Jeff Moyes passed away on 27 January after battling cancer.
Jeff was a Porsche man through and through. He started at AFN working in the parts department and was known for his vast knowledge of the parts numbers. We once played a drinking game at the Nurburgring, quoting part numbers of him to identify. While we got very drunk, he did not!
He regularly used to race his blue 356 Speedster and his 914-6.
Motorsport was a true passion of Jeff’s and he held the prestigious role of being an FIA HTP inspector for many years.
Jeff was a true hero, managing Tom Pead and myself at Goodwood Revival last year. He was still spannering the cars and co-ordinating all the timings over the course of the weekend.
He was one of life’s good guys.
Simon Bowrey
Jeff was my friend and mentor and he supported me when times were difficult. I first met him nearly 40 years ago at one of the open evenings at AFN in their original building in Isleworth where he worked for many years before transferring to Guildford, having taken early retirement he then went on to become an FIA inspector issuing competition papers.
Always calm and organised, Jeff did many things for the 356 members of the Club throughout his life. Many of us will remember an excellent trip he organised to the Factory in our cars in 1997; absolutely perfect.
Later we did many events together - he Raced the Jim Clark Porsche 356 for me at Goodwood in 2000, and persuaded me to get a race licence myself. We then did many events together, Tour Auto, Le Mans Classic five times, Spa and many other events. The high point was probably finishing second overall at Le Mans in 2010.
But more than these things Jeff was always the guy to go to if you needed help or information on anything Porsche related, he probably knew as much as or more than anyone else in the UK.
We formed a lasting friendship both in the cars and socially. If I ever needed help, he would be there in my workshop with me preparing cars even though he lived 60 miles away, and always a perfectionist. At the track he would work through the night many times, and never complain, that’s Jeff.
The last year was difficult for him, but he did not give up easily. He insisted in helping prepare both the Jim Clark 356 and the Jenks 356 before Goodwood revival last year, and turned up to be Team Leader suited and smart as always, despite being seriously ill. He ended where he wanted to be, with his Porsche friends of many years.
Jeff is gone but he will not be forgotten, may he rest in peace.
Tom & Jeanette Pead