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Hi all
Just a quick note to say we are brining back PFC magazine in June.
Get in touch if you have feature cars, event reports, meets etc to be added to the events diary/club reports.
The mag will be run differently and will be more club focussed.
Email mark @ frenchcarshow.co.uk
Cheers
Mark
Oh, I didn't realise it was coming back!
Mind if I ask what happened and if it's the same people/group who have brought it back to life? :agree:
No it was run into the ground
I have bought the rights to it and have hired some of the same staff.
Announcements soon when it comes back in June.
Mark
PS its been run from our office in Swindon !
Ah, well fair play to you then, I imagine that took a lot of work!
Good luck, we look forward to seeing the first released edition :)
I wasn't aware that you had one, which area are you in?
PS its been run from our office in Swindon !
Awesome :agree:
The office is in Dorcan in a unit to the rear of the editors house (not his garden shed lol)
Its where we run events from and now a magazine.
mark
Oooooooooooooooooooh! Interesting.
Well Spooks up there and I are both from Swindon, might be cool to arrange an event up here once you're more settled and get lots of members up :agree:
Big Steve - Raider
18-04-2010, 22:47
Myself & some of the other Club Members would i'm sure be delighted to make ourselves avaliable to celebrate the 25 year anniversary (This Year) of the GTT if you wanted to do a feature? ;)
Ahh Dorcan, cool beans.
If you need any info for parts, mechanical help etc drop me a PM :)
Never know, I might let you do an article on my car :laugh: :p
Yarp, what Dawn said :agree:
that all sounds good
We are cobbling the first issue together at the moment but issue 2 we will be out and about making these things happen.
We are busy with French Car Show just now (I know not everyones cup of tea here) but afterwards we can get our teeth into it.
We didn't ever want to run a mag but no one else wanted to do it when they dropped it so we need as much help as possible for content. Without complicating things too much we have budgeted for a 52 page mag for free paid by ads (no more % than before), distribution is via sign up online for £10 a year which pays for postage, two graphics and the website. The mag is sustaining itself on a non-profit basis. Also the mag can be sent to events for free distribution.
If and when it picks up again we can change the model we are not looking to charge £4 again unless it warrants it.
Mark
Myself & some of the other Club Members would i'm sure be delighted to make ourselves avaliable to celebrate the 25 year anniversary (This Year) of the GTT if you wanted to do a feature? ;)
Am I the only one who's not found any details on here regarding the 25th bash?
Big Steve - Raider
18-04-2010, 23:45
Am I the only one who's not found any details on here regarding the 25th bash?
Don't think their are any details mate? :(
Don't think theirs anything planned?
StuTHC was looking into it a while back but he has obviously stepped down. I'm pretty sure Renault said they weren't interested in an official 25 year thing, they want to make a big deal of the 30th (stupid I reckon). Stu will have full details though, that's all I know
Penfold aka The Dealer
19-04-2010, 06:20
Yeh renault arent interested, I dont see why we cant make ND this year a celebration of the R5 GTT 25th birthday, dont need to do anything else really, although would be cool if we could do a camping trip or something....
My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.
They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday :)
My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.
They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday :)
Lets hope renault keep a flow of enough parts to keep us all running until then :cry:
Big Steve - Raider
19-04-2010, 10:23
My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.
They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday :)
They got room for the RTOC?! :)
RussellT
19-04-2010, 11:04
I suggest that you include a section on French Cars used in club motorsport. The 205's are very popular in hillclimbing and sprinting and there are more of the clio cups appearing as well as my dear old Doris (She managed to beat a Longman engined 206 yesterday :) )
My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.
They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday :)
Celebrating 30 years of the GT Turbo?
Maybe they're releasing a new GT Turbo :D
im so happy :D now i can get my baby hopefully in the mag :agree::agree::agree:. and i got her on the rollers on saturday and see pulled 217.3bhp at 20psi which im well happy with :D can run more boost if need more power but im happy with what ive got. happys days. :)
turbo zo
19-04-2010, 14:47
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
:agree: good to hear, there wasn't anything really French specific on the market so was a shame to hear it wouldn't be published anymore, glad you saved the day!
Yeh renault arent interested, I dont see why we cant make ND this year a celebration of the R5 GTT 25th birthday, dont need to do anything else really, although would be cool if we could do a camping trip or something....
I thought the French gtt owners were sorting the/an anniversary bash for sometime in August, and hoping to get Renault France involved.
To my knowledge Renault UK have never had any plans for a 25th Birthday bash, which is pretty p1ss poor of them to be honest.
that all sounds good
We are cobbling the first issue together at the moment but issue 2 we will be out and about making these things happen.
We are busy with French Car Show just now (I know not everyones cup of tea here) but afterwards we can get our teeth into it.
We didn't ever want to run a mag but no one else wanted to do it when they dropped it so we need as much help as possible for content. Without complicating things too much we have budgeted for a 52 page mag for free paid by ads (no more % than before), distribution is via sign up online for £10 a year which pays for postage, two graphics and the website. The mag is sustaining itself on a non-profit basis. Also the mag can be sent to events for free distribution.
If and when it picks up again we can change the model we are not looking to charge £4 again unless it warrants it.
Mark
The very best of luck with it all!:agree: It's nice when people put hard work in...All the best with it!:agree:
happy days will be good to see a french car mag again:)
old skool turbo power
19-04-2010, 20:09
Lets hope renault keep a flow of enough parts to keep us all running until then :cry:
i was thinking the same mate as i walked into renault for parts and was told that they will be putting a end to most/some of the parts/(for ovious reasons of course)which was making me think i wonder if the renault 5 gt turbo will end up like the gordini turbo?or is it just the fact that i never see them :scared:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FXyFb6uBU&feature=related jesus you might like mate :cool::cool: in a way im starting to like the look of the gordini:smokin:
How about a massive collection of turbos for your cover!!
Penfold aka The Dealer
19-04-2010, 20:41
i was thinking the same mate as i walked into renault for parts and was told that they will be putting a end to most/some of the parts/(for ovious reasons of course)which was making me think i wonder if the renault 5 gt turbo will end up like the gordini turbo?or is it just the fact that i never see them :scared:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FXyFb6uBU&feature=related jesus you might like mate :cool::cool: in a way im starting to like the look of the gordini:smokin:
Gordini's rock... been out in mine all day and everybody stare's, nods, smiles etc... even PC plod love it :D
maybe you could do a feature on real renault 5 gtt's,ones that are actually used an none of this show/mint examples,one scruffy raider available here!
:D
^^ agreed with above, bit of a long shot i know but me and my bro have a bit of history with r5 gtt's and both own white r5's in good condition both have modified engines and both look standard on the outside no gay bodykits etc :) mines currently having a brake overhaul but will be back on road soon.
feature for the two brothers? :P lol :smokin:
on the other hand , good to have you guys back
:agree::agree::agree:
glad its coming back
my stupidly ugly cars bin in the mag b4
but my gosh has it changed
Bruce - BHPerformance
21-04-2010, 14:23
Good to hear the mag is being relaunched.
My old trophy 5 was in the first edition when it changed to PFC from PGTI. :D
There is a big Renault 5 meet at the Clermont-Ferrand circuit in France on the bank holiday weekend of 28th-31st May if anyone is interested?
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