L AL E U Q R TO E P T E M BE S / T S U G U A ISSUE 106
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I must admit, it was with a great deal of trepidation as I arrived at Beaulieu on the morning of Simply Porsche. The show ground was totally empty and the space looked vast, with the huge trees casting dark shadows across the avenues that criss-cross the estate. The sun was shining, would we get enough cars to do this fabulous venue justice? Fortunately my fears were unfounded. Porsche after Porsche came through the checkpoint and were efficiently parked by the team of Marshalls. They did a brilliant job keeping the queue moving and were incredibly jolly, in very hot conditions. The grass soon filled up and at 10:30 there were concerns that we were filling up fast. Every available space was utilised and at midday cars were still arriving and had to be parked in the main arena, which we had deliberately left empty for some activities in the afternoon. From my perspective the day went perfectly, the show was informal and relaxed. The sun shone, there was plenty of shade and the catering was good with plenty of choice. I spent the entire day chatting with members and friends, I have still not been in the house, walked the gardens or ridden the monorail. Maybe next year? All of the weekend was fantastic, with a regional night out at the Brazilian BBQ in Southampton on Friday and the Hog Roast and drive on Saturday, which for me summed up what this Club is all about. Both at the pub and Anderwood, it was great to see the chairs arranged in large circles with everyone chatting and idling the afternoon away. Next time we will not have a pub as the halfway comfort break – several took a short cut in a bid to get to the foaming ale first, some even had the cheek to blame the map! Without support these events do not happen and we must thank Steve Wagg for helping put this weekend together. Nick Snook for a superb route on Saturday and Jim Tarrant for setting up and taking down on Sunday. Finally a huge thank you to everyone that brought their Porsche and made the weekend a huge success. A special mention for the guys from Scotland who attend every show and always in spotlessly clean cars. The website continues to evolve and the regional pages are now being updated by the Regional Organisers. We will add features that will improve the communication process and make the site more informative. Try and get into the habit of clicking on the home page and checking out what is happening both Nationally and locally. Also if you have not done so yet, register for the forum. A lot of technical information is shared on there that many find invaluable, especially if you like to use your own spanners. If you have any interesting pictures of events or of your car in a remote or interesting place. Please forward them and we will put them in the Gallery on the site. There is a slideshow already loaded with pictures from Simply Porsche Beaulieu. What would be even better is someone managing the Gallery on the site for us. Collating the pictures and refreshing the content to keep it fresh. If you are interested please drop me a note. Enjoy the show season and tell fellow Porsche owners about the Club.
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Club news The first run of major TIPEC events for 2014 have been a great success. There are plenty more to come later in the season. In the meantime, we have a brief safety warning and an invitation to 944 Turbo S owners.
A warning for all 911 owners From Colin Smith I purchased a 911 in January and as it previously had personalised plates the dealer had to put new ones on. I was parking in Horsham and noticed a bit of a funny smell, so I walked round the car, checking. Got to the rear and found the number plate, which had only been fixed on with double sided tape, had slipped and was resting on the exhaust pipe.
The moral of the story? Don't use tape to fix the plates on rear engined cars! That area gets very hot and the adhesive melts. These photos illustrate the problem. My new plate is firmly bolted on!
I pulled it out and found one end almost molten and at risk of ignition. I think if I had not noticed it, the car could have easily caught fire as the exhaust chambers take some time to cool down.
New 944 Turbo S register www.944silverrose.co.uk Club Member Martin Mackay has set up an online register for owners of the 944 Turbo S. Probably the most sought-after version of the 944, the Turbo S was a limited run of 1,000, with 750 of those being for the American market.
It is thought that 77 cars were sold in the UK. All these cars had the same Silver with a hint of Pink paintwork (affectionately called ‘Silberrosa’ or Silver Rose) and the Burgundy Studio Check cloth interior. All these vehicles had the Option Code of M758.
0121 248 9343
A sad farewell to John Wallin SE Region member and long time friend John Wallin died suddenly on 1st June 2014 at the age of 76. John was one of the longest serving, most active, and loyal members (18 years) in TIPEC, and one of the most regular attendees at the SE Region meetings with his red 924 (‘ARY’) which he owned for 18 years and more recently with his new black 924S. I can only recall John missing one meeting during his entire 18 years service. John also attended all of our regional WotY’S during these 18 years (including this year’s in May). He assisted with the manning of the TIPEC stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed every year for the 15 years we had a stand and organised the annual narrow boating trips every year. He was SE Region Member of the Year in 2005 and 2009 (jointly with Keith Funnell). A large group of SE Region members attended his funeral at the North East Surrey Crematorium on 13 June 2014 and his beloved Guards Red 924 was also there to say farewell. John will be deeply missed but not forgotten. Our thoughts and condolences go to his family and friends.
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JWA Racing visit During the spring, Cheshire & Staffs had a very interesting open evening at JWA Racing in Staffordshire with over 20 members turning out to hear more about this successful race and engineering shop. JWA had a fascinating display of machinery in their workshop, highlighting the range of motorsport expertise that James Watt and his team can provide. Cars on display included: • 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR raced in the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Le Mans Series • 1974 Porsche 911 RSR replica • 2008 Aston Martin V8 GT2 Race Car • 1984 Ferrari Testarossa (race prepared) • 1957 Austin Healey • Two Formula Renault single seaters • An ex-BTCC 1985 Maserati Bi-Turbo • Citroen Saxo club racing car • 1977 Triumph Dolomite Sprint • Mk2 Mini Cooper S (with 7 port head) • Bristol 405 classic car JWA specialise in sports prototype and GT series engineering and preparation. James has a background as a racing driver and engineer, latterly as part of the McLaren team. He provided great insight into the world of high level international motorsport, and the engineering services needed to remain competitive. Day to day business includes looking after all manner of race cars from different categories, and servicing road-going sports and classic cars. Porsche is a particular focus for them and at the time of the visit they were finishing the build of a 1974 RSR replica based on a 911 SC imported from the States. James took the group round the workshop explaining the build-up process of a race car, from shell to suspension to engine and wider mechanicals. Whilst the group was too large to squeeze into the engine shop, several members commented on the high standards of preparation. The tour round JWA’s race car transporter was also an eye-opener. The attention to detail was amazing and had certain members green with envy! All that said, JWA’s Porsche GT3 RSR completed every LMS and WEC race it entered in 2012, including Le Mans. This takes a certain amount of fastidiousness, not to mention a significant budget. The cost of competing at an international level is eye-watering. It is a credit to James and his team that a small Staffordshire firm can achieve such international success. James did however stress that general sports car servicing provided them with continuity in between specific projects and race programmes, and that our members would benefit from the experience his team and facilities bring as a consequence of their motorsport background. At the end of the visit, JWA very kindly laid on a huge spread in the pub next door for our members. It is rare that we get such positive comment from a club event, so I would like to thank James and Ali at JWA for their hospitality. The visit was an inspiration to many of our members – Barry could quite gladly have taken home the Mini with him that evening, had it been able to fit inside a 964. More details on JWA Racing can be found at www.jwaracing.com and the team can be reached on 01785 851 122. Text & photography from Dave Watson
Central region at Centre Gravity
On Saturday April 26th Central Region paid another visit to TIPEC member, supporter of many Porsche events, and renowned suspension guru, Chris Franklin at Centre Gravity. We visited the Centre Gravity workshop in Atherstone, where we met with Chris, his wife Jayne and his more than able assistant Pete. We were supplied with unlimited tea, coffee, biscuits and pastries during the day, anybody who has been to one of Chris’s workshops knows I mean all day! We had nine Porsches and a BMW turn out for what was to something a little different to Chris’ usual demonstrations as he would not only check geometry settings on all the cars but would check the damper efficiency on a new machine he has recently had installed.
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The next test was the all important geometry check. The cars were raised on the ramp and the tyre pressures checked, lasers were attached to all four wheels to the computer and the results displayed. Chris explained what these settings would do to the car’s handling and the what improvements the correct setting would make. Again nothing too untoward was found with any of the cars, any adjustments required being minimal.
We had nine Porsches and a BMW turn out for what was to be something a little different to Chris’ usual demonstrations.
The first test was on this new machine, which vibrates the car’s wheels across one axle at a time. The frequency changes during this operation, which lasts about a minute, giving reading on a computer screen. Once the results were described there was a lot of interest – luckily all the cars tested gave readings well above those required for an MOT pass which gave many sighs of relief.
Brian Rowledge had booked his 993 in for a minor tweak and this work was carried out whilst we all watched the adjustments made on the computer screen.
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The cars that had adjustments made had a road test afterwards to check all was well. A big thank you to Chris, Jayne and Pete for giving up their Saturday to give us a thorough demonstration. Chris can be found at Centre Gravity, Brindley Close, Atherstone CV9 2GA. Telephone 01827 718 800, or www.centergravity.co.uk Text & photography by Lyndsay Brown All Torque 106 page 7
Member’s cars Derek Flanagan wonders whether there are preventative measures to be taken with a 996 engine and chooses to go ‘waterless’ with his 996 Targa, as it crosses the 10 year line and officially becomes a ‘classic car’.
It’s been two and half years since my last running report on my 996 Targa (Gen 2, facelift model), but I have only added 8,000 miles in this time and it is now over 10 years old (with 56,000 miles) and thus has officially become a classic car – at least in the eyes of the insurance companies – which is great, and saved me nearly £100 with the TIPEC approved scheme from Asset Trust. Fortunately the Targa has been very reliable and only needed routine servicing and some preventative maintenance work. Although it’s not necessary (according to Porsche), I do include an oil change with the annual service every year. I started 2012 by purchasing (at a cost of £224) and fitting ZunSport mesh grilles (in black) to protect the front radiators. They took me less than 45 minutes to fit and enhance the appearance as well as protecting those vulnerable radiators. The car’s original exhaust system was still okay, with another two years’ life expectancy, but I decided not to wait for it to fail. Sadly Porsche don’t provide standard stainless steel exhausts so I decided to go for an aftermarket one, and settled for the Cargraphic Sports exhaust system. I got our local independent, Parr, to fit it as they are also the UK agent for Cargraphic. Unfortunately the O/S silencer
support mount was badly corroded and had to be replaced which was an additional £224. This appears to be a common problem and is expensive for a bit of bent metal. This was my only major expenditure in 2013. The Porsche magazines never stop reporting on the M96 engine failures of 987 Boxsters, 3.4L, 3.6L 996s and even 997 Gen 1 engines, especially the 3.8s with their thinner walls) Although I always avoid over revving a cold engine, keeping under 3,000 rpm until the engine is hot, this was still giving me some unease, with the scaremongering phrase ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ even though it only affects around 5–10% of cars, so I thought I would have it checked rather than get more anxious over time. Having read independent Porsche specialist Cath Burrows’ recent report in 911 & PW, which identified cylinder numbers four and six as being hot spots and thus most vulnerable as are those engines which are fitted with pressed alloy cylinders rather than cast or forged alloy cylinders. It appears that earlier Gen 1 cars were fitted with cast alloy cylinders but it’s impossible to know precisely which ones are fitted without dismantling the engine and there’s no published data from Porsche on this. The resultant problem is the scoring of the cylinders and eventual cracking of the Locasil liners so I decided to get the bores checked
with an endescope down the plug holes to establish their condition and hopefully give me peace of mind. Thankfully they were okay, so I didn’t need to worry about replacing the cylinders and/or liners or a horrendously expensive block replacement when the engine self destructs. Although I haven’t experienced any starting problems, removal of the ignition coils and spark plugs to get at the bores did reveal two coils with cracked insulation, which needed replacing. Fortunately they are inexpensive at £38 each, but there are six as there’s an ignition coil on each spark plug and these do have a tendency to fail sooner or later. Amazingly most of the coils on my Targa were still original. Whilst these are common on many modern cars they are easy to get to on conventional engines where the engine heat tends to keep them dry and they are also protected from water and road grime. But of course with a Porsche flat six engine, which is mounted low down, they are more exposed and vulnerable. They can be tricky to get at and best replaced when the car is on a ramp. So this was a very useful check.
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Water generates high vapour pressures as its temperature increases, exerting internal stresses on all cooling system components, especially hoses, pump seals and radiator seams. This additional pressure can vary between 0.5 bar and 2 bar (7psi and 29psi) which places significant stress on cooling system components, including hoses, gaskets and radiators. Evans Waterless Coolants generate much lower pressures, in the region of 1 bar (4 psi), and therefore reduces strain on all components.
Porsche magazines never stop reporting on M96 engine failures … even though it only affects 5–10% of cars.
I then decided to apply the cliché that ‘prevention is better than cure’ (and cheaper too). I established that there are some modifications to reduce the risks of this failure and stop this ‘time bomb’ ticking. Barry Hart (Hartech) strongly recommends the fitting of a lower temperature (163ºF) thermostat to replace the standard 186ºF one. I thought I would apply a belt and braces approach and also decided to replace the traditional water (and antifreeze) coolant with the new Evans ‘Waterless’ synthetic coolants now available. This has many advantages, firstly of being non corrosive. Water is the root cause of corrosion in all cooling systems, via oxidation and galvanic (electrolytic) action. Evans coolants do not contain dissolved oxygen and have a much lower conductivity but more importantly could be the ‘silver bullet’ cure for the M96 engine problem. There are several grades of Evans waterless coolant – Power 180 grade is recommended for Porsche and performance engines. The science or physics behind this waterless coolant is that it exhibits a much higher boiling point (above 180C ) than water/antifreeze mixture which ensures that it will not boil or turn to vapour inside the engine. By remaining as a liquid it has much better heat transfer
Coil packs, new versus not-so-new
properties than water, especially if the water turns to steam-vapour pockets (cavitation).
Evans claim that waterless coolant will not impact on a manufacturer's warranty because the product is recognised by ASTM and BSI standards as an automotive anti freeze/coolant. In easy terms it is just an alternative anti freeze to a 50/50 mix. It does not make any modifications to the coolant system, it is just a replacement product. The only downside is the cost. A 911 cooling system requires 25 litres of coolant. Evans waterless coolant is expensive costing approximately £13 per litre ( total cost £325) and it is necessary to eliminate all water after draining which is best achieved with Evans hydroscopic Prep Fluid at a cost of £8 per litre or £200 (but this can be re-used) and using it two to three times before filling the engine with the waterless coolant does help to remove all the water, but even then removal of some hoses is needed as Porsche coolant systems are horrendously complex. Evans claim that the coolant has been proven to last over 20 years so can be considered to be a lifetime coolant if it does not become contaminated with water and remains significantly cheaper than a catastrophic engine failure. Traditional water cooled systems should be replaced every four years, but this doesn’t appear to be covered by any routine services.
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Whilst having the waterless coolant upgrade, I have also had new front discs and pads, a new camshaft actuator seal plate and scavenger pump O-ring replaced due to a slight sweating around these areas and an air con service all done at the Sussex independent Porsche specialist Precision Porsche ,based at Sheffield Park, who are extremely knowledgeable and professional with very attractive labour rates (£65 per hour).
ZunSport black mesh front radiator grilles
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TIPEC to Laon 2014 Jim Hearnden reports on the now-annual TIPEC trip to Circuit Historique da Laon Laon is a town of two halves. It is the capital city of the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. Imagine a Mexican hat with a cut off top. The brim of the hat is the new town, most of it I guess around ’60s and ’70s. The flat top is a beautiful old city, all cobbled streets and a massive cathedral. It was, in fact, the capital of France for quite a while.
After going to Laon as a (big) group last year, there was a reasonable uptake when I asked if people wanted to go in 2014. I coordinated the group going and after a few changes we took around 14 cars across the channel to Circuit Historique de Laon. The town of Laon is roughly midway between Reims (yes the motor racing circuit) and Paris. The whole event is organised by the local Laon based classic car club. This year attendance was a little lower than previous with around 540 cars and 30 motorbikes turn up for the weekend of car related fun. As last year we were in the Ibis with a couple of exceptions. Wayne & Sarah were next-door as he only decided to come late in the day and Steve & Emily had done their own thing so ended up in a hotel near the cathedral. The main change this year was that we were going by Eurotunnel rather than the ferry. This adds £50 per couple but is much nicer, and avoids having to get your precious car climbed over! It was pretty hot even at silly o’clock when we got up. Most of us met up at Maidstone Services at the ungodly hour of 7am! Sean had got up early and met us there,
organised with Maccy D’s breakfasts and attendant hot drinks. The ones living outside the Kent area had taken advantage of the accommodation at the services to save a long drive. At eight we all piled into cars and set off for the tunnel, with a brief pause as one of our members had mislaid their folder containing passports, e-tickets etc. Luckily Sean found it in their… wait for it … car! For some weird reason we didn’t all have the same Eurotunnel timing and Paul & Rob got put on a later train. On arrival a fair few of us pulled into the petrol station just after the tunnel exit to await Paul, who was around 20 minutes or so behind us. We also caught some others in the services that had made different travel arrangements. The pre-arranged lunch stop was at Arras, with most of us parking in the underground car park which was nice and cool. Last year we had found an excellent fish restaurant completely by accident. This year everyone decided that we were to return and Jim was to organise it. I eventually found it on Google Maps, called Amarine. Yet again we had
a fantastic lunch and for very reasonable cost. We left Arras in various groups and made our way to Laon. As we got closer to Laon the classic car count increased considerably. CCT had booked around 280 cars from the UK. The Ibis isn’t the easiest hotel to find in Laon but we all arrived in dribs and drabs. There was an eclectic mix of cars in the car park. Aside from the obvious Porsche contingent there were MGs, what looked like the entire turn out of the Stag owners clubs, a Wolesley police car complete with bell, and lots of others. The restaurant at the hotel was packed for the Friday night, but after last years fiasco I had arranged places for all of us. The food order was a bit Fawlty Towers but we all got fed in the end. After this it was time for bed ready for a relatively early start for sign on at 8:30–9:30am the next day, which meant an earlier start than a lot of us had either wanted or thought it would be. This time we all managed to stay together and parked up together. We then watched the rest of the cars coming through including some lovely Porsches. After 50 minutes or so we grabbed the road book and commenced the tour. The weather was very very hot and the hood was down on the Boxster. The route books are ‘tulip’ type diagrams and generally easy to follow. The lead changed as we did the course, the scenery on the route was stunning and all the villages down to the smallest have the whole family out with a picnic waving and cheering the cars. The way the route books are written you end up in the lunch spot at around the same time and this time it was in Guise which has a huge square. Unfortunately the car parking could have been marshalled better and it rapidly clogged up. We were a little early for food so the TIPEC group disappeared to a cafe across the road for coffees, beers and tea! When we returned we were given our lunch which was the normal baguette and drink.
On our previous visit we had found a great Chinese buffet restaurant and I’d pre-booked all of us in for our evening meal. The meal was fantastic; you always seem to eat too much with buffets and this one was no exception. The resulting bill was very reasonable as well. Yet again the waitress came around with shot glasses and some fiery spirit, the interesting thing was that the bottom of the shot glasses had extremely graphic pictures in them! On the Sunday you go into town, park up and then at around one o’clock the roads are closed off and you do laps of the new and old town. We left the hotel at 11am and found our normal parking at the bottom of the ramparts wall then went off to find a coffee bar. After this we spilt into groups and wandered around looking at the various cars. This year we seemed to be getting held at various spots and some of the cars were getting hot and bothered, especially as it was around the 28–29ºC mark. This lead to us peeling off after two or three laps, most of us ended up in the coffee bar and restaurant opposite the cathedral. The menu here looked pretty good so around 20 of us booked here for dinner in the evening. The roads reopen at around 5:30 and we all found our way back to the hotel, for a shower and to cool down a bit. A MPV type taxi had been booked to take us to the restaurant. The food here was sublime; with the biggest baked Alaska I’ve ever seen being one of the highlights. Monday dawned bright and sunny yet again and quite a few of us decided not do the tour of the country but make our way from around 10am back towards the Eurotunnel. Whilst we were finishing breakfast the skies opened and the Mother & Father of all thunderstorms erupted. So everyone enjoyed themselves. It was a fantastic weekend with the best weather we could have wished for.
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Simply beautiful Beaulieu
Simply Porsche at Beaulieu was 2014’s main event for TIPEC. Held on Sunday 22nd June, at Beaulieu’s fabulous Hampshire venue, the club built a weekend of events around the area including a drive through the New Forest and a hog roast to keep members going. Over the page, the Scottish region report on their 1,000+ mile round trip to join in.
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Neil Fraser reports on the Scottish Region’s 1,000+ mile Beaulieu adventure weekend from start to finish. Whenever we embark on a weekend away, it is always after a few wee searches using Google to find out exactly how we are going to get to wherever the heck we are going, check that the hotel accommodation is booked, pray for good weather and make sure my breakdown cover has not lapsed. Having done the Google thingy, I learned that the weekend was predicted to be a heatwave. A quick email to the rest of the gang, just to make sure that everything is ok and all systems go. Departure checklist ticked off, hotel confirmation printed and we are ready for the off! This was the 21st Annual TIPEC show and it has to be said that I have not missed one, since joining the club in 2003. This year’s first challenge was the distance, a mere 455 miles from my front door to Lyndhurst where we all stayed. Some were over 500 miles from home, a fair auld trek. Cath and Wyldie came down on the Wednesday and the rest of us checked into the Ormonde Hotel on Friday. I set off at 4am with the sun shining and landed at the hotel at lunchtime having stopped off for a well earned breakfast. On Friday evening we had a walk around the small town of Lyndhurst and much to my surprise there was a Meridien franchise. With Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Abarth cars on display. This was impressive for a town that only has a population of 2,900 residents. A wee catch up with the rest of the clan at the hotel, before heading off to bed. Saturday morning and yet again the sun was blazing. Before breakfast we decided to clean the cars. With my Boxster and the other Porsches gleaming in the car park, we had earned our breakfast. The group chatted about the days activities, we were all looking forward to the New Forest drive and hog roast. The rendezvous for the drive was Ringwood. We nearly missed the whole thing,
traffic in the area was absolutely manic. We were told this was commonplace as the new forest is such a popular destination for tourists. Having met up with Sean and receiving our tulip map of instructions, we had to work out where we were going. I was driving, which left Audrey the challenge of navigating which included counting the miles to each change of direction. Well! Let us just say I hung on to the back end of Jim Hearnden's Boxster S and an Ocean Jade Metallic 996. Through what has to be said, were narrow country lanes. I am not convinced that we followed the right route. By default we ended up at the halfway point, The Horton Inn Country Pub. We all sat outside in the heat, I ordered a shandy whilst Audrey managed to sink a couple of glasses of wine. We filled the beer garden and talked with fellow club members from lots of different regions. After a good catch up and before we all burned to a crisp, it was time to set off and see if the wine had affected Audrey’s ability to navigate. It was off to the New Forest and the Anderson Site, for that much earned hog roast. Yet again, we all made it to the destination and I counted 35 Porkers parked up together. We spent the rest of the afternoon just chilling and chatting with the group, whilst tucking in to the hog roast and of course a few drinks. A really enjoyable afternoon and a great opportunity to catch up with other regions and put a few names to a faces. All too soon it was time to head back to the Hotel. A quick freshen up before the clan re-united, for an evening get together at the local Italian restaurant for a light bite and to reflect on the days adventures. We woke on Sunday to glorious sunshine with hardly a cloud in the sky, dress code was once again shorts and T-shirt. Yes you guessed it, we washed the Porkers before we all sat down for breakfast. It was a short 10 minute drive from the hotel to the Beaulieu Motor Museum. We joined a very healthy looking array of Porsches, that queued up waiting to get parked inside the stunning grounds. Once parked it was my intention to walk around straight away, but I could not get off the spot, spending over an hour chatting to other Porsche owners. I was gabbing ten to the dozen with people whom I had never met before and really enjoying the general chit-chat. Audrey and I eventually got to venture of to see what the venue had to offer.
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Once parked it was my intention to walk round straight away, but I could not get off the spot, spending over an hour chatting with other Porsche owners.
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First off we went to see all the cars entered into the show and shine. There were some very exceptional looking cars and you would be proud to own every one of them for sure. We then headed off to the Top Gear section and it was a trip down memory lane having watched, I think, every episode to date and a few cars on display from some of the most nutty Top Gear episodes ever shown. Text by Neil Fraser. Photography by Neil Fraser, James Garrard & Derek Flanagan All Torque 106 page 15
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Next was a change of pace with a wee trip on the monorail, which ran above the grounds with some spectacular views of the gardens and all the cars parked up below us. Next it was a bus trip around the other side of the estate, with a stop outside the icecream parlour. It would be rude not to, so we sat and had a rather large ice cream each. It was then time to visit the palace house and gardens, followed by a walk over to the lake at the edge of the grounds. En route back to have a look at all the Porkers parked up and I would say there were probably 450–500 scattered everywhere, a very healthy turnout and some stunning cars on display. We visited the Beaulieu shop for a nose and then rested our legs in the caff, had a sandwich and a coffee before heading in to the Museum. There was a varied range of vehicles on display, from Formula 1 to vintage bikes. A visit to the Secret Army exhibition and Beaulieu Abbey. We were just in time to walk round and see the result of the visitors choice Porsche. A stunning original 356, which was breathtaking, was the deserved winner. Monday morning we all met for breakfast before we said our goodbyes. Audrey and myself off home, sadly, to go back to work the next day and the rest of the clan luckily were either off to The Isle Of Wight or the Lakes. A great weekend was had by all.
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I have to say this year’s annual show was one heck of a drive for us, but you know what? The stunning New Forest countryside and Beaulieu as a venue were just perfect.
I wish I had more time to explore the lovely countryside, drive around more of the New Forest, and visit the small but bespoke village of Beaulieu. The area was simply stunning and I am glad I made the journey south for what was a superb weekend. I have to say this year’s annual show was one heck of a drive for us, but you know what? The stunning New Forest countryside and Beaulieu as a venue were just perfect. Sean and the gang really pulled this one out of the hat. The hog roast and drive in the surrounding area on Saturday, the weather – which has to be described as tropical compared to what we are used to up north – made it a perfect weekend. Martin & Elaine, and Alan & Maree with baby Adam ventured on to the Isle of Wight to make it a real worthwhile trip and a proper extended break.
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If you didn't manage it for whatever reason then you missed a really great show with something for everyone from child to grandparent. I haven’t got a clue at this time if next year’s show will be the same venue, but if it is and you missed it this year then be ready to pencil it in for 2015 for sure. Finally I have to say a huge thanks to everyone involved who helped put this year’s show together. It is time consuming, not to mention a pain in the backside at times, organising everything and from the hog roast on the Saturday to the show on the Sunday you did superbly from start to finish. It does not go unrecognised from us up here in Scotland and I am sure from everyone else up and down the regions. Keep up the good work, great company and a great club. When and where is next years annual show?
The weekend was fantastic, the company as always was superb, and a big thanks to everyone out there reading this article who made the trip to Beaulieu. Text by Neil Fraser. Photography by Jim Hearnden, James Garrard & Derek Flanagan All Torque 106 page 17
Le Mans Classic 2014 It has become something of a tradition that our region (Cheshire & Staffs) makes a biennial pilgrimage to La Sarthe in France to see the Le Mans Classic event. This was our 5th Le Mans Classic and to mark this, we decided to travel a day earlier and take a tour on the way back via the Reims Gueux Pit Buildings for a photo session as a group. The atmosphere is quite different to that of the normal Le Mans 24 hours race, with a greater focus on died-in-the-wool classic car and motorsport enthusiasm than the main annual event. 450 race cars run in six different classes, with each class racing for circa 45–60 mins at a time prior to the next class running. Once all classes have raced, the programme rotates and the first class races again, carrying on in this format through the 24 hours of the race weekend. It ensures that there is something for everyone, from vintage Bentleys, Talbot Lagos and Bugattis through Jaguar ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘E’ types, Maserati 300s, Ferraris of all generations, Matras, Lolas, Chevrons to Porsche RSRs, 908s, 917s, 935s and 936s. Our trip started out on the Wednesday before race weekend with our group of six Porsche 911s and John in his Brabus Smart (his 911 delayed in the paintshop) headed to Portsmouth for the crossing to Le Havre. DFDS in their wisdom had changed the boat due to issues with the original vessel in service, which caused frustrating delays when boarding. Once on the ship though it was apparent that most were heading for the same location. We were surrounded by Cobras, Ultimas, Triumphs, Porsches, Ferraris and a gorgeous Maserati Ghibli. On the other side, I brought up the rear and managed to lose the main group. With Trevor, my trusty navigator guiding from the passenger seat, we made it across the Seine using the toll bridge at Tancarville and headed for Lisieux, expecting to be chasing the main group. Instead, Rob’s sat-nav took them to the water’s edge and a bizarre extra ferry trip across the Seine, resulting in Trevor and I reaching Lisieux first! So with our feet up in true Jeremy Clarkson style, we guided the rest of the group to our first rendezvous point prior to travelling on to L’Aigle and Mortagne Au Perche, where we stopped in this traditional French town for lunch. The spectacle of several 911s parked up in the local square caused much attention amongst the locals. We reached Le Mans by mid afternoon on the Thursday and headed straight to our hotel at Sceaux-sur-Huisne to get freshened up followed by a pleasant meal in the local village. The following day the weather was scorching and due to a mix up at the organiser’s end our pit passes were arranged for collection on site. ‘On site’ turned out to be about 1.5 miles walk from the circuit, which definitely helped walk off the meal from the night before! Once armed with all our tickets though, we ventured into the exhibitors village where there was an amazing array of trade stands and concours exhibits – mainly former Le Mans race cars such as the early 911 RSR Turbo in Martini colours and the yellow Kremer 917.
The pit pass gives you access to get right up close and personal with all manner of exotic machinery and their pilots. You could easily have spent a day just wandering round the pits. On the Friday we watched the practice sessions and parades prior to another very pleasant meal in a French gourmet restaurant just outside Le Mans. The car park was full of Ferraris and Porsches complimented by each table in the restaurant featuring a race car model! Saturday was race day and saw the weather start to become a bit changeable. However the spectacle of ‘Le Mans starts’ had the grandstands full in anticipation. We were sitting in Tribune 21 this time around which was right on the start line. It actually made quite a different compared to sitting in Tribune 23 – most cars have changed up by stand 23 but at 21 were still racing up the rev range, necessitating use of ear plugs given the wall of sound reverberating within the grandstands. It all added to the atmosphere, with smiles all round across the group. We enjoyed a great afternoon of racing prior to returning to the hotel for an excellent meal before some of us returned to Arnage for some
late night racing. Unfortunately the heavens opened as soon as we arrived and we lasted all of an hour prior to conceding defeat. The following day arrived and many of the 74 car grids had been depleted to 50 or less. Retirements included the red 917, a couple of 935s and unfortunately the 936. Thankfully though most were mechanical rather than incident related, with the only major accident happening at Arnage where a 356 Speedster came to grief colliding with another race car. The front end looked rather sorry though hopefully still restorable. The clubs area in the infield and lining the Bugatti circuit was very impressive this year. There were several hundred Porsches of all models on display, healthy representation from Renault-Alpine, Lotus, Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferrari and BMW clubs with an amazing De Tomaso line-up (at least 30 cars spanning Panteras, Mangustas, a Lonchamp and various other models). The Porsche Museum was displaying an original 911 RSR, a 935 and 936, and next door Porsche Classic had Ferry Porsche’s personal 930 on display in his preferred dark green colour scheme. When the event drew to a close on Sunday afternoon, we headed to Orleans for a stopover. As with previous years we used the Kyriad chain which always provides decent standard rooms and service at an affordable price. The hotel could not be faulted, even providing us access to a secure gated parking lot for our cars. On leaving Orleans, we headed to Epernay, the Champagne capital for lunch and filled our cars with some of the local produce! We parked up in a square causing quite a stir. Once clear of Epernay we headed to Reims Gueux, to the famous former Reims GP circuit buildings, which lie in semi-restored ruin. The atmosphere here was great. All the famous iconic drivers of the ’50s and ’60s raced here from Stirling Moss to Fangio, Hawthorn, Nuvolari, Behra, and Bonnier. Somehow, our 911 line-up just looked the part … Once we left Reims, we joined the Autoroute for a spirited drive down to the second Kyriad Hotel stopover on the Monday night. Until this point we had enjoyed staying off motorways though it made sense on the route to Lille. The group then headed the following morning for the EuroTunnel, only to realise that a power failure the prior day had caused major backlogs. We spent over four hours waiting in a queue for the return hop across the channel, which was not our usual experience of EuroTunnel. All that said, we made good time back home on the Tuesday having felt that we had seen and done a lot in just under a week. Everyone came back with a smile on their face, which ultimately is what the club is all about. Sharing common interests with like-minded friends. Roll on July 2016 …
Text & photography by Dave Watson All Torque 106 page 19
Member’s cars Lorne Campbell bought his 1990 944 S2 in December and as a relatively new owner and club member the Southern Area RO suggested that he write something about the experience. Without thinking, he said yes …
Unlike many of the owner written Porsche articles I have read, I am not a dyed in the wool Porsche fanatic. I have always admired them and am a genuine fan of the 356, but I am not one who, as a young man, swore that ‘one day I will have one of those’. I was always a fan of 1950s and 1960s sports cars and racers – and the people who drove them – and I do remember the launch of the E-Type Jaguar coupe and that did make an impression on me. Since that time, I have had a soft spot for fastback closed coupes with rear hatches, rather than their open top sisters. I felt they were more practical, more streamlined and structurally sounder, and when I reached the age when the children had flown the nest and I noticed that the years were flying by I bought a 1972 Triumph GT6 – the ‘poor man’s E-Type’ – and owned that for eight years; finally selling it in the Autumn of 2013. I was also fond of six cylinder engines in the front and rear wheel drive. Yes – I’m old fashioned … In many ways, the GT6 was the right machine. It was my favorite layout and had a great sounding six pot motor, but I realized, ultimately, that I was forever trying to up spec it so that it would run like a more modern car and that, despite spending a lot of money in this quest, I was never going to get there. Plenty of parts were available but the basic design was, well, too basic! The separate chassis and lack of rigidity meant constant creaks, the rear suspension had very limited travel and didn’t handle our ‘modern’ roads, and I was always chasing transmission vibrations – once I’d sorted one another
would come in at a different speed. It took nearly 18 months of not getting anywhere – the next stage of work was going to cost a lot and I realized I still wasn’t going to get what I wanted – before I decided that it was time for something else. I didn’t have an enormous amount of money to spend but I did want something that wasn’t too common. I also wanted my fastback, front engine, rear wheel driven, coupe with rear hatch, if possible – but I was now prepared to go more modern so that I could get a machine that had more up to date handling and ride – and didn’t feel as if it was about to fall to bits. I also wanted something that my wife wouldn’t mind going away for a weekend in – trips of 15 to 20 miles being the maximum that she would tolerate in the GT6! As I searched, the 944 kept coming up as fulfilling most of my requirements although I was looking at other machines as well. The research also seemed to indicate that a 944 S2 would suit my requirements best. It was one of the latest versions of the 944 and seemed to me to be quick enough, without going to the extra complication of the Turbo. These days, handling is more important to me than outright speed and the 944 with its circa 50/50 weight distribution, seemed to score highly in that department. I realized that I hadn’t seen one close up for a long time and as luck would have it, I came across the Porsche Club GB stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2013 and there was a 944 S2 with its
owner, Tref Willingham, standing beside it. Those of you who know Tref, will also know that he is a mine of information on the 944, so I gleaned a mountain of knowledge during our 20 minute chat. I saw how practical it was and was regaled with his tales of trips to Europe with two dogs and a mattress as well as all the normal luggage! Once I started to home in on the idea of buying a circa 23–25 year old Porsche, I checked that there were specialists in my area who understood the beast and had the maintenance capability that I lacked. I discovered that Dorset was well covered in this respect. I also contacted the relevant Porsche Clubs and it was suggested that I attended some of the club meets to talk to people who knew the cars. I took advantage of this and learned a great deal, to add to my internet research, which had already yielded a lot of information – particularly the ins and outs of buying one. Having sold the GT6 and got to the stage of hunting for a car I bore in mind the advice that I should not go out and buy the first one I saw. Very sound advice. I was given the same before I bought the GT6 – but bought the first one I saw (it had the right spec)! I improved with the 944. I bought the second one I saw … The first one was at a Dorset used car dealer and had been traded in. It seemed to be a nice car in the advert, so I arranged a Saturday afternoon visit. The weather was pretty drizzly which did not auger well and when I got there the salesman was on his own with no other punters around. Bodily it didn’t look bad but the battery was flat so the car had to be jump started, there was trouble with the rear hatch lock, neither the bonnet nor the hatch would stay up on its struts, etc. Although, once started, the engine seemed okay, and the interior was nice, the carpet behind the front seats was wet and the car just looked tired. It seemed genuine and unmolested but work was needed. When I mentioned the possibility of driving it the reaction was very negative – ‘Oh, we don’t do that until you are otherwise ready to sign on the dotted line …’ How does that work? A sales gimmick that is new to me. So, I didn’t buy the first one I saw. I carried on hunting the ads and decided that I was probably going to have to do quite a lot of travelling to get what I wanted. After a bit, another Dorset car of the right spec came up; this time from a private seller. It had only done 81,000 miles which was pretty good for a car of that vintage – but the pictures on line seemed to indicate that it was the colour of pale greenish toothpaste. It put me right off; I couldn’t envisage myself driving around in such a pastel green creation. I left it for a while, but the other cars of the S2 era had all done ~ 140,000 plus miles, some well over 200,000, so I looked at it again. I had no idea what actual colour ‘Glacier Blue’ was, so I searched for other Porches of similar age, in that shade and some of the pictures looked much more like silver. Logic finally won and I contacted the seller, asked if was still for sale and, if so, could he send me a decent high resolution photograph? It was, and he did. It was just silver with a tiny hint of blue – very Teutonic, and suitable. I could live with that. In my young days I bought and sold many cars, privately, but, as with many others, I find this process much more stressful these days. Steeling myself, I contacted the vendor and arranged a visit. I said I would like a run in the car but that I was only insured 3rd party for cars belonging to others. He said that driving the car would be no problem – a positive sign. Lo and behold, when I arrived he had a lift in his garage, so we could look underneath. The car looked good outside with a nice interior, a clubsport steering wheel, and a very thick history file – important. I drove it, with him alongside, on a nice country route and I felt it went very well. Although I had
previously tried to arrange a drive in a 944, my only experience up ’till then had been as a passenger in a fellow club member’s 944 S2, which had, at least, given me an idea of how they went, and I enjoyed the experience. This one seemed to go every bit as well, if not better. It did have a Promax cat bypass exhaust and – I subsequently discovered – a Promax chip as well. Being a non-Turbo car, I don’t know how much extra power or torque it gives, but I certainly felt that it was no slower and the engine was smooth and responsive, and the power delivery was very linear. The brakes worked well – progressive and straight; my only slightly negative experience was that the steering seemed a bit fidgety and slightly inclined to wander. The tyres were Bridgestone SO2s and looked good with plenty of tread but I felt that they might be a little old. I found out later (I couldn’t find the date markings – they were on the inside of the tyre) that they had been made nine years before – well past their ‘off by date’ as my kids used to call it! Bodily, there had been work (documented) on the trailing edges of the front wheel arches and one side had just been done again. The other side needed revisiting, although it wasn’t obvious. All the electrics seemed to be working properly. I had an HPI check done, which showed no problems. Underneath, things looked fairly good although there was surface rust about in places. I used a trick I had been given by Tref Willingham – removing the covers of the vent hole in the B-pillar and dropping a small digital camera (keeping hold of the strap!) through, to photograph the interior of the sills. Luckily my hands are fairly skinny and I have long fingers. The pictures indicated some rust inside, but it didn’t look as if it had really taken hold. Although I had tried to do my homework as best I could – by asking club members, by reading the buying guides on line and surfing the various forums – I wanted some real expert backup. Gary lived close to Marque 21 at Bridport and had even had the car in to them for a recent check over. I arranged for them to assess the car and Gary kindly agreed to take it over to them at a mutually agreed time. Tim at Marque 21 said, basically, that it was a good, ‘above average’ example and that I wouldn’t regret buying it. There was a list of a few things that he recommended were done – some, like rear brake hoses – more pressing than others. His opinion of the small area of rust on the bottom and inside the sills (a specific question of mine) was that it was all surface rust and that the body would be fine provided I had some rust inhibiting done before next winter. I knew from the history that the cam and balance belts and their associated bits were due for replacement – due to age rather than mileage – and Gary, the owner, had said that it had been his intention to get them checked before selling. But I decided that I would rather that I was controlling this, so we negotiated a price reduction and the deal was struck. The reduction was only around half of the subsequent cost of the work, but I realized that I would probably want to go further than any seller would. At the end of this process, Gary turned to me and said that he had always found private selling stressful but that on this occasion it had not been a problem at all, and pretty relaxed. I had been about to say the same thing to him! So that’s how I became the proud owner of my first Porsche and subsequently a member of TIPEC. I have had a lot of work doen to the car since December and will tell that story next time. I would like to acknowledge the tremendous help and answering of foolish questions, afforded me by numerous members of the club. It has been exceedingly useful to me in my quest. Text by Lorne Campbell. Photography by Gary Hinchley & Lorne Campbell All Torque 106 page 21
Restoration report Philip Andricuk has a cautionary tale. When buying an older car, and the vendor mentions that rust isn’t an issue because “it’s all galvanised, innit?” … be warned! Even galvanised steel starts to corrode eventually.
I can’t believe that its been five years since I last wrote an article concerning the rebuild of my 1986 3.2 Carrera, undertaken at the Porscheshop Halesowen. How time flies! If anyone remembers reading about it they will remember that what was initially a simple task of replacing one wing and repainting the front end turned into replacing both wings welding the inner wing and part of the n/s sill, up-rating the front brakes with four pot calipers, new crossdrilled disks back and front, completely stripping the bodywork down and giving the car a full windows-out repaint. Now one can imagine that I had well and truly blown the budget on this project so to keep the costs down Ian Heward, who owns Porscheshop, advised me to leave the n/s B-post as the few bubbles that were on the lower half did not seem to warrant ripping it out and replacing it, but rather just sanding down and lead filling would be more than adequate This I agreed to and that job was left until funds where available. Well, you know how jobs just sometimes get left, and in subsequent years I had all the heating components in the car replaced, hot/cold air blowers, heater valves and stainless steel heat exchangers fitted. Not cheap but noticeably increased the performance Now five years has past and the gremlins have started to attack the lower half of the the B-post again. I must admit that it still did not look that bad, just a few unsightly small bubbles amassing about three inches down from under the door latch. This in my view was the one detriment that blighted what I considered quite a nice car and the
more times I opened the passenger door the more these little fellows where annoying me, it was as if they where saying “hello mate we are still here eating away at your nice paintwork” and so it got to a point where they just had to go. Back to Porscheshop and a consultation with Ian on the best way to alleviate my dreaded tin worm. It was decided that as the rust spots where just in one small area, we could get away with cutting the panel from just under the door latch and welding in a half section so that it matched the profiling of the bodywork. This would be more cost effective than replacing the whole panel and an easier job to undertake. “What we will do,” said Ian “is that we will remove both of the sill covers and inspect each side of the car to see how five years of wear and use has stood up”. This all sounded fine so I left my car with them for the necessary work to begin. A few days later I retuned to Porscheshop after getting a call from Mark, their chief mechanic, to “come down and have a look” – now that sounded ominous to begin with. Ian showed me first the offside of the car where the previous owner had had the kidney bowl replaced. “They haven’t done a bad job,” said Ian “but they didn’t seal it properly and although the kidney bowl is okay the lower part of the sill, back from the jacking point, is beginning to corrode.” So it was suggested that section be cut out and a part sill welded in, which I agreed to. “That’s the good news.” said Ian “The bad news is the kidney bowl on the n/s is rusted through.” Now that was bad news and on inspection they were only too right. Also, my car had apparently been fitted with the later G50 kidney bowls which incidentally are Porsche parts only and are five times the price of the earlier ones that can be obtained
through Dansk. They also are longer than the earlier type which means to replace it they have to either cut the whole sill off (and in order to do that they have to take the front wing off) or cut part of the outer sill away just back from the jacking point. After some discussion we decided that cutting a perfectly good sill off was really unnecessary, so I choose the latter option as the way forward. I knew the guys at Porscheshop would do a good job, of that I had no concern. My only concern now is when everything is stripped away … what sort of state are they going to find the inner sill in? Did someone mention deja vu? It’s been a few days now and I am back from Porscheshop, and its sort of good news. All the welding has been done and my fears of corrosion in the inner sill were unfounded. The car is now at the paint shop and should be ready in a week or so. The not so good news is that the firm that replaced the off side kidney bowl before I purchased the car had double skinned the end sill and welded in a support plate under the back of the lower wing, which was quite unnecessary. As they had not sealed it properly the rust and corrosion was quite apparent and, if left, would have crept up the entire quarter panel. According to Ian “We have caught the problem just in time …” but not before they had to cut half the B-post out and the back end of the sill to remove all the double skinning and botched repair work. Let this be a lesson to anyone contemplating giving there pride and joy to people who don’t know or understand how Porsches are put together! Its been three weeks now since I last saw my car and it’s now back from the paint shop awaiting the trim and cover sills being
refitted (using all stainless steel bolts). I have to say the guys at Porscheshop have done an amazing job on the panel work, the welding is first class and all the contours of the car are exactly how they where the day it left the Porsche factory. Well done.
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wing – and those lovely shiny covers, the sills, can be hiding a multitude of horrors. This is just the bodywork – I have not mentioned any of the mechanics that may need rebuilding such as the gearbox at £1,500 or a top end overhaul at £3,500 minimum. Buyer beware, tread very carefully, have your car inspected before purchase, buy the best one you can afford and find a specialist like Porscheshop to look after it for you! You won’t go far wrong. Don’t forget, this job I had done on my car started out as just four or five small unsightly bubbles, and yet I ended up with quite a hefty bill.
A Ferrari will always be your Italian girlfriend but treat a Porsche right and it will be your wife.
Tuesday 16/04/2014, sun shining as I pick up my car from Porscheshop, all finished, washed, and valeted and I am delighted with the end result. What did disturb me was the pieces of sill and metalwork that the guys had cut out of my car (see photos!) Looking at the top side one would deduce that all was solid underneath. It’s not until you turn the pieces over that one realises how much rust and corrosion there was and if left it would have eventually led to some serious structural problems. I love these old air cooled 911s, they are iconic and they have a presence that modern day Porsches can not even come close to aspiring to (opinions will differ). We have
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seen over the past two or three years these impact bumper SCs and 3.2s are beginning to increase in value and some people might be tempted to buy one as a hedge against our miserable interest rates, or as part of there pension plan. This really to my mind is not how these cars should be viewed but who am I to judge? For whatever reason one decides to buy an early Porsche be warned – the youngest 3.2s ( impact bumper type) out there will be at least 25 years old and no matter whether the vendor says “It’s galvanised so it wont rust” it will and they do. Make sure it has had all the necessary work done on it before you even think of making an offer; ie. front wings replaced, sills, kidney bowls, edges of the windows and the heat exchangers like mine has … and no, this is not a sales pitch, mine is not for sale!
Aside from all the warnings, above all else these cars are intoxicating to own, invigorating to drive and stunningly gorgeous to look at. A Ferrari will always be your Italian girlfriend but treat a Porsche right and it will be your wife. On a lovely summers day put on a pair of sunglasses, some ’80s music on the CD player, and go for a drive in the country. Life just does not get any better.
Any bubbling, anywhere, suspect the worst and if you are not prepared or skilled enough (like me) to do work yourself, then walk away. These cars can be money pits. For instance front wings are now £785 each, suspension pans £270 (Dansk), outer sills £63 (Dansk) and so on. Add on top of that welding, stripping the body down and paintwork, one can easily rack up a bill of between six to eight thousand pounds! It’s also worth remembering that it’s not what you can see that rots on these cars – it’s what you cant, like where the outer wing joins the inner Text & photography by Philip Andricuk All Torque 106 page 23
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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 Having not long returned from the fantastic annual trip from Beaulieu, I can say it was a fantastic weekend in what can only be described as a stunning part of the world and the venue was spot on in terms of content and location. A big thanks to everyone who made the long trip south – the weather and the whole weekend from start to finish was excellent. We are well into the season and the weather so far has been kind. We have had a rolling road day, demo
restoration evening and a few great classic car shows already. The weekend spring run to Portpatrick was superb, put together by our ARO James again. We will have had the annual BBQ and concours a couple of more shows by the time I put this wee section together ,including Glamis Castle (my favourite). August the 31st will be the ever popular annual event of Scotland’s largest gathering of Porsches at the great location of Calderglen Country Park in East Kilbride. This great day is put together by Brain Wood and last year we were just short of the magical 100 Porsches. Already this year it is looking very popular with many signing up for it. It is a free day and for the show to be a success we need you and your Porsche! Keep this Sunday clear and join all the other Porsche owners in Scotland for what is a great family day out. There will be something for everyone, with a BBQ area, nice walks, café courtyard with a generous discount for Porsche owners, and two zoos to visit (one indoors and one outdoors). Porsche Glasgow will be there and much more. A fun day out for all the family. If you wish to come along then email me and I will add you to the list. A fantastic opportunity to see a vast array of Porsches from all over Scotland. Still to come will be the Kames Classic Car Show, and
Selkirk, and not to forget the Bo’Ness hillclimb. The Christmas bash has already got 28 names down for it – big thanks to Elaine for doing all the donkeywork on that. We have a wee ten-pin bowling evening in November and a quiz night lined up for the October meet with a few prizes, so make yourself available for that. August 3rd (Sunday) Kames Classic Car Show (Ayrshire) 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 1st (Wednesday) Bo’Ness Motor Museum club night and quiz with prizes November 27th (Thursday) Ten Pin Bowling evening, Deep Park Livingston December 20th (Saturday) Christmas Dinner Dance, Barony Castle, Peebles If any member requires more information on any of the Scottish Region’s activities this season please do not hesitate to contact James, Elaine or myself. We are only to happy to answer and help with any questions you may have.
Vintage race car at Bill Dalgetty’s demo evening
The Region at Moffat, a great turnout and fantastic show
North East RO wanted! ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 andy44s70@gmail.com 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. Before I fill you in on some of the juicy details of our recent shenanigans, first I’d like to thank Richard for compiling the last two AT reports and to Simon for organizing our stand for the Unfazed show. More on that later. May got off to a busy start with the Wray festival which was reported in the last edition. The magazine was then off to print so we pick up with the Jasmine open evening in the middle of the month. Again, there was a strong turnout of Porsches, and in particular TIPEC members. Proprietor Brian Goff had allocated us a table to present our TIPEC wares which had some strong interest and potential members vowing to sign up. We were treated to the usual hearty buffet. This year it was a hog roast, and consequently resulted in a queue all the way round the Jasmine workshop from the punters. It was a good chance to catch up with PCGB members, and familiar Porsche people that we bump into during the year. If you haven’t been to a Jasmine open evening before you’re missing a treat. There were many great raffle prizes to be had, with all proceeds going to local charities. Another favourite was the timed slot racing laps, which usually brings Scotland Region RO,streak. Neil Fraser out a competitive Another great evening was
Founder member of Unphased Club and Porsche Centre Bolton parts supremo Adam Calvert at Unphased show
had by all. Many thanks to Brian and his team for inviting us. The following Sunday saw a 997 C2S, 2x 996 Turbos, 2x 996 GT3s, a 993 Carrera, 2x 944 Luxes, a 996 Boxster S, 997 Turbo, 928 S4 and last but not least a 3.2 Carrera, head off to Porsches on The Prom in Llandudno. This is an event put on by PCGB but all are welcome. Year after year this is growing in size and becoming a popular date in the Porsche calendar. The display format was changed this year. Instead of all the cars lining one side of the Prom, they were parked both on the sea edge and also the edge facing the hotels along the front. This made for better viewing and also allowed for more cars. An event I’m sure we will be back at next year. Keeping with tradition, a run over to the Evo Triangle then ensued with quite a large group of people from the Old Skool Ford forum. Next up on the Sunday of the Bank Holiday was a TIPEC first, the Unfazed Car Show at Worden Park in Leyland. The Unfazed Guys also meet at the Boatyard and Porsche Centre Bolton parts supremo, Adam Calvert, is a founding member. Adam and the team at Bolton have supported our region very well so we thought it only right to support Adam with this new venture. The show was mostly made up of customised VWs, BMWs and Audis with a mix of all things German in between. TIPEC was represented with a display of 12 cars, contributing to a total of around 350. Not bad for a first go from the Unfazed boys. The highlight of the day has to go to Colin Hammerton for entering (unknowingly!) the pie eating competition. As many butter pies as possible had to be consumed within a minute. This then got extended to two minutes, three, four ... finally settling on six, as the crowd were having a good laugh at the competitors expense. And do you know where the winner was from? Yep, you guessed it, Wigan! A big thanks to our own Simon Kendal for handling all correspondence and organising this day out. The show is moving from
Alan's immaculate Subaru powered VW bus
Worden Park for next year so we’ll let you know as we know more details. Tatton Park was the following week crossing from May into June. This is a Cheshire & Staffs event with some NW members attending so I’m sure you will read about it in their column. June saw a small group head up to Cleveleys for their annual car show. Situated on the high street and promenade glorious weather greeted one and all with a very good mixture of Americana, Ferraris, an excellent effort from PCGB, RS Cosworths and all sorts in between. The Prom display was well worth walking along as was the walk back to one of the many café’s open for some cracking cream cakes! We didn’t have an official display this year but it’s one for the calendar next year. A show well worth visiting. Sticking with Fylde coast, the following Friday (13th) saw no less than eight Porsches head up to a NW favourite, Knott End Chippy. Unlike the date would suggest we were in luck with the weather but not with the route there. Due to an accident on the M6 frantic plans were put together for a different route. We ended up going back down the M65 to Preston from the Boatyard along the docks turning right at Kirkham, over the M55 and then back on track. Thankfully we were only about 10 minutes later
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than normal, and thanks to TIPEC outing regular Mal Poulson making his way straight to the chippy, he was able to keep our table reserved. Our thanks to Knott End Chippy for staying open a bit later than normal. Being as it was such a nice night we headed down the prom and stopped for a favourite pic spot outside the Big One Rollercoaster. It was then off to Lytham for a shandy and a natter. That’s about it for now. By the time you get this we will have had our cream tea run over to Southport with the niceties being provided by Tony & Joyce Levy at ‘Castle Levy’. We will have had our annual concours and also the German Classic Car Show at Haigh Hall so a full update will be in the next edition of All Torque. August 3rd (Sunday) Haigh Hall German Classics car show August 4th (Monday) Club night at The Boatyard August 20th–22nd (Saturday–Monday) Gold Cup Oulton Park. 1st September (Monday) Club Meeting at The Boatyard.
Cheshire & Staffs members’ cars at the first Tatton Park show of the year
6th September (Saturday) Karting at Premier Karting, Colne. Join us for a high octane afternoon.
August 1st–3rd (Friday–Sunday) Carfest North
6th October (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard.
August 3rd (Sunday) Run to Anglesey / Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche at Anglesey (www.dunlopproductioncup.co.uk)
3rd November (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard with the world famous annual quiz
August 8th (Friday) Bombay 8, Curry Night with North West Region (provisional)
1st December (Monday) Club Night at The Boatyard
Gary’s 911 RSR replica at Tatton
There may be more fixtures during the months of September to December so check the web page, forum and our Facebook page ( The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club North West) for updates.
We had a good spread of models represented from 944, 968 and 928s to several generations of 911. Gary’s 911 RSR replica was a constant crowd-puller and looked fantastic in the sunshine.
Cheshire & Staffs
The next Tatton Show will be held 16th & 17th August. Please let Barry, Gary or myself know if you would like to attend. Tickets are free for exhibiting cars.
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. The summer arrived with the first Tatton Park show kicking our show season off. The weather was great and we had a turn-out of 12–14 cars each day over the weekend. Thank you to Terry and Gary who set up on the Friday night – and brought out the lawnmower to make our pitch more presentable! It was worth it as the Club’s stand collected another commended trophy on the Saturday.
In anticipation of our Annual Pride of Ownership Concours, I gave a talk on the merits of car detailing and preparation at our June meeting, ahead of everyone preparing their cars for the July club night. Hope to see many of you in attendance. July events will also have included our region’s trip to the Le Mans Classic, a run out to North Wales and the Silverstone Classic. August is quite packed too with another run planned for the 3rd out to Anglesey (Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche). Please indicate your interest at the July club meeting or drop me an email. Gary and Terry are also trying to coordinate a curry night with North West Region – provisionally scheduled for Friday 8th August. More frequent updates are sent out to the regional members by email. If you are not receiving these updates and want your email address added to our list, please send details to my email address above.
August 16–17th (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park ‘Passion for Power’ Classic Car Show August 19th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 8pm (guest speaker to be confirmed). August 23rd–25th (Saturday–Monday) Oulton Park Gold Cup Meeting. September 12th (Friday) Chippy Tea run September 16th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 8pm. Scalextric Night and model car swap meet. October 10th (Friday) Chippy Tea Run October 14th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 8pm. Introduction to car electrics (part 2) with Barry. (Provisional) November 14–16th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Motorshow November 18th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Whipping Stocks from 8pm. Quiz night.
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.
SYNN member’s cars at Thorsby Classic Show ...
... and is that wine?
Central tipeccentral@outlook.com Joint RO Lindsay Brown 07768 442 050 (mobile) Joint RO Steve Jones 07775 581 044 (mobile) Joint RO Stuart Wakeman 07912 620 181 (mobile) Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Bull’s Head, Birmingham Rd, Shenstone, Litchfield WS14 0JR. www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebullsheadshenstone As I write this report a lot of members have made the pilgrimage to Classic Le Mans, this biannual event is well worth a visit if you appreciate the older race cars. I went two years ago and found it a great weekend, even finding myself and my then 11 year old son on the pit wall at one point. If you are a petrolhead it is well worth putting on your bucket list. I will be helping out at Cars in the Park, Lichfield, with our colleagues from PCGB. Tthis is an annual event in association with the local Rotary Club.
A row of 911s through the ages from South Yorkshire & North Notts!
South Yorkshire & North Notts.
and lots of amazing cars, including some excellent Porsches. The cars were in ‘better than new’ condition. We even learnt that Michael Caine, to name only one, has bought from there. Well worth a visit.
RO Dave Warren 07952 065 543 (mobile) dave.warren1401gmail.com ARO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.com
We then had the fast-becoming-annual trip to Wentworth Woodhouse for their classic show. A firm favourite.
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 Spring is finally here, so we can get the cars back into action! We have already been quite busy having a blast around.Not breaking the speed limit of course! The planned karting event was postponed but will be rearranged very soon. We visited the Sheffield OPC where Dean is not really that welcome as he is the enemy to them, him being as close to a Porsche dealer himself! We then went for a wonderful scenic drive onto the Sheffield moors where we stopped for a great Lunch. Then it was onto the main event ... School Garage at Whaley Bridge. This was a fantastic experience. There were lots
Paul & Linda expertly arranged a trip to see a ‘Cold war secret nuclear bunker’ at RAF Holmpton, in East Yorkshire. A great day Paul ... many thanks. A couple of our valued members visited the VW show at Lutterworth. We also went to Thorsby Classic Show. Another firm favourite. Hundreds of cars and great weather too! Joanne even cracked open the wine! Lots of things planned throughout the summer. Make sure you pop along to a meeting or event. Always a great day with the SYNNers. Check out our web site for details of upcoming events for the region: www.synd.org.uk Pop along to one of our funny, friendly meetings and see what we are about! We have our monthly quiz in which we try to win each other’s junk as prizes too! All welcome. We hope to see you soon.
Still ahead of us as I write this we have the Silverstone Classic at the end of July, a great event at which the sun has shone every time I’ve been. The whole event is worth a visit, you can walk through the pits and talk to the drivers and mechanics. In August we have Prescott Revival on the 10th, and on the following day we have Central’s second Show and Shine event and buffet. If lasts year’s turnout is anything to go by this will be a cracking night,. On the 25th we have a trip to Pershore for the annual Plum Festival. This is a well attended and relaxed show to celebrate the plum crop, and you’d be surprised at how many dishes can be made with plums! September 7th brings us the Shackerstone Festival, where there is even a flying display. Hopefully we’ll see you at one of the events if you can’t make club night. August 10th (Sunday) Prescott Revival August 11th (Monday) Clubnight August 25th (Monday) Pershore Plum Festival September 7th (Sunday) Shackerstone Festival. September 8th (Monday) Club night
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South Central
Photographs of the event and our cars can be seen at www.twitter.com/thelobsterpub/media
RO Matt Dawson 07743 791 815 (mobile) motorsportrugbystar@hotmail.com ARO Pete Garrett 07804 030 695 (mobile) garrett-peter@sky.com
For anyone visiting Sheringham in the future who couldn’t make the recent event, you may like to look at www.nnrailway.co.uk/sheringham_station.php ... well worth a trip along the coast!
Meetings are held from 9:45 am on the first Sunday of every month at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants NN13 5SH
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
Thanks to everyone who organised the brilliant Beaulieu weekend ... again we were so lucky with the weather. A local thank you to Yvonne King (our Treasurer) for finding accommodation nearby for those of us who went down from Friday 20th June onwards. Our member Peter Ashford who is the very proud owner of an immaculate 911 Cabriolet, accepted a last minute request to take a young lady (aptly named Porsche!) to her school prom last week in Norwich. We are looking forward to putting some photos of the event in the next TIPEC edition. We understand it involved a challenging ferry crossing, and a procession of classic cars, tractors and horse drawn carriages! Our thanks to John Briggs who continues to send out regular light-hearted local club newsletters by email (good job the ARO has a sense of humour!) Our next events are:
Thanks to Ian and Therese Hutchings for again organising our yearly coast run. On this occasion we had an excellent turn out on Sunday 8th June when we spent the day in glorious sunshine at Sheringham Car and Motorcycle show. We had a lovely (but very early) morning run out through Thetford forest to Swaffham before getting to Sheringham about 9am. Sheringham town centre was full of classic and sports cars and motorcycles, the centre being closed off for the event. Several of us took a nostalgic ride to Holt on the North Norfolk Steam Railway during the morning.
3rd August (Sunday) Helmingham Festival of Classic and Sports Cars. 31st August (Sunday) Classic and Sports Cars by the Lake, Fornham St Martin. Colin (ARO) has now submitted the entry forms for both events, so any member wishing to book late should contact the following asap to book a place, asking to join the club stands: events@helmingham.com entriesbythelake@btinternet.com
North London, Herts & South Essex RO Vince Dallimore 07798 630 649 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net ARO Peter Musk 07734 769 953 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net Informal meetings are held twice monthly: First Sunday of every month from 10:30am at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, Herts SG13 7RT and last Monday of the month from 18:00pm at Ace Café London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London NW10 7UD. The last Monday in May was wet but Porsche night at the ACE café was surprisingly well attended. In contrast the first Sunday of June was gloriously sunny with a great turnout of cars at the Goat, Hertford Heath. Joining a good turnout of club Porsches were a flight of 968s led by a friend from SELNK region and a retro restoration 911 presented by new member Johnny; rumour is this fantastic looking car with bespoke interior might be coming to market soon. There was also a great mix of American classics, an extremely valuable Ferrari and, of personal interest, a classic RS Egli Vincent racing motorbike after which I was named, when my arrival back in the fifties denied my father the funds to buy his dream bike! The main event of the month was of course Simply Porsche at Beaulieu in the New Forest; Peter and I joined the New Forest drives and Hog Roast on the Saturday afternoon. On the Sunday SELNK member Chris Baker had suggested a great meeting point at Hatchett Pond just two miles from Beaulieu. The morning was as glorious as the setting and perfect for a short drive in two convoys, the SELNK group
Anglia & North Essex members’ cars at Sheringham
Anglia & North Essex members’ cars at Sheringham
Sheringham Car & Motorcycle Show – the town centre filled with classics and fans
Ace Café meet in June
Members’s cars form North London, Herts & South Essex parked up on arrival at Beaulieu for Simply Porsche
of TIPEC members and a shoal of 13 sharks (928s) from 928.org, all of which arrived at Beaulieu in a long line of rumbling V8s; the 928s securing a great parking line for the total of 21 cars, under the view of the monorail. The day was great with many of our region members making the trip and enjoying the venue exhibits as well of the vast array of Porsches on the day. The last event of June was again at the ACE café, where with great weather a huge turnout of cars made the last Monday gathering. On the deadline for the All Torque piece we finished the period with another day at the Goat, a nice line-up of our members, a racing Allard and another Egli Vincent! We know that all regions look forward to their club nights and meeting fellow members. That’s great, in NLHSE we’re the same, but what makes our meetings so special are the two monthly venues: The Goat at Hertford Heath is a fantastic gathering of every type/make of car and enthusiast/petrolhead; as well as TIPEC members there are always lots of other interesting people to swap stories with. Our second venue, the Ace Café, needs no introduction, an interesting place to visit anytime and on Porsche night there’s always a terrific collection of Porsches from the classic to the very powerful/expensive. A beautiful Carrera GT often turns up, and recently a new 911 Ruf worth £250,000+. TIPEC and PCGB attend this event and mingle happily and lots of non-member owners attend too. To make it a great evening, the food is not bad either! In July, our main event is the Spitfires, Merlins and Motors show at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire; NLHSE have 20 spaces reserved, members from other regions are welcome to join us as we have spaces spare. We meet near the venue for breakfast and aim to arrive in convoy for 9:30 gates
Members at The Goat in June
open; please contact me directly if you would like a space for this show and entry to the fantastic aircraft museums on site, all included in the discounted exhibitor entry fee. It’s a great day out and the Spitfire flying displays are fantastic with multiple flights through the day. August 3rd (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10:30am August 6th (Wednesday) Classics on the common Croxley Green 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 25th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular (maybe on the way home from Blenheim?) September 7th (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.
Outside The Goat in July
October TBC 928.uk meeting The Barley Mow, Tilford, Surrey, GU10 2BU October 27th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular November 2nd (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10:30am November TBC 928.uk meeting The Merry Miller, Cothill, Oxon November 24th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular December 7th (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10:30am December 29th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular
September 29th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular
January 4th (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10:30am
October 5th (Sunday) The Goat at Hertford Heath from 10:30am
January 26th (Monday) Porsche night at the ACE café on the North Circular
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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 the month around 7:30pm at The Horseshoes, Dean Street, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0PR. 01622 741 683 www.thehorseshoeseastfarleigh.co.uk 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 landlord has given us our own area. This one is a couple of miles closer to the motorway so even easier to get to. Partners are more than welcome and it is not all car chat. The venue does great, reasonably priced food so if you do not want to cook, you can have a meal before the meeting starts. More and more members are doing that now.
We now have 66 people on the SELNK list and a lot of these Paul & I have never met. It would be great to see some of you in the forthcoming few months. There are some members that I don’t have email addresses for. If you have an email address and do not see mails from me, then please send me a mail to tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. That also applies to people in adjacent areas who would like a copy of our calendar. Please also ensure that you update address, car and email details when you renew your club membership. June club meeting For this one Paul & I were in Laon with a fair few other SELNK members. Sean & Clive ran the shop at our new venue. There was a turnout of around 10 people apparently with everyone having nice things to say about the venue, especially the food. BBQ & Simply Porsche Weekend This was a great weekend which is being written up elsewhere. A few of us went down on the Friday and a great meal was had in Southampton in a Brazilian restaurant. I don’t think I’ve ever seen as much meat. Becky kept describing it to others as going for a Brazilian, which caused a few raised eyebrows!
July club meeting The first full meeting at the new venue, with a turnout of 10 which was impressive, as we had quite a few away at Le Mans Classic and there was another distraction called football etc. There were several new and prospective members including Tracey & Andy with their lovely early 996. We will need a bigger area when we have a full house but that shouldn’t be too much trouble, the food is excellent though. The weather was lovely when we arrived and I spent a short while playing with my latest toy which is a code reader allowing fault codes to be read on our Porsches, in fact any petrol car post 2000. I will write this up once I get time and some more experience of using it. OPC Porsche Open Day A good turnout for this after a slow start. This is one of the things that shows the advantage of what a club does. You get 40 minutes with a Porsche Technician looking over your car with you watching and all for free! It is amazing what gets picked up on this. Some of the owners did feel it was like going to the dentist though, that feeling of nervousness of what they will find. Luckily there were no real disasters, various minor issues were picked up though, such as a nail in one of my tyres. If you missed this one then there is another in October. August 16th (Saturday) Detailing day at Sean’s place August 31st (Sunday) Dungeness Fish & Chip run Pre-booking essential. Names to Jim either at the next club event or by mail.
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.
Porsche Centre Open Day for the SELNK members
Up on the lifts at the Porsche Centre Open Day
Parked up outside at the Porsche Centre
Parked up outside at the Porsche Centre
Southern RO WANTED! ARO Jim Tarrant 0120 260 1886 jim.tarrant@consequia.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Bridge House, 2 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AN James Garrard, new ARO for the South East region
Simply Porsche at Beaulieu
James Garrard was still dribbling from his trip to Regent Street to see the Gumball 3000 gathering, not sure if he was dribbling at the cars or scantily dressed women! We have reserved spaces for TIPEC cars at the Capel Classic Car & Bike Show on 16 August. This is one of our favourite car shows and this year’s theme is ‘Italian Machines’, so expect plenty of Ferraris, Maseratis, Fiats and Ducati bikes.
Gleaming 928 engine bay at Simply Porsche
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. As you are aware we have been without an ARO for three to four years (since the departure of Keith Funnell) and am delighted to advise that James Garrard has stepped forward as the new ARO for the South East Region. James is a real Porsche enthusiast, attends virtually all of our Regional meetings, supports local and national shows and currently owns three Porsches: a modified 3.2L 911 Turbo, the well-known 944 Turbo SE Prototype, and a 924 as well. 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. With the great British Summer weather in June we had a great attendance with a couple of potential new members attend, Kevin Underwood and Mark Hillier (who signed up for a two year membership on the night).
A dozen of the SE Tribe met at The Little Chef at Fontwell for a full English brekkie before travelling along the A27/M27 in convoy to Beaulieu for the Simply Porsche show. A few other SE Region members met us there. Everyone enjoyed a great day out. Chris Cook was researching all the Cayman colours and specs before buying his next Porsche. We had two 928s in the 928 line up belonging to Simon Warrell and Carl Hedges who joined the impressive 928 line up with so many different coloured models. Carl had his bonnet up showing off his near concours standard engine compartment which was very impressive. August 3rd (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting Thoroughbred Sunday August 13th (Wednesday) Club Night at The Bolney Stage Inn August 16th (Saturday) Capel Classic car show August 17th (Sunday) Cranleigh Classic Car show and autojumble August 25th (Monday) Bexhill 100 Classic car Show
Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter_blackler@sky.com Meetings are held third Thursday of every month from 8:15pm at The Bucks Head, Meonstoke, Hampshire SO32 3NA. www.thebuckshead.co.uk
We have worn out another RO ... A massive thank you to Andy Fenwick for all his hard work over the past year. If anyone feels like taking on the RO role, please get in touch! We have also outgrown our meeting venue, so will be trying out a new location as of August – details above. Now, a few words from Karey about our upcoming BBQ: The FUN of fundraising! This year the Southern Region will be holding our Fun day and BBQ on 17th August at the Anderwood Enclosure in the New Forest (for those that took part in the run and hog roast the day before Simply Porsche at Beaulieu ... yes it's the same venue). This time our fundraising efforts are going to Poole Hospital’s Medical Investigation Unit in memory of Staff Nurse Rui Li, a fellow Porsche driver, who was sadly murdered very recently. Our aim is to buy some equipment for the unit where she worked as she is greatly missed by all staff and patients. TIPEC members that have attended the BBQ in past years know that there is a substantial raffle and often an auction and that by the end of the day I’ve usually lost my voice calling all the winning tickets. I have been plaguing local businesses, show stands etc. recently for donations of prizes towards this as we would love to raise a great sum of money on the day. I usually try to make contact face to face for donations and find that this is the most successful way to fundraise, how difficult it must be to turn down my sad/pleading smile ... So, all members are welcome to come to our BBQ this year, we ask only three things: 1. Please let us know if you are coming at least a week beforehand so that we can cater for you 2. We would love you to bring a prize for the raffle that you would be happy to take home if you were lucky enough to win, someone always brings something that no-one wants to win, the prize often turns up at following raffles or even back at ours the following year! Some call it recycling ... hmm, not so sure about that! 3. Bring full purses and wallets, I'll be selling tickets on the day ... lol! Hope to see you there, Karey x
The Bucks Head is just off the A32. Meonstoke lies just North of Fareham, only 15 mins from the M3.
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Bristol, 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 924 GTS at Simply Porsche, Beaulieu
Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:45pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk I am writing this article on the last day of June and I honestly can't believe that half the year has gone already. The summer is packed full of events for those regional members that want to participate in the social aspect of the club and I am so pleased that so many of you seem to enjoy the variety of things on offer.
People’s Choice winner at Simply Porsche, Beaulieu
Porsches everywhere at Simply Porsche, Beaulieu
August 5th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Bridge House, Ferndown
In the last few weeks we have enjoyed two charity events. The array of beautiful vehicles assembling at Gordano Services prior to ‘Caring with Cars 2’ was astonishing. They then convoyed a few miles to the Downs School Bristol for the main event. The Dursley Rotary Club ‘Cotswold Rally’ was graced with some gorgeous vintage models as well as the expected classics. Both these events were superbly wellorganised, helping to raise funds for such worthy causes and taking place in glorious sunshine. Much enjoyed by all who attended. The third weekend of June saw a large group of us joining up with other regions from as far afield as Scotland (good to meet new ARO Elaine and her lovely dog Trudi). On the Saturday we enjoyed a 35 car drive around Hampshire and Wiltshire taking in a lovely pub stop at The Horton Inn near Wimborne. After quick refreshment, we continued into The New Forest, a drive so scenic that navigators and drivers
were probably distracted by the views, the ponies, the cattle and the deer – carefully avoiding all. The fabulous Hog Roast in Anderwood at the end of the drive was well received by everyone – I can honestly say it’s the best roast pork I’ve ever had! Our region is to be praised for having the largest regional group in attendance. After a relatively lightweight evening at the hotel, the next morning a large convoy set off for Beaulieu for one of our best shows yet – the Simply Porsche Show at Beaulieu – a resounding success with around 500 Porsches of every kind in attendance. The start of July will mean a big club night – longest hours of daylight of the year and is followed by several of our regional members will be heading for the Le Mans Classic. Only two weeks later that is followed by ‘Porsches on The Quay’ in Poole – an event which we have paired up with ‘Sherborne Classics at The Castle’ to make another excuse for a great social weekend away. If you are a new member you will be welcomed along on any of our events and quickly make new friends – it's not all about cars! I am also pleased to say that we are planning a couple of events for the wives and girlfriends (TIPEC WAGS perhaps!) We are planning an Afternoon Tea Cruise and a Spa Day, so perhaps a whole new social group emerging from the region. STOP PRESS! July Club night was our biggest ever! We had 36 Porsches in the Car Park. And ... the group are just back from the Le Mans Classic – more about that in the next issue. August 2nd–3rd (Saturday–Sunday) Gloscester Show at Westerleigh – new event August 2nd–3rd (Saturday–Sunday) Prescott Hill Climb, Vintage Sports Car Club August 3rd (Sunday) Classic Car Show, Brecon Beacons August 10th (Sunday) Wilton House Supercars
August 10th (Sunday) Wilton Classic and Supercar Day, Wilton House, Salisbury, SP2 8PX August 17th (Sunday) Southern Region BBQ in The New Forest September 2nd (Tuesday) Club Night, The Bridge House, Ferndown September 12–14th (Friday–Sunday) Goodwood Revival (advance tickets only) October 7th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Bridge House, Ferndown Please visit our website at www.tipec.net/regions/southern as we are continuously updating our events page. Members will also receive email notifications of upcoming items. 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.
Gordano Services as people arrive for Caring With Cars 2– prior to the supercar convoy
Cornwall & Devon RO Chrissie Jenkins 07851 698 879 (mobile) tipecdandc@outlook.com www.facebook.com/groups/1451387631773105/
July club night at The Plough –our busiest yet!
Bristol, SW & South Wales members in the New Forest
Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month from 7pm at the Post Inn, Exeter Rd, Whiddon Down, Oakhampton, Devon EX20 2QT www.thepostinnwhiddon.co.uk
August 18th (Monday) New Forest BBQ organised by Southern Region
October 4th (Saturday) Castle Combe Grand Finals Championship Day
Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Bridge House, 2 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AN
August 25th (Monday) Castle Combe, Bank Holiday Race Day
October 4–5th (Saturday–Sunday) Prescott Hill Climb Autumn American Classic
August 7th (Thursday) Club night at the Post Inn
August 31st (Sunday) TIPEC SW & S Wales BBQ, at Rob’s place near Bristol airport –get tickets from Sue
October 5th (Sunday) Castle Combe Autumn Classic
August 9–10th (Saturday–Sunday) Castle Hill Car Festival, Barnstaple, Devon
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)
Date TBC (but possibly August) Pentillie Castle Festival of Speed, Saltash, Cornwall
September 6–7th (Saturday–Sunday) Prescott Hill Climb British/Midland Championships September 14th (Sunday) TIPEC event at Hatton Country World (near Warwick)
December 14th (Sunday) Christmas lunch at Alveston House Hotel
September 4th (Thursday) Club night at the Post Inn October 2nd (Thursday) Club night at the Post Inn
September 21st (Sunday) Tredegar House Vintage Car Rally for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research – Brian & Sarah are organising this for the region
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