Hi Catherine,
Yes, sadly not much life left in PCGB when it comes to 356s. Only the old guard tend to own them and as they’ve known each other for years, they do tend to communicate more directly amongst themselves. Fred Hampton is the very long time Register Secretary, never seen him post on the club forum though. Jeff (I’m guessing that’s Moyes) writes the Porsche Post snippets for him.
As a rare new PCGB member with a 356 though, either of them should have welcomed you by now if they were actually paying any attention to the club forum. Reality is, they don’t bother to because they’re their own little cabal now and can’t be bothered to. PCGB doesn’t care about that as they’re understandably focused on continuity, so signing up Boxsters, Cayennes and Caymans is the volume needed to sustain themselves.
My advice, with 30+ years of 356 custodianship under my belt is this. 356 Registry (as already recommended) for anything you ever need to know about any 356. The breadth of knowledge there is unparalleled. It’s USA based, where most 356s were delivered to but is entirely enthusiast based. Closer to home is the DDK, smaller but with active forums and lots of helpful advice from UK 356 enthusiasts who‘ve pretty much done it all.
Don’t expect much informed help from PCGB though, it’s really just a business now that masquerades itself as social club to sell tickets to other people‘s events and it’s own merchandise to its captive audience. If you do want to be social with your 356, then sharing it at any free local cars and coffee will do the trick just as well.
