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Horizontally Opposed

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W h a t ’s I n Yo u r G a r a g e ?

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Club Calendar

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Porsche 911 Speedster Concept

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P r e s i d e n t ’s M e s s a g e

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Porsches on the Pier

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Club Committee

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Sandown Six hour

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Porsche Festival

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2018 Go Kart Challenge

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F ro m R a c e C o n t ro l

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N S W G r a n d To u r

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Social Corner

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Autumn Run to Mitchelton

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7 0 Ye a r s o f P o r s c h e

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Modern 911 & GT3/RS Regsister Run

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T h i s Wa t c h I s B r a n d N e w – A n d 4 1 Ye a r s O l d

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M i d We e k R u n t o F l o w e rd a l e H o t e l

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New Members

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Mid 911 Register Run to Riddells Creek

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To rq u e Tu b e R e g i s t e r R u n t o F a r m V i g a n o

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PCV Coffee & Porsches

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993 Register Run to Red Hill

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My Coffee & Porsches

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Tu r b o R e g i s t e r R u n t o Tr y d e l M u s e u m

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C l u b N i g h t a t P o r s c h e C e n t re M e l b o u r n e

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word of mouth and it is a far easier and less stressful method of sale than using the internet.

Last weekend we had the first PCV Coffee & Porsches event and what a brilliant turnout it was with over 150 cars attending and over 300 coffees served. To celebrate Porsche’s 70th Birthday Porsche Australia attended the meeting with six cars and made a video of the event. It was streamed over the internet that night together with other countries celebrations to over 2.1 million people. There is a link to the video on our Facebook and web page. There is obviously a demand for this type of quick early morning event and we will continue it as a regular event in the future.

My new car finally arrived from Porsche Centre Gold Coast - A white 997.2 S PDK Coupe. This is the 5th Porsche I have bought sight unseen and so far, so good. I always recommend getting a PPI from an independent source unless the car is under factory warranty.

I must admit, I thought I may have made a mistake with the 997 as I was a little underwhelmed with it the first week. My previous cars were mostly air-cooled examples which are fairly roar in comparison. It took me a while to appreciate that Porsche had finally made cars that were quite tame around town but when given the open space and opportunity, were beasts waiting to be unleased. On my recent drive up to the Dandenong’s to photograph Barry and Ursula’s cars for the latest instalment of WIYG I finally got to put the 997 into Sports Plus and drive it hard - I was not disappointed.

The 3.8 litre motor a truly magnificent engine.

I have recently sold my 964 and Boxster Spyder.

They both went to members in the club after mentioning they would be up for sale. It seems a lot of cars change hands without ever being advertised, so if you are looking for a particular car put the feelers out that you are in the market. I have sold most of my cars through

Today I drove down to Geelong for a similar event - “Porsches on the Pier”. Unfortunately, it was a wash out and the organisers were forced to move the event to a nearby warehouse.

Another great event but unfortunately no coffee!!

I hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as I have had putting it together. Thank you to everyone who contributed stories and photos.

“Porsche Parade” is the official magazine of The Porsche Club of Victoria Inc. (ACN 005 727 0942) Publisher: The Porsche Club of Victoria Inc. PO Box 911, Kew, Victoria 3101 web site: www.pcv.com.au email: pcv@pcv.com.au Advertising Rowan Burnett mobile: 0417 540 957 email: advertising@pcv.com.au Editor Ron Widdison mobile: 0418 359 450 email: editor@pcv.com.au Artwork & Printing Composite Colour 4/347 Bay Road, Cheltenham 3192 Ph: 03 9555 6665 email: info@compositecolour.com.au www.compositecolour.com.au Subscriptions: Porsche Parade is only available to financial members of the Porsche Club of Victoria Inc. A minimum of four issues are published annually. Not for individual sale.

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Contributions: Contributions, with quality photographs, are invited. Digital photographs should be 300 dpi jpeg or tiff files. They should be sent to editor@pcv.com.au.

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Ken Anson Russell Sturzaker Michael O’Brien Lisa Gillespie Alvaro Del Gallo Kon Gogos Neil Drew Carly Pasco Vickie Morris Jane Hallam Geoffrey Mould

Competition sub-committee

Competition Director Mark Horton Andrews: motorsport@pcv.com.au

Mid 911 (1974-93) Ken Anson & Jim Adamson: mid911@pcv.com.au 993 Roger Vella & Leon Christodulaki 993@pcv.com.au Modern 911 Kon Gogos modern911@pcv.com.au 911 Turbos James Borg & David Hosking: 911turbo@pcv.com.au GT3, RS & RSR Greg Humphries: gt3rs@pcv.com.au Boxster & Cayman Kane Wilson & Richard Catchlove: boxster@pcv.com.au Torque Tube Angelo Monteleone & Ivan Romanic (924, 928, 944, 968) torquetube@pcv.com.au

© 2018 by The Porsche Club of Victoria Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, stored in any electronic format or transmitted in any form by any means without the written permission of the publisher.

Marshal Co-ordinator Gordon Johnstone: marshals@pcv.com.au Competition Secretary Simon Dunn Juris Briedis Andrew Bonwick Will Darvall Peter Harrison Grant Stephenson Ian Geekie Michael O’Brien Tony Carolan Tom Goulopoulos Kees van Ek Phil Treloar Andrew Smith Cameron Goodyear

Coffee & Porsches at Brighton beach

Cayenne/Macan Jake Parsons cayennemacan@pcv.com.au

Administration Carly Pasco & Lisa Gillespie administrator@pcv.com.au

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Special note: It is the policy of the Porsche Club of Victoria Inc not to publish its membership list to any person or corporation. Its membership list is not for sale or distribution. Any unauthorised use of its membership list or of the material in this magazine may result in prosecution.

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president’s message

club committee 2017/18 Michael O’Brien President president@pcv.com.au

Tony Carolan Vice President & vp@pcv.com.au

I am writing this message from the beautiful state of Maine in the USA, almost as far away from Victoria as it is possible to be! Porsche may not be quite as noticeable here, perhaps because I need to concentrate slightly more on my driving than scenery, but it is nice to say that I have noticed several 993s, a few Boxsters, and lots of Cayennes.

In any case please enjoy reading our magazine, and appreciate the efforts of your fellow members who have provided the articles and stories, together with all the photography that accompanies them, and not forgetting the talents of our editor, all of which combine to make our magazine the best club magazine available. Whether you are reading it on-line, or in beautiful hard copy – enjoy the read.

I believe we have just had perhaps the best Coffee and Porsches event ever, held at North Road Brighton Beach on Sunday 10th June. There is a fabulous video of the event on our Facebook page, which if you haven’t seen it please check it out at: www.facebook.com/PorscheClubOfVictoria/ insights/?section=navVideos and scroll down to the video.

With 150 cars, lots of people, coffee provided by Porsche Centres, and fabulous weather this event continued the global 70th Anniversary celebrations of Porsche, and was orchestrated by our editor Ron Widdison.

The format has proved to be both a success and is extremely popular, we are fortunate that Ron will be continuing to host this great morning concept initiated by Rob Raymer.

Our next major event is the Porsche Festival.

This event will be our clubs official 70th Anniversary celebration of Porsche. It is to be held on Sunday 21st October at Seaworks in Williamstown. This will be a family friendly event and will include a traditional Concours competition together with a Show ’n’ shine, and Come ‘n’ park. There will also be a range of family fun activities to get involved in. Mark your diaries now and make every effort to come along.

On somewhat of a personal note I would like to share with you something that my wife Christine conveyed following her attendance at a Professional Development seminar on Wellbeing and Happiness.

One aspect of happiness is being grateful. With this in mind I would like to acknowledge some of the things I am grateful for. Every day I am grateful that I can enjoy working (most would say playing!)

in my garage, that I am fortunate to own a Porsche, and also that I am a member of this club. I am grateful to all the members for their contributions to this club, whatever they maybe, and I am grateful to all the committees that run this club.

Our year continues with success, the LiquiMoly Sandown 360, 6 hour regularity event was indeed a great success, both for the club and all those who enjoyed being part of it. Our now regular video of the event should be available soon – so keep an eye out for that!

Our calendar has had a slight gap in competition events, due to track availability but is now back into top gear, and will have just completed the double header at Winton by the time this edition gets to you. Extended photos of these and all events can be found on our website.

As always please support our advertisers in this magazine. They are integral to our ability to provide the quality of magazine whilst managing our cost. Please enjoy this magazine of course… indeed the contributions are our own, and also take a close look at our advertisers and support them whenever you can.

There are many opportunities for all to be involved in our club. If however you feel there is something missing please bring it to the attention of myself, or anybody on one of our committees, and we will do all we can to accommodate. I encourage you to extend your involvement by attending a new event for you. Have a look at our events and try something that you may not have tried before. A lot of people go to great efforts in providing many events that deserve our participation. There are great Social and Register events being held all the time, track events also – consider volunteering as a Marshal, come along to one of our club nights. Whatever you choose, we are looking forward to you participating in your club; enjoying the company of other members and driving our great cars.

I look forward to welcoming you especially to a new event for you.

Michael O’Brien President

David Mallinson Treasurer treasurer@pcv.com.au

NevilleSampson Secretary secretary@pcv.com.au

Mark Horton Andrews Competition Director motorsport@pcv.com.au

Alex Harmati Social Director social@pcv.com.au

Ron Widdison Porsche Parade Editor editor@pcv.com.au

Ken Anson Registers Director registers@pcv.com.au

Garry Saber Committee cps@pcv.com.au

Ian Knight Committee committeememberik@pcv. com.au

Cameron Goodyear Committee committeemembercg@pcv. com.au

Melanie Treloar Committee committeemembermt@pcv. com.au

Carly Pasco Club Administration administrator@pcv.com.au

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from race control aware that there are Club members who didn’t really know what President’s Day is about, we decided we had to try and explain it. It really is a special day for the Competition section of the Club. Hopefully we have piqued your interest enough for you to consider dropping into Sandown on Sunday 25 November.

One of the Club’s premier events, the Liqui Moly Sandown 360 Regularity Relay was run very successfully, on 29 April. As in past years we commissioned a crew to capture the day and prepare a video documenting the event.

Keep an eye out for an announcement on the web, by email and Facebook that the video is available, and look back at this great event.

By the time this reaches you we will also have run our double header weekend (23 and 24 June) with a motorkhana at Winton Skidpan on the Saturday, and Winton Winter Sprint on the Sunday. Motorkhana is a very different driving challenge from Sprint events. It requires competitors to display car control skills on a tight and confined surface. Many competitors love the friendly environment and the range of challenges presented by this format.

Elsewhere in the magazine, we have included an article about President’s Day. When we became

The Competition year is back in full swing, although we had a very long gap between the Liqui Moly Sandown 360 Regularity Relay in late April and Winton in late June. The long time between events was unavoidable despite the best efforts of Grant Stephenson who assisted with booking the Competition calendar for the year. Despite your Club’s strong relationships with venue operators, the availability of tracks is often very challenging to manage.

On a sad note, one of the stalwarts of our Club Competition, Peter Fitzgerald, is battling serious illness. Peter is known for his very distinguished Porsche motorsport career including driving and managing Porsche Australia backed cars and teams. One of the great Club Nights of recent times saw Peter being interviewed about his career by Will Darvall at Porsche Centre Doncaster. Peter won the Club’s outright award on three occasions (and his son Christian followed him making it father-son back-to-back in 2014-2015). Both

Peter and Fitzgerald Racing Services have supported many of our Club competitors. I am sure you will join me in offering our thoughts and best wishes to Peter, Christian and family.

Our next event is Sandown Sprint on 28 July. Sandown Raceway is popular and for many of our members it is the closest of the tracks we visit. The recent news that Sandown Raceway is committing to necessary improvements to retain FIA status is very welcome, as it underwrites its continuing availability for Club motorsport (and horse racing, but not at the same time!).

If you are thinking of joining us on the track for the first time, or you are a driver coming back, Sandown could be just the event for you. Alternatively, we have events through July to November to consider. These can be viewed on the Events page at pcv.com.au.

See you at the track!

Mark Horton Andrews Competition Director

social corner Welcome to the Winter Edition of Social Corner.

Previously, I have mentioned how we are a community bonded by our passion for all things Porsche, and on the Autumn Run we saw our community ‘go above and beyond’ in time of need.

In an unfortunate turn of events, one of our members vehicle came into contact with local wildlife, resulting in the vehicle being undriveable. Without hesitation a number of vehicles stopped to provide support and assistance. I wish to acknowledge and thank the following for their unwavering and selfless assistance, Peter and Clair Cromie, Neville and Jeanette Sampson, and finally to Michael Bailey and his VW Bug providing a once in a lifetime experience, being chauffeur driven home in a classic 1974 VW Beetle.

This year marks a significant mile stone for Porsche AG, with the 70th Anniversary of Porsche, and the Porsche Club of Victoria will celebrate and share this significance year with our members with a flag ship event, the PCV Porsche Festival. The intent is to create an event that will Celebrate, Share and Showcase our passion for Porsche., and

will be open to all members, family, friends and future members, and general public.

To be held on the 21st October at the historic and newly renovated Seaworks in Williamstown.

Focusing on our members proudly displaying their vehicles, we encourage your attendance and participation, and have catered to all members by providing three levels of participation, Concours, Show and Shine, Come and Park.

over 250 people, and include parking and service capability for our caterers. If you know of any we welcome your feedback.

Alex Harmati Social DirectorE: social@pcv.com.au

Concours and the Show and Shine categories will be judged with places and prizes awarded according to the judging criteria (criteria details to be provided in due time), whilst the aptly named Come and Park is a non judged general Porsche car display area, and you know, it’s never too early to start preparing your Porsche for this event, we look forward to seeing you there.

Also, behind the scenes there is a Porsche Festival Committee that is actively working on venue planning and layout, judging and its criteria, awards, and event marketing.

We welcome any additional support from members to ensure this event is delivered in our continued high standards.

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Story & Photos: Porsche Cars Australia

70 Years of Porsche The first vehicle to bear the Porsche name was registered on June 8, 1948: It was the 356 “No.1” Roadster. This is the day on which the Porsche brand was born. The Type 356 turned Ferry Porsche’s dream of a sports car into a reality. “His vision at that time embodied all of the values that still define the brand to this day”, said Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG. “We plan to uphold the standard of technical excellence set by Ferry Porsche well into the future. Intelligent dynamic mobility has a great future ahead of it. And we have the solid technological expertise, creative employees and unique team spirit to be involved. We have what it takes to ensure that the Porsche brand continues to fascinate – even in another 70 years.”

The history of the Porsche brand begins in 1948. Yet the foundation of the sports car manufacturer is built upon the life’s work of Professor Ferdinand Porsche – work which his son Ferry then continued. Ferdinand Porsche had already designed pioneering innovations for the automotive industry as early as the start of the last century. In 1900, he built an electric car with a wheel hub drive known as the Lohner-Porsche, a

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vehicle on which he would then base the world’s first all-wheel-drive passenger car. In the same year, he created a template for hybrid vehicles with the development of a mixed petrol-electric powertrain. In 1931, Ferdinand Porsche founded his own engineering office. The “BerlinRome Car” showcased in 1939 was the beginning of his idea for a sports car bearing the Porsche name, although this dream was only realised by his son Ferry in 1948 with the Type 356.

The successor model to the 356, the Porsche 911 designed by Ferry Porsche’s son Ferdinand Alexander, finally gave the company its breakthrough as one of the leading manufacturers of sports cars in the world, both from a technical and a design perspective. The Porsche 911, presented to the global public for the first time in 1963, has now been built over a million times. “Although the 911 has been consistently developed in the intervening decades and enhanced many times over with new, innovative technologies, no other vehicle has managed to retain its original essence in the same way as the 911”, says Blume. “All Porsche models to be developed now and in the future are based on this sports

car. As the centrepiece of the brand, the 911 has become the sports car of dreams, winning the collective heart of enthusiasts all over the world.”

The future of Porsche sports cars is already coming up to the starting line in the form of the Mission E, the first purely electrically driven technology champion from Zuffenhausen. This concept vehicle combines the distinctive emotional design of a Porsche, exceptional driving performance and forward-thinking everyday functionality. The four-door model with four individual seats delivers a system performance of over 440 kW (600 hp) and a range of more than 500 km, acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 3.5 seconds and a charging time of around 15 minutes for 80 per cent of the electrical energy required. Porsche has invested around one billion euro in this futuristic project, creating more than 1,200 additional jobs just at the headquarters in StuttgartZuffenhausen, where the Mission E will be built. “Porsche will always be Porsche – the leading brand for exclusive, sporty mobility”, reinforces Blume.

Porsche is celebrating this year’s anniversary with numerous activities around the world. On February 3 “The Porsche Effect” opened at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. In Germany, the first “70 years of the Porsche sports car” exhibition will be open from March 20–31, at “DRIVE, the Volkswagen Group Forum” in Berlin. The Porsche Museum will also be holding its own anniversary celebrations with a comprehensive special exhibition opening on June 9. On the same day, Porsche will be inviting sports car fans to its “Sports Car Together Day” at all of its sites around the world. The “Festival of Speed” held from July 12–15, at the Goodwood race track in the UK, will also celebrate the anniversary, as will the “Rennsport Reunion” in California from September 27–30. The celebrations will conclude with the “Sound Night” event to be held for the first time in the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart on October 13.

Further information is available at https://www.porsche.com/museum/ en/.

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Mission E: Porsche’s first fully electric sports car is named Taycan Porsche announces the series production name.

Mission E: Porsche’s first fully electric sports car is named Taycan The future of mobility is another step closer: Series production of the first purely electric Porsche is set to begin next year.

In preparation, the vehicle has now been given its official name: The “Mission E” concept study, the name currently used to describe Porsche’s complete electric offering, will be known as the Taycan. The name can be roughly translated as “lively young horse”, referencing the imagery at the heart of the Porsche crest, which has featured a leaping steed since 1952.

“Our new electric sports car is strong and dependable; it’s a vehicle that can consistently cover long distances and that epitomises freedom”, explains Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG. The oriental name also signifies the launch of the first electric sports car with the soul of a Porsche.

Porsche announced the name for its first purely electric series as part of the “70 years of sports cars” ceremony.

Two permanently excited synchronous motors (PSM) with a system output of over

600 hp (440 kW) accelerate the electric sports car to 100 km/h in well under 3.5 seconds and to 200 km/h in under twelve seconds. This performance is in addition to a continuous power level that is unprecedented among electric vehicles: Multiple jump starts are possible in succession without loss of performance, and the vehicle’s maximum range is over 500 km in accordance with the NEDC. Names with real meaning At Porsche, the vehicle names generally have a concrete connection with the corresponding model and its characteristics: The name Boxster describes the combination of the boxer engine and roadster design; Cayenne denotes fieriness, the Cayman is incisive and agile, and the Panamera offers more than a standard Gran Turismo, which is what allowed it to win the Carrera Panamericana long-distance race. The name Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger, with connotations of suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics.

will be used for the development of Taycan variants and derivatives, around one billion euro for electrification and hybridisation of the existing product range, several hundred million for the expansion of production sites, plus around 700 million euro for new technologies, charging infrastructure and smart mobility.

Extensive modifications and expansion at the Zuffenhausen headquarters At the Porsche headquarters in Zuffenhausen, a new paint shop, dedicated assembly area for the Taycan and a conveyor bridge for transporting the painted bodies and drive units to the final assembly area are currently being constructed. The existing engine plant is being expanded to manufacture electric drives and the body shop will also be developed. Investment is also planned for the Weissach Development Centre.

Production of the Taycan is creating around 1,200 new jobs in Zuffenhausen alone.

Future investment doubled Porsche plans to invest more than six billion euro in electromobility by 2022, doubling the expenditure that the company had originally planned. Of the additional three billion euro, some 500 million euro

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PCV Coffee & Porsches Sunday 10th June 2018

The first PCV Coffee & Porsches at the North Road Brighton Bay carpark was a great success with over 150 cars turning up for the early morning winter gathering.

Great cars, coffee and people is always a recipe for success, throw in great winter weather and there were smiles all round!

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hurry with the event running from 7-9am, leaving the rest of your Sunday free.

This will now be a quarterly event on the PCV calendar following on the success of the previous RSR Porsches by the Bay organised by the late Rob Raymer.

The event was sponsored by the three Official Victorian Porsche Centers with free coffee to celebrate Porsches 70th birthday.

Many of the faithful arrived before the official 7am start, keen to chat and admire the many different models from 356s to the latest 991s and everything in between.

The event was filmed by Porsche Cars Australia and televised on a live Facebook feed at 8pm that night which is available for viewing on the club’s Facebook page.

Looking forward to seeing you nice and early at the next event!

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My Coffee & Porsches

I have only ever thought there was one six o’clock each day. I was introduced to a second one when I rose at 6am for a 7am until 9am Porsche Club meeting in Brighton.

I was mostly active through the 1980s and 1990s era and I wondered and hoped that I would still see some old Porsche club members that I could chat with. What a pleasant surprise when I discovered that there were a good number of these oldies but more importantly, I was able to meet so many more new club members and the great thing was chatting about our common love of Porsches with both the old and new members. A truly delightful experience.

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The number of attendees was well over what I anticipated and the local cafe reported they served more than 300 coffees in a two hour timeframe.

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The friendship and camaraderie I saw with my wife was consistent across the whole group of Porschephiles. What a great day.

As always, as time passes, the stories of past Porsche club events became slightly exaggerated and more colourful, but a lovely day that was very cold and initially quite dark, only saw happy people. Old friends hadn’t changed much and their personalities were just as they always were.

Wow! And what a diverse range of cars from the very early to the very latest Porsches and all of them had been polished to” within an inch of their lives”, great feeling and what else would you expect.

We drove home at about 9am with large smiles all the way, a great event and well worth repeating.

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Club Night at Porsche Centre Melbourne Tuesday 17th April 2018

I have been turning up to Club nights for a number of years now. I don’t often look at the ‘headline act’, as I find that there is always a take away, even if it is just time over a glass of wine and dinner with other club members in convivial surroundings. I enjoy hearing the range of things coming up in the Club, Registers and Social and the banter about the Competition results.

We have had some wonderful Club nights, ranging from the Alan Hamilton evening full of wonderful stories, to Carbon wheels, the Fox museum, aircraft museums and always lots of cars.

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At the April Club Night we had one of the most interesting guests I have listened to.

John Steffensen spoke about his life and career.

Born in Perth he pursued a passion for athletics and in his twenties competed at the 2004 Olympics (winning Silver) and then Gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the individual and relay 400m events.

John was a very open, engaging and moving speaker. He discussed (with our very talented interviewer & Social Director) growing up and the issues and opportunities of professional athletics.

He spoke about his competitive drive and how to channel it, and the vital role of the people around him in his success; coaches, mentors and others.

Interestingly, and relevantly for us, he has made a transition from Australian athletics to Carrera Cup driver with the Porsche Centre Melbourne team after a successful first year of motor racing in the 2017 GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series, finishing eighth outright.

One of the questions Alex asked John was how he saw the difference between athletics, where everything depended on himself, and driving

where there was a car interposed between him and success.

John made the comment that in athletics, he always had to be very open to criticism from his team, and aware of his faults, because that was the only way to improve. His team can only work on his faults. In driving, he saw it exactly the same way, and the only person (thing) to blame was himself. It was only one example of a discussion from a very pleasant and professional person with a very sophisticated outlook on life.

I would like to extend my personal thanks to the Club and Alex and his Social Committee for bringing us a terrific evening.

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What is President’s Day?

President’s Day is unique and very special day for our Club. It is very much a family day where members who have competed during the year take the opportunity to share their passion with family, friends, and other members of the Club.

We have some extremely good drivers in the Club – and this is a day for them to share their talent and track experience with others.

Is it a Track Day? Yes, President’s Day is an end of season track day, but one where Competition drivers must take a passenger with them on the track every time they go out.

Is it a Competition Day? No, there is no timing, no placings, no trophies, and no points awarded for taking part. It is a day for the Competition part of our Club to share with others.

Is it safe? As always safety is paramount, and speed must be kept to 80% of racing speed.

This still means that many cars reach over 200kph twice each lap. Drivers are required to exercise a high degree of self-control and any off-track excursions or spins may earn immediate exclusion for the day. The Club has worked closely with an external Consultant to build controls for a safe President’s Day.

Is it popular? Yes, the day is always very popular and in 2017 we had over 300 passengers take part (including Mrs Competition Director) and from all reports they thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

How does it work? With over 300 rides, passengers flow thick and fast and there are many calls on drivers (after they take their own family and friends out), to help with the passenger queue at the pickup station in front of the Control Tower. The line can take time to move.

What sort of cars take part? Usually, there is a wide spread of our Competition cars. Initially they are grouped with others of like performance, but later in the afternoon, if numbers dwindle, an open pit may be declared, and a mix of vehicles may take to the track together. The drivers need to be courteous and keep a close eye on their mirrors.

What do I need to do? You need to wear clothes that cover you from neck to wrist and neck to ankle (natural fibres if possible). No open shoes are allowed. You need to sign the passenger indemnity and, if you are suffering from any medical conditions or have undergone surgery recently, this experience is not for you. Likewise, if you are pregnant this is not your year. Above all, prepare to enjoy your experience!

At the end of President’s Day, we generally gather for post-event drinks and nibbles. Drivers and passengers generally swap stories and tell tales tall and true about daring deeds. We usually conclude the day with short speeches to thank everybody who contributed to the year. Then almost straight away we start to think about the Competition program in the New Year!

We hope to see you at Sandown Raceway on Sunday the 25th of November for President’s Day.

What can I expect as a passenger? Even at 80% of race pace, the ride will be exhilarating and buffeting, and quite different from a normal road passenger experience. Listen carefully to all instructions given to you.

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Woohoo! For WIYG? Number 34 you get 2 for 1! Barry Pritchett and Ursula Weidenmuller, both car nuts, live in their new old house in the hills (it’s allright, they’re married), surrounded by wonderful views and a very eclectic large collection of old cars and projects.

Ursula has a photo of washing her German parents’ imported Gutbrod as a toddler, then fell in love with a Karmann Ghia VW when 8, but her first car was a Hillman Hunter, followed by a Datsun 180B in the mid ‘70s. Then came the KG, pale yellow with a red roof, changed to black, which was her daily driver until the early ‘90s. There were lots of Beetles, a Triumph Spitfire and GT6, a 914, a 944 daily driver for 6 years, the 996 shown here and now a Fiat 500 Sport with a 6 speed, which was run in the 2017 PCV 4 hour Regularity. She has raced for many years, with the Geneer shown here, a white TR6 for 5 years, until spectacularly written off by another competitor at Winton Historics, and now in Barry’s red TR6. They used to look very neat together on the track in his and her TR6s. She joined the 356 Register after buying the 356B shown here in ’99 and for the last 4 years has been the masochistic Editor of the 356 Register Magazine, printed 4 times a year. She also does the TSOA (Triumph Sports Owners Association) magazine, being a 35 year Life Member, and an online Karmann Ghia newsletter! The TSOA, founded in ’61, has always had an active sports and social focus and a National meeting every year, which helped influence two of the PCV founders, Kerry Reynolds and Vin Jacono, who had been long term members of TSOA, to create our Club in 1975.

Barry joined PCV in the early ’80s, with a ’70 2.2E, but dropped out 15 years later, when without a Porsche. They both joined again early last year. He had over 20 years as a competition marshal and some of you will remember his exacting control as Clerk of Course at the Winton 6 hour regularities in the early 2000s. They met when he was an official and she was driving. Barry joined the 356 Register in the early ‘90s and has been President since 2016, which can only help the relationship between the clubs. He’s also been a keen TSOA member for 16 years.

Now retired, he has enough projects for about 25 years, applying his very neat skills. The list of previous cars covers most marques!

The cars at home Star of the collection is a 914/6 (a first for WIYG?). Norman Hamilton bought this car and another dark burgundy one in Germany in 1970,

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Barry Pritchett and Ursula Weidenmuller drove it for some months, imported and converted them both and sold the burgundy one, which may still be in NSW. It is Blood Orange, a 911 colour, now with 98K miles. Its first sale was to Brian Clearihan in the early ‘90s and then to Ursula, after Brian’s death, in ’07, still with the original registration. 914s were never released in OZ and never made in RHD. The aim of their production in the late ‘60s, shared

by VW and Porsche, was to replace the 912 and the VW Karmann Ghia, with the 914/6 to be called a VW Porsche (as this is), but called Porsche in USA, as were all 914s. The engine was derived from the ‘69 T motor, with 109 HP (81kW), but it didn’t sell well, because the price was similar to a 911T, without the prestige. Only 3,300 were sold, from a total of over 190,000 made, but 70,000 914s sold in the USA, using 1.7, 1.8 and 2.0 flat fours and the Porsche name.

The beautiful Champagne Yellow 356 B 1600 was bought

by Ursula in ’99 from John Bowe, previously being Bali Blue and owned by Maurie Swanson, the main instigator for the formation of the 356 Register in 1986.

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The June ’89 3.2 Carrera is one of the last G Series, before production of the 964 commenced after the August factory holiday. It has 2 owners, a nice dark blue interior, a short shifter kit and 94K. The ’99 996 Cabrio 3.4 was found by Ursula in NSW about 2012, when needing a new daily driver to replace the 944. It had some repairs and a new dark blue soft top, also having a hard top, and it was the dd for some time, now showing 139K. The ’86 420 SEL (certainly a first for WIYG?) is from Qld, in great condition, including the de rigeur front sheep

skins of the time, and is a comfortable tow car, with 191K. It complements the jeep 5.7 V8 other tow car.

Completing the collection in the home garage are the race cars. The TR6 has been owned by Barry for about 14 years, has a 2.5 straight 6 with Lucas mechanical FI and about 200 HP at the rear wheels, qualifiying for Sb historics, running there and in ‘MG and invited British’ competition. Ursula now also drives it, after the death of her white similar car. The MGTF, built for the MG Trophy Scottish series in ’96, has a Rover K series twin cam 1.8 motor, always being a race car.

Ursula at the 2017 Regularity in the Fiat 500 Sport and her washing Mum’s Gutbrot as a toddler

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The farm shed cars The dusty collection in the off site shed reveals some desirable projects.

The light blue over lavender Karmann Ghia (no need to say VW) was Ursula’s mum’s, has 81K miles and turns heads on KG club runs.

The Bamboo with dark green desirable earlier car, which Ursula has had for about 25 years, awaits attention after an engine fire.

The ’53 oval window Beetle with the GDT176 rego and a 25HP 1200 was one of the first 6 brought out, and has some body modifications, suggesting that it was a Redex trial spare. It looks much better in an article of the day hanging on the wall!

The blue 356 is a Super 90 twin grille B with the rare Karmann hardtop.

The 944 race car has run in PI and PCV Regularity and track days, but needs some tender care to the engine.

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The Geneer Outlaw (remember the name you oldies?) was made by Barry Coutts of General Engineering from ’65, for about 2 years, as a kit or turnkey, with a VW or 356 motor, while he also made Formula Vees.

This has a Paul England modified Porsche 1780 industrial motor, based on the 1600 Normal motor from ’57 to the mid ‘60s, later redesigned for Australia. The Alan Hamilton story in Issue 3 2012 has more of this interesting tale. Barry restored the car in the early 2000s, with John Gregory doing the engine. It weighs 460kg, so is nippy on the track, and Barry has had it for 30 years, racing in M Historics for over 10 years.

There is also a going Brumby farm ute!

So that’s your bloomin’ lot! Come back for a progress review in 25 years.

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World premiere for the ‘70 years Porsche sportscar’ celebrations The Porsche 911 Speedster Concept: open-top, pure and with over 500 hp.

Porsche will be giving itself an excellent present for the 70th anniversary of its sports cars: the 911 Speedster Concept is a road-ready study of an open-top and particularly exciting sports car. It forges a link between the very first Porsche 356 ‘No. 1’ Roadster, which received its operating permit on June 8, 1948, and the Porsche cars of today.

With its pure concept and historically accurate execution, the 911 Speedster concept reflects the brand essence of the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer with precise clarity. A pure driving experience is the main emphasis of the car. The drive technology under the two-tone shell of the concept study is derived from the current GT models. It was developed at the Porsche Motorsport Centre, which is the birth place of the 911 GT2 RS and, most recently, the GT3 RS. The 911 Speedster Concept celebrated its world premiere as part of the official ‘70 years Porsche sportscar’ anniversary celebrations in Zuffenhausen. The concept study offers a glimpse of a potential series-production version, although this model may not be presented until 2019. A decision on whether to move ahead will be made in the coming months.

The characteristics of the 911 Speedster Concept include the shorter window frame with a more inclined windscreen and correspondingly shortened side windows. These features give the sports car study an even stockier profile with a very low fly line, which is reminiscent of its predecessors such as the Porsche 356 1500 Speedster. A special rear cover made of carbon fibre connects behind the front seats, covering a roll-over protection structure and featuring

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a ‘double bubble’, a traditional element of this sports car design since the 911 Speedster from 1988. Two contrasting black slats between the ‘humps’ add an aerodynamic touch, and a transparent Plexiglas wind deflector features an engraved ‘70 years of Porsche’ logo.

As dictated by the historic original, the 911 Speedster Concept also features a lightweight tonneau cover instead of a convertible top.

This cover protects the car interior from rain when parked, and is attached using eight Tenax fasteners. The lightweight principles of the Speedster philosophy continue through into the interior, where the navigation, radio and air conditioning systems have all been eliminated.

The full bucket seats are made of carbon, and the light brown Aniline leather covers in Cognac 356 pick up on features from the car’s classic predecessors.

The broad body of the concept car has been borrowed from the 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet, although the wings, front bonnet and rear cover of the concept are made of lightweight carbonfibre composite material. The paintwork in the traditional colours of GT Silver and White harks back to Porsche’s early racing cars – as do many of the other carefully crafted details, such as the 50s-style central fuel tank cap positioned in the middle of the front bonnet, the classic Talbot shape of the exterior mirrors or the unique design of the main headlights. Transparent and opaque surfaces on the headlight covers produce a cross-like effect and are nod to a practice prevalent in Porsche’s early years in motorsport. At the time, the original headlights were taped before races to protect them against stone chipping and to prevent the glass from shattering. The wide B-pillars and the rear are decorated with milled, gold-plated Speedster lettering.

Below the bodywork, the 911 Speedster Concept relies on state-of-the-art components. The chassis essentially comes from the 911 GT3, with contrasting high gloss polished clover-leaf details on the imposing 21-inch rims in Fuchs design. It is the first time that these wheels are presented with centre locks. The GT developers also contributed the exhaust system with titanium tailpipes and the powertrain, which includes a sixspeed manual transmission. The six-cylinder flat engine in this minimalist concept study delivers over 500 hp and reaches speeds of up to 9,000 rpm.

The history of Porsche Speedster models begins in the USA Speedster variants of sports car models, which combine open-top driving pleasure with incredibly distinctive driving dynamics, have been part of the Porsche company history since 1952. The forefather of Porsche Speedster models, the 356 1500 America Roadster, had an aluminium body manufactured entirely by hand. It weighed 60 kilograms less than the 356 Coupé and its top speed of 175 km/h with its 70-hp four-cylinder flat engine was an impressive feat at the time.

Featuring slot-in windows for the doors, a folding rain-cover top and lightweight bucket seats, this car developed exclusively for the US market was built just 16 times and already embodied several key elements of the Speedster design.

By 2010, eight different series and special models had been created with the ‘Speedster’ byname. The 356 A 1500 GS Carrera GT Speedster represented a highlight in 1957, and the first 911 Speedster followed in 1988. The 356 units of the 911 Speedster produced for the 997 series in 2010 saw a temporary end to the production of Speedster variants.

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“Porsches on the Pier” Unfortunately due to rain “Porsches on the Pier” was moved to a nearby warehouse where a frosty band of enthusiasts waited for Lars Mula to arive in his 356.

“Firstly, we would like to thank the entire Porsche Community in Australia for such an overwhelming response and support for this documentary. Otherwise the whole project could not be possible. Aptly named “Porsche Diaries - Destination Australia”, we will be capturing Australia’s best Porsches together with the passions and people that drive them. Filming will take place in June 2018 to honour Porsche’s 70th Anniversary month.

Summary: We will be doing a 6000km road-trip around the East coast of Australia in a 1956 356A Sahara Beige Porsche called “Frau Brenner” (see pics) over the course of 4 weeks from 1-28th of June. The old girl is currently getting prepared

by Ron Goodman with a new original Rod Emory s90 engine to make the trip. The month of June represents Porsche’s 70 Year anniversary of producing the world’s most beautiful sports cars. We will be promoting Porsche’s #SportsCarsTogether 70 Year celebrations during the trip. All elements of the documentary and journey will be hashtagged #BeRareTV .

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Australia & Sunshine Coast Gala - Sunday 17th of June – “Porsches on the Pier” Porsche Meet: Melbourne/Geelong (all Porsches welcome from 11am and then at 1.30pm we will commence a convoy/cavalcade down the Great Ocean Road. Link to www.berare.com to redirect to our Facebook event page. “

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Will Darvall made the chilly trip down to Geelong in his 550 Spyder- I think it was worth it!

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The Liqui Moly Sandown 360 Regularity Relay was very successfully run by the Porsche Club on Sunday 29 April. The event saw 32 teams (over 140 drivers) compete. The format is a multi-club team event comprising 4–6 drivers per team. Currently in its 9th year the 360 has earned a place as a high-profile event on the club motorsport calendar.

Interestingly, the 360 (which refers to total minutes of driving time i.e. six hours!) is a competition but not a race. Being a regularity means the aim is to achieve lap times that are as close as possible to the self-nominated time for each driver. The winning team is the one that has the average closest approach to this ideal across all drivers in the team. As such, this event does not favour the fastest drivers, and certainly not the most aggressive, but rather the most consistent.

In fact, there is a significant bonus for consistency, as the scoring system counts the number of laps amassed by a team and gives a bonus lap if the driver is within 1 second of their nominated time. If the driver is faster than their nomination, then they have wasted their time, as the lap is not ‘counted’. Mind you, they have still had a great time dealing with the track, traffic, and the pit board…

While the notion of achieving a targeted lap-time might seem tame compared to flat out sprint competition, this event throws up significant challenges. There were several Safety Car (SC) occurrences on the day (thankfully not caused by incidents, more precautionary for safety situations). Many SC situations were the result of cars “stranded” on track for various reasons, including a muscle car running out of petrol, an older Datsun losing its passenger rear wheel somewhere near Dandenong Corner, and even a few of the ever-reliable Porsches succumbing to the pressure of the event.

Rodney Gordon

Notably there were no injuries on the day, and the proven systems at Porsche Club events kept cars circulating and the event ticking over. Our systems allow us to showcase what we do, and we are widely recognised for the professionalism of our planning and execution across the motorsport community, including governing bodies. Equally, the Porsche Club prides itself on the event being run safely, and importantly, being a lot of fun for all.

Limited pit-to-car communications are permitted (no radios under any circumstances) via boards displayed by team members on pit wall. Whilst the boards vary significantly in design the key function is the same: to tell the driver if they are ‘up’, ‘down’, or ‘right on’ their nominated lap pace. The drivers definitely know that they are either really fast or really slow when the Pit Board team member signals with lots of extra emotion, clearly frustrated from having their last three signals ignored.

Simon Dunn

One of the exciting features of the event is the variety of cars that participate. We had teams competing in Subarus, Mazdas, Ford Mustangs, Renaults, Holdens, BMWs, MGs, Triumphs, Lotuses and many more (including Porsches!). In fact, the Liqui Moly Sandown 360 has grown from strength to strength over the years with several teams returning each year and increasing their participation levels, particularly the Mustangs, Holdens, Triumphs and MGs.

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The event also enjoys new teams and first-time participants giving the Liqui Moly a go. The common theme from ‘newbies’ is that the event is a great way to introduce first-timers to traffic and competitive situations in a safe environment.

The growth of the event now sees the ratio of Porsche to non-Porsches of around 40:60.

The prominent colours of our sponsor Liqui Moly, which are displayed on every competing car, adds much to the spectacle. The alignment between Porsche and Liqui Moly is strong given the number of Porsche workshops using their products, and this was Liqui Moly’s fourth year as sponsor.

The format of the day is short practice in the morning before assembling on the grid for a rolling start behind the Safety Car. Each team can only have one car on the track at a time. When a car comes in, the team hands over the baton (in the form of a Velcro sash) to the next car to go out. A track incident brings out the Safety Car, slowing the field but allowing it to continue to circulate, maintaining the on-track presence for the duration.

With the range of cars competing, speed differentials can be significant. Competitors need to be mindful of faster and slower cars and drive accordingly. This year’s event was conducted safely, with few driving incidents, and reflected very well on the competing drivers. They must all be congratulated!

After six hours (around 10:30 to 4:30) the chequered flag was waved, and the event finished. In what is now a regular occurrence, provisional results saw two Porsche teams take the first two places. First place went to Team SKI Racing – Weltmeister (including Bob Hawker, Jamie Lovett, Ben Faggetter, and Phil Treloar) and in second place were Team PorscheSpecialistSKI (including Peter Harrison, Juris Briedis, Mark Chrzanowski, and Grant Stephenson). Third place went to Team MLC Racing (comprising Ian Wilks (Alfa Sud), Derek Wilks (Nissan Pulsar), Gordon Dowthwaite (Toyota Corolla) and Scott Seddon (Hyundai Excel). The winning trophies were presented by highly esteemed Porsche Club Life Members Will and Barb Darvall.

The Liqui Moly enjoyed the generous support of a range of volunteer officials across the motorsport community. In addition to our highly valued Porsche Club members, the event was supported by the Victorian Flag Marshal Team, CAMS scrutineers and compliance checking and paddock officials. Several of these officials have already indicated that they want to come back next year.

The Liqui Moly Sandown 360 Regularity Relay is now entrenched as a major event in the Victorian club motorsport calendar and the organising committee are to be congratulated for delivering a great event. Thanks to Tony Carolan, Andrew Bonwick, Grant Stephenson, and Gordon Johnstone from Porsche Club, as well as Dirk Van Heer (Liqui Moly), Danny Jonas (CAMS Castrol Victorian State Official of the Year), and Bruce Astbury (Marque Sports Car Association).

We have once again arranged for a video crew to capture the day and document the event. Keep an eye out for the announcement that the video is available!

Carlo Fasolino

Andrew Gott

Brent Howard

Hugh Feggans

Joseph Ensabella

Jamie Lovett

Ben Faggetter

Daniel Reynolds

Josef Smith

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RESULTS CompetitorName, Car #

Nom

Warwick Phillips

341

93.3

Joseph Ensabella

261

86

Josef Smith

103

89

61

92

Bob Hawker

212

87

Greg Keays

364

Ben Faggetter

213

87

Aaron Ireland

74

86

Garry Voges

51

92

Phil Treloar

211

92

Simon Dunn

356

85

Nick Karnaros

262

88

Cameron Goodyear

294

92

Tim Rout

355

92

Tom Marks

334

91

Pete Matherson

291

92

62

88

Carlo Fasolino

101

90

Bill Toohey

343

94.5

Grant Stephenson

Juris Briedis

Mark Chrzanowski

98

64

90

293

90

Tony Carolan

71

86

Jamie Lovett

214

87

73

89

Mark Callaghan

351

89

Jonathan Tu

333

90

Thomas Callaghan

352

89

Darren Jones

203

89

Richard Thompson

292

86

Aaron Lee

331

86

Michael O'Brien

353

92

Andrew Smith

201

86

Philip Cox

53

93

Garry Saber

56

89

Riccardo Rossi

362

90

Jim Adamson

104

92

Hugh Feggans

204

95.5

Andrew Gott

345

87

Steve Koutsbis

263

86

Ken Eve

102

89

Michael McLaurie

354

87

Brent Howard

52

87

Peter Harrison

63

86

Stan Bougadakis

265

86

Alan Shaw

344

104

Troy Hungerford

271

100

Denis LambrouFernando

202

89

Tom Goulopoulos

275

91

72

88

Stewart Lachlan

272

90

Theo Mihelakos

264

88

Harry Phillips

342

104

Gary Yip

274

107

Rodney Gordon

273

105

Daniel Reynolds

Bryan Fitt

Matt Burton

Indiv %

Driven

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41

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52

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48

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49

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31

51.49%

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51.36%

41

51.09%

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50.53%

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49.49%

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48.99%

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48.92%

39

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40

48.80%

44

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48.67%

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47.64%

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46.77% 46.47%

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46.34%

27

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45.87%

44

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45.47%

49

45.46% 45.28%

43.67%

34

43.43%

34

41.62%

26

8

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23

41.07%

43

17

10

36

39.66%

28

10

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38.62%

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27 24

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32

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44

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48

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46

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23

9

51

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Nick Karnaros 6 9

1

-

2

41

9

40

5

39

8

35 22

41

13

10

46

40

5

4

39

20

11

8

17

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Mark Chrzanowski

27 5

Denis 9 Lambrou-Fernando 7

1

Gary Yip

13

1

Michael O’Brien

34

3

-

Nick Karnaros

51

5

Bryan Fitt

Jason Stables 42

Laps ^

Bonus

32

Michael O’Brien

Jim Adamson

Harry Phillips

Philip Cox

Michael McLaurie

Darren Jones

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2018 Go Kart Challenge Thursday 25th May 2018

The PCV Annual Go Kart Challenge was on again this year with the racing being more competitive than ever. Lots of familiar faces as well as many new drivers attended this year’s event, which aims to give an opportunity to all members and friends of members who are able to race against each other using the same machinery.

The event started with an exciting qualifying session as drivers traded fastest lap after fastest lap until the eventual grid order was formed for the first race. Without hesitation, elbows went out, and everyone’s competitive streak took over with thrilling racing occurring all over the track.

The final race was one of the most exhilarating in many years as the starting grid was mixed up, adding an abundance of overtaking as some of the quicker guys tried to make their way through the field.

Be sure to keep an ear out for next year’s event, as we will be announcing an all new race format from 2019!

Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s annual PCV Go Kart event. Please see below results from the night.

Overall Fastest Lap Thomas Baird - 39.037 First Place Team RPM - 164 points Ross Del Gallo Phil Minguerulli Michael Del Gallo Second Place Team BAX - 150 points Linley Baxter Simon Baxter James Sanderson Third Place Team 360 - 122 points Robert Baird Thomas Baird Jan Jinadasa 44

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Part 1 Story & Photos by Peter Struck & Alison Spink Sixty four participants set out in thirty-two Porsches for the much anticipated PCV 2018 NSW Tour. Anyone fortunate enough to have participated in a PCV tour event knows how enjoyable they are and the unseasonably warm April weather that initiated this tour augured well for our group. And so it proved, with sunshine accompanying us throughout.

Goulburn Courthouse

the entrance to the historic Southern Tablelands township - Australia’s first gazetted inland city. This was an opportunity to introduce the three team leaders - Ken, Neil and Wayne (the group of 64 was divided into 3 groups for easier management of people and vehicles at each designated stopover and places of interest), and explained the protocol for the tour. We quickly discovered the most popular name on tour was Barbara (4), followed by Alison (3), providing us with some fun photo opportunities. Apart from the mammoth merino, Goulburn boasts some beautiful historic buildings and the Rocky Hill War Memorial lookout which provides a panoramic view across the city and surrounding tablelands.

Day 2

Departing Goulburn Most of us headed up to Goulburn, the first leg of our journey on Friday April 6, and stayed in Albury before commencing the tour proper on the Saturday. Some of us didn’t get the memo however and arrived a day early in Goulburn (mea culpa) or a day late whilst the rest of the touring party enjoyed a leisurely drive and promptly arrived in Goulburn as scheduled. Yours truly was the early clubhouse leader for the Richard Cranium award though I unsuccessfully claimed it was a reconnaissance day in Goulburn that necessitated the early arrival.

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The Big Merino Alf welcomed us at our evening dinner at the Mercure Hotel, a short stroll from Goulburn’s most famous (or infamous) resident - the world’s largest concrete merino, standing proudly at

The fun driving started for most of us on Sunday morning where we headed off in our designated groups, ten minutes apart, and headed for the Jenolan Caves. The roads chosen provided plenty of interest for sightseeing and spirited driving, with just enough undulation, curves, twists and turns to keep us all interested.

For three couples in our third group we were lucky enough to see a large deer by the side of the road. It quickly realised its predicament and bolted. An unexpected detour along a gravel road for a few of Ken’s first group was duly blamed on the Garmin. Subsequent navigating blunders and missteps were given the *******Garmin treatment throughout the tour, which assuaged in-car disputes along the way. And it seemed most of us had at least

concourse. These vehicles represented five decades of the Porsche 911s development. The display was very impressive with Matt and Sue’s head-turning tangerine 2.2 911 (representing the 1970s) alongside Jim and Mandy’s distinctive 1987 Carrera (1980s) Charles and Gillian’s eye-catching red 993 Carrera S (1990s), Alf’s 2008 997 C4S (2000s) and finally Clyde and Alison’s seductive 991 Targa 4S (2010s) to complete the Porsche picture.

The display was popular with guests, many reaching for their cameras to record the line-up.

Day 3

Jenolan Caves one moment of in-car navigation disharmony during our tour. Of course it wouldn’t really be a Porsche tour without the odd dummyspit from a driver/navigator would it?

Day three was a memorable one, a standout in a tour studded with highlights. A free day exploring the Blue Mountains beckoned, and pairs, partners, small groups and larger groups headed out in earnest to discover the undeniable charms of this outstanding region of NSW. Golfers headed to the fairways, others enjoyed leisurely lunches and sightseeing whilst Ken and Harriet headed off to nearby Bathurst to enjoy driving around the famous Bathurst circuit. Harriet was in the driver’s seat for this high octane adventure and delighted in the opportunity to drive this iconic stretch of tarmac, something she’d always dreamt of doing.

An excellent nourishing lunch at the heritagelisted Jenolan Caves House, a striking building dating back to 1879 but with many architectural alterations up to the late 1920s was a precursor to our cave tour. The Jenolan Caves were a revelation for many of us who hadn’t enjoyed a previous visit. Comprising a network of 360 caves, of which only 10 are open to the public the Jenolan Caves are fascinating, remarkable and testament to the endless inspiration nature provides. Stalactites, stalagmites, shawls and crystals abounded in all manner of shapes, sizes and colours. Whilst the enclosed underground chambers discouraged a couple of people from enjoying nature’s display, others overcame their fears and soldiered on, amply rewarded by witnessing fascinating natural formations explained enthusiastically by our very knowledgeable tour guides.

Porsche Parade at Fairmont Resort The Scenic Railway was a revelation.

The world’s steepest passenger train it was simply great fun for all. The Scenic Skyway, replete with glass floor glided effortlessly between the cliff tops, providing unparalleled vistas whilst the Scenic Cablecar (Australia’s biggest) ascended and descended the lush Jamison Valley. For those who indulged in the adventurous side of things it was invigorating and quite magical.

And the weather was simply perfect.

If the day was fun for some and relaxing for everyone else, the evening was simply full-on fun for all! Monday night was designated crazy T-shirt/top night and after assembling to uproarious laughter in the resort’s foyer and still in high spirits, we headed off in a double-decker bus to the Leura Garage.

Harriet at Mount Panorama If the evening started out a bit crazy it was completely off the charts with unbridled fun by the time we left. The venue, the food, service and atmosphere ensured

Alison S, Maria and Alison B

Jenolan Caves House We all headed off in small groups or individually to the Blue Mountains, on route to Fairmont Resort in the delightfully alluring LeuraKatoomba precinct. Gloriously sited, Fairmont Resort introduced spectacular Blue Mountains views from the capacious lobby and we settled in before heading out for a group dinner at the adjacent golf club. During the day Alf’s ‘committee’ had selected (at the resort’s request) five of our vehicles to display on the

Those who had already explored the sights many times, including Wayne and Lindsay were pleasantly surprised by a private garden expedition at a circa 1936 local homestead, followed by a lunch in the park. Others enjoyed dining at one of the district’s many iconic hotels, featuring superb views. For most of us though, the day belonged to sights and scenes scenic railway, scenic skyway, scenic cableway, scenic walkways, waterfalls, sculpture displays (in the rainforest), myriad photo opportunities and lots of tramping up and down escarpments.

Will & Barb (Crazy T-Shirt night) this night was memorable for all the right reasons. At one stage Ken even remarked he’d never laughed so hard at any PCV event he’d ever attended. And we all know Ken has attended a lot of great PCV events.

Our PCV ‘Chantoozies’ - Lois, Maria and Alison were selected by Alf as the judging panel for the crazy tops awards and they embraced their challenge with rather too much gusto! So many people went to great lengths to make the night a great one - from Murray’s porn star turn, with dark wig and 70s style moustache,

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Part 2 Story & Photos by Alvaro & Maria Del Gallo Day 4

Sharon, Jillian, Sandra, Monika to Barb Fairley’s handmade and embroidered blouse, Mandy’s ‘spice girl’ outfit (with pigtails to complete the ensemble), Gillian’s Milky Way top to Neville’s remarkable T-shirt that riffed Deep Purple, Rolling Stones and other 70s classics. Couples, Barb and Geoff together with Peter and Clair delivered shared funny themes.

A short list of finalists was drawn up after too many wines before the judges summarised their selections amid general hilarity, with

This morning was a little cooler than we were experiencing the last few days so after an early breakfast everyone packed away their ‘crazy’ t-shirts from the night before and opted to wear longer sleeves for our drive to Terrigal.

We took off in our groups for a leisurely drive along the Great Western Highway.

Unfortunately for our Leader his Garmin was not behaving so we lost him on the first turn!

All was not lost though as he was able to join Group 3. For those of us whose Garmin/ Navigator worked, it took us across the Darling Causeway, through the beautiful Blue Mountains National Park to Kurrajong Heights to reach our first stop - Bellbird Lookout. What beautiful scenery we had just driven through and now to stop at Bellbird Lookout which is one of the best lookouts in the Blue Mountains.

The expansive views were towards Sydney.

Peter, Alison + 3 Sisters

Crazy Tops on the double-decker

We must have lingered a bit too long at the Lookout taking photos as the other groups were quickly upon us. We scrambled hurriedly to our cars to avoid a minor traffic jam at the Lookout carpark. We were on our way again

on the M7 Westlink. This part of the drive took us over the Hawkesbury River and on to the Old Pacific Highway to an early lunch stop at Old Road Café. The Groups combined again at the lunch stop to convey stories of their eventful travels to our lunch stop. It was interesting to note who had ‘in car harmony’ still alive!

The next part of the trip took us back on the Old Pacific Highway to the Gosford Classic Car Museum. This magnificent exhibition was home to Australia’s largest privately owned car collection. The Museum houses over 400 vehicles and motorbikes which are valued at approximately $70 Million. It was great to see everyone walking around reminiscing about the cars they used to own at different stages of their lives. Some even mentioned that if they had kept all the cars they previously owned they too could have a ‘mini museum’ of their own!

Tonight we were staying at Crowne Plaza in Terrigal, a beautiful picturesque seaside town with the beach at our doorstep. Dinner included a lovely Seafood Buffet at the Sea Salt Restaurant at the Crowne Plaza. As tomorrow was a ‘free’ day, most of us lingered in the Restaurant hatching plans and trying to come up with nominations for winners for the final evening at our Gala Dinner.

Day 5

Crazy T-shirt night winners to be announced on our last evening at the Gala Dinner. A raucous bus ride back to our resort put an exclamation mark on a manic, marvellous Monday in the mountains.

The NSW tour had well and truly begun!

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At 8am this morning, those of us that were members of the infamous ‘Tour Walking Group’ led by our leader Ray, set off on this breezy warm morning for a walk up to Terrigal Haven to the Skillion Lookout. There were lots of others going for walks with their dogs too as the weather was so perfect. One member of the public was overheard asking if we were a ‘Walking Club’ to which one of us quipped ‘no we

Part 3 Story & Photos by Neville & Jeanette Sampson Day 6

are a Car Club!’ That member of the public was left scratching her head thinking that answer was a bit sarcastic as there were no cars in sight! After our walk we went back to our Hotel where most of us enjoyed a long leisurely buffet breakfast making plans for our ‘free’ day.

Talking to people at breakfast various suggestions were made for the more adventurous who might like zip lining through the trees and some who were really quite shocked at that idea! Nevertheless it was a free day and some decided it would be nice to have a ‘drive free’ day and explore Terrigal on foot, dare I say it, go shopping!

Spend the day at the beach, go out for lunch, or even catch up on some sleep.

My group decided we’d like to see Palm Beach and explore the beautiful central coast. In order to do that we had to drive a short way to Patonga Pier to catch a ferry over to Palm Beach. Some of the group took a scenic drive to Patonga and arrived a bit later than the rest of us, and no, they didn’t get lost….. Anyway after some fast talking and pleading by our Grand Tour Master to the Ferry Captain, he willingly waited for our other members to get on-board. To give you an idea it was really like watching the Commonwealth Games marathon runners sprinting along the Pier to catch the Ferry – well maybe not exactly marathon runners… Anyway they made it and we were on our way! After a short ferry trip we arrived at Palm Beach but we had to catch a bus to actually get to the beach. It was worth it, the beach was picturesque and the water was warmer than Victorian beaches too.

Coalcliff and Clifton. This cantilever bridge heads out over the ocean. I had only seen it in print and television advertising, and it certainly was a spectacular part of the drive.

We woke to another beautiful day at Terrigal. We were sad to leave this pretty seaside location.

No time for any further swims at the beach, as we were excited to navigate into Sydney, across the Harbour Bridge, and beyond.

We split into our three groups, and we were all grateful for Allan Hines’ programming of a Garmin chip to ensure that at least those with modern Garmins had no chance of being lost. We were warned that to cross over the bridge we needed to watch the signs over the lanes to ensure we did not head down the tunnel in error. We understood that the view from the bridge would be better than the view in the tunnel, but could we achieve it?

Your correspondent had no idea what an excellent day’s driving was about to unfold.

Traffic was heavy leaving Terrigal, but then we were travelling down the M1 motorway.

What a majestic engineering achievement.

We were travelling at speed between the impressive rock walls. And then to the Bridge! All of our group was successful in crossing the bridge. The Moulds, Drews and Kirwan-Hamiltons enjoyed the Bridge so much they inadvertently went over it twice!

Thanks once again to Alf – Our Grand Tour Master!

All boarded the bus at 5.30 pm for a tour of the Berrima courthouse, including a presentation on the trial of Martin Beech and Lucretia Dunkley, who were convicted of the murder of Henry Dunkley, and executed in 1843. We then walked for a relaxed pub meal at the Surveyor General Inn (Australia’s oldest continuously licensed inn, since 1834) and finally, enjoyed a particularly noisy bus trip back to Gibraltar Hotel.

Day 7

Friday was a free day. Ray Baty started the day for us leading a group of 26 for a pre breakfast walk through and beyond the golf course - a fine start to the day. After breakfast some headed out shopping, others visited

After catching the ferry back to Patonga and then visiting another little spit called Pearl Beach we drove back to Terrigal to get ready for dinner. Some groups opted for a no-fuss dinner while others went to Reef Restaurant by the water or another recommended Restaurant called Yellowtail.

So far the NSW Grand Tour has been just that!

Our coastal drive took us to Kiama, with its well-known blowhole. Even on this calm day the water was tossed well into the air, but in a big swell it can reach 25 metres in height. After lunch at Kiama we enjoyed more beautiful driving roads through Barren Grounds, Budderoo National Park and Moss Vale. We arrived at Bowral after the best driving day to find a luxurious resort.

Travelling south of Sydney we entered Royal National Park, and enjoyed morning tea at Audley Dance Hall Café. After morning tea we travelled south through the National Park on a sensational winding road through tree lined sections, and then along the coast, passing through some very pretty towns. A highlight was travelling on the Sea Cliff Bridge between ISSUE 2, 2018

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Will Darvall at the lectern as representatives of the errant bridge drivers for the NANA award.

As Sue got closer to Will she became quite excited. She could not keep her hands off Will’s lean and athletic body (there are some photos on the website), and this went on for some minutes with Sue caressing and hugging Will.

Bowral, Berrima or Mittagong, and others played golf at the Gibraltar resort course.

On Friday night the Gala Dinner was held.

Gibraltar Hotel turned on a fabulous meal.

The canapes were excellent, and there were many compliments made in relation to the beautiful meal of brie filled chicken breast, chargrilled beef tenderloin, sticky date pudding, and buttermilk panna cotta.

Your correspondent imagines that Will has had to deal with these spontaneous exhibitions of female affection in the past from time to time, and has probably developed techniques to deal with these unwanted advances. However, on this occasion the attentions were so ardent that even Will became somewhat flustered, and it is fair to say that the delivery of his presentation suffered somewhat until Sue detached herself and returned to her seat.

The presenters for the evening were Alf Carrigan and Will Darvall. The introduction to the formal part of the evening was a musical entrance by our local version of the Chantoozies, being Alison, Maria and Lois. These ladies presented their awards for the Crazy T-shirt night to Murray Pivac, Mandy Adamson and Barbara Mould. Alf and Will made further awards.

The NADA award (not a driver’s armpit) was awarded to Ken and “Hot laps” Harriet Anson for almost turning onto the freeway just north of the Hawkesbury, while travelling on the old Pacific Highway, and having to back up the entrance ramp.

Will gave a personal award to Matt & Sue for their continence issues (Matt had to relieve himself by the side of the road, and Sue just avoided a similar pitstop). Further personal awards were presented by Will to Dennis Moon and Helen Hutajulu (keeping the manual transmission alive), Graeme and Yannick Anderson (because Yannick is a goddess and deserved an appropriate plaque), and Chris and Sandra O’Brien (country travellers - Chris found the pace too hectic).

Alf returned to the lectern to present the NANA award to Lois Saber, with Garry getting a serve also, because he thought we were North of Sydney after driving down the coast.

The NANA award (not a navigator’s armpit) had two groups of finalists. The first finalists were Geoff and Barbara Mould, Neil and Phyl Drew, and Matt and Sue Kirwan-Hamilton - instead of carefully selecting the correct lane to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge they actually crossed the bridge twice and also went through the tunnel. The second finalist was Lois Saber who at the Old Road Café announced “we are the greatest-not one mistake”, and directly after lunch Lois and Garry took a wrong turn directly into a truck weighing station.

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Alf then announced the major award for the tour. The R. Cranium award was won by Sue Baty, awarded for her fine effort at Jenolan Caves in ignoring the advice from a mere male that her Google maps would not work 63 metres underground, and firing up her phone to attempt to prove that she could navigate her way out of the caves using the phone.

Alf with genuine emotion expressed his thanks to Carly and Lisa for helping him so much with the tour. He also announced that if he is “still on the perch” he will do another one. That news was greeted by a rousing cheer. The singers and dancers Alison, Maria, and Lois led our group for a final bracket of dance tunes to end a memorable evening.

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Autumn Run to Mitchelton Winery Sunday 6th May 2018

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Autumn is supposed to be cold and blowy but we were having none of that as 50 cars showed up at CFA Diamond Creek fire station.

The wonderfully warm crisp Sunday made it top down weather for the convertibles of the pack. David and Jenny Lorbek decided that their raging bull Lamborghini Huracan was today’s respectable car of choice to join us with and it certainly looked the part.

The CFA do a wonderful job for the community and Captain Peter Clarkson shared a few important facts about Diamond Creek CFA responsibilities which even include rescuing cats from trees…although his most important tip was in the event of a fire, make sure you have a plan, and enact it early. Our Social Director thanked the CFA team for their warm hospitality and fine selection of treats (provided by Linda and her helpers from the St. Johns Church), then in an orderly fashion it was off to our cars with our slightly expanded waistlines. Meeting at the CFA does have its advantages as they control the stop-go signals in front of the station which made getting 50 cars out a much more orderly arrangement as we roared into the Kinglake

hills for our 187km start to finish road tour.

Not more that 25km into our journey and rotten luck bestowed Anthony Bulloch with a kangaroo hopping in front of his GT3 damaging the front intakes and radiator. With a few cars stopping to render assistance it was Peter and Clair Cromie who forfeited the drive experience to stay with the Bullochs till the car was towed and then escorted them in his Macan so they didn’t miss the events of the day, proving several things, that the clever people at Porsche going for the luxury utility SUV range proves that they are a useful and practical sports car with room to help fellow Porsche drivers in distress. Well done Peter and Clair, and also Michael Bailey for assisting in the drive home.

At the 84km mark into Tooborac I had the fortunate experience of tucking in behind the pace setters of David Lorbek in the Huracan, John Gedye in the Boxster GTS with the sports mode turned to insane and Allan Hines in his 991 GT3. It was like a being at a concert of “The Three Tenors” of Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti. The Huracan sang like a symphony concerto in high major, the Boxster

GTS crackled and burbled like an opening scene of Aida and the 911 GTS bellowed like Pavarotti’s signature Nessun Dorma’s aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini’s opera.

On Arrival at Mitchelton Winery, we were ushered onto the grassy area in front of the gigantic arrow tower that is Mitchelton’s signature structure. Lunch started with a tasting session from Mitchelton Wines, then onto a fabulous two course shared selection of lamb and fish and many more condiments with dessert included and the staff at Mitchelton were attentive to our every need. Our Social Director Alex ended the afternoon with a few thanks - such as Geoffrey Mould for directions and run notes, Michael Bailey for bringing along his cute pale blue VW Herbie beetle and helping the Bullochs with their damaged car.

After lunch we were treated to a private viewing of Mitchelton’s extensive Aboriginal Art Gallery by curator Adam Knight.

A fantastic day was had by all and a big thank you to Geoffrey Mould and Alex Harmati for organising another fabulous day out.

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Photos: Kon Gogos

Sunday 15th April 2018

After a 15 year absence from the PCV, circumstances changed and it was time to renew my membership and enjoy the passion of Porsches and the extraordinary feeling you have of owning and driving something very special and again mixing with other “Porschaphiles”.

Joining the combined GT3 and “Modern” 911 Run day on Sunday the 15th April organised by Kon Gogos was like renewing an old friendship.

Arriving just before 9am at the McDonalds/BP Servo at Rockbank, nearly everyone participating was already inside ready to go.

Door prize tickets were given to participants for some exclusive bottles of wine to be drawn during lunch.

The weather was overcast with rain predicted, which was only going to add spice to the convoy of some 20 Porsches enjoying some interesting and diverse back roads which proved to be a delight to drive on.

Kon gave everyone a thorough briefing, highlighting several railway crossings to be aware of shortly after leaving that needed to be carefully traversed, particularly in the GT3s.

The drive took us south west from Rockbank through some unfamiliar territory which is always exhilarating, especially when the roads are damp and twisty.

Our midmorning stop for coffee was at a recently opened cafe in Meredith which eventually coped with the sudden influx of people (Porschaphiles) which gave members plenty of time to acquaint with each other and share Porsche stories.

The drive after morning tea led us north east through some very picturesque countryside and small townships, including Blackwood, Trentham and Woodend. The region was covered in gorgeous autumn tones, despite the grey overcast skies.

By this time, the convoy of Porsches had started to string out a little due traffic etc.

The girls in the Black 964 “Dietfried”, Vickie and Cathy, were doing well to keep up with the GT3s, considering the conditions.

James Kelly in a new Macan GTS was the only “orphan” among a bunch of 911s and a couple of Caymans. It proved itself very quick, in fact a GT3 was seen to go around a roundabout to save the embarrassment of being possibly passed on the road!

Lunch at the Glen Erin Vineyard in Lancefield was the perfect location to socialise and reflect on the days touring, especially when in company with other Porsche enthusiasts.

Mark Chittleborough was overheard complaining his left leg was getting lacerated by his Navigator, Gail, during the morning run to lunch!

Was that a Cayman trying to keep up with the 911s?

It was great to see a wide variety of Porsches on the day, including a late model white GT3 RS with a huge rear wing that looked like it was made from a huge Meccano set! (Sorry Mr. Porsche!)

It’s interesting to observe how the PCV has evolved since the early 2000’s, compared to the 80’s and 90’s when the club was more competition orientated. The social aspect of the club seems to have grown considerably, especially with the introduction of special interest groups and the continuing enthusiasm of the committee.

Thank you to Kon for surveying the route and organising the day with the assistance of Greg Humphries. The day was extremely well organised and all the club members were very warm and welcoming.

Also a particular thank you to Mark Sant, a new Porsche owner, who learnt about our run on Facebook and was able to join us for the day.

Welcome, Mark.

Looking forward to the next one.

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Mid Week Run To Flowerdale Hotel Story: Neil Drew Photos: Alvaro De Gallo.

Wednesday 28th March 2018

The meeting point was the Bay Tree Coffee shop in Romsey. Michael Bailey was the day’s run captain plus having done the check runs himself together with the preparation of notes with assistance from Ken Anson. Twenty three members were in attendance and all were assured by the run captain that he knew where he was going!

Not everyone can manage a mid-week run but with enough notice members can plan for a day off and enjoy yet another aspect of club life at a nominal cost. It was good to see Taz and Marlene Kozaris who travelled up from Tynong for the lunch, and by the way the food was of generous serves - very country style.

The day started early for the Geelong crew, Alvaro Del Gallo (the photographer), Neil Drew (the story scribe) and the run captain. We allowed two hours to Romsey and considering the morning traffic plus ‘road works’ it was a wise decision. Several members from Melbourne had to endure road works and congestion that also took two hours to travel a shorter distance.

Finally a vote of thanks was proposed to our run captain, before members departed for home. It was another relaxing day of driving in more of Victoria’s wonderful farmland and bush areas.

After everyone had consumed their coffee/breakfast it was off for a great day out, with little wind and temperature in the low 20’s. Michael Bailey was to lead in that well known “VW blue Beetle’. It was a surprise for some just how fast it could go downhill and only a few times would have been handy to provide assistance for some uphill gradients.

The first town was Wallan and for a brief time, the old Hume Highway, then across to Wandong and the back way into Broadford on some great roads. The traffic so far was very light, however that was about to change.

Approaching the Murchison gap our free flowing drive came to an abrupt slow due to a Land Rover and camper trailer holding us all up half the way to Yea! In fact when the VW went to pass, he sped up. Very naughty!! The VW took an opportunity to pass and no problem for the rest of us either.

From Yea we were on the start of the Melba Highway, down to Glenburn, turning right for a great 14 km section followed by a short 6 km section to the Flowerdale hotel. By now the exhaust systems were carbon free!. As we arrived at the hotel, there was a large group of bikers just leaving, so parking wasn’t a problem. The Hotel is quite rustic and of the old style, and had a very welcoming atmosphere. Interestingly, it survived the shocking bush fires that swept through the district over a decade ago.

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Run to to Riddells Creek Story: Paul Sbrissa Photos: Neville Sampson Sunday 3rd June 2018

Arriving 9am at the popular Mill Park McDonalds meeting place, Ewan, my navigator and I were wondering where everybody was. At the scheduled 10am meeting time they started to arrive (oops). And arrive they did. We had a bumper crowd of 40 odd members and over 20 cars. This was already shaping up to be a great day.

At the driver briefing, after welcoming new members and first timers Ken reminded us all to drive safely and obey the speed limits, suggesting that those that prefer a little speed should consider coming along to the Winton track day where you can truly enjoy the best your Porsche has to offer. Nice plug Ken. Briefing over it was time to hop into our trusty steeds and head out. And what a diverse group of steeds we had. From 3.2 Carreras and 930 Turbos to GTS Boxsters and GTS 911s, even a GT3!

The usual busy right hand turn into Plenty Road ensued and as if to reinforce Ken’s safety message, Vickie in her Dietfried 964, took the opportunity whilst waiting at the head of the queue to give her windscreen a quick clean. By hand, from outside the car. Safety first. 10 points Vickie. Windscreen clean, she was back in the car with time to spare.

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around for the rest of us. What could have scared them I wonder? The rest of the leg included some great roads, particularly the run through Glenburnie.

Morning tea was at Red’s Café where we discovered there were some errors of course by a few of the participants (you know who you are) and that the ‘slow down railway’ caution was rather important. After a coffee and cake our quick 45min, 30min break was over and we were off again. There were some concerns about the weather but we need not have worried as Ken quickly got onto the phone with the big man upstairs and we were treated to a clear and sunny afternoon. Always knew Ken was well connected! To prove the point a few of the Boxsters even went top down.

Roadworks between Romsey and Lancefield split the group up (and maybe that left turn leaving Red’s Café…was it the first or second left we needed to take…) and yet we all made it to Riddells Creek Pub without incident. The run up the back of Mount Macedon being a highlight.

Gathering together at the carpark opposite Riddells Creek pub we got to hear Kane Wilson’s recent acquisition, a 2015 GTS Boxster. Mufflers optional. But the car that drew much attention was Carol Wilson’s 930 Turbo. Originally a special order into Dubai and now living happily in Australia Carol’s 930 has a striking white gold duco with an even more striking red leather interior. Complete with classis 80’s style electric seat controls on the inboard seat bolsters, it was a real treat. Nice one Carol.

After a lovely lunch which finished with a classic apple pie or pavlova it was time for the giving of gifts. Congrats to Kane Wilson, Fiona Phillip, James Phillip (yes, hers and his wine), Sheryl Luxon, Dan Perren, Jeanette Sampson and Oscar Calleja. Enjoy your gifts!

All too soon it was time to go. A great day with great cars and great people. What more could you ask for. Thanks Ken for putting together another memorable Mid 911 Register run.

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Run to Farm Vigano Story & Photos: Angelo Monteleone Sunday 27th May 2018

A Melbourne autumn is the best time with the winter ahead, and it was a wonderfully sunny crisp Sunday for the Torque Tube lunch run with 18 Porsches gathered at River View Café for a coffee and de-brief of the run ahead.

rolled in for a regrouping. There were all sorts of happy campers checking out our German machinery. Breakfast was at The Provender Country Bakehouse, famous for their meat pies having won an award or two over the years.

We happened to get a tag along at breakfast in a Black 997CAB whom surprisingly has a few Porsches but wasn’t a member of Porsche Club Vic, so in my Torque Tube welcoming style , I invited him to join our run and hopefully sway him to become a member.

Leaving Yea, I soon found myself alone in front so decide to pull over and wait for the others to pass and have a bit of fun. As they all passed, I started from the back and finally managed to get behind John Gedye’s Boxster GTS with that sweet crackle sound that could be heard from over the hills. Unfortunately for Anna Cook and Michelle in a silver Boxster, they somehow started following our stray 997CAB whom was just an invited guest for the run and not for lunch. As he headed back to Yarrambat so did they, until he finally pulled over to inform them that they were heading in the wrong direction. Oops .

The first part led us through the twisty road of Christmas Hill, following into the back of the Yarra Valley through Chum Creek. Driving deep into the very curvy mountain pass of Tolangi sure gets the blood pumping especially when the rear steps out on a few slippery corners. Seeing your rear marker at 90 degrees isn’t for the faint hearted I can tell you for sure. Unfortunately a few back markers got stuck behind a horse float and I’m pretty sure I could hear the swearing echoing through the valley!

Having made it safely through, the morning pit stop was at the lovely township of Yea, where the locals were a bit star struck when 18 Porsches

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Farm Vigano was established through the once iconic restaurateur Mario Vigano of Mario’s restaurant in Exhibition Street with his wife Teresa. The service and food was fantastic with shared local farm produce and pizzas, and mains of lamb and porchetta roll. It was all finished off in Italian style with fresh ricotta cannoli topped with crushed pistachios. Yumm!

Farm Vigano was kind enough to donate 3 x $50 vouchers with whom we gave out and raffled off.

Mario Malavisi won the 1st voucher for doing a great job volunteering to create the run notes for the day. In addition, our very attentive waiter Christian with the big gun arms helped pick the other winning tickets. 2nd prize with a big whine from the audience was co-captain Ivan Romanic and 3rd prize was Jonas Naarden.

Thanks again to all the attendees for making the day a real Porsche family day out. I could hear lots of catch up conversations and of course spirited debates about all thing Porsche of course.

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Run to Red Hill Story & Photos: Roger & Leanne Vella 20th May 2018

For the first Run with the 993 register of 2018 we had arranged a lunch in Red Hill via Hastings Marina. The meeting place was McDonalds Ringwood and our group of 30 people arrived promptly for our 9.30am departure. It’s always a great sight to see a number of Porsches assembled together, and with six register cars and the balance of other fine examples of our marque it made for great viewing.

It was a grey Sunday morning with a little drizzle, but that did not seem to dampen any one’s spirits at all. We all assembled for the drivers briefing, and after a concise briefing with the customary silence that follows when the group is asked if anyone would like to volunteer to write the article (hence that is why I am writing it, so please excuse the bias!) we were all off.

For the first stage we went through Gembrook, Launching Place, Tooradin and on to the Hastings Marina. We took in some really great roads with beautiful scenery, and as previously mentioned due to the wet roads some extra concentration was required, but also made for a little more fun.

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and I am sure I saw a couple of beers (light of course) being enjoyed. After morning tea we had a nice drive to The Long Table at Red Hill taking in Arthurs Seat Road and some other fantastic roads, still wet, but still fun.

Upon arriving at our lunch destination, we were greeted with a degree of craziness. An area of the carpark had been taped off for us, but a member of the public had decided to remove the tape and help themselves which lead to the whole area being filled up with rogue vehicles. The owners of the restaurant realised this and then tried to tape off another area for us. The space was not sufficient, but what it did highlight to me was the way all the members assisted each other to arrange parking for everyone before we went in as a group. “Well done to all.”

Lunch was in a private room at the rear of the restaurant, and judging by the noise we were all making, we were having a pretty good time.

Sharing platters were on the table in no time followed by our mains, desert and coffee.

The food was excellent, and it was pleasing to see people seek out our host Samantha to compliment her on the food and service.

We held our raffle after dessert, featuring some of the local wines as prizes. First going to Dianne second to Delwyn and third to a delighted Elaine.

Lunch wound up around 3.30 pm, and then with a short drive to the freeway it was an easy journey home. I think it was a great day with a lovely group of people.

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Early Morning Run to Trydel Museum Story: James Borg & David Hosking Photos: Tristan De Carro & Julie Mason Sunday 20th May 2018

To all attendees who went to the trouble of washing their cars for what was forecast to be a ‘cloudy’ day, take up your complaint with the Bureau of Meteorology!.... and to those that couldn’t be bothered giving their car a wash, well – I trust you made better use of that hour or so on Saturday afternoon.

At least it was mild, and the beaming smiles and welcomes definitely made for a pleasant gathering at Mulgrave.

Prompt arrival of all made for an efficient handout of notes and announcements, with three attendees meeting at various points along the way. There were a lot of new faces although no new members, a consequence of having established members make the time to attend ‘their’ register-run and members from other registers coming along to join in the fun, with that little touch of Turbo.

Traffic was light as we left the meeting point, and the roads through Belgrave, Emerald and Upper Beaconsfield were nice and clear. There was the issue of a couple of slow-moving horse-floats upsetting the continuity of the drive for some cars, but that’s traffic for you. All cleared soon enough, and we were left to enjoy the marvellous gum-trees which shroud the roads through Belgrave, and the rolling fields beyond.

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Arriving at the Primary Café at Pioneers Park in Berwick as a group of 27, we were shown to our room where orders for coffee/tea/breakfast were promptly taken by the fantastic staff. The efficiency of the service and the standard of the meals presented to us was outstanding. Not withstanding the best efforts of members whom constantly moved about in an unwitting attempt to increase the difficulty of service-delivery for

the staff. They were on top of it, with meals and the coffee highly praised by all.

A small memento of the event was presented for the raffle with Robin Humphries doing the honours. As she drew out the ticket, David Hosking curtly remarked that “the winner is David & Jill Hosking” and to Robyn’s disbelief, let alone everyone else– it was! Congratulations David

& Jill Hosking, and trust you’ll both enjoy your locally produced jam, chutney & tea.

Plenty of time for breakfast and a chat, then off to Trydel Museum, where Rowan – attendee No 28 joined us. This gem of a motoring museum is only open by invitation, so we appreciate David’s effort in organising this for our register.

The collection of cars: Auburn-Cords, Buicks, Holdens, Fords along with their histories and famous past owners amazed. Highlights for me were the Tucker (despite the rear-mounted, Flat-six Bell helicopter engine being away for restoration), Peter Brock’s first ever ‘paddockbasher’ and the Torana he won his first Touring Car Championship in. One of the Packards had a small metal plaque on the dash stating, “this car reached a speed of 110.8mph prior to shipment”, complete with signature. Now that’s a Quality Control job to be envied.

In addition to the display of cars was a tremendous display of memorabilia. All the old biscuit, lolly, cereal brands were on display, appliances of yesteryear, bric-a-brac and oldwares, fabulous collections of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis souvenirs….just too much to mention, let alone fully appreciate in a single visit.

We had a thoroughly enjoyable time and thank Terry & Kay for their generosity in letting us see their first-class collection of fine cars and memorabilia.

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