Cheshire & Staffs RO Steve Taylor 07774 912 069 (mobile) stephen_taylor@datascope.com ARO Dave Watson 07901 928 356 (mobile) watson_david@btinternet.com Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX. We have had a busy couple of months in the Cheshire & Staffs region not a weekend went by without a show to attend. The beginning of August saw the annual TIPEC National Day and a small group of members made their way down to Gaydon on the Sunday. Fortunately the rain held off until late afternoon, so there was not a repeat of the previous years event. The weekend of the 9th & 10th was the first Pageant of Power held at Cholmondley Castle in Cheshire. Over the two days we had a display of 16 cars just a few feet from the circuit, within the ground of the castle. There were some fantastic cars and motorcycles racing around over the weekend from all eras and one of the highlights was the 2003 Le Mans winning Bentley and its driver Derek Bell. The Pageant also had powerboats racing around the lake and a collection of helicopters as well, even a Huey, apparently the only one left flying in the world. 16th & 17th August was the Classic Car Spectacular at Tatton Park, We really pushed the boat out for this event. On the Friday evening Pete Parkey, Dave Mercer and myself took a petrol mower down to Tatton and spent a couple of hours cutting the grass on our pitch. The cars looked so much better on short mowed grass. We also took along a large gas Barbecue, this made a big difference to the atmosphere, although I do think Randy and Barry won’t want to
Our Pride of Ownership prizegiving
see another burger or sausage for a while. I’d like to thank all those who gave their support over the weekend, especially on the Sunday when we had 22 cars on the stand; a variety of models from Carl Rose’s rare 914 to John Biddulph’s 964 RSR with every variation of model in between. Huge thanks to all those who helped out new member, Nick Still, on the day. Nick had only joined the club a week before and came along to Tatton in his 3.2 Targa. It was apparent there was something wrong with his car by the noise it was making on arrival. His cooling fan had jammed solid. By removing the pulley he could drive the short distance into the show, it was then stripped on the stand to discover that one of the bolts holding the alternator in place had worked loose, jamming the fan. Once rectified it was reassembled. All this took several hours to complete. Nick has asked me to thank everyone who helped. This proves what TIPEC is all about; like minded enthusiasts who are willing to give up their time to help out a fellow member when necessary. Club night in August saw our first annual Pride of Ownership competition. This event was sponsored by our friends from Unit 11 Porsche in Warrington (John, Roger, Danny and Mike). Unit 11 have given the region and it members a great service and a huge amount of support over the years and we all appreciate it, Thanks again lads! Thanks to everyone who entered their cars on the night, we had a great turn out. Members had to choose their favourite three cars, the results were calculated and in 3rd place came a surprised Sarah with her 944, in 2nd place Gary with his 911 SC, and 1st place was Martin’s outstanding 911 3.2. Well done everyone. Over the next couple of months I will be organising another Curry Night, a Trip around Bentley Motors in Crewe and a visit to an alloy wheel refurbishment specialist. If anyone is interested in coming along then please let me know, I will keep you all updated by email as and when I have more details.
Pitching in to fix Nick’s 3.2 Targa
North East RO Simon Poole 07759 694 059 audisi@btinternet.com ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 ac.blythe@mbro.ac.uk Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 7:30pm at The Sporting Lodge, Low Lane, Stainton Village, Cleveland, TS17 9LW, just off the A19. It has been a busy couple of months since the last issue, with car shows, holidays and some new faces too! A warm welcome to our newest members, Mark & Annette Rhodes and Greg & Tracy Cottrell. The Silverstone Classic was a fantastic event for anyone with petrol running through their veins. With surviving cars from the very earliest Grand Prix races right up to F1 cars from the eighties and everything in between. There was even an air display with a Spitfire and a Mustang to watch too, if you could tear your eyes away from the track! Just about every car club you can imagine was also present, so there was plenty to look at off the track as well as on. Sunday was the best for TIPEC with over 20 cars on the show in our display area. This is an event not to be missed which I would strongly recommend and will be attending again next year too. Next came the club’s birthday party night and National day at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon. My family and Andy attended the Party and despite not winning anything in the raffle, I managed to win a prize in Clive’s cunning car badge competition (with a little help from Alison, my wife, for the tie-breaking slogan). In addition to Andy and myself more North East members had also made the trip down for the show, with Paul & Sheila, Albie & Ann and Gary also in attendance. Even Stephen Taylor came down on a rare return to the UK. My car was used for machine polishing demos on the Race Glaze stand and I picked up some useful tips from Dave Naxton, one of the professional detailers. The August meeting was well attended with seven Porsches in the car park, although not all belonging to members (Andy you need to work on your brother and get him signed up!) As this meeting took place on a Monday