DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

One of the down-sides of moving an engine in bits around is that parts can mysteriously vanish in transit.

In my case its the fan strap that has gone awol.

Does anyone have a spare one for sale? I'm not sure what parts compatibility there is, but this is for a '73 2.4 engine.

>Charles

Splitters!

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This pretty much brings me up to date. After considering all the options (including chucking a match at the thing), I decided to go ahead with another engine build. I looked at various piston & cylinder alternatives; but during the summer I had a stroke of luck. One of Russell Lewis' wealthier c...

Lightweight_911 wrote:Yet again Ralph - great to see some original thinking ...

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Mike wrote: Lestor Piggot on The Minstrel winning the 2000 Guineas at Ascot, more luck than judgment that shot I think!

Great shots - are you sure that's Ascot?

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As Mick says; when my shiny new JE pistons arrived from Kokoparts they were already fitted with rings and installed in the AA barrels: https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5677/30696925100_b59a774ef0_z.jpg We didn't split them, partly because we made an assumption that they would be right, and partly becau...

Enjoying this thread immensely Darren, keep it going!

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April 2016; out the engine came again (the car was now in a roomier garage in Ascot): https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7751/26537765764_62a6642015_z.jpg ..and with the aid of some handy builders it was loaded into a pick-up I'd borrowed for the trip down to Mick's near Horsham: https://c3.staticflickr....

This is a great thread Charles, I hadn't quite appreciated the journey your car had been on! [We did finally manage to replicate and solve the CDI glitch. It was down to EMI on the programming cable, coming from the ignition leads. Worse with old leads or close proximity. All units with external ca...

The car was still not running correctly. The car started fine and pulled strongly, but the crankcase was clearly being pressurised and there was a noticeable change in the tick-over when I disconnected the oil breather. After 1000 miles I changed to a 20w50 Valvoline in the hope that thicker oil wou...

I've got four vehicles insured, three with long NCBs. Last year I was riding through London and I might possibly have come into minor contact with another vehicle, denting its wing with the very solid pannier of my bike. To this day I have no idea if I was at fault for the alleged incident or not, b...

One point worth mentioning; a few years ago one lunchtime I was hit from behind while I was in a slow moving queue behind a road sweeper. I can remember hearing a car approaching too fast and glanced at the RVM just in time to see some bloke in a Nissan on his F****** phone before he hit me, ramming...

So ignoring the funny smells for a while I got on with enjoying the car. The seats were great, when Joe at Trimdelux put them on his FB page they got a record number of hits. Unlike pretty much anything covered in dead cow skin they're very warm in winter, cool in summer, supportive and comfortable ...

There's only so much working through piles of receipts you can do in a day! Actually the posts above are a little out of sequence; the engine went in during July and now its the end of August and I've run out of time to meet my deadline. So I shipped the car off to Jez at Carrera Performance with a ...

Its coming up for self-assessment day so just time for a quick update. Engine day and the car heads up to Mick's place near Horsham. I'm always very relieved to see the car in one piece at the other end after a trip on the back of a transporter: https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/317/30776121414_4275be4d...