Porsche

History

Porsche Post is the Club’s award winning monthly magazine. Printed in full colour and professionally produced, it regularly runs to 140 plus pages and is required reading for exclusive news and stories about the marque and the Club. There is extensive advertising for cars, parts and personalised plates, where members advertising is free.

The earliest Club magazines were typed and then photocopied newsletters, developing early on into the first quarterly Porsche Post – an A5 sized, black and white magazine put together by volunteers and a helpful and committed printer.

As the Club grew, so did the need to communicate with the membership and a monthly National Newsletter and Advertiser began to take up as much time and space as the quarterly. In the late 80s and 90s various commercial options were explored before the Club settled on a monthly Trading Post for up-to-the-minute news and classified adverts, with Porsche Post remaining as a high quality quarterly under the initial stewardship of well-known Porsche authority, Peter Morgan.

At the turn of the new millennium, the decision was made to combine the two publications into a monthly Porsche Post, with a commitment to presenting the Club’s magazine in a completely professional form. Initially Richard Hudson Evans took the helm before handing over to Stephen Mummery.

In 2006 an A5 quarterly booklet entitled Porschefile was introduced, providing a single source of current information about the Club, including useful contacts and member benefits, as well as an index of specialists relating to the marque. It too goes to every member.

The Club’s website and forums supplement the more traditional communication channels and as the speed and efficiency of communication increase, so too do the opportunities and benefits for members. The Club now has the ability to email all it’s members and are promoting this as a more economic and speedier method of disseminating information.

The Club also acts as a publisher for books that would not naturally find a commercial home. Alongside celebratory publications for its own 40th and 45th anniversaries, PCGB has produced a definitive compendium on the 928 authored by the Register Secretary David Hemmings, and a compilation of articles and stories relating to the 964 RS, created by model enthusiast Tony Carey.

 
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