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Yeah it is a good chance to learn welding although I had hoped to learn on my mk2 rather than the "best" car. I made sure I zinc primed the back side of all metal and did it in sections so I hope my repairs last. I had a mobile chap do the otherside. He was kind enough to spend some time with me and teach me how to weld and get me set up on my machine. It was invaluable hands on experience. Mobile Classics and Customs based in Coventry but will travel for fuel money - Andy - for anyone reading. That said, music blaring, I failed to notice I had no gas on my first attempt and kept blowing holes no matter what tweaks I made to my machine. Next steps are to work out how to upgrade my gas situation to those larger rental bottles. Already been through 3 disposables and at 40 quid for 3 it's not cheap! On the plus side my floor pans are good. It was just the sill area and since I've cut the front section open I was pleased to see it is tidy inside. The car had a blow over repaint before I bought it and it wasn't great around the trims so had it done againt last year. However the first place used filler instead of metal so front bits of sills were not great! The place i had it painted did a nice enough job on the paint but not perfect and you'd have thought with the wings off they might have repaired or suggested repair on the a pillar. Lesson learnt - want a job doing right - do it yourself. Bougbt an air compressor and will be learning painting - saw you painted your wings the other day. I also found a lovely surprise on the drivers inner arch where thr brake line comes through. That is next on the list to with new metal. My rear arches didn't get enough paint on them as part of the respray but fortunately just the lips and ive sanded back to metal. Im epoxy plus paint on those. The chap didn't take the wheels off and couldn't get his gun in he said. Rear two eye area needs wire wheel and treatment. Using bilt hamber gel or hydrate 80 where I dont need to weld. Then I plan to re underseal it - dinitrol or raptor or open to suggestions. The wings are off so doing behind there as well. Then waxoil cavities, refit interior, get sunroof panel trimmed and possibly enjoy the car?! Had a moan to black magic Keiran that I wanted to set fire to it earlier as came in from the garage fuming after finding yet more work on the car I thought was "finished". Touch wood i dont as that wax in the cavities is lethal with a welder. But happier again now. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Thanks pops 🙂 I like to know my way through before i begin. I have 9 jobs to do before she's roadworthy again. Grim. Thought this car was done.

Hi, As I continue my quest to put my car right after leaving it in the hands of "professionals", I need to drop fuel tank. It doesn't necessarily need to come all the way out but just enough to re-route the fuel pipes that are meant to go through the chassis legs rather than crushed between chassis leg and tank.... Some questions... - Do i need to drop the rear axle (I hope not) - Is it just the tank straps and two bolts on the fuel filler neck? anything else? Thanks, Matt

Hi, Has anyone got a sill off cut? I need a couple of inches if anyone has anything lying about. Thanks

Ohh thanks, I think am not too far from you - are you Bucks? I am in village near Royston, Hertfordshire - SG8 area

Moody - there are a few options available. I would say it's better to upgrade than try and find a working Corrado roof. My experiences to date - I bought a working corrado mechanism from a chap with the initals BR that was sold as working for £200. It broke on the second use. I wouldn't say it was the sellers fault but it's a 25+ year old bit of kit and certainly not worth £200. Don't do what I did - false economy. I then fitted a mk3 mecahansim with a Passat B4 moonroof. That combo works well - you can get the mech for about £45 (I use Leo GS the mk3 parts breaker on facebook - he is a great bloke and a moderator on a lot of groups). The passat moonroof can be picked up for around £50. I would sell mine if anyone wants it, it needs a new seal though. I wasn't a fan of the moonroof for my car. I prefered the stock tin panel. I got lucky and Chris F supplied me a bag of sunroof bits for a reasonable sum so I've got 3 corrado mechs built (2 x in car). I can't sell any of these though as I have 2 corrado's and need to keep it for spares. This is the best route to go - buy a broken mech and try and source a bag of bits (the bag of bits only cost me £50). I've seen somewhere someone has adapted the mk3 mech to work with the corrado inner panel. This is probably the best solution as the corrado mech is weak vs mk3. Mk3 mech out of the box will not auto slide the inner panel. I haven't looked into this with any detail yet.

I want one of those for my newly built garage too! Will have to let the pennies recover first though.

Looks bloody lovely - do you still have it? Cloth recaros I see (I think) - nice

Nice looking forward to seeing them on the car. Can't beat a good 5 spoke on a Corrado imo.

I would like sebrings on my 16v but don't think they work as well on a late car vs the early car. Plus they have become quite desirable so expensive to pick up these days. I've got a set of Borbet Cs in 15x7 to go in it in due course - lockdown has meant it has been locked away from me 260 miles away. I still have the white one to play with here though!

Ahh nice one Tom 🙂 Footfall is not as high as PH but we can give you quality 😄 The work you did on the supercharger and fitting was interesting - didn't you take it out 3 times so a bit of an expert on it now! Pictures have gone from earlier threads, I now host elsewhere (imgbb) so need to restart by own thread. I do like an early style corrado on sebrings.

Fen - that's a kick in nuts but I'm sure it will work its way out over time too. In the mean time If you'd like me to push packages off from the coast of Wales in your direction let me know 😄

HI Tom! I'm over on PH as well - gutted to see what happened to that G60 you've put years and years of love into. As a side note - get a readers ride post going on this forum - your documented Corrado owneship adventures make great reading (except this last bit about the break in). I'm going to start one again as all my pictures have disappeared.

That's a shame fen. Is there anyway I can help get parts? I don't mind posting them on as a gift but guess you loose the link with the supplier/warranty. But if you're desparate do shout.

Hi, Always good to know who people are using and their experiences. I have historically used Chris Ferry - fantastic service every single time - but now he's shutting up shop after many years of sterling service I've been looking around for other contacts for those hard to find parts. So far I've used Corrado Graveyard - seems a nice bloke but too busy to supply parts. Bought a set of rubber mats from him via eBay in Nov '20 and am still being given the runaround. Intially, on purchase of the ebay listing, he'd lost 2 of the mats and said he'd send them on but I told him to wait until he had the full set. Having chased each month I can see it's unlikely they'll ever to come me. During that time I tried buying a load of smaller parts for the interior but just given the runaround for months. Corrado breaker in Swadlincote - bought a door but wasn't in the best condition when it turned up "no rust" = seams that had lifted considerably from the rust. Who else is out there that's good with sending stuff out? For panels it's definietly best to collect in person.

We've had 3 new members join this morning so will good to see what the process looks like to moderate first posts. We don't want to accidently prevent new users from posting/joining so I'll keep an eye for a moderation notification.

Looks nice Andrew, have you tried adverstising ont the corrado facebook groups for extra footfall? Good price and nice spec with leather and a nice mainteance history.

I think you'll reach a better audience if you painted them silver. They're a desirable wheel worth a decent sum (£1.5k?)

Fair play :) you're right though Facebook is used loads in the professional and criminal world. I've never known a potential recruitee not to be looked up on Facebook before interview in my working world, and that's across the entire organisation and not just my specialism. I'm not that bothered though. Would hope for myself it would drum up some conversation in interview about cars and lead to my perfect job. Aye Bob. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Yea that's going to be the plan. Its too long at the mo but can cut that down. Just have to unwrap the wiring. That's the best course of action. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Yeah it's from the relay but wrapped in tape wrap to ths point. I can see there's an earth point right next to the relay. I suppose one option actually now the interior is all out again is to unwrap the tape and cut the wire down.

Right back to this as I have just taken all of my interior back out in preparation for some work needed underneath the car (bloody car is draining me dry now). Q - can i use the stud circiled in the picture, once paint ground off with a suitable nut as an earth, without causing myself any rust issues in the future? Is it too close to other wires too? The earth cable won't stretch any further than this. My other option is to put a hole in the cross support metal work on the floor under the chair.

Jesus yeah easily done and that was the issue at my last house - driveway slope. Incredibly frustrating when you just want to crack on but just not worth it! This is partly why i wanted a lift system. I cba to mess about with axle stands at each corner but I will use axle stands or wheelstands under the wheels in conjunction with this lift if I am working under there.

For goods under 135 the seller is responsible for charging the import VAT (also 20%). For goods over 135 its free reign seller could collect or let it get charged at customs. Or hell even both may happen. The UK VAT return template doesn't cater for these changes. I'm sure processes will be put into place eventually. My Gamma 4 came from Germany within days and no custom charges and VAT was included in the price. I paid 95 inc VAT. Before brexit im pretty sure they were that price anyway (no vat back then).. .. so you can see why sellers outside of the UK might not want to supply at the moment. Difficult to be competitive if some are losing 20% by perhaps not being on top of things. Understand goods from China are on thr up too. I bought some kwik lift ramps and they've gone up 100 quid since I purchased. Its all a little messy. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

The postage is probably becuase they dont currently want to supply goods to the UK post brexit. It's all a bit new and processes are being put into place but Ebay sellers have to charge import VAT on their sales to UK customers, tag that import VAT has been paid and hope UK customs have their act together to not make the customer pay import VAT again. That last bit isn't that clear and there's rules for sales under/over £135 plus rules for online shops where the responsibilities seem to be different for each and the higher value (over £135) seem to be open to differnt options (i.e. seller pays or can decide to make it get paid at customs). All a bit odd. If i was a seller in Europe I'd probably put things on pause for a bit until everything was clear!