TIPEC All Torque 104

L AL E U Q R TO /MAY 2014 IL R P A 4 0 ISSUE 1

A tale of two GTs Open morning at Parr, specialists in Porsche

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Chairman’s Chat At last the rain has finally stopped and the weather has improved. It has been great to see Classic and sports cars out in mass on the roads, taking advantage of the dry sunny weekend weather.

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Front cover image: Nick Ramsay’s GT3 at Mugello.

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Submissions for issue 105 (June/July) must be in before Monday 5th May 2014.

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 Forsyth 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

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Coinciding with the drier weekends, I have attended several morning get togethers which have kept me away from doing my chores. Thames Valley members organised a trip down to GeoTech of Reading, who specialise in setting up geometry and wheel alignment. We joined our Pals from 911UK for breakfast at a local Dobbies garden centre (very good value). Parr the Independent Specialists based near Crawley invited us to their Open Morning (more in this issue).

These kind of events are great for getting people together, take little by way of organising and are always well attended.

Our new website is finally live and the content will evolve over the coming months. There are several new features that will make updating the site so much easier and we will now be able to add pictures whilst an event is actually taking place. The events calendar is a great new feature that explodes out when clicked with all the details, location, map etc. The Regional Pages include advert spaces that can be sold to specialists which are relevant to that area. The money generated from selling these can be kept in the region. The joining and renewal process is now simple and straight forward with a conventional payment portal.

The other significant change to the site is the club’s database. This will be managed via the website and each member will be able to update their own details via a unique login. At the AGM one of the many discussion points will be to decide whether we make the membership process paperless. A significant amount of time and money is wasted posting out renewals and reminders, the website will do this electronically without intervention. We will need your current email address to make all of this work, so please get in touch if that needs updating.

Lee will continue to hand-crank renewals for those who are not online.

With regards to the joining and renewal side of things, apologies if you have found the process difficult and or slow. We acknowledge that this has been quite challenging, especially as the old site was not taking card payments. This has put considerably more pressure on Lee’s time, as people have been trying to get hold of him to pay and he is generally only able to return calls at weekends. With the new website up and running, the turnaround will be much quicker and easier going forward.

I am delighted that Asset Trust Group will continue as our insurance sponsor for another year. If you have not phoned them for a quote you could be wasting money—not only on your premium but also on the quality of your cover.

My last comment this month is a call for articles for All Torque. Tony does a great job with the magazine but we need your story to make the pages a worthwhile read. It’s really good when you see your car featured in the magazine and it all adds the provenance of your Porsche. You do not have to be a literary talent, or a great speller, to type a few words about your Porsche or latest adventure.

We are happy to the do the editing and it only takes about 500 words and a couple of photographs to fill a page.

See you at the AGM,

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Club news The year may start with many TIPEC members’ Porsches tucked away safely for winter, but we already have a busy calendar of 2014 events to look forward to, including our own AGM and the Silverstone Classic.

Donington Historic Festival 2014 May 3rd–5th (Saturday–Monday) www.doningtonhistoric.com

With close-fought racing every day, over 400 historic racing cars spanning seven decades, historic rally car and karting action and a ‘living motoring museum’ created by dozens of car clubs displays – plus a host of other attractions – exhilaration and entertainment is guaranteed, whether you buy a ticket for one, two or all three days!

On each day of the Festival gates open at 7:30am and the circuit activity starts at 9:10am, finishing at around 6:30pm.

TIPEC are registered to attend the event with an infield display. Members benefit from a two-for-one ticket offer on advance tickets if you quote our unique club code TIPECDHF14 at time of booking (before Wednesday, April 23rd), and, at the time of booking, you will be asked to request the number of infield passes required, allowing you to join the other TIPEC members’ cars on display in a dedicated infield parking area, to create a fantastic exhibit for all spectators to enjoy.

Children aged 13 and under (accompanied by an adult) get in for free. Each ticket also gives two-for-one entry to the Donington Grand Prix Collection over the weekend and for the following two months. See the TIPEC web forum for updates.

TIPEC club AGM 2014

Silverstone Classic 2014

April 6th (Sunday)

July 25–27th (Friday–Sunday) www.silverstoneclassic.com

The AGM will be held at The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, J12 M40, CV35 0BJ. Meeting Starts at 11:00am.

A two course lunch in the Café will follow the meeting, after lunch you are free to look around the museum. We usually fly through the formalities then have a good chat about the Club and the Community.

Agenda 1. Welcome and apologies 2. Previous minutes 3. Chairmans Report 4. Finance Report 5. Determination of Subs 6. Election of Committee Members 7. Amendments to R&R 8. A.O.B

Club Members can buy discounted tickets on a BOGOF deal.

With your tickets you will receive a pass to park your Porsche on our display on the infield area.

Enter the unique Club Code C14035, The package buys you two event tickets and one infield pass. This saves you up to £95 for a pair of weekend tickets, the discount is greater than the cost of your annual membership renewal!

As well as 4,000 cars on display and a motor racing programme of 24 Races with packed grids, there is live music on Friday and Saturday evening, making it a full on entertaining weekend until it gets dark.

The Silverstone Classic won the worldwide ‘Motorsport Event of the Year’ Award for 2013.

TIPEC and Asset Trust We are pleased to announce continuation of our partnership for 2014/15.

In our first year we put together a market leading product for TIPEC members inclusive of all the usual benefits one would expect from a classic car insurance product including UK/EU breakdown, agreed value, unlimited windscreen cover and legal expenses protection.

Details can be found on the website at www.asset-trust.co.uk

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Members may be interested to note that Asset Trust’s rating is not system driven and we have the ability to individually rate each risk presented to us. If the risk is good, we will not be beaten on price – particularly at the moment on 996, Boxster and 968 models.

Age and risk related assumptions aside, here are some examples: • 1999 Porsche 996 – from £300.00 • 2002 Porsche Boxster – from £335.00 • 1994 Porsche 968 – from £275.00 Aligning with TIPEC activities this year Asset Trust are going to be a more visible presence at the club’s main functions so if you have any queries or questions do come and have a chat.

Look out for a BBQ Asset Trust are hosting later in the year possibly including some track based activity in Gloucestershire – details will follow in a future issue of All Torque.

PS. Those of you on multi-car policies can extract your Porsche and save money. Call Asset Trust on 01285 841 555 to find out how.

Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche models is a new series of races for production-based Porsche cars, racing within the Classic Sports Car Club package. The series is open to both novice and experienced drivers, and indeed the former can benefit from a wealth of advice, given in a friendly environment. In order to keep costs to a minimum, the car specification will be strictly controlled, and only limited modifications will be allowed.

With the exception of safety equipment, the cars will be standard in profile and construction, and their power output remains close to production specification. If you have thought about racing this could be a great way to start, with complete cars available from just a few thousand pounds. Even building a new race car is cost effective with the help of the expertise on offer from the series preparers. Donor road going 986 Boxster S are available for £6,000, which if you combine with the parts needed to transform it to a race ready car will give you an on the track price from just £10,000. Registration for the 2014 season is £150, with CSCC membership at £39 for 12 months. Cars will run in three classes, based on a power-to-weight ratio, all using a control Dunlop (treaded) tyre.

All the UK race weekends will be a double-header format of 1 x 20 minutes qualifying with 2 x 20 minute races, all on one day with entry fees from £295. There is also the prospect of racing at the Spa Summer Classic, where there will be 1 x 30 minute qualifying session and 2 x 40 minute races across a long weekend for just £555. Should competitors want even more race time they may also enter their cars into the CSCC Future Classics or Modern Classics Series who will be racing at the same meetings. The Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche rules are written to allow people to build a Porsche race car on a sensible budget and still be able to be competitive; you can spend a fortune if you want, but it won’t give you an advantage.

Full regulations and the calendar of events are available at www.dunlopproductioncup.co.uk or via email from Chris at chrisclark@dunlopproductioncup.co.uk

TIPEC’s ‘Porsche Show 2013’ raffle winner At the club’s annual event, held at Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, in September, one of the events was a prize draw to win use of a Porsche for a weekend, courtesy of Porsche Centre Mid Sussex. The lucky winner was Martin Jackson, pictured here receiving his prize!

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Fantastic Roads TIPEC’s partners, bringing the pleasure back to driving

We all buy our cars for different reasons. Some may want a car to cherish and restore to better than new condition, others to have the latest and fastest version. But the one thing we all have in common, we all want to enjoy our cars. For some it’s having it displayed and admired at a show, for others it’s the sheer pleasure of driving it. For me it was always about driving and touring.

Inspired by the opening scenes from the original Italian Job film and enthralled as the infamous Mr. Bond drove his car along those wonderful Alpine roads, I began to tour the many wonderful routes through Europe and the Alps back in the early ’80s. As is often the case like-minded friends started to join us knowing that the roads would be fun and at the end of each day a friendly and comfortable hotel would be waiting. Having a full time day job meant that this continued as a very pleasurable hobby for quite some time but at the end of 2010 a decision was made to give up the day job and devote my time to the tour business. In 2011 Fantastic Roads Limited was set up as a tour operator and became my full time focus.

The whole aim of Fantastic Roads is to take away any of the stress of touring and bring back the pleasure to driving. To make sure the whole experience is enjoyable for driver and passenger. How do we achieve that? First of all the roads have to be fun, mountain hairpins, sweeping bends roads you can enjoy driving and views that can take your breath away. Then the detail; each day’s drive should not be a chore. We make sure that the distance is realistic based upon the type of road we travel, that plenty of time is allowed to stop, have coffee, take pictures and arrive at each hotel with time to relax before dinner.

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We limit the number of cars on any trip to 10, any more and people start to worry they will not be able to keep up. We provide radios for each car so the whole group can stay in touch with each other, this way we ensure no one gets left behind. As we lead the group we are constantly in touch with everyone, talking you through the route as we go, letting you know what junctions are coming up, what direction you need to take and what signposts to look out for.

Each tour has a complete route plan providing turn by turn directions along with waypoints and destination information for your satnav. If you are happy to follow and stay with the group you will not need to look at the route plan but if you want to head off on your own the directions are there for you.

For each of the main tours we install video cameras on the cars and provide a DVD to everyone taking part, always a great way to bring those memories back.

We make sure that the whole experience is relaxing and enjoyable for everyone in the group, whether it’s a tour around the English Lakes, Wales, the Alps or along the wonderfully nostalgic Route 66. What they all have in common is that they are fun to drive and they have great hotels with fine food and wine. Each evening is spent relaxing in the company of people who share your enthusiasm for cars and driving.

The hotels we stay in have all been carefully selected. It’s not just a matter of star rating, things like friendliness, parking facilities and of course the food and wine are all part of the equation.

How about a drive along the smooth French Autoroutes and spend a weekend relaxing in a wonderful French fishing village? Or indulge yourself in a stunning Chateau with fabulous food and wine and pamper yourself in the spa while you are there? How about driving through some of the most spectacular tunnels and passes in the Alps or cruising Route 66? There is nothing nicer than enjoying all of that in the company of like minded people. Visit www.FantasticRoads.com, drop an email to info@FantasticRoads.com or give us a call on 07887 508 021. Your membership of TIPEC entitles you to a 10% discount off our website prices.

Ace at The Ace! There is something special about the Ace Cafe. Steeped in motorcycle and auto folklore it continues to be a mecca for petrolheads over 60 years after it first opened its doors to hauliers using the (then new) North Circular Road. The ‘Ace’ runs Porsche themed evening meets and I took a run down with Central Region a couple of years ago whilst I was still RO. When I heard the region was going again in 2013 I decided to go again with a good friend of mine – Derek Cashmore.

How Many Left?

Did you know that there is a database and search engine of statistics about cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles registered in Great Britain and it is available to everyone? Go to www.howmanyleft.co.uk to check the statistics for your Porsche or any other vehicle registered in the UK. The data comes directly from the Department for Transport and is regularly updated .

Derek acquired a rather lovely 928 S4 in 2007 and by early 2013 it was sporting a rather unique registration number that meant a trip to the Ace Cafe presented a real photo opportunity!

I spoke with the Ace Cafe and explained what I had in mind and they gratiously offered to save us a prime parking place in front of the cafe – handy as parking can become difficult as these evenings unwind.

The week of the trip arrived with Derek unwell and unable to travel but he asked me if I would take his car down anyway as he was keen not to cancel our arrangement with the Ace Cafe. I picked the car up and took a run down the M40, meeting up with everyone at Warwick Services before heading down to London. The 928 is a perfect touring car, made to eat up vast swathes of tarmac at speed and I had a very enjoyable run down, arriving at about 6:15pm. The parking attendant recognised the car and directed me to one side as the last cars of the previous meet departed and then guided me into the pre-designated parking place.

We enjoyed a few hours poking around the cars, sampling the Cafe’s fares and chatting with fellow Porsche enthusiasts before heading off for home. Most importantly we got the photos that we wanted and hopefully you agree this was the perfect location for a photo shoot with this car!

Derek’s 928 (or ‘Oprah’ as she is known at home) behaved impeccably and again made me realise how much work I have on my own S2 to get her to this standard. Everything on the car works perfectly, including ice-cold air con and she is a real pleasure to drive – a car that makes you want to drive 500 miles every time you turn the key. A great night out and very much a case of ‘Ace’ at the ‘Ace’!

Thanks to Derek Cashmore for the loan of ‘Oprah’ and to the Ace Cafe for their assistance making this happen (and great food!)

What cars are in the database?

The database covers all vehicles that have a valid tax disc or a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN). It doesn't cover cars that were off the road prior to the introduction of SORN, or cars that have never been registered on the road since manufacture.

What if your car isn’t there?

If you can't find your car, it doesn't mean that the DVLA thinks it doesn't exist! Most vehicles are listed under the make and model recorded on their V5 documents. In some cases though, the make and model name isn't properly recorded and the the vehicle will be counted under one of the following alternative categories: • Another similar model from the same manufacturer. Eg. my old Subaru Legacy GT-B was counted as a Subaru Legacy, because the GT-B is a Japanese model that was never sold in the UK. • The ‘Missing’ model from the same manufacturer. Eg. A Bugatti Veyron is counted as a ‘Bugatti - Missing’, because the Veyron model hasn’t been registered on the DVLA database.

• An ‘Other’ make and model. Eg. A Pagani Zonda is counted as an ‘Other Italian - Missing’, because the Pagani make hasn't been registered on the DVLA database.

How accurate is the data?

As with all large Government databases, there are errors in this dataset. The most common error that crops up is vehicles that don’t have exactly the correct model variant recorded on their V5 registration document. For example, a special edition Peugeot 205 Gentry might only have Peugeot 205 recorded on its V5. This can lead to some model variants appearing to be rarer than they actually are.

The key to understanding whether or not the data is accurate for your particular model is to check the model name on its V5 registration document. If it’s not what you expect it to be, then it’s likely that the DVLA statistics for that model aren’t very accurate! This happens more often with older vehicles, especially for those that would have originally been registered in the 1970s and earlier.

Date of first registration is the date that a vehicle first became known to the DVLA. This is usually the same as the year the car was built.

Imports will be counted under the year they were brought into the UK, and some restored classic vehicles will be counted under the year they were brought back on the road.

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‘Ace at The Ace!’ text & photography by Paul Bird. ‘How Many Left?’ text by Derek Flanagan All Torque 104 page 7

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See our selection of Easter Tours - 18th to 21st April

MONACO HISTORIQUE GRAND PRIX 6/14 May - From £899.00 Per Person

TUSCANY BY MOTORAIL

5/14 Sept - From £1399.00 Per Person  The New Forest - 4 Days, 3 Nights from £299.00 SPA CLASSIC  Champagne, Chocolates & Beer - 4 Days, 3 Nts from £169.00 16/19 May - From £279.00 Per Person  Dutch Bulb Fields - 4 Days, 3 Nights from £349.00 SORRENTO & AMALFI COAST BY MOTORAIL 5/14 Sept - From £1399.00 Per Person  Classic Champagne Tour - 4 Days, 3 Nights from £299.00 D-DAY 70th ANNIVERSARY TOURS  Honfleur & Normandy - 4 Days, 3 Nights from £279.00 June & Sept - From £279.00 Per Person

June, July & Sept - 10 /12 Days from £699.00 Per Person

#3 GUERNSEY & JERSEY 2 ISLAND TOUR

16 May , 23 June & 12 Sept - From £599.00 Per Person

IRELAND’S CAUSEWAY COAST

CHATEAUX OF THE LOIRE VALLEY

May, June, July & Sept - 5 Days, 4 Nights from £399.00 Per Person

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22 May & 6 Sept - From £499.00 Per Person

Germany’s Romantic Road - 11th to 19th May - £899.00

Includes; Return Channel Crossing, 8 Nights Hotel Accommodation, 8 Breakfasts, 7 Dinners Detailed Road Book featuring Maps, Directions, Great Drives & Attractions & Commemorative Rally Plate

MONSCHAU & EIFFEL MOUNTAINS 23-26 May - From £259.00 Per Person

LAKE COMO & STELVIO PASS

4 June & 17 Sept - From £749.00 Per Person

EDINBURGH & SCOTTISH BORDERS

April thru Sept - 4 Days, 3 Nights from £169.00 Per Person

5 June & 28 Aug - From £199.00 Per Person

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Laon Historique - 6th to 9th June - From £189.00

Includes; Return Channel Crossing, 3 Nights Hotel Accommodation B&B, Entry Fee to Laon Historique Detailed Road Book featuring Maps, Directions, Great Drives & Attractions & Commemorative Rally Plate

SCOTTISH ISLANDS & HIGHLANDS LE MANS 24 HEURES

22nd to 25th August - 4 Days, 3 Nights - From £289.00 Per Person

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9-15 June - From £199.00 Per Person

LAKES & MOUNTAINS OF AUSTRIA 4/15 July - From £849.00 Per Person

LE MANS CLASSIC

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BRUGES & BRUSSELS CLASSIC

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Dutch Windmills & Waterways - 13th & 27th June - £279.00

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Member’s cars Our Northern Correspondent spoke to Simon Kendal about his 996 Turbo. Is it really, as many would have us believe, the ‘perfect’ Porsche with it’s balance of massive power, Metzger engine, and daily usability?

The 911 Turbo has long been known as ‘the everyday supercar’ but these days the cognoscenti are specifically branding the 996 Turbo as ‘the thinking man’s everyday supercar’: affordable to buy and run, high performance as stock with huge tuning potential and equipped with a version of the now legendary Metzger engine.

With this in mind I approached 996 Turbo owner and TIPEC North West ARO, Simon Kendal, to get the lowdown on his ownership experience so far. Here’s what he said: “My first Porsche was a 996 Carrera 4 and I’ve owned a 987 Boxster S as well, but I grew up with 911 Turbo posters on my bedroom room wall so that’s gotta be the one to have, hasn’t it?

“I live near Rochdale but this car came from Kent – I went to see it, fell in love with it and asked Dee at La Rose Porsche to sort out a pre purchase inspection. That was at the end of July last year and I’ve been enjoying it ever since.”

I asked Simon to tell me a bit about life with a Turbo: “I’m loving it.

I bought it to use and enjoy – it lives in the garage most of the week but comes out to play whenever there’s an opportunity. I’ve done 3,000 miles so far and I know it’s a cliché, but every mile is a smile, ha ha!

“The trouble with these cars is there’s so much you can do with them.

I’ve had a company called Kudos work their remapping magic on it and Pipewerx in Lathom built me a custom stainless steel exhaust system. They weighed their new system against the stock one they Text by our Northern Correspondent, photography by Simon Kendal

took off – they’ve saved 36kg! I reckon it sounds much better now, loud enough to turn heads but not get me arrested” So, how much power does the car produce, I wondered: “I reckon it puts out about 500hp now. It’s a lot livelier than it was before and it runs at a more or less constant 1.0 bar boost. I’ve just had a full service carried out as well. After discussing things with lots of local specialists I let Russ and Scott at Revolution Porsche in Brighouse take a look at it. They were excellent with their attitude and customer service – they kept me informed of what they were doing and discussed a few wear and tear faults that they found. They also checked the four wheel alignment and got the geometry back into spec. Can’t fault their work.”

For me, a Porsche is all about the driving experience. Does Simon actually use his car? “Yes, of course I use it. I did a track day at Oulton Park last November with friends from TIPEC North West – the same guys that organised the clubs’ Blyton Park day last April were running it, so it was open pit lane all day with a really good atmosphere.

Enjoyed that. I’ve also had extended drives to Snowdonia and the Lake District and of course the North West region is really busy so there’s always chippy tea runs, Yorkshire Dales runs and all that sort of stuff. Never a dull moment really. Oh, and we’re away to Scotland at the end of April so I’m looking forward to that as well.”

And there you have it – a 996 Turbo with an owner who is both enthusiastic about his car and his club. A member of the cognoscenti?

I would say so, yes!

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Member’s cars Richard Marot upgraded from a 996 X50 Turbo to a 997 GT3. Deciding to treat his new car to a full detail package from Deep-Shine Detail, Richard talks us through the process step-by-step.

After finally telling myself to part company with the 996 X50 Turbo I’d owned and cherished for five years, I was then on the hunt for my next dream car, a 997 GT3.

The car was then blanketed in cleansing foam to help soften and remove light surface contaminants prior to attacking hard to reach areas.

I had certain criteria to fill, it must be Clubsport spec and have PCM fitted. I looked at four cars (the others were very poor condition for the money) before in October 2013 finding this 19k mile, two owner example at a local(ish) Ferrari dealership.

Being so close to winter it wasn’t long before she was tucked away to be enjoyed when 2014 hit! Whilst tucked away I’d heard good things about a local detailer (Deep-Shine Detail) and thought before using the car I’d let them loose on her.

Adi, the owner, was duly contacted and due to the poor weather came out of his way to view the car at my house. He made judgement on the packages he offers and left it to my deliberation … a few hours later she was booked in for his ‘Enhancement Package’.

Having just received the service he offers, I can say … WOW!

Using the two bucket method, grit guard and wash mitts, she was washed.

Here’s a brief rundown of what this full process entailed: Wheels cleaned using safe cleaners and a selection of brushes

Now inside, the car was fully clayed and dried out.

Second stage on wheels using Auto Finesse Iron Out to remove airborne chemical compounds and ferrous particles (this is important for the effectiveness of the selected wheel protection applied later).

Once fully dry the GT3 had vulnerable areas masked up, spoiler removed to obtain access and badges taped up and removed.

Here’s a couple of before and after shots, demonstrating the improvement.

Then the various stages of machine polishing were carried out.

Once the polishing stages were complete, a final panel wipe was given, the Swissvax Best of Show was applied, and the finished product is below. Needless to say I’m very happy with the finish, now to fully enjoy my new purchase!

For a full and concise write up on the detail please see www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=332950 For all Deep-Shine Detail’s info, their website is www.deep-shine.co.uk

Text by Richard Marot & Photography from Deep-Shine Detail All Torque 104 page 13

Parr

Specialists in Porsche Club members were invited along for an open morning at the Porsche specialist workshop of Parr, near Crawley.

Parr, the independent Porsche specialist based in Crawley, invited the Club to attend their Open Morning in March. Not much beats a sunny spring morning tyre kicking and talking Porsche with members from several local regions.

Martin and I arrived a little after nine, to find the car parking bays around the building already full of Porsches.

After signing in at reception we walked through a plain white door into the workshop. I must say I was not prepared for how big this operation is. The workshop is vast, the largest I have seen outside of a factory setup.

My nostrils were instantly filled with two of my favourite smells, oil and fresh coffee. Hot drinks were flowing all morning and a mountain of sweet treats to keep us all going until lunch.

Parr was founded in 1984 by father and son, Ray and Paul Robe. They quickly developed a reputation for building capable race cars and they also entered cars for competition internationally including Daytona and Le Mans. They also prepared Porsche Cars’ entry in the British GT Championship taking 1st and 2nd place in the GTO class. Parr have several years’ experience of running various cars for customer teams, including Porsche in Porsche Cup and GT3 followed as well as supporting other teams in many of the Porsche series.

Whilst the business emphasis may have changed to the service and maintenance of road going Porsches. Parr’s reputation for motorsport is evident in all corners of the workshop, with a 906 undergoing restoration and a pair of unmarked Cup Cars awaiting livery in readiness for a new season’s action.

Overall I had a great day out: Parr, Porsches and pastries.

Perfect.

I am speaking with Parr about how we build TIPEC’s relationship with them going forward and they are hoping to join us at Simply Porsche at Beaulieu in June.

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The workshop is vast, the largest I have seen outside of a factory setup.

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My nostrils were instantly filled with two of my favourite smells, oil and fresh coffee.

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Text by Sean Smallman, photography by Sean, James Garrard & Terry Rockall All Torque 104 page 17

A tale of two Porsche GTs

Nick Ramsay talks us through his very special pair of tailored Porsches The start of this journey begins in 2007. Having previously driven a couple of ’80s 911 cars, including a very unruly 930 Turbo, I had decided to play safe and bought a 996 Carrera 4 as my first foray into Porsche ownership the previous year; while it was a very capable and reliable car, it lacked the excitement factor for me.

I had long harboured the desire to begin doing some trackdays and so the idea of a step up to GT3 ownership began to form. The more I researched these amazing cars, the more I was convinced that I needed one in my life. At this stage I hadn’t even sat in one, let alone actually driven one. Over that summer and autumn, I started actively looking at cars for sale and even drove several. This showed up the first of the many things I had read about: the setup of the car is allimportant in how it feels when you drive it. One car I remember felt like it wanted to go through the nearest hedge even in a straight line.

Another felt quite ‘dead’ in the steering department. A third wanted to steer from the rear depending on whether the throttle was open or closed and you had to counter-steer to travel in a straight line, which was a very disconcerting feeling.

I then virtually stopped looking for a while, thinking that winter probably wasn’t the best time to be test-driving cars that seemed to be so wayward. In fact, I was beginning to re-evaluate my decision to get a GT3 at all given how difficult and different they all seemed to be. Luckily, I never actually stopped looking and in early January

I suddenly had the thought to go and look on the Porsche website.

There I was presented with what would become my car, for sale by Tonbridge OPC. It was a mint 20,700 mile 2004 Clubsport in a colour I’d not seen a 996 wearing before – Atlas Grey. It turns out that this is a 997 colour that was offered as an option late on in the GT3 build cycle and I’m informed that there are only eight GT3s in the UK in this colour. To cut a long story short, I went and drove it and fell in love within a handful of miles. None of the odd behaviours I had encountered were present in this example and so a deal was quickly done and I took delivery on February 1st 2008.

Although the GT3 is a perfectly competent road car, it is ridiculously easy to go very fast in it – it will do over 100mph in 3rd with another three gears to come! It would have to be on track that I opened it up if I was to keep my license and liberty. I quickly got bitten by the trackday bug in a big way and it became obvious that I would need to modify the car, not only to get the best reliability from it but also to rectify some of the compromises made by the factory to make it more accessible as a road car. It had originally come on PCCB (ceramic) brakes and while these were fantastic on the road, track driving took a toll on them and as the replacements cost around £4K per corner, I wasn’t keen to wear them out! After the first trackday, just three weeks after I had bought the car, the horrible rumble from the brakes on the way home convinced me that I would have to change my brakes for steel ones. This is when my research on

alternatives lead me to renowned Porsche independent Fearnsport, based at Silverstone circuit. Talking through the options on the phone and on a subsequent visit filled me with confidence. Not only did they have more GT3s at their premises than can be seen on most trackdays, but they also had a 959 and a Carrera GT in the workshop.

The message came through loud and clear that these guys obviously knew what they were doing with these special cars. My car has never been anywhere else for its mechanical work, a decision I have never regretted. So it was that I began using Fearnsport and in getting to know Matt Counsell, the owner, I realised that I could tap into his experience of running racing cars for his customers to further hone my car for track work. However, before I’d developed this relationship with Matt, I had another epiphany, this time at Castle Combe and again, early on in my trackday career. The car had been given a ‘fast road’ geometry setup by a well-respected indie immediately after I had bought it and I thought I was happy with it (but what did I know?) The instructor I was with at Castle Combe commented that the car felt very unsettled at Folly (a 100mph+ right-hand kink that is very bumpy). Even a cursory examination of the car revealed that the left rear was ‘toeing out’, which meant that in right hand corners it was making the car understeer. I had already read plenty online about Chris Franklin of Centre Gravity and the many glowing reports of how he had transformed wayward cars that nobody else had managed to tame. I took the car to Chris for the first of many visits over the coming years and, true to form, he did transform the car into a much more wieldy beast that was both comfortable to drive on the road and also very competent on the track – far more so than its owner at that stage. Chris thus became my trusted supplier of all things suspension related. The final piece of the puzzle fell into place when Matt suggested that I might want to try some trackday rubber instead of the Michelin PS2 tyres I had been using. These gave me much more grip and allowed me to drive harder and longer than I had previously on road rubber, which tends to overheat in such conditions.

So, the three fundamentals for a track-focused GT3 were in place: brakes, geometry and tyres. Now it was just the pilot that needed to climb the steep learning curve that is required to get the best performance out of the GT3. Lots of seat time and the assistance of some driver coaching helped enormously.

Fast-forward a couple of years. The car has now got close to 55,000 miles on it, all the rubber suspension bushes have been replaced with polyurethane and the original Bilstein dampers have already been rebuilt once (the top seals tend to leak quite quickly when they see a lot of track work because the damper rods flex under load, leading to seal failure). I have done close to 50 trackdays, Chris has done

several geo revisions to account for both component changes and also my increasing pace on track and I can already see that continuing to replace the standard suspension components at this rate is going to be both expensive and frustrating when the car is off the road and trackdays are consequently missed. So it was that Chris and I hatched a plan to replace all the suspension components with racing specification items in one hit. This involved a large order to GMG Racing in California for a complete set of their high-quality rosejointed arms, monoball bushes and uprated anti-roll bars. We selected Moton Clubsport remote-canister two-way adjustable suspension from Holland and significantly uprated the standard spring rates using Eibach springs; once all the bits had arrived, we spent a marathon 18 hours fitting it all to the car and getting it all set up again. I can still vividly remember the first drive on the local roads around Chris’ workshop which we did at about 2:30am.

If ever there was a ‘chalk and cheese’ moment in my GT3, this was it; it felt like a big go-kart, just so direct and without any ‘slop’ whatsoever – exactly what I hoped it would be and it made the large bill a little bit easier to swallow. Of course, this was merely the start of another steep learning curve and both Chris and I have learned a lot about how making this kind of radical change affects different aspects of the setup.

Several interesting and surprising things have emerged over my time with this new setup: it wasn’t the undriveable, rattle-filled monster on the road that many doomsayers on the forums had predicted.

I and more than a few passengers maintain that despite having stiffer springs, it actually rides better and is more comfortable than it was when it was standard, particularly at speed; this highlights the difference that really good quality dampers can make to the infamous NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) measurements that car makers obsess over and is a lesson worth remembering – granted, it needs to be travelling at a minimum speed which is on nodding terms with the NSL, but as it’s now effectively a road-legal race car, I think it can be forgiven for this. The second was that we could run even more aggressive cambers than previously and not suffer huge tyre wear on the road; the car is currently using 4.0 degrees on the front and 3.0 degrees on the rear. The third and from a budgetary point of view, the best thing is that so far nothing has worn out. The car is currently on 109,000 miles (138 trackdays in total) and is still as tight as when it was first converted. The best investment I made was in £60-worth of protective rubber boots for all the rose joints which keeps the road muck off them and I’m sure has extended their life significantly. Not only has nothing worn out, tyre life is improved and the geometry doesn’t change during the course of a season either. A side bonus at

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the time of fitting the suspension was that the suspension would be tough enough to deal with the additional forces when running on racing slicks. It would be a while longer before I felt able to exploit slicks, but now that I am using them regularly, I’m very glad that the car can use them to their (and its) full potential.

Of course, the mods didn’t end with the suspension. The carbon mirror cases and rear wing from the 996 RS were obtained second hand and fitted. Various wheels came and went. I now have four sets of wheels: two sets of 19" OZ with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup and Pilot Supersport tyres for road work and two sets of 18" OZ wheels fitted with Dunlop slicks and wets for the track. One of the upgrades was to fit 380mm race Brembo discs to the front which meant that the OEM wheels would no longer fit!

When the car had reached 85,000 miles and I calculated that, at a minimum, 20,000 of those had been on a track, I thought it was time to strip the engine to find out how it was doing. Bearing in mind that the engines in the Cup cars get rebuilt every 90 running hours, mine had run for 1,700 hours. OK, they aren’t exactly the same engine and a Cup engine spends much of its time at or near the limiter, but they’re close enough that I was beginning to get worried that a major failure might be on the cards. Matt has rebuilt these engines many times and knows what wears out and what to look out for. After assessing the options, I decided to do a 3.9 litre conversion, which is as big as you can safely go without using a longer stroke RSR crankshaft which Porsche used in the factory 4.0 RS. Almost nothing of the original engine was retained aside from cases, heads, cams, crank and flywheel. The parts bill alone was over a third of what I’d paid for the entire car back in 2008 but it was still cheaper when compared to ‘upgrading’ to a more modern 3.8-based GT3. By now I had modified the car so much to be exactly how I wanted it that swapping it out for something else would have been a retrograde step for me.

The new engine first fired in February 2012 and it has now completed 24,000 miles. The picture was completed once I had installed a modified M+M Cup exhaust system with a centre exit, using a carbon fibre Cup rear bumper. It confuses a lot of people now! It recently got a very fancy ECU upgrade which has allowed its full potential to be realised along with a very handy switchable traction/launch control function for use when it’s wet.

The car is presently doing consistent lap times of 2:33 at Silverstone GP, 2:50 at Spa and 8:04 BTG on the Nordschleife in my hands. I don’t take chances on trackdays as there is no prize money or silverware to win, so the car is quite a bit faster than this as my friend and sometime driving coach, ex-F1 driver Mike Wilds, so ably demonstrates every time he drives the car. He absolutely loves driving my car and says it is the best 996 GT3 he’s ever driven. High praise indeed!

So, it’s now July 2012 and I can see that I’ve almost finished tweaking the GT3 (for now, anyway; these projects are never really done!) I’m not actively looking for another project but I’m open to whatever might present itself. I’d always loved the 993 GT2 both in terms of its outrageous looks and also as the last 911 to win its class at the Le Mans 24H race in 1996 and 1997. A friend had owned two very lovely examples back to back and mentioned to me that he’d sold the last one because they were now simply too valuable to really use anymore. His last one had just changed hands again that summer for

£300K, so I could see he had a point. However, the stars aligned in a fortuitous way such that I was offered a left-hand drive Turbo with an extremely rare factory non-sunroof option (reputedly costing £6K).

I cannot drive the right-hand drive 993 for more than 30 minutes without developing a pain in the lower back due to the offset pedals, but an extended test drive revealed that the left-hand drive version exhibits none of these problems. This was a car with an interesting history already: it was originally a very well-specced German car which had been fairly promptly exported to Madrid where it was seemingly being run as a company car by Colgate Palmolive until around 2000. It was then brought back to the UK and registered here. It didn’t stay in the rain and cold for long though and went for extended stays in Portugal for the next four years. It then returned to the UK where it went through a number of owners, none of whom seem to have done very many miles in it – it was showing just 73,000 miles when I bought it. The result is probably the most rustfree UK registered 993 ever. There is literally no rust anywhere and because it’s never seen salt and has been diligently covered in high temperature wax, the engine and gearbox look like they were made a few weeks ago.

During its time with the last owner and the one before that, it started its transformation into a GT2 recreation. The front drive assemblies were stripped out and a genuine GT2 gearbox was installed, along with a pair of new GT2-spec KKK16 turbos. It had KW V3 suspension installed that had been re-valved by a race team and it was actually pretty comfortable on the road. The aircon and radio were stripped out along with the whole interior. A new RS interior was installed along with Recaro Pole Position bucket seats trimmed in leather and Alcantara, all done by renowned trimmers Southbound. It had a beautifully fruity Cargraphic exhaust installed which sounds fantastic when it’s on boost but isn’t at all intrusive on a steady throttle, even at 100mph when it’s turning over a lazy 3,200rpm. A GT2 front bumper and BBS E88 wheels made the car look very tasty but, to me, it was crying out for the rest of the bodywork to fully transform it into the GT2 it so nearly was. I was lucky in that the owner had too many projects on the go already and had all but lost interest in the car; a deal was done in which I felt I had stolen the car to some extent. Perusing the vast array of bills that came with the car, I wasn’t not too sure exactly who I’d stolen it from because the last two owners between them had lavished more money on the conversion than I paid for the entire car. However, the number of times that I have been the loser on these sorts of deals did mitigate the guilt somewhat!

I drove the 993 for a few months before it went away into storage for the winter. During this time I took it to Donington for a trackday (black flagged for noise twice!) and the Nürburgring where I did a fairly gentle 17 laps over a couple of days as way of bonding with the car.

It was after this trip that I realised that I actually had an extremely good road car and that I really should keep it purely as a road car and not try to produce a road-going race car; I already had one of those in the form of the GT3. I had already learned enough about GT2 parts supply difficulties to know that it was no longer possible to buy the genuine boot lid and wing from Porsche, amongst many other smaller parts. There were only ever 157 GT2 cars made by the factory (a mere 57 being road cars) so locating the model-specific parts, even secondhand, can be a major challenge. Just finding out the part numbers can be difficult because the parts list was never made available electronically, so even the OPCs can’t look them up.

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Cars are not jewellery or fine art, but were created to be used and driven hard.

Fortunately, Matt has a closely-guarded paper copy! The original carbon/Kevlar arches were still available from Porsche, albeit at a hefty cost, so a set were duly ordered. I had seen copies of the boot lid and wing around in both fibreglass and carbon fibre, but none had impressed with their quality. I put the word out to various contacts that I was after a genuine one. As luck would have it, only a week or two later I got a call from a contact to say that a good, genuine boot lid and wing had turned up not 40 miles away; my contact said it was the first one he’d come across in five years; talk about luck! Within two hours I had been to see it, paid for it and taken it to my mate Ty Fuller at Riviera Autobody who had agreed to undertake the radical body modifications, which included trimming a couple of inches of perfectly good metal off all the arches, and the complete repaint that the car deserved; the paint wasn’t at all bad, but it had gone a bit flat over time. As previously mentioned, the car has zero rust so the repaint was relatively straightforward.

While the car was with Ty for two months being worked on, I set to finding a set of the special three-piece Speedline wheels that the roadgoing GT2 was delivered on. Like everything else GT2-related, it turned out they are either unavailable new in the case of the rear wheels, or eye-wateringly expensive second-hand. Long hours searching on the Internet finally located a company in France who make the forged wheels for Speedline and could thus produce extremely good copies in the correct offset and with the correctly anodised outer rim for

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relatively sensible money. After a six week wait, they were delivered and as soon as I saw them in the flesh, I knew that my car would now really look the part. I originally undertook the GT2 project with a view to selling the car once it was done but now it’s real and driveable, I’m really not too sure I could bear to part with it. Someone would have to offer me a lot of money to part with it, I do know that. One thing is for sure, it’s extremely unlikely that you could ever do another one like it using genuine parts given the parts supply problems which I encountered.

In keeping with my philosophy that cars are not jewellery or fine art and will not dissolve if they get wet, but were created to be used and driven hard, in October 2013 I put the GT3 on a transporter to Italy to do a couple of trackdays at Monza and Mugello. Rather than take the easy option of flying down to join the car, I elected to drive the GT2 down and take it on an extended driving holiday of 10 days and 4,000 miles. Even though it rained for five of those days, both cars performed faultlessly and gave me some great memories and much enjoyment. Surely that’s their real purpose in life?

My two GT cars are from different eras, but they have a common DNA that is evident as soon as you sit in them and get going.

I can’t help but get a little buzz of excitement every time they fire up. As different as they are, they both evoke the same feelings of dependable fun in store and hopefully they always will.

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North East

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North London, Herts & South Essex

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Yorkshire

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Southern

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Scotland RO Neil Fraser 07946 616 782 (mobile) neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk ARO West Elaine Whitelaw elainewhitelaw6@msn.com 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 As always it tends to be March before we finally get round to confirming all the events for the coming season and I am glad to say it has all been done.

This season, as in past seasons, is suggested by you, the members, from the suggestion forms and we simply put it into place. A couple of new shows and events this season and still a lot of the old favourites and I would go as far as to say something for all the family at some point in the season. The annual BBQ and concourse day is always a firm favourite from

Scotland Region RO, Neil Fraser

everyone; the only thing we ask is that you turn up and, when you do show up, bring the sunshine with you. We also have a rolling road day on 5th April here in Bo’Ness put on by Matt Collins and in the next edition we will have pics on how that day went.

I shall not blether on to much, however please take time to go through the events listed and set aside some time to come along and see us at a few of the events we have got on offer this season. Please bear in mind for most of the shows we go to I have to submit a formal application approx four to six weeks in advance of the show/event, so let me know as soon as you possibly can of your intention to come along. If you’re like me and are a last minute Harry, then don't panic I make provisions for those people also.

We look forward to meeting you at some point and if you have any questions on the region's activities then simply ask us. This season we have a new ARO for the West Of Scotland, Elaine Whitelaw, who takes up the role as Alan Neilson takes up fatherhood. Alan remains very much part of the region as a member.

Elaine is our first female ARO for the Scottish region and that woman’s touch will be a great asset (she has already put together our 2014 Christmas bash).

East of Scotland Region ARO, James McLaughlan

Welcome on board Elaine, and I have to say that the Christmas venue looks fantastic.

Below are some faces to put to the names and our roles within the Scottish Region. Please feel free to contact us regarding any queries you may have about the region, we will be only to happy to help you.

We hope to see you all very soon—the better weather and lighter nights are just around the corner!

April 5th (Saturday, 10am) Rolling Road/Workshop visit to Ecosse Automotive Bo mains Industrial Estate EH51 0QG £20 PER CAR free tea/coffee/rolls April 25–26th (Friday–Saturday) Spring Run Weekend to Portpatrick May 11th (Sunday) Grampian Motor Museum Visit May18th (Sunday) Bridge Of Allan Classic Car Show June 1st (Sunday) Historic Motor Extravaganza Show Lauder, Scottish Borders

West of Scotland Region ARO, Elaine Whitelaw

Diane with her top down ...

North West RO Andy does occasionally have his moments of madness, and this is one of ’em: He’s left me in charge of the North West Regional Round-Up! Written below you will find a bit of information on what has already happened this year, a bit of information on what we have planned for the rest of the year, and a bit more information about the nonsense running around inside my head that may or may not materialize within the region’s calendar.

TIPEC North West cars during summer 2013

June 4th (Wednesday) Body restoration demo/Buffet Evening, Haddington

North East

June 8th (Sunday) Tayside Classic Car Show

RO wanted!

ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 andy44s70@gmail.com

June 15th (Sunday) Festival Of Historic Transport June 22nd (Sunday) TIPEC Annual Show at Beaulieu (Simply Porsche) June 29th (Sunday) Moffat Classic Car Rally.

July 13th (Sunday) Glamis Castle Classic Car Show (optional Castle visit) July 20th (Sunday) Annual BBQ and Concourse, Bo’Ness Motor Museum (Free to members and immediate family) August 31st (Sunday) Scotland's Largest gathering of Porsches Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride September 7th (Sunday) Bo’Ness Hill Climb Event September 14th (Sunday) TIPEC Northern Day, Warwick September 21st (Sunday) Selkirk Classic Car Rally, Scottish Borders October TBA Karting evening November 27th (Thursday) Ten Pin Bowling evening, Deep Park Livingston December 20th (Saturday) Christmas Dinner Dance, Barony Castle, Peebles

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.

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 West RO Andrew Lane 01772 740 625 07949 167 698 (mobile) caymanlane73@gmail.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.

We had a strong start to the New Year for the North West region and the January meet saw a 928 in the car park of The Boatyard, along with a 991, a 944, a 996 Carrera, a 996TT and an, err, MX-5.

Inside we discussed new kitchens, Scottish road trips, birds of prey, chip shops and facial hair!

Plans were informally made for the year ahead and I came away with thoughts of tunnels and submarines and satellite dishes and fuel costs running around in my head. Diane came away with her top down ... (in her MX-5!)

Yet another busy club night in February at The Boatyard, this time relegated to the lounge bar because some amateur pilots were taking an exam in ‘our’ coffeeshop room. I think we had 26 attendees including Tony from Warrington who had joined us for events last year but never for a monthly meet: welcome Tony! After some discussion around events for the coming year we moved on to other topics: folding (or not) back seats in BMWs, working (or not) from home, using (or not) a 911 Turbo during the winter, fitting motorcycle frames inside company cars and other important issues. Meanwhile outside, I saw a 928 wearing a bra. I kid you not.

The meeting room status quo was restored for our March meet: back in the coffeeshop area of The Boatyard where we belong. 28 Porschephiles attended and there was a lot of bicycle talk, a lot of first-aid talk, a lot of chocolate talk and a lot more, err, talk. There were plenty of Porsches in the car park and I’m not sure if one of them had some trouble turning around on the gravel surface. Note to self: check with Ian on that.

Remember folks, it’s you, the members, that make the monthly meets a success or not. If you are in our area, please do come along to The Boatyard and say hello.

Without really trying, we already have a busy calendar for 2014. The first of our now internationally renowned Chippy Tea Runs is on 28th March. Meet at The Boatyard at 6:30pm for 6:45 on-the-road and we’ll pop down to Banny’s for tea and then maybe have a country drive through the Trough of Bowland.

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Show. Run by friend-of-the-club Russell, he somehow manages to get the main street of the town shut for the day so that car enthusiasts can show off their machines. I’ve volunteered TIPEC NW to help out with marshalling the event—but only so that I can wear a hi-viz vest and say to people “you can’t park there” in a gruff voice. Or something.

North West Region ‘officials’ in the countryside

The Cheshire and Staffs Region have extended an invite to join them on their visit to JWA Racing on 15th April. I’m sure they’ll have the details in this issue so I’ll not repeat them here.

There’s another Chippy Tea Run on 18th April. We haven’t finalised the venue yet because I have some important research to do (visit a chip shop and sample their wares). Again, The Boatyard at 6:30pm for that.

On the 20th April it’s the Specialist Cars of Malton Big Breakfast meet. It’s a big event now and demands an early start. If you’re interested in a run over there, contact me (ARO Richard) and we’ll work something out.

Our last event that is actually planned is the ever popular Haigh Hall German Classics Car Show on August 3rd. Bearing in mind that it’s near Wigan, it ain’t a bad day out. We get the event shelter out and everything!

Other plans may or may not include another treasure hunt, a trip to a bird sanctuary, a look at a German submarine and some off-roading in the Lake District.

We may even have a cream tea at a country hotel, you never know!

The North West organising team tries hard to keep all club members updated with news from our region.

Please do keep an eye on the regional page of the club website (it gets regularly updated), ARO Simon is a prodigious poster on the club forum in the Group North section and we even have our own presence on Facebook; look for a group called The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club North West (not difficult to guess) and you’ll find us.

New for 2014 is our Scottish Odyssey Tour starting on 24th April. We have booked four nights away and plan to pack in some driving, some distillery visits, some Castle visits and much more. See details on the Group North section of the Club forum.

April 7th (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard

May 4th is the date for the Wray Festival. The North West Lotus Owners Group has invited us to join them in a field in the middle of nowhere (actually a quaint little village in North Lancashire). New man Doug is in charge of this magical day and already we have ‘some members’ committed to displaying their cars.

We might even have spec sheets in our windscreens!

I’ve heard that the Wray Festival is actually a great country day out and may include scarecrows ...

April 18th (Friday) Chippy Tea

There’s an invite to TIPEC members to attend the Jasmine Porshalink open evening on May 14th at their facility at Nelson—always a popular event with around 100 Porsche cars on display in previous years.

Porsche Club GB are running their Porsches on the Prom event again in Llandudno on May 18th. I dare say we’ll organise a convoy down to Wales. Maybe even meet up with Cheshire and Staffs region on the way.

There’s a successful local VW car club called ‘Unphased’ that we enjoy good relations with and one of their top men, Adam, has invited us to display our cars at their ‘German Only’ show in Worden Park, Leyland, on 25th May. Lots of interest for this new show already, so if you fancy joining in do contact RO Andy, ARO Simon or myself.

The weekend of May 31st/June 1st is the date for the ever popular Tatton Park show. Last year we teamed up with Cheshire and Staffs to help them lift a trophy.

Join in this year and we may well do it again!

If you fancy a day at the seaside on June 8th you could do worse than come along to the Cleveleys Car

April 15th (Tuesday) JWA Racing open evening with Cheshire and Staffs

April 20th (Sunday) Specialist Cars of Malton’s Big Breakfast April 24th/25th – 27th (TBC) The first North West WOTY: Scottish Odyssey May 4th (Sunday) Wray Festival May 12th (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard May 14th (Wednesday) Jasmine Porshalink open evening May 18th (Sunday) Porsches on the Prom May 25th (Sunday) Unphased German Car Show, Worden Park, Leyland.

May 31st–June 1st (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Show June 2nd (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard June 8th (Sunday) Cleveleys Car Show July 7th (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard

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. As a region we have been organizing various runs out, open evenings and activities that hopefully continue to inspire you to use your car on club events.

By the time you read this, a few of us will have participated in the Porsche RS day at Oulton Park on 14th March, and our March club night at the Whipping Stocks will have featured a talk on auto electrics from Barry Stenhouse. Good timing in preparation for getting those cars taxed and back on the road again now that spring is fast approaching.

Contrary to previous intimations, the April club night will NOT be held on the 22nd April at the Whipping Stocks. Instead we will convene as a group at the premises of JWA Racing in Eccleshall. JWAR have arranged an open evening for us starting at 7pm (not the usual 8pm) to be followed by refreshments in their local pub.

The team at JWA Racing are relatively well known in GT racing circles and run a couple of former Le Mans and Le Mans Series 911 GT3 RSR race cars, which will be on display (www.jwaracing.com). They are hoping to have a ’74 911 RSR available too which is currently being prepared for a customer, with potential for a few more interesting machines being on hand.

JWA are also involved in historic single seaters, have an engineering arm and a general sportscar service arm. The intention is that members of their team will take us through the process of building Porsche race engines and generally be available for service related questions regarding our own cars. I am anticipating that light refreshments will be provided at their local pub afterwards from circa 9pm so need to know indicative numbers for attendance on the night.

Consequently please do let me know if you would like to come along or if you will be arriving late.

(Note: members from other regions/friends of the club also welcome so long as you let me know your intention to come in advance.)

An email to watson_david@btinternet.com would be useful if you have not already flagged your interest.

Terry Murphy has organized a Weekend Of The Year (WOTY) to Yorkshire. This is planned for the holiday weekend of 3rd and 4th May, and will involve a visit to Specialist Cars of Malton (www.specialistcarsltd.co.uk), a run via Helmsley to Kirbymoorside, an optional stopover prior to a run North East to Scarborough and Filey for a fish and chips lunch, then the return journeys home.

If you do not wish to participate in the full run, those that only fancy a trip up to Specialist Cars of Malton and the Saturday run are more than welcome just to

take part on the Saturday. Please meet at 8:15am for an 8:30am departure from Lymm Services (J20, M6) or at the second meeting point, Birch Services (between J18 & J19, M62 Eastbound) at 9:15am for a 9:30am departure.

For those wishing to stop over, several members have already booked rooms at the Kings Head Hotel, Highmarket Place, YO62 6AT. At the time of writing, cost is £75 per room for two including breakfast.

Please contact Terry for details on 07841 255 530 if you need more information or are unable to use Booking.com/Laterooms.com.

SYNN members at the Tara Lounge

April 15th (Tuesday) Club Night and Open Evening at JWA Racing from 7pm Address: JWA Racing Limited, Raleigh Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, ST21 6JL (tel: 01785 851 122)

South Yorkshire & North Notts.

May 3rd–4th (Saturday–Sunday) TIPEC Cheshire & Staffs Run to Yorkshire 8:15am at Lymm Services J20, M6 or 9:15am at Birch Services Eastbound, M62 (See Terry Murphy for details)

RO Dave Warren 07952 065 543 (mobile) dave.warren1401gmail.com ARO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.com

May 10–11th (Saturday–Sunday) Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche at Silverstone (www.dunlopproductioncup.co.uk) (See Dave Watson for ticket details) May 20th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 8pm May 31st (Saturday) Track Day, Liverpool Motor Club, Aintree (See Barry Stenhouse/Dave Watson for details) May 31st–June 1st (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Classic Car Show (club stand TBC) June 7th (Saturday) TBC North Wales run and Chippy Tea June 17th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 8pm with car detailing demonstration June 22nd (Sunday) TIPEC National Event, Beaulieu July 2nd–8th (Wednesday–Tuesday) Cheshire & Staffs trip to Le Mans Classic and Reims (See Dave Watson) July 15th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 7:30pm Annual Pride of Ownership Concours July 25–27th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic Festival August 1st–3rd (Friday–Sunday) Carfest North August 3rd (Sunday) Run to Anglesey / Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche at Anglesey (www.dunlopproductioncup.co.uk) August 19th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 8pm (guest speaker to be confirmed)

Dean’s garage!

Run out to Specialist Cars of Malton for the famous ‘Big Breakfast’ morning. Not to be missed!

April 27th (Sunday) Visit to Cold War secret nuclear bunker, RAF Holmpton, East Yorkshire.

May 4th (Sunday) Monthly Meeting at Ye Olde Bell May 5th (Monday) Thorsby Hall Classic Show

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

May 10–11th (Saturday–Sunday) Prescott Hill Climb

The winter months are nearing an end (hopefully!), so it’s almost time to dust off the Porsches ready for a spring blast!

May 28th (Wednesday) Bill Martland Classic Car run From The Angel, Misson (Doncaster)

We have had the normal monthly meetings and also tried to get together for a couple of social gatherings too. Just so we don’t forget each other!

May 29th (Thursday) Cadwell track evening Check out our web site for details: www.synd.org.uk

Dean also saw the arrival of a special addition to the family ... his third Porsche, all the way from California! Most people go on holiday and bring back aftershave or a bottle, but not our Deano!

Dean just had to beat Joanne with the duty free and brought himself a Porsche back! This tit for tat thing’s going too far now you two February We had a meal out together at The Tara Lounge, Doncaster. A great Indian restaurant. 13 of us turned out to have some good wine, food and chat.

March The first official run out is planned to Masham, North Yorkshire. A lovely scenic drive with some cracking roads. Paul & Linda have booked a lovely pub for us to have lunch at.

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.

Regular emails, meeting notes and website updates will be prominent in 2014, so you have no excuse! We hope to see you soon.

East Midlands New RO & ARO wanted urgently!

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.

Later in the month, karting at Avago is on the agenda, which is a terrific track. Next All Torque we shall show who was victorious!

April 5th (Saturday) A drive out to OPC Sheffield then onto Derbyshire, which will include a great pub lunch then onto School Garage at Whaley Bridge.

April 6th (Sunday) Monthly Meeting at Ye Olde Bell April 20th (Sunday) Yorkshire Big Breakfast

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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)

RO Matt Dawson 07743 791 815 (mobile) motorsportrugbystar@hotmail.com ARO Pete Garrett 07804 030 695 (mobile) garrett-peter@sky.com

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 Well here we are again at the beginning of the events season, hopefully this year we will have something to accommodate everyone. The meetings at The Bull’s Head remain popular, thank you for your attendance, and we will continue meeting here as the new management are still keen to have us. By the time you read this we will have had the March meeting, and unfortunately we have no other events listed for March, but in April we start with the AGM at Gaydon on the 6th. Please let Sean know if you are planning to attend as he needs numbers for the catering.

We also have a demonstration at Center Gravity on the 26th, anyone who knows Chris or has attended one of his demos in the past will know of his attention to detail and these demos are well attended. There is also The Chase Transport Show over the weekend of the 26th and 27th April, I have entry forms if anyone is interested.

For May we start off at Castle Donington from the 3rd to the 5th, Central will attend on the 5th, but that doesn’t stop you going on the other two days, on the 14th Paul Bird has organised (thank you) another trackday at Curborough, if you are interested book up as places are limited. This leads us to the PCGB annual trip to Llandudno for Porsches on the Prom, hopefully the weather will be kind to us.

See you at one or more of these events or to kick some tyres at The Bull’s Head.

April 6th (Sunday) AGM at Gaydon April 14th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head April 26th (Saturday) Demonstration at Center Gravity April 26–27th (Saturday–Sunday) Chase Transport Show May 3rd–5th (Saturday–Monday) Castle Donington May 12th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head May 14th (Wednesday) Trackday at Curborough May 18th (Sunday) PCGB’s Porsches on the Prom at Llandudno

Meetings are held from 9:45 am on the first Sunday of every month at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants NN13 5SH April 6th (Sunday) Club Meeting at the Red Lion, Evenley April 6th (Sunday) AGM at Gaydon April 27th (Sunday) Members Event: Geoff’s Stilton Rally April 28th (Monday) Club Night at the Red Lion, Evenley May 4th (Sunday) Club Meeting at the Red Lion, Evenley May 4th (Sunday) TBC Spring Car & Bike Show, Duxford May TBC Car Detailing Demonstration, Buckingham May 26th (Monday) Club Night at the Red Lion, Evenley June 1st (Sunday) Club Meeting at the Red Lion, Evenley June 22nd (Saturday) National Event Simply Porsche, Beaulieu June 24th (Monday) Club Night at the Red Lion, Evenley July 6th (Sunday) Club Meeting at the Red Lion, Evenley July TBC Car Show, Kimbolton July 22nd (Monday) Club Night at the Red Lion, Evenley July 26th (Saturday) Spitfires, Merlins & Motors, Duxford July 25–27th (Friday–Sunday) National Event – Silverstone Classic

Anglia & North Essex RO wanted ARO Colin Clarke 01284 706 247 colin.r.clarke@live.co.uk 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 February 25th’s meeting saw a turnout of 14 plus two prospective new members, which was a pretty good turnout for this time of the year. Hopefully only one more meeting before lighter evenings arrive and we get a chance to get back to a bit of tyre kicking again.

First and foremost, we have the TIPEC AGM at Gaydon on Sunday April 6th. I’m (Colin) looking for a passenger if anyone would care to join me.

Ian (Izzy) Jones is going to the Silverstone Endurance Event on Sunday 20th April. Please contact him direct if you would like to follow him down, or meet up there.

Sunday April 27th is National Drive It Day Peter Ashford is arranging a run out and pub lunch in the Stowmarket area. Please consider supporting this event, and let Peter or Colin know if you would like to attend so he can book the tables. Knowing Peter, the location and food will be excellent!

Sunday June 8th is The Sheringham Car Show. Ian Hutchings has kindly agreed to arrange a coast run to this event. He has provisionally spoken to a local landlord who has agreed we can display our vehicles at his premises. A pub lunch goes without saying!

Please contact Ian or Colin if you would like to attend.

Yvonne King has again offered to arrange our yearly weekend away. This year’s selection is the Beaulieu National Porsche Event on Sunday 22nd June. Yvonne received some reservations at our last club meeting and will be identifying suitable accommodation for us, for the Saturday and (for those requiring also) Sunday evenings. Can you please contact Yvonne direct by 31ST MARCH to make your reservations.

Helmingham Classic and Sports Car Show is on Sunday August 3rd. As usual, please contact Colin direct ASAP to reserve your place. We already have several takers for this event.

Fornham St. Martin, Cars by the Lake Event is on Sunday 31st August. Last years event was excellent.

Early booking is essential so please contact Colin ASAP if you would like to go under the club banner.

Vanessa Briggs has kindly identified some dates for Newmarket Races. On Thursday 15th May is an evening race meeting. Race/music nights are shown for Friday June 27th (James Blunt), Friday August 1st (Tom Jones) and Friday August I5th (Wet Wet Wet).

Please let us know by the next club meeting if you would like to go to any of these as a group, then reservations can be made.

A row of 928s at the regular meeting at The Goat

A spotless 944 Turbo at on of the North London, Herts & South Essex region meets at The Goat

Saga’s 911, from TV series The Bridge. Spotted in London!

North London, Herts & South Essex

Below you will see an update of events we can attend with confirmed support from members and some early event bookings that we have committed to; members from other regions are invited to join us at any of the listed events:

May 26th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular

RO Vince Dallimore 07798 630 649 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net ARO Peter Musk 07734 769 953 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net

April 6th (Sunday) TIPEC AGM at The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon (interest for a convoy? Peter and I will attend as a minimum, so will not be at the Goat.)

June 6–9th (Friday–Monday) Laon Historique (SELNK are attending this event)

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. January and February have flown by, but even with some inclement weather, our outings to the Ace café and The Goat have been well attended.

At our February meeting at the Goat, we were pleased to see Jim Hearnden from SELNK, he’d made the trip up from Kent to see what the Goat was all about; we think he left impressed with the range of cars on display for so early in the year.

At a February event in London, all things from the Nordic Noir television genre were celebrated.

For Porsche enthusiasts, the 911 used by leading character and detective Saga Noren was on display and a few lucky fans of the ‘The Bridge’ got to have a run out in the car. Stars from The Bridge, The Killing and Borgen attended panel discussions and preview showings of series yet to come.

A tempter for all those hooked on Saturday night subtitled Scandinavian dark drama!

We’d be pleased to see members from other regions at the Goat or the Ace Café at future meetings.

April 6th (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am, for those who don’t do Gaydon April 20th (Sunday) Shuttleworth Collection Classic Car show and Auto jumble (members’ support required) April 26–28th (Saturday–Monday) Hendon RAF museum, Classics on display for the Monday Bonham's Auction (members’ support required) April 28th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular May 4th (Sunday) Spring Car & Motorbike show at IWM Duxford We are joining with 928.org on two pitches for this event (20 TIPEC spaces reserved, first confirmed first served!)

May 4th (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am, for those who can’t make Duxford May 18th (Sunday) Herts Auto Show at Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City. Spaces available (we attended this new event with six cars last year, members’ support required)

June 1st (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am

June 7th (Saturday) Letchworth GC Classic & Vintage Car Club 2014 Transport Picnic (members’ support required) June 8th (Sunday) Luton Transport show, provisional date (members’ support required) June 14–15th (Saturday–Sunday) Le Mans 24h June 15th (Sunday) Knebworth Father’s day Car show (some interest has been expressed, so a small contingent will attend) June 22nd (Sunday) TIPEC at Beaulieu; Simply Porsche event (possible convoy for 21st or 22nd, members support required) June 30th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular July 4–6th (Friday–Sunday) Le Mans Classic July 6th (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am July 13th (Sunday) Kimbolton Castle Summer Fayre (members’ support required)

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November 2nd (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am November TBC 928.uk meeting The Barley Mow, Tilford, Surrey, GU10 2BU November 24th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular

Beautiful 924 Carrera GT at The Goat

July 25–27th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic (clashes with Duxford) July 26th (Saturday) Spitfires, Merlins and Motors at IWM Duxford (20 spaces reserved on a first come first served basis) July 27th (Sunday) Shuttleworth Collection Wings and Wheels day (members’ support required) July 28th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular July 30th (Wednesday) Harpenden Classics on the Common (some interest has been shown, so a small contingent will attend) August 3rd (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am August 7th (Thursday) Classics on the common Croxley Green (members’ support required) August 17th (Sunday) Tewin Car show (provisional date; members’ support required) August 24th (Sunday) Little Gransden Air and Car Show (A small number of spaces are being sought) August 25th (Monday) Blenheim Palace Classic, Custom & Sports Car show (members’ support required) April 28th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular (maybe on the way home from Blenheim?)

September 1st (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am September TBC Classics at the Castle (Hedingham) An enthusiasts’ show for display of cars built from 1948 to 1973.

September 29th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular October 5th (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10.30am October TBC 928.uk meeting The Barley Mow, Tilford, Surrey, GU10 2BU

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 and the landlady has given us our own area. 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 62 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 next few months.

If you have an email address and do not see the club emails from me, then please send an email 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 your club membership.

You should all have a copy of the 2014 calendar for our region in your in box.

We had a pretty good turnout of 17 for our February club meeting and a very lively evening. I did get congratulated by Martin that my Boxster was the only Porsche in the car park. Everyone else had bought tin-tops because of the atrocious weather!

A lot of the discussion was based on forthcoming events such as Laon Historique and Simply Porsche later on the year. A common theme was people hoping for an improvement in the weather.

Boat Trip Most of the members know that George & Gill Campion own two trip boats on the Thames based from Greenwich. They had invited the club members for a Saturday evening on the boat, with a disco and food. After a slow start we ended up with nine couples for this, on a chilly but dry night. Gill had invited some others for the trip so the boat was busy and we weren’t there on our own. We got underway at around 6pm and went up towards the O2 arena and Thames Barrier. This is the opposite to the direction we normally travel in so lots of new things to see.

After around 30 minutes we turned around and made our way back to the pier to pick up a few stragglers at around seven. We then went up the river eating and drinking, as well as dancing (well, some anyway!)

We turned around up river from Westminster and then made our way back, docking pretty bang on 10:00.

This was a fantastic trip and many thanks to George & Gill for organising it.

Unfortunately I had a duty visit to Family so left it to Paul to run the shop for the March club meeting.

This is his report: “We had a great turn out on Friday of around 17 members. Great to see John Dalton and Phillip fresh from his ride in KDS’ Ferrari, which he won in a KDS competition on Facebook! A date was set for our annual spring detailing day on Saturday 29th March with a 10am start for Sean’s famous bacon rolls.

We had a good response to the Leeds Castle bash May 18th, Sean is looking in to numbers for that.

It was a great evening with the last of us leaving the Harrow at 11:30pm. (We all missed you, Jim!)” Following the club night, on the Saturday morning was a very pleasant drive down to PARR at Crawley.

Upon arrival the car park was awash with Porsches, from 944 to Carrera GT .Once we registered it was time for a visit to the catering area, then a walk around looking at some amazing Carrera Cup cars and GT Cup cars. We then spent a while with one of PARR’s guys to run throughout the GT Cup 997 that had just been upped to 4.1 litres, with a carbon floor, bonnet and doors. We were invited to open the door and it felt so wrong—so amazingly light. We met up with half a dozen SELNK members who, all seem to be having a great time, and on the way out we were each given a goodie bag.

April 6th (Sunday) Club AGM at Gaydon Warwickshire. AGM then lunch and a chance to look around the museum April 21st (Sunday) Drive It Day organised by Janet & Clive includes a trip to the Giant of Brede May 18th (Sunday) Supercar Siege at Leeds Castle £10 per Car, names to Jim & Sean June 22nd (Sunday) Simply Porsche Beaulieu; The Southern Porsche Show at The Motor Museum, looking at probably making a weekend of this for SLENK.

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.

Some of the displays at Race Retro were just a shell ...

A Gulf liveried 917 at the Race Retro show at Stoneleigh Park in February

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.

Our meeting in January and February was well attended bearing in mind the weather and cold nights.

It was great to meet new member David Stevens (997) at the January meeting and Carl Hedges (928 & TVR) and his wife at the February meeting.

Is your Insurance renewal due? SE Region members are reducing their insurance costs by switching their car insurance to the TIPEC scheme with Asset Trust. Steve Perrin has saved £150 and with a greater mileage allowance, lower excess and European cover.

Derek Flanagan has saved £40, so don’t forget to get a quote before renewing your policy.

There were a number of great Porsches at the Race Retro Historic Racing car Show at Stoneleigh Park in February, especially the Gulf liveried 917 and a few that are just a shell!

A nice 911 white flatnose Targa was in the auction but I understand this is not the real deal and had a target price accordingly of only £25K. Trade stands still like to use 911s as the benchmark car to demo their products and services and this was very evident at this show again.

We held our second indoor karting experience; A Grand Prix event at Crawley where 14 members took part at the UK’s largest indoor circuit (at 800m long) using all three circuit levels which was awesome with plenty of four wheel drifting at over 45mph. The circuit is definitely challenging.

• 1st, Dan Engledow • 2nd, Martyn Eade • 3rd, Steve Perrin • Alex Willis had the fastest lap

This Slantnose conversion sold for £25,000 at the auction

May 4th (Sunday) TBC Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting; Supercar Sunday May 9–12th (Friday–Sunday) SE Region WotY in the North Cotswolds May 14th (Wednesday) Club Night at The Bolney Stage June 1st (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting; Soft Top Sunday June 11th (Wednesday) Club Night at The Bolney Stage June 26–29th (Thursday–Sunday) Goodwood Festival of Speed ‘Addicted to Winning – The unbeatable Champions’

Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting themes and dates have been announced—see SE Region calendar of events on the TIPEC web site. No March and April meetings this year and a couple of new themes: Hot Hatch Sunday and V-power Sunday have been added.

June 22nd (Sunday) Simply Porsche – Beaulieu National Motor Museum.

PARR Motorsport Open Day Sat 8th March Over 20 TIPEC members went along to the PARR Open Day , with a great display of customer cars.

PARR also put on a Formula 1 simulator to entertain their guests.

RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter_blackler@sky.com

Brighton Speed Trials Great news that the e-petition was successful and the event is back on the calendar after it was cancelled last year following a fatal accident in 2012.

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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.

April 9th (Wednesday) Club Night at The Bolney Stage Inn April 27th (Sunday) TIPEC annual Inter-Regional Outdoor Karting Tournament at The Campbell Circuit, Filching.

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South West & South Wales RO Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 (mobile) sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 (mobile) mjs019@gmail.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:45pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk The start of the year has seen quite a lot of new faces joining our TIPEC region, with a lovely variety of motors, which is really great. What a good job we moved to a pub with more room!

As winter turns to spring and nights get lighter we can think about all our forthcoming events and look forward to actually seeing all these cars in daylight!

Ian’s 911 by the sea

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During the darker months we still had fantastic turnout at The Plough with 30–40 people every time.

Thanks to Rob for entertaining us with a Quiz Night in February, and well done to Richard for winning!

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

Hilary’s new Boxster

April 1st (Tuesday) Club Night, The Angel, Longham

June 26–29th (Thursday–Sunday) Goodwood Festival of Speed

April 6th (Sunday) Club Annual General Meeting Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon

June 29th (Sunday) Yeovil Classics

April 9th (Wednesday) Skittles Night, Three Legged Cross, Verwood

Arthur & Jenny Jones were the winners of 2013’s Southern Region Members of the Year award.

Arthur & Jenny are pictured below receiving their award from Steve Masterman.

April 27th (Sunday) Wilton Wake Up (Supercars) Wilton House, Salisbury, SP2 8PX

April 26th (Saturday) 26 April Action Day at Castle Combe www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk/events/ action_display _event.asp?BookingEventID=628

May 25th (Sunday) Gurston Down Hillclimb

May 3rd (Saturday) 11th Wye Classic Car Wye Valley The Forest of Dean and the Brecon Beacons (Limited to 80 cars so send form)

June 3rd (Tuesday) Club Night, The Angel, Longham

June 14–15th (Saturday–Sunday) 24 Heures Du Mans, Le Mans June 22nd (Sunday) Simply Porsche, Beaulieu

If you want any information about anything on the calendar just get in touch with me. If you know of other events in our region, please let me know.

April 6th (Sunday) TIPEC AGM at Gaydon

May 6th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Angel, Longham

June 6–9th (Friday–Monday) Club Trip to Laon Historique

Our diary includes something for everyone—those wanting to put the car round a track can do so at the Action Days at Castle Combe, those wanting something with wider appeal for partners or family can look forward to Poole, Sherborne Castle, Beaulieu Motor Museum, Hatton Country World or Tredegar House. Those looking to venture further afield are going to the Le Mans Classic in July, or Flanders in October. There are also several drives, rallies and get togethers which benefit good causes such as the Children’s Hospice Southwest, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, Motor Neurone Disease, and Rotary Club Charities.

Proud Members of the Year!

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.

May 18th (Sunday) Caring With Cars event 10am at Downs School near Childrens Hospice SW www.pistonheads.com/calendar/event.asp?i=34098

June 8th (Sunday) Dursley Rotary club Cotswold tour Start and finish Hamsfield social club, Berkeley (Register with form from Sue) June 21st–22nd (Saturday–Sunday) ‘Simply Porsche’ Show TIPEC & Beaulieu partnership show on Sunday (Saturday drive and BBQ optional, Saturday night at Holiday Inn Express Southampton West) June 28th (Saturday) Castle Combe Classic & Retro Action Day June 28–29th (Saturday–Sunday) Prescott Hill Climb Midland Championship July 3rd–7th (Thursday–Monday) Le Mans Classic (contact is Tony Healey: tony.healey@paranor.co.uk) July 12–13th (Saturday–Sunday) Castle Coombe Retro Race Meeting July 18th (Friday) Poole – Porsche On The Quay (18–20th, combined weekend with Sherborne Castle being organised by Dave Smailes) July 20th (Sunday) Sherborne Castle ‘Classics At The Castle’ Please let Sue know if you are going August 31st (Sunday) TIPEC SW & S Wales BBQ, at Rob’s place near Bristol airport. Tickets available after Easter.

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September 14th (Sunday) TIPEC event at Hatton Country World (near Warwick) September 21st (Sunday) Tredegar House Vintage Car Rally for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research – Brian & Sarah are organising this for our region October 23rd–27th (Thursday–Monday) World War I Centenary Car Rally in Flanders Contact Scenic & Continental Car Tours quoting “Sue’s TIPEC group” (Ferry on 24th) Any comments or questions welcome – sue.simmons1@gmail.com or call on 07530 312 700.

At JMG we are dedicated to helping you get the best experience from your Porsche.

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

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Classifieds Classified ads with cars or car parts for sale are free to all TIPEC members. Just contact All Torque with your info and photos.

You can email on tony@typescape.com

1985 Porsche 944 Lux The time arrived to have an oil leak investigated on my 993. Having expected to only replace the cam box covers, once the undertrays were off the vehicle it became evident that most, if not all, of the seals had leaked because of ingress into the aircooling ducts of leaves from an overhead oak tree which found their way into the cooling system, causing the engine major overheating (and cooking the seals).

It became evident that a major strip-down of the engine was necessary.

So that I was not Porsche-less for the duration of the engine overhaul, I acquired this 944 (affectionately known as LUI) as a stopgap so that I could continue to attend Porsche events. Now that the 993 engine rebuild is almost complete this car is now surplus to requirements.

Having purchased the 944 it was evident that some work was necessary. I have had the cam belt replaced, the balance shaft housing seals replaced, the head has been faced and at the same time the valves have been reseated. The cooling system has been checked and a new thermostat fitted. Also both the rear drive shafts have been replaced, the clutch works well and there is plenty of tread on the tyres.

The car is Alpine White with burgundy red Porsche script sports seats. The car has an MOT and Tax. This is an excellent example of a classic Porsche.

ÂŁ3,650.00 Please contact Yvonne on 07966 184 034.

www.TIPEC.net You can use the TIPEC website to register or renew your club membership, advertise cars and parts for free, download old issues of All Torque, and keep up-to-date with events in your region.

If you look to the top-left of the homepage, you will find a link to TIPEC’s online discussion forum.

This is the place to trade banter with fellow club members on a day-to-day basis, ask questions and share knowledge, up and down the UK (and worldwide!)

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