Newbie Hello

[Geordie71]

Hello from DDK newbie Steve aka Geordie 71

Born near Newcastle in, you guessed it ...71 …..but being living down south for 20+ year ...with 11years in the US in the middle

Been into Porsches for 15 ish years - will post photos of current cars below

Known Paul Stephens and Sam for almost 20 years ..before either of them were anyone and before I could afford a Porsche
and now working with 73SJM in Cambridge

I have mainly had 997s ….. but now that just imported my 89 3.2 from USA and my new years resolution was to stop wasting my life on facebook, decided now is the time to join DDK for some air-cooled goodness

I have met some of you before when tagged on to Spa trip with Sam a couple of years ago - met a guy from Yorkshire; a guy who swore a lot; a tall guy; a guy from ?Sweden/Denmark/Norway etc and a guy with a black fiat v8 …. assume you are all on here so pls say hello

My 89 is currently in garage at Paul Stephens getting some love and attention - she is a beater who has had a hard life in the US as an ex track day and autocross car ….but the plan is to put some money into her to make her mechanically solid and then slowly do her up over next few years to a half decent, but not show quality car. I change my mind everyday about back dating or repainting her, but will aim to drive her this year before make any big decisions. I have just paid deposit for CLM2020 and plan to drive down in the 89 and then spend the following week mooching around south france and or northern spain

I also used to own a Ravenna Green 914 which I bought from Sam which i believe her bought from someone from DDK. It was a great little car ….. but needed too much work for me ….. and when I saw the 63 Karman Ghia hotrod at Type 2 Detectives on a vw maintenance day, I fell in love with the KG instantly and had part exchanged the 914 against it before lunch …. take a look at the KG below and see what you think ….

I paid my membership before xmas, so looking forward to getting access to all areas of the forum and getting more involved with DDK

[Geordie71]

997.2 daily driver - us car - lhd

[964RS]

Hi from Geordie 72 and welcome to DDK.

I was probably at Spa when you were there (can’t remember which car I was in, probably a loud orange one) and it will be either me or the other sweary northerner Pete probably too.

[Geordie71]

1989 911 3.2 G50 - us car - lhd

added duck tail and graphics; got wheels done and updated cream interior to all black
but rest is stock

[Geordie71]

2003 Boxster 3.2 race car - us car - lhd

This car won the 2014 Porsche Club of America F stock champsionship, not by me
I have absolutely no talent but did enjoy track days and racing in usa

don't do any trackdays or racing in uk as everything f-ing expensive vs usa

[Geordie71]

1963 VW Karman Ghia hotrod
updated 2.2 Type 1 engine putting out 200 rwhp
drives like a bag of spanners but looks great and drives fast in a straight line

[Bootsy]

Welcome.
Great stable of cars!

[neilbardsley]

Welcome

Sent from my Redmi 7 using Tapatalk

[anglophone1]

Good stuff, my 78 Jaffa 3.2 hot rod was originally a US de/ race car - great base!
Welcome to the best Porsche forum -look forward to meeting you at CLM!!
C

[hot66]

Welcome to Ddk ... I’m going to guess I’ve met you at spa as I was there for that trip .... also was at school in Yorkshire with 73SJM

[defianty]

Welcome to DDK. Good to see you on here Steve. It was nice to meet you with you 914 a few months back. I enjoyed the brief drive of it. Reminded so much of mine before its restoration.

[Sam]

The sweary one was Petric. The tall one was amallaaghghagggh. The Sandiwegian one was Magnus, obvs. Mark’s pal Nige had the 458.

[redrobin911]

Hi Steve, A big welcome from me and to also thank you for coming to CLM2020 with DDK, you'll have a ball. Don't forget the simple rule of saying hello with a token offering of beer/wine - what could possibly go wrong... Robin

[Geordie71]

Welcome to DDK. Good to see you on here Steve. It was nice to meet you with you 914 a few months back. I enjoyed the brief drive of it. Reminded so much of mine before its restoration.

Hi Stephen - Great to hear from you .....as you are a big part of this story. When I saw how much work, effort, time and expense was involved with the restoration of your 914, it did make me think big time about how much effort was needed for my 914 …. so when I saw the picture perfect, no work required, Karman Ghia for sale, I decided to take the easy route out and save myself 3-5 years of hassle

Keep in touch and hope to see you at future meets …. perhaps ??Classics at the Castle at Hedingham Castle ...which is in the middle of us

[Geordie71]

Hi Steve, A big welcome from me and to also thank you for coming to CLM2020 with DDK, you'll have a ball. Don't forget the simple rule of saying hello with a token offering of beer/wine - what could possibly go wrong... Robin

Deal! I'll probably be arriving Friday pm ….just as you are all getting fully lubricated