Porsche News 4-2018

The Official Journal of the Porsche Club Queensland Inc.

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PORSCHE NEWS IN THIS ISSUE Gold Coast Cars & Coffee My Last Hurrah Was this the first mid-engine 911 Drive for Oktoberfest symphony Hills Winery Winners at The Bend Pors che Classic

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CONTRIBUTORS We would like to thank all our committee and members for their contributions including Porsche Cars Australia, Porsche Centre Brisbane, Gold Coast and Townsville. mitchelldenhamphotography@gmail.com Graham Hobbs, Geoff Brennan, Dion Tarzia, David Cope

Drive Like a Porsche Round 7 Motorsport New Merchandise Round 8 Motorsport Motorsports results and points table Market Place Parts and Plates

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COVERSHOT Front cover. Glengallen House and the GT3 Inside front, Sometimes you have to make the tough decision and take the GT3 for a drive.

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2016-2017 Committee and Assistants President Wagner Higgins pres@porsche-qld.org.au

Vice President Eckhard Schwarting vpresident@porsche-qld.org.au

Executive Secretary Pauline Coroneo Smith secretary@porsche-qld.org.au

Finance Director Lexy Schwarting treasurer@porsche-qld.org.au Motorsport Director Kevin Vedelago comp@porsche-qld.org.au

Social Director Jason Johns social@porsche-qld.org.au

Web Master JHoward Eban admin@porsche-qld.org.au

Membership Secretary Greg McWhinney membership@porsche-qld.org.au

Magazine Editor Peter Stapley editor@porsche-qld.org.au

Merchandise Greg Turnham marketing@porsche-qld.org.au

Marketing and Social Media Kip McIntyre marketing@porsche-qld.org.au

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Porsche News is published every two months by the Porsche Club Queensland Inc. primarily for the members and supporters.

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Please forward all correspondence to:Porsche News Porsche Club Qld GPO Box 584 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Members’ contributions are welcome and encouraged.

Original articles and photographs will be returned if requested. Email to editor@porsche-qld.org.au The opinions expressed or inferred herein are not necessarily those of the editor, committee or Club.

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2018 Porsche Club Qld Social Calendar 2018

Membership

The Club extends a warm welcome to the following new members: John Carlin.

Andrew Churcher.

928 S 911/ 993

Peter Corbett Pauline Coroneo Smith

Boxster

David Crocker.

944

Barry Cuneo & Julie McStay.

991 Turbo's, Cayenne Diesel, 991 Gt3, 996 Carrera 4.

Ralph Dissell & Helen Dissell.

Cayenne Diesel

Steven England.

John Fooks & Jo Mason.

Boxster S

Craig Gillies & Kaye Gillies.

991.2, 911 SC, Macan,

Michael Harding & Katie Harding.

Andrew Henry.

911

911 Turbo, Cayenne Turbo S

Mark Holmes & Tracey Holmes.

911

Barry Kelly & Junette Alberighi- Kelly.

928 GTS

Dr. Scott Kitchener, Moya Kitchener & William Kitchener.

Boxster S

September 2018 01 PCQ Motorsport Rd. 10 - Sprint QR 11 Club night to be held at McElrea Racing unit 13 / 28 Burnside Rd Yatala meet Owner Andy McElrea & drivers 15 Cars & Coffee Gold Coast 238 Mudgeeraba Rd,

Mudgeeraba 21 - 01/10/2018 Rennsport Monterey USA 23 Sunday Drive to Ballistic Brewery Salisbury Two starting points Gold Coast members meeting at McDonalds Helensvale- Brisbane members meeting at McDonalds Cooparoo. Details on club web site 29 PCQ Motorsport Rd. 11 - Hillclimb - Mt Cotton October 9. Club night Porsche Centre Brisbane 20 Cars & Coffee Gold Coast 238 Mudgeeraba Rd,

Mudgeeraba 21. Social Drive to St Bernard’s Hotel Tamborine Two starting points Gold Coast & Brisbane Metro Details on club web site.

November 13. Club night Porsche Centre Gold Coast 17 Cars & Coffee Gold Coast 238 Mudgeeraba Rd,

Mudgeeraba 18. Social Drive to Samford Hotel via Mt Nebo

December Saturday 1st....Club Christmas Party at Glen Hotel Eight Mile Plains Details on club web site.

10. Club night Porsche Centre Brisbane 22 Cars & Coffee Gold Coast 238 Mudgeeraba Rd,

Mudgeeraba

Julie Lucht de Freibruch Chris Murray & Elizabeth Murray.

Greg Neal and Nola Neal.

John Peter & Lynne Peter. 9

Boxster S 911 Carrera cab 86 Boxster S

Nathan Seage & Kirsten Seage.

718 Cayman coupe, Cayenne platinum Tony Sirianni Peter Trump.

Shane Wilson.

John Wilson Andrea Matthews

928 S4, Cayenne 986.2 Boxster

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911 Carrera, 944 Turbo, Rnd 10 - Sat 1 September 2018 – Qld Raceway - Sprint Rnd 11 - Sat 29 September 2018 - Hill Climb – Mount Cotton Rnd 12 – Sat 20 October 2018 – Qld Raceway - Sprint Rnd 13 - Sun 11 November 2018- Khanacross -Willowbank PORSCHE

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FROM THE PRESIDENT Hello Members & Readers I would like to introduce myself and the new committee for 2018/2019!

There has been a number of changes, including five ‘brand new’ committee members. They are Lexy Schwarting, Treasurer, Pauline Smith, Secretary, Howard Eban, Webmaster, Jason Johns as Social Director and Kip McIntyre as Marketing & Social Media Director.

I’m pleased to say that we now have 30% female representation in club management and (no offence to the previous committee) the addition of Lexy and Kip has decreased the average age dramatically! I think we have achieved a great balance of experience and tenure but also youthful ideas and enthusiasm.

I would like to extend a sincere thankyou to Lee and Bill, our past President and Vice President. Because of their experience, dedication and the professionalism they demonstrated in their roles, our new committee has the best chance of success.

For those who don’t know me, I have been a club member for approximately 18 months and I own an Australian delivered 1976 Carrera 3.0 named “Minty” and a Cayman S.

Besides working and Porsche Club, most of my leisure time is spent with my poodle Lolita, either in my garden, at the dog park or trawling Gumtree for second hand treasure. I came to Queensland from Adelaide about 12 years ago but I grew up in the South Pacific islands. My parents were/are aid workers so although I didn’t have access to fancy cars or schools, I did have an idyllic childhood climbing coconut trees and having all kinds of exotic and obscure pets.

My plans for the club are, above all, to keep growing our membership and to increase the participation rate at all our events. I hope to offer a great choice of social events – especially to accommodate more of our ‘time poor’ members. Think ‘short and sweet’ drop-in events that take less of your precious weekend but still get your Porsche out of the garage! I would also like to focus on our monthly Club Nights – bringing our members and their guests exciting activities, competitions and guest speakers. Via the newly created committee position of ‘Marketing & Social Media’ I hope to improve some of our marketing and communication platforms – especially with a focus on engaging and attracting more young members. I do believe there is an untapped pool of Porsche owners in their twenties and thirties who are seeking out their Porsche kin, but who are not yet members.

In closing, thank you for your support of the club and I look forward to seeing you at a club event soon.

Your New Committee Member Pauline Coroneo Smith My "love affair" with Porsche first began as a 16 year old when I asked my father for a 911 as a birthday present. Suffice to say I didn't get one but he did give me a die cast model of a 1978 911 (and a British convertible but we won't mention that!).

Some 20 odd years later I bought my first Porsche, a 1978 911SC Targa, and joined the Club. I had that car for about 8 years before I sold it to a Club member's father so that I could buy a 993.

It then took me a solid two years of searching before I finally found my 993 in Sydney. I was getting to the stage where I didn't think I would ever find the right car for me. I wasn't being overly fussy about the specifications – it just had to have three pedals.

After a two year search I finally found one in Sydney and, yes, it does have three pedals. Ironically, the car originally started life in Brisbane and I am now the third owner.

Late last year I had an incident with a P Plater who luckily for me when she hit the rear of the 993 she missed all the 6

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body and only got the right rear rim. It was then I decided to retire my 993 as my daily driver and promptly bought another German marque. After a brief love affair of one month I decided to say goodbye to that car and the hunt commenced for a 987 Boxster.

These days I use my 993 as a weekend car having acquired a lovely Speed Yellow Boxster to use as my daily driver.

And, I still have that die cast model that my father gave me all those years ago.

I look forward to meeting the members I don't know over the coming year.

Editors Notes

MOTORSPORT NEWS As I write this Motorsport News, I am recovering from an amazing day out at Lakeside, where we completed our 9th round of the season. Due to a lack of time, the Round 9 Article will have to wait until the next issue of our magazine.

Although all things ICC will be covered separately by Bill Black, our ICC Delegate, it is worth mentioning that our own Glen Wallace is currently leading the personal standings. With 4 rounds remaining, Glen is well poised to take the Individual Title.

The focus now is on the next event which will be the biggest for the year, our combination ICC and Rnds 2 & 10 at Queensland Raceway on the 1 September 2018. The day will provisionally look like this: • 8:30 Start with ICC Regulatory and PCQ Round 2 Sprint • 12:00 Passenger Rides It is great to see so many new members with 928's and a couple • 12:30 PCQ Round 10 – Afternoon is PCQ Only of owners have even managed to infiltrate the committee.

• 2:30 Women’s Only and Beginner’s Run Groups are Of course our club is for all Porsche owners and I am just a little combined into the programme guilty of showing my bias from time to time and indulging in • 4:30 Passenger Rides and Happy Laps some friendly banter.

The Women’s Only and Beginner’s run groups are an excellent At the time of its release the 928 divided many Porsche opportunity to get a great taste of motorsport in a controlled h some trepidation that I take over as Editor of the Porsche Club Brisbane enthusiasts with its leading technology of integrated bumper, and safe environment. This is for Club Members and their ne. My predecessors have set the bar highon and of the first tasks for meand is to families only, but I want anyone wanting to participate to feel soon becoming a standard allone carsfront engine, V8, hem for stepping and completing one last I was away in Europe. waterupcooling.

It really broke allissue of thewhile traditional Porsche rules. To comfortable driving their Porsche or even their daily driver’s, ItsSub longevity as a production model, along changes to the if they prefer. I encourage anyone that is considering taking up or, Sunel, and Editor Rachael my heartiest thanks for with all your work on this Porsche owner demographic, Porsche now have a number of this offer to contact me or Ms Emily Cooper, directly. previous issues. saloon models from the Panamera, Cayenne, Macan and soon After the Rnd 10 at QR, the remainder of our calendar look like the Taycan. this: A number of 928 owners saw it as an entry level Porsche as for a long time the car's value stagnated.

Rnd 11 - Sat 29 September 2018 - Hill Climb – Mount Cotton Lately though, there appears to be a resurgence in their Rnd 13 - Sun 14 October 2018- Khanacross - Willowbank popularity although if anyone thought they were getting a Rnd 12 – Sat 20 October 2018 – Qld Raceway - Sprint cheap Porsche now they may be sadly mistaken.

Please note that Rnd 13, which is hosted by HSCCQ has moved Amongst many owners there is a saying that it does not matter from November to October, certainly not desirable for us to what price you pay for a 928 it will still cost you $50K and have two event 6 days apart but I hope everyone understands even that figure is climbing with some prices getting back into that this is beyond our control. the 6 figures.

Our new Social Director, Jason Johns (944) has lots of ideas If you need me, feel free to contact me directly on comp@ about future social activities and is very keen to ensure that porsche-qld.org.au or 0418 728 671. his events are very family orientated. Jason has always been an entuhusiastic member and attends many events with his Kevin Vedelago, Motorsport Director son Angus whose excellent photographic works have graced a number of our pages.

“Racing is Life….Anything that happens before or after is just We are lucky to have a club that provides so many diverse waiting” – Steve McQueen events including our motorsports and the upcoming concourse.

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Speaking of members' cars, please send in stories and pictures MOTORSPORT TYRE of your Porsche experience, tell us about your Porsche SPECIALISTS experience, why you love them,, your car's history etc. It is your All Brands of Road and Race tyres input that makes our magazine one of the top club magazines Specialist Advice on all things in our country. motorsport I look forward to meeting you all at our next event.

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Your New Committee Member Howard Eban Hi, I'm your newly appointed Webmaster.

Let me just start by denying any responsibility for frustrations you may experience with the website, but you can be sure that I will be doing my very best to reduce them. ;-)

Lexy Schwarting As the daughter of a Porsche-driving dad, I’ve been tagging along to PCQ events for as long as I can remember. Now that I’m a little older and (hopefully) a little wiser, I’m looking forward to getting involved in the behind-the-scenes of the club. As a second-year accounting student and a junior tax accountant, I know I have a lot to offer the club as the new treasurer, and also a lot to learn from it. I hope to bring both my skills and a fresh perspective to PCQ, and I’m excited to get to know everyone and work together with the new committee to keep the club running as smoothly as possible.

I have been a Porsche owner and club member since 2015 when I bought my current Porsche 1982 928S (manual with pasha interior and sunroof delete), which is club registered and enjoyed on the occasional weekend.

I have a long passion for classic and well engineered motor vehicles which goes beyond Porsche, but since coming to the tribe, will admit its a marque that is very easy to love.

A Mech Engineer by trade, and PC/technology enthusiast by night, father of 3x teenagers and still happily married to a bodacious wife. :-) Looking for a car from the 80's, the 928S fitted the bill perfectly. Smile generating V8 performance and tone, mixed with the agility and investment credentials of a Porsche. Who wouldn't want one?

However finding that rare 5spd manual at my limited price point did take some persistence, but the reward has been in slowly bring my shark back to its original glory, and meeting plenty of friendly and knowledgeable people along the way.

What more could you ask from an automotive club!

Cheers Howard

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It's KIP from AUSTRALIA or Marketing and Social MediaDirector Hi Members, My name is Kip McIntyre (a.k.a “Kip From Australia” or “Coattails Kip”) and I’m your new Marketing & Social Media Director. This newly established committee position is intended to optimise the Club’s use of social media to support its existing members and engage with potential members. Strategic use of social media is important to remain relevant to the next generation of members and Porsche enthusiasts. My role will also include some ‘re branding’ as we make updates to the visual aspects of the club image – examples include graphic design of all PCQ printed and digital flyers, posters, e-blasts, business cards, merchandise etc. As you’re probably aware, Porsche Germany has very strict parameters within which clubs must operate – but that still leaves plenty of scope for creativity! I will also support with the management of Club Night speakers and activities… these being really important opportunities for us to market ourselves

to new and potential members.

On a more personal note - I am a coach builder by profession, specialising in early Porsche models Having received a Churchill Fellowship intended to support Australian industry leaders to develop their skills and knowledge by traveling overseas, I am now very focused on further establishing the coach building trade in Australia. I will be returning to the USA in September to spend some time working with Mike Kleeves to refine my skills on the Pettingell power hammer.

The Pettingell Machine Company in Michigan is currently building one of these colossal machines for me – and once I finish my training with them, it will be shipped back to Brisbane (all three tonnes of it!). This machine will be the only Pettingell in Australia and my intention is to share and teach other craftsmen how to use it.

I urge interested readers to google it –(pictured above) and I will also be providing a follow-up article once installed in the workshop.

Your New Committee Member

I currently work with Brad McKernnan of McKernnan Restorations – my two most recent projects being a ’73 RSR inspired 911 (those who were at the Porsche 70th Anniversary event in June would have seen it in the ballroom at the black tie dinner) and the restoration of a 57 365A coupe (left ).

I’m really looking forward to support the club as part of the committee.

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Your New Committee Member SOCIAL DIRECTOR - JASON JOHNS Hi there I'm sure most of you know me by now. If you don't I hope this helps you understand me. My love affair with Porsche started in the 80s. Like the ad says no one ever had picture's of Nissan,Toyota or Holdens on their walls mine was full of Porsche 911s and 930s slant nose. That was until one day I was moving the lawn for my dad and then there was a very load bang and I look up the road and there was a alpine white 944 sitting on the road and our neighbours car was down the bank both were smashed up and yes no one was hurt. I went up to see if I could help but just keep looking at this amazing car.

Oh the front left side was pretty bad but those back fenders and spoiler on the back. So yeah that was me hooked for life. So some 30 yrs later and divorced I got my own 1984 alpine white 944. I spent 2yrs looking at cars on the internet and then my baby popped up in Adelaide. The next thing I knew Angus and I are flying to Adelaide one way so praying it was good enough to drive back to Toowoomba. Well we made it in 2 days and she has been so much fun and a delightful car to drive.

Now about me well I'm into earth moving have been all my life 3rd generation. Operating excavators is what I do most days and dream about the weekend and going

for a drive. I have two son's Angus and Connor that do attend some of the events so I’m sure some of you have meet them. I am from NSW originally but with the recession that we had to have thanks to banks we sold our family business and moved to Queensland in the early 90s and became peach and nectarine grows out near Gatton. After awhile I moved to Toowoomba and went back operating excavators out in the cotton fields around Dalby. Meeting Nicole and getting married and her career got us posted to Brisbane and well the rest is history. So now you know a little bit about me please don't hesitate to let me know if there is anything and I mean anything that you would like the club to have a look at.

CLUB MEMBER OF THE YEAR In one of her final duties for the year, outgoing President was pleased to announce that this years Club Member of the Year was Jason Johns who later went on to be elected as Social Director.

Throughout the year Jason has been only too willing to step up and assist at a number of events.

He, along with his son Angus, are very regular attendees at most club events.

For his efforts Jason has his name engraved on our perpetual trophy and also has the unenviable task of keeping it pristine and shiny for his successor.

This year Jason Johns was announced as the Club Member of the Year by outgoing President, Lee Cooper.

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Cars & Coffee Gold Coast

Cars & Coffee GC always seems to attract the unique and uncommon and this month was no exception. There was a veritable what’s what of cool and desirable cars from backyard created Hot Rods to highly modified beasts. One such vehicle was this month’s winner of Car of the Meet which was an exceptional Buick. It wore the body of a 50’s era coupe, had the monstrous powerplant of a rumbling V8 from the 2000’s and the interior of a late model saloon. Paint and chrome was just sublime. I would hate to find out how much it cost to create this masterpiece but I have a feeling it would have too many zeroes for my calculator to handle.

There were plenty of other highly unique vehicles such as the 2 rusted out dropped and highly customised Chevy trucks,

A very good smattering of Porsches really put things into another gear with 6 fine examples.

Trying to out shine them was the Rosso Red Ferrari and the Baby Lamborghini.

To further mix thigs up were the plethora of Aussie and American Muscle eg. Ford XB, AC Cobra, SS Camaro, Falcon XE and Fire Engine Red Commodore with Bonnet Scoop. Speaking of Holdens, some beautiful ones were the Green 52 FX, Baby Blue 61 Special, a Lavender 64 EH, 71 HG premier and Kingswood as well as another Premier rounding it all off. the awesome finned wonder of the Cadillac paired with the Chrysler Royal and Plymouth Sedan. Now these are certainly very stylish with their long body lines and endless chrome, but the highlight were 3 uber cool and regal flock of suave curvy Rolls Royce and Bentley all parked together creating a mighty fine silhouette. To see one in the wild is a joy but to see 3 all together was just salacious.

One of my ultimate favourites was the Datsun 260Z the Grand Daddy Fairlady, it was not perfect – far from it, but boy was it nice.

There is just something you have got to love about the long snout and shark like front, actually reminds me of a 928, well that explains it!

As always, honourable mentions were the RR Corniche DHC, RR Spirit, 2 x V Dubs, Ford V8, 2 x Mustangs, 2 x Vauxhalls, PRB, Scimitar, 2 x Mini’s, Stunning Mercedes 280E, Suzuki Cappuccino, Toyota 86, 2 x Ford Focus RS’s, 2 x Rover’s and Lancia. See you all next month on 15th September 2018. To view all the cars, please visit https://www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeegoldcoast

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MY LAST HOORAH

My final weeks as President have been very busy trying to get membership together, sort some social and get my presidential things together for handover. Needless to say I did not achieve my goals once again!

I cannot say enough about the committee I had to work with, how fantastic they are how much support they have given me in the last few months where I haven’t been up to many things physically and mentally. Just awesome, and I know they will continue to work really hard to maintain the growth and the camaraderie that has grown in the club the last couple of years. The new committee members will bring fresh ideas and inspiration, Jason Johns has some great ideas for social events so expect to be flooded with information and ideas. I am hoping to do some of the events I wanted done but was too busy with everything else to organise so watch out I haven’t really gone too far. A number of things are in the wings as I left which will come to fruition I hope soon and I’m really excited about those also.

The trip to Stanthorpe was just amazing, it is a pity we didn’t get the numbers as it was really worth the drive. Maybe Jason can

get Ewan down to talk about his wines and his inspiration and enthusiasm can lift a mountain I recon. He is intelligent, witty and full of laughs as well as making damn fine wines, both red and white.

The 70th Anniversary day would have to be one of my most cherished events.

Whilst not everything went to plan as is usually the way with me as you all know.

Technology got me in the end but hey the rest was a ripper.

I will certainly miss seeing and dealing with Pamela Ward from PCA who I have come to cherish as a friend and a very professional person to deal with.

Definitely is a great personality to represent Porsche.

To the members of this great club, remember that no matter what anyone says the club is there for ALL, All types of people, All models of Porsche and whilst I know the 928 guys are a little weary of them being used as a pin cushion for the needling of some of our members your 928 are Porsche just as a 911 is and very worthy of belonging to the club. They are a beautiful piece of German machinery.

I will miss Peter Stapleys’ constant and consistent deadline hassles with me and his “give me portrait shots PLEASE”.... I might just get him to ring me every so often so I don’t pine too much!

To the dealerships, Thank you so much for everything you have contributed to the club from sponsoring our membership cards, gifts, staff rosters to stay back and look after us on our club nights and doing the odd presentations of vehicles for us. You are so great to work with and your support has been phenomenal.

I am going to miss being “ El Pres” but I am leaving it in good hands, Wagner and the rest of the committee will be great, I know. I have made some great friends and had some really wonderful times, thank you all.

Hope to see you all at an event soon be it motorsport or social, after our trip to Rennsport USA with a couple of other members from the club and some NSW members.

Love this club and its members Bis bald, und genießen Sie Ihren Porsche Lee Cooper PORSCHE

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any Porsche fans were disappointed when the factory decided to withdraw from the WEC with the hugely successful 919. But how fitting for Porsche to continue its long history of success at Le Mans while celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Porsche sports cars by putting all its 2018 efforts into their most successful, respected and revered sports car of all time, the 911. They won both GT categories at this year’s famous 24 hour race. 911’s have been running at Le Mans since they were first released in 1964, but this year there was a slight difference, all ten 911s competing were mid-engine RSR’s.

-by Bill Black

908’s sitting outside in the weather. According to the factory they were now superseded and Alan bought 3 of them for a song, along with the part finished 917-30 chassis #004.

In 1974 the project got underway with a 911 shell being fully gutted to make room for the engine to sit where the rear passenger seats would normally be found and a new tubular space frame chassis fabricated. The collection of 908’s came in handy, providing the gearbox, non-parallel wishbone suspension with coil springs and Bilstein gas shockies, 11” cross drilled ventilated rotors with 4 piston ATE calipers and 5 spoke centre lock wheels.

The engine was the Typ 911/76, 2142 cc flat six with a massive single KKK turbocharger as used by the factory in the 1974 Carrera RSR Turbo 911 where the engine sat in the normal position behind the gearbox. To get this engine showed how much pull the Hamiltons had with the factory race department as only 4 RSR Turbos were built. Figures quoted indicated 470 BHP at 8,000 rpm with 364 ft/lbs of torque. Sitting behind this was the 5 speed ZF box with LSD. With the finished car weighing in at around 670 kg, it had a very impressive power / weight ratio of 1.9 kg/kW.

Mid-engine is nothing new for Porsche, in fact the first 2 cars to roll out of the saw-mill at Gmund in 1948 had the engine in front of the gear box. As did most of their hugely successful and iconic track cars 550, RSK, 904, 906, 908, 910, 956, 962, 919 and the all-conquering 917. Porsche steadfastly stuck to the rear engine layout with the 911 and defied the laws of physics with brilliant engineering. That was until the current 911 RSR. But many may not know that this is nothing new as over 40 years ago, right here in Australia a mid-engine 911 was mixing it with the best on our own race tracks.

Porsche distributor Alan Hamilton and racing legend Jim McKeown who for many years had successfully campaigned a 911S and a 2.8 RSR decided to build a mid-engine 911. Alan also had great success with his 911T/R (now owned by David Bowden), 904-8 Bergspyder “Kanguruh”, 906, 908, 917-30 and 934 (now owned by Larry McFarlane) in Australian motorsport, had a great working relationship with the factory. On one of his trips to the factory he was at Wiessach and saw a number of 18

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In researching this story I was privileged to correspond with Jim McKeown, who is now in his 80’s, and he was kind enough to relate some of his memories of the car. Jim said “Initially the turbo engine was to go into the ’73 2.8 RSR but Alan had grander plans of the mid-engine layout” (no doubt from his experience racing the 906 and having three 908s as a good source of parts). Jim said “It may have been seen as a crazy plan but at the time Sports Sedans was the emerging category and with the likes John McCormack and Bryan Thompson doing the same, albeit with F5000 engines and drivetrains, it made perfect sense”. Jim remembers that the biggest problem with the build was making the engine fit and reconfiguring all the linkages and ancillaries for an engine that had been reversed.

When asked, what was it like to drive, Jim has clear recollections that “It was handful and at times downright scary. It suffered terrible turbo lag and the throttle had to be applied well before the apex of a corner to allow the turbo to spin up and the power to come on tap when it was required on exiting”.

Jim does not recall how much power the engine made on the dyno, but believes “It was every bit of the 450 – 500 horse power the engine was in theory capable of, and all that power coming on at a not entirely predictable point of time made for some very interesting driving”. This was well before the 934 and 945 where the factory spent many years trying to overcome the dreaded turbo lag. Jim added that in comparison, the 2.8 RSR was an absolutely wonderful car to drive.

Jim said “The car handled well, but would have benefitted from further development time and more time to work on the tuning issues” (turbo lag). When asked why it didn’t run a rear wing, Jim said “Like the RSR before it, running a rear wing on the Turbo was not permitted by CAMS, much to the detriment of both cars handling at speed. CAMS explanation was that the body profile needed to match the production car”. CAMS obviously did not consider the 2.7 RS or 3.0 Carrera to be production cars. Although Jim tried, he was never able to run a ducktail or rear wing, which when compared to the massive rear wing on the factory Carrera RSR Turbo, made the Australian made mid- engine 911 turbo look totally naked.

The car was run in the Sports Sedan category during 1975 amongst an amazing assortment of cars built to set of rules, which at the time was “almost anything goes”.

Right from the start the car and Jim were on the pace with 2nd and 3rd placing at Calder in March 1975, only beaten by Bob Jane’s Monaro and the Cologne Capri of Alan Moffat. The first win came at Winton in May and a 2nd place in the feature Trophy Race to Bryan Thomson’s VW Type III Fastback also mid –engine but with a F5000 Chev V8 where the rear seats should have been. Another race win at Calder was followed by a DNF in the main race after spinning on a wet track and getting hit by a Camaro. Jim took the Turbo 911 north to a couple of race meetings at Oran Park where he scored a number of 2nd and 3rd place finishes sharing the podium with the likes of Frank Gardner (Torana), Pete Geoghegan (Monaro), Jim Richards (Mustang) and John McCormack (Charger Repco Holden F5000).

Stories of race meetings of the day in magazines such as Racing Car News and Chequered Flag reported what difficult car it was to drive on wet tracks with the turbo lag. And remarked that even so, Jim was able to still be there in the top five. Towards the end on 1975 CAMS were formulating rules and regulations which would make the car ineligible for the following year.

Jim is not clear on what happened to the car, but believes “It was dismantled by Hamiltons and the parts reused”. Another Australian “home built special” disappears along with a very rare Porsche engine.

Was this the first mid-engine 911 ever built, possibly. Was it the first mid-engine 911 turbo, probably. Either way it was from a time when if it sounded like a good idea, why not give it a go.

And it took the talents of some- one like Jim McKeown to get the most out of it.

Thanks must go to Jim and his son Dean for their contributions to this story.

Photos courtesy of Chequered Flag magazine and the McKeown family.

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SUNDAY DRIVE 21 October 2018, 9:00am

Why not join us for a fantastic social drive, a great day out and celebrate Oktoberfest at King Ludwigs. It's a great opportunity to meet fellow Porsche owners over fine food and laughter with a Porsche drive thrown in. Some car parks have been reserved for Porsche Club members so book early with Social Secretary Jason Johns by email social@porsche-qld.org.au to ensure the best parking spots can be yours.

The drive start point will be: Café63, 18/640 South Pine Rd, Eatons Hill at 9:00am and leave at 9:30am. Get there earlier and enjoy a leisurely breakfast before the drive commences.

Nestled in the hills of Maleny, King Ludwigs offers a great selction of food and German Beers. (Not too many for the driver!)

Menu details opposite. Please advise of specific menu requirements.

Pretzel & cheese dip, main course (3 choices), dessert (2 choices), live entertainment, 3 hours of service $65.00

Arrival time: 11:30am to secure all 17 car parks for your Porsche Entertainment: live guitarist Dress: smart casual or Bavarian outfit!

Starter: Oktoberfest Breeze with cheese dip in the garden (weather permitting) The Bavarian Beer Bar is stocked with more than 45 imported German brews for you to choose from and a fine and affordable wine list.

Sit down for lunch: 12:15pm We are serving all courses alternately and individuals can choose to swap.

Menu: Veal medallions on our creamy mushroom sauce served with garlic mash & steamed vegetables Or Ocean trout filet on our Riesling & lime reduction served with pumpkin & spinach risotto & garden salad with vinaigrette Or Bavarian specialities, smoked pork loin, veal Bratwurst sausage, Frankfurt sausage on our Sauerkraut & beer gravy served with a bread dumpling Dessert: Authentic Apfelstrudel served on crème anglaise with ice cream and cream Or Choux pastry filled with forest berries and ice cream served on crème anglaise Children’s menu: Free range chicken schnitzel, pan fried, served with potato mash & gravy Ice cream with toppings & lollies $28.00/child Please let us know of guests with special dietary needs well in advance, we will certainly cater accordingly.

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PCQ Expedition to Symphony Hills Winery Only a small number of members attended this event, if you wanted to attend but couldn’t then you really missed a great weekend.

We rented two homes, one in centre of town and the other just a little out. It is peak season for them up there and with the numbers going we were unable to secure enough rooms in a hotel/motel style accommodation. Whilst those who stayed in the middle of town were treated to a much more contemporary newer home with a little luxury those of us that stayed out in the other home were in a little less chic style. It was however a wonderful place on acreage with an abundance of wildlife, a great fire pit for the after dinner drinks and hopefully soundproof rooms!! At least I didn’t hear anyone snoring during the evening!!.

Leaving Brisbane, and some from the Gold Coast, at a very gentlemanly hour we headed off to meet the others just outside of Beaudesert. Just missed them by 3 ks we believe but we caught them up pretty quickly. It was a great drive up this way to Aratula albeit a little dry. A new way we had never thought of going before so was an experience for us.

A quick stop for coffee and lunch at Aratula and off we went again. There was great deliberation at home on which car we would take, the new GT3 won out and Steve was so glad he took the new toy. The drive up the range is always a lot of fun, in the new GT3 it just sang the whole way up there and Steve just laughed. Jason Johns was hot on our tail for a few seconds and then we slowed down again for everyone to catch up. Some, as is always the way in a group drive, were driving a little under the speed limit so we did get to play a little. Jason drove by, showing us the might of his immaculate 944 and then Steve unleashed the animal. Jason LOVED the sound of us flying by!! She sits squat, turns on a dime, hangs on like a go-kart and sounds like an F1, sort of and is so fat in the back.

Jason got so excited we didn’t know how he was actually able to drive.

Finally we made it to the winery, just a tad late! Some still a little later than us but we all got there, said the obligatory hello to some pups at the front door and got to taste some truly amazing wines. Ewan Macpherson, previously owned a computer programming business in Brisbane when finally deciding to take the plunge into wine production at the age of 30. He enrolled in a Bachelor of Applied Science-viticulture degree and purchased his first 40 acres of land in the granite belt, now home to his Pinot Noir vines. Studying and still working in his business, within twelve months he had purchased another 160 acres after assessing the land he had bought was the finest you could have for a vineyard. At this point there were only 11 wineries in the granite belt.

Mike Hayes, 3rd generation viticulturist and wine maker and 3rd generation Ballendean-ite is considered to be a very important ingredient in the process of the wine production and the company. He was awarded the Churchill Fellowship Award in 2012. He has been with them from the first vine planting and is head of the contract winemaking arm which has resulted in 15 trophies, 19 gold (over 11 varieties), 27 silver and over 70 bronze medals over the last 12 months. I could spend a mile of time discussing the wealth of knowledge of these two men, the way they tackle business and grape growing but I think it best to 22

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speak to the man himself, go taste their wines and listen to his enthusiastic hilarious adventures into winegrowing. Both men also donate and support orphanages around the globe as well as child oriented charity here hence their very generous donation to our 70th anniversary Auction for Beyond Blue.

Leaving the wine tasting was difficult with a few not tested but sadly we had to go and check in and get ready for dinner. Dodging a kangaroo or 50 we made our way to our abode for the evening, showered, changed and waited for the Taxi, no Ubers in Stanthorpe we found out or great reception I found out but standing on the rock out the back fixed all that!!

Well, we thought the wines were outstanding, then came dinner. The McGregor Terrace Food Project was simply amazing. Tucked away in a back street in a little old house, owned and run by one family, the food was absolutely mouthwateringly divine. Not what you would expect out there at all. Ewan came along with some of his wines to compliment the food we were ordering and some we had not tasted at the cellar door. All I can say is I would go back to Stanthorpe Just for that restaurant and those wines!!. Even Jason, who does not drink, particularly wines, enjoyed the tasting and a couple of

them took his taste buds by surprise!

After eating and drinking way too much we taxied it home, dodging the kangaroos at midnight and started the fire, got the chairs and settled in with a bottle left over from dinner. Woke up with the parrots in the morning, into town for breakfast, well not much open on a Sunday morning in Stanthorpe we found out so we got what we could and headed home.

Jason Johns being a local boy wanted to show us Glengallen House and give us the lowdown on the history of this gorgeous original homestead of the area. Had a great cup of coffee and scones in the café, took lots of pics and loved the history.

Might give the burying a cat alive under the front stairs to ward off evil a miss though!. They even opened the gates for us to take the car around the front of the house to get some pictures. The caretaker and staff were really lovely people and is such a great stop if you are up that way. So much history there with our gentile pioneers/farmers.

So the end of our weekend, made it down the range rather slowly got home and slept. Obviously too much drinking and eating… Was it worth it?? Hell yes.

Thanks for making it such a great weekend, Jason, David and Annette, Greg and Nola, John and Austra, Michael and Wendy and of course Ewan MacPherson who is one of the funniest wine connoisseurs I have ever met!

PCQ Expedition to Symphony Hills Winery

Above: Mike Hayes at the barrels in the tasting room Right: Ewan discussing the science behind, and his love of, producing good wine.

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Almond and Gilbertson take sensational home wins at The Bend Michael Almond and Anthony Gilbertson have reasons to smile as they depart The Bend Motorsport Park, both claiming their maiden Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia round win in their native South Australia.

"I can't believe it," said Gilbertson. "I didn't know exactly where I had placed for the round after the final race. I knew I had to finish ahead of Roger Lago but I still didn't know what the points situation was. The boys got onto the radio on the in-lap and told me that I had won the round and I started crying in the car...it means that much to me. It's a dream come true and for it to happen in South Australia – my home state – is just awesome."

Almond started Sunday with victory in race two following his success in Saturday's race one. It was Almond's third Carrera Cup win, though just the first where he was the first to cross the finish line. His previous two wins came due to post-race penalties.

Race two winner in the TAG Heuer Pro-Am, Roger Lago, secured second for the round and regained the class points lead while a strong finish to the event in the final race for Max Twigg – second in class – promoted the Victorian to third in class for the round.

Dale Wood then won the final race of the weekend, returning to the top position for the first time since his Phillip Island clean sweep. Jaxon Evans placed second in the final race from Almond in third, who secured the round win by 18 points from Evans and Wood.

A highlight of the TAG Heuer Pro-Am on Sunday was the charge through the field by Adrian Flack. After a heavy impact accident in Saturday's opening race, Flack was able to repair the damage and return to the circuit for race two, where he placed second in class from the rear of the grid. Flack then followed this with a class-winning performance in the third and final race.

"I'm absolutely excited to get the win so close to home. It's been a five-year wait until I have achieved a round win in Carrera Cup, so it's taken long enough. I can't ask much more than to do it in front of my family and friends," said Almond.

"It's a pretty surreal feeling to have such high calibre drivers in my rear view mirror. I feel like we had a good car and the boys at Sonic did an amazing job. We had our struggles but we regrouped as a team and kept the car at the front all weekend."

A consistent weekend for series rookie Anthony Gilbertson helped the South Australian to the TAG Heuer Pro-Am win; three third place results was enough to secure his position on the top step of the class podium.

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A strong round for Jaxon Evans has seen the Queensland based racer expand his series lead over Dylan O'Keeffe, now sitting 62 and 73 points ahead in the Overall and Pro class standings.

Meanwhile Lago holds a 24-point lead over Stephen Grove in the TAG Heuer Pro-Am standings with Adrian Flack in third.

Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia returns to the track for the season's penultimate round at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, on October 04-07, 2018.

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Porsche Classic builds a classic 911 using genuine parts

Porsche Classic has built a highly desirable collector's item: the last 911 Turbo with an air-cooled engine - 20 years after the end of series production. The design of the 993-generation 911 Turbo is based on an original bodyshell, and the vehicle's appearance is just as unique as its history: Painted in Golden Yellow Metallic, it references the 2018 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series.

The black wheels are highlighted by Golden Yellow design accents, while the seats and interior trim are finished in black with Golden Yellow details. The bodyshell features the characteristic side air intakes of the 993 Turbo S that were also available as an option for the regular 911 Turbo in 1998.

Developing 450 horsepower, the classic sports car will celebrate its world premiere at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion in Laguna Seca (USA) on September 27, 2018. The collector's item, which is limited to use on private tracks, will then be auctioned off by RM Sotheby's at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta on October 27, 2018. The proceeds will be donated to the Ferry Porsche Foundation, a non-profit organisation established this year to mark the '70 years of Porsche sports cars' celebrations. "'Project Gold' showcases the comprehensive skill of Porsche Classic in fascinating fashion," says Detlev von Platen, Member of the Executive Board responsible for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. "This project clearly demonstrates our strategic approach.

Although we are starting a new chapter in our sports car history with the Porsche Taycan, the story of how the company evolved is no less significant. On the contrary, this Golden Yellow 993 demonstrates how incredibly passionate we are about the tradition of our brand."

'Project Gold' represents Porsche Classic's spectacular contribution to the '70 years of Porsche sports cars' celebrations: With this anniversary in mind as well as the forthcoming market launch of the Taycan as the first purely electric Porsche sports car, the experts at Porsche Classic came up with the idea of constructing a completely new vehicle based on an existing genuine type 993 bodyshell, showcasing

both tradition and innovation. The experts were able to rely on a selection of over 6,500 genuine parts that Porsche Classic offers exclusively for 993 generation models. Overall, the Classic division currently stocks some 52,000 parts, which can be sourced via Porsche Classic Partners and Porsche Centers around the globe to repair and restore classic Porsche cars.

Construction of the unique vehicle took approximately one and a half years. The bodyshell was first put through the corrosion protection and painting process applied to today's seriesproduction vehicles. The collector's item was then assembled and tuned by Porsche Classic specialists at the Porsche restoration workshop in Stuttgart. A brand new 3.6-liter twin-turbo flat-six engine developing 450 hp was installed, delivering the performance the vehicle originally had when it was in production. The manual transmission and all-wheel drive were also sourced from the Porsche Classic range of genuine parts. The hand-stamped chassis number follows the last series-production model of the 993 Turbo, which rolled off the production line in 1998.

The exterior and interior elements were coordinated with the workshop's dedicated Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur experts who were responsible for creating the 2018 911 Turbo S Exclusive series, which was limited to 500 units worldwide.

To complement these elements, the designers at Style Porsche worked on the colour gradients and positioning of badges as well as other interior details.

The 993 remains a sought-after collector's item to this day, and is considered a particularly sophisticated and reliable vehicle.

It was the first 911 to feature a redesigned aluminium chassis, giving it exceptional agility at the time. The 911 Turbo version of the 993 was also the first to have a twin-turbo engine, making it the lowest-emission standard automotive powertrain in the world in 1995. The front section is lower-slung than on the earlier 911 models, thanks to a switch from round to poly ellipsoidal headlights. Hollow-spoke aluminum wheels, a first for any car with aluminum wheels, were another innovation of the all-wheel drive 911 Turbo version. Only 345 units of the 911 Turbo S with its 450-hp performance-enhanced engine were built.

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Driving like a Porsche Drives

Innovative electric drive and eternal Porsche virtues—do those two things go together? Definitely, according to Stefan Weckbach, who’s in charge of developing the Taycan model range. The first purely electrically driven Porsche ushers in a new era—while also staying true to the sports-car brand’s classic values.

Mr. Weckbach, electric cars have been anything but a sales success so far. Has the Taycan arrived too early?

Its time has come. Electromobility already enjoys a long tradition at Porsche. As early as the Paris Exposition in 1900, Ferdinand Porsche presented the Lohner-Porsche, an electric vehicle with a range of fifty kilometers. Since 2010 Porsche models have existed as hybrid variants, starting with the Cayenne and followed by the Panamera. Porsche plug-in hybrid variants have been available since 2013. This makes us the first manufacturer in the premium segment to have offered plug-in models. There’s now a second generation of plug-in hybrids on the road that can travel up to fifty kilometers on electric power alone. With the 918 Spyder, we showed what’s possible when a sports car’s V8 naturally aspirated engine is complemented by two electric synchronous motors on the front and rear axles. Now, with the Taycan, we’re taking the next logical step by launching a purely electric vehicle that fulfills our expectations without compromise.

What does Porsche’s electrification strategy look like, exactly?

Electrification is a significant part of our product strategy, which comprises three pillars. The first pillar is represented by the puristic sports cars with internal combustion engines, while the second is made up of our hybrid vehicles. The third pillar, the fully electric vehicles, points the way to the future. This triad means that we can cover the entire market spectrum and satisfy all our customers’ requirements.

Is it possible to bestow classic Porsche virtues on the Taycan?

It was clear from the beginning that an electrically powered Porsche—like every other Porsche model—must be the sportiest vehicle in its segment. Even as an electric car, a Porsche must fulfill the expectations of the market—in its longitudinal and lateral dynamics, for instance. It’ll clearly be a Porsche at first glance, because we’ve transferred the design DNA of Porsche to our future electric vehicles. You can be sure that the Taycan will satisfy Porsche standards in every respect—from the selection of materials and individual components to the quality of the overall vehicle.

Will new virtues be added to the Taycan?

The Taycan drives like a Porsche, looks like a Porsche, and feels like a Porsche; it just happens to have a different type of drive. Even an electric sports car can be puristic and highly emotional. We don’t consider that a contradiction. On the contrary, with the optimum drive technology and the right vehicle concept, the Porsche characteristics can be brought even more to the fore. Take the under-floor battery, for example. It gives the Taycan a very low center of gravity, even lower than with the 911. In combination with optimum weight distribution between the axles, this means that the Taycan is a very sporty design, even in its basic concept.

Current electric sports cars lose drive dynamic after repeated powerful acceleration…

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several times in succession. The same applies to driving at a consistently high speed. On the other hand, we’ve developed a smart cooling system that prevents possible loss of performance due to extreme heat build-up by always supplying cooling power to just those components that need it.

To be suitable for everyday use, electric cars must offer sufficient range. That means that they need relatively heavy batteries, which is detrimental to performance. How have you solved this conundrum?

One central question in developing the Taycan was: “Where is the optimum balance between range and performance?”

Theoretically, all you would need to do is put a large battery in the car to offer a generous range. But that wouldn’t be a typical Porsche approach, simply on account of the heavy weight involved. Our solutions are in line with the concept of “intelligent performance,” which we’ve also transferred to the Taycan. This means that we can attain an electric range of more than five hundred kilometers while still keeping the weight as low as possible. Two important components are the power density of the electric drive and the high level of efficiency. This means that the E-motors themselves are very lightweight, while the increased efficiency and resulting low power consumption allow us to deploy smaller and lighter batteries. In developing the Taycan, we also worked very intensively on perfecting the aerodynamics and really fought for the thousandth part of every cw measurement. Thanks to this, we were able to push air resistance to the lowest possible value.

Porsche is forging its own path with the 800-volt architecture for the drive and the battery. What are the reasons for this?

I’m not sure that I’d say that we’re forging our own path.

Instead, I’d say that we’re the first to take the right path for meeting our requirements. An electrically driven Porsche not only needs to drive fast; it also needs to be charged fast. The 800-volt technology allows enough electricity for a range of around four hundred kilometers to be charged in about fifteen minutes, which is approximately half as long as today’s

common systems take. The higher voltage also means that we can design a lighter and more compact electrical system with smaller cable diameters and a more efficient package. That’s our understanding of “intelligent performance.”

Does the higher voltage make additional safety measures necessary?

No, an 800-volt system doesn’t present any difference in terms of safety from the 400-volt system that has long been in use in plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

Will Taycan drivers find enough places to charge their vehicles?

Porsche—in conjunction with other automobile manufacturers—is currently establishing a quick-charging system for electric vehicles along Europe’s most important traffic corridors. By 2020 a network of over four hundred charging stations should be in place. The high-voltage booster we’re working on will also allow the Taycan to be charged at 400-volt stations. Our sports car will thus offer downwardcompatible charging options.

What excites you most about this car, personally?

We’ve been testing the prototypes for quite a while now and have driven them many, many kilometers. The very first vehicles, in an extremely early phase of development, were already showing the driving characteristics you’d expect of a Porsche. They drove so sportily and reacted so directly that we felt right at home from the beginning. And a lot has happened since then.

When will we officially see the Taycan on the roads?

Porsche will present it at the end of 2019. And I can reveal this much already: it won’t be just an electric vehicle. It’ll be a Porsche.

TPublished in the Porsche magazine Christophorus, No. 387

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ICC Sprint Round 7 PCQ Sprint Morgan Park 21 July of art and a credit to the creator. from John Datson

•1997 1.5 L Hyundai Xcel driven by Eckhard Schwarting as his 1989 Porsche 911 was out of action. Eckhard was lapping in a very respectable 1 min 37 secs on the long circuit.

This could have been a result of the new paint job!

Spectator numbers swelled with the arrival of Greg McWhinney and six other cars as part of the social drive to watch the sprints. Full credit to Greg for leading the trip as he was stricken with the flu and looked like death warmed-up.

The PCQ results for the day’s event are detailed by vehicle class. The best lap times are shown in parentheses; (first = long circuit / second = short circuit):

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his was a weekend of choice for motorsport with the V8 super cars at Queensland Raceway or you could attend the PCQ hosted Round 7 sprint held in conjunction with the ICC sprint event at Morgan Park. It would seem that most motoring aficionado made the wrong decision and attended QR. Not to be dismayed, some 80 cars representing ten car clubs as well as a number of spectators turned out for the Morgan Park sprint. Most driver you talk to consider Morgan Park to be the preferred circuit for sprint events. The 3 kilometre long circuit is challenging, varying from hairpins, a blind hill, long sweeping curves, and a chicane leading into a main straight. A bit of everything and plenty of gear changes.

There is even a feature called “Kevin’s paddock” but more about that later.

The field of cars was divided into five run groups sorted by lap times. I believe that the number of car clubs represented at this event is the biggest turnout for some time. They included PCQ, MG, Lotus, MX5, BMW, MR2, Z-Cars, HSCCQ, 86 and ARDC. PCQ provided the majority of entrants with 32 cars followed by Lotus, MX5 and BMW each with 9 to 10 entries.

As expected, Saturday morning in Warwick was cold with ice on the windscreens, however the day gradually warmed to a delightful 22 deg C. The cold morning and equally cold track played havoc in setting tyre pressures for the first run when considering what the heat build-up in the tyres will be.

The format for the day’s competition was three runs on long track in morning and two runs post lunch on short circuit. Due to an earlier than expected finish to the sprint, a bonus third run was provided. Although some of the run groups were predominantly one car club, there was in general, a mix of cars within the groups which added to the spirit of the sprint.

A few old faces made a return to the track. It was good to see Phil and Gail Hart (Lotus Club) in their 1999 Porsche GT3 and Jeff Neale with his recently purchased (never been on a track) 2015 991 GT3.

There were several of cars of note that showcased the range of vehicles present at the event. These included: • 2016 Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 R in full race trim lapping the long circuit in 1 min 17 secs at an average speed of 140 kph.

• 2003 Lotus Exige TA with a carbon fibre body consisting of a large double foil rear wing that could easily seat three adults, split side skirts and winglets on the wheel arches.

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Open Class. Brett Wentworth in his 1968 based 911 GT2 Replica (1 min 21 secs/1 min 7 secs) was the quickest on both circuits; 3 to 4 secs clear of Greg Turnham, Jason Arnold and Kevin Vedelago, followed by Sven Koremans and Bill (where’s my mudguards) Black.

• Early 911 Class. Stan Adler (1 min 26 secs/1 min 10 secs) and Craig Hooper (1 min 27 secs/1 min /11 secs) jostled at the front end for the best lap times. Not that far behind was Don Munro, Greg Horwill and Anthony d’Andrea. All of these cars are based on 1974 to 1977 911 bodies running 3.0 L to 3.6 L naturally aspirated engines, a slight change to their original 2.7 L units.

• Mid 911 Class. Ross Golding in his 1987 3.2 wide bodied 911 with the steering wheel on the wrong side (1 min 38 secs/1 min 20 secs) proved to be the quickest followed by John Datson.

• Modern 911. This must be the first time in a while since there were six late model GT3s running in this class with a 50/50 split between the 3.8 L and 4.0 L versions. As such, the time gap between the first three cars was only 0.5 sec on the long circuit dropping to 0.1 sec on the short circuit. Simon Cilento (1 min 24.7 sec/1 min 9.2 secs), Michael Treffene (1 min 24.8 sec/1 min 9.1 secs) and Glen Wallace (1 min 25.1 sec/1 min 9.2 secs) lead the way closely followed by Dave Tilbury, Jeff Neale and Adam Bloomer.

• Mid-Engine. Henry Sinclair in his 2016 Cayman GT4 (1 min 25 sec/1 min 10 secs) was running similar lap times to the GT3s. A fine achievement, demonstrating that the Cayman’s ability to keep up with its bigger brother.

ICC Sprint Round 7 PCQ Sprint Morgan Park 21 July All Morgan Park images from Mick Reynolds @ Steven England, Taavi Orupold and John Keep, were lapping the circuit in the region of 1 min 32 secs/1 min 13 secs. John Keep was sharing his Cayman 718 S with his brother-in-law,

Unfortunately, there was an incident with a BMW that appears to have had an oil fire on entry to the pits. Although the fire was quickly extinguished, damage was sustained to the engine compartment from the fire and dry powder residue.

As mention earlier in the article, I was intrigued by a track feature called “Kevin’s paddock”. My enquiries suggested that I should discuss this with Kevin Vedelago as he has interment knowledge of these offtrack grassed areas which are also features of several other Brisbane circuits.

Bernd Dohman, who was visiting from Germany. Our first international driver to compete this year.

• Transaxle. This class is dominated by the mid-1980 944 Turbos of Eric Van Dyk (1 min 28 secs/NTR), Gary Taber (1 min 29 secs/1 min 12 secs), William Harburg (1 min 31 secs/1 min 13 secs) and David Yould (1 min 34 secs/1 min 16 secs). These times are comparable to the midengine cars.

• Associates.

There were five drivers in this group in a variety of cars of which two have been noted earlier in the article, namely Peter Corbett (Lamborghini) and Eckhard Schwarting (Hyundai). The remaining drivers consisted of Chris Battista (Mazda MX5), Ian Gall (Holden Commodore) in lieu of the Porsche, and Andrew Ross (Toyota 86 GT).

According to Kevin, it all stems from his desire to look after the safety of his fellow motorsport colleagues, that should they exit the track due to some circumstance, then the areas they may be entering are safe.

He said that he carries out these inspections during a sprint event, generally on lap three.

There is this sudden urge that overwhelms him to exit the track and check whether or not the off-track areas are indeed safe. Thanks Kevin; we all appreciate your efforts as well as maintaining your sense of humour, even when “herding the cats”.

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ICC Sprint Round 4

-by Bill Black

Record entries came from 9 car clubs competing in this year’s Inter Club Challenge sprint round at Morgan Park hosted by PCQ. Most of the clubs had at least 4 drivers to make up a full team for club points. This included the MR2 Club who only joined the ICC competition this year and had 5 drivers. The support from other car clubs is greatly appreciated by PCQ as it ensures we were able to keep entry fees at a very low $150 and still cover the many costs incurred in running the event.

being turned this year after success by PCQ in recent years.

Quickest times on both tracks went to the very talented Geoff Noble in his exceedingly quick Lotus. Our 4 quickest drivers on the day, Peter Corbett, Brett Wentworth, Greg Turnham and Kevin Vedelago earned the club 19 points moving PCQ up to 3rd on the championship table and now in the lead in the Road Registered Category. Another great performance by Glen Wallace has him now leading both the Individual Drivers points and Road Registered Class in his GT3 with Phil Hart also in a Porsche GT3 moving up the ladder into second place overall.

The day ran very smoothly thanks to Kevin and the many volunteers and officials allowing the 5 competition runs (3 on the K circuit and 2 on the E circuit) to be completed by mid-afternoon. On track it was very much an incident free day with no cars requiring a tow back to the pits. Unfortunately 9 cars suffered mechanical issues and didn’t see it through to getting onto the E circuit after the lunch break.

Again it was a close contest between Porsche and Lotus with the tables

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ICC Round 5 - PCQRound 8 LAKESIDE DTC 5 Track report for Lakeside DTC from Glen Wallace A dozen keen Porsche club members assembled at the Lakeside DTC on a cool Sunday morning and considered the challenge ahead of us. We were here on the home turf of the Lotus Club for round 5 of the Inter Club Championship(ICC) and Rnd 8 of the Porsche club championship. The competition in the ICC has been tough this year with the Lotus club already enjoying a lead and now hosting the event at their favourite haunt.

Our fearless Motorsport Director Kevin arrived to encourage our efforts with the rousing words of "We have to find some way to beat these guys..." and as Kevin surveyed the blank looks of those around him in the silence that followed he must have judged that no more pep talk was required so he left it at that. Suitably inspired we all made our way back to our vehicles to contemplate how we might start to realise that vision with our first runs of the day.

For those of you who have not participated in an autocross at the lakeside DTC it is a great day where you and 65 other competitors in a fascinating array of machinery (that I am sure Bill Black can give you a detailed technical run down on if you are interested judging by his article last year on this event), all have around 7 attempts at perfecting a pass of this testing little circuit. There is only one car at a time on the circuit and speeds are relatively modest (typically 1st and 2nd gear only) so it is a safe and challenging way to polish your car control skills. It also should be noted that the Lotus Club have organising this event down to a fine art which allows the large number of cars to get through the runs with a minimum of delay.

As the first runs were executed we all started to work out how much grip was out there (not much) and just how tight and off camber the 2nd and 5th turns were (very much).

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apparently he wasn't using anyway as the brakes were cold, and a traffic cone which for some reason he had attached to his car underbody.

ICC Round 5 - PCQRound 8 LAKESIDE DTC 5 produce a reasonably steady stream of spins and excursions onto the grass by a wide range of ambitious competitors.

And full style points were awarded to Taavi Orupold for crossing the finishing line backwards in a cloud of tyre smoke(presumably after a late errant call from his sat nav that told him to do a U turn).

Fuelling these efforts was the excellent near real time updates of all lap times on the web which had many competitors monitoring their phones in between runs to see how they were going against their own Personal Best's or favourite rival.

A review of the run times shows all club members making significant improvements to their times during the day with many PB's being achieved so well done to them and presumably thanks to the other club members who were giving sage advice such as "go faster" which I am sure made all the difference.

Armed with such information it was clear as the day progressed that the competition was very close and any extra effort that was available should be deployed irrespective of the cost to meet the challenge.

Notable amongst the efforts was Jason Arnold who laid repeated claim to a particular patch of grass on the outside of turn 5 for which he apparently then attempted to charge rent to the various Lotus, BMW and Holden club members who also took up temporary residence there.

Also an honourable mention must go to Eckhard Schwarting who went looking for extra thousands of a second by discarding unnecessary weight such as a brake cooling duct, which

Ultimately however it was the controlled aggression of Stephen Foss piloting his Westfield XTR2 around the course in an allconquering 45.711 that won the day! This lead the way for the team and we finished with the remarkable result that the Porsche Club lived up to the vision of Kevin by winning the individual outright, individual road registered and club outright on the day!

So well done all and thanks to the Lotus Club for hosting such a fine event.

2018 PCQ MOTORSPORT - ROUND 8 - LAKESIDE DTC - 5 AUGUST 2018 Lakeside No.

Name

Model

Year

Capacity

Class

993 RSR (Rep)

1995

3.6

OPEN

47.4440

95

944 Turbo

1986

2.5T

TRANS

50.6760

79

911 Carrera 2

1989

3.6

MID911

46.8690

97

911 Carrera

1989

3.2

MID911

48.3270

90

Modern 911 38 Glen Wallace 96 Matt Burnett

991 GT3

2015

3.8

M-911

46.3250

100

996 C4S

2003

3.6

M-911

49.3870

85

99 Emily Cooper

996 GT3

2000

3.6

M-911

56.7510

50

Mid Engine John Keep 80 Taavi Orupold 981

718 S

2017

2.5

MENG

51.0750

77

Boxster S

2013

3.4

MENG

52.3030

71

Westfield

2008

ASS

45.7110

100

Nissan 200SX

2001

ASS

52.0980

57

BMW M3

2001

ASS

53.1100

50

Open Jason Arnold 88 Transaxle David Yould 944 Mid 911 Antony van der Drift 5 Eckhard Schwarting

Associate Class 84 Stephen Foss 68 Cameron Cooper 69 Steve Cooper

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MOTORSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 POINTS TABLE - PROVISIONAL Porsche Club Queensland Motorsport Championship 2018 - Points Table Provisional No. 88 38 944 95 5 53 82 33 21 80 78 981 27 67 277 308 255 26 666 46 128 96 17 22 121 99 629 69 101 68 9 75 49 34 536 677 128 91 26 986 40 45 11 6799 555 123 130 96 32 75 403 79 101 TBA 102 51 49 98 51

Name Jason Arnold Glen Wallace David Yould Gary Taber Eckhard Schwarting Anthony van der Drift Kevin Vedelago Simon Cilento Eric Van Dyk John Keep Bill Black Taavi Orupold Michael Treffene Henry Sinclair Ross Golding Sven Koremans John Datson William Harburg David Tilbury Roger Hall Don Munro Matthew Burnett Greg Turnham Philip Noble Mike Miller Emily Cooper Anthony d'Andrea Steve Cooper Craig Hooper Cameron Cooper Stan Adler Adam Bloomer Minos Mantzavinos Brett Wentworth Phil Brook Mick Olsen Donald Munro Steve Goodson Lachlan Harburg Duncan Forbes Russel Kempnich John Samios Greg Horwill Steven England Jeff Neale Timothy Vo Alan Bell Ian Bensted Ross Kennedy Terry Kehoe Ian Gall Geoff Hewitt Keith Hosking Robina Samios Mark Girard Dean Croyden Geoff Brennan Cameron Mitchell David Littlewood

Model Year 993 RSR (Rep) 1974 991 GT3 2015 944 Turbo 1986 944 Turbo 1986 911 1989 911 1989 991 Carrera S 2014 991 GT3 2015 944 S2 1989 718 S 2017 Boxster 986 1998 Boxster S 2013 997 GT3 2011 Cayman GT4 2016 911 1987 996 GT3 Cup 2003 911 1986 944 Turbo 1986 991 GT3 2018 911 1974 911 Carrera 3.0 1977 996 C4 SC 2004 911 GT2 (Rep) 1979 997 GT3 2010 928 S 1982 996 GT3 2004 911 1974 911 GT2 2000 911 1977 911 GT2 2000 911 1976 991.2 GT3 2018 Cayman GT4 2016 911 GT2 (Rep) 1968 911 1977 996 GT3 2004 911 1974 911 1978 944 Turbo 1986 Boxster S 2001 911 IROC 1982 911 1987 911 1977 Cayman GT4 2016 991 GT3 2018 911SC 1979 911 Turbo 1987 911 1982 911 Carrera 1984 996 1998 991 Carrera S 2012 Boxster 2007 911T 1970 911 1987 997 Carrera S 2005 996 GT3 Cup 2003 Cayman S 987 2011 997 Turbo 2009 Boxster 986 2003

Capacity 3.6 3.8 2.5T 2.5T 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.0SC 2.5 2.5 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.6 3.2 2.5T 4 3.4 3 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.7 3.6 3 3.6T 3.6 3.6T 3 4 3.8 3.3T 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 2.5T 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 4 3 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.8T 3.2

Class OPEN M-911 TRANS TRANS MID911 MID911 OPEN M-911 TRANS MENG OPEN MENG M-911 MENG MID911 OPEN MID911 TRANS M-911 E-911 E-911 M-911 OPEN M-911 TRANS M-911 E-911 OPEN E-911 OPEN E-911 M-911 MENG OPEN MID911 M-911 E-911 E-911 TRANS MENG OPEN MID911 E-911 MENG M-911 E-911 MID911 E-911 MID911 M-911 M-911 MENG E-911 MID911 M-911 OPEN MENG M-911 MENG

QR Sprint Motorkhana MP Sprint QR Sprint Lakeside MP Sprint DTC Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Total 95 103 89 88 106.5 95 576.5 98 93.5 93 76 100 100 560.5 94 91 94 96 93.5 79 547.5 95 103 96 109 107.5 510.5 100 104.5 101 107 90 502.5 93 104.5 91 101 97 486.5 94 48.5 100 95 104.5 442 94.5 98 89 101 382.5 105 102 107 55 369 62 69 66 69.5 77 343.5 100 86 89 42 317 81 74 87 71 313 99 102 102.5 303.5 100.5 96 105 301.5 76 73 77 72.5 298.5 82.5 69 62 77 290.5 60.5 71 74 66 271.5 66.5 95 97 258.5 80 79 88.5 247.5 97.5 85 182.5 99.5 79 178.5 75 85 160 48 100.5 148.5 86 62 148 68 64 132 66.5 50 116.5 49 63.5 112.5 107 107 107 107 107 107 103.5 103.5 67 34.5 101.5 37 64 101 100 100 95 95 91 91 89.5 89.5 86.5 86.5 82 82 82 82 80 80 80 80 78 78 76 76 75.5 75.5 72 72 70 70 69.5 69.5 66 66 64.5 64.5 64.5 64.5 62 62 58 58 50 50 48 48 44 44 40 40 25 25 12 12

Class ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC ASSOC

QR Sprint Motorkhana MP Sprint QR Sprint Lakeside MP Sprint DTC Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 62 35.5 97.5 57 57 51 51 50 50 50 50 29 29 22.5 22.5 11 11 9.5 9.5

Associate Class Points Table No. 47 108 73 84 49 68 209 28 69 1 5 403 201

Name Richard Walker Hoa Cheng Peter Corbett Stephen Foss Chris Battista Cameron Cooper Andrew Ross Lachlan Harburg Steve Cooper Serphina Noble Eckhard Schwarting Ian Gall Andrew Ross

Model Year Capacity Mazda MX5 Ferrari Reiter Engineering 2016 FL2 R-ex Westfield 2008 Mazda Nissan 200SX 2001 2 Toyota 86 VW Golf R 2015 2 BMW M3 2001 Mini Cooper S Hyundai Excel 1997 1.5 Holden Commodore 2011 Toyota 86 GT 2016 2

Note: Round 1 cancelled due to wet weather

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No. Model

Year

NameCapacity

Open Vedelago 997 Carrera 82 Kevin 2005 Black Boxster 986 78 Bill1998

Model Class

Lakeside BestYear Time

3.8

997 Carrera OPEN

2.5

Boxster OPEN 986

993 RSR (Rep) 88 Jason 1974 Arnold

3.6

993OPEN RSR (Rep)

996 GT3 Cup308 Sven 2003 Koremans

3.6

911 GT2 (Rep) 34 Brett 1968 Wentworth 3.3T

59.2459

59.6500 58.6500

1.0000 95

64.7041

63.2500 63.2500

89

60.4987

58.9750 58.9750

88

61.5697

56.6250 57.6250

62 1.0000

3.6

911OPEN GT2 (Rep)

1968 NTR

3.3T

OPEN

NTR

1986 61.5334 1989 60.9082

2.5T

TRANS 62.5750 TRANS 61.6750

61.5334

62.5750

109

3.0SC

60.9082

61.6750

107

TRANS 65.5000 TRANS 62.5750

66.1343

65.5000

96

63.3250

62.5750

95

TRANS 944 Turbo TRANS 944 S2

944 Turbo 944 David 1986 Yould Harburg 26 Will1986

2.5T

TRANS 944 Turbo

2.5T

TRANS 944 Turbo

944 Turbo

1.0000

OPEN 996 GT3 Cup

2.5T

1986 66.1343 1986 63.3250

3.6

OPEN 59.6500 OPEN 63.2500 OPEN 58.9750 OPEN 57.6250

3.0SC

944 S2

3.8 2.5

Tyre Adjust Points

1974 60.4987 2003 61.5697

Transaxle 1986 Taber 95 Gary Van Dyk 21 Eric1989

944 Turbo

2005 59.2459 1998 64.7041

Lakeside Capacity Best Time Adj Benchmark Benchmark Benchmark Class Tyre Adjust

2.5T 2.5T

1.0000

3

E-911 911SC

72

E-911 911T

3.2

E-911 65.2750 E-911 61.4500

65.2750

3.2

1979 69.3859 1970 67.5226

69.3859

911T

Early 911 1979 Vo 123 Timothy 1970 Keith Hosking 101

67.5226

61.4500

58

911

1974 d'Andrea 3.0 629 Anthony

E-911 911

1974 71.2363

3.0

E-911 63.2500

71.2363

63.2500

49

ing

911 Carrera

3.2

62.5750

107

964 C2

3.6

MID911 62.5750 MID911 61.0000

61.8058

Drift

Mid 911 1989 Schwarting3.2 5 Eckhard 1989van der Drift 3.6 53 Antony

60.9679

61.0000

101

MID911 65.7250 MID911 66.6250

69.0058

65.7250

77

70.5270

66.6250

74

M-911 59.6500 M-911 58.0750

60.8725

59.6500

91

59.4238

58.0750

89

M-911 58.0750 M-911 58.3000

61.1044

58.0750

76

63.4445

58.3000

62

M-911 61.6750 M-911 58.0750

69.6703

61.6750

48

70.6402

58.0750

25

65.2694

61.6750

74

64.9514

60.3250

66

ea

ll

nos

ss

911SC

911 911

1987 Golding 277 Ross 1986 Datson 255 John

MID911 911 Carrera

3

3.2

MID911 911

1989 61.8058 1989 60.9679 1987 69.0058

3.2

MID911 911

1986 70.5270

3.2

2004 60.8725 2015 59.4238 2015 61.1044

3.6

3.8

MID911 964 C2

3.2

Modern 911 996 GT3 677 Mick 2004 Olsen 991 GT3 33 Simon 2015Cilento

3.6

M-911 996 GT3

3.8

M-911 991 GT3

991 GT3

3.8

M-911 991 GT3

3.8

M-911 997 GT3

3.8

M-911 997 Carrera S

2010 63.4445 2005 69.6703

M-911 997 Turbo

2009 70.6402

3.8T

3.4

MENG S Boxster

3.4

2.5

MENG 718 S

2013 65.2694 2017 64.9514

2.5

MENG 61.6750 MENG 60.3250

2016 64.1849

3.8

MENG 59.2000

64.1849

59.2000

64

ASSOC 60.9423 ASSOC 60.9423

60.9423

60.9423

100

66.3026

60.9423

62

997 GT3

2015 Wallace 38 Glen 2010 Noble 22 Philip

997 Carrera S102 Mark 2005 Girard 997 Turbo

2009 Mitchell 3.8T 98 Cameron

Mid Engine Boxster S 981 Taavi 2013 Orupold 718 S 2017 Keep 80 John

Cayman GT4 49 Minos 2016Mantzavinos3.8

Ferrari Mazda

Associate Class 108 Hoa Cheng 49 Chris Battista

MENG GT4 Cayman

ASSOC Ferrari

60.9423

ASSOC Mazda

66.3026

3.8 3.8 3.8

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My car is based on a 1977 911 chassis modified for competition use in the early 1990’s and raced in Porsche Cup by Greg Lovett and others.

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The car also occasionally competed at Mt Cotton Hill climb and on numerous occasions since 2003 to the present at Noosa’s Hill climb.

BASIC SPEC’S: Body based on 1977 Porsche 911 shell; fibre glass bonnet & guard extensions & carbon fibre doors; Plastic windows and glass front wind screen; 3.4L Engine: Upgraded and rebuilt 2011-13 (limited use since) including new 98mm pistons/barrels, Carrillo rods, EFI with Vi-Pec V88 ECU, twin plug heads & 12 coils, 964 plastic inlet manifold, GT35/82

turbo, running E85 fuel, 411 rear wheel horsepower at 5,200 RPM at 1 bar boost.

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This car is seriously quick and is ready to go on track (and subject to RWC can be kept registered on road).

Also included are some quite valuable bits and pieces: 5 spare sets of big wheels including: a set of rare 16 x 10 and 16 x 12 inch BBS E50’s; 3 sets of 16,17 & 18 inch Simmons, a set of 16 x10 & 16x13 replica Fuchs; spare G50 ratio gear pairs for each of 3rd, 4th&5th gears; original CIS fuel injection system; rare (German) huge intercooler; rebuilt clutch & flywheel for 930; spare fibre glass whale tail; 2 fibre glass front apron/spoilers; 4x Lister air jacks.

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PORSCHE 996 GT3 CUP CAR 2003

First entered in Carrera Cup in 2003 by VIP Pet Foods.

My CAMS log book duly signed and stamped shows the full history of the car and its track record since new. I am the fourth owner/ driver of the car after Sherrin Motorsport as the log book indicates.

I bought the car from Wayne Hennig in August 2008 in excellent condition and enjoyed several years of club sprints with PCQ and a magic long weekend at Bathurst organised by Trackcorp.

The car underwent a complete engine rebuild by Cragsted Performance Engines in 2010 and has spent less than 15 hours on the track since mainly due to health reasons.

The car is now silver in colour. Photos and much more information is available on request by those genuinely interested.

The car has never had a collision since I’ve owned it as senior PCQ members would know and the log book indicates very little damage earlier.

Included are 3 sets of wheels, 2 with slicks and 1 with wets, gauges, high pressure hose and lance for the air jacks and jack stands and tie down wheel rings.

Price $75000.00 Contact Trevor Needham 04177 33 275. Email needles2@bigpond.com 1979 911 SC track car $60,000, perfect for someone who wants a simple pathway to club racing.

Car was rebuilt from the ground up by Chris Tzanis as Weissach Sport for Porsche Club Victoria ‘C class’. No expense was spared. Car has full roll cage, race seats, 6 pt harnesses, fire extinguisher, etc. Fitted with original fibreglass ‘whale tail’ spoiler and has won PCV C grade and placed third.

Always been meticulously maintained by Chris at Weissach and has been incredibly reliable on track.

Engine received new Mahle barrels and pistons in 2011. Engine and gear box were completely rebuilt by Chris in 2014 at a cost of ~$20K and all worn parts replaced. Car has only been on track ~10 times since then and was not raced in 2016 till now. 2 sets of Fuchs 15 x 7 + 15 x 8 wheels and 1 pair of rear 16 x 8 Minilite replicas included in price.

Selling because I’m just not using the car due to other commitments. Car currently has red plastic covering on bumpers as shown in one image.

Car located in Melbourne. Contact Ian – 0419 930 173

1978 911 SC Tarmac Rally Car

This car ticks a number of boxes. Having been built as a tarmac rally car to tackle the likes of the Classic Adelaide Rally etc, it would make a potent road car or basis for a back date build, such as a 1973 RS replica.

The vehicle was imported into Australia from Japan in 2002 and subsequently converted to right hand drive using mostly new original panels. Motor and gearbox are original matching numbers.

The car comes with a number of worthwhile modifications including the following: Full bolt in roll cage including front side intrusion bars (not shown in photos) Sparco race seats, full harness seat belts, Sports steering wheel, fire extinguisher, battery master switch and cables TerraTrip with wheel probe, tow points front and rear, front strut brace, Brake upgrade to Boxster calipers with braided lines, full pedal box with twin brake master cylinder and brake bias unit, extractors and sports muffler, Weber carburetors, Carrera oil cooler fitted, Turbo tie rod kit The car is in Adelaide and currently registered with unique South Australian number plates SCR-911 (not shown in photos) which are not included in the sale price.

The car is being sold to make room for another 911 project.

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•Australian delivered December 1994. Genuine 214,000 klm.

•Meticulously maintained and serviced by Porsche specialists – •Working air conditioning, electric sunroof, power windows, power mirrors, Porsche radio.

•Porsche dealer installed Logic alarm and immobiliser system. •17” Porsche cup wheels / Continental Conti tyres. •Promax Power chip. •Replaced Cam Belts, Balance Shafts, Water Pump, Engine Mounts only 500klm ago. •Converted to Club Sport Bilstien Suspension / CS Porsche Brakes with braided lines, Quaif LSD, MO32 anti-sway bars, only 16,000 klm ago. •Original suspension and brake components come with car. •Power steering pump overhauled/new radiator only 60,000km ago, complete top end rebuild including camshafts only 80,000 klm ago. Range of other spares come with car.

•Original Engine / Serial / VIN No’s.

•Price: $38,500.00. •Personalised VIC Plate GTP 968 $500.00.

•Contact:Ches Kosnar 0437 124 777 Emai;l:cheskosnar@bigpond.com

1981 Porsche 928S

My 928 is in above average condition for its age, as the pictures no doubt show.

It has been my garaged baby for a few years now, however between ongoing family and work commitments, it's not getting any use and I hate seeing it sit there.

Car runs well and has low ks (106,553 Kms).

The only non-standard parts are the X-Force Exhaust, Koni Shocks and Stereo (with Sat-Nav). I also have a Momo wheel installed, however I still have the original which will be included with the sale.

No doubt a few things that a fastidious new owner might want to tidy up, but the car is ready to go without any work being required. I'm negotiable regarding Safety Certificate and Registration and will consider offers over $20k.

I am located in Eatons Hill and questions are welcomed. $22,500 Jeff - 0459239271 PORSCHE

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Genuine Fuchs Wheels 16 x 7 and 16 x 8 inch Refurbished with no Scuffs Shod with worn Yokohama R spec tyres $5000 PH Ron 0418 359 450

Prestige 7 letter plates - HOTSHOT $2,500 or best offer Chris - drbee@bigpond.net.au

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Simmons three piece wheels with R Spec Yokohama tyres For Boxster or Cayman Front 18 x 8.5 inch with Yokohama R Spec tyres 245/40R/18 Rear 18 x 9.5 inch with Yokohama R Spec 265/35R/18 Wheels in good condition and tyres have plenty of tread Photos of tread available. $3,300.

Contact Wayne 0427 265 166, or kwayne.perry@gmail.com Newcastle

993 16" alloy space saver wheel As new $450 Contact; Stan 0414 911 901

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1 x 996 17" Space Saver Wheel Will fit 996/997 GT3's. $500 Contact Stan 0414 911 901

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For sale $525.

Contact Bruce 0411421709

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