Project Cordy - My old 16v reborn

Icecavern · Jul 8, 2006

After 2 and a half years of searching I was browsing ebay last week and there she was my old Cantabrian Blue 16v cordy

Obviously the deal was done quicker than you can say "buy it now" and today I got the train up to Derby to meet Andyj to drive up to Liverpool to go get her :funk:

Big thanks to Andy for coming up with me :thumbup:

In the last 4 years the car has only done 14k

All my mods are still there, chrome door pins, meshed 16v grille, debadged, painted plug lead guides. Even the bolts in the boot that used to hold my sub box in are still there :blink:

The car needs a whole lot of TLC. The engine bay and bodywork are filthy so no pics yet, I'm gonna spend the day polishing tomorrow and will get pics then. Also a respray is on the cards to get rid of all the dings and scratches

Pics tomorrow when she's presentable [B)]

Pete

honeyman · Jul 8, 2006

Did you hug her, and promised to never let her go again. Ya big softy. :lol:

Icecavern · Jul 8, 2006

Not quite... But I've not stopped grinning since midday

Feel · Jul 8, 2006

Those sneak pics of a Mazda 323 4x4 Turbo in the back of Techies garage brought back memories of the first car I truely loved (well, you know what I mean). So, 'xcuse the ramble, but I know where you're coming from.

Them Cordies is nice...

Daz8161 · Jul 8, 2006

hey dont forget to do some before and afters so we can see how hard u've been workin

225 · Jul 8, 2006

fair play dude, should be good

Icecavern · Jul 9, 2006

It's

raining now

Just had a better look through the service history and I was wrong the car hasn't done 14k in the last 4 years, it's done just over 10k

andyj · Jul 9, 2006

You should have seen his face when we drove down the street and he spotted her parked up..... was like a kid at Xmas !!!

Glad you made it back on last night, that M6 being closed at J17 was a bit of a nightmare!

Will have a look on t'internet now and see what it was.....

Icecavern · Jul 9, 2006

Oh and I've just discovered the cam belt was done in 03, only 7000 miles ago so later I'm gonna take her out and open her p a bit :funk:

No more nannying [B)]

Icecavern · Jul 9, 2006

andyj said:
You should have seen his face when we drove down the street and he spotted her parked up..... was like a kid at Xmas !!!

Glad you made it back on last night, that M6 being closed at J17 was a bit of a nightmare!

Will have a look on t'internet now and see what it was.....

It's my baby

Got off the M40 and went the back way home, damn even though I wasn't pushing her properly, it all came back why the leons have never really been so exciting to drive... Can't beat the sound of a valver [B)]

Empi5 · Jul 9, 2006

andyj said:
You should have seen his face when we drove down the street and he spotted her parked up..... was like a kid at Xmas !!!

Glad you made it back on last night, that M6 being closed at J17 was a bit of a nightmare!

Will have a look on t'internet now and see what it was.....

The crash barrier had been totalled, quite a serious accident by all account,

chungster · Jul 9, 2006

Well lets hope this one doesn't go to the scrap man again like the last one.

Remember meeting u for the first time in this cordy...was behind you in a queue you proceeded to show me what ICE was all about.

Icecavern · Jul 9, 2006

Ah but it was only a quiet "drown out Audiobahn demo cars" install in it back then :roflmao:

andyj · Jul 9, 2006

Icecavern said:
Oh and I've just discovered the cam belt was done in 03, only 7000 miles ago so later I'm gonna take her out and open her p a bit No more nannying

That's good news

Saves you a bit of hassle/worry!

Get that induction kit and chip fitted, and you'll be well away

andyj · Jul 9, 2006

come on, where are the pics ?!?

Icecavern · Jul 9, 2006

Well so far I've found 3 problems. The car needs a new tyre, has an oil leak, and a small fuel leak. Both seem to happen when you give her some stick. I'm pretty sure the fuel leak is at the join under the air intake hose as there looks to be a little bit there. It's only a small amount though so I think one of the joins isn't tight enough.

Oil leak... well I think thats the same one it had when I sold the car so I need to figure out what that is, I hit the bottom of the engine with degreaser and then washed it off so I can figure out where it's coming from.

Last problem is a bulge in the front passenger side tyre. Sure it wasn't there in liverpool so need a tyre on there. Then again I'm getting new wheels soon anyway

Pics in a minute, need to get them off the memory card

Icecavern · Jul 9, 2006

OK and now to the pics

Pic of the engine bay as it was when I got her... :no:

And after a bit of graft :funk:

And then some work on the exterior later and she looks like this... Note the photos don't show up all the dings, stone chips, slapped on touch up and scratches

Pete

Daz8161 · Jul 9, 2006

Looks mint mate, what wheels you getting?

Icecavern · Jul 9, 2006

I'm fitting TT comps asap

Oh and the coilovers will be ordered tomorrow too

Nyteshade · Jul 9, 2006

awwwwwww seeing those pics is making me miss my cordy now...

Well done for getting her back... and looking loved again.

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