DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Values are falling back to a more realistic level, which is great news! They have a long way to go, in your first video you say you paid £12,000 for the car as a project, that’s a bargain, even in todays market! And despite what Mathewsons may try and say (or do) on TV, Fast Fords, 90s Classics and ...

It looked tasteful and genuine in its original guise…
Looks like a cheap (even if it isn’t!) replica now!

Not sure if this has been mentioned on here before, apologies if this is the case. From another forum, it seems as though DVLA are ending their link with The Post Office this coming March, many may or not be aware but if your cars’ taxation class could be (but isn’t) “historic” this is normally done...

hot66 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:13 pm

An MG P Type, somewhere on the moors in the 1950s.
Wonderful.

No, not an insult… Just wondering if the Bell-mouth added to the cooling fan intake actually helped or not? It’s missing off my car and as I’m planning an engine out service I thought it would be a good chance to re-fit one if need be. Next question, does anyone have a knackered fan shroud with an i...

Let’s be grateful that Porsche made sure the Chassis Number was properly stamped into the car itself. Many BMC cars just had a screwed on aluminium plate reverse stamped with the cars identity. If you have restored such a car and for whatever reason had to fit a new plate, the DVLA will not accept t...

Well done!
I too have searched for years online for photos or indeed any information on my car from when it was new in Scotland 1962 to it being bought by the previous Brighton based owner in 1984.
A change of registration number prior to 1984 complicates things for me.

That’s very helpful.
Thank You. I’ll crack open the Briwax and work it in with a stiff paintbrush!

Let’s say you have a car from 1926. It was repainted before the Second World War and It’s been in a barn since 1954, You’d want to keep that lovely patina on what paint there was left. But what to use? It needs to be dry to the touch but let the surface breathe as well as protecting from further det...

Interestingly The Late Brake Show on YouTube shows “new” 2cv vans that are electric. The one Johnny drove is on a “G” (1989) plate and still showing on DVLA as a 602cc petrol. I initially thought that the root of the issue with DVLA may have been Tax Free related. Now I’m not so sure. The guy buildi...

Thank You Johnathan.
I’d totally forgotten about the Cold Crank.
I shall have a look!

Edited to add…
Traditional 600CCA
Optima 815CCA…

My 356 had been laid up for the last few years whilst I was wooed by other things. Anyway, a house move prompted me get the car out last year. The 6v Optima Red I fitted a few years before was flat. My Lidl Battery Conditioner wouldn’t do anything and a car racing chum suggested using a traditional ...

By IRS I assume you mean the one with CV joints rather than the regular Swing Axle (still technically IRS…)
In which case I thought it was only the semi-autos
and most of those were 1500cc???

Not taken by me, but a lovely image https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52678329525_c524a0270b_c_d.jpg A DVLA check shows that the Ford was registered in 1953 (so only a year old in the photo!) is now yellow, was last taxed in 1981 with the last V5 issued in 1998. The Routemaster hasn’t been so luc...

KS wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:32 pm A bargain compared to just under £600,000 for a low mileage Sierra Cosworth today!

I was sent a screenshot of the online catalogue showing the result last night.
I’m sure we’ve been here before, last time around it was e type jags and Aston DB 2/4s….