DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Hi Norm, Welcome! Like you, I've just begun my first 914 restoration, and will watch yours with great interest. Great taste in cars you have there. I've previously owned a 49 split on cable brakes and a 51 with the first hydraulic brakes in any VW, plus another 15 beetles up to 77, your oval looks s...

No problem at all John, it would be my pleasure to help you out. Nick et al,…don’t panic! I’ve ordered some internal braided rubber hose and have a nice new fire extinguisher to fit in the car. So on to tonight’s escapades in my workshop (known to my close friends as “Black Op’s Department" of ...

Thanks Kev, Under normal functioning of the ECU are you saying it switches inside to link pins III & IV, allowing the fuel pump to run when the ignition is switched on? Taking the +ve off the coil shouldn't effect this test.....or is it just to remove the risk of burning the coil out while the t...

No Problem John, I’ll send you enough material to make a new soundproofing pad. Is £10 ok for it, and say 50p each for the drain water clips, plus the postage at cost? If so, pm me your address and I’ll send one out to you. I used my old pad as a template. Drew carefully around it with one of my son...

Thanks Jon, that's pretty much what I was hoping on the rotor arm. Dave, I'm not sure on your wheels but what great bodywork and very, very nice paint job :wink: The wheel thing is just personal choice. I love the Fuch that came with my car, and yours for sure are far far nicer than steel wheels, bu...

This weekend I managed to get a few more jobs done. I repaired the cabling to the starter and got a new rubber boot from Porsche Centre Portsmouth to go over the main starter feed. Next I replaced the feed cable to the fuel pump as it had been cut out and badly joined by the PO. All the spade connec...

Wow they do look nice!

I'm going to need to change mine over from US to RHD beam, so watching this with interest.
What was/is the problem trying to find Hella lights?

Do they x-ref to early golf or polo?

Hi Dave, So far fingers crossed all looks very good. The floor pans are rock solid all through front to back. I will be getting around to stripping the shell for a respray at some point soon, so once the sill covers are off I can have more of a poke around. There's no real target or deadline other t...

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement guys. I love the colour too! Jack, great to meet you all at Brooklands on New Years day...just about defrosted my toes now (too much standing still admiring 914's!) Stuart, yes granted if the rust had got in the Hell holes it'd be a whole different story. T...

As a newbie on here, having made my introductions a couple of weeks ago; I’ve got started on my 914 restoration with enough to show some progress; to begin a New Thread on the story so far: I bought my 914 blind on ebay late one evening last year from Desert Hot Springs California. After exchanging ...

Hi everyone, I was introduced to this forum by Ollieg and Kev914, two 914 owners. (Thanks guy’s) I have just imported my first 914. A 1974 2.0L from Desert Hot Springs California. http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii221/DarrenLCollins/IMGP2086_zps665e180c.jpg It arrived in Southampton a couple of w...