Well after selling my last project to Bitza I jumped at the chance of buying Carrot's old AA VR4 Cordia from Nocord. With help from my brother we got the new project back to its new home.

Heres how it looked a few years ago...


After giving it a quick look over we decided the cooler and piping had to go.....so with help from Bitza we started taking off the battery tray or should I say holder....




where it was welded to the body next to the radiator...


The old TD04 has given up the ghost and dumped oil into the cooler and around the engine bay...


Next the bumper came off to reveal the welds for the intercooler brackets..


and the rust that needs attention..


Its a work in progress as I still need to source some parts to get it off the defect, sort some of the electrics out, fit new pipe work and source a TD05.

I got a TD05 14b here if ya interested :p

After a few weeks of doing nothing finally tackled the front suspension with a lot of help from Andrew. Both wheel arches have a few cracks that will need to be fixed if it ever gets to go through Regency. The shocks are pretty stuffed after taking a pounding on the lowered springs....



The master at work...



and the ride height after fitting the standard Kings...well not quite that bad but it did make a big difference to ride height at the front



Big thank you to Andrew for all his help and knowledge

After finding a few nasty surprises on my original purchase I decided to buy another rust free shell and transfer everything across. The process begins this weekend....

Sure does............I looked the shell over and I can confirm there is NO rust at all, even under the boot rubber and the doors are solid.

That looks like my old car!

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|VR4 4G63 RS|MicroTech lt8s|Ported TD06sl2-25g|Ported & Polished Head|HKS Front Mount|3" Exhaust|
|Coilovers|Swaybars|VR-4 2pot Calipers|TP rears|Evo3 Master/Booster|Evo 3 front bar|Side Skirts|Rear Lip|

It used to have an EVO engine and the last owner said it produced 160kw??

Interior stripped


Front stripped


Rear stripped


......and the left overs

Nice Grant..........I see my iced coffee carton still remains......sorry........should have taken that home.

No worries Andrew...your welcome to take it next time your over

With help from Andrew(Bitza) I spent the day stripping most of the interior out of Carrots/nocords old AA VR4. With the interior stripped out it revealed quite a few rust spots and repair panels from previous repairs......I took a pic of the rust that had eaten the rear vent area.....the AA sadly will never be on the road again as it has far too many issues.....but it will live on as a donor for my other AB Cordia




Next up is the removal of the dash and onto the mechanicals...with help from Andrew of course

Big day yesterday with the removal of the engine and box...

before...


VR4 003 by GrantC2, on Flickr

and after....


VR4 004 by GrantC2, on Flickr

After the engine was out we noticed the crack in the firewall had started to develop rust and it was even larger than we first thought

We finally finished stripping Carrots old car it's now parked out the front waiting to be collected for scrap metal...

This is the rusty hole in the firewall...



rusty crack in the drivers side firewall....



all thats left...



pictures a bit fussy but this is the crack on the passenger side with light coming through the crack...



next on the agenda....putting everything into the other shell

One word.................NICE.

Going...


going...


and gone..

Do you live near Salisbury highway? Or am I way off?

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My folks live near main north road....close to Elizabeth shopping centre

almost would of been worth cutting the rear right quater out 'just in case'

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"hahhahahhaa its good its got straw for a pipe frontn.... the bigger that hole gets the more money falls out of ur wallet... "



Epic i must say.

The body was in pretty bad shape with previous accident damage to most of the rear. Whoever did the repairs welded new metal panels into the car but never primed the welds and over the years the welds have become rusty and most of the panels were useless...we did think about cutting out the rear floor but didn't get around to it.

Fair enough, always sad to see a cordia crushed

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"hahhahahhaa its good its got straw for a pipe frontn.... the bigger that hole gets the more money falls out of ur wallet... "



Epic i must say.