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That's a nice touch :cheers:
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In true DDK fashion the idea was dealt with in a relaxed manner and it took us a while to put our plan in action but this morning a few of us finally got together and paid Barry a surprise visit :) .....

Early morning meet up....

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....and then on to Barry's workshop....

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....where Barry had the opportunity to inspect his very first Porsche project, his own car at the time....

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...as well as the car of his first paying customer...

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.....where we then presented Barry with 16 framed photographs of his former projects....

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....golden rule when visiting Barry is always bring cake! :P ....

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....great to catch up with everyone and a good opportunity to show Barry just how much he's appreciated in our early Porsche community :)

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Even nicer touch, nice work lads :cheers:
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It was great to see Barry and the other attendees today. Many thanks to Darren for arranging this.

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How sweet. :)
Good to see Barry looking so well.
And no surprise to see all his cars looking so good. Jobs well done. :salute:
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Excellent. Really great idea in the true DDK spirit. Part of my rear quarter and the bottom of the LH front wing are Barry, but not had the full treatment yet!
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Very nice thought guys. Richly deserved too. Ddk spirit is alive and well.

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That was a fun day out, good to see everyone.
Darren - many thanks for arranging, and for the invitation even though I was an imposter (the car I came in has never been Barry'd).
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Some pics from me. Jamie will doubtless be along later with much better shots. After he's picked up a truly bonkers new toy...

At Jonny's, framed photos were unloaded from Darren's special white van...
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... and some other nice cars turned up.
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They were dirty. Dirty is good.
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At Barry's, Darren gave a masterclass in slam panel profiles. Until we begged him to stop.
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And on the way home, I tried and mostly failed to keep up with Darren in an E, and Jamie in some orange thing he'd borrowed for the occasion.
Flames from the exhaust were good (when I was close enough to see them).

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It was great to see Barry and his cars. It was a shame not to turn up in his 3rd car, my Targa but the brake master cylinder didn't turn up. So Many thanks to James for the lift in "Barry's car " for which I did try to earn my ride by tweaks to the EFI map. ( sorry for tweaking the wrong setting while along side the truck on the M25, a bit heart stopping but I set it back !!)
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Fantastic :)

Barry is a one off :) . Loverly gesture and hopefully one that makes Barry realise how much we appreciate his skills and knowledge ( and I'm talking as someone who's car hasn't had the carter touch , but as a friend of his )
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Wish I could of been there. Looks like Barry and the gang had a great day. All the cars (and photos) looked amazing.

Big thanks to Darren and of course Barry.
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Good stuff
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What a great idea
Looks like a brilliant gathering
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