DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Hi Thomas,

I've just PP'd you for 3 x Wall hanging calendars.
Many thanks for this and all the other work that you do for us through the year.

Cheers!
JW

Nige wrote:Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:13 am Isn't Cif, Jiff, etc abrasive? Not sure I'd want to scrub my glass with that.

Yes - been there!
You don’t notice the fine scratches until you drive at night and then have to try to find your way through the brightly illuminated spider’s web!

JW

Hi Ian,
Give Crispin a ring at Oak Tree. He has two or three shells there.
Cheers
JW

I have had one of the silver Bosch coils on our CDI equipped 914/6 for more than 10 years and it’s been OK - so far!
JW

For early Porsche CDI you need the proper Bosch coil.

JW

fcd911 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:18 pm Yes, in fact I checked and reset the points gap before the event.

Did you check the ignition timing and re-set it if necessary after adjusting the points?
JW

I could do with another bucketful of adrenaline like this just now!





JW

Who? Me????
(Not so!) Sunny Somerset when we’re not chasing around the country competing.

JW

hot66 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:38 pm My dad used to have one just like that

The tractor and implement system that revolutionised farming in the late 40’s and 50’s!
JW

hot66 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:44 pm Some more for you if you like that kind of thing

My uncle had the bigger Allis Chalmers WF that came over in 1942 on the American Lend-Lease scheme. It was the only tractor on his farm until the early 1960’s

This is our latest classic purchase, built on 28th November 1949



It’s a rolling (and mowing and harrowing!) restoration
JW

Isn’t that just fabulous!
JW

All arrived safely yesterday.
Thanks Thomas!
JW

911hillclimber wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:11 am I've never had so many old mileage cars ever before.

...................and your cars have never had such an old driver before!

JW

Even this wouldn't fit... Citroen My Ami, as seen in our local car park last week. Tourist. Nobody in Cornwall would own a car that does 28mph max and has a range of 46 miles... :lol: Unlikely to be a tourist, it would take the first week of your holiday to get to Cornwall, and then you'd have to s...