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Chairman’s Chat I have been writing this column for the last couple of years and it always amazes me how many events there are to attend between issues. There seems to be more and more local events that are worth pitching up to and several which are a little further afield, like the recent hill climb at Prescott enjoyed by members from several regions. A great time was had in the Cotswolds and the weather was nice enough for me to take the Speedster for her first outing of the season.

In April we had the AGM at The Heritage Motor Centre, this was very well attended and as always a good debate was had on a wide range of topics. The passion for the club and the encouragement for us to keep evolving is very important for our continued future success.

The Club is financially very solid and we have doubled the reserve fund to £10,000. This allows us to pay all the bills for a period of six months without any income. So far this year our cash flow has improved compared to 2008, this will allow us to invest more during the course of the year. I would like to thank everyone who gave up part of their Sunday to attend, when you take into account travelling for some it was probably their whole day.

If you would like to a copy of the AGM minutes or the Financial Accounts please send an email to Club Office or anyone on the Committee and we will gladly forward a copy.

Given our current financial status it was agreed at the AGM that membership subscriptions for 2010 will remain at the current rate.

The number of members for 2009 is growing and it is our intention to issue a regional dividend again later this year. With that in mind please try to sign up as many people as you can at local shows and spread the word about your great car club. The more members you have in the region the larger the deposit will be into the regional accounts.

I am delighted to announce that we have at last sourced a decent banner flag that will give us the height presence at shows that has been desperately lacking from our displays. Tony Blow came up with a great design for the flag (thank you) which are 4.5 meters tall and are wheel anchored. They will compliment the gazebos and ‘join today’ banners and are of a similar quality that will last for many years.

Enjoy those summer drives.

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Remembering absent friends Paul Drury & Judy Phillips As I write this, it was nearly a year ago when we lost Paul Drury and Judy Phillips.

Paul was the SYNN region’s RO and Judy their treasurer and they shared a passion for Porsche, and each other.

It doesn’t matter how long you’d known Paul and Judy, meeting them seemed to be like a meeting of old friends. They endeared themselves to anyone with whom they came in to contact. The last time I saw them was at last year’s AGM, when they (as per usual) had their hood down on their Slate Grey 968, even though it was raining! We shared laughs.

Our region (East Midlands) had changed its venue, and on the third Tuesday of April 2008, we had our regular meeting. Paul and Judy had said they were going to come down, but never appeared. The following day that we found out that they’d had a fatal car crash on their way to our meeting. We decided that it would be nice to have a permanent memorial to their names, so that they will always be remembered. It was established that the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) at Alrewas had a wooded area called RoadPeace Wood which has been planted in memory of road fatalities, and being centrally located was within relatively easy reach of many of the people who knew them. The wood itself is sponsored by RoadPeace, a charity that supports people who have suffered bereavement or injury through road incidents.

On Sunday 29nd March, the NMA had agreed that we would be allowed to take our cars in, away from the normal car park. Fortunately the weather was wonderful, just sunshine. We arrived at 10am as planned, 13 cars in all and were led on to the grassed area. All hoods down (where possible), just as would have been wished. We went to the Millennium Chapel of Peace and Forgiveness. At 11am on this day, and on every single day of the year, there is a brief service in the 120-seat chapel. After the service, we made our way over to RoadPeace wood, where we stood, and remembered in our own ways. Nothing much was said, we all had our thoughts and memories. The plaque itself was beautifully made, inscribed with the TIPEC logo and some very nice words chosen by TIPEC members. It was a fitting day to remember two of our own, special people; Paul and Judy. I know that the TIPEC plaque will always be there. It’s there for anyone to go and have a few private moments, a focal point for reflection and is open all year round.

Special thanks to Chris and Kathy Belfield, and Ray and Kathy Waite who helped with this day, and to all those who attended. Please don’t forget that the National Memorial Arboretum is open all year round and relies solely on donations.

Steph Stevenson It has been the Scottish Region’s great privilege to have known Steph Stevenson, who sadly passed away earlier this year after a long fight with illness.

Steph just loved being in her Tahoe Blue 944 Cabbie ‘A944 LOV’ with husband Scott normally at the wheel and the hood almost always down. Her other love was of her motorbikes, Steph enjoyed nothing better than being on the pillion seat and giving it full throttle.

Steph was always mad keen on getting out to different events with the region. Steph has been to countless TIPEC national and regional shows, always getting involved, helping with the bacon rolls and the burgers and making sure the kettle was always on. Steph was also a regular at our Christmas party nights. Her generosity and lovely happy nature shone through, even to the point of giving all the ladies in our group a gift of her unique hand made jewelery— Steph spent a great deal of her life designing and making her own unique, very attractive pieces.

The picture above is from our September 2008 outing to Northern Ireland at the Giants Causeway. Steph is pictured on the right with Lynn Gordon, chatting away with her usual big smile, just after polishing off a large ice cream, relaxing and enjoying the sunshine.

The lower photo is Steph in the middle of the group with their concours trophy from the Culzean Castle Autoclassica Show back in August 2008, she is the one with the trophy pointing to her head, that’s Steph’s sense of humour.

Scott has decided to put the Harley that they bought together in 2008 back on the road for this year, then hopefully bring the Cabbie back out in 2010.

As a permanent reminder of Steph, Brian Miller Of Brian Miller Motors in Edinburgh has dedicated an annual Concours d’Elegance Trophy, to be known as the Steph Stevenson Memorial Trophy. A fitting reminder of a lovely lady.

Karting Krazy

The first, second and third place teams basking in the sunshine (or was it glory?)

Many thanks to everyone that turned up to the TIPEC Gruppe South Inter-Regional Karting tournament, both drivers and the numerous spectators including Richard Harris’ four legged mascot. Yet again we had an excellent turnout with eight teams (32 drivers) from two TIPEC Regions: South East & SELNK. The competition gets more intense each year as the standard equalizes across all drivers and teams making for some great scuffs on the track. After some intensive training down the Six Bells before the race we all gathered on the grid for pre-race briefing where Karl Track ensured we knew which is the front and back of the Kart before showing us all the flags. It was then down to team tactics for this two hour endurance race where we determine our own driver changes and re-fuel strategy before the 15 minute practice session for grid positions.

Robin Pettifer’s team (first in 2007 and second in 2008) were very determined again this year with Robin enrolling Dave Green and his son into his team. It wasn’t enough for his team to win, but they were extremely consistent runners up. Modesty should stop me from mentioning the winners ‘The Crazy Gang’ who have retained the title for the second year after some intense rivalry from Robins Relients. The Crazy Gang ended up on the front row of the grid and got their refuelling strategy spot on, but it went down to the wire with The Crazy Gang and Robins Relients both able to win the race with just five minutes to go and the last driver changes being decisive. No teams picked up penalties this year, so smooth, consistent driving gives better results.

The fastest lap went to fifth place ‘God Only Knows’ who recorded 28.66 secs on lap 48 with the Crazy Gang only four hundreths of a second slower at 28.77 secs on lap 97 and Robins Relients posting 29.28 secs on lap 161. We all went home totally exhausted but elated and with a sense of achievement and the sense of rivalry put to one side for another year. The final placings were: 1. Crazy Gang (Derek Flanagan’s family), SE Region 2. Robins Relients (Robin Pettifer’s team), SE Region 3. The Muts Nuts (Richard Harris’s team), SE Region 4. TIPEC Go Kart Champs (Simon Pearce’s team), SELNK Region 5. God Only Knows, SE Region 6. Henfield Flyers (Tim Shaw & Mat Beasley’s team), SE Region 7. Team Foreplay (Chris Cook’s Varian team), SE region 8. The Wet Helmets (Matthew Lawrences’s team), SELNK Region

Porsche 908: The long distance runner Various authors, translated from the original German by Peter Albrecht, Veloce Publishing, £45, ISBN 978-1-84584-201-7. www.veloce.co.uk Veloce Publishing’s latest single-model book focuses on the iconic Porsche 908. Probably the most successful racing car Porsche have ever produced, the 908 reigned supreme for twenty years—constant development by Porsche keeping it an almost guaranteed winner.

This coffee-table hardback was originally published in German, and it’s fair to say that even if your Deutsch is fluent you will not find a more thorough guide to the 908 than this translated work. Starting with the development of the car, the authors lead us through the introduction of the 908 in 1968, where it set about winning races within that first year— notably the Nurburgring 1,000km race where despite qualifying 27th, the 908 won outright and took fastest lap, in the hands of Vic Elford and Jo Siffert.

From there the book records the 908’s success after success right up to the 1980s. The authors then step back to explain the technological progression through the years, biographies of the prominent drivers (Steve McQueen included) and the use of 908 technology in the roadgoing 914/8. The book rounds off with details of every race result through the car’s history.

As ever from Veloce, this is an accessible and authoritative work, with a fantastic selection of classic photographs.

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It’s a love/ hate thing All my life I have been a petrolhead, from when I first started riding a motorbike way back in 1969 (yes I am an old git). First it was bike racing, spannering for a guy at races in the UK and Europe, then on to four wheels and road rallying in the late ’70s and ’80s. Eventually preparing cars and servicing on Rallies, from Club events to the RAC and the 1,000 Lakes Rally in Finland.

For many years I ran Minis—proper ones not those new-fangled things. Things changed in 1995, with a divorce, a move to Wales and a new career as a motor vehicle lecturer at Oswestry College. Then in 2000 meeting Sandra on the Internet (she tells everyone that I was her ‘online purchase’) and a move to Ossett. Finding a new job at a charity in Airedale, teaching pupils who had been excluded from school mechanics and basic skills. It had its own off-road karts and track, from little 6bhp to some 60bhp two seat karts. These were fun when I was ‘forced’ to take people out in them for a ride. Honest, I never enjoyed doing that.

One of the guys that worked there had a Porsche (Ray Atkinson an ex TIPEC member) so It’s his fault that I now run a 911. One day he tells me that he is going to sell his 924 Turbo, as it’s been sat in the garage for five years and only had the engine run. He wanted £2,000. I had seen photos of it when it finished second in a concours event and it looked excellent.

Several weeks later he brought in into the workshop for me to check it out; well, the time in the garage had not been kind to it. The body needed quite a lot of TLC, all the tyres were on the limit, and the seats were tatty. He then decided that it must be worth £4,000. Oh well, never mind.

Writing & photography by Dave Doherty

I have developed a love/hate relationship with my 911, so how did I become TIPEC Club Secretary?

Back home that night, Sandra, suggested that I see what else I could get for £4k. Off trawling the net, lots of Japanese motors, but only 944s looked interesting. That weekend I was off looking at a few, eventually buying a 944 S2 lookalike and at the same time joining TIPEC. Two years later and we are making one of those life changing decisions—the house is on the market and we are looking for a guest house. It was then that we decided to sell the 944 and buy a 944 S2. After looking for a few weeks and not finding one, as I was carrying out my nightly trawl of the internet. Sandra looked over my shoulder at a 911 that I had found and said “you really want one of those don’t you?” Well of course I did, but that would have meant doubling the budget from £7k to £14k. Then she says “Well if that’s what you want then go for it, but you are not allowed a red or white car!” So any colour except red or white, that was fine by me. The budget doubled and the search started for a 911. Back to the internet and the forums to find out what I should be looking for. As I look I start to read horror stories of people who have been searching for a long time and driving hundreds of miles to arrive and find unsuitable cars. What had I let myself in for?

Back to the internet, checking out all the car sales sites, Pistonheads, Porsche forums, Auto Trader and a few others. Then I found a possible car on Auto Trader, better still it was in Doncaster only 20 miles away.

I rang the advertiser and it sounded ideal. Marine Blue 3.2 Carrera. A couple of nights later, I was off to see it. On arrival I find it parked in a well lit warehouse. After a through inspection. I ask for a test drive, as I went to sit in the passenger side, he passes me the keys and off we go, with me driving. 10 miles later we are back and start haggling the price.

Two days later its mine. Three years later it’s still mine.

Just over a year ago I read Sean’s request for someone to take over the Membership Secretary’s role. Since taking over Alexa House, we have to be here 24/7 to see guests arriving and answer the phone and emails.

That leaves a lot of time just hanging around. So I held my hand up and that was that, a week later Sean arrived with his car full of boxes.

So why is it a love/hate thing? Well, I love driving it and I hate walking past it on the days that I have no time to get out behind the wheel!

Cars in the Park

Sunday 13th May saw the Cars In The Park event at a new venue for 2009 in the beautiful surroundings of Newby Hall near Ripon.

It’s hard to believe that CITP is into its sixth year now. As each year passes, more cars are steadily attending this unique event.

For those of you unfamiliar with this event, CITP is a family friendly laid back gathering for enthusiasts of sports and supercars. Cars range from TVRs, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, to hot hatches, kit cars, modified cars, new, old and vintage cars. Anyone can turn up to the event by becoming a member of CITP, which is free to join. It’s a fantastic way of getting car clubs, big and small, altogether.

Fortunately, the weather held on the day itself despite a few drops of rain. The TIPEC Yorkshire region was joined by members from the North East. There were a fantastic collection of cars that turned up steadily throughout the morning. On the TIPEC stand, we managed to get most types of Porsche covered. We had a 924, 928, 944s, 968, Boxsters and various incarnations of the 911s. The highlight of the day was the Lamborghini stand though.

The car that caught my attention was the Lamborghini 400GT Monza. This car was a prototype built in 1966.

The exotic front engined 12 cylinder 24V Lamborghini, with hand crafted bodywork by Neri and Bonacini, first saw the light of day in May 1966 at the Barcelona Motor Show. A Spanish sportsman promptly purchased the car which he then used to attend race meetings.

Lamborghini never put this car into production, and the car was laid up in 1970 with only 7,000km on the odometer. After his death, the car remained in the family until 2005 when it was auctioned by Bonhams for $315,000. The only thing required to bring the car to its current condition was a minor engine overhaul, and replacement of its various fluids. Everyone was invited to photograph this unique car while they had the opportunity, as it truly is one of a kind.

There was also a beautifully restored orange Lamborghini Muira from 1967. When Lamborghini first had the concept for the Muria in 1965, all they had was a chassis and engine. They had no idea of how the body was going to be styled. 75 people still paid a deposit at the Turino Motor Show that year. This particular Muira was 80th of the production line, and is currently on sale for an ambitious £350,000. The Muira is quoted as being “the best sounding car in the world” by various sources, and with only around 12 in the UK, it’s not hard to see the attraction. If there wasn’t enough to see on the Lamborghini stand, there was also a bevy of gorgeous Ferraris to keep everyone interested. There was also a yellow Ferrari 355 Convertible belonging to a previous owner going by the name of Tiff Needell, Channel 5’s Fifth Gear presenter and racing driver.

Sadly, all good things must come to an end though. I would like to thank CITP organiser, Chris Crossley, for all the hard work and effort he puts into organising this event. Chris runs this event on his own and on an entirely voluntary basis. The cost of the £6 tickets goes towards events insurance and fees for hiring the venue. The ticket price I feel represents cracking value for money.

The next CITP event is at Harewood House on Sunday 13th September.

If you would like to be part of the next one, visit www.carsinthepark.org.uk to register your details and buy your ticket online. Alternatively, you can follow a link from the TIPEC forum in the Gruppe North section.

Writing & photography by Ben Rodrigues

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Along came a spyder

Austrian tuners, Erhard Motorsport, built a very unusual track-focused 944 back in 2004. It’s now in private hands and David White spotted it out on the 2009 Cross Border Rally across Slovenia and Austria.

The Austrian tuning firm, Erhard Motorsport, have for many years based a large part of their in-house racing programme, plus that of their customer cars, on the incredibly successful front-engined, watercooled Porsche 944. With a top speed of 130mph [211kpm] and a 0-60mph time of 8.3 seconds in basic form, the 944 was an immediate success from its first introduction in 1981, though it is true that controversy was guaranteed on the occasion when Porsche dared to steer such a radically new course.

If proof is necessary that such controversy was totally unfounded, Erhard have continued to this day to dazzle the racing fraternity with the rapidity and success of their incredible racing machines.

One 944 that fell into Erhard’s hands, however, has enjoyed quite a different life pattern, having been converted into a unique ‘spyder’ format by the company in 2004, specifically to introduce would-be racers or thrill seekers to the feeling of being hurtled around the Nordschleife and other race tracks at full throttle racing speeds, at first as a passenger in the hot seat and then, when the time was deemed appropriate, as a racing driver proper. Taking an original 2.5 litre 944 of 1983 vintage, the company spent over 2,000 hours in turning this relative sheep into a positive wolf.

From the modest 163bhp of the original, the finished product, stripped to the barest minimum and lightened wherever possible, has updated brakes, steering, shorter gearbox, lowered suspension, a plumbed-in fire extinguisher system, and an engine that positively takes one’s breath away. As the only one of its kind to provide a real ‘flavour of racing’, it was and remains a great success.

Now, though it is hardly suitable for a trip to the supermarket, the car has been returned to semi road trim and is used with great skill by its new owner, Austrian enthusiast Herbert Rudolph, for classic road rallies and, as he says, ‘for having the best possible driving experience of my life.’ An incredible eye turner, certainly, and at the relatively low cost to Rudolph of around 45,000 euro, this is one of the most desirable road-going cars seen in Europe for a very long time.

Writing & photography by David White

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Technoclassica Essen What started as my four year old’s desire to ‘go on a plane’ culminated in a hugely enjoyable weekend at the Technoclassica Essen classic car show in Germany.

The Technoclassica has been on my ‘must see’ list for some years but for one reason or another I had never actually made it over to see it. So I decided to give my wife a break from looking after both of the boys by taking my eldest, Thomas, on this adventure across to Germany’s Industrial City of Culture. I blew some of my airmiles on a couple of flight tickets from Manchester to Dusseldorf and sold Thomas on the idea that he would not only get to go on a plane for the first time, but also a couple of trains and then get to see a show with loads of exciting cars, tractors and lorries.

We duly set off extremely early on Saturday morning in the car to the airport, parked in the long stay and jumped on the bus to the terminal. The first flaw in my grand plan was that the ticket confirmation didn’t mention that the flight was a code share with Lufthansa and that the check-in was not at Terminal Three BMI but in Terminal One instead. So we then had to leg it across to the other terminal (not what you need at six am) to check-in, though thanks to

my BMI card, we managed to sail through security on the fast lane which took the pressure off. By this stage Thomas was waxing lyrical about all the planes parked outside the airport and he was notably excited about the prospect. I on the other hand was starting to contemplate with trepidation the merits of taking a four year old on a plane. In the event he was very good, the flight went according to plan and we emerged safely at the other end to jump on the monorail to the train station. Due to problems on the line (it is not just in Britain after all!) we had to revert to Dusseldorf Centrum first and change to another line to Essen (which turned out to be the slow train). Once we eventually arrived

at the Essen HBF we jumped into a Taxi (thankfully with Kinder Sitz) and made our way to the Messe Essen exhibition halls.

On arrival at the rather grandly titled ‘World Classic Car Show’ it all seemed rather quiet—almost to the extent that I wondered if we were in the right place. We left our jackets with the cloakrooms and grabbed a drink and snack before venturing into the show.

When we entered the first hall I then realised why it was so quiet—there was so much space around the BMW, Mini and Morgan displays in this hall that unlike normal car events there was no crowding. BMW were celebrating 80 years of their history and 50 years of the Mini with delectable examples of both marques on display (including a gorgeous BMW CSL ‘Batmobile’ and various Minis of rally heritage and repute). Morgan were celebrating 100 years of their history with an equally well laid out stand and ‘Morgan Carrera Scalextric Layout’ that Thomas needed to be prized away from.

However it was not until we entered Halls 10 and 11 that the full scale of the event dawned on me. Never have I seen so many

As you might expect there were over 300 parts specialists exhibiting, around 70 restoration companies, over 80 model car dealers, a dozen watch dealers and various automobilia specialists, including a few that exclusively dealt in vintage Louis Vuitton luggage and huge chrome telescopes—one had their stand walls decked out in vintage wooden propeller blades from early aircraft in true Ralph Lauren brochure style …

examples of priceless ‘superclassics’ in one space. There were literally dozens of Mercedes SSKs, a whole stand of around a dozen Horch tourers (aka Hitler’s parade cars), several Mercedes Gullwings, the odd Duesenberg, Porsche 356 Speedsters, Porsche RS’s, vintage Ferraris, Lamorghini Muiras, a raft of Brooklands Bentleys and Rolls Royce Phantoms. The list went on and on. What set this apart though was not the volume of amazing cars (these halls had only a small share of the circa 3,500 cars on display of which 2,500 were for sale) but rather it was the amazing quality of them. Coachworks were flawless and gleaming, chrome polished to perfection, interiors spotlessly tailored and detailed. If you are used to the Birmingham NEC Classic Motorshow, it comes as quite a shock to see such consistently high quality of exhibits. I used to think the NEC was good. It doesn’t come close.

Moving into the next halls, these were largely given over to Audi and VW. Of particular note was the excellent display of VW T3 vans and campers, including one amazing Becks Bier liveried van with matching trailor, kitted out as a Beer Garden in the corner of the VW hall.

There were over 1,000 exhibitors present from 28 countries displaying their cars, boats and products in 20 separate halls and outdoor display areas. It was huge!

There was also something for everyone with over 200 car clubs displaying their members’ cars.

The children were not left out either with several stands focused on entertaining them including an amazing collection of hand made Porsche 904 and 550 Spyder electric cars which were works of art (but at nearly 8,000 euro each you might expect this to be the case!).

Hall Three though was what I had come to see. It was the ‘Porsche Hall’. Porsche Cars were noticeable by their absence (blaming arrangements for their new museum—which our TIPEC region hope to see at the end of the month) but this was amply compensated for by the most amazing turnout of Porsche Specialists, dealers and clubs. Most cars were in show winning condition and yet the sheer volume of cars made you feel almost ambivalent to how special many of them actually were. From early years, there were split window 356 coupes, 356 Speedsters, Porsche Tractors into the ’70s, numerous genuine

’73 RS and RSR 911s with a truly spectacular array of Porsche racing machinery. I lost count of the number of 935s that there were, though we did note several 904s, 906s, 908s, a 910, 934s, 914-6s, not to mention RSK Spyders and the odd 917 Can-am (though unusually there were no 917 Le Mans cars on display). My favourites though were the Kremer K1 (934), the 935 Jagermeister car and Roock Racing’s Primagaz 962C. In terms of road cars, I lost count of the number of fantastic 356s on display, I would dearly liked to have been taking the red RUF CTR ‘Yellowbird’ home with me and being a 930 Turbo SE owner, I rather fancied the primrose yellow Turbo SE that was part-way through its restoration—simply stunning. On the Porsche Clubs display there was an interesting 924 Polizei car in German police colours with blue light, but my favourite on that stand was the 80,000 km 928S which was really nice and original in white.

Getting round the event took us two marathon four–five hour sessions, so I was glad for the portable camping seat that I had the foresight to take with me for Thomas. We were both like boys in a toy-shop though eventually the scale of the event does take its toll. You need at least two days to see it properly.

Having been round the event I couldn’t help but notice that the prices of the Porsches were all significantly higher than the equivalent UK prices.

Even allowing for inflated optimism as a result of the show, prices were still extremely strong. This confirmed recent discussions I have had about the UK values of LHD Porsches being weaker than on the continent. Good SCs were being advertised at 15,000– 20,000 euro; 3.2 Carreras in the 20,000–30,000 euro range, 930 Turbos in the 28,000-45,000 ball park with flatnose Turbos easily double what I have seen them advertised at over here. A white 20k miles American spec cabriolet was advertised for a ludicrous 98,500 euro. At 1.14 euro to the Pound, these prices certainly grabbed my attention. It bodes well for when our economy picks up again.

At the end of the weekend we were completely drained with all the walking round (take comfortable shoes!) but nonetheless we had thoroughly enjoyed the trip. I can’t recommend the event enough—it ranks with Goodwood Festival of Speed in terms of stature and should be added to your ‘must see’ list. I can’t wait until my next trip across.

Meanwhile Thomas didn’t remember much about the cars, though gleefully recited to his Mum on our return that he had seen a Porsche tractor, a blue tractor, a green tractor, some cranes, a forklift truck (that he insisted on having his picture taken next to), fire engines, lorries and bubble cars. He also was quite proud to have been on four buses, two planes, two monorail trains, three express trains, a tram, the underground and three taxis. Mission accomplished!

Thank goodness for airmiles …

Writing & photography by Dave Watson

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Porsche Museum Stuttgart The TIPEC Cheshire & Staffs region made the long journey to Porsche’s home to check out the newly opened Porsche Museum.

On arrival at Neuwirtshaus (Porscheplatz) you enter Porsche Heaven. On your right is the museum, to the left is the Official Porsche Dealership and in front of you is the factory. The Porsche Museum is a spectacular looking building, very bright, towering from the ground on several legs, and inside they have thought of everything; there are plenty of places to refuel yourself, from a café to a restaurant, and plenty of lockers in the cloakrooms to leave bags and coats. The entry fee is a very reasonable eight euro, including the tour guide. You enter the museum up a long escalator, or the stairway to heaven.

At the top the first car to meet you is a very rare type 60K10, apparently one of only three built. The museum then takes you through the early years of Ferdinand Porsche and includes an late 1930’s VW Beetle and the very first Gmund built 356—a very elegant and classic car. You then start to move through the 356 series of cars: pre As , As, Bs, Cs, speedsters and convertibles, before entering the Ferry Porsche era with the very recognisable prototype 911, or the 901 with its rather boxy rear end. You then run through some generations of early 911s including a stunning 2.7 RS and 930 Turbo.

lot of unsung heroes from the Porsche stable: 914s 924s 928s, 944s and also a couple of tractors. There is so much to see you really do need a good half day to cover everything.

After some lunch we went across to the dealership to have a look around, for the first time ever I saw five Carrera GTs together; three for sale at 420,000 euro a pop and two customers’ cars in for service. We where hoping to look at the new Panamera but unfortunately they didn’t have one. One thing we did notice was that used Porsches demand a much higher price in Germany than in the UK, food for thought if you have a left hand drive model and you are thinking of selling.

At two pm precisely our tour guide was ready to take us around the factory, once we had been read the riot act regarding cameras and mobile phones or other recording equipment. It’s a strange set up, quite unlike how you would imagine. The production line is in a tower block and painted

As you leave the production cars you enter the racing cars.

This is full to bursting with examples of cars including a 550 Spyder in Carrera Pan Americana trim and a host of 917s with a 917 spyder, a Le Mans 917K, a 917K in Gulf livery, Pink Pig and many more, there was also the famous 935 nicknamed ‘Moby Dick’ in Martini livery displayed in full glory. Opposite that you have a 959 a GT1 and a Carrera GT … the list goes on, and every car in stunning condition. A little further into the museum you have five rotating platforms each with a different era 911 on it from the 3.2 to the latest 997. Not only does the museum have many famous and well known cars but also a Writing & photography by Stephen Taylor

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bodyshells for the 911 and Boxster enter on the third floor where assembly begins. The line moves at a speed of one metre per five minutes and Porsche currently build 160 cars a week based on five working days. Each car takes eight and a half hours to assemble. At the end of each floor the cars enter a large elevator and are lowered and rotated to the floor below, until the ground floor where the completed cars drive off the line. It’s a very laid back affair and there doesn’t appear to be any pressure, for example every 50 minutes a bell rings and the line stops for a 10 minute break. One thing that was a surprise to us all is that it is quite acceptable to drink alcohol during breaks and there are several vending machines around the plant stocked with bottles of beer! The tour of the factory and engine assembly plant was extremely interesting and an experience that I won’t forget for a long time, but one thing that was apparent to me is that the modern Porsches of today are not put together with the same passion as I guess they would have been 20 years ago. You can see that both the 911 and Boxster share lots of common parts to save time and keep production costs down. If you ever do get an opportunity to visit the factory then go for it, you won’t be disappointed.

Whilst we where over in Stuttgart for two days we decided as well as the Porsche Museum we would visit the Mercedes Benz Museum. This place is mind blowing, quite different from the Porsche Museum. The tour starts on the eighth floor and works down like a helter-skelter, explaining the how Carl Benz was involved in the birth of the motor vehicle and progressing through time. As you follow the tour through the years the museum also lives through key events in history, such as the sinking of the Titanic, the outbreak of World War Two, and so on. They even play music in the background from the era you are currently looking at, very clever! As with the Porsche Museum the standard of exhibits are exceptional as you would expect. There are no end of Mercedes Benz models on display, including trucks and buses, and there are also some famous and well known production cars on display. For example Princess Di’s convertible from 1992 and Ringo Starr’s E class.

There is also an E200 Diesel from 1988 which was used as a taxi in Portugal for 14 years and covered 1.2 million miles on the same engine. You definitely get the feeling these two big car giants are trying to out do each other, but both have different appeal and are well worth a visit.

On the way back from the Mercedes Museum we could not believe our eyes, there in the street among parked cars was a white Panamera! It was disguised somewhat because it had all of its identification badges removed, including the wheel centres.

It was as if this had been placed for us to admire, hours before we returned back to the UK. We all had a good nosey inside and took several photos, it really is a good looking car in the flesh and I think Porsche could be on to a winner with this one.

To sum up, two days of petrolhead heaven. If you get the chance to you must do it, you certainly won’t regret it, I certainly haven’t and I know that the Cheshire & Staffs members who came along also don’t. If any other regions are considering the same trip and would like some advice then we will be happy to point them in the right direction. I would like, on behalf of all the members who came along, to express our sincere thanks to Barry Stenhouse for his involvement in organising this tour, we all really appreciate all his efforts.

The Scottish region’s first run of the year turned out nice …

Ballater, Braemar, Pitlochry

This was our first run of the season, and what a drive!

Meeting up at the Kinross service area drenched in sunshine, it was a perfect start to a brilliant day. We had a posse of 11 cars all gleaming and 22 people including two kids, a baby and two dogs. We headed off into the Perthshire mountains and glens, still in brilliant sunshine, up through Perth then through the Glenshee ski area, past Braemar to Ballater for Lunch at the Glen Lui Hotel.

The Glen Lui looked after us very well. The lunch and the hospitality were fabulous and after a long spell lazing about on the terrace, the hotel gave us their permission to bring the cars onto the front lawn. We had the compulsory group photoshoot, unfortunately a couple of cars down as some had to leave a bit early, but I think the pictures tell the story.

Leaving Ballater we set off for Pitlochry for our final stop and farewells. The sun was still blazing and there were certainly a lot of pink heads and faces going around—mostly from those with the sunroofs out or the hoods down!

Sadly this fantastic day had to come to an end. We left at around 7pm for the road home, finally getting home at 10pm. Total round trip mileage for me was 407 miles, I’m sure others travelled even more than that. Thanks to all who came along and made it the fantastic day that it was.

Writing & photography by Stewart Gordon

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Yorkshire Big Breakfast 2009 The moors are alive with the sound of Porsches (and an F1 car?)

Easter Sunday saw the 2nd of the award winning Yorkshire Big Breakfast Meetings hosted by Specialist Cars Of Malton. The weather was superb with clear blue skies, perfect for the trip out to Malton, which is on the doorstep to some of the best driving roads in the simply stunning location of the North Yorkshire Moors.

Specialist Cars Of Malton is tucked away in a business park on the outskirts of Malton. Turning my 944 S2 into the normally quiet business park, my eyes could scarcely take in all the varieties of marques that lined the surrounding streets.

It was great to see that a large number of car clubs had turned out to the event. Porsches of all ages and varieties were rubbing shoulders with Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Lotuses, TVRs and many others.

The Porsche workshops were open and visitors were invited to have their cars looked over by the technicians. Not wanting to miss out on an opportunity, and some free advice, the 944 was up on the ramp being checked over by Sam, one of the Malton technicians.

My fears about the recent tell tale drips on my drive were soon confirmed. The power steering pump was indeed leaking again! No matter, this was not going to spoil my day.

After the car was lowered back onto terra firma and parked up, it was time for breakfast. Everyone was welcomed through the gates by the Malton team and received an unexpected goody bag. The queue for the bacon butties snaked up the showroom car park and past a Eurobrun 189 F1 Car. This, as it turned out, would be started up at lunchtime as the piece de rĂŠsistance. The proceeds from all the bacon butties sold on the day are going to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service. This vital and worthwhile service needs a staggering ÂŁ7,200 per day to remain operational.

After a restoring buttie and cuppa, we mingled with other enthusiasts and talked all things Porsche. The showrooms were open with some truly fantastic cars for sale. (I need my six numbers to come up on the Lotto now!) The car that mainly caught my eye was the beautiful white

959 facing an equally gorgeous silver Carrera GT. I think it was from knowing that only 292 of these unique 959 cars were created by Porsche that made the 959 so special to me. I don’t think a car of this nature will ever be produced again by Porsche.

It was certainly a technical tour de force at the time, and still is today!

All too soon it seemed, it was time for the grand finale. The various umbilical cords that give the Eurobrun F1 car its vital life were all disconnected.

The starter gun was fitted to the rear of the car and the onlooking crowd held their breath in anticipation.

The engine was cranked over but nothing. As with all things F1, a technical glitch.

After a bit of heckling from some of the crowd and various offers to call the RAC, much to everyone’s amusement, they were ready to try again.

This time, success. The big V8 3.5 litre Judd engine slowly roared into life carefully fettled by John Hawkins, MD of Specialist Cars Of Malton.

The wail of was unbelievable. The sound truly goes through you.

You just don’t get to appreciate the noise these beautiful cars make when you watch the F1 on TV. After two minutes, the engine was shut down much to the whoops and cheers of delight from the crowd.

The showstopper was over and the crowds slowly started to disperse back into their Easter weekend.

I would like to thank John Hawkins, Mark Mullen and all the team at Specialist Cars Of Malton for taking the time and effort to organise such a worthwhile and interesting event. I will certainly be looking forward to the next one.

Writing by Ben Rodrigues. Photography by Ben, Scott Poole, Des Lynam & Specialist Cars of Malton

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Running reports: Paul Bird’s 944 S2 … she was with Porscheshop the cam belt and tensioner gear were replaced as the service schedule suggested a belt change was a wise precaution. She went back a couple of months later for a re-tension check on the belt—something that is often forgotten and should be carried out around 2–3,000 miles after a change.

With the car in fine fettle Brian Rowledge and I headed off to Le Mans in July 2008 for the ‘Classic’. During the trip we both noticed a smell of fuel on a couple of occasions but couldn’t see any leak—this

Having decided in May 2007 to ditch the repmobile in favour of a 944, I started searching for an S2 and quickly found a likely candidate on Pistonheads.

The car was in Derby and as the National Event was at Thoresby in 2007 I arranged to view the car on the way home. Actually the car had been parked at Thoresby earlier in the day in the ‘for sale’ section but the weather had been so atrocious I didn’t notice it!

A test drive and a look through all the receipts suggested the car was ok and the seller had kept up all the important servicing, so I struck a deal and collected the car a few days later.

Originally I intended to use the car as a daily driver for six months for a bit of fun and then go back to a company car, but the fun factor has kept me smiling so I have now owned my S2 for nearly two years. I was initially a bit unsure whether a 17 year old car with 127,000 miles on the clock would cope with my daily commute but any fears have been unfounded.

The 944 is quite a practical car for daily use. The tailgate and fold down seats mean there is a fair amount of luggage space if needed and a couple of WotYs and a trip to the Le Mans Classic have proved load carrying capacity. Rear Writing & photography by Paul Bird

legroom is poor for anyone other than young children but this is a sports car and you have to expect a compromise somewhere. The gearbox is precise, although the shift from first to second can be a little tricky in very cold weather until the transmission warms up, and the steering is firm and precise—exactly as you would want. The 944 is not the fastest car on the road by any stretch of the imagination but the near perfect weight distribution and grip make it a real driver’s car in every sense. Find a nice bendy country road and keep the revs up over 3,500rpm and you will experience possibly the best value for money driving experience from any car.

So how has she been in nearly two years of daily use? The simple answer is no problem at all. She has never failed to start, never broken down and has only thrown up a few minor niggly issues despite being driven hard and generally used and abused as a daily tool. Basic servicing and oil changes have been carried out by me to keep costs down and everything else has been carried out

by Porscheshop. About 10 months into ownership I opted to overhaul the brakes so she had new discs all round, red EBC pads with new wear sensors and had a braided hose kit fitted. To complete the job all the brake fluid was flushed out and replaced with ATE Super Blue. Whilst

changed about a week later when the smell of fuel became very strong and I noticed a wet patch under the car. A detailed examination showed that the fuel line was fractured. I decided the best thing was to replace all fuel lines. This was the one and only time the car has thrown me a large unexpected bill so I have no complaints. Other than these costs I have carried out four oil changes, replaced tyres and also replaced the exhaust with a stainless steel unit but I class these as service items and so all have been part of expected running costs.

A few months ago the tailgate release stopped working. When the button in the driver foot well was depressed you could hear the motor turning but nothing happened. The culprit turned out to be a sheared adjuster on the top of the motor; apparently a notoriously weak item. It’s a very small casting and simple to replace but a rip-off at £35 for a very small part!

My first 21 months of 944 ownership has gone in a flash. She has behaved very well and the vast majority of repair costs have been for service items. The mileage covered has meant I have accelerated these costs way above those I would have incurred if I were using her as a Sunday toy but overall I think value per pound spent is still reasonable.

At the time of writing I have covered 46,500 miles in 21 months and she seems to be thriving on it, so I’ll hang on for a while longer and see what happens!

… & Paul Dunster’s 997 Carrera My very first car was a 10 year old Austin Healey Sprite, this was passed to my wife (and followed by a Triumph Spitfire) when I changed jobs and gained a series of company cars. After a dalliance trying to build a kit car a desire for a ‘Classic Sports Car’ resulted in buying an MGB Roadster (which the children will never let me sell!) When the children could no longer fit in the space behind the front seats this was joined by a Lotus Elan +2 but a desire to have a car with more than four cylinders resulted in a veto by the family over an MGB GT V8 (“we already have an MG” they cried). The only alternative was a Porsche 911 and I bought a 1983 911SC Sport Coupe. This was a great car and I even enjoyed the challenge of rebuilding the engine to replace the inevitable broken head stud.

Reaching that stage in life when the children were at University and realising that we had spent all our lives scrimping and saving for the future, only to find that we were now there, wouldn’t it be good to own a modern high performance Sports Car with modern reliability and safety that can be used every day?

Instead of a toy for week-ends, I could have a toy that could be used every day.

Why not buy a new Porsche? The test drive was booked at the OPC with drives of the Boxster, Cayman & Carrera. Then the reality check, not enough garage space for two Porsches, so the 911SC had to be sold first. My daughter then reminded me of my previous comment, “the only Porsche to have is a 911”, so a Carrera 997 it had to be!

A search of the adverts at OPCs and elsewhere resulted in a three year old Carrera, Arctic Silver with Ocean Blue interior in a private sale. Over the year the car has been well used with trips out to club nights (I’m also a member of the ‘other’ club), visits to OPC and Porscheshop, events at Silverstone, the Goodwood Festival of Speed (a great event and to be recommended to anyone

who loves old cars) and a week long driving holiday in France (calling in at the Museum at Mulhouse and the old circuit at Reims). I have also driven the car up the hill at Prescott (I even let my daughter have three drives as a reward for her first class degree result) and around the sprint circuit at Curborough.

other daughter back to University in Birmingham. We parked the car, took her things into the house, I jumped back into the car turned the key; nothing, ignition lights but nothing else. The breakdown service jumped the battery and she started easily, so that will be a new battery then (after 3½ years!)

So how has the ownership been over this year? Well it didn’t get off to a good start, after less than a week of ownership the car was on the back of a breakdown truck (so much for modern car reliability!), I had gone to pick my daughter up from Oxford for her first ride in the car, it rained heavily on the way down (997 owners will now know where this is going) but the sun had come out while we crawled through the side roads of Oxford, then yes the open road and put your foot down to be greeted with alarms going off and the engine as rough as old nails. We limped to the service area in North Oxford and called the AA. I must say they were really good. After the patrolman had found where to plug the computer in, it was diagnosed as multiple misfires. I had already worked out it was a failed coilpack! “Sorry sir not a roadside repair”, as it starts to rain again.

During this time I have also replaced the rear tyres, the front discs and pads (bought at Porscheshop on a TIPEC open day, very easy to fit, the calliper is an excellent design), the spark plugs and two further coilpacks have been changed.

The MOT was no problem, nothing being indicated for attention. Still to do in the near future is the four year (40K) service, I’m watching the front tyres and there is some scoring on the inside of the rear discs (not bad enough to require immediate attention).

Unfortunately this was not the only call out of the breakdown services.

The second time was taking my

All of the difficulties are immediately forgotten when you jump behind the wheel and start to drive. The ability to overtake is just astonishing and the sound of the Sports exhaust brings a smile on every journey. The best view is via the door mirrors, the shape of those rear wings … no other car comes close.

I even enjoy washing her and maybe one of these days I will get bored with going into the garage just to look at her … but I doubt it.

Writing & photography by Paul Dunster

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Restoration report: Phillip Andreicuk’s 3.2 Carrera

Gordon Brown has tried to encourage us to spend, spend, spend. Far be it from me to thwart our leaders’ fiscal policies.

I decided to do my bit and booked my 1986 3.2 Carrera in for a long awaited front end restoration and repaint.

Since purchasing the car three years ago, I had noticed with increasing frequency the amount of bubbles appearing around the nearside headlight. What really annoyed me the most was that the front bumper, spoiler and wings were three different shades of white. It looked okay from about ten feet away, but when you were up close it was very noticable.

I have known Ian Heward and Paul Taylor from Porscheshop for a number of years now and commissioned them to undertake the work. I had already had two lengthy discussions with Ian on what did and did not need done. It was agreed that a new near side wing (which I had previously bought and stored under my bed) would be fitted; the front bumper, both wings, bonnet, spoiler and near side shot blasted and repainted, a small ding in the door repaired and the offside wing repaired where a small patch of bubbles had appeared.

Those of you who have had cars restored in the past, or have done it yourselves, will know all is not straightforward in that world. A few days later I received an email from Ian explaining that they’d found a few small problems. I arrived at Porscheshop to find my pride and joy on a ramp; minus it’s near side wing, spoiler,

front bumper and wheels, looking very sorry for itself. Ian pointed out the three areas of concern. The inner wing had a 12 inch strip of corrosion on top, which was only apparent once the outer wing was removed, a small area at the front of the inner wing opposite the battery housing needed attention and the rear of the near side sill had corroded badly just behind the jacking point; as well as a small hole on the offside sill.

“It’s ok” said Ian with a smile as he saw the forlorn expression on my face, “nothing serious and I’ve seen a lot worse than this!” We then moved to the rear of the car and noticed all the usual sighs of oxidation; so it was agreed that the rear bumper would be removed, shot blasted and repainted along with the front one. “Just one more thing” said Ian. “We are going to remove the off-side wing as it’s easier to inspect and repair once it’s off the car and we can then also inspect the inner wing for any corrosion.” That seemed logical, so I gave them the go-ahead and left with slightly mixed feelings. I was happy that they were going to leave no stone unturned and do a professional job, but concerned that this was not going to be the simple makeover I had originally envisaged.

The next email I received read like the proverbial ‘good news, bad news’ joke. “The inner wing is fine, solid as a rock, but the outer wing corrosion is much worse than we originally thought, so I would suggest replacing it with a new one.” This I had not planned for! A repair would have been possible, but there was no guarantee that the rust would not reappear. At this point I must add that Ian is against fitting aftermarket or second hand wings, seeing them as a false economy. “You only fit them once, so fit genuine parts knowing they will last at least another 20 years.”

A few days later I returned to collect the old wings to sell on eBay (it’s amazing what you can sell on eBay!), when a proposition was put to me: 911 & Porsche World had approached Porscheshop about doing a feature on big brake upgrades and Ian was wondering if I would be interested in letting them do the work on my car.

Those of you who drive SCs and 3.2s know that braking is not their strongest point, so the chance to have the front fitted with four-pot calipers and crossdrilled discs as well as have the car feature in the magazine was too good an opportunity to miss.

I felt confident that everything was proceeding to plan. I recall this contented feeling lasting ten seconds before Ian said “just one little problem I have to point out. The small hole in the offside sill is easily fixed, but we have to drop the oil lines in order to do it and there’s a slight chance they might split. Don’t worry, we’ll be careful.” On leaving the workshop Mark, chief mechanic, gave me another warning; in order to do a proper spray job without masking lines Mark would take the windscreen out. “There’s a 10% chance it will crack when we take it out—but it won’t!” he said, confidently.

This wasn’t doing my blood pressure any good, so I stayed well away from Porscheshop for the next three weeks.

Eventually the news came that my car was repaired, painted and ready to be assembled. Bumpers, side sills, quarter panels and other bodywork was stored upstairs ready and the front wings were going to be removed to facilitate a comprehensive undersealing job. I was impressed, there were some restoration specialists who would not have been so thorough. The front brake kit had been assembled too. Big shiny red calipers and cross-drilled discs adorned the front axles

and looked awesome. The rears looked pretty sad in comparison, so I asked Ian if he could fit cross-drilled discs on the back and paint those calipers red to match. “No problem” said Ian. Of course, my budget had been blown ages ago. I now know how the Treasury must have felt when the final costs came in for the Millennium Dome.

After stone chipping the underside of the car, it went back to the bodyshop to remedy a few things Mark was not pleased with (I never did find out what).

Mark also informed me that the foglights were naff, so I sourced a new pair. The rear end of the car was added to the list of areas to respray, once we saw the oxidisation of the back bumper. This only left the offside quarter panel and door unsprayed and the difference was

noticeable, so I gave in and let them finish the job. A total respray was the furthest thing from my mind when this project began, but I must admit it looked good now.

The time came to collect the finished car. I left work early and raced to Porscheshop feeling like a five year old on Christmas Day. They do say that all men are children at heart, and it’s just that the toys get more expensive! My 3.2 was simply stunning. Gleaming white with a flawless finish and near-perfect shut lines. Porscheshop had gone the extra mile, painting the spoiler grille black, powder coating the door handles, fitting new number plates …the list of little details goes on and on. My sincere thanks to the team at Porscheshop for their fantastic work.

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928 windscreen wiper motor repair Steve Jones shows us how

I removed the plastic weather cover above the bulkhead with the bonnet up.

This showed the concentrated washer bottle in the way, so that got its locating bolt unscrewed and then a ‘slide to the right’ and hey presto, off that came— sliding the washer motor out of the centre of the bottle as it came. I removed the bolt holding the wiper linkage to the shaft of the motor as I wanted to isolate the problem: trapped linkage or seized motor? With the linkage split from the motor, the wipers could move freely but the motor spindle was locked solid—the motor is the problem!

As can be seen in the above photos, there is some debris, leaves and muck under the concentrated washer bottle.

This seems to be held on top of the bulkhead by the wires for the wiper motor and others which have sagged or moved with the age of the car and now are sitting on the bulkhead causing a ‘Dam’ effect for anything that may fall in past the plastic weather tray. I took this opportunity to clear all the rubbish in that area and hoover any residue so the area was spotless.

With a wiggle the motor comes free and out on the wing—with suitable wing covers to work on the car! I wired her back up to the double plugs, the armature tried to turn but the motor just gave a jolt—the Motor is completely jammed up!

Time to strip the motor assembly.

To remove the wiper motor from the 928, I removed the wipers, wiper cover trim which bolts across both wipers and across the wings to the small screw at either outer edge under the glass vertical cover strips. All removed and placed carefully on the floor for fear of damage.

I then removed the three 10mm bolts holding the motor to the linkage frame and undid the double plug on the left side of the linkage so the motor could be free to remove. The motor was stuck, trapped by the linkage. I had to remove the single 10mm bolt at the base of the linkage that also holds the earth wire to the motor to facilitate the motor removal.

Here is a top view of the motor assembly.

All outside parts were cleaned and all the debris removed.

I removed the five screws from the underside of the motor assembly and took off the back of the drive housing to reveal the drive mechanism showing the worm drive spindle and concentric circular plastic discs which provide the oscillating motion for the Wiper. These were all nicely still greased up so I left these in situ as they looked like a bitch to put back together and get right.

Next, I needed to remove the field magnet housing. There are two large Phillips screws that hold the field coil housing to the alloy cast drive

mechanism. These screws need to be removed and the retaining lugs they screw in to pulled out from either side, to allow the housing to be removed. This requires quite a bit of force as the field magnets are strong and hold on to the armature. Once the housing is removed you are left with the stripped motor shown below.

Next, remove the armature assembly by pulling on the bottom of the armature windings whilst rotating anti-clockwise simultaneously. The bearing will move out of the housing and then get stopped by the four carbon brushes. Stop at this point and find a small electrical screwdriver and some small fingers. I was able to push each carbon brush in and hold it with my fingers all at the same time, its fiddly but possible, then pulled on the armature shaft to pull the bearing over the brushes. Once at this point it’s easy to gently extract the armature and bearing away from the bushes … but slowly does it otherwise the brushes will shoot out and you will loose the springs.

Here you can see the old bearing still on the shaft and the new bearing by the side. This is a very common bearing, very easily available and very cheap at around £3.00. The bearing number is 6000Z.

The bearing now needs to be removed.

First remove the circlip from the shaft and get two pieces of thin bar which will go in the small 5mm gap in between the bearing and the copper comm. Set these bars across the open jaws of a vice so you can effect a sharp blow with a hammer down on the end of the shaft, being very careful not to damage the end of the spiral worm gear. A few sharp blows and the old bearing is free showing the lower circlip as seen below.

With the armature removed you can clean up the copper comm stator with a small wire brush or similar, being careful not to damage any of the wiring. I chose a wire brush rather than emery cloth or similar as I didn’t want any deposits to be left around the copper comm stator. You should also run a Stanley knife down the sides of each copper section to ensure no smearing or wearing of the copper. The armature body can be cleaned with a wire brush as this is steel so you can be a little more aggressive.

The new bearing is fitted by finding a piece of copper pipe or hard PVC pipe just a bit bigger than the armature spindle diameter but not too large to miss the centre of the new bearing and thus damage the new bearing. Tap firmly in place and refit the second circlip on the top of the bearing to hold it in place. The only thing left to do is clean the inside of the field magnets and cover. I did this with a flap wheel to make sure there was nothing fouling the gap between the field magnets and the armature. Pay attention to the bearing at the bottom of the cover. This bearing is a single ball in a clasp. It rotates so once you have cleaned any rubbish from around it you have to make sure it is centred so it will take the shaft at the base of the armature on re-assembly. Now you need to re-fit the armature and put the motor back together.

First, cut some thin card strips, about 6mm wide and 40mm long, three in all.

You will need these to trap the bushes back in their sliding guides to keep their springs and the bushes in place.

With the cards in place you can then guide the armature back into the drive mechanism assembly until the new bearing is just up to the cards. You will have to turn the armature clockwise as you do this as the worm gear engages with the drive wheels in the housing.

Carefully guide the bearing past the carbon brushes pushing the cards out to clear the bearing each in turn. Then push the bearing gently into the housing, still rotating clockwise as you go.

Once the bearing is firmly seated and the worm gear is correctly engaged with the drive mechanism assembly, rotate the armature shaft to ensure good seating and everything feels okay. Then you can carefully remove the pieces of card holding back the four carbon brushes.

Once removed, rotate the armature again to ensure free running movement and that the worm drive engages correctly with the drive mechanism.

Next, re-fit the armature and drive assembly back into the field magnet housing. Make sure as you insert the armature and assembly back into the field magnets that you place a suitable screw driver under the casting and all the way to the centre shaft behind the bearing—this is where the locating lugs fit in the to screw the motor housing together. This stops the bearing coming back out and catching the brushes when you place the armature back into the field magnets and housing. The magnets

are very strong and ‘suck/pull’ the whole unit in to the housing, pulling the armature shaft and bearing back out of the drive linkage housing if you’re not careful! With the motor back together put the two big Phillips screws and the removable locating lugs back into the top of the motor and job done! I plugged the motor in whilst it was out on the wing to check it was running okay before refitting. I also took the precaution of putting insulation tape around the join of the motor drive housing and the field magnet cover to make it watertight.

Now the motor is done, make sure you clean all the debris and rubbish that had collected at the top of the bulkhead and under the concentrated washer bottle.

Cleaning up the bulkhead around the support bracket for the wiper motor and it can be clearly seen why this problem happens: The large wire going to the Central HIVAC box passes underneath the wiper motor and effectively causes a dam for all the debris and water. Potential disaster area! Note the position of the wiring harness. This is what causes the rubbish to collect in the first place and fills the area under the motor with water when it rains thus flooding your motor and causing this disaster. Once I re-fitted the motor into the bulkhead I put a cable tie around the motor housing and positioned the wiring harness so it wasn’t resting on the bulkhead floor. Now water can run down into the bulkhead freely should it have to and escape via that ominous little rubber flap that is often talked about on the passenger side of the bulkhead and engine compartment.

My wipers work flawlessly today and with little or no noise!

Writing & photography by Steve Jones

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Gruppe North Scotland RO Stewart Gordon 01698 841 692 (evenings) 07974 808 342 (mobile) flashgordon944@blueyonder.co.uk ARO Alan Neilson 01324 871 543 07793 234 096 (mobile) alz1933@alanneilson.fsnet.co.uk ARO Neil Fraser 0131 660 0143 07946 616 782 (mobile) neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 8pm for an 8:30pm start in the 007 bar at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk Having been fairly active over the winter months and enjoying a healthy attendance at our winter meetings, we are now seeing a big increase in the number of Porsches coming out of hibernation for the Summer.

This month saw nine cars in the car park and 16 members attending the meeting.

We would like to welcome the following new members (or cars) to the Scottish Region. We hope that we will see them out and about on some of our planned outings:

today we have 86, along with a further three people joining the region by the end of May. We are now looking forward to our annual weekend away at the National show at Gaydon.

7th June Sunday Thirlestane Castle (big show approx 1,300–1,600 cars) 14th June Sunday Tayside Classic Motor Show at Errol 28th June Sunday Moffat Classic Car and Autojumble (Approx 900 cars) 5th July Sunday Bridge of Allan (Scottish Ford and Classic Car Day) 19th July Sunday Knockhill Scottish Speedfair & Classic Car Show 2nd August Sunday Club Suggestion: Beach BBQ, venue TBC 16th August Sunday Chatelherault Classic Car Show September Autumn run Dates etc TBC

Chris Cavanagh (944 S2 Cabbie) Tony Wood (911 2.7 Carrera RS) Andrew Gilmour (911 3.2 Carrera) Iain McKerracher (944 2.7 Lux) Stuart Gordon (944 2.5 Lux) Esther Stewart (944 S2) Glen Cawthra (944 Turbo) Chris Brown (944 Turbo) Colin Cunningham (944 2.5 Lux) Joanne Singleton (944 Lux Auto)

12–13th September Saturday–Sunday Bo’Ness Hill Climb and car show

We reflected on the last show we attended at East Kilbride on Sunday the 3rd May, where we had 12 excellent examples spanning a variety of models from a lovely black 1973 911 Carrera RS 2.7 to a 2001 Red Boxster S, the members have certainly done us proud.

18th October Sunday Club suggestion: East Lothian Car Museum Visit and lunch run

Membership is going from strength to strength; at the beginning of 2009 we had a membership of 76, writing this article

20th September Sunday Selkirk Classic Car Show 3rd October Saturday Club suggestion: Curry & bowling night joining in with our local PCGB region

15th November Sunday Club suggestion: Karting (day/evening) with PCGB TBC 12th December Saturday Christmas party night TBC

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. Hi Everyone. Where is the time going?

We are already into May, won’t be long and summer will be over again. I am writing this just as 14 of us have returned back from Stuttgart where we have been visiting the Porsche Museum, Porsche Factory and Mercedes Benz Museum. What a great time we have all had, I have uploaded a few photos onto the TIPEC forum if anyone wants to have a look. I’d like to say a big thank you to Barry Stenhouse for his help organising the trip. We have also just had our first show of the season at Gawsworth Hall, with typical Bank Holiday weather. As usual, a good turn out from TIPEC members.

I also need to say thank you to Martin Barnett for organising a drive around the Peak District at the end of April. Everyone had a great day out and what weather!

I am in the process of organising a couple of events for later in the summer: We are planning a trip to the Morgan car factory and a clay pigeon shoot. If anyone wants to come along, drop me an email.

Please remember we will be joining the Central region at Trentham Gardens on the 21st June. I will be registering anyone who wishes to come along. The cost to enter is £2.50 per car, which includes two adults and two children. Please let me know ASAP. Don’t forget our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at the Whipping Stocks PH, near Knutsford.

If you haven’t been to one of our club nights please feel free to come along from 8pm onwards, we are a friendly bunch and won’t bite !

Phil Blackburn’s 911 Cabby at Malton

North West

North East members’ cars ready for the drive to Specialist Cars of Malton

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.

Easter Sunday saw three Porsches setting off from the Sporting Lodge to Malton for the Specialist Cars Big Yorkshire Breakfast meeting. Another two North East members also made their way to the event from different starting points. As ever there were many immaculately prepared Porsches in the showroom including a 959 and a Carrera GT, but the cars arriving outside were just as interesting—ranging from a Lamborghini Diablo to a humble Mk1 MR2.

We had planned a run over to Whitby for fish and chips but due to various prior commitments this got cancelled and we headed back home after a bacon butty and a good look around the cars!

The following weekend a couple of North East members joined up with a PCGB organised trip for some skid awareness training at Felton in Northumberland.

Please see the review elsewhere in this issue. The event was apparently very enjoyable and educational and as I was unable to attend due to the clash with the AGM, I may organise a return visit later in the year if there is sufficient interest.

The monthly meetings continue to be well attended now with nine Porsches in

attendance at the May meeting, although Mick’s Dad’s Jaguar C Type grabbed all of the attention. Very nice it was too!

Andy will be making his debut in the Northern Saloon Car Championship at Croft in his 924 race car during May, and I’m sure that we all wish him the best of luck!

I am certain that there will be more reports to follow.

Here are a few dates for your diary to be going on with. More will be added throughout the year, including the smaller local events which Andy and I had a look at last summer in the evenings and at weekends.

14th June Sunday Run to The Barn at Beal and the Jim Clark Museum at Duns 21st June Sunday Fathers Day Classic and Vintage Car Show at Harewood House 19th July Sunday Classic Car Show, Newby Hall 24–26th July Friday–Sunday Silverstone Classic

Lincolnshire Joint meetings with the local PCGB are held second Sunday of every month 11:30am at The Dovecote, Newark Road, Swinderby LN6 9HN. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings at a local pub/hotel with support from the members and attend/organise local events.

RO John Pye 01706 712 491 07957 818 636 (mobile) tipecnw@sky.com ARO Brenda Marginson 0125 483 1766 brenda.marginson@sky.com Meetings are held first Monday of every month 8pm at The Thatch & Thistle, Chorley Road, Blackrod BL6 5LA. When this falls on a Bank Holiday, we meet on the second Monday instead.

Yorkshire RO John Oakes 01132 827 512 john.oakes3@btinternet.com ARO Dave Doherty TIPEC Membership office 01423 504 086 (12noon–9pm) enquires@alexa-house.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00–7:30pm at The Windmill, Hull Road, Dunnington, York, YO19 5LP. Well, the nights are getting lighter so April’s meeting at the Windmill was good again with five 944s and a 911 SC. Dave had to leave his 3.2 at home due to a lack of brake lights and my 928 was left at home because I had just cleaned it ready for Newby Hall Show on Sunday. So many thanks to Ben, Steve, John, Edward, Gren, Andrew, Dave, Jamie & Peter for turning up on the night. For those who haven’t been to a meeting yet, all are welcome and we don’t bite!

Thornes Classic Car Show We’ve never been to this event before, which is held on a Friday evening in Wakefield with lots of classic cars and bikes. Starts around 6:30pm ’til late, with an interesting selection of cars and motorbikes. If you go then it’s best to pay to enter the show, it’s only around a fiver and much easier to park.

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Silverstone classic in July The plan is to go on Friday afternoon and camp Friday and Saturday night at Litchlake Farm, which is situated opposite the main entrance to Silverstone. They have toilets, hot showers, water and on site caterers offering various types of hot food. Cost of camping is about £10.00 per night per person. Tickets for Saturday and Sunday cost £40.00 I have already booked tickets for this event. Alternatively you could come along for the day?

York Autograss I’ve only been to watch grass racing once before. We have arranged to go along to their meeting in September. The circuit is situated at Green Hammerton on the A59 between York and Knaresborough.

WotY in Wales We have an invitation from Brian and Paul of Central region to join them for their annual WotY (Weekend of the Year) in north Wales.

Meeting on Friday afternoon and leaving on Sunday. Will find out more details, when they are available.

Ginetta Factory Tours These are run on the second Tuesday of every month for between 25–30 people.

The tour takes around an hour and are run from 18:00–18:30. The tour takes in the Ginetta factory as a whole: specifically the design side, assembly line and a number of special projects that they are undertaking at the moment. The factory is near Leeds.

I would like to have a tour around their factory, anyone interested in going please let me know?

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Curry Night date TBA At Maze ‘N’ Jair, Coopers Bridge. Mirfield If any of these appeal to you and you fancy a day out to any of the above events, please let us know.

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Likened to rally driving on water, the boats can accelerate from 0 to 160km/h in under two seconds while completing 180 degree corners pulling 5–6Gs (similar to forces felt in a F-111 fighter jet). It is a visual spectacular unseen in any other form of motor sport that translates well not only to the spectator but to a wider television audience.

Jet Sprint UK is based at Southport Leisure Lakes complex in the North West of England.

Already a well established water sports venue, their custom built Jet sprint track is the only track in Europe. Ride or drive around our highly complicated track at full throttle

14th June Sunday Harewood House Show, PCGB 4th July Friday Thornes Classic Car Show 7th July Tuesday Club Night at The Windmill Inn 18–19th July Saturday–Sunday Bradford Classic 24th–26th July Friday–Sunday Silverstone Classic Event (overnight stay?)

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South Central members viewed some fantastic Porsches at Aurofarm, like this orange 3.2.

South Central RO Geoff Cox 01235 815 880 07740 452 586 (mobile) geoff.b.cox@btinternet.com ARO Mark Saving 07976 749 344 (mobile) mark@msaving.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held fourth Monday of every month at Whittlebury Hall Hotel, which is very close to Silverstone.

See www.whittleburyhall.co.uk.

Club nights are on the fourth Monday of the month at Whittlebury Hall Hotel. This change of venue has proved to be very successful with far more space for both the cars and ourselves. In early March we had another successful trip to Meguiars in Daventry for a morning demonstration on car detailing. 24 members braved the inclement weather, to be met by Sean with a bag full of hot pasties (heaven!) We then had a really interesting morning courtesy of Steve and the guys at Meguiars, resulting in us all learning that little bit more about car preparation. Our thanks go to Graeme for allowing the Meguiars guys to use his 993 as a test bed.

In April we went to BS Motorsport, who race prepare some of the most exotic Porsches on the planet such as Kremer Porsches, RSR’s etc. We visited them a couple of years ago and this proved to be an extremely enjoyable trip. They are currently building an exact replica of the Martini

Racing Porsche Carrera from 1974, which got everyone drooling. I keep entering the Euro Millions Lottery in the hope I could do the same. Neil also showed us the racing Zap Cat boats they are planning to use to go around the UK. I can feel the back pain simply thinking about it.

Later on in April we went to Autofarm, the well established Porsche specialists north of Oxford. The morning went very well with quite a few new faces around who I think had recently joined the club. Lindsey had her alignment checked (I mean her Boxster) and Pete’s 944S2 had a thorough inspection up on the ramp. Collective gasps of shock when we heard of Alan’s £8,500 new engine in his Boxster S supplied by Autofarm after an intermediate shaft failure at 80 mph destroyed his 70K mile engine at Christmas.

We also saw a very interesting 911ST that was being put together for historic racing using flared rear arch panels that are apparently made in Poland. The orange car is a 1985 backdated fitted with 3.2 engine, VERY loud (but superb sounding) exhaust, and a lightweight interior with full cage.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 28th June Sunday Supercar Sunday at Gaydon 12th July Sunday Drive out to the PCGB event at Blenheim Palace. Meet at the services on the A34 at Peartree Interchange, west of Oxford, for a bit of brekkie at 9.30am before driving into Blenheim as a group.

Graeme’s 993 at Meguiars 18th July Saturday Drive out to the Ace Cafe for their Porsche meeting, the only one being held during the day rather than the evening.

Meet at the Oxford Services on the M40 at Junction 8a at 10:00am for a leisurely drive down, or simply meet us there at around 11:00am.

16th August Sunday Charity Run to the Savernake Forest for a free BBQ. We have decided to use our TIPEC regional dividend to provide food and drinks for a BBQ in the Savernake Forest.

Meet at the services on the A34 at Peartree Interchange, west of Oxford, for a bit of brekkie at 10.30am before we head off on some spectacular roads, ideal for Porsches, ending up in the forest for a bit of R&R and some good food. All welcome.

North London & Herts RO Gary Adams 07849 222 511 (mobile) garyadams_1980@hotmail.com ARO Neil Pargiter 01920 872 365 07515 337 073 (mobile) ncp.944@hotmail.co.uk Meetings are held third Thursday of every month 7:30pm at The Three Horseshoes, Hooks Cross, Watton-at-Stone (near Stevenage), Hertfordshire SG14 3RY.

Central RO Paul Bird 01922 428 409 07831 877 983 (mobile) paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk ARO Brian Rowledge MyMerak@aol.com Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, B94 6AQ. Where is the year going? We’re into May, the ‘season’ is really getting underway and we have enjoyed a few fun events since the last edition of the Club magazine.

We had a couple of events in March. Firstly the Race Retro show at Stoneleigh which has been covered by Sean in a previous edition of All Torque so I won’t dwell on it here. Our second event was a visit to OPC Sutton on Saturday 28th that was kindly organised by Chris and Carole Hood, Central members.

The format for the visit was laid back and a chance to see the facilities on offer at a Porsche dealership. As you would expect the cars in the showroom (and outside) were stunning and left many of us wishing we had deeper pockets or a lottery win to spend. Our hosts were very welcoming and warm drinks, biscuits and cakes were readily available.

Those that wanted were given a free car inspection to point out any areas requiring attention and most of us spent a couple of hours in the spotless workshop area under the cars chatting to the technicians. A really enjoyable morning out and hopefully another indication that the Porsche dealer network is starting to formally recognise the Club. Many thanks to our hosts and to Chris & Carole.

Sunday 12th April saw us attend the Classic Car Show at Weston Park in Staffordshire and we were joined by Pete Gething and his son from North Staffs & Cheshire region—good to have you along guys. There were lots of great cars to look around and many “my dad had one of those” comments were heard. As ever the camaraderie was the best part and we ‘christened’ our newly purchased barbeque at the show, much to the amusement of all in attendance. There was a good deal of smoke until the thing got going although the forum comments of it being ‘like a tear gas attack’ are probably a little exaggerated in the interests of humour.

Despite causing a scene it actually worked quite well and those loudest in poking fun were first in line for the burgers! All in all a really good day out and a lot of fun to boot!

The following Sunday was the Club’s AGM at Gaydon and amongst the discussion was a light hearted ‘review’ of our BBQ the week before including suggestions for Fire Risk Assessments at future events.

Sunday 26th April was our long awaited visit to MIRA, kindly organised by Brian and Central member John Devenport. The weather was good and we were treated to a detailed tour of the site to show the incredibly diverse nature of track surfaces upon which cars can be tested. Every conceivable surface type you will ever encounter is represented and some that thankfully I have never had the misfortune to drive on for real. Water, salt and mud baths are used to test corrosion resistance and there is a wet handling circuit which to be honest looked tricky enough in the dry!

MIRA is a secure site and so cameras were not permitted but at the end of the tour we had a few group photo’s taken by Neil Bradley, who had taken the time out to show us around the site. A rare treat and a great insight into what goes on in the countryside just out of sight of the A5. A huge thank you to Neil Bradley at MIRA for the hospitality and a massive thank you to John Devenport for putting the visit together for us.

I am delighted to report that this year’s WotY has been finalised and full details will appear in the next edition of All Torque. Bookings are now being taken. If you do not receive e-mails from me and wish to enjoy this end of year event then please contact Brian or myself direct. This will be our third WotY and hopefully will be as well received as the first two. It’s a testament to our Weekend of the Year events that most places in 2008 were filled with couples that attended in 2007.

These are great weekends away and a huge amount of fun with like-minded folk enjoying their cars in good company. I’m looking forward to October already.

By the time you read this our National Event will have come and gone and we will be looking ahead to the events of late June and early July. Don’t let the year pass without coming along to at least one event or one club night and enjoy the social banter and fun that make the region (and Club) so special. I will close by pointing out that several of our recent events have only been possible with the input and assistance of club members. Brian and I hope those of you that enjoyed these trips will pass on your thanks in person next time you see the members concerned.

Central members and cars at MIRA FORTHCOMING EVENTS 14th June Sunday Harewood House (with Yorkshire region) 21st June Sunday Trentham Transport Festival. Classic show at Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent.

A Transtar event with the same booking instructions as Weston Park. Just email Paul and confirm attendance to aid planning. Joint event with East Midlands and Cheshire/Staffs 4–5th July Saturday–Sunday Cars in the Park, Lichfield. Great Classic show with Paul Keeling playing host to a club stand for 20 cars on both days. Contact Paul Keeling for details on 01543 271 116 26th July Sunday Silverstone Classic August TBC Yeatsall Farm Charity Fun Day 23rd August Sunday Arbury Hall Classic car show.

See instructions for Weston Park above.

6th September Sunday Tour of the Peak District 9th September Wednesday Sprint day at Curborough. Contact Paul Bird direct if you wish to go. Full and half day places are available; first come, first served.

20th September Sunday Atherstone Car Show 2nd–4th October Friday–Sunday Weekend of the Year (WotY). Full details with Paul or Graham, if you wish to go.

13–15th November Friday–Sunday Classic Show at the NEC 28th November Saturday Curry Night 14th December Monday Christmas dinner at the Red Lion

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South Yorkshire & North Notts.

ARO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 5–5:30pm (meeting proper begins 7pm) at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS. Since our last visit to All Torque various regions met on the the 29th of March at The National Forest Arboretum, Alrewas for the dedication of a tree and plaque and to remember our friends Paul & Judy (2008 RO and treasurer). It was good see old friends from various regions and chairman Sean paying respect to two of nicest people we could have met. Sadly missed by all who knew them.

4th April Visit to Elvington air museum where we watched Jeff Adams thrapping a Lambo round the Elvington circuit.

5th April Was our drive into North Yorkshire for a meal at Neil Morriseys pub, Ye old Punch Bowl.

A nice relaxing rowing boat trip worked up a few calories in the morning on the river through Knaresborough followed by a drive to Gmund cars only to find them shut, so a hasty retreat directly to the pub for a taste of Neil’s home brewed beer and a cracking meal. It was nice to eventually meet long standing member Pete Tungland and wife with his very low mileage yellow 993, hope to see you both again this year.

12th April The Yorkshire big breakfast at Specialist Cars of Malton. A very good turn out only marred by ridiculous amounts of traffic on the A64.

(Well it was a Bank Holiday ya numptys, so it took us 2½ hours instead of an hour) By the time we got there John had already started the Judd engined Minardi F1 car so we had our lunch/breakfast, a good shufty

SYNNers lined up in the rain at Thoresby

round some expensive Porsches and a nosey around their workshops. Well worth a trip next time they have one.

19th April St Georges Day Run from Doncaster Minster to Elsecar Heritage centre with the traditional car club.

24th–28th April Our yearly visit to The Nurburgring, this year organised by Mike Marrot. This year consisted of 16 guys only as it was combined with one of the guys’ stag do. The trip started with a night in Ashford before boarding the Chunnel the next morning. The drive down from Calais to the Eifel Mountains had one minor scrape with a juggernaut around Brussels resulting in a cracked clamshell on Mike’s Lotus Exige. After the long drive down it was good to be greeted with numerous wheat biers before sitting down to a fabulous three course meal and more beers.

The next morning we all decided to test our skills at the brilliant Michael Schumacher karting centre. The place consists of a huge indoor track showing a few of Michael’s previous F1 cars and a large outdoor track which we had booked on. After three sessions Rick Marrot produced the fastest lap out of the group. This prepared us for a evening session on the Nordschleife.

On the Sunday we also squeezed a vist to the the Classic Race Museum where the 79 year old owner shows over 100 classic race motorcycles and cars. He has just been offered £6 million pounds from Sothebys for his full collection which even includes the Nascar from Days of Thunder, but he has turned that down as it took him 50 years to collect. Graham Britt managed to bribe a couple from down under to grab a ride in the BMW M5 Taxi. (Nice one mate) The weekend was very busy out on the circuit with numerous accidents closing it down, but come Monday evening the weekend traffic had gone which helped with quieter accident free laps. A visit on Monday to the medieval town of Cochem on the banks of the Mosel allowed us to stock up on local wines.

Meeting at the Eurotunnel for our ’Ring trip

The weather behaved itself all holiday till the day we headed for home on Tuesday and the heavens opened. We had to feel sorry for one guy from the UK who had driven down in a AC Cobra replica, open top with no roof, who had the long journey home through some very heavy showers. He’s probably only just dried out the Cobra. All in all a cracking weekend with a great group of petrolheads.

Lets hope to see you all next year.

By the way, the hotel we stopped at was Hotel Wilhelmshöhe which comes highly recommended. It is run by Jacqueline who was a wonderful host and her German husband who prepared fantastic meals each night for us all.

26th April Foxton Lock drive organised by Alan Fuller of the East Midlands region, was visited by the usual suspects from the Synn region.

4th May The Classic Car & Bike Show at Thoresby Hall resembled TIPEC 2007 with rain, rain, rain … but it least it cleared up for about lunchtime.

We still managed to line up around 13 porsches throughout the day even if the wind and rain dampened a few spirits.

8–10th May Prescott Hill Climb & Synn WOTY Another favourite of the SYNN region clan which we repeated from last year after we enjoyed probably the best weather of 2008.

We all had our fingers crossed for a repeat of last years weather and weren’t disappointed.

The drive down on Friday afternoon was a little damp in places but by the time we passed Nottingham the sun arrived. As we arrived at Apsley Villa B&B (Cirencester) we were made very welcome by Bob the landlord who was a true petrolhead— he was keen to show off his toys.

First was his shopping car a Noble M12 in bright red, and then under wraps in his garage was a Lola race car that was once owned by Tom Walkinshaw (remember TWR race teams and Benneton F1).

Some members stayed next door in the Talbot Inn, a cracking little village pub which supplied us all with great selection of real ales and good grub. Saturday consisted of a walk around Cirencester’s numerous shops for the girls and either a tour of the Cotswolds organised by the Rotary club or a free afternoon to tour some of the lovely villages this area has to offer.

Bristol RO Paul Harrison 07884 116 971 (mobile) paul@harrison167.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Fox, Easter Compton, B35 5RA, one mile West of M5 J17 (Cribbs Causeway).

The usual SYNN suspects at the Michael Schumacher Karting Centre We all decided on the evening to have a walk into Cirencester for dinner and had a bit of luck when The Fleece Hotel mannaged to seat all sixteen of us for meals. The night was finished off with the last rounds back at the Talbot Inn. The morning of the hill climb was a cracker with not a cloud in sight, even the wind had dropped and the weather stayed with us for the day. I managed four runs up the hill getting gradually gaining more confidence on each run. Dave had two runs but managed to kerb one of wheels on the rumble pads which put him off for the day, could have been worse Dave at least you didn’t stuff it in the gravel and chip any of that new paintwork.

Katharines BBQs. Note the regional meeting will be held at Ray & Kath’s this month.

Mike M also managed two runs in his 997 giving it some boot and squeal around the hairpin. Most members opted for the cavalcade run, which was supposed to be a gentle run up the hill … but that wasn’t the case with most folk hanging back before giving it the big boot and ending up with a telling off from the organisers. From the reaction of the SYNN members this event looks to be part of the yearly calendar from now on, as everyone has asked to go again next year.

21st June Sunday Harewood Classic at Harewood House.

Tickets include entrance to house & gardens

FORTHCOMING EVENTS 6th June Saturday The Rally Show Chatsworth House.

7th June Sunday Car & Bike Show at Cusworth Hall, Doncaster with the Traditional Car Club of Doncaster. Meet at Rays at 8:30am for the short drive to Cusworth. Let Ray know if you would like to go so he can block book places at £3 per vehicle, followed by one of

10th June Wednesday Classic Car & Bike show at Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire. Between 3pm and 9pm.

13th June Saturday York Auto Jumble 14th June Sunday Sunday 14th June Visit to Kexby Hall, again organised by Edith. This is a special opening just for TIPEC with the art exibition, followed by a trip to Hemswell Antiques or Steels chippy at Cleethorpes, tbc on the day.

24th June Wednesday Track event at Cadwell park. Evening track day 5–8pm at Cadwell Park organised by Javelin, cost is £79 and you can book your place on line.

12th July Sunday Car & Bike Show, Doncaster College for the Deaf. Organised by The Rotary Club of St. George’s and Traditional Car Club of Doncaster.

19th July Sunday 36th Vintage & Classic Car Rally and Autojumble. Ashover Showground, A632 Chesterfield to Matlock road. Meet at the Three Horseshoes, Spitewinter at 9:30am for bacon butties and coffee.

Other events can be found on our regional website.

Well, it seems that spring has flown by and by the time you read this we’ll be well into the season’s events. Our visit to the Festival of Transport at Coleford in the Forest of Dean was a great success. Unseasonally warm weather and a brilliant range of vehicles made for a great show, and the BBQ that Richard & Helen (well, Helen really) laid on afterwards was top notch! Thanks, guys. A sizeable turnout at the May meeting was a good sign for this coming season and lots of the events came up for discussion.

By now, Prescott Hillclimb will have been and gone. I’m sure it will have been a great event but, as I write this, I’ve yet to bleed the clutch on my car—oh well, I have a couple of evenings to go! A couple of weeks later, we will have enjoyed Gaydon—for those of you who couldn’t make it, more in the next edition of the mag. There was lots of talk about a Sunday drive so we’ve fixed a date: Sunday 21st of June. Rich has put together a treasure hunt route complete with clues, departing from Gloucester, and we intend to finish at Symond’s Yat for lunch. If you fancy a drive in the Forest of Dean, come along!

Later that month, we have the trackday at Colerne airfield. It has plenty of run off (airfield) with nothing to hit so now’s your chance if you’ve never pushed the limits of your Porsche before. July and August will see the Festival of Speed, Silverstone Classic, and maybe another drive in the country, if there is sufficient demand. Finally, don’t forget the trip to the Circuit des Remparts in Angouleme, France, in September—should be a great weekend with French food, wine, and classic cars in abundance. What more could you want?

I tend to send out lots of snippets over the internet, so if you would like to receive these, and I don’t have your email address, let me know. Last but not least, if you’re unable to get along to a weekend event but fancy putting names to faces, come along to a montly meeting at The Fox and you can be assured of a warm welcome!

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East Midlands RO Graham Waller graham.waller@polypipe.com ARO Alan Fuller susancarolfuller@googlemail.com Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 7pm for food (meeting proper begins 7:30pm) at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS. Our last monthly meeting included a warm welcome to our newest attendees: Chris & Julia Wood with their 928 S1 (wow!), and Mike & Val Rowell with their 911 wide body Cab—you gotta see this to believe it. Pete sent his apologies, he went to see Basement Jaxx.

21st March Porscheshop Open Day Four cars met at Tamworth for the drive to Hopwood, where we met further Porsches for the convoy in to Porscheshop. At our leisure, we then had beef burgers, browsed the shop, mingled with the others, then headed back to either: 1. Watch England slaughter the Scottish in the Six nations rugby, or 2. Watch West Brom draw (again!), or 3. Answers on a post card please.

29th March National Memorial Arboretum dedication to Paul & Judy We met with members of other regions (Central and SYNN), and our chairman to dedicate a lasting memorial (a tree) to the names of Paul Drury & Judy Phillips. We took our cars on to the grassed area away from the normal car park, and for the first time this year the roofs stayed down for the duration. It was a gorgeous sunny day. We attended a short service, followed by a visit to see the tree and plaque that has been dedicated in their memory. Afterwards, a leisurely stroll around the grounds, visiting other memorials in our own time followed by lunch.

12th April Festival of Transport, Weston Park 15 cars went to Weston Park for this car show. There was plenty to see and do (although mainly for the petrolheads amongst us). Plenty of food was available (remember Ragley Hall?), and Central even fired up their regional barbecue. I think ‘fired’ may be the appropriate word as we all found the flames licking into the air and

the ensuing fog quite amusing at Paul’s expense. Consideration was given to calling in one of the historic fire engines to put it out. A fantastic amount of banter and a glorious day made it a worthwhile event.

Sunny, as opposed to last year’s snow.

14th April Ashby Folville This was the first such event in the year.

Normally a quiet affair, however this one was very well supported indeed. The cricket field was full of all types of classic motor, with the farmer’s field across the road almost full too. Quite a fantastic turnout, and the pub now has manned barbecue tents and beer tents in two/three locations including on the cricket field itself. The sunshine does wonders to get the enthusiast out, bikers and cars alike. I am quite looking forward to May’s event.

19th April TIPEC AGM, Gaydon Quite a number turned up for the AGM at the National Heritage Centre’s conference facility. Business of the Club was heard and those attending voted on a number of issues being tabled (last year’s minutes, the chairman’s report, the accounts), and then voted for the committee. Following the setting of next year’s subs, the forum was opened up for ‘AOB’. A lively debate ensued, lunch was had and an option to tour the museum for free.

A classic Transtar Promotions event near Alrewas (Derbyshire). Although this event is smaller than some of the others, it was nevertheless a good day out. Some fantastic motors turned out, and we parked up together. We met some from Cheshire & Staffs region too.

FUTURE EVENTS 9th June Tuesday Ashby Folville classic vehicle meet 21st June Sunday 20th Trentham transport festival.

Multi-region event in beautiful surroundings 11–12th July Saturday–Sunday PCGB National event, Blenheim Palace 14th July Tuesday Ashby Folville classic vehicle meet 19th July Sunday Beaumanor Hall classic car & transport show 24–6th July Friday–Sunday Silverstone classic 11th August Tuesday Ashby Folville classic vehicle meet 23rd August Sunday Arbury Hall classic car & transport show

26th April Sunday Alan’s Rutland Water drive We all met at Alan’s for breakfast and after about an hour’s chinwag and scoff we headed off at five minute-ish intervals.

Alan provided a route map which included some gated roads. We met up at a garden centre first where we got some moss killer (for Chris), and unfortunately some got delayed by the 200 or so riders competing in the 100 mile East Midlands International Cycle race. We then met at Foxton Locks for a beer, where we then set off for the finish—a rather nice pub in Cottesmore for dinner. A long day, with some fantastic scenery and the added benefit of being able to drive our motors. There were two prizes up for grabs, with Pete & Leena Harper taking ‘closest time’ and Ray & Kathy Waite for getting ‘worst time’. Chris partnered up with Sheila for this event, and they made a lovely couple. Our thanks must go to Alan and Susan for the organisation.

8th September Tuesday Ashby Folville classic vehicle meet

2nd May Sunday Catton Hall Classic Car & Transport Show

TBA December Saturday Christmas social

2nd–4th October Friday–Sunday Our Weekend of the Year.

Joint event with Central (Wales).

Please let your RO know as soon as possible, so places can be reserved.

Fantastic time last year, the more the merrier—and it brings the cost down.

It will be about £75pppn, and include first class accommodation with leisure facilities, two night’s bed, breakfast and evening meal in our own dining area.

14th October Tuesday Ashby Folville classic vehicle meet 13–15th November Friday–Sunday NEC classic car show 17th November Tuesday Club night with RO/ARO elections

Anglia RO Mark Flintham 01473 735 497 mark.flintham@tecnisis.co.uk ARO Keith Strudwick 01449 744 060 tipec@angliaregion.info Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month 7pm at The Bunbury Arms, Ixworth Road, Great Barton, Suffolk IP31 2NX. www.nextnorth.com/bunbury/findus.htm Our meeting on 28th April at our new home, The Bunbury Arms, was a resounding success. Seventeen members in ten very smart looking Porsches came along to give our new venue the once over: it passed with flying colours!

up from Witham, Ian and Mandy were able to grab a snack before the talking really began!

We were delighted to see Colin Titchner again, as he has quite a journey from his home in Boreham, Essex. But his trusty 944 is still in fine fettle and by the time you read this will have taken him on holiday to France!

You will have already discovered our second move of the season. Yes, ‘the management’ has at last decided that Anglia’s true home is in Gruppe Central and not South. It just goes to show that you don’t have to be a Big Brother contestant to be unaware of the exact position of East Anglia! Just joking chaps …

The very friendly staff had set aside an area of the bar for our exclusive use and did everything they could to make us feel at home.

Sixteen Anglia members have committed to our regional show on 2nd August at Helmingham Hall (www.helminham.com).

With at least another three wishing to attend subject to holiday dates and birth of babies etc! So why not join us?

The early arrivals had a chance to try the excellent carvery, and after their long drive

It promises to be a really good day out.

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Before that, we shall be visiting Gaydon ‘en masse’ on 31st May. Yvonne has been busy booking numerous tickets for us and we’re all looking forward to a bigger and better show this year.

Trevor Read has been in contact with the management at Snetterton circuit, and it’s very possible that a number of us will be attending during the weekend of 4–5th July for the F3 & GT Championship meeting.

More about that at our next club night, but you can always email me for up to date information.

Our Spring picnic didn’t happen as we had hoped, but moves are afoot to turn it into an Autumn event, so more details next time.

Lastly, but certainly not least, a big welcome to two new Anglia region members: Jon Parker and Steve Runnacles.

We’re looking forward to meeting you both and hope that you will be able to take part in some of the events we have planned.

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Gruppe South April Good turn out with 12 people even if there was a lack of Porsches! One (mine) was having its driveshafts rebuilt, another having a new (expensive) clutch and flywheel, and yet another having repairs after an accident.

As always, lively chat, with much discussion about forthcoming events including the Bromley Pageant.

May Another great turnout this time with 17 people. One couple had driven their 928 up from Brighton after hearing about the meeting on the 928 register, nice to see you Tony & Mel. Apologies for the fact that we had to cancel the OPC Tonbridge visit in April (and the September one). Unfortunately Southern Region’s ‘white cars’ on display at Poole Quay

Southern RO Gordon Collins 07835 798 734 (mobile) gtsc.dkm@virgin.net ARO Jim Tarrant 01202 601 886 jim.tarrant@hotblack944.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:30pm at The True Lovers Knot Pub, Tarrant Keyneston, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 9JG. 14th June Sunday Drive to Portland Bill Come and join us for a drive out from our usual haunt, The True Lovers Knot, to Portland Bill where the adventurous can climb the lighthouse (admission charged).

Starting out at 10am, bring a picnic or enjoy lunch at the cafe!

More Southern members’ cars at the Quay

SE London & North Kent RO Jim Hearnden 01634 308 062 07930 353 232 (mobile) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk ARO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 (mobile) prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Friday of every month 8:00pm at The Crown Point Inn, Sevenoaks Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0HB. Email crownpoint@eyho.co.uk If you have not been along to a meeting yet, please do come along. Partners are more than welcome and it is not all car chat. The venue does good, reasonably priced food, so you can have a meal before the meeting starts. The latest calendar should now be in your inbox for those with a valid email address. It is in Excel format and I know some have a problem viewing it—you can download a free viewer from the Microsoft website. Please advise if you are interested in any events so Paul & I can advise the venues. I have two or three members that I don’t have email addresses for. If you would like to see mails from me, then please send me a mail on tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. That also applies to people in adjacent areas who would like a copy of our calendar.

OPC notified us at very short notice. This is because of cutbacks at OPC, a sign of the times unfortunately. The rest of the meet was a bit of a show & tell with several of us displaying bits of knackered CV joint and pictures of cars having accident repair being done. It became a lively evening and a bit different with most of us standing for the evening. There was a lot of discussion on what is going on for TIPEC 2009, including graphic descriptions of the track run from a few who did it last year! We had a discussion about the upcoming SELNK events as well; quite a few interested in the comedy club night and the Bromley Pageant. The comedy club is being organised by Paul, so if interested please give him your name. We have nine booked for the Bromley Pageant but several others expressed an interest in doing this. I will ring the organisers and enquire. Let me know if you wish to be put on the waiting list.

12th June Friday Comedy Club at the Bridgewood Manor Hotel, Chatham, meal, comedy and disco.

Paul is booking this so names to him ASAP. 14th June Sunday Bromley Pageant at Norman Park. We have a nine car plot for this booked. I’m trying to get it upgraded to a 15 car plot. If you wish to go let me know and I’ll put you on the reserves bench!

28th June Sunday Fish ‘n’ chips run: it will be a different location this year, more info as we get nearer but should be a good family day.

South East RO Derek Flanagan 01342 717 754 07767 254 820 (mobile) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month 8pm at The Shipley Bridge Inn, Antlands Lane, Burstow, RH6 9TE, on the B2037, off the A23, one mile North of Crawley M23 J10.

For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly meet yet, we always welcome new members and prospective members.

Come and see if you like us, we’re a friendly bunch no matter what model of Porker you own or desire and you will be guaranteed to receive a hearty welcome. You also have the opportunity of winning our own regional lotto with all SE Region members going into the hat each month, but you have to be at the meeting to win if your name is drawn out.

Our events calendar continues to expand and our Regional monthly meetings are becoming a real buzz of activity with details of our numerous regional and national events, general Porsche news and members stories as well as holding the monthly lotto.

Welcome to new member Tom van Den End who attended our March meeting as a guest, informing us that he intended to purchase a second hand Boxster. When he attended the April meeting Tom joined the club and informed us that he had purchased his Boxster, but then had an accident in it. fortunately Tom was okay, but his pride and joy was less fortunate. The insurance company said it was beyond economical repair so Tom is back searching for another Boxster and we look forward to seeing it at our club nights.

We also welcomed potential new member Dion, the proud owner of a Cayman, to our April meeting. The SE Region Lotto has rolled over in March and April and now stands at £35 for May. Track Day: In March four SE Region members participated in the Goodwood Track day organised 928.co.uk’s Richard Armstrong who had over 50 cars at this track day. The SE Region cars were Phil Shotton’s rebuilt 928S4, Nick Barns 928, Clive Lusted’s 928S2 and Derek Flanagan’s 996 Targa.

The weather is unreliable in March but was actually very kind to us and we had a great

day, good company and an excellent circuit, albeit very unforgiving as there are no run offs. Even the notoriously anal marshalls were okay and the sound guys actually tried extremely hard to ensure that everyone passed the stupid 98db limit—but they have to comply with this due to the noise police at the local Council offices who have a live link up with the noise meters at the track.

With each session limited to 20 cars and 15 minute sessions, safety was always their primary priority. With each session we all got faster and by 4:00pm yours truly went off the track onto the grass at over 100mph on the Fordwater curve. Amazingly I managed to keep going in a straight line for 100 yards or so and back onto the track before the St. Marys bend—a scary experience.

For those that are interested in trackdays, Richard (email Richard@ritech-systems.com) has organised further track days at Castle Combe on Friday 26th June at a cost of £125 and Silverstone Southern Circuit on Tuesday 1st September for £165.

The 2009 Inter-Regional go karting competition was held at Filching Manor Karting track again and we were fortunate to have fantastic sunny weather once more. We had eight teams of four, with Jim Hearnden’s SELNK region entering three teams this year.

The completion is very hot with everyone at a similar standard with some great racing and overtaking—this is meant to be a non contact sport but once we are on the track the adrenalin takes over!

2009 WOTY, 8–11th May: By the time you read this our 2009 SE Region WOTY to North Norfolk will be another memory. There will be a full report in the next issue of AT 7th June Sunday Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting The theme is Supercar Sunday: the ultimate driving machines 19th June Sunday Senlac Classic car show at Bodium castle show ground. Entry is only £3.00 per car and there will be a TIPEC stand there.

28th June Sunday Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting Post 1970 Performance Car Legends 3rd–5th July Friday–Sunday Goodwood Festival of Speed The stand is booked and preparations are in hand. We are planning another great

line up of Porsches: namely Robin Pettifer’s immaculate Guards Red 964, Alan Cordery’s iconic white Carrera Club Sport and Central Region Ken Coads refurbished track day prepared Guards Red 924S

Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter@blackler7827.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Braishfield Road, Braishfield, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0QE. Club nights continue to be well attended, with a few more Porsches now venturing out as the weather improves.

Our most recent event was a Chinese lunch at Pilgrim House in Southampton.

Thanks to all those who came, I think we all agree it was a tasty way to spend an afternoon. We will try and plan another meal in the autumn.

14th June Sunday Swanage Railway trip with TR Drivers Club.

13th July Sunday BBQ at Pete & Carol’s.

30th August Sunday Broadlands Show, Romsey.

27th September Sunday Haynes Museum trip.

23rd October Friday 10 pin bowling.

11th December Friday Wessex Region Christmas meal at The Hunters Inn, Swanmore, with TR Drivers Club. 7:30pm.

Thames Valley RO Nick Ramsay 07973 183 220 (mobile) tipec@witzendcs.co.uk ARO Jason Gibson 07958 459 725 (mobile) jasongibson@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX.

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Cornwall & Devon RO Steve Switzer 01208 816 397 07867 556 869 (mobile) steve_switzer@mac.com Meetings are held third Sunday of every month 12:00–2:30pm at The Winds of Change, South Petherwin, Near Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7LP. Please contact Steve in advance so that he can advise the pub of probable attendee numbers.

Cornwall & Devon have had two good meets in March and April.

Local DDK members alongside TIPEC Cornwall & Devon region (great picture TC, thank you)

March saw us joined by our friends from DDK: Bob and Beryl Salmon, with the Gulf blue 911, Andrew Ashley with the 914, and Jonathan & Margie Williamson with the 914/6. They joined us for lunch and with 17 sitting down we almost took over the main bar of the pub.

We must have done something right as Jonathan just happened to be out driving on our meeting day in April and just happened to come by the pub and join in again. Now, maybe I can persuade them to be become members …

Meetings continue to be held at the ‘Winds 601 - All Torque_Artwork:Layout 1 5/9/07 09:44 Page 1 Lovely day had by all with, as you can see of Change’ near Launceston (see website from the picture, great weather as well. for full details as to how to get there and

also how to contact me) except in July.

For that month we will instead be at ‘Wheels 2009’ at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, joining in a great day for petrolheads.

Please contact me for further information if you would like to be there. Well worthwhile with many vary varied cars to see and walk round.

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www.TIPEC.net The TIPEC website is now one year old! You can use it to register or renew your club membership, advertise cars and parts for free, download old issues of All Torque, and keep up-to-date with events in your region. If you look to the bottom-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, up and down the UK (and worldwide!) Here’s a recent examples.

Forum: Porsche models; 924, 944, 968 Topic: Seat motors Stepa1007: Does anyone have experience of the motors used to used to raise up the rear of the seat/tilt the seat back? The rear adjustment button on the passenger seat has stopped working. Before I take the seat out does anyone have any advice as to probable causes/cures?

David924s: I would check the obvious like does the other motor or motors in the seat work if not it could be a fuse or connector come undone, then I would swap the switch from a motor that does work either from the other seat or the same seat depending which work to see

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if the switch is faulty. Then I would start with the multimeter checking power etc as it could be as I said before a faulty connector or worn cable. Last I would take out the seat and inspect.

Stepa1007: That sounds good advice I’ll try that.

ExAudiSi: My drivers front motor did not work when I bought the car, but that was because the wires had pulled out of the connectors and weren’t connected. Still required the seat un-bolting to fix though. poprock: I’ve got the same problem and I’ve been putting off fixing it for ages … One of the switches or motors

in my drivers seat stopped working and I just haven’t spent the time figuring out why. tr7v8: My ARO had this the other week, cleaning the fuses & using switch cleaner cured it, much easier than heaving a seat out!

ExAudiSi: My drivers seat moves up and down happily when I’m not sitting on it, but blows the fuse when I try to adjust it with me stting on it. Do you think that the car is trying to tell me something? tr7v8: Sounds like a pie intake reduction is being called for!

ExAudiSi: It has been suggested …

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