DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Mitch wrote:I took my car to Neil Bainbridge yesterday for him to give it the once over and happily bumped into Mike and saw the car.

I know it's all been said before on this thread but....... that's gonna be one awesome car.

Mike, good to see you and keep it going; all that effort will certainly be worth it, especially when you're blasting down to Italy!

Nigel

Good to see you at Neil's, you've found the right person to look after it!
Your car just looks better and better every time I see it, and thanks for the kind words about mine.

As for blasting down to Italy, a splash of Chartreuse green would sure look good in those Sicilian mountains

Hello Mike
do you remember me ?, i sent you the ACS logo file a couple of weeks ago....
i've just discovered your car : stunning !
mine is almost finished but in a thin version....

regards
Philippe

Hi Philippe, yes I remember, only it was sometime last year you sent the ACS logo! I am soon to have it made up by my vinyl man, so will post a picture so you can see.

Welcome to DDK, you have found a great place to share your early Porsche interest. Why not put some pictures of your car on the new members section or just say hi with a picture of the car in General Chat.

You will find everybody here is very friendly, so great to hear from you and looking forward to seeing your car one day!

A friend of mine (oliveR) told me about the DDK....
i read some threads and i have to say that you, english people are crazy with sportscars but i knew that !

i 'm amazed by the high tech level of your recreation... but the Martini needs that..

here's my modest project

1972 -2.4S- chassis / slightly modified 911/83 RS engine rebuilt and tuned by myself, self made vinyls and body ajusting...

Hi phil !!!
Martini connection!!!

Hello Olivier
your seat is in the right place .....

At last time to update the thread, and it's been a pretty horrendous past few months.

The bodyshop, after doing a fantastic job of the metalwork, messed up the paintwork so it had to go back and be done again, it's a lot better this time, but sadly the bonnet got damaged while just having the underside blacked, so it had to be stripped back and done again, stripes and all!

While that was going on went to the States and picked up an original set of high butterflies, gear sets for the new ratio's, RSR flywheel and a clutch set, coilover suspension conversion kits and a few other bits and pieces. Unfortunately on getting back, had the really bad news that the machine shop who have had the cases and heads for 6 months now say it can't do them anytime soon due to their work load!

So the schedule has now gone out the window and it won't make Classic Le Mans I have to remind myself it took years to get my RS rep to the level it was, and as this one will be very special, way past that, I'm sure it will all be worthwhile.

It's booked for the Targa Florio re-run next May so adding the graphics to the painted stripes, as it will run in all it's 'war paint' and in the meantime have started putting together the suspension. The bilstein coilovers finally arrived having been on order for months, so was able to start fitting them up with the bits from Smart Racing and Wevo, they are looking pretty mean.

Off the Germany next week to pick up some more bits, so progressing, but slowly. Here's some recent pics:

Stunning workmanship as always...

I thought your CLM deadline was a bit optimistic Mike !

Does this mean you won't now be coming to CLM ?

Balls. Worth the wait, though...

Still looking stunning

What about a little jaunt around Wales in September?

Gosh Mike - respect, your attention to detail....and required patience is amazing!!!

Sounds like a trip to Italy next May might be worthwhile!!

Very nice Mike!!!
Too bad for CLM !!!
Are these high butterflies comming from Eurometrix?

Mike wrote: So the schedule has now gone out the window and it won't make Classic Le Mans ........ I'm sure it will all be worthwhile.

Like a good wine or even the update to this thread, it will certainly be worth the wait

I'd be very interested to know more about your proposed coilover setup, particularly the mix of springs / rates that you will be using front & rear?

Martin

Lightweight_911 wrote:Stunning workmanship
Does this mean you won't now be coming to CLM ?

Thanks Andy, booking the family hols instead now!

Viv_Surby wrote: Sounds like a trip to Italy next May might be worthwhile!!

Might be a couple of other DDK'ers entered by then as well

oliveR wrote:Very nice Mike!!!
Are these high butterflies comming from Eurometrix?

Hi Oliver, yes the bodies are one of the last original sets that Matt took over from Vasek Polak, who put them together for his race cars. The trumpets are the very last set of original ones he had, he now offers re-manufactured ones which look great and are smoother and better finished than the originals. The other difference is the new ones have a flame retardant built in the plastic so won't catch fire like the originals do

mrg3.6 wrote: I'd be very interested to know more about your proposed coilover setup, particularly the mix of springs / rates that you will be using front & rear?
Martin

Hi Martin, the springs in the picture are the rough guesstimate ones for getting the car up on it's wheels. Then once the car is weighed the final spring settings will be worked out. The red 'helper' spring is what will make the car more compliant for road use, hopefully! Will let you know what it works out to.

Sounds like you've been through the mill a bit on this but glad to see you're maintaining a sense of perspective (what's come over you?)

Sorry to hear about classic lemans.

Car and all the bits look fantastic and truly drool-making

Keep the pics coming

Cheers

Mark