DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

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One that got away from me..

Bootsy wrote:


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911hillclimber wrote:One that got away from me..

They were really good little bikes, so I can understand your missing it. Looks stunning.

Thanks, the guy who bought it was very pleased to say the least.
It was like the bike he learnt on and wanted to feel the vibration again!

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- came across this picture of my old R8 Gordini (middle one) whilst searching for something else:



It doesn't look too different from when I sold it in the early '90's:

Such cool cars. My dad being a Renault owner back in the 1960s and ’70s means the R8 Gordini was the Holy Grail for me.

My dad was having an affair
One night the husband came by the house with a tin of emulsion and poured it all over his very dark green Silver Shadow
And left a note under the wiper saying "I enjoyed that, send me the bill"

And of course my dad didn't.

I've always thought it a particularly stylish thing to do (not the shagging another blokes wife bit)

Lightweight_911 wrote:.

- came across this picture of my old R8 Gordini (middle one) whilst searching for something else:



It doesn't look too different from when I sold it in the early '90's:

Andy, how did they drive ? I imagine not that quick ?

Tosh wrote:My dad was having an affair
One night the husband came by the house with a tin of emulsion and poured it all over his very dark green Silver Shadow
And left a note under the wiper saying "I enjoyed that, send me the bill"

And of course my dad didn't.

I've always thought it a particularly stylish thing to do (not the shagging another blokes wife bit)

... that’s the kind of story I love ... usually told by the old bloke sat at the bar after a few whiskeys with a proper posh English accents though

hot66 wrote:
Andy, how did they drive ? I imagine not that quick ?

You have to consider that question in context James - remember it's a 1965 car with only an 1100 cc engine (albeit quite highly tuned in Gordini form).

In standard road-going trim they were faster than a 1275 Cooper S, an Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint & an MGB for instance - all of which had bigger engines.

The Alpine Renault A110 adopted the whole brake/suspension/drive train straight from the Gordini ...

I bought mine as a rusty (but running) 'wreck' & completely rebuilt it as a mild competition car - grp F&R wings, deleted bumpers, plastic windows, stripped/lwt interior (with all soundproofing, rear seats, etc removed & fitted with a couple of lightweight bucket seats), all-new braking system (4-wheel disc brakes) & lowered/uprated suspension (the Gordini models had twin rear shocks each side).

I rebuilt the engine with an uprated cam, higher compression pistons & an Abarth exhaust - producing around 110 bhp

The Gordinis love to rev - 7000rpm with ease (I occasionally saw 8k 'in the heat of the moment' in mine ) & are great fun to drive ...

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