850 9055 CR £I800 3000 CT £3800 35 CY £3700 97I8 DA £I900 K5 DAF £I300 DAL 9E £3900 M23 DAN £I700

PI23 DAN £I300 DI6 DAV £950 A3I DAY £850 8684 DD £I700 JO07 DDY £950 N29 DDY £850 P23 DEB £I500 M27 DEB £I400 DE03 DEE £850 P23 DEE £950 N24 DEE £950 W88 DEE £950 440 DEL £2500 DEN I4 £7900 N23 DEN £950 A77 DEN £2900 DES 2M £I900 X9 DES £I500 5I6 DES £2500 M32I DEW £850 50I6 DF £II00 26I9 DG £I200 DIL 679 £850 I02 DJ £5500 E20 DJB £II00 NI2I DJB £850 I65 DKH £950 4849 DN £I500 T7 DOL £950 DON 23V £950 W8I DON £850 472 DON £2300 994 DOT £950 Y9 DRH £950 L5 DRS £II00 M3I DRW £I200 DS 7876 £I600 398I DW £2300 DWP IW £950 DI DYR £850 JO07 DYS £850 EAR 8L £4500 P2I EAR £I500 I988 EC £3400 EDD 77S £II00 EDE IN £4800 J9 EDS £I300 N3I EEL £850 87 EG £3900 II22 EG £2900 5656 EL £I500 ELE I50 £3I00 ELL 6A £5500 M26 ELL £I500 ELT 66N £I500 EMA 5A £3300

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M27 EMA £950 M29 EMM £850 66 EO £4800 479 EPB £850 ER 342 £2900 F222 ERN £950 L5 ESA £I500 ETH 66N £2200 MI2I ETT £950 EVA 2N £5300 EVE 7S £3700 N2I EVE £I300 FAY 7X £I900 J33 FAY £850 8I8 FAY £2400 555 FB £4800 I96 FCG £850 95 FD £3600 9I90 FD £I500 FEL 3T £I500 FG 4447 £I400 FIL 963 £950 75 FJ £3600 70 FN £4200 P40 FOX £950 2II FR £3900 FRA 2N £5500 I52 FRH £850 R3 FRY £I300 2378 FS £I300 75 FY £3600 976 GAC £II00 HO07 GAN £I300 RO07 GAN £I300 MI2I GAN £I500 775 GAU £850 GAV 7X £I300 M25 GEE £850 E5 GEF £I300 GER 3T £I900 GER 22Y £2900

N2I GES £850 GES 768 £I500 M28 GGS £I500 M28 GGY £950 888 GJ £4900 74 GK £5I00 800 GL £3900 89 GM £8300 68 GN £4600 6000 GP £3900 GR 9992 £2500 DO07 GRA £950 GRE 5G £5500 I8 GU £5500 G37 GUY £850 54 GY £3500 8026 HA £850 699 HAB £850 HAL I5X £I300 HAL 888E £850 JO04 HAN £II00 HAN 4T £2900 M27 HAN £950 HAW 7Y £2500 HB 9757 £2300

H3 HOG £I700 P9 HOP £I200 I999 HR £2500 4444 HS £3400 444 HT £4900 2I HU £5500 HUG 2H £6I00 900 HW £4300 HY 7354 £II00 252 JAB £2500 N24 JAC £950 XII JAG £I500 GI2 JAG £I300 S222 JAG £II00 P27 JAK £I300 L33 JAM £I200 JAN IIM £3500 CI9 JAN £2500 JAN 5IW £2200 B92 JAN £I200 D9 JAR £I400 N27 JAS £950 N24 JAY £I200 JD 5402 £3I00 3333 JE £3400

P25 JES £I200 JEZ 232 £850 JF I03 £4300 JIG 303 £950 JIL 363 £950 306 JKP £I200 M27 JMC £850 I02 JN £4800 JOD 9Y £5500 R23 JOE £I400 JON 2B £5800 N26 JON £I200 R28 JOY £I200 243 JOY £2400 T6 JSH £I300 SO07 KAL £950 KAS IK £3500 KAT I7N £3500 W8 KAY £I900 KAY 8Y £2500 LI4 KAY £950 N3I KAY £I300 KBG 208 £I300 KC 6804 £2400 NI9 KEE £950

59 KN £3500 KPR 288 £I200 8I27 KR £I500 200I KT £2700 KTL 300 £I400 20 KU £3700 I00 KU £2900 N2I KYM £950 LAM 6Y £6500 42 LAN £3500 M3I LAR £850 R26 LAW £I300 LCW 450 £850 P23 LEE £I800 R23 LEE £I800 N26 LEE £I400 LEN 8A £4500 A9 LEN £I800 R55 LEN £850 LEO 328 £2600 LES I3E £3300 N2I LES £I500 M32I LES £I700 LIB 903 £850 5005 LJ £I400

83I LS £3I00 LUX 962 £950 4II LY £3700 N24 LYN £950 T200 LYN £850 G2 MAC £2500 MAC I3Y £3800 N25 MAC £I500 M29 MAC £I600 P2I MAD £850 PI5 MAG £950 MAL IIW £I900 N23 MAL £850 M40 MAL £950 MAR 8Y £6500 S54 MAR £I500 MAR 888K£3500 M28 MAS £850 P28 MAT £950 MAT 944T £850 MAV 4W £950 LO06 MAX £II00 R24 MAX £I600 S29 MAX £I500 R3I MAY £950

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M28 JED £950 JEF 2F £2800 R2I JEF £850 88 JEF £4900 XIII JEF £I500 M26 JEM £II00 P3I JEN £I300 SI60 JEN £850 V400 JEN £II00 R24 JES £I300

N3I KEL £950 KEN 4Y £4800 MI2I KEN £850 300 KEN £3500 J666 KEN £950 VO07 KES £950 M28 KEV £I500 MI2I KEV £950 MI23 KKY £850 444 KL £4I00

I5I LL £5500 M2I LLL £850 MI2I LLR £I200 M3I LLS £2300 M24 LLY £950 54 LN £3200 JI LOK £I500 M3I LOS £850 M28 LOU £II00 M3I LRS £950

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N23 MEG £950 M29 MEL £I300 VIII MEL £I200 PI2I MEL £950 93 MER £2400 737 MFK £850 E4 MGM £850 N2I MJH £850 MJI 424 £850 N2I MJS £950

2533 MK £I400 P6 MLA £I500 T74 MMY £2500 T774 MMY£I500 6000 MO £4800 R4 MOD £I500 M2I MON £I500 MON 66A £2500 MPL 574 £I500 735 MR £4700 MR 6646 £2800 G2 MRD £850 DO07 NAL £950 NAN 33Y £2500 RO55 NAN £I500 NAS 2H £5500 JO08 NAS £2500 NAT 8N £5900 M26 NAT £I400 58I6 NC £I900 7II ND £2I00 WA04 NDA £850 MI23 NDY £I400 78 NE £3800 3I35 NE £I600 N2I NES £850 74 NET £3500 I955 NJ £2500 53 NN £3900 ME04 NNA£I500 S50 NNA £950 M24 NNS £850 BO04 NNY £850 M3I NNY £I400 MO07 NRO £950 97 NT £4900 NUN 3I £2I00 OC 28I6 £I400 OD 228 £I700 OD 4338 £II00 M2I OON £I700

200 OR £4400 TO07 OTH £I500 I5 OU £4400 PAD 909 £2300 PAG 63E £I600 JI2 PAM £I500 PAM I9Y £I400 G95 PAM £I300 PAM 85IM £850 CI8 PAT £I200 A38 PAT £I500 PAT 4IK £2500 PAT 8IIR £850 PAU 6L £8500 PAU I44A £4500 896I PE £I500 JI PEA £950 PEG IY £3900 M9 PEG £I400 P9 PEG £I400 PO07 PES £850 I585 PG £I500 97 PN £3700 M5 POR £I200 K3 POT £850 9900 PP £2900 PEII PPY £850 I7 PU £3700 800 PU £2900 RAH 905 £I900 P23 RAJ £950 LI RAT £I200 S44 RAY £I700 RAZ 575 £850 9000 RC £3700 M3I RCC £850 LO07 RDS £950 E9 RDY £950 REE 5X £4900 W8 REE £850 AI REO £I300 M24 RES £850 REX IC £2800 EI RFC £I200 M24 RGE £850 9000 RJ £2800 MA04 RKO £950 P28 RKR £850 YO07 RKS £950 N27 ROB £I500 ROB 48IY £950 ROC 9K £2800 ROD 5Y £5500 286 ROD £2500 M90 ROG £950 E666 ROG £850

G33 ROL £850 AR03 RON £950 RON 248Y £950 D8 ROR £950 E2 ROS £2300 ROS 3A £5300 M78 ROS £I200 T2 ROY £2800 MI0 ROY £I500 S24 ROY £950 X25 ROY £850 M23 RRY £2I00 J222 RRY £II00 G322 RRY£2800 MO07 RSE £950 C9 RSH £850 RT 29I6 £2600 M28 RTY £2500 RO07 RYS £950 N23 SAL £850 MI23 SAM£2200 P2I SAN £850 SEA 6N £5800 M2I SEN £850 M2I SER £950 M2I SES £950 M25 SHA £850 K20 SHE £850 JO07 SHY £950 N23 SJB £850 P5 SLK £I200 528 SME £II00 SMJ 6 £6I00 555 SN £4700 M3I SOM £850 M27 SON £850 204 STD £950 M24 STE £950 M24 STR £850 M27 STU £950 M3I STY £I400 555 SU £3400 A7 SUE £3800 E24 SUE £I400 SUE 50M £2800 SUE 543W£I300 R777 SUE £I200 SUN 9H £2500 G6 SUT £II00 M3I SUT £850 5I5 SY £5300 C8 SYD £850 972 SYD £I600 600 SYF £950 B6 TAD £850

TAM I3E £2700 N2I TAM £I500 E7 TAP £950 TAZ 6I6 £950 P23 TEL £850 M28 TEW £850 M2I THA £850 F4I THE £6500 M24 THS £I500 7242 TJ £I400 272 TKJ £850 I25 TL £4300 950 TM £4800 70 TO £5500 TO 685 £2700 P23 TOM £I500 M27 TOM £I300 J3 TOP £850 II2 TR £4900 TRO 2Y £3800 9I5 TT £3900 M477 TTS £I800 M28 TTT £850 GO07 TTY £850 P28 TTY £950 90 TXE £950 300 TY £4800 630 TYD £850 75 UE £4I00 57 URY £2300 MI3 VAL £850 LI7 VAL £950 54 VAL £4300 90 VE £3700 69 VJ £3900 70 VL £3900 WAL IIL £I900 WBE 22I £850 WBR 36 £I200 HY03 WEL £II00 N3 WEL £I900 CO07 WEN £850 PO07 WER £950 WES 89M £850 I000 WL £3500 76 WP £4900 700 WT £3700 AL04 WYN £950 M24 XNE £950 YAL 66E £I500 YDB 320 £950 M28 YES £950 YJN I66 £850 8 YW £I5500 MA04 ZDA £850

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RPM Technik

Williams Crawford Ltd has been in business for almost 25 years, representing Cornwall dealing in classic and modern Porsche. We service and repair all Porsche models in our modern well-equipped workshops backed up by our highly skilled, dedicated and friendly team. Also on offer is our popular prestige brokerage service designed to take all of the hardship out of selling your valuable Porsche. Call Adrian or Richard to learn how our personal approach is different and can benefit you.

Units 6 & 7, Old Airfield Industrial Estate, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Hertfordshire, HP23 4QR T: 01296 663824 E: info@rpmtechnik.co.uk www.rpmtechnik.co.uk B S Motorsport Ltd Building 421, Westcott Venture Park, Westcott, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 0XB T: 01296 658422 E: office.admin@bsmotorsport.co.uk www.neilbainbridge.com Race preparation and restoration of Classic Porsche road and competition cars. Prestigious Storage and dyno facility & Over 45 years experience in restoration, racing and diagnostic development. Championship winning engineers now offering full service options from our new Service facility.

Cambridgeshire

Braunton Garage, Exeter Road, Braunton, Devon, EX33 2JP T: 01271 814144 E: info@brauntonengineering.co.uk www.brauntonengineering.co.uk South West specialist dedicated to Porsche owners. MOT testing station.

All Porsches welcome. Diagnostics, service/repair, AC, geometry, restoration, bodywork.

Thorpe Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough, PE3 6LU. T: 01733 332911 E: twg@supanet.com www.twgsport.co.uk Since 1982, TWH Motorsport has been dedicated to providing you with quality and dependable care of your Porsche. Expert mechanical repair and maintenance are the cornerstones of our business and, combined with our quality control scheme, give our customers 100% satisfaction. We offer a complete service from minor to major repairs for your car. To find out more about how are comprehensive service and repair can help you with all of your Porsche needs, we invite you to experience first-hand our quality service, staff and technicians.

Newton Popplefield, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 0ER. T: 01395 568498 Mobile: 07973 550911 Specialising in Porsche since 1974. Full Porsche diagnostics. Mechanical repairs and servicing. Four-wheel alignment.

In-house MOT. Air conditioning. Free loan cars. Contact Crispin.

Export 56 LTD Unit 9, Blundells Drive, Bradville Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK13 7HA T: 01908 216661 E: enquiries@export56.com www.export56.com

Unit 9, Blundells Drive, Bradville Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK13 7HA T: 01908 216661 E: enquiries@export56.com www.export56.com Proprietor, Mick Pacey is an enthusiastic and passionate owner and racer of Classic Porsche cars as well as an independent Porsche specialist which helps in his understanding of your requirements, as enthusiasts, running air cooled Porsches. With over 25 years experience Export 56 is dedicated to fine quality restoration and can list a number of rare road and race Porsche cars completed in our workshops.

The Export 56 Service Centre is the newest addition to our Classic Porsche facilities in North Bucks. Conveniently located in Central Milton Keynes and provides an exceptional offering to Air Cooled Porsche clients for all aspects of servicing, repair and maintenance. ..

Braunton Engineering

TWG Motorsport

3rd Floor STS House, Bristol Way, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3QE T: 01753 553969 E: joel@rsjsportscars.co.uk www.rsjsportscars.co.uk RSJ have been established since 1998 as a Porsche dealer and we are focused on the sales of used Porsche cars and the servicing and repair of used Porsche cars. As a Porsche dealer RSJ aims to be the next best alternative to a main dealer. We prepare our cars for sale to a main Porsche dealer standard. Our used Porsche cars have all cosmetic and mechanical refurbishment carried out to the same level as our staff did when they worked at a main Porsche dealer.

Our aim is to make your life-long dream come true to buy that used Porsche 911 and have a good experience while owning it. Please call to come and view more than 25 used Porsches in our indoor 6,000 sq foot showroom.

Export 56 LTD

Devon

Oak Tree Garage

RSJ Sports Cars

Buckinghamshire

911 Forge Lane, Moorlands Trading Estate, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6LX T: 01752 840307 E: info@williamscrawford.co.uk www.williamscrawford.co.uk

Cheshire www.tech9.ms Tech9 Motorsport Ltd Hale Garage, Hale Road, Liverpool, L24 5RB. T: 0151 4255 911 E: sales@tech9.ms One of the largest and longest serving Porsche specialists in the North West. Our highly skilled, enthusiastic team would love to welcome new and existing clients to our facility close to Liverpool Airport.

We operate the latest diagnostic systems and have huge stocks of new and used parts for classic Porsche. Engine and Gearbox rebuilding from 356, through all of the 911 variants air-cooled and water cooled including GT3. Motorsport experienced, multiple Championship and Series Outright Winners - complete vehicle builds and race/trackday preparation. Highly experienced with R/RS/RSR and GT models GT2, GT3 etc. UK distributor for German tuning brand TECHART Car Sales, Service and Restoration to Concours standards.

Discount available to Porsche Club members on request

Cornwall Location close to Liverpool Airport.

The Colourworx Ltd (Newquay) 1 Wesley Yard Newquay TR7 1LB T. 01637 873218 E. info@colourworxnewquay.co.uk www.thecolourworx.co.uk Club members and owner/drivers with over 40 years combined experience in car repairs. Accident repair centre – all aspects of body repair undertaken irrespective of vehicle and guaranteed fair pricing We can offer vehicle inspections and free estimates. Modern, fully equipped and insured premises.

SCSPORSCHE Honiton, Devon, EX14 3AW T: 01404 549921 Mobile: 07762 244477/ 07770 933054 E: scsporsche@hotmail.co.uk Independent purely Porsche specialists, factory-trained technicians from 1987 to present. Porsche diagnostic equipment for all your Porsche needs, from fixed-price servicing to full rebuilds, with free loan cars. Collection and delivery service available.

Dorset JMG Porsche 98 Cobham Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7RE T: 01202 488800 E: service@jmgporsche.co.uk www.jmgporsche.co.uk At JMG we are dedicated to helping you get the best experience from your Porsche. We service, diagnose, repair and improve Porsche vehicles in our south of England workshops.

Marque 21 Unit 20 Dreadnought Trading Estate, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 5BU T: 01308 459106 E: infomarque21@aol.com www.marque21.co.uk We are an experienced, enthusiastic team offering servicing, repairs, restoration, engine rebuilds, Porsche diagnostics and computerised full wheel alignment for all Porsche models from 1950 to 2010.

Essex Lancaster Volkswagen Loughton / Porsche-Audi-Seat Specialists Unit 5 Lenthall road, Langston road IG10 3TU T: 020 8532 5555. Contact Chris Toumazos or Andrew Lester E: chris.toumazos@jardinemotors.co.uk andrew.lester@jardinemotors.co.uk Covering Essex and London postcodes.

We provide the highest levels of quality and expertise with Porsche trained technicians. Using the very latest technology when repairing, restoring or enhancing your Porsche. For full details on the services we offer as a Porsche Specialist Body repairers please give us a call.

PIE Performance Independent Porsche Specialist Unit 9, Hill Farm, Lavenham Road Brent Eleigh, CO10 9PB T: 01473 760911, 01787 247911, 01787 249924 E: info@pieperformance.co.uk www.pieperformance.co.uk

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Gloucester

15. Hertfordshire Kent

Peter Chambers Automotive Ltd

La Rose Porsche

Unit 5, 4,200 Oakfield Close, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8PF T. 01684 274168 E. peter@pcaltd.co.uk www.pcaltd.co.uk We are a well-established specialist workshop offering a full servicing, repairs and preparation on any Porsche, be it everyday road car or track day car, right up to full race peparation. Competitive rates and efficient, friendly service.

Unit F3, Chaucer Business Park, Watery Lane, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6PL T: 01732 763333 E: dee@larose.co.uk www.laroseporsche.co.uk We are a well-established Porsche specialist with more than 30 years’ experience. Our fully equipped workshop, factory-trained technicians and the latest Porsche diagnostic equipment enable us to service and repair your early Carrera or current generation of Porsche.

Greater Manchester Hartech Firwood Industrial Estate off Thicketford Road, Bolton, BL2 3TR T: 01204 302809 E: auto@hartech.org www.hartech.org

Hampshire David Newton: Keylink SAS Ltd Units 15/16 The Calvert Centre, Woodmancott, Winchester, SO21 3BN T: 01256 397150 E: info@keylinksas.com www.keylinksas.com Sharing one man’s passion. Specialising in precision servicing of Porsche at highly competitive pricing. Collection, courtesy cars and delivery service available.

David Newton: Sandydown Bodyworks Ltd Heath House Estate, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6BY T: 01264 810757 E: info@sandydown.com www.sandydown.com Share one man’s passion. Independent Porsche specialists in paint restoration, bodywork repairs. Fully VBRA and insurance company approved. Modern low-bake ovens. Paint mixing scheme.

Full valeting.

Brookspeed 14 Parham Drive, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 4NU T: 02380 641672 E: info@brookspeed.com www.brookspeed.com Brookspeed is an independent Porsche specialist based near the M3 between Southampton and Winchester. With 20 years’ experience of racing and servicing Porsche models, Brookspeed are able to offer a ‘one stop shop’ for maintenance, servicing, Tyres, MOT and diagnostics.

Whatever your Porsche problem contact our friendly team at Brookspeed and we will do everything we can to help...

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RPM Technik Units 6 & 7, Old Airfield Industrial Estate, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Hertfordshire, HP23 4QR T: 01296 663824 E: info@rpmtechnik.co.uk www.rpmtechnik.co.uk Located on the border of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire RPM has been maintaining both modern and classic Porsches since 2001. In addition to our specialist Porsche servicing, RPM also undertakes warranted car sales, project builds and restorations, engine and transmission rebuilds and track day / race support...

JZM Porsche Ltd Unit 1, Langley Wharf, Railway Terrace, Kings Langley, WD4 8JE T. 01923 269 788 E: service@jzmporsche.com With excellent transport links from London and the M25 JZM is well positioned to service customers throughout London and the Home Counties. We boost over 30 years’ experience in Porsche servicing and have recently expanded with a huge 40 car showroom. Our factory trained technicians coupled with the latest Porsche technologies and diagnostic equipment can meet all your Porsche needs in servicing , tuning and on or off the track.

Lancashire Cavendish Porsche Units 6 & 7, Gainsborough Close Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1PX T: 0115 972 2001 E: enquires@cavendishporsche.co.uk Hartech Firwood Industrial Estate off Thicketford Road, Bolton, BL2 3TR T: 01204 302809 E: auto@hartech.org www.hartech.org

London 911 SBD Unit 5, Wellington Park Est, Waterloo Road, London, NW2 7JW T: 020 8208 0464 E: servicing@911sbd.com www.911sbd.com With more than 35 years Porsche service and motorsport experience, 911 SBD is the premier Porsche specialist in London.

Full electrical diagnostics including the PIWIS tester. Can service all models all years. Brake Disc service. Air-con service. Bodywork / insurance work.

Alloy re-furbs. Full engine re-builds.

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Charles Ivey 160 Hurlingham Road, London, SW6 3NG. T: 020 7731 3612 E: alvaro@charlesivey.com www.charlesivey.com London’s premier Porsche specialist since 1970. Charles Ivey (Specialist Cars) Limited has been selling and servicing Porsches in London since 1970 and we have been at our present site for the past 35 years. We have a team of dedicated people who are committed to maintaining the very high standards that have, over the years, made us London’s leading Porsche specialist.

Chelsea Carrera Ltd 203 Seagrave Road, London, SW6 1ST. T: 020 7610 2326 E: zoom@chelseacarrera.com www.chelseacarrera.com High-class Porsche service and mechanical work in Central London.

Full engine diagnostic service available.

Four-wheel alignment equipment for perfectresults. Competitively priced. Collection and delivery service available. Premises outside the congestion charge area.

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build, Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

Porsche Torque Unit C2, Arun Buildings, Arundel Road, Uxbridge, UB8 2RP T: 01895 814446 E: sid@porsche-torque.com www.porschespecialistheathrow.co.uk Service and repair on all Porsches, any year. 30 years’ Porsche experience. Discount given to PCGB members, please mention Porsche Post. Ex AFN & OPC technicians.

Xavier Auto Clinic 166-167 Stamford Brook Arches, Hammersmith, London, W6 0TQ T: 020 8741 2251 E: reception@xavierauto.com www.xavierautoclinic.com Xavier Auto Clinic is an independent Porsche specialist based in West London that can offer a full range of service on all Porsche models. Established in 2002, 5-star Good Garage Scheme member.

Air-conditioning service and repair.

Manufacturer-scheduled service keeping manufacturer warranty intact under block exemption. Customised servicing for three-plus years. Vehicle diagnostics and engine rebuilds.

Manchester Hartech Firwood Industrial Estate off Thicketford Road, Bolton, BL2 3TR T: 01204 302809 E: auto@hartech.org www.hartech.org 986/996/997 and Cayman engine repair/rebuild specialist addressing failed IMS bearings, scored bores, “D” chunk failures, etc. We carry out engine work for many of the UK’s leading specialists and worldwide. Porsche servicing, repairs and maintenance, sales, re-manufactured spares, monthly paid “Lifetime Maintenance Plan” (free labour and services).

Merseyside www.tech9.ms Tech9 Motorsport Ltd Hale Garage, Hale Road, Liverpool, L24 5RB. T: 0151 4255 911 E: sales@tech9.ms

Norfolk www.tech9.ms STR Porsche Specialists 10 Garden St, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1QU T: 01603 626 668 E: workshop@strgb.co.uk www.porsche-servicing-norfolk.co.uk STR provide Porsche servicing, diagnostics, engine and gearbox rebuilds, 3 D four wheel alignment, corner weighting & suspension, camera & radar calibration, auto gearbox flush and IMS bearings. We also buy and sell Porsches.

We cater for everyday road cars, track day and race cars. We pride ourselves on ensuring you - and your car - receive the very highest level of care and service from our Porsche trained technicians.

Nottinghamshire Cavendish Porsche Units 6 & 7, Gainsborough Close, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1PX T: 0115 972 2001 E: enquires@cavendishporsche.co.uk We are a Porsche Specialist based in Long Eaton, Nottingham. Our Technicians have over 21 years of Porsche main dealer experience and 7 years independent experience, so we are more than confident that our standard of work is of the highest standard. From servicing to full engine rebuilds, your beloved Porsche is in very safe hands. We use the very latest PIWIS official Porsche diagnostic systems and can offer you the same workshop facilities that you would find at any official Porsche Centre, but at independent prices. We hope to see you in the near future. ..

Northamptonshire Export 56 LTD Unit 9, Blundells Drive, Bradville Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK13 7HA T: 01908 216661 E: enquiries@export56.com www.

North Wales export56.com Tech9 Motorsport Ltd Hale Garage, Hale Road, Liverpool L24 5RB. T: 0151 4255 911 E: sales@tech9.ms www.tech9.ms

Oxfordshire Wrightune Ltd The Croft, Whitely Road, Hithercroft Industrial Estate, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9RG T: 01491 826911 E: info@wrightune.co.uk www.wrightune.co.uk Wrightune was founded by Tony Wright, well known and respected in the Porsche world. 35+ years of continuous experience with Porsche cars results in a wealth of knowledge and expertise Autofarm Oddington Grange, Weston on the Green, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 3QW T: 01865 331234 www.autofarm.co.uk Autofarm has more than 40 years’ experience of maintaining, preparing, racing, restoring and selling Porsches of all ages. The Oxfordshire-based workshop offers servicing using accredited diagnostics equipment, sales, parts, race preparation, restoration and engine build capability. Its extensive road and race engine experience led the company to develop Silsleeve, an innovative and cost-effective method of repairing modern Porsche cylinder blocks. It also offers bespoke builds through its Autofarm 911 programme.

Hillcrest Specialist Cars Whitehouse Garage, High Street, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 5DB. T: 01491 642911 E: hillcrestcars@tiscali.co.uk www.hillcrestspecialistcars.com Hillcrest Specialist Cars is a leading independent Porsche specialist based in Henley-on-Thames. We offer a highly professional service at competitive prices. We pride ourselves on our high quality and standard of service.

MCE Porsche Middleton Cheney, Nr Banbury, OX17 2NP T: 07796 372239 E: mceporsche@gmail.com www.mceporsche.com Independent Porsche Specialist covering Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire areas, specialising in the maintenance, preservation and restoration of all Porsche sports car models from 356 to 997. A qualified Automotive Engineer with over 25 years professional experience, and a passionate and dedicated Porsche enthusiast, get in touch with Mike or visit the website for friendly, helpful advice and to see the full range of services offered.

Shropshire cmsporsche.co.uk EST. 1997 Independent Porsche specialists for repairs, service, spares, salvage projects and sales. Tel: 01952 608-911 M: 07831 711609 Telford, Shropshire

Suffolk PIE Performance Independent Porsche Specialist Unit 9, Hill Farm, Lavenham Road Brent Eleigh, CO10 9PB T: 01473 760911, 01787 247911, 01787 249924 E: info@pieperformance.co.uk www.pieperformance.co.uk PIE Performance is a family-run independent Porsche specialist in East Anglia. We offer all workshop facilities for servicing and repair, supply new and used parts, vehicle restoration to include back dating, Porsche car sales and many other services needed to support running a Porsche.

Surrey Cridfords Porsche The Street. Ewhurst. Surrey. GU67QY T. 01483 273302 E. porsche@cridfords.co.uk W. www.cridfords.co.uk Established for over 30 years, we are one of the country’s longest established Porsche specialists.

Our service department are equipped with the very latest official Porsche PIWIS III diagnostics

and Porsche spec Hunter 4 wheel alignment system. We offer a full engine repair and rebuild service, classic restoration, as well as all service work for current through to classics models.

Collection and loan cars available.

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX. T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

Charles Ivey Specialist Cars Hollyfield Road, Surbiton Surrey, KT5 9AL T: 020 7731 3612 E: info@charlesivey.com www.charlesivey.com

Sussex (East)

With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build, Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

Philip Raby Porsche Porsche sales and service Clovelly Road, Southbourne, West Sussex PO10 8PF. T: 01243 780389 Contact Philip Raby, Andrew Windsor E: mail@philipraby.co.uk www.philipraby.co.uk Friendly and affordable help on buying, selling and running Porsches.

We sell top-quality Porsches at sensible prices with great aftersales service. We also offer full service, repair and restoration services for all Porsches, classic and modern.

Visit our website for more details or please ring for an appointment. We’ll be happy to chat with you.

Tyne & Wear

Paragon

D&G Porsche Specialists

Five Ashes, East Sussex, TN20 6HY T: 01825 830424 (open 7 days) E: info@paragon.gb.com www.paragongb.com Located in the heart of East Sussex, we offer an outstanding selection of high-quality and expertly prepared used Porsches for sale. Our in-house workshops and parts department are fully equipped and offer a vast depth of knowledge and enthusiasm that enables us to provide complete long-term care for your modern or classic Porsche.

www.dg-porsche.co.uk Workshop/service: 0191 340 6454 E: enquiries@dg-porsche.co.uk Sales: 07710 243716 E: sales@dg-porsche.co.uk Friendly dedicated Porsche specialists serving the north east of England In both car sales and service. Everything from tyre fitting to engine rebuilds we have it covered here at D&G.

Vale of Glamorgan

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build, Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

Precision Porsche Unit B1/B2, Bluebell Industrial Estate, Sheffied Park, Uckfield, Sussex TN22 3HQ. T: 01825 721205 E: info@precisionporsche.co.uk www.precisionporsche.co.uk We specialise in Porsche maintenance and bodywork repairs – from regular care through to full restorations. We have new dedicated workshops all on one site including the latest Porsche diagnostic equipment and body shop services. Our premises are light, spacious and customer friendly located in Mid Sussex.

Sussex (West) Carrera Performance Unit A, Monks Gate Garage, Brighton Road, Monks Gate, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 6JD. T: 01403 891911 E: info@carreraperformance.com www.carreraperformance.com We offer a complete range of services or all Porsches including engine and gearbox rebuilds and upgrades. Servicing, race and rally prep including four-wheel alignment and corner weighting, suspension upgrades, rolling road service. We also have an in-house machine shop to make those hard-to-get parts.

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX. T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk

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Welsh Porsche Specialists The Old Stables, Railway Terrace, Penarth, CF64 2TT. T: 02920 706944 www.welshporsche.co.uk Welsh Porsche are the oldest established independent Porsche specialists in Cardiff and south Wales, ideally located in Penarth.

We specialise in: 996 / 997 / Boxster / Cayman and Cayenne engines.

Tiptronic and Manual gearbox’s.

Service and MOT. Diagnostics. Accident damage. Renovations. Fuel injection / mechanical / K and L jetronic all Bosch types. Our highly trained staff will resolve any problem presented from a Porsche tractor through to 991.

Our dealer level diagnostic equipment and vast experience can overcome any situation. Please contact Paul Welsh for an informal chat regarding your requirements.

Wiltshire M.R. Performance Cars A36 Warminster Road, South Newton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 0QW T: 01722 741247 Established for 33 years Mike and Richard have a real passion for Porsches.We offer sales, servicing, repairs, engine and gearbox rebuilds for all models of Porsches from 1960s to current models.

With 45 years’ relevant experience and a customer service of the highest standard, we are an ideal choice for all Porsche owners.

Worcestershire Peter Chambers Automotive Ltd Unit 5, 4,200 Oakfield Close, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8PF T: 01684 274168 E. peter@pcaltd.co.uk www.pcaltd.co.uk

Yorkshire Car-Tech & Care Unit 10, Station Road, Industrial Park, Station Road, Brompton on Swale, North Yorkshire, DL10 7SN T: 01748 810788 E: car-techandcare@live.com www.car-techandcare.co.uk Car-Tech & Care is a Porsche specialist situated south of Scotch Corner just off the A1. Proprietor David Raper has more than 17 years’ Porsche experience. Offering friendly, value-for-money service.

Scotland Border Reivers T: 01360 870103 M: 07951 112581 www.borderreivers.co Scotland’s Largest independent Porsche Dealer Specialising in the Sale, Restoration & Preservation of Porsche cars Based in the beautiful Loch Lomond and Trossachs national park on the shores of Loch Lomond Conveniently based between Glasgow & Edinburgh Free insurance valuations to Porsche Club Members.

D9 Autotech South Wales Porsche Specialists Unit 22 & 23 South Cornelly Trading Estate, Bridgend,Vale of Glamorgan CF33 4RE. Junction 37 M4 T: 01656 740991 Mobile 07966 166763 E: discount9auto@aol.com www.d9autotechporsche.co.uk Perfectly located on M4 half way between Cardiff & Swansea, serving South, East, & West! Wales leading specialists in 996/997/Boxster/Cayman & Cayenne engine rebuilds & rebores at the best rates in the country. Ceramic Ims bearing upgrades. In house recovery at cost price only any where Wales/UK, free with any engine rebuild 200 mile radius! Full state of the art Porsche diagnostics by Autologic, covering ecu & key programming etc. Air cooled engine/gearbox rebuilds with 30 years experience! Vast stock of new & used spares at unbeatable prices! Full restoration pre 90’s 911 & panel repairs & specialist paint to highest standards!

Servicing all models with free special offer add ons always available! In house MOT station, lazer suspension alignment, air conditioning. Vast knowledge & experience second to none in the area. Please contact Neil Cooper or Anthony Nicholas to discuss your Porsche requirements with confidence anytime! Fast friendly Service!

To advertise please contact Fiona Wright Telephone 01603 772553

Who is your favourite historic driver?

James Hunt because he was such a character and one of the most likeable British F1 World Champions in my opinion. A few years ago scenes from the movie Rush were filmed at Brands Hatch, where my office is based, and it was amazing to hear stories about Hunt from that infamous 1976 season.

Do you have a favourite retro model?

For motorsport, it has to be the 956. For the road, it’s the 993 Turbo – though my dream Porsche would be the 959 in red. I had that poster on my wall too!

Q A MSV Motorsport Events Manager David Willey talks motorsport memories and the upcoming Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch

What makes the marque special?

It’s the history and success of Porsche in both road cars and motorsport that makes it unique.

How would you describe Porsche enthusiasts?

They are passionate car owners who are very knowledgeable and loyal to the brand.

What excites you about PCGB? It’s the fact that PCGB caters for every Porsche enthusiast, ranging from those who want to go for a pint with like-minded Porsche owners to others who want to race on circuits like Brands Hatch GP. What’s your favourite PCGB memory?

I have a few favourite memories – there’s the hugely successful Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch in 2014, having the Club Championship racing at Brands Hatch, supporting the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2007 and, most recently, the Blancpain Sprint Series this year.

THE FESTIVAL WHAT’S YOUR ROLE? “I will be overseeing the whole event, particularly the motor racing and the on-track activities.”

WHAT ELEMENT OF THE FESTIVAL ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? “I’m really looking forward to PCGB showcasing everything that the club has to offer its members, from Club merchandise and advice on Porsche ownership to opportunities to get into motorsport – all at one event! The special racing demonstrations will also be a highlight.”

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR PORSCHE TO BE RETURNING TO BRANDS HATCH? “After we had such a successful Festival of Porsche in 2014, we can’t wait to put on an even better show for spectators in September.”

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR FESTIVAL ATTENDEES? “Make sure that you watch one of the races from the Paddock Hill Bend spectator bank, it’s an experience like no other, but ultimately, it’s a lot of fun.”

What’s your earliest Porsche memory?

When I was a young boy, I had a big poster of a red Porsche 930 on my bedroom wall.

When did you first become interested in motorsport?

I visited Brands Hatch for the first time in 1998 to see the British Touring Car Championship and I’ve been hooked ever since.

What’s your favourite motorsport era?

If I could go back in time, I would have loved to experience the famous 1000km races at Brands Hatch GP in the mid to late 1980s, when the 956 Group C cars dominated the World Endurance Championship.

What makes Brands Hatch special?

Brands Hatch has such a rich history in car and bike racing, and there is no other corner like Paddock Hill Bend! The undulations make the track a drivers’ favourite and the natural amphitheatre makes it one of the world’s best circuits for spectators.

Do you have a favourite race?

It has to be the 1998 F1 Belgian GP with the chaotic start, Michael Schumacher colliding with David Coulthard and Damon Hill eventually winning the race in the Jordan.

Poster boy of David’s childhood, the 959 remains his dream drive to this day

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Porsche Car Displays Motorsport Display Concours Display Bars Charity Hog Roast Food Retail Live Band Coffee Baristas Bird Garden Childrens Play area Red Deer Park Formal Landscaped Gardens Estate Walks

10.30 am to 4.00pm Advance tickets £6 per car available from Porsche Club Website or via Link on Strasse website and Facebook Page or in person from Strasse (ticket price on the day will be Lothertons usual entry price per person) Lotherton Hall Off Collier Lane, Aberford, Leeds LS25 3EB

STRASSE.CO.UK 0113 2340 911 BRIDGE RD, HOLBECK LEEDS LS11 9UG

PORSCHE 964 TARGA **LOW MILES** 1990 .............................................................................. POA PORSCHE 993 C4 CABRIOLET BLUE 1997 ............................................................................. £52,995 PORSCHE 993 C4 CABRIOLET BASALT BLACK ....................................................................... £52,995 PORSCHE 997 C2S SEAL GREY METALLIC 2006 .................................................................... £26,995 PORSCHE 997 C2S TIPTRONIC ARCTIC SILVER **LOW MILES** ........................................... £29,995 PORSCHE 997 C4S MANUAL GT SILVER 2006/06 .................................................................. £31,995 PORSCHE 997 TURBO TIPTRONIC GT SILVER 2006 ................................................................ £48,995 PORSCHE 991 GT3 PDK **WITH PORSCHE WARRANTY** .................................................. £117,995 PORSCHE 987 BOXSTER S 3.2 PDK GAURDS RED 2008 ........................................................ £20,995 PORSCHE CAYENNE DIESEL GREY HUGE SPEC LOW MILES 2016 ............................................... POA PORSCHE CAYENNE - BLACK PLATINUM EDITION HYBRID ................................................... £51,995 PORSCHE 968 CLUBSPORT GRAND PRIX WHITE RED DECALS ‘STUNNING CAR’ 1994 ......... £37,995 PORSCHE 996 RACE CAR READY TO RACE **CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING CAR** ....................... POA PORSCHE 964 RS RECREATION IN ORANGE BLACK DECALS ...................................................... POA

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