DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Going the whole 9yds on the repaint Graham, complete external strip, good man

Just took a few pics, last one was my favorite, how things were back int good ol days

Gosh Graham, what a coincidence, I was there too, my first time, what a great show of cars, 100+ Porsche, did you get a snap of the Giallo Fly 250 SWB, btw I was speaking to a guy who repaired the bonnet on that very rare ( 1 of 2) Skoda 59 race cars, it got run over by a transit van ! :lol: :lol: A...

Wondered what you have been doing for the last few days! You need to clean the workshop now!! Great progress; you will be done by the end of October. :) Thanks Graham, Yes it's been a busy week! :wink: & Christmas is the target for primer, Re the workshop, unfortunately I'm very untidy & fo...

It's very difficult to avoid distortion as it always happens when welding, hammer & dollying the weld is how you remove it, however in tight places where you can't do this, then it's a problem, the small amount I got ain't a big deal & will get a skim of filler over some epoxy primer. I'd be...

Doing good work here Graham.
I've just done a similar repair on my door, I had to be careful to keep the heat down, so as not warp it, I wasn't completley successful btw

A major update on the trunk area, loads of new metal added, a few pieces handmade, but mostly repair panels From here https://i.postimg.cc/m2LGvcyK/battery_area.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/FRSvGPbJ/2018-05-18_13.25.47.jpg To here.. https://i.postimg.cc/G2CGhfpc/2018-10-06_16.08.12.jpg https://i.postimg...

Thanks everyone for your comments :cheers: Another difficult panel to let in without making it looking obvious, lots of flanges that have to be spot on & butt joints with zero gaps, there was a big hole roughly cut for aftermarket aircon.. https://i.postimg.cc/kX8dbwzK/footwell_hole.jpg https://...

Quite a challenging piece, made from 4 sections..

More rust remedy.. https://i.postimg.cc/sXtwXWWV/2018-07-30_08.28.36.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/DfXxNCVm/2018-07-30_09.29.59-1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/N0jNPBYw/2018-07-30_10.18.56.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/B68m4pXY/2018-07-30_17.50.47.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/BngYgtrg/2018-07-30_19.45.16.jpg

More work on the rear seat area, first cut a big hole https://i.postimg.cc/FzFY14kG/2018-07-19_18.38.10.jpg Then fill it, there was a lot of reverse stretching in this part, btw the metal I use is called Zintec, it has a zinc coating, hence it's colour, this is just tacked in place at the mo https:/...

As you can see from the above pictures, back seat this needed replacing. I might add, I know a lot of these parts are available to buy at reasonable money, however the aim of this restoration is too improve my fabrication skills, not too spend my children's inheritance :drunken: Cut out a rough shap...

This is one of the first parts I tackled https://i.postimg.cc/D00sYrBn/2018-05-25_18.17.44.jpg Started with a flat piece https://i.postimg.cc/KzZttSTK/2018-05-25_19.03.28.jpg After a lot of stretching, shrinking & shaping I got both halves tacked together https://i.postimg.cc/6qPRs8mR/2018-05-26...

Fantastic restoration, love the handmade panels, this separates the true restorers from crash repair guys who just buy everything.
Well done mate

Nice job,
I had the exact same air con issue, same tin opener job as yours