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Chairman’s Chat TIPEC (0845 602 0052) www.tipec.net All Torque is published bi-monthly by TIPEC (The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club) Text & images are © their authors/photographers. Front cover image: The 911 50th Anniversary Edition, courtesy of the Porsche Press Archive. All Torque is based entirely on submissions from TIPEC members. This is your magazine and we need your involvement! Submissions for issue 101 (October/November) must be in before Friday 6th September 2013. Editor & designer: Tony Blow tony@typescape.com All Torque, 6/2, 308 Old Rutherglen Road, Glasgow G5 0UN. Printed by: The Lavenham Press Ltd, Suffolk (01787 247 436) Advertising in All Torque is managed by: TIPEC club office, Walnut Tree Farm, Grain Road, Lower Stoke, Rochester ME3 9RE (0845 602 0052) TIPEC online Website: www.tipec.net Twitter: @Porsche_TIPEC Search for us on Facebook TIPEC Chairman: Sean Smallman (07500 332 790) sean.smallman@tipec.net Vice Chairman: Jim Hearnden (07930 353 232) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk Treasurer: Paul Bird (01922 428 409) paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk PR & Advertising Director: Andrew Smith (07974 256 694) marketing@tipec.net Membership Secretary: Lee Reader (01555 664 200) membership@tipec.net TIPEC Membership, 9 Forsythe Court, Lanark ML11 7BQ Internal Communications Director: Sue Simmons (07530 312 700) sue.simmons@tipec.net All Torque & TIPEC are entirely independent of Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, Porsche Cars GB Ltd and its dealers. All registered Trade Marks owned by Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, including the word ‘Porsche’, the Porsche Crest and Porsche Script are acknowledged as such and are their property. Whilst all due care is taken in the production of All Torque; neither TIPEC, its officers or the editor can accept responsibility for the advice, information or opinions expressed herein. Opinions contained in any article published herein are of the author or editor and do not reflect the official position of TIPEC, its management or membership, unless clearly stated by a club official.

We hope you enjoy this special 100th Issue, bumper edition of All Torque. For a club our size to produce a magazine of this quality and frequency, sets us apart from car clubs much larger than ours. Tony has done us proud, looking back through the archive. I would like to think that Gary, Lynne and the founder members are pleased with how the club has evolved over the last 20 years. It has been confirmed this week that Porsche Cars GB are bringing their portable showroom to The Show and this will be manned by the team from Porsche Centre Solihull. This is the first time that Porsche have offered to support one of our events and further demonstrates how the relationship with the official network is changing. Many regions are working closely with their local Porsche Centres. They are receiving competitive rates and the use of the facilities for events. We recommend trying the Porsche Centre first for parts, as they can be cheaper than the independents on some items. A big thank you for the warm welcome I received from the Central and Bristol regions on my recent visits. The most enjoyable part of my role is meeting like minded people. It was great to see both regions being well attended with a good cross section of Porsche models in the car parks and lots of events being discussed. My region SELNK had a visit to Porsche Centre Tonbridge, who invited us down for the morning. It was an opportunity to look at the latest models and also book our cars in for a health check. Any opportunity to get your car up in the air and discuss the findings has to be worth the effort in my opinion. Quite a few minor issues were rectified by the highly qualified technicians for gratis in most cases or just the cost of the part. A loose oil filter was spotted and tightened up on a newly acquired 996. The owner had pitched up at our club night the evening before and asked ‘what are the benefits of joining?’ I now have a new benefit to add to my long list. The Anniversary Weekend is just a few weeks away, don’t forget you need to book for the Cotswold Tour and the BBQ Party. I have finalised the route, which takes you past Clarkson’s house and Snowshill (the village) used to film Brigette Jones Diary. Watch out for the Japanese tourists they can pop out from anywhere! There are plenty of stopping off points in the pretty towns and villages and toilets are highlighted on the tulip route book. The Porsche Show on Sunday needs you and your Porsche to make it a really special event. We would love to fill all the Tarmac and grass in front of the museum with Porsches, it would look amazing. There is plenty of grass for a picnic, bring the family and enjoy a special day. Dogs are welcome if on a lead and under control and catering is available. I would like to welcome Andrew Smith to the Committee as Public Relations and Advertising Director. He will take responsibility for selling advertising space, member discounts and promoting the club. Good look in your new role Andrew, we are all looking forward to working with you and seeing how this develops over the coming months. Andrew’s contact details are listed to the left. Enjoy the sun, long may it last!

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20 years of TIPEC

The Porsche Show 2013

September 8th (Sunday) at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon We hope to make our 20th anniversary annual event the biggest and best so far. For the third year running the show will be free to enter, with access to the museum toilets and café. (With a reduced entry fee of £8 for the museum.) We will be hosting the annual TIPEC show and shine competition – a friendly event competing on pride of ownership, with a Visitor’s Choice award alongside the official judging. The Porsche-only parking areas will, for the first time, be split between 911 variants, transaxle Porsches and Boxster/Cayman/other, to help us create a 911 display and celebrate its 50th anniversary year. For £10, with tickets available on the day, you can take your Porsche for a run on the Jaguar/Land Rover test track.

Show and Shine entries On the day at the Heritage Motor Centre, our annual Show and Shine competition is sponsored by Meguiar’s.

There will be the usual array of traders, autojumble stalls and presentations from technical experts –and the chance to win a Porsche for the weekend.

Ours is not a traditional concours contest – in the friendly TIPEC spirit, we appreciate cars that are driven daily as much as we appreciate carefully stored garage queens. What the judges are looking for are Porsches that are evidently loved and cared for – cars that really are your ‘pride and joy’.

For the family, we will have a bouncy castle and ball pool – and Hollywood Heroes will be providing Star Wars characters to appear throughout the day.

Every Club member is invited to take part, you just need to register your interest so that we can allocate Show and Shine parking. Please send an email to cluboffice@tipec.net with contact details and the make/model of your Porsche.

We hope to raise money on the day for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The overall winner of Best in Show will be invited to display on the Meguiar’s stand at the 2013 Classic Car Show at Birmingham NEC.

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Additional remaining TIPEC 20th anniversary events September 7th (Saturday) Cotswold cream tea run Meet at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, from 10:00 for a bacon or sausage bap and a drink Follow a scenic drive through the Cotswold countryside of approximately 75 miles. Arrive back at the HMC for cream tea and a walk around the Museum. £20 per car, based on two in a car.

BBQ & band Meet at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, from 19:00. BBQ will be served from 19:30 with the band starting at 21:00. Adults £25, Children £10, Under 5s free. The Heritage Motor Centre (CV35 0BJ) is five minutes from J12 of the M40. We recommend the Holiday Inn Leamington Spa, the Holiday Inn Express Warwick and the Hilton Warwick. Booking.com offer the best rates. We will arrange minibuses from these venues.

Porsche 911 (997) All models 2004 to 2012 By Grant Neal with Peter Morgan PMM Books £16.95 (+P&P) ISBN 978 1906712 13 6 Available exclusively from www.porsche997book.co.uk Billing itself as ‘your only guide to buying and owning a Porsche 997’, this is actually two books in one. The first two-thirds of this attractive, A4-sized, softback is an exhaustive historical guide, documenting every model of 977 in great detail. Grant Neal explains the differences between first and second generation cars, and each indvidual model and trim level of both. The detail is staggering, from general descriptions down to VIN numbers and option codes. The back section of the book is a buyers guide, written by Peter Morgan. This clearly and concisely walks you around the car, using photographs to define points you need to be looking out for and even shows ‘bad’ examples for reference. It’s a slim (at 160 pages), but lavishly designed book, filled with official Porsche photography and as thorough a guide as you could need if heading out to view second-hand 997s for yourself. Whilst the history and info on the full range is nice, it’s the buyers guide that people will be really interested in –and that seems to be genuinely helpful, thorough and clear to navigate.

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Meet your Committee The TIPEC committee members work in their spare time to make sure everybody gets the best out of the club. Unless you have a committee member in your local region though, you’re unlikely to ever know who they are. Continuing from last issue, here are some introductions.

Sean Smallman

Paul Bird

Tony Blow

Club Chairman

Treasurer

All Torque Editor & Designer

Like many others my love affair with Porsche started at a young age. I can remember the bad guys chasing Condorman in black 911 Turbos and I thought they looked awesome. I realised my dream when I bought a 911 Speedster in 2002. I attended the odd event and joined the Club properly in 2004. It is fair to say the old girl is a bit of garage queen and I often attended events in my daily driver, so I decided to sell my other garage queen, an immaculate Mk1 Golf GTI Rivage, to make room for a 944 S2 Cabriolet. What a car the Cabby was, it never let me down and all 45,000 miles were an absolute joy. It was so useable and always turned heads, especially on European adventures. I bought a 996 C4S Cab from the Chairman of Bristol Rovers FC and although the plan was to keep the 944 it was not being used so I reluctantly let it go. I became involved with the Club after attending an AGM. I saw that the club was strong regionally but weak at the centre and out of control financially. After an overhaul which was not universally applauded, we are where we are today. Good cash reserves in the bank, show equipment we can be proud of, a show that is free to enter for the third year running and a cash sum to the regions each year. There has been, and still is, a lot of hard work put in by many people to get us into this position. Being on the Committee is hard work but very rewarding, I am privileged to be Chairman of this great Club.

I joined TIPEC in May 2005 after attending a Walton Hall show, but didn't attend my first monthly club night until June 2006 and ended up leaving that meeting as the Assistant Regional Organiser! After John Brookes stepped down I ran Central Region until December 2012 and have been Club Treasurer since 2011. My first Porsche was a 928 S2 and is still in my ownership after over ten years. I purchased a 944 S2 in 2007 and used it as a daily driver for two and a half years covering almost 70,000 miles in the process before moving her on a couple of years ago. The latest project is a 924s trackday car in partnership with Brian Rowledge (former Treasurer and my ARO for several years) and that should keep me occupied for a couple of years.

Having borrowed, hired and driven all sorts of lesser motors over the years, a bottle or three of wine and an eBay habit found a bargain early 944 becoming my first very own car. Sadly, a sub-£1,000 Porsche from 1985 isn’t likely to be a great investment. It had threadbare seats, a block of wood under the bonnet in place of a gas strut, and eventually a leaky petrol tank. But it got me hooked. I’d never driven anything like it. So I sold it on to buy another 944. Then another. I ended up with a gorgeous late-model Turbo on which I lavished attention. Somehow it managed to keep plenty of more modern machinery honest around country roads and racetracks. I loved that car, but I had to sell eventually – the recession, a divorce, and so on – so now I don’t have a car at all. I’m not sure anything can match up to that 944 Turbo anyway.

In the cars (and mostly with the club) I have attended events all over the country, organised and attended the club’s presence at Le Mans Classic in 2008, 2010 and 2012, the 24 Hour in 2010 as well as taking a run to Nurburgring in 2006.

I’m a designer by trade, and have done a lot of magazine work in the past. Not long after joining TIPEC I offered to help with All Torque – the timing was perfect, as the previous editor had just decided to step down. Sean asked me to have a bash, and I’ve now been here for 35 issues. Long may it continue!

When I’m not involved with the club I have an Accountancy business that occupies working hours. I sit on the West Midlands Committee for Variety – The Childrens Charity and last but not least am happily married with two daughters.

Despite being up North and part of the (incredibly friendly) Scottish region, running the magazine keeps me in touch with the club all over the UK. It’s great fun and I’ve made some firm friends. Now, if only I could get myself another Porsche …

Club survey Lee Reader takes stock and shares some statistics after his first year spent volunteering as TIPEC’s Membership Secretary.

After getting acquainted with the club committee, I was invited to join them. This led me to attending the AGM in April. After the 315 mile trip each way, I made some very good friends. I shared the driving that day with the RO from Scotland, Neil Fraser. We were both treated very well and everyone made an effort to make us feel welcome. Having attend some of the meetings in the North of England, I have found that everyone loves Porsche and most of all enjoys talking about their own.

Central

11.8%

Anglia & N. Essex

4.6%

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11.3%

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n/a

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Since I started 12 months ago, new members who have heard about the club have come from three main sources. It’s reassuring to see our biggest source is word of mouth, and that people think so highly about the club as to recommend it. The second is our profile online.

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Sources of new members Word of mouth Internet Advertising

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We currently have three ways that you can renew your membership or join the club. We accept PayPal payments directly to the membership@tipec.net email address, I can take a payment from a card direct over the phone on 01555 664 200 or you can send me a good old fashioned cheque in the post.

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The ROs and AROs I’ve met show an incredible dedication to the club. Not only organising events and meeting, but dealing with the questions and requests of the members in their region. The work that goes into a region’s calendar, deciding what we can do and what we can fit in, is incredible. I’m sure other regions have people who could join together and help arrange a fuller calendar for their area, which will reduce the workload and give other people the same sort of satisfaction that I get when you see it all come together.

I’ve listed the percentage of new members in each region who have joined over the last 12 months.

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Well it’s been an interesting year, and hard to believe it’s been 12 months since I started as Membership Secretary. I’ve had a great time talking to new and prospective members. I’ve spoken with some of the most genuine people, clearly enthusiastic about Porsche, over the last year. Having been a member for several years, enjoying the company of the members in Scotland, I thought that I could help the club by donating a few hours a week keeping the membership database up to date. Having a demanding full time job, which currently takes me all over the country, I do find it very relaxing and pleasing keeping on top of the emails and requests at the end of a hard week.

The final interesting statistic I’ve found from members who have joined in the last 12 months is the cars owned by new members who have joined. I’ve split it into three main categories, which shows that although the club started as a front engine, water cooled club, we have become a true multi-Porsche loving group.

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The eagle-eyed of you will notice that the types of cars don’t add up to 100%. This is because you don’t have to own a Porsche to be a true enthusiast, and some people join to enjoy the information from our web forum and help them choose the right car to enjoy. I’m looking forward to the next 12 months and seeing how the percentages move. Writing by Lee Reader All Torque 100 page 7

Member’s cars Despite many happy years of TR6 ownership, seeing his fellow petrolheads purchasing his childhood dream car and having reached a mid-life crisis, Tim Axe decided it was either a mistress or a performance car; He chose the latter and is now the proud owner of a Teutonic rocket launcher.

The sound of the flat six, the shape, the racing pedigree, I was overcome and had to have one of Stuttgart’s finest. Luckily my other half was receptive to the idea (she likes expensive holidays and understands my need for a boy’s toy) and following the sale of the TR6, off I went searching for the ultimate Porker with my hard earned readies. Whilst looking, I was amazed at the good value of such a performance car and premium brand (I do not work for Porsche!) My car nut friend had an air cooled 1978 930 and I initially thought from reading various magazine articles that I should get a 'proper’ air cooled Porsche too. However, when I did look at an air cooled model, I thought the interior appeared dated/basic and with the fact that my Porker was going to be kept outside, I did not want an old classic car eaten away by the dreaded tin worm. I also thought with the 996, the early handling foibles would be greatly eradicated and I would stand a lot less chance of getting too friendly with roadside objects.

So off I went (like a small child in a proverbial sweet shop) and looked at a silver 996 coupe, with low miles, good provenance, but what I thought seemed a dull grey interior – just not for me. The car was in excellent condition, but somehow it just didn’t feel right. I then found my dream car (or so I thought); a 996 cabriolet, low miles, great condition, great colour, bargain price, but it was located in Scotland and I live on the south coast. Would have been a nice drive home though! Oh well I thought, sounds a great buy and the owner sounded honest, genuine and keen to tell me all about the car. However, buyers beware, I was a little concerned the owner repeatedly informed me he would not take any offers, as he felt the price was very competitive. I considered the logistics of getting to Scotland, flying, train, coach, donkey, etc, but eventually decided to employ a very helpful and knowledgeable Scottish based chap called Stuart to inspect the car.

I duly paid Stuart for the inspection and eagerly awaited the telephone call with the words ‘great car - buy it’. The day passed and I had not heard. My first thoughts were my trusted Stuart had left the country with my inspection fee, so I telephoned him. Stuart answered the telephone and duly began to say things I did not want to hear. Stuart was a man of few words and simply said it was a money pit and advised me to not buy it. The inspection report showed suspension parts and the exhaust system were severely corroded due to the car being driven on salted Scottish roads and then parked in a garage without the salt being washed off the car.

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I then came across two 996 coupes located in Kent and on a exceptionally hot and sunny Saturday afternoon, off I went with my equally excited daughter to do some Porker shopping. The first Porker I looked at was a wide bodied C4S and yes it did have a fat arse. The car was in great condition with excellent provenance. I was keen but the silver colour just did not do it for me.

The sound of the flat six, the shape, the racing pedigree, I had to have one of Stuttgart’s finest.

I simply had to put the fiasco down to experience and would not hesitate to use an expert’s opinion again – it certainly saved me a lot of time and money. He backed up the report with photos, which left me in no doubt he was right. I then went on holiday for two weeks and could not put down the numerous Porker magazines and Peter Morgan buying guides (these are excellent books which I would recommend buying). Coming back from holiday I just could not wait to log on to the Auto Trader website. Oh the wonders of the Internet! I immediately saw a 996 cabriolet located a short distance from home. Again it looked in great condition and had low mileage although it was a little more than I wanted to spend. Off I went to look at the car, but I decided there and then that although the cabriolet was great for the sun it just did not look the same as a coupe and I thought the car would not be as rigid as a coupe and consequently would not have the same road manners.

The second Porker I looked at I was smitten.

It just looked right and was in a wonderful grey colour. It was a C2 with black interior and a sunroof – both of these items I had insisted upon. The car was immaculate, unmarked more or less, only completed 58k miles, had only two owners previously and was purchased by the owner from Paragon.

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Well the rest is history. I bought the car. My daughter wanted me to also buy the owners house and dog, but my budget would not stretch to that! That was back in August 2012 and since then I have covered many happy miles without fault, although I do intend to replace the IMS bearing at some stage based on reading about several alarming catastrophic engine failures on the web and in various magazines. My advice when buying one of Stuttgart’s finest is to keep an open mind. Don’t be afraid to change your mind about which car model/ coupe-cabriolet/colour, etc. Go with your gut instinct on what car feels right, but do get the car checked over by an expert to avoid any future surprises. All in all, another happy 996 owner! Writing & photography by Tim Axe All Torque 100 page 9

Member’s cars John Wallin bought ‘Ary’, his 924, on the 17th November 1995 from Jim Patten, a journalist with Car Mechanics magazine which John had been reading for years.

Jim and Car Mechanics magazine had used Ary as a project car to write a series of articles showing not only that Porsche ownership need not be expensive, but that they could be home mechanic friendly. During the project, which ran from the February to November 1995, no bodywork was done, as a fully galvanised body it didn’t need it, but everything else was dealt with: brakes, clutch, engine, and suspension. The engine was stripped, it didn’t need re-boring, even at 90,000 miles, but was given new piston rings, a crank regrind and the valve seats recut and new valve guides fitted. The distributor was overhauled, and a new exhaust fitted. All this work was covered in the magazine and I still have copies. At the end of all this, the car was offered for sale, and I leapt in and bought it! During the project, Jim had mentioned help received from TIPEC, then known as The 924 to 968 Club, and had been given complimentary membership. He told me membership was transferable. In fact it wasn’t for complimentary memberships, but I joined anyway and haven’t regretted it! Soon after acquiring the car, because of some colour fading I had it re-sprayed, and it was shown on the club stand at Bromley Pageant of Motoring, where Jim Patten saw it and was impressed. Ary had done just under 100,000 when I collected him, and on the way home the mileometer went to all zeros.

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units, but after all the fun I’ve had over the years, all the WotYs we’ve been on together, countless trips to relatives in North Wales, to say nothing off all the club nights we’ve been to … how could I see him go to a scrapyard? Unfortunately advancing years are hitting me as well as Ary, and I’m finding him more and more difficult to park in tight spaces, and to get into the garage I rent for him. It is perhaps the highest compliment I can pay him that I have bought a 924S with power steering to replace him, and am looking for a new owner for him. My one regret is the new car is black, not Guards Red, but I’m sure it will polish up well and as it has only done 82,000 miles, having been laid up for over 11 years. Re-commissioning is proving fun, but I’m sure I’ll be ‘Porsche-ing‘ for a good few more years.

Ary had done just under 100,000 miles when I collected him.

He’s now done almost 170,000 miles and over the last 17 years has required the usual replacements: exhausts, alternator, starter motor and so on, but gave little trouble for many years except for a bout of the hot start problem, not unknown with these cars!

More recently I’ve dealt with a leaking radiator, a blown head gasket and replaced the camshaft due to disappearing lobes caused by a blocked oil feed rail, and another dose of the hot start problem. As a result Ary is still going well and is a real pleasure to drive. Everything works as it should. I have to admit that I was involved in a shunt on the M25 last year, and as a result the insurance wrote Ary off as not worth repairing. I had an agreed write off value of only £2,000, which I really should have increased, but I couldn’t let them scrap him, so bought him back and had him repaired with second hand parts. I inevitably ended up spending more than the write off value even though only a front wing, bumper and badge panel were needed together with a few light Writing by John Wallin, photography by John Wallin & Derek Flanagan

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Derek, our RO, wonders if 17 years membership of the club with the same car throughout is a record. Can you beat It?

Member’s cars The trouble with TIPEC club nights is that they give grown men (and women) time to talk about cars, and when conversations turn to cheap track-day projects you never know where things may lead …

the front calipers and fitted new EBC pads. Colin tracked down some Yokohama AO48 tyres as well and they have been fitted. At the time of writing, the rear suspension is off the car and is undergoing similar restorative work. I mentioned earlier that the car cost £650. So far, Colin and Tony have spent just under £2,000 (in total) on the project – including transport costs to get the car home after buying it. Some folk baulk at the thought of talking about money, but I can’t help feeling that with this project, the finances are worth mentioning: by going into a shared cost partnership, Colin and Tony are enjoying the ownership of the car and will, I’m sure, enjoy taking it to the track once it is finished without breaking their respective banks. As work progresses, I’ll provide updates – both on the car and the costs involved. You never know, it may inspire you to do something similar! The heroes of our story are Colin and Tony, of TIPEC’s North West region. Tony you’ll know from the last issue of All Torque and the Members Cars story featuring his 991. He’s a man with a plan, a trackday plan. Colin is one of those people who spends far too long browsing eBay – usually using ‘924’, ‘944’ and ‘project’ in his search criteria. After a couple of TIPEC meets and some of ‘those’ conversations, they decided that a jointownership and joint-costs ‘budget track-day Porsche’ was what they needed. Colin got busy on eBay and came up trumps with the car you see here – a 924, semi prepared for hill-climbing. It starts and runs and cost £650! Colin says “It’s a 1984 car, in surprisingly good shape. Quite a bit of the interior has been stripped and there’s some nice bucket seats already fitted. I knew we’d have some refurbishment to do before we even saw the car, but I’m pleased with what we’ve bought“.

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This car is going to give me the chance to learn how things come apart, and go back together.

Knowing that Tony is enjoying his 991, I wondered what had possessed him to get involved. He said “I’ve never really got involved with car mechanics – I’ve only really driven. This car is giving me the chance to learn how things come apart, and go back together. Colin really knows his way around these 924s and 944s and he’s letting me get my hands dirty and I feel as though I’m getting to know ‘our car’. Once it’s up and running, it will be a shared car, with all expenses shared as well.“

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So far, Colin and Tony have added the orange stripes to the sides of the 924 and improved some of the silver paintwork as well. The front suspension has been removed and re-built with new strut inserts, a 924 Turbo anti-roll bar and poly-bushed lower control arms. They’ve fitted new front discs and wheel bearings and have rebuilt Writing & photography by our Northern Correspondent All Torque 100 page 11

TIPEC to Laon

Jim Hearnden reports on one of the TIPEC 20th anniversary road trips.

The story of this starts with my group having a discussion in 2011 about a European trip as there was no Le Mans Classic that year. A few of us had been to Laon for the Circuit Historique de Laon in the past and enjoyed it. So I co-ordinated the group going and after a few changes we took around 10 cars across the channel to Laon. Laon is roughly midway between Reims (yes the motor race circuit) and Paris. The whole event is organised by the local Laon-based classic car club. Around 760 cars and 60 motorbikes turn up for the weekend of car related fun. Although the hotel left a little to be desired (ask Sean if you can cope with his blunt description!) we all had a great time.

Laon is a town of two halves. It is the capital city of the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. Imagine a Mexican hat with a cut off top. The brim of the hat is the new town, most of it I guess around ’60s & ’70s. The flat top is a beautiful old city, all cobbled streets and a massive cathedral. It in fact was the capital of France for quite a while. As this is TIPEC’s 20th anniversary year the committee decided to make Laon one of the National events. This was on the proviso that a better hotel could be booked than the 2011 one! I block booked 17 rooms in the Ibis, which had two advantages. A: It is a much better hotel than the 2011 one (not difficult) and B: It is closer to the city centre. The rooms were soon booked up

by members from all over the UK. The vast majority of us met up at Maidstone Services at the ungodly hour of 7am! Sean had organised special parking for the group. Some, especially those travelling from further away had taken advantage of the low cost accommodation that Sean had arranged at the services. We all tackled various McDonalds breakfast items with gusto as some of us had been up a while. Just before 7:30 we all piled into cars and set off for Dover. Once in the port it all went a bit astray so we all got split up, with Sean & Haley in their 911 being pulled over for the full search routine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they must look suspicious! The queue for the boat was a bit like a classic car show in its own right. A Jaguar XK was one; it

seemed to have virtually no silencing judging by the noise. Some clubs had a large turnout, not just us, so there were lots of MGs and TRs. On the boat Continental Car Tours (CCT) had organised an area of the boat just for us serving teas, coffees and biccies. On arrival at Calais we all tried to meet in the lay-by just beyond the port which was great plan apart from the fact everyone else on the boat had the same idea. Eventually we all pulled away for the first stage of the run. The lunch stop was at Arras, again some struggled to park but after a short while we managed to meet up. As everyone debated where we were going to get lunch, we turned around to see a large seafood restaurant. They were a bit shaken to get invaded by 30-odd hungry brits but managed to seat us all and produced a fantastic lunch at very reasonable cost.

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We left Arras in various groups and made our way to Laon. As we got closer to Laon the classic car count increased considerably. CCT had their biggest turn out ever of 350 cars from the UK. The Ibis isn’t the easiest hotel to find in Laon but we all arrived in dribs and drabs. There was an eclectic mix of cars in the car park. Aside from the obvious Porsche contingent there were MGs, various kits like Westfields and Caterhams, a huge old Mercedes limo and others. The restaurant at the hotel was packed for the Friday night, so some of us wandered to the local Carrefour which had a café. After the long day it was early to bed, especially as we had been given a message of a change of time for the sign on to 08:30–09:00 the next day which meant an earlier start than a lot of us had either wanted or thought it would be. The sign on in the morning was pretty painless. In 2011 we were queued up for a while on a steep hill but this time there were more people doing check in to get your road book and rally plate. Unfortunately we all got split up and a few of us were waved to get started on the tour shortly after parking. There are four different route books in order to avoid congestion on the country routes on the outskirts of Laon. The weather was pretty favourable and the hood was down on the Boxster. The route books are ‘tulip’ type diagrams and generally easy to follow, unfortunately our group went wrong virtually from the start. Eventually using a map, TomTom and the route book to get on track! The scenery on the route was stunning and all the villages, down to the smallest, have the whole family out with a picnic waving and cheering the cars. The way the route books are written you end up in the lunch spot at around the same time. Again it was St. Quentin and it was a collection of linked car parks. Food was the normal baguette and drink, with no veggie option this time which caused consternation in our camp. A few of the gannets in our party decided that this wasn’t enough so we walked off to find a cafe. Once everyone had eaten their fill we returned to the cars. A small group of teenage lads taking a shine to Nigel’s 911, which he was letting them sit in. We changed the leader at this point & the pace quickened quite appreciably. On the Saturday evening there is a live band and BBQ but our group decided we’d go back to the hotel. On our previous the roadside visit we found a great Chinese buffet restaurant and I had booked 40 places at it for an evening meal. The meal was fantastic; you always seem to eat too much with buffets and this one was no exception. The resulting bill was very reasonable as well. As we were sorting out payment the waitress came around with shot glasses and Writing by Jim Hearnden, photography by Jim Hearnden & Sue Simmons

some fiery spirit … the bottom of the shot glasses had extremely graphic pictures in them! Unfortunately on the Saturday night it had started raining and when we awoke it was raining steadily still. On the Sunday you go into town, park up and then at around one o’clock the roads are closed off and you do laps of the new and old town. We left the hotel at 11:00 and once we arrived the steady drizzle had us looking for shelter, eventually finding a coffee bar. When we left there we moved to a kebab shop! The owner looked a little surprised at 15 or so people arriving at his empty shop, but did us all proud with great food, quickly served. At around 1:30 we ambled back to the cars to do a few laps. This year the marshalling by both the Police and the organisers was a lot tighter, maybe with concern of speeds and driving standards. In theory you are meant to lap at 50kmh but it can get faster and there have been accidents in the past. The marshalling, plus the bad weather, was leading to fewer spectators so most of us peeled off after two or three laps. Becky and I found a coffee shop and after a coffee wandered outside looking at the cars. The roads reopen at around 5:30 and we all found our way back to the hotel. The vast majority of us decided to eat at the Ibis which was reasonable for chain hotel food, though our drinks bill came as a shock. Monday dawned with yet more rain unfortunately. The local car club organise a road book which gives another tour of the country but moving back towards Calais for the ferries etc. The tour was pretty good and we ended up at a monastery which had toilet facilities. At this point three of us decided to make for Citie Europe for lunch and as we were still an hour and a half away we needed to up the pace. At Citie Europe we piled into a restaurant a few of us had used before which does lovely mussels in all manner of sauces. A quick meal ensued and then it was off to the ferry at Calais port. I only wish they’d improve the sign posting getting out of Citie Europe! The ferry out was 16:20 and on arriving in Dover it was set course for home, which for the Kent group is 45 minutes or so. Some like the Bristol group had a four hour drive after arrival at Dover. Everyone enjoyed themselves. It was a fantastic weekend despite the weather but having swapped the 944 for a Boxster I should have known that the weather would be pants and we would have no chance to for some hood down driving! As regards the trip, the feedback has been fantastic and because of that I have reserved 20 rooms at the Ibis for 2014. Want to come? email me at tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll send you a booking form. Places are going fast!

Waxing lyrical

Matt Yates and his trusty sidekick Donald from the award winning Angelwax came along to the Scottish Region’s June monthly meet to demonstrate the company’s products and educate us all on the art of keeping our cars in tip-top looking condition.

At the same location as our usual monthly meet, a little something different was the order of the evening. We had Matt Yates (sales director) from Angelwax and his professional detailing sidekick Donald both doing a demo evening for us. This evening had been arranged early on in the season and we opened the event up to all local car enthusiasts. A few of the PCGB guys and girls turned up to join us, and a total of 42 bodies and 26 Porsches were scattered everywhere at Bo’Ness Motor Museum. Matt started the evening hunting round the car park looking for a dirty Porsche and to be honest, as funny as it sounds, he had a hard time finding one! However Hazel Bedbourgh didn’t let us down and sticking out like a sore thumb was her 944 S2 Cabby. A little grimy and in need of some TLC, it was plucked out of the crowd and placed in the detailing zone for further attention. The first thing was a power hose to get the car wet followed up by a wheel cleaner agent to break up brake dust and then a snow foam covering which you could see get to work straight away, lifting grime from the paintwork instantly. The foam was all washed off then the car dried. The question was, what was the paint like? By Hazel’s own admission the paint hasn’t seen wax for at least two years as the car had been off the road for some time. Matt picked the boot lid to demonstrate what was happening next. It was a medium clay bar to remove all the ground-in grime from the paintwork, which Matt showed us all how to do, and from then it went on to machine mopping the paint and waxing the paint. Matt was asked lots of questions along the way. All were answered and he did have everyone’s attention I must say. The evening then went on to interiors and hood cleaning and Donald, Angelwax’s professional detailer, showed us how to clean all around the car from dash trim, carpets, headlining and leather care to exterior hood cleaning and revival. It was an evening that had us all learning something or other about car care and. Both Matt and Donald took time afterwards to go through all the company’s products in finer detail and spent a lot of time with individuals giving stern advice to what they were asking. Matt had brought along that evening a few products that the company produce and sold them to us at what had to be cost price. Matt is a Scottish region member himself with a fabulous restored 944, I bet the paint on that isn’t grimy!

Hazel’s Cabby getting the clay bar treatment

The guys and dolls getting good advice from the back of Matt’s BMW!

Writing & photography by Neil Fraser All Torque 100 page 15

The 100 club! Having reached issue 100 of our club magazine, what began as an untitled newsletter has survived club name changes, countless committee members, different editors (and eventually designers) but has always relied on one thing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; club members volunteering to write their own articles. Talking about your Porsches and your adventures with them has bult up an amazing back catalogue. To celebrate, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a few pages from the very first issue.

Thanks to Sue Simmons for sourcing a copy of issue one! All Torque 100 page 17

Road car vs. Race car I am lucky to own two Porsches, a 944S road car and a 924 Turbo race car. I really can’t afford to run either and both cars are a drain on resources. I always wanted a 911 ever since my Mother bought me a Polisel model of a 911S for my 7th birthday. I kept the car screwed to its polystyrene plinth and never played with it. It sat on my bookcase next to the Airfix Silk Cut Tomcat Jag. I wasn’t to own a Porche for another 26 years, when I decided to stop saving for the 911 and get on the Porsche ownership ladder by buying a 924. While looking for my entry level Porsche I came across a special 944S. It had originally been the demo car for Porsche Strathclyde’s MD so it was fully loaded with everything you would need and no A/C. It even had the sports handling kit. Later in its life the interior would be reupholstered with oxblood red and cream leather, with embroidered Porsche crests in the headrests. I fell for the car’s looks immediately and got a bank loan for the rest of the cash. Now I would never part with it. The race car was a different story. It came to me from eBay an unloved, broken MOT failure and a non-runner. It was a standard road car and having lived in the South all its life the shell was perfect. The Turbo was just the donor I needed. It was already on five-stud running gear and disc brakes all round. It had cost £250. Someone had tried to drill out a broken exhaust head stud with the engine in the car and drilled through the head into the water jacket.

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It is hard to comprehend without actual experience how much faster a race car can be, even a slow one. A friend of mine was at a trackday where a 996 GT3 was chasing round a new Skyline. When the session had ended the two drivers were congratulating each other on their driving skill and ability of the cars. The 996 driver commented that the Skyline driver was “on it and mental” and try as he might he couldn’t pass, to which the Skyline pilot replied he was “going for it” and wondered how fast they were going. The 996 driver had a stopwatch and they were lapping at one minute 56 seconds. My friend and fellow racing driver, having had his Sport 350 Lotus around Croft, knew this was a respectable time and congratulated them on their turn of speed … but he didn’t have the heart to tell them that his mate laps Croft at 1:43 in an 1980 924.

It is hard to comprehend without actual experience how much faster a race car can be, even a slow one.

Over many years the car was turned from a track day warrior into a race car. Unfortunately the rebuilt Turbo engine did not see real action and expired due to oil pressure failure, an expensive lesson caused by the lack of baffles in the sump stopping the oil from being forced to one side in high speed long corners. All of which brings me to the point of this article. I have a 190 BHP road car and a 140 BHP race car. I race at the local race track, Croft. There are many differences between the cars. Although most people will tell you the 944 is the same shell with bigger arches, in practice the shells are slightly different.

What makes a race car so much faster is the sum of its parts, starting at the bottom with its tyres. The car’s suspension is built to run on sticky rubber that will handle the demands of the race track. Within three laps of race pace road tyres will turn into chewing gum and start to shed rubber, like an F1 car producing the marbles we have become accustomed to seeing off the racing line. Once the tyres overheat it’s like driving on standing water. A road car suspension, even stiffened sports suspension, will not transmit the same sort of energy into the tyre and so will not heat the tyre up as much. My 924 runs at the limits of its suspension travel to lower its centre of gravity.

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One of the biggest improvements I have seen in lap times came from steering geometry changes. When the 924 was originally conceived for the VW Audi group, Porsche were told to develop a neutral handling car – unlike the 911 of the time, which was renowned as a handful in inexperienced hands. Porsche had said that the 911 rewarded the accomplished driver (Yeah right, if your name’s Vic Elford). Who would admit to not being able to tame the beast? But Porsche realised the need for a balanced car and set it up accordingly, resulting in very little castor on the front. Castor is responsible for self-centring when you come out of a corner, like the castors on a shopping trolley, but it also gives the steering feel and turn in. It can make a car very twitchy and direct but has the trade-off that the steering can become heavy. I have developed my own strut tops to allow much more castor and camber than was original designed by Porsche. This would make the car twitchy to drive on the road; unlike the 944 which was built to be a GT car, swallowing up the open road in style, speed and comfort. Obviously the car has gone through a strict diet to lose weight, including stripping the underseal from the floor pan, saving six kilogrammes. The car still has a long way to go and I will continue to develop it. For next year I have a Turbo power plant currently under construction. I am expecting power to rise to over 200 BHP. The steering geometry changes netted a three second improvement in lap times. Although it doesn’t sound much ,let me put that into perspective. At Croft my car will hit a top speed of over 100 mph three times a lap. At 100mph you are travelling at 8.4 metres per second, giving you a 25 metre gap over a car three seconds slower as you cross the start finish line.

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For 15 minutes at a time the car will be driven to its absolute limits. Racing the car and taking it to (and beyond) its limits on several occasions has made me realise what a good chassis the 924 and 944 have. Its also made me realise that you only scratch the surface of what these cars are capable of on the road. My dream car has changed over the years, although it’s always started with the number 911 (apart from the 917, in case of a big lotto win). I find myself looking at a 993 Targa to enjoy the back lanes and country roads in the North East, knowing that it will be more than capable. I would strongly advise everyone to take their car on a trackday at least once. Strap on a set of part-worn premium brand tyres. When the tread blocks are worn down they do not move about as much under load and the heat is not built up as much in the tyre carcass. As the tyre heats up the pressure will increase thus you will need to drop the pressure in the tyre (by around 4 psi) on a cool day, more if the sun‘s out and track temperature is high. There is nothing more worrying than going into a corner fully committed and finding out the brake pedal has gone to the floor and retardation is not occurring. At full speed on a track, brake fluid will boil after three or four hot laps if you’re driving it properly, for this reason you may want to have a racing fluid or silicon based fluid installed to your braking system. ATE blue is available from your local Euro Car Parts shop at a reasonable price. If your budget will stretch to it get some professional help and get someone to take you out to point out the racing line and braking points. And read Vic Elford‘s excellent book on how to drive Porsches.

Racing the car and taking it to its limits has made me realise what a good chassis the 924 and 944 have.

It has given me enormous enjoyment to develop my 924 over the years. In an attempt to find more seconds and even tenths of a second, I removed the alternator; jumping the car off and relying on the battery to power the ignition system and fuel pump for the 15 minute races. Aside from the weight I saved, when you have 140 BHP you want all of them ponies to drive the rear wheels and not be trying to drive an energy-sapping alternator.

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The 924 continues to be developed and has had many tweaks to make it as fast as it is, but I can’t tell you all of them … because then you’d be as fast as me. Writing & photography by Andy Blythe All Torque 100 page 19

Flanagan’s Festival Favourites Goodwood Festival of Speed this year celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 911. Derek Flanagan was there with TIPEC for the ‘Moving Motor Show’ on the Thursday, prior to the event proper.

Many TIPEC members took advantage of the free tickets offered by The Telegraph for Thursday’s ‘Moving Motor Show’ day. It was great to be able to roam around on a glorious sunny day with a slightly cooling breeze without the huge crowds that invade over the weekend when all the F1 drivers and celebrities show up. We were able to get close up in all the paddocks for some good photo opportunities. Goodwood celebrated its 20th anniversary this year and Porsche celebrated its 50th anniversary of the 911 with an iconic sculpture infront of Goodwood house displaying an early 1963 911 plus a 1974 2.7 RS and a new 991 Carrera 4. There were also classic Porsches everywhere with a nice group in the Cartier display including a very rare 911 GT1 Street Car and a 911 Turbo SE Flatnose. In the F1 paddock there was a large line up of Porsche’s Le Mans group C cars such as 917s 956s and 962s plus the legendary Count Rossi’s Martini liveried 1981 911SC Porsche East African Safari rally car, which was driven by the great Bjorn Waldegard and Vic Preston and to compete with the Audi Quattros. The Rothmans liveried 911SC RS entered in the Paris– Dakar rally and the iconic ‘Baby’ 935 were also gleaming in the sun. I also spotted an early 356 ( No 162) which competed in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana race driven by Manfredo Lippmann and won its class. The first Porsche ever to win at the Carrera Panamericana. The FOS is not just about Porsches. This year they had a collection of the world record breaking cars from the last century on the cricket pitch display including Sir Malcolm Campbell’s Bluebirds, and the new contender – the 1,000 mph Bloodhound SSC (mock up) and its team. In addition to cars there were 100’s stalls of motoring related products for that retail therapy fix and entertainment for everyone, especially some awesome stunt riding on two wheels by world famous Dougie Lampkin and the Freestyle Motocross riders as well as some amazing BMX riders on a purpose built arena with some amazing jumps. The Festival just keeps growing each year and all the new car manufacturers seem to have larger two story stands each year which look more like permanent showrooms and must cost an absolute fortune. Writing & photography by Derek Flanagan All Torque 100 page 21

The Northern

Big One

2013

Mick Charlesworth reports on TIPECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement with the annual Northern show that this year raised ÂŁ3,800 for its chosen charity.

I personally got involved with the NBO (Northern Big One) car show back in 2007. It had been running annually for the previous five years. At the start it was the organisers dream to gather together as many Subaru cars as possible hence the NBO meaning a large gathering. Over the years more car clubs have asked or been asked to to attend: sports, performance and custom car clubs. Also model specific clubs such as the Mitsubishi owners club and a range of Subaru models: WR1, RB320, RB5, Forester and Subaru Wagon owners clubs to name just a few. I caught the NBO bug first with the WR1 owners club. My Subaru habit had progressed from imported versions up to the iconic WR1 of which only 500 were produced, to celebrate Petter Solberg, winning the 2003 World Rally Championship. I then joined the North Yorkshire Subaru Owners Club and talked them into setting up a stand at Lightwater Valley for the 2008 NBO. By that time my WR1 had undergone, like my Cayman S is undergoing now, extensive but subtle changes outside the car, inside and under the bonnet (against the Subaru purist element). I had made many caps and parts and had them chromed (I think I paid Quality Chrome’s mortgage for a year), plus, like my Cayman, much carbon fibre. This culminated in my WR1 winning several high-end car shows and winning best in show at the 2008 NBO. The WR1 had reached the end of the road show-wise and my wife decided that we should buy a Cayman S. A very wise lady.

As with the Subaru clubs before, I suggested to fellow TIPEC members (I am a proud member of the SYNN Region) that we might set up a stand at the NBO. We have now been along for the last three years. The event is all about raising money and this years charity to benefit was the Prostate Cancer Trust. Our five lonely members helped the event to raise £3,800 in total for the Trust. This is some achievement as it’s all raised through gate money, at £10 per car, raffles and an auction. Our little bit came to about £80. The day’s events included a competition for best stand. All stands are judged and all get a thank you trophy. The judging panel consists of one or two members from each of the respective stands. Ours this year were Mr & Mrs David Ashworth, owners of the grey 911 at the right hand side of our stand photo. We did our best to bling up our stand with the items we can carry. We didn’t manage our gazebo, as our wonderful RO was away that day looking at buying a Boxster (he has now sold his trusted gazebo carrying 944). The stand that won, for the second year running, was the Welsh Subaru Club who had a Hawaiian theme. Our theme was to explain the Porsche engine configurations over the years, plus who we are and what we do. We didn’t make the top three with our stand, but yours truly with the Cayman managed second in the ‘any other car’ class. I hope in the coming years we could get a bit of support for the NBO from other TIPEC regions. You never know when you might need a charitable support group yourself. So far, the total raised by the NBO over the years has been over £50,000. Not bad for an afternoon in a field in North Yorkshire!

Writing & photography by Mick Charlesworth All Torque 100 page 23

The Brits invade France Terry Rockall and yours truly (Derek Flanagan) joined the invasion of France in June, making our first pilgrimage to Le Mans.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Committedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; British racing fans in their improvised suspended chairs and hammocks within the grandstands

The winning Porsche 917LH from Le Mans in 1971

The iconic Porsche GT1 winner from 1998

The infamous Mulsanne bend

One of the triumphant Porsche 991 RSRs from the works team

We witnessed Porsche’s success with the 911 (991) RSRs’ 1st and 2nd places in the GTE Pro class and 1st in the GTE Am class. The Porsches had an amazing battle with the Aston Martin Vantage V8s . Surprisingly the Corvettes and Ferraris were trailing behind throughout. It was tragic that the victories were marred by the death of the Danish Aston Martin driver Allan Simonsen.

We found our Le Mans experience fantastic with an amazing spirit and relaxed atmosphere by the Le Mans authorities. It was a bonus not to be ripped off by excessive prices at the circuit – for example the programme was very comprehensive and only five euro, and it was only eight euro for access to the Le Mans Museum which is a must visit, with a number of Le mans winning Porsches on display.

We booked an inclusive package with Select Travel Ltd. We were amazed by their knowledge and the overall organisation of this trip at the fantastic cost of only £328, which included the Ferry, Coach travel, three nights half board hotel and circuit admission tickets. Select Travel are incredibly flexible offering three or five night stays and either hotel or camping or a combination of the two. Rather than meeting the coach at Victoria Station, we opted to travel down to Dover to meet the coach partway.

We were amazed by the contingent of Brits at Le Mans who clearly outnumbered all other nationalities –including French. Spectators seem able to park and camp anywhere. We were also amazed and amused at some spectators who hung hammocks and seats from the grandstand structures. We would be prevented from doing this in the UK due to health and safety.

Select Travel also took us to the Mulsanne bend and straight and the Arnage bend on Saturday evening, which are not accessible by foot, followed by a BBQ. The hotel was one hour away from the circuit at Chantres but very comfortable, affordable and quiet – I don’t know how the campers on the circuit get any sleep!

The weather forecast was not great but we were lucky and when we did have the occasional shower we were either in the coach or under cover in the grandstand. I can’t wait to see the Porsche LMP1 car (to be driven by Mark Webber) at Le Mans in 2014, when hopefully Porsche will end the Audi’s run of wins!

Porsche 935 Turbo from the 1980 Le Mans race

Writing & photography by Derek Flanagan All Torque 100 page 25

Boxster S budget makeover From a tight fisted Scotsman (Neil Fraser) … As I put the Boxster in the Garage for the winter at the end of last season, I looked long and hard at it thinking ‘hmm, it needs something just to stop it looking so naked and bland’, but what could I do with it? Some weeks later, with the car off the road for a few months jacked up on axle stands and the dark nights well and truly with us, I decided to search on Google Images for “Boxster S”. A few good ideas came into view, but after some research on costings it was likely to cost more to put a kit on than the car was worth. Being the typical tight fisted Scotsman I am, I put the idea on hold and went back to the drawing board. A visit to the trusty old eBay site revealed a few Boxster aftermarket bits and bobs which, if I put them together, might just be the tonic and on a reasonable total budget. I came across a rear spoiler for £65 – a copy of an original Porsche one, but minus the middle brake light which didn’t really bother me in the slightest. That arrived five days later from down south, somewhere near Barnsley I think. Next were side skirts. After seeing the rear spoiler in the flesh I sort of got the bug to add more bits and see how it went! The sideskirts were a real take-a-chance scenario. They were yet again on eBay but this time they would be coming from Poland and were aftermarket again. Some research revealed that they were always a poor fit and somewhat down on quality compared with the real Porsche polyurethane ones, but hey – genuine Porsche were coming in at just under £500 and the copies were £85. Even if the side skirts arrived undamaged, which would be a miracle in itself, and they didn’t fit … I would just stick them back on eBay and take the hit. Even at that I’d have only lost the equivalent of a night out with the lads, a curry and a taxi home. So what the hell! A whole five weeks later the side skirts arrived from Poland and to be honest they did look a bit down on quality, but not as much as I thought they would be. They were the GT3 ones that I think look fabby on any 986, or 996 for that matter. I opened the garage door and offered them up and they looked a good size. It was difficult to get an exact sizing but so far I was happy enough and for £85 it was peanuts. I now had, lying in the living room, a rear spoiler and side skirts finished in primer. So what was next? Back to eBay and I spotted a set

of rear diffusers for a 986 Boxster. I placed a bid of £75 and within 24 hours my bid was accepted, with free postage into the bargain. It was coming from Porscheshop so I was expecting a good quality item and within two days they arrived – and they were top dollar to be honest. The wheels were already off the car as they were getting a bit rough here and there, so it was time for them to get a refurb. Roy Duncan, a Scottish TIPEC member, has his own Porsche decals business and he suggested a Boxster S decal, big and brassy along both sides of the car to finish it all off. By March I was thinking ‘blimey, how the heck is it all going to look once on the car?’ The Boxster is a good one, low mileage for a 2000 vinatge with only 45,000 on the clock. I was fighting with the idea that my modifications might spoil the look of a perfectly nice S. I slept on it for another few weeks then one morning decided to just go for it and get it done. A good friend of mine, Stevie, took me to a workshop in Fife not too far from where he stayed. His two friends there were professional paint sprayers and in the unit next door was a wheel refurb guy called Wee Mike. Brian the painter looked at the Boxster and said he would need to place his paint analyzer on the car as yellow (just like red) is notorious for weather beating and if he painted the spoilers etc from the original paint code of the car it would doubtless be shade or two out. So the analyzer was used and sure enough it created a unique new paint code for my car – a shade out from the original.

The wheels were chemically stripped and then powder coated in gloss black before going next door to the paint shop for the rims to be painted white, then yellow, before passing them back next door to get a final powder lacquer sealing coat. It was the first time Wee Mike had used a combination of paint and powder coating and he did warn me that the combination might not come off – the heat may fry the paint – however it tuned out just fine. The wheels are not everyone’s cup of tea but I wanted my Boxster a bit different from the norm and I think I have achieved it! With the wheels refurbed and all the spoilers painted (and I have to say an exact match colour-wise … very clever all this paint technology) I had to get the kit all fitted. I only ever had one guy in mind for the job and that was my old school pal Nikki Hawker. Nikki has been in business with his father Frank for over 30 years and has fitted more aftermarket kits than you’ve had hot dinners. I knew it was going to be done correctly and was excited that in just two days the Boxster was going to be transformed from something very normal to looking something … well, very different!

The only thing to do now was turn up and see the end result, it felt like I was going to pick up a new car. You know that exciting feeling when you get something new, whether it be a new car, a gadget for the house, or even like a kid at Christmas? Well, laugh if you want but I had that feeling I love the result folks, I really do. I am not bothered if it turns heads on the streets or whether it gets noticed for all the right or all the wrong reasons. I love the look of my car and it just goes to show that without major money you can still achieve a look you like. If you’re thinking of maybe doing a wee something similar and you are sitting on the fence … I say just go for it!

I am not an arty farty person so was struggling to picture in my head the end product. I left the car with Nikki and he said he would call me when it was all done or if there were any problems. The only phone call I got from Nikki was to say it was finished, after only requiring a wee cut here and cut there on the sides kirts, which he says is very normal for aftermarket parts. For such inexpensive parts, Nikki was fairly impressed. Writing & photography by Neil Fraser All Torque 100 page 27

The factory collection option Have you ever wondered what happens when you opt to collect your brand-new Porsche from the factory in Stuttgart? Bob Bull decided to find out, when he ordered his Boxster S. Following the receipt of an inheritance at the beginning of the year I decided to treat myself to a new car. I drew up the usual spec list: Sporty, ideally a convertible, easy access (this car was replacing an Elise which whilst a great car was difficult to get in and out of and not very practical), etc. Quite quickly a Porsche Boxster rose to top of the choices. I thought long and hard about new versus used and visited the local main dealer, Porsche Centre Bristol, a number of times including two test drives, one for me and one for the wife. I was taken by the thought of a new car and in particular picking it up from the factory, so I made the leap and decided on a new car. So what colour, spec etc? Most car companies give you a brochure, Porsche give you books! The choices of engine spec, colours and extras were mind boggling. I quickly controlled my enthusiasm by reading the price list! Having decided on the colour I was only prepared to spend money on performance related extras so an S spec with limited slip, hard top and xenon lights was duly ordered. After some delays, a collection date of 15th April was given. On the 14th my son and I flew from Heathrow to Stuttgart, we were picked up and taken to an excellent hotel in the town centre, where we were greeted by name. After an good meal we retired with anticipation for the next day.

We were collected and taken to the factory. After a welcome and coffee we were taken around the engine plant by a student who spoke excellent English. Having spent my working life in manufacturing, both in the aircraft and automotive industry, I had never seen such a clean operation – they vacuum the floor! All the parts are delivered track side by robotic carts that then take the completed engine to car assembly or despatch for engines going to other locations. We then visited final assembly where running gear is matched to body, all operations are ‘ just in time’ with no stock held in storage, either components or final cars. The whole operation was very professional. When we returned to the reception area for another coffee we were met by our delivery manager who took us through to the collection area, where approximately 20 cars were being collected throughout the day. Following an extensive briefing including how to remove/replace the hard top, I drove the car out into the visitor’s car park (probably the most nervous drive of my life!) An excellent lunch followed in the Porsche VIP restaurant. We then visited the Museum and local dealership, both of a very high quality with every type of Porsche you can imagine and a few you wouldn’t expect. I know you pay for this visit and hotel, but it is an exceptional experience which I would recommend to anyone lucky enough to be purchasing a new Porsche.

The weather was fine and we were keen to go for a drive. I pulled rank and drove first out into the countryside via Weissach, you can’t enter but you can see some of the track (was that a GT3 RS 4.0?) After about an hour we swapped over. My son, who has a racing licence, tested some of the limits including the LSD before sedately parking back at the Hotel. The following morning we left for Calais, it became clear that at normal speeds the Porsche is just as easy to drive and as comfortable as an ordinary car. Not an attribute I would apply to the Elise, where every journey was ‘interesting’ from falling in to climbing out! After a very pleasant and easy shared drive which included a visit to Rheims we arrived at Calais Tunnel. This was my first crossing in the tunnel which I found very good. The drive home was again very easy and pleasant. The car went in to the local dealer to be Anglicised with an alarm, lights, etc. on the Monday. Of course the Boxster is too valuable to use off road, so I have also acquired a 53 plate Cooper S for my daughter!

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R.I.P. Graham Morrison

Well normally when I put together a wee article for the club magazine it is an affair to look forward to, but I write this one with great sadness. On the 8th of May this year the Scottish Region lost one of our long-serving members. Graham Morrison, a young 51 year old who battled cancer for several years, finally lost that battle and has now fallen asleep for good. Graham was such a colourful character, always very passionate about the club and his cars. Graham and I both joined TIPEC back in 2003, within a few weeks of each other, and straight away Graham and partner Esther (and their infamously loud 3.2 911 Carrera) became instant friends with everyone at the club. Both Graham and Esther loved the TIPEC scene and everything the club stood for. Many of us here within the Scottish region will have our own memories of Graham, he was one of those people who always had time to chat regardless of who you were and what you drove. It was Graham’s and the family’s wishes that we followed him to the graveside in our Porsches to say some fond farewells. The ceremony prior was packed to the hilt and not everyone got a seat to hear a funny few stories … but everyone was happy to stand and listen regardless. It was obvious that someone so warm and placidly natured as Graham was well liked and loved. The numbers that turned up to say goodbye told me and everyone Writing by Neil Fraser, Scottish Region RO

else a story. It was then off to the graveside, close to where Graham played and loved his game of golf. Graham had wanted all of us in the Porkers following him to his final resting place. It was a fitting tribute for Graham’s son Christopher to be at the head of that convoy in his 911 – that unmistakable white 1984 3.2 Carrera which he loved and restored over the years. It was strange for Graham to not be behind the wheel. The wake afterwards was a happy affair, a celebration of Graham’s life and all his achievements. I take my hat off to Graham’s parents and to Christopher, who were upbeat about Graham’s passing. It is something I struggled with on the day from time to time and I’m not too shy to say that I shed a tear or two along the course of the day, as I am sure we all did. Graham loved his cars, golf and holidays and was very proud of his family, in particular his son Christopher. Graham and Esther always joined us on the trip down south to the TIPEC annual show and always shared a laugh and chat with everyone. Graham will be sadly missed by me and all that knew him up here within the Scottish region. Graham, wherever your journey has taken you, enjoy your time and sleep well until we all come together again in the future.

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Gruppe North Scotland RO Neil Fraser 07946 616 782 (mobile) neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk ARO West Alan Neilson 07793 234 096 (mobile) alz1933@alanneilson.fsnet.co.uk ARO East James McLauchlan jjlin@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 8pm for an 8:30pm start in the 007 bar, upstairs at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk Well the first half and more of the 2013 season has come and gone and I am not sure if it has gone more quickly this season that other seasons gone by or is it just old age creeping in, god only knows. Well so far this season we have had good fortunes in the weather to where we have been and I hope that is going to continue for the remainder of the season. The first show was back in May and was at the Museum of Rural Life and a good turnout as always for this show with 18 cars on the day and a free visit to the museum followed by a free lunch voucher for each exhibitor. Then came the Spring Run weekend in the North East of England which was once again superbly put together by James Mclauchlan our newly appointed ARO for 2013. Then into June and it was the Thirlstaine classic and vintage show and it was a very sunny hot day, I got a little sun burned into the making and three new club members joined at this show.

The region’s June monthly meet saw Angelwax detailing company pay us a visit with a full demonstration on keeping the Porkers all looking in pristine tip top condition. (Please see separate article within this edition.) A real big turnout for this meet, 42 bodies and 26 Porkers scattered everywhere, it was an open night to all car cleaning buffs and went down very well. Like others, I learned a few new tricks to keep the cars looking tip top. The next show was the Moffat Classic Car Show and always a good show full of good content and we had a wee drizzle on the rain side this year at Moffat but that did not dampen spirits it has to be said. As always we had the tea/coffee and bacon butties to hand to keep us going and I have to say the new club gazebos are a godsend for size and being able to transport with minimal space required. Up and coming is Glamis Castle and please pay particular attention to Scotland’s largest gathering of Porsche’s for 2013 on the 1st of September. We need you there without fail for this one off event, a must for all the family and every Porker enthusiast. I did mention at several meetings the annual show. It has been a real labour of love for the committee to put together this years 20th Anniversary, full of content from the cream tea run to the live entertainment on the Saturday evening, not forgetting the show as per normal on the Sunday. So please get it all booked up ASAP to what looks like a fabby weekend and of course the Scottish region will attend yet again in strong numbers for this years anniversary celebrations. I would just like to take time to say a big thank you to the two AROs this season. James and Alan are real solid wingmen and the region does not fire on all six cylinders without them. Also a huge thank you to you the region’s members – where would we be

Matt Yates getting to work on the Hazel’s car at our June meet and detailing demo evening

without you guys and dolls? For 2013 a few new and enthusiastic members have popped up within the region and that’s all great as far as we are concerned, the more the merrier I always say. Also to Brian (The Cake) Wood who is always helping out with the region’s activities and will be playing a major role in putting together the Calderglen event on the 1st of September with myself helping to put it all in place. It was with great sadness that in May we lost Graham Morrison, a long serving member of the Scottish region, to Cancer and I have enclosed a wee tribute to Graham. He will be sadly missed by everyone and was a personal friend to me and many others up and down the country within the club. Graham – gone but not forgotten mate. If any member requires more information on any aspect of the Scottish Region’s activities this season then please do not hesitate to contact Alan, James, or myself. We are only too happy to answer and help with any questions you may have. August 11th (Sunday) Cruachen Hollow Mountain Visit September 1st (Sunday) Scotland largest gathering of Porsche for 2013. September 6–8th (Friday–Sunday) TIPEC National 20th Anniversary weekend September 22nd (Sunday) Wheels and Wings Show. November Date TBC Karting evening December Date TBC Christmas Bash

A damp visit Moffat but a great day out and again plenty of Scottish Porkers on display

The 928s in the Lakes run, organised by the 928UK forum

Barry Stehouse’s Mini Cooper S rally replica at Aintree

Cheshire & Staffs RO Steve Taylor 07774 912 069 (mobile) steve.taylor@maquet.co.uk ARO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 (mobile) watson_david@btinternet.com Comms Dave Mercer davidmercer1972@o2.co.uk Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX. First news is that having tried out the Three Greyhounds Pub in Allostock for a couple of months, the collective opinions of those attending was that it was nice for a run out as a change, but that our usual venue of the Whipping Stocks in Over Peover should remain as the meeting venue for our region. The Whipping Stocks therefore will continue as the club night venue for the foreseeable future and importantly please note that we are back to the THIRD TUESDAY of the month again until further notice. It is also the location for our region’s annual Pride of Ownership concours competition in July. Please arrive early (7–7:30pm to take advantage of the evening light). In May a few of us attended the Aintree trackday organised by Liverpool Motor Club with the only car out on track from our crew being Barry Stenhouse’s Cooper S rally replica. It was a great day. The weather was kind and this brought out a whole range of delectable machinery from classic Formula Juniors and Lotus single seaters, to a McLaren Can-am car, to a wide range of road-going sports, saloon and track cars. Perhaps we might manage to get a few Porsches out at the next event on 5th October? At the beginning of June we had the first main show of the summer at Tatton Park, which attracted a

Tatton Park, the first big show of the season for Chershire & Staffs region members

respectable turnout from our region supported by members from the North West. On the Saturday we had a 924, a 944, 2 x 928s, and 8 x 911s through the ages (including a lovely low mileage 964 cab and a pristine 997 GT3). For our collective efforts we won a ‘Highly Commended’ Club Stand Trophy which was a pleasant surprise and appropriate recognition for those who supported the event.

Most of our members have post 1980 cars so we are looking into Club Stand availability in alignment with the North West. Car and driver are free (for car clubs) with passengers costing £18 if they pre purchase tickets over the web.

The following weekend I took part in the ‘928s in the Lakes’ run organised through the 928UK forum and supported by a couple of TIPEC members and a contingent from PCGB. We had nine cars in convoy visiting the new Lakes Motor Museum, stopping for lunch at Holker Hall. It was nice to see a good turnout of cars being used as intended.

September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) Club Anniversary BBQ (7th) and National Event (8th) at Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon.

The last weekend of June also hosted the Weaver Wander Classic Car run through Cheshire and North Wales. Several members were planning to participate, including Gary Ince in his recently completed blood orange ’73 911 RSR replica. We hope to have some photos to share from this event soon. As a point of admin, can we request that if you are not receiving the region’s emails updating members on events, please let Steve Taylor, Barry Stenhouse or myself (Dave Watson) know so that we can add you to the list. Forthcoming fixtures include the following: August 17–18th (Saturday–Sunday) Sports and Performance Car Show, Tatton Park August 20th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks from 8pm. Feel free to attend earlier if you wish to eat. Guest speaker to be confirmed. August 25th (Sunday) Oulton Park Gold Cup Following some confusion last year, this year there will be a pre 1980 and post 1980 display area, dependant on the year of manufacture for your car.

September 1st (Sunday) Cholmondeley Castle 1000 Classics Event

September 17th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks from 8pm Feel free to attend earlier if you wish to eat. Guest speaker to be confirmed. October 5th (Saturday) Aintree Track Day (Liverpool Motor Club) See Barry Stenhouse or Dave Watson for details.

Yorkshire RO & ARO wanted Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:30pm at The Arabian Horse, Main Street, Aberford, LS25 3AA (Tel 0113 281 3312). Just off the A1/A64. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings and to attend/organise local events.

North East RO wanted! ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 ac.blythe@mbro.ac.uk 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.

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NW Region Porsches at The Boatyard

North West RO Andrew Lane 01772 740 625 07949 167 698 (mobile) andrewclane@btopenworld.com ARO Simon Kendal 07540 525 841 (mobile) s.kendal@sky.com ARO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 (mobile) rksholl@sky.com Meetings are held first Monday of every month from 8pm at The Boatyard Inn, Bolton Road, Riley Green, Houghton, Preston PR5 0SP (01254 209841). When this falls on a Bank Holiday, we meet on the second Monday instead. It’s been another busy couple of months out there in Porsche land for the North West region. We’ve managed a few more Chippy Teas, the new meeting venue really seems to be popular (you will see from the pictures) we joined up with Cheshire & Staffs for Tatton Park and PCGB for Porkers in the Trough. It was also yours truly’s 40th and was a pleasure to share some lovely Porsche crested cake with you all. Thanks for coming along and no I didn’t eat all the cake! Before we get underway with club business I would like to welcome Kevin Hughes and his very desirable 997 GT3 RS, Alan Aspden, who came along to the June meeting in his lovely 3.2 Targa and to David Scott who joined in early July. I hope we get to meet you soon David. First let me take you back to late May. Banny’s was the Chip Shop of choice for the run out. We had sunshine, 12 people, a 987, a 997, a 993, a 944, a 996, and a (whisper it) BMW M6, fish and chips and fizzy drinks, a little drive out through the countryside and then a cuppa in Blackburn. Always a favourite on the events calendar and I’m sure we will return.

Tatton Park in the sunshine

The turn of the month saw us hooking up with Cheshire & Staffs for Tatton Park. All who went said it was another great show but surprisingly, we were the only Porsche Club there. I’m sure there will be a run- down of the day from the Cheshire region so I will leave the credit to them. I would just like to say to the Cheshire guys, thank you for letting us join you and also to Pete Russell and his wife for heading down from East Yorkshire in their 997 GT3. The June meeting was looking to be quite nice weather wise, so I thought it would be good to get full display of everyone’s Porsches in the car park for a picture. The email circulation (as well as the weather!) seemed to work as we had our busiest club night yet with 21 Porsche cars and 34 people. The sunshine encouraged a 986, four 997s, one 991, two 987s, two 3.2 911s, one 944, one 964, two 993s, one 987C, three 996s, one 928, one 930 and one 912 to join us on our (just about exclusive) ‘upper level’ parking area. Before we got club business underway inside, a group picture was taken of which I’m sure you will see somewhere in this report. We are starting to get a really good mix of cars, and I’m sure the new venue is helping in that, both in terms of a nice car park and a good room inside for us all to convene. Again, as we always say, if you haven’t been down yet, I really think you may be missing out on part of your membership, so have a think. We’d love to see you. A couple of weeks later saw us back out on the road to Southport for our evening fix of fried fayre. Now I know what you must all be thinking, that all we ever do is eat. Well you’re right! Richard was away on holiday and left the update duties for the TIPEC pages to our Junior Reporter Tony. Here is Tony’s 15 minutes of fame as he enlightens us on another world famous ‘Chippy Tea’. He writes: A miserable wet evening did not put off eight cars and 14 people on this year’s return visit to Fylde Fish Bar, Southport. In the car park a 993, a 996, a 997, a 991, a 986, a 987, a 987c and a 944. Excellent hospitality was provided. No spillages. The junior reporter incurred the wrath of his wife, when

he pilfered Simon’s onion rings thinking they were a ‘communal plate’. As a peace offering, Simon was compensated with extra bread and butter slices. Then a drive through the puddles to the Golden Ball Public House, Longton to moisten the taste buds before saying our farewells. Just another bog standard night for the North Westerners. Eeeh, it’s grim oop North! As usual, thanks to all attendees. Another love-in with like-minded Porsche nuts had a small but perfectly formed group teaming up with PCGB for their annual ‘Porkers in The Trough’. As the name suggests, it’s a bunch of Porsches driving through the Trough of Bowland. PCGB North West R.O. (and fellow TIPEC member it has to be said) David Baker extended a warm welcome to us. Mac & Sue McCloud, David’s right hand men organised the route as well as various catering options along the way. They provided all involved with a great run out as well as raising money for the Rosemere Trust. Something we in the North West are familiar with as it was Rosemere who provided care for our very own Brenda Marginson a few years back. Many thanks to PCGB for having us. I’ll round off by saying yet again, we had another excellent turn-out for the July meeting. We had the pleasure of a visit from Porsche Centre Bolton with a brand new 981 Cayman for us all to drool over (well maybe me more than most – I’m seeing the Doctor next week) Adam from the parts dept also brought some goodies for us to pilfer. Also by the time you read this, we will have had our Treasure Hunt (with prizes!), of which a report and pictures will follow in the next edition of All Torque. As a reminder of what’s ahead, by the time this mag reaches your doorstep we will be getting ready for the German Classic Car Show at Haigh Hall in the middle of August, so if you want to come and you name isn’t down let me know asap. We won best stand last year and with this year being the 911’s 50th birthday we are having an evolution line up as well as all the other models. The week

stronger. As far as the North West is concerned, I think the club nights are really gaining some momentum so come down and be part of it.

TIPEC NW Region’s June meet

after we are having our annual concours and BBQ at John Pye’s house. There may also be places left for the Christmas do, but hurry as it’s selling quick! Details can be found on our regional pages. There is also a Classic Car Show at Event City on the weekend of Saturday 21st – Sunday 22nd of September. However this is a weekend long event so your car will be there for the duration. Contact me for more details.

That just leaves us with our ‘Beadles About’ Section – The Car of The Month. This time the Honours go to Colin Hammerton and his lovely square dash 944 Lux Auto. Colin joined us last year and has made a real impression with us all here. When I first joined most had 944s and it’s with no disrespect that we all love to see Colin’s. Everyone always comments on how lovely it looks and that it’s still got presence. We all still go a bit gooey over it. It’s also, as I’ve mentioned before in these pages, still a quick car in the right hands. You’ll also see in another part of this mag the start of a report about a 924 Colin is working on with fellow member Tony Levy. Colin has really embraced what we are about and we are chuffed to have him as a member.

August 11th (Sunday) Haigh Hall German Classics Car Show. August 18th (Sunday) TIPEC NW Annual Concours event. September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) TIPEC 20th Anniversay Celebrations Early–mid September TIPEC NW European tour / Nurburgring trip. September 21st–22nd (Saturday–Sunday) Classic Car Show at Event City Manchester October 7th (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard Possibly Scalextric. November 4th (Monday) Main annual quiz with prizes and possibly not Fireworks, Sparklers and Bonfire due to health & safety!

Also close on the horizon is our 20th Anniversary weekend at Gaydon on the weekend of Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of September. Details of the various events will again be in this magazine so please support the club as best you can. We already have a group heading down so why not join us? That leaves me with just a couple of things to say. First, I think I speak on behalf of all the NW members in saying a big congratulations on reaching the 100th edition of All Torque. I think the club is in really good shape but I’m sure collectively we can make it even

Here’s a breakdown of what’s coming up:

December 2nd (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard We may have a photos evening with projector. Bring your discs along.

Colin Hammerton’s early 944 Automatic

December 21st (Saturday) Christmas Party at Inn on The Prom St Annes.

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Gruppe Central South Yorkshire & North Notts. RO Dave Warren 07952 065 543 (mobile) dave.warren1401gmail.com ARO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.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

champagne region of Reims which included some great fast driving roads and called off at one of the numerous Champagne houses for a sample of some early morning bubbles. We were then recommended a visit to a local food and wine festival. The non drivers on the holiday loved this event as it was €5.00 for a glass and you could sample as many wines as you wanted. The drivers had to stick to tasting many of the local aged meats and cheeses! Sunday was the drive back up north up to the Laon Historique, unfortunately the rain was relentless all day and we spent a lot of time viewing from a local café in the square – but we did get chance to have a walk round the old town under a brolly and later took a ride back down on the monorail. Day three was relaxing around Reims taking in the sights.

May Tour around France and Switzerland The trip started with the an overnight ferry trip from Hull to Zeebrugge. Breakfast on board the boat and off to an early start with the drive down to Reims for three nights. Saturday included a trip to the famous ex-GP circuit of Reims, a must visit if you’re in the area, its amazing that a country road just runs through what was the pits and main stands. We then drove over to the

After Reims we made the drive down to Dijon for an overnight stop and met up with Mike, Sue, Eddie and Bev. The next morning we made the drive down the D996/ D993 (yep most of the roads in this area are all named after Porsches) heading down to our base for the next three nights at Lake Annecy. The weather wasn’t what we had expected this time of year as we was expecting to be swimming, boating etc but a

huge low pressure had descended into the middle of Europe so this left it cool and wet, but we did manage to get everyone out on pedal bikes round the lake – well, just a small section. The day we’d organised for the run into the Alps was fabulous and warm and gave the Boxsters chance to get there roofs down. After the three days we split our own ways and started heading back home. It had been a great holiday with great food, drink, company and friends only marred by some damp weather. It was good to see all cars clocking up a total of 2,000 miles without a problem, a real testament to the marque. Looking forward to the next overseas trip! June saw a Cadwell track event, which proved a wet one, this made it more interesting! Also the same night was the club favourite at Renishaw Hall, expertly organised by Stuart Bradley. We also should have been at Harewood House father’s day classic, which was NOT attended by us due to Harewood not reserving our places – Thanks Harewood! The end of the month saw the now regular NBO (Northern Big One), which is always organised by Mick Charlesworth. Now becoming an annual favourite. We also attended the Porsche show at Chatsworth House which is a firm favourite, this year saw a total of 180 different Porsches turn up. August TBC Meet at OPC Sheffield to be arranged and drive round the sites of the Peak District August 25th (Sunday) Regional Concurs at Ye Olde Bell September 7th (Saturday) TIPEC National Weekend drive around Cotswolds

Heading into the Alps from Lake Annecy

Porsche show at Chatsworth House, with 180 Porsches!

September 8th (Sunday) TIPEC 20th anniversary Porsche Show at Gaydon October 4–6th (Friday–Sunday) WOTY to the Northumberland Coast. Rest of the Year! Check out our website for details: www.synd.org.uk Pop along to one of our funny, friendly meetings and see what we are about – we have our monthly quiz in which we try to win each other’s junk as prizes too! All welcome. All the best to all TIPEC & SYNN members. We hope to see you soon.

East Midlands New RO & ARO wanted urgently! Regional Co-ordinator Graham Waller graham.waller@wfhowes.co.uk

Parked up by the restored pit garages on the road through the ‘Old Circuit’ at Reims

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.

Anglia & North Essex RO wanted ARO Colin Clarke colin.r.clarke@live.co.uk 01284 706 247 Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at The Bunbury Arms, Ixworth Road, Great Barton, Suffolk IP31 2NX. www.nextnorth.com/bunbury/findus.htm

Anglia & North Essex region on their coast run from Swaffham to Cromer

Some five years ago the then Anglia Region had less then twenty members, we now have well over thirty. The club is currently running with the help of our ARO, our Treasurer Yvonne King, our informative and light-hearted Newsletter man John Briggs, and with Therese Hutchings and Jon Butcher keeping an eye on the club website. John’s newsletter has been issued monthly since April this year and has gone down really well with our members. Therese and John’s work on the website has prompted a few phone calls from prospective new members.

Bristol

Our latest club meeting was held as usual at The Bunbury Arms PH just outside of Bury St. Edmunds on 25th June … the weather was good for the first time this year which meant an excellent turnout, and the chance to take our drinks outside to admire some of our members’ vehicles.

RO Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 (mobile) sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 (mobile) mjs019@gmail.com

John Butcher’s bright green 912 looked like it had just come out of the showroom (as usual!) Peter Ashford’s 911 looked particularly well prepared for its next intended show. Ian and Mandy’s black 911 Turbo had changed to luminous green over the winter months! Steve and Lorna Burgess left their 911 Turbo and motorcycles at home, arriving in Lorna’s pet convertible Citroen 2CV.

Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:45pm at The Fox, Easter Compton, BS35 5RA, one mile West of M5 J17 (Cribbs Causeway).

During recent weeks members had been attending events local to them, and also further afield. John Briggs and Ian Jones told us about their cold and wet adventure to Spa, and Peter Scott (997) told us about his and his son’s adventures in racing in the UK CUP F3 events – their next event in their Dallara F305 is at Snetterton on the 7/8th September. Ian and Therese Hutchings kindly organised a club coast run on the 2nd June, with eight cars participating in the trip which started at Swaffham with a large fry-up, and went on to Cromer for a little putting competition. They had a good day out and good weather. Our next club event is the Helmingham Hall Classic and Sports Car Event on Sunday 4th August. We have fifteen cars signed up to attend so far. On the 9–11th August we have our annual weekend away organised by Yvonne , this year at Hellidon Lakes Hotel near Coventry. Just a word to two for our recently retired members, RO Trevor Read and long time member Colin Titchner – thank you for all you have done, and we hope to still see you occasionally!

Bristol Region members at Wing & Wheels

By the time you read this we will have had a couple of monthly meetings with late, light nights spent chatting around the cars in the car park at The Fox. For those of you that have participated in bringing record numbers of cars to the meetings, thank you for your support – I hope you have had some interesting conversations. If you haven’t been to one of our monthly meetings before, or for a long time, you are missing out on a lovely social event with between 20 and 40 people. It’s a good chance to ask technical questions from both our knowledgeable enthusiasts and more recently because we have been joined by several of the team from the Porsche dealership in Bristol, you can get great advice from the experts too! Many thanks to them and our members who helped with a small disaster that befell one of our cars at the June meeting. Sump all fixed! Plus there’s lots of non-Porsche related chit-chat too. In May, 10 of us from this region joined up with other members from around the country to travel to Laon in France for the Laon Historique weekend. This was a fabulous weekend despite some rain and I would highly recommend it to anyone who didn’t go. All the arrangements made through Continental Car Tours were excellent and great value. The weekend included a countryside rally through the Champagne region on Saturday, and the town parades of a huge range of vehicles on Sunday. Added to this was good company, good food and drink (slightly too much by me) and lots of new friends made!

Bristol Region Porsches parked up at Laon Historique

Since the last magazine many events have been attended by some of our members including charity car runs for good local causes, track days, Castle Coombe action days including the 50th Anniversary Porsche 911 parade on June 29th, and a very interesting event at Wellesbourne – Wings & Wheels, where passions for planes and cars were dualfuelled. This is one I definitely want to make it to next time. So what’s coming up? Well, the year is whizzing past so fast but here are some dates. Get in touch on sue.simmons@tipec.net if anything interests you. August 13th (Tuesday) Prescott Revival August 26th (Bank Holiday Monday) Castle Coombe August 31st (Saturday) Drayton Street Fair, Somerset, near Langport August 31st–September 1st (Saturday–Sunday) Prescott Hill Climb September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) 20th Anniversary Cotswold Cream Tea Run & BBQ Party, Heritage Motor Centre Gaydon and TIPEC’s National Day September 20th (Friday) TIPEC Bristol road trip to North Wales September 21st–26th (Saturday–Thursday) TIPEC European Road Trip October 5–6th (Saturday–Sunday) Prescott Autumn Classic November 16th (Saturday) Trip to NEC Classic Car Show (Contact Sue urgently for discounted tickets) December 15th (Sunday) TIPEC Bristol Xmas Lunch, Alveston House Hotel Names and numbers being taken now!

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North London, Herts & South Essex RO Vince Dallimore 07798 630 649 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net ARO Peter Musk 07734 769 953 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net Informal meetings are held twice monthly: First Sunday of every month from 10:30am at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, Herts SG13 7RT and last Monday of the month from 18:00pm at Ace Café London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London NW10 7UD.

Central Region’s visit to the Ace Café, where over 60 Porsches were on display

Following that we enjoyed a sunny ‘Sunday drive out’ to the little known Twinwoods (RAF) Museum, Bedfordshire. Situated in the middle of nowhere, it did prove to be a bit difficult to find for some of us, still that’s all part of the fun!

Central tipeccentral@outlook.com Joint RO Lindsay Brown 07768 442 050 (mobile) Joint RO Steve Jones 07775 581 044 (mobile) Joint RO Stuart Wakeman 07912 620 181 (mobile) Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Bull’s Head, Birmingham Rd, Shenstone, Litchfield WS14 0JR. www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebullsheadshenstone The light night meets at The Bulls Head have certainly brought the Porsches out of hibernation, we even had a genuine ’73 RS turn up to the June meet which turned grown men into dribbling wrecks. We have also had two Transtar events, Fathers day at Trentham for which we owe Paul Bird a big thanks for hosting, and the rescheduled event at Weston Park which was poorly attended due to the heavy rain (what do we expect for June, sunshine?) Inbetween these two we had a trip down to The Ace Café which was well attended by Central Region, and in total over 60 Porsches of all flavours turned up on the night. Over the weekend of 6th and 7th of July we have our joint event with PCGB at Lichfield Cars in the Park, as usual the Sunday is fully booked, lets hope the weather is kind to us. For July only our club night has been moved to the third Monday of the month and we are having a Pride of Ownership night at The Bulls Head, with members voting for their favourite car on the night. There will also be a buffet available. At the end of July we will be attending The Silverstone Classic, it is on from the Friday through to the Sunday and Central Region will be in attendance on Sunday 28th.

Since our last report, we organised some club events in addition to our regular touch points. We attended the Herts Auto Show at Stanborough Lakes just South of Welwyn Garden City. It was fine weather and proved interesting, it was only its second year and needs more clubs to participate.

More Porsches at the Ace Café

The Prescott Revival in association with our friends The Marcos Club is held on the weekend 10th and 11th August, we are invited to attend on the Sunday, if you wish you can pay and take runs up the hill. This always seems popular with the Porsche fraternity. The following Monday, August 12th, is club night at The bulls Head. No agenda, hopefully the weather will allow some tyre kicking. August 26th brings us around to the Pershore Plum Festival which is a very relaxed day and a celebration for the plum crop with a farmers market and numerous products made from and including plums. We have the weekend of the TIPEC annual event at Gaydon on the 7th and 8th September. Paul Bird is also arranging the WotY around this weekend, so keep an eye on the forum for more info on that.

The annual visit to the vast Bromley Pageant of Motoring came next. We joined forces with the South East London & North Kent region, which made it a great day out, especially as they provided an excellent barbecue with endless teas and coffees. Our visit to the Goat on Sunday 7th July was well attended with double figure Porsches (not all members), just part of the huge turnout of classics and customs. A Porsche highlight was the attendance of a 1955 356 Carrera Coupe, owned by 356 register secretary, Fred Hampton. Fred’s car is a superb example of a very rare model, 1 of only 10 RHD built for UK sale. Graham Guinn also brought along his lovely 924 Carrera GT. Our next excursion is the Merlins and Motors show at IWM Duxford. This was a good day out last year and we hope as many of our region members can join us, but we would be pleased to see members from other regions and will be making contact with other ROs. Apart from the events listed below, we plan another ‘Sunday drive out' soon. Why not join us at one of our twice monthly informal meetings to discuss a suitable destination or route?

September 9th is club night at The Bulls Head, again no agenda. On September 15th we have a new addition to the list. It’s a show we have attended before in Atherstone. Again a very relaxed event in aid of charity, this is usually well attended filling the Market Square with all manner of classic cars. Hopefully we will see you at some of these events, if not all of them.

Graham Guinn’s 924 Carrera GT

August 4th (Sunday) Club night at The Goat August 25th (Sunday) Little Gransden Air and Car Show, public entry only August 26th (Monday) Club night at the ACE Cafe September 1st (Sunday) Club night at The Goat September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) TIPEC 20th Anniversary weekend September 30th (Monday) Club night at The ACE Cafe October 6th (Sunday) Club night at The Goat October 28th (Monday) Club night at The ACE Cafe November 3rd (Sunday) Club night at The Goat November 25th (Monday) Club night at The ACE Cafe November 30th (Sunday) provisional only 928 meeting at the Merry Miller, Cothill, Oxon

Old Jaguars at the Stony Stratford Summer Car Show

South Central RO Pete Garrett 07804 030 695 (mobile) garrett-peter@sky.com Meetings are held from 9:45 am on the first Sunday of every month and from 19:30 on the fourth Monday of the month at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants NN13 5SH

Lovely Mercedes-Benz spotted at Stony Stratford

Going back to Sunday 2nd June our normal Sunday morning meet turned into a trip to Stony Stratford where their summer car show was taking place. On display was a wide range of vehicles from motorbikes to a pink Cadillac, from the steam age to 2013. Graham Guinn’s 924 Carrera GT

Since then we have had our normal meetings and with the weather getting better by the week the Sunday morning cars are growing with TVRs, Lotuses, Westfields and a good range of old over-powered family cars. July we have Silverstone Classic at our local race circuit and the Kimbolton Country Fayre and car show, this is always a cracking show and we will have a full report with photos in the next issue.

Fred Hampton’s 1955 356 Carrera Coupe

Looking ahead to the great weather in September we have the TIPEC National show on the 7th & 8th and on the 21st & 22nd we are off to Kop Hill (Saturday or Sunday to be confirmed). Full details please go to their website at www.kophillclimb.org.uk “On the third weekend in September the Chiltern Hills will reverberate again to the sound of Bikes and Cars thundering up the Kop Hill Climb. This ‘must attend’ event is now a fixture on the historic motorsport calendar. 400 Bikes and Cars will storm the hill and there will be a further 200 on display in the paddock.

Fred’s Carrera Coupe again

There is nowhere else where you can see such a range of early sporting and special vehicles in motion. Its popularity with owners of special bikes

Another Stony Stratford classic

and cars is only rivalled by the tens of thousands of spectators drawn to this annual charity driven event.” September the 28th & 29th we are looking at Piston & Props at Sywell Airfield Nr Northampton, this is a new show with classic cars and planes ‘in the air’. More details to follow. “Pistons & Props is a brand new two-day motoring festival celebrating classic vehicles - both on the ground and in the air. Held at Northamptonshire’s Sywell Aerodrome on the 28th and 29th Sept 2013, Sywell Classic will combine classic cars, motorbikes and planes with all aspects of vintage lifestyle and entertainment. Enjoy high octane live action, amazing aerial displays breathtaking classic vehicle displays, great family entertainment vintage and classic traders.”

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Gruppe South 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 of you 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 and make some new friends. 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 if your name is drawn out.

A group of 14 SE Region members and their partners enjoyed this year’s Weekend of the Year, visiting East Kent in late May, where we booked the White Cliff hotel in the picturesque village of St Margaret’s at Cliffe near St Margaret’s bay, four miles east of Dover.

July 11–14th (Thursday–Sunday) Goodwood Festival of Speed

This was an ideal location for touring East Kent and visiting the many places of interest and attractions, such as Canterbury Cathedral, The Canterbury Tales and medieval city, Dover Castle and it’s amazing great tower and secret wartime tunnels museum, The National Trust’s South Foreland Lighthouse and White Cliffs visitor centre, Deal, Ramsgate and The Turner Contemporary Gallery at Margate.

July 26–28th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic

By the time you read this issue the SE Region will have been to The Goodwood Festival of speed for which many of us took advantage of the free tickets offered by their sponsors The Telegraph for the Thursday ‘Moving Motor Show day’ when we can wander around without the huge crowds that come over the weekend. Full report in the next issue.

July 10th (Wednesday) Club Night at The Bolney Stage Inn

August 4th (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club Meeting Thoroughbred Sunday August 14th (Wednesday) Club Night at The Bolney Stage Inn August 17th (Saturday) Capel Classic car Show August 18th (Sunday) Cranleigh Classic Car Show and autojumble August 26th (Monday) Bexhill 100 Classic & Custom car show

After a probable record ownership (see his report inside this issue) John Wallin has sold his 924 “ARY” to fellow SE Region member James Garrard who now has three Porsches. We welcome Tim Jordon (944) to the SE who recently moved from Kircaldy in Scotland down to sunny Goring by the sea.

We are delighted that Porsche Centre Mid Sussex will open their workshop for us again on the 28th of September for a TIPEC technical workshop, to get our cars up on the ramps to check and hopefully admire the underside of the cars and work with the Porsche technicians to identify any issues or potential problems.

Terry Rockall and yours truly (Derek Flanagan) joined the invasion of France in June making our first trip to Le Mans, see report inside this issue.

June 2nd (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting Supercar Sunday

September 11th (Wednesday) Club Night at the Bolney Stage Inn

Events James Garrard spendt his 40th birthday at Dunsfold Park’s supercar event on 15th & 16th June and managed to get a ride in a Lambo. Amongst the many Porsches there, he snapped the rare Ruf CTR-3.

June 9th (Sunday) Bromley Pageant of Motoring

September 13–15th (Friday–Sunday) Goodwood Revival

June 12th (Wednesday) Club night at The Bolney Stage Inn

September 28th (Saturday) Technical Workshop at Porsche Centre Mid Sussex

September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) TIPEC’s 20th Anniversary weekend and National Day at Heritage Motor Centre Gaydon September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) Beaulieu International Autojumble

The infamous Mulsanne Bend at Le Mans

South East Region members’ cars on the 2013 Weekend of the Year

The stunning Ruf CTR-3 Clubsport

Southern RO Andy Fenwick 07767 201 220 andy.fenwick@tipec.net ARO Jim Tarrant 0120 260 1886 jim.tarrant@hotblack944.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Angel, 188 Ringwood Rd, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AP With regret I have to inform you that Steve Wagg has decided to step down from the Southern Region committee for personal reasons. Steve still intends to be an active member of the region (he’s not getting out of BBQing that easily) and I would like to thank him for the tremendous effort he has put in over the past year – thanks Steve! I’ve pinched a few last words from Steve from the TIPEC web forum:

Wolfie getting a coat of primer

Thames Valley Joint RO Jason Gibson 07958 459 725 (mobile) tipec@blueyonder.co.uk Joint RO Paul Mabley flyingpig71@hotmail.com Joint RO Nick Ramsay tipec1@witzendcs.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. For our July meet we were sadly two cars short of a line up. Paul Mabley’s new Panamera was involved in a wee accident and is undergoing major repairs. While Gina’s pride and joy ‘Wolfie’ is currently at Riviera Autobody undergoing a full body restoration.

Just returned from Riviera: Nick Ramsay’s lovely GT2

wondered, yes they do move the busty ladies into shot all the time.

Riviera have also just returned Nick Ramsay’s lovely GT2.

Then on Thursday night I blagged an invite to Classic and Sportscar’s Summer Party with my journalist friend Ross Alkureshi. Some lovely motors of all shapes and sizes filled their car park, from tiny wee Suzuki SC100 GX and Honda S800 to a 1959 Cadilac Eldorado Convertible. Sadly the weather was poor but the free food and drink made up for it

The last month has seen a couple of outings for some of our members, firstly a few of us headed south to Beaulieu for their Simply Porsche event. The weather was sadly overcast and a bit chilly, well it was for us soft southerners, Sean sat there in his polo shirt all day while the rest of us had jumpers and coats on.

Upcoming events I hope we will have had good weather at the Silverstone Classic at the end of July. Dates are still to be set for our proposed drive out and tour of the Morgan factory, possibly early September (the tour is available weekdays only).

A good turnout for a first event and I’m sure this one will grow in size next year. Entry was just £10 if you came in a Porsche and this included entry to the museum and grounds.

The weekend to Snowdonia will now be next spring due to the lack of available dates in September.

Last Friday, before writing this, saw 10 of us head up to Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire to see Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. A fab evening was had by all. Thank you very much to AC for sorting out the tickets. On a personal note, I spent last Wednesday at Dunsfold to watch the filming of the first episode of the new series of Top Gear. For those that have

“We had an interesting and eventful club night on Tuesday, where we saw returning members who we had not seen since last October, because they had been on a world cruise! We had five 928 drivers and four cars at an ordinary club night! We welcomed new member Jake with his smashing 997, half a dozen guests, who we hope will join the club, and we all reconvened on Friday for a quiet night’s model car racing at Millstream Raceway in Ringwood! This venue is the home of the British Slot Car Club, and is the UK and Europe’s largest slot car racing centre. We had a fab time, and it was fun to see the competitive instincts emerging from the most unlikely folk. Well done to Alan B who was our overall winner for the evening. “I think we will be running other events at this brilliant venue, probably in the winter months, it is a very flexible format with two huge eight lane circuits, able to accommodate many competitors simultaneously.”

Porsches on Poole Quay

It seems ages away as I write this but as this issue comes out in August, we have to start thinking about Christmas. For the last couple of years we have just have a Christmas meal at the pub on our December meeting day. I’d like to go back to having a proper night out at a Christmas party night in one of the local hotels. These were always a good night in the past and we hope to bring back the fun this year, so start practising your Dad Dancing now!

Slot cars at Millstream Raceway in Ringwood

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May also saw us attend the ever popular Poole Quay for their Porsche night – almost 120 attendees this time. We met up as usual beforehand and convoyed in, then spent a very pleasant evening eating, drinking and admiring all of the cars. August 4th (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club Meeting August 4th (Sunday) Wilton Classic and Supercar Day Wilton House, Salisbury, SP2 8PX August 6th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Angel, Longham August 11th (Sunday) Southern Region BBQ in The New Forest August 26th (Sunday) Beaulieu Supercar Sunday September 3rd (Tuesday) Club Night, The Angel, Longham September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) Beaulieu International Autojumble September 7th (Saturday) TIPEC 20th anniversary Cream Tea Run, 70 mile Cotswold Drive, BBQ/Disco/Live Band September 8th (Sunday) The Porsche Show, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon September 13–15th (Friday–Sunday) Goodwood Revival (advance tickets only) September 21st–27th (Saturday–Friday) Porsche, Passes and Palaces European Road Trip inc. Porsche Museum and Stelvio Pass Please visit our website at www.tipec.net/region_southern.php as we are continuously updating our events page. Members will also receive email notifications of upcoming items.

Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter_blackler@sky.com Meetings are held third Thursday of every month from 8:15pm at The Bucks Head, Meonstoke, Hampshire SO32 3NA. www.thebuckshead.co.uk The Bucks Head is just off the A32. Meonstoke lies just North of Fareham, only 15 mins from the M3.

Cornwall & Devon RO & ARO wanted! 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

Jim’s Boxster was first up on the ramps at Porsche Centre Tonbridge

local pub/hotel with support from the members and the committee and to attend/organise local events.

South East London & North Kent RO Jim Hearnden 01634 869 658 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 7:30pm at The Harrow, Maidstone Road, Hadlow TN11 0HP. Tel 01732 850 386 (Google: http://g.co/maps/x7hck) The new location is pretty easy to get to, it is about 15-20 minutes from J4 M20 and has a massive car park as well as being large inside – the landlady has given us our own area. This one is a couple of miles closer to the motorway so even easier to get to. Partners are more than welcome and it is not all car chat. The venue does great, reasonably priced food so if you do not want to cook, you can have a meal before the meeting starts. More and more members are doing that now. We now have 56 people on the SELNK list and a lot of these Paul & I have never met. It would be great to see some of you in the forthcoming few months. I have two or three members that I don’t have email addresses for. If you have an email address and do not see mails from me, then please send me a mail to tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. That also 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.

June club meeting Well after sweating on where we were to have the meeting, I had a phone call from the new owners, Simon & Adam at the Harrow, asking if we wanted to come back. Not sure if it was people being pleased at going back to the Harrow but we had a fantastic turnout! Around 27 people came, tested the kitchen cooking its first meals that day and had a really good meeting. Quite a few new faces and lots of people eating – what more can you wish for? Bromley Pageant The lead up to this was a busy time as we had the visit to Laon the month before. Vince had decided that we would do a joint stand with his North London, Herts & Essex group. We ended up with 15 cars booked to be on the stand. A bit of a shock was that the Bromley organisers had booked us into a completely different location for this time, our location being in the main field not far from the ring. One of the big surprises of the day was Ian at OPC Tonbridge asked Porsche UK if he could bring a car along and with no hesitation they said yes. After a brief discussion as to what would look good on the stand, either a Cayman or a Panamera the decision was taken that we’d go with a Panamera. The weather in the week leading up to this had been a bit variable so we were hoping for a dry day. On the Saturday I took a call from a journalist asking if we would like to bring cars into the ring at 12 to be interviewed and I jumped at the chance. We did the early morning start at eight, meeting at Sainsbury’s Locksbottom. At this time the weather was cold and a bit overcast, there had been a little drizzle on the way there but it didn’t materialise too much. The mix of cars was pretty extensive including Ismail’s lovely Dage flatnose 930, fresh from a full respray and some trim work. We made our way into the show following Ian from OPC as he knew the way. Finding our location in the field was an interesting experience as the layout was far from clear. Eventually we found where we were meant to be and parked up. We had all the 911s lined up together and the rest of the

Malcolm’s new Cayman, having done only 200 miles

SELNK members’ cars in the car park outside

cars behind. We quickly had the gazebo erected and shortly after tea, coffee, bacon and sausage rolls started appearing with our lady members running a very efficient show! At around 11:50 we got into cars to start our run into the ring and Ismail gave me his car keys to take his in. Many thanks Ismail, even if I didn’t know a lot about it when interviewed which was a little embarrassing! We ended up with 12 cars on display in the ring and I have no doubt we gave people a good impression of what TIPEC membership is all about.

The latest Cayman on display at the Porsche Centre

People started drifting off at around 3:30 and at around 4:30 we took the gazebo down and everyone made their way home. The rain had held off all day, although it was windy, and I ended up with a sunburnt head, so it was obviously sunnier than it looked! The show had been a great success and yet again, everyone had more than enough to drink and eat. We had a lot of interest in the cars all day, with the 911 flatnose and the Panamera being probably top for the crowds. The Panamera being especially popular with family men as it has four full size seats. I think once they come down in price then these could prove very popular, as they don’t have the perceived 4x4 stigma of the Cayenne.

OPC Tonbridge Open day This was the first of two opportunities this year to get your Porsche along to a main dealer and up on a ramp to have a look at it with a Porsche Technician. This is totally free although mine wasn’t in the end! On putting my Boxster up on the ramp, the rear undertray and gearbox area was soaked with fluid from the Tiptronic gearbox. So massive was the leak that I left it there for further investigation. On one hand it was an expense I wasn’t expecting but on the other hand the leak was big enough that the box may have caused itself serious damage without me noticing. Ouch! I knew mine also needed rear tyres so I’ll let them change those as well. At the time of writing the total bill is unknown ... No one else had such an expensive day, the weather was fantastic and people were eyeing up various cars on the lot. One of them a lovely C4S, interesting that a lot of their 911 stock was C4s and mostly S models. August 10th (Sunday) Detailing day with Paul & Sean at his place August 18th (Sunday) Dungeness Fish n Chip Run, from Maidstone Services September 7–8th (Saturday–Sunday) TIPEC 20th Anniversary weekend

July club meeting September 22nd (Sunday) Second meeting at our recently reopened venue had Aylesford Priory Classic Car Show a reasonable turnout, including two prospective members, Martin & Kim. They had just bought a October 5th (Saturday) lovely 996 in a very unusual mint green (Ocean Jade Biddenden Vineyards Wine Tour & Tasting Metallic), with bottle green interior. Martin was very keen on becoming a member, apparently emailing October 19th (Saturday) Lee when he got home to ask about joining. He was JON MITCHELL_q 29/08/2012 14:11 Page 1 Porsche Centre open day and car inspection obviously impressed by us then!

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RichardKS: Yep – Ctek. Default choice. Nigel981: My good neighbour Steve has a Black edition 987 and he has led me to believe that I should get a trickle charger for my new Boxster. Can someone please recommend a good, safe one that has a connector plug so I don’t have to remove the battery cover every time I put her away? I guess the cigarette lighter option is one way of connecting, as long the socket is permanently live? sam: Quite a few of us on here use the Ctek XS3600, which I have been using for 10 years (the same one) connected all of the time when my car is in the garage. Porker: I’ve used a Ring RSC4 Smart Charge Battery Charger for the last few winters. As far as I can tell it’s only advertised as a motorcycle spec because of the lower Ah rating of the smaller batteries on a bike, but I’ve never had any issues with it working fine on up to 72Ah car batteries. It comes with a choice of clips or bolt on terminals, so you can easily leave the bolt on end in place and just attach the inline plug to the charger, as needed – makes disconnection for a quick spin very easy. It’s totally fine for keeping it topped up but it does take literally days to do a recharge from Gmund qs 30/6/08 16:49 Page 1 too-flat-to-start-a-car (but it does work eventually).

Porker: For what it’s worth, I’ve been advised to avoid cigarette lighter connections for charging. sam: Why is that? Been working fine for me for more than 10 years. Ctek supply a fag lighter adaptor as a standard method of connection Porker: To be honest, the fully reason wasn’t spelt out. sam: The only reason I can think of is on some cars the fag lighter is only live when the ignition is switched on, this is certainly something which has been mentioned by some 993 and 996 owners. It works for me though. broady_6: We have 10 race cars at work, which are all kept on Ctek chargers 24/7 and have been for eight or more years. Only ever had one fault and they replaced it no problem. Nick: Works fine for me, but I probably would not try to charge a flat battery that way. Can’t be too bad if Porsche sell their own version of a cigar lighter trickle charger. Sam: Yes, I agree Nick, would probably take three weeks to charge a battery from flat.

The only problem I have imagined is the fact that when you have your batteries on these ‘smart’ chargers, you are never quite sure what will happen when you go off somewhere and park up for days and your battery has died – it could be only the charger holding it together. I changed a ten year old Exide battery on the 993 because it was so old, figuring it must be knackered by now! blinking thing is still running fine in my wife’s Defender two years later! Nigel981: Wow, I am impressed with the amazing response here. Thank you so much for all your advice. I will buy the Ctek unit and bolt the terminals permanently into place. The 981 has one large cover over everything under the bonnet and I don’t want to have to remove it every time I put the car away, it looks a little flimsy. I can cable tie the plug to something around the scuttle area and, hey presto, I have a trickle charger socket permanently in place. Thanks again everyone. Ctek XS3600 ordered from Amazon. They are cheaper on eBay, but I know with Amazon, it’ll be here fast. Sean Smallman: The 993 is a Cab and they tend to have larger batteries. Nick: Very tempting to say that Taxis need big batteries …

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