Corrado for sale - best places to sell

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Hi all,

Due to a massive debt and I can't see myself having the money to get my Corrado G60 sorted and on the road. (Full rebuild is looking at £5k and probably looking at £1000 to get everything it needs to pass an MOT).

I am advertising it on Facebook but only seem to get idiots offering me pennies for it. I know it's been off the road for 14 years but I'm not going to let it go for pennies. Autotrader is £37 for a basic 2 week advert and I'm not sure it'd get enough interest there.

Where else can I look at selling it?
 
Owner's club?

Isn't there a dub site called Edition30 or something?

The G60 is the super charged one, yeah? 'Twas a bit of a beast back in the day!
 
Thanks, I'll have a look at them :)

sigma said:
The G60 is the super charged one, yeah? 'Twas a bit of a beast back in the day!
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Yep, 1.8 Supercharged pushing 160bhp as standard. Uprated charger, flywheel and a few other tweaks and you can get them running over 200bhp. ABS breaks as well which i always thought was impressive for the age. Lovely to drive as well, solid and always turned heads. Had 3 over the years, and they always attract attention. Even had a friend stop being a friend because despite months of him claiming that his ST220 was a better looking car when we parked together it was always the Corrado that got the attention. Police pulling you over because they like the car was always a pain though.

Really reluctant to sell, always wanted it on the road but it's been sitting there unused and dry stored for 13-14 years now and there's always something that needs the money, now it's this debt. really wanted it to pass on to the kids when they are old enough.
 
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Are you on the Corrado Forum? They have a for sale section. The corrado forum and the official owners club are seperate. But the forum is quite popular. With this type of car you have to advertise in a place where like minded people are looking. Most people wont accidentally stumble on one. They obviously have to be specifically looking for one.

www.the-corrado.net

Other than ebay and autotrader then pistonheads also seems to be worth a try. Funny enough they are on the rise a little at the moment.

Yes very underrated cars that get a surprising amount of attention from bystanders (but I am obviously biased!) Arguably the G60 is the rarest and most interesting model.
 
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If it has been off the road for 14 years I'm not surprised that you're getting low ball offers. It will basically have the value of a non runner scrap car, any buyer is going to be making an offer on the assumption that it's a lemon.
 
Daft as it sounds I didn't even think of the corrado forum and I've been a member there for about 10 years but just rarely use it.

It's a red J reg, so 1991 and asking £1400 knowing it's worth £3k+ as a runner and that people will haggle the price down. I also want it to go to someone who will restore it, not just strip it for parts, which actually got me a load of abuse on facebook when I turned his offer down for that reason. He forgot that we'd spoken previously regarding the other 2 rado's I had.

My other option is to stick new fuel hoses on it and a battery and show it running but again, it's just money I don't have spare :(
 
Why has it not been run for 14 years? Is the engine completely toast/siezed?

Sorry to say but from what you've said it sounds unlikely you will find someone willing to take a risk restoring it. 14 years is a he'll of a long time to sit and if you can get a running MOT'd example for £3k would it be worth the effort?
 
I don't actually think the price is too out there if you're realistically expecting about a grand for it, maybe a couple of hundred less but try the forum first. This is on the proviso that it doesn't look like a scrapper and you can demonstrate mechanical soundness to buyers

If you can possibly get it running cheaply that would go a long long way to building confidence. Also add up what you realistically think it needs and make sure it would make financial sense for someone - but parts are cheap so it should be
 
It's 25 years old. If it hasn't been on the road for 14 years then it must have been only 11 years old at the time. If the condition and mileage are good then it may well be an interesting prospect for an enthusiast. But it really depends on the condition of the overall car. Parts are very hard to get now (never them often being with more to break).

I would put a detailed description on the Corrado forum including as much history as you can, an honest outline of the bad parts that need work and also what is good about the car. Mechanical parts can be easily replaced (although servicing of the glader charger is becoming difficult due to it being unusual). But bodywork and trim are very hard to get now. So if these are in good condition then it would be of interest to someone.
 
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Why has it not been run for 14 years? Is the engine completely toast/siezed?
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Even if not it'll need the supercharger rebuilding along with all new belts, plugs, oil etc. and may even need the engine stripping down and rebuilding before it's even test fired.

Corrados are nice cars but this'll need to go to a proper enthusiast if it's ever to get back on the road as it'll cost over it's value to get it there most likely.
 
Sorry but you've got no realistic chance of getting anywhere near £1400, as already said it's effectively scrap until somebody throws a lot of time, effort and money at it.

Had it stood for a year or so then maybe not such a bad proposition but having stood for 14 years it's going to need an awful lot of work - ground up restoration most likely - and more outlay to get it back to running than its running value.

Good luck with it, you'll need it!
 
I'd echo the above comments too mate, had it been of the road for a littel then fair does.

But 14 years, effectively you're selling a rolling shell imho
 
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If it has been off the road for 14 years I'm not surprised that you're getting low ball offers. It will basically have the value of a non runner scrap car, any buyer is going to be making an offer on the assumption that it's a lemon.
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This really, along with all the other who have said it. Unless the bodywork is immaculate, and is very low miles, I can't see it being worth more than a few hundred quid with that amount of time off the road. There is a lot of work needing done I would guess with that amount of time off the road.
 
InvaderGIR said:
Even if not it'll need the supercharger rebuilding along with all new belts, plugs, oil etc. and may even need the engine stripping down and rebuilding before it's even test fired.
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Unlikely. I'd put a new belt on it to be safe, and a battery and I bet it would not only run but run absolutely fine. Get it warmed up then do an oil change, I highly doubt it would need anything like a full strip down and rebuild.

I hauled an RS Turbo out of a chicken shed a couple of months ago, it had been there since 1999. Fired up with a small puff of smoke on the first crank with a new battery, spluttered on 3 cylinders for about 30 seconds and was absolutely fine after that. Engines are generally not as fragile as people seem to think they are.

I have done this loads of times with cars that have been laid up for all sorts of long periods.
 
I don't understand this, you say its worth £3K as a runner, and you also say it will need £6K of work to get it running and through an MOT, so why are you expecting £1400 for it..?

Unless of course as above, the reality is that it wont be anywhere near that much work to get it running. In which case why not fix it..?
 
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