DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Film on Youtube .... beautifull restored ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u_5fVMq2jY[/youtube]

Back home after a very busy Kever Winter Festijn meeting ... talked to a lot of interested guys.

My son in the cockpit thinking at his first round on Spa Franchorchamps..

That is my one of the first build (no 0-246 are build in California) Intermeccanica's. Bought this one 4 year ago with an last paid roadtax plate from 1978 on it. http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-4D7884YR.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-R3FRVZFJ.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-V7NIB3YF....

Yesterday the last details on the Vee and a bit of cleaning of the shed... ready for transport. This year it will be the 50 th birthday of the Formula Vee in America so I will celebrate that on the Kever Winter Festijn in Rosmalen: https://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-4WGFZ6C7.jpg https://www.mijnalbu...

Front part of the subframe is ready and in zinc coating:

Front subframe ... section before the frontaxle can be shortened just in case the front axle has to be removed in a later stage. Made a bridge over the "napoleon hood". I make the upper sections (between the bridge and the nose section) tomorrow. The front tube will be laminated in the nos...

jtparr wrote:Brilliant, looking forward to the bodywork...
Jonathan

First i have to finish the subframe to hold the body later ..Also its easyer to fasten the wooden body cut outs on the subframe.

Yesterdag and today I made the rear subframe. The round section is boxed for extra strenght. I welded some square pieces of tube in them to make them strong before boxing. http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-3ZFQJAW6.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-VGGQNYUF.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-...

Took her for a ride in front of my house ... it's finished apart form a little adjusting of the needles in the carb now. In the mean time I did a restauration of a single axle "renntransporter" to take the car to the first Aircooled indoor meeting on the mainland. 5 & 6 january I will ...

On it's wheels and engine placed.
After some measurements the conclusion is that the front and the back of the car on the plans is differtent than the chassis compared with the foto's of the car.....

Today rear axle: put in the rear axles, adjusted the tubes and painted the wheels. Next phase: get the sucker rolling and riding. And after that: bodybuilding. http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-DCALPBAX.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-NBZSWADQ.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-3ERBNOHN.jpg...

Original: 3Jx16 met 5.20-16 tyres .... topspeed: 200 km/u The "wide"wheels of my replica: 4Jx15 with 5.60-15 (155/80) tyres ... topspeed: I don't know http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-8LVANYRH.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-64HSLK46.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-EBBLLWJO.jpg

Vintage Speed parts; NOS new and never used original Fram bypass oilfilter and old school big hole valves for the old wheels; http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-UHTHTCJP-1.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-E4PYBBNW-1.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-SHCCXSIJ.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Grote...

"Found" on saturday on a swap meet in Germany: early Porsche 912 tacho...
So no Photoshopping anymore ... only needs an RVS ring.

Like the original: hand crafted aluminium gearshift and alu handbrake knob in place and I started to make the curved frame parts of the rear subframe. http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-RIW6FUVM.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-QSRND3BA.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-DBYEDHKI.jpg http://w...