DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

There are roughly 32M cars on the road in the UK of which say 2.5M are classics The new car market is about 2M cars a year.. So over 15 years to replace fossil fuel cars if every new car sold is electric Which it won’t be, and then some of those would be replacements for existing electric cars. Seem...

Saturday in die Ratte

Me, in the 356 Rat

Many thanks to Angus and the team
Giving up their weekend for a great cause and for being so damn hospitable too

Sold a few parts and met some nice people

My daughter Sienna is in her final year at Uni doing motorports engineering. Her final project is the rebuild of a 914 engine but using modern injection systems and upgraded components. She needs to create a simulation to analyse and discuss the findings arising from the updated kit. The uni use Ric...

Yes Ant that is my Rat
Thanks for the compliment

I am in the same situation Lockton insure my cars whilst in secure underground garage They are under a block of flats with electric key entry in central London There is cctv too Other classic owners have their cars there too so must be other insurers who will cover I guess the secret is to have a go...

I will be there all weekend in die Ratte

I have one you can borrow if you are not sorted yet

Thanks Merv
Have sent an e mail to Geoff

Looking at a 356 in Sydney Australia
Does anyone know someone knowledgeable who could take a look on my behalf?

Typed a lengthy reply, hit send then it disappeared! In short semi auto, 1968 or 1969 model DS21 Best combo of turning lights and nice features! Including older style dash I have had over 40 in my time They are reliable dependable cars, great cruisers and surprisingly quick cross country Parts suppl...

I also had exactly those symptoms An electric primer and an Optima 6v battery later ( red) no more problems at all The primer has a discrete button under the dash (I prime for 20 seconds). The ugly red Optima has a battery cover over it to hide it. I find that it has a far more powerful kick Funnily...

The price is typically quite high as the choice of venues and the associated catering is always pretty high end For me the convoy drive down with mates is all part of the fun , then arriving at a venue with up to 200 356s and the wonderfully curated drives by locals make this an un-missable event. N...

Yes, it’s all done and dusted
With so few places spaces got filled up really fast and there is a waiting list
Shame really as in previous years there were 150 plus cars.
I think there are probably only 10 or 11 cars travelling from the UK