Hopefully 4th time is the charm!
After an exhaustive country-wide search, I finally found a Corrado that met my rather picky specifications to continue the Corrado tradition in my life.
My first and second experiences with Corrados were the G60 powered beasts that served as my daily drivers and track queens...
#1 - Dragon Green Pearl 90 G60 (I know, that color was not supposed to exist that year but there you go - thanks Karmann!). Had her only about a year, sold her to a Marine who made me an obscene offer after I ripped off a 13.7 at LACR in her.
#2 - Helios Pearl Blue G60. Pandora was the 15 year G60 veteran that rolled with me down the cliff in February. 226whp on the Dynojet, 304k miles... she will be missed.
When I first got her:
After a few years of hard driving:
After restoration:
And after the crash down a cliff in Malibu:
Corrado #3 - My wife had a Flash Red 92 VR6 automatic, Brigitte, who treated us very well, and we sold her with only 60k miles on the clock... still kicking myself for that move, she was immaculate.
Anyways, rather than jump back on the G60 wagon, I decided to go VR6 again for Corrado number four, and this time I jumped in with the 93+ interior. Before people boo, I did decide to go for the nice rare VR6 automatic again on purpose... this time out, the Corrado is not going to be a track star, but a daily driver cruiser with traffic in mind. My wife also misses driving hers, so this new one is a compromise that we can both enjoy
Found this one here on vortex, located in Minnesota and had her shipped out to San Diego over Easter. She's an early 93 with a distributor but the updated interior, cold weather package and factory CD changer. She arrived on Thursday night and I've just begun to give her the once-over, hitting up all the maintenance areas that need addressing before I begin modifications. Only thing that looks to have been played with is someone painted rasta colors on the engine cover... which shall soon be repainted to remedy that.
In honor of some of my favorite movie redheads, we've named her Scarlett Leeloo Dallas Multipass. Yes, the car has four names.
Here she is, bone stock before I've done any work to her, out with my kids who will hopefully get to drive her at some point!!
After an exhaustive country-wide search, I finally found a Corrado that met my rather picky specifications to continue the Corrado tradition in my life.
My first and second experiences with Corrados were the G60 powered beasts that served as my daily drivers and track queens...
#1 - Dragon Green Pearl 90 G60 (I know, that color was not supposed to exist that year but there you go - thanks Karmann!). Had her only about a year, sold her to a Marine who made me an obscene offer after I ripped off a 13.7 at LACR in her.
#2 - Helios Pearl Blue G60. Pandora was the 15 year G60 veteran that rolled with me down the cliff in February. 226whp on the Dynojet, 304k miles... she will be missed.
When I first got her:
After a few years of hard driving:
After restoration:
And after the crash down a cliff in Malibu:
Corrado #3 - My wife had a Flash Red 92 VR6 automatic, Brigitte, who treated us very well, and we sold her with only 60k miles on the clock... still kicking myself for that move, she was immaculate.
Anyways, rather than jump back on the G60 wagon, I decided to go VR6 again for Corrado number four, and this time I jumped in with the 93+ interior. Before people boo, I did decide to go for the nice rare VR6 automatic again on purpose... this time out, the Corrado is not going to be a track star, but a daily driver cruiser with traffic in mind. My wife also misses driving hers, so this new one is a compromise that we can both enjoy
Found this one here on vortex, located in Minnesota and had her shipped out to San Diego over Easter. She's an early 93 with a distributor but the updated interior, cold weather package and factory CD changer. She arrived on Thursday night and I've just begun to give her the once-over, hitting up all the maintenance areas that need addressing before I begin modifications. Only thing that looks to have been played with is someone painted rasta colors on the engine cover... which shall soon be repainted to remedy that.
In honor of some of my favorite movie redheads, we've named her Scarlett Leeloo Dallas Multipass. Yes, the car has four names.
Here she is, bone stock before I've done any work to her, out with my kids who will hopefully get to drive her at some point!!