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Front cover image: Porsche’s first ever racing car making its way up the famous hill at Goodwood. Photograph by Phil Jones.
There has been so much happening both within the Club and with our re-location to Kent that I am not sure where to start this month. By the time you read this Haley and I will be living near Rochester and members of TIPEC SEL&NK Region.
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Our attendance at the National events we attend has increased which has made for some impressive displays. We had a large presence at Prescott Hill Climb; there were lots of Porsches in the Paddock for runs up the hill and a fine display in the Orchard.
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Paul Bird led a trip to Classic Le Mans, the campsite was excellent as was the weekend. The general consensus was that we will be back in 2012. The next question was what are we going to next year? We do not want to wait two years before we venture across into Europe, so watch this space for another trip.
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The South East region had a display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. I attended on Friday and have to say the cars and the stand looked fabulous. This was another example of our small club doing a great job at a big event. Well done to Derek and the team for flying the TIPEC flag.
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Silverstone Classic is a festival which we have been attending for a number of years and this year will see over 40 cars on the stand, our biggest display yet. There will be more from this event in the next issue.
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Our National event was another fabulous day. Although the weather around the country was a mixed bag of heavy rain and thunderstorms, Gaydon stayed dry until late afternoon. Unfortunately the weather had put a lot of people off, but we still had over 600 Porsches in the car park. The feedback on the forums was very positive with those who chanced the weather having a great time. The seminars went down well and I would like to thank Meguiars, Henry and Jim H for taking the time to share their knowledge with the crowd. Members from South Central did a great job parking all the cars in very hot conditions. I’d also like to thank Clive, who helped set up on Saturday and sorts out all the traders, and his wife Jo, who organised the children’s competition. Last but not least thanks to Haley who has a grumpy husband to put up with and finishes up doing lots of running around. Thanks for your support guys, I couldn’t do it without you.
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The BBQ party on Saturday night was a sell out and we all had a wonderful time dancing the night away. Krisis our band for the evening were fabulous, they had such a good time with us on Saturday they joined us for the show on Sunday. We’re not sure what we are going to do next year, we have been to Gaydon for the last three years and it could be time for a change. Our sponsors and traders like the venue and if we do go back next year we will totally change the format. We will take stock and announce the details for TIPEC ’11 later in the year. I will close by welcoming Steve Potter to the role of Membership Secretary. Thanks to Dave Doherty for all his hard work in the role. We wish him and Sandra all the best for the future.
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Club news The sumer show season starts to wind to a close in August, but there’s still plenty going on within the TIPEC regions. Check out your local monthly meetings to find out what’s planned.
North East Weekend of the Year Simon Poole shares the trip I decided for my final input as North East RO that I would organise a weekend away in the Lake District and so decided on Keswick, as it was my families favourite retreat! In the end we had four other couples join us, with three from the North East region and John & Pat Oakes from Yorkshire. Everyone finished work at different times on the Friday so the decision was made to travel across to Keswick separately. Only Ian & June followed my scenic route up through Middleton-inTeesdale, through Alston and with a planned stop at the Hartside Café. Sadly the café was closed! Linnett Hill B+B (www.linnetthillhotel.com) at Keswick is an absolutely delightful guest house which my family and I have frequented over the years. It boasts a friendly welcome, a large rear car park and a hearty breakfast. It’s situated within five minutes walking distance of the town centre and I would highly recommend it. Friday night was a good night at the Pack Horse Inn in Keswick town centre where we all enjoyed a great meal. Saturday morning dawned and Phil was spotted in the car park cleaning his 911 very early on. That’s
dedication for you! We all headed off for the Lakeland Motor Museum (www. lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk) at it’s new home at Backbarrow at the southern tip of Lake Windermere. This gave us the opportunity to view the wonderful countryside and despite the best efforts of a kamikaze Fiat Panda driver to ruin my day, we all arrived in one piece. The museum itself is in a brand new building, which was only opened in May. We were allowed to park together in an area around the back, which meant that we didn’t have to use the main car park. The exhibits are arranged so that you are guided around them all, making it quite difficult to miss
any. They included Donald Campbell’s own Bentley, finished in Bluebird Blue the same colour as the record breaking cars and boats, a cutaway Corsa and an pristine Austin Allegro Mk1 still with it’s original ‘Quartic’ steering wheel (that’s square to you and me!). A separate building also houses the Campbell Bluebird Exhibition with detailed full size replicas of three of the famous machines on display. Unfortunately, Sunday dawned wet and miserable meaning that an early departure was on the cards for everyone. Phil’s decision to cover his car up on Saturday night appeared to be the right one, although it was still going to get wet on the way home!
Yorkshire visit to Porsche Centre Leeds Ben Rodrigues reports on the Yorkshire region’s day out Saturday 12th June saw a small gathering of the Yorkshire region for a visit to Porsche Centre Leeds. The weather was fantastic with clear blue sunny skies and an opportunity to look at the latest offerings from our favourite marque. It was also a good opportunity to catch up with some of the region’s members who can’t usually make it to the club nights. Stephen Potter from South Central region also joined us for the morning on his way up to Harrogate. Stephen is taking over from Dave Doherty as TIPEC Membership Secretary. On behalf of Yorkshire region, we’d like to wish Stephen well in his new role. Needless to say, it was great to get up close to some of the new Porsches. The showroom itself is flawlessly stylish, typical of German efficiency. It was also my first chance to have a good look round the new Panamera. The car
looks very stylish and is surprisingly spacious inside given its relatively low, sleek exterior styling. The PanAm it seems is very much the luxury continental tourer. The 500 bhp 4.8 litre eight cylinder twin turbo model we were looking at would set you back over £100,000 with a few option boxes ticked. And with emissions playing an ever larger role now, the first year road fund licence rate would be £950! Unfortunately though, I’m still not a fan of the back end styling. The visit also included a tour of the workshop facilities. Ben Pedley, service advisor, gave us our guided tour of the workshop pointing out things of interest including a 993 GT2 in for service. There was however, a sad case of a 996 3.4 litre Carrera with 120,000 miles on the clock and an engine failure. During routine servicing, swarf had been found in the engine oil. Further investigation showed early signs of inevitable engine failure.
The new engine, direct from Stuggart, was waiting patiently on a pallet to be fitted. Fully fitted, the owner will be looking at a bill of around £8,000! Ben also told us that they regularly still work on older models of Porsche. They will undertake any work, as you’d expect, with the added bonus of 10–15% discount for TIPEC membership. Remember that this needs to be negotiated with Ben before any work is undertaken. This was the first of three visits being planned by Yorkshire region to look at Porsche Centres and independent Porsche specialists. We also have a visit organised to Carlton Porcha in Birstall just outside Leeds in the near future and arrangements are being put in place for a visit to Strasse in Leeds. Anyone wishing to attend from any other region is more than welcome to join us.
Porsche history Derek Flanagan remembers the 1970 Porsche Tapiro; a concept car whose styling was ahead of its time
You’ve probably never heard of the Porsche Tapiro unless you attended the 1970 Turin or 1971 5th Los Angeles AutoExpo ’71 Motor Show … and neither had I, until I met Darren Collins at a TIPEC South East Region club night as a result of him coming onto our stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Darren is probably best described as a car rebuilder and loves customising exotic cars. Darren currently owns a stable of nine cars including classic Rolls Royces, a Bentley, a DeLorean DMC and a rather unique Porsche ‘Cayster’. Darren has not done a cut and shut job on a Boxster and Cayman but has cleverly combined the best features of both using a ’98 Boxster as the donor car and then added his own unique design features to produce a very desirable Porsche.
The Tapiro prototype was a fully operational and road going car at the Turin Motor show in 1970 but was never put into production. The design was the inspiration for the DeLorean DMC, Lotus Esprit, Maserati Merak, Bora and Quattroporte, Lancia Stratos, BMW E25 Turbo, etc. and formed the basic design shape for most supercars in the ’70s; called the ‘folded paper’ era of car design for their straight lines and sharp edges. According to published accounts the show car was sold to a Spanish industrialist who used it as his daily driver for a while until a group of labour activists engaged in the time-honored European tradition of anarchistic demolition and planted a bomb under the Tapiro. The burnt shell was repurchased by Ital Designs and put on display in their Giugiaro Museum.
However, back to the Porsche Tapiro (named after the Tapir animal which it resembled) which was designed in 1970 by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Ital Designs. It was Giugiaro’s 4th prototype at Ital and one of his favourites at the time. It was based on the Porsche 914/6 chassis and mechanicals and featured a mid mounted 2.4 litre flat six cylinder Porsche Bonomelli tuned engine courtesy of the Porsche 914/6, driving the rear wheels and giving 220 bhp and 7,200 rpm. The wedge shaped car had gullwing doors and the profile of the windscreen was almost the same angle as the bonnet. The car was only 44" tall but nearly 6ft (70") wide and 162" long. The roof is mainly glass apart from a central steel spine roll bar from which the gullwing doors and two unique side access luggage/engine tailgates are mounted. Writing by Derek Flanagan & photography from the Porsche press archive All Torque 82 page 7
The longest day Central Region enjoyed a barbeque on the summer solstice as guests of DAM Creative and Pro 9. Paul Bird reports.
Right back at the start of the year I asked the Region’s members how they wanted to use the regional dividend and the overwhelming response was some sort of summer Barbecue event. Apart from the obvious reservations about picking a day and crossing fingers about the weather I was a little concerned about a venue. An opportune chat with a Central region member provided the answer! Grant Stain is a long standing club member and having heard about the BBQ suggestion asked me if I would be interested in using his offices as the venue to tie in as an open evening for his successful marketing business, DAM Creative. A date was arranged and I popped over to take a look at the venue and chat through the details. Grant’s offices are set in a pleasant courtyard setting on the outskirts of Redditch and only five minutes from the M42 so getting there was never going to be a problem. Grant’s idea was to use the courtyard for the barbecue and have a small number of display cars to represent the variety of cars within the club.
The offices would be opened up on the night for racing on the XBox set up in reception and for Scalextric racing on the large permanent layout built into the main office space. Walking around the office the passion for Porsche and racing was clear; if I hadn’t already known it this would have confirmed Grant was a total petrolhead! We took a brief two minute walk up the estate road to Pro 9, the independent Porsche specialist, and had a quick chat with the owner Simon Evans as he and Grant had already discussed that Pro 9 would also open up on the evening to give added interest. I would have been happy to drool over the cars in the workshop all day but work beckoned so I had to head off. Grant graciously offered to cover the full cost of food and drink on the night but after some discussion it was agreed we would contribute to costs from the regional dividend. Grant suggested that we set the date as 21st June, the longest day of the year, to make the most of a long evening for the event and so it was agreed. Grant put together an ‘e-mailer’ with all the details and I posted it out to Central Region members by email and on the club forum. There were a few phone calls and emails over the next few weeks to sort display cars etc, but with Grant and his team sorting all the fine detail all I had to do was sit back and look forward to the night out … and worry about the weather!
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I expected it to be the flagship club night event of 2010 and so it proved.
I shouldn’t have worried. The 21st arrived and a first look out of the bedroom window revealed a clear blue sky. I don’t think I saw a cloud all day! I got to DAM Creative around 6:30pm and a couple of the display cars were already in place. Grant explained that the main car park we had planned to use for visitors had been treated to a fresh coat of Tarmac that day and so we would have to park everyone up along the spine road. Happily that was the only thing that didn’t go to plan. By around 7pm all the display cars were in place: the DAM Creative race car together with 993s, 996, 964 and of course a couple of 928s (this is Central Region after all). Grant and his staff were now in the thick of it and were great hosts, making sure that everyone had a drink whilst the barbecue got going and then came the welcome news that the first sausages were ready! I think there was enough food laid on over the next hour or two to have fed our troops in the Gulf and I’m delighted to report that it was all eaten! With stomachs full and cold drinks in hand the evening wore on to sunset mingling, chatting with friends and meeting up with new members that will hopefully become regulars at future meets. Everyone seemed to take a stroll up to Pro 9 during the evening to take a look at the cars in the workshop and the standard of work turned out by Simon and the rest of the guys. Totally enthusiastic about every aspect of Porsche cars, they spent their evening
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discussing the technical aspects of the various project cars in and around the workshop; and there were some stunners! Well worth popping in if you’re ever in the area. Even though this was the longest day sunset eventually arrived and as darkness fell people started to make their exits. I had suggested ahead of this event that I expected it to be the flagship club night event of 2010 and so it proved. A perfect night out very graciously hosted by Grant’s team from DAM Creative and supported by Simon and everyone at Pro-9. I would extend a very large thank you to everyone that helped make this happen. If you missed this one you should kick yourselves now!
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Gmund open day
I’ve never had the opportunity to go to Gmund Cars before until recently when they had an open day. I’ve often frequented Gmund’s website to look at the fabulous types of Porsches of varying prices that they have for sale. So on Saturday 24th April with absolutely glorious weather, I made the trip to Knaresborough. Gmund Cars, to the uninitiated, is tucked away on a small industrial estate in the middle of the Yorkshire countryside. Following the narrow road through the dales I could have swore I’d taken a wrong turn somewhere. I was of course on the right road and managed to drive straight past Gmund until I saw a bevy of Porsches from the corner of my eye in the gateway of the industrial estate.
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I saw a bevy of Porsches from the corner of my eye in the gateway of the industrial estate …
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Also based on the same industrial estate is RPM Specialist Cars. RPM work on Gmund’s cars for sale should they need any work doing prior to be being sold. This is quite reassuring then when buying a Porsche from Gmund. RPM had a number of Porsches on the ramps in various states of repair. One that caught my attention was a four year old 997 with engine failure! The new £10,000 engine direct from Porsche was waiting patiently beneath the car awaiting fitting. I did spare a thought for the unfortunate owner of that particular car! Gmund also specialises in customising VW Beetles. They can perform basic upgrades on brakes and suspension right through to custom bespoke Beetles. The Beetle in the detailing garage was beautiful and clearly a labour of love. It was an example of the extremes you could go to should your wallet be big enough!
Gmund were also doing a number of detailing demos. In the detailing garage, TIPEC member Dave Doherty’s 3.2 Carrera was mid-process. They had taped the car down the middle showing the difference between the detailed side and non-detailed side. The results spoke for themselves. The detailed side of Dave’s car looked absolutely stunning, an absolute flawless mirror finish. Following the Swissvax demonstration, there followed a brief Q&A session in which TIPEC members were able to ask questions regarding detailing techniques. After lunch, there was an afternoon session on car washing. We were taught to start cleaning the alloy wheels and wheel arches first. After applying some alloy wheel cleaner to a dry alloy wheel, a selection of soft bristle brushes were used to clean all aspects of the alloy wheel. The same soft bristle brushes were used to clean under the wheel arches. When wheels and arches were clean, the wheels, arches and brakes were thoroughly power washed with the lance. The body of the car was then power washed to remove as much dirt and grime off the body work as possible. Then the real fun began. A snow foaming bottle was attached to the power washer to cover the entire car in shampoo. It was a little reminiscent of the recent snows we had. After leaving the shampoo on for around five minutes, the car was washed down with a soft fleeced wash mitt. The car was then power washed again to rinse off the foam and promptly dried with large microfibre cloths. The open day was well attended by several regions of TIPEC giving members a good chance to catch up with each other. I enjoyed the day and would like to extend my thanks to the team at Gmund and RPM Specialist Cars for their hospitality.
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Writing & photography by Ben Rodrigues All Torque 82 page 11
Changing a 928 fuel filter Adrian Langford talks us through some basic but vital 928 maintenance This is a straightforward but easily overlooked job on a 928. Porsche recommends the filter is changed every 60,000 miles, so it’s not part of the routine annual service. If the filter gets too dirty then it can give rise to a variety of symptoms including loss of power at wide throttle openings, starting problems when the engine is warm, and even the engine dying altogether if the filter becomes badly blocked. The fuel filter is part number 928.110.253.04 and cost me around £15. This filter fits all models 1980–95. The early cars (1978–80) use a different filter and it’s in a different location inside the right rear wheel well. While the job is simple it’s important to use the correct tools and to observe safety precautions. You will be opening fuel pipes very close to the power connections to both the main pump and the in-tank pump (if the car is so equipped). Electricity and spilt fuel do not mix, so the first job is to disconnect the battery ground strap which is located behind the carpeted tool panel on the left side. No matter how neatly you work it’s inevitable that some fuel will spill so work in a wellventilated environment, wear gloves and have a suitable container handy to catch any fuel. The filter lives under the access panel at the rear of the fuel tank (fig 1). To remove this panel the car doesn’t even need to be raised at the rear but you may find it more comfortable to work with the rear jacked up. If so then the factory recommended jacking point is under the differential housing, but you must also place axle stands under each of the jacking points on the rear sills. The access panel is held on by two 10mm locknuts at the rear corners of the panel high under the bumper (fig 2 and fig 3). Remove these nuts and untuck the access cover from the bottom of the fuel tank to reveal the filter and external pump. Use a suitable clamp to pinch off the rubber fuel line from the tank to the pump. To undo the fuel pipe unions it’s important to counterhold the fittings (fig 4), and to use a pipe or flare spanner (fig 5) on the fuel lines. The nuts can be very tight so using a conventional spanner risks rounding the nut, but more importantly can distort the metal fuel line so that the union leaks.
Using a 19mm flare spanner loosen the nut on the right hand side fuel line while holding the inner nut of the filter with a 19mm spanner. Catch any escaping fuel.
If you’re satisfied there are no leaks then replace the access cover with new locknuts, and you’re set for another 60,000 miles. My S4 only has about 67,000 miles and was on its original filter. When I changed it recently the fuel that I poured from the old filter was solid black in colour, so it was definitely a change for the better!
Use a 17mm flare spanner to loosen the nut on the left hand side fuel line while holding the inner nut of the filter with a 19mm spanner. Again catch any escaping fuel in a bowl or similar. A useful technique for loosening the nuts is to arrange the two spanners (one to loosen, one to counterhold) in a narrow ‘V’ shape, and squeeze them together. The nuts gave in pretty easily using this approach on my current 928, despite it being the original filter which was undisturbed for almost 20 years.
Fig 1: Access panel at the rear of the fuel tank
The filter is held in place by a retaining clamp, so loosen the worm clamp on this strap before sliding the filter out towards the right hand side. Installation of the new filter is the reverse. An arrow on the filter shows fuel flow direction, but in fact it can only be reconnected to the fuel lines in the correct orientation. Check for leaks before replacing the access cover (and after removing the fuel hose clamp). Run the engine and look and feel for any leaks at both ends of the filter. Also check for leaks at the banjo bolt where the filter connects to the pump in case movement of the ‘S’-shaped connecting line has disturbed the copper sealing washers. Double check for any leaks after the engine is switched off.
Fig 2: Undo 10mm lock nut
Flare spanner to loosen
Fig 3: Undo 10mm lock nut
Counterholds
Fig 4: Counterholds on the inside and flare spanner on the outside
Writing & photography by Adrian Langford
Fig 5: A pipe or flare spanner
944 S2 clutch replacement At 97,000 miles, Peter Garrett’s S2 needed a new clutch. As on all models of 944, it’s a piece of major surgery. Autofarm took care of it. In my book there are two mechanical things which 944 owners dread, one is the cam belt breaking and bending parts in the engine and the other is the clutch. My 944 decided to treat me to a clutch failure. The wear on this original clutch was very low, as the car has only covered 97,000 miles but it was the curse of the so called ‘rubber doughnut’ which has destroyed itself leaving the clutch useless.
The car does very little mileage as it’s a weekend getaway back to the ’80s. I first noticed a problem when attending the September show of “Porsche in the park” at Wellington back in 2008. The long queue of stop start traffic getting into the park started to cause a judder in first gear. I was told then by a fellow TIPEC member that my clutch might be on its way out.
Collection day arrived and with the car strapped in place it was now all over to Autofarm. On arrival they carried out an initial inspection report on the car’s condition which lists items from your suspension through to wear on your gear stick knob; I’m glad to say nothing bad was reported. Then it was down to the clutch replacement. Every step is recorded on the technicians’ work sheet and shows the removal of the following parts; reference sensor and signal shield tube, bell housing earth strap, top bell housing bolt, gear stick gaiter and selector rod, gear stick from torque tube, the complete exhaust system, the driveshafts from the gearbox, gear selector rod from the knuckle, speedo and reverse switch wires, top gearbox mounting bolts, gearbox input shaft joining sleeve, gearbox bell housing bolts, the gearbox, exhaust heat shields and hanging clamps, tunnel support bars and the torque tube from the front bearing, bell housing and the starter motor, clutch slave cylinder, clutch fork pivot shaft, front bell housing and finally the clutch. After seeing the list of parts it’s easy to see why it takes a minimum of hours hours to change the 944 clutch! Once the clutch was out it was clear to see that the rubber doughnut was the part that failed.
One year on and around 3,000 trouble free miles later, I was up in Sheffield on a very hot September’s day when I got stuck in a traffic jam for over 15 minutes. After five to 10 minutes of stop-start the juddering began and then it decided enough is enough and shredded the rubber doughnut leaving me with only one option: to come back home on a recovery truck. I started to phone around the Indies for costs. It’s not a cheap or quick job, the average time to change the clutch is 10 hours: eight for a straightforward one and 12 hours if they have to start cutting off bolts. With that in mind I decided to lay up the car over winter and get it sorted in the spring. With the arrival of some great sunny days I got the 944 booked in. In the end I went with Autofarm near Oxford. With over 30 years of servicing Porsches it was good to know that some of their technicians know the workings of the 944 and there’s the added bonus that they have their own flatbed truck to collect your car if it’s not drivable.
While the clutch was out I had the torque tube bearings checked as I was experiencing a rattling sound when out of gear. The torque tube bearings were fine and the sound was put down to wear on the release bearing. The clutch fork was showing signs of wear but this part is no longer available so it was cleaned up, checked and reused (good for another 100k). On reassembly all parts were checked and lubricated where required and new bolts fitted where necessary. All bolts were coated with anti seizure paste. Looking through the car’s history it didn’t show a record of the gearbox oil being changed so while the car was up on the lift I had the oil replaced and the engine oil and filter replaced since that was due.
Torque tube hanging loose
Driveshafts hanging, awaiting reassembly
With the new clutch in place and the 944 all back together it was taken out for a test drive and I’m happy to say was all okay. The total labour time which includes the oil change was 10.5 hours which is not bad for a 21 year old car. With 10% discount on the labour cost for TIPEC members it came in within budget. I have now done a few miles since picking up the car and after major work, with a lot of the car being disturbed, taken apart and put back together, it’s running nice and smooth with no rattles. With such a big job I was quite concerned about which garage to take it to, but the outcome has put my mind at rest for any other works that may be required in the future. It’s the little things that stand out, like the full detailed report on the work carried out, the initial inspection report on the car’s condition and the care taken over your car, like protection tape covering your cream carpet and trim.
Writing by Peter Garrett & photography by Autofarm All Torque 82 page 13
TIPEC 2010 Our national event at Gaydon Heritage Motor Museum was a hot and sunny success, despite thunderstorms just five miles away in every direction! As always, there was plenty of entertainment for all the family. Here are a few of the cars and the stars from the day.
The Heritage Mmotor Centre main entrance, with trade stalls to both sides
Some say his Porsche has its engine at the wrong end
Pride of Ownership competitors in front of the Meguiars stall
Making good use of the TIPEC balloons from Saturday night
‘The Porsche Show’ 5th/6th June 2010
James Kirk’s 911 Speedster was the Competitors Choice runner up
Richard Salmons’ 968 was the Competitors Choice Winner, he only entered for a laugh
Darth Vader kept the kids under control all day
Clive Gosling and his 993 won Best in Show at the Pride of Ownership for the second year running. He’s since sold the car!
Kathy, Susan, Chris and Alan all got a bit confused and saw Spy School advertised in the magazine and came to Saturday night’s party dressed for a James Bond night
Drury Philips Award for member of the year deservedly went to Lindsay Brown
Also at the Saturday night party: Victoria (aka Zebedee) Greer's dancing was so good, she was invited up on stage with Krisis to show us how it should be done
Photography by Ben Rodrigues, Jo Gosling, Kathy Belfield & Paul Bird All Torque 82 page 15
Running Report
Tony Blow’s 944 Turbo As editor of All Torque I never really wanted to feature my own car, but fitting fibreglass front wings recently has led to a lot of questions about how the process went. Rather well, as it happens, but it wasn’t easy. This 1989 Turbo is my third 944 and it’s a keeper. I bought it from a garage owner in Yorkshire three years ago and it has brought me nothing but pleasure. When I took ownership, the car had been slightly modified with a custom built short shift linkage at the gearbox, a cut down gearstick for short throw and an adjustable wastegate from Australian outfit Turbosmart.
I’ve added a Lyndsey Racing boost enhancer to pick up any slack in the wastegate springs and stuck fast to the principle that whenever anything breaks on the car I will replace it with a modern upgrade part if possible. This often works out cheaper than keeping the car standard, which has never been my goal anyway. Very, very slowly my car is getting better rather than deteriorating with age.
The previous owner had refurbished the lightweght CS wheels, the adjustable Koni shocks and the big Turbo S brakes, painting the callipers up in black. He had also smoked the rear light clusters, the front indicators and the side repeaters. This was a bonus for me, along with the black leather sports interior; I like my cars really black, inside and out. I took that a bit further by tinting the windows at a local specialist up here in Glasgow. I spent some time fitting a modern sound system to the car. A Becker Grand Prix head unit looks in keeping with the ’80s dashboard but hides modern technology. I connected up an iPod, concealed within the armrest, an Alpine amplifier inside the spare wheel and a custom built subwoofer enclosure from US-based KLA Industries in the rear storage cubby; all hidden completely from view under the boot carpet. I fitted JBL component speakers in the front and left the standard Porsche rears.
At the start of spring this year, everything went wrong at once. I knew the front wings were succumbing to rust at the bottom edge, where the Turbo’s plastic trim acts as a very efficient mud catcher. I didn’t realise quite how quickly they would deteriorate once starting to go. Whilst on a weekend break on the Scottish coast, both front wings rotted right through, the plastic trim fell off, the ‘batwing’ undertray split along its mountings at one side and the rearmost exhaust section parted ways with the car on a bumpy grass track. They do say that these things come in threes. Following my ‘upgrade when replacing bits’ ethos, I decided that if I was going to be faced with big bills over the summer, I was damn well going to enjoy finding where best to put my money. The ‘batwing’ undertray was an easy one: replace it with a fibreglass version that
incorporates a front splitter, as seen on the old 944 Turbo Cup cars. I shopped around and found that whilst prices vary wildly, the actual products are very similar. They all bolt straight on and supposedly add a tiny but perceptible bit of front-end downforce when turning in at high speed. I spent some time speaking to Simon at SAR Classics in Hertfordshire, who knows all there is to know about fibreglass parts for racing Porsches, and ordered the splitter from them. I had also been chatting with Simon about a new back box for my poorly exhaust. I took advice from Promax as well, and eventually settled on having something custom built. The thinking is that by having a 3" straight through section fitted now, the car is better prepared for any future power upgrades. Having it custom built on the car avoids the known issue of the Turbo’s thick rear anti-roll bar clashing with an off-the-shelf back box. I had the exhaust section built by Stainless Creations in Falkirk, who have plenty of experience with 968s and 944s, although mine would be their first 944 Turbo project. They came up with a back box that gives my car a lovely, deep, throaty rumble without producing high decibels and an exhaust tip that, whilst a lot larger than standard, has the same shape and doesn’t give too much away.
Old wing showing corrosion
Car stripped and ready
Trial fitting of the new wings
Internal wing support cut out and rebuilt
Air pockets driven out by baking
Microblisters after further baking
Coated in spray polyester (thick filler)
Shaping the polyester filler to smooth out
Primed again and dust coated for shaping
Stonechip material painted on
Now for the big job. The front wings. I really didn’t want to patch the existing metal, and found that brand-new steel replacements from Porsche would cost an arm and a leg. Fibreglass would be a lot cheaper and would eliminate future corrosion. Living in Central Scotland and driving my car in all weathers, rust is always a concern, so that was appealing. Usually fibreglass body panels are made for race cars, so they are designed for light weight without much regard for fit and finish. This won’t do for a road car. The more research I did, the worse the news seemed to get; nobody in the UK was making wings that were a direct fit for the 944 Turbo … most race car owners were buying standard 944 shaped wings and modifying them to fit as best they could. I found a small company called Teilecar in Poland whose fibreglass parts seemed to be of higher quality than those available domestically. As well as standard Turbo wings, they offer a version with horizontal vents moulded in, which appealed to my sense of individuality. The hard part was finding somebody to fit them. Eastern Western Accident Repair Centre in Mid Lothian took on the challenge, and are probably still regretting it. I knew that I could trust the quality of their work, having explored the workshops and met the staff on ‘cleaning days’ they host for both TIPEC and PCGB, where they open up their wash bays and workshops for club members to detail their cars in well-appointed surroundings. Eastern Western did a fantastic job, but it really did take a lot of effort.
After stripping my car and trying the wings on for alignment, their panel technician found that the The finished, fitted wings; looking almost perfect nearside wing failed to align along the crease finish before painting. Lastly a stonechip layer halfway down the 944’s door. To remedy this he cut the support strut inside the new wing, at the bottom of the wing was applied to match that of the body. This was a four-week bent the whole panel, and built the internal process from start to finish, mostly because support back up with fresh fibreglass. He of the drying time between each priming also had to adjust a lot of the fixing holes stage. The results are outstanding though, on both wings, as the tolerances were not Eastern Western have done a great job and up to Porsche’s standard. The gelcoat on the my now-unique car looks like it rolled off the external surface of the wings was rippled factory line in Stuttgart as a special order. and inconsistent, so Eastern Western’s panel I couldn’t be happier. technician worked on them with filler and a rubbing block until they were as smooth The final verdict on fibreglass wings for a as possible. A coat of high build primer was roadgoing 944 Turbo? Absolutely gorgeous, applied and the wing was baked to see how but I wouldn’t recommend them as a DIY job. the substrate would react. Being fibreglass Getting the fit and finish right was a hell of a lot of air was forced out of the matting, a project, even for the professionals. causing surface blistering. The holes were filled and the whole wings flattened to check their shape again. SAR Classics - 01438 833 605 The paint technician decided to spray www.essentialstyling.com polyester the wing to get a better surface. Spray polyester is a very thick filler coat. Stainless Creations - 01324 622 832 Because of the air being forced out of the www.stainless-creations.co.uk wing he was unable to bake the wings again and had to let them air dry. To identify which Teilecar - 00 4 8512 440 732 areas of polyester had been sanded, the www.teilecar.com technicians put a charcoal guide coat over the primer whilst they hand-shaped the Eastern Western ARC - 01506 600 100 polyester. Another layer of high build primer www.ewarc.co.uk was then applied to get the final surface Writing & car photos by Tony Blow. Workshop photos by Eastern Western Accident Repair Centre All Torque 82 page 17
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Viva Veloce
The first ever racing car made by Porsche delighted at the Festival Of Speed Report by David White & photography by Phil Jones
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For dyed in the wool Porsche racing car enthusiasts, this was a time for serious drooling.
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The Festival of Speed is always a time for celebration, with so very many wonderful representations of the Porsche breed demonstrated for our special delight. It is a time to gaze again in wonder, to dream, to lust, and to expand the imagination. For those Porschistas with the spirit of racing coursing in their veins, this year’s event provided something extra special to sharpen the appetite, for Lord March and his advisors had come up trumps, announcing a Carrera Panamericana class to celebrate the event’s 60th anniversary since it first ran in 1950. The icing on our cake therefore was the participation of the ultra rare Miles Collier-owned Porsche 550 Coupè in its 1953 Carrera Panamericana specification and Guatemalan finery, restored by Cavaglieri Restorations for the Collier Collection. There’s quite a story attached to this car, for it is in effect the first racing car made by Porsche and badged as such. Readers may remember some years ago my comments in All Torque about Glöckler-Porsches, for it was through Herr Glöckler’s backyard fettled racers [and their great success in many European racing championships], that Porsche themselves decided the time was overdue for them to go racing in earnest and for their first one hundred per cent racing car to be launched. At the launch, it was clear to see they had slavishly copied a great deal of what Walter Glöckler had previously designed. Realising also that a mid-engine layout was key to future glory, Porsche’s thinking led to Project 550, a new chassis programme executed by Wilhelm Hild.
For Le Mans, the first 550 and a second car were presented as coupès, both bodies designed by Erwin Komenda. Though unbelievably hot and noisy, nevertheless with their tin tops they were better suited to the high-speeds attained at Le Sarthe. Drivers Richard Frankenberg and Paul Frère finished 15th overall, just ahead of Helm Glöckler (that name again) and Hans Herrmann in the second car. This gave the coupès both first and second in class. Such success provided the impetus for Porsche to continue to develop all future breeds as thoroughbreds. Racing improves the breed, they say. From that time on and continuing to the present day, the company thinks racing, breathes racing; racing is its very soul. Let no one deny that racing is vital to their success and survival.
The aim was to prepare two cars for the 24 Heures du Mans. The first prototype used a 356 1500 Super engine that was positioned between the driver and rear axle. This was supported by a simple ladder-frame and utilised 356 suspension. Clad in roadster format, the first 550 debuted at the Nürburgring piloted by Helm Glöckler and won its class.
In late 1953, Porsche showcased a more definitive version of the 550 with a four-cam engine and simple roadster bodywork. Despite these upgrades, the coupès were retained by the factory to contest the Carrera Panamericana, and driven by Jose Herrarte and Jaroslav Juhan to victory in the 1500cc class.
Derek Flanagan reports on the view from TIPEC’s stand at the Festival of Speed 2010 The Goodwood Festival of Speed is undoubtedly one of our favourite shows and this year Glorious Goodwood certainly lived up to its name with hot sunny weather for the entire four show days. John Wallin, Richard Harris, Dan Engledow and Dion Heskett helped me set the stand up on Wednesday afternoon. Afterwards we had a wander around the paddocks without the crowds around. TIPEC were the only car club attending Goodwood and our stand was nestled amongst the other traders above the cricket pitch; next to the Brabus stand with its £498K supercar and overlooked by the huge Audi stand. A special thanks to everyone who helped out, namely John Wallin, Dion Heskett , Dan Engledow, Ivor & Elaine Heading, Jason Brown (who camped in Car Park 10 for two nights) Peter Rowe, Terry Rockall, Keith Funnell and Richard Harris (who transported the show equipment). The cars on display were Dion’s Black Cayman, Dan’s Blue Chesil 356 Speedster and Robin Fisher’s rare 1983 Forest Green RUF 930 BTR. They all looked spectacular, but they did need cleaning every day to remove the dust and get them shining before we chatted with the colourful characters from all over the world who visited our stand.
After their appearance in Mexico, both coupès were retired and disappeared off the radar. The Collier car, chassis 550-01, was eventually discovered just a few years ago and restored (some say over restored) by Cavaglieri. In its 1953 Carrera Panamericana specification, 550-1 climbed Goodwood’s famous hill in an exact version of the livery used when it competed in 1953. For dyed in the wool Porsche racing car enthusiasts, this was a time for serious drooling. Of course, the Festival of Speed is not just about Porsches, but there were so many of ‘our’ cars and drivers there to delight. Brian Redman, for example, howling to the summit in a 917, Vic Elford in the 908/2, with Lord March following in the Targa winning 908/3. There was the 2.6 litre turbocharged 956B long-distance racer, and the factory version 934/5, which was so damned successful that the FIA had to change their rules. Huge crowds attending each day proved once again that this passion for speed celebration is no fluke, nor is it a gathering of motorheads alone. It thrives year on year due to one seemingly simple yet endearing formula: provide something special for everyone. It works!
Watching the cars run up the hill is obviously the main attraction of the event, but there’s also the air displays, rally circuit, Cartier Concours d’Elegance, Supercar, WRC and F1 paddocks, Porsche and Land Rover 4x4 activities, a trade village and for the first time the new Moving Motor Show with 20 car companies, effectively replacing the defunct National Motor Show. The paddocks had F1 cars of all eras, supercars, (including the new McLaren MP4-12C, stunning Ferrari 458 and exclusive Aston Martin One-77), and the winning Audi and BMW GT2 Art car from Le Mans. Porsche had the brand new Porsche GT2 RS piloted by none other than Andreas Preuninger, who has the rather envous job of Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars. He’s based at Weissach in Germany and is often known as the ‘Godfather’ of the modern Porsche GTs. Porsche also had the new Boxster Spyder and Cayenne hybrid running up the hill. We also had celebrities spearheaded by Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Nick Heidfleld, John Surtees, Damon Hill, Jackie Stewart and Double WRC champion Walter Rohrl, plus the two wheel skills of trial bike champion Dougie Lampkin and four wheel skills of American stunt driver Ken Block to entertain us. We signed up 15 new members, 13 of which took advantage of the new £50 two year offer. New member Glen Upton (924 Carrera GT) was drawn out of the hat to win the prize draw of a ‘Porsche for a weekend’ generously provided by Porsche Centre Mid Sussex.
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Porsches current RS line up—the track focused GT3 RS and the extremely limited edition GT2 RS
Porsche 708 F1
Bathurst Holden Commodore. And the moral of the story? Don’t try too hard on your first run!
Porsche 908/2: Miller-Shultz won the 1969 Targa Florio in this car
Porsche 908/3
Goodwood Transit? Not really, it was the mule for the Jaguar XJ220 with a mid mounted Jaguar engine!
Don’t try this at home! Jean Raganotti Renault R5 Turbo
A very rare car: Marcos Mantis sports prototype, raced once at a very wet Spa in 1968 and filled with water!
Alfa concept car
Pulpidy Porsche. Body style copied from the Silver Arrows of the period before the war
1955 Ghia Streamline Coupe
Photography by Phil Jones & captions by David White All Torque 82 page 23
Gruppe North Scotland RO Stewart Gordon 01698 841 692 (evenings) 07974 808 342 (mobile) flashgordon944@blueyonder.co.uk ARO Alan Neilson 01324 871 543 07793 234 096 (mobile) alz1933@alanneilson.fsnet.co.uk ARO Neil Fraser 0131 660 0143 07946 616 782 (mobile) neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 8pm for an 8:30pm start in the 007 bar at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk Once again we can report that the monthly meetings are maintaining a high level of attendance. June and July meetings were both in excess of 30 members. June was a very busy meeting with four shows scheduled and of course our ongoing planning of the Porsche Cclasp Fun Day charity event on the 8th August. Most of the organizing is now in place and our quota of 50 volunteer drivers has been met.
Jim France also came over and joined in with us. Good to see you again Jim, your car was looking stunning. Congratulations also to Karen & Bill Niven for taking second place special merit award and a detailing kit from North East Detailing with their Carrera 4S. Well done! 4–6th June, TIPEC National Show June saw a reduced number of members from previous years taking the long drive down to our National Show at Gaydon Motor Museum. Although it was reportedly a busy enough show again this year, the feedback from those who went down was that if the national show were to carry on at the same venue, it would be doubtful the Scottish Region would attend. 4–6th June, 38th Historic Motoring Extravaganza Thirlestane Castle, Scottish Borders We had a great turn out of 18 cars, not bad considering we were also at Gaydon at the same time. Still we had a great time, weather stayed dry and we also had the opportunity to meet some members from that part of the country we don’t see very often. We also had a visit from a couple of PCGB members who complimented us on how well organized we were. 13th June, Tayside Classic Car Show
We can also report that the Scottish Region has achieved 100 members for the third time in our history. A big thank you to all new members who have joined and also to all those members who have renewed their memberships. We must being doing something right! Shame we don’t get the recognition. 15–16th May, Fastlane Show, Gorebridge, Northumberland
In comparison to last year when our allotted area was filled to capacity, this year we were reduced to nine cars in a space that would have held 30. Still, on the other hand we did manage to go the full day without rain unlike last year when we were nearly having to inflate the rubber dinghies to get out, the rain was so heavy. We had a good day out and we met a few potential new members. 27th June, Knockhill Classic Speedfair
We had a great run down for this weekend, visiting Kielder Castle and driving through some of Kielder forest on the Saturday. This was our first time at this show. It was not all it sounded, nevertheless it was impressive. Lambos, Astons, Ferraris and Porsches, including some of the TIPEC North East Region cars. We had 18 cars turn out.
This is our third year at this event, however, the organizer are being a bit cheeky charging £5 entry for a driver or passenger. Maybe they think that the cars come on transporters and don’t need drivers? We are debating whether or not to return to this show on the principle that without our cars and
TIPEC Scotland’s cars outside Kielder Castle, on the way to the Fastlane show in Northumberland
drivers there wouldn’t be a show. Still, we did turn out 20 cars on the day. The weather wasn’t the best, but overall a good day out. On a more positive note, we have to congratulate Collin Cunningham for winning best ’80s car with his lovely original 1982 944Lux in nearly Maraschino Red (can’t remember the exact color, sorry Collin). Well done, usually that’s Pete Weston Trophy! 27th June, Moffat Classic Car Show Not many cars at this show, as most were at Knockhill. A bit like with our National show, two shows fell on the same date. Moffat is a nice show and it’s a hard one to call which one I prefer. I think being on grass at Moffat against gravel at Knockhill, give me grass anytime, even if it is wet. 4th July, Bridge of Allan Ford Classic This show was well attended, but oh boy was it wet, and to make matters worse it was windy as well. It was a day for sitting in the gazebo and reflecting on life, as it was too wet and wild for anything else. Still, the banter was great. Other July/August events We have our pub run To look forward to with a visit to the Crannog on the 18th July and we are supporting the RNLI at Anstruther Harbour on the East Coast of Scotland on the 25th July. Plans are well in place for the big Fun Day Out on 18th August for Cclasp at Carberry Towers with 52 Porsches signed up between PCGB & TIPEC for this event and a good number of sponsors on board which hopefully should raise in excess of £4K for Cclasp. Great prizes have been donated for the two prize draws we are holding on the day. A big thank you to TIPEC for donating baseball caps for the kids, they will be delighted. If we can get the parents’ permission for a group photo of all the kids, then watch this space in the next issue. Last time this was run was in 2006 and the group photo was of Paul Nottini’s 912 buried under a mass of kids!
North East
travelling in convoy. Only Ian and I met up and took a scenic route there.
23rd–25th July (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic
RO wanted! ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 ac.blythe@mbro.ac.uk
I chose Linnett Hill as my family and I generally stay there a few times a year and in addition to the warm welcome and great accommodation, quite unusually for Keswick, there is a large off street car park around the back, which is preferable to parking in the narrow side streets or tiny car spaces that most have to offer.
29th August (Sunday) Swainby Village Classic Car Show
Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 7:30pm at The Sporting Lodge, Low Lane, Stainton Village, Cleveland, TS17 9LW, just off the A19. In June and July we are meeting on the SECOND Sunday of the month. Firstly, welcome to our newest member, Neil Hunter, who has recently joined us. I hope that we will you at the monthly meets or events in the near future. We have had a busy few months since the last report. A few of us attended the Fastlane Show at Corbridge in May. Sadly, for a show in the North of England, our display of four cars was dwarfed by the display from TIPEC Scotland, who managed to field far more cars than we did. Where were the rest of you? Despite being a relatively new event there was a good variety of cars on show and not just the same ones that turn up at every other car show in the region either, which made a nice change. Next we had the TIPEC Porsche Show at Gaydon. Only Andy, John and my family travelled down this year and I am sure that there will be full coverage elsewhere in this edition of All Torque, so I’ll say no more. I enjoyed the show again, but there did appear to be fewer attendees this year. I don’t know if this was due to clashes with other events, the weather forecast of some other reason, but there definitely appeared to be more space in the car park this time around. We have just returned from our WOTY to the Lakes staying in Keswick. This was a fairly informal event, with most of the attendees making their own way to the accommodation on Friday afternoon rather than
After breakfast on Saturday morning we headed across in the sunshine to have a look around the Lakeland Motor Museum which has only just reopened a few months ago in a brand new building. The exhibits were nicely laid out so that you were guided around them all and also has a separate building dedicated to the achievements of Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell including replicas of the 1935 Bluebird car, the 1939 Bluebird K4 boar and the jet powered Bluebird K7 hydroplane in which Donald was killed on Coniston in 1967. Unfortunately, on Sunday the weather was not so kind and all decided to head home after breakfast. If you have been watching your email inbox you will know that I have decided to step down as RO and at the time of writing this, nobody has volunteered to take over from me. I would like to thank those of you who have supported the events that I have tried to organise over the last two and a half years. Hopefully, someone will pick up the reins and keep North East Region moving forwards as it would be a shame for it to slip backwards again. Here are a few dates for you diary. Keep watching the Forum and your email inbox for further details. I hope that someone will come along soon and keep this section up to date. Thanks, Simon Poole.
12th September (Sunday) Cars in the Park, Harewood House 19th September (Sunday) PCGB NE Show and Shine at Raby Castle 12–14th November (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Car Show
Cheshire & Staffs RO Steve Taylor 07774 912 069 (mobile) stephen_taylor@datascope.com ARO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 (mobile) watson_david@btinternet.com Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX. Haven’t we done well with the weather this year to date? Most of the events and shows our region has attended in the past weeks have been blessed with the hot sun. Let’s hope this continues for the remainder of the show season. With the warmer weather upon us our club nights are being well attended again, including some new faces joining us. Back at the end of May a number of us went on the Weaver Wander Navigation Run, 120 miles through Cheshire, North Wales and Shropshire. This event raises money for the MacMillan Nurses to help cancer patients and is organised by the Crewe and Nantwich Rotary Club. If you have never done a navigation run I would recommend giving this a try next year. It is a very enjoyable day with over 100 classic cars entering. At the end of the day all the cars should end up back at the Barony Park in Nantwich Town Centre, if they have followed the instructions correctly. To my embarrassment our little boy James, who is not two yet, got out of our 944 and started to wipe the dust from the car with a wet wipe; I think he’s been watching me once too often!
A Ford GT40 at the Fastlane show in May
James Taylor, master detailer
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Sunday 9th May saw the region have a good display of Porsches at Newby Hall for Cars In The Park. Despite an early rain shower, much to the annoyance of Ben who had just finished polishing his 944, the weather was good for the rest of the day even if it was a little chilly. We had Craig Thomas’ 944, James Brown’s Boxster and Nick and Juliette Sladen with a very nice looking 911 930 3.3 Turbo that joined us for the first time at the show. There were various types of cars at the show from TVRs, BMWs, Lotuses and Minis. Ben rather liked the Mini with all the inner wings removed to accommodate a Honda Civic Type R engine! Sunday 6th June saw the PCGB Harewood House show. It’s always a great local show for the region but this year the weather was bad; unfortunately it rained most of the day which was a pity. I felt sorry for Strasse who had organised the event and had lots of food left over. Well done to Dave and Lindsay for organising the show. Bacon and eggs for the TIPEC Cheshire & Staffs members at the Tatton Park Classic Car Show
A couple of weeks later and we where once again at the Tatton Park Classic Car Show. This show is an absolute must in the season and again we had a great turnout of cars on the club stand both days. Camping at this show is available free of charge for exhibitors and is becoming very popular amongst many, although the smell of cooking bacon, egg and sausage does make you hungry! It was a pleasure to have Jim France from Whitehaven travel down for the day on Saturday with his beautiful 944 Turbo SE, Thanks for making the trip and we all hope to see you again soon.
Yorkshire RO John Oakes 01132 827 512 john.oakes3@btinternet.com ARO Ben Rodrigues 07906 491 168 (mobile) ben.rodrigues@tiscali.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00–7:30pm at The Windmill Inn, Hull Road, Dunnington, York, YO19 5LP. John’s words
Finally on Fathers Day we jointly attended the Trentham Gardens Festival of Transport with Central Region. Between us we had 30 cars on the pitch. Again this is a really good show with so much to see and do in and around the Trentham Estate. Thanks to all the members who have supported the shows so far this season, it really does make it all worthwhile when we have a good turnout. We will hopefully, numbers permitting, be organising a clay pigeon shoot at Cloudside Shooting Ground near Macclesfield, a karting night at the Speed Karting Centre in Warrington, and before the end of Summer a Sunday drive ending at Pickmere Lake for tea and homemade cakes baked by the ladies of Pickmere Village, thanks to a kind invitation. Watch out for the emails regarding all the upcoming events. 17th August (Tuesday) Club Night & Annual Concours 21st–22nd August (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Classic Car Show 26th September (Sunday) PCGB Northern Show, Arley Hall, Northwich
First thing to mention is that Dave Doherty has stood down as Yorkshire ARO. I would like to thank Dave for the work that he has done for me and the region over the last few years. Dave had his 911 3.2 Carrera for sale and had it detailed in April at Gmund cars. I have to say it looked fantastic after they spent a few days working on it. Someone came along and bought it off Dave a few days later. The good news is that we have a new ARO, Ben Rodrigues. Ben has been in the TIPEC club for a couple of years and will be taking over from where Dave has left off. Ben is a keen amateur photographer and regularly posts pictures of club visits and shows on the club’s online forum. I’d also like to thank Sean Smallman and the Committee for their help and support over the last few years when I was Northern Regional Director. I hope Paul Bird enjoys his new role and I wish him every success. Many thanks for the club members that turned up to the May and June meetings, we had quite a few Porsches in the car park. Welcome to new member Neil Coupe who joins us from Shipley with his 944.
Ben’s words I’d like to begin by thanking Dave for the great job he has done for the Yorkshire region over the past few years. I’d also like to thank John for giving me an opportunity in the role as ARO. I hope I can bring something new to the mix for a region that is steadily getting bigger each year. If any of our region’s members would like to see something added to the calendar for this year or next year, please let me or John know. We are always looking to add a new event to the calendar, so let me know your ideas. This is, after all, everyone’s regional club. Sunday 6th June saw the annual TIPEC Show at the Motor Heritage Centre at Gaydon. Shortly after leaving Huddersfield and joining the M1, the heavens opened in biblical proportions. Despite the terrible journey, the closer I got to Gaydon the better the weather got. I was taking part in the Pride of Ownership show once again. The 944 looked like it had been driven through a muddy field after the journey so I had a bit of a mountain to climb getting the car cleaned and polished again. Despite my best efforts, I came away empty handed. It was good to see Pete from our region who had also ventured down from Huddersfield as well in his white 944. Saturday 12th June saw Yorkshire region’s visit to OPC Leeds. You can read more of this in my article in this issue of All Torque. Ginetta Factory Tour Some of you have been asking about a Ginetta Factory Tour. Dean from South Yorkshire region has been given a date of Tuesday 14th September with a 6:00pm start. Their factory is in Garforth, near Leeds, and is worth going along to for the evening. Please let John, Ben or Dean know if you fancy coming along. Unfortunately John will be away for his wedding anniversary so will be unable to attend.
Please find below a list of events for the coming months. For members who have haven’t made it along to a meeting, please come along and join us at any meeting or events. 6–8th August (Friday–Sunday) Old-timer Grand Prix in Germany 7th August (Saturday) Harewood Hillclimb 7th August (Saturday) Leeds Custom and American Cruise Meets at Leeds B&Q car park from 6pm onwards 14th September (Tuesday) Ginetta factory tour with SYNN 11th September (Saturday) Leeds Custom and American Cruise Meets at Leeds B&Q car park from 6pm onwards. 12th September (Sunday) Cars In The Park at Harewood House 9th October (Saturday) Leeds Custom and American Cruise Meets at Leeds B&Q car park from 6pm onwards. 26–29th October (Friday–Monday) Roger Clark Rally
North West RO Andrew Lane 01772 740 625 07949 167 698 (mobile) andrewclane@btopenworld.com ARO Brenda Marginson 01254 831 766 brenda.marginson@sky.com Meetings are held first Monday of every month from 8pm at The Dressers Arms, near Wheelton, Chorley PR6 8HD. When this falls on a Bank Holiday, we meet on the second Monday instead. Wow! What a start to taking over from John Pye as your new RO. Right in the thick of this summer’s events! First of all I would like to thank John for all his efforts over the years. He has always been very welcoming to all in monthly meetings and events and has given me great support in entering this exciting role. Our assistant RO, Brenda has also been very supportive. As I’m sure a lot of you know, Brenda hasn’t been well earlier in the year but she is now continuing to make good progress and we wish her well for a speedy recovery. Everyone loves seeing her at the meetings and we hope it gives her a boost as well. I know she can’t wait to give her beloved 944 a blast soon! The first event under my stewardship was the run out to the North Yorkshire Moors that John told you about in the last Issue, organised ably by Phil Wignall. We took a fairly steady pace for the first half, setting off from Clitheroe. We then moved on to Settle and through Ingleborough, taking on the well known
Buttertubs Pass before arriving at our lunch stop, The Tann Hill Inn, England’s highest pub. Unfortunately as we got nearer the pub we were greeted with what appeared to be hundreds of kamikaze cyclists in a race heading down a one in four hill towards us, three abreast! How some of them didn’t become part of the bodywork I’ll never know! After a good lunch it was off again, this time with the roads much clearer. We were able to give the cars a good TIPEC NW regional concours winners (left to right): Greame Cook (2nd) stretch as we headed off towards Kirby Lonsdale on some very interesting roads Barrie Weights (1st) Dean Price (3rd) and Debbie Tyldesley (car of the day) before getting on the M6 and heading home. Well done and thanks to Phil for picking a good route. In early June, a few of our members joined the Cheshire region for the first of the Tatton Park Classic Car shows. I’m sure you’ll read all about that in Steve Taylor’s report. However, as the August Classic Car show is getting nearer, don’t forget that Steve needs to know numbers ASAP if you want to attend. You will find more details below. Next up was a long itch finally scratched for me, and a few other ‘virgins’ from our region: Le Mans! Mike Higgins did an absolutely sterling job in booking and organising this trip. Communications started way back last summer from Mike, culminating in a fantastic build up of updates to all those concerned. A lot of us had gone gaga by this point (not the pop star!) It seemed like it would never arrive, until all of sudden you’re wondering if all the gear will fit in the car. I know that it won’t be the last time, and everyone who went as part of our group had a fantastic time.
TIPEC North West cars lined up
Forthcoming events 23rd July (Friday), Chippy Tea We plan on having some shorter, less intense, runs out to local places starting with a ‘Chippy Tea’ run to Knott End. After we’ve eaten, we will take a drive down Blackpool’s Golden Mile and most likely finish up in Lytham for a Drink.
Anyway as soon as we got back it was time to get things sorted for the Houghton Tower Classic Car Show on Sunday 27th June. This is a fairly local event for us held between Preston and Blackburn. It’s not the biggest event in the world but it’s very friendly and has a lot of interesting cars that you may not see at other shows. If you’ve never been before it’s worth keeping in mind for next year.
7th–8th August (Saturday–Sunday), Woodvale Rally
Our most recent event at the time of writing has been our Regional Concours. This is always at the July monthly meeting and is kindly sponsored by PorschApart. Proprietor Simon Butterworth, together with his colleague David Unsworth, both came to judge the cars. As usual, the standard was very high with a lot of people spending the previous weekend fettling their beloved Porsches.
Organised by Cheshire RO, Steve Taylor . Please contact Steve if interested.
We had four Boxsters, two 944s, a 993 C2, three 3.2 Carreras, a 930 Turbo and a 997 GT3. We also had two people sign up for membership on the night: We would like to extend a warm welcome to Andy and Debbie Tyldesley. Debbie brought her Boxster along while Andy has a 3.2 Carrera that I believe is going through some serious fettling. Hopefully we will get to see it soon. So, the results were as follows: 1st Place: Barrie Weights (930 Turbo) 2nd Place: Greame Cook (3.2 Carrera) 3rd Place: Dean Price (944 Lux 2.7) Car of the Day: Debbie Tyld (Boxster 2.5)
Numbers for the Club stand have now been confirmed. However you can still pay on the gate; £10 or £8 in advance for a weekend pass. 21st–22nd August (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Classic Car Show
At our next meeting we are going to further discuss the possibility of Harewood House Classic Car show, Sunday 12th September, and also a Clay Pigeon Shoot for September/October. More next issue.
Lincolnshire RO Gordon Collins 07783 103 327 Joint meetings with the local PCGB are held on the second Sunday of every month from 1:30pm at The Dovecote, Newark Road, Swinderby LN6 9HN. We meet at half-past one. If you wish to eat you can of course arrive earlier or later, it’s just an informal gathering of Porsche fans to kick a few wheels and talk Pork. Hope to see you there.
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Gruppe Central East Midlands RO Graham Waller graham.waller@polypipe.com ARO Alan Fuller susancarolfuller@googlemail.com Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 7pm for food (meeting proper begins 8:00pm) at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS. Since our last update, the region has again been busy. There was a multi-region visit to the Prescott Hill Climb. This was very well turned out (again), and the weather was kind. Some of our number raced up the famous hill whilst the more conservative, or should I say scared, went up as a cavalcade at more sedate speeds. Rumour has it that the Bentley stopped for a picnic, whilst the Moggy 1000 probably had an oil change. The Ragley Hall classic car show, set in the grounds of one of the most beautiful country houses, was another great event. The prizegiving was performed by the Marquis of Hertford himself. A new event in this region’s calendar was the visit to Ace Café. Although this is a monthly Porsche meet, and also the venue for their local region PCGB meets, this was the first time we’d travelled South. About 10 Porsches from these Northern parts convoyed and met down there. The café itself is very little changed since the 1960/70s when the rockers met at what was originally a café built on the very outskirts of London, a time when the North Circular was the outer ring road. There was a very nice 1967 912 in near perfect condition.
The TIPEC national day with preceding evening’s entertainment was yet again a success, and the many that went had a great time. I’ll leave it up to the earlier article for you to read, rather than go into it here. Suffice to say, there was every model (nearly) right up to a 911 Sport Classic. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make the Trentham Gardens meet (I was on my jollies), but I hope it went well. The Central club night sounded well attended as this was a summer BBQ on the longest day of the year. A few of us travelled up to Chatsworth House for the PCGB R8 Concours. This started off well attended, but some of the PCGB members (not TIPEC ones, I hasten to add) left early to watch some sporty thing in South Africa. I bet they wish they hadn’t bothered! Beaten twice by the Germans, as one won the F1 European Grand Prix too. Oh well, there’s always next year’s rugby world cup in New Zealand, or just wait until 2014.
AT is your magazine and is put together solely by TIPEC members. If you have anything you’d like to see published, please put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). It’s not difficult and can be any length. I will assist if required. Submissions can be made to myself, or direct to the editor, Tony Blow (details in the front of the mag). If you want any pictures to be published, please bear in mind that full-sized images are required for publication. Please consider a running report, a buyer’s guide (or just your experiences), a report of a meet you’ve been to, or any work undertaken during the recent months. Pretty much anything Porsche-related goes. The following events are organised for this year. If you are interested in attending any of them, either see my regional email flyer, or get in touch with me. 22nd August (Sunday) Classic Car and Transport Show, Arbury Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (Transtar)
After the event (and watching aforementioned sporting fixture on Eric’s portable TV), we trooped off to a local pub for a beer, some food and a chat in the glorious June sunshine. Fantastic. Included was a very rare (and custom built) 993 Speedster as only two were built by the factory, and a lovely Spyder.
22nd August (Sunday) Curborough Sprint day with Three Shires Car Club
Don’t forget, you can renew your membership online at www.tipec.net.
10th September (Friday) Abingdon Track Day, Oxfordshire
Please also let me know if you have changed or are changing you email address or your residence. This is essential to keep the database up to date, and to ensure continuity in the delivery of your All Torque magazines. You can let me know, or direct to Steve Potter (our new membership secretary on membership@tipec.net).
1st–3rd October (Friday–Sunday) WotY with Central Region in the Lake District
30th August (Monday) Classic Car Show, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (Contact Andrew Greenwood)
3rd October (Sunday) VSCC See Red, Donington Motor Circuit (Reliant on leaseholder for the circuit being found) 12–14th November (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Car Show & MPH Show, NEC, Birmingham 4th December (Saturday) East Midlands Region Christmas Social Field Head Hotel, Markfield 27th December (Monday) Not the Boxing Day Drive The rolling hills of the East Midlands If anyone wants any more information about the events, then please contact your RO/ARO.
A lovely Spyder at Chatsworth House for the PCGB Concours event
Custom built 993 Speedster at the PCGB Concours
Anglia RO Trevor Read 01473 684 876 trevor.read@malcolmandrew.com ARO Colin Clarke 01284 706 247
Bristolian cars at Hullavington Airfield for MSE’s trackday
Bristol RO Paul Harrison 07884 116 971 (mobile) paul@harrison167.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Fox, Easter Compton, B35 5RA, one mile West of M5 J17 (Cribbs Causeway). Here we are halfway through the summer and the weather is being really kind to us petrolheads, isn't it! In May, we attended the Classic Hillclimb at Prescott along with other regions. Now, I will confess that it was even busier than in previous years but, hey, it's for charity after all and there was a fantastic selection of cars on show. A few from the Region took their cars up the hill, contributing to the spectacle and enjoying the thrill! The month after, in June, some of us managed to get along to a trackday at Hullavington airfield, near Chippenham. Run by MSE, it proved to be a great day as the event was poorly subscribed, with only 16 cars in attendance, which of course meant lots of track time for those that did attend. It’s a great venue for novices as there’s lots of run-off and nothing to hit. They also have a dedicated car control area where you can explore your car’s limits in safety. Everyone had a good time, consumed lots of fuel and put some wear on their tyres. Due to popular demand, I hope to organise another one before the year is out! Most recently, we attended the Le Mans Classic for the 3rd time. Once again, it was a fantastic event albeit a lot more popular than in previous years. The drives to and from the event were a big part of the weekend: the ferry terminal at Portsmouth was a classic car fest with exotica everywhere, plus on the trip down, we were ‘adopted’ by a large convoy of French classic cars. The drive back was one I won’t forget for a while: French ‘C’ roads, blue skies, and mile after mile of glorious empty tarmac. Rest assured that we will be retaining our annual continental road trip in 2011! Of course, we continue to meet at The Fox on the first Tuesday of the month. The last meeting saw our best turnout of cars for a while, with 13 Porsches in the car park! Welcome to all the new faces and if you haven’t been along recently, come along and join the gang for a pint and a natter. Partners are very welcome and we don’t just drone on about cars. Got an annoying rattle that you can’t fix and don’t want to pay your specialist to look at? Come along to the meeting and chances are that someone else has come across it and knows how to sort it.
Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month 7pm at The Bunbury Arms, Ixworth Road, Great Barton, Suffolk IP31 2NX. www.nextnorth.com/bunbury/findus.htm Our monthly meetings are still being attended well with 14 cars again at June’s meeting. Our local show at Helmingham will have passed by the time you read this, and was hopefully attended by as many people as possible. We will be visiting the Norfolk Show on 5th September, please let me know if you would like to come along. As a region we are pleased to have the opportunity to go to another county nearby; if anybody knows of a show in Cambridgeshire or North Essex that would be a good day out, then please let us know. 16th May (Sunday) North Weald Activity Day at Carlimits In the end I managed to rustle up 12 Porsches of the 22 available spaces, actively posting on all available web forums: TIPEC, Impact Bumpers & 911uk.com. The day was overcast, cold and damp at times but that didn’t cool any spirits, as a little light competition was thrown into the mix; either by setting and beating your own personal time/speed or being quickest of the day on the three events. First event was the high speed corner! You drive at speed then turn left into an open area without passing over a marked imaginary barrier. Sounds easy! Throw into the mix that your not allowed to use your brakes or down-shift. It was, at first, most unnerving. Lots of spinning cars and good old tank slappers on this one! Then off to lunch at a local pub telling stories of how you held it or not and chatting about what else was to come! Next were two auto test runs; very easy to look at, not so easy in practice. The smaller sprint circuit was around 50–55 seconds in length and was tight at the start with the cones set to make you double back a little on yourself, so lots of lock to lock to keep you working. Then a long narrow straight into a large area with a single cone to turn around, to return back to the start by the same route to give you a time. Next was the longer and faster circuit that generated lot of missed braking points, tyre smoke, spins and lots and lots of grins! Follow this link for video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_0it4UcC8 Everyone who turned up enjoyed a very good friendly day with people being passengers in various cars: 924, 3.2 Carrera, 930, 964, 965, 996, 928, Lotus, Mini, Noble M12, Honda NSX and MG V8 to name a few. Also thanks to lemaniacs.co.uk for supplying some entertainment and burning rubber, and all the other budding Top Gear test drivers. Report by Ian Jones (Izzyspyder)
South Yorkshire & North Notts. RO Ray Waite 07831 106 086 (mobile) waite696@aol.com ARO Mike Marot 07787 122 654 (mobile) mike.marot@btopenworld.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 5–5:30pm (meeting proper begins 7pm) at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS 29–30th May Wonderland Classic, Southwell Racecourse Unfortunately rain put paid to the team games and activities planned for the first day of this two-day International Capri Club event at Southwell (Our SYNN tug-o-war team felt we had a good chance of victory too). However lots of nice cars turned up for us hardy folk to look at including our 993s and 944s. The weather cleared up enough later to get the BBQ out for dinner followed by drinking and dancing to a live band (The Consultants) in the racecourse building for the evening. Sunday dawned bright a sunny, which tempted more visitors and show cars but still didn’t beat the TVR total though with fifteen TIPEC members’ cars in attendance and four or five requests for information. Congratulations to Nick from the Yorkshire region who won the Concours (1970–1985) Non Ford category and also to our very own Judith who took third place. 6th June PCGB Harewood House Another rainy day for the PCGB event at Harewood but luckily a marquee (Strasse) full of Porsche related goodies provided shelter and food, Dave and Ray took the opportunity to stock up and rumour has it that Strasse had to close early as they ran out of stock. Specialist Cars of Malton also displayed their wares and Ray took another look around his favourite blue 993 Turbo (come on lottery). Despite the rain plenty of Porsches on show and a good run out. 9th June Renishaw Hall Sheffield Another fantastic evening event at Renishaw with all proceeds going to local charities, our thanks to Stuart Bradley for putting our display cars in front of the Hall. Another damp evening but a good turnout of eight Porsches, the hog roast and tombola made a good impression on Ray. 19th June Costco Promotion event A well attended event were we were well looked after by the Costco staff who kept us supplied with tea and biscuits and a day pass to the store which meant that the boys could stock up on Mobil 1 at approximately half the price of a well known car accessory superstore. Interesting cars on display included an Audi R8, Kharman Ghia, Lamborghini and Ferrari, even a visit from an old friend Trig and his amazing 924. Anyone who signed up on the day was entered into a prize draw. First prize of a Virgin balloon ride went to Dean and the second prize of a Michelin racing jacket went to RO Ray, SYNN wins the day.
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20th June (Fathers Day) Harewood House The Yorkshire Post sponsored show at Harewood house was once again very well attended due I’m sure in part to one of the hottest days this year. On display were just about every model and marque of car along with monster trucks, fairground rides and some of our favourite traders, not to mention the BBQ and the World Cup on the big screen – oh and Deans Caterham. It was also nice to see a few members who don’t always manage to get to the Olde Bell. 23rd June MG Owners club This was the second year we have been invited to the Dukeries MG Owners club get together at the Elms Hotel Retford and a most enjoyable meet it was, most informal just a bunch of very enthusiastic guys and a few ladies to have a chance to enthuse about their own particular loves, cars obviously. My own favourite was a very clean Jaguar XKR convertible that was a credit to its owner who had worked very hard in the few months of ownership. Coming Up • Report on Mike and Deans trip to the ‘Ring • Silverstone Classic • Doncaster College for the Deaf • Annual SYNN Pride of Ownership • Nostell Priory • Tatton Park • Track Days at Cadwell • Cars in the Park, Harewood • Weekend of the Year in Llangollen • Ginetta factory visit, meals out, drives out, go-karting. • A reminder also that the SYNN Christmas Dinner/ Disco is in the calendar. More details of all our region’s upcoming events are available on the SYNN website at www.synd.org.uk where we maintain an up to date calendar.
South Central Joint ROs Clive & Jo Gosling 01604 863 666 clive.gosling@tipec.net Meetings are held fourth Monday of every month at The Green Man, Brackley Hatch, on the A43 (Eastbound) near Towcester. Well we are in to full summer mode with plenty of events under our belt and many more to come. I just love the summer and this one isn’t the washout of the previous ones (so far). So where do we begin? Our club night in June saw the Green Man back to some sort of form, with the food on time, hot and pretty good too. It appears they have solved the chef problem and therefore we intend to stick with them. On the same night we held our South Central Pride of Ownership with trophies and prizes galore. Congratulations to Nick Short who scooped top honours with his ’74 Carrera RS, voted by all those attending as the car that ‘pushed their buttons’. He won not far short of £100 of Dodo Juice merchandise and of course a trophy. Mark Savings came runner up in his bewinged 993 C4S and Mike Holmes got visitors choice (a random lady plucked from said pub) with his Carrera Supersport. Mike was not happy and has since fitted some bling wheels for the next event. Very nice they look too having only seen them on the forum, but there is no way I would admit that in print.
South Central region cars lined up at Kimbolton Fayre
Prior to the club night we of course had the TIPEC national day. We dodged a few bullets with the weather and the day seemed a huge success for all. Personally I was shattered after helping organise it and I know Sean was even more wrecked, given he does more than me! The great thing about July is that we don’t have to start organising the next one just yet. That waits until August, so if anyone has any bright ideas now is the time to pipe up and let us know what you think. In July we attended as a region the Kimbolton Classic Car and Country Fayre. It was our first time there as a club and it lived up to all expectations. We had over 20 cars there on the day, part TIPEC and part 911 UK members. The event holds something for everyone, from children’s entertainment, shopping street and of course hundred and hundreds of top notch cars of every description. There were over 60 car clubs in attendance and we will be going next year for sure. Everyone there on the day made a point of virtually booking up for next year. It’s very hard to find a new summer venue let alone the time to fit it in, but this will become one of our annual trips without doubt. On a personal note I would like to welcome a new member Stewart Sharpe, it took all my persuading; I even sold him my beloved 993 at a knockdown price just so he would join. Now that’s dedication for you. So if anyone sees the C4 PKA racing round the Leicestershire country side, remember not to abuse the driver as per usual, it wont be me it will be Stewart! Now then ... I always wonder who reads this regional blurb and whether I sit here typing away just to amuse my self. In order to assess this dilemma, I have decided to run a minor competition; after all if you are this far down the page then you deserve a chance at something. There are £20 of Porscheshop vouchers up for grabs to anyone who emails me at clive.gosling@tipec.net with the simple word TURBO! That’s all you have to do, no more or no less. A winner will be chosen totally at random by one of my trusty children and then the vouchers will be on their way and the winner listed in the next AT write up. This minor competition is open to all TIPEC members (after all, I read other regional reports and membership number will be checked) The judges decision is final, there will be no negotiation, no runners up and I simply wont tolerate poor losers ! So there you have it ... one word to my email. That about it for now. I look forward to catching up with many of you over the remaining summer months starting with Silverstone Classic next weekend (which was last month by the time you are reading this!)
Judith and Nick, third and first places respectively in the Wonderland Classic concours at Southwell Racecourse
Nick Short receiving his Pride of Ownership award from Clive
North London & Herts RO Mas Williams 07570 405 946 hertsmas@gmail.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month around noon at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath (Nr. Hertford), Hertfordshire SG13 7RT. We meet at a long standing but very casual classic car meet on the village green based around a lovely pub. As well as meeting your fellow Porsche enthusiasts you will have the opportunity to look around all sorts of classic cars from ’80s MR2 to modern Porsche, Aston Martin and A.C. Cobra; and of course it’s free. Sunday roast is available in the pub though this can be very busy indeed in the summer months. Please email, call or text Mas and let him know that you intend to come along so that we can all meet up and assure you a proper welcome.
Central RO Paul Bird 01922 428 409 07831 877 983 (mobile) paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk ARO Brian Rowledge MyMerak@aol.com Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, B94 6AQ. I’m sitting reflecting on the last couple of months that seem to have gone by in a flash. Family commitments meant that I missed the trip to Prescott hill climb but I understand it was a great day out; as it always seems to be provided the weather holds up. There was some negative feed back on the club forum that the event has become too busy and that the organisation was a little ‘over the top’ but the venue and opportunity to trial your car on the hill are too good to miss and so I suspect this event will remain a firm part of the calendar. Unfortunately events also conspired to ensure I missed Poole Quay for the first time in four years. I know that many of you aren’t keen on the long distance events but Poole Quay is a great venue and worth the drive down;especially if you can make it a weekend trip. Club night in May was well attended as usual at our normal venue and the switch to DAM Creative for June was very well received; see article elsewhere in this issue. Please remember that by the time you get to read this we shall have only three monthly meets before the dark nights descend on us again so please try and join us before the end of the summer. At the end of May we trooped off to the Ace Café in London. We had talked about making this trip for some time and so the Porsche dedicated evening falling on Bank Holiday Monday offered an ideal opportunity. Derek Cashmore didn’t fancy such a long drive in one day so we agreed to car share and I got asked to drive ‘Oprah’,
his stunning black 928 S4. Another reason to look forward to the trip! We met up at Warwick services on the M40 and drove to the venue in convoy, turning lots of heads along the way with our eight car convoy. The Ace Café has always been a Mecca for bikers and petrol heads and doesn’t disappoint provided you take it for what it is: a roadside café with lots of history. On arrival we headed indoors for a cuppa and a bite to eat. I settled for an all day breakfast that arrived quickly and was very good fare. I thought it was good value for money and there was plenty on the plate; or so I thought until I saw what Jim Hearnden and Paul Greer had ordered! Food and drink sorted we hit the car park and spent the evening milling around talking to folk and drooling over the cars. ‘The Ace’ is a unique venue and I think you have to experience it once. Keep your eyes open for a Porsche dedicated evening and get along to take a look.
attended by the club, but I expect this to change in 2011. The site is as good as you will get camping at Le Mans and everything is well organised. Watch the forum and All Torque over the next few months for advance details of Le Mans for next year!
The following weekend was the National Event at Gaydon. I won’t go into any detail here as I suspect there will be lots of coverage elsewhere in this issue. Suffice to say here that the region attended in decent numbers and we enjoyed a very pleasant day out. I am delighted to report that Lindsay Brown was awarded the Drury Phillips Award for Member of the Year. Since I took over the region in 2006 Lindsay has been a regular at club nights and events, effectively only missing the odd event because of holidays and family commitments. He is never slow in offering help and has been a constant part of the NEC team over the last four years, with and without his perfect 944 Ventiler. A club stalwart that has finally been recognised for his long term support of the club. Congratulations Pal, it is thoroughly deserved!
August TBC Drive/Treasure hunt around Warwickshire
The very next weekend was the Le Mans 24 Hour, enjoyed at the Travel Destinations campsite situated on Porsche Curves. The secure site was marshalled all weekend and there was a pay bar with large screen TV so the England World Cup opening game was viewed on the site in the evening sunshine with several beers. The game was the only disappointment of the weekend! With the Classic event already booked by a lot of members for July, the 24 Hour was not well
The remaining events for the year are listed below although I have to point out that the Shackerstone Family Festival is now fully subscribed. Brian is organising this one and he has closed the book on attendees in order to fix space with the show team. This is a new event for the club so I’m quite looking forward to going along. If you have missed out on Shackerstone why not come along to Yeatsall Farm on 31st August? It’s a charity event with classic cars but light aircraft fly in and out of the adjoining field and you can take a trip for a small fee! A very different day out if you can make it. See you all ‘out & about’, Paul & Brian.
15th August (Sunday) Shugborough Hall Classic car show. 31st August (Monday) Yeatsall Farm charity event 5th September (Sunday) Shackerstone Family Festival September TBC Visit to Buzzards Valley Vineyard 1st–3rd October (Friday–Sunday) Weekend of the Year (WotY) 16th October (Saturday) Curry night at Vakas Balti 12–14th November (Friday–Sunday) Classic Show at the NEC 13th December (Monday) Christmas dinner at the Red Lion
The TIPEC Central Region gazebo at Le Mans 24 Hour
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Gruppe South Richard Harris announced that his wife Charlotte is expecting a baby in November. The Lotto was won by Keith Funnell who walked away with £35.
on the day of departure taking only 2hrs 15 minutes. They also did some other mountain walking along with Nick Barnes around the mountain lakes.
14–16th May SE Region Weekend of the Year A group of 14 members from the South East Region started this year’s WotY by meeting at the Beaconsfield Service area at J2 on the M40 before embarking on our 300 mile convoy blasting up the M40, M42, M6 and M56 with a small detour at lunchtime into the village of Stone to fuel our empty stomachs in the vintage Three Crowns Inn. This is where we first split as some of the convoy decided on a different route into the village of Stone and had to rely on modern satnav technology as they got lost. Fortunately there were no other incidents on route. Once we got into North Wales and Snowdonia, the roads changed and boring motorways were replaced with splendid curvaceous driving roads to our destination, The Royal Oak hotel, in the stunning Victorian village of Betws–y–Coed overlooking the river Llugwy.
John Portman discovered a nail in his tyre but as it didn’t deflate he decided to leave it in place until he got back home to the South East .
June Club Night Another very lively and well attended club night with lots of networking and a new potential member, Jane, with her pride and joy; an immaculate blue 3.0 litre Carrera which she has owned and cherished for the past 33 years alongside her husband Nick. Phil also turned up with his stunning gold 930 Turbo.
As well as many regular WotY veterans we had two members on their first WotY, namely Glen Reygate and his stunning red 944 Cabriolet with his father as navigator and John and Paula Portman with an equally stunning red 944 Turbo. Congratulations to Jackie and Terry who were celebrating their Wedding anniversary during the weekend The hotel was ideally situated for our excursions in the delightful bustling Victorian village of Betws-y-Coed for evening strolls after excellent dinners. We planned two circular routes for Saturday and Sunday taking in the fantastic scenery and the three Snowdonia passes along with the historic towns of Conwy and Caernarvon and the obligatory visit to Mount Snowdon.
The show includes classic and collectors motorcycles, vintage and veteran cars upto 1944 , Post war cars 1945–57 , classic cars 1958–69 and collectors cars from 1970 as well as race and rally cars and even vans and commercial vehicles. This year Porsche are the featured marque. See www.capelcarshow.com for more details. The SE Region will have a stand there and will be displaying our cars, if you want to display your Porsche you must pre-book. Visitors can simply turn up on the day but have to park in the public car park.
Congratulations! There must be something in the beer at our new venue, the Bolney Stage, as Chris Cook announced his engagement to Margaret Butler. This was also Michael Bowden’s last club night as a batchelor as his is marrying Charlotte on the 10th July.
Some of us took the cog railway to the summit where we had fantastic views until 500 metres from the top, where mist severely restricted things. Michael Bowden and Charlotte, who are fitter and younger than many of us and ardent ramblers, decided to walk up it
South East RO Derek Flanagan 01342 717 754 07767 254 820 (mobile) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month 8pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, just off the A23, 10 miles south of Crawley. For those who haven’t made it along to a monthly meet yet, we always welcome new members and prospective members. Come and see if you like us, we’re a friendly bunch no matter what model of Porker you own or desire and you will be guaranteed to receive a hearty welcome. You also have the opportunity of winning our own regional lotto with all SE Region members going into the hat each month, but you have to be at the meeting to win. Our events calendar continues to expand and our Regional monthly meetings are becoming a real buzz of activity with details of our numerous regional and national events, general Porsche news and members’ stories as well as holding the monthly lotto. See our regional section on the website for the 2010 calendar of events and links to the applicable event websites.
TIPEC South East Region members on their Weekend of the Year in Wales, with Glen Reygate’s 944 S2 cabriolet
For our return journey (having stayed an extra day) we followed Nick’s suggestion and decided to take the scenic route home along lake Bala and over the highest pass in Wales, The Pass of the Cross, at 2,903 ft with stunning views. The route was single track with no safety barriers. After five miles and nearing the peak, we came across road works installing crash barriers. We then had to endure a U-turn up the mountain and get onto the A5 to continue our journey home. Nick and Jane were more fortunate on the Monday managing to take this route whilst the road workers were off duty. 21st August (Saturday) Capel Classic Car and Bike Show Capel, Nr Dorking, RH5 5LD. 12:00 noon to 4.00pm
29th August (Sunday) Narrow boating on the Grand Union Canal near Tring 17–19th September (Friday–Sunday) Goodwood Revival 26th September (Sunday) Drive out, lunch at a local pub and visit to The Hogsback Brewery in Surrey.
Thames Valley RO Craig Moore 07748 733 000 (mobile) craigwmoore@btinternet.com ARO Jason Gibson 07958 459 725 (mobile) jasongibson@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. 2010 continues to serve up some excellent Porsche experiences and since the last report, lots of good things have been enjoyed. Your region was represented at the Prescott Hillclimb by myself and Nick Ramsay, where we laid down some rubber taking our turns to run up the fabled hillclimb tarmac. Apparently it is someone’s front driveway to their house. Must be slightly annoying to have 350 classic cars turn up on a Sunday morning then go screaming past your front door every few seconds, but then the incredible variety of cars that attended was well worth watching. TIPEC Southern Region cars lined up at Stourpaine Fete
New Generation 2 GT3 RS at Poole Quay
Toby winning the Champagne, presented by Jim
Southern
1st August (Sunday) Southern Region’s New Forest BBQ
RO Nick Snook 07929 113 390 (mobile) nicksnook@ntlworld.com ARO Jim Tarrant 01202 601 886 jim.tarrant@hotblack944.fsnet.co.uk
5th September (Sunday) Classic Car Show, Bovington
Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Angel, 188 Ringwood Rd, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AP In May we headed for Porsches on the Quay at Poole. This major event is known for its very friendly relaxed atmosphere and was enjoyed by everyone. Over 150 Porsches turned up! The fun Champagne quiz night in June was won by Toby. Well done to those who took on the challenge! Everyone who was not watching the football and came along to the Stourpaine Fete really enjoyed themselves. The Fete organisers should be very proud, so let’s hope we have an invite next year.
19th September (Sunday) Drive to The Fox for lunch 7th November (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club: Deutsch Marques! 12–14th November (Friday–Sunday) Classic Car Show NEC (Club stand and discount tickets for members) 7th December (Tuesday) Southern Region Christmas Meal
Cornwall & Devon Meetings are held third Sunday of every month 12:00–2:30pm at The Winds of Change, South Petherwin, Near Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7LP. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings at a local pub/hotel with support from the members and the committee and to attend/organise local events.
We were joined by a few chaps from PCGB Thames Valley who also took to the hill. Personally, I have to say it was one of the most fun days out I’ve ever had. The challenge of that hill is obviously to get up it as quickly as possible, but it’s technical and tight, with some interesting cambers and a quite daunting and fast final bend that offers a spectacular view of Wiltshire that you really shouldn’t be looking at on a quick run! I had a passenger ride up in Clive Gosling’s gorgeous 993 C4 (which subsequently won the Concours at Gaydon, proving a well kept car can be used and enjoyed as well as polished). I then had four runs of my own which I felt improved each time. Definitely one for the 2011 diary, I can’t express just how much fun it was! Had it been timed, I reckon Nick’s second run up in his GT3 (with daughter Rhiannon riding shotgun) would have won FTD (Fastest Time of the Day). There's a YouTube video available if you search for ‘Prescott GT3’. A rather pleasant afternoon and evening was spent at Poole Quay in mid May. It’s always great to meet new or less familiar members and on this occasion, Malcolm Emery came along in his mint, low miles 3.2 Supersport Cabriolet. Love those big hips. The car’s, I mean! We met up at Rownhams motorway services on the M27, where a small gathering took place of an assortment of 911s (including my old 993; the pain lingers on ...), Boxsters and my 944. We cruised into Poole causing a bit of a stir along the way. The Poole gathering is a real treat as some really special cars turn up as well as more prosaic fayre such as my own. And then there’s the bizarre: a 928 with claimed 2,000 BHP? Then there was our club’s big day at Gaydon on 6th June. I don’t have a final count of the number of cars that turned up (possibly elsewhere in the mag) but it was a good turnout on a day with unpredictable weather. As it was, my head and nose were a fetching shade of red by the end of the day, as the rain held off and the sun shone periodically. We set up the region’s gazebo near the entrance to the arena and were joined by Nick’s GT3 (which looks more sinister by the day)
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along with Chris Drummond in his lovely white 3.2 with red Carrera graphics and a terrific red Boxster. Now this belonged to a very nice chap who I’ve met only fleetingly, and do you know, I’ve gone and forgotten his name. It’s an affliction of mine that seems to get worse with age. Sorry, but I hope to see you again! Friends from PCGB also turned up in a beautiful 911 3.2, Gina and Al appeared briefly, then Nigel Gostelow arrived an hour or two before the end in his 996. Poor chap got roped in to packing away the kit too. Thanks for your help! In the meantime I had experimented with barbequeing lunch on one of those disposable foil jobs. It worked out fine, with sausages and burgers enjoyed all round, and all without casualties as far as I'm aware. Oh, and Meguiars did a polishing demo on my 944’s bonnet that pretty much got rid of some nasty bird poo marks, along with a few scratches caused by a gritty chamois leather (now destroyed!) and the neighbour’s cat attempting to gain purchase on said bonnet with aid of sharp claws. The culprit remains at large ... Sadly, the rest of the car now looks a little substandard by comparison. Next up: well, I’m off to the Le Mans Classic (it’ll all be over by the time you read this). I’m taking the 944 despite the lure of a new Porsche acquisition. I hope to bump into other Thames Valley members such as Ron Smith who is travelling in his 944 S2 but staying in hotel accommodation, and Paul Mabley, who’s lost it completely. Instead of driving his 996, he’s cramming himself, a mate and all their camping kit into his wife’s Mini Cooper; the proper Issigonis one, not the cushy BMW job. I just hope he’s pre-booked an osteopath for his return to Blighty. As ever, please do support the region by attending our events and meetings. Coming soon (1st August) will be an early morning run to Goodwood for the Performance Car Legends gathering. We’ve got a great route down there, on hopefully dry roads, with the promise of a breakfast of organic tastiness and beautiful cars as ample reward for getting up so early. Hope to see you on that one but I will email details and post on the forum beforehand.
South East London & North Kent RO Jim Hearnden 01634 308 062 07930 353 232 (mobile) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk ARO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 (mobile) prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Friday of every month 8:00pm at The Crown Point Inn, Sevenoaks Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0HB. Email crownpoint@eyho.co.uk If you have not been along to a meeting please come along. Partners are more than welcome and it is not all car chat. The venue does good, reasonably priced food so if you do not want to cook, you can have a meal before the meeting starts. The latest calendar is now out and should be in your inbox in Excel format for those with a valid email address. You can download a viewer from the Microsoft site. Please advise if you are interested in any events so Paul and I can advise the venues. If I do not yet have your email address, then please send me a mail to tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. That applies to people in adjacent areas who would like a copy of our calendar. Please also ensure that you update address, car and email details when you renew your TIPEC membership. Visit to Lepsons and KDS Keltec We had a low turn out for a Saturday morning. Lepsons must be one of the biggest wheel refurbishers in the UK. They turn around 30,000 wheels a year for both trade and private customers and produce phenomenal results for what is a relatively low cost. They started in Gillingham, Kent, where we toured and also have a place in Swindon
and another in Birmingham recently opened. We did a complete guided tour of the production line and also viewed the area where you can leave your car to be jacked up, wheels removed, refurbed and replaced. This is now a three day service as they are so busy. Our tour lasted about 20 minutes or so, before we moved on to KDS Keltec. This is probably one of the best visits I’ve ever done with a car club! Kelly Harris runs a detailing outfit just opposite Lepsons and in fact facilitated both visits. Kelly is a detailer par excellence. He does cars for the whole of the UK but emphatically will not travel, so the cars come to him! The week before we were there he’d had in two Lamborghinis, one of which took 13 weeks to do and the other 16 weeks. The service on these was vastly in excess of cleaning and polishing; bits were removed and polished or painted. In the unit while we were there were a TVR T350, a BMW M3 (Kelly’s own car, which is being supercharged) a VW Beetle (new shape) and another M3. The Beetle looked like it had been scrubbed with a Brillo pad and Kelly’s colleague was slowly working down it using a polishing machine with various grades of compound. For around 2½ hours Kelly did a masterclass using the back of the Beetle to demonstrate polishes and techniques. They are incredibly busy and we were certainly honoured for Kelly to spend so long with us. At the end he looked over Raja’s Cayman, which is brand new. A couple of weeks later Raja ended up down there and had his car given one of KDS’s packages. The picture below shows what it looked like after Kelly’s efforts. Ace Café This is a café in North London dating back to 1938, when it was a trucker’s café. In the ’50s & ’60s it became a part of the biker’s world, becoming the place where bikers would meet up to drink frothy coffee. In fact it was used as a film set at this time.
Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter@blackler7827.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Braishfield Road, Braishfield, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0QE. 20th–21st August (Saturday–Sunday) Purbeck Show, Wareham, Dorset 12th September (Sunday) End of season drive and meal at The Wheatsheaf 29th October (Friday) 10 pin bowling 10th December (Friday) Christmas meal at The Hunters Inn, Swanmore, with TR Drivers Club (7:30pm)
Raja’s Cayman gleaming after a detailing package from KDS Keltec
others prospective buyers. We will definitely do this show next year. 7 Indulgence An outing for the SELNK group that was definitely a bit leftfield! 7 Indulgence are two guys, Graham & Jon, who have raced everything from saloons to single seaters, built kit cars and done lots of other engineering. They even work on Porsches!
TIPEC SELNK Region cars on display at Bromley Pageant of Motoring
In 1969 the café closed, however one man made it his personal project to reopen it and did so 25 years later. They now hold various meets there including, of great interest to us, a regular Porsche night. The journey from Kent isn’t that easy but the May 31st meet fell on a Bank Holiday so a few from Kent decided to go up. The traffic was amazingly light and on arrival we were marshalled to a space. After the compulsory full English (which was great), and meeting up with the Central guys who’d come down from norff of Watford especially, it was time to tour the cars. A fantastic mix including a stunning white 930 which was certainly my ‘love to take home that night’ car. The cars varied from 356 to brand new very high spec 997, so quite a mix. TIPEC made a good showing with a fair collection of cars. There is another Ace Café Porsche night that coincides with a Bank Holiday on August 30th. It starts at 18:00. I’m up for it, anyone else? TIPEC 2010 at Gaydon Good party, with yet another great show!
Bromley Pageant of Motoring This is the World’s Biggest one day car show, with around 3,000 classics & 30,000 visitors. We ended up with 11 cars for the SELNK display including Derek Flannagan coming up from the SE group. This was the second time we had attended this show and although we got caught in traffic going in, the queues were not too bad. We were a lot more organised this year and had fencing, flag and the club gazebo set up very quickly. Within 30 minutes of getting there we had tea, coffee and bacon baps on the go; thanks to Gill, Janet, Monique & Jean for doing this. They were great and Paul & I made a decision that we would pay for them out of the SELNK dividend. The show is fantastic and no matter how fast you walk you just cannot see it all in a day. The selection of cars is just amazing, from the Max Power brigade to a brand new shape Jaguar XJ, to some very rare cars indeed even some one-offs. Everyone is very friendly and more than willing to chat about their pride and joy. We had a huge amount of people come onto the stand to chat Porsches: some owners, others just interested,
This was an early start even though it was local, as we did a breakfast meet at the Oakdene Café which was absolutely packed and at around 10:00 drove through the lanes to where 7Indulgence are. It was a bit pot luck as to what we would find but they had an Ultima race car in, a Jaguar E type which is a gentleman’s daily driver,and a Ford GT40 kit that had been built up over six months or so from a lot of packing cases full of bits. Also there was a Ford Escort Mk1 rally car and a two seater kit car weighing around 500kg with around 280BHP of Vauxhall engine in it! We did the full tour, teas & coffees were laid on along with biccies (but not after a massive full English!) and I think from the feedback we got that everyone enjoyed themselves. July club meeting Not a great turn out, it being very hot and people getting ready for Le Mans Classic the following week being two likely reasons. The conversation heavily centred on Le Mans with one of our new members Nick Beaumont going as well. We also had a visit from Steve Potter, our new TIPEC membership secretary. Steve was in the area on holiday and decided to pop along. Thanks Steve, it was good to meet you. 14th August (Saturday) Club meal, venue TBC (This may get moved) 30th August (Monday) Porsche Night at the Ace Cafe 18:00 (BH Mon) 4th September (Saturday) ’50, ’60 & ’70s Night on the Kingswear Castle Names to Jim ASAP!
Ford GT40 kit car in Gulf livery
... and the GT40’s engine bay
An Ultima also in Gulf colours at 7 Indulgence
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www.TIPEC.net You can use the TIPEC website to register or renew your club membership, advertise cars and parts for free, download old issues of All Torque, and keep up-to-date with events in your region. If you look to the bottom-left of the homepage, you will find a link to TIPEC’s online discussion forum. This is the place to trade banter with fellow club members on a day-to-day basis, ask questions and share knowledge, up and down the UK (and worldwide!) Here’s a recent, slightly less technical, example. Forum: General; Discussion area: My son’s first Porsche AerialAndy: Can it be converted to run on methane power because there'll be plenty of supply! Many congrats to you and Mrs ’targa on your new addition.
diamondbluetarga: I recently became a parent for the first time and now have a son named Hartley, who is just over two weeks old. I was instructed by my wife prior to his birth to ensure that we had the basic stuff to look after a newborn baby boy. Evidently it is important that he is brought up properly, so nappies, clothing and rattles took a back seat and I did what any normal father would do in these circumstances and bought him a Porsche: evidence shown!
ben944: Congratulations on the birth of your lad Hartley. Well done on becoming a parent. It’s a life changing experience for the better. Sleepless nights, colourful nappies, baby puke … lindsayhbrown: Good man, start ’em young.
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