1989 5 gt and my history of 5s

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Hi all. heres a little bit of info about me n my 5. my 1st car was a 5 1.1 campus. i instantly fell in love!!!! was sad 2 see it go when i got a company car. heres a pikky o it day after id finnished my work makin it a gtt replica.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...5/Image095.jpg

so when i got bored of a e30 i bough 4 a laff a few years l8r i returned to 5s!! this time a phase 2 gt!!! i bought it with blown turbo, slipping clutch, lots of rot and niggles. put few quid in2 her n a ktr 180 turbo n boy was that a gr8 fun lil car!!!! here she is....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...5/PICT0034.jpg

made big mistake then and sold it....... had few cars since like wrx, rx7, mini, astra gte and now iv finally corrected my mistakes and bought a 5 again in march!!!! here she is

130k, stainless exhaust, 15s only mods when i got her!!! full rebuild a 100k 2 so fingers crossed!!!

since buying her 4 a track toy/ hobby iv put a few quid in2 her. ktr double sized intercooler 1st purchase, low temp fan switch and ktec re-jetted carb and fitted in car boost 4 me. so pretty standard.

if any1 was at ists at donny ya may have seen it on the track there

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...urboRed003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...urboRed006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...urboRed011.jpg


i hope to get the car restored to a perfect running order in time and just a little bit more than standard performance. need a few things doin in near futre and some that can wait but after pod i now know what i wanna do so im saving the pennies!!!!!!

you had a nice collection of fives mate , they all look like clean motors , keep us informed on the restro project on the red five mate :)

transfered my reg ova

fitted new bumper

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...arkbttc001.jpg

and today fitted new shoes. play spot the difference if ya want haha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...9/Ronal003.jpg

Looks nice mate! :cool:

You need to get yourself some front bumper insert strips & re-set your passenger windscreen wiper ;)

and a towing eye cover ........https://www.rtoc.org/shop/index.php?m...a09f381da6cf33

Looking nice!