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Chairman’s Chat It is always surprising how fast time goes, summer is over and autumn is with us. Yet today on the first of November I have been out today roof down and 14ºC.

All Torque is published bi-monthly by TIPEC (The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club) Text & images are © their authors/photographers.

Front cover image: Pre ‘A’ 356s in the New Forest,

by Adam Lynk (www.adamlynk.com).

It is always difficult knowing whether to wrap your car up in cotton wool and not use it over the winter period or just keep using it. I always found that if I didn’t use the 944 over the winter then it took ages for everything to get working again, things like windows were slow and the performance was down until it had done three or four hundred miles. Even the Boxster, a much newer car, was similar.

All Torque is based entirely on submissions from TIPEC members. This is your magazine and we need your involvement!

Submissions for issue 115 (February/March) must be in before Monday 4th January 2016.

Editor & designer: Tony Blow tony@typescape.com All Torque, Flat 2, 2 Bowmont Terrace, Glasgow G12 9LP. Printed by: The Lavenham Press Ltd, Suffolk (01787 247 436) Advertising in All Torque is managed by: Sean Smallman, Walnut Tree Farm, Grain Road, Lower Stoke, Rochester ME3 9RE (07500 332 790) Website: www.tipec.net Twitter: @Porsche_TIPEC Search for us on Facebook TIPEC Chairman: Jim Hearnden (07930 353 232) jim.hearnden@tipec.net Vice Chairman: Jason Gibson (07958 459 725) tipec@blueyonder.co.uk

Next an apology. We have had a major problem with the club website and forum this month. It appears that the main website got hit by a virus which meant that the server provider had to take the server down. Getting it all back together was then another issue. So we have now migrated the whole thing to another company run by Chris Kenward, who for those that are old enough to remember ran Porsche-1.net before we had TIPEC.net. Thanks to Chris for doing this in a hurry.

We are at last now back up and running. I would add to this that it is well worth getting a login set up. Have a look and maybe do a few posts, it is TIPEC’s shop window and there is a lot of worthwhile info there.

We will shortly be setting up dates for the AGM at Gaydon. Please make every effort to attend. This is where we make the decisions that affect YOUR club. It doesn’t drag on for hours, the discussions are always lively and you get to meet fellow Porsche owners and also put your point of view forward.

On this note, I have notified the committee that I will be standing down at the next AGM from the chairman’s role and will not be looking for any national committee role, so we are looking for replacements. Have a think about it and maybe have a chat with your local RO or even give me a ring or drop me an email to discuss.

Advertising & sponsorhip: Sean Smallman (07500 332 790) sean.smallman@tipec.net

It should be pretty common knowledge now that we have set the date for next year’s Simply Porsche event as the 5th June 2016. Mark this date off in your (electronic) diary and ensure you make it. Even better come down for the weekend.

The area has a lot of interesting things to do and see. We always book great weather for this so it makes sense to make a short holiday of it.

Communications Director: James Garrard (07837 701 011) jamesgarrard@hotmail.co.uk

The Silverstone Classic will also be a major event in our calendar, so 22nd–24th July 2016 is another date for the diary.

Membership Director: Sue Simmons (07530 312 700) sue.simmons@tipec.net

I still have quite a few TIPEC business cards and also membership flyers, talk to your RO or AROs if you want some. ROs if you want any stationery get in touch with me and I’ll send you some out.

Treasurer: Paul Bird (01922 428 409) paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk

TIPEC Membership: Lavenham Group (01787 249 295) membership@tipec.lpl-uk.com TIPEC Valuations: valuations@tipec.net All Torque & TIPEC are entirely independent of Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, Porsche Cars GB Ltd and its dealers. All registered Trade Marks owned by Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, including the word ‘Porsche’, the Porsche Crest and Porsche Script are acknowledged as such and are their property. Whilst all due care is taken in the production of All Torque; neither TIPEC, its officers or the editor can accept responsibility for the advice, information or opinions expressed herein. Opinions contained in any article published herein are of the author or editor and do not reflect the official position of TIPEC, its management or membership, unless clearly stated by a club official.

On a couple of admin points, the subject of valuations has come up several times since the last All Torque. Jason Gibson has taken on this role together with the Vice Chair role. Valuations are for club members only and to initiate this please drop a mail to valuations@tipec.net this will trigger the process. Membership issues are dealt with by Lavenham so if members have any problems with renewals or new memberships then it is best to get in touch with Lavenham direct. Details for both are on the left.

Finally can I make a plea on Tony’s behalf for more articles for the magazine please?

It makes Tony’s job so much easier if he has a pool of articles to work with. Simple maintenance articles go down well for example.

Keep driving your Porsches & be safe.

All Torque 114 page 3

Club news Please remember that All Torque needs your articles – the next submissions deadline is January 4th. Please note the new address!

Simply Porsche 2016

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Beaulieu, Sunday 6th June

We have recently changed our supplier for club regalia and are pleased to announce our new web-based shop.

TIPEC’s annual show at Beaulieu is the biggest club event of the year. This is your club and your show. We do hope you enjoy it.

http://stores.clothes2order.com/tipec There is also a direct link from our homepage at www.tipec.net

Simply Porsche Show at Beaulieu is starting to take shape, there has been lots of interest for the Trade Village. Several regions including Scotland (450 miles away) have started booking hotels.

With quite a few Premier and Holiday Inns in the Southampton area accommodation around the New Forest is relatively cheap.

We supply good quality polo shirts in mens and ladies cuts. There are a variety of colours available to match or clash with your car, from Guards Red to Speed Yellow and a few that weren’t on Porsche’s colour charts too. Polo shirts come with the option of black or white embroidered logos. In addition to the polo shirts we have fleeces and baseball caps, especially for our follicly-challenged Boxster owners.

We appreciate for those of you in the North, this is a long way to come for a car show. The opportunity to visit the area, especially for weekend is worth the effort and the cost.

Entry to the show will include entry to the Show, Museum, Abbey, Gardens and Palace House, home of the Montagu family for nearly 500 years.

All Torque submissions Submissions for the magazine are always very welcome –All Torque is your magazine and we rely on your articles, reports and photographs to keep it full of interesting Porsche-related stuff.

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We have a dedicated membership management agent. The contact details for and TIPEC membership renewals, changes of address, queries, etc. is now as below. Please make sure you mention that you are contacting them about TIPEC: Phone: Email:

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Porsche books Christmas is coming and the publishing schedule is hotting up.

More Porsche-related books appear at this time of year than any other.

Here’s three new releases you might want to add to your bookshelf.

Porsche 924/928/944/968: The Complete Story

By Glen Smale The Crowood Press, £25.00 ISBN 978-1-78500-039-3 www.crowood.com There are many books on these individual Porsche models – books on the 924, the 928, etc. – but few that cover the development of all that era’s front-engined Porsches in one.

Glen Smale’s new offering attempts to fill that gap and as such it explains in a more rounded way how Porsche’s doomed collaboration with VW ran in parallel with their own range-topping 928. The two cars were aimed at very different markets and this book talks to key people involved in both projects before moving on to describe the arrival of the 944 and eventually 968.

This isn’t an exhaustive academic history, but it’s a handsome overview with some wonderfully personal insights from people rarely interviewed. Solidly produced and illustrated, it’s definitely worthwhile.

Porsche Turbo

By Randy Leffingwell Motorbooks, £45.00 ISBN 978-0-76034-758-4 www.motorbooks.co.uk Subtitled ‘The inside story of Stuttgart’s turbocharged road and race cars’, this book starts from first principles, explaining the invention of the turbocharger – what it does and how/why it works. It moves swiftly past the rise of turbocharging in general and settles into a thorough history of Porsche’s long and fruitful relationship with forced induction.

The Complete Book of Porsche 911

By Randy Leffingwell Motorbooks, £35.00 ISBN 978-0-76034-980-9 www.motorbooks.co.uk Where Leffingwell’s book on turbocharged Porsches possesses a tight focus, this book is the opposite. An overview of ‘Every model since 1964’, it tracks production Porsche 911s from the very first right up to this year’s 911 GT3RS.

It’s a great idea. The ‘Turbo’ badge on the back of a Porsche has always been the sign of something special, even in recent years with turbocharging becoming the norm for reasons of efficiency – Porsche still save the badge for specially focused models. The history of turbocharging is tightly tied to that of the marque, through motorsport and on the road. Leffingwell’s book is beautifully put together (if let down by its cover) and approachably written.

There is no shortage of books on Porsche’s most iconic creation, so the question is why choose this over all the others? Well, if you want a Christmas gift for the fan in your family, this revision of Leffingwell’s 2011 book is now bang up to date. The photography is beautiful, the text clear and concise, and the layout a cut above. The 911 range though, when shown as comprehensively as this, is huge. This means the book can only be scratch the surface of each model. As an overview, it works. Just don’t expect depth.

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Anglia & North Essex Region Weekend of the Year

The TIPEC Anglia & North Essex Region had a good weekend away in the Cotswolds, based in Bourton-on-the-Water and were blessed with excellent weather.

Three TIPEC cars met up at Baldock Services – Ian & Mandy's 930 and two 944s occupied

by Ian & Therese and Yvonne & Chris. Yes, we did have a couple of cream teas over the weekend too! On the way home, we joined many other Porsches at the Mapledurham Estate just outside Reading. We wanted to have our cars lined up on the grass in front of the house but didn’t think the owner would appreciate that …

Text by Yvonne King & photography by Izzy Spyder All Torque 114 page 7

Pre ‘A’ adventures

International Pre ‘A’ 356 Porsche meeting 2015 in the New Forest This annual meeting of a group of friends bound by their mutual affection and enthusiasm for very early Porsches takes place somewhere in Europe as each takes it in turn to host the others.

This year was the turn of Jon Deveraux and Amanda Hall and their turf is the New Forest National Park on the south coast of England.

Text & photography by Adam Lynk (www.adamlynk.com) All Torque 114 page 9

The very first International Pre ‘A’ Meeting took place in France in 2004 and was due to the friendship of two enthusiasts: a Frenchman and a German who invited a few cars to meet at one of their homes. From there the numbers of cars have grown and today is usually capped around 20 (therefore 40 persons) being a sensible number for the host couple to devise a programme around. Jon & Amanda were persuaded to increase the numbers this year as they included a day at the historic Goodwood Revival in the programme.

The success of the meeting, helped by the good weather confirmed their choice was well founded and no one begrudged the extra cost.

Pre ‘A’ denotes all 356 Porsches built before the end of 1955 and includes Speedsters, the first being built in 1954, and the final production run being named 356 Continentals. The new ‘A’ model was introduced in late 1955.

These get togethers differ from mainstream 356 meetings not only because of the friendships that are built up in a small group of true enthusiasts, but by virtue of date of production when numbers were far fewer in any one run. Many European cars registered in those days have long since corroded away. The cars are more challenging both to own and to drive and rather sadly the prices are beginning to put them into the category of a commodity to be squirrelled away rather than used and driven as they were intended. Some models command huge sums of money, the Carrera and Speedsters in particular.

Text & photography by Adam Lynk (www.adamlynk.com)

We were very fortunate at this meeting to have a fabulous collection of cars from all over Europe including Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, UK, Switzerland, and Italy. The majority were driven to and from the meeting. One car suffered brake problems so ‘retired’ from the driving experience but nonetheless was an interesting and truly historic car being the only RHD car built in 1951 for the Earls Court Motor Show. Another interesting car was a 1953 RHD Coupe that had recently been imported from Sri Lanka, and was the only Porsche ever to be officially exported to Sri Lanka in the first place.

As such and with no Porsche presence in Sri Lanka, it has suffered some rather dubious repairs and will need a thorough going over to bring it back to its former glory. A project that the owner relishes but approaches with trepidation. The majority of cars at the meeting had been restored in some way or other; this is inevitable when you are sixty years old unless you are very lucky!

Next year they hope to be back in France when it is the turn of another unsuspecting couple and they will be back driving on the wrong side of the road again.

It as such an amazing collection of such rare cars that they have produced a limited edition (only 356 copies) 2016 Calendar showcasing some beautiful classic examples situated in the beauty of the New Forest National Park. The calendars can be purchased for £24.99 plus p+p by emailing hello@adamlynk.com

Bristol Region visit the Isle of Wight Time rolls on and suddenly the weekend for our short break to the Isle of Wight is upon us; almost before the memories of our recent sojourn to the Isle of Man have faded. A nice leisurely start on Friday morning was all that was needed and we set off from home at 9am to meet with the others at a Tesco on the outskirts of Salisbury. Some electrical gremlins had been having fun at my expense, but they were unable to keep me off the road. My 944S2 was well up to the challenge and gave us a lot of pleasure.

Once everyone was there, bar one, we were off to Southampton for the ferry. A few stayed behind and Dave & Debs duly turned up only a few minutes later. As always, we became separated, but all arrived safely and met up again along with others who had made their own way down to the terminal. 27 of us in 14 cars. The trip over to Cowes was calm and sociable and we were soon back on the road and heading by various routes to Luccombe Hall Country House, where we were staying for both nights.

The hotel is in Shanklin on the south-east of the island. On the seafront, although considerably above it. We can assure you that the hotel and the staff are excellent and we can thoroughly recommend it. Caroline and I elected to walk round the beautiful and wellkept gardens and then down the steps, 155 of them apparently, to the beach. It’s a beautiful area and we only saw two other people even though we walked nearly a mile up the sandy shore. Once we returned we changed for dinner which our infallible Regional Organiser Sue Simmons had pre-booked and we had a very enjoyable evening before retiring.

Saturday morning came and after breakfast we all met up in the car park where we had the essential group photo before setting off to The Needles. Sue always arranges various options which we can join or not as we wish. There is never a ‘three-line whip’ for any trips or meets we do. Anyway we set off and it was comforting to notice that the island has adopted the English attitude to road repairs, ie. they don’t do them. There were certainly areas where they have taken this to extremes and were way ahead of the mainland! However, there were enough good roads to enjoy the drive. We stopped on a few occasions to admire the view and take a few pics, meeting up with others as we criss-crossed our way over the island.

The Needles are impressive and some of us took the jet boat round to see them close up. We also visited the Old Battery where they watched for Jerry in the dark days of both World Wars. After this, we lost most of the others as we had stayed a lot longer and stopped off at a few other locations, mostly to keep Caroline topped up with icecream, before returning for the evening.

After another lovely dinner there was a small issue of a WRC game between England and Wales where the incredibly lucky Welsh team took the honours, but the evening, as well as the day, had been yet another resounding success. I retired ever so slightly intoxicated!

Sunday morning arrived too soon and I awoke at 6:30 wishing I hadn’t.

I had no intention of spending half the day like this so immediately got up and went down to the beach for a run. I was back an hour later feeling much better. (I still got the ‘school ma’am’ look from Sue when I turned up for breakfast! – only joking Sue!) The ferry back was booked for 1:30pm and as there was nothing planned, we all split up making our own ways. We got home with ample time to go and collect Winston, our dog. A thoroughly good and enjoyable weekend which is what we’ve come to expect on these trips. This is our third one in less than a year and they’ve all been excellent. There is an eclectic mix of members which adds to the interest, but we really are indebted to our Regional Organiser for her excellent planning and organization. Unbeatable!

Text by Richard Aylward. Photography by Richard Aylward & Charlote Purnell All Torque 114 page 11

’87 Carrera Targa

engine rebuild

Martin Whitelaw decided to give his retro-look 911 Targa a complete engine rebuild ‌ whether it needed one or not!

Sometimes you should stop and ask yourself why on earth you started a particular project!

A few months ago I convinced myself that the engine in my ’87 Targa could do with an internal overhaul.

Looking back I was getting up to 34 mpg and on a recent trip to Silverstone the engine only consumed about half a litre of oily stuff for the 800-odd miles covered – and even then a little of that oil escaped from leaking rocker shafts. So what was the problem? I sometimes wonder!

The decision, however, was made to replace as much of the oily bits as possible and cure those pesky leaks at the same time. Right! Let’s get started.

With the Targa driven forward up on ramps, the rear end was raised as far as safely possible, axle stands positioned and engine ancillaries disconnected. The usual stuff but, as the engine height exceeded the clearance under the car, the inlet manifold and fan were removed to allow easy engine/transaxle withdrawal from under the car. Removal complete, the assembly was dragged into the garage for dismembering. With the clutch fork pin withdrawn, the transaxle could now be separated from the engine. The engine was hoisted on to a rotatable floor-mounted engine stand for further dismantling.

Dismantling was a straightforward process as this exercise had been carried out only two years previously and all the rusted-in exhaust fixings, broken studs and the like had been taken care of the first time round.

Finally the crankcase was split and all components laid aside in orderly fashion for inspection. Similarly the clutch and release mechanism were removed for inspection.

In the latter’s case a new clutch guide tube and release bearing would be fitted. The release fork needle bearings were pretty much ‘gunged up’ but able to be freed off and lubricated for future use.

Main components of the engine were generally in good order. Previously observed chipping of the ‘nikasil’ coating at the top of two barrels had not worsened in the intervening 6,000 miles but these would be replaced anyway by the fitment of a complete set of brand new matched Mahle barrels and pistons. Small end pins were significantly worn but again would be replaced as part of the new piston assemblies.

Engine out and hoisted on to an engine stand

Text & photography by Martin Whitelaw All Torque 114 page 13

Crankcase opened – aux shaft driven oil pump furthest away

Big end bearing shells were found to quite serviceable but would be renewed as a matter of course as would the auxiliary shaft bearing half shells. Rocker shafts showed wear and would be replaced – the new shafts to be fitted with additional ‘o’ rings to help prevent oil seepage from the cam carriers.

A new genuine oil pump was sourced and would be fitted as a precautionary measure.

Cylinder heads were stripped and sent off for valve guide replacement. Six new exhaust valves, and guides, were then found to be required although the inlet valves and guides were deemed to be fit for further service.

One issue I had was the squirter valves – did they work? The squirter valves are oil fed from the crankcase and serve to cool and lubricate the underside of the pistons.

Each of the six squirter valves has a spring loaded ball and are designed to operate (ie. squirt atomised oil similar to a relief valve) at approximately three bar and above. (‘Open’ squirters are known to be the cause of low idle oil pressure where oil is diverted away from the bearings on start-up etc). I was able to test three of the squirter valves on one side of the crankcase where I could temporarily close off the oil holes and allow air pressure to ‘squirt’ residual oil out in the correct atomised fashion. The other half of the crankcase could not be made to hold air pressure so I had to be content with only testing that the three squirters on this side were not ‘stuck’ open.

In a similar vein, the rocker shafts and cam lobes are squirt oil fed from a spray bar (tube with fine holes) in each of the two cam carriers. To check the cleanliness of these spray bars it is recommended to drill and tap the plugs in either end of the cam carrier, insert a threaded rod and slide hammer the

Almost there - chain covers to go

Text & photography by Martin Whitelaw

New barrels and pistons installed

old plugs out. Having done this on one side, examined the removed spray bar, I concluded that the tubes were clear and, on refitting the one removed, tested both tubes with some pressurised oil, watching oil bubble out each of the small tube holes.

Both timing chains and their six plastic chain guides were replaced – the original oil fed chain tensioners were observed to be in good condition with good spring action and firm controlled resistance to moving the oil fed pistons back into their respective bodies.

Once the cylinder heads were returned from the machine shop each valve spring ‘compressed height’ was checked and shims fitted accordingly. Heads and cams fitted, the rocker shafts were replaced, this time with 24 rubber ‘o’ rings, two fitted to each of the 12 rocker shafts. These particular ‘o’ rings were sourced from America (much cheaper) and care had to be taken to fit these with the rounded side outwards. Fitting the ‘o’ ringed rocker shafts takes a little more patience as it is all too easy to shave off a little of the ring as you slide the rocker shafts home.

Valve timing takes the form of measuring that No.1 (and then No.4) inlet valve reaches an opening of 1.250mm for the correct Z1 (TDC) position of the crankshaft pulley. Vernier holes are provided in both cam chain wheels to lock in the correct cam setting. Tightening the cam bolt completes this operation.

On the transaxle, or gearbox, side I decided to fit a new G50 clutch fork guide tube (my ’87 Targa came with a G50 gearbox [hydraulic clutch model] but had the earlier guide tube fitted and old thrust release bearing). The new G50 guide tube allowed me to fit the later Sachs release bearing that I had in stock

Engine/transaxle on route to Targa

Cylinder heads with new valves and guides

since 2013 when a new style clutch plate and cover were initially installed. Gearbox seals fitted in 2013 were seen to be doing their job and the box was nice and dry this time round.

Swepco 201 gearbox oil was used to refill the transaxle. Finally, the engine and transaxle units were brought together for refitting.

As you can see, I took the opportunity to paint the engine bay and some engine covers in signal orange body colour. Just visible in the open engine bay is the new clutch slave cylinder which needed to be bled through using air pressure from a spare tyre just before the engine was fired for the first time – slightly awkward job as the engine and transaxle were back in place by then!

For start-up the DME relay was disconnected until the initial fill of six litres of engine oil prompted an oil light ‘off’ and positive pressure on the dash oil gauge. DME reconnected and a few more turns to get the fuel pressure up saw the Targa live again. A further four litres of oil added and a successful test run completed – another laborious but satisfying project concluded.

The new oil pump proved to be an expensive self indulgence as the engine oil pressure afterwards was little different from that experienced before the change. Any member wishing a proven working 3.2 second-hand oil pump should contact me!

Rocker shaft ‘o’ ring seals have proved worthwhile (so far) in stemming oil leakage, from the cam carriers, dropping on to the exhaust heat exchangers. As a direct consequence the interior heated air has a much sweeter smell to it!

Engine installed and all connections checked

Replacing 964 front bonnet gas struts Lawrence Dollimore on the perverse pleasure of solving awkward problems One might imagine that the replacement of the two front bonnet gas struts on a 964 might be reasonably straightforward – well it isn’t. My struts had reached the tired old age of needing a long-retired three-wood to hold the bonnet open when working within.

I first did my research and noted with slight apprehension that all of the articles mentioned a degree of difficulty related to access, but I did not realise quite how difficult.

The struts are cleverly designed, with the top attaching to the bonnet hinge with a conventional pin and the bottom fitting over a metal ball-joint, secured by a clip. The retaining clip can be released by inserting a thin bladed screwdriver into a channel running under the clip and then pushing further under the clip until it slides forward.

The old strut can then be removed and the new one fitted over the ball.

The clip on the new strut, having been slid forward to allow the strut to fit over the ball, then has to be pulled back until it springs into position. A piece of cake then? Oh no it isn't!

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a totally different league. To start with I could not even see it without the use of a mirror and torch. But trying to work like this, where everything was inverted by virtue of using a mirror, defeated me and I could not release the retaining clip. I then tried using my borescope, which gave me a lovely close-up image, but still I could not budge the lower retaining clip.

Ball joint retaining clip

The struts are cleverly designed. … A piece of cake then? Oh no it isn’t!

Working with the top end of the struts is simple because access is easy and they are removed by sliding off a fancy circlip with long-nosed pliers and withdrawing the retaining pin. The circlip is easily dropped into the space beneath the front blowers and so have your extending magnet with built-in torch handy. The lower end of the right-hand strut is both visible (with a torch) and accessible to a degree and so the retaining clip could be popped off by using a long narrow-blade screwdriver.

The new strut slid onto the ball OK but I then had to make a tool to pull the retaining clip back into place – this was an old long-blade screwdriver with the tip turned over at 90 degrees by getting it to cherry-red heat and applying a hammer.

Good progress so far. Then I moved to the left-hand strut. The top end was again easy but the bottom end was in

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Finally, I resorted to unbolting the bonnet (four meaty allen bolts) and carefully moving it to one side (with everything protected by duvets and blankets of course). I was then able to clearly see the ball and joint, but even then with the screwdriver I had available I still could not shift the bottom clip. So once more back to the workshop to make another tool. This time it was a length of welding rod that I ground down to a narrow blade at one end. This inserted easily under the clip and with a tap with a hammer it slid forward and released the strut from the ball. Fitting the new ball was not too difficult and the clip was soon pulled into place using the hook tool mentioned earlier.

The bonnet was then carefully bolted back into place, taking care to ensure it was properly located and the gaps were uniform and now I have a bonnet that performs like new. Yes, I am sure the guys at a Porsche Centre could do this job in 30 minutes but perversely it is the pleasure of succeeding with such jobs that helps make my 964 such an enjoyment.

Even a mirror was not the solution

The tool kit

Text & photography by Lawrence Dollimore All Torque 114 page 15

Porsche 3.2 Carrera brake upgrade Boxster brake callipers are a common upgrade for older 911s, but is the conversion as easy as people say? Martin Whitelaw investigates.

Whilst you could never say that the brakes on my 1987 Targa were inadequate, it sometimes felt that the pedal pressure required for the occasional quick stop was too high. Now and then the feeling of waiting for the proverbial anchor to grip the seabed gave rise to thoughts of impending metal bending. Porsche must have been aware of this too as their upgrade for the later 1990 911 (Porsche 964) included four pot front brake calipers and for the first time ABS – an anti-lock braking system.

My 1987 Targa could never aspire to ABS but I had long heard of a four pot front caliper conversion that used Boxster brakes with custom mounting blocks. When by chance a set of second hand Boxster 2.5 front calipers with mounting blocks became available I jumped at the chance to reduce the pedal weight of my 911.

Researching this conversion revealed suppliers (or should I say stockists) of the aluminium mounting blocks – ie. Porscheshop or Autofarm.

Not sure who supplies what now but most then could supply the mountings and high tensile bolts separately or as a complete kit to include overhauled calipers, brake hoses, discs and all the fittings necessary to uprate 911s from 1969 to 1989. Rear caliper conversions were similarly available. It would not be difficult for individuals to have the front mounting blocks made up by any competent engineering shop (I have a spare block that could be used as a template).

Boxster calipers are most suitable for this conversion due to their fixing arrangement and light weight. They are also readily available secondhand from Porsche dismantlers in the UK, or eBay for that matter. Originally chosen to allow the fitment of stock 15" wheels, the Boxster 2.5 caliper has this advantage over the larger 3.2 style, which require the use of bigger diameter road wheels to give the necessary clearances.

Thankfully, for me, this conversion uses the front brake discs from my model of 3.2 Carrera but not so handily the rear discs from the earlier three litre 911 model.

My plan was to convert the fronts only and trial fit these to my Targa using the mounting blocks supplied. New pads would of course be sourced to bed-in with my existing front brake discs, the latter on both sides being reasonably new and still in good condition.

Short copper brake pipes would be made up at home to connect the new calipers to the existing strut mounted flexible brake lines.

Flexibles can be used here but as my Targa came standard with short rigid caliper pipes I will refit them in the same manner – the Boxster calipers will take standard metric brake pipe nipples so this is no problem.

Best made plans aside the second-hand calipers were found to have partially seized 40/36mm pistons requiring a rebuild with new seals and dust covers. After ‘blowing’ out the pistons with compressed air, the parts were cleaned and lubricated before being reassembled into the calipers by hand.

The piston dust shields did require a quick squeeze to refit them to the caliper body.

The pistons are now moving smoothly without any binding.

Calipers cleaned up. Mounting blocks ready

Comparison with 3.2 Carrera original

Disc back plate marked for trimming

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This is definitely a conversion for 911 owners wishing to upgrade their brakes without the necessity to change to larger road wheels.

The brake pad retaining pins had the remnants of the securing ‘R’ clips still in place so these had to be drifted out to make way for new clips. The caliper mounting bolts heads (M12 socket head x 72mm) had seen better days so were replaced. One bleed valve was blocked and had to be opened up with a drill bit. Not bad overall and now the conversion could continue.

Stripping out the 3.2 calipers was straightforward with the brake pedal held down inside the car to reduce the amount of brake fluid escaping whilst the brake lines were open. With the old calipers off the car the brake dust shields were trimmed (and repainted) to fit the larger calipers and then the first mounting block and caliper was offered up to the strut. The short copper brake line was made and the whole set-up trial fitted before refitting the hub and brake disc as a unit.

Once happy with the ‘new’ caliper fit, the caliper and mounting block (shown installed above) bolts were tightened to the specified torque of 85 Nm, the brake pads and fixings were installed and the system bled with the help of my better half. One side finished, now for the other.

The test run was much as anticipated given the fresh brake pads and used discs. Not a lot to be learned until the brakes have had time to bed in and the friction surface becomes fully effective.

What I can see right away is the good clearance between the Boxster calipers and my original 16" Fuchs wheels. This is definitely a conversion for those 911 owners wishing to upgrade their brakes without the necessity to change to larger road wheels.

No modification was called for on either the brake master cylinder or brake balance limiter (if there is such fitted to the 3.2) so no other changes were needed to complete this upgrade on my particular car.

(You will notice from the pictures that the brake wear sensor leads are not connected.

This is how I inherited the car but I have plans to reinstate these shortly).

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I have not bothered with the similar rear brake conversion at this time but possibly in the future this would be an addition to my 3.2 which, bit by bit, is becoming one of the most enjoyable 911s I have owned.

Certainly the driving experience was noticeably better the first time out with just the front calipers fitted.

Oh and finally for you number crunchers out there: the Boxster 2.5 alloy one piece brake caliper weighed in at 2.5kg whilst the old cast iron ones, despite being smaller, weigh in at roughly twice this at 5kg a piece.

A considerable saving in front axle unsprung weight which hopefully contributes to better tyre contact and a lighter steering feel.

Here’s to a lighter brake pedal too.

DIY brake line flaring kit and copper pipe

Nearside complete, now for the offside

Shame really to cover them up with 16" Fuchs

Text & photography by Martin Whitelaw All Torque 114 page 17

Regional round up R2

Scotland

R8

Anglia & North Essex

R3

North East

R11

North London, Herts & South Essex

R4

Yorkshire

R12

South East London & North Kent

R5

North West

R13

Thames Valley

R18

Cheshire & Staffs

R9

South East

R6

South Yorkshire & North Notts

R21

Wessex

R19

East Midlands

R23

Southern

R7

Central

R22

Bristol, South West & South Wales

R20

South Central

R15

Cornwall & Devon

R2

R3

R4 R5 R18

R6 R19

R7 R22

R15

R20 R12 R13

R23

R8 R11 R9

R21

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

A great show at Thirlestane Castle

Boat trip on the Lakes

2015 Scottish concours winners

Angelwax demo evening at a Scottish club night

Well the dark nights are most defiantly here and I suspect most regions are down on activity, it being that time of year once again.

Our recent trip away to the Lakes was a super weekend with a visit to the Lakeland Motor Museum and a boat trip to Bowness, evening dinner at The Marine in Bowness was delicious and to top it all of fon the Sunday a wee trip on the steam train before making our way home.

It has been a fantastic year for activity for the region with a few new faces within the region joining in.

Elaine and James, the AROs, have kept the region in tip-top order and are doing a great job keeping me in check, so thanks guys for that.

We are already thinking ahead to the 2016 season and as always we look for your ideas and inspiration.

The annual BBQ and trophy day out was super once again this year, always popular and firmly on the 2016 calendar already.

It was the first time the region attended the Silverstone Classic event this year and all those who made the trip enjoyed the weekend as you would expect.

Thanks to everyone in the region who attended shows and events this season and a special mention goes out to Martin Whitelaw for his very informative articles published this year in All Torque. Brian Wood also deserves a special mention for his enthusiasm and help throughout the year and yet again putting together Scotland Largest Gathering of Porches.

A huge success once again and everyone I spoke to is already looking forward to the same show in 2016.

From Elaine, James and myself thanks to all the region’s members for making it a great club. We look forward to seeing you all next season, when we will do it all again for sure. We hope you and your families have a great Christmas and even better new year.

Elaine, James and myself look forward to your suggestions and meeting up with you all in 2016.

If you have any questions etc then don’t hesitate to get in touch.

December 11th (Friday evening) Chrostmas dinner and quiz night, Open Arms Hotel, Dirlton

North West RO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 (mobile) rksholl@sky.com ARO Simon Kendal 07540 525 841 (mobile) s.kendal@sky.com ARO Colin Hammerton 07500 908 091 (mobile) col.hamm@hotmail.co.uk

Calderglen prizegiving

Margaret in her element at Bo’Ness Hill Climb

Scotland’s largest gathering of Porsches, 2015

Martin’s 1970s recreation

Meetings are held first Monday of every month from 8pm at The Boatyard Inn, Bolton Road, Riley Green, Houghton, Preston PR5 0SP (01254 209841).

When this falls on a Bank Holiday, we meet on the second Monday instead.

We may be reporting to you in the December edition of AT but that certainly doesn’t mean we have been resting on our laurels here in the North West. As I said in the last edition we had a weekend at the Gold Cup on the August Bank Holiday to let you know about, shenanigans in Germany and beyond, treasure hunts and all sorts.

The Gold Cup is becoming a good staple of the North West Region in recent years. Granted we don’t have masses of people on each day but we do get around 10 cars signing up for the weekend. It’s not difficult to see why. It’s a bit of a Goodwood Revival type event with classic racers for three days for the price of a threecourse meal. Free if you sign up to go as a club with a stand. What’s not to like? This year we had members teaming up with Cheshire & Staffs to make for a great weekend. We will be back next year I’m sure.

As that was happening we had 13 explorers in eight cars heading overseas for a bit of an annual pilgrimage to the Nordschliefe. The first night saw everyone congregating at the Premier Inn Dover before embarking on a 6:00am sailing before heading to the heart of the action in Briedschide, Germany, for a three night stay at Hotel Am Der Nordschliefe. Some of you will have seen the antics on our Facebook page which saw our group sampling the delights of Pinnochio’s Italian restaurant, the beauty of Cochem, and of cause the thrills of the Nürburgring.

Some came for the first time. Richard & Diane, being Nürburgring veterans, provided some in-car coaching for some of our first timers. All came away saying they will definitely be back! It was at this point some of intrepid group needed to split and make their way back to Blighty but not belfore taking in that must-do pilgramage to Riems to visit the old grandstand. Richard & Diane and Swiss Tony ploughed on into Switzerland & Italy. Taking in the Stelvio Pass, The Grimsel Pass

and the Furka Pass. However disaster struck the Sholls whilst in Germany with a failed water pump. Luckily Porsche Centre Koblenz were nearby and on hand to sort the problem without too much disruption, allowing everyone to regroup in Davos, Switzerland, just a day and a half later. After that it was down to Lake Maggiore for three nights before heading up to the Alsace region in France for another three nights. Reims was taken in before heading home. A very eventful trip. Will our intrepid explorers be back next year? Watch this space and you may be part of another European adventure!

The turn of October brought six cars and 12 people (including Marc Slater who had just come up from London) together for our charity treasure hunt in aid of Rosemere Cancer Charity. Again, many thanks to the Sholls for organising another great afternoon. The route took in Belmont, Rivington, White Coppice, Heapey and Buckshaw Village before finally arriving at Alan & Carolyn Aspden’s house for a right good nosh up! Marion & Graham Settle won the day, with reports that Marion was still wearing hear priceless gold medal on Sunday evening. Such is the esteem of our events! Other fun awards were handed out on the day. These included ‘Most Inappropriate Dress’ for Colin Hammerton who hadn’t packed any shorts on a recent boiling hot trip to Germany! ‘Most Over Enthusiastic Driver’ award went to Alan Aspden for his ‘on the door handles’ cornering in his 3.2 Targa at the Blyton Park trackday earlier this year. TJ picked up ‘Swot Of The Year’ for all the car facts that are stored in his head and Tim Maden won one for not driving a car in a boring colour (Jade Green Metallic).

Just finishing up the events before we go to print was Norman Harris’ presentation on his trip in 2009 across America to Sturgis, the largest annual motorcycle gathering in the world. Norman’s trip started in Vegas on a Harley taking in Mount Rushmore, Monument Valley, the meeting in Sturgis, (which consisted of over 500,000 motorcycles!) and back to Vegas again. A total of over 3,000 miles. I am severely summarising here as it was a great presentation with lots of great facts and figures in. Many thanks again. Maybe Norman will do it again sometime in the future.

That just about wraps things up for this time. By the time you see this we will bring you up to speed on a visit to the NEC Classic Car Show, Probable final chippy tea of the year, Mitton Hall Christmas Lunch and our December club night quiz, with prizes – Woohoo!

Finally, some of you will know that I have decided to step down as Regional Organiser at the end of 2015.

Richard Sholl was duly elected RO at our November meeting as well as Colin Hammerton as ARO. Colin joins long standing ARO Simon Kendal. It has been my utmost pleasure and privilege to be part of the organising team of this region, and I know with the new team in place things will go from strength to strength. Check the website and Facebook soon for plans for next year.

December 6th (Sunday) Christmas lunch at Mitton Hall December 7th (Monday) Club night and annual quiz with prizes January 4th (Monday) Club night at the Boatyard.

The North West Region on their treasure hunt and stopping by the Old Circuit at Reims.

February 1st (Monday) Club night at the Boatyard.

All Torque 114 page 21

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.

RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings and to attend/organise local events.

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.

Cheshire & Staffs RO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 (mobile) watson_david@btinternet.com ARO Gareth Aldridge 07881 228 944 (mobile) gj.aldridge@yahoo.co.uk Cheshire & Staffs on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/TIPEC.CS Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX.

to the Mercedes Museum and a leisurely visit round Stuttgart Motorworld/V8 Hotel. A separate write-up on this event will be published soon.

A few faces from our region joined the many who attended Porsche Centre Bolton’s Open Day on the 26th September, organised by Adam Calvert.

There was a wide variety of Porsches in the car park, as well as numerous showstoppers in the show room (including two 918 Spyders). OPC Bolton did themselves proud. They laid on a selection of breakfast baps, lunch snacks and refreshments.

Porsche test drives were available, with indoor entertainment provided in the form of computer simulator racing laps (Ian Highfield was the winner for club representatives!) Bolton’s classic Porsche restoration projects were also on display. Last year’s 924 Turbo is in remarkable condition now it has had some much needed TLC. Completion of this year’s project, a 924 Carrera GT, will also be worth looking forward to if last year’s end result is anything to go by.

A few of our club members attended Cars & Coffee Liverpool, the monthly petrolhead gathering at Norman Shum’s Kung Chu restaurant. There was another excellent turn out of a wide variety of classic and modern cars, including a good range Porsches in attendance. This event is well supported by both Cheshire & Staffs and North West regions and some 300 cars now turn up to each meeting.

Some members took part in the 911 & Porsche World Magazine picnic at Mapledurham on 20th September.

This ended up being a great day out with our region meeting up with members of several other TIPEC regions. The weather was great and the large display of Porsches made for a very pleasant event in nice surroundings.

Other members enjoyed the vast display of cars at the Manchester Classic Car Show at Trafford Park that same weekend. This was particularly well supported

by Porsche 924s, with both 924 Turbos and a 924 supercharged special on display.

A lovely fresh October morning started at the Whipping Stocks for a well-attended scenic drive to the RAF Cosford Air Museum. It was nice to see a couple of North West members and a Central Region member join Cheshire & Staffs for our day out. 15 Porsches took position under the wings of the Nimrod, albeit in groups of five for a perfect photo opportunity.

The event was organised by club member Chris Hulme – thank you Chris for an excellent day out!

Thank you also to our newly adopted club photographer Lukasz Dulski (a friend of friends) who took some amazing photographs on the day. After the photo shoot we all had a leisurely walk around the (free entry) museum admiring both the diversity and scale of the aircraft exhibits on display and the military and classic vehicles that form part of the collection. The buildings themselves are a feat of engineering and design with various full size planes suspended from the ceilings.

October club night again had a grand turn out for George Price’s model car quiz. What can I say? Our winner (another new member!) knew his cars very well achieving a score well in excess of anyone else in the room and collecting first prize, a scale model of a Blower Bentley from the Bentley factory. An enjoyable evening was had by all. It prompted great discussions from those of us admiring models of cars that we had once owned. Thank you very much to George for sharing his extensive model collection with us, and lining up prizes from Bentley.

Looking back on 2015, it has been a year of transition for the region with new and old faces stepping in to take the lead on organizing our events calendar.

We have had over 25 fixtures during the year plus monthly club nights with no less than five different guest speakers presenting. It is pleasing to see the positive impact that this has had on club night attendance, and gratifying to see your support for the runs and outdoor events that we have organized.

We have had another busy few months in the lead up to many of us tucking away our much-loved motors in the dry and warmth indoors, away from the winter weather that is heading our way. Whilst you are warm and cosy with your feet up, time for a catch up on what Cheshire & Staffs have been up to.

Gareth and Stefanie recently attended a car meet at the Self Service Garage (SSG) in Stoke-on-Trent held by owner Lee Edwards. The SSG is a ‘does what it says on the tin’ garage where you can hire access to their ramps to work on your car (tools also available) all at very reasonable hourly/daily rates, or they can undertake work on your car like a traditional garage.

Lee is a fellow car enthusiast and is keen to have the club along to his venue. We will be planning a club night at the SSG next year – watch this space for details.

Stefanie also organized a quiz at the September club meeting. We had another good turn out of 20 plus members with one of our newest members winning first prize.

Our September club night also clashed with around a dozen of the region travelling to Stuttgart for our Weekend of the Year (WotY). This trip included a visit to the Porsche Museum, a Porsche factory tour, a visit

Sharks under the Nimrod’s wing at RAF Cosford (Photo by Luke Dulski)

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As you will be reading this Dave (RO), Gareth and Stefanie (AROs) are planning the events Calendar for 2016. Some provisional fixtures for next quarter are listed below. If anyone has further ideas and suggestions, we would welcome your input so that we can plan it into next year’s diary. All offers of organizational assistance also welcome!

Finally, we would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We look forward to seeing you all (new and old!) sometime soon.

The following is planned for early 2016 (don't worry if your Porsche is still warmly tucked up nice and dry for the winter – join us in your winter runaround!)

December 15th (Tuesday) Christmas meeting at the Whipping Stocks. Join us from 7pm for a meal or 8pm for a drink and club night!

It is also our annual RO/ARO election.

Weekend of the Year in Stuttgart

911 & Porsche World picnic

January 3rd (Sunday) Annual New Year’s drive out. Meet at Whipping Stocks 9am (lunch venue and final details to be confirmed).

We will publish information on the club website/forum and the region’s Facebook page – route is dependent on weather!

924 Turbo at Manchester Classic Car Show

January 19th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks, meet from 8pm.

Guest Speaker – Leathercare (provisional) February 16th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks, meet from 8pm.

February 21st (Sunday) Dubfreeze, Stafford County Show Ground (club stand to be confirmed), further details to follow.

March 15th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks, meet from 8pm.

Guest Speaker.

March 18th (Friday) VIP Factory Tour, JCB World Headquarters, Staffs.

Date to be confirmed once we have numbers.

Please flag interest to RO / AROs. (Cost £14.50 per head, min 10 places).

Supercharged 924 at Manchester Classic Car Show

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SYNNers in Wales for their Weekend of the Year

South Yorkshire & North Notts.

Joint RO Dave Warren 07952 065 543 (mobile) dave.warren1401gmail.com Joint RO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.com Joint RO Ray Waite waite696@aol.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 5–5:30pm (meeting proper begins 7pm) at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS Well another year comes close to an end and as usual we’ve not done as much driving as I’d like to.

We’ve had another autumn thats been kind to us with temperatures as high as 19ºC at the end of October, great weather for driving. Let’s hope this mild spell carries on before grit salt goes down.

Just a couple of events to report this edition, number one been our annual Weekend of the Year, in mid-September.

What another cracking WotY, with a great hotel outside Shrewsbury, The Corbet Arms, Uffington.

A fabulous hotel and staff who looked after us all

Meeting up with the North West Region on the Yorkshire Dales drive

weekend. Plenty of driving with tours into Wales, Lake Vyrnwy been a great highlight and a boat trip on the Sunday around Shrewsbury.

December 5–6th (Saturday–Sunday) Christmas weekend in York with a meal booked at a local Tapas Bar. Staying at the Travelodge York Central

The only downer was Val and Andrews car breaking down on their way there. Looks like a faulty alternator at least they made it back home and drove back to the hotel in the Golf. Oh, and someone having a party in Dave & Anita’s room the night they arrived late, wonder who that was? Another great weekend organised by Val, Andrew & Nicola, Thank you.

Looking forward to the next one.

December 13th (Sunday) Club night with our annual slideshow giggle at this year’s photos.

In October, we had a drive out through the Yorkshire Dales for lunch. Just three Porsches made the yearly drive out into the Dales, not one of the best weather days but the spirited drive up to Hawes surely made up for it once we got off the A1.

In Hawes we met up with the TIPEC North West region and with Richard Sholl at the helm we set out up the Buttertubs Pass, a road used many times for test driving cars on Top Gear and you can see why, superb views and challenging corners.

Time flies and we’d booked in for lunch at The CB Inn so playtime was over, but that gave us a good chance to talk to our neighbours from another region.

All refuelled and watered we all set off on our routes home back through the Dales. A great day with cracking driving roads so keep an eye out for next year’s event as you missed a treat.

May 20th–23rd (Friday–Monday) Manx Tour with Porscheshop. Contact Dean for more details or see our Facebook page.

Anyway guy and girls, it’s been another fabulous year, Myself, Ray and Dave would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and hope Santa delivers all your wanted Porsche goodies and a happy New Year.

Let’s hope to see all our members in 2016.

Finally I thought I’d share a few photos of our recent trip to California. It’s a long story but we should have been there for the Rennsport Reunion. Due to unforeseen circumstances we had to delay the trip a few weeks. I did manage to secure a new Cayman for the trip which was ideal for the Canyon roads.

Please keep an eye our website as event dates will be updated as we go along: www.synd.org.uk

Dean’s Cayman – best hire car for the Cali Canyons?

Behind the scenes at California’s infamous Pelican Parts

Just some guys Dean met out for a breakfast drive ...

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

Turbo at the Ace Café (photo by Ed Pike)

V8 hot rod at The Goat

356 as the sun goes down at the Ace Café (photo by Ed Pike)

993 Turbo at The Goat

Did I blink and miss 2015? It seems to have passed by in an instant. Now as we look to 2016 and plan events I fear I will say the same thing this time next year.

As you read this our annual excursion to Birmingham’s NEC and The Classic and Sportscar Show will have passed by. This massive show gives us a chance to meet and to put names to faces of members both old and new and chew the fat about our steeds, and not necessarily Porsches, as in helping man the stand we meet people who have a passion for not only Porsches but cars in general. Some of these stories from the older generation about their first cars, stories about cars costing from £10 and their memories of how they kept these cars running on a shoestring budget, still fascinate me. So if you did attend the show I hope you popped onto the stand and said hello to us and had look at our display of cars.

We still have our Christmas Meal at The Bull’s Head to look forward to, lets hope we can top last year’s headcount to see 2015 out, and if you can’t make the Christmas meal, hopefully we will see you at one of our events in 2016. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all.

December 14th (Monday) Christmas meal at The Bull’s Head January 11th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head February 8th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head

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.

South Central

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 close of the event season approaches next weekend with the NEC Classic Car Show at the NEC Birmingham, but our monthly meets a the Goat and ACE Café continue through the darker months regardless, with good turnouts as long as the weather is dry.

The Goat continues to surprise. On 4th October and 1st of November there was the usual good turnout of Porsches, but a great array of other classics, ranging from the vintage to modern exotic, through American Muscle and some lovely British marques.

Our region has seen an influx of new members who enjoy stretching the legs of their cars, to meet with others and chew the petrol head cud; however, we have a large number of long term members that we’ve never met. It would be good to see some new faces and cars in addition to our regular attendees.

New RO & ARO wanted urgently!

Meetings are held from 10:30am to Noon on the first Sunday of every month and from 7:30pm to 10pm on the fourth Monday of the month from April to October. Both at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants NN13 5SH

In October I attended the annual 928 meeting at the Barley Mow, Tilford in Surrey; the weather was kind, dry and bright, unlike last year when it rained persistently.

There were some 50-odd 928s on the day, a great mix of old and not so old from the ’70s through to the ’90s.

Armoured car at The Goat

As the model is again drawing the attention of the motoring press and with values rising, it was good to meet so many long term owners that belie the myth of a complicated, unreliable model.

Peter and I were invited to OPC Hatfield in October for an evening event, A Question of Motorsport.

The focus was on two young and successful racing drivers from the Carrrera Cup series; they were interviewed, then led opposing teams from the Audience in the format of the well-known TV show featuring Matt Dawson, Phil Tufnell and Sue Barker.

It was a fun evening with food and refreshments laid on for guests.

Chatting with the dealer principal, it seems that OPCs will this year be challenged with restoring a front engine model from the ’70s, following last year’s 911 anniversary program.

The new year kicks off for our region with the London Classic Car Show at Excel in Docklands; this was a new event last year, with an interesting twist, a runway where the featured classics were paraded the length of the hall. There is plenty of parking for those who can’t make use of London’s public transport, but check the event details for fees: www.thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk Best wishes to one and all for the fast-approaching holiday season!

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South East London & North Kent RO Jim Hearnden 01634 869 658 07930 353 232 (mobile) jim.hearnden@tipec.net ARO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 (mobile) prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk ARO Martin Jackson 07718 808 103 (mobile) martinjackson911@yahoo.co.uk

September club meeting Great meeting, with a good turnout despite a few being on holiday.

Kent Classic Car Show at Aylesford Priory One that we’ve had in the calendar for the past few years. Yet again I didn’t make this one, bit of a theme this year! A few went and the feedback is that this is a growing event that is very good.

St Christopher’s Hospice, Orpington Due to confusion between the organisers and me, it was all booked up when our application went in. Sean had managed to get a ticket and reported back that it was a good event with a nice mix of cars.

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

October club meeting Good turnout after a slowish start which was a bit nerve racking. Discussions about the forthcoming years calendar.

The new location is pretty easy to get to, it is about 15– 20 minutes from J6 M20. The easiest way to enter is via the Tovil area of Maidstone, using the Old Tovil Road and continue down Dean Street. It has a massive car park as well as being large inside and the landlady has given us our own area both inside and in the car park. 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 70 people on the SELNK list and a lot of these Paul, Martin & I have never met.

It would be great to see some of you in the coming few months. There are some members that I don’t have email addresses for. If you have an email address and do not see emails 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.

October Goodwood Breakfast Club Small turn out for this one as a few of us were tied up elsewhere.

Important news I have now sold the Boxster & have bought ... a Mazda MX5 as its replacement. Going into 2016 I will stand down as Regional Organiser and Paul & Martin will be Joint ROs instead. It has been a great 10 years and I’ve enjoyed the organisation of the SELNK group.

Thanks for all the support and for being a great group.

I have made a lot of friends running the group and will stay around as a social member. My membership runs Gmund qs so 30/6/08 16:49 1 until 2017 you don’t get rid of mePage that easily.

Porsche Centre Tonbridge Open Day A different mix of cars this time, a great outcome with only minor issues found, so no tears. Aaron, who is the Aftersales Manager at Tonbridge, appreciates the feedback we give him.

February 6–7th (Saturday–Sunday) After a brilliant Spa day earlier in the year Kim has organised another and has negotiated the same deal as 2015. The price is £150 for two people with one nights bed, breakfast, evening meal and entrance into the pool, spa etc.

Beauty treatments and alcohol are all extras. The 7th will be Jean & Andy Waters 40th wedding anniversary so celebrations will be required!

May 13–16th (Friday–Monday) Laon trip 2016. I have 10 booked for this, deposits are now due, details below. I have handed back the other rooms I had blocked out for us. So anyone else will be in a hotel over 40km away!

If you wish to reserve a place I suggest you phone 01732 879143 or mail admin@sceniccartours.com Please ensure you quote ‘TIPEC Group’ when you book and please let me know that you have booked.

Excited young charity collector about the go out in Nick’s car

A mad fool at Seaford on the fish n chip run

Thames Valley RO Jason Gibson 07958 459 725 (mobile) tipec@blueyonder.co.uk RO Andrew Harris andrew@landmarkonline.co.uk Meetings are held second Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. Well winter is finally here and Christmas is just a few weeks away. I have written my wish list to the guy with the big white beard (no, not Barry) and with a bit of luck Santa will be bringing me nice nice bits & bobs from the parts dept at my local OPC. A nice set of Fifteen52 Outlaw alloys would also be nice but I’m not sure I’ve been good enough for those.

We have enjoyed a couple of good events to end the season with.

Seaford Fish n Chip run We may have only had six cars but we still managed to lose half of the convoy on route. Peter follwed a phantom red 924 into the car park at Newlands corner.

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For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly meet yet, we always welcome new members and prospective members. 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 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.

Emmett Jaques and Paul Steed took themselves off to the Nürburgring for a weekend in October and had a great time with his newly acquired Cayman R. Spa, the ’Ring, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Menen Gate Ceremony ... all in 72 hours, all easily do-able and not too expensive, fuel and Eurotunnel excluded!

Rare 964 flatnose spotted at Goodwood

Eventually all caught up and we had a great drive down to Seaford, where we had some great Fish n Chips and sat out on the beach. Not bad for 27th September.

It was even warm enough for some mad sod to take a dip in the sea.

Goodwood Charity Porsche Day A week later I was at Goodwood to help out with the Charity Porsche Day in aid of the Chestnut Tree House childrens hospice, organised by new member Tony Clinch and Club Carrera UK. Yet again the weather gods were kind and we had a warm and sunny day to enjoy looking at plenty of cars both in the paddocks and on the track. I am told that in total we raised almost £7,000, so a big thank you for all those who turned up.

I must also thank Nick for taking out a young lad for a quick spin in his car. He had volunteered his day to walk round with the collection bucket and sell raffle tickets and was so excited to finally go out in a Porsche for the first time.

South East RO Derek Flanagan 01342 717 754 07767 254 820 (mobile) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com ARO James Garrard 07837 701 011 (mobile) jamesgarrard@hotmail.co.uk 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.

South East Region’s own Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/412785915550876

Porsche Charity Day at Goodwood circuit David Stevens and Gary Wilton attended along with some 120 Porsche Carrera cars plus a strange looking McLaren F1 who wanted to be a Porsche ... TIPEC was represented by the Thames Valley group and Parr Racing did show several cars including a Carrera valued at £850,000! Some drivers paid for a 15 mins track trash , while Gary and David did the parade lap with 60 other cars. The event raised over £5,000 for a local children’s hospice.

Shere Hill Climb This was TIPEC SE Region’s first attendance and what a fantastic event on an unbelievable hot and sunny Sunday. This will be a must on our 2016 calendar of events. James Garrard entered his 911 Targa Turbo in the event and managed a fantastic sub-60 seconds time. There were around 500 cars there plus a number of trade stands including Porsche Guildford. TIPEC SE had seven cars on their stand, namely Derek Flanagan’s 996 Targa, Eben Hugo’s 986 Boxster, Neil Bennet’s 928 S4,Dan Engledow’s 911/930 Targa and his Chesil 356, David Henderson’s 944 Turbo and Steven Perrin’s 996 Targa.

Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting: V Power Sunday The Breakfast Club gathering on the theme of V Power was definitely worth getting up at six am and driving

Please note As stated in a recent email, we will change our meeting dates from the first Tuesday of the month to the second Tuesday as of the 12th January.

Please keep an eye on our diary page at www.tipec.net/regions/thames-valley

Anglia & North Essex RO and ARO wanted 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 RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings and to attend/organise local events.

The Goodwood starting grid on their charity Porsche Day

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James Garrard and his 911 Targa Turbo at Shere Hill Climb

down over the misty South Downs on a fine Sunday morning, even though I passed at least eight tractors on the return trip letting me know it’s harvest time. The Goodwood bacon & egg roll was worth the trip alone and the sunshine was an added bonus, but the cars were the stars with a huge gathering that seemed to go around so much of the circuit.

In my humble opinion ‘V Power Sunday’ was one of the best Breakfast Club gatherings I’ve been to, and even eclipses Supercar Sundays. The variety of cars (and bikes) from V2s to V12s was amazing with some unique, rare and bizarre cars that I've never seen or heard of before, such as the Weismann (with an Iguana badge, reminiscent of a TVR but from Germany). There was also a rare 1960s Aston Martin Lagonda that must have been 18ft long.

Porsches were a rare breed with only one Cayenne and a few 928s (including Carl Hedges’ car) but no Panameras on display. Lambos, Ferraris and Astons were plentiful and I’ve never seen so many McLarens (F1 and 650S Spyders etc) at an event before, including a Mclaren F1 driven by Schumacher.

December 9th (Wednesday) Once again we have booked The Bolney Stage for our annual Christmas dinner on our December club night.

To date we have over 40 names booked, and are giving all members a £5 discount on the price of the threecourse meal (std Cost £26.95).

December 16th (Wednesday) Porsche owners’ meeting at Porsche Centre Mid Sussex. TIPEC and PCGB members are both invited to a Christmas celebration at their showroom, where they will have the new 991 Gen2 on display (following its launch on 10/11 Dec), plus the 918 Spyder and hopefully the 919 Le Mans Car. I need to know numbers attending so please register your name with me ASAP if you would like to come along.

January 1st (Friday) New Year’s Day gathering of Car Clubs at Brooklands Museum

Alan Booth, Drivers' Choice Car of the Day at the Southern summer BBQ

January 13th (Wednesday) Club night at the Bolney Stage Inn

Southern

January 14–17th (Thursday–Sunday) Racing Car Show at the Birmingham NEC

RO Andy Fenwick 0776 720 1220 (mobile) andy.fenwick@tipec.net ARO Jim Tarrant 0120 260 1886 jim.tarrant@consequia.com

February 10th (Wednesday) Club night at The Bolney Stage Inn February 18th–21st (Friday–Sunday) London Classic Car Show at Excel Centre February 26–28th (Friday–Sunday) Race Retro Historic Motorsport Show & classic car sale at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire July 2016 (TBC) Proposed visit to Porsche Leipzig factory. I am delighted to announce that following the success of our visit to Stuttgart this year, David Stevens has kindly offered to follow this up with a proposed visit to the Porsche Factory in Leipzig where they manufacture the Cayenne, Macan and Panamera plus a GT3 experience. See draft itinerary below. Although we cannot book before February 2016, we do need an idea of names to establish if this is a viable event.

The full 2015 calendar of events is listed on the SE Region page on the TIPEC web site. The draft 2016 calendar has also been issued.

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

Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Angel, 188 Ringwood Rd, Longham, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AP Please note There will be no monthly meeting in December due to the Christmas Dinner. Also, we are looking for a new venue for 2016 and will advise as soon as we find something suitable. I’d like to say a big thank you to all of you who have supported our events throughout 2015 – here’s to another Porsche filled year in 2016!

December 1st (Tuesday) NO CLUB NIGHT If you go to the Angel, you will be Wilhelm Keine Freunde.

December 8th (Tuesday) Christmas Dinner at Bentley’s Restaurant, Dudsbury Golf Club. Contact us if you like to join in.

January 5th (Tuesday) Club Night, venue TBC. Please visit www.tipec.net/regions/southern as we are continuously updating our events page.

Cornwall & Devon RO & ARO urgently wanted For now, contact Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 (mobile) sue.simmons1@gmail.com Cornwall & Devon region is merged with Bristol, South West & South Wales until a local RO is found.

Bristol, South West & South Wales RO Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 (mobile) sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Debs Bradshaw 07423 436 503 (mobile) debbradshaw@sytner.co.uk ARO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 (mobile) mjs019@gmail.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:45pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk Well I really can’t believe it’s the start of November and I am writing my final All Torque piece of the year. How is it that the years pass by so quickly? Must be all the fun we have ...

During September we held two special regional events – Firstly our ‘BBQ’ – not so much a BBQ, more a BANQUET! Many thanks to Adrian and his team at The New Mill near Taunton for hosting this event and laying on the spread which was hugely enjoyed by all the members that attended.

Thanks to Silvertune for sponsoring the Southern raffle which raised £206 for the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance

A couple of weeks later 27 of us met near Salisbury, travelled down to Southampton and sailed across the Solent to East Cowes for our Isle of Wight weekend.

We stayed at the gorgeously located Luccombe Hall on the cliffs at Shanklin enjoying good company, good food and amazingly great weather! Thanks to all of you that made it a fun trip and you can read Rick Aylward’s inimitable take on it in a separate article in this issue.

As the end of the year approaches there are still events to be attended and arranged. I always look forward to the Classic Car Show at the NEC and love seeing our stand there, so I hope by the time you read this many have been along and said hallo to the team manning

the stand. Then of course we can’t avoid the ‘C’ word – Christmas approaches and that means our Regional Christmas Lunch and Grand Charity Raffle. I already have been given some amazing prizes and I know I can count on the generosity of large numbers of members both prior to, and on, the day of the lunch when the Draw takes place.

Our Regional membership continues to flourish meaning we continue to be the largest region in the club as we move into 2016. I hope that in coming months I will get to meet many more of you and look forward to planning and enjoying more great events as part of this club. We try and have a range of activities to suit all sorts so find out more – the group are great company. If you are interested in any of the following events please get in touch – particularly as for some the numbers are limited.

For those of you I won’t see between now and Christmas may I wish you all the best for the festive season and into 2016 when I do hope you will get involved.

December 1st (Tuesday) Monthly TIPEC Meeting at The Plough, Pilning December 13th (Sunday) Regional Christmas Lunch at Alveston House Hotel £25 per head – some spaces left!

December 28th (Monday) Ace Café Porsche Night www.ace-cafe-london.com/event_view.aspx? event_id=1941&date=28/12/2015 January 5th (Tuesday) First TIPEC Meeting of the year at The Plough, Pilning September 10th (Saturday) TIPEC/Scenic & Continental Trip to Ireland’s Causeway Coast – one of the best drives in the world – contact me for more details and to reserve your space.

Contact me at sue.simmons@tipec.net for details of any of these events.

Members’ cars lined up ready for the Bristol, South West & South Wales Region BBQ at the New Mill, near Taunton

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