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Mar 12, 2019 23:04:49 GMT
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Managed to cut down the fleet at the start of this year, Kangoo van is gone, SJ is gone, but then the Patrol was bought, and I bought the corrado as a 'daily' So as a matter of fact, no, no I have not managed to cut the fleet down I am still contemplating getting rid of either the first corrado or perhaps the mk2 golf, which would cut down the project list, my main thing this year is to get onto the property ladder, which ties back to car related, as i'm hoping for a big garage/workshop so I can start making a lot more progress on things.... Hopefully something comes up soon....
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Its good to hear an update on this and for once it doesnt sou d like a horror story. I'm so jealous you get to hear that vr sing id have windows down constantly haha. Whats the secret to this re-tumbling of the locks? Both my corrados have multiple locks. So far it's not been too bad, it's currently getting the interior all shampood and a valet as we speak... But yeah, the VR noise is one I don't think i'll ever tire of... I've yet to try re-tumbling the locks, but the guide is here wiki.the-corrado.net/re_tumbing_locks.htmlIt's an old guide, as the parts are now £70 That looks to be a nice "honest" car if you know what I mean...and one that will clean up quite nicely with a bit of work. There's a VR6 Golf that lives nearby here and I get slightly envious every time I hear it burble past and then June unmistakable howl as it vanishes off up the main road. They really don't sound like anything else do they... It's certainly been looked after at point in its life, I went through the receipts/invoices that came with it yesterday, and there's one for a £2600 respray back in 2014.... It's just a shame that the work doesn't match the price, especially when invoice says full strip down, but yet it's obvious the respray has been done with the windows still fitted. They certainly do have a unmistakable sound...
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I've enjoyed working my way through your recent updates, bookmarked this so I don't miss them again. Unreal the amount of rust you keep finding, but your repair work looks great! Certainly don't hang about!
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Mar 10, 2019 22:03:24 GMT
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Stripping all that weight will make a massive difference! Would be good to get some track action once you've got it built, I think it would surprise quite a few cars!
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Mar 10, 2019 21:57:45 GMT
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I don't think I would ever tire of walking out to that on a nice day for a drive!
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Mar 10, 2019 21:50:45 GMT
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Were you down at drumclog? I recognise the wrangler from down this way. Yes mate, Drumclog is my go to site, usually there every Sunday when i'm home
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Mar 10, 2019 20:11:12 GMT
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So I had been driving around in it on the roads over Christmas, and was itching to get out off-road and see how it was... (I didn't expect too much until I got proper mud tyres) On the 30th of December the local site and club had a Christmas/New year day out, so the perfect chance to test it out, my friend even came up on his bike... So first mud pit of the trail, and I got stuck... Instantly thinking to myself, what have I done, spent all this money and it's not even getting as far as the SJ would no problem at all, so jumped out and got a friends winch onto me to pull me out... The patrol comes from factory with a locking rear diff, so I turned this on, and started getting on a bit better with it, along with plenty of the loud pedal... I then decided to start making my own tracks and went a different way to everyone else, not what we usually do incase we end up needing a pull out, and of course, I found a nice big bog... Everyone was over the otherside, so I tried out my new waffle boards (I did get out using them - the video was cut short, but it shows the type of terrain) I did struggle to get the boards back out, as they got burried when I gave it the beans to get out, I lost a welly in the process, so someone else had to go get that, and then we pulled the boards out using a winch.... Everyone else got over just in time to get photos of me We stopped for lunch not long after this, once we went back out, I was happier with the Patrol, I was getting used to how to drive it (it still needed better tyres) There was a discovery stuck with another group, which when a few guys tried to winch it, were just getting pulled in, so finally the weight of the patrol would come in useful and I got the kinetic rope out... This video was at the end, it took a good 10-15 runs to get the discovery free, it was properly bogged. It did mean my recovery points got a good test So that got that free, and we went for one more run about the site, until a friends landcruiser decided it had enough.... And its half shaft went... Not a lot you can do when out and this happens, so we got the truck turned and facing the car park using a couple of winches, we stuck a ratchet strap around the wheel to the chassis to keep it in, and we'd just drag him back. To try stop it being jerky we used the kinetic rope, and stuck it onto the back of the tray back disco. Was going perfectly until he got stuck... Patrol weight to the rescue again... I then dragged the landcruiser back to the car park A great day, and by the end of the day, I was happy with the Patrol. It's night and day compared to the SJ, yes the SJ was extremely light so done well in it's own right, and due to the size, it could go some places the patrol can't such as the woods. But the patrol has the power to keep it going, and the bigger wheels mean much better ground clearance, once I get some aggressive mud tyres, it should be pretty unstoppable with the rear diff lock. A photo from the end of the day... Unfortunately the mud killed the alternator (not sure how old it is) so I ended up borrowing a battery to get me home...
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Mar 10, 2019 19:23:26 GMT
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Thought i'd get a thread up for my off-road toy that replaced the SJ I had since the SJ finally sold two nights ago... I know 2002 isn't retro, but it's retro at heart... the engine is from a 1995 Patrol I spent months looking about for something to use for off-road fun, but that also wouldn't be too bad on the road, and if required I could use to tow a trailer too. I looked at old Discoveries, Landcruisers, hilux' Jeeps, and Patrols. They all had numerous plus points and negatives. After hours upon hours of trawling facebook pages and forum posts, I decided to go for the patrol, the extremely strong running gear, the reliability and noise if I could get a TD42 engine, and the cool looks of the SWB had sold it to me... I started looking about for one, and one that I had seen advertised while trying to decide what to go for, was still available, and the price had dropped a bit. So I messaged the seller back and forth for a while, ensuring any questions I had were answered, and I didn't rush into buying it. 3 days before Christmas last year, I flew over to Belfast, got picked up by the seller, had a look over the truck, and made my way to the ferry back to Cairnryan with the newest toy.... So the spec of it when I bought it was... 4.2 Turbo diesel Wheel base extended 2" (otherwise it looks like the rear wheels are tucking into the front of the rear arches 35 MT tyres on beadlock wheels Safari roof rack Snorkel Fitted with a 2" suspension lift, and came with a 4" suspension lift Recent respray and new front wings, as seen in these photos... That takes us up to me getting it back home...
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Mar 10, 2019 18:50:36 GMT
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Would have been good to get to this show for a look around, but unfortunately back at work by then... I assume it's a great show for picking up show discount workshop goodies... Always next year
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Mar 10, 2019 18:43:41 GMT
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My dads old 3.8s jaguar engined from back in the day. Love it!
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Unfortunately looks are deceiving!! Right shoulder is near vertical and left shoulder is laid back at 45 degrees. But sh*t it looks KOOL😎 Ahh, I did think that may have been the case but yeah, it looks bloody awesome!!
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Not used them myself, but i've heard of a lot of the 4x4 boys running them to help with wobble when running extreme mud tyres, and they're certainly meant to help....
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Body & Paint Threadkeyring
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cheapest inroad to square plastic expanding nutserts would be land rover floor plate, if you ebay part no. RTC3744 I'll look them up, thanks
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Is the interior as comfy as it looks? Or is a case of looking being deceiving? Looks sofa like...
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Still loving seeing updates on this! Still on my list of cars i'd love to own at one point, but probably never will Is the Marlin a new toy for yourself?
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Well..... I got home on Wednesday night, picked the car up Thursday evening... It's not too bad, it has had money spent on it a few years ago, with all the right intentions, but perhaps just not enough, for example, there is a £2600 invoice from 2014 for a respray, it's not the worst, but it has been done with all the window rubbers still in, at the same time the wheels were all shot blasted and painted, it's had brake pipes done, and looks like it's had 3 new calipers. There is also a FSH (mostly VW) up to 2009. The interior is tired as thought/seen in the photos, and there is some surface rust under the car, but I plan to get that cleaned up and get some Hydrate 80 on it hopefully over the next week. The drivers door wouldn't open, but that turned out to be just a sticky lock mechanism, which i've sorted. I had it out last night, and the wipers decided to stop working in the lovely scottish rain, but after a quick inspection today, it's just the linkage that has popped off, I'll need to get some circlips and it'll be sorted. Going forward, it's certainly a usable retro daily, which has me extremely happy being behind the wheel of a VR6 again. I'll tidy it up a bit as time goes on, i'll probably build up my spare engine with a turbo set up with the aim of around 420bhp. That engine may end up in this for a short period of time(keeping the 2.9 in the garage to be dropped back in) The red G60 corrado shell i think i'll end up selling/swapping (don't really need two corrados/can't justify it) The mk2 golf, despite it requiring a fair amount of welding, and me considering selling it instead of the G60 corrado, it turns out i'm pretty attached to it, and can't bring myself to sell it, so I need to pull the finger out of my rectum and get on with welding that. Eventually the 420bhp turbo set up will go into that.... Depending on if I go out offroading tomorrow, I may attempt re-tumbling the locks in this corrado so everything is back being operated by one key instead of the three keys i'm currently walking around with
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Such a shame that it isn't real! Hopefully someone turns it into a reality one day
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Simply beautiful!
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