DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Glad you are OK Keith, and the car is in good hands (Steve, not Del, obvs!)
Silver lining of finding annoying bondo is that, when it's sorted, you can tell yourself it's better than before its mishap.

Cheers, Richard.

On the jig - the offending corner us 35mm higher than the other...

Looking at the front view, with the front slam panel bent as it is, it looks like one of the Disney “Cars” characters talking!
“Ooooh, that hurts!” perhaps??

JW

Amazing what a skilled body guy and a Celette jig can achieve!

Better than factory panel gaps!

JW

That looks good!
How about the suspension parts?
Just maybe you could have made Shelsley?

Excellent work., you'll be back to doing this in no time!

Thanks all. Yes, I'm pretty pleased with the way things are headed but Steve needs to crack on with another well-known car (Delwyn's RS...) once the metalwork on the 914 is done. After that, paint – matching the non-original hue won't be easy but I'm sure we can get it scanned and mixed. The rust alongside the turn signal was pretty bad and I was expecting to have to replace the front end of the wing, so I was pleased to see Steve had managed to make a repair panel from scratch. Clever boy as it's a pretty complex series of curves.

Incidentally, not only had the N/S suspension mount been 'raised' by 35mm but the whole front end had been moved 25mm to the right! At this rate, the car will end up being straighter than when it came from the factory...





TBH, much though I would have liked to rush to try to get to Classic Nostalgia, there's no way it could be metalworked, painted and reassembled in that timeframe. As Steve says, there's no point in reassembling it, taking it away and then having to disassemble it for final paint. There's always next year...

Indeed.
I thick I thought the repairs were simpler than they were!

Good luck with the rest coming!!

Now with added video...

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxwJUXKIsSQ8 ... KT0NwYEeJH

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxKCteda3zIu ... SjtoZe13J2

It's the casually walking away with your hands in your pockets I love.... nah not me mate, nothing to see here!

That’s a great picture

I don’t speak French well but still enjoyed the slightly unsympathetic commentary in the second link.

Getting better all the time...