TIPEC All Torque 119

IGNITION FESTIVAL TIPEC take part in Glasgow’s first city-centre festival of motoring

LE MANS CLASSIC Three reports from club members on their trips to the big weeekend

SCOTTISH REGION CONCOURS Burgers and buffing for the big event at Bo’Ness Motor Museum

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All Torque / 119 Oct/Nov 2016 Chairman’s Chat Well, that’s another summer over and considering much of it was rubbish, we were very lucky to be blessed with good weather for our main shows at Beaulieu and Silverstone Classic.

Talking of Silverstone Classic, we had a fantastic but tiring weekend. I arrived on Thursday lunchtime and pitched up at the official Campsite with Glenn S. After sorting out our luxury accommodation for the weekend, we headed off to the show area where Gary Howard joined us to set up the Club stand. It was the first outing for the new look club gazebo and after an hour of farce, we finally had it sussed. I must say it looks pretty dammed good.

Sean arrived early on Friday morning and was straight into action organizing our cars into a decent looking display, rather than looking like a car park like many other clubs nearby.

Our new printed gazebo, along with our new catering facilities didn’t go unnoticed by the nearby Mustang Club whose members started complaining that their own was looking very unprofessional compared to ours.

As for the show itself, fantastic racing all weekend, great live music on Friday and Saturday nights and of course thousands of wonderful cars to look at. Porsche GB had the finished cars in their transaxle restoration competition on display and they were all fantastic. I voted for the 928S2 from OPC Hatfield but it sadly didn’t win.

So, as this year’s show season winds down, us members with older cars will start to think about what work or modifications to do to our them over the winter months.

Mechanically, my two 924s are pretty good, but I have some plans for the interior of my white car.

Just like the interior of my red car, it will divide opinion, so maybe I should have a little Marmite decal on them.

It’s nice to see so many of you taking your cars out this year and enjoying organised driving tours.

I know there have been may regions run their own tours throughout the year, while others have gone away with tour companies such as Scenic & Continental Car Tours and Petrolhead Tours.

During September there will have been at least four TIPEC organised trips away: Bristol region are nipping over to the Emerald Isle, Richard Sholl is taking the North West crew over to Germany, while Sean has organized a group trip over to France and I will have taken a group of transaxles to Wales for a long weekend.

If you haven’t managed to have a trip away this year, why not book on one of our organised tours for next year (see details in this issue) or organise one with your own region? If you’ve not organised trips before, why not drop myself or Sean an email? We can point you in the right direction.

The club now has its own licensed two way radios that can be used for regional group tours. These need to be booked in advance, ROs can drop me details of your trip to reserve them.

That’s all for now, Jason.

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News & updates 4th annual Goodwood charity Porsche day October 15th (Saturday) – Jason Gibson reports It's that time of year again, we are asking your support for the day in aid of Chestnut Tree Children's Hospice. Last year we raised over £7,000 which paid for a day’s running costs for the hospice, and was almost double the amount raised the previous year.

This is both a paddock meet and a trackday. Tickets for the paddock meet are available at a minimum donation to the charity of £20.

There may also still be some track slots available, please check the website for details at www.clubcarrerauk.com

Main sponsors, Parr Motorsport, will be in attendance with their race rig and support technicians for the track day contributors.

We have hired the whole circuit so have all the paddocks available for showing off your pride and joy.

Paddock attendees also get to do a parade lap and a photocall at lunchtime.

Please do come along and support this great day out. It’s my birthday the week before, so if you come and say hello at the club stand I’ll have cakes on offer!

TIPEC partnership with Scenic & Continental Car Tours We talk to Kieran Line, Group Relations Manager The club, in partnership with Scenic & Continental Car Tours, has expanded our range of tours, giving members more choice in 2017.

Places are limited, so we suggest that you book early to avoid disappointment. There is a £50 voucher on the address insert enclosed with your copy of this magazine, which can be used as a discount against any S&CCT trip for two people. An additional voucher will also be sent out when you renew your TIPEC membership.

We asked Kieran Line, Group Relations Manager, a few brief questions: What can you tell us about the company?

As part of the Albatross Group of Companies, we have been trading for over 30 years. Albatross ensures we have a great back office system for administration, buying power, relationships with suppliers such as hoteliers and ferry providers, financial security etc – but we do not lose the personal touch. As a small team of eight within a much bigger organisation, you will always know who you are speaking to on the phone!

What about the security of our members money?

Your money is Safe with Scenic & Continental Car Tours – In accordance with the EC Package Travel Directive, Scenic & Continental Car Tours operates a system of client trust accounts – the ultimate in payment protection. This means every penny you pay to us is ringfenced and audited by an independent firm of accountants and may not be used by us to pay suppliers until you have returned from your holiday.

Any tours operated by air are ATOL protected via S&CCT’s sister company, Success Tours.

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What do you offer on a typical tour?

Typically we offer scheduled tours. These are a range of tours put together by us, and sold to the classic and performance car market. Anyone can book into these tours, and they will generally operate with a minimum of five cars and a maximum of 20 cars. We provide everything from travel (ferry/train etc) to the hotels and meals, and provide a comprehensive travel guide to assist day by day with where to go, what to look out for, and most importantly what you need to have for each of the countries you are travelling through.

For help and advice in organising your group’s trip, whether it be a weekend away or a more adventurous event or itinerary, contact Kieran on 01732 879 172 or kieran.line@sceniccartours.com.

For more information about Scenic & Continental Car Tours, please visit www.sceniccartours.com

Porsche 911: The Definitive History, 2004 to 2012 Author Brian Long Price £35.00 ISBN 978-1-845848-64-4 www.velocepubishing.co.uk Brian Long’s definitive histories are becoming a must-have for owners of each Porsche model.

This round up of the 997, from concept sketch to last off the production line, is no exception.

It’s an easy read for such a thorough book, and kicks off with the admission that the 997’s introduction was more for business reasons than engineering ones –Porsche simply knew it was time for a shake-up. Starting with Grant Larson’s design drawings “I wanted to tighten the waist, and to widen the hips”, we see an impressive gallery of production photographs, right through to shots from testing environments around the world.

Each variant of the 997 is covered in chronological order, and the glossy production shows off period advertising, press photography, and action shots from motorsport.

This is not a technical manual, and won’t help you buy the right second-hand 997 for yourself. If you’re looking for an illustrated history though, it fits the bill. The 997 introduced PDK to the world, and arguably some of the finest ‘modern’ 911s, with the GT3RS 4.0 and the mighty GT2RS. Whils Brian long is definitely working to a formula with his ongoing series of Porsche books, any 997 owner will be thoroughly pleased that he has finally got around to this one.

Little big man(s) Derek Flanagan at the Petit Le Mans Did you know you can make your debut racing competitively at Le Mans from the age of six years old?

At this year’s Le Mans Classic we saw what could be the racing drivers of the future. Nearly a hundred rookie kids from around the world between the ages of six and 10 years old roared around the circuit in their special one-third scale versions of classic racing cars, after making a traditional Le Mans start from in front of the grandstands.

The kids even had their own paddock where grown-ups weren’t allowed without unless accompanied by a child!

In a few years, when they’re old enough to pass their driving test, they will proudly say; “I was there!” … and why not start again, but this time with the big boys?

Club shop Polo shirts There are a variety of colours available in men’s or ladies’ cuts to match or clash with your car, from Guards Red to Speed Yellow and a few that weren’t on Porsche’s colour charts too. Polo shirts come with the option of black or white embroidered logos. In addition to the polo shirts we have fleeces and baseball caps, especially for our follicly-challenged Boxster owners. http://stores.clothes2order.com/tipec There is also a direct link from our homepage at www.tipec.net £14.99 £21.99 £17.99 £24.99

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Email: tony@typescape.com We put out a call for extra articles recently and have had a fantastic response. Huge thanks to everybody who sent in articles, photos and stories. There simply isn’t room for everything this time around, so please bear with us if your piece hasn’t been printed in this issue – we’ll hold some over for quieter months. We really do appreciate the effort, and value every submission.

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Member’s cars

Running report Martin Whitelaw’s Orange Targa Resprayed and pretty much rebuilt in early 2015 my Targa has been widely admired and enjoyed over the last two club seasons.

The choice to go with the 1971 Porsche Signal Orange as a partial backdate was almost wholly due to my wife Elaine. I have to say it was a good decision and one I fully support although the alternative Viper Green finish would have been another top contender.

Scottish Region street concours winner in 2015, I was pleased to see my car being featured on the front of TIPEC’s new membership application form. No, I didn’t receive royalties.

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Now with 108,600 miles under her belt, Targa hasn’t missed a beat in my ownership and with a second engine rebuilt in as many years she has little cause to. The second engine strip down was me being picky over a couple of small areas of cylinder ‘Nikasil’ lining erosion well above the piston ring level but quite noticeable on the first rebuild. Six new standard matching Mahle pistons and barrels were sourced through Euro Car Parts and these were fitted along with many other new bits, all this following our visit to the Silverstone Classic weekend in 2015.

The Friday night of the Silverstone Classic will always be in my memory as the time I broke the only key I had away with me in the Targa’s ignition barrel. A tense time later I managed to operate the ignition with a small pair of pointed pliers – these were ‘locally’ sourced (at five minutes to closing time) from B&Q in Coventry with the help of a good friend and fellow member Margaret Adey and her 911T – a relief for all! (Believe it or not there was a company who replaced my broken key the next week through the post from only an online photograph of the spare original – and it worked first time!)

2016 has been relatively quiet for the Targa with only attendance at regular club events to report. The Boxster front ‘Brembo’ calipers however continue to perform well on the 3.2 with recent MOT front brake readings well above those achieved even with the freshly overhauled standard items. No front brake locking issues have been encountered either and I regard this modification for the 3.2 a total success.

Another success was the fitment in late 2015 of Dunlop SP Sport 01 tyres. These are still giving reassuring grip whilst managing to achieve pleasingly low levels of harshness and noise highly recommended for those not requiring a ‘N’ rating. Oh! I did manage to source a second genuine BOSCH embossed headlight glass to replace an aftermarket item bought with the car. Also fitted, an utterly non standard but nice anyway DAB set allows us to waft along to sound of ’70s music, courtesy of SmoothE. (the flat air cooled engine note was always enough for me but Elaine does not have the finely tuned ear for that nonsense!)

Regular oil and filter changes require 10 litres of my choice Mobil 10W x 60 Extended Life fully synthetic. With approx 3,000 miles since the last oil change I will carry out another prior to the onset of winter 2016/17. No engine oil has required to be added in the last 2,000-odd miles and the hot oil gauge reading has remained constant throughout – courtesy of new pistons, barrels, valve guides and 10W x 60, of course.

(I was advised to change oil before winter to prevent nasties in the old stuff attacking the engine internals as it sits unused for longer periods. Better to refresh the oil before a period of inactivity, they say).

Incidentally, I changed the gearbox oil to SWEPCO 201 last time but I have to say the jury is out concerning any improvement in the feel of the gearchange. The operation of my gears is still best conducted with smooth steady strokes – even slower when the gearbox oil is cold – even with the favoured G50 box!

A first this year was Targa on the TIPEC stand with three other member’s cars at Glasgow’s Ignition Festival on the 5–7th August. A great success for all those participating notwithstanding the 25,000 spectators who enjoyed not only the indoor static displays but also the outdoor F1, rally, drift, hot rod, dragster and supercar track action. A must again next year! Thanks here go to TIPEC’s Scott Allan, ARO Scotland East, for his dedicated efforts to please owners throughout the weekend, as well as for making the whole stand thing happen in the first place.

The associated parade of Porsches through the years was headed by TIPEC’s Margaret Adey’s spritely 1969 911S and brilliantly driven in Margaret’s absence by Scott.

The 2016 Scottish Region BBQ and Concours day, held outdoors at the Bo’Ness Motor Museum, was once again a great success and another chance for members to show off their polishing skills as well as customary burger eating.

This year Targa managed 3rd prize in the concours class – well, I may have forgotten to match the brake caliper paint correctly!

Congratulations go to the owners of the 944 Silver Rose and 993 Carrera 4 – 1st and 2nd respectively in my class, well done.

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IGNITION SCOTT ALLAN GETS STARSTRUCK AND PORSCHESTRUCK IN GLASGOW Author Scott Allan / Photography Colin Bashford for www.TartanTarmac.com / Ignition press

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Adrenaline pumping, heart racing and sweaty palms … and that was just driving in to the SSE Hydro car park. Bursting with enthusiasm at the thought of attending a drivers briefing with racing legends the likes of Jimmy McCrae, Mark Webber and Shane Lynch, I guess I was feeling a little starstruck, to say the least.

Driving briefing over and time to walk the track.

Glasgow looked so different from this side of the barriers. Who would have thought Formula 1, Rally Cars, Top Gear Supercars and of course the Porsche Parade would get the opportunity to show themselves off on Glasgow’s roads?

Porsche drivers were called to the Paddock.

Start-up of engines and we’re off. Setting off in order of age and heading the line-up was Margaret Adey’s 1969 911T (driven by me!) through the ages of 911 to the current 2016 991 GT3 RS.

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This was my first experience of an air cooled Porsche and oh how I loved it. The noise from the engine, the smell, and of course the crowds of car enthusiasts watching us drive and waving as we headed to the start line.

The racing marshal was ready to lower his flag, and then go! A figure of eight around the grandstands and accelerating up the straight to the first high speed corner. The car was magnificent. First, second, third, brake, second, slowing down at the next grandstand to show off this most majestic of Porsches.

Three minutes of fuel-filled pedal to the floor fun and lap one is over, then we get to do this all over again. Two laps per session, two sessions per day … I was hooked.

A figure of eight around the grandstands and accelerating up the straight to the first high speed corner.

The 911T was magnificent. First, second, third, brake, second, slowing down at the next grandstand to show off …

On return to the Paddock Mark Webber made an appearance to talk with the Porsche owners and drivers, for some photo opportunities and then lunch. I was on cloud nine and didn’t want to come down.

The exhibition halls were packed with millions of pounds’ worth of exotic cars from Ford GTs, Audi R8s, Jaguar E-types to Ferraris, Maseratis and of course our very own selection of Porsches.

Our TIPEC stand looked amazing with posts and rope to define the stand and four club members’ cars on display, together with a seating area to chat with members and enthusiasts alike. No more sitting in a field, this was our indoor field of dreams.

Arriving early was the game, for time to take some photos of the cars, snap after snap after snap. So many cars on display and the added

bonus of trade stands selling the latest detailing magic, motoring merchandise and driving experiences, it was a sweetie shop and a feast for the eyes.

Having the opportunity to view the cars on display was excellent, chatting with specialists and experiencing the indoor Top Gear stunt shows together with the various exhibitions – including the motorsport outside and around the track – all added to the weekend.

A special thanks to Lee Reader and the boys and girls of Tartan Tarmac for organising the Porsche Parade and for some of the photos shown here.

Big thanks also to John Davidson, Martin Whitelaw, Nick Marshall, Gordon Gaffney, SP Autobhan and the TIPEC members who helped over the weekend and to Margaret Adey for the donation of her 911T called ‘Kit’ which helped make the weekend the special event it was.

With over 25,000 members of the public reported as having attended over the three days, Formula 1 cars, drifting from Team JapSpeed and other exhilarating car displays both on track and in the exhibition halls, including the Porsche Parade and the TIPEC stand, I am looking forward to next year’s Ignition Festival of Motoring already. It’s booked for August of 2017.

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Derek and I did the Le Mans 24 hours in 2013 and vowed that one day we would return for the Le Mans Classic. Our trip was booked by Bakewell Travel’s Surrey representative, Alison Garrard (my second race trip arranged by Alison, the first being my ‘bucket list’ trip with Bob Stephens to see the Daytona 500). Alison organised circuit entry tickets, with entry to all the various ‘plateau’ (grid) paddocks, all grandstand seated areas and free drinks and snacks at the Grandstand Motor Sports marquee on the Bugatti Circuit. Our accommodation was two blocks east of the Le Mans city square. Basic rooms, but I doubt we could have been any closer to the city centre.

We travelled by train on Eurostar and SNCF for a fantastic four and a half hour journey from St Pancras to Le Mans at speeds that were well in excess of those achievable on the roads even if we drove flat out. Very relaxing with no queues, no road tolls, no speeding fines, no possibility of car confiscation … no driving on the wrong side of the road, no getting lost, and finally, no huge gridlocks outside the Le Mans circuit …

After a trying local train journey and an efficient Eurostar crossing, we were on our double decked SNCF train from Lille for a two and a half hour journey to Le Mans. Long enough for us two ‘old-timers’ to enjoy lunch and have a snooze! We were welcomed at our accommodation with a chilled beer from our hosts Bernard and his wife Bernadette. We took an evening stroll to a restaurant and had lots of laughs trying to order our meals because neither of us ‘parlayed’ French and none of the staff spoke English. No one understood Derek’s order of a rum and coke, but fortunately they did understand my request for a gin and tonic!

Friday at the Le Mans circuit. Walk, look, photograph … move on, look, photograph … yet more walking, looking and photographing … the race cars mixed with road cars all moving together, the stewards impatiently blowing their whistles at anyone and everyone, it has

LE MANS In the first of three reports from the Classic weekend, to be seen and heard to be believed … total chaos, very funny, but somehow it all works.

Amazingly, within thirty minutes we bumped into Alan Cordery at the Porsche Exhibition stand. You can’t go anywhere without bumping into a TIPEC member.

After a day of walking around the Village and Paddock areas, a final rest and drink at the Grandstand Motor Sport marquee was taken before we caught the tram back to the city centre. Following dinner in a city square restaurant, this time with English speaking waiters, we then joined about a thousand fans in the city square to watch France beat Germany 2-0 in the Euro semifinals. A great result followed by much singing of the French national anthem, fireworks and cars sounding their horns until three o’clock in the morning!

I hadn’t previously realised that Le Mans was more than a small town. We spent Saturday morning exploring the Sarthe riverside ‘old’ walled city area, some of which went back to Roman times. Amazing architecture and cobbled streets … something not to be missed if you ever go to Le Mans.

Returning to circuit for the afternoon and evening, I was intent in seeking out my longtime friend, owner of Roundel Racing, Alex Elliott, with his ex-BMW Motorsport ‘Batmobile’ CSL, only to find he or his co-driver, had ‘buzzed’ the engine in practice and would not be racing at all … the most disappointing part of my trip.

More paddock walkabouts were enjoyed interspersed with shaded rests in the grandstands. It was hot, probably over 30°C. Seating was at a premium and if I ever went again, it would be with a small folding seat … blimey, did my feet hurt! We stayed until dusk to watch the racing before returning to the city centre, where we both had a delicious curry.

I washed my curry down with gin and Perrier water … no one spoke English and nobody understood the word ‘tonic’ … it was wet and cold and did the job. Sensible Derek had a beer, as again, no one understand ‘rum and Coke’.

Following a very slow ‘get up and go’ on Sunday we returned to the track to view more of the paddocks with cars being prepared or repaired for yet more racing. Another check-out of the trade stands and to watch the afternoon races in the shade and comfort of grandstand seats located directly above the pits.

Amazingly, following practice and qualifying sessions on the Friday, the actual racing started with a Jaguars-only race at 10:35am on the Saturday morning, and apart from a few lap and marching band parades, the racing continues non-stop until 4:00pm Sunday.

Each ‘plateau’ has three races; one on Saturday, two on Sunday, each comprising 68 to 75 cars!

You would think the value and history of the cars, would be uppermost in the driver’s minds … not so! The spectacle and speed differential between a seven litre Ford G40 at full throttle overtaking a humble MGB has to be seen to be believed.

At 4:00pm it was all over, and with the last of many race wining UK National Anthems being played, we made our way back ‘home’ for the last time, again very tired and hot, but happy to have experienced our Le Mans Classic event.

Derek was very happy at our evening dinner to at last find someone who understood his request for a rum and coke … he still didn’t get one, but ended up with a glass of white rum mixed with ice and something minted in it!

Suitcases packed on Monday, we thanked our hosts Bernard and Bernadette for their hospitality and strolled to a restaurant directly opposite Le Mans station to enjoy a beer and lunch prior catching our trains back to Blighty.

Thanks to Derek for his company, and again to Alison Garrard for organising our trip without any fault or hiccup. My second ‘bucket list’ box well and truly ticked!

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CLASSIC 2016 Terry Rockall ticks the event off his bucket list

Author Terry Rockall / Photographer Derek Flanagan

You would think the value and history of the cars would be uppermost in the driver’s minds ‌ not so!

The spectacle and speed differential between a Ford GT40 at full throttle overtaking a humble MGB has to be seen to be believed.

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CHESHIRE & STAFFS TOUR Stefanie Mahon reports on the region’s seventh Le Mans Classic road trip.

Author / Photographer Stefanie Mahon

This was the seventh trip our region has made to the Le Mans Classic, with each one drawing a larger group of enthusiasts from the club.

10 Porsches, a Renault, and 21 TIPEC members off on an adventure.

Some of the group made their own way to Le Mans, whilst a convoy of seven Porsches and the Renault Alpine headed to Le Mans together.

Well what can I say … the adventures of the trip started as we attempted to leave our Dover hotel and set off for Dover ferry port! Gareth went to replace the fuse that I had blown for the cigarette lighter (in case we got lost and needed to use the satnav), when he noticed fuel in the engine bay of the 944. On closer inspection, the fuel hose pipe had split. Everyone got their heads under the bonnet trying to sort the problem. Chris emptied his boot, as he had half his garage of tools in his car (which will now be known as the ‘Snap On’ 968). Unfortunately there was no fixing the problem so we had to call for help from Hydro Quip, a hydraulics firm found online. This only meant one thing … we were left ‘Top Gear’ style in the car park to wait for the 944 to be fixed. The 914 then started to play up!

It had decided that it no longer wanted to fuel up, and was staying with the 944. So Ian, John T, Rob T & I push-started the 914 … well, eventually, when the driver (Dave) decided that it would be a good idea to turn the ignition key at the same time!

As Gareth waited for our knight in a fuel hose van to arrive, the rest of the group headed towards the port. Some of the cars needed to refuel before catching the ferry, however the first petrol station en route was being demolished and the second was closed for re-filling. The 914 was running like a dog on three cylinders with an emissions cloud behind! They went driving around to find yet another petrol station. Once stopped, Dave spotted a couple of fuses that were in the footwell of the 914. After putting them back under the dash where they belonged, the 914 returned to running on all four cylinders – much to his embarrassment. So not only had Gareth & I missed the ferry … now Dave, Ian, Team Tonkin, John B & Barry had as well! Graham, Liz, Chris, Sharon, Rob & Gomer had also just missed their sailing, so no-one actually caught the ferry we had all booked!

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When we arrived at the customs queue at the port, we were only three cars behind those who had toured Dover hunting for an open petrol station! French passport control were taking their time. Once parked in the queue waiting to board the ferry there was lots of discussion and head scratching on how to properly apply the headlight deflectors. No-one could understand the instructions … if you haven’t read them before, ‘good luck’ is all that can be said. On board the ferry the 944 had a lovely 924 parked next to it which I went off to admire whilst Gareth quickly fixed his driver’s side window that had now decided to stop working. Things happen in threes they say … Everyone got together on board to discuss the best routes to take once docked, with a part motorway and part scenic route chosen in order to catch up some time on the journey to Le Mans.

Everyone regrouped at the first services in France, where Graham was buying some more headlight deflectors (his 911 had decided to eject one en route, I blame the complex instructions). From here we had a leisurely, scenic drive. Initially Rob & Gomer led in the Renault Alpine, then Dave & Ian in the 914. Sometime into the drive I needed a pit stop. Unfortunately the 914 is rather noisy, especially with the roof off, so Ian couldn’t hear his phone! Gareth (being gentlemanly) decided to overtake everyone so they could signal to Ian & Dave that a stop was needed. This turned out to be a wrong move. Just as they were overtaking the 914, Dave & crew peeled off the autoroute. Gareth & I then had to come off at the next junction and take to the map book to find a route back. With the help of Team Tonkin, we found a scenic way back through the French countryside. After driving for over an hour, we stopped at a rural filling station – and would you believe it, six familiar Porsches were in the car park! As if by magic they just appeared … and Penelope finally managed to get her pit stop!

As the day turned to evening, we stopped for a meal in the quaint village of Bourgtheroulde-Infreville, before completing a beautiful evening drive to Le Mans. The last part of the journey was back on the autoroute, where at the final pit stop the 914 decided it didn’t want to start again. So another push start was needed (a big hammer was considered), though by then Graham’s 911 was having ignition issues in sympathy – but thankfully his 911 did start up under its own steam.

Barry had an early start on Friday as he was parking on the Porsche Club France stand. Barry had booked parade laps requiring him to park infield.

With Dave as co-pilot, the high-speed parade laps were greatly enjoyed.

They both had a memorable experience, albeit not without some hairrising moments at speeds that can’t be mentioned resulting in expletives that are not to be re-spoken! Track discipline was not that well policed despite the volume of cars out on the circuit.

Friday was a beautiful day to admire the vast variety of fine cars in the paddocks and on club displays around the circuit. A special display had been set up by the Porsche Experience Centre, which had a fantastic array of classic Porsches presented against backdrop scenes from various decades. Notable cars included a 718 Spyder, a gorgeous 928 GTS and various classic 911 models. In addition to the amazing display outside, there were even more beautiful machines on display inside including a Porsche tractor and a fiberglass shell of the 919 Hybrid on the wall. Porsche Classic had an exhibition next to the infield club areas where the newly restored 924 GTP car was on display. This was an amazing machine, that was also on display at the Silverstone Classic shortly after Le Mans. There were some discussions between club members around whether she should have been restored or left in her original patina … Porsche Classic also had various 924 and 944 parts on display. There were engines for both models, 924 steering wheels, 924 exhausts and a host of parts that promoted Porsche’s commitment to maintaining the transaxle generation of cars. It was a stunning way to celebrate the 924’s 40th anniversary.

Saturday only means one thing: race day. So another early morning start.

John T really isn’t a morning person so decided that the best thing to do was to have an extra 40 winks behind the cars so he wouldn’t be left behind! The racing started at 16:00 hours, so there was plenty of time to have another look around the circuit and paddocks. The circuit displays on Saturday had doubled in size (at least) with amazing cars on display from far and wide. These classic cars were all used and loved. It was nice to see several cars we had passed en route to Le Mans now actually at the circuit.

The Le Mans Classic runs in heats covering different generations of race car, which re-run on a continuous basis through the 24 hours. Before the racing, there were demonstration laps to watch including an amazing display of classic race transporters and of course the ‘Petit Le Mans’ involving children doing a Le Mans start in their petrol driven miniature cars before heading off round the Bugatti Circuit. This was a lovely sight and like most other event activities went ahead without a hitch.

The non-drivers in our group started collecting beer cups as memorabilia in the grandstand whilst watching the racing. Liz had to put her knitting away because she kept missing a stitch, more concentration on the racing than the pattern! It was a fantastic experience to see priceless classic racecars racing around the circuit. The fine machinery that everyone had been admiring in the paddocks was now whizzing past them on the track.

The night racing saw a couple of cars coming to a sticky end, including my favourite – which came to grief on the Arnage corner. It was spectacular watching the turbo flames on the overrun, lighting up the dark track as they whizzed passed. Chris had obviously got the Le Mans bug and discussed the prospect of returning to the circuit in a couple of hours to watch some sunrise racing. No one else was that enthused by getting up at silly o’clock, but Chris surprised us all. With only two hours’ sleep he got up at 04:30 and enjoyed watching the headlights appear on the circuit with the sunrise as a beautiful backdrop … what more could you ask for?

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A drive through the quaint village of Arnage on Sunday morning saw another day of fantastic classic cars lining the streets. Whilst driving through the village Gareth’s driver’s window decided to stop working … again!

With the heat and no working window he decided the only way to get air circulating around would be to drive holding his door open with the boot ajar! I did remind him that he wasn’t a race driver on a cool-off lap.

Another fun day was had in the grandstand watching the racing. The beer cup collection was growing, especially when Team Tonkin returned with drinks for everyone. Gareth spotted a rare 924 that had been out on the circuit. So we went to find it and managed to chat to the driver who confirmed that it was number nine of 19 made. Gareth did try to offer me as an exchange for the 924, without success. The day was finished off with a lovely group meal at the local restaurant where everyone was buzzing with enthusiasm for the events both on and off the circuit. Overall we enjoyed a fantastic weekend of classic racing, we made many memories and had a number of adventures, whilst having lots of laughs.

When Monday arrived, a few members were continuing their trip around France independently. Some of the group continued the road trip west to Le Manoir de L’Automobile museum at Loheac. From the outside, the museum was quite unassuming. The small collection of beautiful vintage cars that greeted us at the beginning of the exhibition gave us no idea of what was to come. As you continued to walk through the museum there was room upon room of so many cars … none of our group had ever seen such an extensive variety in one place. This was truly an amazing collection. There were Le Mans race cars, Group B rally cars, rallycross cars, off-roaders, a F1 hall of considerable scale, classic and exotic sportscars, vintage cars, models, boats, carriages – in all over 400 vehicles. Thank you to Rob Slater for the fantastic suggestion.

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The road trip continued towards Dinan with a stop off for refreshments in the beautiful village of Guer. Whilst enjoying a coffee we had the pleasure of chatting to a local gentleman, albeit in our broken Anglo-French, who was admiring the collection of Porsches in the square. He was thrilled to see our cars in the village and told us that he used to work as a mechanic for both the Kremer Race Team and Porsche at the race circuit! He went on to tell the local children all about our group’s cars.

Our group split up on Tuesday, with most heading to Cherbourg to catch the ferry home. This wasn’t without its adventures … Team Tonkin arrived at the ferry port at the very last minute of boarding and were the last car on board (at least they didn’t miss it). Gareth & I headed home on Wednesday and enjoyed a steady drive back to Calais, though we did manage to miss our ferry (there’s a theme here …) Once in the UK we decided to take a detour and have tea at the Surrey & Sussex region’s club night at the Bolney Stage pub. We were welcomed warmly and had lots to chat about, particularly about Le Mans. Members from Surrey & Sussex had also recently returned from the Classic, though they had gone on the train and admired the French scenery.

Our road trip to Le Mans Classic 2016 had many adventures, laughs, mishaps and fun. The memories made will last forever and everyone is looking forward to Le Mans Classic 2018 already. If you fancy joining our region next time around then please speak with a Cheshire & Staffs Regional Organiser. A big thank you to Dave Watson for organising our fantastic trip.

SPANNERING ON THE MULSANNE CORNER Izzy ‘Mad Pig’ Spyder’s Le Mans Classic debut …

Author / Photographer Ian Jones

An early 4am start on Thursday and the race to the Le Mans Classic was on, collecting my navigator en route. The first drama was the closure of the M11 which knocked our schedule by half an hour then the M25 didn’t disappoint with its reputation as a car park. Next we were off cross country to catch the Portsmouth to Cherbourg ferry, arriving and joining what can only be described as a moving car show, plus meeting up with my brother and co-pilot from North Wales. Our little party was complete: three Porsches (944, 930, 993) and an Audi TT.

After settlling in at the Travel Destinations campsite on Tetre Rouge with a nice cold one, we caught up with old friends and made some new ones. With breakfast out of the way the next day, it was all about our parade laps. Cameras installed, it was off to the infield parking and our pick up point on the Bugatti circuit. After a short wait we were off to the formation area which was a parade in itself – fantastic to see so many classics. We were held for a few minutes then on to the circuit, with engine already warm and the track already hot – just remember, cold brakes!

With waved yellows we got it going again, running her without any boost to the Marshals and recovery area. At Mulsanne Corner it was out again and with a spanner, and the help of the very enthusiastic marshal, we got the turbo pipe tightened up and rejoined to finish our parade laps with renewed gusto!

Leaving a drizzly UK with coffee, and finalising plans, we arrived at a very sunny France.

Our scenic route, via a few stops along the Normandy D-day beaches and museums, was a great change. Then off inland to the holy circuit of Le Mans, arriving just in time to get in a quick stock up of food and drink at the supermarche at Mulsanne … well it would be rude not to drive it before they closed it, wouldn’t it?

When you thunder past the grandstands you realise just how much of a privilege it is to get onto the full circuit as a mere mortal. It’s only open at the Classic. You can display your pride and joy in action to the thousands watching!

The morning arrived for the big race itself running for 24 hours, starting at 4pm. This was preceded by a few more parade laps and also various demonstration laps and the monstrous group C cars. I bumped into Paul Bird, another Classic regular, and with all those legends on track we eagerly discussed pointers for the trackday arranged by Paul at Blyton Park the following weekend.

With a splutter and a pop and no boost we came to a stop just after the Xbox Chicane!

The main Intercooler pipe had popped off!

When all us pretenders were out of the way, the weekend started in earnest with the various groups running their qualifying sessions by day then all repeated again at night.

The Bugatti infield parking was awash with almost any classic you can mention and along with the pit areas, entertainment, stalls, displays, food and drink, plus those race cars on and off the track … you needed the rest of the weekend to see most of it as you’ll always miss something that’s tucked away. The weather was on our side this year for the whole weekend and with no pressure to rush around – most things are open, so you can wander around the pits at midnight if you wanted to. Another great spectacle is the racing at night, bringing glowing brakes and flames.

The time flew past and all to soon it was 4pm and it was all over for another two years. Our little group stayed over on the Sunday night to miss the mass exodus. Later, when the crowds have gone, you can walk the track and even drive the public road sections of the course – which were all open within an hour or so of the race end. Food and drink was still available on the campsite, which it hadn’t been last year, and the amount of people staying for that extra night had tripled. It was an early rise the next morning and a steady trip back to the Eurotunnel.

Goodbyes were said and plans were made before departure. The AVD Oldtimers Grand Prix Nurburgring 2017 is looking promising for our next big trip together.

What a fantastic event, a definite for the bucket list for any petrolhead and a great social event meeting up with like minded people.

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SCOTTISH REGION GRUB & SCRUB DAY Getting to grips with a few burgers and a few trophies at the region’s annual BBQ and concours event Author Neil Fraser / Photographers Scott Allan & John Davidson

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Scott Allan, Member of the Year 2016

At the start of each year we ask the Scottish region’s membership what they want from the season ahead and the annual BBQ and trophy day is always mentioned. It is a day out for the Porsche petrolhead, but also a family affair, and always well attended.

The only thing we can’t guarantee is the sun.

This year the date was pencilled in for the 24th July and the venue was Bo’Ness Motor Museum.

As with previous years we had to reschedule to the 14th August due to rain – typical Scottish weather it has to be said.

The BBQ and trophy day is a team effort and it could not be done any other way to be honest.

The food, drink and trophies list is drawn up and divided into three for the AROs Scott & John and moi. Off to the shops we go and on the day bingo — it’s all there, how simple is that?

The funds are taken from the generous annual dividend from head office. It has to be said that we do use every penny, what with prizes for quiz nights and catering for such as the restoration evening, etc. The money is there to be spent on the region’s members and we make sure it is put to good use.

Scott, John & I arrive early on the day, along with a few keen members eager to get the polish out, and erect the gazebo, set up the BBQ, etc. I have to say that if you missed this day, then you missed some great grub. Burgers, kebabs, potato salad and other nibbles. Veggie burgers and veggie sausages. The desserts were awesome as Scott & Addie brought along a chocolate fudge cake to die for and mixed sweet kebabs … not to mention a ‘Minion’ cake that was a shame to cut up … Sweets for the kids, juice, mineral water, tea/coffee, wine of all colours and a few beers (for the non drivers of course). A real feast for a king, and as always myself on chef duties with Scott & John, our AROs, on judging for the concours event.

Alan Dick, Visitor’s choice winner

Joe Boyle, Concours d’elegance winner

Over the course of the next few hours the food is consumed and the judges get to work with much deliberation. Scott & John found it very difficult to separate some cars. Many in the competition as of such a high standard (as you would expect) that it can come down to a tiny bit of excess polish not wiped off properly, once the points have been added up. It is that close and often they have had to go back and look again at cars to see if their initial scores are a true reflection. They do a great job and take it very seriously. The dilemma, as always, is that those which don’t get a prize are still stunning cars – but you cant give everyone a placing. Scott & John took over the judging mantle from Martin & James this year, an opportunity to say a huge thanks to Martin & James for all their efforts in years gone by.

THE RESULTS

It’s great to see all the cars and members that come along. For some members it’s their first club event and their first chance to meet fellow enthusisats, so a great day for bringing people together. I witnessed car chat and non-car banter from everyone. The Bo’Ness Motor Museum was open to visit for those that wished and many did, taking the kids in for a look around the collection. With 26 cars and 50 bodies floating about the day we were one big happy family sharing a relaxing day out. It’s rewarding for the RO and AROs to see everyone together – it makes it all worthwhile.

Member of the Year

Scott Allan

Street concours 1st Russell Burton 996) 2nd Scott Allan (996 C4S) 3rd Roy Duncan (944 Turbo) Concours d’elegance 1st Joe Boyle (944 Silver Rose) 2nd Clyde Ashby (993) 3rd Martin Whitelaw (’87 911 G50) Most improved

Sean Garswood (944) Vitisor’s choice (Steph’s Trophy)

Allan Dick (912)

I will take this opportunity to say a big thanks to all who took the time to come along and share the day. Also to Margaret & Mario for providing some nice potato salad and a few nibbles for everyone and of course to Scott & John who are always there in the background helping out. If it were not for the AROs the region would not fire on all cylinders. Scott Allan walked away with a very well deserved member of the year trophy.

John & I did well, we think, to keep it a secret until the day arrived!

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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

Kent & South East London

R5

North West

R13

Thames Valley

R18

Cheshire & Staffs

R9

Surrey & Sussex

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

R20

R8 R11 R12

R13 R9

R15

R23

R21

Scotland RO Neil Fraser 07946 616 782 • neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk ARO West John Davidson davidsonjohn3@sky.com ARO East Scott Allan scott@ego3d.co.uk Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 7:30pm for an 8pm start in the 007 bar, upstairs at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk

The darker nights are coming in and this season has seen us very high on activity so far. Nothing new to the Scottish region, I have to say. A change in personnel at the beginning of the year saw John Davidson & Scott Allan become the region’s new AROs. John & Scott took over from Elaine Whitelaw & James McLauchlan who always did an excellent job. New blood, new ideas and definitely new enthusiasm for the region.

We had our annual BBQ & Concours trophy day out at Bo’Ness Motor Museum on the 14th August. This was rescheduled from the 24th July due to typical Scottish wet weather. Another great day out for all the family to enjoy. Always

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a firm favourite in the suggestion form at the beginning of every season. I would hazard a guess it will be on the diary of events for many a year to come.

This season has seen us visit many places far and wide but for me one of the highlights of the season was the Ignition Festival in Glasgow.

This was Scotland’s version of the NEC Classic but with an added twist of street parades from all supercars you can imagine. David Coultard thrashed the Red Bull F1 car around and Porsche ambassador Mark Webber was also around the pit lanes, not to mention the drift cars and a Porsche Parade which was simply awesome

You may or may not be aware that the Scottish region also has a Facebook page (TIPEC Scotland). Please ask to join as fellow members and enjoy the banter there.

Dario Franchitti at Porsche in the Glen

to see. TIPEC Scotland had an indoor slot and some lovely cars on display, which just added to the weekend for the many club members who went along. All credit goes to Scott Allan for this one and John Davidson for assisting and for putting together the stand which looked highly professional. I was surprised that TIPEC Scotland were the only Porsche club or dealership at the show – all the better for putting the spotlight on us, I think. A really great three days and the first of its kind in Scotland. I will definitely pencil it in for next year. Scott you did the club and region very proud, fantastic work!

Another large event this season, and has been the past four years, is Scotland’s Largest Gathering of Porsches, otherwise known as Porsche in the Glen. All credit for this one goes to club member Brian Wood. This is an event that started off five years ago with 50-odd cars and has grown to 170. Wow! Porsche in the Glen is a firm favourite on the Scottish calendar and is growing in stature as every year goes by.

Everyone I spoke to at the event loved it and could not wait to next year’s. Also a special mention to Scott Allan for his social media skills and to John Davidson for his great help on the day – not to forget the other halves: Addie, Susan & Audrey.

Finally a huge thanks to Dario Franchitti, four time IndyCar Series champion, three time winner of the Indianapolis 500, and winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, for presenting the prizes at the end of the day.

May I remind all members who require servicing, maintenance or repairs to their Porsche to contact Brian Miller Motors in Edinburgh (0131 443 7806). Brian is a Porsche trained mechanic with over 45 years’ experience in the business and caters for other German marques in addition to Porsche. We also have SP Autobahn, a Porsche Specialist situated in Stirling. Owner Stuart Paterson (07973 385 463) has over 15 years in the business and offers every service possible for your Porsche.

His website is www.spautobahn.com

North East RO Mike Williamson 07940 738 692 mike.williamson@volkswagen.co.uk ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 • andy44s70@gmail.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 7:30pm at The Anson Farm, just off the A19.

With the summer now well underway the North East region is continuing to attend events up and down the country while still managing to cram in some local events as well. Since the last update several outings have taken place including The Silverstone Classic, Croft Nostalgia Weekend and the club run up a local hill climb circuit known as Oliver’s Mount.

The club also attended a Javelin track day.

RO Mick had elected to leave the Porker 996 at home and take to the track in his extremely rapid class-winning Mitsubishi Evo race car.

During the day several people were subjected to an exhilarating passenger ride. It’s very difficult

to explain the difference between a fast road car and a superfast race car but it has been a talking point at a few club meetings since. I also elected to leave my road 944 and race car 924 Turbo at home, partly because the Turbo still needs a 3rd gear that I haven’t got round to replacing yet, but mainly because I was asked to give some track tuition to a local 997 driver who was on his first day around Croft. The day was a fantastic success with everyone managing to go home with the view they had improved their driving skills and also managed to keep it on the island.

The Silverstone Classic gets bigger and bigger each year and as always there were a huge amount of special Porsches to drool over. The club was also asked if we would like to attend a GB event landing us the opportunity to see a 918 Spyder up close. As you would expect from the marque, the attention to detail that has gone into building this hypercar is phenomenal.

Equally surprising was the vision of the F40 that greeted club members attending the Croft nostalgia weekend – arguably one of the cars that started the move from supercars to hypercars in the 1980s along with the 959 and XK220, leaving behind cars such as the Countach. I personally am always struck by the simplicity, beauty and elegance of the 1960s race cars with their unmolested cigar shape forms without wings and fins aero aids.

There was much to see and do, like Silverstone, with these events now often capturing the times of the period with military vehicles and planes also in attendance. This year’s aerial display was aeronautical ballet with two stunt planes often performing, in very close quarters, some amazing stunts.

Finally the run to Oliver’s Mount and indeed round the circuit itself was unfortunately an event I was not able to attend myself, although it did give Tim a chance to get his 928S4 out.

Congratulations to Brian on a super day out for Porsche owners and enthusiasts and once again for all your hard work and effort putting this extravaganza together for everyone to enjoy.

November 11–13th (Friday–Sunday) Porsche Experience, Silverstone & NEC Classic Car Show, Birmingham November 24th (Thursday) Ten Pin Bowling evening Deer Park Country Club, Livingston December 10th (Saturday) Christmas Dinner and quiz night Dirlton Hotel, East Lothian If any member requires more information on any aspect of the Scottish Region’s activities then please do not hesitate to contact any of us (details above). We are only to happy to answer and help with any questions you may have.

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A particularly rare manual car in fantastic condition. Tim drives it like he’s stole it and enjoys every second he is behind the wheel, as do we. At the top there was a little time for reflection and to admire the view out to sea over Whitby before the obligatory fish ’n’ chips. I’m sorry I missed it.

Myself and Mike hope to see you all soon at the club nights in the Anson Farm for a good old chat and to see what else you’ve been up to over the summer. Don’t forget to contact me or Mike if you want to attend any of the upcoming events or have any local events you wold like us to attend or support as a club.

October 2nd (Sunday) Anson Farm club night October 17th (Monday) Carvery night, Anson Farm November 6th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night December 4th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night December 16th (Friday) Christmas curry night, Raj Bari Yarm

Mike Williamson’s very rapid Evo

Lovely 356 at Croft

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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.

North West

The project Carrera GT at Porsche Centre Bolton

RO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 • n22rks@googlemail.com ARO Simon Kendal 07833 446 336 • s.kendal@sky.com ARO Colin Hammerton 07500 908 091 • col.hamm@hotmail.co.uk Meetings are temporarily held second Monday of every month from 7pm at The Railway, 35 Wigan Road, Euxton PR7 6LA (01254 209841).

Please note that our monthly meetings for September, October, November and December 2016 are scheduled for the 2nd Monday of the month, from around 7pm, at The Railway, 35 Wigan Road, Euxton, PR7 6LA due to The Boatyard being closed for refurbishment.

In my last All Torque report I mentioned that our July club meeting was being held at Porsche Centre Bolton, as organised by ARO Colin Hammerton. The evening was a huge success with around 50 club members and a few ‘friends of the Club’ attending and bringing with them around 40 Porsche cars. The staff at Bolton were extremely accommodating and virtually gave us free rein to explore the dealership! Many of us were able to examine, close-up, the progress on the (now finished) 924 Carrera GT restoration project and also pick the brains of workshop Lead Technician, Lee Wibberley. There was also plenty of food and drink laid on for us plus the odd 918 and suchlike to peek at. Sincere thanks to Dealer Principal Steve Webb, Parts Supremo Adam Calvert and Service Manager Jon Challis for having us and giving up their time.

By Friday July 15th many of us were enjoying the luxuries (ahem) of the Scunthorpe Premier Inn before heading off to Blyton Park for the Club’s 3rd visit there on the 16th. It’s become a bit of a tradition for our region to travel across country the day before an event at Blyton and this year was no different with around 13 of us meeting for tea before the big day. As for the track day itself, our region had some 10 cars on track throughout the day (it should have been 11 but mechanical problems meant Colin was unable to bring either the 924 or 944). Amongst our crew were father and son duo Malcolm and Luke, sharing Dad’s 944 and both thoroughly enjoying their first track day. We also had ‘oldhands’ Chris and Darron sharing their recently acquired 996 Carrera and throwing it around the track with a certain aplomb. Brian came along in his 928, Tim shredded the rear tyres on his 986, Marc was super smooth as always in his 993, Dave & Angela were testing out their MG, Simon

Team TIPEC NW at Blyton Park

was avoiding the noise meter in his 997 GT3, Alan was bouncing his 968 off the kerbs, Tony was looking ‘pro’ in his 944 and me & Diane were pottering in our 997 Carrera S. As always at Blyton, the atmosphere was friendly, the weather dry and sunny, the standards of driving/track etiquette exemplary and everyone had a good day out. The icing on the cake for me was a word of thanks to the North West region from Club Treasurer Paul Bird for our support of these track days. His words were “these events wouldn’t happen without the North West” so many thanks to all of you who came along and who have put up with my constant badgering about signing up before each track day. It’s appreciated.

Our annual concours event took place on Sunday 31st of July, very kindly hosted for the second year running by Colin & Kath Hammerton. With a few of our regulars away on holiday or attending the Silverstone Classic event and even the Porsche Experience Centre, I’d figured that we’d be down on attendance, but we were actually two cars up on last year with 19 Porsches parked on the drive, the grass, next door’s drive etc … The weather was good, Colin’s barbecue skills shone, Kath and Rachel proved to be hostesses of ample ability and our concours winners were Darren ‘Bowser’ Pollard, Doug ‘working away’ Ogden and the aforementioned Colin ‘Shepherd’ Hammerton.

Visitors choice went to Alan’s ever-popular 3.2 Targa and the Xbox challenge driving game adult winner was Marc ‘toll-man’ Slater (for the second year running) and young Jamie Ogden took the ‘youth’ crown. Special thanks must go to our judges: Cheshire and Staffs AROs Gareth and Stef trekked up in their 944 Turbo to form a three person judging team with Dene (friend of the club and mechanical guru) and the three of them did a fine job of finding winners in a collection of beautifully presented vehicles.

October 21st (Friday) Chippy Tea/Friday Feast run November 14th (Monday) Club night at The Railway (due to refurbishments at The Boatyard) November 18th (Friday) Chippy tea/Friday feast run Alan’s 968 doing what comes naturally

December 11th (Sunday) Christmas Tea! December 12th (Monday) Club night at The Railway (due to refurbishments at The Boatyard)

Cheshire & Staffs

Concours winners: Colin, Darren, Doug & Jamie

Our ‘Friday Feast’ run on 19th August found us back at The Duke of Wellington just outside Haslingden. Being the holiday season, numbers were down a bit, but we had a collection of three 911s and a Boxster in the car park and nine hungry people in the pub for tea!

By the time you read this, the Tatton Park ‘Passion for Power’ show will have been and gone, as will the Oulton Park Gold Cup weekend and our annual European road trip to the Nürburgring (and beyond for some of us).

You’ll be able to learn all about what went on next time!

On Sunday 2nd October we’re holding our Family ‘selfie’ Treasure Hunt, this time starting somewhere between Preston and Blackburn and finishing somewhere else. Details will be emailed to members’ and also posted on our Facebook page. Designed to appeal to all ages, it’ll be a good afternoon out for the whole family.

As always, thanks to all of you in the North West Region (and Crewe!) who get involved with club activities. Without you, there wouldn’t be a North West Region worth bothering with.

If you’re not getting an occasional email from me (Richard) please get in touch so that I can add your address to my distribution list.

If you’re a Facebook user, you can find us at The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club North West. Our regional page on the Club website is kept up to date with a few words and lots of pictures and will give non-participating members an idea of what they’re missing.

Be that good or bad!

October 2nd (Sunday) Family ‘selfie’ Treasure Hunt October 10th (Monday) Club night at The Railway (due to refurbishments at The Boatyard)

RO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 • watson_david@btinternet.com ARO Gareth Aldridge 07881 228 944 • gj.aldridge@yahoo.co.uk Cheshire & Staffs on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/TIPEC.CS Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX. Quite a few of our region’s members joined the North West region at their July club night, which was held at Porsche Centre Bolton. Adam and team had kindly provided food, whilst we all admired their 924 Carrera GT restoration. She is a beauty and will be on display at a few events this year (you may have seen the car at the Silverstone Classic).

A fantastic evening was had admiring the hard work and dedication going into this year’s restoration project. Last year’s 924 restoration project was taking pride of place in the showroom (which is now for sale if anyone fancies adding a 924 to their collection). Thank you to TIPEC North West for letting us join your evening.

10 cars and 21 club members hit the road for the bi-annual road trip to Le Mans. The trip wouldn’t have been as much fun without all the adventures and laughs had by all along the way. Team Tonkin collected the most beer cup memorabilia, Chris and his ‘Snap-On’ 968 came to the rescue on many occasions with its extensive toolkit. Barry made sure everyone stayed in group though admitted it was like ‘herding cats’! With a few exceptions we miraculously managed to keep the train of cars together.

The Le Mans Classic was a spectacular event.

The racing was second to none with some amazing cars going round the track. Barry enjoyed some parade laps around the circuit with Dave as co-pilot which was a great experience. The group continued their adventure after Le Mans and travelled on to Le Manoir de L’Automobile in Loheac. (Thanks go to Rob Slater for suggesting that we add this museum to the itinerary). This place was like a rabbit warren and had cars that even had our fellow car nerds were in awe of. There were many extremely rare cars and some makes/

models that the group had never heard of.

We then headed to Dinan for a very pleasant stopover and meal in the old town, not far from St Malo. The group then split up with some heading back to the fast ferry at Cherbourg, and others continuing their adventures.

Gareth and Stef docked in Dover on the 13th Jul which was also Surrey & Sussex region’s club night. So they decided to detour slightly and stop off there for a bite to eat before their last leg of their road trip home. They were welcomed by the region members and were able to admire more beautiful cars in the car park.

The 17th July was a sunny Sunday and there was a small car meet arranged by a fellow Porsche owner in the 968 Club at Trentham Gardens. Gareth & Stef ventured over in their 928 and met one of our new club members, Mark, in his 944 Cabriolet and Matt in his 968 Club Sport (who has since joined the club too).

They all took a short drive to Gareth’s workshop where they got their heads under the bonnets, chatting all things Porsche.

Our annual Pride of Ownership concours was held at the July club night. We had a fantastic turnout of 30+ Porsches. Everyone enjoyed a very pleasant summer’s evening admiring the vast variety of Porsches in the car park. There were several transaxle models, classic and modern 911s, Boxsters, John’s 914 and Graeme’s Cayenne.

The Cheshire & Staffs scoring system is based on interior and exterior condition only, weighted for mileage. A further ‘Members Choice’ vote adds an additional weighting to make the result as fair as possible. Last year’s winner, Bob McWilliam, joined Dave as judge whilst everyone was chatting and choosing their favourite car of the evening. Third place was awarded to John Pye’s 996 Turbo, second place was awarded to John Biddulph’s 964 RS and first place was awarded to John Tonkin’s 911 Carrera Supersport. It was a close run thing with eight cars very close to each other once the points had been totalled up. Congratulations to the ‘three Johns’ and our thanks to everyone that made such a great effort to prepare their cars for the evening.

Some of our members met with the 924 Owners Club on the 24th July for a transaxle meet at Peter Saysell’s home. It was lovely to chat and meet fellow local Porsche enthusiasts, and was another opportunity for us to recruit new members. Thank you Peter for welcoming us fellow 924 owners to your home.

A small group of members went to the Silverstone Classic on the 29th–31st July where they were able to enjoy a very well run event with amazing classic cars, excellent classic racing and a huge array of club displays.

Porsche Cars put on a big display with their annual Porsche Centres restoration competition.

This judged all the classic Porsches restored by main dealers. It was great to see Porsche Centre Bolton’s 924 Carrera GT, that several members had seen at the beginning of the month. Those members who were at Le Mans had a second PAGE / 29

TIPEC stand at the Oulton Park Gold Cup weekend

opportunity to admire the 924 GTP that had also been restored. There were 30+ cars in the Porsche Turbo display and Dave Watson picked up the ‘Best 930’ award for his 930 Flatnose.

His trophy was presented by Jurgen Barth, Porsche racing legend and Le Mans winner – which made it a memorable event. Hope to see more members attending next year – it was another very enjoyable weekend.

Richard (NW RO) asked Stefanie & Gareth if they would be guest judges for the NW concours event on the 31st July. They were honoured to be asked, and took the opportunity to admire the NW region’s collection of beautiful machines before determining the three winners. Like our own competition, the NW competition was very close. A fantastic day was had by everyone.

We would like to thank the NW region for the invite and the Hammerton family for welcoming us to your home. You have some very accommodating neighbours, allowing everyone to park on their drives and gardens!

7th August was our picnic run to Lake Vyrnwy.

We had eight Porsches and a Peugeot in the convoy, which was led by Gareth in his 944 Turbo. It was a lovely drive out on the many scenic roads leading into Wales, followed by a lunch stop at Lake Vyrnwy itself. After everyone had refuelled with their picnics, the group headed off for a steady drive around the lake followed by a leisurely drive through more beautiful Welsh scenery. It was nice to see Brian’s Boxster stretching its legs, and fun to be in convoy with several nice cars. However, we found out the hard way that there are very few petrol stations in rural Wales – which was a little concerning for Stuart in his 911 as he was starting to run on fumes. So our local Welshman (Gary) came to the rescue in his 911 RSR Replica and navigated us to the location of the nearest petrol station. Stuart and Team Tonkin were able to refuel whilst the group stopped for a quick coffee, before continuing on the final part of AT / 119

Cheshire & Staffs cars on their trip to Wales

the run. Jason & Lauren Lee also joined us on this run out – probably their last club outing before they emigrate to Toronto. We would like to take this opportunity to wish them all the best and look forward to seeing Jason’s Canadian Porsche exploits online soon.

August club night was a social evening where everyone could chat about everything Porsche (even Porsche related sewing! Gabrielle is now our chief seamstress). The glorious evening bought out 30+ Porsches, with everyone sitting outside admiring the beautiful display in the car park over some drinks. It was great to see some new club members and to welcome the partners of several members who came along on the night. An events list for future fixtures was discussed and an updated events list will be published shortly on our region’s page on the club website, and on our Facebook group.

20th–21st August was our annual static club display at Tatton Passion of Power. Despite the rainy weather we had a fantastic display on both days though unfortunately didn’t collect any trophies this time around. The autojumble was a useful source of materials. Hopefully Chris Hulme’s 924 Rothmans should have a watertight boot now! It was also very comical watching Darren’s dad trying to get his 1920s framed weight conversion board into the Boxster! Mr Pollard was adamant it was going home with him, even if he was decapitated in the process! Happily, Mr Pollard and the Boxster made it home in one piece. A few club members camped at Tatton, which added to the social scene of the event and resulted in an impromptu display of six Porsches parked around the caravan, motorhome and tent. It was a lovely weekend, one that we will look forward to again next year.

Cheshire & Staffs had a club stand at the Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting, held over the Bank Holiday weekend (27–29th August). We had

12 Porsches on Saturday and 16 on Sunday.

This would have been more had our friends at PCGB not hijacked some of our club members (with TIPEC tickets) diverting them onto their stand! This aside, we all had a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend. The weather was better than expected with glorious sunshine on both days. It was great to get up close to the classic racing cars in the pits, and to see them raced as intended around Oulton. It was also nice to see a ’78 924 in the paddocks. The owner informed us that the car had stood for the last 10 years.

He was now getting it back onto the track, with the Gold Cup being only his second track event since getting the car back on the road. It was great to see him in action.

The club displays were impressive too, though overall numbers looked slightly down on prior years. We had quite a social gathering at our gazebo with Stef using Dave’s Flatnose as a sunscreen … that whale tail has many uses (not just a tea and coffee tray …) Overall the last static show of the season was a memorable event.

Watch this space for an update on events and fixtures. We have added a few new ones to the list for next season. Recent months have been quiet in the workshop with little additional much work getting done on our various members’ restoration projects. However this will all change now that autumn approaches. One club member has also added another two Porsches to his collection since our last magazine, adding a 944 Cabriolet and Boxster to his 968 and 924 collection – happy motoring Chris. Dave will have one of his cars at the NEC again so some fettling will soon be happening!

We have had several new members join our region over the last few months. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome them to both the club and region, and look forward to seeing you at our events.

October 2nd (Sunday) Treasure Hunt Run (hosted by TIPEC North West) Please confirm your attendance with Richard or Diane Sholl October 18th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks Marque Essentials Presentation and Buyers Guide to the 911 SC & 3.2 Carrera October 30th (Sunday) Spooky Sunday drive with Halloween supper (location to be confirmed) please confirm attendance with Gareth/Stefanie for the supper

Notts Classic Car & Bike Show at Thoresby Park

November 11–13th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Motorshow (discounted ticket code in advert on page 39) November 15th (Tuesday) Club night – winter quiz night Date to be confirmed TIPEC tour round Chevron Racing Cars, Antrobus December 20th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks Christmas meal from 7pm, club meeting 8pm January 8th (Sunday) Annual New Year’s run and lunch

South Yorkshire & North Notts.

Joint RO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 • dean@tachart.com Joint RO Ray Waite waite696@aol.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 Welcome again to another busy couple of months for us SYNNers. The weather has been quite good up here so no excuses for not getting out and about.

Classic Car & Bike Show at Doncaster Deaf College Year after year this event just gets better and better, and bigger – this year taking over the public parking area – and the sunshine helped.

Always a good member turn out for this one, plenty of stalls and some great classics on display.

Also the return of Darth Vader and various members of the Star Wars entourage, to have your photo taken with for a donation to charity.

An excellent show which we will return to.

PCGB Yorkshire Porsche Festival, Lotherton Hall Unfortunately this event clashed with the Deaf School but did have a SYNN presence in the form of GB (or Graham as he is known to his mum) and Sally. This is always a well-attended event, by both enthusiasts and traders, including Strasse.

Katharine, Best Dressed Lady at Croft!

The Harley Classic & Gala Harley is a small village near Wentworth and Sunday was their annual Gala and Car Show.

Although access to the showground was slightly problematic due to volume of cars and narrow streets, the stewards did an excellent job in arranging areas for specific years and models and shepherding everyone in without too much fuss – although with the site on a slight incline our rear wheel drive cars had to be coaxed into position on the damp grass. For a small village this was an action packed ‘traditional’ village show, including a dog show, children & adult races, Sea Cadets marching band and live music. Plenty of choice regarding food and drink with the usual cake stalls, tombola, ice cream and bar. The mobile pizza oven proved very popular. Local charities had stalls and the dog rescue also had raffles.

The robot won the fancy dress competition and the Gala Queen (Daisy if I remember rightly) headed the procession. Local celebrity Toby Foster was also spotted.

I was pleasantly surprised by the number and diversity of cars on display, and a number of clubs were represented including Jaguar, TVR, Ford, Porsche, Mini, and lots of classics, with Ferrari and Lamborghini proving very popular with the public.

A small marquee was showing nostalgic motoring films and dancers in vintage clothing completed the display. Definitely worth considering for 2017.

TIPEC Track Day at Blyton Park Once again Paul Bird had organised a great day with the weather staying perfect for being on track.

This year I took along the upgraded 964 C4 with Richard Scholl riding co-pilot for the first session while Dianne put Richard’s 997 through its paces.

John Ulyatt had the pleasure of jumping in for the other sessions as he had a drive over to spectate for the day. It was nice to put into practice all the suspension mods and setups that have been done over the last year – which worked like a dream.

The only fault was a slight weep of oil dripping onto

KArting podium with Ray, Rick & Dean

the exhaust system as I pulled in, which created a bit smoke on cool down. The morning consisting of Porsche-only track time with other sessions by the MG club and the Polo club. The afternoon was a mix of car clubs which made it very interesting. Thanks again to all organisers for a great day. Hopefully we’ll get some more SYNN members next year as it’s a great novice track and not too hard on the car or driver.

Ashover Classic Car & Bike Show Another Rotary club event, well attended as usual.

Weather was not too bright but plenty to see with plenty of traders and an enthusiastic crowd. Once again we had a Porsche spot reserved for us by Stuart (much appreciated). Unfortunately the lady in the ice cream van split us into two groups and refused to move. Katharine was well delighted as she didn’t have to walk too far for her fix!

Croft Nostalgia Weekend Now in its seventh year, this was the third year for us at the Croft Racing circuit for a cracking weekend of historic car and bike racing with the HSCC series interspersed with track parades.

My favourite was the ’70s Road Sports Championship with its diversity of vehicles all trying to master this wonderful track. Alongside the racing was the ’40s to ’60s themed weekend which we grasped with enthusiasm, getting into the spirit with the rest of the crowd walking around before entering the marquee and being transported back with entertainment by George Formby (AKA Colin Bourdiec) and a great duo singing Andrews Sisters hits, along with others, called The Daisy Belles. Both days had a Best Dressed Lady and Gent competition which you had to be invited to enter, and it gives me great pleasure to announce that Katharine Waite won Best Dressed Lady on the Sunday.

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once you got used to them. A bit disconcerting though, was that the only sound was the rumble of tyres on tarmac. Oh, and Dave asking politely to ‘get out the way’. We did the Grand Prix which consisted of four sessions: practice, two qualifying rounds, and the final. First place went to Rick Marot with a record lap time of 29.716 seconds (top of the Tyke Racing leaderboard). Second place to the old man Ray Waite (how did that happen?) and third place to Dean Lancashire (also on the leaderboard with 29.757 seconds). A great event, we will return.

45th Notts Classic Car & Bike Show, Thoresby Park Decidedly grey skies when eight cars met up at the Clumber Park Hotel and on to Thoresby. 9:30am and the showground was already filling up and by the time we had the flag up the sun had emerged, it was bacon buttie time. By mid-morning we had 10 Porsches as well as a friend of ours, Robert, with his outstanding Austin Healey 3000. Later an exmember, Mick, joined us with his very nice MX-5.

As the day wore on and the majority of traders had been visited, it was time to relax and enjoy the rather warm sunshine. So much better than last year. When the sun is out the SYNN team are usually the last to vacate the site, and so it was this year. A great day.

By the time you read this we will have had our annual concours/pride of ownership, Sportscars in the Park, our regular SYNN dining (this time at the Hotel Van Dyk) and we will be looking forward to the Restoration Show at Stoneleigh.

For up to the minute info visit www.synn.org.uk

Central tipeccentral@outlook.com Joint RO Lindsay Brown 07768 442 050 Joint RO Steve Jones 07775 581 044 Joint RO Stuart Wakeman 07912 620 181 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 Central Region’s annual show and shine was again a success with 24 cars in attendance, all polished to a glorious shine. It certainly was a sight to behold. We also had a new overall winner, well done Sanjay and your gorgeous 993.

We don’t have many more events left this year, although we have been invited to The Hints Scarecrow Festival for the first time on September 18th, they already have the local MX5 owners club in attendance so hopefully we can muster a few cars to show on the day.

This only really leaves the Classic and Sportscar Show at the NEC in November. This is a real treat for petrolheads with an enormous array of cars from all marques, if you are coming to the show pop onto the TIPEC stand and say hello, it’s nice to put a face to a name.

We are just starting to sort out next year’s event listing, if there is anything you would like to do, or any event which you feel we could attend, please let us know. Any information is more than welcome.

Hopefully see you soon.

October 10th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head November 14th (Monday) Club night at The Bull’s Head

East Midlands New RO & ARO wanted urgently!

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.

Anglia & North Essex Steering group: Ian Jones • izzy.spyder@sky.com John Butcher • gtjohnny1@aol.com Shaun Crosby • scampi.cat@btinternet.com Steve Burgess • info@sbprinting.co.uk Lorna Ward • info@sbprinting.co.uk John Briggs • john.briggs@charcoal.uk.com Yvonne King • yvonneking@hotmail.com Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at The Woolpack, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP31 1SW. 01284 753 380 www.facebook.com/groups/618348854957396 We are coming to the end of our events programme for the year. Our Christmas meal this year will be held at our club night venue, the Woolpack, on Sunday 4th December. Meeting at 1:30pm for a two o’clock sit down, numbers to be collected soon.

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The queues for Silverstone!

I must say that for those who attended our last few club nights, there was a great deal of discussion, much of it being of great interest in terms of what has been good this year and that which we could do better. From a steering

919 Hybrid at Silverstone Classic

committee position its always difficult if not impossible to arrange things that would appeal to all members, so we need your help. There was talk of doing things that were not car related – great! Excellent, let’s have some ideas about what you might like to do, and/or if you would be willing to help arrange it.

I think there are a few events that we will not attend en masse next year, but there are so many more shows we have not visited, the selection is endless. Some of the larger, more organised, shows are now placing restrictions on the time of departure, which is not convenient for everyone. Cars on the Green was 4pm and Little Gransden show 5:30pm – justified by health and safety issues and turning an enjoyable day into a very long one, especially if the weather is against you.

Having seen a number of changes in the region this year I think we are all feeling our way, but input from yourselves is both valuable and important.

Now to the fun bit, a few members enjoyed outings to the following: Blyton Park Trackday With the trackday booked many moons ago it was soon here! Steve, myself and our brave other halves had booked ourselves into a hotel prior to the main event and we arrived early-ish to beat the traffic. After a quick lunch it was out and about, off to Gainsborough to have a look around and top up with fuel for the next morning. We must have found the slowest road in the country! After a good meal, rest and a massive breakfast it was off to Blyton to stretch the legs of our fire breathing pigs via the slowest road again … to arrive fashionably late – oops!

Once the briefing was all done, we caught up with Mick and his 968. A good session format in the morning and an open pit lane after lunch, good manners and gentlemanly drivers were in

With holidays booked for August, it was surprising how busy the period was and Peter saw the opportunity for some sailing as a change from his speed machine!

The TIPEC trackday at Blyton Park provided lots of action

abundance with only a few warnings given out for any over zealous driving. Mixing the club with the VW Polo and MG clubs was great, with lots of seat hopping and interaction.

If you missed this event, you missed a great opportunity to explore your own skills and all of that motorsport heritage your porker has.

Silverstone Classic At the end of July an intrepid collection of ingrates decided it would be a good idea to attend the Silverstone Classic, many of us had never been but had been encouraged by the owner of a green pig to attend. My day started off at 4:30am: shower, change of clothes and a quick brekkie, as a bacon sandwich at the other end was suggested but ignored out of turn. A drive in the Polo to deepest Essex followed by a spirited drive to Stansted to collect the other two jolly lads, a cup of java then off to Northampton.

Silverstone was all we expected – a long queue of traffic, loads of confusion, then we were in and drove onto the TIPEC site at around 8:30, to be met by Shaun and Geoff. Off to the burger van for some much needed sustenance and then off to the show. If you have never been, Silverstone is a huge site. The organisers have eight London double-decker buses driving around the site, classic car racing is going on all day running everything from the 1950s to modern F1 cars, and you are generally welcome to walk around the pit lanes and the garages or team tents. The mechanics, sorry, engineers get a bit sweaty if you start poking around the cars they are working on but its an open environment and you are free to take as many photos as you want and ask intelligent questions (the daft ones you can keep to yourself).

There are plenty of food stands and drink tents so there is no excuse for not being fed or watered during the day, which was at times baking. There was a run on floppy hats and sunglasses when a few red heads and sore bits

got exposed to the sun. If you have a look on Facebook you will see numerous photos of cars taken by Izzy and some from Adam who got very tried carrying his massive camera around all day!

Facebook has been the success of the year. We started off with a very small number, and have over 25 members now. May not sound like a lot but many of our members, if not active, still look at the postings on Facebook, which is encouraging.

Our next event is the long awaited BBQ, the location is secret so I’m told, but the date is now confirmed as September 11th.

October 29th (Saturday) PIE Performance Coffee & Cars event December 4th (Sunday) Christmas dinner, now taking bookings

North London, Herts & South Essex RO Vince Dallimore 07798 630 649 • NLHSE@tipec.net ARO Peter Musk 07734 769 953 • NLHSE@tipec.net Four informal monthly meetings: First Sunday 10:30am (open marque) at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, SG13 7RT. Third Saturday 2pm (Porsches only) at the South East side of Smithfield Market, London EC1A 9LH, parking in the closed loading bays opposite Smithfield Café. Third Sunday 11am (open marque) at the King & Tinker, Whitewebbs Lane, Enfield, EN2 9HJ. Last Monday 6pm (Porsches only) at The ACE Café, Ace Corner, off the A406, Stonebridge, London, NW10 7UD.

As an owner of 928s, I’ve been following with interest the progress of the restoration of a rare 1988 928SE by Phil Rickard who lives in Cumbria; Phil finally got his project to the point of MOT and street legal in July. Phil was visiting the previous owner, Angus Fox in Surrey, to show him the restoration outcome so it was an opportunity for me to pop down from North London in early July, to see the car and have a chat with Phil & Angus. The outcome is a sympathetic restoration rather than a concours car and a very good result was evident, with details including original factory stickers! Phil’s other project has been the uprating of his supercharged 928 with a stroker engine from 928 Motorsports in the USA. The car is nearing completion with engine management and fuelling commissioning being the last details before it is fully operational. Chris Sanderson at Loebank Motors and John Speake at JDS Porsche have been helping Phil with the mapping and injector installation. I look forward to hearing from Phil when the ‘Orange Beast’ project is complete!

On 17th July Peter & I joined Thames Valley for Supercar Sunday at Brooklands. The weather was kind, and an impressive display of our cars in a dedicated parking area made a good base for chatting with other owners before wandering the event and viewing the exotica on display. A really enjoyable day out with the only hiccup being a long delay on the M25 due to a an RTA early on the Sunday morning!

On 23rd July I joined Ken Johnson, a 928GTS owner from Essex for a day at Brands Hatch, to watch various practice and racing sessions.

Of particular interest was a 928GTS being raced

by Mark Chilton; he qualified well in a mixed race of ’70s and ’80s cars and in the race achieved second in his category and third overall. Ticket price on the day was £15, or £10 in advance; something of a bargain given we were on site from 8am until 5:30pm! If this is a day out of interest to NLHSE members, let me know and we can put something in the diary for 2017.

The late July visit to the ACE Café on 25th saw a pleasant summer evening with a commensurate big turnout of cars. Peter picked up a puncture – salt in the wound after he holed a radiator returning from the AGM at Gaydon in May! The Silverstone Classic was blessed with fine weather after last year’s washout. Peter & I visited on Saturday 30th; I had been invited to a parade lap to celebrate the transaxle models 40th anniversary, one of only 20 928s on the day.

The TIPEC area was in a great spot for watching the practice and racing, with tea, coffee and nibbles on offer to attending members. The event is now so large that it really needs more than a day to take it all in, so next year I’ll be planning for the full three days. Any members interested in joining the event, let us know, so that Peter & I can plan accordingly.

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Kent & South East London Joint RO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 • prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Joint RO Martin Jackson 07942 485 094 • martinjackson911@yahoo.co.uk 914 at the Ace Café

Can-Am at the Silverstone Classic

Peter & I were both away on holiday for the monthly gathering at the Goat on 7th August, so we hope it was a good gathering for any of you that did attend.

My holiday this year took Helen & me to North America. We had 10 days in Chicago, Illinois, which is only 150 miles from Horicon, the home of 928 Motorsports in Wisconsin. I arranged with business owner Carl Fausett to pay them a visit to say hello, meet the team and take a look at Carl’s setup and race car – a supercharged 16v 1979 928S, heavily modified for racing, speed trials and the famous Pikes Peak hill climb challenge.

Carl holds the world land speed record for a 928 at 216.63537 MPH, set in 2011 at Bonneville Salt Flats. The same car with a different aero setup also holds records at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), the most difficult hill climb in the world, with 156 turns over 12 miles, ascending from 9,000 feet to the finish at 14,100 feet. In 2007, Carl’s team won third place in the Open Division against an international field of factory and privateer efforts, and in 2009 won third place in the Open Division again, and was the fastest 2WD car in the Division.

During my visit I couldn’t resist buying some goodies to bring back in luggage for each of my 928s, completing a little pilgrimage for a 928 enthusiast!

On 28th August we displayed at the Little Gransden Air/Car show, supported by Rodney Ayers in his immaculate 1987 Targa Super Sport and Steve Ward in his very nice 996 Carrera 4.

Peter was in his 997 Turbo and I had the 1988 S4 manual on show; we had a good position next to the parked aircraft and a short walk from the vendor area and food stands. The event is for charity and has a very well organised air display, which post-Shoreham has to work under more restricted display rules.

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Mark Chilton’s 928GTS at Brands Hatch

The land speed record 928 at 928 Motorsports

Highlights of the air display were a Hurricane, B17 Flying Fortress and a Gnat ex Red Arrows jet, aerobatics flying and other historic aircraft.

It was a good day with only a couple of brief showers.

Sadly, we won’t offer this event in future as member support from our region simply isn’t there and for the second year we wasted money on tickets that weren’t taken up.

We are considering taking space at the Capel Manor classic car show in August next year.

The event is easy to access just off the A10/M25 junction near Enfield, so will perhaps be more appealing to our region’s members.

Our final outing of the period was to the ACE Café on Bank holiday Monday; with fine weather, the car park was filling up as we arrived at 6pm.

There was an excellent display of Porsches from all eras and some very rare examples of the more sought after 911 variants.

We will be investigating some alternative Monthly outings, two of which are in Essex and might offer the opportunity for a group drive to the venues. Let us know if you would be interested in this kind of outing.

As the season winds down, our monthly meetings at the ACE Café and the Goat continue throughout the year. If any members have ideas for other region activity, do let us know by email or a call to either Peter or myself.

October 1st (Saturday) Tilford: Surrey 928 meeting November 11–13th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Car Show at the NEC Birmingham November 19th (Saturday) Merry Miller 928 meeting

Meetings are held first Monday of the month from 7:30pm at The Carpenters Arms, Three Elm Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge TN11 0AD. www.carpentersarms.net It has been a busy couple of months for the Kent and South-East London region. On Sunday 10th July, Sean & Jenny kindly invited our members for a BBQ where we witnessed his mastery at the grill and then settled down to watch the British Grand Prix, although some members preferred to watch Andy Murray win Wimbledon instead, before indulging in more food and drink. Luckily the weather stayed fine and we all had a great afternoon.

We arranged a trip to Lingfield racecourse for a ‘Hooves & Grooves’ event with a picnic and bubbles. We weren’t aware that we had an expert gambler in our region – Edwina won most races and then treated us all to Prosecco.

We then spent the evening in an adjacent field listening to the excellent Bootleg Beatles.

This was such an enjoyable day it may become a regular fixture in our calendar.

After an absence of a few years we visited our old friends at Paragon Porsche in Mayfield.

We had a great drive down from Maidstone on a perfect summer Sunday morning and were greeted by Jamie & Jason and an amazing array of Porsches; not to mention a great selection of sausage and bacon sandwiches.

At our August club night at the Carpenter’s Arms we had more than 20 members turn up as well as Stuart & Dan from OPC Tonbridge who brought along a new Boxster for us to look over.

Unfortunately, just as we were about to set out on a few test runs, heavy rain stopped play.

On Sunday August 14th, we had a trip to A2 Tyres in Sittingbourne where Luke, Rob and Kev had arranged a fascinating morning, including producing a booklet that explained about N-rated tyres, nitrogen and four wheel alignment. We were able to get the cars up on the ramps and could check and adjust the four wheel alignment of members’ cars, a bonus being the free nitrogen that was added to our tyres. Some people had new tyres fitted and we all enjoyed the great bacon and sausage sandwiches.

We attended a Jazz Picnic on August 21st which was very kindly hosted by Graham’s parents, Viv & Ian. We were very lucky with the weather and were able to spend a ‘sophisticated’ afternoon picnicking whilst listening to Graham’s dad’s band ‘Strings & Things’ play, with an amazing vocal performance from his mum. It was lovely to see our Porsches in such a great environment.

Thames Valley RO Andrew Harris 07812 146 999 • thames.valley@tipec.net ARO Graham Driver 07799 625 279 • thames.valley@tipec.net

The showroom at Paragon Porsche

Meetings are held second Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX.

Specials night at the Novello

We had our Thames Valley picnic run on 3rd July with the day starting bright and sunny.

We had a fair gathering of club members turn out, these being Graham & Gina with their 997, Dan & Angela in their 996 Turbo, Graham Driver in his 996 C4, Jason & Lindsay with their 924 and Kat & I in our 996 C2. We all arrived at the Novello for 9:30am in readiness to be on the road by 9:45. We were slightly delayed as we were chatting, as you do; we finally got underway just before 10am.

Kent & SE London visit to A2 Tyres

October 2nd (Sunday) Carrera Cup/BTCC at Brands Hatch November 12–13th (Saturday–Sunday) Britcar Into the Night race at Brands Hatch If you have any questions about any of these diary dates, please phone or email Martin or Paul. We look forward to seeing lots of members, old and new, at these events or at one of our club nights, held on the first Monday of every month.

South Central RO Gary Howard Twitter: @ Porsche_TIPECSC Facebook: South Central TIPEC 07856 723 196 • south.central@tipec.net

Jason had prepared a route that took us from the Novello along the A4 towards Maidenhead and through Hollyport, Shurlock Row, Twyford, Binfield, Warfield and Bracknell. From here our route took us along the A322 through Bisley and Pirbright via Cemetery Pales, swinging right onto the A324 towards Tongham and then onto our objective which was Newlands Corner.

Our journey time was approximately two hours and we only covered about 50 miles, the pace was, shall we say, irregular! We had cyclists plus the usual Sunday drivers out and about hindering our, what was to be, a spirited drive around the lovely countryside! We did have moments of excitement with slight depressions of the accelerator pedal, overtaking one or two of the cyclists. However, as Jason stated via the walkie talkie that we had on board, we couldn’t help being behind a numpty or two! These were soon dealt with as the road straightened up,

Specials night at the Novello

hard on the throttle and numpty was behind us!

A little trivia for you … Newlands Corner, just east of Guildford, is a picnic site and beauty spot situated on the ridge of Albury Downs, part of the North Downs. It is positioned on an elevation of approximately 567 feet with far reaching views over open countryside and famous for being the key location of Agatha Christie’s disappearance in 1926! Her car was found overhanging a chalk pit, she was however found some days later having checked into a hotel under an alias in Harrogate!

On our arrival at Newlands Corner we were met by friends Paul and Nicki, they had the right idea, a 986 Boxster S with the roof down! I would like to say that the sunshine which had greeted us first thing stayed out for the whole afternoon

Meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month, throughout the year, from 10:00 to 12:00 at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants, NN13 5SH, and on the third Tuesday of the month, between March and October, at The Betsey Wynn, 21 Mursley Road, Swanbourne, Milton Keynes, MK17 0SH. Please check for updates via email, Facebook and Twitter pages.

Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 • 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.

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but, in traditional British summer fashion, the clouds gathered in, the wind picked up and with that we donned our fleeces and jackets; the rain did manage to stay off and we did have the odd spell of sunshine between the breaks in the clouds. The picnics came out along with a flask or two of hot drinks, and there was a café selling hot beverages for those without flasks!

We were shortly joined by Andrew Cremona and his partner, Julie. In all we had a good turnout for what was to be a very enjoyable time spent with some very lovely people. The decision to part company and hit the road home was taken at about 3pm, my drive back to Woodley was a little sedate as traffic was heavy. As for the others, I couldn’t say, but I am sure any cobwebs formed whilst parked up would have been well and truly blown away!

in attendance to include, GT2s, GT3s, GT3RSs, a GT4, Turbos, Club Sport, and a track prepared 944 to name but a few. Thank you to everyone who attended and for bringing your lovely cars out to play! I must say, along with all the ‘special’ models, we had a wonderful turn out of cars from early 911s to the later 991s including 964s, 993s, 996C2s and C4s, 997s and of course, the lovely Boxsters.

We were kindly re-invited to join OPC MidSussex for their BBQ and what turned out to be a ‘show and shine’ on Saturday 6th August.

Having visited during March for a breakfast and geometry morning with them, they most kindly asked us back and who were we to say no! Meeting at Cobham services on the M25 for 8:30am and without thick fog this time, we had a run down to Burgess Hill with six cars in our little convoy. Things were going well until we found ourselves split up at a roundabout with half the convoy taking a different route! Somehow we all managed to arrive at our destination at the same time so all good overall. Our hosts kindly greeted us with tea, coffee and cold drinks and with the BBQ glowing red, the food wasn’t too far away.

They did put on a lovely spread, so a big thank you to Porsche Centre Mid-Sussex for having us.

October 11th (Tuesday) Monthly Meeting at the Novello

Following on from our themed summer monthly meetings, July saw us having our ‘Topless Tuesday’; unfortunately I was holidaying in France with my 996 (and my partner and some friends, thought I had best mention that!) and so missed this event, however I understand from the club members that a few of you brought your soft tops along for another entertaining evening at the Novello.

Our August meeting was a ‘Specials Night’ and what a night it was! With approximately 60 cars

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A good number of new faces joined us for this very pleasurable evening and we mustn’t forget to mention all of our regulars, thanks for making it one of our busiest and best meetings to date.

We have a number of upcoming events for us to look forward to:

October 15th (Sunday) Goodwood Charity Track day and Car Show with Club Carrera UK – This is in aid of Chestnut Tree Children’s Hospice – A very relaxed and enjoyable day out.

October 31st (Monday) Porsche Night at the Ace Café November 8th (Tuesday) Monthly Meeting at the Novello November 11–13th (Friday–Sunday) Classic Motor Show at the NEC November 28th (Monday) Porsche Night at the Ace Café We do have lots of events lined up throughout the year so please keep an eye on the diary page of our website at: www.tipec.net/regions/thames-valley.

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

Surrey & Sussex RO Robert Stephens 07548 306 803 ARO Eben Hugo 07952 862 769 ARO James Garrard 07837 701 011 Group email surrey.sussex@tipec.net Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month 8pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, 10 miles south of Crawley off the A23. Surrey & Sussex Region’s own Facebook page www.facebook.com/ groups/412785915550876 For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly club meeting or TIPEC regional event, we always welcome new members or prospective members. We’re a friendly bunch no matter what model of Porker you own or desire, you don’t even have to own a Porsche to be a member and you will be guaranteed to receive a hearty welcome and make some new friends. You also have the opportunity of winning our regional Lotto with all S&S Region members going into the hat each month, but you have to be at the meeting to win if your name is drawn out. If you want to get the most from TIPEC membership, please remember to interact with other regions, you will be very surprised at what you might find. Why not take a look at our Facebook page and main TIPEC.net web page to keep up to date with the very latest news from the club and the Surrey & Sussex region.

Silverstone Classic Its easy to see why the Silverstone Classic is one of TIPEC’s biggest annual events. Billed as ‘the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival’, it was bigger and better than ever this year. The 100,000+ visitors who descended on Silverstone over the last three days of July were treated to spectacular track action with over a 1,000 race entries covering a wide range of motorsport from yesteryear.

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ARY’s grand entrance at the Capel Classic

Rare 911 R at the Porsche Mid Sussex open day and show & shine

Apart from the racing the various car clubs who displayed over 10,000 cars, this year the TIPEC stand was right on the Brooklands turn – a notoriously tricky right-hander and perfect for watching those rare and often priceless cars slide around the apex of the track at the very edge of tire grip and beyond. What a sensational backdrop for the club stand and the long line of member’s cars!

Over at the official Porsche stand this year’s focus was on the amazing restoration work carried out on front engined Porches. Newlooking 924s, 944s, 968s and 928s and the famous 924 GTP, raced at Le Mans in 1980, proved very popular with the crowd. Also on display was a decidedly unrestored Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid race car, together with other famous race cars. Various activities, demonstrations, air displays, live music, food, shopping, etc, meant that there was something for everyone to enjoy and made for a very exciting weekend.

Show & Shine detailing day and Summer BBQ at Porsche Mid Sussex We were blessed with a stunning day of sunshine; we were also blessed with an amazing turnout of Porsches, not only from Surrey & Sussex Region but also Thames Valley. Porsche Mid Sussex did us proud with some amazing food and even better looking cars in the showroom, which did include a GT3 RS and a rare 911 R. The New Macan S Diesel took my eye too, with its full spec package and stunning colour combination.

The food was impressive; not just the usual burgers and hot dogs, but salads and fruit too, they truly put on a full spread. They also ran a show and shine competition which Jason & I had the task of judging. Our own member Brian Flint won second place with his Guards Red 944, and the winner was a lady who only just imported her 356 C from Paris a week or two previously.

There was also a strong attendance of GT3 RSs in the car park, I counted three at one point all looking stunning, and the day ended on a high for myself when a rare 930 Turbo SE Cabriolet Flatnose in black finish turned up … it was love at first sight.

August club night at the Bolney Stage A particularly successful club night. Good weather brought everyone into the car park, along with some new faces and some new and stunning cars too. John P brought along his GT3 RS after having just taken delivery – a truly awesome machine, I was lucky enough to be taken out for a spin in it … and soon then realised that was a mistake. John is an amazing driver, and it took a full 10 mins for me to stop shaking afterwards (I was clenched a bit! Moving on …)

We also had a full-on race car turn up. Thanks to David Green and his son for bringing this work of art along, and we wish him every success with this season’s races. We were having so much fun we had to be called in to the venue just to get the announcements out of the way.

Cranleigh Classic Car, Bike Show & Autojumble Yet another fine day was had at this year’s Cranleigh classic. We shared our stand with Thames Valley Region, and by all accounts everyone enjoyed the day.

John P’s GT3 RS at the August club night

with his Cayman, a nice selection of 928’s attended and last but not least Jason brown in the 944.

An impressive turn out of Ferraris at this years show left lots of eyes wandering but the field was its usual packed standard, and the food was particularly nice too.

October 2nd (Sunday) Goodwood Breakfast Club Meeting – Italian Sunday October 12th (Wednesday) Club night at the Bolney Stage Inn October/November TBC Planning a visit to Spellbound cars, Farnham November 12th (Wednesday) Club Night at the Bolney Stage Inn November 11–13th (Friday–Sunday) NEC Classic Car Show, Birmingham B40 1NT National TIPEC Stand Discount code: CSCMS16 (Single £19.50, Family £38.00 December 7th (Wednesday) Porsche Mid Sussex Christmas get together, food and drink available

Capel Classic Car Show & Autojumble The first event in a very long time that started with rain, fortunately it cleared up just in time for the show, we had a great turnout, Steven Perrin brought along his new Westfield Fireblade yellow track thingy, and promptly got wet legs and burnt ankles (see? Should have driven the Porsche mate). Fortunately his lovely wife drove in with the 996 Targa, so Steve redeemed himself.

December 14th (Wednesday) Club night & Christmas meal – venue TBC

Dan brought along his 911 Targa with the newly fitted rebuilt engine, and the 356 Speedster, ARY got another airing, Chris Cook came along

All details of regional and national events are under the Events & Regional sections on the main TIPEC.net website

January 1st (Friday) New Years Day Gathering at Brooklands Brooklands Museum January 11th (Wednesday) Club Night at the Bolney Stage Inn

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I can’t believe how fast this year has gone and I already feel like we are approaching the final few outdoor events – the Castle Combe Autumn Classic on October 1st will see us on a club stand so I hope lots of members will be joining us.

I added a long list, supplied by Mike, of potential regional events to our regional web page at www.tipec.net/regions/bristolsouthwales and that goes right through to November.

By the time we go to Castle Combe, our trip of 11 cars over to Ireland for the Coastal Causeway experience will have been and gone so in the next edition look out for news from that trip.

You will also see a write up of our weekend in Dorset which included Porsches on The Prom in Weymouth, somewhere in this magazine. Well done to the organisers – an excellent event in a beautiful part of the country (apart from central Weymouth’s bizarre one way system).

Southern Region BBQ in perfect weather

October 4th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne November 1st (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne December 6th (Tuesday) *** NO CLUB NIGHT TONIGHT! If you go to The Old Thatch, you will be Wilhelm Keine Freunde *** The sizeable BBQ with Steve Wagg on duty

Southern RO Andy Fenwick 0776 720 1220 • andy.fenwick@tipec.net ARO Jim Tarrant 0120 260 1886 • jim.tarrant@consequia.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Old Thatch, 285 Wimborne Road West, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7NW. Southern Region's annual summer BBQ was once again a huge success – the venue, the people, the food, the weather – all perfect!

A huge thanks to Eddie Bennett and the team at Silvertune for sponsoring the event.

Thanks to everyone in attendance for supporting the raffle, which raised £283.07 in aid of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance; and to Chef de BBQ Steve Wagg who deservedly gained another gold star for his burger flipping skills.

Thanks also to our crack raffle ticket sales team Maddi & Kiri (and their kindly donated spacehoppers!); and finally to Steve Masterman & family for the use of the venue and all their hard work mowing.

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December TBD Christmas Dinner – contact us if you would like to join in Please visit our website at www.tipec.net/regions/southern as we are continuously updating our events page.

Members will also receive email notifications of upcoming items.

Bristol, South West & South Wales RO Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 • sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Debs Bradshaw 07423 436 503 • debbradshaw@sytner.co.uk ARO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 • mjs019@gmail.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:45pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk The recent monthly club nights at The Plough have been well attended and it has been lovely to welcome so many new members including a real rush of 928s – I think I have David Hodges, my 928 PR agent, to thank for this. Welcome aboard to all new members and I am so glad that you have already added your names to the lists for some of the upcoming events.

At our August club night I asked for suggestions for 2017 (and beyond) and boy did I get a huge list. Everything from picnics and BBQs, trackdays and rallies, (and ladies’ Afternoon Teas!) and many ideas for days out, and then abroad to Norway, Germany, Belgium and everywhere in between. Oh and Daytona!

I will decide in the next couple of months which ‘big’ regional trips I will put together for 2017.

I think Spa is already on the agenda for 2018 and I will hopefully do lots of one day events or ‘one nighters’ so we can fulfil your ambitions in Wales, Weymouth, Peak District, Beaulieu, etc etc. For many of the desired locations which are further afield the professional classic car tour companies along with our national trips will be the ones to look out for. Keep your eyes peeled for details of club trips.

I would really appreciate getting some help from any member who wants to take on the organising of a day trip out, or a visit to an interesting location, etc etc …

Despite the length of the list of responses I still welcome any more ideas and as always people from other regions are very welcome to come along on any of our trips just as we may piggyback yours.

Finally, as the evenings draw in, my organising thoughts turn to our mammoth Christmas lunch which this year is on Dec 11th. Anyone wanting to go please get in touch with me as places are going fast and we are limited to 70.

December 11th (Sunday) Regional Christmas Lunch

Cornwall & Devon RO & ARO urgently wanted For now, contact Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 • sue.simmons1@gmail.com Cornwall & Devon region is merged with Bristol, South West & South Wales until a local RO is found.

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