DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Every cloud etc etc

And some lovely original window cranks courtesy of Tim Barker will complete the door cards…

Some more bits from Tim:

Another set of original black phosphated spark plug retaining clips for the lower plugs:



and 2 sets of cable numbering tags for upper and lower plugs:



Just as the factory did it

Looks great Your loom is now safe in my kitchen!

Thanks Gary! I owe you a beer or two next weekend! And you too Al when I next see you! DDK pony express is the best!

All good. There are advantages to bringing the modern bus to CLM!

And I can vouch that it certainly moves quick!!!
C

8’s & 9’s off to Nick Moss for refurbishing with early Fuchs finish tomorrow (or as close to it as he can get)

Hi Matt
I probably missed or have forgotten you were looking for early Fuchs.
Pity, I have a set of very early 8’s and 9’s refurbished by Harvey in the US and I’m never likely to use them. Never had tyres mounted, still in the box.
Here they are stripped inspected by Harvey and prior to his refurbishment. There is something quite special about them.




I had them done in RSR finish.

Regards
Mike

Yes, I think you showed them to me at the 2021 DDK swapmeet Mike!

I’ve since scoured the planet for original early 8’s & 9’s and found 2 x 3/71 9’s and 1 x 8”, the other being an RS 8” (3/73).

Matt

…interesting that the 8’s weigh exactly the same as the 9’s (5.8 kgs each), notwithstanding an inch more material in the 9’s…

I don’t think the RSR finish as it’s called now is the same as the early Fuchs finish: Serhad’s set of unrestored 8’s that I went to see (sold to Matt Blast in the USA for just under £10k…) had more of a matt / satin finish on the lip rather than polished:

1/43 scale model recently released - certainly not the best quality but the only one of GeLo #44

Hope you're not replicating those panel gaps!

Darren65 wrote:Hope you're not replicating those panel gaps!