Hey Guys n Gals,
Been a member on here for a little while but not posted much yet! I thought i might as well start a thread about my car rather than have threads with pics everywhere!
First of all- Bought her in March 09 after a nasty incident involving my Decked Polo and a drain cover
this was her RIP! bought her standard 1.4 cl with 28k on the clock 4 years back and ran her up to 90k
Literally had her on the ground but then i had the unpleasantness of my subframe making good freinds with a drain cover- Result = smashed subframe, bent wishbone, bent car!
Managed to get a subframe n wishbone and got it all together but i was gutted and wanted a new car as id had the olop for 4 years now- needed something quicker, looking for a ABF but didnt want a golf as so common!
then lo and behold up popped a Cordy, and i thought hmm very different, ive always had a thing for ibizas and i thought a cordy?? different from the outset i know they are not to everyones liking but i thought it had potential
so a VERY nice deal was done on a px with my polo which had a week MOT left and needed some TLC as the Rust monster had set in places( fist sized hole in the boot!) even though i managed to get money back from the guy i px'd with as he had just fallen in love with the look of the polo!
I havent got many pics of the Cordy when i first picked her up but was all original but previous owner had replaced the OE 16" wheels with not very nice 15" tat- They are still on the car at the moment but hopefully not for long!
the car needed a little bit of TLC but had 12 months MOT
Things i had to find/fix
also needed various Interior bits like the driver glovebox- kept falling in my lap when i was driving!
Drove her as it was for about a month then the Clutch cable snapped on me![[:@]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/furious.gif "Furious [:@]")
had to wait 3 hours for a tow home on a friday night Bank holiday weekend!
Anyway sorry for drivelling on!
Rear electrics were shot- all the wiring in the pipe from the body to the boot had split so got my mate to sort all that- i had no brake lights, no number plate lights, no rear fogs and bulb holders were knackered in the rear lights.
Sourced a deep splitter from ebay and other trim pieces.
Got a Fog light this week (thanks RICHYPANIC)
FK badgeless grille in the post
Seat Sport Holders with Euro Number plates- Cordy still had original Dealer Plates!! faded as f**k
upgraded all the bulbs to ebay Ice White Xenon jobbies- look a lot better than the yellow standard ones.
I havent got a lot of pics of the progess and no decent recent ones yet. But i spent 7 hours detailing the car with Meguirs Clay Kit and 3 stage Polishing kit. Best 30 quid ive ever spent! Arms were wrecked the next day though)
the clay kit is amazing- Sorry no proper before and after pics!
hopefully over the next few months ill get it looking the way i want- its not going to be a show stopper- just tidy!
here are some pics i took a lil while ago but i hopefully will get some more pics this weekend- Weather Permitting! they aint the best quality but are taken on N96
after the graft of clay kit and polish with standard indicators tinted the spray was knocking around! so i thought why not! (cant stand the orange!) been laquered properly since
Some taken at my Mates Garage
Those with keen eyes have probably spotted my mates 1968 Cortina MK2 1300 Deluxe- im giving my mate a hand with it! was a garage find and we picked it up for a very tidy sum- genuine 32k on the clock one owner from new! garaged for the last 20 years! so currently bringing that back to life!
Apologies if ive bored any of you guys with my long ass thread!
ill get some more proper pics up soon.
Been a member on here for a little while but not posted much yet! I thought i might as well start a thread about my car rather than have threads with pics everywhere!
First of all- Bought her in March 09 after a nasty incident involving my Decked Polo and a drain cover
this was her RIP! bought her standard 1.4 cl with 28k on the clock 4 years back and ran her up to 90k
Literally had her on the ground but then i had the unpleasantness of my subframe making good freinds with a drain cover- Result = smashed subframe, bent wishbone, bent car!
Managed to get a subframe n wishbone and got it all together but i was gutted and wanted a new car as id had the olop for 4 years now- needed something quicker, looking for a ABF but didnt want a golf as so common!
then lo and behold up popped a Cordy, and i thought hmm very different, ive always had a thing for ibizas and i thought a cordy?? different from the outset i know they are not to everyones liking but i thought it had potential
so a VERY nice deal was done on a px with my polo which had a week MOT left and needed some TLC as the Rust monster had set in places( fist sized hole in the boot!) even though i managed to get money back from the guy i px'd with as he had just fallen in love with the look of the polo!
I havent got many pics of the Cordy when i first picked her up but was all original but previous owner had replaced the OE 16" wheels with not very nice 15" tat- They are still on the car at the moment but hopefully not for long!
the car needed a little bit of TLC but had 12 months MOT
Things i had to find/fix
- Find Splitter
- Replace Driver Fog
- Sort Electrics on Rear Lights
also needed various Interior bits like the driver glovebox- kept falling in my lap when i was driving!
Drove her as it was for about a month then the Clutch cable snapped on me
had to wait 3 hours for a tow home on a friday night Bank holiday weekend! Anyway sorry for drivelling on!
Rear electrics were shot- all the wiring in the pipe from the body to the boot had split so got my mate to sort all that
- i had no brake lights, no number plate lights, no rear fogs and bulb holders were knackered in the rear lights.Sourced a deep splitter from ebay and other trim pieces.
Got a Fog light this week (thanks RICHYPANIC)
FK badgeless grille in the post
Seat Sport Holders with Euro Number plates- Cordy still had original Dealer Plates!! faded as f**k
upgraded all the bulbs to ebay Ice White Xenon jobbies- look a lot better than the yellow standard ones.
I havent got a lot of pics of the progess and no decent recent ones yet. But i spent 7 hours detailing the car with Meguirs Clay Kit and 3 stage Polishing kit. Best 30 quid ive ever spent! Arms were wrecked the next day though)
the clay kit is amazing- Sorry no proper before and after pics!
hopefully over the next few months ill get it looking the way i want- its not going to be a show stopper- just tidy!
here are some pics i took a lil while ago but i hopefully will get some more pics this weekend- Weather Permitting! they aint the best quality but are taken on N96
after the graft of clay kit and polish with standard indicators tinted the spray was knocking around! so i thought why not! (cant stand the orange!) been laquered properly since
Some taken at my Mates Garage
Those with keen eyes have probably spotted my mates 1968 Cortina MK2 1300 Deluxe- im giving my mate a hand with it! was a garage find and we picked it up for a very tidy sum- genuine 32k on the clock one owner from new! garaged for the last 20 years! so currently bringing that back to life!
Apologies if ive bored any of you guys with my long ass thread!
ill get some more proper pics up soon.
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