Jim

Seemingly not.. those studs are actually threaded into the heater box.. so if the nut has welded to the stud (which it invariable always seems to do) just keep undoing it and it will un-wind itself from the heater box and you should be able to remove it. I learned this after I hacked my heater box out, forcing me to get another one second hand.....

Be prepared to spend a lot of time getting one that's "right" - I went through two brand new but aftermarket pumps on my VR both of which had major issues with being noisy (groaning) and quite often making the steering feel extremely heavy when stationary. Eventually swapped to a used but OE pump and it was immediately perfect again! One was a rebuild unit sourced by my garage, and the one I sourced was from Euro Car Parts - both ****e!

Welcome aboard.. Here is the old forum buyers guide - little out of date, but most of it still holds true! http://wiki.the-corrado.net/the_corrado_buying_guide_checklist.html

I doubt you'd feel short changed in performance after your swap. The last ones had just over 200BHP and 70% more torque! Add a remap into things and it'd decimate the VR. Just won't sound as good, but I'm sure you could live with that :)

Bit of a cheek of them to make you lug them back to the post office. Definitely the right thing to tell them though. Given it's Amazon and they make more than enough money and shirk their tax responsibilities in this country, I'd at least do as others have said - tell them they're gonna need to come get them as you're too busy to lug a heavy box back to the post office.

Kind of.... :)

Inkless with no refill? What the heck is that about? *edit* Today I learned about ethergraph. New one on me!

Fascinating. Lovely classic design :) Can't be many of those around any more.

The green is Classic Green - paint code is LC6U.

This is my only really decent watch now. Bought it as a tatty non-runner a couple of years back, and sent it to my watchmaker for a full service and restore. I know a lot of folks like to keep 'patina' on old watches, but I'm not really into that, so was really pleased with the work that was done. It's a 1952 Omega Seamaster Automatic - the movement is interesting as it's not a normal automatic with a rotor in the back, but what's known as a 'bumper' where the rotor can't complete a full circuit in the back of the case and instead only rotates through about 270 degrees before bumping off a stop - which you can feel through the case, on your wrist :) It's certainly of the era, in that it's very small - and what is normally a curse of having thin, dainty wrists is more of a bonus as I can carry it off. It would look lost on someone with Arnold Schwarzenegger style wrists! :)

From a quick google it looks like it's the other way round - putting the VR6 MAF on a 1.8T! But would be interested to hear if you turn anything up.

Pictures might help jog our memories :)

Went through the same last year. Despite having owned a number of Corrado's, first time it had happened to me though I understand it's another one of those 'common' Corrado problems. Stealth did a great job welding it up for me and it's been sturdy ever since :)

I had a Speedmaster Pro (Cal. 861) for a couple of years, and foolishly sold it earlier this year to put towards my engine rebuild. Majorly regret that. Have to buy another one in the near future as it was my real 'grail' watch and whilst I owned that, there were not really any other watches I wanted to own. Like you say coullstar it's just one of those watches you can wear every day and it's right at home - utilitarian, dressy, night out.. and always a talking point.

Now that I would like to see!

Admittedly still a bit of a drive, but there's a very well regarded alarm installer who's done lots of installs for Corrado owners on this forum, called Andy @ Trim Wizard. Think he might even be an ex-Corrado owner. He's based in Surrey but it'd be worth the trip to see him. http://www.trim-wizard.co.uk/

Are you thinking some time in January for the next one?

That's surprisingly cheap. Might have to get my butt down to the dealers and get a few to put away.

I just see it as a hobby, just as the car is a hobby for some people. And some folks plough plenty of money into their cars! You don't have to spend a lot of money to get some interesting or unique old time pieces. You can pick up lovely old vintage Omega's for a couple of hundred quid, and old Seiko's and so forth for

For that kind of money you can get a very nice watch. I'd personally avoid Tag Heuer unless you can afford their really high end stuff - really don't rate their midrange stuff personally. Will also depend on the style of watch you like - something more dressy, more utilitarian, divers watch, etc? You could always go for a classic Omega such as a Seamaster or (my personal all time favourite) the Speedmaster which is available in a variety of styles and movements to suit numerous budgets. You could get the classic moon watch pre-owned for about £1500. Other great stuff in your price range might include some of the following: Longines Legend Diver (~£1,100 new) Sinn U1 (~£1200) Junghans Max Bill (~£700-£800) Again it really depends on the style of watch you like!

How much were they mate?

Good stuff :)

Really depends what your budget is, if you don't mind me asking. Will sort of govern what I'd recommend :)

Wow a real rarity! Needs a bit of tweaking I think but could look pretty awesome.

Congratulation. Looks great - blackberry is one of the best colours :)