DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Hi everyone.
I've been lurking a bit and enjoying reading the great posts. Having been without a Porsche for a while it's great to see DDK going strong and lots of familiar names still posting.
For those who don't know me, I bought a 911T, 1970. Had it restored in Utah - drove it to LA and shipped it home. The container leaked on the voyage so had to have it restored again back in the UK, thankfully paid for by the insurance. However, after a couple of years of happy motoring, it had become too valuable and it started to own me rather than me own it. I was worried when I left it to buy a coffee and had got to the point where I was only driving it on Sunday mornings when the rest of the world was fast asleep. Not really what I had in mind when I first bought it on eBay...
So I sold it through Paul Stephens, to a guy in Korea who had it shipped out - hopefully, they closed the container doors this time...

https://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewt ... g+distance

Last September I saw a 62 Notchback for sale with European Collectibles which I couldn't get out of my head... It's a bit shite - but that's really what I wanted. I know they're an acquired taste but I love them. After some negotiations with E.C., I shipped it home to the UK and it's currently at PRS where Paul is doing a great job getting it back on the road mechanically. I might start a thread about its journey if I can find some time.

I'll post some pictures but here's a link for it from their website. https://www.europeancollectibles.com/ve ... 356b-coupe

Great to be back...

Remember your story well and welcome back!
I’ve seen a few pictures of the Notchback shared by PRS
What a great project
Be good to see some more of it on here

Thanks Bootsy - nice to hear from you.



Here's a pic from the last owner in the late 1960's - he was a musician from Wyoming and loved his Porsches.

He took the 356 back to the family ranch in Western WY and over time partially disassembled it to later restore it. I believe this would have been about 1969. Later he had to move the car from the family ranch, so loaded it on a trailer and put it in a leased horse barn nearby. When he passed away in 2019 it was sold to a guy in Lyons, Colorado with two other Porsches he owned.

Cool period pic, clean version below if you need:



Some more here, looks like these guys sold the car on to EC

http://www.vintagemotorslyons.com/?p=4906

Hugo 356 wrote:Cool period pic, clean version below if you need:



Some more here, looks like these guys sold the car on to EC

http://www.vintagemotorslyons.com/?p=4906

Thanks so much thats really helpful. I knew about the garage and the other cars but not the specifics. I wonder what happened to the Speedster, maybe thats turned up somewhere else?

Quite a find for the garage owner. Its great to have so much of the back story and its the first time I've seen the car 'intact' in the photo (not sure about the Porsche lettering on the side!). Lots of people left lovely messages on Vern's obituary about how he loved his Porsches and he was great music teacher.
Also good to see it was a genuine barn find rather than something someones thrown some dust over and pretended to find..

Thanks again, all adds to the story.