Porsche Post September 2017

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GOLDEN AGE 910’s legendary race status

A LASTING LOVE Four decades with an RS 2.7

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924 BUYERS’ GUIDE Pick up a transaxle classic

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READ Porsche 917 Archives Porsche’s decision to withdraw from the LMP1 class of the World Endurance Championship at the end of this season caught us by surprise.

Rumours had been circulating, but after just four years back in the top class of endurance racing, with three successive victories under their belt, it seemed unlikely Porsche’s charge would come to such an abrupt end. The manufacturer has suggested more resource will be channelled into the GT classes, alongside a high-profile entry into Formula E in 2019.

From a Club perspective, we still intend to have a presence at the opening round of the 2018 World Endurance Championship, which is set to take place at Silverstone in April. Furthermore, our relationship with our Le Mans partner, Lycian Events, continues to grow and we’ll still be making the annual pilgrimage to Circuit de la Sarthe next year.

A sincere thank you to all those members who participated so enthusiastically in the Club’s Silverstone Classic weekend. Over 2,500 joined us over the three days and we hope you enjoyed the facilities we provided.

The Club’s calendar continues to offer a wide array of activities and at the time of writing Porsche Classics at the Castle is just days away. This event has developed into Europe’s largest early Porsche gathering and we’re hoping for another memorable weekend at Hedingham.

Thanks for your ongoing support of Porsche Club and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Chris Seaward General Manager

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The Golden Age Fifty years ago, the short-lived Porsche 910 achieved a momentous result at the world’s oldest road race

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A Lasting Love

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Peter Floyd has owned his 911 Carerra RS 2.7 for 40 years, and the love affair shows no sign of fading

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924 Buyers’ Guide For many, the 924 was an ideal first step into Porsche ownership and its charms still appeal today

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Porkers in the Trough There were a record number of entries for Porkers in the Trough VIII, which this year took in 18th century Lytham Hall

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GOODBYE lmp1, hello formula e Porsche is set to bid auf wiedersehen to 24-hour racing at Le Mans following the shock announcement that it’s pulling out of the LMP1 class of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the end of the 2017 season.

The move follows confirmation that it has signed up for the electric racing series, Formula E, from 2019, where it will compete with the likes of BMW, Jaguar and Renault, along with former LMP1 rival Audi.

However, the company has reiterated its commitment to the GT class of the FIA WEC with its 911 RSR, along with the American

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and other long-distance classics.

The decision, which leaves just Toyota competing in the LMP1 for 2018, raises questions about the future of the world championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Porsche’s realignment of its motorsport division is in line with the company’s Strategy 2025. This will see Porsche develop a combination of pure GT vehicles and fully electric sports cars, such as the first fully battery-powered Mission E road car.

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our Mission E. The growing freedom for in-house technology developments makes Formula E attractive to us,” says Michael Steiner, member of the executive board for research and development at Porsche AG. German rival Mercedes has also announced its plans to enter the FIA Formula E Championship for the 2019/20 season. In further developments, Steiner said the lack of rivals was a factor in the decision to leave LMP1. He told Sportscar365: “We would have liked to have more competition. It was not a decision against LMP1.”

See opposite page for more on this story.

Porsche Update In his regular regular column, column, In his Porsche Cars GB GB Porsche Cars General Manager, General Manager, Marketing, Ragnar Marketing, Ragnar Schulte, provides Schulte, provides Porsche Post with Porsche Post with the manufacturer’s the manufacturer’s latest news and views latest news and views

SINGER AND WILLIAMS HIT 500HP 964 HIGH NOTE Singer Vehicle Design and Williams Advanced Engineering, part of Williams Grand Prix Engineering Group, have combined to produce an extraordinary 500hp version of the 964’s 3.6-litre flat-six engine.

Part of a package of restoration and modification services commissioned by three of Singer’s clients for their air-cooled Porsche 911s, the modified, naturally aspirated, air-cooled flat-six unit has been expanded to 4.0 litres. It also boasts four valves per cylinder, four camshafts and a new, higher 9000rpm rev limit.

Furthermore, Hans Mezger, who designed the original 3.6-litre unit, brought his extensive

knowledge and experience to the project as technical consultant.

The full spectrum of the enhancements provided by Williams Advanced Engineering and other technical partners will be unveiled in the reimagined and reborn Porsche 911 in September. Rob Dickinson, founder of Singer Vehicle Design, says: “Singer is delighted to be working with Williams Advanced Engineering and Hans Mezger to offer our clients a ‘next level’ of restoration and modification services for their Porsche 911s. With careful and dedicated development, this iconic air-cooled engine has much to give its existing devotees and a generation of new enthusiasts.”

Porsche entry electrifies Formula E The motorsport world has been left stunned following the news that Porsche is set to compete in the purely electric FIA Formula E Championship from 2019. The dramatic change in motorsport strategy, which has also seen the company end its involvement in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the end of the 2017 season, furthers the marque’s commitment to electric power.

Michael Steiner, member of the executive board for research and development at Porsche AG, says: “Porsche is working with alternative, innovative drive concepts. For us, Formula E is the ultimate competitive environment for driving forward the development of high-performance vehicles in areas such as environmental friendliness, efficiency and sustainability.”

The switch further cements Porsche’s determination to embrace electric power, following the 2015 debut of its Mission E show car and the announcement earlier this year that it will spawn several on-road variants before the end of the decade, including a 911 derivative.

Fritz Enzinger, vice president LMP1 and a central figure in the return of Porsche to top-level motorsport in 2014, says: “Building up the Le Mans team from scratch was a huge challenge. Over the years, we have developed an incredibly successful and professional team.

This will be our basis going forward. I am certain that we will maintain our high level in Formula E. Confidence is high, and we are excited to get started.”

Formula E chief executive Alejandro Agag adds: “If somebody told me when we started this project five years ago that we’d be announcing a partnership with a brand like Porsche, I wouldn’t have believed them.”

Porsche will be joined by the likes of Mercedes, who announced their entry into Formula E days earlier, BMW, who enter in 2018, and Renault. Formula E, the world’s first purely electric racing series, was launched on 13 September 2014 with a mission to promote electromobility and to get more young people excited about motorsport.

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P Zero Velo: highperformance bike tyres designed for road racing

Ragley Hall Pride of Ownership Entries are now being invited for the Club’s Ragley Hall Pride of Ownership which takes place alongside the more formal Concours d’Elégance on Saturday, 23 September.

The Pride of Ownership concept, essentially a more relaxed version of Concours, arose in the mid-1990s and is firmly aimed at members that drive their cars and enjoy keeping them in excellent condition.

The format for the day will see you displaying your Porsche in a prominent

position in front of Ragley Hall. You will have plenty of time to prepare your car after the journey and a team of knowledgeable specialists will then appraise certain accessible areas of the vehicle and allocate you an overall score.

Awards will then be presented alongside those for the National Concours.

For an entry form, please email admin@porscheclubgb.com. Please note that a ticket, priced at £12 per car, will need to be purchased in conjunction with your entry.

Goodwood Charity day Meet with like-minded Porsche enthusiasts at one of the UK’s most prestigious circuits and help raise much-needed funds for Chestnut Tree House, a local children’s hospice in West Sussex.

Taking place on Saturday, 7 October this will be the fifth edition of the charity event which has already raised more than £25,000 for the charity. The event is run in association with Porsche Club GB, PARR and Vroomphoto. Pre-registration is now available at porscheclubgb.com. There is a suggested minimum donation of £20 for paddock space with an additional £10 to participate in the lunchtime parade lap.

Members also have the opportunity to participate in the trackday element of the event with full days priced at £430. Book securely online at porscheclubgb.com

Be quick for your chance to Drive at PEC In conjunction with the 2017 Silverstone Auctions Porsche Sale, Porsche Club members are being offered the exciting opportunity to drive their own Porsches at the Silverstone Porsche Experience Centre on Friday, 20 October.

The 45-minute driving experience will see members partnered with a driving consultant and, depending on the time slot selected,

complimentary breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea will be provided courtesy of Silverstone Auctions. All Porsches are welcome to participate in the day, which costs £95 per car. As part of the event, members will have access to the Silverstone Wing to view Porsches consigned to the 2017 Porsche Sale. Book your space online via porscheclubgb.com 9 porscheclubgb.com

Pirelli has launched a new range of tyres, but this time for a bike.

The new tyres are called P Zero Velo, like the P Zeros that have been a symbol of high technology, exclusive solutions and high performance for more than 30 years. Names aren’t usually assigned by coincidence and in this case, it’s no coincidence that Pirelli has chosen to identify the new range of tyres with this famous brand: the aim of the company is to target the top segment of the market, the so-called Specialissima bikes.

The new Pirelli tyres will have coloured stickers on the sidewalls.

The colour code also evokes P Zero’s language from Formula 1: silver for Road Racing, red for the Time Trial and blue for the Four Seasons.

P Zero Velo tyres can be ordered online from September via the ecommerce site specially developed by the company, which aims to offer consumers digital services and tailormade products. For the new range of high-performance bicycle tyres, Pirelli uses technological know-how matured in 110 years of competitions. Outstanding performances in the world of four- and two-wheel drive has led Pirelli to be the only supplier of F1® single-seaters since 2011, plus the longest running tyre supplier in the history of the Superbike World Championship and beyond to provide 350 national and international championships around the world.

The Pirelli name is not new to the cycling field – in the first edition of Giro d’Italia (1909), the company was the partner of the event and 30 of the 49 finalists used the company’s tyres.

Among the many famous cyclists that rode on Pirelli tyres at the time was Fausto Coppi, who chose them for his Bianchi bike.

NEC Classic Car Show – discount code now available

Member help required for future IT role

This year’s Classic Motor Show will be taking place from Friday, 10 to Sunday, 12 November at Birmingham’s NEC. As ever, the Club’s stand will have a selection of members’ cars on display and items from the Members’ Collection retail range. Complimentary refreshments will be available throughout the show, so stop by, rest and refuel.

The member discount code of CSCMS17 secures a Saturday or Sunday one-day ticket at the Club rate, while CFCMS17 applies to a family ticket. Tickets can be purchased by calling 0871 230 1088 or online at necclassicmotorshow.com. Calls cost 13ppm plus your phone company’s standard charge.

With Chris James, the Club’s current IT Director, due to conclude his time on the Board in April, we are seeking to build a talented pool of potential replacements.

The IT Director is responsible for all IT services used by the Club, including the business systems, IT infrastructure, and external suppliers and service level agreements (SLAs). The volunteer position is accountable for establishing, managing and delivering the IT strategy, which is primarily the alignment and synergy of IT services with Club strategy and objectives.

The role also includes budget preparation and management of the key projects and services, as well as advising the board on overall technology priorities as new requirements like GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) emerge.

Members who have any questions relating to the event should email mem@porscheclubgb.com

Experience required includes: • managing an IT organisation in a commercial business • business case preparation for technology projects • preparation and management of IT budgets • good understanding of the key ITS processes • good understanding of IT governance and experience of working with senior business professionals; providing the interface from IT to the business or a subset of it • IT supplier selection, SLA process, and management of third-party technology suppliers • IT consultancy.

Classics At The Castle – last chance to secure tickets Members have until Wednesday, 30 August to book their space at this year’s Porsche Classics at the Castle which takes place at Hedingham in Essex on Sunday, 3 September. This year’s gathering will place particular focus on 50 years of the 911 S and, having listened to participants who have supported every event from the start and others whose respected views mirror our own, the 2017 edition will be aiming for a return to the ‘meeting of friends with a passion for

Porsche’ scenario of the early iterations.

Consequently, for 2017 the moving parades will be replaced with a static chronological presentation on the long driveway to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the advent of the 911S in 1967. This will be one of the most complete line-ups of the 911S in this anniversary year, and will give visitors the opportunity to get close to the cars and their owners. Admission tickets can be purchased via classicsatthecastle.com

Appropriate qualifications include: • degree in computer science or equivalent • Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) or if Chartered (MBCS CENG) • IT service management qualification eg ITIL • project management qualifications eg PRINCE or PMI. If you would like further information, or are interested in applying for this role, please email gm@porscheclubgb.com

Fred Hindle It’s with regret that we announce the death of long-time Club member Fred Hindle, who passed away peacefully on Monday, 7 August after a long battle with cancer writes David Baker. Fred had been a member of Region 18 since October 1993.

Fred lost a leg when he was about 12, but it didn’t stop him from leading a very active life. He had a passion for cars and his collection included a 964, two Boxsters, an MX5, Volvo Estate, Mazda Bongo and a Mini Clubman estate. He was also a keen

motorcyclist and owned a number of motorcycles and scooters, and also enjoyed caravanning, camping and fell walking.

Fred was a very active R18 member, and as well as organising quizzes he was heavily involved with Concours over the years. He was also the man to obey when parking at events. Woe betide anyone if they thought they were going to park in a particular spot – Fred would tell them, in no uncertain terms, where they could park their car.

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an active poster on the PCGB Forum and his wit was second to none. Those who use the Forum regularly will have noticed that Fred hadn’t posted for around 18 months, when his many stays in hospital prevented him from using his computer.

Fred will be sadly missed by R18 members for his dedication to the region, his witty banter and for the regular quizzes he organised so expertly. It has been an absolute honour to have known Fred and to have had him as part of the R18 team.

Going once, going twice at silverstone classic

The latest Silverstone Classic once again saw Porsche garner plenty of attention Words: Nick Whale orsche remains a strong seller at auction, with 75 per cent of lots sold at the latest Silverstone Classic, and its popularity shows no sign of waning. To give you an indication, 80 per cent of Porsches were sold in our May sale and we were very pleased to see all Porsches find new homes at February’s Race Retro sale.

As we head towards the autumn there’s much anticipation for the Porsche sale at The Wing, Silverstone, on 21 October. Given the continuing demand for quality Porsches, it’s advisable to get in contact ASAP if you would like to enter a car for auction.

While the overall Porsche market stays buoyant, there are always certain trends within the model and age range. There has been a lot

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of evidence recently that front-engined Porsches are moving up in price, and I think this has a lot to do with a number of very high-quality cars coming to market. It’s still the 911 that consistently captures the imagination, however.

Air-cooled rear-engined Porsches are what people think of first when they think Porsche.

Other high-end marques can drop away in tough markets, but Porsches are the lifeblood of what we do at Silverstone Auctions – we’re always confident a good 911 will find a buyer.

The current trends suggest that European Porsches are more in demand than cars sourced from the US, and 3.2s, or any of the last of the original design Porsches from the 1980s, are growing in popularity among buyers. Good, classic whale-tail 911s are very much in vogue.

At the time of writing, we are just finalising the line-up for the exclusive Salone Privé auction on 2 September and the Porsches we have on offer are simply stunning. A 1968 Porsche 911 2.0 SWB is a prime example of the kind of car that has the background, history and a great story behind it that adds that special magic. This Porsche is a matching numbers, fully restored machine with an exceptional history, and with a sensible estimate of £85,000-£95,000 it has a great chance of doing very well on the day.

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Any classic performance car with a connection to motorsport, such as a homologation special or a car with a competition-derived specification, will be very much in demand at any auction, and this is one of the Porsche marque’s greatest strengths.

Porsches, in all various guises, are true drivers’ cars, and one that will be auctioned at the forthcoming Salon Privé is a prime example – a 2007 Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RS Gen 1. Like all GT2s and GT3s most of the developments and upgrades were directly related to improvements on the competition versions. And this one has a great story, as the previous owner loved it so much he bought it no less than three times!

Boasting a host of performance modifications and upgrades, this race-bred machine may not be one for the purist, but we expect it to attract a great deal of attention from bidders seeking out the ultimate Porsche driving experience.

Older classic models always perform well in the market and, of course, the 356 is extremely important to Porsche collectors. We have a couple of superb examples for the Salon Privé sale, including two 356B Super 90 Cabriolets from 1960 and 1961, plus a 1962 356B 1600S Coupe in stunning condition. Historically, interesting cars will always be in demand and are a very important addition to our sales.

I’m very much looking forward to the highlight of the year for Porsches at auction with the Porsche Sale on the 21 October at Silverstone. Don’t forget that if you have a car to enter you should contact our team at the earliest opportunity. Porsche Club GB members enjoy special rates and discounts from Silverstone Auctions, so this is an ideal time to take advantage of these deals.

Nick Whale is managing director at Silverstone Auctions

Ones to watch at the Salon Prive sale 2 September 2017 1997 Porsche 911 (993) Turbo X50 Year of manufacture: 1997 Estimate (£): 150,000-170,000 (+buyer’s premium of 15% including VAT @ 20%) 1988 Porsche 911 (930) Turbo Targa Year of Manufacture: 1988 RHD/LHD: Right Hand Drive Estimate (£): 60,000-70,000 (+buyer’s premium of 15% including VAT @ 20%)

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Silverstone, 28–30 July The Club’s diversity was showcased at this year’s Silverstone Classic as an array of Porsche models and ages assembled outside the Club’s marquee. As expected, it was another significant Porsche Club turnout with more than 2500 members making the journey to the home of British motorsport. A total of 6500 cups of coffee were served throughout the three-day gathering and members were able to enjoy a range of benefits which the Club had organised, including an exclusive grandstand. Tickets for next year’s Silverstone Classic go on sale in November and details of the event will, as always, be available in Porsche Post.

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The Porsche month in pictures

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The annual Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, is becoming an increasingly popular event for members, and this year’s Club presence was larger than ever before. A series of spectacular flypasts and jaw-dropping displays ensured the US Air Force’s 70th anniversary was celebrated in style. The airshow, which took place over three days, attracted more than 160,000 visitors who enjoyed thrilling flying demonstrations by some of the world’s leading pilots. On the ground, Porsche Club displayed a 2016 919 Hybrid, along with a selection of members’ cars.

Photo by George Woodward

The Royal International Air Tattoo, 14–16 July

Porsche GB 2016/2017 Scholar Charlie Eastwood (Redline Racing) reclaimed the lead in the 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship after winning round eight and taking second place in round nine. Victorious in the second race was Dino Zamparelli, his first win of 2017 and the first for JTR in Carrera Cup GB. As a result, Dan Cammish drops to third after missing the weekend due to a clashing round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, in which the double Carrera Cup GB champion is running third.

Photo by Aaron Lupton

Photo by Porsche GB

Snetterton, 30 July

Yorkshire Porsche Festival, 23 July More than 600 Porsches descended on Lotherton Hall for July’s Yorkshire Porsche Festival.

The event, held in conjunction with Strasse and Specialist Cars of Malton, raised funds for Candlelighters children’s charity and early indication suggests a significant sum has been raised.

Sincere thanks goes to Mark and Carol Jessop of the Club’s Yorkshire Region, and to Dave and Lindsay at Strasse, whose hard work ensured that the weekend was a great success.

Is this Porsche Post’s youngest reader? Olivia Culley, aged 15 months, enjoys the Club’s monthly magazine while en route to this year’s Silverstone Classic. Mum Linda proudly showed the picture to the Clubhouse team at the event and we thought it was worthy of inclusion in Porsche Post. Keep in touch, Olivia, and please let us know when you acquire your first Porsche!

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Photo by Newcastle Drone Photography

Photo by Linda Culley

Silverstone, 28 July

The Porsche month in pictures

Donington, 25 July July’s Donington trackday saw Porsche Club make a welcome return to the popular Leicestershire circuit with a capacity turnout of 57 Porsches.

From GT4s (pictured) to 986 Boxsters, there was a broad spectrum of Porsches on track as the Club’s diversity was once again on show. Club trackdays have proved particularly popular in 2017 and, at the time of writing, only limited availability remains at Goodwood in October and Oulton Park in November.

To book, call 01608 652917.

Weymouth, 14 July Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Club’s hard-working Dorset Region attracted more than 250 Porsches to this year’s Weymouth Porsches on the Prom. Sponsored by Porsche Centre Bournemouth, and driven by taskmaster Paul Butcher, this was only WeyPoP’s second year, but it is establishing itself as a must-do event for owners and enthusiasts, with many people travelling hundreds of miles to be there. Models displayed along the length of the promenade ranged from pre-A 356s to the latest 991s and everything in between.

Goodwood, 5 August

Photo by Paul Grainger

Timed to coincide with a round of Porsche Club Motorsport’s Speed Championship, Ken Coad of the Club’s 968 Register organised an informal meeting of transaxle cars at Goodwood in early August.

The turnout was tremendous with more than 65 cars filling Goodwood’s so-called Gasoline Alley and enjoying the wide range of on-track action. The Club’s Membership Secretary, Chris Sweeting, was also in attendance and we extend a warm welcome to the new members we met on the day.

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Dyson takes Goodwood honours in emphatic fashion Petro-Canada Lubricants Porsche Club Speed Championship with Pirelli, Goodwood, Saturday, 5 August ighteen drivers attended round 10 of the Porsche Club Speed Championship at Goodwood Circuit as the season nears completion and every point matters, writes Paul Grainger.

Despite occasional heavy showers, most competitors enjoyed a dry track for the afternoon timed runs at this fast circuit although being baulked on their timed runs almost scuppered the Championship hopes of two drivers leading on points.

Six drivers entered Class P1 with Simon Cristol sharing a Cayman S with father Ian and taking third place in an impressive debut at Goodwood with a fastest time of 99.06. A previous Championship P1 class record holder at Goodwood, Graham Rose (supercharged 924 S) could not quite match his 2016 best time (90.25) but still clinched second place in 91.01.

Despite being baulked in his first timed run, and then suffering wet weather in the re-run, David Dyson ended the day way out in front with a remarkable margin of 2.46 seconds, smashing

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Graham’s record at Goodwood with a final fastest time of 88.55 for a Porsche FTD and a class win that puts him in second place overall with two rounds to go.

A full complement of all six Class P2 drivers attended Goodwood, with Nick Wadsworth making a highly successful debut at Goodwood.

Driving the 911 SC/RS he shares with father Ian, Nick finished in third place with 97.94. Geraint Evans (911 Carrera 3) bettered Nick’s time by two-thirds of a second to take second place in 97.31. Taking his fourth-class win this season, in a very close and competitive class, was Andy Fagan (Boxster S), who took first place in 96.95.

After the generous help of Graham Rose and Stephen Jory in getting his overly loud 2.5 litre Boxster through the noise test and onto the circuit, Simon Parkin won third place in Class P3 in 100.49. Driving a similar 2.5 litre Boxster, Wayne Eason was consistently quicker through the day, finally finishing in second place with 99.26. Despite an ‘off’ early in practice and then, like David Dyson, getting baulked into a wet re-run, Justin Mather (924S) managed to rescue his Championship bid with a stunning final run that netted him the P3 class record, first place in 95.96 and a slim overall points lead.

There was only Stephen Jory in Class P4 at Goodwood but he produced a neat series of consistent runs nonetheless, putting in 100 second times across the day. His final run was also his fastest and he ended the day with a time of 100.44.

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Despite unpredictable weather at the Porsche Club Speed Championship at Goodwood, a field of 18 drivers produced some exciting results as the season nears completion

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS Combined eight best scores

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Class P1 David Dyson Graham Rose Martin Leach Darren Slater Charles Wardle Simon Cristol Ian Cristol Karl Lupton Michael Burtt Jonny Mear Peter Finch Jez Kerswill

163.12 156.50 138.48 128.55 68.40 50.28 34.13 18.82 15.89 13.38 12.80 0.50

Class P2 Andy Fagan Geraint Evans Ian Wadsworth Tom Fisher Nicholas Wadsworth Mick Brown

162.69 161.94 153.15 146.76 94.11 65.17

Class P3 Justin Mather Wayne Eason Ross McDonald Simon Parkin Gordon Weston David Chivers Charles Wardle

163.30 158.29 116.21 109.24 107.70 50.49 15.43

Class P4 Stephen Jory Stuart Maclean

161.40 105.35

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GOLDEN Fifty years ago, the short-lived Porsche 910 achieved a momentous result at the world’s oldest road race – the Targa Florio – and in doing so helped Porsche become a bona fide motorsport legend ➝ Words: Simon Charlesworth Photos: LAT Archive

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t was 1967, the year of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and colour broadcasting on BBC2. However, enthusiasts with petrol in their blood would remember ’67 for different reasons.

In Formula 1 the Ford Cosworth DFV V8 was born – winning its first GP nestled in the back of Jim Clark’s beautiful Lotus 49 at the Dutch Grand Prix. Clark’s win at Zandvoort would be the first of many for the DFV which, to date, is still the most successful F1 engine built. While in the fully enveloped world of sports car racing, Porsche would celebrate a momentous achievement at the world’s oldest sports car racing venue – and arguably the world’s toughest – the Targa Florio in Sicily. It was a podium full-house – one, two, three – the most elusive of all racing’s results.

It seems quite incredible in today’s world, but the mountainous route chosen for the Targa Florio between 1951 and its swansong in 1977 was actually the shortest route. Held on closed-off public roads, the anti-clockwise

Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie was just shy of 45 miles long, with somewhere in the region of 850 corners. The first Targa Florio in 1906 had been held on a 92-mile course, however, between 1912 and 1914 it involved one 606-mile lap of the entire island.

Whichever format was chosen among the event’s numerous permutations, the Targa Florio made all purpose-built circuits – even the Nürburgring with its 180 corners (approximately) – look like a go-kart track.

The 1967 Targa started in Cerda then headed south-south-east to Caltavuturo, then changed direction – going north-north-east to Collesano. The route continued from the village of Collesano to Campofelice on the coast – in doing so, the road tumbled from the twisty mountain roads at an altitude of nearly 2000 feet, right down to sea level. The circuit then shadowed the straight coastline for more than 3.5 miles – making the Mulsanne Straight feel under endowed – before turning left and heading south to complete the loop to Cerda.

A Scuderia Filipinetti/Porsche

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“The Targa made all circuits – even the Nürburgring – look like a go-kart track”

Giampiero Biscaldi; and No. 184

by Umberto Maglioli and Udo Schütz. While reaching for that win would be the 2.2-litre 910/8s which comprised: No. 218 driven

by Jo Siffert and Hans Herrmann; No. 226 by Gerhard Mitter and Colin Davis; and No. 228 by Paul ‘Hawkeye’ Hawkins and Rolf Stommelen. The Maglioli/Schütz car was the most recognisable – due to the drivers’ heights it had to run without its roof panel.

The weather for the 51st running of the Targa Florio was recorded as being something of a sizzler. As if things weren’t tough enough for drivers, who had to contend with newly compulsory Friday practice, avoiding punctures (from stone chips and discarded donkey shoe nails) and next to no safe provision for crowds of enthusiastic, highly partisan spectators. Not only was Porsche competing against the likes of many home favourites – notably a Scuderia Ferrari 330P4, one Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 330P3/412P (driven by Müller) and four Alfa Romeo Tipo 33s of Autodelta SpA – the Ferrari P4’s driving line-up included local System Engineering entered Carrera 6 (or 906), driven by Belgian Willy Mairesse and Swiss Herbert Müller, had won the previous year’s event. The 906 was designed to compete in both Group 4 Sports Car and Group 6 Sports Prototype categories, where it typically competed against the likes of Ferrari’s Dino 206 Ps. The 906 had evolved from the 904/6 in 1966 and was usually powered by the 220bhp 901/20 six-cylinder engine – it was notable for being the first Porsche to be designed under Ferdinand Piëch. The 906 ditched the 904’s heavier boxsection steel chassis and stressed GRP body for a tubular steel space frame (which carried oil from the intercooler at the front to the mid-mounted engine) and unstressed GRP body – this represented a weight saving of roughly 250lb when compared with the older car.

In 1967, Porsche System Engineering would field an improved variant of the 906 – the Carrera 10 or 906/10 (commonly abbreviated to 910). The 910 was both shorter and lighter than its predecessor. As you’d expect from Porsche, each new generation of racer brought with it better performance and handling. The big changes to the new car included

new running gear (either a 220bhp 2-litre ‘six’ or 270bhp 2.2-litre ‘eight’ in the 910/8 – a fuel-injected unit with its origins in the F1 804) and wider 13-inch diameter, centre-fit magnesium alloy wheels.

Similar to F1 equipment, these were the first thus fitted to a Porsche. Just 34 910s were built, with only five being the eightcylinder 910/8.

Zuffenhausen had already developed something of a Sicilian habit for winning the Targa Florio – first started by the 550 in 1956.

Understandably, hopes were high...

Not content with mere class honours, Porsche was intent on building on the 906’s 1966 overall win. In order to achieve this, a total of six white 910s were entered. These were split evenly between the 2-litre Prototype and the 2-litre+ Prototype classes and wore different primary-coloured – red, green or blue – recognition marks. A 2.2-litre 910/8 bore a single horizontal nose-stripe with a triangle ahead of the rear wheels on its flanks, while a 2-litre 910 could be identified by twin vertical nose stripes inside the headlamps, with a rectangle on each flank.

The supporting cast of 2-litre 910s were: No. 166 driven by Vic Elford and Jochen Neerpasch; No. 174 by Leo Cella and

favourite Nino Vaccarella, who had posted a fastest practice time of 37 minutes and 12.4 seconds.

The fastest Porsche meanwhile – and fourth fastest overall – was Leo Cella, who impressed in the 910, despite this being his first race for the Zuffenhausen team.

Fresh from the Spa 1000km, the bewinged Chaparral 2F lined up with Phil Hill and Hap Sharp, making only its second European appearance. The 2F’s pace was alas governed by drivers who had to keep the futuristic racer in one piece – with Le Mans just around the corner.

Come race day on Sunday, 14 May, the sun was still cooking Sicily and all those upon it – only adding to the intense ordeal of racing on this unforgiving snake of a circuit. In true Italian road racing tradition, individual cars were flagged off at timed intervals, initially making this race one that was between drivers and the clock.

The first lap saw Vaccarella’s P4 lead Mitter’s 910/8 from Müller’s Ferrari P3/4. It looked as if this would be a dream Sicilian result worthy of romantic fiction, but the Targa clearly wasn’t interested ➝

Top: Nino Vaccarella, the sole Scuderia Ferrari entrant, looked like a sure-fire winner. He was local and fast in his Ferrari P4 yet he would fail to complete a single lap of the race due to possible driver error Above: the Porsche team did have its failures and accidents – here the Mitter/Davis 910/8 was recovering from its liaison with a ditch

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in following the plot. On the second lap, fate was up to its favourite motorsport game of making mischief.

Vaccarella was the first to fall, experiencing a low-speed shunt with a shallow wall around a hairpin turn in Collesano. He broke the Ferrari’s offside wheels, its front suspension and the hearts of his local supporters. The electric atmosphere went down like a power-cut. Mitter’s 910/8 was the next to fail – ending its race in a ditch in the 39th minute – and giving the lead to Porsche alumnus Müller who deftly posted a record lap of 37 minutes and nine seconds.

Chaos and red faces also abounded in the 2-litre class.

Günther Klass’s Ferrari Dino 206S was leading Andrea de Adamich’s Alfa T33, until his irresistible enthusiasm struck the end of an immovable bridge on lap two.

The 910s struggled to keep up with de Adamich’s Alfa.

Meanwhile the Herrmann/Siffert

“Cahier and Kelly lead a 1-2-3 of 911Ss home in the 2-litre GT class”

910/8 experienced gearchange problems and Hawkins was struggling to get into the groove with his 910/8.

As Müller – still leading – handed the Ferrari P3/4 over to Jean Guichet, Hawkins started to catch the Alfa with Cella close behind. On the third lap, the Alfas started to tire of being reliable.

Guichet lacked the pace of Müller, but Stommelen was able to lap as quickly as Hawkins. The 910/8 was closing on the P3/4. A similar situation was unfolding in the 2-litre class, where Schütz had taken over from Maglioli and was busy reeling in the lead Alfa. That said, most of the rest of the class were having difficulty staying in touch with the leaders.

Bernard Cahier and Jean-Claude Kelly were leading the Grand Touring 2-litre class in the No. 46 Porsche 911S – a lead they would still hold when the chequered flag was waved. Indeed, they would lead home a trio of 911Ss that would occupy the entire podium of the 2-litre GT class.

The Stommelen/ Hawkins 910/8 was in the lead by the time Müller returned to the Ferrari P3/4’s driving seat. (A similar situation had arisen in the 2-litre class with Schütz’s 910 now leading de Adamich’s team-mate, Jean Rolland’s Alfa T33.) On his seventh lap though, Müller was forced to retire when the Ferrari’s drivetrain failed. In the following laps, this seemed to inspire a

WIN IN FIGURES Car No. 228 Hawkins and Stommelen Porsche 910/8 had 270bhp 10 laps with each lap being 44.7 miles Race time 6 hrs 37 min 1 sec Race distance 447 miles Average speed 67.6mph Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie – approx 850 corners

further round of mechanical failures in the 2-litre class, with both the de Adamich/ Rolland Alfa and the Maglioli/ Schütz 910 retiring with mechanical failures.

Further Alfa retirements meant that Porsche was staking its claim on all three podium places.

One final drama would strike the leading Hawkins/Stommelen 910/8 in the closing laps – it was not a mechanical problem, but a driver one. Heat, effort, exhaustion and noise had become too much for Hawkins, but following a bout of vigorous vomiting he felt sufficiently well enough to complete the 10th and last lap of the Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie.

Despite it being Stommelen’s first Works drive, the winning Porsche 910/8 came in nearly one mile ahead of the Prototype 2-litre class-winning 910 of Cella/Biscaldi with the

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Elford/Neerpasch car coming in third. Fourth was the only Ferrari to finish in the top 10 – the Scuderia Nettuno Dino 206P of Jonathan Williams and Vittorio Venturi. The Ford France SA GT40 of Henri Greder and Jean-Michel Giorgi was fifth with 10 laps under its wheels, while the Siffert/Hermann 910/8 came in sixth, having completed nine laps, one place ahead of the Cahier/ Killy 911S. The fastest Alfa was down in 13th place – not a T33 but a Giulia Sprint GT. More Sicilian success would come Porsche’s way in 1968, 1969 and 1970 (1970 being the last year the Targa Florio qualified as part of the World Sports Car Championship).

Incredibly, there would be even more impressive signs of Porsche dominance in the future, but the 910 should not be overlooked.

Yes, it was soon superceded by the new 907 at the 1967 Le Mans, but before that, it would go on to win the 1000km Nürburgring on 28 May. This added a third race venue to the rapidly increasing ‘conquered

by Porsche’ list (the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring being the other).

Perhaps most impressive of all though is the 910’s role in Porsche’s dominance of the Targa Florio between 1960 and 1970. Indeed, throughout the swinging decade, this island race was only won three times by another marque – Ferrari.

This established a statistical trend that would only snowball as the racers of Zuffenhausen gained more power and more experience. PP

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Peter Floyd has owned his 911 Carrera RS 2.7 for almost 40 years, and he’s still enjoying it as much now as when he first fell for it �

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IN THE DETAILS The Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS is considered the defining 911 of its era. Here are some facts…

ENGINE: FLAT SIX Capacity:

2687CC

Compression ratio:

8.5:1 Max power:

210HP

@ 6300RPM MAX TORQUE: 182LB FT @

5100RPM 0–60MPH: 5.6 SEC Price new: £7233

(1972)

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here are many reasons why people might part with a classic car. Perhaps they’re not using it enough, or it no longer suits their lifestyle. Unseemly though it sounds, there’s also the effect of rising values. A year or two ago an enthusiast who’d scraped together enough money to buy a Ferrari Testarossa when it was £25,000 suddenly found himself with something worth six figures. It was a life-changing amount, and he reluctantly sold his dream car.

The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 has followed a similar upward trajectory in terms of prices.

Maybe even more so. And yet, when Porsche Club GB’s Fred Hampton – who runs the RS Register – gathered 50 of them at Castle Hedingham for the 40th anniversary in 2013, there was one particularly special car in the parade. As Peter Floyd’s 911 rolled past, Hampton mentioned in his commentary that he considered it to be the RS that has been in single ownership for the longest period of time.

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example for 37 years – not bad for a car that’s 44 years old. You get the sense that this affable and enthusiastic character would think you insane if you asked whether he’s tempted to part with it. Enquire as to his future plans for the car, and they’re simple: “Enjoy it!”

And who wouldn’t? For many people, this is the ultimate 911. Developed from the 911S 2.4, it was the first of this model to carry the renowned ‘Carrera’ name and was intended to enable Porsche – which had recently seen its 917 outlawed by rule changes – to compete in the Group 4 class of racing. That catered for GTs rather than prototypes, so 500 were needed.

The company had identified that the new model needed to run in the up to 3-litre class, so a thinner Nikasil cylinder lining was used rather than the Biral of previous variants, apart from the 911T. That meant a 90mm bore could be used, increasing capacity to 2687cc. With the same 8.5:1 compression ratio as the 911S, the 911/83 powerplant developed 210bhp at 6300rpm, and the same amount of torque at 2500rpm as the 911S produced at 4000rpm.

The roadgoing version had to include as standard the aerodynamic aids that the racer would need because the regulations prevented manufacturers from altering the body profile.

That’s why the RS gained its front air dam and the distinctive ‘duck tail’ rear spoiler, which reduced lift over the back end by 75 per cent.

The whole car was also lighter, thanks to relatively spartan trim levels – inside and out – as well as the use of glassfibre for the bootlid and a lighter gauge of steel wherever possible.

The car was an immediate success. The race-spec Carrera RSR won the 1973 Daytona 24 Hours even before it had been homologated in Group 4. Later that year, another RSR managed to win the Targa Florio while running as a prototype due to various modifications.

The road car, too, exceeded all expectations.

Rather than 500 being built, the final total was more than 1500 in either M471 Sport or M472 Touring specification.

Driving an RS is one of those experiences that makes you realise what all the fuss is about, a rare example of a car that actually lives up to the hype. Little wonder that Peter, a lifelong enthusiast, has become so attached to his. He had to work his way up to it, though.

“As soon as we could buy new cars, we got a Citroën Dyane and an Escort Mexico,” says Peter. “That was our pair of cars – my wife Pauline had the Dyane and I had the Escort. I’d wanted a BDA-engined one [the appropriately named RS], which wasn’t much more expensive at the time. That had a reputation for being a bit fragile, though, and extremely costly to repair. The running gear on the Mexico and the BDA were the same, so I thought you get all the fun but with less power and less hassle. Actually, it was no hassle at all.”

It wasn’t until he went on holiday in 1978 that Peter’s eyes were opened to the abilities of the landmark 911 – although it wasn’t the ideal introduction: “I was going skiing in France with some friends of mine. There were six of us – four people in a Citroën Safari, one

‘On the motorway in France, I was cruising along comfortably and blowing off the odd BMW’ of whom was [Porsche stalwart] Nick Faure, and Dick Bourne and I were in his RS Carrera.

He pitched up late one evening and drove across to Folkestone to get the ferry, and then we went into the restaurant and had steak and chips and a glass of wine.

“At around 2:30 in the morning he chucked me the keys and said, ‘I’m knackered – you drive.’ Of course, there were no motorways on our route, so my first two and a half hours of driving his car were on a slushy surface in

the dark on roads where I didn’t know where I was going. I was just following the Citroën.

They had two people in the front – one being the lookout to see if it was safe to overtake – and two in the back, who were asleep. Of course, as soon as we’d got in our car, Dick had fallen asleep, so I was watching the Citroën and following as best I could!

“We drove all the way down to where we had the chalet, and when we got there we had to put chains on the car. We hooned it

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round for 10 days – it was such good fun.

And on the way home we drove across to Beaune and came up the autoroute. I drove to Paris and we stopped just before the Périphérique because I’d never driven around it. I told Dick that he could do that…

“Back in the UK, I drove it home to Sussex and told Pauline that we had to have one of those cars. It was unbelievably good. On the motorway in France, I was cruising along comfortably and blowing off the odd BMW. Dick woke up at one point and said, ‘Wow – we’re making good time!’ In those days, you got a ticket at the toll that was stamped with the time. Fortunately, nobody looked at it so we didn’t get picked up for speeding…”

Peter’s quest to become an RS owner didn’t happen overnight. “It took two years to find a car,” he says with a smile. “I’d driven other Porsches before – a 2.2 and 2.4. The 2.4 was fine, but the RS was just on another level. Could I find one, though? I searched all over. Eventually, I found out that Nick was running one – it was his girlfriend’s, which he was going to keep for her. I said to him, ‘You’re a car dealer, you can’t keep it.’

Fortunately, he agreed so I bought it from him. That was in 1980.”

The 911 now shares space with a Jaguar Mk2 that was away having some engine work done when we visited. Over the course of more than 50,000 miles with Peter – it’s currently on its second trip around the odometer – the Porsche has fulfilled a number of different roles, some expected, others less so.

“We used to go away in it with the family,” says Peter. “The children would sit in the back and there was one Samsonite case that fitted perfectly in the front luggage area. I’ve also ➝

‘I’d driven other Porsches before – a 2.2 and 2.4. The 2.4 was fine, but the RS was just on another level’

taken it on the track quite a few times. I’ve been to Brands Hatch on a couple of occasions and to Goodwood about four times.”

As standard, the RS came with six-inch front wheels and seven-inch rears – the first time Porsche had fitted wider wheels across one axle than the other. With track use in mind, Peter decided that it would be wise to go for something a fraction wider still – but not before almost ending up with another 911.

“I was at the Silverstone Classic a few years ago and was talking to John Ward, who was the sales manager at Autofarm at the time,” he remembers. “He had one of the Autofarm cars that had been built for a guy in the City – it was a 3.2 that had been backdated. I think it had a 3.4-litre engine but it looked like a 911S. It was a very nice car and had cost a lot to do. They wanted £70,000 for it. I said I’d give them £50,000, but they said that wasn’t enough. Eventually, it was auctioned and it went for £55,000! It was stupid, really – I didn’t chase it up.

“Anyway, I kept in touch with John and I said that I was looking for some sevens and eights. He said that he’d just taken some in

From top: the 911 is now on its second trip around the odometer – Peter has covered about 50,000 of those miles; the proud owner finds the RS’s performance more accessible than modern Porsches that he’s driven

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and that they were genuine Fuchs wheels. He told me that they weren’t cheap but that they would refurbish them, so I bought them. I’ve still got the sixes and sevens in the garage, though, if we want the original look.”

The car has never been restored while Peter has owned it, but it has been resprayed. “The battery boxes were corroding through at the front, as was the crossmember,” he explains.

“I’ve just tried to keep it clean, and it has been serviced regularly. We had the gearbox rebuilt at about 110,000 miles because the synchromesh was going. As a precaution, I had the pistons and liners replaced at 120,000.”

Peter tries to attend club meetings when he can – “It’s all good fun” – and as well as the Castle Hedingham celebration that we mentioned earlier, he’s also taken it across the Channel: “The RS Club de France had their meeting in Reims – that was the 40th anniversary of the RS, too. Fred’s meeting was the September before and this was the April.

That was great. I took a friend and the whole meeting was most enjoyable. We even had a parade at the old Grand Prix circuit.”

The car has been displayed at Goodwood, too, and that led to another prestigious assignment: “While we were at Goodwood, one of the insurance companies ran a competition and the first prize was to have your car displayed at the RAC Club in Pall Mall. I rang them to find out what the procedure was. They asked what cars I had – I told them I had the Mk2 and the RS and they replied saying that the motoring committee would like the RS. It was there for a week and it was quite fun.”

It was a nice example of things coming full circle, too. Not long after acquiring the 911, Peter had been heading towards the RAC Club for a swim – he worked in London as a periodontist – when he saw David Gilhooley driving his own RS in nearby Orange Street.

Peter enthusiastically flagged him down, explained that he’d just bought one, and the two got chatting.

Now, almost four decades later, the RS is considered a part of the family. Peter still has the car’s original key – “I never use that any more!” – as well as maintenance records and documents relating to his time with it.

“It’s a lovely car,” he concludes. “The thing about the RS 2.7 and the level of performance that it produces is that it’s completely usable on the road. If you go for a more modern Porsche, which is faster and much more powerful, there’s masses of potential that’s way beyond your capability.

“I’ve done very high speeds in that car.

I brought my brother down from Yorkshire in it once and at one point he said, ‘We’re going a bit quickly.’ Up to about 120mph on a track it’s absolutely solid. Beyond that, it gets a bit light…”

This is still the only Porsche that Peter has ever owned. He’s driven many others over the years, but if you had an RS 2.7, what more do you need? And more to the point, why on earth would you consider letting it go? This is a landmark driver’s car, one of the genuine all-time greats. There are some things on which you simply can’t put a value. PP

924 BUYERS’ GUIDE

For many, the 924 was an ideal first step into Porsche ownership and its charm still appeals to countless admirers today Words: Peter Morgan What’s it like?

The 924 is a gorgeous piece of 1970s automotive art, echoing the evolution from 1960s curves towards the boxy looks of the ’80s. This isn’t a fire-breathing hot rod that requires you to adapt to its quirks, but is a reliable everyday sports coupé with remarkable versatility.

Using many contemporary VW Golf parts with an underlying Porsche design philosophy, the 924 was powered by a mild-mannered 2-litre, overhead camshaft engine of Audi heritage. The car’s 2 + 2 packaging is clever, with an almost ideal 53% front 47% rear weight distribution, delivering extremely balanced handling. This may not be a car for tall drivers, as the steering wheel is set low and can interfere with long legs.

The 924 Turbo upped the maximum power to 170bhp and the all-round specification uplift turned the 924 into a potential 911 beater from a performance viewpoint. The relatively enormous turbo ‘throttle lag’ is a period bonus.

The 924S offered the attractive ‘narrow’ body with the 944’s 2.5-litre, all-alloy overhead cam

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engine, plus most of the 944’s improved interior, brakes and suspension. The M44 engine’s ultra-smooth power delivery and 150/160bhp transformed the driving enjoyment and mark this model out as the range’s best for everyday use.

The 924 limited editions are very hard to find today, with the GTs coming from a time when Porsche tried to compete at Le Mans with the model. The cars themselves are very well engineered and thoroughly deserve their contemporary acceptance among the Porsche classic collectibles.

Which one should I get?

The first cars (1978-80) are notable for their unspoilered appearance and wild Pasha check interiors. The two-tone paint jobs of 1979 are also very period. These

early cars will either come with a fairly unimpressive 4-speed manual or the ‘dog-leg’ 5-speeder (where first gear is out of the ‘H’ to the left and back). That wasn’t fixed until the Audi 5-speeder of the 1980 models (first/second in line with fifth out to the right).

The best 924 buys will be the DME equipped cars as these are more developed (no hot start issues, quieter and with better handling, interiors and optional equipment).

Models from 1983 came with the small rear lip spoiler (an option from ’82 and can be retrofitted) and the electric tilt sunroof. Air conditioning wasn’t generally a feature of any UK 924’s spec and the cabin can become a bit stuffy. The tilt sunroof is therefore a good option to have or you’ll get used to having the driver’s

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window open a crack most times.

The early Martini model frankly doesn’t offer much compared to the better-equipped later cars, and while the 924S ‘Le Mans’ is very rare, it is the 924S to have.

If you are looking for a 924 with attitude, the Turbo is worth a look, while the ‘Series 2’ cars from the 1981 model year are the best buys (and marginally less likely to cook their turbos). It is a very rapid point to point tourer with better suspension and disc brakes all round.

Finding an uncrashed, goodcondition Carrera GT is very difficult, not least because the polyurethane arches and wings have not aged well on some cars.

Proving authenticity is also important on the CGTs. Like the even rarer GTS, these specials usually require expert help to buy.

What are the running costs?

Doing work yourself – like oil and filter changes, brake fluid, plugs and brakes – can save significant amounts on the running costs. A large bill for an engine rebuild or extensive reconstruction and painting can swamp the actual value of the car itself.

The 2-litre engine has a good reputation for reliability, but age and poor maintenance will take its toll. The original service interval for the 924 was 6K miles or annually. Modern quality oils have improved the engine protection, but all cars should still have an annual oil change, costing perhaps £120 (inc VAT).

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OWNER'S VIEW

The 924 is the well-known transaxle ‘underdog’, which belies its humble conception.

I started with a basic 924 many years ago and quickly realised its composure was something I liked. Over the years I’ve owned all of the models, and each one has its own character and foibles. I’d recommend that you try them all! With regular oil changes and good maintenance (these cars are around 30 years old), you’ll have one of the best-value driving cars available.

officially every two years but many enthusiasts would probably extend that a year or two. Cost would be around £75-£85.

The cam belt (£10) should be changed every 30-40K miles or four years and doesn’t need special tools. A special tool is needed to change the spark plugs as they are located on the exhaust (lower) side of an engine tilted 40 degrees to fit it into the engine bay.

The valve guides are mechanically adjusted and on a high-mileage engine worn guides will usually blow blue smoke at all speeds. A head rebuild will probably run to £1000-£1500 and these days it goes without saying the valves should be able to run on unleaded fuel (the originals were not).

The other wear item is a worn camshaft, which will make a noticeable tapping sound from ➝

MODEL HISTORY The auto industry model year (MY) runs from 1 August to 31 July, so a 1981 model could be made from 1 August 1980 to 31 July 1981.

1976 MY: LHD European 924 starts Nov 1975.

1977 MY: RHD deliveries start March 1977. Partial zinc coating.

Limited edition ‘Martini’ (option M426) model.

1978 MY: Cabin noise reduction. Option 5-speed gearbox and electric mirror. Fully zinc coated.

1979 MY: 924 Turbo introduced, 170bhp with single turbocharger.

1980 MY: New 5-speed gearbox, electric driver’s mirror, breakerless ignition. 924 ‘Le Mans’ (option M426). 924 Carrera GT June 1980: intercooled 210bhp, polyurethane front wings and rear arches.

1981 MY: 177bhp 924 Turbo 2: Digital Motor Electronics (DME), better turbo oil recirculation. Improved steering column switch gear.

924 GTS limited edition with 245bhp, all 59 LHD.

under the cam cover. There’s a small oil feed pipe under the cam cover that can fracture and leave the rear cam lobes without oil. This can quickly lead to noisy cam operation. A replacement camshaft costs around £600, so identifying wear here is important.

Worn engine mountings show themselves as additional vibration.

Replacements cost around £90 and can transform the cabin environment. Clutch life is difficult to predict, but if this is slipping on acceleration, expect a bill of around £500-£600.

On a 924 the front discs/pads should last at least 25K miles.

Replacement cost will be about £400. The rear drum linings are not visible, but the VOSA test will usually show up braking inefficiency. The 924 Turbo and 924S will use up their brakes more rapidly. A suspension overhaul can transform the ride and handling and should be possible for less than £1000.

The most fragile unique component of the Turbo is the turbocharger itself. Unfortunately, there is no turbo cooling system after shutdown (unlike the 944 version) and turbos can run their bearings because the oil protecting them overheats. A cared-for turbo may only last around 50K miles.

Replacement can cost £1500. A worn turbo will show itself by the trail of blue smoke behind the car, particularly at higher RPM. What should I look for?

1982 MY: 3-spoke steering wheel, better synchromesh, front anti-roll bar standard.

1983 MY: Rear spoiler standard.

Synchro on reverse.

1984 MY: Electrically tilted sunroof and centre console tailgate release.

1985 MY: Graduated tint windscreen, heated washers. Discontinued.

1987 MY: RHD 924S. 150bhp, 2.5-litre M44 alloy engine.

1988 MY: 924S uprated to 160bhp.

Discontinued June 1988.

Age-related issues include a corroded or previously crashed bodyshell. The large 7mm panel gaps that adorn the 924 were very old fashioned, even in the 1970s, but today inequalities in those gaps can be a useful indicator of bodyshell repairs. Look for poorly matched paint and poor panel gaps (especially at the front).

Sills and rear suspension front mounts should be properly weld repaired and protected.

Ask the seller if you can jack up the car (safely, and using axle stands) to look underneath for corrosion signs, oil leaks and worn or corroded brake lines and suspension parts. The exhaust is a fairly simple structure in three parts.

It’s usually the middle box (around £45) or the rear tailpipe that goes with the latter costing around £200.

Check out the engine when cold and when idling and warm. Any substantial ticking or clicking noises should be considered with caution and smoke from the

OWNER'S VIEW I’ve owned my 1988 Guards Red 924S for nine years and have never regretted purchasing it. When I bought this car, it wasn’t the most fashionable of classic cars, but people’s perceptions of the 924 have changed massively over the last few years. Now my 924S turns heads wherever it goes, and it even won a Regional Concours. It’s certainly an appreciating classic.

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exhaust is referenced ed above. On a car that is 30-pluss years old basic items such as the plug leads can break down over time and most cars today will have these items replaced.

There shouldn’t be a hot start problem with an early 924 these days, but any other running issues with the K-Jetronic fuel injection will usually need an expert to fix.

The same applies with any gear selection issues. The most frequently noted issue with the transmission is worn propshaft or differential bearings. These show as a whine when driving.

A clonking noise or front wheel shake when driving can suggest worn suspension bushes (either lower control arm or anti-roll bar droplinks), but could just be old or worn tyres. Floaty handling can suggest worn-out shock absorbers (which may be leaking). The alloys

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should be damage free and it’s worth looking carefully for damage repairs or cracked rims.

The interior can be prone to wear and this can be made worse by a leaking sunroof or tailgate.

Feel the carpets for wetness or crustiness and lift the rear compartment carpets out completely to check the rear wells for corrosion. A cared for car will have its fifth wheel and a toolkit in place here.

With the 924S, always check the condition of the oil and coolant for signs of head gasket problems, as well as cam/balance shaft belt life remaining (see the 944 buyers’ guide).

Always try to drive the car before you buy. Important issues will show up even in a short drive (five miles would be typical). If you don’t have the experience to check the car out yourself, get a pre-purchase inspection expert to look at the car. They will advise on all aspects of the car’s condition, what needs replacing now and in the short term and whether the car is valued correctly.

How can we help?

Run by dedicated and friendly Porsche enthusiasts, we are here to help you get the most out of owning your Porsche. We have more than 30 model-specific registers, each run by enthusiastic volunteers and technical experts who will be happy to assist you with any questions you may have.

Visit porscheclubgb.com PP

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VINTAGE VIEW Evocative images from the Ted Walker Archive

The naming of the 904 almost became a victim of Peugeot’s 1964 objection to the 901 designation on the grounds that their model numbering system – using three figures with a central zero – was established under French trademark law writes Martin Broadribb. Peugeot had not even noticed the name when the 901 was first shown publicly the previous year, but at the Paris Salon it naturally came to their attention, and so the 911 was born.

The ever-resourceful von Hanstein persuaded Peugeot to allow the 904 to retain its name, as it had been sold as such for nearly a year without any protest from them. However, while the cars have always been referred to in this way they were always badged Carrera GTS, if badged at all.

This can be seen clearly in our picture, although the owner has rather mischievously had the car

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registered 904 NOT. Shot in the Oulton Park paddock during the 1960s, the car does not appear to be competing and its ownership and chassis number are so far unknown. What is well-known and well-illustrated here is what a marvellous job Butzi Porsche made of the dual-purpose design, and with its GB plate and radio aerial, this example is obviously intended for extensive road use.

The 904 was quite a revolutionary step for Porsche as it bore not only their first wholly non-metal body but this was also bonded to the steel frame. Lacking any experience in this field, the work was subcontracted to aero engineers Heinkel and the car proved to be a great success, although the arrival of the 906, also known as the Carrera 6, precluded a second batch after an initial 100 to 120 were made. PP

There were a record number of entries for Porkers in the Trough VIII, which this year took in the historical Lytham Hall Words: David Baker Photos: Glynn Ward

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e decided on a change of scenery for this year’s Porkers in the Trough and planned a route from Garstang Country Hall and Golf Club to Lytham Hall – though, naturally, we would still be taking in the Trough of Bowland. Once the route was finalised a copy was given to Lancashire Police, as we were going close to the fracking protesters at Roseacre near Blackpool.

Judy and I were inundated with offers of help from Region 18 members, with a special mention to Geoff Markland, who trimmed hedges that were concealing some of the road name plaques en route. After a driver briefing there were a few words from John Hodgson about Rosemere Cancer Foundation and what it is doing for the 20th year of operation.

Finally, Cllr Peter Ryder, Mayor of Garstang, welcomed entrants before flagging off the cars.

After leaving the start, the route took entrants south onto the A6 before turning off to head towards Calder Vale and Oakenclough, then onto Marshaw and then the Trough of Bowland itself. We then headed towards Stalmine and Hambleton, before going to Weeton and Singleton, and passing Wrea Green – which has won Lancashire’s Best Kept Village award on several occasions. Within five miles we were arriving at Lytham Hall to park up on the lawn.

Lytham Hall is an 18th century country house about one mile from the centre of Lytham set in 78 acres of wooded parkland. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building. The return route took in the undulating Ballam Road onto the A583 towards Preston to Newton with Scales, then Treales and towards Roseacre, and then onto the A6 and to Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Club.

Once everyone was back we handed out prizes to the worthy winners (see below). We would like to thank everyone whose hard work ensured this event was a success. We would also like to thank our sponsors 9-Apart, Jet petrol, Beech’s Chocolate, Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Club and Lytham Hall. PP

THE WINNERS ARE… • Furthest travelled (from the South): Tony and Colleen Wickins.

• Furthest travelled (from the North): John and Ruth Atkinson.

• Highest combined age of car, driver and passenger: Norman Stanfield (199 years).

• Car with most flies: Steve and Patsy Lloyd.

• Dog of the event (who has been on every one): Tricksy, owned by Martin Howarth and Julie Wilkinson.

• Car of the event, chosen by Register Director Albert Walsh: 911 Carrera 3.0.

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Regions Regional Director’s report Welcome to the Regional section of Porsche Post where new members can find out what has been going on and what there is to look forward to in their area. Your Region is one of 31 spread around the UK, most with an RO and some with small committees enthusiastically working towards ever better events, meetings and weekend trips.

Still finding my feet as Regional Director I have had a busy month attending as many events as possible in my neighbouring regions with the aim of meeting the organisers and getting to know how they look after their members.

The month started off with my first true Board meeting at Cornbury House followed by visits to the North Wales R6 monthly meeting and Yorkshire R7’s Porsche Festival at Lotherton Hall.

Scotland South

The theme for R6’s meeting was a ‘show and shine’ at Northop Country Golf Club well organised by Sue Taylor and her dedicated group of helpers. It was a good opportunity to catch up with Sue and quite a few other members who I have met over the years.

R7’s Porsche Festival is their main event of the year and was very professionally presented by Mark and Carol Jessop with assistance from local independents, Strasse and Specialist Cars of Malton.

Club partners also present were Oracle and Swissvax with PC Leeds supporting the show with several cars.

Reep Car Care also supported this event. Visiting this event was R3 RO Greg Harm and his wife Debbie so it was good to make contact with two regions for the price of one. There were lots of familiar faces and in particular a few 991 Register friends from weekends away.

July brought the Silverstone Classic with three fantastic days spent mainly talking to the numerous members and contacts made over the years. This was

a great opportunity to meet and tick a few more ROs off the list – Donald Hossack R1, Greg and Deb Harm again, Paul Ebbs R10, Huw Jones R14, David Baker R18, John Dunn R24 and apologies if I missed anyone out.

My ‘I Spy’ book of Club officials, the Porsche File, was used throughout the weekend to aid recognition of familiar faces, greatly assisting my poor memory.

Following quickly behind the Classic was our 991/997 Register event, the Beaulieu Supercar Extravaganza, where I met many more members along with R21 RO Terry Perry.

There are quite a few events I will be attending leading up to the Officials Conference so if I don’t recognise you as an RO please introduce yourself and chat to me about your Region.

Phil Graham Regional Director 07941 109638 regional@porscheclubgb.com

Regions Index Your Regional reports at a glance

Regional Organiser Donald Hossack 07968 724441 – r1@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Scott Laurie 07803 260417 Welcome to this month’s R1 round up. I’m hurriedly typing this having just returned from a fantastic (if not tiring) weekend at Silverstone Classic. July’s weather was mostly kind to us as prearranged events, more by luck than judgement, fell on mainly dry days, allowing us to enjoy a variety of events without a raincoat and brolly as is accepted throughout our changeable summer weather, here in Scotland.

RECENT EVENTS 1 July BMW breakfast meet and test drives At an event at Peter Vardy BMW Edinburgh in May, Sales Executive Stuart Trott invited us to visit and test-drive the i8. Early on Saturday morning, our group was treated to bacon rolls, tea and coffee then, after a very informative input from Josh the ‘Product Genius’, it was down to business. Stuart had arranged for half a dozen i8s to be available all day. Due to numbers, those wanting an extended drive had the car from around 10am till 5pm. Lovely to drive, it’s light and nimble with quite a strange sensation when in ‘E’ mode as it glides along with no engine noise.

However, put the foot down and the turbo petrol engine kicks in with impressive performance.

Feedback was very positive and Stuart has extended

R1 Scotland South p45 R2 Scotland North p46 R3 North East p47 R4 Lincolnshire & Humberside p48 R5 North West p50 R6 North Wales p51 R7 Yorkshire p53 R8 East Midlands p53 R9 West Midlands p56 R10 Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire p56

R11 Essex p58 R12 Norfolk & Suffolk p60 R13 Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Shropshire p62 R14 South Wales p65 R15 South West p66 R16 Gloucestershire p69 R17 Southern p70 R18 Lancashire & Cumbria p70 R19 Thames Valley p71 R20 London p73

the offer of test drives to all members. Those interested should contact Stuart. Many thanks go to Peter Vardy BMW Edinburgh, Stuart and Josh for their hospitality.

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R21 Chiltern p74 R23 Sussex p76 R24 Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire p76 R25 Kent p77 R26 Dorset p80 R27 Ireland p82 R28G Guernsey p85 R28J Jersey p87 R29 Surrey p87 R30 Isle of Man p89 R31 Cotswold p90

was pleasantly surprised to see 21 people in 11 cars participate as we left Dakota, South Queensferry and popped up the motorway to Kinross, before heading across to the Yetts of Muchart and down to Gloagburn Farm Shop just outside Perth for some first-class food and service. What a lovely morning standing in the sun chatting over the cars. Welcome to Jay Storic in his lovely 911 C2 on his first event and to Alan Sayers in his flawless 944.

16 July R1 and R2 joint concours Despite an initial slow sign-up, we were almost at full capacity, with 48 cars (the venue allows a maximum of 50). As ever, Gill from R2 pulled it all together and ensured the event ran smoothly. On a beautiful day at the beautiful setting of Blair Castle it was evident that all entrants had spent some considerable preparation time. It was nice to see such a variety of gleaming models from David Knox’s immaculate 912 to the

impressive 991 to the GT3RSs of Ken Thomson and Neil Ewing. The standard was particularly high judges Callum and Janie from Spotless Detailing, Kris from PTW Vehicle Wrapping and Scott from Scot-Glaze had a very difficult job scoring the diverse selection of models. There were some great prizes for the winners and Spotless Detailing gave a £150 voucher to the ‘Judges’ Choice’. They also gave goody bags to all attendees. Many thanks go to all who attended the event and entered their car, and to the judges for giving up their day.

Fine display at Blair Castle

Full results Class Early Air-cooled Air-cooled

Boxster/ Cayman Frontrunners Watercooled Special 991

Place 1st

Winner David Knox

1st 2nd

Alastair Muir Andrea Kerr

1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st

Street Members’ Choice Judges’ 1st Choice Best Overall 1st

Model 912

993 911, 3.2 Targa Karen Niven Boxster Spyder Joe Boyle Boxster S Joe Boyle 944 Steven Watson 924 Carrera GT Donald Hossack 996 Turbo Gilbert Cairns 996 Targa Ken Thomson GT3RS Neil Ewing GT3RS Donald Hossack 996 Turbo David Knox 912 John Dymond

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David Knox

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23 July Autoglym World of Supercars Over 225 sports and supercars from across the world descended on Knockhill to create an impressive display. Porsche was possibly the biggest single display marque. With free entry for car, driver and passenger, there were on-track displays, track sessions (for those who had signed up) and parade

laps - all of which went down very well with the paying public. McLaren, Ferrari and others were present showing their latest models. R2’s ARO, Gill Gardiner, took her impressive Cayman R out on track for the first time and gave me a few passenger laps.

Her confidence grew with every lap and, as you would expect, the car was faultless throughout. This great event builds year-on-year, getting ever more popular with exhibitors and visitors alike.

28-30 July Silverstone Classic Seven R1 couples arranged in advance to attend the event together with the intention of meeting up with other Club members over the weekend. The drive down on Thursday was going well until Knutsford where a disconcerting noise from the water pump forced us into the services. We couldn’t drive on, so the car was recovered and we continued in a hire car. I can’t criticise the Turbo as, with 86,000 miles on the clock and 10 years of ownership, it had never let me down. We arrived at the comfortable Best Western Buckingham Hotel later than planned joining everyone in the bar for a well-deserved drink.

Early Friday morning Shona and I headed to the Experience Centre – I had a complimentary Porsche Experience with the Turbo S. After lunch we headed to the event - my first time at Silverstone Classic, the largest of its kind in the UK. It covers a massive area with so much to do - stands selling anything and everything car related, a free fun fair, village green, classic and modern car displays and, of course, racing.

Porsche had a big presence and PCGB had its marquee - a great place to meet and socialise over free coffee.

Saturday was a full day at the event. That evening we attended the PCGB BBQ at the Porsche Experience Centre followed by live music within the showground. A little tired, we all got back to the hotel around midnight.

Sunday morning was more relaxed as most of us were heading directly home. A few decided to enjoy the last of the show before also leaving. I would recommend this event and I’m sure we will be back next year. Thanks to all in our group that attended.

Scott and I look forward to meeting up with you at an event soon.

Regards Donald and Scott

DIARY DATES FIRST TUESDAY OF MONTH West Coast Club night Sherbrooke Castle Hotel, Glasgow, G41 4PG. 8pm.

LAST THURSDAY OF MONTH East Coast Club night Dakota Hotel, South Queensferry, EH30 9QZ. 7.30pm.

3 SEPTEMBER Bo’ness Hill Climb 16 SEPTEMBER Crail trackday Organised by R2.

17 SEPTEMBER Summer run and lunch 24 SEPTEMBER Anstruther Lifeboat visit 28 SEPTEMBER East Coast fish and chip run In place of usual monthly meeting.

22 OCTOBER Detailing workshop with lunch

Scotland North Jaguars at Silverstone awaiting their parade laps

Regional Organiser Steve Rose 01224 868052 – r2@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Gillian Gardiner 01382 778923 RECENT EVENTS

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Joint concours with R1 16 July saw Regions 1 and 2 come together again at the scenic Blair Castle, near the village of Blair Atholl and, once again, the venue excelled. Forty-eight cars were on display, and whilst tourists and members

The joint concours

Full results Class Air-cooled

Place 1st 2nd Boxster/Cayman 1st 2nd Front-runners 1st 2nd Water-cooled 1st 2nd Street Members’ choice

Winner Malcolm Lovie Huw Banister Mary and Allan Jones Stanley Fong Malcolm Lovie Aaron Tennant Johnstone Aitken Paul and Loraine Barlow Malcolm Lovie Graeme and Liz McKay

‘Blast from the Past’ at Thainstone In July, R2 member Alan Wallace, the owner of A W Autotech in Aberdeen, celebrated 20 years of his business by hosting a car show at Inverurie’s Thainstone Centre, which raised money for the British Heart Foundation. There are many ‘static’ show events over the summer months, but this one had some standout features. All ‘interesting’ cars, commercials and bikes were welcomed, from barn-find to concours condition; parking was hardstanding; a cafe and full-service restaurant, plus other food outlets outside, provided refreshments all day; there was also an auto test circuit and family fun with children’s attractions.

It was an enjoyable event, which could become a regular feature.

We took the opportunity to say farewell to Tim and Jeri Berg, who returned home to Colorado in August.

They have been active members, with Tim always willing to take passengers in his GT3 at track events and both were the life and soul at social gatherings.

‘Blast from the Past’

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 16 September Track experience at Crail Raceway See the R2 Events page on the Club website for details.

Photo by Dr C D Pike

26-29 October Gain-an-Hour weekend This is R2’s WOTY and spaces are filling fast! For information see the R2 Events page on the Club website and look out for my emails.

Corbridge Classic Show July is always a bit of a hectic month, and this year was no exception. We started the month with a great turnout at the Corbridge Classic Show. It always has a huge attendance and, this year, over 1,000 cars were on display. We soon filled our 20 places with members eager to show their cars. We had a lot of interest on our Club stand, the main draw being a beautiful 1973 2.7 RS Touring (closely followed by Dave Carnaffin’s huge supply of sweets, I think).

Darren’s 2.7 RS at the Corbridge Classic

Porkers in the Trough VIII The following weekend was the eagerly awaited Porkers in the Trough VIII. We’d already decided to make a weekend of it again. We met at Tow Law for the drive to Preston and used the scenic moorland roads down to Hawes for lunch at the Wensleydale Creamery. Then it was on for our overnight stay at the Preston Marriott. The hotel had kindly organised private dining for us again and we were joined by several members from other Regions. We hear again and again how much our members enjoy the social side of the Club and this was no exception; mixing with other Regions gives us the chance to form new friendships.

The following morning we pulled into Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Club en masse for the start of a fun-filled day, enjoying the roads of Lancashire and R18’s hospitality. Our lunch stop at Lytham Hall isn’t far from Blackpool so, after lunch and a tour of the Hall, several of us took a detour along the prom before heading back to Garstang. Once parked up I discovered a bolt in my front tyre - a bit of a busman’s holiday for me then, if only I had my gear with me instead of a can of ‘gunk’!

Dave Bradford gets his first taste of Blackpool – a detour on our Porkers in the Trough weekend

Please also check the Events pages on the website for more future events, news etc.

R2 prize-winners Tim and Jeri’s send-off

Steve Rose and Gill Gardiner

DIARY DATES 5 SEPTEMBER Club night - Lairhillock, 8pm 16 SEPTEMBER Crail track experience 21 SEPTEMBER Club night - Milton Inn, Monifieth, 8pm 26-29 OCTOBER Gain-an-Hour weekend

Photo by Dr C D Pike

Photo by Steve Rose

enjoyed the sunshine and gleaming cars, the piper played and the judges got on with scoring the entries.

Once again the crew from Spotless Detailing in Perth made a thorough and professional job of the judging - many thanks to them.

Photo by Steve Rose

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After a bite to eat we all said our goodbyes and headed for home. I intended to take a sedate drive home via the M6 and A69, not our planned favourite route over Hartside, in case of further deflation. I was humbled to be joined by three other Porsches who insisted on being our escorts for the entire 125 miles home and gave regular visual checks and a thumbs-up to let us know the tyre was still inflated.

Who needs modern TPMS when you have fellow PCGB members alongside you? We made it home without further issues but that drive certainly reinforced the camaraderie within the Club.

PC Teesside health checks Our relationship with PC Teesside continues to flourish; we are hearing some incredible feedback from members who have visited them. Only a few weeks ago we were invited along for a free vehicle health check, which some of our members jumped at. Despite the time constraints of a busy Saturday morning, we managed to squeeze 14 vehicles into the allotted time. I am pleased to say none received any major bad news or expensive repair quotes. The technicians showed us what they were inspecting for and why. They shared with us some great preventive maintenance tips while kindly allowing us the freedom to be involved as much or as little as we wanted to be. The morning also allowed other members to simply come along and take a look around their new multi-million pound dealership now that it’s fully open, with all the fixtures and fittings in place (unlike our previous visit in June).

Lots of interest under Matthew’s 924

Many of the Teesside staff are new to Porsche life and are keen to take every opportunity to glean as much information about the brand. They recognise that, through events like this, we, as owners, can assist them with this, particularly with our wide variation of models from different eras. Who better to promote a brand than an enthusiast of that brand? If you call into the dealership you will be welcomed as an ambassador of the brand.

Yorkshire Festival of Porsche The very next day a large group of us were southbound on the A1 to join our neighbours in R7 for their annual show. We’ve been going to this event for a lot of years now and I don’t ever remember it being as busy as this year, another sign that the Club is growing at a rapid rate. It certainly took some time to walk around all the cars on the show field, particularly when you end up chatting to fellow enthusiasts about their cars. Well done to Ian Nichol, representing R3, for his second place in the visitors’ class of the Concours competition. Thanks to Mark, Carol and their R7 team for putting on a great event.

R4 at Waddington

took up the invite and joined Centre staff and customers for the Porsche Golf Cup. The day started with sign on from 8.30am with the first to tee off at 10am. Deb and I attended first thing to welcome our Club members and to wish them luck before unfortunately having to rush back to work. I am told all that took part had a great fun-filled day.

Well done to Kenny Robinson who came second in the competition.

Winners of the PC Teesside Golf Cup, including Kenny Robinson (left) with his second place trophy

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we did find other ‘overflow’ car parks as we walked about. Never mind the opportunity to see most models and types, if you wanted to see what different colour combinations/wheels looked like this was the time to do it. The organisation and marshalling by the Club was excellent.

24 June RAF Waddington Families Day We were lucky enough to be invited. This, as the name implies, was the base’s event for their families, and was therefore closed to the public. Having previously had a major public air show, this was the first time they had held a families day for a number of years. Waddington is a large fully operational air base, so there was a lot of work behind the scenes to get the passes and ID clearances sorted for the day – thank you to ARO Gavin.

R4 had 26 cars attending, and we were delighted that Dave from PC Nottingham could also join us with one of their demonstrators. We met at the airfield viewing area by the side of the A15, which conveniently had a cafe and toilets, before heading to the base in convoy. We had to turn right across the busy A15 and I wondered how all 26 cars would keep together. I needn’t have worried - the cafe staff promptly donned hi vis gear, and stopped the traffic so we could all leave together – obviously something they have done before! Some of us did get separated at the base as we tried to find our way to our display area through the maze of roads, but then were led to the right area by someone from the base on a bicycle.

The ‘right area’ was on a main taxiway parked in front of an AWAC (airborne early warning and control).

There were lots of activities, stalls, and even live music from various groups. The dodgems kindly arranged for an R4-only session – I suggest some participants may benefit from instruction at our trackday in September! Some members then went off to enjoy a go-karting session. The weather was good so, all in all, a fantastic day.

We made a donation of £260 to the Station Commander’s charity too. Thank you to RAF Waddington for inviting us.

The weather has been very mixed for the summer so far, but I hope you are all managing to get out enjoy your Porsches – hopefully by coming to Club events.

Early in the day at the Yorkshire Festival of Porsche and the field is already filling fast

Porsche Golf Cup You may remember receiving an invite through your Club email to all R3 members to attend a golf day hosted by PC Teesside at Wynyard Golf Club. Nine

Silverstone Classic We were at the National Event at Silverstone for the Saturday. What an amazing number of Club members’ cars – I understand over 1,000 were booked in that day, and no that wasn’t just R4! There were classic models - basically anything pre-Boxster era - parked in front of the Club marquee, including a tractor, and an adjoining overflow area was required.

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RO dodging the members

12 July Pub drive out - Cross Keys, Stow Our July pub drive out was well attended, with 22 members. We had been allocated our own area in the pub (they had obviously been warned about us!) and owners and staff were very attentive. There was some consternation as Richard and Pam had not appeared – they usually arrive at events very promptly. However, they arrived just a few minutes late having had a minor issue with the car en route – they had decided to return home and swap cars.

Everyone I spoke to was pleased with their meals and, judging by the chatter around the table, everyone enjoyed themselves.

Thank you to the staff at the Cross Keys, and also to Richard and Wendy for organising.

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R5 at Lowther Castle

which meant that there was plenty of banter and discussion of Club events as well as about the cars.

“Maintaining R5’s record, a member’s car won a prize once again – namely Robin and Susan Longdon’s superb 356. In fact, all the PCGB cars were immaculately presented, including the 3.2 Carrera of yours truly that had only come out of the body shop on the Friday lunchtime!

8 September Blyton Park trackday This great event, our second trackday of the year, is suitable for all - whether you are just starting to track, are an experienced tracker, or simply wish to understand you car’s capabilities. Entry forms are now available on our Events page of the Club website.

29 September WOTY to Wales Our 2017 Weekend of the Year is to Betws-y-Coed in Wales. This promises to be a great weekend, so get booked in now. **Please note revised date from previous issues of PP** 2018 TOTY Our 2018 ‘Tour of the Year’ is the North Coast 500 in Scotland. There are limited places; details are on our Events page of the Club website.

DIARY DATES 8 SEPTEMBER Blyton Park trackday 14 SEPTEMBER pub drive out Lord Nelson, Winthorpe.

29 SEPTEMBER WOTY to Wales OCTOBER Pub drive out **Check website for details**

North West Regional Organiser Allan Crosby 01744 894500 – r5@porscheclubgb.com

Robin and Susan Longdon with their prize-winning 356

“On Sunday, R5 generously helped a fellow German car fan who couldn’t find his allocated space, by allowing him to join the stand. His immaculate 1958 VW Beetle in its original paintwork (ultimately from the same designer, Dr Porsche) added a little something else to the display.

“Thanks to all of the members that attended, to the many visitors who popped by to see the cars and also to those who contributed to the collection for the North West Air Ambulance.

“R5 will be present at next year’s show, so please book early to secure a spot on the stand. You never know, it may be your car that wins a prize next year!”

12 July Club night at The Deanwater - classic Fords meet Porsches A bright summer’s evening brought out six classic Fords for us to admire; a Mk1 Mexico; a Mk2 Capri (with a ‘driven not polished’ sticker!); an XR3i; a modern classic Mondeo ST; two Fiesta RS Turbos; and a 1955 Zodiac. Despite its age, the latter car, belonging to a member’s friend, was absolutely immaculate.

RECENT EVENTS 3-4 June Tatton Park Classic Car Spectacular Dave Trafford reports: “Approximately 30 members displayed their cars on the R5 stand at this well established, and very popular, classic car show in the grounds of Tatton Park. The stand was prepared on the Friday - many thanks to Michael Williams for his help, and for bringing his mower to cut the grass in what could only be called poor weather for June! The event days were actually lovely and, barring one shower on the Sunday, the weather was hot and sunny throughout.

“Again, there was an excellent range of cars on display, covering almost all of Porsche’s sports cars from front-engined 968s and 944s through Boxsters and Caymans to, of course, 911s. It was a great spectacle for visitors, who were able to have in-depth conversations with the owners. Due to the hot weather, many members stayed near to the gazebo for shade,

It was interesting to hear stories about the cars, particularly Les Durrant’s escapades in his Mk1 Mexico and his Mk2 Capri. Les is raising money to support Parkinson’s UK, for which he has entered the forthcoming Screwball Rally in a Volvo T5 Estate. If you would like to donate to this admirable cause, you can do so at justgiving.com/fundraising/ Les-Durrant1 23 July Sunday Run to Lowther Castle Lowther Castle, near Penrith in the Lake District, turned out to be a venue full of surprises.

Starting with the impact of seeing the ruins for the first time (and a line-up of 25 Porsches in front of it) we were then treated to a guided tour of the gardens, which retain their original 17th century plan.

The history of Lowther dates back to the 12th century and the castle is the third building to occupy the site. There is much to explore, with an exhibition and shop, and a cafe providing welcome refreshments. It was really good to have a pleasant run, get together with our neighbours from R18, and especially to welcome some of our new members on their first outing. Thanks to all for the support and for your appreciative comments. That’s what makes it all worthwhile.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 11 October Club night at The Deanwater members’ previous cars Members are asked to bring along one or two photographs of their past cars (or other vehicles).

These will be projected onto a big screen for all to see, asking the question “Who would drive a car like this?”

Once the guesses have been made, the proud owner may step forward and relate the adventures or tribulations they experienced with the vehicle.

Please bring real, paper-based photographs where possible. All photos will be returned at the end of the night, but do make copies of any that are of significant value.

Chris Clark

DIARY DATES

Classic Fords at the Deanwater Hotel

1955 Ford Zodiac at Club night

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10 SEPTEMBER Lake District run Meet at Lancaster Services on the M6 at 10.15am for 11am start. Lunch is at the Lodore Falls Hotel in Borrowdale £25pp including gratuities. Full details in August’s PP. Please contact Michael Williams msw2742@gmail.com 13 SEPTEMBER Karting - Daytona Manchester £48pp (including hire of overalls and helmets).

7pm-9pm. Entries closing soon, please contact Dave Trafford at david.trafford1@ntlworld.com 11 OCTOBER Club night - The Deanwater Members’ previous cars. Details above.

15 OCTOBER Sunday run and lunch The Swettenham Arms, near Congleton. Booking information will be published via the R5 e-Newsletter (and in next month’s PP).

8 NOVEMBER Club night - PC Wilmslow Hosted by PC Wilmslow. Raffle prizes, food and much more.

13 DECEMBER Christmas Club night The Deanwater Complimentary coffee and mince pies.

North Wales

wigwam) cathedrals, for photo stops. We passed by the Philharmonic Hall, Philharmonic pub, Adelphi Hotel, Lime Street station, St George’s Hall, stopping at the Walker Art Gallery, Central Library and museum for another photo shoot. We drove by the Town Hall and India Buildings before hitting the waterfront, via an illegal U-turn, to pass the Liverpool Life Museum and Three Graces – Port of Liverpool, Cunard and Liver Buildings. Passing St Nick’s (the seaman’s church), the Atlantic Tower Hotel and luxury cruise liner terminal, we came to our last photo stop in front of the Liver Buildings.

Regional Organisers Sue Taylor 01928 735357 (01766 890844 Weekends) r6@porscheclubgb.com Show and Shine Our second Show and Shine event went off this year without a hitch!

Excellent weather meant we had a great turn out - 20 cars entered. We were delighted to meet Robert Page, Porsche Club of Western Australia’s Vice President, on vacation with his wife Dee from Perth, Australia who decided to pop along to our event – without a Porsche. Phil Graham our new Regional Director also paid us a visit.

Following the briefing on what to look for and how to score, we all walked round with our clipboards to inspect exteriors, wheels and interiors. Most cars looked like they had just come out of the showroom, so it was a very difficult job.

When time was called, we headed into the clubhouse for a buffet while our officials sorted out the results. Spreadsheets and operatives were in harmony this year, so we avoided the dodgy scoring situation we had last year.

Podium places were awarded to Mark Rowland (first), Nigel Roscoe (second) and Graham Hutchinson (third). This was Mark’s first time at one of our events. Phil Graham won the prize for the car most people would like to drive home in.

A great event and many thanks go to our organisers – Nigel, Malcolm and Tim.

R6 lined up outside Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral…

…the Catholic cathedral…

…and the Walker Art Gallery on their Dawn Dash

Show and Shine winners and crew

Dawn Dash to Liverpool Picking up on the idea from R20 (London), we organised a Dawn Dash to Liverpool on the last Sunday in July. The day started at Chester services at 5.30am. Eight cars drove in convoy into the city centre passing most of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings. Early risers were Carl, Victoria and Martin, Geoff and Diane, Peter, Malcolm, Alan, Emyr and Anwen and Andy and Harry.

Over the Runcorn Bridge and along Speke Boulevard, our first stop was Otterspool Promenade.

We got some great photos of the cars with the Mersey in the background. Harry sent up his drone and we are waiting to see the footage. Next we hit the Anglican and Catholic (known locally as Paddy’s

Then it was back in the cars again to drive through the Albert Docks. By now, we were hungry, so we headed out of town to a roadside cafe in Cheshire for a well-earned breakfast.

I may be a bit biased, but Liverpool is one awesome city!

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beaten to first place by 7/100ths of a second. Over the two rounds I only dropped less than half a point off the max so am keeping my championship hopes alive. Thanks to OCD, the Independent Porsche Specialist, for their support and sorting my brakes and clutch.”

Trackday at Castle Combe Peter Taylor is making the most of his new ‘Porker’ and sends a review of his trackday at Castle Combe with the Club: “It was a great day out, and well organised. I was very impressed how well everyone behaved on the track, with excellent etiquette shown by all the drivers making it a very safe environment in which to find out the limits of both car and driver.

“What shocked me was the average fuel consumption on my Boxster, which went from 28-30mpg to 10. By the end of the morning session I needed to refill, which meant a 16-mile round trip to the nearest petrol station, so missing out on lunch!

Peter Taylor having a great day out at Castle Combe trackday

“The car performed magnificently, seeing a top speed of 135mph on the approach to Quarry but, due to a heavy foot on the brake pedal, a set of competition brake pads might be installed before I venture out again. Despite Porsche assuring me that the standard pads would be good enough, I still found them a bit soft with one heart-stopping moment approaching Camp Corner at 112mph. After hitting something solid on my run to the supermarket just two weeks before, I had to change a front tyre. Unfortunately it still had too much tread for the dry conditions and did give me a lot of under-steer on the right-hand bends. The other problem was that, despite having nitrogen in the tyres instead of good old-fashioned air, I had to reduce the pressure from 31psi to 25. This then set off the automatic tyre warning system, indicating that I now needed to inflate.

“My only gripe was the instructor. He immediately wanted to turn my onboard camera off, despite the organisers saying it was fine to film. And he just kept telling me to go slower!

“Having said all that, I am off to Loton Park hillclimb circuit in August for an introduction day, and will probably try to do a day with the owners’ club at Oulton Park in the autumn.”

DIARY DATES 21 SEPTEMBER Mersey Crossings TBC in case the new crossing isn’t open by this date.

23 SEPTEMBER PCGB National Concours d’Elégance - Ragley Hall 12-15 OCTOBER WOTY - Harrogate 19 OCTOBER Monthly meeting Paddling down the Yukon - guest speaker.

16 NOVEMBER Monthly meeting Quiz and supper.

Yorkshire Regional Organisers Mark and Carol Jessop 07981 412895 – r7@porscheclubgb.com Introduction July has been jam packed with Porsche activities and, as I write this, we still have Silverstone Classic to go.

For us this month was mainly taken up with preparations for Lotherton Hall, so it was nice to attend some events where we could just turn up and enjoy ourselves along with everyone else.

Club nights Our Club nights are held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Woodlands Hotel, Leeds, which can be found just up the A62 from PC Leeds and just off J27 of the M62, post code LS27 7LY. We aim to kick the night off around 8pm.

Club website The Club’s website contains a wealth of useful information and everything you need to keep in touch with the Club and our own Region - we maintain our own Yorkshire areas within the Forum and the main website. You can find all the event information for the year, including photos from events and route information for past drives.

RECENT EVENTS Supercar Care Saturday Reep and RPM Specialist Cars held a joint open day, attracting a constant stream of cars, not only Porsches, which kept their trading estate continually full of cars.

Reep, better known to many of us as Swissvax, held various demonstrations of the brands and products in their portfolio including cleaning the boss’ car, which had just returned from a European rally that morning.

RPM had a fine selection of cars on show alongside a rather stunning full hog roast in the

garage. I was being good, as we had friends visiting that afternoon, so just tried a ‘little’ bit of crackling to keep me going.

There are some great photos and a video on the RPM website. Follow the link to the summer event.

R8 Chatsworth Porsche Pageant Having spent Saturday at RPM, Sunday was spent at Chatsworth House enjoying the R8 Porsche Pageant.

This year was bigger than ever with a stunning selection of Porsches glinting in the sun.

Congratulations to R7’s Phil Ward who won the visitors’ Concours with his new 996. The 996 has replaced the Boxster that Phil had been entering into Concours for the last few years.

A good number of R7 members made the short trip to Chatsworth - it’s not really that far, so it was a little like one of our own meetings.

R7 Yorkshire Porsche Festival There will be a full write up very soon, so here we would just like to say a massive thank you to our sponsors, Strasse and Specialist Cars of Malton who support this event so magnificently and have done so for over 20 years. Their generosity in supporting the event and Candlelighters the children’s cancer charity is really appreciated.

We also must give huge thanks to Chris Sweeting and Jess Sutch from Club Office for bringing the Club Shop up from the Cotswolds and working so hard all day long. This kind of support just adds that little extra to our event.

We can’t put on an event like this alone so a massive thank you to all the members who gave us their time: Geoff Benson; Peter Brook; Jon Clayton; Matt Hall; Matt Helks and his son; Michael and Lisa Jackson; Tony and Linda Murphy; Doug Sudron; and Dean Wilkinson.

This year 600 cars were in attendance, so thank you to everyone who came along, despite the not so great weather forecast. An event like this is nothing if no one shows up. Special thanks go to those that make the effort to either enter the Concours competitions or display their cars.

Finally, I would like to thank Carlton Langton and Geoff Benson for allowing me to use their photos.

Concours and display

DIARY DATES For the full diary see the Forum or Club website.

6 SEPTEMBER Club night - The Woodlands Hotel 8 SEPTEMBER R4 Blyton Park trackday A great opportunity for novices and beginners to get on track in a safe and unpressured environment – also exceptionally good value for money. Contact R4’s RO Rod Stormes.

10 SEPTEMBER Sunday Service Living Seas Centre Bacon butties from 11am in the car park, followed by Sewerby Hall Car Show. Full details in July’s PP. 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB Concours d’Elégance Ragley Hall The Club’s second National Event, but altogether more relaxed. See PP for details. Tickets, £12 per car, available from the Club Shop.

East Midlands Regional Organiser Tom Fisher 07768 317346 – r8@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS Club night at The Coopers Arms A lovely evening attracted a huge amount of members, both existing and new - even the big hall was quite full. We welcomed, for the first time, Chris Baker, John and Christine Sinclair, Roger Vincent, Colin

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and Tracey Wilson, Howard Storey, Marcus Beck great to see you all!

Some of the many Porsches at Chatsworth 356 relaxing at The Coopers Arms

The Concours was well attended in all classes and, this year, we had the pleasure of Warwick Taylor supported by Kevin Pye as judges - both enthusiastic and successful Concours winners in previous years.

All cars entered were to a very high standard, making the results very close.

Some of R8 socialising

Class Air-cooled

Place 1st 2nd 3rd Water-cooled 1st 2nd 3rd Visitors 1st 2nd 3rd Overall Champion

Winner Mitesh Chauhan Paul Coleborne Michael Lonnie Michael Tennyson Craig Johnson Stephen Deverill Phillip Ward Trevor Smith Rob Sharp Michael Tennyson

Model 993 911 912 Targa 944 996 Turbo Boxster 996 Cayman 968 944

Overall Regional Champion Michael Tennyson’s 944 has been a regular visitor at Club events but when it Lovely low miles 930 chilling on the lawn

Chatsworth House Porsche Pageant and Concours Randolph Coward once again organised our annual event in the wonderful setting of Chatsworth House and gardens. PC Nottingham enthusiastically supported the day providing many of the background items like programmes, Concours and raffle prizes, as well as their invaluable presence. Headed by Dave Ashford, his team provided further invaluable service on the day with a selection of new cars and Porsche goodies.

The prospect of lovely weather attracted 220 Porsches - a record-breaking number of cars! (Our previous record was around 150!) No mean task for our wonderful members who volunteered for parking duties and gave an excellent service to a sometimes challenging job owing to our area being on a slope and never quite knowing how many cars to expect.

The volunteers also kept the Concours area separate and abided by Chatsworth’s safety regulations as regards constant public access.

Michael Tennyson receiving his trophy

Michael’s winning S2

recently came into Mick’s ownership he set about its amazing transformation, all executed outside his house! Its extensive remedial bodywork and immaculate preparation was crowned by its final superb paint at Chartwell (Derby) Ltd. A very well done to Mick!

Randolph and the team raised an impressive £920 for The Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.

Thank you to everyone that volunteered during the day, to PC Nottingham who enabled the event to take place, to Chartwell (Derby) Ltd and Chatsworth House and Gardens for providing a stunning local venue. Thanks also go to Mike Pollock for his photography and, as always, Randolph and Cath Coward.

More pictures of the event are on R8’s new Gallery page of the Club’s website.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 9-10 September weekend away to Wales We already have a good entry for the weekend but we can always fit in a few more, so please do not be shy - it’s low key, friendly and informal, you come and go as you please and there are no rules other than there are no rules! You can drive at your own sensible pace too - there are other times and places for being a Lewis Hamilton. Even if you have not attended anything similar I am sure you will enjoy taking part, feel free to contact me (Tom) if you wish to discuss details.

I have arranged a return to the Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. We aim to meet up at Uttoxeter services with a suggested route through Wales to our hotel, with a group Saturday evening meal and fun quiz. Sunday will see us following a suggested route with comprehensive tulip maps over the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons, with stunning roads and views before returning to the hotel, either for the journey home or to stay another night. Some may choose to stay elsewhere and to join the main party as they wish - no problem. When booking with the Metropole quote ‘R8 Porsche Club’. The cost includes the four-course evening meal, breakfast and spa.

Email me for details, or access our Region’s news on the Club website for full info. Please let me know when you have confirmed a booking.

DIARY DATES 4 SEPTEMBER Club night - The Coopers Arms 9-10 SEPTEMBER Weekend away to Wales 2 OCTOBER Club night - The Coopers Arms 6 NOVEMBER Club night - The Coopers Arms

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Sherborne Castle The next day we had booked to go to the Classics and Supercars at the Castle event about 35 minutes’ drive north of Weymouth. We parked with R26 but I was the only one cleaning a car. I really must get a life.

This was another good day looking round classics, eating jam and cream filled scones and drinking cups of tea. As the day came to a close Mandy and I headed north and the others went back to Weymouth.

Cakes at Sherborne

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100 cars attend Club night!

Mandy, Dave and myself would like to say a massive thank you to all the R9 members who came along to what turned out to be our best-attended Club night ever. One hundred Porsches in the car park was a sight to behold. After last month, when 86 cars arrived, we didn’t think we would see that many again but, as we passed 85 and then 90, we were hoping to see that magic 100. We were kept waiting until 9.15pm when Lucian arrived in his Panamera. Good lad. Once again thank you all for your continued support.

Weymouth Porsche on the Prom Unusually for the time of year, Mandy and I had a free weekend together and, rather than sit at home and paint the fence or cut the grass, we decided to go along to R26’s Porsche on the Prom event at Weymouth. It was a Friday evening event so we both had the day off work to take a leisurely drive down in Mandy’s new 981 Boxster S. The intention was to meet Tom and Carol, Peter and Sue, Nigel and Julie, Len and Eileen down there and to park on the prom together.

The sun shone so the roof was put away and, although I was driving, I left it in auto mode but did have to have the loud button on.

The trip went well and seeing Nigel and Julie en route we decided to stop for a pub lunch with them before carrying on to Weymouth. After checking into our hotel, we met up with Tom, Carol, Peter and Sue and headed to the prom.

It was OK getting on to the prom but it was very busy - a total of 245 cars were lined up. Once parked up, we did the only thing we do at prom events and had fish and chips on the beach. It was a lovely relaxed evening with great people and their Porsches. Well done to R26 on organising and to the marshals for getting everyone parked up.

R9 on the beach

Dave, Kim and Mandy JROs DIARY DATES 19 SEPTEMBER Club night - The Bear Berkswell 6-8 OCTOBER Weekend in the Lake District 17 OCTOBER Club night - The Bear Berkswell 21 OCTOBER Coventry Transport Museum 21 NOVEMBER Club night - The Bear Berkswell 19 DECEMBER Club night - The Bear Berkswell

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Regional Organiser Kim and Mandy Sutch 07811 114646 – r9@porscheclubgb.com David Jones 01455 220081 – 07836 374295 Davejones996@hotmail.co.uk RECENT EVENTS

Happy motoring everyone.

Regional Organiser Paul Ebbs 01234 363358 (7pm–9pm) 07769 805594 (daytime) – r10@porscheclubgb.com

RIAT Fairford The reason Mandy and I headed north was to attend the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford near Cirencester. We stayed in a lovely B&B on Saturday night and headed up to Fairford the following morning.

The Club had the race centre truck there with the awning up and member parking right next to the runway. Once checked in and parked we had a coffee before walking around the show. The air and ground displays were amazing and, thanks to the Club, we had a great day.

We arrived home on Sunday evening having had a great weekend; made even better with the car we were driving. I can’t even start to say how good it was and how impressed we are with it.

Kim Cars in the Park - Lichfield On Saturday I headed to Lichfield for Cars in the Park, picking up Jean Baxter on my way. On arrival it was dull and drizzly however it did clear up and was sunny from lunchtime onwards. As usual, Paul Keeling, who organises this event on behalf of the Club, was on hand to supervise the parking up of the cars on display, of which there were around 10 in total. Speaking to Paul I learnt he was not very happy that we had been given two separate areas for the cars about 100 metres apart.

We did our usual display in the arena at lunchtime accompanied by Paul’s commentary describing the cars.

We intended to make an early start on the Sunday, as it is by far the busiest day. Ian and Julie Townsend arranged to meet up at my house for the run to Lichfield but Ian had a problem with a flat battery and had to join us later. On arrival I discovered that Paul had decided to get all 20 cars in one area so we were all together. He managed it well, although some cars were closer together than he would normally be happy with. At about 11am the sun appeared and we had glorious weather all day. I met up with more R9 members and we decided to get bacon butties, which turned out to be the worst I have ever had. Once again we paraded the cars in the arena at lunchtime, and this time Paul thought it would be a good idea for the cars to drive around while he spoke about them. This really worked well. I took my iPad into the arena and videoed the display. It was a very enjoyable event and many thanks to Paul for organising the event yet again.

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Silverstone Classic once again proved itself to be one of the foremost events on the Club calendar, with a fantastic turnout on all days. The Friday, which was once perhaps graced with a few hard-core enthusiasts, was well up on numbers too, confirming the popularity of this special event. Members were there in good numbers and the majority arrived in a good mood to enjoy themselves - for those who didn’t, I hope they got over it!

Having recently sold my 924 S (on the Friday at Silverstone Classic) I’m personally now looking forward to owning another specific iconic transaxle Porsche, which I finally have the opportunity to buy soon - I’m very fortunate to have found a very original rare example in lovely condition...

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 3 September Classics at the Castle - Hedingham As many of you may know, I’m a big fan of the earlier cars (love the new ones too, of course, as they are special in their own way). Hedingham Castle is a marvellous location to firmly set the quality and feel of the early 911 amongst many other great Porsches in the car park alone! As the Club is taking this event under its wing this year, it’s bound to be even more special, showcasing a dedicated display of ‘S’ air-cooled beauties. Get your tickets on the Club website, as they are only available as pre bookings.

3 September Supercar Sunday - Sharnbrook On the same day as Hedingham this event is being held at the Sharnbrook Hotel and is a big pull for local petrol-heads of all ages, genders and sizes. Porsche, Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferrari, etc. - they will all be there in force, with a big crowd of supporters to match. It’s always good fun for all the family and a great car show.

9 September R10 monthly meet Why not pop your head round the door at the Sharnbrook Hotel this month? Drive over, meet nice people and talk Porsche - you know it makes sense.

23 September PCGB National Concours d’Elégance - Ragley Hall An intended laid-back event, in contrast to busy Silverstone, this will be a chance to see many Porsches in a competitive environment, with most of the hustle and bustle removed. Highly recommended - many newer members will not have seen a ‘proper’ Concours event run by the Club, as a true Concours event has been missing from the

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schedule for some time. Get your tickets online, it’s so easy and good value at, I believe, £10. It will be good to see you there.

For further information on any of these or other Club events, contact me and I’ll do my best to help.

“Elsewhere at the show you could find a huge Ferrari club stand, someone cooking breakfast in the boot of their Silver Shadow, a mobile cinema lorry and a ride-in miniature VW Camper van. Our own Gary Sorrell brought a London double decker bus.

At least we had the tallest flag, by far! See lots more pictures on the R11 news section of the website.”

Hope to see you all soon…

Paul

Maldon Show – fine weather, interesting cars and a really tall flag – perfect!

DIARY DATES 3 SEPTEMBER Classics at the Castle Hedingham 3 SEPTEMBER Supercar Sunday - Sharnbrook 9 SEPTEMBER Monthly meet 22 SEPTEMBER Porsche Club Awards Ceremony 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB National Concours d’Elégance - Ragley Hall

Essex Regional Organiser Martyn Molyneaux 01245 222937 (7pm-9pm) r11@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Greg Thompson 01376 573445 – r11gregt@googlemail.com RECENT EVENTS Maldon Motor Show - A fine contrast to the BBQ Report by Greg Thompson: “Ah, Maldon! Been there four times, twice roasted, twice soaked to the bone. Possibly, the weather is the reason that it’s hard to get advance enthusiasm from R11. However, we arranged a stand for 10 cars and, in the end, we squeezed 12 onto it. And we had glorious picnic weather.

“It’s so nice to get a variety of cars and this year was superb. Who would have thought that Ian and Jane Dewsnap’s 1934 Rolls-Royce would go so beautifully with David and Pat Land’s 356 but it did. We had two customised cars in the form of Sean Harman’s yellow and black 997 ‘GT Street RS’ (with Techart body and 600bhp) and Lee Knieriem’s orange 914-6 race car with Jagermeister decals. Martin and Chris Rose’s 987 Boxster Spyder was gleaming white. Jamie Banks’ silver, high-mileage 964 sparkled in the sun.

BBQ For the last three years we seem to have been blighted with bad weather for our annual BBQ and this year was no exception. We had over three weeks of fine, dry weather but, on the afternoon and evening of our BBQ, local gardeners, having done a rain dance, got their wish and the heavens opened.

As a result, we had the lowest turnout of cars in the last 14 years that I have run this event with just 24 Porsches, a couple of Astons, a solitary Morgan, a couple of Honda NSXs and 16 Mercedes; with other various marques, a total of 60 cars. Because of the atrocious weather, a charcoal BBQ was shelved and Rivenhall Oaks did a great job of serving meals from their kitchen which were extremely good value and enjoyed by everyone.

Thank you to all marshals who braved the elements to take on car parking duties - their heroic

efforts were much appreciated. Would those marshals who borrowed a PCGB hi vis vest and have not already returned them to me please do so at the next Club night so they can be used for future events.

Sunday drive We had 20 cars on our Sunday drive starting at PC Colchester with a 73-mile drive in showery conditions through some delightful parts of north Essex extending into pretty parts of Suffolk. Our finish was at Rivenhall Oaks, where we had an excellent carvery lunch.

Our thanks go to Gordon Levett for organising the run for us and to Richard Eniffer for opening up PC Colchester and providing us with ample tea and coffee as well as Danish pastries.

Newmarket Stud Twenty-two members congregated at Jane and Peter De’Ath’s home for tea, coffee and biscuits at the start of our run through some interesting country roads to Newmarket Stud. The social gathering at the start helped to introduce several new members to our group. We spent an hour-and-a-half travelling around the stud that, despite being the sport of kings, was not opened until 1967 by the current Queen.

Our tour guide, Nigel, outlined a wonderful event for the stud when the Derby winner, Mill Reef, was retired to the National Stud in 1973 and he went on to become the sire of two subsequent Derby winners.

We were taken around various stables and were told that the cost of successful mating was anything from £100k- £250k, which seemed not unreasonable in view of the cost of some Porsche thoroughbreds!

Following our trip around the stud, we had a wet drive to our lunch venue, the Queen’s Head at Hawkedon, where a table for all of us had been prepared. Following a leisurely and convivial lunch, when Martyn thanked Jane and Peter De’Ath for their early morning hospitality, members departed in various directions.

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On the way home, we became very aware of the dangers of driving along country roads when we were flagged down by a police officer due to a pick-up truck having hit a deer, which had to be despatched by the police. A sobering and sad end to our day out.

3 SEPTEMBER Classics at the Castle 12 SEPTEMBER ‘Bring your other car’ Club night 17 SEPTEMBER Essex Classic Vehicle Show

Norfolk & Suffolk Regional Organisers Tony and Colleen Wickins 01379 676251 – r12@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS

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Members at Newmarket Stud

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 12 December Club night Christmas dinner Pontlands Park has been booked for 7.30pm when we will have a pre-dinner drink, and sitting down at 8pm for a three-course meal, including coffee, chocolates and a Christmas cracker for all guests. The cost is £34 inclusive of service. It is hoped you will be able to attend and please let Martyn know by emailing r11@porscheclubgb.com.

1 July Visit to P. & A. Wood, Great Dunmow Report by Brian Glover: “Brian had arranged for us to visit P. & A. Wood’s premises and the morning commenced with a guided tour by Andrew Wood. Brothers Paul and Andrew started the business in 1967, working exclusively with Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars from a workshop in Moreton, Essex. With Andrew in charge of the engineering side of the business and Paul in charge of sales and coachwork, the company flourished and saw a move to larger premises in Great Bardfield in 1970. Due to their hard work and attention to detail, many Concours events were won by cars they had restored. In 2001, P. & A. Wood were appointed as ‘The Official Rolls-Royce and Bentley Heritage Dealers’ in recognition of the knowledge and expertise the company had acquired. They are also the only Rolls-Royce authorised accident repair agent for the UK and are Bentley Approved Service dealers and founder members of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Specialists Association.

“The tour started with a short introduction by Andrew, followed by a look at some of the cars in the ‘upper tier’ of the showroom. There were three cars beautifully restored and waiting to go on the road – all

DIARY DATES 30 AUGUST Brands Hatch track evening **Fully booked but spectators are welcome** 2 SEPTEMBER Prill Septemberfest Between 10am and 4pm, when members are invited to attend Prill Porsche Classics in Halstead (see August PP).

3 SEPTEMBER Frankie’s Classic Car and Bike Fest - Ford Motor Company Dunton Technical Centre, Laindon SS15 6EE, 10am-4pm, with light music and refreshments.

Public entry on the day is £5pp.

R12 at P&A Wood

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worth over £1m. Also on display is a Royce electricity generation unit, an exhibit that was made prior to car manufacture by the Hon C.S. Rolls.

“Andrew told us about the time he had a puncture while road testing a Bentley MX 4.25 litre and went to get the jack, which is located on the bulkhead and rather warm due to its proximity to the exhaust manifold. Andrew had to get the jack to a puddle to cool it down prior to using it!

“We were then shown around the various departments including the engineering works where they have the original damper testing machine from Rolls-Royce. The tour then moved to the body shop to see the various cars having bodies made, in one case for a pre-1914 40/50, more commonly known as a Silver Ghost. There were also cars in the workshop with stone chips that had come from the Continent, including ‘Monty of El Alamein’s’ Rolls-Royce, complete with the windscreen sloping backwards rather than forwards to stop reflections from the desert sun and with a cigar burn from one of Winston Churchill’s cigars.

“Next stop was the ‘Merlin shop’ which is where Merlin and other Rolls-Royce aero engines are restored for static use, then into the new car showroom where we were fascinated by the ‘Star Headlining’ in the cars, lots of LED lights that come on when you get in the car!

“We then visited the aero-engine shop where there is a brand new, never-been-run Merlin engine followed by a look around various cars in different degrees of repair from a small service to a total rebuild in the case of some pre-First World War cars. Andrew took time to show Stuart and I the original three-litre Bentley that was used in ‘The Avengers’ TV programme. It was only used for a couple of episodes as the engine blew up and was replaced by another three-litre Bentley for the remainder of the series. On the back seat of the car is the original bowler hat worn by Patrick McNee in the series!

“A collection was handed over to Andrew for ‘The Stroke Association’. The morning went too quickly and we look forward to a return visit, possibly sometime in 2018. We then took the short drive to the Angel and Harp Pub for lunch where we were joined by the wives and partners who had been shopping at Freeport.”

the month (except for January and August when there are no Club nights). Our events calendar is regularly updated on the R12 Club Forum at porscheclubgbforum.com which includes links to full details of each event.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 17 September Classic and Sports Car Show The Oaksmere Hotel, Brome, Suffolk, IP23 8AJ. Contact Club member, Peter Ashford, for further details on eventseapc@gmail.com or 01449 722759.

19 September Club night We shall be away, but Brian and Rosemary will host the evening with a quiz.

Stuart with Andrew and donation to charity

18 July Summer Social at The Bird in Hand We enjoyed probably one of the best attendances for a summer social in recent years with 38 members’ Porsches on display. Again, we were very pleased to welcome more new members who had joined us for the evening. Wies and Leniie Pianko, joining us for their first Club event, were delighted to win ‘The Car’s the Star’ competition with their stunning black 1989 911 Super Sport and were awarded a bottle of wine and a Club Shop gift voucher. Our thanks to Gary and Carol Sorrell who joined us from PC Colchester, showcasing a brand new Panamera 4S Hybrid and also to Rob Cross who arrived in a Racing Yellow 718S Boxster for us to admire. All in all, a most enjoyable evening.

Colleen presenting Wies Pianko with his ‘The Car’s the Star’ prize

24 September Festival of Classic Cars and Bikes at Reepham A show held in the market place and, this year, it’s theme is Germany, so if you wish to display your Porsche please email Club member Peter Fitzjohn at reephamclassic17@outlook.com for full details.

8 October Sandringham Charity Car Rally Still time to book this event in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Contact Colleen for an entry form. Free to enter but they ask for a donation when booking. Discounted rates will be available on the day if you wish to visit the house, museum and gardens.

25 November Christmas party at The Wroxham Please see previous PPs for booking details.

RECENT EVENTS After a very busy May and June, July was a little quieter for the Region with just Chateau Impney Hill Climb and our monthly meeting at the Malvern Hills Hotel.

8-9 July Chateau Impney Hill Climb This weekend saw R13 at Chateau Impney for the second year running, although this was the third running of the hillclimb, that was originally held from 1957 to 1967 and then revived in 2015. The hillclimb is for historic and classic cars, with around 200 competitors tackling the 1,000-yard course against the clock.

PCGB is an associated club, and R13 were there both days, supported by PCGB Head Office.

Discounted tickets were available and we negotiated to have all Porsches (members and non-members) parked in one allocated area which worked well.

It was great to see so many Porsche cars across the both days. Parking around the marque was never going to happen but the organisers did allow a few cars to park in the bottom field, adjacent the stream which was an absolute bonus and totally unexpected. This was only agreed on the Saturday morning for a few cars but they allowed a lot more than we thought.

We have our own thoughts for next year and with this years support we hope that next year our display will be even bigger and better.

Thanks to Paul and George from PCGB head office for delivering, erecting, dismantling and collecting the marquee.

A big thank you to all the R13 members who gave up their weekend time to man the stand.

DIARY DATES 17 SEPTEMBER Classic and Sports Car Show 19 SEPTEMBER Club night 24 SEPTEMBER Festival of Classic Cars and Bikes – Reepham 8 OCTOBER Sandringham Charity Car Rally 17 OCTOBER Club night 25 NOVEMBER Christmas party – The Wroxham

Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Shropshire Regional Organiser Steve Cutler 01384 370038 – r13@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser Philip Sloper 01562 885740 – philipjsloper@gmail.com Lots going on as well as hillclimbing

Porkers at sunset

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A GN-JAP Grand Prix 5112cc racing car on the hill at Chateau Impney

A lot of Porsches made it to Chateau Impney

25 July Club night This was held at The Malvern Hills Hotel, just south west of Malvern to cater for those members in the south of our Region. We have used this venue several times in the past, and we were again rewarded with an excellent turnout of members and their cars. On a warm summer’s evening, many enjoyed a meal as well as a drink, a chat and a walk around the car park to view the wide selection of Porsche on display. We will doubtless return to this venue next year.

Stunning 993 Speedster conversion on display at Malvern Hills Hotel

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 29 August Club night This Club night will be a social held at a new venue, convenient for members in the north of the Region, which is The Riverside Inn, Cound, near Shrewsbury, SY5 6AF. There is plenty of parking, please meet in the bar (or outside, if the weather is good) from 7pm onwards. The Riverside offers food; if you wish to eat it is advisable to book in advance to avoid disappointment. theriversideinn.net 26 September Club night Back to our ‘home’ venue for this meeting, at which we expect a guest speaker to entertain us.

31 October Club night Le Mans-winning (in a Porsche 917) and also ex-Formula One racing driver Richard Attwood will be our guest speaker and, in anticipation of greater numbers than we would normally expect, we have moved the venue to PC Wolverhampton, Stafford Road, WV10 7ER (porschewolverhampton.co.uk).

Please arrive from 7pm for an 8pm start.

8-19 May 2018 - Grand Prix de Monaco Historique For our 2018 continental trip, we are teaming up with Scenic and Continental Car Tours, for a run down to Monte Carlo to watch the 12th running of this historic race, held every two years.

Enjoy the sights and sounds of cars from the golden age of motor racing as the drivers tackle the twists and turns of this famous street circuit, which still uses the same roads as the very first race on 14 April 1929.

We have a choice of three different hotels in Menton (a short train ride from the circuit) to cater for all budgets and standards. Make direct contact with Kieran Line, Car Club and Group Relationship Manager, Scenic and Continental Car Tours. Telephone 01732 879 172 or email: admin@sceniccartours.com or visit: sceniccartours. com/monaco-historique/4580041219. Please let Steve or Phil know if you decide to book.

Club nights Unless otherwise stated, Club nights are on the last Tuesday in the month, 7.30pm for an 8pm start, at The Manor House of Whittington, near Kinver, DY7 6NY (themanorhouseofwhittington.com).

As well as being shown in PP, our events calendar is regularly updated on the R13 section of the Club Forum.

RECENT EVENTS By the time you are reading this article, the summer will be almost over, but we still have a few events remaining for the year.

July Concours event Eleven cars entered this year’s event, which was again sponsored by PC Cardiff and the new management from Motorvation Body Repairs in Bridgend. It is a shame that not more cars entered the event and we will need to discuss whether to have the event next year, in its present format.

The standard of entrants were very good, apart from my own car, which came last. I would like to thank the judges, Steve Cooke and James Walker, who did an excellent job again this year in judging the cars. I would also like to thank Mr Brian Jones and Anne Jones who assisted with the event.

The winners were as follows: First prize original – Neil Mealey Second prize original – Mark Thomas Third prize original – Elved Hughes First prize visitor – Stephen Oldfield from Bristol

DIARY DATES 29 AUGUST Club night social The Riverside Inn, Cound, Shrewsbury SY5 6AF. 26 SEPTEMBER Monthly meeting The Manor House of Whittington, with guest speaker.

7-8 OCTOBER WOTY **Event is fully booked** 31 OCTOBER Monthly meeting at PC Wolverhampton Guest speaker ex-racing driver Richard Attwood.

28 NOVEMBER Last social at the Manor House for 2017 Including discussion of the 2018 programme.

17 DECEMBER Annual Christmas lunch Details to follow.

South Wales Regional Organiser Huw Jones 07799 532661 – r14@porscheclubgb.com

Casino Square during Grand Prix de Monaco Historique

Neil Mealey receiving his prize from Justin Jones, Sales Manager PC Cardiff

More images of the event can be found on our Region’s section of the PCGB website.

Pembrokeshire coast tour A good turnout with over 40 people attending.

Luckily, the weather turned out fine after a wet start in Cardiff.

The drive took us to Broadhaven and up the coast to St Davids, with a convoy of 21 cars driving underneath the famous archway. Huge thanks go to R14 member Daniel Valla for organising the event.

The drive was followed by a lovely lunch at the Wolfscastle Country Hotel Pembrokshire, where there was a separate dining room reserved for us.

One of our members going beneath the archway of St Davids Cathedral

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Driving the Pembrokeshire coast

Further photos of the event can be found on our Region’s section of the PCGB website.

Show, which is run by the Crash Box and Classic Car Club. Over two sunny days we had a superb presence on our Club stand, with the increasingly popular annual Concours competition held on the Saturday.

See the Club website for some amazing photos taken by members.

The overall Concours winner was David Lloyd with his Boxster 987.2 (spookily predicted in July’s PP) - a great first time out achievement for David’s latest car, despite it losing five points for low mileage.

Concours winner David Lloyd with Andy Moss of SCS

PCGB South Wales Region Facebook group I am pleased to announce we have now nearly 100 members on our Region Facebook page. If you would like to join, please send me a request via Facebook and I will grant you permission.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS During the Pembrokeshire drive lunch, I mentioned the opportunity of visiting the Abbey Cwm Hir House for a Christmas themed visit on 26 November. Due to a congested events calendar, I have now decided to cancel this event this time. I am hoping to reschedule into our events calendar for 2018.

Club night at PC Exeter A few days later the annual PC Exeter Club night took place! Thanks once again go to Kevin Turner and his team for looking after nearly 100 of us so well and, again, for the BBQ spread. Thank you too for putting on a splendid sealed bid auction. The prize was a Porsche drive out day for five couples with lunch at the exclusive Lympstone Manor, Devon celebrity chef Michael Caines’ new hotel near Exeter. The auction raised a very significant amount for the Children’s Hospices SW. Congratulations to our sealed bid winners and also to Dan Gould who won the quiz prize of a new Porsche for the weekend.

Powderham Saturday

DIARY DATES 15 OCTOBER Drive and lunch Symonds Yat 19 NOVEMBER Return of the Gower tour Drive of the Gower coast, followed by lunch at the Oxwich Bay Hotel.

28 NOVEMBER Region planning meeting for 2018 16 DECEMBER Christmas dinner

South West Three beauties

Joint Regional Organisers Keith Young and Alan Stoneham 07769 320379 (Keith) 07803 237610 (Alan) r15@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS South West Regional Concours For some of our avid car polishers the premiere event is our Club Concours at the Powderham Classic Car

The Meister Class and Mike Humphreys Trophy were won by Andy Rives-Roberts’ lovely 964 Turbo-look Cabriolet, with second awarded to John Hammond’s 911 Targa.

The popular water-cooled class, which included both the ROs, was, of course, won by David Lloyd, with second going to Dave Page’s red 928. The air-cooled prize was awarded to Tim McHale’s rare 930 Targa - the only contender in class as the opposition regrettably defaulted.

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This year’s visitors’ class was won by Mark Thomas from Cardiff with his high-scoring 996 C4S Cabriolet and in second was Steven Oldfield’s Cayman. Steven planned to get his revenge in the South Wales’ Concours the following week! The ‘Show and Shine’ class went to Pam Spalton’s 997 S Cabriolet, with Stefan Surowinski’s immaculate green 912 in the runner-up spot.

Finally, the ‘car you most want to take home’ prize was won by Shaun Full’s 2015 Boxster Spyder with, in joint second, Stefan’s 1969 912 and the 1960 356 Speedster of Simon Watt.

Many thanks go to our intrepid judges, Tony and Lyn Cocks for their hard work in ranking our worthy contenders. I personally deep wheel-scrubbed, waxed, vacuumed and duly entered a fellow member’s 911 this year (as mine is just too young) and failed to even register on the acceptance scale.

Just how much work do you have to put into a car to win this thing? Next year…

Wadebridge Wheels Roger Cole reports from Cornwall: “Even the grey rain clouds didn’t dampen the spirits of 1,300 exhibitors at this year’s ‘Wadebridge Wheels’ held at the Royal Cornwall Showground and R15 was not put off as 19 Porsches gathered to enjoy one of the South West’s premier motoring events. This charity event goes from strength to strength with everincreasing numbers wanting to be part of the show.

PCGB at ‘Wadebridge Wheels’

“The Club area was set up early Sunday morning

by Roger Cole (and helper) ready to welcome the Club’s Devon and Cornwall members. On this occasion the sun shelter, erected in the middle of the area came in useful when the Cornish rain blew in!

“There was a broad selection of vehicles to view throughout the event, with something of interest for everyone. Porsche models were well represented mainly modern because of the conditions, and one member brought his newly acquired Bentley Continental Speed Model. We did allow him to park in our area, but at the edge right next to the modern exotics - it did attract lots of admiring attention, though. Members were available throughout the day to answer questions on their cars. Several South West Porsche owners visited the stand wanting information on the benefits of joining the Club - hopefully we will see some new members at future events.

“Some members braved the conditions and had their packed lunches sitting under the shelter, whilst others went out in search of hot food. Whatever the weather, ice creams always go down well - good comfort food!

“Talk of next year’s ‘Wheels’ came up as the Cornish members do enjoy the chance of attending and supporting a local event. Bring it on!’’

Thanks go to Roger for co-ordinating and setting up the Club area.

Charity work – R15 Little Bridge House visit Altogether 10 members in nine cars filled the sweep-in driveway of Little Bridge House Children’s Hospice on our annual visit. This year we handed over a cheque for £3,000 - a result of the fundraising throughout the year. This sum was considerably aided by the generosity of PC Exeter who donated a sealed bid auction for our annual Club night at their premises (see previous report). Dealer Principal, Kevin Turner, was on hand at the presentation to see why we support this very worthy charity.

The morning was completed by entertaining parents, children and siblings with scenic car rides - hoods down, where possible, to the delight of all.

For this, the Christmas dinner dance and all our other events, please visit the vibrant and informative R15 page on the PCGB website.

Keith and Alan

DIARY DATES 13 SEPTEMBER Club night – Swan’s Nest 24 SEPTEMBER Scenic drive in east Devon 7 OCTOBER Dartmouth College **Fully subscribed** 11 OCTOBER Club night – Swan’s Nest

Gloucestershire Regional Organiser Elaine Gammon 07854 868396 Stuart Ings 07942 184927 – r16@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS Thanks to everyone who came to our most recent Club night - it was lovely to welcome new members to our Region.

Sarah and Charles Fox kindly put together a short presentation on a proposed drive for the autumn, which was well received. A big thank you to Sarah and Charles. The drives are certainly proving to be popular even when the weather is not what is expected for this time of year.

23 July Drive and dine into Somerset We met at AV8 at Kemble airport and had a lovely country drive through South Cerney, Lyneham, Calne and Melksham on the first leg.

The countryside was very pretty even if a tad wet at times. We had a coffee break at Timbrels Yard next to the river at Bradford upon Avon and everyone managed to park despite Bradford being very busy.

We then made our way to the Panborough Inn, which is where we stopped for lunch driving through some more scenic countryside of Chilcompton, Emborough and the lovely City of Wells. David and the Panborough Ancient bridge over the river at Bradford upon Avon

R15 at CHSW with the families

Presenting £3,000 to CHSW

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 24 September scenic drive There still may be time to get a place. The run, through scenic highways and byways of East Devon by our route master, is always a good early autumn blast.

Looking out on the countryside at Panborough Inn

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team made us feel extremely welcome opening up especially for our visit and putting on some wonderful food. David’s son especially liked seeing the car park full of Porsches. He took lots of photos and we look forward to seeing them.

After a lovely lunch - yes some of us sat outside as the sun was out for a while - everyone made their own way home. This drive was made up of over 15 Porsches, three from other Regions and one non-member, all of whom were very welcome, as always.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Our September meeting at the Huntsman will be put aside to show the film ‘Steve McQueen the Man and Le Mans’. The evening will start prompt at 8pm with an update on our immediate events and we will aim to start the 90-minute film from 8.30pm.

4 November Exmoor and Dartmoor drive Our route will take us along spectacular roads travelling west from Taunton into the Exmoor National Park across beautiful countryside including some noted stretches between Raleigh’s Cross to Wheddon Cross, and Exmoor’s high coastal ridge from Porlock to Lynmouth.

In the afternoon, we plan to head south from Barnstaple area to Dartmoor National Park, heading towards a really superb, zigzagging road between Two Bridges and Moretonhampstead, then on to some of the most spectacular scenic roads in the area.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the next club night on Wednesday, 20 September at the Huntsman Inn. Please lodge your interest with any events to r16@porscheclubgb.com Happy motoring Elaine and Stuart

DIARY DATES 14 SEPTEMBER PCGB Castle Combe trackday 20 SEPTEMBER Monthly social evening – The Huntsman 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB National Concours d’Elégance - Ragley Hall 7 OCTOBER Castle Combe Autumn Classic 14 OCTOBER Porsche Club Championship final round - Castle Combe 18 OCTOBER Monthly social evening – The Huntsman 19 OCTOBER PCGB Castle Combe trackday 22 OCTOBER Autumn Leaves Drive ’n’ Dine A reverse blast around the Cotswolds.

4 NOVEMBER Exmoor and Dartmoor drive

Southern Regional Organiser Charlie McLaughlin 02380 694081 M: 07966 126464 r17@porscheclubgb.com

will find time to drive your cars. Looking ahead to next year already, please put in your diaries the date for our dinner dance - 13 January and we return to the Elvetham Hotel near Hartley Wintney.

Charlie McLaughlin DIARY DATES

RECENT EVENTS July Club night Well, after three weeks of unbroken sunshine, July’s Club night suffered torrential rain. I would like to think this contributed to the small turnout where, at one point, the new members outnumbered the regulars.

However, it was great to see so many new members and long may it continue.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Regional MailChimp I recently sent out a MailChimp for the first time in over four months as we were looking for numbers for a planned visit to Brooklands and recent response at Club nights had not been very positive. However, following the MailChimp, I received 25 plus emails from members wishing to take part in the event - thanks. Historically, we have depended on Club nights to garner interest but in today’s changing world, with many members keen to take part, but unable to commit to a Club night, I think a more frequent MailChimp is the way forward.

WOTY Our WOTY planning is coming along well, we have filled the hotel’s allocation of rooms and have managed to obtain some more space in a nearby quality B&B so, if you have been thinking about it but have not yet committed yourself, then please do it soon as the spaces are very nearly all gone.

3 SEPTEMBER Concorde Classic Car Show 12 SEPTEMBER Club night – Empress of Blandings 23 SEPTEMBER Tuthill/Autofarm visit **To be confirmed** 29 SEPTEMBER-1 OCTOBER WOTY in Tavistock

9 July Porkers in the Trough The following weekend was our major event. We had record entries, although there were some cancellations during the week prior to the event, and even one the night before, due to mechanical breakdowns. A full report and pictures can be found on pages 42-43.

19 July Monthly meeting As usual, July’s meeting was well attended with several new members present, although some of the regulars were absent due to holidays. We discussed the results of the exit survey from Porkers and forthcoming events. There was interest in a dinner/disco at Crooklands Hotel, near Kendal in the first quarter of 2018, where members living in both Lancashire and Cumbria can come together for the evening, or even the weekend. More details will follow later in the year.

Lancashire & Cumbria Regional Organiser David Baker 01772 451970 – r18@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS July was again another very busy month for R18 members.

2 July Unique Porsche Specialists We were invited by Darren King to visit his new business venture, Unique Porsche Specialists, at Westhoughton, near Bolton. Darren is Porsche trained and has a well-equipped workshop. As well as seeing his facilities Darren had arranged for Snap-On Tools and Autosmart to attend in order to show and sell their products. Around 40 Porsches, from R18, R5 and TIPEC, attended. In addition, Darren had arranged for a burger van providing excellent bacon barms to be there. We look forward to the next open morning.

Drive and lunch Unfortunately, the planned South Downs drive and lunch has been postponed. The venue we were looking at is too busy to host us on the day we had planned so watch this space for further news.

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22 July Yorkshire Dales run Jo and Alan Diamond organised a drive into the Yorkshire Dales. The weather, when we met at Burger King at Lostock Hall, was fine and dry but, as we approached Yorkshire, the rain started and we encountered flooded and impassable roads. Full report next month.

23 July Preston Sports and Supercar Club breakfast meeting A good number of us went to the breakfast meeting at the Phantom Winger in Fulwood. As always there was a good turnout of Porsches, although some members came along in their other cars - Maserati to be exact. A few of us then went on to the Lancashire Classic Car

The Concorde Club Classic and Sports Car Show We are planning to attend the Concorde Club Classic Car Show on Sunday, 3 September and Tony Bull is looking for about eight cars to display.

Dinner dance August is a quiet month in terms of the Region’s activities, but with school holidays, etc., I am sure you

One quarter of the cars at Unique Porsche breakfast meeting

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Welcome new members Michael Fenton, Russell Pollard, John and Karen Parkinson, Stephen Day, Matt Gerrard, Dave Pemberton, Will and Karen Rawkins, Peter and Sandra Ferris, and William McCain. We look forward to meeting you at some of our monthly and social meetings, as well as other events.

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David, Judy and the R18 Organising Team RECENT EVENTS DIARY DATES Botany Bay Classic Car meeting

Club meeting at Botany Bay in Chorley, which is just off the M61 at Junction 8. There was an interesting display of classic vehicles. One of our members even called home on the way to swap his Maserati for his Rolls-Royce.

28-30 July Silverstone Classic As I write this I am preparing to set off to Silverstone Classic. Even more R18 members were attending this year, many for the first time. I am sure you will have enjoyed it.

Photographic competition Don’t forget your entries for the R18 photographic competition.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS As you will see from our Diary Dates, we have an active calendar of events. We still have a vacancy for the Broomhall Castle WOTY on 8-10 September. If you are not going to the WOTY you may want to try a new breakfast meeting ‘Classics at the Mill’. This is now running on the second Sunday of the month at The Mill, St Catherine’s Hospice, near Bamber Bridge at the end of the M65. The event starts at 9.30-10am and finishes at 2pm. There’s great food at The Mill, and proceeds help the hospice.

We have started planning the Christmas lunches.

Mike Trotter has things in hand for the Armathwaite event and we are talking to Garstang GC to give us a menu with more selection, but this will be at a slightly higher cost.

By members’ request we are looking at holding a post-Christmas dinner and disco at Crooklands Hotel, near Kendal, in late January/early February, the actual date is to be confirmed. The cost, including disco is £28.95pp. If you are interested in attending contact Mike Trotter or me and we can send you full details.

3 SEPTEMBER Supercar Sunday Holmes Mill, Clitheroe **Limited parking** 3 SEPTEMBER Classic Car Breakfast The Cornerhouse, Wrightington 5 SEPTEMBER Social meeting Dirty Harry’s, Carlisle 8-10 SEPTEMBER WOTY - Broomhall Castle, Menstrie, near Stirling Only one room left. Contact Broomhall Castle direct and say you are with PCGB. 10 SEPTEMBER Classics at the Mill 17 SEPTEMBER Preston Sports and Supercar Club breakfast meeting The Phantom Winger, Fulwood, Preston.

20 SEPTEMBER Monthly meeting - Garstang GC Tom Bradshaw ‘My racing career to date’.

23 SEPTEMBER PCGB National Concours d’Elégance - Ragley Hall If you would like to park on the R18 display area please let me know ASAP. See PP for full details.

3 OCTOBER Social meeting - Sportsman’s Inn, Penrith 8 OCTOBER (TBC) Drive and lunch Plus a visit to The Oil Can Cafe, near Holmfirth.

18 OCTOBER PC Bolton visit

Porsche 996 Turbo - be careful with those gears

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Hi everyone, there’s lots to talk about this month.

Firstly, and most importantly, I have negotiated with the team at Cornbury House to let me take responsibility for delivering the magazine to PC Reading once again; I see this as an important step in reinforcing the Region’s connection with Reading, via me, the delivery boy. I was some way along that path when life’s events got in the way, but I have solved those problems and made the first delivery of the magazine in time for the August issue.

Secondly, I have a small grumble. It is fair to say that response to the planned drive along some nice quiet country roads in Berkshire was poor. With just eight days to go before the deadline, from more than 100 views on the Forum and having it posted on the Region’s webpage also, I received only four confirmations. It could be argued that the day was wrong, and that a Sunday might have seen a better response. That’s all well and good, but a Sunday was incompatible with ending up at PC Reading for complimentary bacon baps.

996 Turbo gears I would like to conclude with this piece of sage advice for owners of 996 Turbos. One of our members suffered a gearbox failure, brought on by nothing more than an over-enthusiastic change into fifth gear. If this member is to believe what they have been told, it

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transpires that, although this is not a common problem, it is a known failure. If you rev up in first then decide to go straight to fifth gear, then ease the gear in very gently or you can strip the coating from one of the synchromesh cones that leads to an inability to select sixth gear. It all sounds very expensive, and so it could have been with the fifth and sixth gear selector sleeve running out at close to £500 and bearings at £400 a pop. The worrying thing is that replacement of the sleeve was not, he was told, any guarantee against a second failure. In the end, an expedient and recognised remedy was found resulting in a bill of under £400 labour and the cost of a bearing, which had to be sacrificed to remove the nut from the lay-shaft. The owner of the car said he knew the clutch friction plate was on its limit so he had a new clutch fitted and the box repaired at the same time. While we are talking about clutch kits for the turbo, be careful who you buy your parts from; while being helpful and looking up parts prices, this member found a difference of over £300 on a like-for-like basis for the same OE part. There are margins then there is taking up half the page. Latest reports are that said 996 has not got any slower during the eight or so weeks whilst the issue of availability of parts was resolved; at one point it is alleged that reverse gear was sent in error. But the car is back on the road now and although it is early days, initial reports reveal that all six gears are working well, and that’s all you really want from a box-of-cogs isn’t it?

That about wraps it up this month; don’t forget to support events that the Club organises on your behalf.

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the Region - just like our drives, and weekends away, but bigger and better, and a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience. More in next month’s PP. The days are getting shorter, but we still have many events left in the schedule - including our autumn break to the Isle of Wight, which filled up quickly, and our final drive of the year, known as ‘Sunday on Sea’, which will take us to the coast. If you want to join us, the sign-up opens on 11 September.

See you out on the road…

Ed and Nick

Smithfield ‘Meat’ This meet always has the ability to surprise us; today it was the impromptu fashion shoot using our Porsches as a backdrop. The photographer, a keen Porsche fan, was delighted to stumble upon us in his search for urban landscapes. There was plenty to choose from with early 911s and Vic’s stunning 930 ‘Flachbau’, or slant nose, making its first appearance at the market. There was lots of chatter about the upcoming drive to Austria and Switzerland, the passes to drive and those to avoid. The R20 red London bus made its customary appearance late in the day, signalling that it was time to head home.

RECENT EVENTS R20 Sunday Escape: Great Western You know that moment, when you turn into a favourite twisty B-road and a smile breaks out on your face as you downshift in anticipation. This run had these and more with a selection of much-loved roads; from the hill climb on the old A40 to the ridge drive with views across the rolling Oxfordshire countryside. We used the tail of the Chiltern Hills and their roller coaster-like roads to test our Porsches in the summer sunshine, through the woodlands and open valleys. A stop by the river gave a muchneeded break before we pushed into the rolling countryside and sweeping roads of West Berkshire for a change of pace. A great stop for lunch, after a varied run, made the morning complete, and put smiles on our faces. It was so good we did it again two weeks later.

Fashion shoot at Smithfield

Discussing the RS

In the Oxfordshire hills

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London Regional Organisers Nick and Ed Pike 02089 607 111 – r20@porscheclubgb.com Twitter: @PCGB_London Opening words September is our favourite Porsche month, with our iconic London Landmarks drive reminding us of the unique joys of having our Porches in the capital when the roads are empty and the city is looking at its best.

As you read this we will be enjoying the Alpine passes in Switzerland and Austria, and the rolling countryside of the Black Forest, with a group from

Riverside coffee stop

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Ace Cafe A perfect summer evening and a chance to welcome a wide range of our Porsche friends, including the guys from R3 (North East) who were making a rare visit to the historic cafe, and becoming honorary R20 members in the process. The steady flow of Porsches, which started early turned into a flood and the car park was overflowing within an hour. Soon Stuttgart’s finest were littered up and down the access road and in the surrounding streets. We were treated to the spectacle of 100 bikes heading out on a memorial drive to show respect to a recently deceased friend of the cafe community. An impressive sight celebrating his life in the best way bikers know, by riding out together.

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Still the Porsches kept arriving. The conversation continued until well after the sun had set and it was finally time to head home.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 7-8 October Autumn Break - Treasure Island Returning to the Isle of Wight, we will spend the weekend on the great roads created by the rugged cliffs, coastline and downs, with views. Unfortunately, this weekend away booked up shortly after the sign-up opened.

5 November Sunday Escape – Sunday on Sea Our traditional end-of-season run to the seaside - a scenic drive on some great roads with a stop at the seaside along the way. Sign-up opens on 11 September.

DIARY DATES 28 AUGUST Ace Cafe meet Monthly Porsche-only meet at Ace Cafe on the North Circular Road from 6pm (last Monday of the month). With a number of R20 members on The Great Escape, our ‘Home Guard’ will be on duty to welcome you at this bank holiday meet.

16 SEPTEMBER Smithfield ‘Meat’ North side of Smithfield Market (Charterhouse Street, London EC1M 6HL) from 2pm onwards (third Saturday of each month).

17 SEPTEMBER Sunday Escape – London Landmarks If you love London, then this drive is for you. Our scenic route takes you past many of the city’s great landmarks at sunrise. A few spaces are left.

25 SEPTEMBER Ace Cafe meet

Porsches present. This year we had three Concours categories: pre 2000 cars, post 2000 cars and a separate category for visitors from other Regions. “‘There was also a ‘Best Bodywork’ competition, which was sponsored and judged by M&A Coachworks, the Porsche-approved repairer.

“As in previous years, the standard was generally very high - obviously a lot of polishing and detailing had been going on. One entrant arrived at 3pm to ensure their car was pristine.

“Unfortunately some late entries, after 7.30pm, did not get judged but, in total, M&A judged 62 cars for ‘Best Bodywork’, PC Hatfield technicians judged 67 R21 cars and Ken Swain judged 10 visitors’ cars.

“Congratulations to the awards winners who were as follows: Class Place Porsche Centre Best Porsche Concours categories Pre 2000 1st 2nd 3rd

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Visitor M&A Best Bodywork

1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd

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Winner Steve Edwards

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Malcolm Gold Chris Gibbs John Ritchie

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Martin Cole Phil Jones Smita Pattni Barry Barton Paul Ebbs Pradip Pattni Andrew Tempest Terry Calder

996.1 GT3 3.2 Carrera Targa 996 C4S Cayman Cayman 928 S2 924 S 997 GT3 911 2.4S 996.1 GT3

Cars at the Concours

Mark Goody, PC Hatfield Dealer Principal, presents the Porsche Centre Best Porsche award to Steve Edwards

“Our thanks go to Mark Goody, Dealer Principal of PC Hatfield, for hosting the evening and providing the excellent hog roast and refreshments. Also thanks to David Hames, Gary Barnes, Steve Vyse and Tony Sucking for their very difficult task of judging the main categories. We are also grateful to Dean Dionisiou,

The Concours from above.

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Regional Organiser Terry Perry 07748 555333 – r21@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS 4 July R21 Concours Organiser Ashley Miller reports: “For the 31st year in succession PC Hatfield generously hosted our annual Concours. The weather co-operated by being beautifully sunny, no doubt contributing to an on-site parking issue with over 100 74 porscheclubgb.com

Porsche Cayenne 4.2 “S” diesel tip (15 - 2015) White with black leather 5,000 miles .................... £55,000

Porsche 911 (997) Turbo 3.8 “Gen 2” pdk (10 - 2010) GT Silver with black leather 24,000 miles .................. £76,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 “Gen 2” pdk (59 - 2010) Basalt black with black leather 28,000 miles ......................................... £51,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 “Gen 2” cab pdk (10 - 2010) Silver with black leather 26,000 miles .................. £52,000

Porsche 911 (997) Turbo 3.8 pdk “Gen 2” (10 - 2010) Basalt black with black leather 50,000 miles .................. £70,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 “Gen 2” Cab pdk (09 - 2009) Atlas grey with black leather, 40,000 miles ........................................ £49,000

Porsche 911 (997) Turbo 3.6 tip (06 - 2006) Basalt black with black leather 56,000 miles ................... £52,000

Porsche 911 (997) Turbo 3.6 (06 - 2006) GT Silver with ocean blue leather 53,000 miles ................... £57,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “Gen 2” pdk cab (09 - 2009) Basalt black with black leather 29,000 miles ........................................ £48,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “Gen 2” pdk (09 - 2009) Basalt black with black leather 32,000 miles ........................................ £47,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “Gen 2” (09 - 2009) Silver with black leather 48,000 miles ........................................ £43,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 tip cab (06 - 2006) Lapis blue with grey leather 64,000 miles ........................................ £34,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 Targa (56 - 2006) Slate grey with black leather 32,000 miles ........................................ £40,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “Gen 2” pdk (58 - 2008) Basalt black with black leather 48,000 miles ........................................ £43,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (56 - 2006) Basalt black with black leather 63,000 miles ........................................ £33,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (56 - 2006) GT Silver with black leather 59,000 miles ........................................ £34,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 tip (56 - 2006) Silver with ocean blue leather 51,000 miles ......................................... £34,000

Porsche Cayenne “GTS” 4.8 tip (59 - 2009) White with black leather 46,000 miles ......................................... £26,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 tip (56 - 2006) Silver with black leather 48,000 miles ........................................ £34,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 (06 - 2006) Silver with black leather 39,000 miles ........................................ £33,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 tip (57 - 2007) Red with black leather 57,000 miles ........................................ £33,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 tip (06 - 2006) GT Silver with black leather 42,000 miles ......................................... £32,000

Porsche 911 (997) “2S” 3.8 “Gen 2” pdk (58 - 2008) Atlas grey with black leather 61,000 miles ......................................... £39,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 tip (55 - 2006) Red with black leather 50,000 miles ......................................... £32,000

Porsche 911 (997) “4S” 3.8 (08 - 2008) Meteor grey with black leather 67,000 miles ......................................... £36,000

Porsche 911 (996) Turbo 3.6 tip (53 - 2003) Silver with black leather 49,000 miles ......................................... £45,000

Porsche 911 (996) Turbo 3.6 tip (03 - 2003) Basalt black with black leather 71,000 miles ......................................... £40,000

Porsche Cayman “S” 3.4 pdk (63 - 2013) White with black leather 29,000 miles ......................................... £42,000

Porsche Cayman “S” 3.4 pdk (63 - 2013) Agate grey with black leather 31,000 miles ......................................... £42,000

Porsche Macan 2.0 pdk (65 - 2016) Basalt black with black leather 13,000 miles ......................................... £47,000

Porsche Cayenne 3.0 diesel tip (15 - 2015) Meteor grey with sand leather 22,000 miles ......................................... £48,000

Porsche Cayenne 4.2 “S” diesel tip (62 - 2013) White with black leather 32,000 miles ......................................... £40,000

Porsche Cayenne “GTS” 4.8 tip (59 - 2009) Basalt black with black leather 60,000 miles ......................................... £25,000

Porsche Cayenne “GTS” 4.8 tip (59 - 2009) Meteor grey with black leather 78,000 miles ......................................... £23,000

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Managing Director of M&A Coachworks, George Kailou and Mark McCullough for their sterling work in judging the body and paintwork competition. Finally, thank you to R21’s organising committee for making the evening happen, especially Ann, Elsa and Shirley who had to work under pressure to calculate the results.

“Our raffle, in aid of the Hertfordshire Air Ambulance, raised £545. Elsa Hill won PC Hatfield’s much-coveted prize of a Porsche Driving Experience at Silverstone’s Porsche Experience Centre.

PC Hatfield and M&A Coachworks, who also very generously provided ‘goody bags’ for all members attending, sponsored additional prizes.”

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 5 September Club night This will be a social evening at our usual venue – The Black Horse, The Vale, Chesham HP5 3NS. Come and join like-minded Porsche friends for a drink and maybe a bite to eat from 7pm onwards. I hope to see you there.

10 September Breakfast meet I am pleased to advise that this will be held from 10am to 12 noon at The Crew Room (Hangar Road, Denham, Uxbridge UB9 5DL), which offers a good cooked breakfast, bacon sandwiches, teas and coffee.

All are welcome.

If the weather is good there is plenty of outdoor space to watch the aircraft activity and to chat to like-minded Porsche enthusiasts. There will be plenty of parking spaces reserved for us so it’s a good opportunity to show off your car and have a look at other members’ cars.

10 September Chearsley Classic and Vintage Fun Day If you are not going to the breakfast meet, or want somewhere to go onto afterwards, there is an all day classic car show at the village of Chearsley’s cricket ground between Aylesbury and Long Crendon/ Thame. Entry is free. More information at ccvfd.co.uk 23 September PCGB Concours d’Elégance Ragley Hall This National Event is planned as a relaxed day that will give members the opportunity to enjoy the stunning surroundings of Ragley Hall coupled with the PCGB Concours d’Elégance. The Club marquee will be on site providing hospitality.

There will be a dedicated parking area for R21 cars, so please let me know if you plan to attend and I will reserve you a place in our parking area.

The cost for the day is £12 and tickets are available from the Club website.

6 January R21 New Year dinner Now is the time to book. Following previous successful events, we will be returning to the same venue The Mercure St Albans Noke Hotel (Watford Road, St Albans AL2 3DS).

The event includes a three-course dinner, wine, a disco and festive novelties - all for only £30pp.

The Chiltern Region will subsidise the cost to £25 if you book and pay before 31 October. Please book as soon as possible, making cheques payable to Porsche Club Great Britain and posting them to the organiser – Jo Walker at 16 Ridgeway, Wing, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0TH. Special rates are available for those wanting overnight accommodation, details as follows: £80 standard double or twin room (£70 single occupancy) including full English breakfast, service and VAT. Please book rooms by calling The Noke Hotel direct on 01727 854252 and quote Porsche Club Great Britain or PORSH060118.

If you have any questions please either phone Jo on 01296 688760 or 07791 732133 or alternatively email r21@porscheclubgb.com R21 photo competition – a reminder Open to all R21 members, photographs can be of anything as long as there is a Porsche connection. The closing date is mid-September. Prizes will be awarded for the best three photos as judged by the R21 committee. Please submit up to three photos each, to me by email (r21@porscheclubgb.com). Ideally they should be between 1Mb and 4Mb. We will show all the photos at the October Club night. So far I have only had a handful of entries, so get busy with your cameras or phones!

DIARY DATES 5 SEPTEMBER Club night - The Black Horse 10 SEPTEMBER Breakfast meet – The Crew Room 10 SEPTEMBER Chearsley Classic and Vintage Fun Day 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB Concours d’Elégance Ragley Hall

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RECENT EVENTS R23 European Tour As we write this, we have just returned from our tour of France, Germany and Belgium. A full report of this event will appear next month as the featured Regional article.

Parade of Porsches We’ll also have a full report in our Regional section of PP on the Parade of Porsches on the lawns at Borde Hill Gardens.

Chris and Martin Woolger

DIARY DATES 5 SEPTEMBER Monthly meeting The Bolney Stage 1 OCTOBER Breakfast and Bluebell Railway **Fully booked** 3 OCTOBER Monthly meeting - The Bolney Stage 22 OCTOBER Breakfast meeting Shoreham airport 8.30am with a drive afterwards.

7 NOVEMBER Monthly meeting at The Bolney Stage 19 NOVEMBER Breakfast meeting The Beach Deck, Eastbourne 8.30am.

Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire Regional Organiser John Dunn 01954 789764 – r24@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS July Club night Quite what caused the whole of Cambridgeshire and half of Bedford to come to a complete standstill on Club night, I’m still not sure. Rumour has it that it was repairs on the A14. None-the-less, some made it to the Ferryboat for July Club night. Well done.

Kimbolton Country Fayre In my absence, two stalwarts of the Regional committee, Edward Parry and Steve Gillings, along with wives Linda and Jane, worked extremely hard to bring you one of the Region’s favourite events. Not exactly a bright summer’s day was forecast so the

OTHER NEWS Regional clothing We haven’t forgotten about Regional clothing. Watch this space. Also emails will bring you news shortly.

Photo competition We have a few entries for the photo competition but more are needed. We hope to have entries judged and the winning entries might form a 2018 Regional calendar.

Regional emails If you have not received a Regional mail update in the last month you are not on my mailing list. Email me if you wish to be on the list jdpef356@hotmail.co.uk

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team worked hard to ensure the banquet area was erected quickly. The banquet filled several large tables with a delicious variety of both sweet and savoury dishes. Members also enjoyed both red and white vino while dining courtesy of the Region’s raffle fund. I am pleased to report that, once again, the Region was the largest car club on display with just shy of 50 cars. The show itself had approximately 800 cars on display. Along with the many stalls for shopping, there were visits to the castle and house with a craft fair and the main ring to keep visitors entertained. It’s not hard to see why this event remains a favourite on the Region’s calendar, no doubt we will return in 2018.

Well done to all members who make this a great event and my special thanks to Edward, Linda, Steve and Jane.

3 September Classics at the Castle A National Event taking place at Hedingham Castle that clashes with our Sharnbrook event – if you like very early Porsche cars, perhaps this is the one for you. If your taste is for more modern ‘hypercars’ and supercars of all brands, then it has to be the Sharnbrook event.

13 September Club night Come along to The Ferryboat for our September Club night. This will be the last of the summer Club nights so come along and join us with your pride and joy. We look forward to seeing you all.

17 September River cruise Not many tickets left for our ‘dine and cruise’ on the River Cam. The cruise will commence at 3pm, departing from the Plough Public House at Green End, Fen Ditton, Cambridge CB5 8SX. It’s your choice to have lunch prior to the cruise or dinner after. Please book your table by calling 01223 293264. Cruise cost is £4pp and tickets are available at Club night. If booking a table before the cruise, ensure you leave sufficient time to eat lunch and board the boat departing at 3pm sharp.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 3 September Supercar Sunday As promised a further update on Supercar Sunday at the Sharnbrook Hotel. We have booked space for 50 cars for our Regional stand. We have also reserved PCGB members tables for you so you can take lunch while watching the Italian F1 GP. Lunch is under £20 for three courses and coffee.

We need to know if you will be attending and also if you will be joining us for the lunch. More details and booking on Club night or email me. Further details on the event can be found at The Sharnbrook Hotel. thesharnbrookhotel.com/supercar-sunday.cfm

28 January Post-Christmas lunch Following the success of our 2017 post-Christmas lunch we will be returning to the Tithe Barn for next year’s post-Christmas lunch at the Barnes Hotel Bedford. More news once we have the menu.

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2018 season planning Your committee is busy planning a schedule of events for 2018. We hope to bring you a variety of events, which will appeal to members and their families. If you know of an event that you think the Region would enjoy please let us know. We are also looking for guest speakers for our winter Club nights. If you know of someone who would like to come along and keep us entertained (this does not have to be motoring related) we would be pleased to hear from you.

Enjoy your cars and Club John Dunn

DIARY DATES 3 SEPTEMBER Supercar Sunday The Sharnbrook Hotel 3 SEPTEMBER Classics at the Castle Hedingham Castle 13 SEPTEMBER Club night - The Ferryboat 17 SEPTEMBER River cruise - River Cam

Kent Regional Organisers Phil and Pearl Sharland 01797 344121 – r25@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS July Club night A busy affair again, with a large number of Porsches together with their member owners and visitors joining us for another memorable evening at the Kentagon, Brands Hatch.

group of volunteers who maintain the historical engines, kindly opened the building to give us a fascinating guided tour.

“The site also comes complete with its own nuclear bunker that, when our tour guide asked us to guess when it was built we all got it wrong. Our guesses were around the 1950s or 1960s but it was a big surprise to find out it was built in the 1990s - I wonder what the builders knew that we didn’t!

“The earliest engine on the site is a 410hp triple expansion steam pumping engine built by Tangyes of Birmingham. This engine is one of an original pair of engines that were housed in the first waterworks pump house built by Hastings Corporation Water Department in 1904. The old boiler house that served the engines is now home to a large collection of smaller engines and water pumping artefacts the earliest of which date back to 1889.

16 July Quex Park The sun shone brightly on us for our day out at Quex Park, where we had arranged a variety of things to do.

First, we were shown to our prime Porsche parking area in front of Quex House. This was followed by a guided tour of the Powell-Cotton Museum, which was established in 1896 by Percy Powell-Cotton to house natural history specimens and cultural objects collected on expeditions to Asia and Africa. Our fascinating tour was completed with a look at some of the rooms in Quex House.

A wonderful lunch was served in the function room after which our group split up with some visiting the 15-acre Victorian gardens while others spent the rest of the afternoon tackling the fun but challenging adventure golf. A great day was had by all and this is a well recommended place to visit.

Mini golf at Quex Park

Photo by Sure Wallace

Porsche parking at Quex House

Members on the guided tour

Photo by Phillip Sharland

1904 Tangyes steam engine

The WorthingtonSimpson building

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Photo by Sure Wallace

26 July Mid-week run to The Giants of Brede Susie Wallace reports: “It always amazes me that there are so many interesting places so close to home that you never hear about. We have visited various little-known venues over the years with PCGB and the R25 July midweek run continued this tradition. ROs Pearl and Phil Sharland again came up trumps with a tour of the ‘Brede Steam Giants’ pumping engines and water heritage collection at Brede, near Rye in East Sussex.

“We met on a soggy Wednesday morning at the cafe in Merriments Gardens for coffee and a snack before the short drive through some beautiful countryside to the Giants of Brede Waterworks. This fascinating site spans the decades with the historic pumping engines housed in period buildings beside a modern operational pumping station run by Southern Water. Brede Steam Engine Society, a dedicated

3 September Breakfast Club The Farmhouse Cafe, Gibson’s Farm Shop, Crockshard Lane, Wingham, CT3 1NY from 9am.

Details of the venue can be found at gibsonsfarmshop.com/cafe/

“An additional pump house was added towards the end of the 1930s and a new engine was installed in 1940. This engine was the last of its type to be supplied by Worthington-Simpson of Newark. All three engines, which are truly giants standing at over 30 feet tall, continued to operate until December 1964 when full electric pumping was introduced.

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17 September Drive and Sunday lunch After meeting for coffee at Tenterden Garden Centre (TN30 7HT) we will head off on a scenic drive to The Hilltop Restaurant, near Stansted, for a three-course lunch. Cost for the lunch is £27.50pp and includes tea or coffee afterwards. Please email or call for a menu.

We will require your menu choice and payment by 6 September latest.

Photo by Sure Wallace

Photo by Phillip Sharland

“When originally built there were no roads to the waterworks so all of the equipment and coal required for the waterworks was brought by boat to Rye harbour. In 1920 the river Brede ceased to be navigable and a road was built to serve the waterworks. The tramway closed in 1937 and the rails were removed at some point later.

“It is not just the historic engines that are of interest but also the buildings that house them. The Grade ll listed brick pump houses, built in the baroque and art deco styles of the 1900s and 1930s, feature some striking period features. A visit to the workshops in the basement revealed an ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of spare engine parts and one of the biggest sets of spanners you will ever see. The waterworks is an interesting venue for anyone interested in pumping engines, waterworks and architecture or if you are just looking for a great day out.”

14 October Winter Health Check at PC Tonbridge Bookings will be taken by email only. Please give membership number, model, year and registration number on your request.

20 January Post-Christmas party night Bookings are now being taken for our postChristmas dinner dance. This will be a three-course dinner followed by a disco.

Please call or email for a menu. Cost is £23pp. A £10pp, non-refundable deposit will secure your booking. We will be holding a number of rooms for overnight stays, at a cost of £82 per room including breakfast. Please ask for the telephone number and booking code in order to book rooms.

We will need menu choices and full payment by 28 December latest.

All our events can be found in the Kent Region Calendar of Events, as well as in PP and on the Club website.

Club nights Our monthly meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month at The Kentagon at Brands Hatch, near West Kingsdown (Main Gate on the A20) from 7.30pm. They are always very informal and give an opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. Whatever Porsche you drive you will always find someone with a similar interest.

If you are a new member attending one of our Club nights then look out for the yellow T-shirts and sweatshirts worn by committee members. We are there to introduce you to other members and generally make you feel at home.

restoration company is to sell them woefully short.

The reality is that their engineering and production skills are so diverse that they can manufacture from scratch perfect recreations of some of history’s most iconic racing cars. It is impossible to list all the projects they have been involved in. Perhaps of greatest interest to Porsche enthusiasts, Crosthwaite and Gardiner have worked on every original Auto Union Silver Arrow in existence and were famously commissioned by Audi to produce a copy of each. As we all know, the Grand Prix Auto Union was originally designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

Current projects include a new engine for one of Mercedes-Benz’s own Silver Arrows, engines for the lightweight E-Type continuation programme, a Mercedes-Benz W196 streamliner under construction and an original Bugatti being prepared for historic racing. We visited the machine shops, dyno-cell and CMM (coordinate measuring machine) room. Talking to the staff, their pride in their work was apparent, as was the fact that, though Crosthwaite and Gardiner employ traditional skills at their factory, they are no strangers to modern engineering and machining techniques.

Some of our members had a round trip of over 300 miles, but everyone thought it was well worth the journey in order to get an insight into a company that proves that British engineering is still up there with the best. The Crosthwaite and Gardiner staff were great hosts and I would like to thank Dick and Ollie Crosthwaite and Phillip Jordan for organising the visit and their hospitality during our time with them.

Phil and Pearl

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Dorset

R26 Concours results Class Place Winner Visitors 1st Dave Woods 2nd Arthur Jones

Transaxle

Entry Level

3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd

Pride of Ownership

3rd 1st 2nd 3rd

Competitors’ Favourite Judges Award (most improved car)

Happy and safe motoring Wishing you smooth and empty roads

3 SEPTEMBER Breakfast Club 6 SEPTEMBER Club night - Brands Hatch 17 SEPTEMBER Drive and Sunday lunch 4 OCTOBER Club night - Brands Hatch 14 OCTOBER Winter health check at PC Tonbridge

members and visitors brought along 36 Porsches and enjoyed a convivial day in lovely surroundings. We do try to encourage a ‘relaxed’ atmosphere at our Concours events but the competition was still fierce with lots of last minute titivation taking place prior to the judging. If anyone is reluctant to enter because they feel their car isn’t good enough, just you take a look down the list of winners and you will see that the Club handicapping system does an excellent job of levelling the playing field. If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a go next year.

Bugatti at Crosthwaite and Gardiner

R26 annual Concours Supported by Marque 21 and PC Bournemouth, this was our third visit to Kingston Maurward for our annual Concours and family day. It was another success - with glorious weather throughout, R26

Model 914/6 911 Carrera 3.2 Dave Freeman 993 Turbo Rob Ayles 944 Tref Willingham 944 Turbo Claire Willingham 924 Turbo Cabriolet Guy Hockey 993 Carrera S Paul Butcher 911 Carrera 3.2 Targa James Smith 997 C2S Chris Hak 911 Carrera 3.2 Nick Hyde 996 4S Chris Hill Cayenne GTS Arthur Jones 911 Carrera 3.2 Brett Ainley 928 S2

Weymouth Porsches on the Promenade Sponsored by PC Bournemouth and driven by task-master Paul Butcher, this was only WeyPoP’s second year, but it is establishing itself as a ‘must-do’ event for owners and enthusiasts of the marque and, with many owners travelling several hundred miles to be there, it’s probably the biggest Porsche event on the south coast. Good weather contributed to the attendance with upwards of 250 Porsches, with some estimating over 300 cars being present.

Models displayed along the length of the promenade ranged from pre-A 356s to the latest 991s and everything in between, plus old faces to catch up with and new friends to make, the biggest problem was finding the time to take it all in.

Joint Regional Organisers Trefor Willingham 01747 838158 Karl Wells 07980 212056 r26@porscheclubgb.com

Reports compiled and provided by Chris Hak RECENT EVENTS With four major events, it’s been a hectic month but we came through it (almost) unscathed. This is what we got up to.

Crosthwaite and Gardiner An eagerly awaited trip to one of the world’s foremost race-car restoration companies and, as we discovered during our tour, calling them a race-car

Concours entrants at Kingston Maurward

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Volunteers from R26 and the Rotary Club gave their time to marshal the event and everything went without a hitch, while Chris Sweeting was on his usual recruitment drive and after three years of trying, we finally got the Club’s 356 B down to Dorset where it took pride of place at WeyPoP and at Sherborne.

WeyPoP included many classic Porsches

Karl, Maria, Troy and Max pose in front of PCGB’s 356 at Sherborne

sounding off on Sunday evening at which point our usually mild-mannered RO demonstrated that inside every Dr Jekyll, there is a Mr Hyde just waiting to come out! Despite this, all had a great time. All told, it was a very successful month.

DIARY DATES

Porsches snaking along the seafront at Weymouth

26 AUGUST Open morning - Canford Classics 31 AUGUST-3 SEPTEMBER Bournemouth Air Show 10 SEPTEMBER D-Day museum and lunch at Jailhouse Cafe 14 SEPTEMBER Monthly meeting, AGM and quiz **Note, second Thursday of the month** 23 SEPTEMBER Marque 21 visit and clinic

part of the Cultra site. So, fingers crossed and watch this space! Thanks to everyone who contributed. If you missed the meeting and have any thoughts or comments you wish to share, please do give me a ring.

Anyway, back to the BBQ! Suffice to say the food was up to the usual high standard of the ‘Loughshore’, and with access to the roof terrace it was a very enjoyable evening, further cementing our relationship with our new hosts on the ‘Northern’ side of the lough.

As usual, we will continue to alternate meetings at Gowdy’s at the Maze on the Armagh and Down side.

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Paul Butcher and Weymouth’s Deputy Mayor, Councillor Gill Taylor

Regional Organiser Ken Mack 07860 850444 – r27@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Regional Organiser John Hilditch 07907 437303

Sherborne Classics and Supercars A two-day event for the first time, Sherborne followed immediately after WeyPoP, giving visitors to the area the perfect excuse to spend a weekend in Dorset while making it something of a Porsche-Fest.

Both days were well attended, with 35 Porsches on display on Saturday and 45 on Sunday, which I’m sure had nothing to do with the prospect of being fed on both days. Debbie did a grand job at the griddle on Saturday, feeding us with bacon and egg butties, while Josephine and Paul worked their usual miracle on Sunday, cooking hot food on site in the gazebo – all transported in Paul’s 911. There were cakes, scones, meringues and more, thanks to everyone who supplied food. On a slightly sour note, despite putting on the largest display and attending en-masse on both days we appear to have become invisible to the organisers when it came to handing out the ‘best display’ awards. Only attending on the Saturday, I wasn’t aware of this until Tref started

July round-up Month seven of the season and with it came our annual BBQ. Always a popular event with members, this year was the first time we held the ‘hamburger munching’ event at the Loughshore Hotel in Carrickfergus. Immediately prior, we had our usual round-up of Region admin. The chat was mostly about our ‘Festival of Porsche’ event in June.

Feedback was very positive and I am grateful to everyone who contributed. The upshot is that the event will take broadly the same form next year but, in true R27 tradition, it will be even better next year!

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Ivan Ford and Susan McCann arrive for the R27 BBQ

With holiday time in full swing, it’s worth a reminder to keep an eye on the Regions section of PP. If you are out and about across the UK and see an event in any Region that takes your interest just drop the RO a note and ask for details. As a member of PCGB, you are part of a big family of around 18,000 ’Porsche people’ and a welcome awaits you in all our Regions!

Monthly drive Our drive this month was the brainchild of committee member Paul McAleer, and what a great day out it was! I’m grateful to all our committee members for each agreeing to host a drive in their local area this year. Paul took no time at all in presenting a route that included roads less travelled taking in some specular scenery around the Spelga Dam area.

September Offers Porsche Cayenne 29535ZR21 Pirelli Pzero N1 £227.95 Porsche Macan 26545R20 Pzero N0 £244.95 29540R20 Pzero N0 £212.95 Porsche Cayman Boxster 23535Z19 Pirelli Pzero N2 £158.95 26535Z19 Pirelli Pzero N2 £225.95 911 991 24535Z20 Pzero N0 £206.95 30530Z20 Pzero N0 £274.95 911 997 23535Z19 Pzero N2 £158.95 30530Z19 Pzero N2 £256.95 911 996 22540ZR18 Pirelli Pzero Rosso N4 £126.95 26535ZR18 Pirelli Pzero Rosso N4 £177.95

DIARY DATES

R27 at Spelga

9 SEPTEMBER Monthly drive 13 SEPTEMBER Tudor Private Cinema 11 OCTOBER Region meeting - Loughshore, Carrickfergus 22 OCTOBER Final drive of the 2017 season

Channel Islands, Guernsey

Our usual meeting point at McDonald’s at Sprucefield saw around 30 cars formed up for the approximately 125-mile route.

Coffee sorted, it was off along the A1 towards Bainbridge, Loughbrickland, Rathfriland, and onto Spelga.

Following the obligatory photo shoot when, incidentally, we met up with a very friendly group of local cyclists, we were off again towards Newcastle, Annalong, to eventually rejoin the A1 towards our lunch stop at the Halfway House, just outside Banbridge.

An excellent drive, great lunch, and outstanding company! Thanks to everyone who supported the event. And if you didn’t manage to join us in July, remember that our drive programme continues until the end of October - so, see you next time!

Spelga drive

chatting about these at our next meeting. Keep an eye on PP for more details.

2018 progamme As I write this at the end of July, and you are hopefully reading it at the end of August, already thoughts are turning to the 2018 programme! As is the case every year, your input is important in the planning process.

So, with that in mind, please do share any ideas you have with me for drives, visits and events. Don’t forget that all dates for R27 meetings and events are posted on the Club website.

This month’s top tip from PC Belfast Without question, the range and quality of Porsche’s design products, the Porsche Driver’s Selection, is way ahead of anything else in the industry. Porsche does not out-source the design of any of its clothing or equipment, choosing to treat this as a very important element of Porsche as a lifestyle choice.

Even then, once in a while, something truly innovative arrives which makes you smile and wonder, how do they do that?

This month it’s the 911 Bluetooth Speaker. As the name suggests, it’s a speaker which works wirelessly, delivering 60-watt performance and, when fully charged, has up to 24 hours of battery life. The true innovation is the design. The speaker is created from the exhaust module and exclusive tailpipes of a 911 GT3 and even makes a fantastic GT3 ‘growl’ when it is switched on and is ready to pair with a Bluetooth device.

Porsche innovation, and one that is available now at PC Belfast for £425, is one of those purchases that you could have fun with every day for a very long time… and never get ‘exhausted’ with!

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Hand brake firmly applied!

Photographs!

Firstly, can I say thanks to everyone for indulging my ‘demands’ for pictures when we are out and about.

All that ‘…over here, move to the right, left a little bit… everyone see me, big smile please’, really is worth it.

The images, as you will be aware, make up an important element of the monthly article in PP. I also post images on our R27 page on Facebook (@PCGB.R27) - if you don’t already follow us, you are missing out!

I’m delighted that you are enjoying the pictures to the extent that several members have been asking for copies. I have a few thoughts on how best to make images available to all members and I’ll be

13 September Tudor Private Cinema 22A Drumhirk Road, Comber, Newtownards, BT23 5LY. 7.30pm for 8pm showing ‘McLaren’. The 2017 film follows the story of Bruce McLaren, the New Zealander who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team and showed the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.

Regional Organisers Ian and Angela Banneville 01481 715678 – r28g@porscheclub.com Twitter: @PCGB_Guernsey Seafront Sunday The Seafront Sunday series of events whereby the main road next to the harbour of St Peter Port is closed to traffic has been trying to build its motoring festival over the last couple of years.

In July, coinciding with a round of the national hillclimb championship on Saturday, Sunday brought the opportunity to participate in and view static displays. There was a large array of racing machines on North Beach (and a ‘twisty’ sprint adding moving excitement) and space reserved for the supercar display on the Crown Pier.

Despite a positive first couple of events the supercar display was somewhat disappointing, which was a shame as the day was very well attended by the public. As for the PCGB contribution, this was also somewhat muted, although Porsches did at least outnumber any other makes. Once again, many thanks go to Roy Carre for coordinating things in my absence.

Guernsey’s Seafront Sunday

Cuba I was admiring vehicles of a completely different kind in Cuba. Cuba has developed an extremely eclectic car culture following an extended period when the government banned the importation of vehicles.

At one end of the extreme is the famous 1950s Americana, and we were lucky enough to ride in both an original ‘matching numbers’ 1956 Bel Air, apparently

11-12 November NEC Classic A number of R27 members will be attending. Anyone interested should have a chat at our next meeting or ring me for details.

And finally, did you know? Based on the findings of the latest PCGB membership survey, 68% of R27 members use their Porsche all year round!

Meanwhile, in Cuba...1956 Chevy Bel Air taxi

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bought new by the current owner’s grandfather from his local Chevrolet showroom, and another (1952) Chevrolet with a Mercedes engine (cheaper for commuting, according to the driver) – but he also has a big block Ford and proudly showed us photos on his phone. There are also a lot of old cars originating from the Soviet Bloc (Lada, Volga, Gaz, Moskovitch, Anadol).

At the other end of the spectrum were new cars - mostly from Asia and many of Chinese origin. We went out on a ‘Jeep’ safari in a BAIC, which does a passable impression of a Jeep Compass.

An interesting diversion - but I was pleased to get back to our garage.

Member news Welcome to Neale Jehan, the lucky owner of a Lava Orange 991 GT3 RS – and another member with former Caterham connections!

A la porschaine Ian, Angela, Jean-Marc and Sebastian DIARY DATES 30 AUGUST Evening meal in Herm 30 SEPTEMBER Joint meeting with Classic Car Club OCTOBER Tennerfest 26 NOVEMBER Abu Dhabi GP do 17 DECEMBER Christmas lunch - Jerbourg Hotel

Channel Islands, Jersey Regional Organiser Goetz Eggelhoefer 07797 892502 - r28j@porscheclubgb.com RECENT EVENTS Jacksons BBQ After what was a busy time for the Club in June, we settled into a slightly more sedate pace of life in July.

The good weather in Jersey inevitably brought a fine array of cars, both the classic and modern-day variety, out of the garage and onto our roads.

Jacksons demonstrated their excellent organisational skills by arranging for a very warm Sunday morning on which to invite PCGB members and sports car enthusiasts to attend their annual BBQ. Several Club members attended this social event and were able to view a wide array of new and used sports cars for sale, as well as an immaculate 918 Spyder and 911 R that were loaned to Jacksons for the day by one of our members. Domingo rolled up in his food van from which he conjured up some excellent chicken and seafood burritos to feed the masses. It turns out that Porsche owners are a particularly hungry bunch!

R29 Porsches at Hayling Island

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Lunch at The Atlantic Hotel We are in the process of organising the Club’s next quarterly lunch at The Atlantic Hotel. It will take place on Saturday, 2 September and is open to Club members, spouses and Porsche enthusiasts on the island. We welcome the opportunity to host any other PCGB members who might find themselves on the island at that time. If you would like to attend the lunch please contact us at: Goetz.eggelhoefer@outlook.com Air display Finally, Jersey will be hosting the International Air Display on 14 September. The terrace at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel proved to be an excellent vantage point from which to view the display last year.

Unfortunately, the hotel is not willing to reserve a table for our group. Consequently, we will do what we did last year – I will go mid-morning to secure a table and members are welcome to join me later for an informal lunch and the occasional glass of prosecco.

DIARY DATES 2 SEPTEMBER Quarterly Regional lunch at The Atlantic Hotel 14 SEPTEMBER Jersey International Air Display Viewed from the terrace of the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel.

Surrey Committee Chairman Mike Lucas Regional Contact Keith Morgan 07833 206078 (before 9pm) r29@porscheclubgb.com

RECENT EVENTS Club night Arriving at Silvermere for June’s meeting we discovered that our regular room was out of bounds in readiness for a conference the following day. We had been consigned to a much smaller raised area in the bar, a bit of a squeeze for the number of members that normally attend! However, we managed without too much trauma and fortunately there were slightly fewer members than usual. I would like to reassure those new members who came along that night that we don’t always conduct our meetings in such a haphazard way!

Two events were scheduled in June and I would like to thank Marian and David Blackmore for organising the Hayling Island trip, for representing R29 and assisting at RIAT, and for providing the following two reports of those events.

Hayling Island On a beautiful sunny Sunday morning 20 R29 members, two prospective members and 11 Porsches met at Silvermere Golf Club for a drive and pub lunch on Hayling Island, Hampshire.

At Silvermere we congregated outside by the lake to enjoy some light refreshments and a general chat.

A wild mink spotted running in and out of the water, hiding in the bushes and actually catching a fish provided entertainment. Not what we expected to see in a golf club lake!!

En route to Hayling Island we made a comfort stop at Cowdray Park Polo Club Cafe and Farm Shop, enabling us to miss most of the Goodwood Festival of Speed traffic. Traffic was fairly light on the route to Cowdray. We avoided most of the A3, enabling us to admire the countryside and enjoy some winding single-track roads.

On arriving at the cafe some cars were leaving, providing us with suitable parking places, so good timing. The weather was amazing and we all sat outside to enjoy the sunshine and our ‘elevenses’.

We continued to Hayling Island and arrived to meet Jess, of The Galleon bistro, who guided us to our

R29 posing after lunch at The Galleon

Making the most of the weather and the burritos!

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We do like to be beside the seaside

12 SEPTEMBER Club night - Silvermere Golf Club With raffle.

23 SEPTEMBER PCGB Concours d’Elégance – Ragley Hall 10 OCTOBER Club night - Silvermere Golf Club 28 OCTOBER Drive and pub lunch **Note date change** 14 NOVEMBER Club night - Silvermere Golf Club With bingo.

18 NOVEMBER Afternoon tea - Barnett Hill Hotel, Wonersh Booked for 2.30pm - numbers are limited. dedicated parking area she had kindly allocated for us. The Galleon is part of the Fishery Creek campsite so we were able to park just inside the campsite barrier.

The interior of the restaurant is charmingly rustic, with wood everywhere. We all sat together at a long table and were promptly served with our pre-ordered food. One interesting item on the menu was a whole lobster, which Brenda and Marian chose for their main course, and very delicious it was too. There were multiple choices of dishes over three courses, and the resulting home cooked meals were thoroughly enjoyed by all.

After dessert and coffee we thanked Jess and her team for being so accommodating and set off on a short pleasant walk to stretch our legs along a public footpath at the edge of Fishery Creek, eventually arriving at the seafront for a group photo.

At this point most of the group returned to their cars and set off to view and explore the island at their leisure.

All had a memorable and fun day out, with good company, good food and good weather.

RIAT Fairford PCGB had a strong presence at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford in Gloucestershire.

Members from many Regions attended the annual event in aid of the RAF Charitable Trust charity, which had 160,000 visitors overall.

The main exhibit of the PCGB display in the Autodrome feature was a superb Porsche 919 LMP1 hybrid, the same as took part and won overall first prize at the Le Mans 2016 24-hour race, against a backdrop of the fully deployed Race Support Unit.

This car created a huge focus of interest from crowds browsing the static aircraft and was easily the most photographed car on the stand. Also on display was the latest Cayman S, a 911 GTS Targa with its topical folding roof, a rare 911 GT2 and a 1991 964 Carrera 2.

George, Jess and Maxine from Cornbury House enthusiastically managed the stand and were kept very busy responding to the interest shown, enabling purchases of Club Shop goodies, serving complimentary beverages and enrolling new members. The adjacent Porsche-dedicated car park received more than 90 members’ cars over the three days and included the latest 911 GT3 RS and a 964 RS. Two PCGB members, in their late model 997 C2, even travelled from Belgium to be at the show for the day.

The show provided an exceptional display of military aircraft, both airborne and on the ground, with eight hours of flying on Saturday and Sunday (four hours on Friday) spread over two miles of showground. Over 246 aircraft from 32 air arms across 26 nations attended, including Australia, Japan, Pakistan and Ukraine! The US Air Force made a special contribution in celebration of their 70th anniversary, including an unscheduled fly-by of a B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber. A twin-engined Italian transport plane even managed to completely invert in a 360-degree roll. The Ukrainian Air Force provided a thrilling display with their bright blue Sukhoi SU-27 fighter.

Themed areas adjacent to the static aircraft displays provided extra interest, including the aforementioned Autodrome, the Royal Air Force Village, the Techno Zone, the Activity Zone and the Vintage Village.

Check the website (airtattoo.com) for more details.

For your diary, next year’s dates are 13-15 July.

Isle of Man Regional Organiser Julian Chappell 01624 816563 (evenings) iom@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Steve Morrow 07624 433268 Steve_m2@manx.net RECENT EVENTS R30 Navy lark Our annual visit from the Royal Navy turned out to be a ‘touch and go’ affair with monsoon-type weather.

With the mountain road closed due to a marshal’s hut having been blown into the road, we headed to the south of the island. As it turned out, the weather was brighter there though still wet! Our navy crew passengers had a great run despite the change of route. Thanks to all who gave up their time, it was very much appreciated by the crew.

Milntown Ramsey Classic Vehicle Show It was a good turnout from our Region. The event is now the island car show to head for, despite clashing

Events calendar To download a printable events calendar, please see the Surrey Region area of the Club’s website.

Club nights Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at the Inn on the Lake, Silvermere Golf Club, Redhill Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1EF, starting at 8pm.

Doug’s 911 and Lee’s 944

Keith Morgan

Despite the weather, the navy, PCGB members and a couple of Italian exotics enjoyed meeting up

Marian with the Porsche 919 LMP1 hybrid at RIAT

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R30 display at Milntown

We extend our thanks to all the Club members who came along to help out and support us, and particularly those who helped to set up, pack up and tidy up the Region’s display area. It was pleasing to record that a couple of dozen Club members came along and joined us during the course of the evening, including members from Chiltern and Gloucestershire Regions. A couple of prospective members also showed up.

Ken’s C4S in the foreground

with Goodwood. There was a great variety of cars on display and it’s surprising what turns up! We had a couple of enquires about Club membership as well.

We look forward to hearing from them in the future.

DIARY DATES 3 SEPTEMBER Breakfast run Meet at the Grandstand at 8.30am for a drive out or, alternatively, meet us at the motor museum in Jurby at 10am.

1 OCTOBER Breakfast run Details as per the September breakfast run.

The R31 crew

Royal International Air Tattoo Many Cotswold members once again attended this annual show, which takes place right on our doorstep.

For various reasons we were unable to attend but, being located in West Oxfordshire, we were able to watch an impressive aerial display as the many aircraft visiting Fairford flew overhead. The sight of a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber accompanied by a couple of F-15 Eagle fighters flying a few thousand feet over your back garden is a fairly awesome, if not slightly disconcerting, sight.

Sunday Cofee Cruise – the four Cs As we drove over to Burford with the roof down in the rain, trying to drive fast enough to avoid getting wet, it struck us that this Sunday morning event has been running for just over three years now. On the basis of the consistently high levels of attendance, the Coffee Cruise is without doubt one of the Cotswold Region’s most popular events. From the feedback we’ve received, it is regarded as being the Region’s most thoroughly informal and relaxed opportunity to socialise with fellow Club members and their partners, not to say being able to enjoy an early Sunday morning drive on traffic-free rural roads, a bit of banter, a bit of traditional tyre-kicking in the car park, as well as freshly baked croissants with our coffees. In a nutshell, that means cars, coffees, croissants and a chat. Can’t be bad can it?

To avert a clash with the Silverstone Classic, we moved the Coffee Cruise meet forward a week, which caused some disappointment for two members who turned up a week late. We’d really hate this to happen to you so please, always check for late-breaking news on our Forum and Facebook page (see below) before leaving home.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Cotswold

The diary dates shown below could be subject to change or cancellation after this edition of PP is published. Details of all R31 events can be found in our Events section of the Club website and on our Facebook page (facebook.com/pcgb.r31). To avoid disappointment, please always check for any last-minute updates about events on the R31 Facebook page or Twitter feed (@PCGB_R31) before setting off.

Regional Organisers Alan and Fiona Bartlett 07785 928687 – r31@porscheclubgb.com @PCGB_R31 Monthly round-up July proved that, while technically it may be summer, you should never take it for granted that the sun will shine in England. After the brown verges and wilting plants of the previous few months, July proved something of a contrast with rain every other day, or so it seemed. The upside of July’s rain did however mean that the glorious Cotswold landscape was restored to its more usual verdancy and we didn’t need to water our lawn. The downside was that our Boxster’s roof only got lowered a couple of times.

Fortunately though, the Region’s July events went ahead and were blessed with decent weather, albeit with the exception of Geoff Davis’ gliding evening that had to be cancelled due to heavy rain.

Witney Car Show Once again, the Witney Motor Show proved that all kinds of people, of all ages and backgrounds just love cars. On a pleasant sunny evening, around 500 vintage, classic, performance and modern cars were displayed by car clubs, individual enthusiasts and trade exhibitors. As in previous years, we were well supported by members and proudly displayed 17 immaculate members’ Porsches in our exhibition area, forming one of the larger one-make displays.

Although an evening event, visitors and exhibitors travelled from all over Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire and the Thames Valley.

Fine variety of cars on display

Drive carefully and see you soon.

Popular Witney show

Alan and Fiona

DIARY DATES

Monthly meeting We held July’s meeting at the Carpenters Arms in Fulbrook near Burford. The fine summer evening attracted a decent number of people, including two prospective members, and we shared an enjoyable evening, mostly outside in the car park. During the evening, we discussed ideas about future events and activities, which proved most helpful as we start to shape next year’s events programme.

Disappointingly, the recently reduced size of the Carpenters Arms’ car park has now made it impossible to find spaces for all our cars at recent meetings so, as from September, we’ll be meeting at a new southern venue, the Plough Inn at Alvescot, near Carterton.

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27 AUGUST Sunday Cofee Cruise meet Cotswold Gateway Hotel, Burford 27 AUGUST Motor and Munch - Mill House Hotel, Kingham 3 SEPTEMBER Summer Tea Bun Run From Cornbury House to Aston Pottery.

9-10 SEPTEMBER Wales Weekender To Barmouth and back.

13 SEPTEMBER Monthly meeting - The Plough Inn, Alvescot near Carterton 17 SEPTEMBER Sunday Cofee Cruise 1 OCTOBER Sunday Brunch Scramble - Bicester 11 OCTOBER Monthly meeting - The Red Lion, Long Compton.

22 OCTOBER Sunday Cofee Cruise 8 NOVEMBER Monthly meeting - The Plough Inn 26 NOVEMBER Sunday Cofee Cruise 3 DECEMBER Christmas Cruise Oxford Services to Cornbury House.

10 DECEMBER Cotswold Region Christmas lunch Mill House Hotel, Kingham.

REGISTERS Register Director’s report Where did July go?

Here we are already in August and looking forward to the Oulton Park Gold Cup, Classics at the Castle and Goodwood Revival, not to mention the Concours at Ragley Hall in September! As always it is you, the members that encourage the Club team to provide events and venues in which to enjoy our cars and meet

fellow enthusiasts. Thank you all for your continued support; it is greatly appreciated. The favourable feedback received following our recent attendance at the Silverstone Classic reinforced that view. All the team and directors were on hand all weekend; I hope you did manage to get to speak to us - I personally met so many of you.

Over the weekend, I agreed to visit Regions 1 and 24 during the ‘quieter’ months to give my, hopefully, entertaining talk on my life and cars. If you are in these Regions or close by, please pop along. I will do my best not to bore you to tears!

The Registers continue to provide useful and informative articles in PP - I hope you enjoy them.

If you feel you have something of interest to share, please contact the relevant Register Secretary who, I am sure, will be only too pleased to hear from you.

As always, please continue to enjoy your cars and the Club - we are, after all, here for your benefit.

Albert Walsh Register Director register@porscheclubgb.com 07753 441730

356 Register Secretary Fred Hampton 01992 581580 – 356@porscheclubgb.com The return of Porsche Classics at the Castle will celebrate, on 3 September, the birth date of Dr Ferdinand Porsche, father of the Porsche Design Dynasty, which some of you may remember was the title of the exhibition at the London Design Museum in the early 1990s. Do make every effort to bring your 356 to Hedingham Castle as we hope to see quantity and quality supporting the anniversary.

356 International 2018 The latest update on the 356 International is that the quota of 50 places set aside for UK 356 owners is now complete and the remaining 75 places will be offered to ‘overseas’ applicants from mid September onwards.

For those who have not secured a place, we do have you on a reserve list and will make any cancellations known as and when they may arise.

The response to pre-inscription registration both home and abroad was, in terms of numbers, quite surprising.

Mattia Nocera sent the first incoming register of interest within five minutes of the announcement requesting registration of interest in the 2018 event.

As with the Brighton event, we plan to offer a window of opportunity at one of the event venues to see all the participating 356s.

Fred

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Rowena Purdy’s 912 at Lotherton Hall

Monthly update It was a fairly hectic month in some ways – including an MOT fail/pass with some advisories, such as tyres and headlights, which needed to be sorted. The headlights issue had actually been corrected during the MOT but was incorrectly entered on the MOT certificate. However, the tyres were in need of a change. Fortunately, I had some new Colway Road Rally tyres in the garage and on they went. The clutch was a little bit of a saga, as the garage tried to fit a non-standard friction plate, which obviously did not fit. Following a quick call to Ben at Rennspeed in Retford, all was sorted though – Ben even gave a tutorial to the garage on how to fit a 912 friction plate!

This now gave me the opportunity to join other R4 members on our monthly drive out to a local pub driving the 912. An easy short run to start with…

Then, there was a short overnight stay in Grimsby hospital where the results were not as expected (hoped?) and I have to return in a few weeks for the doctor to try again!

Nevertheless, I did manage two major Club events over the next two weekends.

RECENT EVENTS

Register Secretary Rowena Purdy 01472 399381 – 912@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Vacancy

23 July Yorkshire Porsche Festival Having retrieved the 912 from my local garage complete with MOT certificate, a set of new tyres and new friction plate, I received an invitation to stay with my sister in North Yorkshire. This gave 92 porscheclubgb.com

me an excuse to drive that great road from Helmsley to Great Broughton, and I was now able to present my 912 at Lotherton Hall. My trip up to Great Ayton from Lincolnshire was used to settle in the new bits and get used to driving the car again after nine months of inactivity.

An early start on Sunday to try to beat the usual queues found me sitting half in a ditch and half in the road! I’d managed to miss the turn off the A64/ A1(M) roundabout and had to try a three-point turn on the A64. Reversing, I turned too soon, and missed the opening to the bridleway, which I had been aiming for. Eventually a couple of friendly police in a van with flashing lights and sounding sirens arrived, stopped the traffic and helped push me out!

Embarrassing, but thankfully no damage. The show was very well attended with between 500 and 600 Porsches of all models ranging from the 356 to the 718 – but only one 912! The weather managed to hold off until late afternoon, by which time many had left and many Club members attempted to find shelter in the PCGB mobile shop’s awning. (Thanks Jess and Chris.)

I’ve already arranged with R7 organisers that the 912 will have a presence there next year, so as soon as I know the dates I’ll MailChimp you all – it all depends on various race meeting dates.

28-30 July Silverstone Classic No sooner was I back home than I started to prepare for the drive down to Buckingham and the hotel I’d

and then having the car restored. If you own the car, or know of its whereabouts, then please get in contact and I will pass on your details to Graeme.

Après le déluge – Rowena Purdy’s 912 at Silverstone

booked near Silverstone for the following three days of helping Chris Sweeting and the rest of the team in the Club marquee. Said marquee was crowded with Club members every day – probably seduced by the offer of free teas and coffees, a comfortable ‘sitting out’ area and the availability of the Club’s own private grandstand where members could watch a short section of the track in relative comfort. Chris and I, but mainly Chris, managed to sign up over 50 new members, one being a 912 owner to whom I introduced Chris who then sold him a membership.

(Welcome Tracy and Alan.)

The advantage of having such a well-appointed marquee is the number of members who chat (and bring you coffee!) and discuss both Club and Register issues, as well as 912 issues. I appreciate that some members tried to talk to me but, as I was busy doing my meet and greet role, they did not want to disturb me. However, I do know of four 912s that were on the Club display near the marquee and a couple who parked outside the ‘infield’. A couple of 912 decals were put under windscreen wipers for those owners who did not manage to see me. It was heartening to see how well presented these 912s were - they received a fair amount of attention, even if the owners were not around to appreciate it.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 3 September Classics at the Castle I shall be there in my 912 and hope to see a few more of you than I did at Silverstone - I will be there as the Register Secretary, not assisting in the Club tent/ marquee or whatever the team brings along.

8 September Blyton Park trackday The second of R4’s organised trackday sessions of the year. These are all well organised and very sociable events. Full details and entry form are on R4’s Events page of the Club website. Come along and enjoy the opportunity to drive your 912 off the roads of Britain.

22-23 September Awards Dinner and Concours I shall be absent from both these events as I now have a navigator and will be joining Alan and Lola on the HERO Challenge that weekend. Based around Bicester two 912s will be driving around the lanes of Oxfordshire.

Take care and drive safely…

Rowena

DIARY DATES 3 SEPTEMBER Classics at the Castle 8 SEPTEMBER Blyton Park trackday 22-23 SEPTEMBER Awards Dinner and PCGB Concours d’Elégance

Early 911 (2.0,2.2 &2.4)

912 at Silverstone’s Club display

Then it was all over, and the Club team started to pack everything away. As last year I hoped to be able to stay for a night at the nearby ‘Travelodge’ and have dinner at the next-door ‘Little Chef’. Wrong on both counts – the Travelodge was full and the Little Chef closed, hence a long drive home in pretty awful rain showers and a slippery road all of which proved that the car is now working properly!

As usual our team from Cornbury House ran an excellent ship and worked hard over the whole weekend to keep members happy, get new members and sell masses of Club clothing and memorabilia (even to me!). A great thank you to Chris and his team.

Register Secretary Ian McLeod 07810 493287 – 911@porscheclubgb.com Graeme Scullard, one of our Club members, is currently trying to track down a 1967 Porsche 911 that was previously owned by his uncle, a Mr Robert Stephens. The registration of the vehicle at the time it was owned was EJO 941E and it looks to still be wearing the same registration. The DVLA shows the car failed its MOT in November 2006 and then again in December 2006. It has subsequently been untaxed since 2007. The deduction is the car has been off the road since 2007 and is most likely sitting in a garage or barn somewhere.

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The 1967 911. Can you help track it down?

911 Sportomatic Register Secretary Peter Cook 01789 400832 – sporto@porscheclubgb.com

911 Carrera RS Register Secretary Fred Hampton 01992 581580 – carrerars@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Mike Chadwick 01454 232232 – mvc@fly7.co.uk

911 2.7 Carrera & 3.0 Register Secretary Guy White 01493 750278 91127carrera3@porscheclubgb.com Technical Assistant Tony Ruggles 01992 892333 This month I heard from Register member Gerry Arcari, who owns a 1976 911 Targa and is a year into restoring it. The car had been converted to turbo bodywork and has just emerged from a full back-to-metal respray in its original Emerald Green Metallic paint.

I have nothing but praise for BP Ultimate with TetraBOOST. I do notice that when I fill up away from home she does not quite pick up so readily. Which petrol do you all find best?

911 SC Register Secretary Paul Thompson 01531 822 305 07836 261 365 911sc@porscheclubgb.com Technical Advisor David Sewell dave.autohaus@gmail.com

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911 Carrera 3.2 Register Secretary Steve and Sue Edwards 02083 667770 911carrera32@porscheclubgb.com Technical Advisor Charles Marsland 01732 848323

I have fitted a new pulse sender for the speedometer of my SC and I now have a working speedo again. I ordered the parts - sender, tension spring, washer and hexagon nut from PC Tewkesbury and the total, including the 10% Club discount, was £88.09 before VAT. We found you could replace the sender without draining the gearbox oil but, to be on the safe side, we drained it anyway as the oil was due a change. After nearly 40 years, the old sender unit was a pig to remove but, as she was up on the lift at Kilcot Garage, a strong mechanic and a bit of heat worked! The wiring goes into the cab and connects in the tunnel by the back seat. We noticed the wire had been cut and reconnected under the car at some point, which is definitely a bad thing to do and probably the reason for failure, as the resistance would be affected.

I took my gorgeous granddaughter to her prom in the SC and thanks to Alice Thompson and Lewis Jones the car is gleaming. It is nice to have young helpers when cleaning and polishing.

Anti-roll bar drop links replacement I’m sure I previously mentioned my intention to replace the rear anti-roll bar drop links. Their job is to attach the end of the anti-roll bar to the suspension trailing arm (the arm is where the rear wheel is attached). This was a non-urgent job as the links hadn’t failed, but must have been getting tired after nearly 30 years of use. The larger anti-roll bar bushes had been replaced, on the drive at home, with poly some years ago to eliminate creaking, and were still doing a fine job. As I’ve known Charles Marsland longer than I’ve had the car, I asked if I could visit his workshop for the job. Thank goodness I did!

Photo by Thousand Word Media

The gleaming SC ready for the prom

Gerry Arcari’s 911 Targa in the spray booth

There was, however, a bit of confusion about the colour when Gerry was arranging to get the paint job done. His Certificate of Authenticity shows the colour as Emerald Green Metallic, but the matching colour, according to the software of the paint shop, is Vipergrun Diamant Metallic and, furthermore, a letter he has referred to it as Diamant Green Metallic.

Confusing or what!

In fact, the confusion is because Porsche produced sales brochures and colour charts in English, French, German and Italian, which, rather than literal translations, sometimes included wildly different descriptions in each language.

In regards to the colour of Gerry’s car, Emerald Green Metallic is the English version whereas it’s listed as Vipergrun Diamant in the German colour chart. Similarly the English Guards Red is Indischrot, Rouge Indien and Rosso India in the German, French and Italian respectively. I suppose that’s because we are the only ones who have our guards in red uniforms. Anyway whether it’s Emerald Green Metallic or Vipergrun Diamant, Gerry’s Targa looks absolutely fabulous in the accompanying photos of it still in the spray booth.

Guy

I have just ordered a replacement for our main runaround car, a Hybrid that has given us great service over the last seven years. I have decided to go for a pure electric vehicle this time as the range is meant to be 125 miles and we seldom do more than 40 miles at a time in it. With a V8 4x4 and the SC I had to do something to save the planet, even if I do have solar panels on the roof and all the cars run on petrol not diesel.

Currently my dear old SC only does about 3,000 miles a year and gets a full service and oil change once a year. However, since Jane’s accident last summer I have used the SC less. She is now due for a service but Jane still needs 24/7 help. I therefore have a quick trick to extend the service interval slightly - an oil sucker that fits down the dipstick. It sucks the oil out very quickly when hot and after a run I suck the oil out of the wing tank. This removes about five litres of oil (about half the oil capacity). I then pour in a new five-litre container of 10/50 synthetic and, hey presto, I have refreshed the oil easily and quickly to give me a bit more time before the full service.

In Gloucestershire, I use BP Ultimate 97 octane and add TetraBOOST E-Guard 15. This not only adds lead but also protects from ethanol and boosts the octane rating.

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New drop link hole to anti-roll bar hole not aligned

The old drop link bolts, which came undone successfully considering their age, looked in good order and the bolt shanks still had their shiny yellow passivated zinc coating. But, the problem was the hole at the bottom of the new drop link didn’t line up with the anti-roll bar hole (see photograph). The link can’t simply be swung on the top bolt in the trailing arm because the top and bottom holes are offset from one another, making a different angled arc to that of the end of the anti-roll bar. This is where Charles’ expertise came in handy and we soon had things sorted. First, the anti-roll bar clamps holding the poly bushes were removed, the drop link holes now aligned, so the bolts were fitted. While the clamps were off, the poly bushes had a little grease applied to their moving surface, nicely servicing them while they were accessible. My thoughts then were that the problem must have been transferred to getting the clamp fixing bolts reattached to the body.

How could they possibly reach - surely we had just transferred the earlier fitting problem to this area?

But, like magic, it was possible to re-fit the poly bush clamp bolts and the job was done. Charles said, however, that it wouldn’t have been possible without having the car clear of the ground, so be prepared if trying this job at home. I checked the internet for any related advice and came up with something on Pelican Parts. They said the factory uses single fit stretch nuts, so that may account for the two extra

nuts supplied with my new Lemforder drop links strange that the Carrera 3.2 Bentley Service Manual doesn’t mention this. Perhaps you get one nut to use, and a spare one in case it is ever undone in the future. It makes me wonder why nylon insert nuts are not used. As mentioned already, I re-used my old fittings as they seemed in good condition - I’ll have to consider swapping them over for the new ones next time they are accessible. When completed, this is one of those jobs that, although it doesn’t make itself evident when back on the road, it makes the ride home feel good.

One side parts, old top (excluding nut) and new below

Weymouth Porsche on the Prom’ Back in July, it was time for the second ‘WeyPoP’.

Last year, we enjoyed taking part in the inaugural display but, unfortunately, we weren’t able to attend this year. This year’s event proved to be even more successful, with an approximate 80 percent increase in turnout - over 250 cars attending! If you would like to join other Porsches in the 2018 display, put it in your diary now. Member Alastair Durham attended here is a picture of his car in the line-up and some words about his ownership: “I acquired the car in 2015 and have undertaken a few bits of restorative work since then. It has only done around 67,500 miles and looks in good shape.

Although not a ‘daily driver’, the car is used at Region 26 events and other outings. It’s not a lock up leave vehicle but an active car, which is a joy to drive on the scenic Dorset roads and beyond. After all, who wouldn’t enjoy that glorious air-cooled engine?

Luftgekühlt über alles!”

911 Carrera Club Sport Register Secretary Alan Cordery 01798 344481 – alan_cordery@yahoo.co.uk

964 Register Secretary David Bladon 07771 194507 – 964@porscheclubgb.com Register Assistant Paul Matthews 07768 483559

964 Carrera RS Register Secretary Melvin Spear 07860 595355 – 964rs@porscheclubgb.com

993 Register Secretary Maurice Piper 993@porscheclubgb.com Register Assistant Christian Sanger 07968503385 – cjsanger@gmail.com Highland tour The weather was kind to us as we toured the Scottish Highland coastline for our summer holiday in June. We had a great time enjoying wonderful scenery and the odd pint of Tennent’s lager. Sue even tried porridge with whiskey for breakfast one morning! We also had a few days on the Isle of Skye, enjoying more fine roads and amazing scenery. The country roads provided great driving and made the travelling very enjoyable, especially the day we used the A894 I really got into it! Back home in north London two weeks later, I was a little surprised, as we had covered 2,049 miles, a few hundred more than I had expected.

As usual here are some statistics from the trip. The car returned over 30mpg and didn’t need any oil. The oil level did come down a little from the level provided at its Porsche Centre service last year; which is about where I like to keep it, so no need to top up since last year. There was sufficient ‘Super’ fuel available in the Highland petrol stations (but only in Thurso and Ullapool along our peripheral route).

Alastair Durham at WeyPoP 2017

Below is a photo of three Carrera 3.2s taken at WeyPoP 2016 by Becky Evans, daughter of Richard and Debbie Dear. Their SSE is in the foreground, next to Paul Butcher’s Targa, and our Blue Coupe beyond that.

Are you attending the PCGB National Concours d’Elégance at Ragley Hall on 23 September? If you have purchased your ticket and would like to join us in the Register display, please get in touch as soon as possible (spaces are limited to 20 cars).

Enjoy your cars!

Steve and Sue

Silverstone Classic and 20th Anniversary ‘S’ display Just back from the big weekend at Silverstone Classic - a great event, despite the best efforts of British July weather! I foolishly chose to camp from Thursday evening through to Sunday in order to manage the 20th Anniversary ‘S’ display, so rather than an immaculate newly renovated Carrera S I now have a fully fledged ‘Mud Plugger’! At least the car got thoroughly washed each night before cleaning down commenced at 6.30am, but I was lucky not to get washed away Saturday night. Torrential rain on my small two-man tent was really not in order.

Now to the 20th Anniversary display. We had a near full complement of cars all three days, all of which were issued with windscreen hangers. My apologies to those who arrived to find the display area full, as some cars (at least they were 993s,

Coldbackie, north coast of Scotland

Three Carrera 3.2s at WeyPoP 2016. Copyright of Becky Evans (Register use agreed)

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Jon Kent in the Luxembourg ‘street racer’ with a lovely black Turbo and a beautiful silver S in the 993 overflow parking

Photos by Maurice Piper

Mike Bradley’s very rare Forest Green S

but naughty ones) were directed to the display inappropriately. I was there before 8am every day, but couldn’t keep tabs on it all the time. We were somewhat affected by the weather too, with standing water and muddy verges to contend with, but nevertheless it was an excellent display.

By Sunday I had become pretty ruthless chasing cars around, nearly everybody had hangers, and the wide bodies glistened in intermittent sunshine. We were full when Ian Yeoman’s Turbo S came in, but Ricky found him a prominent slot elsewhere, appropriate to such a fine car. In return I pulled a 924 Carrera GT onto the front of the marquee alongside the V10 Carrera GT that was in pride of place there.

Keith Layden’s beautiful S Silver selection heading the display on Sunday

The delightful split grille of the ‘S’

Pair of 4Ss – rare Safari and Zenith

Rare Zenith ‘Mud Plugger’

I managed to sneak off to the Porsche Experience Centre on Saturday afternoon for a blast in a 991 Carrera 4 GTS with PDK. This year they forced me to do the drag strip, using Launch Control for the first time. I don’t think it would ever be something I would use in everyday ownership, but it is ‘#@+%^’ impressive. Holding the car hard on the brake with the left foot (as is my custom whenever I drive with two pedals), the only difficulty is mashing the throttle to the floor quickly enough to switch Launch Control on. You sit there at 90% of redline until the instructor orders you off the brake - not really intuitive behaviour! But when you are off, the G-force is pretty damn impressive, the traction incredible. You are then flying down the strip and get the order to brake as hard as possible. My left foot was admirably suited to the task and, this year, I avoided the embarrassment of standing the car on its nose when pulling into the parking area afterwards - you have to remember you’re not shoving the clutch in with that left foot! I had a good bit of fun on the handling circuit, but my Scottish instructor got a bit fed up with me as I am in the habit of not paying attention to anything else when I drive, and he was issuing direct instructions, which he expected me to obey instantly! Anyway, all great fun, and a great membership benefit at £75!

The PEC BBQ was pretty soggy, with the Group C cars generating huge clouds of spray - luckily we could eat downstairs. Christian and co. kept me up for the concert, a couple of ciders and a bit of dancing before adjourning to the campsite for a late night apple juice before the monsoon swept in.

I set off for home about 4pm Sunday, absolutely exhausted! Thankfully, conditions were not too bad, and the only excitement was avoiding an idiot who came at me head on while overtaking two cyclists - ho hum!

That’s all, folks! Thanks to everyone who made the effort, especially Jon Kent for coming over from Luxembourg again in his ‘street racer’.

Cheers Maurice

My car’s big backside – Aerokit engine lid

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Scott Laurie’s trio of 996s

993 Carrera RS Register Secretary Paul Howells 01594 833238 – 993rs@porscheclubgb.com

996 Register Secretary Andy Willis 07775 138527 996@porscheclubgb.com Ragley Hall Register parking Less than a month to go and there are still spaces available for anyone wishing to display their 996 in the dedicated area set aside for Register parking. If you are coming and would like to join us in the Register parking area then please let me know via phone or email. We can accommodate up to 20 cars.

Register members in print Scott Laurie If you remember, in April’s edition of PP Scott promised to send me a photo of all three of his 996s together. Things have changed since the picture was taken - Scott has now sold the RS, replacing it with a 997.1 Turbo and, after a four-year wait, is impatiently awaiting delivery of a 991 RS in 2018.

Keith Hector Keith got into 911-ownership in 2013 when he bought the SC you see on the left. His wife Carolyn liked the car but was not massively interested in the trials and tribulations of owning a 911. That all changed after attending our Althorp event in 2015. Shortly afterwards they bought the 2002 C2 Cabriolet with 62,000 on the clock. Steve and his team at Jaz now look after both cars, and have since changed the IMS

as a precautionary measure. As for the registration, Keith couldn’t resist mirroring the plate of the SC with Carolyn’s 996… nice!

Neil Hoban Neil’s Targa tales in his words: “Having always loved the shape and, yes, those headlights, I purchased my Targa in November 2015, as a complete blind buy off eBay. It was the right colour, and a 25-minute drive away, so I called the owner and asked if it was ’truly as described’ I would drive straight over. This I did and I knew immediately that, after two years of searching, this was the car I’d been looking for.

“She was a little tired after 97k, but ran beautifully. Service history was strong and a recent clutch, brakes and IMS bearing bill for over £3,000 was discovered in the history file, which was nice! In addition, I found every receipt going back to the first change of the rear tyres and every tax disc!

“The next dilemma was where to park it with Mrs H not too keen on having an, ‘old car’, on our drive! After speaking to my business partner Dave (who owns Parkway Prestige, a state-of-the-art vehicle accident repair centre in Old Trafford) and advising him of a couple of minor scratches on the rear bumper, he said, ‘bring it up, we’ll sort it for you mate’. My storage issues were resolved.

“We had a very busy year in business, and every time I was up at Manchester I noticed the Targa had moved but didn’t really pay it much attention! Then, one day during a meeting, Dave asked ‘do you eventually want your dodgy old Porsche back mate?’ I confirmed that it had indeed outstayed its welcome and agreed that I would come up on the train during my next visit two weeks down the line. During that morning, everyone at Parkway appeared to be acting very strange, and I couldn’t find my car anywhere - obvious!

“After lunch, Dave fetched me into the workshop where there was a stunning Seal Grey Targa waiting with all the staff waiting for my reaction as I could not believe this was my car. The lads had installed new wheels and tyres, a 30mm lowering kit from Eibach, uprated Bilstein road shocks, H&K front and rear anti-roll bars, front and rear carbon strut braces, full Polybush kit, (in black – nice!), K&N cold air intake kit and a DesignTek Valvetronic sports exhaust! Even the headlights had been re-coated with the genuine Porsche UV-resistant lacquer kit! Luckily, all the old original wheels/tyres/parts were wrapped and boxed just in case the car moves on and the new owner wants complete originality!

“They had pulled it apart and put it back together for me - bless ‘em! Dave called it a, ’sympathetic restoration’. I called it a ‘bloody miracle’! This was a game changer, and she is now a keeper! Mrs H has finally allowed drive space as she has realised the, ‘old girl’, does create a bit of local interest.

“Oh to have a nice mate called Dave!”

996 technical issues Please keep your 996 technical questions coming through via phone or email to Gary Sorrell (gary. sorrell@porschecolchester.co.uk) or to me. You can also use the Forum to contact Richard Hamilton.

Enjoy your 996…

Andy DIARY DATES 3 SEPTEMBER Classics at the Castle 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB National Concours d’Elégance - Ragley Hall

997 Register Secretary Clive Wratten 997@porscheclubgb.com Register Assistant Jonathan Lennard FORTHCOMING EVENTS 30 August Brands Hatch track evening The 997 Register will be out in force for our track evening at Brands Hatch. Plenty of details are on the 997 website. We aim to make this a fun and social event, so even if you are not participating in the event come along to watch and have a chat.

This is now fully booked but please contact Steve Kelvin or Paul Grainger at the Clubhouse to see if there are any cancellations.

23 September PCGB National Concours d’Elégance at Ragley Hall Full details on the website. We have been allocated some spaces for our Register parking, which will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Please register your interest on the 997 website.

It looks to be a great day out for all the family with plenty of room for all – bring a picnic.

Keith Hector and wife Carolyn’s cars

Neil Hoban’s stunning Seal Grey Targa

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29 September–2 October Register Autumn Tour – Loire Valley, France All the fortunate attendees are eagerly anticipating this fully subscribed event. Alan Stoneham has

worked for days planning the routes for the trip and I am sure everyone will have a blast.

The picture below is of Matt Oakley’s 997 crossing the Rhine on the way from Baden Baden to the Nürburgring for the Nürburgring Classic in celebration of its 90th birthday.

Matt Oakley’s 997

who will be bringing his knowledge of European driving to the party - we are currently discussing a tour of some of the Alpine passes in June 2018. Kenny is also a keen golfer, with his team coming second in the Porsche Regional Open at Wynyard Golf Club, so maybe something for the 991 golfers as well. I am looking forward to working with him and some fun times ahead.

RECENT EVENTS

Hotel de France

My wife and I have been to visit some friends in the Charente region, so we visited the museum at Le Mans en route and spent a night at the Hotel de France, which is where the tour is staying. We aren’t able to join the tour but we’re confident that they will have a great weekend. The hotel is very motorsport orientated and many a celebrity has been there.

Photos of motoring heroes adorn the walls. Perhaps it was no surprise that, when I was looking at the awesome vintage Bentleys at the Silverstone Classic, I spied a lovely 1929 model that was displaying the ‘Hotel de France’ logo on its bonnet!

Clive and I hope to meet you soon and safe motoring in your 997s…

Clive and Jonathan

991 Register Secretaries Phil Graham 01625 524596 – 991@porscheclubgb.com Kenny Robinson 07768 862280 - kenny.robinson.911@gmail.com July Still relaxing in Menorca for the first week but was back into the swing of things with my first official Board meeting and finishing off the month with some Regional visits, the Donington trackday and a hectic three days at the Silverstone Classic.

To move forward with the 991 Register we now have a Joint Register Secretary, Kenny Robinson,

Vintage Bentley at The Silverstone Classic – spot the ‘Hotel de France’ sticker – small world!

Kenny Robinson, new Joint Register Secretary

Porsches galore at The Silverstone Classic

Members’ cars Steve Goodchild’s Carrera is a 997 Gen 2 Carrera.

It’s an actual Porsche GB launch car from 2008.

This sweet car has plenty of options, including LSD, Ceramics and Chrono.

Steve Goodchild’s 997 Gen 2 Carrera

20 July Region 6 (North Wales) ‘Show and Shine’ A beautiful summer evening brought out a selection of fine Porsches that any Region would be proud of. Members were given the task of scoring the cars in three categories with a maximum achievable score of 30 points.

Overall winner was 991 Register member, Mark Rowland, with his immaculate Gen 1 Carrera GTS. My hopes for extra points for my extensive collection of English and Welsh flying insects came to nothing and I wasn’t even in the running. I did, however, collect the prize for the favourite car, so many thanks to RO Sue Taylor and her enthusiastic helpers for a great night at the Northop Country Park Golf Club.

It was a nice opportunity to meet international guest Robert Page, Porsche Club of Western Australia’s Vice President, on vacation from Perth with his wife Dee retracing his Welsh roots after living in Singapore and Australia for most of his working life.

23 July Yorkshire Porsche Festival Region 7’s main event of the year was held at Lotherton Hall, an Edwardian country house near Aberford in West Yorkshire. Over 600 Porsches and their owners enjoyed a mostly fine day. This event attracts many non-PCGB enthusiasts giving Chris Sweeting the challenge of securing 27 new members.

The Club Shop was also there with Jess Sutch using her charm and marketing skills to promote the wide range of PCGB clothing alongside the Porsche Driver’s Selection.

Mark and Carol Jessop expertly run the Yorkshire Region. It was a good opportunity to get to know them a little better and catch up with many of the 991 Register members I have met during the past two years. Mike and Lisa Jackson, Jon Clayton and Peter Hunsley have attended 991 weekends and it was good to be welcomed by so many friendly faces.

Mike and Lisa Jackson’s Lime Gold GTS

Mark Rowland’s winning white Carrera GTS with my collection of flies far right

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25 July Donington Park trackday This was another great opportunity to get the feel of the RS on this fabulous Grand Prix circuit where the smooth surface and fast curves tested my ability to the limit. Finishing off with a session under the instruction of Malcolm was educational and well worthwhile, and rounded off the day with faster but less dramatic laps.

There was a good selection of 991s on track and I managed to chat to some of their owners in between circuit time. A familiar registration number seen around Wilmslow resulted in putting a face to the car by meeting property developer Tony Jones in his Gen 1 GTS.

Tony Jones’ Gen 1 GTS rapidly approaching Redgate

28-30 July Silverstone Classic The Classic just gets better and better with a professional Club presence, more Porsches and better facilities for the members. The huge marquee provided a nice friendly atmosphere for socialising and the Club Shop offered an extensive range of clothing and gift items. There was great coffee, as usual, from the Gas Coffee Company, with filter coffee and tea also on offer to reduce queues. There was plenty of comfortable seating inside and outside to relax and rest your feet.

Our sponsors: Porsche Design, Pirelli, Locktons, Oracle, Silverstone Auctions and Swissvax were on hand to discuss their products - it’s always nice to put a face to the voice on the phone. Once again we were very lucky with the weather with rain only in the evening. However, this didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the evening BBQ at the Experience Centre as it was mainly under cover but did, unfortunately, reduce the numbers for the Saturday evening entertainment.

Richard Attwood was around to chat and sign posters in the marquee and John Fitzpatrick was promoting his book ‘Fitz’ in the paddock bookshop.

We managed to chat to Brian Johnson, former lead singer of AC/DC, who was more interested in Nette than me. The following day he rolled his Austin A35

whilst practising for a celebrity charity race, emerging unscathed but ending his driving for the weekend.

All in all a brilliant weekend and credit must go to Chris Seaward, the Cornbury House staff, the many volunteers and all those who came along to make it such a successful event.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 23 September PCGB National Concours d’Elégance The beautiful grounds of Ragley Hall will play host to the 2017 PCGB Concours d’Elégance. This will be a relaxed event celebrating beautiful Porsches in stunning surroundings. See the Club website for details.

2 December Christmas party 991/997/ Macan Registers Once again Wroxall Abbey Hotel will be the venue for the joint 991, 997 and Macan Register party with a Sunday morning run finishing up at Cornbury House for the Christmas Open Day. Last year, many members stayed both Friday and Saturday nights and enjoyed a visit to Sulgrave Manor with some good driving on the Saturday afternoon.

Full details for booking are on the Club website and Forum.

Michael Branagan-Harris’ new car 991 Register member, Michael, has replaced his 981 Spyder and 991.1 Carrera for this stunning Carmine Red Targa 4 with 20-inch Carrera Sport wheels.

Phil

930 (911 Turbo) Register Secretary John Ward 01844 237508 – 911turbo@porscheclubgb.com Oil leaks I’ve come across an interesting issue lately – three instances of oil leaks on recently rebuilt engines.

Obviously, this shouldn’t happen, but if it does, it should be down to the company that did the rebuild work to put it right. What happens, though, if you don’t notice the oil leak for a year (or more) after the work was completed? This is a scenario that is even more probable in a collector’s car that is doing very little annual mileage, and the answer is, in all likelihood, that you will have no warranty left to fall back on, only the goodwill of the engine builder concerned.

In order to avoid this unhappy situation arising, I would suggest that when you garage your car, you should place either an engine drip tray or a large sheet of cardboard under the engine bay. If you see the slightest trace of oil having dripped on to it, establish, as a matter of priority, exactly where it has come from, and then have a conversation with the engine builder.

Ragley Hall Just a reminder that there is limited Register parking at the PCGB National Concours d’Elégance event in September. If you wish to have a space, please contact me directly by email regarding availability.

Until next time...

John

914 Michael BranaganHarris’ Carmine Red Targa 4

DIARY DATES 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB National Concours d’Elégance - Ragley Hall 6-8 OCTOBER Dales Revisited 2 DECEMBER Christmas party 991/997/ Macan Registers

Register Secretary Kevin Clarke 07946 080454 – 914@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Rob Taylor 07900 164546 – rt9146@hotmail.co.uk International Events Co-ordinator Bruce Manning 07887 380914 – porsche@brucemanning.co.uk RECENT EVENTS Volks Weald July saw the 914 Register attend the Volks Weald show at Penshurst Place and Gardens near Tonbridge in Kent.

David Stowers organised the 914 Register’s overnight

My favourite RS – a rare example in Gulf Orange just collected from PC Silverstone by proud owners Shaun and Sally Aris

Camping at Volks Weald

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camping area and cooked Saturday evening’s BBQ. Kate Maynard cooked Sunday lunch on her new gas stove and it was great for hot drinks too. It was a very nice relaxing show and we all enjoyed it.

Yorkshire Porsche Festival Helen and Larry Goff were having running issues with their ’73 2.0 and were booked into the Concours visitors’ class at the Yorkshire Porsche Festival. I travelled to Staffordshire the day before to see if I could solve the problem so they could attend the show in it. I’m happy to report that, after finding four issues with the fuel injection, the 914 is now back up and running as it should be. The next morning Helen and Larry and I travelled in convoy in our 914s on the two-hour drive to Lotherton Hall. After parking up it wasn’t long before more 914s turned up. Paul Hibbert arrived in his freshly restored Zambezi Green ’73 1.7 and Keith Hawich in his recently purchased Malaga Red ’75 2.0. It was nice to meet both of them along with the owners of a ’72 1.7 in Tangerine and a Canary Yellow ’71 1.7. Six 914s attended the show and I was very happy to attend and meet up with new and old 914 owners in the North of England.

Paul Hibbert’s 1.7 at Yorkshire Porsche Festival

Silverstone Classic Roy Smith displayed his Alaska Blue ’74 2.0 in the historic line-up in the Porsche marquee over the weekend. A number of 914s attended in the PCGB

Roy Smith’s 2.0 on display at Silverstone Classic

New 914 owner Keith Hawich

Matt Sewell’s 914 at Silverstone Classic

parking area over the three days of the event. For those who did attend, with or without your 914, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. I was only able to attend on the Saturday so was unable to say hello to you all.

Happy Fourteening…

Kevin

DIARY DATES 3 SEPTEMBER Classics at the Castle There will be a 914 display parking area at the show.

8-10 SEPTEMBER Mid Wales 914 Only Weekend Wander Contact Kevin for more details.

Helen and Larry Goff’s 914 in the Concours line-up

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928

924 except GT Register Secretary Paul Hedges 07940 441452 (6-10pm) 924@porscheclubgb.com

Register Secretary David Hemmings 07768 983743 – 928@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Andrew Brierley 01204 491573 – brierley28@virginmedia.com

Hello to Steve Gipson who contacted me this month to tell me about his car.

A very quiet month for me, with a wheel balance and a replacement reverse light bulb, but I know there are events going on out there that you can write to me about.

928 40th Anniversary at Brooklands Museum A big thank you We could not have presented the prizes at Brooklands without the sponsorship of Loe Bank Motors who are based near Ramsbottom/Bury in north Manchester. Owner Chris Sanderson has always assisted the 928 Register and was very happy to offer his support for the event. As a result, we could reward long service Register members as well as Mike Cotton, Tony Dron and Steve Kevlin who each made such an interesting presentation on the day. Thanks again Chris (loebankmotors.co.uk).

Photo by Marie Da Silva

Summer in Milton Keynes

Remanufactured Parts #13 Each month I feature a part that is featured for each model of 924 (as well as other models they apply to).

Its inclusion here is not a guarantee of availability or suitability for your car. Your local Porsche Centre will be able to guide you in these respects.

Remember you can find the full list on the PCGB 924 Forum - don’t forget to have your membership card handy and ask for PCGB discount!

Transmission Release bearing: 113141165B - 924 (1976–1985) Air-cleaner cartridge: 94411018602 - 924 S (1980–1988)*, 944 (1982–1989)* Socket for lamp holder: PCG945114 - 924 (1976–1985), 924 S (1986–1988), 924 Turbo (1979–1982), 944 (1982–1991)

Numbers again, plus one We listed five S4 SE cars at Brooklands, but Phil Hindley, the owner of the White 1988 S4 SE restored to the livery it carried when racing under AFN sponsorship in the Porsche Cup Series, tells me he also brought his red SE, so we actually had five plus one of these rare cars at the event.

There is also another S4 SE I can tell you about that was not present on the day - it was in Sydney Australia! It had been seen in a specialist garage there by 928 enthusiast Ross Palmer on one of his regular travels to that city from his base in London. He contacted me and, by checking our 928 Register records with chassis/VIN numbers, we were able to tell Ross that the car he was looking at was, in fact, an ex-UK car and was

A well-preserved 1988 example of a Red S4 SE on show in Sydney, Australia

The car will now be re-imported to the UK by new owner Ross Palmer

genuine, complete with matching engine number.

He has now bought the car and intends to bring it back to the UK in the next few months. The lower price in Australia will effectively pay for the return freight costs!

40th Anniversary windscreen stickers If you made your Brooklands reservation in good time you will have received a peelable 40th Anniversary sticker in the post. Those not booking until the last minute surge may have missed out. Club Office still has some in stock and will post one out to you. I have also retained a few, so look for me at one of our future events if you can wait that long!

Looking for a GTS The owner of a 1994 GTS, who wants to sell his 90,000 miles car, with manual gearbox, to an enthusiast, has contacted me. It’s one of the last cars to be imported into the UK and in very good condition. If you are interested then drop me an email.

A 928 owner but not on the 928 Register?

If you joined the Club in the last six months and have not been sent a list of the 800 cars on our Register that is because your car is not yet on The 928 Register. Since 1995 I have been inviting new members to join the list of over 800 cars with their individual chassis/VIN numbers.

The list (there are actually three lists on spread sheets) enables you to see each model type, mileage and value. If you choose not to withhold your address you can see where to find owners in your locality. In addition, there is a 250-page Register handbook specifically to make you aware of some of the many technical details of the 928 hidden from view. Contact me by email and I will send you the paperwork to join.

Much more next month…

Phil Hindley’s S4 SE, this time with Tony Dron in the passenger seat, not the driving seat, being guided by Register Director, Albert Walsh

Paul

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A general view at Lotherton

Lotherton Hall with Yorkshire Region We only managed 10 cars but all of them were of a surprisingly high standard and competition was strong in this Andrew Brierley (red GT) arranged Concours. The winner was Martin Robins in his Slate Grey GT, followed closely by Bill Hunter in his Blue GTS. Third went to Peter Cranston in his 928 S. Congratulations to all three owners who each received a cup from sponsors Strasse of Leeds.

The picture shows me making a presentation to Mark Batchelor for all his technical tips in my new book. Thanks again Mark, it was much appreciated.

I can only write about the 928s and share their story - I cannot fix them!

944 Register Secretary Mike Pollock 07811 944953 – 944@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Andy Watson 07920 589750 (6pm-9pm Mon-Fri and 9am-6pm weekends) andywatson6419@yahoo.co.uk Technical Advisor Jon Mitchell 01202 488800 (during normal working hours) technical@jmgporsche.co.uk Hope all 944 owners are having a good summer of driving their cars; I certainly have so far with recent visits to Lotherton Hall for R3’s event and several trips to Silverstone plus many shorter runs on the vaguest of pretexts!

‘The Real 928 Originals’ Launch day of my new book ‘The Real 928 Originals’ was 28 May so, if you have not seen the publicity, here is a reminder. It’s only available direct from the Club website under Club Shop/Books. I am really encouraged by the sales and it looks like all 200 copies will have gone by the time you read this article!

My thanks go to all of you for making it possible.

23 September PCGB Concours d’Elégance Ragley Hall For the final event of the summer (last-minute reminder), we have been asked to put together a small group of cars as part of a display. If you are interested in joining that small group, please email me and we will get ourselves organised.

David

Simply Porsche at Beaulieu Earlier in the summer, member John Stafford went to Simply Porsche at Beaulieu and has sent in this report of what sounds like a great day: “As we get within 10 miles of Beaulieu we pick up a convoy of other Porsches all heading for the annual ‘Simply Porsche’ event at the National Motor Museum, a regular fixture on our calendar. I start the day by parking in a great place near the main arena, put my information sheets on the dashboard and chat to a couple of people who are all very complimentary about my 2.7 Lux. It seems that all that money spent on wheel refurbishment, fresh paintwork, plus time spent on lots of cleaning and waxing has paid off. After finishing off the ‘mandatory arrival’ bacon bap I head off to find some other 944 owners.

“The first person I speak to is well-known member, Trefor Willingham, who has brought his black S2 LPG converted ‘rat’ 944 with over 330,000 miles on the clock. Despite being parked next to a new 911 Turbo S, his car is getting all the attention, especially the ‘aesthetically’ challenged bodywork.

Trefor is a huge transaxle fan and it is a pleasure talking to him.

“I then speak to a father and son who had rescued an early 944 from a garden surrounded by weeds, and are now performing a full restoration. They were trying to work out the best solution for the cracked dashboard. They had already recovered a 108 porscheclubgb.com

replacement but were unhappy with the final result and were searching for that rare thing, an uncracked early dashboard for sale.

“A 944 S owner and son chatted about the best way to repair a sill damaged by a careless tyre centre employee. When replacing the back tyres they had jacked it up on the sill and then denied all responsibility. The damage was significant and will require welding and, according to the owner, the first ever paint repairs on his 1988 vehicle.

“I picked up some free back issues of Christophorus from the local Porsche Centre stand and visited the museum. I attended the half dismantled Top Gear exhibition and watched the final showing of the Clarkson, May and Hammond video.

The exhibition was due to close the following day in order to be updated, presumably to remove all traces of the old presenters, whose faces are currently everywhere. The 944 Turbo converted ambulance was still there, but I don’t know if it will make it to the new exhibition.

“Out of the thousand or so Porsches in attendance there were around 20 944s - mostly S2 and Turbo models, with only a couple of series one models represented. Many early 944s seem to have ‘disappeared’ over the last 10 years and are becoming a rare sight these days, even at events.

“I’ve already reserved the first Sunday in June next year to attend this great day out.”

John Stafford and his lovely 2.7

Thanks very much John, this is just the sort of thing I love to see. I can’t get everywhere so the more eyes, ears, cameras and pens out there the better. Please send in anything you have, a couple of pictures and a few paragraphs would be much appreciated.

On my car I decided that the dash lights had got too dim even for me, and I like dim! My efforts appear to have worked so I will write something for next month.

Remember Ragley Hall is coming up; hope to see lots of 944s out for a family day.

968 Register Secretary Ken Coad 01923 262960 – 968@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Register Secretary Richard Warburton richard@rwarburton.com Technical Advisor Alex Eacock 01213 282225 Hello 968 drivers Just been checking out my 968 mechanically as, suddenly without any warning, the heat shield, which covers the top of the gearbox and rear silencer, has started to rattle and created a resonance. There should be four retaining washers but they are all

missing - such a small item but irritating. Someone recommended a marine installation company rather than pay Porsche’s prices. Eventually, though, my local Porsche specialist did source the sprung washers and job done. Noise gone.

Silverstone Classic Silverstone Classic has happened and the weekend weather managed to stay dry. I took the 968 on both Saturday and Sunday, and parking in the PCGB area was easy - I believe more than 1000 Porsches were there. With by far the biggest one-make club presence they were parked nice and orderly. Met a few 968 drivers and various friends – it was good to talk. he racing was excellent - really enjoyable and the quality was superb with full grids and sensible driving. In my opinion it was the best I have seen for some time - better than Goodwood Revival in fact.

Transaxles at Goodwood Our very own transaxle rendezvous took place at Goodwood race circuit on Saturday, 5 August with 924s, 944s, 968s and 928s all in attendance.

I’d reserved exclusive parking in an area called ‘Gasolene Alley’, just inside the main entrance off to the left. PCGB supported the event and had a presence on the day.

A lot of hard work went into organising the event with the PCGB Head Office and it paid off – the event was great and Glorious Goodwood lived up to its name.

Must dash - at time of writing I’m off to the Nürburgring Oldtimer GP event in the 968 with my godson who’s forever asking if he can monopolise the driving… still I am hardly ever a passenger.

Enjoy your 968s…

Ken

Boxster Register Secretary Tracy Wilkins 01992 450740 – boxster@porscheclubgb.com Assistant Secretary Cliff Wilkins Contact details as above Technical Advisor Steve Winter steve@jazweb.co.uk Nick Pike 02089 607 111 (evenings and weekends)

Yellow. Having already driven a 718 S with PDK last year for the Silverstone Classic weekend, I was adamant that the 718 S was not the way to go for me - I wasn’t too keen on the sound of the car on start up and running and found the turbo lag troublesome with the PDK transmission.

I wondered if the manual two-litre engine would be any different and I can only affirm that it was. Firstly, there was no clatter from the engine on start up and the exhaust tone was much better. he manual transmission was very smooth but I still encountered torque problems, most noticeably when slowing down to second gear in order to park etc. I managed to stall it on a couple of occasions - something I have never done in my 981. One of the plus points was that, even though the car had 20-inch wheels, there was no scrubbing of the tyres when on full lock.

Porsche has also made some little tweaks since my 981 - one of these being that on engaging the clutch and selecting a gear the indicator on the dash, which shows the gear you have selected actually appears before you release the clutch pedal. To me this makes much more sense than showing only after the clutch pedal is released, as it does on my car. Also, the contacts list on the phone menu is much more user-friendly and the DAB radio certainly held selected stations without interference over longer distances. Only little things I know but, when you use the car as your daily driver as I do, these things are noticeable and appreciated.

Moving onto the exterior, I have to say that the 718’s body styling is superb, even if I found the yellow just a little bright for using every day. I would even go as far as saying that I prefer the new back light cluster to the 981 and, never having had them before, litronic headlights will certainly be on my shopping list.

So, finally as in the title, I do have to eat humble pie to a certain degree. Having driven the car for two weeks I did start to warm to it and, if this is the future of the Boxster, I may have to consider one further down the line.

For those wondering about the outcome of my air conditioning problem, it was found that the air con pipes had corroded and the ‘O’ rings had perished.

New pipes were ordered from Germany and my car is now producing temperatures that a polar bear would be happy with. I shall keep my fingers crossed for next June! On getting back into my 981 I really appreciated the silky smoothness of the flat six engine and its fabulous even power delivery, despite it being a tad slower when being pushed a little.

Courtesy 718

The lady’s not for turning (well maybe just a bit) You may remember that, over the last three years, I’ve had a problem with my car’s air conditioning, or lack of it. Lo and behold I get to June this year and, yes you’ve guessed it, no air con again. My local Porsche Centre had replaced one air con rad in 2014 and the other in 2015. I use the air con throughout the winter to demist my windscreen but it seemed bizarre that, on the first week of June every year, the air con was non-existent.

I rang my Centre and duly booked it in for further investigation. hey were also going to fix a very small amount of corrosion around the front bonnet latch under the 10-year bodywork warranty.

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TECHNICAL Q&A Question: Hi Steve. I’m struggling to start my Boxster 2.7 and the last time I just about managed it but all the dashboard warning lights have come on. Whilst driving the car the speedometer and all temperature and fuel gauges, plus the rev counter and clock, don’t register at all. I’ve managed to get it home and into my garage, just in case it won’t start, and have put my trickle charger back on. All the lights are still on even without the keys in the ignition.

Steve: Hi. I suspect you have an alternator failure. If you charge the battery and all is fine then put a voltmeter across the battery terminals and see what it reads. It should show 13.7 volts at idle, but if it’s below 12 volts it will need to be checked. Alternatively it may be a faulty ignition switch causing the dash lights to stay on. It may be worth your while having the car diagnosed to save time and money.

It is always great to get feedback from Steve’s Q&A. his month we received an email from a member in Spain: “In March I asked for advice regarding my 986 misfiring and the issue I had with the garage who I took it to. Tracy thought it good to publish the inquiry in May’s PP, which I have only just got round to reading as I’ve been in Spain since January. All those lovely articles and pictures...

“Anyway, after much messing around, I received a call from the said garage at the end of March informing me that my car was ready. “he car was fine and sounded right, but the invoice amounted to €561.36, which I thought unreasonable. I was told the part, a measuring air mix sensor, was €333.93 plus five hour’s labour (€26 per hour) and the IVA (21% in Spain). I paid straight away, as always. “his got me thinking, so I asked for the part that was at fault - Bosch part number 0 280 217 007 with another load of numbers, 996 606 123 00, and another lot, 963 18 2 A. “hinking that €404.06 was a tidy sum for what it actually was, and getting a bit uptight, I contacted Porsche in Valencia. A very helpful man told me the part would have cost €624.64 (€516.23 plus IVA) had my garage got the part from there. he mind boggles!

“After viewing various UK websites I discovered I could have bought the part for under £40 in the UK, shipped it over and fitted it in under 30 minutes.

“Although I was very pleased the car was running as it should, it would have been easier to trailer the car back to the UK or even chanced doing the job myself.

“My advice is use Porsche UK if you can, or a good independent.

“Thanks Steve for your quick response to my inquiry. The car did get repaired and, although I’m back here in the UK for two months, I returned home in the motor home. I’ll bring the car back at the end of October and have it checked over.

“Regards to one and all. PP is a great magazine and PCGB a fantastic Club.”

I am so pleased that Steve could help. He really does know his stuff.

Members’ cars Welcome to Andrew Ashton and his 2007 987S in GT Silver. Andrew attended his first event at the R9 ‘Show and Shine’ and here is son James modeling the new car.

Whatever you choose to do or what events you decide to attend, have plenty of fun and safe drives through the summer.

deserved victory indeed - well done that man.

Although they didn’t win, Freddie took defeat in his stride!

Enjoy your Caymans…

Kevan

Panamera Register Secretary Steve McPherson 07831 346060 – panamera@porscheclubgb.com

GT3 Register Secretary Alex Drobik 01628 620702 – gt3@porscheclubgb.com

Speedster Register Secretary James Kirk 01252 710479/715185 speedster@porscheclubgb.com

‘Freddie’s Carriage’

Rick Wildridge Another contributor is Rick Wildridge. Rick was the first person to contact me in the role of Cayenne Register Secretary and has stayed in touch ever since. His contributions are indeed welcome and long may they continue. Rick’s car is a beautiful 2015 4.2 V8 S in black with a Saddle Brown interior.

Rick Wildridge’s 2015 4.2 V8 S

Cayenne James Ashton with his daddy’s new 987S

Happy Boxstering…

Tracy DIARY DATES 3 SEPTEMBER Visit to Paragon Cars **Pre-booked only** 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB Concours d’Elégance Ragley Hall Register display.

Cayman Register Secretary Kevan Sutherns 07733 318671 – cayman@porscheclubgb.com

Register Secretary Jeremy Heney cayenne@porscheclubgb.com Region 18 annual Concours I recently attended Region 18’s annual Concours at PC Kendall and was pleased to see a Cayenne entered. I’ve not come across that before and it made a pleasant change. As it transpires G1 MCH, a 2009 model, is affectionately known as ‘Freddie’s Carriage’ as it is the main transport for Russ and Margie Howarth’s wonderful spaniel. It has covered a number of events (the dog and the car!) this year including the Clubhouse BBQ, Porsches on the Prom at Llandudno and, of course, the Kendal event. The overall winner of the Concours was my old mate Tim Roelich with his stunning Boxster, a very well Freddie the spaniel

The Saddle Brown interior

The Chatsworth Porsche Pageant took place at the beginning of July with the hoped for good weather, there was a good turn out and money raised went to charity.

I have had an enquiry from a motoring journalist about writing a 987 buyer’s guide for a magazine and sent out a MailChimp, which you should have received. She is based in the West Midlands so, most appropriately, she would like to speak with owners of the Gen 1 and Gen 2 cars in that area.

The Silverstone Classic took place over three days at the end of July (28-30). I have little information on it myself, but would expect there to be a report elsewhere in the magazine.

I have seen the original specification sheet and it came with over £35,000 of extras, including a complete set of winter tyres and full XPEL Paint Protection - someone clearly ticked every box when ordering! That certain someone was Mel Morris of Candy Crush (the computer game) fame, the original owner. He is now chairman of Derby County FC but, as a lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter, that cuts no ice with me! A very canny buy there Rick.

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darkness. It was a wonderful experience and a good alternative to Le Mans Classic for those fancying a change. We also managed a couple of laps of the Nürburgring, which was quite an experience to say the least – suffice it to say I don’t think I broke any lap records…

New car The orange Turbo has now gone and been replaced with a 991 C4S with all the right bits. I’m still getting used to it but it’s a wonderful piece of kit. As always please keep your contributions coming either with or without a spaniel photograph.

GT1 clone at Essen

Jeremy Heney’s new 991 C4S

Fred Hindle On a sadder note I learnt of the passing of long time R18 member Fred Hindle this week. I’ve known Fred for nigh on 15 years and he was a true Porsche man through and through. He never let his disability get in his way and was always good company. He will be missed and my condolences to his family and friends.

interest, elegant, technical or otherwise. You can follow us via our Twitter handle @PCGB_Modified or via twitter.com/PCGB_Modified So if you have pictures of your or others’ modified Porsches feel free to Tweet us by adding @PCGB_Modified

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Essen Below and above are a couple of pictures of a GT1 clone spotted earlier in the year at Essen.

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PCGB Concours d’Elégance Modified Register cars are wanted for display at the forthcoming one-day National Event at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire. Please contact Ralph or myself if you are interested.

July A busy month – having returned from a very successful Register visit to the Champagne region of France, there was a Macan-specific handling course, a chance to drive a Macan GTS up Prescott Hill Climb and, finally, three days at the Silverstone Classic.

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Macan-ability That’s the word for it, as Register members found out during Gary Marsh’s recent handling course held in the safe environment of Abingdon airfield, where 112 porscheclubgb.com

the only choice of surface is concrete runway or long grass. After a quick coffee and safety briefing at the drive centre tent, we were off to our dedicated, isolated area. A pre-set roadway had been laid out with mini cones, the configuration of which gave a sharp 90-degree right-hand turn onto the main runway, an anti-clockwise roundabout half way along the main straight, then a tight 180-degree turn at the bottom, before returning, via the roundabout, with a six-swing slalom and finishing with an emergency stop into a garage. At first it was a true memory test for most participants to drive the correct sequence, even though we had two sighting laps in Gary’s Macan GTS! Some cones appeared to get displaced or knocked over – some said it was more to do with the windy conditions!

What I can report is that, during the course of the day, times came down, confidence grew, electronic systems were switched off and we all began to understand how well the Macan performs at the limit of man and machine. We adjourned for lunch at a local pub where discussion took place about the afternoon’s ‘drive-off’ against the clock.

However, before that Gary had further exercises, which we performed and perfected including driving Gary pointing out the correct line!

Peter Meaning’s Macan

Trevor Smith swapped his three-year-old Cayman for a Jet Black Diesel S Macan from his local PC Tonbridge. He’s only had it a few weeks but is already very impressed with its performance and handling.

Most improved Macan-handling expert, Keith Noble, receiving his prize

in excess of 50mph around a 90-degree bend with cruise control on and no brakes, high speed braking from 80mph, high speed lane changing at 70mph - with electronic controls on, I might add - but very impressive nonetheless and no drama whatsoever.

Finally, time came for the acid test to determine the most improved driver of the day. We climbed into our Macans and, one at a time, set off, remembering all we had been taught, including driving the correct way around the circuit without any shortcuts. In fact, times tumbled from nearly two minutes down to one minute 20 seconds as the competitive spirit took hold. New Macan owner Keith Noble, who was judged the most improved driver, commented that Gary’s event was “pitched just right, was also entertaining, informed, educational in theory terms and his experience shone through at all times.”

If you would like to see how good your Macan is in the safety of a remote airfield then drop me an email. Current dates being considered for a rerun event include Friday, 22 September and Friday, 6 October.

– the turnout of Porsches, particularly on Saturday, was truly remarkable. Even though there wasn’t any official Register parking, we still managed to corral a few Macans together at the back of the old pit area.

Trevor Smith’s Jet Black Macan

Also welcome to Mike and Vicky Gates who have sold their 10-year-old Boxster and replaced it with a two-litre Petrol Macan.

Macans at Silverstone Classic

New members There’s been flurry a of new members, including Kim Nevin. Her Sapphire Blue Diesel S was spotted by me on the prom at Llandudno’s Porsches on the Prom back in mid-May but I sadly missed meeting up with her. There were over 500 other Porsches and a vast crowd of folk there - next time perhaps!

Happy Macan-ing…

Prescott Hill Climb A last-minute invitation to Prescott found me, as a rookie driver, at the famous location near Cheltenham trying my hand at this challenging circuit, which dates back to 1929 when the Bugatti Owners’ Club purchased the site. Not only did I have several runs in my GT3 but also models from the whole Porsche range were available to use, so it would have been rude not to try the Macan GTS. Four up and with an instructor egging me on at my side, the two-tonne machine did not disgrace itself and, again, we were left amazed at the all-round capability of this vehicle. Whilst the Cayman, Boxster and 911 were much easier cars to thread up the course, the Panamera Hybrid was quite a handful!

Grateful thanks go to PC Tewkesbury for the kind invitation to this event - I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Silverstone Classic Finally, at the end of July, I attended the three-day Silverstone Classic. We managed to dodge the rain up until the last hour of Sunday when the heavens opened and made a very interesting climax to the Group C and Touring Car races. It was good to meet up with several Macan owners attending what must surely be the most successful event yet for the Club

2-3 December Christmas party and Open Day We will be joining the 997/991 Registers again for this year’s party at Wroxall Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire. It’s a four-star historic venue set in acres of parkland and handy for the short journey to Club House on the Sunday for the Christmas Open Day. For details please contact Clive White by email at lancerlot@hotmail.co.uk

Mike DIARY DATES 16-17 SEPTEMBER - Kop Hill Climb – Princes Risborough, Bucks 22 SEPTEMBER/6 OCTOBER (TBC) Macan Handling Course - Abingdon 23 SEPTEMBER PCGB National Concours d’Elégance – Ragley Hall 2 DECEMBER Christmas party with 997/991 Registers 3 DECEMBER Christmas Open Day Cornbury House

Kim Nevin’s car at Lowther Castle

Another Sapphire Blue enthusiast is Peter Meaning who recently picked up a well-specced Diesel S from PC Bournemouth who gave him “fantastic service, it’s a beautiful car, I loved it immediately, I couldn’t be happier.”

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CALENDAR WHAT’S ON IN 2017 AUGUST 24 3 Sept 26 26 26-28 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 30 30

Great Escape to Switzerland and Austria (R20) Speed Championship at Curborough (R8) Canford Classics open morning (R26) Oulton Park Gold Cup Porsche in the Glen (R1) VMCC Car display at Manx Museum (R30) Props and Pistons - East Kirkby (R4) Classic car show at Pershore Abbey (R13) Drive and lunch (R14) Bank holiday drive (R3) Pershore Plum Festival classic car show (R13) Brands Hatch track evening (R11) (997) Evening meal in Herm (R28G)

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East Coast fish and chip run (R1)

3

Bournemouth Air Show (R26)

3

SEPTEMBER 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Brighton Speed Trials (R23) Prill Septemberfest (R11) Lunch at Atlantic Hotel (R28J) Supercar Sunday Sharnbrook (R10) (R24) Concorde Classic Car Show (R17) Supercar Sunday - Holmes Mill, Clitheroe (R18) Breakfast Club (R25) Breakfast Run (R30) Summer Tea Bun Run (R31) Classics at the Castle Classic Car Breakfast, Cornerhouse, Wrightington (R18) Bo’ness Hill Climb (R1)

3 8 8-10 8-10 8-10 9-10 9-10 10 10 10 10 10 10 13

Frankie’s Classic Car and Bike Fest at Ford Motor Company (R11) Classics and Sports Cars by the Lake (R12) Visit to Paragon Cars (Boxster) Blyton Park trackday (R4) Goodwood Revival WOTY - Broomhall Castle, Menstrie, near Stirling (R18) Mid Wales Weekend Wander (914) Weekend away – Wales (R8) Wales Weekender (R31) Classics at the Mill (R18) D-Day Museum and lunch at Jailhouse Cafe (R26) Lake District run (R5) Sunday Service - Living Seas Centre (R7) Sunday Escape ‘London Landmarks’ (R20) Chearsley Classic and Vintage Fun Day (R21) Cinema night (R27)

13 13 14 16 16-17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 20 21 22 23 23 23-25 24 24 24 24 28 29 -1 OCT 29 - 2 OCT 29 5 OCT 30 29 30

Karting - Daytona Manchester (R5) Tudor private cinema (R27) Jersey International Air Display (R28J) Crail track experience (R2) Kop Hill Climb Sunday Escape – ‘London Landmarks’ (R20) Run and lunch (R1) Drive and lunch (R25) Classics and Sports Car show (R12) Drive, Dine and Riverboat Cruise (R24) Preston SuperCar meeting (R18) Essex Classic Vehicle Show (R11) Royal Deeside Speed Festival (R2) Mersey Crossings (R6) Porsche Club Awards Ceremony National Concours (Ragley Hall) Marque 21 visit and clinic (R26) WOTY to Northumberland (R11) Warren Classic (R11) Anstruther lifeboat visit (R1) Festival of Classic Cars and Bikes (R12) Scenic drive (R15) East Coast fish and chip run (R1) WOTY (R17) October 997 Register autumn tour (997) Factory Visit to Bavaria, Austria and Stuttgart Classic Car Club joint meeting (R28G) WOTY Wales (R4) WOTY to Broomhall Castle, Scotland (R18)

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Classic Car Breakfast, Cornerhouse, Wrightington (R18)

1 1 1 6-8 7 7 7 7-8 7-8 8 12-15 14 15 15 18 18 21

Breakfast Run (R30) Breakfast and steam train on Bluebell Railway (R23) Sunday Bicester Brunch Scramble (R31) Weekend in the Lake District (R9) Dartmouth College (R15) Breakfast meeting (R11) Castle Combe Autumn Classic R20 Autumn Break ‘Treasure Island’ (R20) WOTY (R13) Sandringham Charity Car Rally (R12) WOTY – Harrogate (R6) Winter health check at PC Tonbridge (R25) Sunday Run and Lunch (R5) Drive and lunch Symonds Yat (R14) Porsche Design evening PC Bolton visit (R18) Drive and lunch (R29)

21 21 22 22 22 22 22 26-29

SilverstoneA uctions Porsche Sale Coventry Transport Museum (R9) Breakfast meeting at Shoreham Airport and drive (R23) Detailing workshop with lunch (R1) Autumn Leaves Drive n’ Dine (R16) Final drive of the season (R27) Preston SuperCar meeting (R18) Gain-an-Hour Weekend (R2)

5 18 19 19 19 25 25 26

Sunday Escape ‘Sunday on Sea’ (R20) Afternoon tea - Barnett Hill Hotel, Wonersh (R29) Gower Tour (R14) Breakfast meeting at The Beach Deck (R23) Preston SuperCar meeting (R18) Christmas dinner (R14) Christmas party (R12) Abu Dhabi GP DO (R28G)

DECEMBER

3

Christmas Open Day, Clubhouse R20 On Tour ‘Christmas Curry’ (R20) Christmas lunch (R31) Christmas dinner (R11) Christmas dinner (R14) Preston SuperCar meeting (R18) Christmas lunch (R13) Christmas lunch (R28G)

5 10 12 16 17 17 17

MAY 18 11-16

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NOVEMBER

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NEC Classic Car Show Exmoor and Dartmoor drive (R16) Drive and lunch (R14)

2 3

Christmas Dinner Dance (R15) Christmas Party (991)(997) (Macan) Christmas Party (991) Christmas lunch (R18)

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Trip to Grand Prix de Monaco Historique (R13)

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Specialists in covered car transportation and high quality car storage in a dehumidified purpose built facility.

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INDEPENDENT PORSCHE SPECIALISTS Avon Advanced Car Care Unit 3, Fairways Ind. Est. Filton, Bristol, BS34 7QS T: 0870 765 5911/0117 944 1944 E: sales@advancedcarcare.co.uk www.advancedcarcare.co.uk A progressively high tech, fully equipped Porsche servicing facility based in Bristol. The professional personalised care for you and your car is what makes us so unique. We pride ourselves on our integrity, flexibility and understanding of each client’s specific needs. Our friendly and professional staff believe that our best customer is an educated customer. We will take as much time as is necessary to explain what needs to be done to your ‘pride and joy’ and how we will go about doing this. No matter what your needs or desires, if it’s quality main dealer standards you need, we do it here.

We don’t cut corners and we don’t rush jobs. At Advanced Car Care we take the time to do it right, first time! Call us for a free estimate, or pop into our Bristolbased premises. Which trusted trader.

Bedfordshire

RPM Technik Units 6 & 7, Old Airfield Industrial Estate, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Hertfordshire, HP23 4QR T: 01296 663824 E: info@rpmtechnik.co.uk www.rpmtechnik.co.uk

Cambridgeshire TWG Motorsport Thorpe Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough, PE3 6LU. T: 01733 332911 E: twg@supanet.com www.twgsport.co.uk Since 1982, TWH Motorsport has been dedicated to providing you with quality and dependable care of your Porsche. Expert mechanical repair and maintenance are the cornerstones of our business and, combined with our quality control scheme, give our customers 100% satisfaction. We offer a complete service from minor to major repairs for your car. To find out more about how are comprehensive service and repair can help you with all of your Porsche needs, we invite you to experience first-hand our quality service, staff and technicians.

Export 56 LTD

Export 56 LTD

Unit 9, Blundells Drive, Bradville Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK13 7HA T: 01908 216661 E: enquiries@export56.com www.export56.com

Unit 9, Blundells Drive, Bradville Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK13 7HA T: 01908 216661 E: enquiries@export56.com www.export56.com

RPM Technik Units 6 & 7, Old Airfield Industrial Estate, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Hertfordshire, HP23 4QR T: 01296 663824 E: info@rpmtechnik.co.uk www.rpmtechnik.co.uk

Berkshire RSJ Sports Cars 3rd Floor STS House, Bristol Way, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3QE T: 01753 553969 E: joel@rsjsportscars.co.uk www.rsjsportscars.co.uk RSJ have been established since 1998 as a Porsche dealer and we are focused on the sales of used Porsche cars and the servicing and repair of used Porsche cars. As a Porsche dealer RSJ aims to be the next best alternative to a main dealer. We prepare our cars for sale to a main Porsche dealer standard. Our used Porsche cars have all cosmetic and mechanical refurbishment carried out to the same level as our staff did when they worked at a main Porsche dealer.

Our aim is to make your life-long dream come true to buy that used Porsche 911 and have a good experience while owning it. Please call to come and view more than 25 used Porsches in our indoor 6,000 sq foot showroom.

Buckinghamshire Export 56 LTD Unit 9, Blundells Drive, Bradville Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK13 7HA T: 01908 216661 E: enquiries@export56.com www.export56.com Proprietor, Mick Pacey is an enthusiastic and passionate owner and racer of Classic Porsche cars as well as an independent Porsche specialist which helps in his understanding of your requirements, as enthusiasts, running air cooled Porsches.

With over 25 years experience Export 56 is dedicated to fine quality restoration and can list a number of rare road and race Porsche cars completed in our workshops. The Export 56 Service Centre is the newest addition to our Classic Porsche facilities in North Bucks.

Conveniently located in Central Milton Keynes and provides an exceptional offering to Air Cooled Porsche clients for all aspects of servicing, repair and maintenance.

Our experience and enthusiasm gives us a sound understanding of what is required to provide the highest levels of service to you our existing customers and hopefully to you our prospective customers too.

Cheshire Ninemeister 12 Chesford Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4RE T: 01925 242342 E: ask@ninemeister.com www.ninemeister.com The new 19,000sqft Ninemeister Customer service centre is perfectly located near M6 Jn21 offering ease of access via M6, M62 & M56 for customers across Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire & the Wirral and just 20 minutes from Manchester & Liverpool airports. Our services include OPC quality fixed price servicing & repairs, Hunter 4 wheel chassis alignment & performance tyre service with Hunter Road Force wheel balancing; extensive engine rebuild facility for all 911, 964, 993, 996, 997, Boxster & Cayman; insurance approved repair facility, full body restoration, repair & paint. Performance upgrades include: Klein Innovation UK dealer; KW Suspension fitting centre; Motec engine management dealer; 9m Racing air-cooled fast road & race engines & parts. Please call or refer to website for more details.

Unit Eleven Porsche Specialists 10/11 Aston Court, Kingsland Grange, Warrington, WA1 4SG T: 01925 852 000 www.unitelevenporsche.com Specialising in Air Cooled and Water cooled cars, experts at geometry setup, offering regular maintenance services to full restoration services.

Tech9 Motorsport Ltd Hale Garage, Hale Road, Liverpool L24 5RB. T: 0151 4255 911 E: sales@tech9.ms www.tech9.ms Engineering dealer since 1993, Tech9 has been providing a high-quality service for the repair, restoration and servicing of all Porsche models. Equipped with the official Porsche PIWIS diagnostic system, our services extend to cover engine and gearbox rebuilding, performance tyre supply and fitting, and we have an on-vehicle brake disc lathe. Highly experienced with R/RS/RSR, GT2 and GT3 variants. Specialising in geometry setting for road/track day or full motorsport use, using our Beissbarth alignment system. Sole UK distributor for TECHART tuning products for all the latest Porsche models. Discount available to Porsche Club members.

Cornwall Location close to Liverpool Airport.

PIE Performance Independent Porsche Specialist

Williams Crawford Ltd

Unit 9, Hill Farm, Lavenham Road Brent Eleigh, CO10 9PB T: 01473 827927, 07789 908303, 07788 410375, 07557 773642 or 07740352488 E: info@pieperformance.co.uk www.pieperformance.co.uk

911 Forge Lane, Moorlands Trading Estate, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6LX T: 01752 840307 E: info@williamscrawford.co.uk www.williamscrawford.co.uk Williams Crawford Ltd has been in business for almost 25 years, representing Cornwall dealing in classic and modern Porsche. We service and repair all Porsche models in our modern well-equipped workshops backed up by our highly skilled, dedicated and friendly team. Also on offer is our popular prestige brokerage service designed to take all of the hardship out of selling your valuable Porsche. Call Adrian or Richard to learn how our personal approach is different and can benefit you.

Devon Braunton Engineering Braunton Garage, Exeter Road, Braunton, Devon, EX33 2JP T: 01271 814144 E: info@brauntonengineering.co.uk www.brauntonengineering.co.uk South West specialist dedicated to Porsche owners. MOT testing station.

Bosch car service garage. All Porsches welcome. Diagnostics, service/repair, AC, geometry, restoration, bodywork.

Oak Tree Garage Newton Popplefield, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 0ER. T: 01395 568498 Mobile: 07973 550911 Specialising in Porsche since 1974. Full Porsche diagnostics. Mechanical repairs and servicing. Four-wheel alignment.

In-house MOT. Air conditioning. Free loan cars. Contact Crispin.

SCSPORSCHE Honiton, Devon, EX14 3AW T: 01404 549921 Mobile: 07762 244477/ 07770 933054 E: scsporsche@hotmail.co.uk Independent purely Porsche specialists, factory-trained technicians from 1987 to present. Porsche diagnostic equipment for all your Porsche needs, from fixedprice servicing to full rebuilds, with free loan cars. Collection and delivery service available.

Dorset JMG Porsche 98 Cobham Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7RE T: 01202 488800 E: service@jmgporsche.co.uk www.jmgporsche.co.uk At JMG we are dedicated to helping you get the best experience from your Porsche. We service, diagnose, repair and improve Porsche vehicles in our south of England workshops.

Marque 21 Unit 20 Dreadnought Trading Estate, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 5BU T: 01308 459106 E: infomarque21@aol.com www.marque21.co.uk We are an experienced, enthusiastic team offering servicing, repairs, restoration, engine rebuilds, Porsche diagnostics and computerised full wheel alignment for all Porsche models from 1950 to 2010.

Essex Lancaster Volkswagen Loughton / Porsche Specialists Specialist Body Repair Centre, Langston Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 3TQ T: 020 8532 5555. Contact Chris Toumazos or Andrew Lester E: chris.toumazos@jardinemotors.co.uk andrew.lester@jardinemotors.co.uk Covering Essex and London postcodes.

We provide the highest levels of quality and expertise with Porsche trained technicians. Using the very latest technology when repairing, restoring or enhancing your Porsche. For full details on the services we offer as a Porsche Specialist Body repairers please give us a call.

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. Gloucester Peter Chambers Automotive Ltd Unit 5, 4,200 Oakfield Close, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8PF T. 01684 274168 E. peter@pcaltd.co.uk www.pcaltd.co.uk We are a well-established specialist workshop offering a full servicing, repairs and preparation on any Porsche, be it everyday road car or track day car, right up to full race peparation. Competitive rates and efficient, friendly service. . Greater

Manchester

Hartech Firwood Industrial Estate off Thicketford Road, Bolton, BL2 3TR T: 01204 302809 E: auto@hartech.org www.hartech.org Ninemeister 12 Chesford Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4RE T: 01925 242342 E: ask@ninemeister.com www.ninemeister.com The new 19,000sqft Ninemeister Customer service centre is perfectly located near M6 Jn21 offering ease of access via M6, M62 & M56 for customers across Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire & the Wirral and just 20 minutes from Manchester & Liverpool airports.

Hampshire David Newton: Keylink SAS Ltd Units 15/16 The Calvert Centre, Woodmancott, Winchester, SO21 3BN T: 01256 397150 E: info@keylinksas.com www.keylinksas.com Sharing one man’s passion. Specialising in precision servicing of Porsche at highly competitive pricing. Collection, courtesy cars and delivery service available.

David Newton: Sandydown Bodyworks Ltd Heath House Estate, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6BY T: 01264 810757 E: info@sandydown.com www.sandydown.com Share one man’s passion. Independent Porsche specialists in paint restoration, bodywork repairs. Fully VBRA and insurance company approved. Modern low-bake ovens. Paint mixing scheme.

Full valeting.

Independent Garage Services Unit 5, Stanstead Road, Boyatt Wood Industrial Estate, Eastleigh, Southampton, SO50 4RZ T: 023 8062 9606 E: enquiries@independent garageservices.co.uk www.independentgarageservices.co.uk Independent Porsche specialists.

Factory-trained technicians. Laserline geometry equipment service available.

M.R Performance Cars A36 Warminster Road, South Newton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 0QW T: 01722 741247 Established for 33 years Mike and Richard have a real passion for Porsches.

We offer sales, servicing, repairs, engine and gearbox rebuilds for all models of Porsches from 1960s to current models.

With 45 years’ relevant experience and a customer service of the highest standard, we are an ideal choice for all Porsche owners.

Brookspeed 14 Parham Drive, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 4NU T: 02380 641672 E: info@brookspeed.com www.brookspeed.com Brookspeed is an independent Porsche specialist based near the M3 between Southampton and Winchester. With 20 years’ experience of racing and servicing Porsche models, Brookspeed are able to offer a ‘one stop shop’ for maintenance, servicing, Tyres, MOT and diagnostics.

Whatever your Porsche problem contact our friendly team at Brookspeed and we will do everything we can to help.

Hertfordshire RPM Technik Units 6 & 7, Old Airfield Industrial Estate, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Hertfordshire, HP23 4QR T: 01296 663824 E: info@rpmtechnik.co.uk www.rpmtechnik.co.uk Located on the border of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire RPM has been maintaining both modern and classic Porsches since 2001. In addition to our specialist Porsche servicing, RPM also undertakes warranted car sales, project builds and restorations, engine and transmission rebuilds and track day / race support.

JZM Porsche Ltd Unit 1, Langley Wharf, Railway Terrace, Kings Langley, WD4 8JE T. 01923 269 788 E: service@jzmporsche.com With excellent transport links from London and the M25 JZM is well positioned to service customers throughout London and the Home Counties. We boost over 30 years’ experience in Porsche servicing and have recently expanded with a huge 40 car showroom. Our factory trained technicians coupled with the latest Porsche technologies and diagnostic equipment can meet all your Porsche needs in servicing , tuning and on or off the track.

15. Hertfordshire Kent La Rose Porsche Unit F3, Chaucer Business Park, Watery Lane, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6PL T: 01732 763333 E: dee@larose.co.uk www.laroseporsche.co.uk We are a well-established Porsche specialist with more than 30 years’ experience. Our fully equipped workshop, factory-trained technicians and the latest Porsche diagnostic equipment enable us to service and repair your early Carrera or current generation of Porsche.

Lancashire Hartech Firwood Industrial Estate off Thicketford Road, Bolton, BL2 3TR T: 01204 302809 E: auto@hartech.org www.hartech.org Cavendish Porsche Units 6 & 7, Gainsborough Close Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1PX T: 0115 972 2001 E: enquires@cavendishporsche.co.uk

London 911 SBD Unit 5, Wellington Park Est, Waterloo Road, London, NW2 7JW T: 020 8208 0464 E: servicing@911sbd.com www.911sbd.com With more than 35 years Porsche service and motorsport experience, 911 SBD is the premier Porsche specialist in London.

Full electrical diagnostics including the PIWIS tester. Can service all models all years. Brake Disc service. Air-con service. Bodywork / insurance work.

Alloy re-furbs. Full engine re-builds.

Give us a ring or call on for a chat.

Charles Ivey 160 Hurlingham Road, London, SW6 3NG. T: 020 7731 3612 E: alvaro@charlesivey.com www.charlesivey.com London’s premier Porsche specialist since 1970. Charles Ivey (Specialist Cars) Limited has been selling and servicing Porsches in London since 1970 and we have been at our present site for the past 35 years. We have a team of dedicated people who are committed to maintaining the very high standards that have, over the years, made us London’s leading Porsche specialist.

Chelsea Carrera Ltd 203 Seagrave Road, London, SW6 1ST. T: 020 7610 2326 E: zoom@chelseacarrera.com www.chelseacarrera.com High-class Porsche service and mechanical work in Central London.

Full engine diagnostic service available.

Four-wheel alignment equipment for perfectresults. Competitively priced.

Collection and delivery service available.

Premises outside the congestion charge area.

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build, Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

Porsche Torque Unit C2, Arun Buildings, Arundel Road, Uxbridge, UB8 2RP T: 01895 814446 E: sid@porsche-torque.com www.porschespecialistheathrow.co.uk Service and repair on all Porsches, any year. 30 years’ Porsche experience.

Discount given to PCGB members, please mention Porsche Post. Ex AFN & OPC technicians.

Xavier Auto Clinic 166-167 Stamford Brook Arches, Hammersmith, London, W6 0TQ T: 020 8741 2251 E: reception@xavierauto.com www.xavierautoclinic.com Xavier Auto Clinic is an independent Porsche specialist based in West London that can offer a full range of service on all Porsche models. Established in 2002, 5-star Good Garage Scheme member.

Air-conditioning service and repair.

Manufacturer-scheduled service keeping manufacturer warranty intact under block exemption. Customised servicing for three-plus years. Vehicle diagnostics and engine rebuilds.

Manchester Hartech Firwood Industrial Estate off Thicketford Road, Bolton, BL2 3TR T: 01204 302809 E: auto@hartech.org www.hartech.org 986/996/997 and Cayman engine repair/rebuild specialist addressing failed IMS bearings, scored bores, “D” chunk failures, etc. We carry out engine work for many of the UK’s leading specialists and worldwide. Porsche servicing, repairs and maintenance, sales, re-manufactured spares, monthly paid “Lifetime Maintenance Plan” (free labour and services).

Merseyside Tech9 Motorsport Ltd Hale Garage, Hale Road, Liverpool L24 5RB. T: 0151 4255 911 E: sales@tech9.ms www.tech9.ms

Norfolk STR Porsche & Mercedes Specialists 10 Garden St, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1QU T: 01603 626668 E: reception@str.gb.com www.porsche-servicing-norfolk.co.uk STR have provided Porsche servicing, diagnostics, engine and gearbox rebuilds, four-wheel alignment and bodywork repairs for more than 12 years. We cater for everyday road cars, track day and race cars, and also provide track day and race licence training through our motorsport division. We pride ourselves on ensuring you – and your car – receive the very highest level of care and service.

Nottinghamshire Cavendish Porsche Units 6 & 7, Gainsborough Close, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1PX T: 0115 972 2001 E: enquires@cavendishporsche.co.uk We are a Porsche Specialist based in Long Eaton, Nottingham. Our technicians have more than 21 years of Porsche main dealer experience and seven years’ independent experience, so we are more than confident that our work is of the highest standard. From servicing to full engine rebuilds, your beloved Porsche is in very safe hands. We use the very latest PIWIS official Porsche diagnostic systems and can offer you the same workshop facilities that you would find at any official Porsche Centre, but at independent prices. We hope to see you in the near future.

Northamptonshire Export 56 LTD Unit 9, Blundells Drive, Bradville Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK13 7HA T: 01908 216661 E: enquiries@export56.com www.

North Wales export56.com Tech9 Motorsport Ltd Hale Garage, Hale Road, Liverpool L24 5RB. T: 0151 4255 911 E: sales@tech9.ms www.tech9.ms

Oxfordshire Autofarm Oddington Grange, Weston on the Green, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 3QW T: 01865 331234 www.autofarm.co.uk Autofarm has more than 40 years’ experience of maintaining, preparing, racing, restoring and selling Porsches of all ages. The Oxfordshire-based workshop offers servicing using accredited diagnostics equipment, sales, parts, race preparation, restoration and engine build capability. Its extensive road and race engine experience led the company to develop Silsleeve, an innovative and cost-effective method of repairing modern Porsche cylinder blocks. It also offers bespoke builds through its Autofarm 911 programme.

Hillcrest Specialist Cars Whitehouse Garage, High Street, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 5DB. T: 01491 642911 E: hillcrestcars@tiscali.co.uk www.hillcrestspecialistcars.com Hillcrest Specialist Cars is a leading independent Porsche specialist based in Henley-on-Thames. We offer a highly professional service at competitive prices. We pride ourselves on our high quality and standard of service.

Wrightune Ltd The Croft, WhiTy Road, Hithercroft Industrial Estate, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9RG T: 01491 826911 E: info@wrightune.co.uk www.wrightune.co.uk Wrightune was founded by Tony Wright, well known and respected in the Porsche world. 30+ years of continuous experience with Porsche cars results in a wealth of knowledge and expertise.

Suffolk PIE Performance Independent Porsche Specialist Unit 9, Hill Farm, Lavenham Road Brent Eleigh, CO10 9PB T: 01473 827927, 07789 908303, 07788 410375, 07557 773642 or 07740352488 E: info@pieperformance.co.uk www.pieperformance.co.uk PIE Performance is a family-run independent Porsche specialist in East Anglia. We offer all workshop facilities for servicing and repair, supply new and used parts, vehicle restoration to include back dating, Porsche car sales and many other services needed to support running a Porsche.

Surrey Cridfords The Street, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7QY T: 01483 273302 E: porsche@cridfords.co.uk www.cridfords.co.ukCridfords has been established as an independent Porsche specialist for both sales and servicing. We pride ourselves on offering extremely well prepared and presented cars and we are able to provide the best all round servicing options for your Porsche. Talk directly to our service manager who has been servicing and preparing Porsche road and racecars for 40 years, he will be happy to discuss your requirements from a simple MOT to a full engine rebuild. We look forward to hearing from you.

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX. T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

Charles Ivey Specialist Cars Hollyfield Road, Surbiton Surrey, KT5 9AL T: 020 7731 3612 E: info@charlesivey.com www.charlesivey.com

Sussex (East) Paragon Five Ashes, East Sussex, TN20 6HY T: 01825 830424 (open 7 days) E: info@paragon.gb.com www.paragongb.com Located in the heart of East Sussex, we offer an outstanding selection of high-quality and expertly prepared used Porsches for sale. Our in-house workshops and parts department are fully equipped and offer a vast depth of knowledge and enthusiasm that enables us to provide complete long-term care for your modern or classic Porsche.

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build, Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

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Precision Porsche Unit B1/B2, Bluebell Industrial Estate, Sheffied Park, Uckfield, Sussex TN22 3HQ. T: 01825 721205 E: info@precisionporsche.co.uk www.precisionporsche.co.uk We specialise in Porsche maintenance and bodywork repairs – from regular care through to full restorations. We have new dedicated workshops all on one site including the latest Porsche diagnostic equipment and body shop services. Our premises are light, spacious and customer friendly located in Mid Sussex.

Sussex (West) Carrera Performance Unit A, Monks Gate Garage, Brighton Road, Monks Gate, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 6JD. T: 01403 891911 E: info@carreraperformance.com www.carreraperformance.com We offer a complete range of services or all Porsches including engine and gearbox rebuilds and upgrades. Servicing, race and rally prep including four-wheel alignment and corner weighting, suspension upgrades, rolling road service.

We also have an in-house machine shop to make those hard-to-get parts.

Parr 5 Faraday Centre, Faraday Road, Crawley, RH10 9PX. T: 01293 537911 E: service@parr-uk.co.uk www.parr-uk.co.uk With 30 years’ experience Parr is the leading Porsche specialist in the UK, covering all areas of Porsche maintenance, preparation, tuning (Cargraphic UK importer), motorsport and sales. Whether it is a routine service or part through to a full restoration or engine build, Parr has the skills, experience and facilities to deliver the highest levels of customer care and service. To find out the full range of services, and to explore what Parr can offer you, please visit our website.

Philip Raby Porsche Porsche sales and service Clovelly Road, Southbourne, West Sussex PO10 8PF. T: 01243 780389 Contact Philip Raby, Andrew Windsor E: mail@philipraby.co.uk www.philipraby.co.uk Friendly and affordable help on buying, selling and running Porsches. We sell top-quality Porsches at sensible prices with great aftersales service. We also offer full service, repair and restoration services for all Porsches, classic and modern. Visit our website for more details or please ring for an appointment.

We’ll be happy to chat with you.

Tyne & Wear D&G Porsche Specialists www.dg-porsche.co.uk Workshop/service: 0191 340 6454 E: enquiries@dg-porsche.co.uk Sales: 07710 243716 E: sales@dg-porsche.co.uk Friendly dedicated Porsche specialists serving the north east of England In both car sales and service. Everything from tyre fitting to engine rebuilds we have it covered here at D&G.

Vale of Glamorgan

D9 Autotech South Wales Porsche Specialists Unit 22 & 23 South Cornelly Trading Estate, Bridgend,Vale of Glamorgan CF33 4RE. Junction 37 M4 T: 01656 740991 Mobile 07966 166763 E: discount9auto@aol.com www.d9autotechporsche.co.uk Perfectly located on M4 half way between Cardiff & Swansea, serving South, East, & West! Wales leading specialists in 996/997/Boxster/Cayman & Cayenne engine rebuilds & rebores at the best rates in the country. Ceramic Ims bearing upgrades. In house recovery at cost price only any where Wales/UK, free with any engine rebuild 200 mile radius! Full state of the art Porsche diagnostics by Autologic, covering ecu & key programming etc. Air cooled engine/gearbox rebuilds with 30 years experience! Vast stock of new & used spares at unbeatable prices! Full restoration pre 90’s 911 & panel repairs & specialist paint to highest standards!

Servicing all models with free special offer add ons always available! In house MOT station, lazer suspension alignment, air conditioning. Vast knowledge & experience second to none in the area. Please contact Neil Cooper or Anthony Nicholas to discuss your Porsche requirements with confidence anytime! Fast friendly Service!

Wiltshire M.R Performance Cars A36 Warminster Road, South Newton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 0QW T: 01722 741247 Established for 33 years Mike and Richard have a real passion for Porsches.

We offer sales, servicing, repairs, engine and gearbox rebuilds for all models of Porsches from 1960s to current models.

With 45 years’ relevant experience and a customer service of the highest standard, we are an ideal choice for all Porsche owners.

Worcestershire Peter Chambers Automotive Ltd Unit 5, 4,200 Oakfield Close, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8PF T: 01684 274168 E. peter@pcaltd.co.uk www.pcaltd.co.uk

Yorkshire Car-Tech & Care Unit 10, Station Road, Industrial Park, Station Road, Brompton on Swale, North Yorkshire, DL10 7SN T: 01748 810788 E: car-techandcare@live.com www.car-techandcare.co.uk Car-Tech & Care is a Porsche specialist situated south of Scotch Corner just off the A1. Proprietor David Raper has more than 17 years’ Porsche experience.

Offering friendly, value-for-money service.

Scotland

Welsh Porsche Specialists

Border Reivers

The Old Stables, Railway Terrace, Penarth, CF64 2TT. T: 02920 706944 www.welshporsche.co.uk Welsh Porsche are the oldest established independent Porsche specialists in Cardiff and south Wales, ideally located in Penarth. We specialise in: 996 / 997 / Boxster / Cayman and Cayenne engines. Tiptronic and Manual gearbox’s. Service and MOT. Diagnostics.

Accident damage. Renovations. Fuel injection / mechanical / K and L jetronic all Bosch types. Our highly trained staff will resolve any problem presented from a Porsche tractor through to 991.

Our dealer level diagnostic equipment and vast experience can overcome any situation. Please contact Paul Welsh for an informal chat regarding your requirements.

T: 01360 870103 M: 07951 112581 www.borderreivers.co Scotland’s Largest independent Porsche Dealer Specialising in the Sale, Restoration & Preservation of Porsche cars Based in the beautiful Loch Lomond and Trossachs national park on the shores of Loch Lomond Conveniently based between Glasgow & Edinburgh Free insurance valuations to Porsche Club Members.

To advertise please contact Angela Thornby-Burt Telephone 01603 772853

PP: What advice would you give to other Porsche owners?

PS: Drive your Porsche as much as possible – that’s what it’s there for – and join in the numerous Porsche Club events. There’s so much you can experience and learn. Just try a bit of everything and see what floats your boat.

PP: How would you describe Porsche enthusiasts?

PS: I would say that they are absolutely committed to the cause, with an in-depth knowledge of the history of the company and an appreciation of their cars.

Q A PP talks to racing driver and Porsche enthusiast Paul Seagrave about his motorsport career, ultimate road trip and favourite models

PP: What is it that excites you about PCGB? PS: It’s the people and events. There is such a diverse range of experiences and every member has their own passion – there’s so much to become enthused about.

PP: What are your Porsche ambitions or plans?

PS: I want to keep racing as long as possible and trying different models of Porsche. Driving as fast as you can, with no restrictions – you cannot beat it. Road driving just seems so slow afterwards. I also would also like to do some road trips round Europe. My ultimate road trip would be driving to Europe, then driving the Nürburgring and Spa. After that, I’d head to the Porsche Museum to immerse myself in the history and then visit Gmund, where it all began.

PP: And what does the future hold?

PS: I don’t plan it – life just happens to me.

One door closes and another opens. I just take the opportunities when they arise.

MOTORSPORT HOW DID YOU START? “I went to a Club race at Brands Hatch, which sowed the seed. After an accident at work 10 years ago, the goal became getting in and out of a race car and living life to the full after a close call.”

FAVOURITE TRACK CAR? “It’s the Cayman GT4.”

MEMORABLE RACE? “This year at Oulton Park.

We had oil on the track and conditions were tricky. I was in second place, having to hold off two cars behind me. It was a relief when the chequered flag came out.”

FAVOURITE TRACK “It has to be the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit.”

CURRENTLY RACING? “A Boxster S built for me by EMC Motorsport. I sold my 968 race car so they had three weeks to build it – it was fast straight out of the box with fantastic handling, which gives confidence.”

FIRST WIN? “Watch this space! I have had five podiums this year out of six races, so it’s getting closer. That’s the challenge – to keep improving as I continue to compete.”

PP: What’s your earliest Porsche memory?

PS: It has to be the black Porsches used as pursuit cars in the 1981 film Condorman.

They had a certain something that caught my imagination as a child.

PP: When did you become a Porsche owner?

PS: Back in 1988 when I was 21, I bought a 1981 924 in silver – it didn’t last long! I then returned to the fold in 2001 when I bought a Guards Red 944 Turbo and joined Porsche Club GB. That was the start of my journey and I’ve been enjoying it ever since.

PP: What do you currently own?

PS: I have a Cayman 718 S, a 928 S4, a Boxster race car and a Cayenne. They all put a smile on my face.

PP: And what’s your dream Porsche?

PS: It has to be a Porsche 904 Carrera GTS. I got to drive one briefly when it was on our Club stand at the NEC classic car show – it’s the prettiest Porsche ever with a fabulous exhaust note. My favourite Porsche series would have to be the 1980s 911 SC and I think the 997 will become a classic because it’s such a good all-rounder.

Paul Seagrave putting his Boxster S race car through its paces at Silverstone earlier this year

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