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Happy to help with the Spam and anything admin like - wiki work, helping with accounts, troubleshooting. What's the diff between a CF Donator, Legacy Donator and a Subscriber - I thought I had paid but am I due again? I can see all content on the site.

How many paid members are there? 10-20? Perhaps the disappearce of the admin is becuase this place just isn't making the money he needed to make it viable and we should all get ready to say our goodbyes. Assume hosting contracts were paid for up to a date in the future so time will tell.

Agreed, I've no means to buy it and have too many Corrados 😄 Hopefully the person buying is either a breaker or does their searches and either finds this thread or HPIs it before buying.

Maybe I am getting it confused with a car that has been declared scrapped by the DVLA - insurance write off sort of thing where the DVLA demands the car is scrapped. I can't find any info on cars that are at scrap yards and wanting to be put back on the road. Maybe it is possible if the DVLA don't know it's scrapped. Odd on this car though as the DVLA knows it is scrap - someone did a HPI on it above. I suppose it is a case of buyer beware and do your HPI check before purchase.

I emailed the seller of that Corrado - he said - "it obviously wasn't scrapped, I spoke to the DVLA and they said fill out a V62". It did take him days to get back to me so I would assume that was done on purpose to limit the time available to get a response from DVLA. Some googling and it appears you can put it back on the road. DVLA will probably put a CAT marker against it but I'm not clear on which. Either way even if it was put back on the road it wouldn't be worth much with a CAT marker. Probably best a parts car.

Tidy, my brother has a M135i he has owned for about 5 years he's looking to sell (as has a Tesla model 3 on the way through his work - don't worry I have almost disowned him). His car has about 40k on it he's after around £11k. Grey, black leather, H&K, manual. I was thinking of selling a couple of cars myself to take it off his hands but unlikely I'll get there.

Cheers Keyo. Hadn't thought about the MOT history - ill get it fixed proper before I put it in. I thought i might try it just to get it road worthy and drive it to my local garage but there seems to be a good place where the car is, might even be cheaper over in West Wales! Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Hi, I'm planning on getting the green Corrado MOTd soon but it has rust around the drain lip in the rear arch, plus a hole I am able to stuff my finger in. I'm thinking this is an MOT fail as it's near suspension and seat belt mounting points?

Hi, yes I had exactly the same issue - rear was sitting on the bump stops and made the car look as though I was carrying a boot full of cement. Larkspeed were good at replacing. Pic of mine as it is now. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

They sound great, would love a passenger spin in yours. The Corrado 2.0 16v is different - it has midrange but runs out of puff above 6k. It did feel more muscular in the midrange than I was expecting but so do diesels and they are disappointing when you want to have fun. If i can be bothered to go to the effort I will change the inlet cam to a KR and get it remapped at stealth. Might turn it into something inbetween the KR 16v and 9a 16v. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Probably is true, I have read in a few places and there is a video on YouTube somewhere showing a new vs 60k example of a 16v up a drag strip. The run in car was a good few car lengths ahead. Wouldnt be surprised if a stock 16v mk2 puts put more than the book figures. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Close match to colour and condition though. I only spotted as the other car had a fairly rare 6 digit plate. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Is this one? I think it is a different car https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303667654207 Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Different seller? Must be the scrap marker right. Shame the first seller wasn't so honest. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Congrats and well worth doing. You have to protect your investment as best as you can. I'll be doing the same job and aiming to provide a nice tot up of the costs and receipts to my insurer too. Its great to get decent agreed values for the corrado community. Even non agreed value cars will bump up as the rules and algorithms compute in the background. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Thanks. Yeah they are the stock alloys for the late car. Although I am an OEM man I dont think i like them much, maybe they will grow on me as generally I like 5 spokes and like wheels that are easy to clean. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Coming to the end of my "holiday" now so spent last night (2am I think i stopped) giving the car a cut/polish/wax by hand. I forgot my DA polisher so didn't get the results I wanted. What next? There is a small finger sized hole at the drain lip in the rear arch. The drain lips ln both sides need rebuilding. Not sure if it will have the MOT with the hole but needs fixing as the sills and floor are otherwise top notch. Brakes need a bit of emery pad treatment and I plan to fit some new shocks up front and top mounts. I'm not a fan of the alloys so on the look out for something else OEM or perhaps BBS RXs. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Haha good effort - I too would get rid of the step to keep the car safe. In fact I would happily model my house around the cars! Car looks to be running well and oil temp is good.

Yay - we are up and running. I took the time to tidy up all the wires, ensured splices were covered and then I used that fabric type tape to wrap the wires up tidy. I have 3 issues to resolve... 1. I had a casulty in the fuel line going from accumulator to filter (the smaller lengthed one - believe to be PN 535 201 218 A - the black plastic shrink to fit pipe split. I have used some similar ish clear pipe my father in law has for his tractors to get it running but it seems to leak. Does anyone know of any options to buy replacements? Heritage do this but I'd rather not spend 85 quid on pipes: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fuel-Line-Kit-K-Jetronic-Fuel-Filter-to-Accumulator-Stainless-Steel/392370035642?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3D33aba946907c435a8867d21042a272a7%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D372721072798%26itm%3D392370035642%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1 2. TI am really struggling remounting the underbody pump unit to the car. I've bent the metal clips that locate around the rubbers to a 90 degree angle thinking I'd bend them back into place once pump assembly is mounted but struggling to get the clips bent over the thread and bolt on top. Is there a better way!? 3. And lastly my fuel and coolant gauge doesn't work. I dont know if they ever worked or if it's something I disconnected when sorting wires out. I did see the fuel gauge reading more than full whilst messing about getting the pumps to work. Does anyone know which colour wires relate in the fuse box area, if any at all? The rest of the dash and electrics (spoiler, lights etc) are working well. Here's a couple of vids of the car. Headphones work best!

Less than £300 Fen. Can you Sorn your cars when not in use over there to save some money? Probs won't work for you as you use your year round right? Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Todays work was pretty good. Put all the wiring back including a good tidy up and protection of wires with that hessian tape stuff, re-tested the the pump wiring at the fuse box (relay, fuse and a wire out the back) and at both pumps and we're getting 12.5volts with a jumper in relay 12/167 - yay. But no fuel getting to the fuel filter. Took the swirl pot and pump assembly off the car and loads of fuel spilt later I stripped the lot down. The general condition of the unit is pretty good and no cracks but on testing the pump after stripping it out I could see it is seized on testing. I did a few things to try and free it including a hammer and pulsating with 12v from an external battery but alas it would not go. So for the bargain price of £179 I'm picking up a new Bosch one tomorrow from ECP Carmarthen. I know I could have got it for about £120 off of the internet, or cheaper with a pattern part but had bad luck stuff like that in the past and time is of the essence as i want to see this car running whilst I am here at my inlaws. Before I came in I checked everything was working - lights, spolier, sunroof etc and all good. I wonder what other problems it might throw up for me tomorrow 👨‍🔬. Would love to get it out of the barn under its own steam for a good wash.

Nice one and every cloud as a silver lining they say! Interested to hear/see more on the rust proofing. Those alfas are prone to rust - has yours been protected? I spray wax oil or equivalent into my cavities (oh err). Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Thanks Sean :) Well we've had an interesting day. I decided I'd strip the alarm system out as figured it would be easier to trouble shoot without it. It was hacked about anyway so no great loss (except remote locking). I havent done this level of work before so rang around a couple of "highly rated" garages in the local area and got told to basically Foxtrot Oscar. So, over to me then. I have spent hours researching and learning up to this point so decided to jump in and tackle it wire by wire. What did I find? Well apart from a load of cuts in places where there were no splices the fuel electrical wire had been cut clean off from behind the relay box. A black wire had been joined onto the other side of the fuel cable and stuffed into the fuel relay 167. All fixed back together now but still need to tidy wires nicely. Luckily everything works.. including now the radio... but.... still not getting more than 10v to the intank pump. I am now seeing voltage to the underbody pump on cranking but what started as 12v there has dropped to 10v and now I am seeing nothing at either pump. Vince kindly gave me a few pointers this evening and confirmed 10v wasn't enough but it should pump (just not that well). Some more testing to do tomorrow- I need to jump the fuel relay and test for voltage at the fuse box. I have bought a replacement fuel loom this evening from Chris F as I believe there is some resistance in the loom causing the issues im seeing. Tomorrow I will strip the car further and inspect the wires. So two steps forward and 1 step back. I've learnt a lot about wiring today though. Such a shame some garages take little care in doing things properly. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Oh and I am sure everyone will be pleased to know both the sunroof and spoiler operate! Sunroof is a little rough in operation so will strip it down and rebuild... handy as I've just rebuilt the one from my white one and have 2 spare sunroof mechs for parts. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

Hi and thanks for posting - it's nice to hear from the previous owners :). I am still awaiting the v5 from Swansea so not sure how many owners, I think i might be the 6th. The chap I had it off (Max on here) had it since 2006 ish I believe. I do plan to keep it in standard form, with a few tasteful upgrades, no mad stance rubbish here :). My other corrado is the sort of standard I like and this is certainly a lovely solid car to bring back up to great condition. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk