deceptivly classy 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Hello everyone. I am new to the forum but you will be seeing a lot of me in the future. That is because yesterday I bought a 1990 Corrado G60. I have had a couple VWs in the past including a 1990 Jetta GLI and a 2003 Jetta TDI. I loved the cars and am sure I will love the newest project. This one is definitely a project too. There is a story that came with the car. It starts about 4 years ago when a guy in his 20s owned this car here in my home town. I don't know the details but the car was involved in a wreck. There is some nasty damage to the pass side door and quarter which I am planning on fixing. The story goes that after the wreck the previous owner parked the car at his parents house and eventually moved, leaving the car. There it sat for over 3 years where it became storage for more of this guys stuff. The parents got tired of looking at the poor thing and called a local tow company who removed the car as an abandon vehicle. The car sat at the tow yard while they acquired an abandon vehicle title. My friend who works for the tow company showed me the car knowing I was a VW nut. I picked it up for $150 US. It is a beautiful dark red with black interior. There are about 95K on the OD. I don't know if the thing runs yet but it does turn over and the oil looks good. There are some pieces disconnected under the hood but it appears that all is there. I didn't get a key so I will be dropping the cylinder soon and will keep you all posted. I will also put up some pics when I get home this weekend. Here is where I could use some help. I am new to the mysteries of the corrado. I have a 17 year old VW in my garage that hasn't ran in 3+ years. I was wondering if there are some things to take care of before I get the car going. Are there any trouble spots on these cars that need attention? I saw the posts on the fuel lines near the strut tower and the bolt replacement on the crank. Is there anything else that I can do to avoid tragedy right of the bat? I was planning a compression test and fluid change before I attempted starting it. Then once running was planning a tune up and a charger rebuild. Anything I should pay close attention to? Also is there anyone in the states with a pass side door for sale? Or do you know a good place to look? I am away from home but will get some pics for you guys as soon as I can. Thank you so much for all who reply to this. I hope your wisdom will prevent me from learning "the hard way". Thanks again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deceptivly classy 0 Posted February 9, 2007 I have read that only about 9000 were produced. Does anyone know where to find the official production numbers for each year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
s.g 0 Posted February 9, 2007 howdy and welcome, sounds like you hve a bit of work to do. before even starting it i would check all the rubber items such as hose's , belts etc for any damage caused by old age. as for the actual g60 engine i am unsure but someone will be along to give there helping hand. good luck in the restoration. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M15 VW 0 Posted February 9, 2007 Fantastic! Well done for saving one! It will be worth it in the end. 2 1/2 years later and mine is looking almost complete! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldie 2 Posted February 9, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrado GIves you some info about production numbers overall. Best of luck with the restoration. Agree with above id be checking all rubbers, belts, oil, battery etc etc to prevent any disasters... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomB 0 Posted February 9, 2007 Welcome to the forum & good luck with the restoration! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted February 9, 2007 Welcome aboard. Glad to see another being saved from the wreckyard in the sky! One thing to make sure you get sorted as a priority will be the supercharger, seeing as its a G60. If you want to save money for a while you can remove it and bypass it but you need to check that the oil return (or is it feed?) line is nice and new (so that the charger doesnt get starved of oil), and the charger has been stripped and inspected. Kompressor Kanada seem to get a lot of positive reviews on VWVortex so you might want to try them. Its quite an expensive job getting the charger rebuilt but.. cheaper than buying a brand new one if it grenades! :) Good luck and be sure to keep us posted. Would love to follow the restore! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deceptivly classy 0 Posted February 11, 2007 2-10-07 Ok, well it was one heck of a morning. It started with a strong cup of coffee and a run out the garage. I poped the hood on the VW and got started. About 10 minutes later I was on the phone with the cops. I had started to clean up and pice together the enigine. Thats when I came across some weird canisters and some wrapped up trash that turned out to have about 5 crack pipes and bunch of emply little baggies in it. I freaked and called the cops. While I am waiting for the cops to show I found about 5 more pipes in the airfilter. The cops showed up and told me to break all of them and throw them in the trash. They left and I did. Then returned to work on the car. Got the cooling, chargepipe, and fuel rail put back together. Bolted down the computer, cleaned a mouse nest out of the heater fan, reassembled the cap and rotor, cheacked all the belts (they are poop), pulled the plugs, put a ballery to the started and rotated it (sounded good). Then pieced back some of the interior trim. I ran into a bit of prob when I hooked up power though. I cant get any power to the car. Acts like the main fuse box isnt geting juice. I'll have to track that down next. Cleaned out the interior and ended up finging a film negative that has a picture of the corrado on it. Think Im going to get it developed. Ill post pics today if I get some time. Later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomB 0 Posted February 11, 2007 Good work that man! Sounds like a busy day, and it must be slightly worrying to find 10 crack pipes in your car though. Still, according to 1 motoring journalist over here, they always had a reputation of being a dealers car :-) Pics please (but not of the paraphenalia)! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deceptivly classy 0 Posted February 13, 2007 I tracked down and talked to the original owner today. Turns out the car was side swipped by some turist a few years back. The owner parked it after the wreck. He says that the car ran fine exept of hot days, when he said it would cut out.-?- Hopefully getting a key and a (bently?) service manual from him. He was working so I couldn't BS too much. Hope to get more info from him later. He was jazzed to see someone working on it finally. Here are some pics. Some are fron the day it was towed in and the others are inside my garage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deceptivly classy 0 Posted February 13, 2007 More pics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben16v 0 Posted February 13, 2007 well done looks like you got a bit of work to do on the side :shock: that interior looks like a jet interior (special edition) i could and probably am wrong tho Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tifun 0 Posted February 13, 2007 deceptivly classy, My buddy is parting out a G60 in blue and has doors if you want them. We are located near Chicago in Indiana. Hit me up with an IM if you are interested. He'll let it go for pretty cheap I am sure. -Keith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Monzablue 0 Posted February 13, 2007 Good Luck Mate, good to see one being saved and not broken... was nearly in the same position the other week when some local scrap man offered me a 16V Raddo for £170! I hadn't the cash or space for it other wise I would have snapped his hand off...I would of stuck a post on the forum for someone else if he wasn't dragging it off to destruction stright away... :( got to admit I directed him to CMS (a good VW breakers Derby)so at least some valuable Raddo parts would be saved :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTartanJudge 0 Posted February 13, 2007 Looks like a good project mate. ben16v, the interior is just standard US-spec rado G60. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deluk 0 Posted February 14, 2007 good luck with it mate , there top cars Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
