Am I the only one who doesn't feel that the club is all that interested in the early cars?
Shoot me down in flames if you like!
Shoot me down in flames if you like!
What about Hedingham?
ORIGINAL: philip_sloper
Am I the only one who doesn't feel that the club is all that interested in the early cars?
As Paul so rightly says, it is organised and run outside the Club umbrella, but as I understand it, received around ÂŁ3000 from the Club.What about Hedingham?
Good grief, that happened over 10 years ago with the formation of DDK, at that time almost entirely PCGB members, now with bare any. And the water cooled cars have been well catered for by TIPEC for even longer than that.I think it would be a real shame if the early cars formed their own breakaway group
ORIGINAL: oldtimer
The early car does about 200 miles a year
ORIGINAL: Nick Moss
As Paul so rightly says, it is organised and run outside the Club umbrella, but as I understand it, received around ÂŁ3000 from the Club.What about Hedingham?
I think it would be a real shame if the early cars formed their own breakaway group
That's easy, an annual get together! Take over the Heddingham event, go back to Beaulieu or use the Silverstone Classic. How about a presence at Classic Le Mans?What do we want to have organised for the Early 911 Register in 2013 ?????
Because the club came under ever increasing (financial) influence of Porsche AG and began to feel less like a car club and ever more like an extended marketing arm of AG i.e. only interested in promoting new cars and nil interest in older cars .ORIGINAL: Robin
My question is why do owners and members seem to want to start their own Clubs or break away from PCGB, rather than working for the only Porsche Approved Club in UK and making our Club better for all owners of the early cars ?
Having been to many meetings across Europe i was well aware that Porsche AG promote PCGB as the ideal set-up.It may not be common knowledge but a short while ago Porsche AG looked upon PCGB as being the worldwide model for a Porsche Club because the Club welcomed All models of Porsches into the same Club. This is something that doesn't happen in a lot of other Porsche Clubs around the World.
ORIGINAL: Mark Elder
What about Hedingham?
http://www.classicsatthecastle.com/2012/
ORIGINAL: philip_sloper
Yes, but is there anything else?
ORIGINAL: drummerboytom
ORIGINAL: Mark Elder
What about Hedingham?
http://www.classicsatthecastle.com/2012/
ORIGINAL: philip_sloper
Yes, but is there anything else?
Nope !
Someone hit the nail on the head in the recent "Hedingham" thread when they said :
PCGB needs Hedingham more than Hedingham needs PCGB.
ORIGINAL: Nick Moss
To have an annual meeting is actually listed in the Register Secretarys Manual as one of the things expected of them to do for their Register members. Normally this would be supporting the Clubs main National event, but could be a stand alone event like what has become the Castle Hedingham show for originally, the 356 Register.]
That's easy, an annual get together! Take over the Heddingham event, go back to Beaulieu or use the Silverstone Classic. How about a presence at Classic Le Mans?
The Hedingham event in 2013 will feature the Early 911, as the date of the event will be close to the original launch date of the 901.
Both Beaulieu and Hedingham are a bit out of the way for many of the early car owners so those would not be my first choice as venues for a National 911 Register meet.
Both Classic Le Mans and the Old Timer Grand Prix have prominent areas set out for the early 911 cars, although there is no CLM next year.
My suggestion is to have a special display for the early 911 at the Classic Silverstone meeting in 2013 (26/27/28 July 2013).
I understand the Club is trying to arrange for the 911 to be the featured model at next years event and to arrange for a track parade or display of all models of 911 (even those that don't have a 911 model number). Some members might like to take part in the Retrorun that is associated with the meeting for those who don't like to just park in a field.
Incidentally although the world seems to be preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 911 in 2013, technically and being very pedantic about the dates, the 911 model number did not actually start until 10th November 1964 so perhaps that is the date we should be looking at for our main celebration say at the 2013 NEC Classic car show. ?
Robin said: My suggestion is to have a special display for the early 911 at the Classic Silverstone meeting in 2013 (26/27/28 July 2013).
ORIGINAL: philip_sloper
Robin said: My suggestion is to have a special display for the early 911 at the Classic Silverstone meeting in 2013 (26/27/28 July 2013).
Great idea.
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