knight5651

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Hi all, it's been quite a while now since I've last been on here but I feel like a need a Corrado back in my life.... I'd like a early 16v but will take a look at anything at the moment. I don't want anything fancy or that'll cost me thousands of ££££ to buy. And I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty so I'm open to projects also... Providing it has an engine lol. So if any one knows to anything in the midlands area it would be good to hear about it :) in the mean time I'll be searching the for sale threads on various forums. Cheers Alex

Hi, for sale I have a 90mm splitter off my early corrado. It has no cracks or damage, just could do with a clean up. I'm looking for £40 collected. I don't want to post it but am open to sensible offers on the price. I'm based in Cannock, Staffordshire. About 10 mins from junction 11/12 of the M6. Pics can be sent via phone or email as requested because I can upload pics to the forum at the mo. Cheers Alex

I did my 16v inlet manifold in the dish washer lol :D cleaned it up fairly well. I'd advise waiting until the lady of the house is out though ;) I've also heard about oven cleaner as stated above but never tried it myself.

I made some more progress getting the C stripped down today, manged to get the front bumper assembly off. Not as easy as I'd hoped, nearly every bolt/screw I had to touch was corroded.... plus the weather wasn't exactly in my favor!!! This is how shes been looking for quite a while now, looking abit worse for wear :( Here's a before and after pic of my mornings work lol: I took the splitter off the bumper and gave it a clean up too, nice to see theres no cracks at all. Just the odd scuff. Next on my to do list is remove the front panel and finish removing everything from the bay. Hopefully it will stop raining soon :D While I'm at it I might separate the metal bumper supports from the bumper skins so I can give them a wire brush and paint with some hammerite to freshen them up. Theres no real need to but seen as the rest of the cars going in for paint I may as well + I don't want to skip corners.

welcome to the forum :) great site and full of useful info. I'm fairly local so hopefully I'll see you knocking around sometime. Shame to hear about the attempted break in though... will be nice to see some pics when you get it back from the body shop.

Cheers for the positive feedback guys. the shells pretty much stripped down now, just the windows to deal with... I'll try and get some pics up before the weekend too :) Nice one g60 jack that would be great! same back to you.

Cheers :) The pics do make the body work look better than it is unfortunately.... Underneath and around the arches are spot on but it's got a few dents here and there as the years have gone on but the main one is right at the front on the drivers side wing, it could defiantly do with some attention. The main reason for the respray though is it looks like someone in the past has been over it with a machine polisher and not very well!!! The swirl marks are unreal, despite my best efforts they just won't cut/polish out :( that coupled with the start of some lacquer peel has left her looking worse for wear.

It's a dark burgundy pearl, early spec one too. The early front ends have defiantly grown on me since owning one.

Lovely looking car mate, coming along nicely :) always fancied a g60 myself but the insurance put me off.... So I've stuck with a trusty 16v for now lol. Hopefully I'll see you knocking around when mines back on the road as I'm only over in Cannock.

Right then... I think it's time to finally update this as I have a plan for the corrado. She's been off the road for nearly 6 months now just sitting there gathering dust, it turned into an ongoing project and I just lost interest. After trying to break the car for parts, sell it and scrap it I've had a change of heart and decided to keep it :) This time I've decided to do it right a hopefully only once!! She's going in for a full respray, engine bay, door shuts, the lot. I've spoken the the body shop and agreed that I'll get the car stripped down to a rolling shell to try and save on the £££. The engines already out so now I've made a start on the exterior, trying to do bits as and when I can, weather permitting!! I'll post up a few pics of my progress soon.

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Hi, I'm looking for a 2.0ltr 9A bottom end. Any condition really as it will be rebuilt anyway. Will collect. Pm me with anything you've got :) Cheers Alex

I'll get some pics for you tomorrow mate :)

I have a 90mm splitter, slightly faded so could do with some back to black or something but no cracks :) also based in the midlands. Let me know if your interested