DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Normally just drill out the spot welds and brake the remaining weld with a panel splitting chisel. Once off straighten the edge out with a hammer and dolly. You then asses the state of everything. If the outer sill has rot then you can pretty much assume that the middle sill has rust including the j...

Diluted IPA? (Isopropyl Alcohol)

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How it started

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Where I am after 3 years!

I have around £5K into my engine including purchase of engine, carbs, cams, exhaust, machining, clutch, oil tank and all the fittings, and all the electrical bits. Parts are not cheap! Neither is sub contract works. I managed to keep the cost down by doing most of the work myself and buying parts se...

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Well its registered!

I am with Andy here Having gone through the process of building an E engine that came in boxes. I have the following specification engine E 84mm cylinders E pistons E heads E 66mm counter balanced crank Solex grind cams Weber 40 IDA carbs 123 distributor CDI box. This is basically a 2.2E engine with...

hi Dave

I have a 914 shell complete with front and rear wings that could be cut off. let me know.

Sean

On the tie rods Sean, are you replacing the Porsche tie rod ball joint with the Rover ball joint? The Rover ball joint looks to have a longer threaded section? Yes Rover tie rod porsche ball joint. Last time I looked the Rover tie rods were £14 each. You could buy a pair from elephant racing if you...

Be aware that SWB front suspension is very different to LWB suspension. You cannot use LWB turbo tie rods on a SWB rack. You find that the SWB rack is shorter than a LWB rack and you will run out of adjustment before you get it aligned. There is a work around using Rover 214 tie rods. Also the bushe...

Ill take these Ralph

Regards

Sean

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I’ll take two of them!
PM me your payment details please

Regards

Sean

If you can wait I have a couple of days in the middle of October free.

I will be there

They didn’t have any caps over the nuts