DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

No - unfortunately not. It's a Ferrari !

The 904FF was picked up from Yorkshire on 21st January 2020 and I started doing a few small jobs myself. A number of people had said that I had not got the side widows quite right in the moulds in that they were too small compared to the original. So a reversion to the testicular rubber bands and ou...

When the modifications had been made to the chassis and rear suspension to allow the fitment of the 2.4S engine, for some reason the anti-roll bar was not fitted. As you will see from the previous post the rear view at Cadwell illustrates a fair amount of body roll without the anti-roll bar. There w...

As usual, we made a trip to Blyton Park on 7th March 2019 to get a feel of the car with the new front wishbones etc. It seemed fine to me but it was cold and damp and not the best conditions for pushing it too hard. Also at this test day was Ewen Sergison who was shaking down a 1936 Maserati 6CM - a...

So, let's get back to the "FF" George and Andy said that I should bring it up to Yorkshire and they would sort it. Really nothing is beyond these two. There are no "ifs" in their vocabulary only "hows" https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51049465042_ec8c7cb928_z.jpg htt...

Carl, I have entered all the meetings at Shelsley walsh this year so come along and say hello.

Clive, you have plenty of time!! I have just heard that Ian Smith from Cumbria will be competing in his Alvis 12/70 once again this year . He is 86!!

After the incident at top "S" the rest of the season turned out very differenly thanI expected. I wrote an article for the October issue of the MAC News and it is reproduced below with photos of the cars involved. Five by Five On the 29th July at exactly 16:23:30 as the noise stopped and t...

Once we got the electrics sorted out we got 8 good runs up the hill. The engine had bags of torque, the gears were where one expected them to be and the noise from the Webers inches behind one's head was exhilarating to say the least. At this point I must point out that I only started competing in 2...

Cheeky B.....r. Jim is struggling a bit with his chemo but we are trying to achieve his ambition of getting him up Shelsley after his 80th birthday in April.

The car was now ready for the season but it had better be tested to see what it was like with new engine, new transmission , new rear ssuspension etc etc. On the corner scales, it was 750kgs total weight ready to go with a 45%/55% front to rear bias. With 200BHP this gives 265 HP/tonne. This will be...

Andy had, by this time, cut, welded and rivetted aluminium panels in the front to seal off the front wheel arches. We had also procured wheel spacers and longer wheel studs for the front as the new wheels just fouled the calipers and needed to be moved outboard a tad. A new shroud piece had been mad...

James, I am sure it was you who warned me way back. Those of you following this saga may notice that some photos which I was using when trying to work out how to post from Flikr have disappeared. Bootsy removed them at my request since they were out of sequence and broke the flow of the story. Keep ...

As George and Andy continued with the work in Yorkshire, I was taxed with sourcing other parts which were required. In the original iteration, the drive shafts were modified 914 to get the correct length but also to use the Ford hubs etc at the wheel end which, of course had different splines. These...

As well as the gear change linkage, George had also revamped the steering column area and fitted a detachable steering wheel. Not only did this look neater but saved a good few kilos compared to the original from the donor 914. There was a general concern that, as I got more geriatric, it would be m...