DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Not a John story as such but I remember seeing that 356 racing at Brands Hatch in a one make series when I was a youngster, which I'm sure influenced my choice of Porsche... It was during its 'apostrophe' era so may have had Caroline at the wheel. The car cropped up again a couple of decades later i...

Latest from Tuthill. Not sure who the 'what a tool' line is aimed at though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7afNZsAvqI

Insurance values are a tricky one. Tools like this and asking prices only act as a guide. The only way to get an accurate value of your own car at a point in time is to sell it, but then you won't need insurance! While you don't want to be under-insured in a total loss situation equally you don't wa...

https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/journey-t ... to-le-mans

Jota team journey to Le Mans.

Light on technical but some nice footage and a great story.

I ran my 356 up the hill a couple of years ago. The hill is best suited to power rather than handling but has an interesting history, particularly pre-war so you see some great pre-war cars and bikes. I think you need to register in advance so you may be too late to run the hill, though the hill is ...

Hi all, A few 356ers are joining the French based Original Flat Four Drivers Club at LMC. They have a great line up of early VW and Porsche including a split screen pre-A. A selection of the cars can be seen here: http://lemansclassicvw.skynetblogs.be/ If you're going to LMC be sure to come and say ...

Paul, My oil filter can had a black rubber gasket in the lid. I was advised to re-use this rather than the thinner gasket that comes with the oil filter. You may be able to buy the rubber gasket from the usual vendors. When I got my car there wasn't a washer between the cap and bolt but I now use a ...

If any DDKers are interested, the organisers have set aside a display area for 356s at Stonor Park air-cooled show near Henley 1/6/14. Advanced tickets are £5 per car including entry into the informal concours, which has a new class for classic air-cooled Porsche. The deadline for advanced tickets i...

Just saw this on the registry web site - well worth a look

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/1 ... 11140.html

Barn find?

Please tell me that paint didn't come out of a barn looking that good!

http://porsche356registry.org/component ... Itemid=281

Note the comment 'not for the uninformed' but unusual to see a resonably complete A for $25k

The other option is to save up a bit longer for a solid driver needing minor bodywork or mechanical attention. A longer term rolling restoration should be less risky than a full on body resto and will have you on the road sooner. Plus if there turns out to be a bubble in the market which pops while ...

Super unleaded should reduce the risk of fuel leaks as it has a lower content of bio fuel which degrades old fuel lines. If your car has new fuel lines and is stock I would think normal unleaded is fine as our cars were built to run on the lower quality petrol of the 50s & 60s

I'd get a quote from RH:

http://www.rhclassicinsurance.co.uk/

my cover includes breakdown recovery which I used twice in the first year I had the car and the premiums didn't go up materially.

Thanks all for the advice. We have changed the oil pressure switch and the green light now stays off at tickover after a long run. The consensus seems to be that the early A cars with small oil pump make less pressure. Whilst I love working on the car I love driving it more, so plan to keep it on th...