DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

visualfx wrote:my goal is Classic Le Mans DDK camp site

Which year

There is some lovely metal work in your car

How are your going about rust protection priot to paint? I couldn't bring myself to use conventional methods on a shell with that much investment in it. It would have to be dipped to get at least the majority of the internals. I appreciate you can't cover all of it due to air entrapment, but it's a good start.

Garry,

Been a while since I caught up with the resto thread on this. Just had a look at the latest pictures, all looks very impressive, a fantastic standard of work.

Steve

It’s been a while since the last update but things are progressing steadily. The completed body has received a couple of coats of primer via Canford Classic’s paint shop, with the next process being colour matching the “special order green” from a sample from the car's body before works commenced. A spray out of one of the rear bumpers was agreed once the colour is mixed to get as near as match as possible.

Pistons & cylinders are now ready to go onto the completed case……

The shell looks wonderful Garry as does the engine, who's doing the engine rebuild?

Darren

It's not even recognisable from that rusty shell. Fantastic work you must be very excited. Are you building the car up yourself or is Alan doing it.

Kind regards.

Thanks for the comments,

Once the car is painted Alan will be returning it to a rolling shell, i.e. suspension, wheels, loom etc.

Nick at Redtek has completed must of the work to the engine, so I’m really looking forward to getting all the components back to my garage for final assembly.

In the mean time I’ve just finished the a engine rebuild on my 912 for good measure

I was wondering what you where doing about the paint Garry, Alan's place doing it now?


Paul

After some serious preparation and numerous spray outs trying to match the original “special order green” supplied by Porsche to the first owner, I’m happy with the final decision colour match.

Canford Classics created just what the second owner said when I first spoke to him regarding the original colour. His comments on the colour were “some day’s it looks blue, and other days it looks green”

Perfect recreation!

Suspension,ancillaries, then the engine

Gasp!
Great job on all fronts. Must be fab having such a fine shell looking like new.
Pistons look rather good too, who's are they?

90mm pistons in a short stroke 66mm makes some nice HP

absolutely loving that colour. looks a bit like a slightly darker Gemini

but whatever its called... Fantastic!

I thought that was obvious “Porsche bluey green” with a hint of Nissan

Beautiful, simply beautiful

The penultimate chapter comes to end as paint and suspension are completed.

Transportation next, think I’m going for the enclosed trailer option for journey back as I don’t have enough cling film in her kitchen draw

Wonderful. Colour looks superb and I bet it looks very different in the metal and different lights.