StirlingStorm

I moved to Stirling about 2 years ago 'cos I got a job down here. The company I was working for in Aberdeen was shedding people so I took voluntary redundancy and came down here. Kinda miss the 'Deen tho in a way so I might find myself back up sometime. My family's all up there too still so I pop up now & again. That is indeed my Storm in the pic and I guess Munkay must be AKA the boy Penman! I can't think of anyone else in the 'Deen I converted to Corradoism (to my knowledge, anyway). As for the scrappie photos, if I can gettem scanned in I'll maybe post 'em but seeing as it's not my car any more I kinda feel strange posting them - dunno why, maybe the new owner would object :) Bit like posting the pics of someone else's woman before she went on the slim-fast plan! I got a new exhaust put on mine the other day, the original one got to 80k and then gave up :( I go to Star Performance in Glenrothes for all my servicing, it's expensive and a pain to get to from Stirling but well worth the dosh! Nice shiny new Miltek on it now, slightly gruffer tone too which is always nice :) Anyone else got a MIltek?

O and Dubster, I had a load of ones when it was mint but they were pre-digital camera and I can't find the buggers any more! I have loads of it looking a bit sad in my garage tho but it looked worse then than it does now I suspect so I won't bother! I did find the pics of when I bought it from the scrappies tho but they're not pretty at all! If I find the nice ones tho I'll see if I can gettem scanned in for ya.

Cheers for the responses, I'm a little happier now :) Hmmm... DubPrince, do you mean Neutrik XLR connectors? I used to have a PA system that used Neutriks and I used Neutrik 4-pin XLRs when I fitted my speaker cables in the walls of my living room (I hate exposed wires!) so I think I know where you're coming from. The amp I bought was a Maystar QXT500 and it comes with a wired remote for the Sub so I've got to incorporate that somewhere too. At the moment I've left it and the ciggy lighter hanging loose at the bottom of the console but as I said I hate hanging wires so it is kinda pissin me off :) Ta for the hint!

Firstly, when it was advertised in 2000 (& possibly as far back as '99 'cos that's the year I bought my VR6) it was in far far better nick and was still being used daily. When I eventually sold it the poor thing had been sitting in a garage for well over a year without being touched so obviously it went for less than the price you saw it for, whatever it was. Secondly, I said it had won an award, not a show - and a minor one at that (best car in carpark or something silly like that) but unfortunately I can't back it up 'cos I can't even remember where it was so you'll have to trust me on that one. Thirdly, it was originally up for "big money" because I had spent way more than the car was worth over 3 years getting it back to a usable state and the wheels alone were worth a grand second hand at the time. Plus when I first advertised I wasn't overly bothered about getting shot of it so it was priced to suit. Fourthly, the "funny blue coloured" paintjob was professionally applied and cost a bollockload so no dissin me colour! Fifthly, I never ONCE tried to hide its history (which you're implying) so I have no idea why you had to have someone else point out it was an ex write-off rather than simply ask me about it instead. You might want to think how your friend found out - probably by asking me! Sixthly, sorry if this seems very defensive and I'm not having a "go" at you but hey - you're talking about a lot of years of my blood, sweat, tears and most importantly good hard cash there so you can hardly expect me to sit back and take it lying down! Anyway - lets try not to start off on the wrong foot here. I thought I would post some pics of what I thought some would see as an interesting dash mod and seem to have ended up being portrayed as a dodgy cut-and-shut merchant which I'm rather upset about to tell the truth. Lets hope this post goes some way towards redressing the balance and we can get on with some more friendly chat.

Really? That's a pity to hear, it was a write-off when I bought it so it left me in far better shape than I got it anyway! Electrics were ok when I used it too - drove it around for a good few years without any problems. O well, such is life I guess, he got it cheap enough!

No way - that's my car! haha! Glad to see it's still in one piece - do you know the guy who bought it? It would be great to hear how he's doing, he got one hell of a good deal I reckon... O and yeah and my current one's whetever blue Storms came in, a kinda purply blue I can never remember the name!

Blimey there's a load of Aberdeen Corrado owners on here, I probably know some of your cars 'cos I grew up in the 'Deen and owned 2 Corrados there, one of which is still hanging about. If you see a G-reg Linarite blue (a Mercedes SLK colour) 16 valver going around with BBS RC wheels and a twin DTM style backbox, that's my original project car - say hi to it from me! My second and current Corrado is a Midnight blue N Reg Storm and it's with me here in Stirling. It's nothing pretty to look at, I gave up on the whole image thing with the 16 valver which almost bankrupted me at the time so the only thing special I've done to it is modify the dash to take a well nifty MP3 player called an Empeg as well as my normal stereo. Lets have a go at trying to post some pics. Apologies in advance for the size of them! Ok, for reference, here's what the dash looked like before I fiddled with it: Before Here's the modified centre console - I ripped out the ashtray (kept the lighter wiring tho - too useful) and added lugs for the heater dials lower down. Modded Console Closer view of the 2 DIN slots here - Araldite rocks! Console Closeup The 2 cradles fitted and the dial fascia slotted in to show the idea: Console Mockup Dashboard in bits! Old Console Removed The horizontal metal bar with the tape hanging off it in the next pic had to be hacksawed out - this is the only irreversable mod I made (I used a spare console rather than use the existing one!) Metal Bar Finally, my Dual DIN Dash was complete! The Empeg In-Car MP3 player in the top and my Kenwood MASK stereo below - both pumped through a Kilowatt amp in the boot alongside a Rockford Fosgate "Punch" Sub. Super! Proper Job! Seeing as I'm not usually very good at these sort of things I was rather chuffed it all worked out so well to be honest... If anyone finds themselves in the Stirling area, look out for a rather unwashed blue Storm trundling about "pumpin da choons" or whatever :)