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WASSERWERK's third project vehicle,
a 1990 Corrado, is owned by club member Sue Grundy.
This project actually began
several years ago. Sue picks up the story.
"I purchased this car back in 1998, with 122,500 miles on
it. We drove it home that day with a dealer plate and it hasn’t seen the
road since. I think I drove it about 7 miles that day, pushing it a little
and it was pretty amazing. I am the second owner of this car, and it was
not cared for at all by the original owner. When purchased, it was in
pretty bad condition with damage on the front – the grille was broken in
half and bumper slightly damaged damage on the front of both front fenders,
the right rear just above the bumper, the right rear quarter panel, and also
in the left rear quarter."
"We are going to do a
complete engine overhaul, body work, paint job and tune it a little to get
it on the road in show condition. We had thought about putting Eaton
supercharger off of a Mercedes SLK onto the engine, replacing the worn
G-Lader supercharger, but decided not to do that.
Maybe in a few years. I recently purchased another G-Lader, seeing as
though when we took apart the supercharger that was on the engin e, it had
some damage we thought was beyond repair. I have a Sachs sport suspension
kit which is going to be installed that will lower the car roughly 1"-1.5”.
It’s a pretty stiff kit – we had the same one on my sister’s ’96 Passat TDI
and it was nice…even though my father didn’t think so. I will be installing
European headlights, new euro fog and blinker lenses. I will be installing
Ate Power Discs on it, along with new pads. Hopefully I can resurrect the
calipers that are on it. I think I'm going to put Bridgestone Potenza
RE730's [195/50-15] tires on it. I have heard some good feedback regarding
these tires...they seem like a good choice. I am waiting for a Rieger grille
and grille spoiler combo to come – purchased through someone on eBay. I
would also like to put K&N filter on it, Neuspeed or ABD intake, sway bars,
strut tower brace, 16" wheels on the car when it’s ready and when I have the
money. I think a new set of speakers are going to be needed, maybe a sub,
and maybe even install a camera mount in the future."
Part 1 will include a
chronology of what Sue has done on the car since 1998. |