DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Just a heads-up, but there are several of what look to be original orange bar badges for sale on the Pelican Parts forum at the moment. In particular, the middle badge is for sale for just $65 and looks ripe for restoration! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads16/IMG_76971267578953.jpg http://foru...

Does anyone know where I can get a Driver's Manual for a UK RHD 1973 model year 911 please? I was going to order one from Porsche, but apparently it's no longer available.

Thanks...Simon.

I popped down to Canford Classics again on Saturday to take a look at the progress of my car. Things have slowed down a little now that we're waiting for the engine and gearbox to return from being upgraded and rebuilt, but there are still a few things to update you all on. Here she is, awaiting an ...

Helen wrote:shame the books in German (well it would be) which i don't understand

Nothing that a cheap desktop scanner, some OCR software and Google translation can't fix. It might not be 100% correct, but you'll at least get a good idea of what's written.

Simon.

Here is one of the front, the orange colour looks to be almost bleached out. If you click on the image you get a better picture. Yup, I still call fake - the dimples look too big, the exposed metal around the horse has gone black (a sign of a different alloy to original) and when was the last time ...

MikeB wrote:Can I be slightly cheeky

You find a great looking 2.2S and everything looks right on it, even the bonnet badge. Are you going to then ask the seller to pull the badge off the bonnet, so if you can see if it has dimples on the back ??

Probably not!

Difficult to tell and I'm far from an expert, but my guess is that it's not original. The edges of the detail don't look sharp enough. It's almost as if a mold was taken from an original badge and that was used to cast that badge - a fairly cheap, easy and common method of producing fakes of any cas...

I am going to offer an alternative view. I think there are some very early original orange bar badges with dimples on the back. The smooth back came later. Shoot me down :violent3: There is that view and a few people on Pelican Parts have mentioned it, but as far as I know no-one has so far been ab...

If you want a reproduction badge then Roger Bray Restorations sell one... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Simon.

That's a fake!

On the back you can just about make out that the circled R above the 901 is offset to the right and the dimples can be seen. On an original badge the circled R is centred above the 901 and the back is smooth with no sign of dimples.

Simon.

Ian 2.2S wrote:And it looks like the Ebay one was probably original cos the soldered lugs had come off. Kick my self v hard, for not risking it.
Ian

Do you have a link to it?

I've done a fair bit of research into this recently as I've been looking for an original orange bar badge to finish off a car that I'm having restored. There's lots of discussion about what's original and what's not - both in terms of features and finish - and you do have to be very careful as there...

Another update after taking a trip down to Canford Classics a week or so ago to take a look at the progress of my car. As you can probably guess, I'm very happy! :) The car being worked on... http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/tdk-uk/911/car1.jpg Really starting to come together with some of t...

Thanks Dougie, I'd be interested to hear what you think of it once you've got the car up and running.

Thanks...Simon.

Reviving an old thread to enquire how the fitting of the GT LSD went?
Are you pleased with how it performs? Is it noisy?

I'm looking at the same unit for my 911 restoration.

Simon.