DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Wow!
Well over a year but a huge move forward. All looks excellent!
On the road very soon!?

Very excited to see it go off to paint. On Conrad's recommendation I entrusted it to OSC in Chessington for the right balance of quality/cost.







And back home.










Ok, whats next?

Nice paint job. Chessington is local to me and I need a rear bumper painted. It looks good from the photos. How would you rate OSC?

Paul

Hi Paul,
I would definitely recommend them. No issues at all with the paint. The owner there is Robbie, nice guy. i have no connection to them other than following a recommendation. Here's a picture of my bumpers done.

My next job was to sort out the roof panel sound deadening. Especially as the many downstream jobs needed the headlining in first.







I ordered some 6mm dynaliner by way of replacement. These pictures are not great but I cut a single sheet to fit. I had read that the headlining would likely snag on the new sound deadening and to cut grooves to for the headlining.

As my headlining rods are rusty and pitted I ordered an new set but offering them up it was impossible to to get them to fit. I retrieved the originals, cleaned them up and painted them. They fit perfectly.

Meanwhile the engine and gearbox which had been removed prior to metal work was dropped off for a rebuild with Lee at Octane Garage in Crowborough. I have no relevant experience in engine rebuilding and while if I was time rich I would have tackled it I had to hand it over.






A friends van came in useful for the trip to Octane Garage.

I decided on the engine spec, It's going to be E and a bit spec, 2.2S pistons, new mahle barrels, supertec head studs, case/crank/rods/oil bypass/time serts by Rob Walker Performance Engineering, MFI pump re profiled to E spec by Michael Burgess, throttle stacks opened up, carrera oil pump, E+ cams and Classic Retrofit CDI+. Lee at Octane Garage did the engine rebuild.

cruddy!
















Back home !

Gearbox rebuilt and read to mate up.

Some wax for the gearbox and ready to go back in!

I needed a new engine lid from Porsche which I had sent straight to the painters. New lids don't have cutouts for the number license plate lights. Doh !

Had to cut the holes out! No sure I can live with those screw.

Looks great Mark, did the lid have the holes for the badges? I’ve a template you can borrow if not.

Great progress

Gary71 wrote:Looks great Mark, did the lid have the holes for the badges? I’ve a template you can borrow if not.

It did not Gary, but they were templated from my old lid. I need to refinish the script and letters, was going to use some satin black rattle.

Next up was the engine bay sound deadening.
When I stripped the car the original was turning to dust.



Glueing the new one into place. Don't laugh at my support frame!

Electrical panel and fuel console next....



Stripped and repainted...



and reassembled ready for the Classic Retrofit CDI+

Fitted the Lakewell sound deadening kit