Alpine whiteness inside

[Sean-p 10]

Hello everybody my name is Sean from kendal, im fearly new to this fourm. So what i will do is show you few pics of where my vw adventure started

 

So my first car was a 1.3 mk3 polo

 

 

it was a little tatty but after a respray and lowering it looked like new

 

 

after that i put some wheels on and left it as really with being a student i didt have a lot of money :(

 

 

So after driving the polo for 3 years it got stolen from out side my girlfriends house in manchester (still not been found 9 months on)

on to the corrado basicly i found it in a field where it had been sat for the best part of a year poor thing the owner let it over heat while it was sat running and neverdid any thing with it, i went to look at it and all i looked at was to see if the electrics worked which they did (result) so i handed over the grand sum of £250 and took it home.

 

 

So first job was to strip the engine down to see how much damage was caused when it over heated

 

[Sean-p 10]

while the engine was out i gave the bay a little clean

 

 

bought myself a little somthing nice for the rebuild of the engine :)

 

 

now i had the manifold it was time to get the engine back together with the added help with some kr cams

 

 

now the engine is in it and running it was time to get the car polished as it was all flat from the time it has been sat in the sun. Once that was done i could enjoy the car and get some pictures.

 

[Sean-p 10]

in the middle of summer my dads boss went on holiday so i could get the car in to be painted

 

[Sean-p 10]

Took the car to its first show with a few others from cumbria vag which was nwvw at tatton park

 

 

on the way home i got an awesome mpg as well i dont know how much to believe the mfa but what the hell

 

 

after tatton park not a reet lot happend apart from giving the wheels a quick spary in ford anthracite just before edition 38 show

 

 

after edition 38 my dads boss was on holiday so i could get it in to the body shop to get the bumpers smoothed

 

 

and last picture is the latest picture i have of the car

 

 

thanks for looking sorry about the amount of pictures

 

all comments welcome

 

sean

[OllieVR6 0]

Wow, fantastic mate well done!

 

Not a fan of those wheels myself but fully appreciate how expensive wheels are. Your handy work is awesome, do you do all your own welding? That's a skill I want to learn.

[Sean-p 10]

cheers man yeah the plan is to get some th-mono in the new year ive been between jobs recently but im all sorted now :)

 

i did a little bit most of it is my dads welding but i learnt at college and to be honest its not as hard as you think its just setting the welder up but one you get the hang of it its easy.

[STU175 0]

you've been busy, looking good gotta love the alpine white:thumbleft:

 

is that laminex on front lights? if so what one?

[Sean-p 10]

yeah got to love alpine white

 

yeah its the light smoke one but there really poor at night :-(

[neil20vtc 0]

looking good sean its good when your dads boss goes on holiday aint it! whens the r36 twin turbo goin in!

 

oh and if your lights are poor (even before the laminex) get a uprated headlight loom they work wonders turns candles into actual headlights!

 

 

neil.

[Sean-p 10]

alright Neil

 

yeah it does was ment to be going back in in January to get the bonet done but he's got a lot on so ill have to wait a bit longer haha i wish i might have a full vr corridor lined up to do the full swap :-)

 

yeah i was thinking about doing that they make alto of difference then?

[James. 7]

Fond memories of my first Corrado in Alpine white, also a K reg 16v. I like your style with the simple mods and tasteful deletions. But pictures we like. In fact, more more more.

[Harrier 1]

Very nice,top work !

[Wild-Animal 0]

Nice work ! Plus your pretty good with a camera some real nice shots there

 

Any future plans? its nice to see a 16v get such attention

[lilfuzzer 1]

How did you fill the bumpers what's the blue? Sorry but me being thick

Nice work by the way looking pretty sweet

[Ralphead 0]

Nice work. I bought my Corrado for the same money, in at the deep end eh? Sorry to hear about your Polo, me and a mate timed each other breaking into his mk1 after he locked his keys inside. I got it down to 14 seconds including bending the coat hanger.

 

Is that a Fantic 200 and TY175 in the garage?

[rado mc 0]

Gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for corrado's in fields if that's what you find. Good work.

Was it all plain sailing then with no issues? Keeps me motivated to get mine done and back on the road that's for sure.

[Sean-p 10]

thanks for the comments guys if any of you are on instagram on your phones i upload alto of pictures on there my username is @polosean

 

plans are th-mono wheels in January theres a few other ideas i have for body work important going to try and make a custom spoiler by bonding a bora st spoiler to give it a bit of a flick and i like the motorsport look so it think that's what the inside will get and i might have a full vr corrado to swap engine and drive train over

 

yeah the early stuff is easy to get in to :-( yeah they are the fantic is bait special some body owned it but i can't remember who it was the Ty is a 250 we did have a 175 but sold it there to mono shock 250s in there and some arials there's about 16 bikes in the garage

 

work on the bumper the blue is actually another bit of bumper think twas an astra bumper then twas bonded in with so bloody good bonder

 

haha yeah it was fearly easy tbh only problem we had was poop thermostat i got so got a genuine 1 and it was fine :-)

 

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couple of pictures I've taken over last couple of days

 

[neil20vtc 0]

alright Neil

 

yeah it does was ment to be going back in in January to get the bonet done but he's got a lot on so ill have to wait a bit longer haha i wish i might have a full vr corridor lined up to do the full swap :-)

 

yeah i was thinking about doing that they make alto of difference then?

 

yeah a well worthy investment id say a must for you with those tints you must need night vision goggles to drive at night! think someone on the forum makes them with oem plugs so easy fit

 

an will have to get my vr in when ya dads boss is away at some point

[Sean-p 10]

Ill have to get 1 then :-) yeah im sure he will be going away in january for a bit

[robrado974 1]

Awesome work , nice one , do love a rado in white

[Jim 1]

Nice to see something that was destined to be broken, saved and given a new lease of life. Good work. Looks very nice and clean in a fresh coat of Alpine White!

[Sean-p 10]

Thank you its best thing about having the car that i saved it god knows what could have happend to it

[Sean-p 10]

Just thought id post a couple of photos to keep you updated :-)

 

 

Also it popped a little flame the other night

 

[OllieVR6 0]

How the **** did you manage to photograph that?

 

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PS - You should move your plate off centre (kerb side) :smug:

[Sean-p 10]

My mate took a video and then took a still of it :-)

 

I think i might its only cable tied around the bottom grill its worth ago any way haha