Front Drivers side wing

[Tam 10]

Hi all,

I know its a long shot as they seem to be as rare as hens teeth if not rarer but i'm trying to track down a drivers side wing for VR6 so a late model wing, its the only part of the car that lets it down and i would love to source a rust free example to get fitted and painted before this seasons car season starts. Went to see a lad the other night who had a few stashed away but when he dug them out of storage they all had holes in the lower section under the indicators. Proper gutted as the three he had were all white the same as my car. Just need to keep looking i suppose. And help of leads would be much appreciated. I'm in the West of Scotland so can travel within in reason if any are for sale in this area or near buy.

 

Many Thanks

Tam

Edited February 13, 2019 by Tam

[MarkR 11]

Unfortunately, there are very few late Corrado wings available. The only ones are off scrapped cars, so they are likely to be rusty. It might be possible to repair yours. This firm was recommended by a member of this forumn, but I'm sure any good bodyshop will be able to carry out the necessary repairs.

https://www.rotboxrustorations.com/corrado-wings.html

[Tam 10]

Thanks for the reply,

I watched the rustbox restorations video of them fixing the corrado wings, very impressive but they are a bit out of my way. I'm probably going to see if i can get the wing repaired as it isn't as bad as half the ones i see going for sale.

[Keyo 47]

Thanks for the reply,

I watched the rustbox restorations video of them fixing the corrado wings, very impressive but they are a bit out of my way. I'm probably going to see if i can get the wing repaired as it isn't as bad as half the ones i see going for sale.

 

 

The template for the wings will be sitting in a factory somewhere as they never throw them away, it;s a shame one of the VW specialist cant locate the original manufacurer because it is just a matter of the template been forklifted into the press machine and off you go a thousand panels in a couple of days. Hey ho !

[Tam 10]

Your right Keyo, had a similar experience with my Lotus excel. Every excel was suffering from rotten door frames and it was getting to the stage it was going to be their down fall. The guy who ran the forum had been trying to get someone to reverse engineer them but due to there only being a couple of hundred of them left it wasnt worth the hassle or cost to anyone. Eventually a chance conversation led to someone supplying him with a contact number for someone involved with Lotus. After a conversation the Lotus man said he wanted to check something and would call him back in a couple of hours. When he called back he advised he found the original jigs they used to make the frames in the 80's & 90's in their storage building. They had also stored enough of the original material to make 100 frames. It was incredible luck and they started producing frames In limited numbers for all who wanted them and helping keep these cars on the road. I would love it if a similar development happened with the corrado's and the front wings:-)

[Keyo 47]

Yep so true I actually do emergency call outs supplying access/scaffolding to engineers in factories to access these 200 ton press machines, the factories are normally independents that supply to the automotive ie Jaguar, they have loads of templates scattered through the factory. They look like large metal blocks and the forklift lift them on to the press, then the metal sheet and its just like a huge stamping device. One thing Ill say about Merc is they have a really good classic car part policy , VW need to follow as even a larger market. They should be £250 max to purchase new. .

[stuarttaylor37 13]

I remember reading somewhere that the tooling for the later wings hd been destroyed?

[Dox 22]

I remember reading somewhere that the tooling for the later wings hd been destroyed?

 

I’m sure Anna from Heritage has said similar?

[Tam 10]

Could be worth while contacting express panels to see if they could reproduce them.

[Tam 10]

I sent an email to expressed panels to see what is involved if we wanted to get wings made, this is the replay i got.

For us to be able to re-manufacture a panel we need a genuine, new old stock (NOS) panel to mould from. If you have a genuine panel of it you can source one then we may be able to help. If you belong to an owners club they may be able to help with finding a new/ old stock panel. To put a new panel in to production we require a minimum order of 10 panels. The current manufacturing lead time on new panel production is 10 months from order confirmation; this is due to a large number of new panels awaiting production.

So there you go it is possible to start getting them made if someone has a minted couple of wings stashed away, this company produce lots of panels for various cars and there profile is rising, my friend has a hillman imp and one of the group members supplied them with a new old stock shell, they dismantled it and took moulds for most of it and now reproduce all the panels for them as the originals were discarded when the factory shut. Should see if there is any interest on this or if any one is already trying to do this within the group.

Edited February 15, 2019 by Tam

[_Matt_ 26]

Good work Tam. Unfortunately I don’t know if any panels.

 

Maybe stick it on the Facebook site for additional traffic too?

 

Seems silly a panel such as the wing, that’s in prime position to get damaged or rusted is not available and could end up writing off or aesthetically destroying an otherwise clean car.

[Tam 10]

Well looks like my search for front wings may be over, picked a passenger wing up this morning and it looks rust free and in good condition, i will get a better look at it tonight when i get home. I also finally managed to get hold of a drivers side wing which i will be picking up tomorrow, its also rust free and its this one i need more. Don't think my passenger wing needs replaced but thought best to have one for each side when it goes in to the body shop. Much cheaper swapping a wing over then having to get rust cut out and new metal welded in.