andy b 10 Posted July 24, 2013 Hi, i have just recently bought a corrado vr6 to strip and restore to concourse condition, the car in question is a 1995 storm with MOT and Tax but its tired. I will be keeping it original but do a full nut and bolt restoration. The only thing i will ship out is the painting everything else i will do myself. I can belive i need to fork out nearly 80 pounds just to get some manuals to guide me. I will be starting on the car in a couple of weeks time as i have just nearly completed re-building and extending my house which has taken best part of a year and a half. i previously had golf gti,s but i fancied a change. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr.ots 10 Posted July 24, 2013 Welcome to the forum Andy, you're in the right place for advice during the restoration. Get some pics up so we can see where you are starting from. Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billzeebub 1 Posted July 24, 2013 Welcome. Always great to see another car get rescued. Get some photos up ASAP of pre- restoration Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gracielou 10 Posted July 24, 2013 I love hearing about tired old cars being restored to their former glory!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scarlet_vr6 0 Posted July 24, 2013 Sounds like a great project and something I'd very much like to do to mine. Best of luck with it and looking forward to seeing pics of progress! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy b 10 Posted July 24, 2013 ok just taken some pictures hope this works Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billzeebub 1 Posted July 24, 2013 Did you buy that in Purley mate? 1 owner? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy b 10 Posted July 24, 2013 yes nocked him down 500 notes ---------- Post added at 11:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:28 PM ---------- yes I knocked him down 500 notes ---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:30 PM ---------- yes I knocked him down 500 notes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billzeebub 1 Posted July 24, 2013 yes nocked him down 500 notes Excellent work with the price! I spent about an hour with him two weeks ago looking at the car and was very interested. It was only a mile away from me. I had decided to buy it until I saw another car in Scotland which I subsequently bought instead. I thought your car was a good honest car. It has lots of potential and it is incredibly rare to find a car that has had 1 owner for 18 years, let alone a Storm! It drives very nicely. Looking forward to seeing your progress with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy b 10 Posted July 24, 2013 cheers, it does need work but as you say it is a honest car, its had a little bits and pieces done, but I will be doing a complete nut and bot restoration. I will not be rushing this and will be looking at buying equipment for powder coating etc. if I can find somewhere to rent a spray booth a bloke I work with at the moment is an ex v.w panel beater and sprayer. I plan to strip the car and while the body work is being carried out, rebuild the engine and gearbox. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy b 10 Posted October 23, 2013 made some more progress stripping, this car may not be going back as i originaly intended watch this space :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray1965 10 Posted October 23, 2013 Good luck with the car. Good find really, agree 1 owner from new a bit of a jem tbh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy b 10 Posted March 16, 2015 ok its been a while so time for update. i have finished stripping items off shell except for a couple of bungs and side trim, one more afternoon and that will be done. i am looking into dipping shell. there is some corrosion around the drivers side rear arch, where water and dirt have collected around fuel filler neck. other than that it looks solid. i need to get tow bar fitted to my transporter so i can tow the car around. i will get some pictures up when the car has been dipped and the body work is repaired and re-sprayed, then i will put it all back together to include the engine being rebuilt and re-trimed glad i am nearly finished running out of garage space lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted March 16, 2015 It's amazing how much space a broken car takes up! lol I've heard mixed reviews on shell dipping. I'm no expert on it mind, although when I looked in to the cost, if you have all processes done (i.e. before and after you've done your welding) then I think it was about £3500! If you're doing an E-type or similar I can understand it, but for a car at this value I'm not so sure it's worth it? There's a lot to be said for the original corrosion protection (in places) so if it were me I'd make localised repair as necessary, strip the underseal to make sure nothing is hidden, then reapply and paint. Your car though! lol Looking forward to your updates ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy b 10 Posted March 16, 2015 yes the process just for dipping is around 3 grand. Ok this is my method of madness a decent car cost around 30k these days. I plan to make the car as good as new, concourse condition so i am budgeting between 20- 30 k to do. i never plan to sell the car just keep it so instead of buying a new car for 30 k i going to plough the money into building a new corrado. in many years to come it may be worth so money it may not. i only plan to do this once so its going to be done properly. the dipping process is used on new cars, i was toying with blasting but this can damage the metal. its going to be a slow old process but will be as good as new when i have finished:) yes you can call me a nutter lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray1965 10 Posted March 17, 2015 I bow to you :notworthy: and yes you are a nutter! This will be a car to be worshipped when it's done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted March 17, 2015 Ah that makes perfect sense Andy, I didn't realise that you were planning such a full-on resto of the car. I get your thinking now ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chuggs1 10 Posted March 17, 2015 Agree with Ray.... :notworthy: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted March 17, 2015 Fairly thrilled to see someone undertaking this level of restoration on a Corrado. It was always something I dreamt of doing with a lottery win - to get a virtually factory fresh, brand new Corrado put together so this should be somewhere close judging by the level of ambition here. Please do keep us posted with progress! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sankysvr6 0 Posted March 17, 2015 That is some effort and money you will be putting in and if its done to high enough standard by god!! you will one hell of a sorted Corrado. I also like your thinking, in knowing that you might not get back what you put in. But do it anyway for the sheer passion of it. I take my hat off to you sir. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray1965 10 Posted March 17, 2015 Yes agree with Sanky, I did this on a 1984 Honda cb900, a Boldour racer model was a complete heap when i bought it and did a full nut and bolt on that. The satisfaction factor is up way in the clouds when you can say "i did that". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
