DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

The doors and deck lid look to be in great condition

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As previous owner had ruined the rear wheel arches to make the car wider then i was on a search to find some sheetmetal to fix it. First move was to go to Porsche dealership but as the repair panels are a whole side parts then it was off the list. I felt that buying a whole side only to cut the arch out is a bit of an overkill. So i opened up ebay to find something used. I found a body wreck for a cheap price what i can cut up without a second thought and has nice rear arches.

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Yesterday had some time at the garage and now car is stripped. Everything that was attached to the body is removed including the wiring looms. Next thing in my to do list is putting the car into the rotisserie. I have to fabricate some mounts for attaching the body, but that's not what i'm worried about. As i have no clue where the balance point is i have to do it by trial and error

I started to buy some parts that i definitely need in bodywork phase. Today i received new headlights, front and rear turn signals, mirrors, headlight buckets, front suspension repair panel and tank support.

What about the seals? Do you recommend buying originals or cheaper stuff?

Siim

Re the rotisserie balance points, I did mine my trial and error after looking at some pics on other DDK threads (search 'Rotisserie' and they will appear.
Look at these pics for the front and rear - the rearbalance point seems to run about 50mm below the top of the rear latch panel. If anything you could lower the front balance point by 20-30mm from shown in my picture.




Easy to make and REALLY useful.
Hope this helps
Mick

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Slow progress here as usual:) I finally had some time in the garage - finished the rotisserie mounts and mounted the car to it. Now i started cleaning the undercoating. I found some rust at the most usual places.

My garage is a bit damp at the moment - there was a few days between cleaning and taking pics - as you can see there is some surface rust already.

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Small milestone here - car is all cleaned up and went through the blasting process. Afterwards it was cleaned up and covered with Glasurit primer. Blasting revealed some bad spots that i wasnt aware of but nothing that cant be fixed.











And the finished product.

Looking better already

Great job, well done.

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Now all the major parts are sand blasted and primed. Some details look quite good like doors and rear hood, but front hood and front wings are not so beautiful. There are some rust encapsulated in the hood frame and also there is some damage in the passenger side corner. On the wing there is rust between two layers of sheetmetal and blasting revealed many holes. I have quite extensive repair work ahead. As always it looked better with the yellow paint on it:)

Parts from the blasters:





All brushed with the wire wheel.











Now primer coated with Glasurit products.

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Today i had time to really dig into repairwork of the body. I was looking at the body and tried to figure out where to start and decided to go from the front to back. So first task was to drill out the suspension pan and tank support. I must say that in the Porsche factory they really love to spot weld:)



Nice view after the removal of the tank support.



These two parts are not alike and probably i need to modify the new part to fit.



As right hand side battery box was shot and also body was rotten underneath as well i decided to remove the box. It makes easier to make the repairs. Box itself got bit damaged at the removal.



It was easier to make the four pieces than to bend it from one strip of steel.





When everything was tack welded together i test fitted it to its place to see if my new edges are in same measurements as the original.



After test fitting i welded everything together.



This is one of the reasons why i cut the box off. This is my next task.

Great Project...somehow I don't think of locations like yours being a home for car restoration, guess that's just my ignorance . Can't wait to see more progress.

andy

You have lost a lot of the lower flange through cutting the spot welds out. Will you replace the flange or do a lot of semi-plug welding?
Wish I had space like that!

Will be interesting to see what you find as you move backwards.

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I think its easier to make a new flange and punch few holes than to try to weld everything back together using existing flange. But as always - solutions born when i'm actually doing it:)

Siim

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Day at the garage and few things got done. After finishing the battery box i started to repair different flanges where the suspension pan will connect to. Passenger side corner was the first victim, then i moved to the other side.















This is my next task to fix.





This is how i finished today.

Very nice indeed!
I did all mine around the shell in 1988 and can vividly remember it then!!

Lots of patient work, will be great when done.

Very good job but don't go further without put the car on a chassis jig (Celette or similar).
Bye