DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Far more satisfying is my latest purchase 8) Up until a few weeks ago I hadn't given any thought to the cars plumbing.....if you ever do study reference pics of old Porsche racing cars, something I do often, you'll notice that not much is original. All racing cars have lived a life and that includes...

Next the compromise - all projects have them! The welded on brackets that hold the short arms on my car have been set slightly higher than normal.....this was introduced as standard on the subsequent 930 Turbo as it helps the car better deal with rear squat under hard acceleration and indeed racing ...

I've not been totally idle over the past year or so and have been acquiring a few bits.... ....as I've always said with these projects you learn on the job and I came to realise that not all short rear trailing arms are the same. The arms I had purchased, as with all short trailing currently availab...

Thank you all Gentlemen

I've just updated the price on the 3.0 RS/RSR coolers as VAT is no longer payable on the second batch - that's 20% saved for many

Cheers,

It's taken a while however the 2.8RSR and 914-GT oil cooler project Paul Howells and I have been working on has taken a leap forward and end tanks castings and cores are now in production with fabrication hopefully commencing in a couple of months. As with the 3.0 oil coolers that are available thes...

Covered in dust and looking unloved the RS was finally pulled out of storage this week... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53652923454_3a329372d3_b.jpg ...although impossible not to fall back in love with that profile :drunken: ... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53652923464_a31fff70b9_b.jpg ...

Well, it's been a while!......

RobFrost wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 2:49 am Any update on this project?

...apologies for the lack of a reply Rob.

911hillclimber wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:50 am Where is the blue rsr?

....if you mean my 3.0RS Graham hopefully I'll have a bit to post in the coming months.

Very nice Darren. Any more details ? ....2.7RS Touring we've just finished for Gary Cook, in the flesh it's absolutely delicious and is going to be a very special car :drunken: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53491434585_b3f8011bd1_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53491434600_1191960c5...

KS wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:20 pm Wondered where you'd got to!

....motivation for all things car and forum related have been pretty low on the agenda over the past year but I'll be back

I might even get around to having my RS bolted together!

Take care x

bjmullan wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:33 pm Darren, love this thread. The engineering and attention to detail. I just need to get myself and RSR! Keep up the great work

Thanks for the kind words Brendan and hope you're well mate

...I hadn't planned to make any more of these as the market is pretty limited but the last one I was holding for a friend was needed for an original RSR running at this years Rennsport Reunion 8) All bar one of these coolers has been sold to US, every customer has been extremely happy with one comme...