Moonlight Blue VR6

[_Matt_ 32]

I had thought about the National Day but too much going on around that date with work and kids etc 

[Wild-Animal 0]

Car looks so good, thanks for Sharing Chris!

[ChrisL 20]

Thanks for that.

some pics from the the national day

[Cressa 44]

Looks great. Must have been nice to get out for the drive on a lovely day. I was going to go to this, but work got in the way unfortunately 

[ChrisL 20]

Well, a set of RS301’s became available so looks like the corrado won’t be standard for too long.

[_Matt_ 32]

Chris they will be epic on your corrado. You can easily put it back to standard when the need arises but you can't easily get your hands on a set of those and for 99% of people some tasteful mods such as these would never detract from your efforts. Hell I'd love a set (anyone reading please point me in the right direction!!).



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[twinbeltg60 3]

On 7/24/2024 at 5:32 PM, ChrisL said:

Thanks for that.

some pics from the the national day

Lovely Job Chris, 

For anyone who wonders what a brand new Corrado VR6 looked like, check out the one coming up for auction on 20th Dec, by Bonhams Auction's :https://carsonline.bonhams.com/en/listings/volkswagen/corrado-vr6/ its as close as you are going to get to a new car, just 5k miles....

Fat wallet necessary though !

Starting price around £20k ?

[_Matt_ 32]

Yet, ironically, many of our own cars on this forum are cleaner underneath than that 5k garage example. Chris' certainly is cleaner all over!

A few things surprised me from the advert: 1) they say you'll want to give it a check over before driving it, i.e the brakes and 2) whilst £1k was spent this year recommissioning they didn't put it through an MOT & 3) a matching set of (30 year old) tyres shows a caring, mechanically sympathetic owner (yes, it didn't ever get used).

I'm sure it will end up in someone's collection and I suppose you're buying the odometer readout.

 

 

 

 

[ChrisL 20]

Absolutely agree, it’s a shame it’s been stored so badly. The rear beam bushes are terribly rusty and need replacing. The bushes on the 5k mile corrado are worse then the ones I took out of my 93k mile corrado.

You really are buying the odometer, it really won’t be as good as what most cars on here are.

it will be bought and sent to a back street garage that will fit cheap after market parts to get it running properly and will be less original then mine.

at least mine is rebuilt with 99% genuine parts.

[ChrisL 20]

Not added much to this lately but here’s some summary pics of underneath 

[_Matt_ 32]

That is a beauty! Merry Christmas to you as well :) 

Mines is clean but not a patch on yours. It is better than that auction car though for sure!

 

 

 

[Cressa 44]

That car is a thing of beauty 😍 

[twinbeltg60 3]

On 6/15/2024 at 10:15 AM, ChrisL said:

First time out of the garage since January 2021

Hi, 

Meant to ask you earlier, did you have any issues bleeding the ABS Brake System, I know the Bentley has a process, but that is based on the LHD earlier TEVES Mk2 system, the RHD cars have TEVES MK4, a more modular system, so was it straight forward ?, being as you were starting from a emptied fluid system.

 

[_Matt_ 32]

I can add my experience, think Chris has a similar story, yes it was a pain the ar$e to bleed when emptied of fluid. I must done it 10 times with a sealy pressure bleeder following the bentley manual. What didn't help is I hadn't used the car for a long time and was perhaps looking for a pedal similar to my modern daily. 

I clamped the rear brake reg fully open each time I did the procedure too. I believe the ABS pump is the issue. I remember on the 6th or so attempt seeing a load of dirty fluid come out of a caliper, following previously clean fluid.

A second pair of hands (or legs) is definitely needed, even when using the pressure bleeder.