DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Ok, I will start it off.

After a rusty 1.3 S3 bought off ebay (that went off to Hong Kong), a 1600HF racer I bought and didnt use apart from on a couple of trackdays (and is now a Fanalone replica reg OWE250K) I bought this....one of 22....a RHD Lancia Fulvia 1.6HF Fanalone. Once driven and reviewed by Martin Buckley. I owned it for 2 years...and only sold it because I was all lined up to buy an Aurelia B20...until it was crashed into on the morning of the inspection....and then I bought a 356A from PR Services instead....and then a 911....and the whole Porsche thing got a bit silly! I probably should have kept it.

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Good idea. A few of my notable ones

VWs













Porsches

Good thread! Owned through the 80’s and early 90’s......

Great idea, now you and mike have set a high bar and i am going to lower it....

I passed my test in this aged 17 - This is not the actual car as i dont have photos but it is identical to my Dad's T reg RS 2000. It was fantastic - not as good as the RS1800 that i coveted but all my mates were very envious and i was very lucky.



It eventually became mine but at this stage was my Dad's/. I repaid his generosity by stuffing it into a wall.

As a punishment, he made me drive this for a year.



A vandenPlas Allegro in mustard. It had been my late grandparents' car

I went from Hero to Zero in no time flat.

Super walnut picnic trays in the back though - every cloud has a silver lining

Nothing wrong with mustard, daily driver late 70’s...

Thats's enough VWs for now...

Great idea. I have a feeling mine already may be on the rubbish side having seen the quality of the first few posts! My first car was a mk2 escort estate (Mexico style!) as I was a very keen racing cyclist at the time and needed to ferry my bike around to events. Then I found VWs, my first going through at least 6 incarnations during my ownership before being used in a bank job. I kid you not, how would you make a getaway in this without being noticed?!!


Via a beach buggy (a Swb Rat) which is too fugly too show, I moved onto this, the engineering being done by my pal’s dad inc a safari windscreen. It ran a stumpy stinger and was a big hit with the Hampshire constabulary who became on first name terms with me!



Then having done Golf GTIs for years I built this bug and painted it myself (bought from Porker914 that is no longer of this parish). I sold it to find the 914 build



I built that car on my best mate David Hilton’s (911e and Gt3) drive as I lived at his place for a few years. At the time, Ge has just built this and together we did the type 4 conversion (see Bootsy’s post - all world)



And then the much missed 914. Terrible pic, but taken in OPC Notts on the launch night of the 987 Boxster.

I look forward to the reminiscing as already feeling a bit hemmed in!





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Sort pics have gone out of the intended order but you get the idea.

Sorry about more VWs Keith bit I don’t think they will be the last!


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Cool that you did the engine work on the old Speedster, went well that little car

Yes, it went like a champ. We left several tyre marks around our favourite hairpin to prove it, it was properly fun.

Not everyone’s first car was air cooled.....

CSL
Good: steering, engine
Bad: gearbox
Verdict: fun, but not as good as people say they are

RS4
Good: almost everything, including 100% bulletproofness
Bad: almost nothing
Verdict: way better than serious helmsmiths say they are. Wish I'd kept it.

I had a pastel yellow Martin Walker speedster similar to this one late 90’s.
Was one of 2 built for the Paris to Liege rally.

There were a few with blue interior - guess yours was too?