L AL E U Q R TO /MAY 2015 IL R P A 0 1 ISSUE 1
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TIPEC (0845 602 0052) www.tipec.net All Torque is published bi-monthly by TIPEC (The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club) Text & images are © their authors/photographers. Front cover image: Techart Cabriolet, based on the 991 Targa 4S. All Torque is based entirely on submissions from TIPEC members. This is your magazine and we need your involvement! Submissions for issue 111 (June/July) must be in before Sunday 1st March 2015. Editor & designer: Tony Blow tony@typescape.com All Torque, 6/2, 308 Old Rutherglen Road, Glasgow G5 0UN.
Now that I have got your attention. Over the past few years the club has grown significantly and with it the need to expand the committee. Especially as we are all volunteers and need to share the workload. So therefore we need people to come forward and help manage the Club. With the vacant Chairman’s position and splitting another role, we now have vacancies on the Committee. Also several regions need Organisers to help grow the club and give members in those regions the opportunity to join in events locally.
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We very much hope to see you at Beaulieu for Simply Porsche. This is a great venue in a fabulous location and we very much hope that we can build on last years success. To see your car parked alongside hundreds of other Porsches along the tree lined avenues, will give you a buzz that you have to be present at to appreciate. There is something special about one marque car shows and I for one am keen that they continue as part of our calendar. Lots of people are making a weekend of it and there are plenty of hotels around the Southampton area with availability. There is also the option to camp, check out the forum for details. The Simply Porsche activity for Saturday 6th June will be a visit to Haynes Motor Museum near Yeovil. We have agreed a group rate with the museum at £10 a person. We will organise a scenic drive to the museum and will publish the meeting point to start the run in the June issue of All Torque. If you intend to join us on Saturday please drop a note to cluboffice@tipec.net with ‘Simply Porsche Saturday’ in the message title. See you at the AGM
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Club news The year is hotting up, with Donington Historic Festival, our club AGM, and a club trackday at Blyton Park all to look forward to. Don’t forget the Silverstone Classic either, with a club discount code over the page.
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Membership management Contact details for any club membership queries. We now have a dedicated membership management agent. The contact details for and TIPEC membership renewals, changes of address, queries, etc. is now as below. Please make sure you mention that you are contacting them about TIPEC: Phone: Email:
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All Torque needs you With close-fought racing every day, over 400 historic racing cars spanning seven decades, historic rally car and karting action and a ‘living motoring museum’ created by dozens of car clubs displays – plus a host of other attractions – exhilaration and entertainment is guaranteed, whether you buy a ticket for one, two or all three days! On each day of the Festival gates open at 07.30am and the circuit activity starts at 9.10am, finishing at around 6.30pm. The provisional timetable will be announced early in 2015. Members of car clubs registered to attend the event benefit from a two-for-one ticket offer on advance tickets when they quote their unique club code at time of booking (deadline Saturday, April 25th), and, at the time of booking, will be asked to request the number of infield passes they require, allowing them to join the other cars on display in their club's dedicated infield parking area, to create a fantastic exhibit for all spectators to enjoy. Children aged 15 and under (accompanied by an adult) get in for free.
The next submissions deadline is May 1st. Why not join in and have something published? All Torque is entirely made by us, the TIPEC members. It’s easy to get involved – you can write about a club event in your region, about your own Porsche(s), about a DIY project you’ve done lately … anything at all that your fellow Porsche enthusiasts might enjoy reading. You do not need to be a professional writer, just run it through a spellcheck and we’ll worry about the rest! You can email photos to accompany your writing, or pop them on a disc and send them in the post. If there’s anything you wish there was more of in the magazine –why not have a go at writing it yourself? Email:
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TIPEC AGM 2015 The AGM will be held at The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon (at J12 M40, CV35 0BJ) on Sunday 12th April 2015 at 10:00am. Agenda: 1. Welcome and apologies 2. Previous minutes 3. Chairmans Report 4. Finance Report 5. Determination of Subs 6. Election of Committee Members 7. Amendments to R&R 8. A.O.B This is the opportunity to have your say on the direction the club takes over the ensuing year. We quickly rattle through the formalities and have a good chat about the Club, Porsche and the Regions. After the meeting we take lunch and you are then free to wander around the Heritage Motor Centre exhibits at your leisure. Please confirm your attendance to cluboffice@tipec.net by April 3rd. Also if you have a question that you would like to be raised in your absence then please send us an email.
TIPEC trackday at Blyton Park May 23rd (Saturday) Following the success of the 2013 event, we have booked Blyton Park for the day, with our friends from the Marcos Owners Club. Blyton is situated in rural Lincolnshire, just east of Gainsborough, and easily accessible from the North via the M180 and the South via the A1. Cost for the full day is £165 and we have limited the number of cars to maximise track time. The noise limit for the day will be 95dB ‘drive by’ at 20m. To book: www.mazdaontrack.co.uk click on ‘Track Days’ for our link.
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Member’s cars Malcolm Thompson’s 928 restoration has been a long time coming. With the help of his father in law, Malcolm has spent three years on the project already … with a few hiccups along the way. This is part one of his story.
After deciding on a 928 it was not long before a deal was done to buy one in Cornwall, advertised as a runner in need of restoration. That weekend, after an early start with a trailer, I became the proud owner of my first Porsche; or so I thought. Once I had taken my rose tinted spectacles off I realised this car needed a lot of work and some new rear seats, front spoiler and other parts. So with this in mind I searched the ‘for sale’ ads and auction sites again. However this time I was adamant I would view first! Why restore a Porsche 928 in your 40s ? Well from as long ago as I can remember cars were my thing … and what made them work. One day when I was 14 we visited a family friend who I was told had lots of interesting little cars, hence the bribe to get a typical moody teenager to go somewhere he did not want to go with his parents, and then that’s when it happened. I got a glimpse of the make and model of car that was going to be my first real car. No not a Porsche! A little Fiat 500. My father made the big mistake of saying that if I could find one he would buy it for me to learn how cars work. Two days later I had found not one, but two of them, rusting away in a farmer’s field. From that day on I spent all my spare time restoring cars. It was a trial and error process with the little cars – like breaking off manifold bolts and realising that was not the correct way to remove them. After many years and many Fiat 500s I restored one to as near perfection as I could. However with a young family that was the end of my restoration days, or so I thought. As my family grew up this saw me revisit my love of cars and all things mechanical. With very little persuasion from a relative I started autograss car racing. However after spending more time repairing the car after races I decided a change of direction was required. I dreamed if money was no option what would be the ultimate car I would have to restore and that’s when it hit me: a Porsche! The first and most iconic 911 came into my mind which sent me looking out ‘for sale’ ads and very soon realising that my dream was shattered as I could not afford to even purchase one in poor condition for restoration, let alone restore it. As part of my job at the time I spent a lot of time in London on business and that’s when I discovered the 928 model with its V8 sound, imposing looks and a real ’80s supercar feel – the decade I am from.
Yet again I found another 928 but local to where I lived this time, that sounded too good to be true. So this time I decided to call by on my way home from work one day without telling my wife, and to my amazement it was as per the ad and better than the one I already had in the garage at home! After telling my wife that I only went to look at it for spares but was very unhappy as it was better than the one I had in the garage, she said “No, you can’t buy it; you already have one and you have nowhere to store another”. A week later and with my wife not speaking to me I had secured the purchase of the second 928 for less than the cost of the first one. I decided as it was on the car trailer anyway I would pop into my local garage on the way home from collecting it to see how badly it would fail a modern MOT after being off the road for several years. The MOT inspector and I could not believe how good the car was as it passed the MOT and even the emission test with flying colours. By this time it had created quite a bit of interest in the local garage on a Saturday morning with people asking me questions about the car. However they all looked bemused when I said I was going to take this car home now and take it to bits, restore it and I would be back in three years from now, as I now knew the car was solid. So the second 928 with a year’s MOT on now took pride of place in my garage with the first 928 purchased being relegated to a donor car and sat on the drive to my wife’s annoyance. The first and best decision after opening the bonnet on my restoration car and seeing the engine bay packed full of equipment, half of which I had never seen before was to photograph every part of the car and every part I removed on and off the car. I decided to strip all the trim and parts I could first without stopping the car from starting and running as my garage was so small the only way to open the car doors was to drive or push it outside on to the drive to work on.
I set about trying to locate replacement sections for this area of the car but it soon became clear that either I would have to have them professionally manufactured out of flat sheet metal or find a donor car that I could cut them out of. My own donor car’s rear sills were just as bad and had already been bodged with flat sheet and filler and all 928’s seemed to have suffered the same fate. Finally I contacted Paul Anderson at Porsche 928 Spares and to my amazement he said he had a yard full of 928s and one that he had recently purchased and taken the engine out of had good rear sills. However if I wanted them I would have to come and cut them out of the car in his yard. Early that Saturday saw the father-in-law and I leave home early armed with grinder, hammers, chisels and crowbar, intent on me releasing these valuable parts for my car. The following weekends were spent taking a grinder (!) to my Porsche and slowly cutting out sections and letting in the new panels.
Again like my first restoration I found I was learning about how the car was built and how it worked by taking it apart, especially as I found out at an early stage there is no Haynes manual for the 928 and the only real manual I could find online was one used by Porsche garages and their fully trained mechanics. Each Saturday my father-in-law would arrive to help me discover more intimate areas of how the 928 was assembled and how we could remove each item in turn for restoration. We would photograph every item as we removed it, place it in a bag or box and label it with a description. This worked well until every so often I would look round and ask what happened to that item we removed and my father-in-law would have decided it needed his restoration skills and placed it in his car to take home and work on.
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Once the car was stripped down to a basic shell with only the dash and wiring left I then stripped all the wheel arches and the engine bay back to bare metal and prepared it ready for a full respray. I had thought long and hard about how I was going to refit the engine and all the running gear on to a nicely resprayed shell and move it about without scratching all the lovely new paintwork. I persuaded a friend of mine who had sprayed my Fiat 500 many years ago to come and spray just the engine bay and the wheel arches in my garage, thus allowing me to refit the engine and running gear afterwards with minimal risk as none of the body work was to be resprayed until these items were refurbished and refitted.
I had become the proud owner of my first Porsche, or so I thought. Once I had taken my rose tinted spectacles off I realised this car needed a lot of work.
During the deconstruction of the 928 I visited the Classic car show and met Paul Bird from TIPEC who also had a 928 and I joined the club there and then proclaiming my Porsche would be ready in just three years’ time. Paul asked me what colour I was going to repaint the car and I replied it was currently silver with full blue leather interior including a leather dash and that I was going to change it to red as all Porsche’s should be red – or so I thought. Luckily for me at this point Paul shared his concerns with me about my intended choice of colour as the interior was blue and suggested if it was as original, as I said it was, then I should consider keeping it as original as possible including the silver colour. The weeks turned into months and then into years. However during this time I had not been just taking the car apart, I had also been contemplating and researching what work I was capable of undertaking on the restoration and what work was out of my scope and needed the help of a skilled person. The lucky break for me was when the same name kept coming up – Paul Anderson of Porsche 928 Spares in Stroud – who people had used for everything from servicing right up to complete engine and car rebuilds. Also Porsche 928 Spares was local to me which came in very useful one day when I started cleaning back the stone chip on the sills and found that the back quarter of the sills where it includes the wheel arch had totally rotted away … it was only held together by the stonechip on the outside.
Once I had removed the engine from the car I then removed all the ancillary items from the engine leaving the bare block with head on ready for cleaning by hand. I wanted to ensure the block was returned to its original condition. All metal fuel lines, brackets, nuts and bolts that were originally finished in yellow passivate were sent away to a local plating company to be refinished as new. All other items were then cleaned and where required repainted to as new condition, then all parts, including the engine, were delivered to Paul Anderson in Stroud for inspection and reassembly. On inspection Paul found the engine to be in reasonable condition considering it had covered 140,000 miles since new, but suggested some items be replaced before reassembly including such items as new piston rings, head gasket, water pump, and cam belts which I agreed to.
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The day then arrived to collect my rebuilt engine from Paul with mixed emotions. Would it look as good as I had expected after all the pre-work my father-in-law and I had spent on it? Or would Paul have any nasty surprises for me? On arrival I could not see my engine anywhere in the workshop. However he then pulled a cover off an engine stand and there it stood; the engine looked brand new with all its replated parts now assembled on the gleaming engine. The engine was then carefully loaded into my trailer and wrapped up in lots of old blankets like a newborn baby coming home for the first time. The father-in-law and I discussed how we would fit the engine back into the car without damaging anything and how quick and easy it would be to finish the restoration now, or so we thought! Text & photography by Malcolm Thompson All Torque 110 page 9
Red is a warning colour … Martin Whitelaw’s 1987 Carrera Targa Sport.
After a succession of cabriolets and several coupes, I always had a hankering for the halfway house Porsche model that is the Targa. My family – wife and lurcher/collie – appreciate the joys of open top motoring and the Targa, with arguably better security, seemed to fit our requirement. The search began with a ’86 Carrera Sport in Darlington being tried out. A reasonable enough example, it needed a lot of TLC, some welding and a gearbox repair. Up to ’86 the 3.2s are fitted with the 915 box and whilst some say it just takes a bit of patience this one was extremely awkward and unpleasant to use. A low offer was rejected so my search continued.
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Well, you’ve guessed it! I won the auction at 22:00 hrs the night before flying out to California early the next morning! All seemed good as the seller agreed to keep the Targa until I returned but a sizeable deposit was to be made immediately. This done I duly had my memorable fly-drive holiday in California. Whilst in the US I arranged with my stepson, Jay, to organise transport to uplift the Targa as soon as I was home and, after paying the auction balance, it was duly delivered by transporter on a dark and rainy night – well it was the end of October in Scotland after all! Initial observations were not positive but I covered up the Targa top and left it for the night.
This car was listed with three pages of glowing description, pictures, good service history and a list of recent work done.
After several other possibilities a seemingly clean ‘unmolested’ (owner’s words) ’87 Targa came up for auction in Southampton. This car was listed along with three pages of glowing description, pictures, good service history, a list of ‘recent’ work done and the later G50 gearbox. With all the boxes seemingly ticked a note was made to give this car serious consideration. I had only two problems – the distance needed to view (I live in Edinburgh 400+ miles away) and the auction ending only hours before going on holiday to the States. In the past I have always made a point of viewing any potential car purchase, be it London, High Wycombe or Southend, but because of the distance and pending holiday I decided to submit a bid that would protect my interests to some degree. What could possibly go wrong with such a glowing written description?
Already told about ‘my Targa’ was that the offside ‘B’ post had corrosion around the door lock, the rear silencer was in need of replacement and the fresh air blower “had a mind of its own”. Other than this everything else was as reported to be good – remember this is car was listed as an ‘unmolested’ example. You’ll have guessed it – all was not as described!
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Every panel had been painted to within an inch of its life and badly at that. All, and I mean all, the trim had either been badly refitted, or not removed at all and painted over! All interior fittings had been disturbed and either broken or not replaced! A replacement alarm system fitted in 2005 was probably the culprit (or rather the person who fitted it) and this together with the poor paintwork had resulted in a very much molested look to the whole vehicle! No water barriers
Engine removal on the driveway.
OSF jacking point reconstruction.
in the doors, non-standard screws everywhere? To top this, the NS sill area which had been reported as “not needing any work” was holed in the kidney bowl area and the OS front jacking point was virtually nonexistent! Yes, even the “reported good” NS door lock area was rusted through! Remember the fresh air blower having a “mind of its own”? Well the motor was burnt out and seized and had been for some time! All in all, this vehicle needed urgent attention to meet minimum MOT requirements so a decision was made to SORN it right away and begin repairs. As if all the above was not bad enough, a few days later a knock was detected on start-up which disappeared quickly enough but sounded as if a big-end shell had seen better days! (These 3.2 engines are known to be bulletproof as they share the same bottom end with the Turbo model and very rarely give any trouble in this area well into the 200,000 mile ranges). This did not sit well with the full service history reported for the car and a further look at the history documents revealed that although services had been pretty much spot on for distance travelled, the last but one service recorded was some 14 years ago? Another play on words that this seller had been less than truthful about! This was just the tip of the iceberg so to speak – everywhere the car had issues (full three-page list on application!) It is fair to say that had I been able to view the car I would have walked away – and quickly.
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New bearings throughout after No.3 big end failure
At this point you are probably thinking – what a prat for buying a Porsche like this unseen! Well in my defence I knew I could tackle any necessary work myself, but I honestly would not have considered such a buy if things had been any different. My thoughts turn to those unsuspecting souls who might take a chance on an online auction and who could be forced to pay someone else to undertake major repairs. In my Targa’s case the cost for welding, painting and engine repairs may well have doubled the initial purchase price of the car! A frightening scenario indeed – always consider the point that quite a number of these eighties 911s will have fallen into the hands of owners who quite simply don’t know, don’t care or can’t afford what is required to keep these cars in top condition!
All was not as described. This vehicle needed urgent attention to meet minimum MOT requirements.
A full engine rebuild was now added to the growing list of repairs needed to bring this Targa up to standard.
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Incidentally as a consequence of my poor holiday timing and having to pay the seller direct I had no comeback on the auction site for this item being ‘not as described’ so another lesson learned there I suppose? Not lingering in the past – after four months of near solid work our Targa has a good shell, a rebuilt engine, fresh paint on the reworked areas of bodywork plus the promise of some enjoyable family runs on many a sunny day ahead. Please, please stop me from buying another ‘project’ car. ( James, you promised the last time I weakened!) Why do I sense another article is just around the corner? Paintwork perhaps? Text & photography by Martin Whitelaw All Torque 110 page 11
A grand day out TIPEC goes to the Geneva Motor Show in search of Porsches
I blame the easy availability of technology – and the fact that I’ve always been a little prone to impulsive decisions. There we were, a group of TIPEC members sitting in a pub when someone mentioned how close the Geneva motor show was to the airport. An iPad was produced and consulted and within about twenty minutes five of us had flights booked from Bristol to Switzerland at some unearthly hour a few months hence. See what I mean? In previous times it just wouldn’t have been that easy and so much of a temptation. Did I mention that we were only going for the day? Actually, it’s not as mad as it sounds, due to everyone being reasonably close to the airport and no travelling being required at the other end. Anyway, we were not alone in our madness as subsequently another four participants were keen to join in and so it was a party of nine that met on a cold but clear March Saturday – at 4am! Of course, at that hour what seemed like a good idea in a pub one evening does not seem to be quite so brilliant, but a mixture of coffee and anticipation drove us onwards. After a flight of less than 90 minutes we were able to stretch our legs and enjoy the fine and dry Swiss early morning. The Geneva Salon has always had a reputation for bespoke designs and new model introductions and after using our advance tickets (only about £11) we soon found plenty of these. Being easily accessible from many countries and being in Switzerland means that there are many niche models displayed which are rarely seen elsewhere and these served to break up the stands from the more mundane manufacturers, as did the usual supercar suspects.
We were particularly interested in seeing two of the latest offerings on the Porsche stand. The Cayman GT4 had long been expected – as was the Cayenne GTS – but the new 911 GT3RS caught many observers unawares. The Cayman looked great in yellow, as did the GT3RS in its unusual salmon shade and it is certainly interesting to see a performance version of one of the mid-engined models being made available at last, although the company is obviously still keen to preserve the position of the 911 at the head of the model range. As well as the other staple models there was also a white 918 Spyder plugged into its charging station and I discovered that the front luggage compartment is about the same size as that of a 986 Boxster. Unfortunately the days of being able to pore over engines have almost come to an end and when a chap next to me opened the engine cover of the GT3RS we turned to one another and exclaimed ‘Rien!’ as only plastic met our eyes. The next port of call was Techart, where we were able to inspect their variants of the 911, Panamera and Cayenne. While silver and black were their traditionally-Porsche colours of choice these gave their lime green Targa all the more presence, with the shade carried over into the interior to just the right extent, along with the callipers and wheel edges.
RUF had mounted a fine display with models such as their RCT, RTR, RGT 4.2 and Turbo Florio in a variety of very suitable shades along with their sensational CTR3, surely the car that Porsche themselves should have made. The latter was finished in a reverse version of the famous psychedelic 917 1970 Le Mans green/purple giving it an even more stunning appearance, but all of the others managed a great presence while retaining just the right degree of subtlety. They were also exhibiting a very rare early 911 Targa with the removable rear screen and for the enthusiast could really be said to have mounted a display of equal interest to that of the factory. German company Hamann was just one of many bespoke modifiers to be found at the show and their display included a Macan in a fashionably-matt variation on the iconic Gulf-Porsche livery, a colour scheme as well-known as the cars which have worn it. The Geneva exhibition is spread over seven halls and encompasses displays – many of them huge– from the good, the bad and the graphically ugly of the world’s carmakers and can truly be said to offer something for everyone, but eventually we had to give in to the massive crowds and devote the rest of the day to socialising. Due to gaining an hour over mainland European time on our return, having left the house just after 3am we pulled back on to the drive at 9:30pm, having had a grand day out.
Text & photography by Martin Broadribb (larger images from the respective manufaturers’ press archives) All Torque 110 page 13
Member’s cars Andrew Harris’ had been dreaming of owning a Porsche 911 (the most iconic of sportscars) ever since he was a little boy and at the ripe old age of 47, thought he would push the boat out so to speak and jump right in! Having owned a MK1 Golf GTi for the last 25 years and also owning a MK3 Golf VR6 Syncro, an older Porsche would compliment my little collection quite nicely so the search was on and with the help of Pistonheads I found a lovely 1998 996 C2. I had been looking on and off for a little while and decided on a 996 as this was within my budget,. I do love the older 911s, the 964s and 993s are stunning, however these are commanding very good money at the moment and I can only see them going one way – up! So deciding on a 996, which I must say is a very lovely car and as Tiff Needell stated ‘an everyday supercar’, I set about my search. I did have a few things on my wish list; I wanted it to be silver with black interior, black leather, air-conditioning, a manual gearbox and a C2. Searching the net one Saturday morning I came across this Silver 996 C2 with everything ticked on my wish list at a very realistic price of £8,250, almost too good to be true! So much so that I nearly didn’t look at it! ‘What do you have to lose?’ was the comment made by my partner and with that in mind, I made the call to the owner and arranged an inspection. A really lovely, genuine, chap took me out for a spin, let me have some time to look over the car and with a big smile on my face, we struck a deal at £8,000 and I became the new proud owner. I collected the car the following week in December 2013 and now, having owned it for over a year, I thought I would tell the story.
Being a 17 year old car with numerous owners over the years it had suffered with general bodywork and interior wear and tear. I wasn’t too concerned providing it came with a full mechanical service history, which had to include a full engine rebuild 30,000 miles ago along with replacement radiators, new brake servo unit, a little welding to one of the sills and general annual servicing. The previous owner had advised me of a couple of issues, one being the washer jets not working and the other was the remote key did not always lock/unlock the vehicle, you had to press the button a couple of times and stand very close to the vehicle for it to open. Both issues I was not worried about as I thought a fuse would sort the washer jet problem and a new battery in the key fob would resolve the locking/unlocking issue … I was wrong! I replaced the battery in the key fob but to no avail, it still didn’t work so a telephone call to my local Porsche dealer followed by a visit with an inspection from a Technician, the result being a new ignition barrel, key fob and re-coding required! Ouch! That one hurt a little, not much change out of £500. This did sort the problem and I have not had any issues with this since, I must say the service I had from Porsche Centre Reading was second to none; I even got a free cup of tea which was much needed! During February 2014 I decided to have some paintwork carried out by a little paint shop I know of. They have done a very good quality job of preparing and respraying the full front end, bonnet, wings and bumper along with the offside rear quarter panel and engine cover. Some rust had started to develop just under the side of the rear
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The service I had from Porsche Centre Reading was second to none. I even got a free cup of tea which was much needed!
window rubber and on the edge of the engine cover so thought it best to nip this in the bud before it took a firm hold! The front end was mainly stone chipped so luckily no major work was required apart from rubbing down, a little filling, priming, painting and lacquering …quite a lot of work as it turned out! I also know of a wheel refurbishment company, Elite Wheels & Tyres in Reading. I would highly recommend these guys, they have been trading for about 20 years, they give a very professional service that won’t break the bank and kindly refurbished the 19"s that are currently on the car. These would not have been the original factory wheels, but I don’t feel they look out of place on the car and so decided to retain them. As much as the wheels were not damaged, the paint looked very dull and so a complete strip down and repaint has brightened them up and sets the car off a treat.
When I collected the car last year it had an issue with the washer jets – as previously mentioned, they didn’t work! It also had very squeaky front suspension. The MOT was due this September and a good friend of mine, also a qualified VW Master Technician took on the job of replacing the front wishbones (coffin arms) and drop links which has sorted the squeak out. The exhaust clamps needed replacing as these were rusting through and the MOT flagged up a few other small issues. The front brake pipes had seen better days so these were replaced and a full brake fluid change carried out at the same time along with rear anti-roll bar bushes and of course, the lack of windscreen washers would be a fail and needed looking at. Having checked the fuse box only to find that the washers do not seem to have their own separate fuse, the next thing to check and test was the washer motor, which was running fine so that only left the stalk on the steering column which was found to be faulty. Rather than replacing the stalk, we managed to rewire it to an unused connection and now the washers are working fine. Once I got the car back it was another trip to Elite Wheels & Tyres for a four wheel alignment just to make sure it was still driving in a straight line and after a little adjustment it was back on track! My Son had a new set of number plates made for me and with these added it freshens the car up beautifully.
I was very fortunate to be able to show the car at the Porsche Day at Beaulieu this year, where we were lucky with glorious weather and many amazing cars. If you have not been I would suggest a visit in 2015. I also took and showed the car at a charity day at Goodwood in July which was run in aid of Chestnut Tree House, a charity for the Children’s Hospice, a good cause and was a fun day meeting some like minded Porsche enthusiasts. The paddock meet and show’n’shine was followed by a lap of the Goodwood circuit. If you fancied burning some rubber off of those expensive tyres of yours, you could pay and have a track session or two. I must say I was happy to get the Autoglym out, do a little polishing and drink lots of tea!
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A friend of mine is a member of TIPEC and gave me a couple of his older All Torque magazines. It was through these that I became a member of the club, a new member I might add as I only joined in September, and so thought I would send this story in. I am looking forward to meeting some of the members throughout next year and popping along to my local monthly meet, it is always nice to chat to enthusiasts and gain a little insight as to how to overcome maintenance issues (of which I am sure you have all had many) and to hear about your trips and forthcoming events and shows. I am planning on taking the car, plus my partner of course, on a little trip around Europe next Summer, I would like to visit the Nürburgring and the Porsche factory at Stüttgart, drop down through Switzerland and into Italy, I have heard there are some amazing roads and passes and am sure these are a ‘must do’ in a Porsche. I’d like to drop into Monaco, Nice and then up through the South of France back to Blighty. I am sure I will have a story or two to tell after this trip and none involving a break down lorry … I hope! I am thoroughly enjoying my Porsche experience and hoping that some of the big costs are out of the way but as we all know, running older cars, and especially Porsches, always means slightly emptier pockets! Enjoy your motoring, keep polishing and I look forward to meeting some of you over the coming year.
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Regional round up R2
Scotland
R8
Anglia & North Essex
R3
North East
R11
North London, Herts & South Essex
R4
Yorkshire
R12
South East London & North Kent
R5
North West
R13
Thames Valley
R18
Cheshire & Staffs
R9
South East
R6
South Yorkshire & North Notts
R21
Wessex
R19
East Midlands
R23
Southern
R7
Central
R22
Bristol, South West & South Wales
R20
South Central
R15
Cornwall & Devon
R2
R3
R4 R5 R18
R6 R19
R7 R22
R15
R20 R12 R13
R23
R8 R11 R9
R21
Scotland
May 31st (Sunday) Sunday lunch run and castle visit
July 24–26th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic
RO Neil Fraser 07946 616 782 (mobile) neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk ARO West Elaine Whitelaw elainewhitelaw6@msn.com ARO East James McLauchlan jjlin@blueyonder.co.uk
June 3rd (Wednesday) Club night with restoration demo and buffet
August 2nd (Sunday) Kaimes Classic Vehicle Show
June 7th (Sunday) Thirlstaine Castle 40th Historic Motoring Extravaganza
August 23rd (Sunday) Sunday lunch run and boat cruise, House of Darroch
Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 8pm for an 8:30pm start in the 007 bar, upstairs at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk For our March monthly club night at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, we held a Porsche GT3 Scalextric evening. Our winner was Clive Ashby and the runner-up was Martin Whitelaw. All three GT3s were thrashed to within an inch of there lives! May 17th (Sunday) Bridge of Allan Classic Vehicle Show
Concentration from all concerned ...
June 21st (Sunday) Lathalmond Festial of Historic Transport
August 30th (Sunday) Scotland’s largest gathering of Porsches at Calderglen Country Park
June 28th (Sunday) Moffat Classic Car Rally
September 5–6th (Saturday–Sunday) Bo’Ness Hill Climb, with club stand on Sunday only
July 1st (Wednesday) Club night with Angelwax detailing demo
September 13th (Sunday) Ingliston Revival
July 5th (Sunday) TIPEC annual show at Baeulieu
September 20th (Sunday) Selkirk Rally Classic Vehicle Show
July 12th (Sunday) Scottish Transport Extravaganza at Glamis Castle
October 2nd–4th (Friday–Sunday) Autumn weekend run TBC
July 19th (Sunday) Scottish region annual BBQ and concours day
November 12th (Thursday) Ten pin bowling evening
The winner, Clive Ashby
Martin Whitelaw, runner-up
North East RO wanted! ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 andy44s70@gmail.com 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. In June and July we are meeting on the SECOND Sunday of the month.
Yorkshire RO & ARO wanted Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:30pm at The Arabian Horse, Main Street, Aberford, LS25 3AA (Tel 0113 281 3312). Just off the A1/A64. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings and to attend/organise local events.
North West RO Andrew Lane 01772 740 625 07949 167 698 (mobile) caymanlane73@gmail.com ARO Simon Kendal 07540 525 841 (mobile) s.kendal@sky.com ARO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 (mobile) rksholl@sky.com Meetings are held first Monday of every month from 8pm at The Boatyard Inn, Bolton Road, Riley Green, Houghton, Preston PR5 0SP (01254 209841). When this falls on a Bank Holiday, we meet on the second Monday instead. Hi folks. Just a bit of a shorter report this time as some of the activities we have planned fall in between print dates. As reported in the last edition of AT the NW region had a run out in the early days of 2015 into the Ribble Valley. The usual muster point of Maccy D’s on the A59 served Gmund qs etc, 30/6/08 Page headed 1 up coffees before our16:49 intrepid group out into the countryside. I say intrepid as the previous
NW members’ cars, looking good despite the rain
NW run out to Settle and Hawes
evenings weather report of severe temperatures bore true. It wasn’t long into our trip through Clitheroe and Waddington, when we were greeted with roads that were sheet ice, requiring a lot of care. However that soon passed and onwards it was to Settle and Hawes before taking a break for a coffee and breakfast roll. Late morning saw us heading to Devil’s Bridge and into Kirby Lonsdale before splitting off and heading home. A nice mix of cars with 928s, 944s, 991s, Boxters, Caymans, 997s of various flavours and friend of the club, Dave Courtney, in his lovely ’64 plate Lotus Exige. A good first run out of the year to blow away the cobwebs.
May 20th (Wednesday) Jasmine Porsche open evening May 23rd (Saturday) Club trackday at Blyton Park. Those who went last year said it was a cracking day out. See Richard Sholl’s update on our NW regional page at www.tipec.net May 24th (Sunday) Porsches on the Prom at Llandudno May 30th–31st (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Car Show. A firm favourite with TIPEC NW and Cheshire &Staffs regions
Mid-February saw the North Westerners indulge in one of their favourite pastimes, fish & chips. Banny’s played host to 10 NW punters and five cars, including a Cayman GTS. Again a great night out despite rubbish weather and a kick start to the ‘foodie’ season!
June 1st (Monday) Club Night
By the time you get this we will also have had a visit to Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, Our March Friday Feast will have been indulged in, and a yearly favourite, the RS Day at Oulton Park will have been and gone. More on all these in the next issue. Have fun! Here is a summary of to expect into 2015:
July 6th (Monday) Club Night
June TBC Cleveleys Classic Car Show
July 26th (Sunday) Annual Concours, details TBC August 3rd (Monday) Club Night
April 6th (Monday) Club Night April 11th (Saturday) Karting in Chester at The Circuit with the Northern Lotus Owners Group May 4th (Monday) Gawesworth Classic Car Show May 11th (Monday) Club Night
August 10th (Sunday) German Classic Car Show at Haigh Hall. Our main show event of the year with the event shelter, bacon sandwiches, wasps and all sorts of other attractions. On top of these events, a good few of the region meet at Mitton Hall for the Supercar Sundays (1st Sunday of the month from March) and also supercar meets at the Phantom Winger at Preston. These are held on the 3rd Sunday of the month all year round.
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Member’s cars on the New Year’s run to the Peak District.
Fuzz Townshend with TIPEC Cheshire & Staffs members at DubFreeze.
Cheshire & Staffs
photo. Really nice guy and genuinely interested in our cars.
RO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 (mobile) watson_david@btinternet.com ARO Gareth Aldridge 07881 228 944 (mobile) gj.aldridge@yahoo.co.uk Cheshire & Staffs on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/TIPEC.CS
We invited Paul and Steve from Elite Auto Projex in Bolton to our February Club Night. 23 members (I like the trend!) turned out to hear about their newly established business specialising in high-end bodywork and resprays. February was closed out with our first Pub Grub Run of the year on the 27th. 10 of us made it out to The Yew Tree Inn (Cheshire Life Pub of the Year 2014) and despite the volume of the live band, had a thoroughly enjoyable meal with great company. A few didn’t make it (get well soon Angela B) and Trevor washed his 928 off to come across only for it to start playing up on route. He got as far as the pub but decided not to risk not being able to get the car restarted so made do with a Pub Grub run without the ‘Grub’! Hope you can join us next time TG.
Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX. I am pleased to say that 2015 got off to a roaring start with our Peak District run out to Ashbourne and the surrounding environs on the 4th January. Our New Year’s run out had seven Porsches led by a VW (Gareth & Stef did a great job organising, but their 944T wasn’t ready to come out to play in time). The morning frost and ice ensured that a few of our group woke up quickly at the first bend out of the Whipping Stocks, but aside from that we all had a really enjoyable day out. The lunch at the Monsal Head Hotel was lovely (if a bit slow), and views across the valley very impressive. January’s club night was a social gathering of some 18 members – something of a record for Cheshire & Staffs at that time of year. Great to see some new faces that have recently joined. Hope we made you feel welcome. February saw a late entry for DubFreeze at the Stafford Show Ground. Gareth & Stef were displaying their VW Scirocco, and Graham Copestake had his wife Liz’s recently restored Mk2 GTi on display. Both cars looked stunning. Much to my surprise we were allocated club stand space right by the main door to the show. We had a constant stream of interested passers by, several of whom took away membership forms to complete afterwards. I was grinning like a Cheshire cat when TV personality Fuzz Townshend (Car SOS), made his way through the autograph hunters to our stand to check out my 914. So we managed an impromptu TIPEC C&S
Looking forward to the coming few months, the next fixture is our March Club Night on the 17th. I have arranged for Peter McIlvenny, 928 owner and a Director of Carole Nash Insurance, to come along and talk about classic car valuations – a topical subject given recent trends in the Porsche marketplace. Those that can spare the time off work may get the chance to spectate at the annual Porsche 964 and RS day at Oulton Park on the 20th March. In past years, some have managed passenger rides for nominal fees so long as you remember to bring your skid lid ... This will be closely followed by our run out on the 21st March to the National Brewery Centre in Burtonon-Trent. I need numbers for this ASAP as a table will required to be booked for lunch. Organised tours take place at pre-booked times too so again I need to know how many folks plan on attending so that I can make necessary arrangements. Please email me or contact me through the Region’s Facebook page to express interest. May looks like being an extremely busy month. The Donington Historic takes place on the 2nd–4th. A group of us hope to attend in the Club’s area. The 23rd sees a clash between the TiPEC track day
at Blyton Park and our region’s annual participation on the Weaver Wander charity run. Several of us have already booked for the latter. Another annual fixture in May is ‘Porsches on the Prom’ to be held at Llandudno on the 24th. On the 30th May, the Liverpool Motor Club are holding the first of two annual track days at Aintree. A few of us usually attend this though we won’t be booking as a group this time given that it clashes with the Tatton Park Classic and Performance Car Show the same weekend. At the time of writing, I have circa 17 cars booked each day for Tatton (North West and Cheshire & Staffs), so we should put on a good display. Towards the end of June (26–30th) some of us are keen to take a trip across to the Spa Summer Classic motorsport weekend in Belgium (and the Nürburgring is only a couple of hours away). Cost per head (based on two per car) will be circa £150 each for the weekend including ferry and hotels (plus fuel and food). Please also let me know if this interests you. So plenty to do. No excuses now that Spring has arrived! April 21st (Tuesday) Club Night at the Whipping Stocks from 8pm. April 25th (Saturday) Cholmondeley Arms Sports, Classic & Vintage Car Meet. Starts 10:30am. Meet at the Whipping Stocks, WA16 9EX @ 9:30am. May 2nd–4th (Saturday–Monday) Donington Historic Festival. May 19th (Tuesday) Club Night at the Whipping Stocks from 8pm. May 23rd (Saturday) Weaver Wander. May 23rd (Saturday) TIPEC / Marcos Club Trackday at Blyton Park. May 24th (Sunday) Porsches on the Prom, Llandudno. May 30th (Saturday) Aintree Trackday (Liverpool Motor Club) May 30th–31st (Saturday–Sunday) Tatton Park Classic Car Show, Knutsford. June 16th (Tuesday) Club Night at the Whipping Stocks from 8pm. June 26–30th (Friday–Tuesday) TIPEC Cheshire & Staffs WOTY (European Trip – Details to be confirmed).
South Yorkshire & North Notts. RO Dave Warren 07952 065 543 (mobile) dave.warren1401gmail.com ARO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.com
South Central RO Matt Dawson 07743 791 815 (mobile) motorsportrugbystar@hotmail.com ARO Pete Garrett 07804 030 695 (mobile) garrett-peter@sky.com Meal at the Angel Inn, after walking around Hodsock Priory
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 The Weather is starting to show glimmers of spring on the way so not long now till we have the cars out on some proper drives out. Lets see you at some of the future events.
Well now we are getting lighter nights let’s hope the frost and snow is now behind us. Not a bad winter but now looking forward to warm spring evenings and some good events.
Here are a few of the events we have been up to in the last few months: 25th January saw a small group of us meet for two hours of simulator racing on the national circuit of Silverstone. We all improved over the laps with Rick Marot heading up the fastest time of the day and making it onto the board. Some of us though treated the last 30 mins like a scene from demolition derby, didn’t they Dave Warren?
The ‘mildly damp’ karting track at Parkway
On the 28th we enjoyed outdoor karting at Parkway Karting (Sheffield), The sun defiantly didn’t shine for this event. Parkway is a great circuit and our day was only spoilt by torrential rain, lets just say it made for some interesting driving. 1st Place Dean Lancashire, 2nd place Ray Waite and 3rd place David Haigh. After the racing it was a matter of wringing out our clothes and trying to dry out in front of their log burner. This is an event we’ll repeat in the summer – hopefully with dry weather as it’s a great track.
The February curry night was attended by the usual crew and as always was a good starting point to put forward some event ideas. March is looking like it will go to the dogs, with a night out greyhound racing at Towcester racecourse. No definite date at time of print but an email will be sent out with more information during March.
On the 31st we enjoyed the SYNN Dining Club at Tara Lounge Indian in Doncaster. The sun shone on 8th February and everybody pulled there cars out of the garage for a drive to Hodsock Priory for a leisurely walk around the snow drops and immaculate gardens, followed by another great meal at The Angel Inn, Misson.
Meetings are held from 10:30am to Noon on the first Sunday of every month (with tea/coffee and bacon rolls available at the bar) and from 7:30pm to 10pm on the fourth Monday of the month from April to October. Both at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants NN13 5SH
... and our wringing wet racers afterwards!
May 31st (Sunday) Porsches at the Spa, Bridlington. A cracking drive out along the back roads. June 5–8th (Saturday–Monday) Weekend away in the New Forest and visit to TIPEC Simply Porsche at Beaulieu. Some of us are booked in at Lyndhurst and Brokenhurst, Please advise if you are interested. July 19th (Sunday) Yorkshire Porsche Festival at Lotherton Hall
In April we have the AGM being held at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, on the 12th of April. All members are welcome to come along to this, not just ROs/AROs. If you do wish to go along please could you send an email to cluboffice@tipec.net so they know numbers. On Sunday 26th April it is the national Drive It Day www.fbhvc.co.uk/heritage-culture-and-museums/ drive-it-day/ and it is also the second Sunday Brunch Scramble meeting at the Bicester Heritage Centre http://bicesterheritage.co.uk/events/ May brings us the Donington Historic Festival between the 2nd–4th of the month, but we have again been invited along to the I.W.M. Duxford event (which we were invited along to by the North London/ Essex region). This is on Sunday 3rd May and was a great day out last year.
Events we have planned for the future:
TBA Visit to the Norton motorrcyle factory, Donington.
Towards the end of May (23rd) there is a TIPEC national trackday at Blyton park if anyone wants to safely, and legally, put their Porsches to the test.
April 5th (Sunday) Yorkshire Big Breakfast, Malton. Meet there at around 9.00ish.
Thanks to all our members for your support in 2014. Please keep an eye our website as event dates will be updated as we go along: www.synd.org.uk
Also we are looking into visits Redtek (indy), Mercedes GP and Red Bull GP for this year but no dates have been finalised as yet.
April 19th (Sunday) Trip to National Memorial Aboretum. A return to the site of Paul & Judy’s Tree and Plaque.
East Midlands
One other confirmed date is Sunday 12th July, for the Charity Classic show at Kimbolton. We have 20 tickets. I will setup the club tent and hopefully Mark will bring his mini cooker again so we can have our all day fry up. He’s a pretty good cook, he has two Michelin tyres!
New RO & ARO wanted urgently! May 4th (Bank Holiday Monday) Thorsby Classic (An old Favourite for SYNN region). May 23rd (Saturday) TIPEC track day Blyton Park. See TIPEC website for more details.
Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 7pm for food (meeting proper begins 8:00pm) at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS.
As always if anyone has any ideas or helpful contacts please let Matt or Pete know.
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April 13th (Monday) Club night, The Bull’s Head
tipeccentral@outlook.com Joint RO Lindsay Brown 07768 442 050 (mobile) Joint RO Steve Jones 07775 581 044 (mobile) Joint RO Stuart Wakeman 07912 620 181 (mobile)
May 2nd–4th (Saturday–Monday) Donington Historic Festival
Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Bull’s Head, Birmingham Rd, Shenstone, Litchfield WS14 0JR. www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebullsheadshenstone I open this report with some bad news, the passing of Barry Parkin on 29th January, he was a regular at The Bull’s Head and was a true petrolhead. His car history was impressive going from Golf GTis in the ’80s through many Mercedes and more recently Porsches, in fact he only bought his current car, a 997, last summer after running a 996 as his daily. At his funeral we provided a Porsche convoy, which his daughter Kate said he would have loved, she also said that she would be taking over the reigns of Barry’s 997 and that we would be seeing her at The Bull’s Head, I will look forward to that. We have added some MAC events to our list and although not official TIPEC events these Breakfast meets will make a nice run out on a Sunday morning. As you read this March’s events will have passed by so into April and a return to the Transtar events with Weston Park over the weekend of the 5th and 6th. I have booking forms for those that need them. Then comes the AGM at Gaydon on 12th, and the following Monday 13th is our club night. Hopefully as the lighter nights come around we will get a nice selection of sports cars at The Bull’s Head, so don’t forget to bring anyone who has a sports car along to one of these nights. May is a busy month starting with Donington Historic Festival over the weekend of the 2nd to 4th. Very similar to Silverstone for those that haven’t been before. Over the same weekend is the Stratford Motorfest, not one I’ve been to before, so could be interesting event. This leads us to club night on 11th, and then to the trackday at Blyton Park – you need to ask Brian how he spun the 924 on the straight! We have decided to go to Ragley Hall on 24th as we are having a run down to The Ace Café on 25th, Coventry Motorfest follows over 29th to 31st and the Laon excursion is over the same weekend. Hopefully we will see you at some of these events – or pop into The Bull’s Head for a pint and a chat, and if the weather is good you’ll find us in the car park kicking tyres. April 5–6th (Sunday–Monday) Transtar, Weston Park
May 3rd–4th (Sunday–Monday) Stratford Motorfest May 10th (Sunday) Breakfast meet, Shelsley Walsh May 11th (Monday) Club night, The Bull’s Head May 23rd (Saturday) Blyton Park trackday May 24th (Sunday) Transtar, Ragley Hall May 25th (Monday) Ace Café May 29th–31st (Friday–Sunday) Coventry Motorfest May 29th–June 1st (Friday–Monday) Laon trip June 7th (Sunday) Simply Porsche, Beaulieu June 8th (Monday) Club night, The Bull’s Head June 17th (Wednesday) Curborough trackday June 21st (Sunday) Transtar, Trentham Gardens
Anglia & North Essex RO wanted ARO Colin Clarke 01284 706 247 colin.r.clarke@live.co.uk Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at The Bunbury Arms, Ixworth Road, Great Barton, Suffolk IP31 2NX. www.nextnorth.com/bunbury/findus.htm Hopefully only a couple more meetings before it’s light enough to spend at least some of the evening outside at our monthly gathering at The Bunbury Arms. A few dates for your diaries as per John Briggs’ recent newsletter ... (thank you John !)
April 12th (Sunday) AGM, Gaydon
Peter Ashford is arranging a coach trip to Brooklands (Classic cars and planes) on Sunday 8th March. Coach and entry are £28 per person, meeting up at Ipswich at 10am. Enquiries please ASAP directly to Peter.
April 12th (Sunday) Breakfast meet, Shelsley Walsh
John Butcher and Shaun Crosby are having a day out at Anglia Car Auctions (classics) Kings Lynn on either
Friday/Saturday 24th/25th April. If anyone else would like to team up with them please let them know at the forthcoming monthly meetings. Lorna Burgess will be participating in the London to Brighton classic run on Sunday 31st May in her Citroen 2CV. All supporters will be most welcome. Maybe we can make this day a club trip, and meet up along the route? Both Lorna and Steve Burgess are intending to get to a Herts region meeting in due course, at The Goat, Hertford Heath. The meetings are held from 10:30am on the first Sunday of each month. Please let them know if you are interested in joining in, so that they can inform Vince and Peter from the NLH&SE Region. Simon Massey is again working on the organisation of Cars on the Green at Nowton Park BSE, on Sunday 21st June. At last month’s meeting there was considerable interest in us having a club stand at this event. Simon has already started to confirm names, so please make contact with him at the forthcoming meetings, or preferably ASAP by email at plumtricsltd@gmail.com Simon has been involved in this event for some time, and it attracts a very good turnout. We have a handful of other events in the pipeline, which will be confirmed in the next All Torque edition, and in our own monthly newsletters.
All photos by Rafe Abrook, from the NORLON region meeting at The Goat on February 1st. © Rafe Abrook Photography
North London, Herts & South Essex RO Vince Dallimore 07798 630 649 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net ARO Peter Musk 07734 769 953 (mobile) NLHSE@tipec.net Informal meetings are held twice monthly: First Sunday of every month from 10:30am at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, Herts SG13 7RT and last Monday of the month from 18:00pm at Ace Café London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London NW10 7UD. There was a strong turnout at the ACE cafe on 26th January; Toby Murray gave me a lift in his recently restored 944, as my car is receiving some TLC at Daytona Coachworx in Stevenage. I’m hoping the project will be complete in time for the visits to Gaydon on Saturday 11th April for the 968/928 gathering and the following day for the TIPEC AGM. On 1st February the Goat meeting suffered a freezing day which deterred many, but the meeting on 1st March saw blue skies, which took the edge off the again cold temperatures, but a great turnout of cars, many 911s and a group of nice 944s.
The array of other marques was broad, including Allard, Ferrari, Lamborghini, American muscle, Aston Martin, BMW, Sunbeam, Nissan and many others.
June 7th (Sunday) Beaulieu Simply Porsche. More details of the itinerary will follow.
In February Helen and I joined the SELNK group for the spa weekend in Tenterden, a nice location with great views over the valley and a pleasant retreat for a couple of days coinciding with my birthday.
July 24–26th (Friday–Sunday) Silverstone Classic. August 1st–2nd (Saturday–Sunday) Springfield Family day at Thorpe le Soken, North Essex.
One of our new members, Matt, is about to open his Porsche specialist garage, more about his venture when he’s up and running.
August 30th (Sunday) Little Gransden Air and Car Show, Cambridgeshire.
The 2015 diary is coming together, some of the key events are noted below:
September 6th (Sunday) Haynes Motor Museum 928 meeting.
April 11th (Saturday) Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, for a meeting focussed on 968 and 928 models.
October 3rd (Saturday) Tilford 928 meeting.
April 12th (Sunday) Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, for the TIPEC AGM. May 3rd (Sunday) Duxford for the Spring car show, we have 20 spaces reserved, adjacent to John Speake’s 928 group. Please let me know if you would like to participate by showing your car on the TIPEC pitch, if there is enough demand I can try for some more spaces.
November 13–15th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Car Show November 21st (Saturday) Merry Miller 928 meeting.
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South East London & North Kent RO Jim Hearnden 01634 869 658 07930 353 232 (mobile) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk ARO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 (mobile) prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk ARO Martin Jackson 07718 808 103 (mobile) martinjackson911@yahoo.co.uk Meetings are held first Friday of the month around 7:30pm at The Horseshoes, Dean Street, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0PR. 01622 741 683 www.thehorseshoeseastfarleigh.co.uk Firstly Happy New Year to all, let’s hope all your dreams are Porsche shaped and come true this year! The new location is pretty easy to get to, it is about 15–20 minutes from J6 M20, the easiest way to enter is via the Tovil area of Maidstone, using the Old Tovil Road, and continue down Dean Street. It has a massive car park as well as being large inside and the landlady has given us our own area both inside and in the car park. This one is a couple of miles closer to the motorway so even easier to get to. Partners are more than welcome and it is not all car chat. The venue does great, reasonably priced food so if you do not want to cook, you can have a meal before the meeting starts. More and more members are doing that now. We now have 74 people on the SELNK list and a lot of these Paul, Martin & I have never met. It would be great to see some of you in the next few months. There are some members that I don’t have email addresses for. If you have an email address and do not see mails from me, then please send me a mail to tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. That also applies to people in adjacent areas who would like to see our calendar. Please ensure that you update address, car and email details when you renew.
The Bentley Motor Museum
Dinner in the evening was just for our TIPEC group in the conservatory area which had a 72" TV ... as we entered the Six Nations rugby was just about to start with England vs Wales, this was pretty much heaven! A great meal ensued, with the compulsory vast amount of alcohol, and at the end England beat Wales so a great result all round. The next morning was breakfast, which is excellent, then checkout and at this point Martin dished out a roadbook which gave us a run out down to Bentley Motor Museum & Wildlife park. It was a good drive with some lovely roads. On arrival we invaded the café as it was pretty chilly and then toured the small car museum. Then back to the Hotel for lunch and off home. Thanks to Kim & Martin for organising this, it was great. And it looks like we’ll be back for 2016 Please see below, after the 2015 events.
You should all have a copy of the 2015 calendar for our region in your in box.
March 7th (Saturday) George & Gill’s Boat Trip Murder Mystery and threecourse dinner. £25. A trip on the Campions boat from Greenwich Pier from around 18:30–22:30. Names to Jim and/or Jill ASAP please.
February Club meeting With quite a few of the regulars at the Spa Day Clive Richardson had the ‘conn’ for the night. Unfortunately the turn out was poor with some new attendees failing to find Clive & Janet. Our sincere apologies for this, maybe we need to be clearer to the pub about who and where we are.
March 22nd (Sunday) The first of our Sunday breakfast meetings. These started last year from an idea from Sean and are quite popular. Dobbies Garden Centre, Gillingham ME8 0FB at 9:45am. Next -door to Tesco’s on Watling Street. Ad-hoc–just turn up, park towards the back near the car wash.
Spa Day The turn out for this was fantastic, pretty much invading the Londonbeach Hotel in Tenterden. Kim Jackson had done another blinding deal on this as we had the same pricing as we had in 2013, that was £150 for DBB for two, including access to the Spa. We all meet in the bar at around 12:00 and accessed our rooms shortly afterwards. We all got changed and ended up in the pool and jacuzzi area. Some of us booked health treatments and we all disappeared off to the rooms to have these, everyone ending up in the bar area eating sandwiches and cream teas.
April 12th (Sunday) TIPEC AGM at Gaydon Motor Museum Warwick. Please let Sean or Jim know you will be attending. This is your chance to influence what we do as a club. Afterwards a two-course meal, then access to the Heritage Motor Museum. May 29th (Friday) Comedy Club at Ashford International Hotel. £25 pp for two-course dinner, comedy and disco. This needs booking ASAP. Cheques please, payable to Paul Greer, 7 Holder Close, Chatham, Kent.
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June 5–7th (Friday–Sunday) Drive out Saturday, Simply Porsche at Beaulieu on the Sunday. A few of us are booking the same hotel (Holiday Inn Express, Southampton West) as last year and making a long weekend of it. February 2016 6–7th (Saturday–Sunday) After a brilliant Spa day earlier in the year Kim has organised another and has negotiated the same deal as 2015. The price is £150 for two people with one nights bed, breakfast, evening meal and entrance into the pool, spa etc. beauty treatments and alcohol are all extras. The 7th will be Jean & Andy Waters 40th Wedding Anniversary so celebrations will be required! May 2016 13–16th (Friday–Monday) I know this is a bit scary but 2016 will be the 25th Year of Circuit Historique Du Laon. This should be a fantastic event. Rooms are booking fast already so I have block booked 24 rooms in the IBIS Laon (one single, seven twins and 16 doubles) of which 11 have been booked already. I will open this up to the rest of TIPEC at the end of March. If you reserve your place now deposits are not required until 30th September 2015 . Cost will be £250ish per person plus around £50 for the Eurotunnel. If you wish to reserve your place I suggest you phone 01732 879143 or mail admin@sceniccartours.com Please ensure you quote TIPEC Group when you book and please let me know that you have done so.
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Joint RO Jason Gibson 07958 459 725 (mobile) tipec@blueyonder.co.uk Joint RO Paul Mabley flyingpig71@hotmail.com Joint RO Nick Ramsay tipec1@witzendcs.co.uk
RO Derek Flanagan 01342 717 754 07767 254 820 (mobile) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com ARO James Garrard 07837 701 011 (mobile) jamesgarrard@hotmail.co.uk
Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX.
Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month 8pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, just off the A23, 10 miles south of Crawley.
As I write this report it is still only 6°C outside and as they might say on Top Gear, it’s mildly moist. However it will soon be Spring and by the time you read this, it may well have already sprung. With Spring comes the lighter evenings (clocks go forward on 29th March) and hopefully some warm and dry weather. All of this is great for our monthly meetings. Following on from last years success, we will again be holding Model Specific Nights during our meets from April–September April 7th (Tuesday) 924, 944, 968 May 5th (Tuesday) 928, Cayenne, Panamera June 2nd (Tuesday) Aircooled July 7th (Tuesday) Specials Night, GT2, GT3, Turbos, Club Sports, Wide Bodies, Customs etc. August 4th (Tuesday) Topless Tuesday September 1st (Tuesday) Classic Sportscar night, with other local sportscar clubs joining us, from ’50s Corvettes to more modern offerings from Maranello
For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly meet yet, we always welcome new 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 and make some new friends. 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. Congratulations to Chris Cook upon his retirement. Chris is now searching for his dream Cayman to replace his 944. South East Region launches its own Facebook page . here is the link: www.facebook.com/groups/412785915550876 Precision Porsche Open Day, Sat 18th March Precision Porsche are one of TIPEC’s favourite Independent Porsche specialists for everything Porsche from servicing and maintenance through to full restorations and bodywork and engine rebuilds with state of the art diagnostics and bodywork facilities. They cater for all models from classic 356 to all water cooled and air cooled models, through to the latest 991.
April 18th (Saturday) Police Road Safety Talk at Godstone Road Policing Unit Topics to be covered include: general road safety, drink driving, speeding, and new vehicle taxation laws. Tax/MOTs/Insurance – and the penalties without having them – including getting a car to and from an MOT with or without Road Fund Tax if a car is in storage. Tyre laws, number plate laws, car modification laws – including for window tinting, yellow or white head lights, LED lighting, engine modifications, exhaust modifications, suspension modifications, Legal paperwork regarding modifications, theft prevention, plus more. Car park demonstration of Police tactics, weather permitting? May 15–18th (Friday–Monday) Weekend Of The Year (WOTY) venue Milford-on-Sea near The New Forest The South Lawns Hotel at Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire, near to the New Forest, has been selected for this year’s WOTY. Our bookings comprise of double rooms with en-suite facility and a full English breakfast each morning with a three course dinner each evening. The cost is £140.00 per room, per day . The full 2015 calendar of events is listed on the SE Region page on the TIPEC website. April 8th (Wednesday) TIPEC SE Region Club Night at The Bolney Stage Inn April 18th (Saturday) Police Road Safety Talk at Godstone Road Policing Unit May 3rd (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club Meeting: Supercar Sunday
Also keep an eye on our diary page www.tipec.net/regions/thames-valley/ for monthly trips out, including the popular curry run in May. We are also contemplating doing the ‘Beaujolais Run’ in November. This is likely to be a three-day trip. Please let me know if you may be interested in joining us. Our monthly meetings have a a good attendance over winter months and it’s been nice to see the new members turn up. If you haven’t been to a local meeting yet, why not make the effort at the next one? As always they are held on the first Tuesday of the month .
South East region members’ cars at the Precision Porsche open day
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Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter_blackler@sky.com Meetings are held third Thursday of every month from 8:15pm at The Bucks Head, Meonstoke, Hampshire SO32 3NA. www.thebuckshead.co.uk The Bucks Head is just off the A32. Meonstoke lies just North of Fareham, only 15 mins from the M3.
Southern RO WANTED! ARO Jim Tarrant 0120 260 1886 jim.tarrant@consequia.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Angel, 188 Ringwood Rd, Longham, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AP Please visit our website at www.tipec.net/region_southern.php as we are continuously updating our events page.
The TIPEC ladies enjoy afternoon tea at Alveston House
Cornwall & Devon
The first couple of months of 2015 have seen several new members join our throng and I am delighted that some have already joined in at Monthly Meetings – every new member is made really welcome and please get in touch to find out about any of the events you take a fancy to.
RO Chrissie Jenkins 07851 698 879 (mobile) tipecdandc@outlook.com www.facebook.com/groups/1451387631773105/
In February we had our Quiz Night – thanks to Rob for organising the fun, those who donated raffle prizes and well done to Tony, Helen, David & Elise for walking off with the prizes!
Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month from 7pm at the Post Inn, Exeter Rd, Whiddon Down, Oakhampton, Devon EX20 2QT www.thepostinnwhiddon.co.uk
As the weather warms up and the nights get lighter we start our range of outdoor activities – see the list below and get involved. Some need booking so just contact me if you need information.
Bristol, South West & South Wales
A group of TIPEC Wives and Girlfriends (Twags?) enjoyed an Afternoon Tea at Alveston House during February. Much fun, and calories, were had by all. Look forward to our next event ladies! Send me your suggestions please.
RO Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 (mobile) sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Debs Bradshaw 07423 436 503 (mobile) debbradshaw@sytner.co.uk ARO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 (mobile) mjs019@gmail.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:45pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk It’s March already and our diary for 2015 seems to be filling nicely with social events. Our March meeting will include a brief visit by a representative of the Great Western Air Ambulance charity – our chosen charity this year and I am delighted to be able to present a cheque for £642 already, and our Easter Egg Raffle will raise even more I am sure. Happy Easter everyone!
Our planned events and weekends away are getting closer and many are all booked and sorted so watch out Isle of Man, Beaulieu and Isle of Wight – we are coming your way. (Details below.) Thanks to Deb and Ted for organising local suppliers of our region’s TIPEC branded jackets, polo shirts and so on – a wide range of value products now available. Below is a list of events but please note that the May monthly meeting will be on May 12th NOT May 5th. April (TBC) TIPEC AGM (Places must be booked at cluboffice@tipec.net) April 7th (Tuesday) Club night at The Plough April 19th (Sunday) TIPEC Breakfast drive to Prescott Hill Climb
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May 2nd–7th (Saturday–Thursday) TIPEC Bristol, SW & S Wales trip to The Isle of Man May 12th (Tuesday) Club night at The Plough (A week later than usual to accommodate the Isle of Man trip) June 6–7th (Saturday–Sunday) TIPEC Simply Porsche at Beaulieu. Hotel for June 6th is Holiday Inn Express Southampton West June 14th (Sunday) Dursley Rotary Club Rally July 17th (Friday) Porsches on The Quay in Poole July 19th (Sunday) Classics At The Castle, Sherborne, Dorset (Drive there on Sunday morning) September 25–27th (Friday–Sunday) TIPEC Regional Weekend to Isle of Wight December 13th (Sunday) Christmas Lunch at Alveston House Contact me at sue.simmons@tipec.net for details of any of these events.
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