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The E38 was a pretty sickly motor. Engine was solid as you'd expect but the body was very corroded and the fuel tank rotted through. I sold it to a fellow Corrado forum member, who drove it to the Nuremberg ring and back.....sadly it died in Birmingham city centre RIP Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Right folks, just 4 sleeps now until I embark on the epic TWIN TOWNS CHALLENGE as team ROADHAWKS http://www.twintown16.co.uk/ We've been busy behind the scenes and we now have our blog up with progress on our £500 car to track Demon tranformation https://atomhawk.wordpress.com/ Last time be did this event in 2014 in a 728i BMW but this time we were lucky enough to score a non runner Octavia VRS for £500. The car was overall very good and worth a lot more than that, but it had developed an electrical fault preventing it from starting just a couple of days before the MOT ran out. So the owner decided to cut his loses and buy a new car and put this up for sale on the forum, late last year. A deal was done and we had it towed home to Newcastle. It turned out that the car's ECU had failed due to water ingress caused by a badly fitting rain tray under, a new ECU, a track rod end and a couple of brake pipes later and we had a running car with a fresh 12 months MOT!
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Pics don't work for me but do you have shifter cables? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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This one is now mine Turned out to be a failed ECU and needed a tie rod end then passed MOT!
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Pm'ed you with an option Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Hi Chris, do you still have it?
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Hi, Where abouts are you in Scotland?
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2000 miles to LeMans and back via 3 race tracks in a
Hofmiester replied to Hofmiester's topic in General Automotive Chat
BIG BLOG UPDATE Car is 99% finished and ready to be judged by Jeremy Clarkson today! Check out are blog for more pics http://atomhawk.wordpress.com -
2000 miles to LeMans and back via 3 race tracks in a
Hofmiester replied to Hofmiester's topic in General Automotive Chat
Blog updated again and features my innovative new way to remove paint from alloy wheels in prep for a DIY refurb http://atomhawk.wordpress.com -
2000 miles to LeMans and back via 3 race tracks in a
Hofmiester replied to Hofmiester's topic in General Automotive Chat
Quick update, she is back on the road, taxed and ready to go. Just need the decals to arrive from the printers More info here http://atomhawk.wordpress.com -
2000 miles to LeMans and back via 3 race tracks in a
Hofmiester replied to Hofmiester's topic in General Automotive Chat
Another quick update guys, with just 2 weeks and 3 days left to go. We're racing against the clock to get this thing back on the road and tested for at least a week before we hit the track. Bodywork is all done, trim is going back into place....still need to paint the all the wheels. Next week we're going to tax her and add the decals. https://atomhawk.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/just-2-weeks-to-go-well-almost/