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Date is normally first Sunday in May, but official announcement is usually made December/January time (as far as club stand booking forms are concerned). Tempest

Stanford Hall once again did it: Great weather, great cars, great atmosphere, and got to catch up with some folk that I indeed only ever see at Stanford Hall. Well done to the 2 winners of Class 14 Concourse. Great line-up of Corrados on the CCGB club stand, too :) My pics of the day: Brng on Stanford Hall 2015. Tempest

Stella, do come and visit the Corrado Club stand, should be manned during the whole day. There will be a few of us in concourse, too. Tempest

Buffage!!! :lol: Might have some willing passengers to buff for me :lol: (In my dreams ...) Tempest

Thirsty little Jap :lol: Average 22mpg in the 928, foot down = single digit fun :) Wanted to take pics of the Rados in the field and of course of our stand, but my mobile phone camera had decided to flash its battery-low warning at me instead, so no pics of air-ride latest A3 Audis with vertical windscreen stickers either :( :lol: Tempest

Eeek!!! That is pretty scary nevertheless, and even if it just all psychological. You then tend to become over-careful in the future, not trusting folk any more, sad really. Hey ho, luckily enough no damage or things stolen. Sorry we (Jim and me) couldn't say goodbyes, because when we had looked at the other metal (apart from our Cs that is) - and yes, the green field opposite the main site had a few nice Rados and other cars dotted around, 2 Astons no less! - we decided there was nothing to hang around for any more, and left. Didn't quite do the mpg that nrc posted above, and that was despite not chasing Wendy :lol: Tempest

Those moaning at my English, welcome to correct it, you seem to have more time than me. Not my fault that I can't use an Android phone with tiny keyboard because I don't always fancy using a PC with full keyboard :-P There, that's the stupid moaners out if the way, other than that had a sunny trip back home, washed the filthy Shark, tinkered with Mk1 instrument cluster lighting after what was a pleasant time away from home, mainly thanks to Paul and Jude pre-meet fun. Tempest

As usual had an exceelent time thanka to friendly hosts Paul and Jude entertaining tue troops Sunday afternoon ans eve. The actual meet, well quite a few turned up in our other cars (me in the 928), parked in general car park so could make a relatively early exit once I had seen the metal. Didnt even bother going into the main events hall because that costs cash which imho isnt worth it any more ahem bar Judea car but I saw that eve prior the leet for free. Trend is very mych towards sff you see at UD in Telford. Airride, vertical stickers along windscree, new aloys preferably from cars other than VW (who knows whether the adapters are safe)

Just a bit of anorak knowledge: Dawson Sellars and Hans Bruns designed that 928-interior, and yes, Dawson Sellars is British. Interesting to read how he came to Porsche: Finished at the Royal College of Arts in London mid 60s, already owned a 365, found a job at Ford in Essex, was told to park his 365 at the rear of the factory out of sight, didn't get on at Ford, and fired his CV (in English, didn't speak a word of German) to Stuttgart, got the interview, and was taken on! Wouldn't happen these days any more. Rear windows give excellent view. Try finding that on modern cars, where you're better off driving blind-folded. Tempest

Interesting figures indeed, thanks for posting :) Tempest

Most likely had a RMB (rear muffler bypass), common mod amongst the 928 crowds. Quite happy myself with the standard set-up. Has the "cheap" front seats, only 2 of the 3 available 4-way rocker switches on the side of the driver seat and passenger seat, no memory seat on passenger side, all of which the PO of mine included at great extra cost. 928 had huge options lists, with even huger associated costs, original owner of mine went for a lot of them, thanks! :) But that GTS is a very nice example indeed :) Tempest

That's a commonly held misconception, because when I did a fairly large(ish) job on my Shark back in 2012 I was pleasantly surprised by prices for spare parts coming from a VW background, and expecting the worst. Although I haven't watched the Classic Car Rescue episode on the 928 yet, it has been heavily discussed on the 928-mailing list I am on, and some interesting things emerged about how this type of TV programme is made, given that the production team have approached various folk that deal with 928s in daily life to get the car, get it valued, etc. These guys have let on a bit of the what happened off-screen. Taking it all in, you realise soon that it's all in the interest of general TV entertainment. The actual 928 wasn't that bad to start with, but did have rotten sills! The chap they bought it from had no plans for it other than to break it or turn into a trackday tool, never to bring back on the roads again. The 928 guru in the UK, Paul Anderson, was asked to value the car at a rediculuous price once all the resto work had been done, but refused to co-operate once he found out the sills were still rotten, and said he'd not value the car at much more than what the production team had bought it for. Paul said his reputation would be on the line if he did co-operate, so the production team went elsewhere. That's TV entertainment, which needs to appeal to many more than just a bunch of car enthusiasts, let alone an even smaller bunch of 928-fans. Anyway, sorry for high-jacking, but worthwhile remembering when you next time watch similar TV programmes ;) They all have porper jobs, where they don't have time to post :lol: That or it's an older generation that haven't necessarily grown up with forums ;) Tempest

One US-G60 owner here, living in the UK,imported from the US through Germany to Scotland, from where I bought it. Looking forward to pics. Tempest

The 928 stands out in that list, as Porsche's own development (whereas the 924 started as an outsource project by VW, which when Porsche had made it their own resulted in the 944 and finally the 968 ), and only car that Porsche had contemplated to replace the 911, which never happened. Not had the chance of driving any 944s myself yet, but the engine, effectively half a 5-liter V8 from the 928, should be almost bomb-proof, if looked after (regular oil and coolant changes). They all share the same transaxle principle, making them easier to handle in corners compared to the tail-happy 911s, the main difference being that the diff is located in front of the gearbox on the 4-cylinder cars. Have a look on the TIPEC website for more opinions and possibly vehicles to test-drive; TIPEC started as a primarily 924-driven club and then gradually absorbed all the other Porsche models. Tempest

Sorry Ian for not showing up at Browns tonight :( Prepping cars took a wee hit longer than expected, given we didn't turn up till around 18:30 (and that was despite me leaving work earlier than usual). All will be sorted for tomorrow night. Yes, fancy that, Mike needing a bit of rag from one of us C-folk to further detail his Mustang! Not wanting to spoil the show yet (have taken quite a few pics tonight), here's the one of the Mustang: Tempest Tempest

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Yay, 1 more day, driving the cars up to the stand tomorrow :) Tempest

Nice find :) Tempest

All attendees: Please supply me with your full name, email address and vehicle details. I will pass on those details to the organiser who in turn will then email the passes to you. This needs to be done by Monday, 19 May 2014. Failing that and its £10 per adult entry at the gate plus a fiver to be included in the display! Please have £5 in exact money on the day, when the organiser will come round to collect £5 per attending car. This is the total entry cost, so you're once again (like last year) getting entry at a discount price! No costs to the club either. More notes from the organiser: Tempest

Yes, stand for CCGB has been booked, waiting for confirmation. Tempest

Can start a second stand :) Tempest

We have 5 so far, so yes, that warrants 1 stand, I suppose. Tempest

All part of restoration ;) Tempest

Happening this upcoming weekend, see here: http://www.necrestorationshow.com/show-features/car-clubs?page=1 Vicky Butler-Henserson and the Wheeler-Dealer gang will be doing live presentations, too. Tempest

Thanks everyone for turning up. Felt we had a very good meeting, productive to say the least, and very good results: Sarah our new treasurer Neil our new webmaster Congratulations to the posts and welcome to the committee :) Chairman up for grabs still, so anyone fancies, although had one person showing a ¨serious¨ interest :) Not really, as Jim said, they are getting very rare indeed. Maybe mine will make an appearance next year ;) Tempest