DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

AndrewSlater wrote:What's nicer than a 992 GT3 - one in Signal Yellow.
Shark blue was so last week!

Think I would happily swap my Yaris for that. Lovely.

David Rooke wrote:Glad this is a thing. I was feeling a bit guilty until others confessed first. Epic epic cars. Should have had one 20 years ago.

Did you buy that R500 from Barrow?

It’s just my pal sold one that colour last year.

How exciting is this stage. Car looks ultra crisp.

Going to be a stunner.

911SE wrote:Here a shot just after collection, admittedly not the most exciting background but at least without dents

Looks really sharp Magnus. You must be pleased.

They're starting to show up in hillclimb events down here (and probably across the UK). Due to the vagaries of the class regs, my 46 year-old 914 runs in the same class... The expression taking a knife to a gun fight comes to mind! :lol: That must be a bit frustrating running against modern machine...

GR is Gazoo Racing who have been in charge of the project, Tommi Makinen was allowed to take the project out of Japan and over to his facility in Finland. Gazoo Racing have had quite a bit of success at Le Mans and WRC over the years. It really is a Special bit of kit, and bloody good fun on road. 8)

. I must admit John - I have no idea what that is (apart from being a Toyota) !! :oops: I even typed the registration no. into the DVLA database but it didn't specify a model name so I'm none the wiser ... . Yes sorry Andy, as Graham says its a GR Yaris, which is a Homologation car, project is bein...

I had ordered one of these back in March before it had appeared on Top Gear. It was going to be a 14 month wait for delivery, which I was okay with. But after a bit of chasing I managed to find a cancelled order in exactly the same spec. Picked it up from South Wales a couple of weeks ago. It’s abso...

Happy birthday Bootsy, have a fantastic day mate.

Awesome JP, made my morning!!

hot66 wrote:interesting engine support rails .. dont appear to be tied into a cage or anything , just the c pillar area ?

mfi motor on trumpets though

They almost look like 911 Rear suspension arms..

Happy birthday Mike, hope your having a cracking day.

Epic Darren.

Well I for one think all this detail is cool. That’s what makes projects like yours so intrinsic.

Keep the details coming. It’s going to be another cracker of a car.

I use the factory system. On our 69/70/71 cars the cold start fuel gets fired in from two brass rails in the air box. Make sure all the hoses and rails are secure and no leaks. I have found the solenoid ontop of the fuel filter housing can stick if not used for a while. You can test this by just put...