Project Cordy - My old 16v reborn

Icecavern

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

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

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

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 :D

Pics tomorrow when she's presentable [B)]

Pete
 

Feel

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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...
 

andyj

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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

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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.....


:D :D It's my baby :D :D

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

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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

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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.

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Icecavern

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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 :D

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

Icecavern

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OK and now to the pics :D

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

engine_before.jpg


And after a bit of graft :funk:

engine_after.jpg


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 :whistle:

cordy1.jpg


cordy2.jpg


cordy3.jpg


cordy4.jpg


:D

Pete
 
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