TIPEC All Torque 123

DONINGTON HISTORIC FESTIVAL TIPEC at one of the largest annual events in the Midlands

EXMOOR EXCURSION Ian Marsh describes the process of planning a group drive

THE GT1 Martin Broadribb on the history of Porsche’s forgotten sports car

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All Torque / 123 June/July 2017 6 / News & updates Upcoming major events and club info 8 / Member’s cars Andy Harris’s 996 Carrera 2 10 / Donington Historic Festival Paul Bird reports on TIPEC’s visit 12 / Northern-ish?

TIPEC’s first gathering for Northern Regions 13 / WEC Round One at Silverstone Ian Jones was there to support Porsche 14 / Exmoor Excursion Ian Marsh organises a group drive 15 / PC Car & Restoration Show TIPEC’s presence at this expanding event 18 / The GT1 Porsche’s ‘forgotten’ sports car 22 / The 928 at 40 years old Vince Dallimore traces his own 928 history 28 / Martin Whitelaw vs the Tin Worm Part two of Martin’s 944 Cab restoration 32 / Regional round up TIPEC news from around the UK

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Chairman’s chat It’s Beaulieu time again.

For the fourth year, we will be hosting Simply Porsche at Beaulieu, If you haven’t been before and are reading this before the event, get yourself along. You won’t regret it!

We are expecting over 1,000 Porsches to be In attendance at Beaulieu this year and as everybody who attends gets a copy of this magazine, this may well be your first read.

So welcome to our club magazine and we hope that you enjoy your day out at Simply Porsche.

If the club is also new to you, why not have a look at the back of the magazine to see where your local region meets.

You will be more than welcome to pop along to any of our regional meetings and find out a little more about us and what we do in your region. I’m sure you will be made to feel most welcome and don’t worry about you or your car fitting in, we are a very mixed and friendly bunch. Car wise, you may see anything from Porsche’s range from the older water cooled transaxles, various aircooled cars, 986/996 range thru to a brand new GT3 – and in every state: rusty, filthy, half restored, or polished within an inch of its life. If yours happens to be off the road for whatever reason, still come along in whatever else you have. Of course, you may not even own a Porsche yet and want to pick our brains on what to buy, we’d love to chat to you and help you choose.

Back to club issues, we have yet another new region to announce. For those of you living up in and around the Lake District, we can announce that Cumbria now has its own region. Paul Lowther and Steve Bailey have agreed to run the region and have already found a great pub near Kendal for the monthly meetings. For more details please see the Cumbria section at the rear of this issue.

We also hope to have a relaunched region in the Devon/ Cornwall area, probably close to Exeter, soon. We are just looking into suitable venues at the moment. We have one person willing to get this meeting up and running but if you live in that area and are willing help make this happen, please get in touch with us.

The success of our recent new or relaunched regions has been tremendous and those involved in making this happen are all doing a fabulous job. I must also thank the ROs and AROs from other regions around the country that have been helping and encouraging the new guys.

April has been a busy month for both myself and the club. It started with the Practical Classics show at the NEC, where for the second year we had a club stand. We were situated next to the Barn Finds stand and that seemed to be a great location for us, especially as one of our cars, Paul Bird’s 924 Martini, is currently in a similar state to the barn finds. We hope to see it fully restored and back on the stand in the future.

On Sunday 2nd we had the Club AGM. This year it was held at the Coventry Transport Museum. We had a fabulous display of Porsches in the public square in front of the museum and the local constabulary also chose this day to have a stand with a virtual reality setup promoting safer driving for the younger drivers. Of course our cars attracted many younger people along and the Police had a great day looking after our cars and chatting to the local youngsters.

As usual our AGM went very smoothly, with great feedback from the floor during the day. Once again we had members travel from far and wide to have their say in how we run the club. We thank you all for making the effort to come along.

All members should have all received a copy of the minutes from the AGM, if you haven’t, please ask your RO to forward them on.

There were no major changes other than we now have two Vice Chairmen (South and North). Tony Levy will be looking after our Northern Regions and new to the role, James Garrard will be looking after the Southern Regions. Andrew Harris (Thames Valley’s RO) will now be looking after our media communications.

The end of April saw the club put on a stand at the three day Donnington Historic Festival. This was aimed at being a multi region event, with our Northern regions having a chance to have a big get together. Paul Bird will go into more detail later on in the mag but I can say from my perspective, it was a fabulous weekend. Our display of cars (and it was a display rather than a packed car park like some other clubs nearby) was fantastic. We were able to have a multi level display, with one row of Porsches sitting proudly on the raised area 20ft above the rest of the clubs. Many Thanks to Paul Bird and all of the regional ROs and AROs who made this happen, I’m looking forward to next year already.

Looking ahead, there are plenty of events coming up over the summer, so check your local region’s page on the website for more details. Nationally, we will again be at the fabulous Silverstone Classic for a weekend of vintage car racing, 1,000s of great classic cars to see, and wonderful concerts at the end of the day on Friday and Saturday. We hope to see many of you there again this year That’s all for now, Jason

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News & updates Simply Porsche 2017 Beaulieu, June 4th (Sunday) TIPEC’s annual shindig at Beaulieu is the biggest club event of the year and was arguably THE Porsche event of 2016.

It really is a wonderful part of the country so spend a few days, so why not book up in advance and make a long weekend of it?

Last year’s Simply Porsche event was the biggest and best ever with over 1,000 cars heading through the New Forest to get to Beaulieu. This year’s show is going to be even better with a bigger trade village and a wonderful display of 928s celebrating their 40th birthday.

There are many local B&Bs and hotels, or you could stay just a few miles away in Southampton or Bournemouth, both of which have a great choice of accommodation. For those of you with a sense of adventure, why not join those who choose to camp for a few days? See the forum for more details on that.

We have members from all over the UK make the pilgrimage to the South Coast, some will come alone while others come away with fellow regional members and make a weekend of it.

Entry to the show will include entry to the museum, abbey, gardens, and the palace, home of the Montague family for over 500 years.

Brooklands Supercar Sunday July 16th (Sunday)

Sherborne Classics at the Castle July 16th (Sunday)

Developed over the last five years, this exciting event will be repeated at Brooklands in 2017. Last year we were asked by the organisers if we would like to look after the Porsche area for Supercar Sunday. We did and had a great time, so we will be back with the club stand again this year.

Members from all regions are invited to join us for a fun day out. Last year we had members from four of the Southern based regions.

Sue Simmons, RO of TIPEC’s Bristol, South West & South Wales Region, says “Sherborne Castle is one of my favourite events. We have had a TIPEC presence there for around six years now and it’s always good to get members from several regions together on our stand.

This is a rare opportunity for the public to get close to exclusive motorcars and also see them in action. Historic Brooklands has easy access via London’s motorways and is conveniently located just minutes from junction 10 on the M25. It has excellent exhibitions including the Concorde Experience, a 4D cinema and London Bus Museum.

Brooklands has both aircraft and transport museums on site. It is also home to Mercedes-Benz World. As well as the various club displays, cars will be doing timed runs up the famous test hill, as well as parade laps around the MB track. There are also the usual trade stands and burger vans etc.

Car clubs put on displays for members and also take part in the Test Hill runs. Owners of supercars are invited to contact the organisers for an opportunity to take part in the track demonstration and the hill climb.

Adults Seniors Under-16s Family

£11 advance £10 advance £6 advance £30 advance

£13 on the day £12 on the day £7 on the day (under fives free) £34 on the day

www.brooklandsmuseum.com/whats-on/supercar-sunday

The show is pretty big and offers something for everyone with classic cars, supercars, the castle open to visit (for an small extra charge), lovely walks around the grounds, and loads going on. The event includes auctions, model car racing,

Sue is arranging parking for TIPEC members. If you’d like to be part of the group please contact Sue on sue. simmons@tipec.net or 07530 312 700.

Entry on the day is £15 per person, but TIPEC members booking in advance via Sue pay £10 per car, with a show guide included.

Silverstone Classic 2017 July 28–30th (Friday–Sunday) The world’s biggest classic motor racing festival, with over 4,000 cars on display in the vast infield area. Packed grids and live music on Friday and Saturday evening make this a complete day out that is fun packed from sunrise to sunset.

Free access to the pit lanes and paddock areas allows you get up close and touch a £10 million pound Ferrari. The Group C race runs until dusk on Saturday drowning out the band with the drone from the incredible endurance prototypes.

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autojumble, and of course cars of every kind imaginable from olden day vintage to the latest supercar and everything in between. I hope lots of members will get in touch and join us or come and see us when we are there this year”

There will be refreshments available in the club gazebo and we look forward to putting on a fabulous display of Porsches for the 100,000 visitors that attend over the weekend.

When booking online at www. silverstoneclassic.com/clubs use our discount code of 17020SCC – offer open until Wednesday 31st May.

Porsche 911 The Definitive History 1997–2005 Author Brian Long Price £35.00 ISBN 978-1-845848-97-2 www.veloce.co.uk

The Essential Buyer’s Guide Porsche 987 Boxster & Cayman Author Adrian Streather Price £12.99 ISBN 978-1-787110-66-3 www.veloce.co.uk

Brian Long’s ongoing series on the various generations of 911 is well respected, and this updated edition of his book on the 996 and 997 is another solid effort.

Veloce’s ‘Essential Buyer’s Guide’ books are absolute gems. Slim volumes, but packed with helpful info for any prospective buyer.

TIPEC member Adrian Streather has been responsible for many of the Porsche guides.

Before getting into the story of the water-cooled 911s, Long’s book gives an unexpectedly thorough overview of Porsche’s general history – from the company’s humble beginnings in the early 1930s right up to the decisions which led to the shocking (at the time) departure from aircooled engines. It’s a welcome inclusion, giving brief context for anyone who doesn’t own the previous four books in this series.

What could be a dry series of facts and dates is made into an entertaining read, with a fabulous collection of photos collated from all over the world.

Long covers the commercial decisions made by Porsche and describes the model range which resulted each time. There’s background on the design of each, a round-up of its reception, and plenty of reporting on sporting achievements along the way. For me, the the exciting parts are the off-piste variants as each generation nears its end – including tuner and modifier versions.

Designed to fit in your glove box (or handbag) it may seem like you are not getting much for your £12.99, but these little books are worth their weight in gold.

This particular guide covers the second generation Boxster and Cayman – the 987 models. Kicking off with a brief model overview and history (and I do mean brief –it’s only two pages long), Streather then dives straight into practical advice.

From the very basic (is this really the right car for you?) to the smallest detail (what charging rate to look for on a voltmeter when testing a car‘s battery), no stone is left unturned. If you are planning to view a car (especially from a private seller), this book is your required homework.

It won’t replace a proper check from a Porsche specialist garage, but it definitely gives you a head start.

This is not a super-thorough academic book, but it’s a slick coffee-table history which any 996 or 997 owner would enjoy.

Concepts and details are well illustrated with clear photos, and everything covered is up-to-date. If you’re looking at a 987, get yourself this book.

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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 this year and had a fantastic response. Huge thanks to everybody who sent in articles, photos and stories. Sometimes there simply isn’t room for everything, 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.

At the top-left of the homepage, you will find a link to TIPEC’s online discussion forum. This is the place to trade banter with fellow club members on a day-to-day basis, ask questions and share knowledge with your fellow TIPEC members, up and down the UK (and worldwide!)

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Member’s cars

A little bit of bodywork restoration on Andy Harris’s 996 Carrera 2 Coupé turned into something much more extensive … could he keep the cost within reach?

I purchased my 1998 Porsche 996 Carrera 2 Coupé in December 2013 for the tidy sum of £8,000, a mere snip looking at some of the prices in today’s market!

good and resprayed. The workmanship was not to the highest of standards, but for the amount paid the car had been tidied up nicely, and overall I was very pleased with it.

The vehicle had covered 101,000 miles and was mechanically sound having benefited from a full engine rebuild at 68,000 miles (nothing to do with an IMS bearing failure!) along with a replacement radiator, brake discs and pads, brake servo and master cylinder and a good record of general servicing and maintenance. The stamps in the service book with accompanying receipts were from a variety of Porsche Centres and Porsche specialist garages.

Now three years down the road and I have noticed that the bubbling to the offside rear wheel arch has started to reappear! Whilst I was having new rear coffin arms and drop links fitted during January I asked my friend, and mechanic, Steve Collins to have a quick look.

Steve’s findings were unfortunately a little unsettling as the inner wheel arch has started to heavily rust away, enabling you to feel the outer skin through the inner arch!

The bodywork unfortunately hadn’t had the same amount of love, hence the price! The front end was suffering heavily from stone chips and a few minor scuffs along with a little bit of paint bubbling to the edge of the offside rear wheel arch. A local body shop resprayed the front bonnet, wings and bumper for not much money. They also cleaned up the small amount of bubbling paint on the rear wheel arch, made

I decided to take some advice from a reputable body shop in Reading who advised me that, in a worst-case scenario, a new rear quarter panel and inner hub would be required. This meant cutting out the quarter panel from the roof line at the top of the rear screen and from under the driver’s door, cutting out of the inner hub, removing the rear quarter glass, rear bumper and light unit. A new inner wheel hub

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and outer quarter panel would then be welded in, undersealed and painted before refitting the quarter glass, rear bumper and light unit.

The estimated cost of this work would have been equivalent to a remortgage! There was a cheaper option available according to the body shop, however I felt that the more expensive option was going to be the one taken.

After speaking with Jason and Glenn at our Thames Valley regional meeting, and acting upon their recommendation, I decided to get a second opinion from another very reputable body shop, Riviera Autobody. Riviera have visited our regional meetings at the Novello and have brought with them vehicles which they have restored – the quality of workmanship, to my eyes, was excellent.

Having contacted Tyrone Fuller, who heads up his team of finishers at Riviera, I arranged to bring my 996 down for an inspection. I was pleasantly surprised to hear how relatively straightforward, but obviously time consuming, the job was going to be. Tyrone advised me

that a new quarter panel would possibly not be required and that they could cut the rust out, then fabricate and weld in a new inner and outer section. The rear quarter glass, bumper and light unit would need to be removed, then cut out and weld in the new inner and outer sections, prime, paint and lacquer the rear quarter panel and re-underseal the inner hub.

Tyrone suggested that as they would be respraying the rear quarter panel, they would also have to blend into the driver’s door … so it would make sense to paint the whole side, quarter panel, door, wing and sill trim panel.

And, as the rear bumper was off, it would be worth having that re-sprayed too as it is a little tired in places!

Tyrone and the staff at Riviera have many years of experience with large scale hand panel beating and metal shaping, and they constantly work with high value vehicles like Porsches, with the majority of their business coming from customer recommendations and referrals.

With that, and with one of our very own Thames Valley members, Nick Ramsey, who just happened to be there with his recently fully repainted 996 singing their praises, I was sold. I booked my 996 in with them there and then.

Once they had started to strip the inner and outer rear section down they discovered that the rear quarter was being held together with filler and fibreglass, which duly fell apart on them!

This meant that a new inner hub was required and one was ordered directly from Porsche. With regards to an outer wing, Tyrone managed to source a good second hand one from a vehicle of which had been broken and made a repair piece from that panel, saving me rather a lot of pound notes as a new replacement panel from Porsche would be in the region of £1,300!

We now understand that at some point during the vehicle’s history it has been involved in an accident with damage to the offside rear wheel arch. The repair work that had been carried out was done to a very poor standard, hence the problems I have encountered! The nearside inner and outer rear wheel arches are in very good condition; these cars are so well made that rust should not really be of any concern, providing they have been properly looked after.

The front end of a 996 is prone to stone chipping and the inner edges of the front wheel arches can develop rust spots due to that stone chipping, however if this can be ‘nipped in the bud’ quickly, they should last for many years without major work having to be carried out.

Tyrone has said that he sees many 996s come in for front end resprays and that this is a relatively easy job as the lights, bumper and bonnet badge are easily removed.

I am very pleased with the work carried out to my 996. Tyrone and the team at Riviera have brought the vehicle back to a lovely standard and one that I will cherish and enjoy for many years to come, I hope! My partner and I have a few little ‘Porsche’ road trips planned for this year, the Lake District and Scotland, and all being well we will be ferrying it to either Bilbao or Santander in Spain for a driving holiday through the Pyrenees next year – a story for another time!

Thank you to Tyrone Fuller of Riviera Autobody for sorting out my car’s bodywork and to Steve Collins of Hall54 in Guildford for keeping on top of all general servicing and maintenance at very realistic prices! If anyone would like contact information for either of the above, please feel free to email me at thames.valley@tipec.net – they do come highly recommended and are both local to the Thames Valley region.

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DONINGTON HISTORIC FESTIVAL 2017

Author Paul Bird Photography Paul Bird & Brian Rowledge

Three days of racing, catching up, and chilling out at Donington circuit.

Paul Bird reports on TIPEC’s main event for Northern regions this year.

Friday morning at 8am and I arrived at our designated pitch for the weekend. Jason Gibson had been caught up in traffic but by noon the club gazebo was up and we were catching up over a cuppa. This is the new gazebo that we used at Silverstone Classic last year and gives us a much more professional presence. Jason and his Father-in-law were at the show all three days – massive thanks to both for the support!

Glen Summerbell was already on site when I arrived and there were a couple of cars from Cheshire & Staffs Region. We were soon chatting over tea and admiring each other’s cars, the first of 50-odd that would park up over the next couple of hours!

As we expected, attendances on Friday and Saturday were low, probably amounting to 20 different cars over the two days, but it was good to see the ‘diehards’ willing to attend more than one day over the weekend. Thanks folks.

Dave Watson, Stef Mahan & Gareth Aldridge (all Cheshire & Staffs Region members) helped organise parking on the slope below the main area and we then put more cars on the grass overlooking the main pitch, ending up with a three-tier display of cars.

After praying that the weather held out for our official club day I was not let down and Sunday morning was bright and clear, albeit a little breezy when I left the hotel 10 or so miles from the circuit. I figured if it was breezy here it would be quite windy on the exposed parts of the circuit and I wasn’t wrong – the wind was a factor all day but it didn’t seem to dampen the enthusiasm of everyone attending.

By 9:30 Jason and I were busy organising the parking and we quickly filled the main area.

We ended up with an eclectic mix of Porsches2 that truly represented the diversity of cars in our club with 924, 944, 968, 928, 964, 930, 996, 997, Boxster, Cayman, and Cayenne all represented from about 10 different regions of the club.

If I’ve missed any model my apologies but there were a lot of cars and I didn’t make notes!

We were joined mid-day by the Cassis Red 928 S4 that was the subject of a complete restoration

by OPC Leeds in 2016 and the car was displayed on our stand for the rest of the day. Big thank you to OPC Leeds for the loan of the car and to Stef Mahan, Gareth Aldridge, and Dave Watson for helping to make this happen. Stef moved her own car and parked up next to it – two Cassis Red 928 S4 cars together, a very rare sight indeed.

The rest of the day was spent watching racing – the parade laps involved some of our members’ cars – and chatting to friends in the club. There seemed to be food everywhere as lots of people had brought things along to share. Particular thanks here to Jackie Brown and Jo Smith (Central Region) for spoiling us.

Richard Scholl (North West) was even cooking up bacon rolls that I was forced to decline having consumed a bit of everything else!

Overall, a very successful show for the club and a great weekend spent with friends. If you missed it this time make sure you join us in 2018.

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NORTHERN-ISH? What do you call a first-time club event that is, as far as you know, unlike anything that’s gone before it? I didn’t know either, so ‘Northern-ish Regional Gathering’ became the working title that stuck. I still can’t think of a better name.

During December last year when the then-new Peterborough Region was planning its first monthly meeting it occurred to me they may be short of springtime events to put on their club calendar (how wrong was I? Stuart and Michael are doing sterling work for the club).

After very brief discussions with interested parties (Colin Hammerton and the irrepressible Stefanie Mahan), we decided that a breakfast meet in the spring for TIPEC regions in the north of England and, err, Peterborough, might be a good idea. I figured Peterborough, being north of Watford, qualified as a ‘Northern Region’ and why let geographical fact get in the way of a fried breakfast?

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And so, on the 9th April we found ourselves in the car park of the Half Moon pub in Collingham, near Leeds. With club representatives from the North East, South Yorks & North Notts, East Midlands, Cheshire & Staffs, Peterborough, Yorkshire, Central and North West regions attending, it was a busy morning. The car park was packed with 54 Porsches, the pub staff struggled to keep up with demand for breakfasts (but I think everyone got fed eventually), the sun shone and local usedPorsche retailer Yorkshire Classic Porsche, who are based just across the road from the pub, opened their doors especially for us.

You never know, we may do something similar next year. At least I have a year to think of a better event name!

Sincere thanks go to all the ‘Northern-ish’ ROs and AROs who got on board with this gig.

Colin ’Hammerdown’ Hammerton gets specific credit for finding the venue, chatting up the landlady and encouraging her to open her pub early on a Sunday. Colin also encouraged Yorkshire Classic Porsche to open specially on a Sunday. He wrote detailed route notes for the North West region attendees in an attempt to stop them getting lost (which didn’t work, but that’s another story …) and even plotted a scenic route home for them, with further route notes.

Is there no end to this man’s abilities?

Author Richard Sholl Photography Richard Sholl & John Pye

WEC ROUND ONE SILVERSTONE

It was a cold and blustery day, Pooh and Piglet (well, a few pigs) met up for a trip to Silverstone on Easter Sunday to the first round of the World Endurance Championships. Fingers crossed it would be a good start towards a triple since Porsche’s return to the sport.

With all the shouting done, the National Anthem was played, the clock ticked the last few seconds away to 12:00, and this year’s season was on its way.

Toyota, with a high-downforce setting, carried its edge over from qualifying into the race, leaving Porsche chasing in the dry conditions, but that was to change with showers and incidents.

Number 92 Porsche 911 RSR started to mix things up due to an in-car fire that was swiftly dealt with by the marshals, followed by the Number Seven Toyota hitting the wall at Copse due to the damp conditions.

This caused the deployment of full course yellows and then the safety car, which closed the whole field up.

With fuel stops, tyre and driver changes, the race was back on. Porsche and Toyota swapped places due to fewer fuel stops for the Porsche, only to have it snatched back by a late tyre change giving Toyota that little extra and taking the chequered flag by a little over six seconds. Toyota first, Porsche second and third.

After losing Number 92 from the LMGTE Pro class due to fire, all was not lost for the porkers as the second RSR, Number 91, came in third. So all in all not too bad a day at the office for Porsche Motorsport.

There was a little drama on the very last lap in the LM GTE Am class when the first and second placed cars crashed allowing the third placed car to take victory, highlighting that old saying “it ain’t over til it’s over ”.

A total of 24 out of 27 entrants finished the race – great reliability.

With the race at its end we headed back to our cars for a nice, controlled, wet drive homewards, looking forward to the next round at Spa-Francorchamps.

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EXMOOR EXCURSION

Author Ian Marsh Photography Ian Marsh, Pete Simon, Sue Simmons & Mo Williams

Ian Marsh describes planning his first group drive for TIPEC’s Bristol, South West & South Wales Region

Some time ago Sue Simmons, our RO, asked for assistance organising a road trip, so I thought I would offer my services. Having only been a Porsche owner and TIPEC member for six months I thought ‘in at the deep end’ – I would at least get to know my fellow members a bit better.

I tried to incorporate some interesting scenery, good roads to enjoy the performance of the cars, and places of interest serving good food and drink. Another issue was finding suitable stops to accommodate up to 20 vehicles, always a challenge. Because of the distances involved, and this being only a day trip, the mileage was restricted somewhat. I carried out a dry run earlier in the year which proved to be a useful exercise.

The trip was planned for Sunday 23rd April and after three weeks of dry weather I was concerned that we could be heading for a typical downpour, but when Sunday morning arrived it was dry.

With 15 cars in total there was a good selection of 911s, Caymans, Boxsters, a 968 and 928s of various vintages. Everyone was given information, maps, etc. for the first part of the trip. This took us past the West Somerset Railway and along the coast road on the edge of the Quantock Hills, towards Dunster Castle. As we drove further north the clouds cleared the sun appeared, and we were also treated to the steam engine returning from Minehead.

As we drove into Porlock there was a choice of two routes, either using the main road which takes you up the very steep Porlock Hill, or using the toll road, which cuts into the cliff and keeps close to the water. The views were spectacular as the road wound its way up to the top of the moor, where there is a honesty box for the £2.50 toll in a small kiosk.

We progressed to Exmoor and joined the main road again just opposite an original black and yellow AA box, a very rare sight. I had arranged for a stop along this route at County Gate Bus Stop because there was a great view from the top and room to park all the cars. As expected, the cameras came out and we took lots of pictures.

We followed the spectacular route down Countisbury Hill into Lynmouth with views across the Channel and over the town. We drove across the bridge onto the Esplanade where we stopped for a couple of hours to explore the town and find somewhere to eat. Lymouth is situated at the bottom of the cliffs with Lynton at the top. You can walk up steps to Lynton but there is a water powered cliff railway, built in 1888, which is always worth a trip. There are wonderful views from the top of the cliffs across the Channel to Wales; it was a clear day and very warm, we were blessed!

After exploring and having lunch we all reconvened back at the car park ready for the next leg, which took us south towards Tiverton. Once we had left town the road widened for some quite fast and enjoyable driving, straightening out the bends. Being just outside of the school holiday period there was very little traffic, which was a pleasant change.

I wanted to end the drive with a stop to explore a place of interest, rather than going to another town, and I thought we could arrange to take the cars to a National Trust House. Knightshayes Court was just off our route and seemed ideal. Prior to arranging the trip I contacted one of the administrators and asked if they would be prepared to accept a group of Porsches on an organised club outing and they agreed. I completed the necessary booking forms, received confirmation and also had a site meeting to check the details. National Trust agreed for all the cars to be parked outside the house and gave us free access to the café and grounds together with free parking for up to 15 cars, which was ideal.

When we arrived, the National Trust staff made us very welcome and spent some time admiring the selection of parked cars. We took some photos and just about managed a cream tea or two to finish the day off.

The trip was a great success but would I arrange another one? If I am asked, yes of course!

During the planning of this trip I contacted a couple of National Trust Houses and they were very supportive of car club events, so if any other TIPEC regions are organising similar trips/visits it may be worth contacting houses in your area.

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PRACTICAL CLASSICS CAR & RESTORATION SHOW

Author Brian Rowledge Photography Brian Rowledge

Ever had one of those days when you wondered just how you were going to fit everything in? For Brian Rowledge, the second of April was one of those days.

The morning started off fine with a gentle drive into Coventry and park up at the Transport Museum for TIPEC’s AGM. Lots of friends to chat to and to catch up with on life with a Porsche.

Then into the AGM. Lots of lively debate and then lunch, following approval of the Finance Report by our Treasurer, Paul Bird.

It was at this juncture that matters started to go a little pear shaped, starting with a missed lunch and lost wallet.

The plan was for Paul and myself to dash to the NEC to help man the stand at the Practical Classics Car and Restoration Show, where he/we had two 924s on show.

There was Paul’s 924 Martini which is undergoing a troublesome restoration. Only 100 of these right hand drive cars came to the UK, between January and March 1977. Of these only seven or eight are now known to exist with no more than

half of these registered as being ‘on the road’.

Alongside Paul’s car was our 924s track car which is nearing final modification. Chris Franklin from Center Gravity was also there, supporting the club with his highly modified 911.

After a slightly frustrating journey we got there to help out the rest of the crew. Many thanks to Neil, Lindsay, Paul Webster, Paul Foster, Chris Franklin and Chris Harrison for their support over the three days.

This event is becoming more popular year on year. At least 120 clubs attended, displaying over 1,000 cars in various states of repair. Cars ranged from barn finds covered in rust and mould to concours examples in the Pride of Ownership section, won by a 1972 Triumph Spitfire.

The show is about half of the size of the November Classic Car Show, but growing fast. Classic Car Auctions were there for the first time with over

200 cars up for sale. The auction was spread over two days and over 75% of entries were sold. Porsche 928s were plentiful and seemed to be going for reasonable money, considering condition. Air cooled motors seemed rather expensive to me; one in particular appeared to go for very silly money given its condition, but that’s auctions for you.

There were lots of other distractions, but of interest to those who like to get their hands dirty was the trade area with approximately 350 specialists dealing in all and sundry, from cars to nuts and bolts and everything inbetween.

At the end of the show traditional chaos reigned with the blaring of horns and breaking down of stands. Ours was frustrated by trying to find a stand in a hall far away across the site. Carrying heavyweight bar stools back to a supplier is no joke after a long, but very rewarding, day. Why not give it a try next year on 23 to 25 March?

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It’s difficult to beat the annual Porsche Only trackday at Oulton Park as a club ‘season-opener’ event: free entry for spectators, a large number of Porsche cars in the car park, a large number of Porsche cars on the track and a good chance to catch up with friends from the Porsche community.

Flying the flag for the North West Region on the day was Darron Wall who used his 996 GT3 to good effect. Noticeable on track and in the paddock because of its distinctive green wheels, some readers may recognise the car from our Blyton Park club trackday a couple of years ago.

The cars pictured here are all ‘club’ cars from the North West and Cheshire & Staffs regions. If you missed the event, why not look out for it next year? Standing around a windswept paddock in Tarporley in midMarch makes perfect sense!

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GT1

PORSCHE’S FORGOTTEN SPORTS CAR It was a rare event when five 911 GT1s were seen together at the 75th Goodwood Members Meeting and rarer still for Martin Broadribb to see them in action during the high speed demonstrations on the circuit.

Although the GT1 managed to score one major victory for the company it was not really that successful, even though it was a model which took the same approach to the rule book as the 935 ‘Moby Dick’ back in 1978.

With few opportunities to see these cars in action these days they are perhaps a little forgotten among racing Porsches, so let’s take a look back to just over 20 years ago and consider their place in the Porsche story.

Author Martin Broadribb / Photography Martin Broadribb

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DEVELOPMENT

COMPETITION

The GT1 arose from regulation changes during the early 1990s that effectively wrecked the World Sports Car Championship. Here is not the place to delve into the reasons behind this, but in 1994 there began a series for production-based highend sports cars such as the McLaren F1 and the Ferrari F40 and although one of the organisers of this BPR GT series was long-time Porsche employee Jurgen Barth, it was not until 1996 that the Porsche 911 GT1 arrived. It was created in response to the need for something more competitive than the 911 GT2, which was out of its depth against the more modern designs, but the new car also needed to be based on (or at least homologated as) a road car.

Although the GT1 cannot be said to have been as successful a competition car as some other Porsches it did provide the company with one particularly significant victory. The initial 1996 season was realistically the most rewarding with some overall wins and a class win and second overall (to a Porsche WSC-95) at Le Mans.

Working to a brief that stated the car must be readily identifiable as a 911, Porsche design staff member Briton Tony Hatter (who had created the look of the 993) was chosen to accomplish this difficult task, the decision having already been made to turn around the engine to mount it forward of the axle. Although this no doubt greatly assisted weight distribution, and thus handling, it was done primarily to allow a venturi effect to be created by the rear underside profile, something essential for aerodynamic downforce. Elsewhere there was also little in common with the existing 911, with double wishbone front suspension, a multi-link setup at the rear and a water-cooled 3.2 litre engine of the same type as used in the Le Mans-winning and 962-based Dauer, although at least this was still a flat six!

In 1998 the cars were simply unable to challenge the AMG-Mercedes for top honours (although often finishing not far behind) but there was one bright spot that year. Despite qualifying fourth and fifth at Le Mans behind the Mercedes and a Toyota, and with significant opposition from McLaren, Ferrari and others, they scored a resounding one-two, three laps ahead of their nearest rival. The fact that this victory occurred in the 50th anniversary year of the company surely made the win even sweeter.

EVOLUTION The Kevlar and carbon fibre-reinforced resin body certainly had something of the appearance of the 911, although in a greatly exaggerated form and with a roof-long intercooler inlet.

For the 1997 season many changes were incorporated, partly due to natural evolution but also in response to improvements introduced

by McLaren and the advent of new rivals AMGMercedes. The appearance became smoother and various suspension and underbody changes were implemented, although the smaller air restrictors now required by the regulations caused a significant power loss, perhaps as much as 10%.

For the car’s final year in 1998 the bodywork became smoother still and even less 911-like with a carbon fiber monocoque replacing the previous rather compromised chassis, a longer wheelbase, and its restyling carried out entirely by computer and wind tunnel instead of the traditional studio models previously used.

While it now had upward-opening doors, as with its former iterations it still retained approximations of the standard 911 front and rear lights! Suspension changes were also made and while the factory took the decision to halt development of the car at the end of the year examples did race on for a while in other hands.

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For 1997 a full-blown assault on the now FIA-run championship was mounted, the first time in a decade that the works had run a team in such a series. However, in the face of stiffer opposition this did not prove effective and even a likely Le Mans win evaporated when the leading car burst into flames in the 22nd hour.

STRASSENVERSION The GT1 race series was meant to be for production-based cars, although some makers chose to approach the regulations from the opposite direction and make roadgoing versions of their racers. This was the route taken by Porsche and the initial cars were planned to have engines of around half the power of the racing versions. Potential buyers (and there were a significant number of enquiries) found this prospect less than appealing and so the street versions were very much racing cars with just the necessary compromises.

These compromises included slightly detuning the engine (mainly for emissions purposes), modifications to the ride height and suspension compliance, and steel instead of carbon brakes.

In 1996 the price was around £555,000 (the racing version was £625,000) and for that you still only got a six month guarantee!

LEGACY The 911 GT1 provided Porsche with its last Le Mans win for almost 20 years and while not their most successful competition car it certainly earned its place in Porsche history. The fact that it also spawned one of the company’s most interesting and exotic road cars should not be overlooked and in fact one of the cars appearing at Goodwood was driven to the event.

While a 911 by name rather than nature it was a response to the prevailing racing sports car regulations, a field in which Porsche began racing soon after its foundation and in which it continues to compete successfully today.

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928 A SUPERCAR AT 40

Author Vince Dallimore / Photography Vince Dallimore and various friends

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The original launch version of the 928.

Cutaway drawing from the Porsche Archive.

The only sports car to win the European Car of the Year award has perhaps finally come of age, with good quality examples and rare variants now attracting ‘modern classic’ dealers to the market; values are moving upwards and some low mileage examples are achieving sales at or around the original new selling prices of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s!

The 928 was launched in 1977 with a 4.5 litre engine and three speed auto or five speed manual gearboxes; development of the car saw the 4.7 litre S introduced in 1980, the performance enhanced S2 in the UK in 1983, the S4 with its twin cam 32 valve five litre engines in 1987 through to 1991, and the final iteration being the 5.4 Litre GTS in 1992 which went out of production in 1995.

Some special variants appeared in the ’80s; the SE, a lightened, tuned, special equipment car was available in 1988, but only 42 were built in right hand format (with manual gearbox only) for the UK market. The manual gearbox GT was introduced in 1989 to run in parallel with the slightly more sedate S4; the GT had high lift cams that brought extra performance.

The original 4.5 928 had Bosch K jetronic injection producing 240hp and 143mph in the manual and 140mph in the auto; the 5.4 GTS at the end of development had LH jetronic injection, producing 350hp and a top speed of 171mph.

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The model was developed by Porsche through the early ’70s from a blank design sheet; the ‘transaxle’ format with a large capacity V8 in front of the driver and the gearbox mounted at the rear with the differential, connected by a torque tube, gave what was then a large car great weight distribution and handling, belying its size. But perhaps the most striking design feature was simply the body shape, there was nothing in mass production at the time that combined the sleek shape and innovative safety features.

It is that modern look of the car that has stood the test of time and certainly caught my eye as a teenager, when owning such a supercar was just a dream; but as the car was developed and eventually superseded, I reached a point in my life where owning this iconic modern classic became feasible. My wife Helen has little interest in cars, but was instrumental in my decision to buy a 928; I had some insurance cash from a write off, but was struggling to decide on the next car. I had owned Audis and BMWs privately when benefitting from a daily company car, but it was Helen’s comment to “buy something you’ve always wanted” that got me thinking.

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the 928 that has stood the test of time and certainly caught my eye as a teenager

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Vince’s 1987 928 S4, photographed by Tony Baker.

Reproduced with permission of Classic & Sports Car magazine.

Knowing the 928 had a reputation for complexity and high running costs, I set about researching the market and taking advice from owners. I spent a year viewing lots of cars, seeing my fair share of poorly maintained examples that showed the signs of pockets that weren’t deep enough.

It became apparent that when new, the cars were probably in the ownership of the rich and famous and maintenance costs were not an issue; service books fully stamped up until year 10 were typical, but then cars fell into broadly two categories: neglected with huge backlog maintenance risk, or enthusiast owned cars with continuous servicing, via Porsche specialists rather than main dealers.

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The latter became my target and in 2005 I bought a Marine Blue Metallic 1987 S4 with linen leather seats. Living in London I decided to go for an auto, but in 2015 I spotted a 1988 Guards Red S4 with manual gearbox for sale.

I drove the ’87 auto from the TIPEC Simply Porsche event in the New Forest to view the ’88 manual in Liverpool. The viewing was good, especially discovering the very expensive ‘full leather interior’ option had been ticked by the original owner! But after 10 years of ownership, I did what I’d advise any prospective 928 buyers to do – take the car to a specialist for a thorough inspection.

I took the car to Loebank Motors, near Bury in Lancashire, where Chris Sanderson inspected the car and gave me the nod that it was sound.

Chris is a renowned 928 expert, having been a Porsche apprentice and qualified technician, trained on the 928 in Germany.

The 928 was built to very high standards by Porsche, with key components overengineered and with long life expectancy. Living with a 928, like any classic, requires the owner to invest in maintenance, but routine servicing costs are not excessive on a car with good history, comparable to owning a modern car. Conversely, buy a poorly maintained example and you could be faced with huge backlog maintenance costs way beyond the potential value of a car that’s missing those allimportant stamps in the service book! You can’t buy back history!

Vince’s 1986 928 S2, an actual ‘barn find’ which had been off the road for 12 years.

Now my love affair with the 928 continues, but with a twist. In 2015 I was tipped off to a ‘barn find’ Glacier White S2 with just 70k miles and a three owner history. After 12 years in an open fronted barn the car looked a little tired, but on inspection was sound. The car is saved from the scrapyard and will be back on the road, joining my small collection, sometime this year!

As 2017 is the 928’s 40th anniversary year, there are lots of 928 gatherings, some still to come, the main ones being: • Euro 928 in Reims, week commencing May 22nd, • Brooklands in Surrey on May 28th, organised by David Hemmings,

I must note the special community around the 928. From 928.org in the UK to Rennlist in the USA, I continue to be amazed by the generosity and technical knowledge of 928 owners. The community in the UK is a simple mailing list, run by Angus Fox; ask a technical question and within hours you’ll have guidance and help from any number of owners; I have got to know a lot of these guys personally from the annual 928 meetings.

Knowledge and experience shared is a vital contribution to the enjoyment and ownership of this special model, so thanks to Paul, Smiffy, Rik, John Speake who repairs our ECUs and MAFs, David Hemmings (register secretary at PCGB and author of the definitive owners guide ‘The real 928’) and the many others who have helped me over the years.

In recent years 928Passion was initiated

by Graham Martin, a Facebook community for sharing ownership stories, images and knowledge. These cars get into your blood.

The technology was advanced, sometimes fragile, but there is worldwide support online from a community that truly loves the cars and wants to keep the best kept Porsche secret alive and running!

So now I own three of these iconic supercars, but I keep looking for what might be the next addition. Engines at the back? Not for me!

• TIPEC’s Simply Porsche at Beaulieu on June 4th, • The Barley Mow meeting at Tilford, Surrey in October, • The Merry Miller meeting at Cothill, Oxfordshire in November.

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MARTIN VS. THE TIN WORM Author Martin Whitelaw / Photography Martin Whitelaw

Part two of Martin Whitelaw’s restoration work on his 944 S2 Cabriolet …

Sorting out the sills, the rear arches, and the flat bits –bonnet and boot.

Body work has now progressed from the ‘A’ pillar rearwards. At the end of my last ramblings the doors and front wings were in 2k primer having been heavily repaired and both footwell areas had been rebuilt in heavy 1.8mm sheet metal.

Changing tack for a moment, a common problem with the S2 and Turbos is the difficulty changing the bubs in the auxiliary headlight units. Sidelights, fog, and driving/aux lights (the latter being used for ‘headlight’ flashing when the proper headlights are folded away) all live in the aux light unit and access to these requires the glass to be removed. The problem here is the screws can seize and the only way out is to partially remove the bumper then remove the

light unit. Once out, the screw heads can be cut off and the lens released from the light unit. To repair the aux light unit I have discovered that any seized inserts can be replaced by spark plug threaded caps – the thread size being the same as original. Heat up the existing seized insert with a soldering bolt and when loose (when the plastic around the insert starts to melt) gently push the insert out of the housing. Spark plug caps can then be pushed in and glued using JB Super Steel or similar – gently grooving with a Dremel gives the caps better mechanical grip in the housing.

Back to the main plot! Although the centre sections of the earlier genuine replacement sills were still useable, the front and back on both

Spark plug cap grooved for better grip

Caps installed in housing with JB Super Steel

Front NS sill– hand shaped S shaped piece tacked in

OS rear sill/wing rot exposed

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sides needed new metal. S2/Turbo sills differ from the earlier models by having a ‘S’ shaped bottom edge (where the full length plastic trim piece sits) making it more difficult to repair as specially formed pieces are required to patch any sections cut out. ‘S’ shaped repair sections were formed with some ingenuity and welded in front and rear.

Still in the same area, the front of the rear wheel wells (an extension of the sills, so to speak) still required a fair bit of reconstruction and slowly new metal was crafted and welded to sound steel.

Only then could the outermost skin be fabricated and welded to complete the sill line properly.

The nearside rear wheel well was the next to get attention and here a considerable amount of material was removed to get back to sound steel.

Bit by bit steel was added to keep approximately to the original method of construction and finally the outer wheel arch and section below the battery was reinstated. Five sheet steel pieces were cut and shaped for this corner alone.

A slight help here is the positioning of the lower aerofoil, or ‘ground effect wing’. Whilst every attempt was made to shape the metal correctly, a little leeway was possible in this normally unseen area.

Rear arch – early exploratory cut to assess repairs

The offside rear arch was even more heavily rusted but the boot floor on this side was better.

Again repairs to the inner wing lip were followed by new metal being welded in to complete the outer rear arch.

I made an initial cut to assess the extent of damage to the offisde rear wing. Kurust rust treatment applied here as a ‘holding’ phase until proper repairs commenced. What was very noticeable was the thickness of the plastic filler over this area, disguising the non-existence of sound metal in this rear wheel arch. New metal was let in to about 70% of the offside inner and outer wheel arch. The nearside repairs were about 40% of the rear arch.

The larger bonnet and boot lid surfaces were next to get some attention and in keeping with the rest of the bodywork I stripped the outside surfaces of these to bare metal, repairing surface dents and corrosion spots before applying two epoxy primer. These panels as you can imagine took some stripping, not helped by the fact that my chosen paint stripper did not work so well on these panels – could they have been refinished with a different paint system?

Slowly (between rain showers, holidays and, of course, family time) the prep work was completed and the relationship with my steel stockist could be closed down. A rough count on new steel patches, albeit from small 25mm square up to 400mm long pieces, totals 100.

Nearly all were butt welded where the new steel was shaped accurately to match the section removed. Wheel arch lips and some other bits were hole punched and plug welded to replicate the factory spot welds. Where I could get to both sides of the piece I welded both sides of the repair. Again, where undersides were accessible, sealant mastic was applied over the welds and finished off with 3M stonechip and top coat of choice. To keep freshly prepared panels from deterioration during periods of inactivity each would be generously coated with zinc-rich weld primer. This worked in the main and meant that welding could continue without the need to refinish the surfaces prior to each work session.

As sections were reconstructed all new internal surfaces (and sound areas too) were given the POR 15 treatment to protect them from oxidation for as long as possible. Following final paint all cavities will be treated again with wax-based preservative fluid, making doubly sure that the tin worm will not raise its head again in the foreseeable future.

Outer repair piece almost ready for ‘plug’ welding

“ Slowly the prep work was completed and the

relationship with my steel stockist could be closed …

Colour for this S2 cabby has been quite a dilemma. Not really wanting to stick with original triple black (hood, exterior and interior) Elaine and I both agreed that a contrasting colour was needed. Our thoughts centred on the fact that the 944, being less curvaceous than the 911, would benefit from an eye popping, or at least unique, colour to make it individual and hopefully stand out from the rest at events attended. After the previous success with Signal Orange for my Targa and the genuine appreciation received whenever that car is shown, we had to get this one right.

The Cayman R in Peridot Green comes with black door mirrors and alloy wheels. I would not go as far as this but may do satin black centres with silver rims to my aftermarket 17" twist alloys.

Signal Orange contrasts might also work but I’m thinking this might be restricted to just the brake callipers. My signature 944 third brake light (courtesy of Mazda’s MX5!) will adorn the boot lid and all resemblance to side and bumper trim will be removed giving a cleaner look – in my opinion, obviously. Indicator lenses will be clear including the rear light assemblies where I have already inserted clear lens sections.

Trying to stay with a Porsche colour we looked at a number of grey options starting with Modegrau 61H (commonly referred to as Fashion Grey), Dolphin Grey 6410, Chalk Grey (or Crayon in the US), Sports Classic Grey L63A and finally a outsider – a BMW Mini colour White Silver A62. We just couldn’t decide, even after rattle can trials with four of the above colours.

Now I just have to get the mechanicals up to the same standard as the bodywork!

A change was obviously needed so we went another route and finally settled on another of our favourites – Porsche Peridot Green L2S1, a Cayman R unique colour. Job done, now who is going to paint it for me?

You may remember that part of the reason for this project was to keep me out of the biscuit tin of an evening. Well that didn’t quite work but the mental stress of doing the bodywork, essentially outside and over the winter period, resulted in a good ½ stone of weight loss – a win/ win situation you could say, if only the cost of the tools, consumables, spare parts, paintwork and coatings could be ignored …

Cayman R in Peridot at SECC Ignition Festival 2016 – contrasting nicely with my Signal Orange Targa

Bonnet and boot lid prepared for epoxy primer

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Regional round up R2

Scotland

R20

South Central

R25

Cumbria

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

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Surrey & Sussex

R6

South Yorkshire & North Notts

R21

Hampshire

R24

Peterborough

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Southern

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East Midlands

R22

Bristol, South West & South Wales

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Central

R15

Cornwall & Devon

R2

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R6

R24

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R20

R11 R12

R13 R21

R15

R8

R9

R23

Scotland scotland@tipec.net RO Scott Francis Allan • 07790 846 990 ARO West John Davidson ARO East Neil Fraser 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 Search Facebook for ‘TIPEC Scotland’ On the first of April members enjoyed a 70mile run from Stirling to the Drovers Inn, Loch Lomond, for lunch and the onward journey of 90-miles to the Loch Leven Hotel, Ballachulish, for dinner, bed and breakfast. The run organised by John Davison (ARO) took members across the Duke’s Pass through Callander and onto Arrochar, a spirted run enjoyed by all including Alan Laing with his mile munching missile the 964 Ruf RTC which sounded exceptional. It was a sight to behold, overtaking car after car after car! Even Brian Woods was spotted putting his foot down on occasions and has finally added some serious miles to his Boxster Spyder.

60mph through the Kinlochleven loop and onward down through Glen Coe, past the Green Welly, with members parting company at Callander on their respective routes home.

Our April club meeting was attended by no less than 30 members, having 17 Porsches in the car park. A note of thanks to John Dobson who took the time to diagnose a selection of cars with his Durametric Tool for Porsche. Nothing serious to report, not at least for some.

Congratulations to Russell Burton for winning the monthly bonus ball, a three-month rollover, we now understand why member attendance was so high so early in the season …

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June 4th (Sunday) Thirlestane Castle Car Show June 7th (Wednesday) Club Meeting and Angel Wax Demonstration June 11th (Sunday) Errol Air Field Car Show June 24th (Saturday) Porsche at the Hill (PATH17), Knockhill

Saturday 29th of April was an impromptu run, Perth to Pitlochry with lunch. Setting off from various locations the members met at the Perth park and ride then set off to Pitlochry on the Braemar Road. There is always one who goes the wrong way, we promised Robert Jeffery that we wouldn’t tell so we won’t.

Members enjoyed a stroll around the Pitlochry Dam spotting salmon on the salmon leap followed by lunch in the visitor’s centre. Back on

The group continued onwards through Inverary and Oban with our destination over the bridge to North Ballachulish. Everyone enjoyed some stunning roads, roof down weather, and great company – especially in the evening where I believe what goes on tour stays on tour.

Next morning the journey can only be described as the most fun you can have in your car at

the road through the small glen to Glen Devon departing at Kincardine, a truly pleasurable drive full of fun.

Frosty cars lined up in the morning

Food stop on the April 1st run

geographical limitations can make it difficult to travel to club nights and events (a 3 hour round trips to club nights, not good).

With support from the North West Group (thanks to Richard Sholl and Colin Hammerton) and discussions with the Chairman Jason Gibson, we have made all the necessary arrangements to establish a new Cumbrian Region of TIPEC. Making friends on the road!

I am the new RO, Paul Lowther, and our ARO will be Steve Bailey. Our contact details are above.

As I write this, arrangements have been made for our first monthly meeting to be held at the Gilpin Bridge Inn, Levens, on the 25th May. Meetings will take place on the last Thursday of every month from 7pm onwards. The venue is perfect; a good size car park, outdoor seating, our own area inside, great food available from a very extensive menu, quality beers and real ales (for those not driving) and a welcoming host.

Boxster on the bridge

June 25th (Sunday) Moffat Car Show July 1st (Saturday) Erskine Classic Car Show July 5th (Wednesday) Club Meeting July 9th (Sunday) Glamis Scottish Transport Extravaganza July 30th (Sunday) Annual BBQ and Concours August 2nd (Wednesday) Club Meeting & Event (TBC) August 04–6th (Friday–Sunday) Ignition Festival of Speed

Gilpin Bridge stands at the gateway to the Lyth Valley and the Lake District beyond, another bonus for the group.

In addition to supporting events with our neighbouring regions, we have a few ideas of our own we would like to share with you all.

Steve and I look forward to seeing you – don’t worry if you haven’t been before, you will be made very welcome in an informal and friendly environment. We want you to have fun, make new friends and share the love of all things Porsche.

If you’re interested, book the 29th June in your diaries for our second meeting, you wouldn’t want to miss out.

In the meantime, please contact us on the cumbria@tipec.net email address for any info and updates.

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.

Well the summer has started and came with an taste of highs and lows that I am not used to from my 15 years of Porsche ownership – but more about that in my article on our club outing.

Club nights have been slightly better attended of late. This may be down to the lighter nights, more Porsches coming out of the long winter hibernation, our new RO’s tireless work to promote the club, or a combination of all three, but whatever it is let’s keep the momentum up. Over the last few meetings we have had a few members bringing down some of their other pride and joys. I for one quite enjoy the visits from other marques, as here in the North East we can appreciate all forms of petrolhead enjoyment, from the electric BMW to the brand new Ferrari 488 with 40 miles on the odometer.

I have added a few more events to the list as I am finding out about them. They are mostly some local car shows on village greens for an hour or two. I love these little pop up car shows where its just pull up and have a chat.

A few of our members who race are looking at testing their cars for racing later in the year. They intend to attend a local test night at Teesside Autodrome. This is an open event where valuable testing and an open pit lane can cost as little as £75 for a half day, lasting until twilight. Come to the club night and chat to the guys about track

August 27th (Sunday) Porsche in the Glen

Cumbria cumbria@tipec.net RO Paul Lowther • 07393 293 571 ARO Steve Bailey • 07884 238 080 Meetings are held last Thursday of every month from 7pm at Gilpin Bridge Inn, Bridge End, Levens, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 8EP. Calling all Cumbrian members! I am delighted to announce that a Cumbrian Region of TIPEC has recently been established.

Having been a TIPEC member for a number of years now, I have benefitted from the support and friendship of the super successful North West Region. However, we recently became aware of an increasing number of new members in the Cumbrian area. While this is great news,

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North East club night at the Anson Farm

tuition and passenger rides on these events and other track days to get the most out of your performance engineered Porsche.

The Facebook page is now gathering recognition with new members joining regularly, if you’re not on it check it out. We are increasingly using it to communicate events, tech support, and meetings. Search for ‘The Independent Porsche Enthusiast Club Northeast’.

Thanks for your continued support.

June 4th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night June 14th (Wednesday) Coxhoe car show on the green June 24th (Friday) Trackday at Croft Circuit July 2nd (Sunday) Anson Farm club night July 16th (Sunday) Breakfast meet and run from 9:30am Whinstone View Bistro, Gt Ayton August 6th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night August TBC Swainby Classic Cars from 10:30am August 20th (Sunday) Porsche GB meeting, Witton Castle September 3rd (Sunday) Anson Farm club night October 1st (Sunday) Anson Farm club night October TBC Specialist Cars Big Breakfast run November 5th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night December 3rd (Sunday) Anson Farm club night December 22nd (Friday) Christmas curry night, Raj Bari Yarm Please contact Mike 07940 738 692 or Andy 07722 960 203 if you wish to attend any events.

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A few of the North West cars at the Northern-ish Gathering

North West RO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 • n22rks@googlemail.com ARO Darren Pollard 07761 270 052 • darrenpollard1@hotmail.com ARO Colin Hammerton 07500 908 091 • col.hamm@hotmail.co.uk Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month from 7pm (with club business dealt with at 8pm) at The Railway, 35 Wigan Road, Euxton, PR7 6LA (01254 209841) There never seems to be a dull moment for Porsche Enthusiasts in the North West region.

Here’s what we’ve been up to recently and what we’re looking forward to: On Friday 10th March we went down to Oulton Park for the Porsche Only track day. Having met for breakfast at Lymm, we had a convoy of some 12 Porsche cars and we met several of the good folk from Cheshire & Staffs at the track. Another good day out for the club.

Our March Chippy Tea Run was on Friday 24th and saw us enjoying the hospitality of Wheelan’s in Lytham. A busy evening with 19 attendees having their tea and then going for a drink at the Queen’s Head, just around the corner …

The first ever Northern-ish Inter-Region Gathering took place on Sunday 9th April in Collingham. There were 22 Porsches from our region there – easily the biggest regional turn out on the day – and I sincerely thank all of you who came along to support this event.

There should be a separate article about the gathering elsewhere in this issue so I’ll not go on about it, suffice to say that Colin, Darren and I are already planning something similar f or next year.

Sharon and David at the Charity casino night

On Easter Monday we had a ‘short-notice’ run up to the Yorkshire Dales with me and Colin in Col’s 944, Alan and Jo in their 981C, Simon in his 997GT3 and Fiona and Kevin in their 987. We met up with Paul and Lee who are based in Cumbria and ended up at the Lakeland Motor Museum.

I mention this specifically because it has acted as something of a catalyst for the formation of a new region – TIPEC Cumbria. Early days yet, but maybe by the next issue of AT there’ll be a specific TIPEC Cumbria regional report!

Instead of a Friday Feast in April, Alan & Carolyn Aspden hosted a Charity Casino Night at their home in Leyland. You can read all the details on our region’s page on the club website but I must tell you that our members raised some £570 for the Rosemere Cancer Foundation, everyone made a great effort to get dressed-up and Luke Butterworth declared the evening to be his best Friday night of the year so far: praise indeed.

Again, sincere thanks to all of you who came along (and to those who couldn’t make it but still donated) especially Steve & Patsy who trekked over from Yorkshire and Paul & Laura who travelled North from Crewe.

Listed below are our forthcoming events. Feel free to join in or if you’re new to all this don’t hesitate to contact either me (Richard), Colin or Darren to discuss what we’re about.

Please let me know if you’re a paid-up member and not receiving the occasional email and remember that we can be found on Facebook at Porsche Enthusiasts Club – North West.

June 3rd–4th (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Classic and Sports Car Show June 12th (Monday) Club night at The Railway June 18th (Sunday) Longest Day Run Coast to coast finishing in Whitby June 23rd (Friday) Friday Feast July 7th (Friday) Nurburgring Trip July 10th (Monday) Club Night July 21st (Friday) Friday Feast

The matching Cassis Red 928s Of Stefanie Mahan and Porsche Centre Leeds

August 14th (Monday) Club Night August 20th (Sunday) Unphased ’17 Show, Barton Airfield Manchester.

August 25th (Friday) Friday Feast

Yorkshire yorkshire@tipec.net Joint RO Chris Grayson-Pedley Joint RO Klaus Schottler • 07775 838 475 Monthly meetings are yet to be confirmed for this newly-reconvened club region, as we look for the best possible venues. Keep an eye on the TIPEC.net forum and your email inboxes.

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. The annual Porsche RS day at Oulton Park in March arrived as quickly as the cars went round the track. Nonetheless, the weather was kind, and a group made it along from the North West and Cheshire & Staffs regions.

Gareth and Stefanie hosted another Burgers and Spanners meet at Gareth’s workshop the following weekend, which had a good turnout of

Fantastic weather for the Easter treasure hunt

members eager to work on their Porsches with support from other like-minded individuals.

Our March Club Night was a social affair with 19 members at the Whipping Stocks and a good turnout of cars in the car park.

were Cheshire & Staffs members. The weather was blustery, the racing action-packed, and the car displays worth seeing. Particular thanks to Stefanie Mahan for arranging for Porsche Centre Leeds to display their Cassis Red 928 S4 on our stand alongside Stefanie’s refreshed Cassis Red 928 S4. I would also like to thank John and Stefany Ward for giving our Region’s members the VIP treatment in their firm’s hospitality suite.

The jury is out on whether Donington is the right venue for a Northern Club event, however I am sure we will be back next year.

Tickets have just arrived from France for our main event of the year. 17 of us are travelling across to the Nurburgring and the Spa Classic in May. Club Night on May 16th was cancelled due to our WotY trip.

9th April was the date for the inaugural Northern Regions gathering. The turnout was a credit to the NW organisers. A small group from Cheshire & Staffs attended and had a pleasant run through the Peak District on the journey home.

June 3rd–4th (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Classic & Sportscar Show

Barry Stenhouse was our Marque Expert at April’s club night during which he presented to a packed room on the merits of buying, owning and running a 964. Thank you Barry for sharing your experience.

June 18th (Sunday) Trentham Gardens Transport Show

Gareth and Stef organized an Easter Treasure Hunt through the Peak District starting at Tittesworth Reservoir and finishing at Carsington Water. Clues were picked up along the way and recorded by camera. Much fun was had by those attending with Trevor and Carol Gait collecting the chocolate bunnies!

We would like to thank those that supported the Club’s presence at the Donington Historic Festival. It was a successful weekend, with around 20 cars on the Club Stand on Saturday and 54 on Sunday – a good number of which

June 10th (Saturday) Vintage Festival, Oulton Park

June 20th (Tuesday) Club Night, Whipping Stocks from 8pm Car Detailing Discussion June 25th (Sunday) TBC Peak District run and lunch at Ryles Arms July 18th (Tuesday) Club Night, Whipping Stocks from 7pm Annual Pride of Ownership Concours July 28–30th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic August 5th (Saturday) Run to Lakeland Motor Museum and Car Meet PAGE / 35

South Yorkshire & North Notts.

Joint RO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 • dean@tachart.com Joint RO Ray Waite 07831 106 086 • waite696@aol.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month at 7pm for 7:30pm start at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS Keep up to date at www.synn.org.uk and look for us on Facebook by searching for ‘Porsche Enthusiasts Club – South Yorkshire & North Notts Region’.

East Midlands April club meet for the rapidly-growing Peterborough region

Peterborough peterborough@tipec.net RO Stuart Wand • 07725 328 183 ARO Michael Walter • 07975 542 981 Monthly meetings are held second Wednesday of every month from 7pm at our new venue The Golden Pheasant, 1 Main Street, Etton, Peterborough PE6 7DA. A contingent of cars took a road trip to Collingham for the Northern Gathering. There were a few worried faces when we travelled under the road bridge at Colsterworth with what looked like a Police officer with a speed camera – it turned out to be Donald taking photos of the convoy!

We stopped to pick up stragglers on the way and even managed to test our two-way radios.

We arrived at Collingham early enough to get car parking spaces; I believe there were close to 56 cars there!

It was great to meet other regions and to spend the morning chatting and drooling over beautiful Porsche cars from all eras. The event was a roaring success, thanks to Colin and Richard from North West for organising the event. A great day was had by all.

We held our inaugural Spanners and Sausages morning. Discs and pads were changed, 944s were fettled and a good morning’s work was done. Thanks to James for hosting, providing vital sustenance and technical assistance. Other mornings are sure to be planned.

Our April meet certainly followed the seasonal expectation with sun, rain and even a little bit of hail at one point. We had the usual mix of old and new turn up with even a couple of GT3s blessing us with their attendance. We’ve grown so fast that the meeting room we started off with has AT / 123

become too small for us very quickly, with an average attendance of 20. We have therefore moved venue to allow for further growth.

We travelled to Donington for the historic event and joined up with everyone on the Sunday. The stand looked fantastic and it was great to have so many from our region there to join up with some familiar and some new faces. We all had a great day of talking Porsche, watching some racing, enjoying some banter and Stuart and Wayne even took their cars onto the track.

It was Michael’s first trip out after some major bodywork being done with both sills and lower wings having been replaced. It appears it got the thumbs up with a few fellow 944 owners having commented on the quality of the work.

RO Jim Stevens 07879 885 260 • east.mids@tipec.net Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 7pm at the Packe Arms, Rempstone Road, Hoton, Loughborough LE12 5SJ. The second East Midlands monthly meeting built on the success of the first, with 25 Porsches and their respective owners enjoying the extended daylight. It was great to meet up again, and to greet a few new faces.

Once again trusty snapper Glynn provided a fine selection of photos, two of which can be seen alongside this report.

We’re starting to get some activities underway.

By the time you read this we’ll have had the Donington Historic which is preceded by our first early-morning run out. Hopefully the weather will hold and the roads will be suitably deserted.

We’re very proud of the region and it seems that all who come are enjoying the meetings with a high number of people coming back month after month.

June 4th (Sunday) Simply Porsche at Beaulieu We’re planning a bit of a ‘Grand Tour’ departing sometime on Saturday, details to be decided at the May meet June 14th (Wednesday) Monthly Meeting

An eclectic line up at the Packe Arms

July 2nd (Sunday) Baston Car & Bike Show The local event for us July 12th (Wednesday) Monthly Meeting August 9th (Wednesday) Monthly Meeting September 13th (Wednesday) Monthly Meeting

25 Porsches at the second East Midlands club meet

It’s also great to see members starting to organise their own impromptu runs – a select few got together for a Sunday lunchtime pootle round the lanes of Leicestershire a couple of weeks ago – all organised last-minute by the power of that there Facebook thingy. The TIPEC East Midlands Facebook group now has over 100 members (and keeps growing) and is starting to get a bit of a buzz going – all good for the future of the group.

The only mystery is – why are there (apparently) no transaxle cars in the East Midlands? If you know anyone with *ahem* the engine at the wrong end, please let them know about the group …

Do please keep your ideas coming for future activities and I promise I will get around to organising a Donington trackday (there, it’s in print now so I’ll have to do it). I will keep both Facebook and the forum updated with activities.

If any of you haven’t yet joined us at the Packe Arms, please come along and say hello. It’s a really friendly bunch that we’ve got together and there’s no formality about the evening, just a chance to talk nonsense and admire each other’s cars.

June 7th (Wednesday) Monthly meeting at the Packe Arms (from 6.00pm) June 3rd (Saturday) Evans Halshaw Car Café – 8:30–10:30am Sherwood Business Park NG15 0DR

Central tipeccentral@outlook.com RO Lindsay Brown • 07768 442 050 ARO Steve Jones • 07775 581 044 ARO Neil Smith • 07899 961 429

The last Bank Holiday in May (29th) will again see us down at The Ace Café, and I am informed that owner of many Porsches, Magnus Walker, will be in attendance. I know his modifications are not to everyone’s liking but he is a genuine lover of the marque and hopefully he will be in one of his cars.

Now the lighter nights are here we are getting more cars in the car park at The Bull’s Head so why not pop along and say hello, you’ll be made very welcome.

June 3rd–5th (Saturday–Monday) Laon trip June 4th (Sunday) TIPEC annual show at Beaulieu June 12th (Monday) Club night at the Bull’s Head June 17–18th (Saturday–Sunday) Club trackday weekend at Blyton Park

August 27th (Sunday) Coffee morning, venue TBC August 28th (Monday) Pershore Plum Festival

Anglia & North Essex Steering group: Ian Jones • izzy.spyder@sky.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 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 www.thewoolpackfornham.co.uk www.facebook.com/groups/618348854957396

June 18th (Sunday) Trentham Gardens, Gemini event June 25th (Sunday) Shenstone Methodist Church car show July 1st–2nd (Saturday–Sunday) Cars in the park, Lichfield July 10th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head July 23rd (Sunday) Coffee morning, venue TBC July 28–30th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic August 14th (Monday) Club night with show and shine at The Bull’s Head

The first outing of the year was an impromptu meeting on a sunny Sunday lunchtime, down by the river at the Henny Swan, Sudbury, for a spur of the moment thing (good old Facebook).

Several of us had collected our porkers from their winter slumbers, with all that oily stuff sorted for another year.

Close on the heels was the opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Silverstone on Easter Sunday.

Next up was the Coffee & Cars meeting at Maldon Museum of Power (not cars), a great event arranged by the 996 Club and Porsche Owners UK Facebook groups, also promoted on our regions Facebook page. 20 plus Porsches, with seven members’ cars in attendance, together with well over 100 other makes & models. Several club cards where handed out

Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Bull’s Head, Birmingham Rd, Shenstone, Lichfield WS14 0JR. www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebullsheadshenstone I write this after returning from The Donington Historic Festival. I was only there on the Sunday, but what a cracking day. There was great racing, the weather held out and the company on the TIPEC stand was wonderful. Great conversation and banter. A big thanks to Paul Bird for arranging the TIPEC stand.

It was nice to speak to the many club members who attended and also to meet the new ROs for both East Midlands and Peterborough regions; welcome to the both of you and I wish you success in building your regions.

We have had increasing success with our Sunday coffee mornings, these will continue. Thanks to all those who have made time to attend.

Our May meeting is cancelled as it coincides with Porsches on the Prom at Llandudno, and our June meeting coincides with a show at Shenstone in aid of The Methodist Church.

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to promote the local region. Then it was off for a short drive to find a local hostelry for yet another Sunday lunch, this time down by the river on the Maldon prom.

Club night was a very cold and sleety affair, but with a surprisingly good turnout. A big thumbs up was given to these micro events.

Over the coming weeks, we have a kayaking day organised, then a few of us are off to the Spa Classic for a long weekend.

Interesting Aston at the Pistonheads breakfast

918 Spyder at the Ace Café

Photoshoot for Ultimate Porsche magazine

Around 30 Porsches at Duxford

After a Facebook chat with our neighbouring region (Peterborough) we are possibly organising a run down to the Ace Café on Spring bank holiday, meeting up with the North London, Herts & South Essex region. June is getting busy with seven couples booked for the weekend in the New Forest and Simply Porsche Beaulieu with more members to follow down just for the show Sunday.

June 3rd–4th (Saturday–Sunday) Simply Porsche Beaulieu (Sunday) weekend June 11th (Sunday) Suffolk Motor Show, Lakenheath June 17–18th (Saturday–Sunday) Track Day Weekend Blyton Park July 2nd (Sunday) Peterborough speedway group meet July 7–10th (Friday–Sunday) Region’s Wilds of Wales ‘WotY’ July 28–30th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic August 10–14th (Thursday–Monday) Old Timer GP, Nurburgring August 13th (Sunday) Saffron Walden Motor Show September 24th (Sunday) Battlesbridge Car Show Please use Facebook or email (just ‘reply all’ to the last regional newsletter) to highlight events you’re attending so if anyone else is interested they can join you! It’s your club run by you, for you.

North London, Herts & South Essex NLHSE@tipec.net RO Vince Dallimore • 07798 630 649 ARO Peter Musk • 07734 769 953 Four informal monthly meetings: First Sunday 10:30am (open marque) at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, SG13 7RT. 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. AT / 123

NLHSE now have their own Facebook group where we will be posting events and news; all members with email addresses have been invited to join the group.

January timings and weather meant a quiet month, where our usual meets were either rained off, or didn’t fit the diary. February picked up with visits to the Goat, King & Tinker and the Classic car show at Excel. The Goat on 5th March was a nice bright day and several members turned out to join the usual mix of cars.

Peter and I attended the Essex Pistonheads breakfast at White Elm Garden Centre on 11th March; this is a regular meeting on the 2nd Saturday and is open to all car enthusiasts, the breakfast is good value and the cars varied.

On 12th March I was invited to a photoshoot at Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire. Four Guards Red 928s attended, covering the early cars up to the S4. The cars were needed for a 928 feature in the first issue of a new magazine, Ultimate Porsche. Issue two for June is now in the shops and you might find issue one still available from the publishers.

The ACE Café gatherings in March and April were well attended, Peter took his recently purchased Cayman GT4 to the latter event, a very nice low mileage example bought from OPC Colchester.

(His 997 Turbo is not going anywhere, we all need more than one Porsche!)

Our first big event of the season was the Spring Classic at IWM Duxford; we had a good mix of cars and some potential new members displayed their cars with our group. We had our usual location close to the American Museum, convenient for drinks, snacks and pit stops! We were joined by the 928UK group as in previous years. In total our pitch had around 30 cars, thanks to the support from our SELNK friends who supplied coffee, tea and snacks. Numbers

were a little down on previous years, as the date clashed with the Donington Classic.

Our driving day at North Weald Airfield was great fun and value; Car Limits are the operator, and the day started with a high speed corner test, offering drivers the chance to test their skill and limits in a safe environment where spinning was an expected outcome! The other two elements were timed sprints over different courses; one with tight chicanes and four acceleration straights, the other a straight sprint and return via a hairpin corner and an out turn to finish. We all had multiple runs and at just £49 per car, it was a great day.

July 28–30th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic TIPEC will have a display area and there is the opportunity to organise a drive out to the event.

August 27th (Sunday) Little Gransden Air Show We will purchase tickets in advance for those who commit to attend and pay in advance.

August 27th (Sunday) Merlins & Motors, Duxford As this clashes with Little Gransden Air Show, space will only be reserved if there is a clear demand from members; we wait to hear from you.

Date TBC Porsche specialist Auto Umbau, Silsoe, Bedfordshire The owner has invited us to attend on a Saturday, when they can open up the workshop and cars in storage for us to view. Details can be developed if there is sufficient interest from members.

Date TBC Car Iconics, Rutland The owner extended an invitation for us to view their stock of high value classic cars, enjoy some refreshments and participate in a group drive

around the area. Members are invited to express interest in this trip; other local regions will also be invited to make it a big TIPEC day out.

On Saturday 8th April it was our annual detailing day, this year focusing on interiors and removing swirls from paintwork.

Date TBC Rolling road Members have suggested a visit to a rolling road garage, to put their cars to the test and see how many original horses remain! If this is of interest, please let me know.

Paul and Sean were kept busy all morning working on members cars before turning their attention to George’s dull headlights! Thank you Sean for once again hosting the event and providing refreshments.

We hope to see more of you all now the season is underway. If you have any ideas for regional events, please don’t be shy of letting us know!

Kent & South East London

On Good Friday we were fortunate to join a Thames river cruise to view the Tall Ships moored at Greenwich and watch a firework display.

George’s crew gave us an interesting and informative commentary along the way and we all enjoyed ourselves immensely. Thank you George and Gill for inviting us!

Joint RO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 • prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Joint RO Martin Jackson 07942 485 094 • martinjackson911@yahoo.co.uk

On Saturday 22nd April we had a great morning at Lamborghini Kent where, as well as touring the Lamborghini premises, we were also able to visit the adjoining Bentley dealership – we are looking forward to seeing George driving his Bentley Continental soon, sorry Gill!

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

June 5th (Monday) Club night

On Saturday 11th March we went on a guided tour around the Copper Rivet Gin Distillery in Chatham Dockyard where we had a fascinating talk about the process, meeting ‘Janet the Still’ and, of course, a taste of their produce; meaning Kim finally lost her ‘virGINity’! Following the tour we visited a local restaurant across the river based in an old ammunition building.

The following weekend a large group of us met up at Brogdale Fruit Farm for Sunday breakfast.

We had a fantastic turnout of 32 – much to the surprise of the restaurant who coped admirably with our orders.

June 10th (Saturday) Car Health Check, OPC Tonbridge June 18th (Sunday) Bromley Motoring pageant July 3rd (Monday) Club night July 16th (Sunday) Supercar Sunday, Brooklands Motor Museum We hope to see you at one of these events.

Please keep in touch with any updates through our Facebook group.

South Central south.central@tipec.net Twitter: @ Porsche_TIPECSC Facebook: South Central TIPEC RO Gary Howard • 07856 723 196 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.

Thames Valley thames.valley@tipec.net RO Andrew Harris • 07812 146 999 ARO Graham Driver • 07799 625 279 Meetings are held second Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. Our March started with a planned breakfast run to the Blackbushe Café on Sunday 12th.

We had discovered a new route and thought, as it was so good, we would re-run it! Another good turnout considering the weather was so awful. Wet would be an understatement!

You can’t beat an early morning drive out followed by a hearty full English breakfast, fantastic! If you have not joined us on one of our breakfast runs, you really should. As Tony the Tiger says, they’re grrrrrreat …

Our March and April meetings at the Novello were as busy as ever. Now that the evenings are drawing out a little, it is nice to spend some time roaming the car park and speaking with like minded Porsche enthusiasts. We have some wonderful cars and people turn up and it is always nice to see a few new faces.

I am sure some of you have had your pride and joys under wraps for the winter months but it is now time to get them out and bring them along to the Novello. There’s plenty of parking as we tend to have the car park to ourselves and it is all hard standing and in good condition, unlike the roads!

Kent & South East London region’s annual detailing day with Paul and Sean

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We had our annual curry run on Sunday 23rd April; this always proves to be a popular event for the Thames Valley region and with 24 people sitting down for lunch, it certainly was! Departing from the Novello for just after 9:30am, we had an hour’s drive to Bucklebury Farm Park for a coffee and cake stop before heading off to our lunch destination, the Cinnamon Tree, Nr. Winkfield. Our journey time from Bucklebury Farm to lunch was approximately two hours so all in all, our Porsche’s had a good stretch of their legs and we had a good fill of our tummies!

Surrey & Sussex cars on the March lunch run

Hampshire region curry run to the Cinnamon Tree

S&S members deep in conversation at Precision

Hampshire region’s third regular club night

June 4th (Sunday) Simply Porsche at Beaulieu June 13th (Tuesday) Club night at the Novello – Aircooled Night June 18th (Sunday) Family Picnic at the Vyne Nr. Basingstoke June 26th (Monday) Porsche meet at the Ace Café June 29th–July 2nd (Thursday–Sunday) Goodwood Festival of Speed July 11th (Tuesday) Club night at the Novello – Topless Tuesday!

with a coffee stop at The Orchard in Cowfold.

The Fox and Hounds in Funtington provided an excellent Sunday lunch in their private dining room.

July 15–16th (Saturday–Sunday) Classics at the Castle, Sherborne Castle We will have organised parking for the Sunday, for tickets please contact sue.simmons@tipec.net

Precision Porsche at Sheffield Park hosted a Cars and Coffee morning, including free vehicle health check for those that pre-booked. This always proves a popular event, many thanks to Peter Rowe and the team.

July 16th (Sunday) Supercar Sunday at Brooklands Museum

June 4th (Sunday) Simply Porsche at Beaulieu

July 28–30th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic

June 14th (Wednesday) Club Night at The Bolney Stage Inn Car swap night (passengers only)!

July 31st (Monday) Porsche meet at the Ace Café Please keep an eye on our diary page of our website at www.tipec.net/regions/thames-valley or our Facebook page, ‘TIPEC – Thames Valley Region’. It would be great to see you. If you are unable to attend any of the events, please feel free to pop along to our monthly meeting at The Novello, it is always an enjoyable evening with lots of friendly and knowledgeable people.

Surrey & Sussex surrey.sussex@tipec.net RO Bob Stephens • 07548 306 803 ARO Eben Hugo • 07952 862 769 Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, 10 miles south of Crawley off the A23. www.facebook.com/groups/tipecsurreyandsussex March Lunch Club, headed by a Morgan, included a drive from Bolney to Funtington, AT / 123

June 30th–July 2nd (Friday–Sunday) Goodwood Festival of Speed All details of regional events are under the regional section of the main TIPEC.net website.

Hampshire hampshire@tipec.net ARO Richard Warburton • 07976 276 931 Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month from 7pm at The Portsmouth Arms, Hatch Warren, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4RA. Just over 20 cars came along to our third monthly meeting held at the Portsmouth Arms Pub in Hatch Warren, Basingstoke. It was a great turnout, good food and plenty of interesting Porsches to look at.

We had awful weather for the first two meetings so the sun was a very welcome addition! John Rampton was even wearing shorts! We had a great mix of cars so something for everyone in the car park.

If you live close to Basingstoke, please do pop along to our next meeting as everyone is very friendly and would love to see you.

Over to John for a few words on the Curry Run: We had a good turn out, Jason collected me in his Boxster, roof down and thankfully heater on full blast. We met up with a couple of cars and made our way on some great driving roads to Bucklebury Farm for a quick cup of tea and to collect another nine cars, making quite a convoy heading out of there!

We split into packs with all of us in radio communication so that we tried not to lose anyone. However a few wrong turns and traffic meant that we split up but made it to the Cinnamon Tree in Winkfield for a buffet curry lunch.

It was a great event although I practically rolled out of there having eaten far too much!

Hope to see you at our next monthly meeting, Richard and John June 4th (Sunday) Simply Porsche Beaulieu The must-do event of the year June 7th (Wednesday) Monthly Meeting Portsmouth Arms July 16th (Friday) Supercar Sunday Brooklands

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

July TBA (Sunday) Macmillan Classic Car Show, Clandon Park July 15–16th (Saturday–Sunday) Sherborne Castle Classic and Supercars July 28–30th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic July 30th (Sunday) Family Sports Car Day, Castle Combe August 1st (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne August 5–6th (Saturday–Sunday) Beaulieu Supercar Weekend August 13th (Sunday) Hampshire Classic Motor Show, Breamore House, Breamore, Hants August 25–27th (Friday–Sunday) Chris Evans’ CarFest South

Margot’s 924 ‘Ruby’ – 36 and going strong

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. If you’re reading this at Simply Porsche wondering what TIPEC is all about and want to find out, please do get in touch by email or phone. We are one of the local regions to Beaulieu and you would be very welcome as a non-member to come along to a club night or event or two and let us show you what we have to offer.

Our members’ cars range from a 924 all the way through to a Cayman GT4, so whatever you drive, you’ll be ribbed mercilessly!

If you’re already a TIPEC member but have yet to dip your toe into joining in with something, don’t be shy! Get involved – you’ll have fun.

Fierce competition at the March skittles night saw Andy victorious, although it would have been a different story if our mascot, Hemmingway, had been allowed to participate.

Enjoy the champagne Andy!

Our regional AGM came around in April, where the team all stood down. And then you made us all stand back up again. Thanks.

11 cars enjoyed an early morning drive out to the Wilton Wake Up, which seems to have become a little more popular than the last time we went (perhaps in part due to the cancellation of the Classic and Supercar event later in the year). We ended up in the overflow car park having our own mini Porsche show.

There were some fantastic ‘other’ cars on display too and the full English breakfast was top notch. Sorry about the gravel rally stage getting there. We can’t even blame Nick’s satnav this time.

Please note that our annual BBQ has moved from its usual August slot to 9th July and will once again be generously hosted at Steve M’s place near Wimborne. It will be the usual relaxed affair, you can bring your dogs and kids, there will be plenty of food and the usual charity raffle. Enjoy the show!

June 4th (Sunday) Simply Porsche Beaulieu www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/simply-porsche June 6th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne June 17–18th (Saturday–Sunday) Le Mans 24 Hours June 17–18th (Saturday–Sunday) Bristol Classic Car Show Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet bccs.bristolclassiccarshows.com June 25th (Saturday–Sunday) Wilton Wake Up Breakfast: classic cars, pre-’87 June 29th–July 2nd (Thursday–Sunday) Goodwood Festival of Speed July 4th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne July 9th (Sunday) Southern Region BBQ, Wimborne July 14th (Friday) Weymouth Porsche on the Prom evening from 6–10:00pm

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

Members will also receive email notifications of upcoming items.

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 Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 6:30pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk Our March & April meetings at The Plough had excellent turnouts with new members coming along – always lovely to welcome new faces.

In March we were entertained by Graham Peake’s story of his trip to see all things Ferrari in Italy, courtesy of Shell. Graham owns a Shell petrol station with all the trimmings and was awarded as one of the top performing dealerships in the country, hence the amazing trip! Unfortunately the projector let us down but we did run the photos again in April in Graham’s absence.

April was also a chance to hold an Easter Egg Raffle to keep our efforts at fundraising for The Great Western Air Ambulance going and everyone was very generous – thanks guys!

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June 4th (Sunday) Beaulieu – TIPEC Annual Simply Porsche Show www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/simply-porsche

Vintage Shell petrol pump (photo by Graham Peake)

any issues they need help with, and of course make new friends – so I hope more will come along through the summer.

Last weekend we had a fantastic drive organised

by Ian & Jacqui, around North Devon and Exmoor. Many thanks to them for all the hard work that made it such a success.

As I am writing this we have had to postpone our Regional BBQ to the end of May due to the cold weather, wind, hail etc. Fingers crossed it will warm up soon. I hope people enjoyed the many events over the two May Bank Holidays.

We are getting ready for the trip to the Spa Classic and there are so many lovely events coming up I hope lots of people will be getting in touch to join us on the outings from my region or elsewhere.

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June 11th (Sunday) Gloucester & Warwickshire Steam Railway & Classic Car event.

The Club will have its own dedicated parking area in the adjacent field (with all weather road). You can enjoy Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch and afternoon tea as well as enjoy the great locomotives that GWSR has to offer. Full details are at www.gwsr.com/Classic_Vehicle_Days__11th_ June_and_10th_September–post–20.htm If you wish to attend please let me know AND complete the form at www.gwsr.com/planning_ your_visit/visiting_gwsr/cvdform.html June 17–18th (Saturday–Sunday) TIPEC National Track Day or Weekend at Blyton.

Organised by Paul Bird (TIPEC RO & Treasurer) The big difference is that this year a ‘Club Weekend’ has been arranged giving the opportunity to have one or two days at the circuit with overnight camping for those that want it. There are local B&Bs or camping will help keep costs down if you’re on a budget.

The organisers are planning some evening entertainment as well as club ‘Head to head’ challenges to add to the fun.

Over the two days, three different circuit configurations will be used to give drivers the

chance to maximise their experience and enjoy multiple challenges. With a cost of only £149 for one day or £259 for a full two days driving it is a good value track option. Members need to book direct and you can do this via the link below: www.mazdaontrack.co.uk/blyton-park-track-day– club-weekend—saturday-17th-sunday-18th-june2017-640-p.asp Any questions contact Paul on paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk July 2nd (Sunday) Dursley Rotary Club Car Run www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/ homepage.php?ClubID=599 July 14th (Friday) Weymouth Porsche on the Prom July 16th (Sunday) Sherborne Castle Classic Car Show. Please book a place with Sue. www.classicsatthecastle.co.uk July 29th–31st (Saturday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic September 21st–25th (Thursday–Monday) Regional Trip to Scotland Speak to Sue urgently if you wish to participate Please contact me for any info you need on sue.simmons@tipec.net or 07530 312 700. See our regional page on tipec.net and see our Facebook page for details of more things to do.

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