DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Meanwhile attention turned to the front clip

despite best hopes of saving it in the end a new one was going to be more economical and easier to replace as the front was well and truly battered



big thanks to Julian at KK here for helping to source a genuine Porsche one and negotiate a very competitive price

Whilst the clip was off it opened up the front battery box area, headlight bowls, support braces and wheel arches for closer inspection





Well they all needed replacing as well

Finally most of the rot was chased back and some more good new metal could go in the car again

First the floors



Then the centre tunnel back in after coating the underside in POR15 and the central section of floor

And both heater tubes rebuilt with supports in and completely blathered in POR15 – (these areas seem to suffer with condensation build up – considering how little metal survived in there then anything that stops the tin worm is going in)

The dodgy right door lower hinge repaired and new metal let in at the bottom closing panel

then the longitudinals went on, having being blathered in POR15 and anti-rust, then the jacking points

Outer rockers and lockposts

Rear wheelarches





and new panels at bottom of wheelarchs next to lockposts

Front wheelarch bottom sections

Battery box front wall and floor, again covered in POR15 before the front clip goes on

Petrol tank floor

Front clip



Headlight bowls, strangely the same part as for the early 911, with a few slight alterations to make them into 356 spec

Repair to front wing

Rear closing panels at end of longitudinals (taken off rear jig mounts and lifted up to allow panel to be put in and bottom bolts to finally go in)