DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Amazing Keith….what a race that would have been..!

Thanks Clive…interesting the camera was first manufactured in Ann Arbour Michigan…so maybe connects that Chicago business address. That address is no longer valid..it’s been redeveloped and I don’t know who or what Three Point Industries is/were

Small edit……

I also found these…so I guess an amateur photographer of some sort..whether this is a cheap brand of camera I know not…doeskin tissues sound posh….clearly a man of taste and quality….

Part 5 First inspection So what exactly had I bought…… To be specific she is a Jaguar XK120 SE Fixed Head Coupe, SE being short for Special Equipment. Manufactured October 23rd 1952 and despatched to Max Hoffman, the principle Jaguar dealer on the East coast of America on October 26th There also see...

Part 4 Logistics… https://i.postimg.cc/dVkGBTKp/03608317-A5-BA-4830-A55-A-8-CF7897290-CF.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/m26QCyK7/2443-B008-482-C-4-A35-A8-EF-7-E1-AC1-F47-CC1.jpg Delivery day dawned in October 2021…and with it the do or die answer to a long held question….. Would it fit through the gate….?...

For those who may not know, this is Lunaz https://i.postimg.cc/RhVRRtyk/91-CA1-ECD-6-E0-B-4-E5-C-B95-F-41612-C5-A1-C23.png https://i.postimg.cc/9fZJFCyn/251-B067-B-2-AF5-4-FA8-9-F65-3-B90-F8917-DBB.png Retains the purity of the design, a little too much chrome up front, but sits really well and marr...

Hi Jonny
Lunaz I like..it’s far purer..and it’s real…great stance as well…..KT is less so..be interesting to see what is actually looks like when they build one..is there a launch date..?

Hi Neil

In a word…yes

A substantial development of the XK as the C Type was more of a monocoque with an integral space frame skeleton

Hi Hugo….all will be revealed soon…

Hi Peter
The plan is ready by this time next year…..as is often the case it helps if progress is ahead of the updates….

Thanks Graham….both the East Sussex “Metal Meister” is most certainly a fundamental part of this journey…as too is “Steve the paint”…..so I think there may just be a few creative moments shall we say….

I have Keith, but it really doesn’t do it for me….and a big issue I have it’s all computer generated visuals…not a single image is real…..what we all do with our cars is completely our business…so I wish them luck…but I find what they have done has gone too far..Lyons was not in favour of gratuitous...

Part 3 Having imported the E Type from the US many years ago I was fairly relaxed about doing something similar this time, but as the sums of money involved were somewhat greater this time I was, to say the least somewhat nervous about buying privately..not that a dealer is an immediate answer to se...

Thanks Keith…hope you’re well….it’s been a while since I did this diary thing….that took me ages to remember how to upload to Postimage site and then do “the link thing..”

am off to walk up to the local….need a refreshener…..…. ….a place where great decisions are taken

Best
Jp

Part 2 As I sit writing this I don’t recall if at that moment I saw the car I wanted or simply made my mind up to make a decision…. there was a part of me that I recall thought about doing a resto modification on a Volvo P 1800, a car I have always liked and I did wonder whether I should convert to ...