beardy's corrado build thread

[scrubbadubdub 0]

hey after failing to sell my corrado i decided today go start work and getting on with it

 

i bought it for brakes for my mk2 golf but decided i couldnt break it. it is a g60 which has no engine box or interior (some people may say a good blank canvas)

 

i plan to power her with a 20v turbo. colour wise i want it white all apart from my mk2 golf have been black and white i just love to contrast and after seening a vr6 in the for sale thread it decided that is going to happen.

i want to smooth the engine bay im not going for a show stopper just something thats simple clean and tidy.

 

if anyone wished to give hints tips helps do's and dont's that would be great especially on the front of smoothing the bay and where to move and hide stuff.

 

this wont be a build that happens in a month its gonne be a slow one progressing as and when i get money.

 

hope you all enjoy my thread.

 

today i removed the front stripped out the loom subframe basically the whole front is now off. started to get rid of the underseal under the wings and had to stop when i ran out of wire wheel hehe.

 

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how she is now

 

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the only bit of rot on the car which makes a change for me usually my projects are rotten as haha

 

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and i think i got my moneys worth out my wire wheel

 

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[scrubbadubdub 0]

well havent updated on here for a while mainly as it takes ages to upload the photos but thought i had better realy.

 

anyway in the last couple weeks when ive had time ive taken the engine bay inner wings ect back to bare metal

 

i want to smooth the bay a bit but subtly so have cut the lip of the chassis rails and welded it back up and welded all the seams up except the turret one.

 

like to hear what you all think and any hint tips pointer or critisism is welcome.

 

please excuse the quality of some pics some are on my phone some on camera

[KADVR6 0]

keep up the good work

[__Andy__ 0]

top work, your not hanging about...

[scrubbadubdub 0]

i dunno not as quick as id like haha but i can be impatient

[Emkayvr6 0]

Awesome work, looking forward to followin the thread, 8)

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

nice work mate ,this is something i will be doing next year so will be keeping an eye on your progress :)

[scrubbadubdub 0]

nice work mate ,this is something i will be doing next year so will be keeping an eye on your progress :)

 

 

to be fair i wasnt looking forward to it but been a peice of cake really. looking forward to getting her in primer

 

i am steering towards a candy red engine bay possibly with a little subtle gold flake in the laquer think it will bounce of the pearl white i plan to paint the rest of her.

[dragon green 5]

candy red,or candy apple ?

show car ? or everyday hack ?

[scrubbadubdub 0]

candy red

 

not a show car just something that will be nice tidy and clean if you know what i mean with just a few of my personal touches.

 

it will be a toy car really not really got a plan its gonna be far from a car thats perminantly cleaned and not used i hate trailer queens dont see the point hope to get her on the strip and a couple of track days in somewhere

[scrubbadubdub 0]

these are the 2 colours i have in mind

 

obviously its hard to get the proper colour through a pic but you get the idea