DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Got my parts back from the platers. The blue bits are custom stand offs for my rear anti roll bar. This is required to move the ARB down slightly due to my 915 gearbox swap. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53635987204_f2035b00b2_z.jpg I pressed the elephant racing bushings in https://live.static...

Nice work. 'Bashing it with a hefty hammer'. Sounds exactly like my Porsche project today.

Bolted this back in today. Not much more I can do until the parts from the platers arrive. I thought this was going to be an easy job, but it didn't seat properly, so needed a bit of encouragement and time.

Got back from skiing this morning. A package from Design911 arrived whilst I was away, so I managed to spend a few hours in the garage this afternoon. I installed new races on my suspension struts. Heated them up to 170C in the oven. I put them in a yorkshire pudding tray in oil (Mrs N not impressed...

I had a few hours to faff in the garage this afternoon and managed to make some progress.... A friend of mine who runs a commercial lorry company removed the old bearings and pressed new ones in. So, I gave them a quick clean and a coat of silver paint to pretty them up. https://live.staticflickr.co...

It seems to have taken an age to get parts back from platers and powder coating. I have a couple of mates who are doing this for me. The left wishbone needed a bit of bashing and a blob of weld to get it back to as new condition. However, I got most of the suspension parts back from powder coating t...

Very pretty. Congratulations

I have a bumper trim from a 72S. I assume they are not the same? PM me if this might might work.

Paul

A lick of paint on the struts and the dust covers back on. Calipers are now off for refurbishment and everything else is off for replating or powder coating.

Amazing what you can get done when you have a few days off work! The strip down is going pretty well. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53429441659_cac8115c2b_c.jpg This is as far as I'm going. I didn't want to replace the brake lines. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53429125196_35fd671ec1_c.j...

The ends of the Anti Roll Bar have these ceramic things on the end. They needed to come off for powder coating anyway, but I'm not sure how I will get new ones on. I assume they come in 2 halves and are bonded together. Need to look into that. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53412585948_ab64d7a8...

Whilst I'm in there, the guard will also be powder coated. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53412858575_99cda76c45_k.jpg Anti roll bar is coming out too https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53412746714_8749dd083d_k.jpg And the bushes are worn https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53412586223_a21b5f5...

My car is now tucked up for the winter, so time for a few winter projects. Last winter I refreshed the rear suspension, so this winter I'm on the front. Step 1. Jack up the car. Usually I put axles stands under the front suspension when I'm jacking it up. Obviously I can't do that and remove the sup...

I have Avon CR6ZZs on my 7R and Deep 6. Good tyres, nice and sticky. I bought them from Longstone Tyres.

Very smart approach. Great result!