bristolbaron 11 Posted September 29, 2011 So some of you may remember the breaking thread for this car.. .A.N.T. put the car up for sale after 10 years of ownership and wasn't having much luck selling it. He contacted webuyanycar.com for a value and was due to have them collect it. I saw the post after thinking about buying a cheap Corrado to use for track days and it looked promising, as it already has a 2.0 engine conversion, FK coilovers & a full stainless exhaust. Most importantly it fitted the criteria of being cheap! The price was dropped lower due to not wanting the Lenzo wheels the car was on and I couldn't see a Corrado going to WBAC! We spoke further about the car and a deal was done without viewing. I was a complete pain in the ass [sorry Ant!] regarding collection as we couldn't find a mutually convenient date, especially as I was relying on a lift to bring a set of wheels up with me. I finally went and collected it and everything looked good.. We got the wheels swapped over and I was on my way. The journey home provided a couple of surprises, the exhaust was very rattly and with the rain pouring down, the drivers wiper stopped working! Luckily both easy fixes, the nuts holding the wipers weren't done up properly and the exhaust rubbers have been replaced. The front splitter was also hanging off so this has been refitted. I've been out today giving the exterior a good clean and she's come up pretty good. It's not gonna win any prizes, but looks much better having had some TLC. The difficult bit now is working out whether to go with the original track day plan or just to enjoy the car for what it is.. I think that decision will come at MOT time in December! So here she is.. Baz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 5 Posted September 29, 2011 Good save, Looks to good for a track day car ! Enjoy it till the MOT,and then see what happens ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUEEN V 0 Posted September 29, 2011 Awww She's Lush B :) Gotta get myself some rear lights like that i Love um x GL with MOT m sure she will be fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 11 Posted September 29, 2011 cheers! it defo looks a lot better in the pics, it's been keyed and has some decent rust patches. It's really at that halfway stage between not being worth spending more money on and being too good to break! we'll see what happens.. not even i know how this thread'll turn out! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUEEN V 0 Posted September 29, 2011 It would be a real shame to break her she's toooo pretty :( But on the plus side (for me) Bagsy those rear lights! :) x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 11 Posted September 29, 2011 could be persuaded to part with them anyway.. would need to find a standard set first though! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 11 Posted November 19, 2011 Welllll.. this was a short thread.. Since the first update I had: Fitted replacement door pods and replaced the missing dash speaker covers. Re wired the stereo and fitted a new headunit with ipod connector in the cubby hole. Sourced a replacement parcel shelf and boot carpet - thanks beastie4126 Then the head started making some weird noises. I narrowed it down to the cam to cam chain. As the MOT was due in a month I thought I'd book the car in first and see if it failed on anything else before spending out money on a cam chain and belt. On Saturday I took the car out to get some petrol and pump up the tyres ready for MOT. I'd just filled up and the engine started making some different funny noises whilst going down the road. As I went to pull away at a junction the gearbox died :( I pulled over and called the AA whilst taking a look around the bay. One of the linkages had snapped, but upon AA inspection it looks like this has been caused by internal damage within the gearbox. I had the car recovered to a mechanic friends house to see if there's anything we can do with it or if we should get under way with breaking. Luckily, he has a spare engine and I have a spare gearbox so everything can be fixed, although it's not financially worth me staying involved with. We discussed cash and he's now bought it from me. I've bought myself a complete heap of a daily - Pug 106 diesel - to keep me going for now. However, I finally have some money burning a hole from the sale of the Rado and my wheels ready to spend on my other Corrado - there will be a build thread soon!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 11 Posted November 19, 2011 Whilst I was waiting for the AA to arrive I remembered I had my camera in the boot. No tripod unfortunatly so was a little restricted, but thought i'd waste my time taking some snaps.. Here is the 'dead rado project' [ATTACH=CONFIG]50180[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]50181[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]50182[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]50183[/ATTACH] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joby 0 Posted November 19, 2011 Are you selling those G60 rims bristolbarren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 11 Posted November 19, 2011 The whole cars gone to a mate bud.. Can ask if he'd sell them, they need tyres and a refurb. What would you want to pay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joby 0 Posted November 21, 2011 The whole cars gone to a mate bud.. Can ask if he'd sell them, they need tyres and a refurb. What would you want to pay? going to look at some that are local to me now, thanks anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
