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TIPEC (0845 602 0052) www.tipec.net All Torque is published bi-monthly by The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club (TIPEC). All text & images are © their authors & photographers. Front cover image: The new Panamera passing the Audi sculpture at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, photographed by Keith Funnell. All Torque is based entirely on submissions from TIPEC members. This is your magazine and we need your involvement! Send in running reports, Porsche-related stories, how-to articles … anything you think might interest other TIPEC members. Please send text and images via email, or on CD/DVD (or paper!) to the address below. Submissions for issue 79 (December) must be in before Friday 6th November 2009. All Torque editor & designer Tony Blow tony@typescape.com Flat 1/1, 47 Greendyke Street, Glasgow G1 5PX Printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd, Suffolk (01787 247 436) Advertising in All Torque is managed by TIPEC club office 10 Whitecroft Gdns, Woodford Halse NN11 3PY (0845 602 0052) TIPEC Chairman Sean Smallman (07500 332 790) sean.smallman@tipec.net Vice Chairman Jim Hearnden (07930 353 232) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk Treasurer Brian Rowledge mymerak@aol.com Advertising & Club Liason Clive Gosling (07791 480 999) clive.gosling@tipec.net Membership Secretary Dave Doherty (01423 504 086) membership@tipec.net TIPEC Membership, Alexa House 26 Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2JJ Gruppe North Director John Oakes (01132 827 512) john.oakes3@btinternet.com Gruppe Central Director Eric Finley (07971 594 211) eric.finley@tipec.net Gruppe South Director Derek Flanagan (07767 254 820) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com All Torque & TIPEC are entirely independent of Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, Porsche Cars GB Ltd and its dealers. All registered Trade Marks owned by Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, including the word ‘Porsche’, the Porsche Crest and Porsche Script are acknowledged as such and are their property. Whilst all due care is taken in the production of All Torque; neither TIPEC, its officers or the editor can accept responsibility for the advice, information or opinions expressed herein. Opinions contained in any article published herein are of the author or editor and do not reflect the official position of TIPEC, its management or membership, unless clearly stated by a club official.
Chairman’s Chat I do not know what it has been like for you guys but it has been non stop Porsche activity since we got back from France. The Silverstone Classic is probably my favorite show of the calendar, the mix of static displays, competitive racing and trade stands make for three wonderful days of petrol nirvana. The organisers gave us a huge pitch on the grass, which had several rows of gleaming Porsches for the 65,000 attendees to walk around and chat about. We had so much space we even allowed some PCGB members to join us as their infield plot was a fraction of the size. We plan to make a much bigger show of this next year, more on this in future issues. In August we visited the Southern Region and attended the Poole Quay Porsche evening. This was a very well organised gathering with around 70 Porsches lining the road by the quay. It was quite amusing when a passer by said to his friends “they must be rich in Poole, everyone owns a Porsche”. We also attended the Southern Region Fun Day whilst we were in the area. As in previous years this was a very well attended event and I would like to thank everyone especially Nick and Karey for raising in excess of £1,000 for Julia’s House Hospice. I also had the pleasure of presenting Jim Tarrant with the Drury and Philips Award for member of the year. Jim has done a fabulous job keeping the forum and website running since they were first introduced in late 2007. We attended the Central Region’s drive around the Peak District and PCGB’s Porsche and Polo at Kirklington. I also went along to Curborough to watch the guys in action on the sprint circuit. This has to be one of the best ways to have some track action money can buy, great value and judging by the smiles on the faces cheap at twice the price. On the club front, dates have been set for next year’s annual show and we are looking to host a Saturday night BBQ with a live band. Please put the weekend of 5th–6th June in your new diaries. The AGM will take place on Sunday 18th April at The Heritage Motor Centre. Membership cards are now being produced in-house and have changed from alloy to metallic plastic. This will help Dave turnaround the cards much quicker now that we are not reliant on a supplier. The Central Region are organizing our display at the NEC Classic Car Show, please come along and say hello over the weekend. Please note that members receive £5 off the ticket price when booked in advance, see the advert in this issue for booking details.
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Sad loss of a good friend On Sunday 9th August 2009, Keith Strudwick, ARO for Anglia Region, passed away suddenly whilst at his home in Suffolk. Keith’s enthusiasm as A.R.O. over the last year saw the club move to a new monthly meeting place, with excellent member attendance. Our most recent club gathering at the Helmingham Hall Classic and Sports Car Event on Sunday 2nd August 2009 saw Keith in his element, TIPEC shirt on, 944 polished, organising the club stand and welcoming everyone. It was a beautiful day and Keith really enjoyed himself. He would have been so pleased to have welcomed the five prospective new members to our club meeting last night (Tuesday 25th August 2009) Keith, the big man, with a big smile, a true gentleman, and a good friend … we all miss you.
RO of the year We are pleased to announce that the Regional Organiser for 2008 is Paul Harrison from the Bristol Region. Paul has done a tremendous job building the Bristol Region over the last couple of years. Trying to grow a region is a very difficult task, it takes a long while before you see the fruits of your labour. Putting on events knowing only a handful of people are attending can be a little soul destroying. If you stick at it like Paul has, eventually you have more and more people attending and that makes all the effort worthwhile. During 2008 the region increased its membership by 50%, they have a varied diary of events with something for everyone. From the annual pilgrimage to Le Mans to trackdays and treasure hunts to name but a few from a very busy calendar. You will always be assured of a great welcome from the gang who meet at The Fox, Easter Compton on the 1st Tuesday of the month.
Member of the year It gave TIPEC Chairman, Sean Smallman, great pleasure to present Jim Tarrant (Hotblack944) with the Philips & Drury award for Member of the Year at the Southern Fun Day. When we commissioned Jim to build us an online forum, to say we had no experience or clue about what to do would be an understatement. Jim offered his support and works quietly un-noticed behind the scenes keeping the forum and the club’s website running smoothly. He puts in a great deal of effort, and his log-ins on the admin page are very often in the early hours of the morning. On behalf of the Club, thank you for the dedication and time you have given to keeping this service active which has and continues to benefit so many people.
Anglian trackday TIPEC Anglia Region are looking into running a ‘track activity day’ at North Weald Airfield (Essex) on a Sunday in Springtime (March/April) 2010, for up to 25 cars. Before booking it, they need to know how much interest there is and if members from other regions would like to join in. This is not just the normal track day event but has much more emphasis on car handling skills! See www.carlimits.com for more info. The day would include: 1. High speed cornering to assess drivers standards 2. Participants split on to two separate circuits to hone your own skills at your own pace with a few pointers from qualified instructors 3. T ime permitting, a sprint circuit to finish Anglia Region need to know what level of interest there is and roughly how many TIPEC members would like to take part. The cost is around £50 per entrant, (that’s if all 25 places are filled). This is outstanding value and a good insight into your own limits and that of your cars.
Motorsport category photo competition winner Keith Funnell
South East Region photo competition The TIPEC South East Region held a photo competition earlier this year, with winners announced at their July meeting. Here’s the three category winners. Clive Lusted and Alan Cordery were also recognised.
At the moment Ian Jones from Anglia Region is looking at the following dates: 7th March or 11th, 18th & 25th April (TBC with Carlimits). If you are interested please contact Ian Jones on izzy.spyder@btinternet.com or give him a call on 01376 518 068 during October.
Most unusual category winner Robin Pettifer
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18th Apr. 2010 TIPEC AGM To be held at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon. Agenda and details will be printed in the February 2010 issue of All Torque.
5–6th Jun. 2010 Our annual event: TIPEC 2010 The Porsche Show Put this date in your diaries now. To be held at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon. Similar format to last year plus a Saturday night party with live band, camping on site and a Saturday drive in the Cotswolds. Advance tickets for the show just £7. More details to follow in future issues.
Porsche scene category winner Keith Funnell
Venue change for SE Region The TIPEC South East region have moved their monthly meetings to The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, just off the A23, roughly 10 miles south of Crawley. The Bolney Stage pub provides more space for their monthly meetings and is very car club friendly, providing reserved car parking spaces for club members’ Porsches as well as a designated meeting area. Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month and kick off around 8pm. All are welcome.
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A Porsche in my life for nearly 60 years Brian Hilliard describes his long history of Porsche ownership My appreciation of interesting but not always good cars started with my father (he has a lot to answer for). Some very good Rovers (they were in pre war years), several interesting Rileys, a Frazer Nash … when we went on holiday it was rare to come home in the same car. During the war it was a Ford 8; my father ran a factory that made shell casings so was allowed a petrol ration. One day the Ford was stolen, when it reappeared it had straw and pigs**t on the back seat. Some poor pig had been stolen for food. The car was returned to exactly the same place it was stolen from. After the war cars were hard to get. We had a new Austin A70, I think it was. When it had its first service chalked on the block, was “unfit for export”. This was followed a succession of Jowetts, Rovers, Zephyrs etc and finally an XK140 followed by an Aston Martin DB2. In the mid ’50s I went to Toronto, Canada and rapidly went through American cars, a Morgan, two six-cylinder Austin Healeys and a Mini used for ice racing. I worked for an American company and got transferred to San Jose, California. Before I left Toronto I had the pleasure of driving a Porsche 356 Coupe and fell in love with it. On our way to San Jose we dropped in to some friends in Los Angeles and I went to the local Porsche dealer and came away with a Speedster and only $40 left to my name. With a 450 mile drive and nowhere to stay in San Jose it was cutting things a bit fine. No money for an apartment as they wanted a month’s rent in advance. But the weather was good and I had a job to go to. We kept the Speedster quite a while, including an 1,800 mile round trip to Vancouver.
From then I owned a string of Porsches, a convertible D to a 356 S90 Coupe, a Carrera 2 Coupe, 911T and 911S. We took the 356 S90 to the Porsche parade at Colorado Springs. This was a five day trip and about a 1,200 mile drive. I had spent almost six months preparing it for concours. 132 cars entered this event and we came 5th but got bumped to 9th. If you and another car had the same judging points, the one with the highest mileage got the place. We had a day on Pikes Peak Hill climb, a track, a rally. One evening there was visit to the Flying W Ranch (food and western show) with over 300 356 Porsches in the car park. People tied various things to radio aerials to help find their cars again. It was a great evening and attended by the Porsche family. The Americans were briefed on how to pronounce Porsche correctly. I belonged to the Porsche Club of America, Golden Gate Region. A very active group. The first 911T in America belonged to the owner of the Porsche dealership in San Jose. I stood looking at it one Friday afternoon with a long weekend coming up. A voice said here are the keys Brian, bring it back on Tuesday. He never got it back, it became mine. It had two triple Solex carbs and I believe some weight in the front bumper to counteract the engine
at the rear. With the short wheelbase, care had to be taken to keep it facing the right direction. The 911S was far better, but I think I liked the Carrera better. A great little car. The 356 was probably the best Porsche that I have driven, it did everything so well. When I moved back to England I had too long a spell without a Porsche, briefly a 911SC Targa then a BMW M5 which got demolished by a boy on the wrong side of the road. A Guards Red 924 came along which I kept for over 10 years. It did many trackdays and fishing trips and it was on the TIPEC stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and best 924 at the 25th anniversary of the 924 at Snetterton. This had quite a few mods and was very trouble free. I found it a lot better than the model is given credit for. I currently have an Austin 10 Litchfield and after selling my sailing boat, Landrover and MX5 I started looking for a 944 as I was suffering Porsche withdrawal symptoms. I phoned the SE Region organizer Derek Flanagan who coincidentally was attending the TIPEC ’09 show at Gaydon. Within half an hour he phoned back and said he had found a very clean white 944. It had most of the engine rebuilt, polished and ported, a CMax chip, upgraded front brakes and new clutch and tyres. The owner was desperate to sell as he was emigrating to Australia. I’m getting on a bit now (nearly 80), so think this may see me out. I have started getting it into concours condition and will probably lower the suspension. I’m not going to do a Redgrave, but will just ensure it stays a very clean car. Now, where did I put the axle stands? Writing & photography by Brian Hilliard
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25th anniversary of the Porsche 962 Derek Flanagan celebrates the ‘other’ Porsche anniversary in 2009 There were also road legal versions produced, Dauer was the most notable but also Schuppan and Koenig produced versions. We still see the 962 on the tracks at classic car races such as Le Mans Classic, Silverstone Classic and Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Whilst the 40th anniversary of the 917 seems to be one of the Porsche highlights of 2009, amazingly the Porsche 962 is 25 years old this year and yet it still looks awesome. Its top speed of 250 mph with acceleration of 0–60mph in 2.6 seconds is even fast by today’s standards, using 2,650cc and 650bhp engines.
In fact, due to a loophole in the GT regulations the Dauer Porsche 962s, based on the roadgoing Duaer 962, were rebuilt at the Weissach factory for GT class racing right up to 1994.
The 962 was the last of the Le Mans winning Group C cars making its debut at Le Mans in 1984. Le Mans in the ’80s was dominated by Porsche, especially the factory entered cars which withdrew in 1988, but privately entered cars continued into the early ’90s. During its nine year lifespan, wa testament to its reliability and success at Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring etc, the 962 saw numerous changes including both air cooled flat six single turbo and water cooled twin turbo engines, as well as short and long tailed bodies like some of its predecessors the 917 and 956. The long tail, (or longer wheelbase) versions were designed to meet the American IMSA regulations whilst the short wheelbase was preferred in Europe. There were even open top versions racing.
After finishing 2nd at Le Mans in 1985, Derek Bell went on to win two of his five Le Mans wins in the Rothmans sponsored 962C in 1986 and 1987 (with co drivers Hans Stuck and Al Holbert) keeping ahead of the new Jaguar XJR8s which became the first serious rivals to Porsche. Rothmans sponsored the 962 for six years before it changed to the red and yellow colours of Dunlop from 1988. Although Porsche have introduced the double clutch PDK gearbox on the 997s in the past year, did you know that Porsche invented this system 25 years ago and actually fitted it to the 962 from late 1984?
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Porsche Centre Glasgow Stewart Gordon on TIPEC’s role at the joint launch night for both the Panamera and the new Glasgow showroom In the middle of August TIPEC Scotland Region were invited By Porsche Centre Glasgow to provide a selection of classic cars for their upcoming event. Never shy to show off their pride and joys, members fell over themselves to help. PCG did however have a specific list of cars they were particularly looking for, so as each car came to me I then had to forward them onto PCG for approval. Sadly they weren’t all accepted, but by three hours before the event we did have 15 of the desired models.
Cayenne Diesel. There was an abundance of wine, champagne, beer and soft drinks along with a never ending supply of canapés. All in all it was a brilliant night. A big thank you to Porsche Glasgow for inviting TIPEC Scotland to bring along some of our members’ cars to show off and for looking after us so well.
We all arrived on the day between two and four o’clock and as soon as the cars arrived the Porsche Centre staff had the cars taken, if needed, for a wash and tyre dressing before they were parked in their respective areas: four in the super clean workshop and the remaining 10 facing the front of the new showroom. Porsche Centre Glasgow were kind enough to lay on taxis to take us to a restaurant for dinner prior to the launch start at 7pm. Time to head back in for the start of the launch, no big fanfares just speeches from Roger Penske and the Sales Director for Porsche Europe then a mention from the dealer Principal of their appreciation for the enthusiasts who kindly donated their cars for the event. There were 750 attendees on the night with 550 Porsches parked up in two massive car parks. They had Roger Penske’s Le Mans Spyder car taking pride of place in the showroom along with three Panameras on display and the new
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Simon Poole on TIPEC NE’s visit to the Swainby Classic Car Show to meet up with Mike Williamson and his Ferrari. After a while we heard a sound not unlike an F1 car coming down the main road heralding Mike and Andy’s arrival so we were finally able to join the rest of the cars and give the new TIPEC flag its second outing.
After checking out this small show just a few miles outside Middlesborough last year and being made very welcome, Andy and I decided that this year we would have a TIPEC display at Swainby as, despite being only a small village, there was a large number of classic vehicles in attendance with everything from motorbikes to a few old tractors. I arrived first and was told that if we wanted to keep our cars together I would need to wait to one side until the others joined me. Ian arrived in his black Super Sport and we waited for Andy who had gone
still generated plenty of interest and questions from potential Porsche owners. All in all, this is a surprisingly well attended show with quite a few rare cars that are not often seen at other events in the area and well worth a visit.
The show did not disappoint, with the organisers expecting around 500 vehicles on display. Refreshments were available from the village hall and I’m sure the two local pubs did very well for Sunday lunch too! We found a very nice AC Ace parked alongside a very early Mercedes SL and amongst the older cars there was an immaculate Lagonda with leather covering the outside of the door as well as inside. Our cars were probably the youngest on display on the day but Writing & photography by Stewart Gordon (above) and Simon Poole (below)
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Help for Heroes Prodrive event How lucky is Robin Pettifer? Very, very lucky. It was back in May, and Rachel (my better half) had been scouting around on Pistonheads motoring forum, and came across in invitation to join an event in aid of Help for Heroes. This is a charity that both of us have done things for in the past so she was automatically drawn to it. Unfortunately it was out of our league as the price was just too expensive. Not one to be deterred Rachel contacted the organiser and asked if we could come along and take photographs and this was agreed. Two days before the event the organiser contacted Rachel to tell her that two people had dropped out having already paid and was she interested in filling one of those places, for an additional donation? Well that was it, we were in. I have to say now that as only one place was on offer, Rachel had very kindly arranged for ME to drive. That is how lucky I am! The event was being organised by/for Major Phil Packer in conjunction with Prodrive: http://snipurl.com/classicdriver You may have heard of Major Phil as he has been doing many things to raise money and awareness for Help for Heroes. He suffered the loss of his legs in combat but this has not stopped him from completing many challenges including the London marathon.
The event ran as follows: • Transport to an open field and tuition by Prodrive drivers on a Prodriveprepared Subaru STI WRX rally car • Timed laps around a coned circuit in the Scooby on your own • A passenger ride with a Prodrive rally driver around the Hannu Mikkola designed Goodwood Forest Rally Stage • Lunch at the Jackie Stewart Pavilion • Tuition by Prodrive drivers in Mercedes around Goodwood motor circuit • Laps around Goodwood motor circuit in various different Aston Martins • Fast laps around Goodwood motor circuit in a DBRS9 driven by Anthony Reid • Champagne and prize giving And so to rally school 101. A powerful car and an open space. The Prodrive instructors are great. They showed us where and when to apply the power, where and when to apply the hand brake, where and when to feather the power. Then handed us the keys and told us to get on with it.
I made a bit of a pig’s ear of my first timed lap around the coned circuit but the second time I thought I had it: a minute and eight seconds. An improvement of about 28 seconds. The pro rally driver passenger experience at the Goodwood rally stage is something that everyone that has a passion for motor sport should try. It was totally awesome. Just how does he miss those trees, that pot hole, that rock? One of the Prodrive management team, Ray Hough, had been speaking with Rachel and asked her why she wasn’t driving? She filled him in and, before walking off he said “Let me see if I can’t do something about that”. He came back and offered both Rachel and Keith Funnell (who had joined us in the picture taking opportunity) a ride with the pro rally driver.
Now to the highlight of the day. A couple of fast laps with the Le Mans driver Anthony Reid. Suit up, climb in and you’re off. WOW. For those of you that have experienced something as quick you will know what I mean. Think back to your first time in something like that. What an adrenalin rush.
It was now lunch time, to be served at the Jackie Stewart Pavilion on the start/finish line at Goodwood motor circuit. Anthony Reid was there as was Major Phil and his family. A great lunch, with previous Le Mans and Formula One races being screened on the two wide screen TVs. Now on to the afternoon session. In the pit lane were five Mercedes cars and lined up behind them were four Aston Martins. One DB9, one Vantage V8 Cabriolet and two Vantage V8 coupes. All for our pleasure. Firstly we were taken out in the Mercedes and shown the ‘racing line’. Where to brake and where to plant it. Anna was my designated Prodrive instructor. She was very good and not pushy at all, very casually pointing out my errors and where to pay particular
attention. Once she thought I was safe enough to be let lose with one of the Astons there was no stopping me. First off the block was the DB9. Wow, I want one! The sheer power, acceleration, noise. I love my Porsche but this was a whole new world. Then the Vantage V8 cabriolet. This was great fun but in my personal opinion, a bit of a posers car, “Hey look at me, I have an Aston Martin” with the roof down. Not so much oomph. Then came the Vantage V8 coupe. Much better. This thing goes. Anna told me after I was out of the car that I had notched up “about 150 down the back straight”. It didn’t feel as quick as the DB9 but hey, Template I’m 024POR185:AI not likely to own either. 28/7/09
For those of you yet to experience it, I really can’t explain except to say it was one of the best things I have ever done. Definitely up there with flying a Harvard T6, hot air balooning and Paragliding. Thank you Anthony Reid. Finally, on to the champagne and prize giving. Out of the 20 participants I really didn’t think I was going to come any where near prize level. And I was right. However, I did come third with my rally lap time of one minute and eight seconds. Not too shabby eh! There is nothing else to say, apart from “Thank you Rachel for the best day’s motoring fun in a long 14:27 time”.Page One 24 life, Live it!
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We have a new regalia supplier, who are able to produce individual items to order. This is going to make ordering much easier for individual club members. T-shirt (£13) Available in black or white Sizes (inches): 36, 38, 40, 42/44, 46, 48, 50/52 Gents polo shirt (£16) Available in black or white Sizes (inches): 36, 38, 40, 42/44, 46, 48, 50/52, 54 Ladies polo shirt (£16) Available in black, pink or blue Sizes (inches): 36, 38, 40, 42/44, 46, 48, 50/52, 54
To order any TIPEC branded regalia from the list, please contact Dave Doherty, TIPEC Membership Secretary, either by phone with your credit card details or by post with a cheque made payable to TIPEC.
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Fleece (£25) Black only Sizes (inches): 36, 38, 40, 42/44, 46, 48, 50/52, 54
Prices includes delivery to your home address.
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Gruppe North Cheshire & Staffs RO Steve Taylor 07774 912 069 (mobile) stephen_taylor@datascope.com ARO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 (mobile) watson_david@btinternet.com
Fortunately our visit to the Classic Car Spectacular at Tatton Park at the end of August was a fine and dry weekend, as always at Tatton. Congratulations to Dave Watson who won 3rd place in the Best Sports Car category on the Sunday, well done.
I don’t know about you but I’m still waiting for the summer heatwave that we should be having this year to arrive.
Our club nights over the past few months have been well attended, in July Dave Watson gave a demonstration on car detailing with various products and techniques, this was just in time for everyone to prepare their cars for the following months club night when we held our annual concours. This year 15 cars entered which has to be one of the largest entries in years. Several other cars attended on the night but did not enter.
Every time I decide to get the car out of the garage and go for a drive it starts raining! Still that’s the downside to owning a show queen, you never want to drive it in the rain—or even if there is a slight chance of it.
Martin Barnett has kindly uploaded the photos from the evening onto the club forum under the Cheshire & Staffs region, so give them a look. Martin has also uploaded the photos from Trentham Gardens earlier in the summer.
We attended a show at Capesthorne Hall in August and it rained so hard for so long that the organisers decided to close the show at 2pm and let everyone go home. Thanks to all the members who braved the day despite the weather, the downside for me was I had only just managed to dry everything out from the weekend before at Cholmondeley Castle.
The winners at the concours evening were: Russ Cameron in third place with his 964 ‘The White Flash’ as it’s known in the region, Nigel Bromwich in second place with his immaculate 997 and myself in first place with my tatty old 944. Thanks to George Price and Geoff Tattum for counting up the scores at the end of the evening.
Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX.
Unit 11 Porsche Specialists are having a Breakfast meet on Saturday 10th Oct from 9am at their premises on Kingsland Grange in Warrington, come along and see the £150k 911 RSR replica they have almost completed first hand. There will be several other traders there on the day: an air-con specialist, a paintless dent removal team, a Porsche breaker, a valeting & detailing company and not forgetting the all important bacon butty van. Our trip to the Morgan Car Company will be going ahead in mid October, the entry fee into the factory and museum is £10. We are currently looking into the possibility of a coach to take everyone down to Malvern, currently the cost per head for the coach is £15—again watch out for the emails going out. Take care everyone and see you all soon.
Dave Watson won Best Sports Car at Tatton
Nigel Bromwich, 2nd place in our concours
Cheshire & Staffs region line up at Tatton Park
Russ Cameron, 3rd place in our concours
North West RO John Pye 01706 712 491 07957 818 636 (mobile) tipecnw@sky.com ARO Brenda Marginson 0125 483 1766 brenda.marginson@sky.com Meetings are held first Monday of every month 8pm at The Thatch & Thistle, Chorley Road, Blackrod BL6 5LA. When this falls on a Bank Holiday, we meet on the second Monday instead.
Le Mans winning jaguar ZJR-9LM on the streets of Bradford
Yorkshire RO John Oakes 01132 827 512 john.oakes3@btinternet.com ARO Dave Doherty TIPEC Membership office 01423 504 086 (12noon–9pm) enquires@alexa-house.co.uk
Yorkshire Region at the SYNN concours
Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00–7:30pm at The Windmill, Hull Road, Dunnington, York, YO19 5LP.
Events The region now has a Gazebo to shelter under at shows, donated by Alexa House.
John’s report September’s meeting was a bit quiet with Eddie, John, Andrew, Ben, Dave & I. Eddie left his 944 at home and came along in his Panther Lima, after his trip around Germany in it. It looked very nice and compact.
Bradford Classic Many thanks to Gren, Jonathan (JJ) & John for coming along to the event on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately Ben could not make it as his wife had just given birth. There were lots of different types of cars on display including this year’s Le Mans racing Aston Martin LMP1 and the GinettaZytek that retired with a small engine fire. The highlight of the show was seeing the Le Mans Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9LM, that won in 1988, driven up and down the public roads with a Police escort on the dual carriageway.
After Dave’s comments in last issue of All Torque, I had to bring the 928 out to the meeting in the rain to shut him up. I also used it for the next two days for work and it rained again. Thankfully Dave volunteered to clean it for me, when I see him next. Dave (Siggy)’s report Ben (Ben944) and I travelled down to Retford to enter the SYNNers yearly concours evening. A warm evening with a good turnout of around 18 cars. Sadly neither Ben nor I won. Nice to see John’s 928, out at a club night and in the rain! Bring it around next time I am cleaning mine and I will do it for you. Welcome to new members Karl Thompson (968), Rahat Hussain (944) and Peter Cross (944 S ventiler). We hope to see you all at a club night soon.
2nd–4th October Friday–Sunday WOTY in Wales 6th October Tuesday Club Night at The Windmill Inn
On a personal note before the events of the summer I’d like to thank all who have expressed their kind wishes for my speedy recovery. Hopefully by the time you read this I will be half way there; first op over and one to go. I have had many good wishes from all over the country (and the forum) from all my friends old and new. We may live miles apart but we are all one family—and of course TIPEC Porsche nuts! Well, what a summer! Woodvale was as usual a fantastic show and the weather was hot—yes I did say hot. In fact, quite a few of us got sunburned. To cap it all my beautiful 944 was actually 21 years old on the Saturday of the show and was dressed up accordingly. We may not have had the most cars at the show but we had quality and, for those of us who stayed over, a good night of free entertainment with a couple of rock bands, good food, plenty of booze and a trip down the runway for two of our members which will not be forgotten in a while. Not many people can say they have been down a runway on a deckchair at 75 mph but Harry (my husband) and Barrie Weights can. Oh, how us girls enjoyed taking them on their little trip. Knowsley Show was small and beautifully formed for its first time and I am sure it will grow. Thanks to Dave and Caroline for being stand-in ARO’s and supplying prospective new members with information.
3rd November Tuesday Club Night at The Windmill Inn 1st December Tuesday Club Night at The Windmill Inn If you fancy coming along to any of the above events, please let us know.
Louise cooking up a storm at Woodvale
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North East
TIPEC North West quality at Woodvale
RO Simon Poole 07759 694 059 audisi@btinternet.com ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 ac.blythe@mbro.ac.uk
Tatton Show was well attended and I am sure Stephen Taylor, Cheshire RO, has more to say on that.
Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 7:30pm at The Sporting Lodge, Low Lane, Stainton Village, Cleveland, TS17 9LW, just off the A19.
Thanks to Jasmine Motorsport for the invitation to their open night which is after this deadline but I am sure will be well attended.
Recent attendances at the monthly meetings have dropped off somewhat, possibly due to the holiday season or weather. Where are you all hiding?
We look forward to the DVD night, quiz and hotpot and of course our favourite thing of the year, the Christmas do, again at the Viking. If you would like to go, give me a ring; price is £59 for DBBEM and entertainment—what a bargain and the dancing girls will be there. All welcome and if there are any members from other regions who would like to join us you are all welcome too, but please book early.
If there is something that you would like to see or do please let me know, remember this is your region and if we are not doing what you would like us to, please come along and offer some suggestions, I’m always willing to listen.
5th October Monday Club meeting: DVDs of interest to all petrolheads, especially Porsche petrolheads 17th October Saturday Bowling 2nd November Monday Club Meeting: It’s Quiz time and as an added bonus, hotpot supper (price to be decided) 4th December Friday Christmas do at the Viking, Blackpool All welcome 7th December Monday Club night & Christmas meal at the Thatch and Thistle
Lincolnshire
At the beginning of August, we attended the Air Ambulance show in the grounds of Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. The show had originally been planned for July, but constant rain had seen the field underwater and forced the organisers to postpone for a couple of weeks. Their efforts definitely paid off with a large number of cars in attendance including a Lamborghini Miura and a very tasty looking Lancia Stratos replica. The Air Ambulance also made a scheduled stop so that no one was in any doubt who would be benefiting from the proceeds. We managed to field seven Porsches (and a Ferrrari) and I would like to thank those members who supported the event including John Oakes who made the trip up from the Yorkshire region and Stephen Taylor for providing his gazebo and lunch from his barbeque (most welcome!) At the end of August a few of us attended the Swainby Classic Car Show. Despite the size of the village, it certainly managed to
attract plenty of nice cars, not just from the immediate area, but also from across the North and Yorkshire, many of which I had not seen at other shows we had attended. Here are a few dates for you diary. Keep watching the Forum and your email inbox for further details. 10–11th October Saturday–Sunday Tees Cottage Pumping Station Autumn Gala TBC October Karting at Teesside Autodrome Date and price to be confirmed depending upon numbers, but will be between £45 and £55. TBC November Clay Pigeon Shooting at Maltby Grange Farm Date and price to be confirmed depending upon numbers and choice of menu (barbecue or roast), but will be between £40 and £60. 14–15th November Classic Car Show at NEC Birmingham. TBC December Christmas Meal—Date and venue TBC
TIPEC North East at the Air Ambulance show
More of the North East members’ cars
Joint meetings with the local PCGB are held second Sunday of every month 11:30am at The Dovecote, Newark Road, Swinderby LN6 9HN. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings at a local pub/hotel with support from the members and attend/organise local events.
Even a replica Lancia Stratos looks amazing
Lovely old Daimler at Dorman’s Club
Scotland RO Stewart Gordon 01698 841 692 (evenings) 07974 808 342 (mobile) flashgordon944@blueyonder.co.uk ARO Alan Neilson 01324 871 543 07793 234 096 (mobile) alz1933@alanneilson.fsnet.co.uk ARO Neil Fraser 0131 660 0143 07946 616 782 (mobile) neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 8pm for an 8:30pm start in the 007 bar at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk My apologies for not attending the August meeting due to annual holiday, which was very much needed.
the weather forecasters were saying that it was to be raining and windy; not quite the weather for a beach BBQ! We have not written off the idea of still having one before the end of the year as we may well find that we could have an Indian Summer. We can only hope … otherwise we might wait till the snow arrives and have it then, with a best snowman competition and no need to worry about what clothes to wear. It seems that new memberships and renewals are currently taking four weeks or more for info packs and membership cards to arrive. My apologies to those who have been experiencing this problem. The membership has fallen back slightly from its previous high, but the attendance at our meetings has remained steady although I have had comments from some members regarding the location of the meeting being to far East. We will maybe have to think about a more central location, but there are no plans to change it for the foreseeable future.
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weather turned out to be dry and sunny by the time we arrived and stayed that way for the duration of the trip. A great weekend for all who attended. At the time of writing, we are looking forward to our annual Scottish Region concours at the Selkirk Show on the 20th September with six trophies up for grabs, followed by the last show of the season at East Fortune on the 27th. Both will have passed by the time this magazine reaches you, I will let you know who wins what in my next report! 3rd October Saturday Curry & bowling night joining in with our local PCGB region (TBC) 18th October Sunday East Lothian Car Museum Visit and lunch run 15th November Sunday Karting (day/evening) with PCGB (TBC) 11–12th December Friday–Saturday Christmas party TBC, possibly at the Carera Oban Bay Hotel
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Gruppe Central Central RO Paul Bird 01922 428 409 07831 877 983 (mobile) paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk ARO Brian Rowledge MyMerak@aol.com Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, B94 6AQ. It only seems like five minutes since I was doing our last write up and here I am again. The year is passing so quickly. The first weekend in July was the now traditional Cars in the Park event at Lichfield, hosted yet again by Paul Keeling. This event has built over the years and is now one of the best classic car shows in the region—and a charity event if you need another reason to come along next year. Loads of stunning vehicles packed into the park yet again and our pitch was overflowing on the Sunday, a great advert for the club and a fun day out with friends. Huge thanks To Paul K for all the effort he puts into this one every year. Club night on the 13th was beset by poor weather but there was the usual turnout of stalwarts to ensure the night was a success. I must admit I admire the determination of many of you to come along even when the weather is foul and I assure you all it is much appreciated. A change of holiday dates meant I headed off to France just ahead of the Silverstone weekend but I understand the event went well and I suspect commentary on the event may lie elsewhere in the magazine. August club night was yet another bad weather evening (our third in a row!) but I had prepared a short music quiz just in case and it was needed. We moved indoors as the rain howled down and passed an hour testing everyone’s music knowledge over a beer. Can’t believe nobody knew the bass player for the Beatles! Arbury Hall on the 23rd was a new event on the calendar so we trotted along to take a look at the new show. The venue was very good but the long break (four years or so) meant it was not a well-attended event by exhibitors or traders and the very sharp
Central Region at Yeatsall Farm, enjoying a ‘drive by’ from a radio controlled King Tiger! wind made it feel quite cool for much of the day. That said we enjoyed a lazy day and the club pitch looked great with a good line up of Porsches and Phil & Sandy’s Ferrari! We closed off the month with a trip to Yeatsall Farm fun day on bank holiday Monday. This is an event with a difference in aid of the Air Ambulance. Classic cars, a traction engine, model tanks and light aircraft flying in and out of the field made it stand out and I suspect we shall have this one in the calendar again next year. A big welcome to Dolly & Kushi Bachada who joined us for their first TIPEC event that culminated in Dolly taking a flight in one of the aircraft—definitely one for next year! At this point I would please ask you all to note that Club night in October will not be held at the Red Lion. Instead I am changing the date and venue for this one occasion as we have a special event lined up: An Evening with Richard Attwood and Classic World Racing The date will be Thursday 22nd October and the venue will be: Classic World Racing Ltd (CWR) Unit 4 Victor Business Park Arthur Street, Redditch B98 8JY www.classicworldracing.co.uk Arrive from 6:45pm for a 7:30pm start. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available. Our hosts specialise in classic racing car build, restoration, race preparation and support and so there will be some
interesting cars in the workshop for us to look over ahead of the main part of the evening at 7:30pm. The well known motor sport commentator Andrew Wilkins will interview Richard Attwood about his life, racing, and of course the 917 years and Le Mans success. This will conclude with a short question and answer session. There will also be a chance to take a look at some suspension modifications that CWR offer for the 911 that will interest those of you looking for trackday and/or fast road modifications to your car. This will be strictly limited in numbers on a first come basis and you must confirm with me to be on the admission list. This is a rare opportunity to find out what its like to drive a 917 to victory at Le Mans and enjoy anecdotes from a racing legend as well as take a glimpse behind the scenes of a racing workshop. I advise warm clothing as this is a workshop environment after all! Please note you must be prebooked with me for this event otherwise you will not be admitted. 2nd–4th October Friday–Sunday Weekend of the Year (WotY) 13–15th November Friday–Sunday Classic Show at the NEC 28th November Saturday Curry Night 14th December Monday Christmas dinner at the Red Lion
East Midlands RO Graham Waller graham.waller@polypipe.com ARO Alan Fuller susancarolfuller@googlemail.com Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 7pm for food (meeting proper begins 7:30pm) at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS. A warm welcome to new members Tom & Kerry Fisher and Steve & Sharon Jory. They join us from PCGB and hopefully we’ve not put them off! 24–26th July Friday–Sunday Silverstone Classic Infield parking at the Silverstone Racing Circuit (home of F1, for now) complete with some classic car racing. Unfortunately I cannot comment as I was on my jollies, but in the past this has been a well attended and very successful event. I’m sure those who attended would have had a great time. 11th August Tuesday Car/Bike lovers day This is now so successful that due to the weather, there was a half hour queue into the car park. Very, very well attended with many cars and bikes.
30th–31st August Sunday–Monday Oxfordshire Classics, Blenheim Palace This featured some 500 vehicles, all pre-1994, with Blenheim Palace as a backdrop. Free entry to the gardens and discounted entry to the palace (£7.50 instead of £17.50) made this a worthwhile trip. 3rd September Thursday Panamera Launch, OPC Nottingham I went along just so that I could dribble on some brand new Pork. This was the official pre-launch at OPCs Nottingham and Leicester prior to the Panamera going on sale on the 12th September. 2nd–4th October Fri–Sun WOTY Joint event with Central (Wales). *** NOW FULL *** 14th October Tuesday Ashby Folville classic vehicle meet 13–15th November Fri–Sun NEC classic car show 17th November Tuesday Club night with RO/ARO elections 5th December Saturday Christmas social
For those who want a quieter event, try Bosworth Classics on the last Tuesday 23rd August Sunday Arbury Hall A Transtar event, which was attended by some 15 TIPEC Porsches.
Anglian cars on display at Helmingham
Anglia RO Trevor Read 01473 684 876 trevor.read@malcolmandrew.com ARO Colin Clarke 01284 706 247 Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month 7pm at The Bunbury Arms, Ixworth Road, Great Barton, Suffolk IP31 2NX. www.nextnorth.com/bunbury/findus.htm The Anglian region has had a tough time of it lately, with losing very suddenly our friend and ARO Mr Keith Strudwick. We enjoyed a very successful regional day at Helmingham Hall Classic Car and sports car show, with over 25 cars on our stand. Some of them were not even TIPEC members, but Porsche owners that the event car park staff sent along to join us! We made them very welcome regardless and a couple even joined up on the day. Helmingham Hall is an annual event and one we are going to adopt as our own regional TIPEC promotional event. Thanks to Keith’s enthusiasm and welcoming nature we recruited three new members at Helmingham Hall this year and met a couple of other interested parties. As a very new RO I will do my best moving the region forward and building on what Keith started. We are looking at a couple of things for future events, including a possible run to the NEC for the MPH or Classic Car shows in November.
Not bad weather either—just nice to chill out and mix with like-minded people. 25th August Tuesday Bosworth Classics More cars this time as it gains in popularity. The weather helped, I’m sure!
The strangest vehicle at Arbury Hall?
TIPEC Anglia region at Helmingham Hall
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South Yorkshire & North Notts. ARO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 5–5:30pm (meeting proper begins 7pm) at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS. First of all this month we would like to give a warm welcome to our new members, we hope to meet you all over the next few months before the year comes to an end. Why not join us for the weekend of the year in Whitby? We’re a friendly bunch of folk who enjoy a passion for Porsche, and of course a pie and a pint. Our Calendar seems to be getting shorter as we close up to autumn, hard to believe the summer’s nearly over (which never arrived as promised by the weather men). Our September regional meeting was an important one as its 50 years since the Monte Carlo Rally stopped at Ye Olde Bell and the management were wanting to recreate a photo from the original event, showing a good selection of Porsches. The event was well advertised locally so we were expecting a good turn out. At 6:00pm it was just beginning to look like the usual crew with around 10 cars making the line up outside the Bell on an overcast evening, but come 6:30 we had over 25 Porsches squeezed onto the front car park. The media was out in force interviewing owners on video, with numerous local papers and professional photographers on hand.
Thanks to Sue at Ye Olde Bell for organising a great event and Borre Wickstrom for supplying the images. If any members would like to purchase any of the photos please contact www.borrewickstrom.com direct on their website. 12th July Doncaster College for the Deaf Organised by The Rotary Club of St George’s and Traditional Car Club of Doncaster 19th of July 36th Vintage & Classic Car Rally and Autojumble at Ashover Showground Ashover sits in a picturesque valley, not far from the town of Matlock and the Peak District national park. As tradition dictates, we occupied our ‘pride of the event’ spot at the top of the hill overseeing all (handy if it rains heavily!) Not quite as well supported as in previous years, despite the lure of a pre-event bacon sandwich at The three Horse Shoes/Spitewinter on the way (what more do you want? Bacon sandwich and a pub!) To be fair, we had supported a different event elsewhere in the region only a week before. 2nd of August SYNN Concours A good turnout with 13 cars to choose from. After a few drinks and some careful judging by our members the votes were counted and in 3rd place was Graham Britt, with his well presented 993 (only to be let down by his lack of interest in the wheels and his badges pointing the wrong way, sorry GB—better luck next year) 2nd Place went to me with the Boxster (let myself down by leaving my G string out on the hood) and finally first place with the Paul & Judy Trophy went to Jeff Adams with his immaculately presented 968. (Looks to me as though you’d had Edith busy on those wheels and calipers Jeff.)
The Monte Carlo Rally outside Ye Olde Bell in 1959
30th of August 27th Cheshire Classic Car & Bike Show, Capesthorne Hall On an overcast Bank Holiday Sunday TIPEC SYNN made the short journey across the Peak District National Park to Capesthorne Hall, near Macclesfield, to attend the 27th Cheshire Classic Car & Bike Show. Capesthorne Hall is a picturesque 18th century Jacobean-style house and the immediate courtyard to the property hosted an impressive array of classic MercedesBenz from the Mercedes-Benz Club of Great Britain. We had nine cars on display in total so a reasonable line-up considering that this is a new show for the club. Phil Barton made the shortlist for sports car of the show in his 3.2 black Targa. For once we were lucky with the weather as it held out until we left in the afternoon. Thanks to GB for the write ups of the events I didn’t attend and Ray & Dave for keeping it together in my absence. 27th September Sunday NORMOUS Newark Autojumble Newark Show Ground (NG24 2NY on satnav) 2–4th October Friday–Sunday Weekend of the Year (WOTY) North side of Whitby at the The White House Hotel (YO21 3JJ on Sat Nav), a good base to explore North Yorkshire and beyond on some great driving roads. We will be going up on Friday afternoon and stopping two nights. £80.00 per room per night B&B for any room (Normally above £100 per night) Some great views from the Hotel, overlooking the golf course and the North Cliffs. 11th October Sunday Regional get together at Ye Olde Bell 5.30pm for eating, 7pm for meeting. Note this is a week later because of the WOTY.
TIPEC SYNN Region members recreating the photo for 2009
1st November Sunday Open Day at the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum North Hykeham, Lincoln (LN6 3QT on satnav) Saturday 12th December SYNN Christmas dinner/dance Venue is Ye Olde Bell, £34.95 PP for the meal (deposit £10 PP) Rooms at approx. £90 per night, to be confirmed (dposit £10). Please pay deposits directly to Ye Olde Bell, payment in full for the meals before 1st December.
Bristol RO Paul Harrison 07884 116 971 (mobile) paul@harrison167.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Fox, Easter Compton, B35 5RA, one mile West of M5 J17 (Cribbs Causeway). Well, here we are again at the end of the summer and, I don’t know about you, but it seems as though it has been as wet as ever. We’ve had lots of people perservering and bringing their cars along to monthly meetings despite the weather—well done! So what have we been up to? Well, a few of us visited the Silverstone Classic (not me as I was sunning myself on the Continent) which turned out to be a great weekend. The next big event was the visit to Castle Combe on Bank Holiday Monday in August. A great line-up was in store with Porsches, Ferraris and Aston Martins all competing in their own races and in inter-marque events. We met for food at a local hotel first (and what a great breakfast it was!) then drove on up to the circuit in convoy. Castle Coombe had kindly granted TIPEC half-price entrance so it was good value as well! The weather on the day was kind to us and we enjoyed a great day’s racing. The 968s were impressively dominant in the Porsche Open and the RSR stretched its legs on the Ferraris in the closing race. All in all, a great day and one I shall be aiming to repeat in the future … Looking ahead to the remainder of this year, we are off to Angouleme for the Circuit des Remparts in the middle of September, then we have a trackday at Hullavington on Friday the 16th of October.
I am trying to put together a Sunday drive out with a pub lunch for mid-Oct (probably 18th) then it’s a clear run to the Christmas meal with only the prospect of a visit to the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton in November to delay us (date to be confirmed). So lots going on still, so come along and join us. If you can’t make one of the weekends, we’ll be meeting monthly at The Fox at Easter Compton on the first Tuesday of each month. Happy motoring! 13–15th November Friday–Sunday Classic Show at the NEC 28th November Saturday Curry Night 14th December Monday Christmas dinner at the Red Lion
North London & Herts RO Gary Adams 07849 222 511 (mobile) garyadams_1980@hotmail.com ARO Neil Pargiter 01920 872 365 07515 337 073 (mobile) ncp.944@hotmail.co.uk
South Central RO Geoff Cox 01235 815 880 07740 452 586 (mobile) geoff.b.cox@btinternet.com ARO Mark Saving 07976 749 344 (mobile) mark@msaving.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held fourth Monday of every month at Whittlebury Hall Hotel, which is very close to Silverstone. www.whittleburyhall.co.uk South Central were out in force at the Silverstone Classic, enjoying the fabulous displays of classic cars and some excellent racing. We also joined the PCGB folks for their Polo day at Kirtlington near Oxford. Our next drive out will be to Brooklands and Mercedes Benz World on Saturday 10th October. We will arrange to drive their as a group. Our next club nights are on 28th September, 26th October and 23rd November.
Meetings are held third Thursday of every month 7:30pm at The Three Horseshoes, Hooks Cross, Watton-at-Stone (near Stevenage), Hertfordshire SG14 3RY. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings at a local pub/hotel with support from the members and attend/organise local events.
Clive polishing his 993. Again.
TIPEC South Central members’ cars lined up at the Silverstone Classic
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Gruppe South of Toyo Tyres was Mike whose immaculate Porsche 911 Targa will soon be enjoying the extra grip. Winner of the 24hr Porsche Drive was Julie who loved the experience of driving an aqua blue 997 C4S cab. The raffle and auction raised over £1000 for Julia’s House, a fantastic achievement, thanks to Karey and the generosity of our many sponsors and attendees. 30th August Hampshire Pageant of Motoring Andy, Toby, Brett, Alan and Nick joined up with Wessex Region at Broadlands. TIPEC Southern Region members’ cars at Kingston Lacy Manor
Southern RO Nick Snook 07929 113 390 (mobile) nicksnook@ntlworld.com ARO Jim Tarrant 01202 601 886 jim.tarrant@hotblack944.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:30pm at The Curlew, a traditional country pub, 287 Christchurch Rd., West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8SQ 19th July Kingston Lacy Kingston Lacy Manor is a lovely location with an assortment of performance cars including a Mosler parked on the lawn. The weather forecast was not good and some cars stayed away which was unfortunate because the day turned out warm and sunny. Picnic hampers came out, people looked at the cars and the magnificent gardens were explored.
members’ children who had their own fun raffle, T-shirt decorating and face painting. I noticed a few cars being given a final polish before members and judges selected winners for the trophies supplied by Jon Mitchell. Well done Nick (red 996 C4S) for winning the judges concours prize and Arthur (red 1989 911 Carrera 3.2) for the members choice. The Southern Region would like to give a huge thank you to Toyo Tyres, Jon Mitchell, Halfords, The Porsche Centre Bournemouth and many others for supporting our fun day this year in aid of the Dorset Children’s Hospice Julia’s House. People buying raffle tickets were given a Toyo pen and were able to win many prizes. The winner of the auction for £500 worth
There was time to natter, look at all the cars and cook up sausage and bacon rolls before the rain came on in the middle of the afternoon and the gazebo became a shelter! 1st September The Curlew Southern region has moved to a new venue, The Curlew, a Vintage Inn near West Parley, Bournemouth for the monthly meetings. It was a busier than expected for a Tuesday with lots of people, probably holiday makers, choosing to eat there; however TIPEC has the benefit of a private annexe. FUTURE EVENTS 3rd November Tuesday Club night and Quiz at The Curlew 1st December Tuesday Christmas Meal
21st August Poole Quay Porsches on Poole Quay is normally an annual event but this year we were given an extra night on the Quay. This unscheduled event was well attended with more than 70 Porsches turning up! Well worth coming to next year’s gathering. 23rd August Southern BBQ The weather was perfect for the BBQ which Sam fired up and was soon producing excellent burgers and hot dogs. Everyone attending enjoyed the day including
Mike Carter Southern winner (left) receives his Toyo Tyres cheque from Nick Snook
Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter@blackler7827.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Braishfield Road, Braishfield, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0QE. Club nights continue to be well attended, with a few more Porsches venturing out in the good weather. We’ve taken part in a couple of events recently, the first being another open day at Brookspeed International Motorsport in Southampton, our local independent garage. A great day was had with some real exotica on show, including an Aston Martin Zagato, Lamborghini SV, and several Porsches and Ferraris. Thanks to Martin, Mike and the rest of the team at Brookspeed for a great day and a lovely BBQ. We also attended the fun day and BBQ at the True Lovers Knot in Dorset, organised by the Southern area. We were made very welcome and the food was excellent. The weather was great and we all had a good time. Our next event was at the Hampshire Pageant of Motoring at Broadlands, Romsey, which is a great event to attend, with something like 1,500 cars of all types, autojumble, craft tents and an events ring with lots going on. The weather was poor but we managed 20 cars on the TIPEC stand, many thanks to all who attended. I hope you have managed to get your cars clean after all the rain.
On September 22nd, we visited The Wheel Specialist in Fareham, for a demonstration of wheel refurbishment and some refreshments. Please have a look at our events list and let me know if you wish to come along to anything. 23rd October Friday 10 pin bowling 15th November Sunday Meal out TBA 11th December Friday, 7:30pm Wessex Region Christmas meal at the Hunter’s Inn, Swanmore, with the TR Drivers Club
SE London & North Kent RO Jim Hearnden 01634 308 062 07930 353 232 (mobile) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk ARO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 (mobile) prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Friday of every month 8:00pm at The Crown Point Inn, Sevenoaks Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0HB. Email crownpoint@eyho.co.uk If you have not yet been along to a meeting please come along. Partners are more than welcome and it is not all car chat. The venue does good, reasonably priced food so if you do not want to cook, you can have a meal before the meeting starts.
Wesex Region members’ cars at the Hampshire Pageant of Motoring
The latest calendar is now out and should be in your inbox for those with a valid email address. It is in Excel format, if anyone has a problem viewing it you can download a viewer from the Microsoft website. Please advise if you are interested in any events. There are two or three members that I don’t have email addresses for. If you have an email address and do not see mails from me, then please send me an email to tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. That also applies to people in adjacent areas who would like a copy of our calendar. Please also ensure that you update details when you renew. August was quite a busy month. A bit of a surprise at the Crownpoint as we arrived and found the place heaving! We eventually acquired a corner and annexed seats as required. The new manager is very receptive to us and wants us to continue there. Quite a good turnout for the meeting with 15 members and some lively discussion about myriad issues some of which even involved Porsche. Amberley Living Museum This was a very early start, meeting up at 07:30 on a Sunday morning in Kings Hill near West Malling. We had six cars booked but one didn’t make it! The five of us set off on the back roads route to Amberley. Apart from getting stuck for 10–15 miles behind Darby & Joan in a Morris Minor, who were doing around 35–40MPH (and even slower on the corners). The drive down was great with some fantastic roads and very little traffic at this time of the morning. We arrived at around 9:45, drove straight into the site and parked up. Luckily the café opens early in order for the staff to be able to eat, so we were able to sit down to the breakfast of our choice. This place is great, a chalk pit of about 35 acres which has now been restored with various buildings some of which are restorations of old buildings some new. Each building has a theme, a massive one for communications sponsored by BT with phones and vehicles, a lot of which are interactive so you can see how a phone and an exchange work. Others are sponsored by EDF etc. Intertwined into this is a narrow gauge industrial railway and a fleet of classic buses run from a rebuilt bus garage on site, these both providing transport around the site. The smaller buildings contain various trades and arts & crafts, such as woodturning, printing, etc. The weather was fantastic and I understand everyone enjoyed themselves.
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Kingswear Castle We had a date in the calendar for the Kingswear Castle which is a 1923 Medway based paddle steamer. They run various themed events, the theme on 29th was ’50s, ’60s & ’70s music. Not sure it if it was the event, the time of the year with people on holiday, or what, but the response for this was poor with only David & Jacquette and Becky, I & our visitors, so six in all. It was a great evening, two guys on guitars playing Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Kinks and Neil Diamond to name a few. This was great evening ending in a Chinese meal in Chatham which finished the evening off. This was great and we’ll certainly do this again next year. September The new manager at the Crownpoint certainly seems to be making the place busier! Lots of people there for a party, some of them interestingly dressed to say the least! We found a corner which the manager had allocated and a great meeting ensued, the last few of us not leaving until gone 11. 2nd October Friday Club Night at the Crownpoint This night is a Scalextric event with the guys and gals from SE region. Let’s have your fastest reflexes and thumbs for this. Last year we were beaten by the SE folks, this year we need to reverse the tables. I supply cars, track etc. There will be trophies for the best racers. All you supply is two pounds and a quick thumb. Please let me know if you are coming as it helps my prep. 6th November Friday Club Night at the Crownpoint We hopefully have Peter Hamber from Bilt-Hamber joining us to give a talk. Bilt-Hamber make car orientated chemicals, everything from polish to derusting products, to another product you spray into the crevices to reduce rusting. This should be a good evening, please try and attend.
Thames Valley RO Craig Moore 07748 733 000 (mobile) craigwmoore@btinternet.com ARO Jason Gibson 07958 459 725 (mobile) jasongibson@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. It’s been a busy first two months as RO for the region and I’ve certainly enjoyed myself with all the things to do that have come along. I hope you have too. First, there was the Silverstone Classic. Nick Ramsay, our former RO, and I attended. Me somewhat at the last minute, I admit, but one of my music heroes was performing on stage on Saturday night, so that sealed the deal for me. Carlos Santana was brilliant as usual, with a really varied crowd enjoying the sunny evening and awesome music. Nick’s daughter, Rhiannon, took some great photos of the concert, oh, and the racing of course! A good run down to Poole Quay with new member Brian and his sparkling 911 3.2 Cab was fun too, except for the large deer that was dispatched by a Merc on the way down … And I saw my old 993 Targa there too. Leaving her with her new owner all over again was very painful. Our August region meet at the Novello went very well, with more cars and people than we have seen in a good while. The weather was kind too, with the joy of summer topped off by some spectacular new staff behind the bar! Gina promised
her 911, long in restoration/repair, would debut at September’s meet. Sadly it wasn’t to be, but October could be on. Quite a few regulars were away for September’s meet but the turnout was good nonetheless. It’s great to have some new members along too—if you’re new to the club or region, or have never made a club night before, please do come along and meet your fellow enthusiasts. I think we’ve got a great region going and there’s always a good atmosphere on meeting nights. I am a bit concerned that The Novello has been put up for sale by the owners. I’ll keep a watching brief and hope the new owners will maintain it as a stylish pub. In the meantime, I’ll look around in case we have to move on—any suggestions, drop me a line please. Remember, the quality of burger is paramount! As mentioned in the monthly emails, I’ve added an events list on the region’s page of the club forum. I’m also listing those members who have expressed an interest in attending an event. New events will be added every now and then, with details updating as we go along, so please visit and take a look from time to time—and don’t forget to let me know if you want to attend. The next big event is the NEC Classic Car show in November, there’s a concessionary rate available for TIPEC members. We also have the Pie and Pint night at Sweeney Todds in Reading—date to be arranged in November—I’ll get onto that ASAP. Then, I’m afraid to say we are racing headlong into Christmas and the plan at present is to return to Jagz in Ascot, venue of our excellent night out a couple of years ago. I’m trying to book the second Friday in December (the 11th)
4th December Friday Club Night at the Crownpoint. It is that time again! Normal club night but I may have a fiendish quiz for it … 5th December Saturday Xmas dinner at the Crownpoint Not sure of Menu yet but please let me know if you are going.
Carlos Santana at the Silverstone Classic (photo © 2009 Rhiannon Ramsay)
opportunity of winning our own regional lotto with all SE Region members going into the hat each month, but you have to be at the meeting to win if your name is drawn out. We had a a record number of 18 Porsches in the car park at our July club night and probably 40 attendees, including three children (this is a first for our region) and 13 women, another record if we exclude Christmas dinners.
Ford GT40 on the track at the Silverstone Classic (photo © 2009 Rhiannon Ramsay) and urgently need numbers so I can book an appropriately sized table. Please email me if you would like to attend, and in the meantime I’ll firm up the prices etc., which are likely to be around £40 a head for three courses with an excellent live band followed by disco. I believe there’s overnight accommodation on site too and hopefully we’ll get a preferential rate for a short stagger after the eating, drinking and dancing. I’ll update you by email. Which brings me to the need to update email addresses. I get a few bounced back each time I send one out, so if you haven’t had at least one email from me in the last two months, please let me have your new address so I can keep you in the loop. Finally, October’s meeting date will change to the SECOND TUESDAY—THE 13th— ONLY FOR OCTOBER! There are so many of us away at the beginning of October that at September’s meeting we decided to move it and hopefully that’ll guarantee a good turnout. See you there!
South East RO Derek Flanagan 01342 717 754 07767 254 820 (mobile) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month 8pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, just off the A23, 10 miles south of Crawley. From October we are changing venue and moving back to a previous venue, namely the Bolney Stage as listed above. This pub provides more space for our meetings and is very car club friendly, providing reserved car parking spaces for our Porkers as well as a designated meeting area. For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly meet yet, we always welcome new and prospective members. Come and see if you like us, we’re a friendly bunch no matter what model of Porker you own or desire and you will be guaranteed to receive a hearty welcome. You also have the
Photo Competition Our July meeting boasted the added attraction of the photo competition— results of which are published inside this issue. Lindsey Dobson was one of the three judges and as our principal judge (being in the photographic business) she gave a fantastic talk on the all the winning photos and some useful photographic tips for our future shooting opportunities. We were pleased to welcome new members Brian Hilliard (944) and Barry Jones (986 Boxster) at our July meeting. We also signed up two more new members on the night. Congratulations to Dean Monnery who won the Lotto which stood at £55.00. July and August were busy months at the peak of the show season. We attended the Silverstone Classic, Senlac Classic at Bodium Castle and the Capel Classic car shows. Once every year around 20 members leave our cars in the car park and enjoying a fantastic relaxing day on the narrow boats, this year we went back to the River Wey and we were blessed with some great warm sunny weather. 2nd October Friday Scalectrix tournament with SELNK Region, who are arranging and hosting this event. 4th October Sunday Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting: Maserati magnifico 14th October Wednesday Club night at the new venue: The Bolney Stage 1st November Sunday Goodwood Breakfast Club meeting Souped up Sunday: modified and custom vehicles of all ages.
TIPEC South East Region members messing about in (narrow) boats
4–6th November Trip to Porsche factory in Stuttgart plus the Porsche and Mercedes Benz Museums.
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Cornwall & Devon RO Steve Switzer 01208 816 397 07867 556 869 (mobile) steve_switzer@mac.com Meetings are held third Sunday of every month 12:00–2:30pm at The Winds of Change, South Petherwin, Near Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7LP. Please contact Steve in advance so that he can advise the pub of probable attendee numbers. Wheels Wadebridge 2009, held on the day of our normal Club meeting day in July, saw an excellent turnout of Club members, guests and visiting for the day Porsches. At one stage we had 15 cars of all shapes and sizes in our parking area. The show had several thousand viewers and over 800 cars for them to meander around and talk to us about. Looking forward to next year already! In the meantime see you all at the next third Sunday meet. Usual Place, usual time. See you there.
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TIPEC Cornwall & Devon’s display at Wheels Wadebridge 2009
Over 800 cars on display at Wadebridge
… not all Porsches though!
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