TIPEC All Torque 131

L AL E U Q R TO R R/NOVEMBE E B O T C O 1 3 ISSUE 1

PORSCHE AT THE HILL

TIPEC SCOTLAND CELEBRATING PORSCHE’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY ON TRACK AT KNOCKHILL

FROM WHITBY TO LE MANS The Anglia & North Essex Region’s longest weekend

INVESTING IN THE 944 TURBO Steve Tatham’s decision to put his money into Stuttgart metal

AIR AND WATER The Luftgekühlt cult arrives in the UK on a wet weekend

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All Torque 131 Oct/Nov 2018 Usually when the phone rings and it is a club related call, nine times out of 10 the enquiry is about a model’s value or whether I know anyone that wants to buy their Porsche. In August however, I received a call asking if we would consider starting up a new region.

On the back of that call, I am delighted to welcome Shropshire and Mid Wales to the Club. Richard & Deana are very enthusiastic, and I look for ward to seeing how the region grows as the news spreads. I was greeted with a very warm welcome at their inaugural meeting at The Fox & Hounds, Shawbury. There was an excellent turnout and we just about filled our reserved parking area.

It is always exciting to add a new region to our portfolio and introduce our slightly more informal way of doing things to the Porsche owners in the area. Good luck Richard, I look forward to making another of your club nights soon.

We are always looking to improve our geographical coverage. James Garrard is currently looking at a Surrey meeting, either standalone or as a satellite of Sussex. If you would like to talk to us about a region that has potential, please get in touch.

After a chat with Mike Williamson we have decided to suspend activity for the North East Region until next Spring. We will consult with the current members and decide the best way forward after discussing some options. I would like to thank Mike & Andy for all their hard work, it has not been easy running a region with such a small membership. On a positive note, the majority of our regions are doing really well and I am pleased to report that our overall membership continues to grow. We are increasing month on month and that has been the case since the start of the year.

T he c lub’s communic ations h ave improved significantly and after many months of promising that we will upgrade the website, it is finally happening. After rejecting an eye-watering quote to do the work, Paul Ffelan offered to teach himself web design and give it a try. We bought a few upgrades and the look of the site is now so much cleaner, with some useful additional features. On behalf of everyone, cheers Paul – you have done a fantastic job.

Facebook is promoting the club to a new audience which is great, but it is also creating some challenges for the organising teams. The platform does seem to bring the worst out in some and it is really disappointing that people use our pages to air their grievances or use it to brag and taunt. For us, Facebook is a noticeboard to promote events, and after an event a place to share the pictures and the page becomes a scrapbook. The vast majority of people post in a positive way and if there is ever an issue please take it up with the individual privately.

On the back of a successful Simply Porsche we have invested the trade stand revenue in some new show equipment.

We have spent over £5,000 and each region will receive a couple of feather flags in the 911 and 944 versions of our logo, plus a pop-up banner This should improve our visibility at shows and make it clearer who we are.

After receiving some positive feedback from the guys in Scotland we have changed our clothing supplier. You can choose your style of logo: Classic 911/Front Engined/Boxster. You can also choose your region which will be embroidered under the logo. There is a good range in a variety of colours. See website for details.

We have our 25th Anniversary display at The NEC Classic Car Show next month.

If you are planning on coming along, please check out the discount code on the show advert in this issue (see opposite page). Feel free to drop by the stand and have a chat, it would be great to see you.

Cheers, Sean.

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For anyone who’s not visited it yet, The Porsche Enthusiast’s Club has a brand spanking new online store, hosted by UKCarclubs.com, the UKs #1 dedicated car club merchandise site.

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News & updates British cyclist sets new European speed record … in the slipstream of a Porsche Cayenne Turbo 44-year old Neil Campbell reached an almost unbelievable 149mph under pedal power alone, in the slipstream of the big Porsche.

Campbell’s bespoke bic ycle was built by Cheshire-based Moss Bikes. Engineered from a combination of carbon fibre and 3D printed parts with a super-long wheelbase and specially rated tyres.

The Cayenne Turbo, in contrast, was absolutely standard except for a custom rig mounted on the rear – acting as an aerodynamic coccoon for Neil and his bike.

Driven by Andy Frost, the British drag racing champion best known for piloting the 4,000hp Red Victor, the Cayenne accelerated to 110mph before releasing Neil’s bike. At that point Neil took over, pushing on to the record-breaking 149mph whilst staying inside Andy’s slipstream.

All this was acheived on the runway at Elvington Airfield, in Yorkshire. Their relatively short runway is only two miles long – an incredibly short distance to get up to such speeds and then safely slow down again.

There is a historical precedent for this ambitious stunt. In 1978, Jean-Claude Rude made an attempt on the same speed record, riding behind a heavily modified Porsche 935 Turbo race car driven by Henri Pescarolo. His attempt ended in failure, after a mid-run puncture.

Cambell’s next challenge is the world record.

Club shop Polo shirts We have a new club shop, run by UKCarclubs.com, a dedicated car club merchandise site.

They offer a huge range of products, from the usual T-shirts and caps to mugs, umbrellas, high-quality lambswool sweaters, fleeces, and fully weatherproof outdoor jackets.

Everything comes with your choice of TIPEC logo (featuring the silhouette of a 911 or a transaxle car) as well as your choice of region, and even your own name. All that can be in the colour of your choice.

You can reach the shop directly at tipec.ukcarclubs.com or visit from our club’s homepage at www.tipec.net by using the ‘Shop’ link.

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

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

You can use the TIPEC website to register or renew your club membership, advertise cars and parts for free, view old issues of All Torque, and keep up with events.

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

Email tony@typescape.com Sometimes there simply isn’t room for everything, so please bear with us if your piece hasn’t been printed in this issue – we’ll hold some over for the quieter months when less events are on.

We really do appreciate the effort made by our club members and contributors, and value every individual submission.

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

Author Richard Sholl Photography Richard Sholl

CEANN-BLIADHNA SHONA!* (*HAPPY ANNIVERSARY IN GAELIC)

A get-together in Gretna to celebrate our club’s 25th anniversary? Why not!

On Sunday 19th August club members from Scotland, Cumbria and the North West of England gathered at The Greens Hotel in Gretna to join together (but not in holy matrimony) to celebrate the club’s 25th anniversary.

With 50 people and 29 cars attending on the day, the three regions proved that a splash of Scottish summer rain couldn’t ruin the day. The range of cars on view was typical of any recent Porsche Enthusiasts Club event, ranging from an early 944, through a ‘suitable for the weather’ Cayenne and even a brand new Carrera ‘T’.

The club wishes to thank everyone who joined in and helped to make the event a great success.

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AIR AND WATER

Author Martin Broadribb Photography Martin Broadribb

LUFTGEKÜHLT COMES TO THE UK It seems ironic that an event devoted to aircooled Porsches should have been subjected to so much water, but the inaugural British Luftgekühlt gathering that took place at Bicester Heritage at the end of July unfortunately coincided with the one wet weekend during the 2018 heatwave.

What is Luftgekühlt? Literally meaning aircooled, these American-based ‘experiential car culture’ events are devoted to the models built before engineering and environmental pressures forced Porsche power units away from the path that they had followed since their inception. Founded by Patrick Long (twice a class winner at Le Mans, having competed there in Porsches every year since 2004) and freelance designer/ art director Howie Idelson, their simple concept is to present significant examples of air-cooled road and race Porsches at interesting venues and to invite owners of pre-watercooled models to bring along their cars too.

This idea has been a great success in the States since their first event in April 2014, that and each subsequent gathering taking place in California. With a creative force like Idelson on board there has naturally been a move into shirts, caps, bags and posters featuring original artwork and even a high quality book, but the annual meetings, a website and email newsletters are all that bind this large section of the Porsche community together. While car clubs and their events generally remained unchanged for a long time, technological and social developments have latterly been making themselves felt in this field as much as they have elsewhere and Luftgekühlt is an example of how such original thinking is altering the car enthusiast scene.

The Luft GB event was the first overseas manifestation of their concept and prior to the day the big question that some had was how well this Californian model would work when transposed to Britain. Finding the right venues has been a big part of their success story and Bicester Heritage was the perfect choice to continue this trend. Indeed, if you have ever attended one of the extremely popular Sunday Scramble events at this former WW2 air base you will immediately understand this. In the last five years much of the site has been tastefully restored and the whole transformed into a vibrant historic motoring business hub. Cleverly though, instead of just allowing random parking the organisers grouped particularly interesting Porsches at certain locations and then carefully distributed the other air-cooled attendees throughout the site.

While the weather must have had some effect on the numbers attending there was a long queue well before opening time and the cars (and spectators) just kept coming, leaving one wondering just what sort of turnout there might be on a good day. The immediate impression was of a far greater variety of often bright colours than might be seen at a gathering dominated by modern Porsches and although all the cars were of interest there were some outstanding examples.

A cross-section of 356, 914 and 911 road models included many types rarely seen these days – when did you last come across a soft-window 911 Targa or a 356GT? – and there were some stunning competition examples. These included two 904s (ex-Dickie Stoop and ex-Scuderia Filipinetti), the winged ex-Michael May 550RS, a Jagermeister 934, an ex-Bernard Beguin Carrera 3.0RS, the ex-Paddy McNally 911T/R, an ex-John Fitzpatrick Kremer 2.8RSR and just to show the other side of the coin a Porsche Standard tractor!

Thoughtful planning and execution made this the UK Porsche event of the year despite the torrential rain and proved that the simple ideas really are often the best.

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WHITBY OR BUST

Author Ian Jones Photography Ian Jones

(THEN ON TO THE CLASSIC LE MANS!)

Our weekend away

began with an early start to meet up with the rest of the Anglia & North Essex region’s crowd. We had a mixed bag on the trip – John’s 996 had developed a bit of a cough the night before and was left at home tucked up in the garage.

(Turned out to be a drink problem … an overfilled petrol tank, apparently.)

Yvonne and Chris had travelled up the previous day and two other couples were meeting us at our guest house, so we were down to three: Ian H and Therese as route leaders in their 996, John and Vanessa in their make-believe 996 (VW Tiguan), followed by Mandy and myself in the Cayman. We followed a very scenic route keeping off the main drag where possible. With lunch taken just north of the Humber bridge we pressed onward to our base at the Moonfleet guest house in Skinningrove.

Meeting up with the rest of our group, we headed for a local bar for our evening festivities, with the largest portions of food imaginable and grumblings of “you Southerners don’t eat much!”

After a hearty breakfast, we met up with the Yorkshire RO Laurence & family (fair play for the early start and the two-hour drive from Leeds), for a run out to Whitby in glorious weather as the week of sea mist lifted as if by order. After visiting Whitby Abbey with a million steps achieved without oxygen, we headed for the Moors, and after a detour or two – sat-navs, farm tracks and Porsches don’t mix well (not unless you’re of the Cayenne or Macan breed) – we ended up in the lovely picturesque village of Levisham, where we stopped at the Horseshoe Inn for refreshments. After a welldeserved rest we split up until regrouping later for a run out to the Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge for our evening outing before returning to our fully stocked accommodation with its own pool table and darts for an evening of sport!

We had a free day on Sunday with a few of us meeting with the North East Region at Blakey Ridge, dropping the better halves off for a day back at Whitby, where they stumbled (literally) upon a gin festival!

With yet another route around the Moors, and a little taxi work, we regrouped for our last evening out at Staithes, which was a great test of the suspension of all the cars – we’d picked the best cobbled streets within a hundred miles to drive around!

The Cod & Lobster Pub was (very) cosy and the waiter worked miracles navigating between the tables. With a final photo opportunity, it was back to the digs for a tipple or two.

All to soon Monday came, and after another hearty breakfast we departed as we arrived, in all directions. A great outing, in great company!

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But there’s more,

for a couple of us the adventures had just warmed up. We were off to Le Mans Classic, so once home we had just a day to repack before making our way over to Portsmouth for the Wednesday overnight ferry, meeting up with my brother (in his 944) and brother-in-law (in his V8 Vantage) – also collecting few of the regulars on route. There was a great atmosphere queuing and on the ferry, all with the common goal – Le Mans.

We stopped at Pegasus Bridge & Museum, preceded by a most excellent traditional French breakfast of bread, croissants, coffee, cheese, jam and OJ. Many thanks to Neil’s co-pilot Chris, a fluent French speaker, as he arranged local rates. After feeling rather humbled at the museum, we set off in earnest for Le Mans, enjoying the scenery and the many others heading the same way in some very tasty cars indeed. We arrived in good time and set up camp and with a run down the Mulsanne through to Indianapolis, Arnage and onward towards the Porsche curves. We stocked up on fuel (do it when you arrive or they will run out!), nibbles and liquid refreshments for the forthcoming spectacle.

The Le Mans Classic weekend pays homage to all that battled for speed and endurance in the greatest race on earth since 1923.

Every entry that races at the classic must be a previous entrant of the race. These are the true monsters of speed, from before electronic aids or even the knowledge of ground ef fec t s, and the understanding of the importance of full aerodynamics.

We awoke to the steady rumble of every type of classic car imaginable rolling into the infield parking, with car club track sessions followed by day qualifications of the Classic Le Mans and Group C support Race. Everything and everywhere was filling up fast! If you stayed up for the whole weekend you’d still not see everything, and with the unrelenting heat and sunshine (which was nice) it was a bit of a task getting around. On a bad note this event is getting more popular every time and with it, the prices of the refreshments are getting ridiculous. Get it in your to-do list ASAP, before things go too far.

It was a great night of qualifying, quite rare to see these cars running at night with their flaming exhaust and glowing brakes, and also to see racing with limited street lighting on the rural roads that make up almost two thirds of the 8.469-mile length. These cars are broken down into six groups and again into classes within each group, with around 60 cars per group.

The night-time qualifications ended at around 3am.

There were more parade laps the next morning with the 70 years of Porsche display laps then the group C race – absolutely awesome. Next up were the 24 hours of the Le Mans Classic. Six groups with three sessions each. The place was buzzing, with plenty to watch and see.

With the race over and the trophies awarded it was off for a meal to catch up with everyone’s thoughts on the trip, then back to the campsite for a quick pack up. After a night under the stars we were up nice and early at 4:30am for the trip back. With our little group now splitting up, my brother and brother-in-law took the ferry back to Portsmouth while John and myself ran the tunnel home. An epic trip, and one to be repeated I’m sure! (PS. the tunnel was quicker!)

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TAKE TO THE HILLS Author Martin Broadribb Photography Martin Broadribb

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Hill climbing is probably the most

civilised form of motorsport. More often than not taking place in some of the most beautiful countryside that Britain can provide, it offers action and excitement in short measured doses rather than the full-on, continuous and often frantic pace of race meetings. Indeed, by their nature many circuits are also somewhat barren and soul-less places with some all too evidently based on former airfields.

Previous spread: 2007 911 GT3 Cup at Prescott Top: 1978 Lola T492-Porsche at Impney Bottom: 1966 911 at Impney

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Not that I’m biased against race circuits you understand and you’ll still find me standing in the biting wind at Silverstone in February or enduring a downpour at Castle Combe in October, as I have done for well over 40 years. It’s just that even though hill climbs enjoy a far lower public profile in the motorsport hierarchy they somehow allow for excitement and relaxation in equal measure.

It was attending two great speed events on consecutive weekends that prompted these thoughts: the annual occasion at Chateau Impney and the 80th Anniversary meeting at Prescott. Both were blessed by the excellent 2018 summer and included some Porsche content and both seem to epitomise this corner of British motorsport. I say British as Continental hill climbs are usually measured in kilometres rather than yards and can take place on closed public roads, as they did in Britain in the early days of the sport.

Setting cars off singly against the clock allows the spectator to concentrate on the action as the drivers attempt to shave hundredths of a second from each other’s times and the records and the sheer variety of machinery is difficult to equal.

From virtually standard road cars of any age to purpose-built speed event specials, there are classes for anything imaginable

The Chateau Impney meeting was originally held between 1957 and 1967 and has only been revived in the last four years, after the magnificent hotel and extensive grounds were acquired by a well-known Midlands family with longstanding ‘old car’ interests. Although the present course has nothing in common with the original it benefits from the same glorious setting, with many trees to provide shade and a tarmac paddock. The amount of space available allows for separate parking for interesting cars along with many displays and there is always a well patronised Porsche area.

The Porsche entries vary from year to year and while there was only one competing this time it was a most interesting example. This was GVB 911D, one of the initial four right-hand drive 911s which won the first rallycross meeting and was subsequently successful in the British Saloon Car Championship and the European Touring Car Championship. After suffering mixed fortunes between 1970 and 2010 the car can now be seen at select events, often competing as on this occasion. There was also a Porsche-powered 1978 Lola T492 present, a regular on the hills although not competing on this occasion.

Unlike Impney, Prescott holds a number of meetings each season along with other related activities, such as breakfast clubs and hill climb schools. It too enjoys a sensational situation, the steam from passing preserved railway locomotives being an added bonus to its natural features. Run by the Bugatti Owners Club since its inception in 1938, Prescott has been carefully developed without losing the things that make it special, not always an easy feat to accomplish. With good permanent facilities and many interesting viewing areas, sitting on the clubhouse terrace with some decent food and drink while watching the action and contemplating the scenery certainly takes some beating.

Left: 1980 924 at Prescott Top: 1988 944 at Prescott Middle and bottom: 1975 911 Carrera at Prescott

Porsches at Prescott comprised a 1975 911 Carrera, a 1980 924, a 1988 944 and a 2007 911 GT3 Cup, the cars ranging from standard road trim via modified to out-and-out racer; the wide-ranging classes encompassing entries of all types from 2018 back to 1920!

There is also a national Porsche hill climb championship which visits venues nationwide, so if you have yet to experience this branch of motorsport then you should take to the hills at the earliest opportunity.

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Hilda at Loe Bank Motors with Albert, Chris and Phil

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TO PRESTON AND BACK “… and in conclusion I strongly recommend a portfolio of investments; for example, are you interested in classic cars?”

What had been a very tedious year end meeting with my accountant suddenly took on new and electrifying interest. Did he just tell me to buy a classic car? Apparently he did, although I had to ensure that I had it in writing to show my fellow company director (and wife) that this was not another Porsche whim but a serious business move and a wise place to invest some of our hard earned cash from what had been a difficult business year.

Already the owner of a 993 my first thought was another 911 but their prices had gone up some since I had owned a 3.2. Jon Mitchell, owner of JMG Porsche, with whom my cars have been entrusted for decades, suggested I instead look at 924 Turbos and for a few weeks I scoured the classified advertisements. A couple of disappointing viewings caused me to reassess – the cars were just not out there, or if they were they needed body work, were seriously over priced, had seriously high miles – or worse, all three. Acutely aware that my fellow director’s attention span on this issue would probably not survive to the next board meeting I turned instead to the 944 Turbo. I had a distant memory of them being reasonably priced; clearly that memory was more distant than I had recalled.

Dealers were asking in excess of £20k for cars that five years ago were £8k. Had I missed the boat?

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Back home I had two weeks before Phil was down for Beaulieu Super Cars in his Gaydon Aston thingy and there was a place on the TIPEC stand for Hilda, so she got a thorough wash, followed by clay bar and then multiple coats of Zymol.

Slowly she started to sparkle although some of the grime and dust had obscured 31 years of paint chips which I realised would, next year, necessitate a front end respray. The cleaning also revealed the almost perfect interior, pinstripe anthracite flannel to give its proper name, and peeling back the last tax disc it was enormously pleasing to find every previous one back to 1993.

I know that this may be heretical to say but I think I actually enjoy driving Hilda more than Helga. Helga is clearly the faster car but Hilda’s road presence is astonishing. So well balanced and so sure footed. And that wind up of the Turbo followed by the kick in the back is deeply, deeply, satisfying.

Some days later and slightly half-heartedly, I Googled cars for sale and on a classic car site found a car with 81k miles, current owner of many years and with a full service history. The down side? 300 miles away from my house in Hampshire. The up side? Apart from condition, providence, mileage and potentially price, it was just seven miles from me ‘Norfern’ mate Phil – former TIPEC club treasurer but long since moved from Stuttgart’s finest to Gaydon’s. As an ex 944 S2 owner he would have a good eye. He nipped over the next evening and within an hour of the appointed time my WhatsApp inbox was pinging.

Now Phil won’t mind me saying this but when it comes to cars he is a bit OCD. So when you receive a succession of texts such as ‘OMG’, ‘Buy this car’, ‘now’, ‘do it’, ‘or I will’ this was clearly something to investigate further.

C40YFA (or Hilda as she was to become – all my cars are named after big buxom German bar fraus …) has belonged to the same family for 29 years. Prior to that she had had two owners in her first three years of life. Phil had seen boxes of receipts, every MOT certificate, and a fully stamped service manual. And apparently some other viewings were already booked. Ermmm!

A quick call to the owner and I had secured the car until Saturday when young Albert Walsh, a 944 owner, Porsche Club GB Register Director and service manger at Porsche independent Loe Bank Motors in Bury, could get across to check the mechanicals for me. My phone rang pretty quick.

‘Now then lad’ boomed Albert down the phone.

‘Thems a couple of things what need a spanner but aside from that it's a good un’. The couple of things were a new cam belt (last replaced 25 years ago) and some new tyres (19 years old).

Oh. And the air-con didn’t work. Armed with Albert’s estimate of cost I went back to the seller and made an offer. Some debate followed but we finally settled on a figure that was a bit more than I wanted to pay and a bit less than he wanted to receive – so all in all a fair deal.

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Now how the blooming heck was I going to get it home to the New Forest? I considered DIY trailering and professional delivery but in the end it was Phil that reminded me I had not been ‘oop Norf’ for many years – in fact, ever – and it was high time I went to see him. So, train to Preston (oh what mischievous fun sending him a text from Reading station to say I was at the ‘gateway to the North’ and could see old mills and factories already). A night out in Southport followed, looking across at Blackpool, before the next day’s drive across to Loe Bank where I had the car delivered by trailer courtesy of Simon Butterworth from 9-Apart. Loe Bank sorted the belts and tensioners, some new tyres and a few other widgets and wodgers. I had already spoken to Loe Bank’s owner, Chris, and found that he had been a technician at Bournemouth Porsche and had lived just a few miles from me in the New Forest (small world) before settling back in the North West. On arrival he and Albert took me over the car and explained the intricacies of DME relays and associated thingumybobs before handing me the car keys and … I was off. In a 31 year old car on a 300 mile journey south, on the hottest day of the year and with no air-con.

I had taken the wise precaution of buying the 1986 ‘Now That's What I call Music 6’ double cassette (remember them?) from eBay, because the car still had its original Panasonic cassette player (and manual). To the sounds of Fergal Sharkey, Nick Kershaw and Tina Turner the 300 miles was actually pretty good fun (despite the heat) and I realised at its end that in all the thousands of cars I had passed, or been passed by, I had not seen a single one older than mine. I had also told Albert and Chris that I would of course just take it easy on the way back – and indeed I did for the M6 50mph average speed sections (just how many of those can you cram onto the M6 Mr Highway’s Agency Man?) but the chance to, ahem, ‘stretch its legs’ was too intoxicating and on a quite little stretch (of private road M’lud) I was able to test that the Turbo worked. It did. Jolly satisfying as well.

Beaulieu is always a joy, not least as it is just seven miles from our home in the Forest. Normally I go as a passenger in Phil’s Vantage V12 but Sean had asked for people to help man the TIPEC stand and whilst I would never call the 951 a supercar I was reminded that in 1986 it was nearly as quick as the 911 and £550 more expensive than a base model 3.2 to buy. I was very pleasantly surprised to find I was the only 951 there and that a number of people came over to talk about the car including some prospective (but ultimately disappointed) purchasers!

With Beaulieu done and Helga on her way back from the paint shop where she has had a front PU respray, and with only space for one in the garage, Hilda (by the time you read this) will be tucked up tight in car storage. In part this will preserve her low mileage because she was bought as a five to 10 year investment and in part the 993 is worth much more, so it makes sense to have Helga close at hand. But as I write this I can’t quite bring myself to take Hilda across. She is such fun to drive and despite being 31 years old I think she has weathered time well; her looks still seem sharp and plenty of youngsters took her picture as we left Beaulieu on Saturday evening. So maybe just another quick drive …

“Just checking on the company assets dear!”

Huge thanks to Phil Wignall, car sleuth extraordinaire and North West tour guide, to Chris and Albert at Loe Bank motors (can’t praise them enough for their knowledge and work), and to Simon at 9-Apart. Also to Hilda’s previous owner who I sense had a tear in his eye when she left and who has kept her in such lovely condition all these years.

THE 944’S ROAD PRESENCE IS ASTONISHING. SO WELL BALANCED AND SURE FOOTED. AND THAT WIND UP OF THE TURBO FOLLOWED BY THE KICK IN THE BACK IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY, SATISFYING.

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NOTHING IF NOT VERSATILE Author Martin Broadribb Historic photography The Ted Walker Archive Goodwood photography Martin Broadribb

Some competition cars are destined for

triumph on the circuits, some for awards in rallying. It is less usual to find one capable of spanning both disciplines successfully, but the Porsche 904 is certainly a prime example of this. The fact that it also marked a departure from tradition for the company perhaps makes its achievements from the outset even more notable.

In the early 1960s Porsche had been successful in contesting the Two Litre GT class of the World Sportscar Championship, although for 1963 the opposition from other manufacturers was growing and so needed to be addressed.

At the time the company was also pursuing its expensive and not particularly productive Grand Prix programme, so the prospect of developing a new GT racer that would consolidate its success in that field and which could also be sold profitably to customers (unlike the F1 cars) seemed desirable, not least financially. However, there was the small matter of not only designing and producing a contender but also of making it in the number required to be eligible for this ‘production’ class – and all within a short timescale too.

For a small company with a limited output of niche-market road cars – and one that by 1963 had still only been a motor manufacturer for 15 years – Porsche had a habit of taking seemingly ambitious projects in its stride.

In part it was able to do so due to having an excellent team of commit te d a nd ta le nte d individuals and these men were consistently able to produce road and racing models that somehow amounted to much more than the sum of their parts. In turn this led to a loyal and enthusiastic customer base on road and track and also to an appreciative press that would always lend an attentive ear whenever the word Porsche was mentioned.

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When the decision was made during the 1962/3 winter to develop the 904, the forthcoming 901 was in the later stages of pre-production and its new 2.0L flat-six was chosen as the power unit for the new racer. Unfortunately, this decision proved to be rather premature, as that engine was not to be production-ready soon enough and so the well-proven 2.0L four cam flat-four was instead adopted, initially producing 155bhp using Weber carburettors. While this remained the figure for models with the road exhaust even after the change to Solex units, the racing version could muster 180bhp, the car weighing around 650kg. Of course, the 904 and 901 were renamed the Carrera GTS and 911 in deference to the protests of Peugeot, although the 904 tag stuck despite the lettering on its tail, something perhaps less important as it was primarily for competition. Incidentally, the production of the 901 and thus its introduction was delayed by the completion of the run of 904s, as they were built using its allocated area at the factory.

The fact that the 904 turned out to combine function and form so well is remarkable, not only due to its construction (which we’ll come to in a moment) but given that it was designed quickly and at short notice, so quickly that there was not even time to conduct scale model wind tunnel tests. Given its appearance this may seem hard to believe, but the man responsible for its body work already had some experience in this field and also crafted the 901/911 looks on his way to a distinguished career in industrial design. That man was the eldest of Ferr y Porsche’s four sons, Ferdinand ‘Butzi’ Porsche, at that time still only in his late 20s but with an intuitive understanding of his chosen subject that allowed him to produce work of exceptional appearance which still met the necessary technical criteria.

Up to this point Porsche had made their racing cars in the traditional and somewhat time-consuming way, using an alloy body mounted

Top left: Brands Hatch, 1966 Bottom left: Coupe des Alpes Rally, 1964 Top & bottom right: Goodwood 2018

on a separate chassis. Their experience in using any non-metal bodywork had been recent and very limited, but with the 904 they realised that a different solution would be required to enable the projected production of 100 cars in four months. Technical Director Hans Tomala came up with the answer and a design team working under engineer Gerhard Schroder brought the concept to fruition. It was decided to use an unusual metal frame that would be bonded to the GRP body at the initial produc tion stage, a l l me c h a n ic a l co mp o n e nt s subsequently being added to this light but strong single unit.

Porsche had a tradition of using outside body suppliers – such as Wendler – for its racing and production cars and did so again in this instance, although this time employing a rather unexpected f ir m. The new cons tr uc tion method required a company with different skills to those of a traditional coachbuilder and Porsche found it in Heinkel, the well-known former aircraft maker.

Having diversified into specialised subcontracting post-war, they had just completed work on the ill-fated US Lockheed Starfighter, over 900 of which went into service in Germany (and of which around 30% crashed!) This meant that they had the space as well as the experience to manufacture the body/chassis units for Porsche and these were very much handmade. Although the many three-layer plastic body components had no intrinsic stiffness, when bonded to the frame the whole structure became stiffer than the all-steel 356 road cars.

The car was shown to the press in pre-production form at the Solitude circuit on a very wet day in November 1963. These were only slightly different to the series models in such respects as the nose oil cooler aperture and the scoop-free side intakes and were well-received. Within two weeks the majority of cars had been spoken for and with deliveries beginning early in 1964 the car was soon active in competition. A class-

winning February appearance in the Sebring 12 Hours provided lots of valuable development feedback and in April the cars scored a one-two on the Targa Florio. Numerous class wins and giant-killing overall positions were scored over the following years, in events as diverse as Le Mans, the Tour de France Auto and the Monte Carlo Rally plus many hill climbs.

While the successful uptake of the 904 saw plans for an improved second series of 10 0, these were put on hold and eventually superseded by the arrival of the 906 in 1966. There were a few other 904 variations, though. The first of these, the 904-8, involved the fitting of the flat-eight two litre engine into two cars, although these were lightly raced. Then came 10 904-6 models, realising the original design brief of using the 901 two litre flat-six but in twin-plug form and although the regulation changes that brought about the 906 put an end to this line of development a few decent results were recorded with these cars.

The final and least-known variant was the small number (possibly only five) of Spyder versions which used the six and eight cylinder engines. Carrying a lightweight body that can best be described as functional, the cars were used on the circuits (including a second in the Targa) and the long-distance hill climbs that took place in continental Europe on closed public roads. They were eventually sold to private owners, although only with six-cylinder engines and like the base 904 continued to perform in the hands of private teams and individuals for a number of years.

The 904 was a good-looking and successful car which certainly fulfilled its objectives. Conceived and manufactured over a short timescale and using techniques previously untried by the company it had much stacked against it, yet the 904 proved to be one of the all-time greats in terms of appearance and results. For a Porsche, what more could anyone ask?

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VALUATIONS STEVE TATHAM, THE CLUB’S VALUATIONS OFFICER, HAS HIS SAY I took over as our club’s Valuations

Officer in June and since then have been asked to provide certificates for a number of member’s cars. These certificates are often required by the Insrance industry when negotiating agreed values on policies. In consultation with our Chairman, we thought a regular column in the club magazine might be helpful to members. I also thought we might ask a different dealer in each edition to give their views on the market. I am delighted that Kier Chappell from Chappell Sport’s Cars in Chichester, West Sussex, kindly agreed to be the first to do so.

When you request a valuation you will be sent a pro-forma to complete and you will be asked to provide six photographs of your car. I live in the New Forest with slow Internet so please, no huge photos! You will also be asked to give your anticipated (or hoped for) valuation. My experience thus far is that these have been very fair but I know from past experience that people can often over-estimate car value (and indeed occasionally underestimate as well).

The one piece of advice I would offer is that spending large amounts of money on cars does not automatically increase their value.

A full restoration of a ‘barn find’ early 911 will of course greatly enhance its value however expensive servicing and repairs or maintenance will probably not be reflected come valuation time as these are expected outlays to keep the car roadworthy.

Most cars are easy enough to value and a quick scan of AutoTrader or Pistonheads will reveal a price range for most vehicles. It is only a small percentage of unique or limited edition vehicles that can be challenging. In order to retain credibility with insurers and fairness with other owners, cars will be valued at current market rates and where my valuation differs from an owner’s expectation I will provide an evidence base of similar vehicles behind my decision.

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Please allow me at least two weeks for your valuation; I will try to turn them around quicker if I can but please of “My insurance runs out today” will, as my much missed Grandma used to say, ‘butter no parsnips’ (although I don’t rule out the potential for bribery if malt whisky is involved!)

Since June I have valued a 993 C2 Tip with 97k miles at £50k (owner’s anticipated value was £57k); a 2010 997 GT3 CS with 31k miles at £130k (owner’s anticipated value was £120k), a 2004 997 C2S with new engine at £25k (owner’s anticipated value £25k) and a 2006 Cayman S with 112k miles at £13k (owner’s anticipated value £12.5k).

By far the most challenging valuation was a beautiful 1982 944, perhaps one of the very first into the country, with just 38k miles and in concours condition. With very few comparable examples to go on – although plenty of high mileage unloved wrecks on eBay going for a few hundred quid – I scoured the specialist auction sites in the UK and Europe. That in itself was interesting as I started finding duplicate cars – cars bought at auction and almost immediately turned around by Porsche specialists and advertised for sale at sometimes 30–50% more than the auction selling price. The auction sites gave me an inkling on value and after some discussion with the owner we agreed on £25k.

To many that may seem a great deal of money for a very old car but if the owner had to replace like-for-like he would wait a long time and spend a lot of money finding a similar condition low mileage 944 – if he found one at all!

Photography supplied by the car’s owners

A VIEW FROM THE TRADE As a long standing dealer, predominantly in 911s, we have noticed that the world of Porsche sports cars is now very different to that of just a few years ago. With Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG)’s involvement, and the arrival of new EU emissions regulations, Porsche as a company is in a very different place than it was even just a decade ago.

Other than the likes of track specific GT cars the current crop of new models, albeit technically fantastic, are arguably no longer quite the visceral driving experience offered by cars of the past. Turbocharging, advanced electronics and other technical innovations have, in our view, significantly changed the product range and as a consequence changed the marketplace for second hand cars.

For example we see the 991 now as more of a grand tourer than the pure sports car experience 911s once were, whilst the 718 Boxster and 982 Cayman now offer turbocharged flat fours, and not naturally aspirated six-cylinder engines. We think these represent a significant step change in the Porsche marque, perhaps as significant as when Porsche dropped the air cooled 911 (993) and moved to the to the liquid cooled 996. Now I’m not suggesting that we are going to see rampant increase of values like the 993, but you cannot rule out the attraction of older models because they are the last of the cars designed and built by Porsche with little influence from VAG – and most importantly driving them was an event rather than just a fast car.

As a consequence we see values holding strong and perhaps even gaining. For example, we rely heavily on repeat custom and as I write this 50% of our showroom stock we have supplied before.

So I know that two of our Gen 2 997s are retailing for £2,000 more than the last time we sold them and I currently have a Cayman within £1,000 of the price we supplied it at just two years ago.

Traditionally cars have not been a wise place to invest but with no capital gains implications and interest rates being as low as they are, we see clients today for whom the purchase of the ‘right’ car could actually be an astute place to put their money. Our top tips are any Gen 2 997 two wheel drive manual coupé, but especially the GTS. We also think the 981 Boxster/Cayman (GTS again being the top pick) offers good potential, and lastly any 997 Turbo.

Kier Chappell is Director of Chappell Sports Cars (www.chappellsportscars.com) who specialise in later model 911, Boxster and Cayman – although at time of writing had the most gorgeous 993 C4S in stock!

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1957 Enzmann 506

A RARE PAIR Author Martin Broadribb Photography Martin Broadribb

Looking around the Cartier Style Et Luxe display

at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed my eye was caught by a couple of rare Porsche specials, although neither had that much to offer in terms of style or luxury! Both were open two-seaters and contemporaries of the Porsche 550 and 356 Speedsters displayed alongside them and in a way they had something in common with the original Porsche concept of utilising existing components to make something rather different to the donor.

Swiss-made (or even bodied) cars are something of a rarity, although coachbuilder Beutler was involved with the 356 on more than one occasion. However, our first subject is the Enzmann 506, a model perhaps apocryphally named after their stand number at the 1957 Frankfurt Motor Show! The example pictured is from that year, production beginning then and ending at an undetermined point in the mid or late 1960s, although it is said that one of Emil Enzmann’s six sons would still produce a kit to order into the 2000s. As is usual with limited production cars made over a number of years the total quantity produced is debateable, with 80–100 being a likely approximation.

The cars were supplied in body kit form but this one is said to be among the few finished examples sold. The 506 normally utilised purely VW components and while this may have been one of the few constructed from scratch using Porsche parts some others may well have subsequently acquired Porsche engines instead of the Okrasa-tuned VW units that were the usual performance option, with supercharging of these also being available. Apparently using a 356A 1600 as a donor, this car incorporated its engine, gearbox, steering, axles, wheels and rear brakes. The front brakes are of 718 type though, a model that would not long have been released when the car was made, so it is not clear if these were fitted from new or later.

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1957 Enzmann 506

One of the unusual features of the Enzmann GRP body was its lack of doors, recessed side steps being the method of entry (although the car pictured has been modified in this respect). This ‘hull’ concept might almost have been a reflection of the fact that the bodies were made for the company by a boat-building firm experienced in using the material. For this reason a conventional hood – although available – was not very practical and so a sliding hardtop could be specified. While having a sporting appearance the 506 was definitely no racing car (although the extra rigidity due to the lack of doors would have helped), so were the Porsche components used in this one a sign of intended competition use or were they just the ingredients for a faster road car?

By the standards of the many GRP specials that were being made at the time the Enzmann was certainly a cut above the average in terms of design, quality and road manners. Its appearance was in part governed by its Beetle chassis dimensions and while it could look charming from some angles it appeared rather ungainly from others.

1958 Devin D

Our second car is an example of a Devin D (D apparently standing for Deutschland), one from the first year of the 1958 to 1965 production run of this model. American racer Bill Devin began building sports cars in 1954, using his own ladder chassis and GRP body and would make six models between then and the end of all production in 1965. These utilised a number of engine types from 750cc Panhard or Abarth units up to those from the Chevrolet Corvair or Corvette, but the D version stuck to VW or Porsche power and D production ran to around 46 cars, approximately half of all the factory-built Devins made.

As well as producing their own cars and a range of accessories and components, Devin Enterprises marketed GRP bodywork suitable for converting a variety of imported and domestic models. This was possible due to cleverly designing the body in sections so that different components could be combined to fit a number of chassis while still retaining a Devin family look and like all Devin coachwork it was very well made and finished.

The production Devin D grew from a one-off 1956 racing project based on a crashed 356A Speedster. The D incorporated the usual Devin-type chassis and while VW front suspension was employed the rear had a more sporting arrangement of trailing arms and coil-over shock absorbers.

While the ubiquitous VW engine was one option a Porsche 356 1600 unit was a logical step for those seeking more power and while it was possible to build or specify the various refinements to make the D into a civilised road car (folding hood, leather upholstery, chrome bumpers, etc.) the model was equally aimed at those who wished to go racing, especially in the popular events widely organised by the Sports Car Club of America.

The Porsche-engined example pictured was built for competition use – note the front grille for its oil cooler – and Devin models were very successful in US racing in period. The quality of every aspect of the cars was certainly up with some of the bigger and better known names and they were also of a pleasing and well-proportioned appearance.

While GRP – still colloquially referred to as fibreglass – had been invented in the late 1930s it was another 10 years before it was exploited for car bodywork, but its ease of production over any form of metal allowed a huge number of minor makes to become car manufacturers during the 1950s and 1960s. Some went on to greater things while others, like the two featured here, enjoyed only limited success. However, the history of motoring would be all the poorer without such mavericks and the Porsche connections of this pair certainly make them worth a second glance.

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Regional round up R2

Scotland

R20

South Central

R25

Cumbria

R8

Anglia & North Essex

R3

North East

R11

North London, Herts & South Essex

R4

Yorkshire

R12

Kent & South East London

R5

North West

R13

Thames Valley

R18

Cheshire & Staffs

R9

Surrey & Sussex

R26

Shropshire & Mid Wales

R21

Hampshire

R6

South Yorkshire & North Notts

R23

Southern

R24

Peterborough

R22

Bristol, South West & South Wales

R19

East Midlands

R15

Cornwall & Devon

R7

Central

R2

R25

R3 R4

R5 R18 R26 R7 R22

R6

R24

R19 R20

R2

R11 R12

R13 R21

R15

R8

R9

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SCOTLAND

scotland@tipec.net RO Scott Francis Allan • 07790 846 990 ARO West John Davidson ARO East Russell Burton Search Facebook for ‘TIPEC Scotland’ Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 7:30pm for an 8pm start in the 007 bar, upstairs at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk Members enjoyed both events in July with great weather in a supporting role at both Glamis Castle and Knockhill. The 70th Anniversary of Porsche was celebrated with a fine display of cars lined up to depict a giant ‘70’ and recorded by drone to mark the occasion. 130+ Porsches on the track was impressive too.

The Scottish Motor Show at Ingilston was an improvement on last years event with an eclectic mix of Fast and Furious styled cars and American muscle with some classics thrown in for good measure. Again, the weather was on our side, or at least until it was time to go.

Sadly, the club BBQ was cancelled due to the weather, who would be believe this given the summer we have had!

World of Super Cars was a washout but still enjoyable, with every supercar at least turning up for a short time, and an opportunity to partake in some on-track action. An impressive display of Porsches with over 70 cars again on track for the Porsche parade.

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Scottish TIPEC members in formation at Knockhill

An inter-regional meet took place between the Scottish Region, Cumbria and the North West.

With a wet weather drive down to Gretna to be greeted with great company, good food and an excellent selection of cars to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Independent Porsche Enthusiast Club. An event that will hopefully grow in the years to come.

Touring Cars and the Carrera Cup Qualifying at Knockhill was an amazing day, the weather was brill. So glad we decided to go on the Saturday and then put our feet up on the Sunday to watch the TV coverage.

The inter-regional meet at Gretna

All in all, a decent couple of months with the club.

Oh, I nearly forgot, the club visited Tesla too. We won’t write too much about that, but it was good.

October 3rd (Wednesday) Club night at Bo’Ness Motor Museum October 19th (Friday) Curry/Kebab Night November 7th (Wednesday) Club night at Bo’Ness Motor Museum and regional AGM November 14th (Wednesday) 10 pin bowling December 5th (Wednesday) Club night at Bo’Ness Motor Museum December 8th (Saturday) Christmas presentation night For more information about events, meetings or more involved with our region, log onto our Facebook page at TIPECScotland.

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weather for a drive, only a shame that more didn’t make it.

Following the theme of ‘twos’ we also had two car shows in August. Starting on the 5th with the Yorkshire Festival of Porsche, where several of our members showed their cars and others visited to see the great vehicles on show. Pretty much every road-going Porsche was on show.

Later in the month we also had our local car show, the Burley Classic Show.

As part of a larger summer festival there was plenty to see and do, including the chance to have a go at crown green bowling, a vintage fair and some music in the park – or you could just look at the cars.

Suggestions for future events include a detailing day and a drive out to East Yorkshire for some clay pigeon shooting.

If any of these events sound like the kind of things you’d like to take part in then keep an eye on Facebook, the region’s webpage or your inbox for updates. If not then come along to a club night and let your ROs know what you think we should be doing instead (within reason!)

October 9th (Sunday) Gmund Cars Open Day

yorkshire@tipec.net RO Chris Grayson-Pedley RO Laurence Parkin Facebook: The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club Yorkshire

October 13th (Saturday) Pendle Powerfest Cars & Coffee, Bolton Abbey

Meetings are held third Monday of every month 7:30pm at The Red Lion, Main St, Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley LS29 7BT.

November 19th (Monday) Club Night at the Red Lion

July and August saw us get out on two runs, with varying success. First on July 15th we met early at Holme Moss car park before going for a decent length drive around the local roads and arriving at the Carding Shed in Holmefirth for breakfast.

Thanks to a slightly longer than expected drive and a very busy cafe, breakfast became brunch.

October 15th (Monday) Club Night at the Red Lion

December 17th (Monday) Club Night and Christmas meal (Venue to be confirmed)

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CUMBRIA

RO Paul Ffelan • 07391 510 054 paul.ffelan@tipec.net ARO Steve Bailey • 07884 238 080 Meetings are held last Thursday of every month from 7pm at Gilpin Bridge Inn, Bridge End, Levens, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 8EP. We have had plenty of summer action up here in Cumbria, with busy club nights at The Gilpin Bridge soaking up the sun, avoiding collapsing motorway bridges on the M6, huge attendance at our joint meet of Porsche clubs at Unified Porsche … and of course our regular visits to Wray for the Classic Car Nights. So great to see new faces and plenty of visitors from other regions too!

The Unified Porsche meet had all flavours of Porsche at the Crooklands Hotel. 70+ Porsches, summer sunshine and some great conversations – what more could you ask for? We had early 911 Targas with plastic windows, we had brand new 911Ts, and everything inbetween – rear, mid, transaxle and 4x4. Something for everyone.

We then joined Scotland and NW regions for a run up to Gretna to celebrate the Club’s 25th Anniversary. All involved had a great day. Thanks to the other regions for inviting us and planning such a great trip. Having had lunch at Gretna we took to the roads of the Borders and Cumbria for a fun drive up to the murky ruins at Hart Side Café before rolling on down to Melmerby for some obligatory cake at The Old Village bakery. Then heading south down the A6 to Kendal and home.

Please do come and join us for our October to December events – the nights may close in but we wont be letting that stop us enjoying our cars!

October TBC Evening Run to Blackpool Illuminations followed by a chippy tea October 25th (Thursday) Club night at the Gilpin Bridge Inn

We had a good turn out of six cars and a fun drive along some excellent roads on a lovely sunny day.

November 22nd (Thursday) Club night with quiz at the Gilpin Bridge Inn

Less successful in terms of numbers (just two cars) for our second run, we met up in Skipton for a scenic drive to Hawes and a visit to the Wensleydale Creamery. This was another fun day out with great roads, scenery and excellent

December 27th (Thursday) Club night at the Gilpin Bridge Inn

Chris & Peter at the Carding Shed

A sunny day for the drive to the Carding Shed

Yorkshire Festival of Porsche

December TBC Christmas meal

Boxster at Unified Porsche, Crooklands 29

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NORTH EAST

RO Mike Williamson • 07940 738 692 mike.williamson@volkswagen.co.uk ARO Andy Blythe • 01642 809 031 andy44s70@gmail.com Meetings suspended for now.

As you may have seen from Sean’s Chairman’s Chat at the front of the magazine, sorry to say myself and Andy will be leaving you all while Sean tries to find a region of the NE that supports more club activity … best of luck in your quest Sean!

It’s been a great few years meeting like-minded enthusiasts, enjoying the club magazine and attending events. I wish you all well and I’m sure we will catch up at National events.

George’s Car Meet at the Cross Keys Great meeting with classic cars pre-1990 (unless it’s a supercar). Lots of different makes, people and good open banter over a pint!This informal meet is going to become a regular.

I bumped into a few guys with old 911s. Disgruntled with the approach of other clubs they have their own.

We chatted for some time and shared many views and interests. Expect to see some classic 911s at club meets soon.

Porsche GB Day Witton Castle We were invited by Greg at Porsche Club GB to join their event. Members from TIPEC attended a great day supported by Porsche centre Teesside showcasing a stunning 997 GT3.

Unfortunately I was double booked but Mike flew the flag along with our club members. He was particularly impressed with the 997 GT3 and was reported by his son Luke to be looking down the back of his sofa in search of the necessary funds!

A very clean Impact Bumper 911

Croft Nostalgia Festival Croft’s annual festival with a mix of exhilarating motorsport, military displays and classic car clubs. Mike and his Dad particularly enjoyed the Spitfire from Lytham St Annes display team.

I may possibly race in the event next year in my 924 Turbo.

Swainby Classic Cars Another great local event with Historic & Classic featuring over 100 pristine cars on display.

At this point our RO would like to comment on Croft Race Day: “Andy’s mighty 924 Turbo head to head with modified MX5 driven by many times Mazda challenge winner …”

I did have a good race and a lot of fun, however Mike got a personal best in his race and a second and third overall in the two races. Sunday was very wet but it did not dampen our spirits.

Anyone thinking of a trackday is welcome tochat with us at club nights.

Driver tuition and advice is free to club members.

We have over 25 years of racing experience in the North East region and I feel it’s the most fun you can have in your Porker.

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NORTH WEST

RO Richard Sholl • 07970 147 779 n22rks@googlemail.com ARO Darren Pollard • 07761 270 052 darrenpollard1@hotmail.com ARO Colin Hammerton • 07500 908 091 col.hamm@hotmail.co.uk

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Andy and his Manthey GT3 at Manthey Racing HQ

Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month from 7pm (with club business dealt with at 8pm) at The Bowling Green, Preston Road, Charnock Richard PR7 5LA.

Wegh. Again, I’d organised the visit in advance and Mark never fails to make his visitors feel welcome; a very successful man who really is in touch with ‘Porsche enthusiasm’.

I’ll kick of this column by telling you a little about this year’s Nurburgring trip in July. With a six car/10 person group, we took the overnight ferry from Hull into Rotterdam for a spirited morning drive into Germany, proven by Adrian’s rear wiper trying to take off on the Autobahn. We packed a fair bit into our visit by visiting both the GP circuit and the Nordschleife (where Mr Brian Butterworth lost his, err, ’Ring virginity!)

With another stop to look at the Kinderdijk windmills en route to the ferry winding up our tour, we bid farewell to Holland and sailed out of Rotterdam full of enthusiasm to do it all again.

As is our habit, we took a country drive down to Cochem, in the heart of the Mosel valley, and also visited the stunning Burg Eltz Castle.

I’d contacted Michael at Manthey Racing (who are based in Nurburg) and arranged a surprise visit so that Andy Tyldesley could drive his Manthey 996 GT3 onto their premises for an impromptu photoshoot. We were kindly given a short tour of both the Manthey showroom and race preparation workshop where there was a strict ‘no photography’ policy!

Anniversary GT3 at Witton Castle

Brian Butterworth tackles a very famous corner …

When it was time to leave Germany, we ambled towards Porsche Classic Center Gelderland for a cup of coffee and a tour of the premises and of the private car collection of owner/proprietor Mark

A little closer to home, but still border hopping, Sunday 19th August saw us in Scotland to celebrate the club’s 25th anniversary with members from the North West, Cumbria and Scottish regions. As usual, our members were out in force and I think we had a convoy of 16 cars from our Preston muster point.

We picked up the Cumbria Crew at Tebay and met with the Scots for lunch, photos and banter at Gretna. With a total of 28 Porsche cars, Michelle’s BMW and 50 diners it was a great way to celebrate.

After lunch many of us took a gentle country drive towards Hartside Top for coffee and cake in Melmerby.

We have lots more in store for 2018 so keep an eye on our regional page on the club’s website and our frenetic Facebook page. I send out the occasional email as well!

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CHESHIRE & STAFFS

RO Chris Hulme • 07775 794 291 chris@claytonhulme.co.uk ARO Stefanie Mahan • 07776 132 389 ARO Gareth Aldridge • 07881 228 944 gj.aldridge@yahoo.co.uk ARO Ian Highfield ianhighfield@talktalk.net facebook.com/groups/TIPEC.CS Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at 8pm at the Kilton Inn, Warrington Rd, Knutsford, WA16 0PZ.

Diane and Sarah adding a touch of glamour

After three years as Regional Organiser (and several before as Assistant RO) of the North West region I’ve decided to stand down at the end of the year and let someone else take charge.

Why not have a think about whether it’d suit you? Ideas and enthusiasm are all that’s really required. I have proven that swarthy good looks are not.

Our October club night is being hosted by our friends at Porsche Centre Bolton. Attendee numbers are strictly limited so if you’re reading this ahead of the event, please contact Colin to discuss joining in.

October 8th (Monday) Club night at The Bowling Green

To add a twist to this years judging we added in a members choice vote, which was solely down to a vote of ‘what is your favourite car’.

There are a few cars in our region that are special and have special meaning to members, but there is one members car that has a truly spectacular reputation, is admired where ever it goes and is a proper head turner – so the winner was Pete’s 930 SE, AKA Darth Vader.

Not only did Hedley, Ian, Barry and Pete receive trophies they also had some goodies curtsey of Adam Calvert of Porsche Centre Bolton, our guest judge.

Our weekend of the year was another fantastic weekend of racing, exploring the vast array of club displays, open pit access and many other delights on offer at the Le Mans 24hour Classic.

The road trip as always was an adventure from start to finish … though what would you expect?

The atmosphere around the circuit was electric with so much to see and do. Our infield club stand was right by the track. Though our weekend of the year didn't solely consist of racing we also explored the motor museum in Loheac before heading over to Dinan to enjoy the stunning medieval town before heading home. Once again a massive thanks to Barry & Dave for your amazing organisational skills on this truly fantastic trip and roll on 2020.

The bank holiday weekend may have been a little wet but that didn’t stop many of us watching the racing at Oulton Gold Cup over the three days, as always there was a variety of beauties on and off circuit.

August saw a 20 Porsche strong display on our annual club stand at Tatton Passion of Power.

Each day included every model of transaxle, and various 911s both air and water cooled. As always the club stove was ready, manned by Tony and Sharon with the bacon buttties, tea and coffee flowing – thank you as always. We celebrated 70 years of Porsche as well as the club’s 25th birthday over the weekend. Hedley’s gorgeous Boxster even picked up the Best Sports Car trophy.

November 9-11th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Car Show

Visibility wasn’t good on circuit from the spray on the Saturday and Sunday which in turn led to a few incidents on track, though Monday saw things brighten up.

October 16th (Tuesday) Club night October 28th (Sunday) Spooky Halloween Drive

November 20th (Tuesday) Club night December 09th (Sunday) Christmas Drive and meal December 18th (Tuesday) Club night

Our annual Concours Night was held in August.

Wow, what a colourful car park we had. There were 30+ porkers parked up all looking sparkly and proud while they were being judged. It really was hard as so many of these stunners are used, abused, loved and sworn at regularly – in the end there was only a few points in it. After further checks by the judges and a lot of window twitching Chris, John, Adam & Ian all came to a unanimous decision and the results were: 3rd place Hedley Gaynon’s Boxster 2nd place Ian Harben’s 997 GTS 1st place Barry Stenhouse’s 964

Le Mans Classic

October 21st (Sunday) End-of-Season breakfast run November 12th (Monday) Club night at The Bowling Green December 8th (Saturday – TBC) Christmas meal get-together (provisional) December 10th (Monday) Club night with annual quiz

928s at Tatton

Erm … nope. No idea what’s going on here…

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S HROPSHIRE & MID WALES

RO Richard Simmons • 07972 811 221 richardjjs@yahoo.co.uk ARO Deanna Simmons Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7pm at The Fox & Hounds, Shawbury SY4 4JB. We are intending to meet at the Fox and Hounds for six months. We can then decide if we want to move the venue nearer Mid Wales, as the idea of the region is to attract members from Welshpool and Aberystwyth.

Please contact me on richardjjs@yahoo.co.uk with your email address if you want to be included in our events emails. We are looking at a trip to Llangollen railway and British Iron Works in the New Year.

October 2nd (Tuesday) Club night at The Fox & Hounds October 20th (Saturday) Coed y Dinas Welshpool Breakfast with a run out to Rhyader and the Dams (10am start) November 6th (Tuesday) Club night at The Fox & Hounds Mid-November (17th or 18th TBC) Curry night at Old Hall Restaurant, Dorrington December 4th (Tuesday) Club night at The Fox & Hounds

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PETERBOROUGH

peterborough@tipec.net RO Stuart Wand • 07725 328 183 ARO Michael Walter • 07975 542 981 facebook.com/groups/PeterboroughTipec Monthly meetings are held second Wednesday of every month from 7pm at The Golden Pheasant, 1 Main Street, Etton, Peterborough PE6 7DA. We kicked off July with our main show for the region, Baston. It was incredibly hot and very busy thanks to the stunning weather. Our stand was put next to PCGB’s stand so there was a huge line of Porsche’s and I like to think we made a good account of ourselves. It was nice to meet new Porsche enthusiasts and we have welcomed a couple of them to the club over the last couple of months or so.

Our July and August meetings brought great weather and the best turn out of cars since the region started, new members have joined us and it’s been brilliant to see some more transaxles turning up. We’ve got a great mix of cars from an early 924 with hand painted artwork to a 991 GT3 and even a Cayman R! AT 130

Sunny posing at Silverstone

A number of us went to the Silverstone Classic weekend which was its usual mix of great motor racing, great looking cars and great atmosphere.

Classic car racing at its best and an opportunity to peruse other car clubs stands.

We had a ‘run to the sun’ trip arranged with a route going through the Norfolk villages to enjoy the views and head up to the seaside of Hunstanton for fish and chips. Unfortunately, the weather decided to turn that very day after weeks of sunshine and no rain, so it was decided we’d have a breakfast meet instead. It was during the breakfast that some of us decided we’d like to go anyway so off we went.

It was windy, it was grey and it was rainy but we had a great time with friends. We were all very pleased we decided to go anyway and enjoyed every minute of it, the weather helped as the roads were almost completely clear.

A posse of Porsches left Peterborough heading to the WEC at Silverstone. The convoy was headed

by Gary’s Yellow GT3, Ben’s 997 Turbo, Stuart’s Cayman and Neil’s 997 C4S with Sunny in his 997 C2S bringing up the rear. What an exhilarating trip over we had once we headed for the B-roads south of Northampton.

What can I say about WEC? What a great race weekend event! With so many different classes to pick you always had something special to watch.

GT2 RS at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

What a wonderful setting to show off aero/ automotive engineering. There were plenty of Porsches to drool over ranging from a beautifully restored 356 to a GT3 RS and even a new GT2 RS! Somewhere we must go again as a club.

October 7th (Sunday) Bicester Scramble October 10th (Wednesday) Monthly Meeting at the Golden Pheasant October 13th (Saturday) DW Performance Autumn Open day

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S OUTH YORKSHIRE & NORTH NOTTS.

RO & ARO wanted urgently The general consensus was that we much preferred the normally aspirated engine cars.

It must be said that the Porsche RSR was by far the noisiest of the bunch. Ears are still ringing!

Stuart, Grant and Martin went to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre which held its annual Props and Pistons event. Fantastic cars of all ages and marques shared the stage with a beautiful Lancaster bomber which taxied along with its four glorious Merlins in full song.

Meetings are held first Sunday of every month at 7pm for 7:30pm start at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS Keep up to date at www.synn.org.uk or look for us on Facebook as ‘Porsche Enthusiasts Club - South Yorkshire & North Notts (TIPEC)’

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A NGLIA & NORTH ESSEX

Ian Jones • izzy.spyder@sky.com John Briggs • john.briggs@charcoal.uk.com Yvonne King • yvonneking@hotmail.com Adam Jiggins • adamjiggins69@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/618348854957396 Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at The Woolpack, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP31 1SW. 01284 753 380 www.thewoolpackfornham.co.uk We’ve had a cracking couple of months of fun with glorious weather to help them along – we don’t seemed to have stopped since Beaulieu!

Old and new at The Packe Arms (photo by Richard Harwood)

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EAST MIDLANDS

east.mids@tipec.net RO Jim Stevens • 07879 885 260 ARO George Acquah • 07958 057 582 ARO Jack Littlemore • 07759 775 705 Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 7pm at The Packe Arms, Rempstone Road, Hoton, Loughborough LE12 5SJ. Wow what a summer! Since our last update, East Midlands Porsches have been out and about making the best use of the weather.

Firstly, we had a cracking monthly meet in early July. We welcomed a number of new cars, some members from neighbouring regions, enjoyed the sunshine and had a good old chinwag to boot. Richard Thurlow showed off his recently applied Le Mans stickers and made us all jealous with tales of his recent visit to La Sarthe.

A special mention must go to the gentleman (who shall remain anonymous) who drove his GT3RS along to the meet in a pair of Havaianas’ famous racing flip-flops. I will definitely be revisiting my choice of trackday footwear in the future …

A few days later, those members not too hungover from the previous night’s England game had an early morning run down to Rutland water for breakfast. It has to be said that numbers were definitely reduced …

Many thanks to Mark Frearson for organising the drive and getting everyone safely there.

Everyone who went along had a great drive and really enjoyed the emptiness of the earlymorning roads.

We had another great meet up in August. We’re fortunate to have Richard Harwood in the club to provide a photographic record of our meets –

that’s one of his pictures above. The meet up was followed by another breakfast run out. This one starting at the frankly startling time of 5am and finishing on the beach somewhere near Skegness.

Sadly, despite being the main cheerleader for the start time, Mark Slater’s car succumbed to a faulty fuel pump and he was forced to stay in bed. Fortunately, James Mackenzie-Scott was on hand to take up navigation duties and duly led the gang to the beach. We have photo evidence for the sceptical.

We have a karting event coming up in the next few weeks, kindly organised by the Peterborough region who are blissfully ignorant of the raw talent from the East Midlands that will no doubt blow them away.

We are also finalising dates for a detailing masterclass to be held for the obsessivecompulsive polishers in the group. The exact date and location of this will be published soon, keep a look out on Facebook and in your inbox.

A number of our members will be attending the Charnwood Classic Tour in September.

This is a ‘scenic car tour around Leicestershire, Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire open to all’.

Details can be found here for anyone interested: http://tour.coalvillecarclub.org.uk/index.php /2018/05/25/welcome

Our WoTY (Weekend of The Year) to Whitby started off this season. We dragged the glorious weather with us, as apparently the area had been shrouded in sea mist for the previous week whilst the rest of us enjoyed summer sun.

It was a great area to explore, meeting up with Laurence and his family from the Yorkshire Region with a trip over to Whitby, and with several members from the North East Region at Blakey Ridge over our long weekend away. Many thanks to Ian & Therese for all their hard work organising.

We all returned on the Monday evening, leaving John and myself with a day to repack for our bi-annual road trip down to Le Mans for the Classic weekend.

After a weekend break we were off on our Saturday run up to the Silverstone Classic. We were lucky with the weather, as it appears to have been rather damp the night before (cats and dogs and other choice words). Great set up as usual from the TIPEC crew. We enjoyed some great racing and a huge mixture of cars, both things we’ve become accustomed to from this excellent event.

Tyre kicking at the Anglia club night

October 3rd (Wednesday) Club meeting, The Packe Arms October 6th (Saturday) Car Café Meet, 8:30am Stratstones, Nottingham NG15 0DR www.stratstone.com/club/event-calendar/carcafe October 7th (Sunday) Bicester Sunday Scramble, 09:00–14:00 Discounted tickets (code TIPECX18 at checkout) http://bicesterheritage.co.uk/whaton /sunday-scramble-2

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CENTRAL

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

Singer at the Ace Café

Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Bull’s Head, Birmingham Road, Shenstone WS14 0JR. www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebullsheadshenstone

Club night was hot on its heels, and well attended with a couple of new faces. Then it was time for our regional annual BBQ kindly hosted by Ian and Therese which was, as per usual, a riproaring success with great weather, food, and of course company.

Central had a road trip to Classic Le Mans at the beginning of July, the weather was beautiful and it was great to sit outside well into the early morning watching snarling race cars popping and banging on over run with flames from the exhaust lighting up the darkness.

The Scalextrics championship was called void as the old timers vs digital didn’t run as smoothly as expected, plus there were a couple of smaller gauge models with more tricks up their sleeves than Paul Daniels. Yvonne’s car was voted best novelty car with Noddy! (The Scalextric car not the Austin 7!)

I personally prefer the older race cars and would make Classic Le Mans part of any petrolheads bucket list. You are able to walk round the pits almost getting in the way of the guys preparing the cars for racing, whilst the drivers are more than happy to answer your questions – and I’m sure they’ve been asked the very same questions a thousand times.

The following weekend a few of us went to Saffron Walden for their annual motor show. Dodging the morning showers to arrive fashionably late, we all had a great time, swelling our Facebook numbers and hopefully our club membership also (fingers crossed).

The World Endurance Championships followed the very next weekend, again at Silverstone (I should make this my second home). It was a good day with the weather holding off. There was some super tight racing plus a podium for Porsche in GT Pro and a win in GT Am, so overall a good result. For those who don’t know Toyota crossed the line first and second only to lose this over a technical issue in scrutineering. Rebellion Racing cars were promoted to the top spots.

Our annual Show and Shine gave us a record turnout for this year with 24 beautifully prepared cars from which we had to choose our favourite three. This was no easy task but the top three chosen by our members on the night were: • Paul Webster’s 924S • Paul Keeling’s 993 Turbo • Sanjay Chouhan’s 993 All stunning cars and worthy winners. I would like to thank Paul Keeling for once again sweet talking Meguiar’s into providing a gift pack for every car entered, thank you.

The Bank Holiday saw us take our annual pilgrimage to Pershore for the Plum Festival.

With the August bank holiday weekend being a washout until Monday, a couple of us headed over to the Ace Café for look at some very tasty cars. The very next night was club night with five newbies turning up to listen to Adam holding his first meeting and the rundown of the region’s activities, just before the Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch. That leads us on to something happening almost every weekend from now to until mid-October.

Keep your ideas rolling in as we’re always looking for next year’s planning.

October 23rd (Tuesday) Club Night at The Woolpack October 27th (Saturday) PIE Cars & Coffee November 27th (Tuesday) Club Night at The Woolpack January/February (TBC) Post-Christmas drinks and meal AT 130

Central region’s annual Show & Shine

We had a fantastic turnout of cars in our display and although the day started a bit overcast it stayed dry and brightened up in the afternoon.

We have been going to a car show on a Tuesday evening at The Fig and Olive, a local garden centre, and as word has got around the number of cars has doubled, with everything from a 1920s Bentley to a 2018 Mustang turning up. This year’s shows have finished but it it’s well worth putting on next year’s to do list.

The shows are drying up as the season winds down but we still have a couple left in September and then the dark nights will be with us.

October brings us a curry night at The Lodge again as well as club night and a coffee morning, and November sees the big show of the year at the NEC with The Classic and Sports Car Show.

We will have a stand there as usual so stop by and have a chat.

Club nights are still at The Bull’s Head on the second Monday of the month, so why not pop along and say hello?

October 8th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head October 20th (Satuday) Curry night at The Lodge October 28th (Sunday) Coffee morning, venue TBC November 9–11th (Friday–Sunday) Classic and Sports Car Show at the NEC November 12th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head November 25th (Sunday) Coffee morning, venue TBC

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SOUTH CENTRAL

south.central@tipec.net RO Nick Papé • 07801 881 170 ARO Gary Howard • 07856 723 196 Instagram: @tipecsouthcentral Facebook.com/groups/southcentraltipec Meetings are held first Thursday of the month from 7:30pm at The Green Man, Lavendon MK46 4HA. We have moved our club nights from the last Thursday of the month to the first Thursday of the month, at the same location in Lavendon. The membership is growing along with regulars to our club nights. If you love to chat Porsche, pop along as you’d be very welcome.

We have been making the most of the good weather in South Central with many meet ups and drives out. It was great to see so many Porsches and members at the local Silverstone classic with many Porsches on display and of course racing.

Always a a great event.

July also saw some of our members take to the track in Bedford for an scorching evening of track action along with some members from our neighbours from Peterborough. If you are a fan of trackdays, do keep an eye on our events page for future sessions.

Transaxle fever has hit South Central with new members and old fettling and bringing along 924s and 944s.

Welcome to our newest member Chris who has just bought a stunning red 944 and a special mention to Dan who is fastidiously restoring a 924 Turbo which should be hitting the roads soon.

It’s great to see so many pop-up headlights and also to see many of these cars past 30 – and some approaching 40! All are a credit to their owners.

After five weeks of solid sunshine, we managed to pick the first wet day in July to do our Run to the Sun! Five of us braved the rain and drive out to Norfolk for a walk on the beach including a hearty lunch of fish and chips followed by some photography by the sea. A good time was had by all and we look forward to doing it again soon.

Members went over to Garth Park for Porsches in the park, where 55 Porsches gathered and over £1,000 was raised for charity. Great to see the event growing year on year.

Tickets are now on sale for the Bicester Sunday scramble on 7th of October. We have arranged for club parking for members so please use the promotional code TIPECX18 when booking your tickets. Please keep this code for members only as it will give you a discount and ensure you can park in the club parking area. Gary and Nick from the region will be there on the day along with members from other neighbouring regions. We hope to see you there for what is always a truly spectacular event.

We look forward to seeing you at a meeting soon.

October 7th (Sunday) Bicester Sunday Scramble 09:00 at Bicester Heritage Tickets available from the Scramble website.

Don’t forget use the TIPEC discount code!

October 13th (Saturday) DW Autumn Open day 09:00 at DW Performance, Wellingborough

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N ORTH LONDON, HERTS & SOUTH ESSEX

NLHSE@tipec.net RO Vince Dallimore • 07798 630 649 ARO Peter Musk • 07734 769 953 facebook.com/groups/1217447545000223 Two informal monthly meetings: first Sunday 10:30am (open marque) at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, SG13 7RT. Last Monday 6pm (Porsches only) at The Ace Café, Ace Corner, off the A406, Stonebridge, London NW10 7UD. Best motor racing event of the year was in July, which we never miss. The Silverstone Classic apparently had 10,000 cars on show, plus lots of brilliant motor racing, and this year was graced with fabulous weather too. With infield parking and greatly reduced ticket prices for club members, it is an event not to be missed.

Our annual visit to the previously excellent Little Gransden Car and Airshow in Cambridgeshire was unfortunately spoilt by it raining almost all day. A normally full afternoon of displays, flypasts and aerobatics was severely curtailed and much time was spent sitting in our cars. Nevertheless it was all for a very good cause, Children in Need, and we will be back again for next year’s show.

November 1st (Thursday) South Central Monthly Meeting 19:30 at Green Man, Lavendon

The ACE Café gathering on August Bank Holiday Monday was rammed. Vince and I arrived at 16:15 instead of the usual 18:00 to ensure we got into the dedicated parking area. The evening weather was kind and a great variety of Porsches turned up for all to appreciate.

Be great to see you there, hopefully something for everyone. Please follow our Facebook page for more events or email south.central@tipec.net to join the mailing list. Enjoy your summer!

Vince and I both missed the August visit to The Goat due to other commitments, it is a great gathering of all Marques from old to new, always worth the drive.

Porsches in date order at our monthly meeting!

Track action at Bedford

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K ENT & SOUTH EAST LONDON

RO Paul Greer • 07799 412 870 prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk ARO Stuart Watson Meetings are held first Monday of the month from 7:30pm at The Carpenters Arms, Three Elm Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge TN11 0AD. www.carpentersarms.net This summer has been great for our region, with many more members getting together for their first, second and even third events. It’s so good to see the relief on people’s faces when they realise that all we want to do is have Porsche related fun and try to solve each other’s car problems. Our diary has been varied to accommodate as many members as possible, with car shows, garage visits and drives out.

and TIPEC member Nick Seager who had his Martini artwork made and applied by them to his pristine 997 Turbo.

Other events included a drive out to the Spitfire and Hurricane Museum and the RAF Manston History Museums. We left Maidstone Services on the M20 with a group of nine cars, which was pretty impressive.

The route was 40 miles of mixed driving roads and we were joined along the way by Crispin in his 356. The convoy got split up (my fault), but after an hour of fun driving we converged on the museum Café for breakfast. Andy James arrived moments behind us in his 944, and Crispin’s wife also joined us in a 996 Coupé. So, with just three day’s advanced notice to everyone, we had 12 cars at our destination. Andy’s wife Michaela had cycled from home, which is a considerable distance away, and her bike fitted nicely into the 944 for the return journey.

It’s hard to believe that Paul, Rachel and Stuart will be sitting around a table as this magazine lands on your doormat, planning events for 2019 which we hope you’ll enjoy. To that end, we actively welcome your ideas for events you’d like your region to be involved in next year.

Most of us came away knowing that we’d need to come back again to see everything the museums had on display. Grant and Natalie visited a local farm shop on their way home and Matthew Stears had given us all an invitation to join him and his 968 at the annual Herne Bay Car Show which was being held that same day.

In early August this year, we were the guests of Mark & Adam at Super Car Paint Protection, also known as Wombat Wrapping. They welcomed us to their immaculate and discreet workshop with homemade bacon rolls, coffee and cake.

Some members recently took advantage of an invitation by Porsche Centre South London to have a free healthcare check carried out on our cars. This is a great opportunity to gain confidence in the condition of our Porsches.

As the name suggests, they specialise in the application of a clear film paint protection system which is virtually invisible to the naked eye. The protective coat can withstand scuffs and will ‘self-heal’ under a heat gun. It is non-destructive to the original paintwork, therefore a serious consideration for anyone’s pride and joy. Their customers include Porsche Centre Tonbridge

If any faults are found, there is no pressure or obligation, but it’s worth noting that the official Porsche Centres are often competitively priced.

The club have recently updated the Porsche Enthusiast Club website and our page (found under the ‘Regions’ tab – Kent and South East London) is kept up to date with events we’ve held

and those which are upcoming. We look forward to seeing you very soon. Paul, Rachel and Stuart.

October 1st (Monday) Club night at the Carpenter’s Arms October 6th (Saturday) Fosker’s Ferrari showroom visit and workshop tour October 13th (Saturday) Club Carrera Charity Day, Goodwood October 14th (Sunday) Renaissance Classic Sports Cars (Multi-region event) October 21st (Sunday) Paragon breakfast visit November 5th (Monday) Club night at the Carpenter’s Arms November 9–11th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Car Show November 17–18th (Saturday–Sunday) BritCar Into the Night race, Brands Hatch November 18th (Sunday) Breakfast Club, Dobbies Gillingham, ME8 0FB November 24th (Saturday) Car health checks at Porsche Centre Tonbridge December 3rd (Monday) Christmas club night at Porsche Centre Tonbridge December 15th (Saturday) Christmas party, Brands Hatch Please check our Facebook page for the calendar and also keep an eye out for email updates.

Nick Seager’s Turbo at Super Car Paint Protection

Adam of Super Car Paint Protection, applying Expel self healing paint protection to a new GT3 AT 130

Drive out to the Spitfire and Hurricane Museum

Sparky, my 996C2, did very well – 1,444 miles driven with no major issues, which I was very pleased about. We did lose the air-conditioning on day one but luckily the windows still worked!

Maybe a road trip to the Porsche museum at Stuttgart and then on through the Alps to Italy next …

Thames Valley ‘Specials’ night in August

October 6th (Saturday) Thatcham Classic Car show – We are planning on having a little Thames Valley pitch October 7th (Sunday) Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble

GT2 details from ‘Specials’ night

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THAMES VALLEY

thames.valley@tipec.net RO Andrew Harris • 07812 146 999 ARO Graham Driver • 07799 625 279 Meetings are held second Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. With so much sport going on throughout July and August what with the tennis, some football event thing, Festival of Speed, Silverstone Classic and also holidays, we have had a quieter couple of months with activities. However, from October onwards we should be back in full swing with a few breakfast drives out to the Blackbushe Café, the Thatcham Classic Car Show, Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble and drive out, the return of our curry run and, dare I say it, our Christmas bash!

Hopefully you will be able to join us on one or two of these little outings.

What a cracking summer we have had, perfect for our themed ‘Topless Tuesday’ club night at the Novello in July, a very warm and sunny one with a good number in attendance. The weather remained kind for our ‘Specials’ club night in August with some stunning examples of a GT2, GT3 and GT3RS to name but a few making an appearance. It is always good to see our regulars and great to see a few new faces. Thank you to Vivien Quinn for making it along, originally a member of the Bristol region, we look forward to seeing you again.

My little road trip (along with Kat, my partner, of course!) took us through Spain this June, sailing into Santander and driving up through Pamplona to Canfranc-Estation and then onto the east coast, Platja De Sant Pol. We had three nights in a resort here and then set off for Daroca, a little village south of Zaragoza, before boarding the ferry at Santander for the 24 hours sailing home.

August 18th saw a good turnout at the Capel Classic Show; this is our region’s main car show of the year, with 11 Porsches, a Mercedes Cosworth and a Ferrari on the club stand, proving that you don’t have to own a Porsche to be an enthusiast.

The show includes cars, bikes, autojumble, a craft fair and much more. We took a number of enquiries for membership and a lapsed member looking to resign plus some members stopped by, not having brought their club cars.

A show not to be missed next year.

October 9th (Tuesday) Club night at the Novello

October 7th (Sunday) Joint breakfast with the Mercedes Benz & BMW Club at Brighton City Airport, BN43 5FF

October 21st (Sunday) Annual Curry Run

October 10th (Wednesday) Club night at The Bolney Stage

November 13th (Tuesday) Club night at the Novello

October 14th (Sunday) Autumn Motorsport Festival, Brooklands Museum

November 25th (Sunday) Breakfast run to the Blackbushe Café December 7th (Friday) It’s Christmas party time …

December 11th (Tuesday) Club night at the Novello Throughout the year the Thames Valley region endeavour to put on a number of little outings along with our summer ‘themed’ monthly meetings at the Novello, please keep an eye on our diary page of our website at: www.tipec.net/ regions/thames-valley or our Facebook page, Porsche Enthusiasts Club – Thames Valley Region.

It would be great to see you. If you are unable to attend any of the events, please feel free to pop along to our monthly meeting at the Novello, it is always an enjoyable evening with lots of friendly and knowledgeable people, the food is good too!

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October 17th (Wednesday) Fairmile Porsche Meet, The Fairmile, Surrey KT11 1BW November 4th (Sunday) London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, Hyde Park to Madeira Drive, Brighton November 9–11th (Friday–Sunday) Lancaster Insurance Classic Car Show at the NEC November 14th (Wednesday) Club night at The Bolney Stage November 21st (Wednesday) Fairmile Porsche Meet, The Fairmile, Surrey KT11 1BW All details of our regional events can be found on our regional section of the TIPEC.net website.

SURREY & SUSSEX

surrey.sussex@tipec.net RO Bob Stephens • 07548 306 803 ARO Terry Rockall • 07771 511 433 facebook.com/groups/ tipecsurreyandsussex Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month from 7:00pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, 10 miles south of Crawley off the A23.

Terry Rockall, Derek Flanagan and myself enjoyed a road trip to the Le Mans Classic at the beginning of July, taking in the delights of French motorways (very few cars) whilst spotting the classics and supercars also making the trip.

We stayed at a B&B in town and opted for a tram ride to the circuit, no hassle and no need to sit for hours in a traffic jam. The range of classic and exotic Porsches both on and off the track had all of us drooling over our favourites. An excellent meeting and well worth the visit.

Non-Porkers are welcome at Capel …

“It shrank in the car wash!”

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SOUTHERN

RO urgently wanted ARO Jim Tarrant • 0120 260 1886 jim.tarrant@consequia.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Old Thatch, 285 Wimborne Road West, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7NW. Unfortunately we were forced to cancel our New Forest BBQ in August as the weather forecast was atrocious. However, the sun shone on the two other events I made it to this month – Beaulieu Super Cars (thanks to Neil for the invite and ride there in his GT3) and the Canford Classics Porsche Pull In. I missed Weymouth Porsches on the Prom and Sherborne Classics at the Castle but reports from the events were that they were both up to their usual standards.

If anyone has any words and/or pictures of what what they’ve been up to with their cars, please do email them to me for publication.

October 2nd (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne November 6th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne November 10th (Saturday) Techie Porsche talk at Canford Classics December 4th (Tuesday) Christmas Dinner at The Old Thatch, Wimborne Contact us if you would like to join in Please visit our region’s part of the website at www.tipec.net/regions/southern as we are continuously updating our events page.

Members will also receive email notifications of upcoming items.

Porsche Classic display at Goodwood

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HAMPSHIRE

hampshire@tipec.net RO William Batchelor • 07941 034 422 ARO Andrew Morle • 07450 435 347 Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month from 7pm at The Links Tavern, Portsmouth Road, Liphook, Hampshire GU30 7EF. A number of people made it to our first curry night at the India Gate, Chichester. It was a great success and with 10 of us attending. Mr Hassan and all the staff looked after us. The food and hospitality was amazing, and we will be returning.

It was the 70th Anniversary of Porsche at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. A fantastic day exploring everything on offer, the rally racing, Goodwood action sports, off road arena and the Red Arrows display.

We enjoyed the science, technology and advancement in robots and even a demonstration of the Parajet.

The Canford Classics Porsche Pull In

We are currently organising a Breakfast Run to Alton, and a Steak night in Midhurst. More information at our next meeting.

We look forward to seeing members and welcoming some new members, come along and have some fun.

October 3rd (Wednesday) Monthly meeting at the Links Tavern, Liphook November 4th (Sunday) Veteran Car Run – London to Brighton www.vccofgb.co.uk

356 Pre-A at the Pull In AT 130

November 7th (Wednesday) Monthly Meeting at the Links Tavern, Liphook

Outside the India Gate

November 9–11th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Motor Show www.necclassicmotorshow.com Further updates can be viewed online at: www.tipec.net/regions/Hampshire R22

B RISTOL, SOUTH WEST & SOUTH WALES

RO Sue Simmons • 07530 312 700 sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Debs Bradshaw • 07423 436 503 debbradshaw@sytner.co.uk ARO Mick Simmons • 07793 905 918 mjs019@gmail.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 6:30pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk July and August have turned out to be full of sunshine and sun cream, ice cream and hats, with superb events all extremely well attended by club members.

The Dursley Rotary Club rally never disappoints and is in aid of great causes. The B roads of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire proved a great

Classics at the Castle, Sherborne (Sue)

TIPEC at Silverstone Classic (Matt Cridge)

Bristol, South West and South Wales members at Porsches on the Prom in Weymouth

drive for a wide range of gorgeous motors.Well done Graham, Pete and team for all the planning.

Weymouth offered a gorgeous late afternoon and evening for Porsches on The Prom and our region was very well represented with many making a weekend of it including enjoying a meal out at the Hotel Rembrandt and then for some on to Sherborne Classics at The Castle where I managed to squeeze 25 Porsches, a Lotus and a club gazebo into a pretty tight space. The show continues to offer something for everyone and is one of my favourites, especially when our friends from other regions get involved too.

Some members have enjoyed Silverstone Classic joining the club stand there.

A group of our ladies decided to try something different – a taster session of Nordic Walking on Bristol Downs. Very enjoyable, and there is talk of an Afternoon Tea in November.

Coming up is our weekend away – it’s West Wales this year and so far 17 cars and their occupants are Gmund qsready 30/6/08 16:49 Page getting for the trip.

Over the last 1few years I’ve organised trips to Ireland, Belgium, France,

Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and the Scottish Borders – and any ideas for next year are welcome. Front runner seems to be back across the water to Southern Ireland. If anyone from other regions wants to be included just get in touch so you get the messages when I start to book things.

As the evenings draw in our club nights will quickly end up indoors and with our mammoth Christmas Lunch just around the corner I am looking forward to lots more socialising with Porsche friends!

All American Stars & Stripes weekend celebrating the biggest and brashest cars this side of the pond. As well as two days of track action there will be lots of entertainment off track, including by popular demand the return of the Demon Drome Wall of Death.

A great day out for all the family.

Please contact me for any info you need on sue.simmons@tipec.net or 07530 312 700.

See our regional page on tipec.net and see our Facebook page for details of more things to do.

I would also like to let you all know about Ted and Martin’s new web photographic venture: Visit PorschePicturesPast.com and have a look around.

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One thing I am always being told is how welcome new members are made to feel so if you haven’t come along to anything yet why not give us a go?

RO & ARO urgently wanted For now, c/o Sue Simmons • 07530 312 700 sue.simmons1@gmail.com

October 2nd (Tuesday) Club night at The Plough

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