TIPEC All Torque 118

NINE TWO EIGHT(IES) Andy Harris shares his teenage obsession with Porsche’s GT

SIMPLY PORSCHE TIPEC’s annual event at Beaulieu hosted over 1,000 Porsches

CAYMAN GT4 Mike Marot takes delivery of Porsche’s track-focused Cayman

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All Torque / 118 Aug/Sep 2016 6 / News & updates The Ignition Festival in Glasgow 8 / Member’s cars Caroline Aylward on being a ‘Porsche wife’ 9 / Surrey & Sussex Weekend of the Year Bob Stephens recounts the adevnture 10 / Nine Two Eight(ies) Andy Harris on Porsche’s grand tourer 12 / Goodwood Festival of Speed A Porsche Perspective by Martin Broadribb

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Chairman’s Chat Wow! I have to start this column with a few words on our little gathering at Beaulieu in June.

With a week to go before the show, the various weather websites were giving us mixed forecasts.

I needn’t have worried; I’d had a word with the Big Guy upstairs an as dawn broke on the Sunday, there was a strange glow in the sky, not seen much before or since this summer.

As most of you know, it was my first year being involved in running the show along with Sean Smallman.

We both met at an empty Beaulieu on the Saturday to map out the site, deciding where to put the various traders and specific car displays.

Following a cheeky cream tea at a local farm, we retired to our overnight accommodation and set our alarms.

I met up with Sean and our team of wonderful helpers at 7:30am, Beaulieu was already feeling warm and we were ready to rock ’n’ roll.

By 9:30 the traders were all in and set up, time to let the cars in.

Well, in they came and they didn’t stop coming all day. Our treasurer Paul Bird, being a bit of a numbers man, had a count up of each of the main areas of the show. By 11:00am he came up with a figure of over 850 cars and they had only just opened up the overflow field, which continued to fill for another two hours. By now the sun certainly had his hat on, with temperatures soaring into the high 70s, that’s over 25ºC in new money. I could add so much more but I will leave that to the article further in this issue.

The day was a big learning curve for me and sadly it seemed to be over in a flash. Possibly the quickest 10 hours of my life but what a day!

To everybody that helped us on the day and to all that came along to show us your wonderful cars, I thank you all! Bring on Simply Porsche 2017.

At the end of June I was lucky enough to join Central region for a day out at the Curborough sprint circuit. What a really good fun day out this. Just 65 of your British Pounds, gets you a full day of laps around the twisty little track and it also included breakfast and lunch, what’s not to like? Thanks for a great day out chaps.

Don’t forget that as members, you are free to choose your region and I know many members already attend meetings and events run by different regions. If you see an event listed that you’d like to attend in another region, just give the RO a call, I’m sure they’d be glad to have you come along.

Since our last issue, Top Gear came back onto our screens. After a shaky start, it seemed to settle down and find its feet. It has proved to be a little bit Marmite and has split the country, with possibly slightly more out than in (or was that something else?) However, it certainly finished on a high, with Porsche fan Matt Le Blanc reviewing the 911R. “Giving driving back to the driver” … isn’t that most of us want from our cars? I really enjoyed his review of what looks to be a fabulous car but unfortunately it’s a wee bit out of my price range.

I’m off to write an early letter to Santa. See ya next time, Jason.

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News & updates Ignition Festival of Motoring Glasgow, August 5–7th In early August, Glasgow is getting its very own major motoring event, Ignition.

Right in the heart of the city, the event run by the team behind Top Gear Live and Carfest will showcase all aspects of motoring and will even close roads around the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and SSE Hydro Arena to create Glasgow’s first ever street circuit.

Demonstration laps around the street circuit will include F1 stars David Coulthard and Mark Webber in the Red Bull Racing RB7, Top Gear’s The Stig, and Jimmy McRae driving his son’s WRC-winning Subaru, the Top Gear Stunt Team and hundreds of others.

This will be supported by live music, street food, and hall after hall of car displays –everything from local owners clubs including TIPEC to manufacturer stands and concept cars. Tickets are on sale now at www.ignitionfestival.co.uk

Classic Porsches, classic reprints Veloce’s paperback editions of three well-regarded books on front and mid engined Porsches are worth a second look.

Porsche 924 Author Brian Long Price £35.00 ISBN 978-1-845849-77-1 www.velocepubishing.co.uk

Porsche 944 Author Brian Long Price £35.00 ISBN 978-1-845849-76-4 www.velocepubishing.co.uk

First published as lavish hardbacks in 2000, 2001, and 2006, these new paperback editions from Veloce’s Classic Reprint series are every bit as impressive as they were the first time around.

This more affordable format, shorter but wider than a sheet of A4 (like American ‘letter’ paper) lets the range sit together nicely on a bookshelf. The uncoated paper stock may not be to everybody’s taste, but I actually prefer it over the glossy originals – the slightly muted reproduction of photography reflects the age of the featured Porsches and gives a sort of authenticity to the hundreds of reproduced Porsche adverts from the ’70s and ’80s.

It’s the images that really make these books. Culled mainly from Porsche’s archives, each features hundreds of period press photos, design studies, race pictures and advertisments. Together, you get a genuine feel for how each Porsche was presented and sold in its own time, and every conceivable model variation is included, right down to one-off specials and limited editions.

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Porsche 914 & 914-6 Author Brian Long Price £37.50 ISBN 978-1-845848-78-8 www.velocepubishing.co.uk

There’s a standard format to the three books. Starting with a brief portrait of Porsche as a company, allowing for an overview of why the model was developed and where it was to fit within the line-up. Long records the development of each model, its launch and its reception from the public and the press.

The evolution of each car is covered in depth, taking the 924 through to the Turbo, the 944 through to the S2 and Cabriolet, and the 914 all the way up to the illfated 916. Motorsport is touched upon, with important developments and technologies explained alongside notable victories. Each book also mentions the legacy of its subject car, discussing its influence on future Porsche models, before closing with a (very) short buyers guide.

These are not ‘how-to’ maintenance manuals, or exhaustive academic studies – but they are excellent all-round special interest histories for a casual reader.

If you own a 924, a 944, or a 914, then Long’s reprinted history is a fantastic resource, giving you context for your pride and joy at a pleasantly low cost.

Curborough Sprint Day, June 2016 Paul Bird reports on Central Region’s annual day at the races The dust has settled on our annual sprint day at Curborough and this was our 10th year at the venue!

Early on I used to cook breakfast using camping gear but for the last three or four years we have contracted with the circuit caterer and put together a food and drink package that effectively means all attendees are provided with breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee, all included within the £65 entry fee.

Club shop Polo shirts There are a variety of colours available in men’s or ladies’ cuts 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. http://stores.clothes2order.com/tipec There is also a direct link from our homepage at www.tipec.net £14.99 £21.99 £17.99 £24.99

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All prices are plus P&P but are best value when ordering multiples, so why not ask others in your region before ordering?

The track is a sprint circuit located near Lichfield, Staffs, and is easily accessed off the A38.

When we started back in 2006 this was very much a Central Region event and it still is although happily we now also frequently welcome guests from much further afield.

This year attendees came from Kingston-onThames, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire and Norfolk as well as the local area. I hope this continues in the years to come.

Membership management Contacts for member queries We have a dedicated membership management agent.

The contact details for and TIPEC membership renewals, changes of address, queries, etc. are detailed below. Please make sure you mention that you are contacting them about TIPEC: Phone: 01787 249 295 Email: membership@tipec.lpl-uk.com By post: TIPEC Membership Arbons House, 47 Water Street, Lavenham CO10 9RN Online: www.tipec.net Go to the membership renewals tab Password: tipecmember

With only one car on circuit at a time and plenty of run-off, Curborough is the perfect place to track your car for the first time and the lack of competition on track makes for a very laid back, fun event.

I hope you enjoy these photos by Adrian Hendy and that you consider joining us next year for more of the same.

I’m already looking forward to 2017!

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Anyone can contribute – we only ask that it is all your own work (both writing and photography).

Email: tony@typescape.com We put out a call for extra articles recently and have had a fantastic response. Huge thanks to everybody who sent in articles, photos and stories. There simply isn’t room for everything this time around, so please bear with us if your piece hasn’t been printed in this issue – we’ll hold some over for quieter months. We really do appreciate the effort, and value every submission.

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Member’s cars

Being the wife of a Porsche owner …

By Caroline Aylward from TIPEC’s Bristol, South West & South Wales region For as long as I can remember my husband, Richard, has always wanted a Porsche, but there was always something else to think of – mortgage and children mainly. So for our 30th wedding anniversary he hired a Porsche to take to the Lake District where we had honeymooned all those years ago, and from there on in Porsche took over our lives.

Now I admit I like to drive, but that is the limit to my thrill with cars. I couldn’t tell you the size of the engine, the miles per gallon or pretty much anything else about my own car except the make, model and colour … let alone start to be bombarded with Porsche this and Porsche that; to be fair they all look the same to me, just different colours.

So the first Porsche bought – yes we took the plunge – was a blue one. It was put to work, similar to the children really, and was quickly followed by the purchase of another Porsche – luckily a silver one so I could distinguish between the two. I had to formulate a way of remembering the two so that I could make out I knew which cars we were talking about.

So there was the 996 (Six/Silver (Silver Surfer/ Turbo) leaving the 993 as The Blue One.

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Then came TIPEC. My husband returned home from the first couple of meetings full of enthusiasm and insisting I had to go. I couldn’t think of anything more boring than sitting in a pub full of Porsche mad men extolling the in-depth virtues of their cars, but dutiful wife that I am, I relented. I couldn’t have been further from the truth. True there are some Porsche mad men there, but the RO Sue Simmons made me feel very welcome, inviting me to join a group of other ladies where cars were the furthest topic of conversation. We soon joined in with weekend trips away with the club thus enhancing our social aspects with the South West TIPEC region. I am also determined to go to one of the ‘Ladies that Lunch’ events having now missed three in a row – it is not all about the cars you see.

So now the two Porsches had fulfilled their duty and were retired with two black ones purchased (I think – and one is a convertible, or they both are, anyway they are earning their keep with a hire business) So the Blue 993 is tucked up comfortably at home, the Silver Surfer 996 Turbo was used to part exchange for another dark blue convertible (968?) and my son now has ownership of a turquoise 944 (Richard added ‘S2’ at this point as it apparently makes

a difference – to all those men nodding sagely; it doesn’t change the colour). I,meanwhile, am slowly losing track of what is where as other transactions have taken place along the way.

The biggest joy of all this though is the excitement on my husband’s face combined with a sly smile of contentment at not just achieving his dream of owning a Porsche but now owning four. TIPEC provides for his need to endlessly talk Porsche whilst I can catch up with the other wives/partners who also have men with Porsches but prefer discussing gardening, weddings, cooking and all the other girly conversations.

Am I pleased we own them? Absolutely yes, they are built for comfort, driving pleasure and speed for both driver and passenger Do I drive them? You bet I do, all the colour spectrums I can.

So I like being the Wife of a Porsche Owner and to all those lovely ladies who are unsure, I say give it a go. Porsches are not just cars, they bond like-minded people together, we go out more just to give the car a run and the social aspects of TIPEC are an added bonus.

Surrey & Sussex Region’s Weekend of the Year 2016 Bob Stephens reports on their visits to Oxford and Bletchley Park The day started clear and bright but Friday the 13th looked like it might live up to its reputation with traffic announcements on the radio warning of the A24 being closed due to a broken-down lorry, just outside Mike and Liz’s house. Fortunately the lorry was moved just in time for them to make it to this year’s starting point at The Orchard Tea rooms in Cowfold.

Six cars made the start with our Cayenne taking the lead, easy for the following cars to see! This was soon down to five cars with Chris and Margaret unfortunately getting held up in roadworks. They decided to make their own way to our first stop at Nuffield Place, home of William Morris, founder of Morris and MG cars. The number then went down to four cars when George and Chris made a pit stop en route. All went well with Colin in close attendance at number two in the convoy (travelling on his own he does not have a navigator to assist). However, when we reached Henley Colin’s Cameronesque Jaguar decided to give our Merkelesque Porsche a slight kiss on the rear end – thank goodness for our tow bar! In Henley we managed to get back to five cars when Derek suddenly appeared out of a side turning having made his way up from Taunton. Then we were back up to full strength with Chris and Margaret rejoining us from another side turning. Such are the joys of convoy motoring! We enjoyed a tour of Nuffield place followed by a light lunch, then lined up in front of the house for a photoshoot. Not sure what Lord Nuffield would have made of all these foreign cars in his front garden.

With George and Chris rejoining us at Nuffield, along with Michael and Charlotte, our convoy was complete for the short run to our hotel, The Lambert Arms at Aston Rowant. This is in the middle of Mid-Summer Murders country, would we all survive the night? See episode 8,536 for the answer … En route we passed through the village of Watlington, home of Terry’s ancestors and we all bowed humbly in due reverence to this momentous occasion, a very difficult feat in a Porsche.

Saturday started with Nick and Jane joining us for breakfast and we all headed off to the park and ride, the only sensible way to get into Oxford.

Everyone chose their own itinerary, some choosing a guided tour while Chris and I headed for the Ashmolean Museum. On our way to catch the bus back to the cars we bumped into Gary and Stephie, which completed

our number for the rest of the WotY. It was then off to the Didcot Railway Centre; it turned out to be a Diesel Heritage Day rather than steam but the amount of rolling stock, including a number of engines under restoration, made for a very interesting visit. We took the opportunity to get on to the footplate of one of the locomotives, which prompted a discussion between our resident mechanics as to what all the levers and valves actually did. Good job the engine was not in steam, we would have been pushing several other locos out of the sheds.

Sunday saw us make the trip to Bletchley Park, home of the code breakers.

The original mansion is a really lovely manor house and when it was a family home, pre-war and pre-Milton Keynes, Bletchley Park must have been a wonderful place. Our interest these days is in the wartime use of Bletchley but it was before the onset of war that the Park was purchased and the cipher school set up. Their great nemesis, the enigma machine, started out as a commercial device for encrypting discreet messages between banks or companies. Going round all the huts and exhibits was fascinating and seeing the ‘Turing Bombe’ being explained by a boffin makes you realise how far technology has come since those days. With so much to see Bletchley definitely requires another visit. It was then back to the hotel for pre-dinner drinks and the team photo!

We had a tour of the Mini factory in Cowley arranged for Monday; some people had to leave before then so it left 11 of us to round off this year’s WotY. The tour proved interesting and many questions were asked of the tour guide as we dodged BBC cameras making a Click feature (no sign of James May). During the tour Jackie unfortunately felt a little unwell but she seemed to perk up a bit when three young paramedics came to escort her to the first aid post! We said our goodbyes after the tour and made our various ways home.

It would not be a WotY without at least one breakdown, this year it was Nick’s turn. He managed to dismantle his fuel feed pipes to clear a blocked filter and we had to do a ‘Derek’, three times round the roundabout whilst we decide which exit to take.

Thank you to all the participants for your wonderful company, see you next year …

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NINE TWO EIGHT(IES) Author Andy Harris / Photography © Porsche Press Archive

Does anyone remember the film Risky Business with Tom Cruise? He stars as a college bound 19 year old, Joel Goodson, who turns his parents’ home into a one night brothel to pay back a debt he owes Lana, a recently met call-girl.

Joel also needs to settle the bill from a Porsche dealership for repairs to his Father’s lovely 928.

Joel had taken the car out for a blast with Lana and some friends. Having parked up, Lana accidently knocks the car out of gear, it rolls down a hill and onto a pier. The pier collapses, dropping the car into Lake Michigan. All this whilst his parents were away on a trip!

This is my first real memory of a 928 and I remember thinking then, back in 1983, ‘What a car.’ I was only one year away from being able to hold a driving licence (giving my age away a little there) and remember wishing I was Joel Goodson!

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The Porsche 928 entered production in 1978 to replace, believe it or not, the 911! The 928 was going to be a luxury GT combining performance and handling with refinement and luxury.

Porsches’ thinking behind this was to create a car that would offer a wider appeal than the 911.

During the 1960s, Porsche’s Managing Director Ernst Fuhrmann, along with Ferdinand Porsche, was considering the idea of adding a luxury touring car to compliment their existing product range. Sales of the 911 were in decline and during 1971 Fuhrmann initiated a design study with the final outcome being the 928.

Several drivetrain options were toyed with, but rear and mid-engine configurations were both ruled out due to technical difficulties, lack of space for rear passengers, noise, and emissions regulations that were now being enforced within North America, a problem Porsche

were already having with the 911. There was also talk of a total ban on rear-engine cars by the US Government; this was due to consumer concerns over safety issues which Chevrolet were having with their Corvair! As a result, a front mounted, water-cooled engine was going to be the way forward for the 928.

Porsche engineers deliberated for quite some time over engine capacity. Initially a five litre V8 was considered. However Ferdinand Piech, a Grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, wanted to use a 4.6 litre V10. The engine was going to be based upon Audi’s five-cylinder engine and this in turn was a derivative of Volkswagen’s Golf EA827 engine. The members on the board of Porsche objected to this as they wanted to come away from Volkswagen altogether. That engine was eventually built and used to power the Lamborghini Gallardo.

The oil crisis of the 1970s became a ‘bone of contention’ for Porsche. The newly designed M28 V8 engine, the prototypes of which used one four-barrel carburettor, was to use the K-Jetronic fuel injection system but, with growing concerns over pricing and availability of fuel, smaller engines were considered and so design work began with the development of a 3.3 litre engine.

This was soon quashed by the team of Porsche engineers who finally resolved instead to build a 4.5 litre V8 with a single overhead camshaft per bank. Their resulting engine had 16 valves producing 240 HP (219 HP in North America), which seemed a reasonable compromise of performance and fuel economy.

During 1977, the 928 was debuted at the Geneva Motor Show prior to going on sale as a 1978 model. It received much acclaim for its comfort and performance but sales were sluggish due to increased pricing over the then top of the range 911 model – together with Porsche purists not being too enthused with the front engine, water-cooled design!

Peter Schutz had now replaced Ernst Fuhrmann and took the decision to market both the 911 and 928 models concurrently as he felt the 911 still had promise within the Porsche range and also, at this time, rear-engine legislation had not materialised. The 928 enjoyed 18 years of manufacture with over 61,000 cars produced, finally coming to an end in 1995.

The design of the 928 completely changed the direction of Porsche; this began in 1976 with the 924 model, as up to this time, Porsches’ were either rear or mid-engine with four or six cylinders and all being air-cooled. The utilisation of the transaxle helped the 928 to achieve a 50/50 front to rear weight distribution. Although it was heavier than the 911, its more neutral weight balance combined with more power gave it similar track performance. The majority (approximately 80%) of 928s came with a three speed automatic gearbox, increasing to a four speed during 1984, and was regarded at the time as a considerably more comfortable car to drive than the 911. There was a five speed manual dogleg gearbox option but it was not very popular with only 15 to 20% of buyers taking that up.

This design and development achieved by Porsche resulted in the 928 winning the European Car of the Year award in 1978, over its rivals the Ford Granada and BMW 7 Series, and it is the only sports car to have ever won this honour, a testament to how advanced the 928 was against its contemporaries.

Wolfgang Mobius styled the body using galvanised steel, with the doors, wings and bonnet being made of aluminium in order to keep weight low. There was the added benefit of a large luggage compartment accessed via a hatchback. The bumpers were made of polyurethane and were integrated into the nose and tail covered in body coloured plastic to enhance looks and reduce drag.

The GTS version had wider rear arches to enable the addition of nine inch wheels.

The early 928s had 15" or 16" telephone-dial style wheels whereas the later 1980s 928s benefitted from 16" slotted flat-faced wheels.

The 16" Club Sport wheels could be found on the CSs, SEs and 1989 GTs. Later GTs had 16" Design 90 style wheels which were also an option on the S4; GTSs used a couple of variations of the 17" Cup wheel.

Porsche has always been renowned for innovation and with this developed the ‘Weissach Axle’, a rear wheel steering system to enable stability whilst braking during a turn, along with an un-sleeved, silicon alloy engine block made of aluminium, reducing weight and providing a higher durability cylinder bore.

There were a number of styling changes from 1980 to 1986 adding front and rear spoilers to ‘S’ models with the rear spoilers being integrated into the hatch. From 1987 to the models conclusion in 1995, the front spoiler was integrated into the nose and the rear spoiler was a separate wing along with added side skirts and slightly reconfigured rear light clusters.

Reverting back to where I started, with the film Risky Business, I’m now off to slide across my living room floor in my underpants and pink dress shirt, miming to ‘Old Time Rock and Roll’

by Bob Seger … with the volume and graphic equaliser controls at full throttle!

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THE FESTIVAL OF SPEED A PORSCHE PERSPECTIVE

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It has been said that there is nowhere finer than Goodwood on a summer day, but it must also be said that Goodwood in the wet leaves a lot to be desired.

Author / Photographer Martin Broadribb

Ted Walker and I employed our usual ‘beat the crowds’ strategy and went down on the Thursday, but even the walk in from the car park showed that there must have been a lot of rain previously. When we got inside we found that even at that early stage things were very muddy underfoot and while wood chippings seemed to provide a reasonably safe surface the metal walkways were very slippery when covered in mud and rain.

It seemed wrong to be entering Goodwood House in such footwear, but as we made our way through to Bonham’s auction a lot of the mud came off!

I always find these auctions most interesting at the viewing stage, when you can examine the lots in detail and see if they live up to their glowing descriptions. In fact, this year there were more interesting Porsches to be found in this area than anywhere else, with a selection of uncommon models being presented. It is interesting that even the 911 Targa – even in Sportomatic form – has now become much more desirable as other 911 values have increased. Just over half the Porsches sold and these figures include the buyer’s premium: 1953 356 pre-A Reutter cabriolet 1964 356C 1600SC Reutter cabriolet 1972 911T 2.4 1976 911 Targa 2.7 Sportomatic 1990 911 Carrera 4 964 1995 911 Carrera RS 993 1996 911 RS Clubsport 993

Estimate £140–180,000 £110–150,000 £50–70,000 £25–30,000 £42–48,000 £190–230,000 £270–320,000

Sale price Not sold Not sold £70,940 £31,625 Not sold £214,300 £281,500

Back outside we commenced our circular tour of the site, finding no Porsches in the Style et Luxe concours area but, as expected, a few in the Supercar Paddock. It was interesting to see a Singer 911 again as these retro-modern cars are very well done, as they should be at such prices!

A 918 was welcome but pretty much standard fare on such an occasion, although a new Boxster being displayed (by Porsche!) in a space signed ‘718 Cayman S’ made us smile. Moving on to the racing car paddocks there was much to be seen but very little Porsche interest apart from a Carrera Cup car, alone except for a single person carrying out adjustments via a laptop. What a contrast to the swarming team of mechanics of the old days.

The main Porsche stand is always located slightly remotely due to being adjacent to the Cayenne Experience and provides a welcome place to sit down with a (reasonably priced) drink in less crowded conditions.

Although most Cayennes will never be used anywhere near their limits they are immensely capable off road and I well remember what a revelation it was being taken around some farmland by a Porsche driver years ago, the acceleration across corn stubble being faster than many cars on the road!

Eschewing such entertainment on this occasion we took in the interesting cars on display. Those that particularly caught my eye were a new and an original 911R side by side, although outside was a 2016 919 WEC replica of the type seen at various exhibitions. These certainly certainly show exactly what the cars are like, the opaque windows being the only give-away.

However, a real 919 on display was the 2015 Le Mans winner, fittingly presented in post-race dirt and looking all the better for it.

There was also a Cayman GT4 Clubsport. This is really the sort of car that the factory should be developing for international racing now that the 911 is struggling to remain competitive, but the politics that suppress other models in the range in favour of the 911 makes this unlikely.

After that we slithered our way back into the melee of stalls, chatting to acquaintances and inspecting the odd item. It’s reassuring when you check the prices being asked for books that you still own, but slightly annoying when you see how much those now are that you sold years ago!

With the first real rain of the day beginning we decided to head back and this proved to be a wise decision. A storm of Biblical proportions was unleashed just as we got into the car and continued for quite some of our journey home.

If you can do without famous drivers burning rubber and just want to take in the cars without the worst of the crowds, there is a lot to be said for an early visit to this event. If the sun shines and it’s dry underfoot it really can be the best place on Earth!

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SIMPLY PORSCHE BEAULIEU 2016 Author Andy Harris / Photography Alison Garrard, Martin Broadribb & Kathleen Cole

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This has to be the busiest year to date with approximately 1,000 Porsches in attendance …

The sun was out and the ‘day of days’ had arrived, Simply Porsche at Beaulieu was here! Early rising and giving the car a wipe down before loading it up with our picnic, we then set off to meet with some friends at Rownham services on the M27. On arrival, we were greeted with a car show in itself, many stunning Porsches all lined up in readiness for the run down to Beaulieu; it was going to be a fabulous day. A few of the Thames Valley members had arranged to meet up at the Sutton Scotney services on the A34; it looks like we’ve got ourselves a convoy!

We were a little early on arrival at Beaulieu so were directed to car parks just adjacent to the showground. Another show all of its own, stunning Porsches of all ages and models. The gates opened and with that, it was a case of ‘gentlemen (and ladies), start your engines!’

A philharmonic orchestra springs to mind; a musical, car enthusiasts dream, the different notes and tones echoing around the car park.

It was almost impossible to describe, you really needed to be there.

Organisation of the event was second to none; we were directed out of the car park and into the showground quickly and efficiently. As this was the 20 year anniversary of the Boxster, these were being displayed together along the left hand side as you drove in, an amazing sight with over 200 Boxsters of all ages sitting pretty and glistening in the sunshine. The other marques were directed right and were filling the showground quickly. The central arena had some amazing cars from early 1960s up to the present day; the value of cars parked would have been hard to measure. Let us not forget, it was also the 40th anniversary of the 924 and there were plenty on display and to admire.

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visitors from finding us and through the day we had spoken to quite a few interesting people, we had sold some club merchandise and, more importantly, we welcomed a few new members to our growing club.

It was nice to see a good number of traders offering their wares, from car cleaning products to Porsche main dealer, Mid Sussex. We thank you all for attending and supporting this great event, and we look forward to seeing you again.

By lunchtime the showground was full to capacity and a further parking area had to be opened to the rear of the Abbey ruins … which was also filled very quickly! This has been the busiest year to date with approximately 1,000 Porsches in attendance. Simply Porsche seems to be gathering a strong presence as the years go on, who knows how many Porsches we will see next year?

What is so wonderful about this venue? Well … there is something for everyone. You could spend the whole day walking around the showground as there are so many cars to look at and so many people to speak to, or you could visit the National Motor Museum – this is situated within the showground and is filled with over 250 stunning cars and motorbikes from yesteryear to the present day, from early motor carriages to Formula One racers.

The Cistercian Abbey ruins are spectacular, dating back to King John. The Abbey was destroyed by King Henry VIII in 1538. Owing much to the Montagu family, the Abbey has been beautifully conserved. Walking through and around the ruins you get a feeling of what monastic life might have been like. From the Abbey ruins you can stroll down to the Palace House and Gardens, once the gatehouse of the medieval Beaulieu Abbey, which has been in the Montagu family since 1538. The Palace House overlooks the picturesque Beaulieu River millpond and was considerately redesigned and extended during the 1800s. This is now a

stunning example of a Victorian country house and is one of the ‘Treasure Houses’ of England, a collection of 10 stately homes, palaces and castles open to the public. You will find inside a property bustling with character, portraits and treasures, well worthy of a visit.

Beaulieu is steeped in history and offers you an insight into the Special Operations Executive (SOE), formed by Winston Churchill during the Second World War. Churchill’s vision was to ‘set Europe ablaze’ with resistance groups within occupied countries. 3,000 men and women answered his call and were trained in the dark arts of warfare and undertook dangerous missions behind enemy lines, most of who never returned. You can find out how they were trained and read about the exploits of these very brave secret agents.

Don’t forget to take a ride on the mile-long monorail; this is the oldest in the country and will take you for a relaxing ride around the grounds before passing through the Motor Museum. It has a North and South station; the rides are free and unlimited and run frequently throughout the day.

For the petrolheads amongst you, there is the World of Top Gear. If you ever wondered what happened to all the cars that Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond destroyed or sympathetically modified, well … here they are!

Returning to the showground, nothing was lacking. I saw a rare and stunning 356, rearengined 911s from every era and model plus a selection of 912s, mid-engined 914s and Boxsters, a great number of the front-engined transaxle cars including 924s, 944s, 986s and 928s, and not forgetting Caymans, Cayennes, Macans and Panameras … have I missed any out?

In my opinion, the pinnacle of Simply Porsche has to be all the wonderful and friendly people wandering around. What more could you want to fill a Sunday, just maybe a refreshing ice cream?

Roll on next year, Simply Porsche here we come!

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GT4 OWNING AND LIVING WITH THE

Author Mike Marot / Photography © Ferao & Mendez / Sue Marot

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I always believed that if a larger horsepower version of the Cayman was developed with all the true GT underpinnings (lower centre of gravity, improved downforce and brakes) then it would make a phenomenal sports car.

As an avid Porsche owner and after studying the technical attributes of the Cayman GT4, I was lucky enough to offered one of the first cars available in the UK. So what specification?

Normally I have been a Guards Red fanatic with several of my previous 911s, including my last GT3, being specified in this iconic shade.

However, this time I went for Speed Yellow.

Upgrades included the carbon backed bucket seats used in the 918 Spyder and the Sport Chrono Package. The latter incorporates a track precision app and lap trigger facility, as I fully intend to use my GT4 on a few circuits.

I decided not to upgrade to ceramic composite brakes as in my opinion the advantage of these for the additional £5,000 premium does not warrant their inclusion. The car had been tried and tested with steel brakes and I believe they will be more than sufficient for my needs.

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Although my previous GT cars have all been specified with the Club Sport pack including roll cage, six point harness and fire extinguisher, I decided to delete these options. I knew I would not need the harness and even though the bucket seats hold you extremely snugly, for normal use and distance driving they can be a little irritating. Without the need for the harness and seats, the cage was rendered of little value seeing that its role is predominately as the harness anchor.

Additionally, if the extinguisher was fitted in its specified footwell location, the carpet had to be cut to accommodate it. This would also allow little or no forward adjustment of the passenger seat. All in all a further saving of £3,200.

Despite my car arriving in the middle of winter, not too practical for a car fitted with Michelin Cup Tyres, I am keen to see how the GT4 performs on both road and track. So where do you go a week before Christmas to safely test Porsche’s latest GT? As I do a lot of work with manufacturers, car clubs and private clients in Spain, then the circuits in and around Andalucía seemed like an obvious choice. For me, it’s always a pleasure to take a new car on a long trip as soon as I get it.

Not only to gently ‘bed in’ the engineering side, but to see if it lives up to your expectations and iron out any gremlins. The drive to southern Spain would be a perfect warm up to a few sessions of testing to see if the car could really perform for me on track.

As I drive through my first 4.5km tunnel I cannot resist the temptation to lower the windows, increase the revs and listen to that glorious flat six soundtrack exploding and echoing from the rear sports exhaust!

I can feel the GT4’s eagerness to press on and steadily feeling significantly more energetic.

Arriving at my overnight stop in the dark, I’ve also had a chance to test out the dynamic cornering lights on some nice twisty mountain roads. After only a few hours, I’m simply loving this car already!

The journey just got better and better, especially when I arrived at two of my favourite Spanish circuits. Despite the presence of GT3 RSs and a whole host of iconic Porsches, the new GT4 took centre stage wherever it went.

So thoughts on the GT4? Without going into great detail, this car is all about being driven.

For many years I have enjoyed not only Porsche, but many other performance cars – though I have always maintained my loyalty to the Stuttgart brand. Having owned and driven pretty much the entire range, they have all provided me with the necessary feedback, never failing to deliver a sense of pure delight.

Cost aside, this special car is proving to be one of the best Porsche GT cars to drive and live with that I have ever owned. It was definitely worth the wait.

Even after the mighty power of the GT3, GT2 and Turbo editions, I always believed that if a larger horsepower version of the Cayman was developed with all the true GT underpinnings (lower centre of gravity, improved downforce and brakes) then it would make a phenomenal sports car. Certainly one to threaten the 911.

Mike Marot coaches clients in how to drive their performance cars on track in both the UK and Europe. Having been a Porsche owner/driver for many years he is an expert on helping clients get the most from this iconic brand.

Next stop for my GT4? With Porsche clients at Hockenheim, Spa Francochamps and the Nürburgring this July, I can’t wait!

To contact Mike please email using mike@marotprodriving.com

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Regional round up R2

Scotland

R8

Anglia & North Essex

R3

North East

R11

North London, Herts & South Essex

R4

Yorkshire

R12

Kent & South East London

R5

North West

R13

Thames Valley

R18

Cheshire & Staffs

R9

Surrey & Sussex

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

R20

R8 R11 R12

R13 R9

R15

R23

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Scotland RO Neil Fraser 07946 616 782 • neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk ARO West John Davidson davidsonjohn3@sky.com ARO East Scott Allan scott@ego3d.co.uk Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 7:30pm for an 8pm start in the 007 bar, upstairs at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk The season is in full swing and this year sees many new members getting involved in the club scene as well as the current and past die hards at the club and very refreshing it is being involved. Membership sitting just under 100 (98 to be exact) and there are some really lovely cars in the region, ranging from the 924/944 range to modern water-cooled 911 GT3s and the latest Boxster Spyder. It really is an exciting time for me being the RO to see new as well as old faces coming together keeping the region strong and full of activity as it has always been.

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The introduction of the two new AROs has been refreshing to the region in the shape of Scott Allan and John Davidson who have brought new ideas as well as new members to the region.

It is always sad losing the old AROs, Elaine and James, who decided they had done their bit.

However a change is a good as a rest as the saying goes and that is defiantly the case here in Scotland. Scott and John both keep me on my toes and that is the way I like it to be honest.

Well, you will know that we have done a few old and a few new shows this season and we still have a few activities left. We have had a German car day at Knockhill along with a bit of racing to watch, something that came from the suggestion forms in January this year, and we are going to have a stand with a few cars at the Ignition Festival in Glasgow on the weekend of 5–7th August for those that fancy a visit. Even though it is still mid-flight in 2016 we are in fact looking forward already for 2017. John, Scott and myself are flying a few new ideas around as well as your ideas and suggestions. It keeps the region full of activity and interesting. Still to come is the ever spectacular Porsche In The Glen Show. Brain Wood will again host Scotland’s largest gathering of Porsches at Calderglen

New GT3 look for Neil’s Boxster

Country Park on the 28th of August and already it is gathering a lot of attention with almost 150 cars turning up last year. It looks fantastic, every Porsche owner welcome regardless of whether you are a club member or not. It’s a day where all Porsche owners come together and share the day as one big happy family. Brian has hinted that this could be his last year at the helm for this show but Scott and John the AROs are eager to take up the mantle and legacy Brian will leave, so not all doom and gloom – it looks like the show will go on.

August the 5–7th will see a spectacular car event at the SECC, where we will have a few cars on display and a chance to promote the club and region all under one roof. Please visit www.ignitionfestival.co.uk for more info on this one. Other events will be Kames on the same weekend and others listed below. So far it has been a great season and I have enjoyed the company of the new and present members.

It’s been a real transitional season what with new members and two new AROs. It is your participation that keeps me full of enthusiasm and I enjoy the hundreds of emails every season regarding anything at all. Keep them coming folks its what keeps us going!

The clan enjoying the sun at Thirlestane

August 7th (Sunday) Kaimes Classic Car Show, Muirkirk August 28th (Sunday) Scotland s Largest Gathering of Porsches (Porsche in the Glen event) September 3rd–4th (Saturday–Sunday) Bo’Ness Hill Climb (Club Stand Sunday 4th only) November 11–13th (Friday–Sunday) Porsche Experience, Silverstone & NEC Classic Car Show, Birmingham November 24th (Thursday) Ten Pin Bowling evening Deer Park Country Club, Livingston December 10th (Saturday) Christmas Dinner and quiz night Dirlton Hotel, East Lothian If any member requires more information on any aspect of the Scottish Region’s activities then please do not hesitate to contact any of us (details above). We are only to happy to answer and help with any questions you may have.

You may or may not be aware that the Scottish region also has a Facebook page (TIPEC Scotland). Please ask to join as fellow members and enjoy the banter there.

May I remind all members who require servicing, maintenance or repairs to their Porsche to contact Brian Miller Motors in Edinburgh (0131 443 7806). Brian is a Porsche trained mechanic with over 45 years’ experience in the business and caters for other German marques in addition to Porsche. We also have SP Autobahn, a Porsche Specialist situated in Stirling. Owner Stuart Paterson (07973 385 463) has over 15 years in the business and offers every service possible for your Porsche.

His website is www.spautobahn.com

like minded petrolheads, and seeing what we had planned over the next few weeks, he decided he would come back in his 997 C4S next month and join the club. I do hope you already had that 997 in the garage Ian and didn’t just buy it to be in the club – you can join without owning a Porker! Ian is now preparing himself and his 997 for a trackday and with two clubmen racers as RO and ARO he won’t be short of advice and guidance. Free racing driver tuition, another benefit for the North East members.

August 7th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night

Recently the club has attended several events.

The TIPEC NE visit to Harewood Hillclimb, where we met Glenn Collier and his 924 Turbo. This was a Porsche I had much interest in because I have a 1980 924 Turbo as my racecar. Glenn regularly runs a 944 but decided to use his 924 Turbo.

Boost issues prevented an expected personal best up the hill, a problem I am familiar with.

Despite his problems it was great to see the classic Porsche tear up the hill in anger. The 924 Turbo is a car often forgotten and underrated.

However it is gaining popularity, rarity and value. Even Magnus Walker has bought one.

September 11th (Sunday) Drive to Curborough Sprint Championship (entry £82 if anyone is keen!)

Free to spectate

During his line of work our RO has also been on a fact finding mission (he swears it was research) that took him to the Autostadt Volkswagen factory near Wolfsburg in Germany, possibly a stop off for a forthcoming club European tour. See you at the Anson club meets, 1st Sunday of every month.

December 4th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night

Glen Collier’s 924

August 15th (Monday) Visit to redline Racing August 28th (Sunday) Swainby classic cars from 10:30 September 4th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night

October 2nd (Sunday) Anson Farm club night October 17th (Monday) Carvery night, Anson Farm November 6th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night

December 16th (Friday) Christmas curry night, Raj Bari Yarm

Porsche at the VW museum, Autostadt

North East RO Mike Williamson 07940 738 692 mike.williamson@volkswagen.co.uk ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 • andy44s70@gmail.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 7:30pm at The Anson Farm, just off the A19.

The rejuvenation and relaunch of the North East area continues at pace due to the invigoration of its new RO. Below is a calendar of proposed events, please contact either myself or Mike to confirm your interest or attendance. Mike has even been on Radio 5, asked to give his opinion on the new Top Gear. He managed to get a plug in for the club. Incidentally he likes it and so do I. I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome Ian Howlett. Ian was invited to the club night to show us his Ferrari and having met the lads,

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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.

North West RO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 • n22rks@googlemail.com ARO Simon Kendal 07833 446 336 • s.kendal@sky.com ARO Colin Hammerton 07500 908 091 • col.hamm@hotmail.co.uk Meetings are held first Monday of every month from 7pm 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 of the month instead.

Another busy two months have passed for the North West Region. If you were a part of it, here’s your reminder. If you weren’t, here’s what you missed: On the 7th May we had a run down to Wrexham to visit Roger Bracewell who trades as ‘The Wheel Restorer’. A great turnout of 20 people in 12 Porsches, a Mercedes and an Audi demonstrator (don’t ask, but it served as a useful wheel and tyre lugger for a certain 996 Turbo owner …) were greeted by Roger who welcomed us to his workshop to learn about his wheel restoration process. Roger was keen to stress that he does not carry out wheel refurbishment, but he restores wheels to the very highest standard. Two club members have since reported back that they have been

delighted with the standards achieved by Roger on a set of 996 Turbo wheels and a set of early 928 Teledials. After leaving the workshop, Assistant Regional Organiser Colin Hammerton (who had kindly organised our day out) led us to the Britannia Inn at the foot of the Horseshoe Pass for lunch and then on towards the country roads of North Wales and a tour of the Evo Triangle, finally stopping for a coffee outside Chester before we headed home.

The annual Jasmine Porschalink open evening took place on the 18th May. Jasmine are a wellestablished Porsche parts, repair and service specialist, based just outside of Colne. Their open evenings always attract 100 or more Porsche cars and I’m pleased to report that there were a good number of TIPEC North West attendees – we even had a club flag flying in the workshop and a display table promoting the Club.

By Friday the 20th May it was time for another of our internationally renowned Chippy Tea runs.

A convoy of six Porsche cars and two or three ‘others’ headed over to Whelan’s in Lytham and 15 of us sat down for tea. It never ceases to amaze me how popular these simple evenings are – thanks to all who joined in, especially young Claudia who came along with her Dad, Paul, and seemed to enjoy the club banter.

‘Porsches on the Prom’ in Llandudno is officially a Porsche Club GB event, but it seems to have become a very popular ‘Porsche free-forall’ gig in recent years. On the 22nd of May a convoy of 23 Porsche cars left Lymm Services to cruise down to Wales and park on the Victorian Promenade with around 400 other Porsches.

Although we had arranged the meet at Lymm for TIPEC members we also attracted several PCGB members and individual Porsche owners who wanted to join in. Being of the ‘more the merrier’ ethos, we of course welcomed them onto our bandwagon as we headed for the coast. The journey was not without drama:

once into Wales the heavens opened and rain of almost biblical proportions poured upon us.

We had converted convertibles stopping wherever and whenever (mostly under flyovers) to get their roofs closed but one hardy soul in a 911 Targa braved the rain without stopping.

By the time Alan got parked on the Prom he had a mini pond developing in his footwells.

He’s hardcore y’know!

By the afternoon, the sun was shining again and we drove up onto The Great Orme to admire the view and then went on a bit of a mystery tour to Mostyn to find an abandoned ship, The Duke of Lancaster, which has been land-locked since 1979. Never let it be said that TIPEC North West is just about cars. Nope, we take you to old ships, deserted Lime Kilns and even National Trust rock formations (more on that later).

There’ll be loads about the Simply Porsche event at Beaulieu on the 5th June elsewhere in this magazine so I’ll not dribble on about it here, suffice to say that Diane & I went down to Hampshire this year, along with Graham & Marion Settle, to see what all the fuss was about.

The event was good but the best thing for us was, I think, staying in the same hotel as the group of members from the South Yorkshire and North Notts region who welcomed us into their party with open arms and proved just how friendly the Club is. Thanks to Dean, Jo, et al for accepting us.

June’s Chippy Tea run was on the 17th and we headed for Knott End on Sea with 12 people, six Porsches and an M3. Someone had to bring their BMW ’cause the battery was flat on their 993 …

The fish at Knott End was so big that the portion size even beat a certain T.J. Hammerton, a young man not known for his lack of eating talent. To say that we were ‘looked after’ would be fair – the management even stayed open late for us! After tea a very gentle drive across country saw us parked up at Owd Nell’s at

North west region members at Brimham Rocks

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Chippy tea run to Knott End on Sea

Bilsborow for a quick drink to finish the evening.

Our annual ‘Longest Day Run’ took place on the 19th of June. Although not officially the longest day of the year, I figured we’d get better attendance by using a little bit of license with the dates. This turned out to be a good plan, because at our little meeting point in the Ribble Valley we had a group of 20 people in 11 Porsches and a lovely little MX5. We were pleased to welcome along Mr Vince Dallimore (and his big red shark) who is not of our Parish – he’s normally found in and around the North London and South Essex area. We took a scenic route all the way to Brimham Rocks which I’ve heard described as a ‘wondrous work of nature in the form of gravity defying rock formations’ which sums it up well. Most of us had a good mooch about the place, but Malcolm (of the Boxster brakes story in the last AT) was busy helping new boy Neill get his 997 sorted out after it broke a rear spring on the way to Brimham: thanks Malcolm. From Brimham we headed towards the Yorkshire Dales for lunch at Berry’s Farm Shop and Country Café and then headed towards Hawes and on to Settle, stopping at the famous Ribblehead Viaduct for the obligatory photo opportunity. Another well supported and successful event.

By the time you read this our July club meet will have been and gone and it merits a mention because we’re at Porsche Centre Bolton for the evening by kind invite of Parts Manager Adam Calvert – friend of the Club, beard wearer and well-known VW worrier. More on that next time, along with tales from the trackday at Blyton Park and who won what at our concours event.

As always, thanks to all of you who join in with the nonsense that we conjure up. Without you we wouldn’t have the successful region that is TIPEC NW. Colin is still busy updating our regional page on the club website: take a look, it’s good. Our ‘closed’ Facebook group is as popular and irreverent as ever and well worth searching for (mostly because our resident International Man of Mystery has a permanent chair in the ‘what’s on your mind’ department).

If you’re a paid-up member and not receiving the occasional club email from me (Richard) please get in touch with your email address so that I can add you to my distribution list. If you’re not active in the region feel free to get in touch or come along to a monthly meet or one of our events to get a feel for what we’re about.

Rest assured, not all the conversation is about gold wheels and how to find a Porsche-friendly parking space!

August 1st (Monday) Club night at The Boatyard August 19th (Friday) Chippy tea/Friday feast run August 27–29th (Bank Holiday Weekend) Oulton Park Gold Cup August 28th (Sunday) Ormskirk Motor Fest

Mid-September Nürburgring Euro road trip

of three 928s – with Fraser Pemberton’s 928 police car leading the group.

September 5th (Monday) Club night (nb. this may be at an alternative venue due to refurbishments at The Boatyard)

Porsches on the Prom was another good turnout, organized by PCGB. Our region and North West region joined up at Lymm services for an amazing convoy of around 30 cars to Llandudno. I have to admit that it was a beautiful sight with so many Porsches in one place. The promenade was lined both sides with all models of Porsche on display. There were too many to have a favorite of the day, however there were some amazing cars. The weather wasn’t in our favour when we neared Llandudno. Some of the convoy had to do emergency stops to get their roofs back up when the rain came on quite heavily. It brightened up nearing lunch and ended up being a glorious sunny afternoon to admire the fine cars that attended.

September 16th (Friday) Chippy Tea/Friday Feast run (may include a canal barge cruise) October 3rd (Monday) Club night (nb. this may be at an alternative venue due to refurbishments at The Boatyard) October 21st (Friday) Chippy Tea/Friday Feast run

Cheshire & Staffs RO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 • watson_david@btinternet.com ARO Gareth Aldridge 07881 228 944 • 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. Some of us joined the North West region at their planned trip to the wheel restorer in Wrexham.

One of our region members has subsequently had his wheels refurbished by Roger he has done a fantastic job and they are really pleased with the end result. Gareth and Stef continued the day with NW and enjoyed a lovely lunch stop followed by a ‘steady’ drive around the Evo Triangle. Though their 928 decided to eject its side strip, nearly hitting Colin’s 944, luckily it missed. They stopped to recover said side strip and they managed to catch everyone back up to enjoy the Welsh scenery and cars. Overall a lovely day was had be all and thank you again to NW for letting us join in your adventures.

May’s club night had a good attendance of 30 club members for Gareth’s talk on the 924. An educational evening was had, with some good discussions on the 924 as well as a look into Gareth’s ever growing collection of 924s and their various stages of restoration. We also had six new club members that were welcomed to the region; one new member brought their beautiful 356 as well.

Chris and Gareth went to look at a potential new addition to Chris’s Porsche collection, and on the way home they decided to drop in to Porsche Centre Silverstone for the 40th Anniversary of the 924. There was an amazing display of upward of 200 924s as well as some other models in the car park. Of particular interest was the amazing 924 GTR on show with only 109kms on the clock and two 924 GTS cars. It was lovely to see so many 924s that have travelled near and far, with some having come from Poland, Ireland, and Germany. On route home they caught by two 928s, making a lovely convoy

The second May Bank Holiday was an eventful weekend for many of our region’s members.

Gareth and Stefanie were lucky enough to be in Monaco for the F1 Grand Prix and watched the Porsche GT Supercup race whilst there. The race was eventful to say the least due to heavy rain, which saw a couple of Porsches get very friendly with solid objects! However it was fantastic to watch the beautiful Porsches going round the tight streets of Monaco with their engine noises amplified by the built-up streets. Needles to say the Porsches sounded much better than the F1 cars going round.

A few club members attended the annual Weaver Wander 100 mile charity event, organised by the Nantwich Rotary Club. An enjoyable (and more importantly uneventful) day was had by all. Barry’s Mini even managed to complete the trip and Chris’s 924 Rothmans tribute made its debut – Chris only having picked it up the day before. Unfortunately this year didn’t see the club get an award, though the beautiful selection of cars taking part made the day.

A Classic Car meet was held at Capesthorne Hall which a few of our region’s members attended.

This was a popular event with a fantastic display of cars from various eras. Overall an action packed bank holiday weekend.

Next up we had a fantastic weekend at the Tatton Classic and Performance Car Show at the beginning of June. There were 21 Porsches on our stand during Saturday and 22 on Sunday, which rather overshadowed our rival club’s stand behind us. The Club’s stand got lots of

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August 16th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks from 8pm, with guest speaker TBC August 20th–21st (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Passion For Power Car Show Dave is currently taking confirmation of attendees for this event, please confirm attendance if not already done so.

August 28–29th (Sunday–Bank Holiday Monday) Oulton Park Gold Cup. September 11th (Sunday) Run out – location to be confirmed September 20th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks September 25th (Sunday) Burgers and Spanners day at Gareth’s workshop, come and play.

October 18th (Tuesday) Club night – guest to be confirmed

TIPEC Cheshire & Staff region cars lined up at Tatton

attention, particularly due to the extensive range of models on display. Though the two most striking were Fraser Pemberton’s 928 police car and Chris Hulme’s 924 Rothmans tribute. The combination of lovely weather and a great turnout of beautiful cars saw the region/club win its first award for 2016. A trophy stand is now required as we are getting quite a collection of silverware. Watch this space, we know a man that makes those … Thank you again to all who made the weekend enjoyable.

We are now looking forward to the August show at Tatton.

The Trentham Transport Show followed shortly after Tatton. Again we had a lovely turn out of various Porsches from 924 to a Cayenne. We also had the pleasure of guests from Central Region, which made a combined stand of 17 cars on display. Due to last minute navigation changes, 11 of the 14 cars in convoy to the event got split up. This turned out the be a good thing as it was nice to see the variety of Porsches driving/crawling in the queue to get in. Stefanie, Nigel and Luzkas were able to get some great pictures of our club members and their cars as they drove into the event. John’s 911 was the main attraction on the stand and was the most talked about car of the day with many admirers. The most comical part of the day was everyone pushing Nigel’s 944 into position as it had decided it wanted to stay in front of the toilets, which was not a good spot! It was lovely to see all the cars on display from other Clubs too – another fantastic turnout. We even had entertainment from the Jaguar Club’s brass band across the way.

June Club Night had a fantastic turn out of Porsches and everyone was able to learn from Dave about detailing their beloved cars in preparation for our annual Pride of Ownership Concours at club night next month. Due to unforeseen circumstances our guest speaker (a professional detailer) was unable to attend.

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We hope to get this rescheduled for another meeting later in the year. Once Dave’s talk had concluded the discussions quickly went onto the many cars in the car park. We had 28 Porsches in the car park! The most popular was Craig Pye’s first Porsche, his ‘new to him’ 924S which came to C&S first club night. Lovely looking car in red.

Great buy Craig – hope you enjoy it.

The last couple of months have seen a few club members tinkering away in their garages working on their mistresses. Chris has done lots of work to his 968 in preparation for our club/ region trip to Le Mans in July. Projekt 928 is stripped, wearing new suspension and nearly ready for paint, Dave has managed to hide his 928’s pascha seats from Stefanie (or face risk that they become the next ready-to-wear fashion icon!) Gareth has had the 944 Turbo remapped by Wayne at Chip Wizards following the work he has had done and now gets a fantastic 327bhp, 345lb ft at the flywheel. He has also had extensive suspension and drivetrain work done on the car. Gary has gone soft and removed the plexiglass windows from his 911RSR and replaced them with the luxury of proper glass with window winders … whatever next – soon he will be fitting electric windows!

We have another action packed couple of months planned ahead as well, including more runs out in the cars. Upcoming fixtures are below and we look forward to seeing many of you soon.

As you read this a group of 21 of us should have just returned from the Le Mans Classic! More on this soon …

August 7th (Sunday) Club run to Lake Verwyn. Weather permitting this will be a picnic lunch (provide your own) or if the weather is poor we will have a backup pub for lunch.

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Joint RO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 • 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 Hope all you SYNNers are getting out and enjoying your cars in this very mixed summer, I can’t believe we passed the longest day of the year. Coming into July we’re still looking forward to plenty of drives and events. We’ve certainly had a busy May and June this year so far as you'll see below The Spring Classic and BBQ at the Oil Can Cafe.

Wow this event has grown compared with previous years, which resulted in a long delay getting into the grounds just outside Holmfirth.

Plenty to see when we got in and parked with plenty of classics and hot rods. Ian the owner opened up the restoration and workshops to see behind the scenes. There was even a vintage helicopter parked among the cars which took off later in the afternoon – glad I wasn’t parked next to it when it took off. The weather then turned with a sharp shower and everyone jumped in their cars and departed, with the exception of me and Joanne in the RS Replica that is! It would turn over but wouldn’t fire up. Tried a new DME relay to no avail so a phone call to ADAC and they sent out the AA, the guy tried but it wouldn’t start and couldn’t get a spark, a bit of head scratching and he decided to phone for the recovery truck. Ended up being the crank sensor on the bell housing, so an easy sort. I replaced the speed sensor as well while the bracket was off, a new coil was also fitted to be on the safe side.

Rick & Sarah’s GT4 at the monthly meet

SYNN region out on the Manx tour

Ray having his blowout sorted

SYNNers on the Isle of Man

Cars in the park, Newby Hall A roaster of a day with a long delay getting in, which ended with a few TVRs and Ferraris overheating on the way in. A great turnout of all marques and enjoyed by all who came along.

Only spoilt by the usual cocks bouncing their engines off the rev limiters on the fast Fords and Japfest cars. I’m sure I heard one go POP!

got thicker and thicker until we all pulled into CregNy-Baa for a cool off and re-focus before heading back off to complete the course, after which we headed back for breakfast at the hotel. Later that morning we headed back out with visits to Peel and some of the best views on the island at the Calf of Man for a spot of seal watching too, no basking sharks though.

Prescott Hill Climb weekend Annual visit to the Cotswolds enjoyed by Ray and Katharine for this old favourite.

The next morning was just perfect, clear blue sunny skies. Meeting at 7:00am again with the famous mountain run and meeting up with some local supercar owners at Creg-Ny-Baa which made us feel like the poor relations. Their cars consisted of two Ferraris, a new 991 GT3RS with 200 miles on the clock and a brand new McLaren 675LT, very nice and made for some interesting conversations. After Breakfast we headed off for more sightseeing at The Laxey Wheel, with a joint visit for us all at the new Jurby Motor Museum, one man’s collection of some weird and wonderful cars and TT winning motorbikes from the last 100 years. A visit to Jurby wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Jurby Junk, a junk shop full of the lots of old records that nobody wants (unless you’re a big Max Bygraves fan) and plenty of other rubbish. Linda found a real live bird in a basket in there which she saved and put out in a local field, we think it had been fetched in by one of Stella (the owner’s) cats. Well done Linda for coming to the rescue, she did get me a great Porsche performance book for free for rescuing the bird.

Manx Tour with PCGB and Porscheshop Started with a night in the Liner Hotel, Liverpool, a good meal in the hotel with a few more beverages in a pre-theatre local pub across the road was a good warm up for the next few days.

30 cars met the next morning dockside ready for the Catamaran sailing at 11:00am. Team SYNN TIPEC consisted of Dean & Joanne, Ray & Katharine, Paul & Linda. Two and 3/4 hours later we arrived in Douglas with lovely a turquoise sea. Exiting the ferry port we took the scenic route for a great spirited drive on the TT course over the mountain. It was great fun chasing cars down on the fairly quiet roads – bear in mind that when you see the national speed limit on the IOM this means there is no speed limit. A short time later we were in Ramsey in the north of the island which was our base for the next three nights. The hotel was a great choice, being recently built it was immaculate and had a lake on one side, promenade and beach on the other side. One of the main things for Porsche owners was a nice spacious car park! Settled in ready for dinner, beverages, and an itinerary was given out with a talk from the local PCGB RO and the local Constabulary with some interesting stories just to try and keep us in order.

The next morning was an early one with everyone meeting in the car park at 7:00am for a run around the TT course. Heading up to the mountain the fog

Thanks to Geoff Ives for organising and Julian (Local PCGB R30 RO) for taking us out on the morning tours.

WotY incorporating the Simply Porsche show With our meeting places agreed, first stop was Woodall Services. We arrive only to find our Ray with the red space saver spare on after having a blowout on the M1! Not a good start to the weekend. I phoned the local National tyre depot only to find they didn’t have a tyre but they recommended a guy called Mobile Malc.

Dean’s RS replica breakdown at the Oil Can Café

Unbelievably he had the correct size tyre, not the same brand as Ray’s but a Continental so he goes for it. 40 mins later we’re back on the road again picking up our old friends Rick & Sarah Marot at Leicester Forest services, who had just got back into the Porsche fold with their cracking new blue Cayman GT4. Eventually we made it down to our base for the next three nights, the Ormonde House hotel, Lyndhurst. It was a matter of throwing the bags in and heading straight out as we’d booked a meal for us all at a 16th Century thatched pub called The Waterloo Arms. It was nice to meet up with other friends from the North West Region, Richard, Dianne, Graham & Marion who were also staying in the same hotel as us.

The next morning we visited the small street market in Lymington, before heading off and parking at Hengistbury Head for a scenic walk and views of Christchurch bay. The walk did pass loads of beautiful beach huts that people used as holiday homes, one did have a sign above which said TO LET and the door was open so the ladies wandered in for a look around only to be confronted by the lady owner who wanted to know what they were doing … Tut, tut, tut.

We were supposed to be jumping on the short ferry across to Mudeford but I got us all the wrong ferry to Christchurch which was a hour round trip … oops, not good when folks’ car park tickets run out in a hour or so. Luckily the captain of the boat turned it around and headed back to shore with someone with a red face. That night we ate in the hotel which was a great idea as the food was fantastic. The next morning we were all up bright and early for the TIPEC Simply Porsche show. Another great show with a fantastic turn out, probably the biggest, some great cars and I don’t know how you do it guys but the weather was fantastic all day again.

Thanks to all who organised!

On the Sunday night we headed to the Pagaola Restaurant a few doors away for another superb meal, they even tempted us all to deserts after they came around showing us all the fabulous homemade delights. The next morning we headed out to find some baby Donkeys for Joanne, and did a spot of shopping before heading off home. All in all a great weekend with 22 friends.

Classic Car and Bike Show, Renishaw Hall This show just gets bigger and bigger. Organised by the local Rotary club it is a firm favourite. Ray, Bob & Judith were there at 2pm and by 3pm our spaces were full. Stuart, being both an organiser and TIPEC member, tries to save us a few spots.

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When you think that this event takes place on a Wednesday afternoon, many weekend shows would like the same turnout I’m sure.

Porsche Pageant, Chatsworth House Early start for some of us arriving at The Peacock, Owler Bar meeting point before 9am. Dean, GB & Sally, John, Ray & Katharine, Val & Andrew, Dave & Anita, Peter & Claire and not forgetting Erin, arrived at the gates of Chatsworth after a short detour (Everybody thought Val knew the route).

We were placed very well on the main drive with a good vantage point for viewing later arrivals (and deciding which one we would like to own and in which colour) The solitary OPC Nottingham trader did a roaring trade when Dean & GB arrived as they made a sprinting start out of their cars to tuck into the discounted Porsche clothing and they soon cleared their stock. Cloudy but a good day until the rain started, when some retreated to a local pub.

Thankfully though it cleared up after the prize giving and raffle had been drawn. (Well done to Peter for winning a prize.) Bob & Nicola also came along later, parking a distance away and walking in through the rain.

The August meet and annual Show & Shine event will be a week later than planned on 15th August. This is due to holidays, so get those cars polished and get yourself along to see if you can win a prize.

Hopefully see you at one of the club nights now the light nights are here.

August 15th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head, this is a week later than originally planned.

August 27–28th (Saturday–Sunday) British Sportscar racing at Donington August 29th (Monday) Pershore Plum Festival September 12th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head.

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Aerial shot at Cars on the Green

New RO & ARO wanted urgently!

Enjoy the rest of the summer and let’s see some new faces at some events in 2016. By the time you read this we will have had The Classic Car & Bike show at the Deaf College, the Harley Classic, Yorkshire Porsche Festival and TIPEC trackday at Blyton Park – more on these in the next issue.

See our website for more details of forthcoming events www.synn.org.uk

Central tipeccentral@outlook.com Joint RO Lindsay Brown 07768 442 050 Joint RO Steve Jones 07775 581 044 Joint RO Stuart Wakeman 07912 620 181 Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Bull’s Head, Birmingham Rd, Shenstone, Litchfield WS14 0JR. www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebullsheadshenstone Well here we are nearing the end of summer, and it still really hasn’t arrived. We have done the three Gemini events that we had planned, the last being Trentham Gardens on Father’s day where we shared a pitch with Cheshire and Staffs. I wasn’t able to attend but kept an eye on the weather and it was glorious until about 4pm, hopefully you chaps didn’t get too wet.

May Bank Holiday saw us drive down to Ace Café as it’s Porsche night on the last Monday of every month. There was a varied selection of Porsches on display and we caught up with some familiar faces, there was entertainment on the road outside with a sound off between two cars with mega sound systems – the bass bounces off your chest! There were also a couple of cars showing us how to destroy your tyres – I hasten to add, not Porsches.

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Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 7pm for food (meeting proper begins 8:00pm) at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS.

Anglia & North Essex Steering group: Ian Jones • izzy.spyder@sky.com John Butcher • gtjohnny1@aol.com Shaun Crosby • scampi.cat@btinternet.com Steve Burgess • info@sbprinting.co.uk Lorna Ward • info@sbprinting.co.uk John Briggs • john.briggs@charcoal.uk.com Yvonne King • yvonneking@hotmail.com

This was the first outing for the pig since it's turbo replacement which blew up on the way to the last club night, causing a smokescreen James Bond would have been proud of! My faith in human nature was revived when the fire engine turned up. Someone didn’t like the idea of burnt bacon!

Meeting up with others whilst on the move we got ourselves a convoy to the rendezvous, and after a quick catch-up with everyone else, it was off to the show ... well, to the end of the queue.

Normal chaos ensued on arrival, arranging and rearranging the car line up, and with the Benny Hill theme running through my head, we tackled the gazebo! With everything ready, the gates for the public were opened and the sun made a welcome appearance.

Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at The Woolpack, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP31 1SW. 01284 753 380

Cars on the Green is Bury St Edmunds’ major car event of the year, limited to 1,000 car and club entries, with stands from all the local main dealers, live music, food and stalls.

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An excellent day was had by all with lots of interest in both the cars and the club, hopefully generating a few future members. Everyone attending enjoyed the day. There were running updates of the greatest race, Le Mans, with one of the most unbelievable climaxes you could ask for, Porsche taking the flag for the 18th time.

Cars on the Green, Bury St Edmunds It was an early start on Fathers Day, fingers crossed for a dry day ahead, with the overnight showers being chased away by, dare I say it, the ‘Sun’!

This inspired a Le Mans style exit at the end of the day, with everyone starting their cars all at once and leaving, as we arrived, en masse.

Figures for the show were up on last year from 14K to almost 30K visiting and altogether there were 1,300 vehicles on display! The venue may need to be moved for next year’s event, due to Bury St Edmunds being brought to a complete standstill. Oops!

Anglia & North Essex members at Cars on the Green

Looking forward to our next outing.

Arrival in Brighton!

Anglia & North Essex members grabbing a bite …

London to Brighton Some months ago it was suggested that we should have a go at this event by Steve & Lorna who had perversely made the run in there Citroen 2CV van and had a riotous time.

A few of us thought we’d give it a go so, with Lorna’s organisation, the event was booked – plus we decided to make a day of it with a stopover Sunday night and a meal out.

Steve & Lorna in their 964 Turbo, John & Vanessa in their 996, Bob & Joan in their 997 Turbo S (from North London & Hertfordshire) and Mandy & myself in my 930.

With the event looming and a very unwell 930 (blown turbo) days beforehand, the organisers allowed me to replace my car with my wife’s BMW (at least it’s German …)

It was an early start Sunday with a run down to Mercedes World Brooklands. Everyone was issued with map books and after a quick game of Rock Paper Scissors, Lorna was selected as chief map reader, then we were off (slowly, slowly … good idea to look at the book first).

I must say the route was very picturesque through little back roads of Surrey (some of them were very little indeed) and also very entertaining with cars going in all directions (not lost, honestly). We only had a very minor bit of misdirection which led to another 20 or so cars trying to turn around in a very small village, which caused some entertainment. Oops!

Good road manners by the entrants were put to the test with the onset of what I can only call a swarm of Lycra-clad sweaty cyclists coming from every direction, who seemed to think it’s their right to ride two or three or four abreast with no regard for other road users! (bring back the Cycling Proficiency Test … and maybe public hanging!)

Lovely weather on the London to Brighton run

With the stopping point reached and a much appreciated cuppa to whet our dry and hoarse throats it was off to Brighton with renewed gusto, zig-zagging across the countryside to join the traffic that a glorious sunny day always seems to encourage With shouts of “we can see the sea” and Brighton looming ever closer, we drove straight past, for an extended way to the finish line. We rolled across the line with the encouragement of our supporters Yvonne & Chris, who made the trip down in their 944 for the weekend.

With everyone parked up and settled in with a cold drink, watching the various cars arriving, John ‘lucky’ Briggs was blessed by a very large seagull with a vivid green racing stripe! Nasty!

Then it was time to check into our hotel, a quick change meeting in the bar for some light refreshments, then it was off to Pinocchio’s Italian restaurant for some much needed food and conversation. Back to the hotel via The Cricketers pub which was the most odd old Victorian establishment decked out entirely in red with old creepy sepia photographs on almost every surface.

We all agreed that the run was a great change from the normal shows and that we would be looking at similar events in the future. After a good night’s sleep, a hearty breakfast, and a last stroll down the prom, we said our farewells and parted ways until the next adventure.

August 7th (Sunday) Helmingham Hall www.helmingham.com/events/the-festival-ofclassic-sports-cars August 23rd (Tuesday) Pub meet August 27th (Saturday) PIE Performance Coffee & Cars event

September 11th (Sunday) BBQ – venue TBC October 29th (Saturday) PIE Performance Coffee & Cars event December 4th (Sunday) Christmas dinner, now taking bookings

North London, Herts & South Essex RO Vince Dallimore 07798 630 649 • NLHSE@tipec.net ARO Peter Musk 07734 769 953 • NLHSE@tipec.net Four informal monthly meetings: First Sunday 10:30am (open marque) at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, SG13 7RT. Third Saturday 2pm (Porsches only) at the South East side of Smithfield Market, London EC1A 9LH, parking in the closed loading bays opposite Smithfield Café. Third Sunday 11am (open marque) at the King & Tinker, Whitewebbs Lane, Enfield, EN2 9HJ. Last Monday 6pm (Porsches only) at The ACE Café, Ace Corner, off the A406, Stonebridge, London, NW10 7UD. Summer is upon us but it seems the weather is unaware; here we are in July and only now are we seeing blue skies! Fortunately all was good for Simply Porsche. A hot sunny day saw a record turnout of our cars at Beaulieu, with areas of the infield previously unused taking the overspill from the main areas; it seems there were circa 1,000 cars on the day. Early arrivers had a brief queue to get in, but I understand it was longer as the morning wore on. NLHSE were supported by several members that regularly attend our monthly gatherings; a first timer was Chris in her 911 Cabriolet, meeting at our offsite gathering PAGE / 31

NLHSE members at the Ace Café

928 meet at Coventry Museum of Transport

Out in the Dales as guest of the NW region

Nice old Datsun at The Goat

Parked up at Simply Porsche

Sunshine at Simply Porsche (photo by Mike Parris)

point at Hatchett Pond with the 928UK cars. It’s a short drive from the event, to park early in lovely surroundings, group up the cars, then take a gentle cruise into Beaulieu for 9:30am.

A number of us made a weekend of it in the New Forest, meeting for dinner on the Saturday night in Lymington. I had been on holiday in Cornwall during the week, arriving on the Friday and departing on the Monday after the rush.

Unfortunately my holiday and Simply Porsche clashed with our regular ACE Café and Goat meetings in June, so I hope those that didn’t make it to Beaulieu went to those meetings.

On the 24th May, I attended a gathering of 928s organised by David Hemmings and Andrew Brierley, who manage the 928 register at PCGB; we met on the front concourse of the Coventry Museum of Transport.

The venue has undergone a makeover, so after the usual 928 chat in the rain, the museum gave a pleasant viewing opportunity and some lunch.

2017 is the 40th anniversary of the launch of the 928 and several events are being organised to celebrate the year, including: a dedicated parking area at Simply Porsche on 4th June; an open invite to 928 owners at Brooklands on 28th May and in the preceding week a Euro 928 meeting in Reims, France.

On the Sunday 19th June, I was invited to join TIPEC North West on their run out in the Yorkshire Dales; I was in the area for my car to be serviced at Loebank Motors on the Monday, so it was great to meet another region.

The tour started just North of my B+B on the A59, heading initially for Brimham Rocks, a National Trust site; the strange rock structures reminded me of Hanging Rock in Australia, very eerie!

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via the Ribble Valley Viaduct, with a photoshoot just before the rain descended and a drive back along the Ribble Valley. A great day out with the North West region, thanks to Richard and Brian for the invite and to all their group for making a Southerner so welcome!

Monday 27th June was ACE Café night; as usual a good mix of cars arriving from 6pm onwards, but a clash with the football seemed to have impacted numbers a little.

Sunday the 3rd July at the Goat was a pleasant morning, Peter and I arrived early to secure some shady parking, those arriving later were not so lucky! A christening at the local church saw a lot of the usual parking spots occupied for the morning, but by noon a good turnout of the usual mix of classics and customs was in place.

Peter and I will be attending the Silverstone Classic in late July, so look forward to seeing members of the region there.

We have booked 10 spaces for the Little Gransden Air Show on 28th August; it is an excellent flying display from the airfield and the display area is close to runway, so you can get really close to the planes on the ground. One feature of the event is that you enter by crossing the runway, so once in, there is no exit until flying has finished around 4pm. Tickets are £10 per car, we will allocate tickets on a first come basis, so be quick, a number have already been reserved!

August 28th (Sunday) Little Gransden Air Show. We’ll be reserving tickets soon. www.littlegransdenshow.co.uk November TBC NEC Classic Car Show at the NEC Birmingham, November, dates yet to be announced.

Kent & South East London Joint RO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 • prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Joint RO Martin Jackson 07942 485 094 • martinjackson911@yahoo.co.uk Meetings are held first Monday of the month from 7:30pm at The Carpenters Arms, Three Elm Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge TN11 0AD. www.carpentersarms.net It’s been a really busy couple of months in our region making the most of the weather wherever we could.

Our May and June club nights both continued to prove popular, with OPC Tonbridge turning up the June meeting with a new Boxster, and taking many attendees out for a quick spin to see how truly good this latest version really is. Our monthly raffles continue to prove popoular with a variety of prizes donated from OPC and many members. All donations to our chosen regional charities, Macmillan Cancer Support and the Kent Air Ambulance.

We had our first detailing day of the year in Sean’s front yard, with 10 cars arriving for some useful tips. Stuart’s Boxster got the treatment on the exterior turning it from a clean car to a shining example, My own 996 (The Peppermint Peril) got the interior treatment, from what I thought was a gleaming set of leather seats came much muck and dirt! Paul spent some time showing how best to use a DA on a very marked and mucky Nissan Skyline (Hope you’ve got the rest of the muck off Vince!) Well done to Paul & Sean for a fine morning, they have produced a really simple idiot’s guide to procedure and some products to use. If anybody wants a copy of these documents please just let Paul or I know.

Kent & South East London boat trip on the Thames

Detailing day at Sean’s

We had several members head off to the Laon Historique, we have heard a number of rumours on some of the antics and happenings over the weekend …

Our ladies felt they deserved a treat and who were we to argue? We arranged for our ladies to visit the Secret Garden in Ashford for an afternoon tea whilst us gents headed off to Headcorn airfield for a very interesting tour of the airfield and museum. Well done Chris Baker for making this possible, most of us made it back in time to collect our ladies, whilst three ladies had to wait for their errant other halves to appear.

This proved so popular its likely to become an annual Ladies Cream Tea & Gentleman’s Tour.

Along with Surrey & Sussex we had a small contingent at the Motorsport At The Palace event. Crystal Palace is certainly a wonderful venue with some very interesting machinery racing around an equally interesting and challenging track, we only wish the weather could have been better.

We along with most other regions had a strong turnout of numbers for Simply Porsche. Some made their way down on Saturday, we had a convoy of 18 cars head down early Sunday morning, along with a few others that made their own way down to Beaulieu. What a great venue for such an event, graced with good weather. This is truly a must attend event, meeting up with old friends from around the country meeting new people and most of all some wonderful machinery. The attendance was remarkable and is a testament to the skills of the organisers.

George & Gill again organised a trip up the River Thames, 18 of us turned up for a great afternoon in mostly good weather. Our running commentary coming back down the river was entertaining and informative all at the same time. If you have never done a river trip on the

Health check morning at Porsche Centre Tonbridge

Thames then this is a must do and I’m sure Gerorge & Gill can accommodate on one of their three river trip boats.

August 21st (Sunday) Jazz picnic. Organised by Graham & Kat. Church Lane, Trottiscliffe, ME9 5EB.

Our next trip was for an open morning and health check at OPC Tonbridge. Some of us met at The Carpenters Arms for a hearty breakfast before heading off to Tonbridge. Firstly, we need to welcome and thank the new Service Manager at Tonbridge, Stewart Davies. Good luck Stewart in your new role and we as a region look forward to working with you in the future. Our thanks also need to go out to Aaron Thompson who has done TIPEC proud in the past few years and who has moved onto pastures new. We had 12 cars have the OPC treatment and apart from an assortment of leaks (mainly coolant leaks) nothing serious was reported.

Coffee, pastries, new Porsches to look at, helpful regional banter … and a clean bill of health for the Porsche. Who can ask for a better morning?

August 28th (Sunday) Vineyard tour & wine tasting.

Chapel Down Winery, Tenterden.

A very wet evening at Brands Hatch saw a few hardy souls turn up for the Porsche track evening, with a few of our own members have a go. Most entertaining seeing Andy Bush pushing his Panamera and keeping many 996s and 997s honest! Shame about the weather but good to see the support. Here’s hoping for better weather next time.

We need to thank the region’s members for their continued support and keenness to add new ‘adventures’ to our calendar, so thank you and keep the ideas coming.

August 1st (Monday) Club night August 7th (Sunday) Regional fish & chip run, details to be confirmed August 14th (Sunday) Tyre & tracking morning. Open morning at A2 Tyres, Sittingbourne. www.a2tyres.co.uk

August 29th (Monday) Ace Café Porsche night If you have any questions about any of these diary dates, please phone or email Martin or Paul. We look forward to seeing lots of members, old and new, at these events or at one of our club nights, held on the first Monday of every month.

South Central RO Gary Howard Twitter: @ Porsche_TIPECSC Facebook: South Central TIPEC 07856 723 196 • south.central@tipec.net Meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month, throughout the year, from 10:00 to 12:00 at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants, NN13 5SH, and on the third Tuesday of the month, between March and October, at The Betsey Wynn, 21 Mursley Road, Swanbourne, Milton Keynes, MK17 0SH. Please check for updates via email, Facebook and Twitter pages.

National Drive it day The region was invited by Thames Valley Region to join them for National Drive It Day. Unfortunately, this clashed with a local show at the Bicester Heritage, however, a couple of members met with the Thames Valley cars at The Akeman, on the A41 and headed off for a spirited drive ending with a curry.

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make but hopefully next year, one I can share.

I am sure the drive was amazing; Jason had chosen some exciting roads and knowing a few of the members as I do, they would have enjoyed a very spirited drive around the Welsh countryside. I am sure there would have also been more than a few drinks had, though not whilst driving of course!

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Couple of things to note A Calendar has been generated and distributed to the email addresses I have on file. Please feel free to let me know of any events that would be of interest to people and I will add them. I am very keen to get the region attending as many events as possible, and where appropriate, it’s nice to arrive and park together as it makes a good spectacle.

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I was welcomed warmly by the other club members and that is a familiar theme when venturing into other regions. Thanks to Jason for the invite and the excellent route.

Donington Historic Festival The region attended the Donington Historic Festival. Whilst not on the same scale as Silverstone Classic, for example, it is growing.

There were some fantastic races and it was good to see some fellow members in their cars in the infield parking. If we can grow the attendance I am sure we can secure a better parking area, but it is always good to see a collection of the cars together.

Laon Historique Once again, the fantastic Loan Historique was booked as a national event. A group of 12 or so cars attended this year and this event gets bigger and bigger with the routes planned and the parade a fantastic cavalcade of variety and interest. The trip stats with breakfast at Maidstone Services before catching the Eurotunnel across, with numerous other cars/ marques and a stopover in Arras for lunch.

The theme of cars, driving, wine and food, with the always excellent company and companionship makes this a great event for all.

I would recommend this trip to everyone and Jim has already secured 20 or so rooms for next year.

Simply Porsche at Beaulieu The national event at Beaulieu was a huge success and we must thank the organisers once again for the excellent work. There was good representation from the region and everyone I spoke to was enthusiastic about the scale and structure of the event. It’s also worth noting that the weather is always staggeringly hot. (But we don’t mention that just in case …) Next year we will look to organise a breakfast meet up and drive down for the region.

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Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 • 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.

Thames Valley RO Andrew Harris 07812 146 999 • thames.valley@tipec.net ARO Graham Driver 07799 625 279 • thames.valley@tipec.net

June has been a good one! We had Simply Porsche at Beaulieu – what a day, one of my favourite shows on the calendar with an incredible turn out of over 1,000 Porsches; one or two of them I would give my left ‘somethingorother’ for … I think you know what I mean! It was good to see so many members wandering around and a big thank you to all that helped out on the club stand, Graham Driver, Paul Mabley, Paul Bird and James Garrard to name but a few; the marquee did get a little warm! We sold out of hats before lunch, a number of T-shirts and jackets were purchased and a few new members gained. We look forward to welcoming you at your local regional meeting, you won’t be disappointed, we are a friendly bunch!

Our June monthly meeting was another themed one; we try and offer a number of themed evenings throughout the summer months, this one being ‘air-cooled’ night. We had a good number of air-cooled cars turn out for another truly superb evening at the Novello; unfortunately the weather was a little disappointing to say the least. I am sure that if the sun was out, we would have again filled the car park. However, it’s always good to see so many of you with your fabulous Porsches, thank you for bringing them along. July’s theme was ‘Topless Tuesday’; sorry chaps … what we meant by that are soft-tops … I know what you were thinking though!

Jason has asked me to step up as RO for the region, which I am happy to do, in order for him

Meetings are held second Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. Considering the weather for our May monthly meeting at the Novello was so awful, we still had a positive turn out for our ‘transaxle’ night with many lovely cars in attendance. As always, the members turning out were very much on form with some of them looking forward to their ‘Welsh Weekender’ getaway which commenced on Friday 13th. Unfortunately, due to work commitments this is one trip I was unable to

Running the club stand at Simply Porsche

20 years of the Boxster at Simply Porsche

A particularly nice example …

Surrey & Sussex RO Robert Stephens 07548 306 803 • surrey.sussex@tipec.net ARO Eben Hugo 07952 862 769 • surrey.sussex@tipec.net ARO James Garrard 07837 701 011 • surrey.sussex@tipec.net Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month 8pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, 10 miles south of Crawley off the A23. Surrey & Sussex Region’s own Facebook page www.facebook.com/ groups/412785915550876

Air-cooled night at the Novello in June

to concentrate more on the running of the club as a whole. I am pleased to say that he will still be on my shoulder for advice! I am also pleased to announce a new ARO for the Thames Valley region, Graham Driver, who will be assisting me with the general day to day running of the region. Thames Valley has a very strong team and is looking forward to an exciting summer and end of year, not that I want to be wishing any time away!

As you have probably noticed over the past year or so, I have been writing articles for All Torque, something I enjoy doing and of which you will see more of throughout coming issues. I had an email from Tony, the magazine’s editor and designer, stating that he was in the difficult position of receiving of too many articles from club members for the recent edition (117) to publish and was having to carry a few of them over for further issues.

This is great news and I would encourage you to put pen to paper or in most cases, fingers to keyboards! You all have some amazing cars and we would love to read about them, what maintenance or modifications you have had carried out on them and what road-trips you have done in them.

As the summer is upon us, this would be a great time to roll out those beauties, take some photos and write a little article about your pride and Jjoy. It doesn’t have to be a Charles Dickens or an Alexandre Dumas masterpiece; just a few lines will suffice accompanied by a couple of pictures.

We have a number of upcoming events for us to look forward to: August 9th (Tuesday) Monthly meeting at the Novello ‘Specials Night’ – GT3s, Turbos, RSs, etc …

August 14th (Sunday) Cranleigh Classic Car Show – A fabulous event which we have attended for the last two years August 29th (Sunday) Porsche Night at the Ace Café September 9–11th (Friday–Sunday) Weekend away – TBC September 13th (Tuesday) Monthly meeting at the Novello This is ‘bring your friends’ night. Last year we had a Lamborghini, Corvette, Mustang, a Mercedes C63 AMG, the list goes on …

September 26th (Monday) Porsche Night at the Ace Café One further event for the month of September to look out for is the Porsche Picnic at Mapledurham House Nr. Reading. It was run last year in conjunction with 911 & Porsche World magazine along with its sister magazine, Classic Porsche.

Set in acres of imposing grounds is this stunning Grade 1 Elizabethan stately home located just off the A4074 Oxford Road with its water-mill, the only working water-mill on the Thames, along with its tea room, all of which will be open to the public on the day; this would be one event not to miss. I am waiting to learn of confirmation of the date, once confirmed I will email you all.

Porsche’s and picnics, my favourite! We will also possibly be adding a coast run to Brighton for either fish & chips or afternoon tea at the Grand Hotel within our September diary, so please keep an eye on the diary page of our website at: www.tipec.net/regions/thames-valley We do have lots of events lined up throughout the year and it would be great to see you. If you are unable to attend any of the events, please feel free to pop along to the monthly meeting at The Novello, it is always an enjoyable evening with lots of friendly and knowledgeable people.

For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly club meeting or TIPEC regional event, we always welcome new members or prospective members. We’re a friendly bunch no matter what model of Porker you own or desire, you don’t even have to own a Porsche to be a member 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 S&S Region members going into the hat each month, but you have to be at the meeting to win if your name is drawn out.

If you want to get the most from TIPEC membership, please remember to interact with other regions, you will be very surprised at what you might find. Why not take a look at our Facebook page and main TIPEC.net web page to keep up to date with the very latest news from the club and the Surrey & Sussex region.

Motorsport at the Palace at Crystal Palace Now in its seventh year, Motorsport at the Palace promised to be bigger and better than ever before. It certainly didn’t disappoint and turned out to be two days of good old-fashioned fun.

It was nice to become a car person again. TIPEC had a stand there on both days, a joint venture between Surrey & Sussex and South East London & Kent Region. It was the first time I went to this event. It makes a change from other recent events. Yes, it had the usual line up of cars and trade stalls, but with the twist of having racing there too.

An impressive line up of racers can be seen and with an accessible pit area you get up close up and personal with the cars and the drivers. For any of you looking to dip your toe in sprint events, or try a bit of racing, then this is the show for you. The racing was provided by Sevenoaks & District Motor Club and their annual membership fee to get you started is minimal.

So long as you have the safety equipment, then pretty much anything is game.

For more details get in touch with Sevenoaks & district motor club, and the MSA for info on taking part in next year’s event.

Thanks goes to ARO Eben Hugo for organising the event jointly with Martin Jackson of South East London & Kent Region.

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Spotted at Motorsport at the Palace

August 14th (Sunday) Cranleigh Classic Car, Bike Show & Auto Jumble TIPEC SE stand entry for 2016 is £7 for adults, free for children under 16. A show guide is available and costs £4. The show is open from 9:30am to 4:30pm. Parking is free at the Cranleigh Showground.

August 20th (Saturday) Capel Classic Car Show & Auto Jumble TIPEC SE Stand (12noon to 5pm)

924 on the track at Crystal Palace

Simply Porsche Beaulieu National Motor Museum Simply Porsche this year proved to be one of the biggest turnouts in the TIPEC calendar, a full 40% up on last year’s attendance, with over 900 Porsches turning up for the show.

Even the overflow field was nearly full. This year’s show featured the 20th anniversary for the Boxster and the 40th anniversary of the 924, with lineups for both models in good attendance. Such a stunning array of cars made it on the day: 914s, 930s, 997 RSs, 991 GT3RS … and even a 918 Spyder made an appearance.

The day was blessed with beautiful sunshine, which made thirsty work for those helping out.

Porsche Mid Sussex had a stand at the event, and as predicted, many enquiries for the new Porsches on display. Meguiar’s and other stands kept the new customers busy. The show and shine prizes, by Autogleam this year, were won by a gentleman with a rather nice looking green 911 which had just been refurbished. Jaga Kubit decided to cash in her Christmas raffle price of Porsche for a day from Porsche Mid Sussex; she

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attended this year’s show in a stunning white Cayenne. A beaming smile greeted us at the show when she turned up, didn’t think the keys were going to be handed back at the end of the day with that one! Thank you to all the Surrey & Sussex members who attended on the day, and a huge thank you to all the ROs and committee members who helped out on the TIPEC stand.

August 26–28th (Friday–Sunday) Carfest South, Laverstoke Park Farm, Overton, Hampshire August 29th (Monday) Bexhill 100 Classic & Custom Car Show, entry £3 September 3rd (Saturday) Brighton Speed Trails

Other events through July included the Supercar Event at Dunsfold Park, Le Mans Classic (a few of the region’s members are in attendance), TIPEC UK trackday at Blyton Park, and the Silverstone Classic.

September 4th (Sunday) Shere Hill Climb, Guildford, with TIPEC SE Stand

August 6th (Saturday) Show & Shine detailing day and Summer BBQ at Porsche Mid Sussex from 10am – 2pm

September 9–11th (Friday–Sunday) Goodwood Revival Meeting (Advance Ticket only)

August 7th (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club: Thoroughbred Sunday

All details of regional and national events are under the Events & Regional sections on the main TIPEC.net website

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thunderstorms. Simply Porsche at Beaulieu – our national show – has been and gone and well done to everyone involved in the organisation of such a fabulous annual event. Many local rallies and events have been enjoyed around the region and we have lots to look forward to.

Thanks too for the photos and articles that are being submitted to All Torque for inclusion in this and future magazines – it’s your club and your mag, so they are so important and I hope more of you will contribute for coming editions.

Coming up we have our regional weekend away in Weymouth in mid-July with lovely drives planned for Friday and Saturday, Silverstone Classic at the end of July, and of course our trip to Ireland in September moves ever closer.

924 40th nniversary display at Simply Porsche

Southern RO Andy Fenwick 0776 720 1220 • andy.fenwick@tipec.net ARO Jim Tarrant 0120 260 1886 • jim.tarrant@consequia.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Old Thatch, 285 Wimborne Road West, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7NW.

September 9–11th (Friday–Sunday) Goodwood Revival September 25th (Sunday) 911 & Porsche World Picnic, Mapledurham House October 4th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne November 1st (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne

Simply Porsche 2016 was fantastic! The sun shone on Porsches as far as the eye could see.

I’d like to thank all the people who helped make it such a success, great job guys and girls!

Congratulations to Southern Region member Ian Coleman who took 1st place in the Show & Shine, very well deserved!

December 6th (Tuesday) *** NO CLUB NIGHT TONIGHT! If you go to The Old Thatch, you will be Wilhelm Keine Freunde ***

Southern Region’s annual summer BBQ is rapidly approaching. Please get in touch if you’d like to join us – we’ll squeeze you in somehow.

Please visit our website at www.tipec.net/regions/southern as we are continuously updating our events page.

August 2nd (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne

Members will also receive email notifications of upcoming items.

August 7th (Sunday) Southern Region BBQ *** Please note new venue *** August 14th (Sunday) Hampshire Classic Motor Show Breamore House, Breamore, Hants August 21st (Sunday) Supercar Showdown, Beaulieu, obtain a booking form to exhibit your car, or £15 admission

December TBD Christmas Dinner – contact us if you would like to join in

Bristol, South West & South Wales RO Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 • sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Debs Bradshaw 07423 436 503 • debbradshaw@sytner.co.uk ARO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 • mjs019@gmail.com

August 26–28th (Friday–Sunday) Chris Evans’ CarFest South, near Basingstoke – spare tickets for all three days

Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:45pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk

September 6th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne

Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying the brief glimpses of summer in between the showers and

Now I want to send a message here to ALL my regional members … I recognise that people join car clubs for many different reasons and there are many benefits to be had particularly in the Bristol, South West & South Wales region that are unique to us, as well as national benefits. There is a big social element to this region too (which members of any other region are welcome to join in with) but I am concerned that of our current regional membership of 131 of you, there are many that I not only haven’t met but haven’t even had a response to emails from.

I would really like to be in communication with you, and ensure you get the best from your membership, and if you aren’t receiving at least one email a month from me then I may not have you on my email list. I always email new members with a welcome to TIPEC message, so if you are feeling left out please email me or phone me, or message me on Facebook, so I can help you. I know you may not always want to come to the monthly get togethers (first Tuesday of every month) which is absolutely fine, but there must be some discounts or comments or events you need information about. I look forward to hearing from more of you and also to continue to enjoy the company of around 70 of you that are real regulars.

Thank you all for your continued support.

August 2nd (Tuesday) Club night September 6th (Tuesday) Club night September 10–14th (Saturday–Wednesday) TIPEC trip to Ireland December 11th (Sunday) Regional Christmas Lunch

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

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