My Renault 5 GT Turbo restoration

[jonnyshaw49]

hi here are a few pics of my r5 gt im rebuilding, these are pics from when i first started



nasty intercooler someone mounted on the front of the car and cut out the slam panel making me loads of work drilling out and fitting a new slam panel



awaiting my new piston and liner set





few pics of engine after rebuild











this is the exhaust im fitting taking off the twin exhaust









here are a few pics of my donor car







door cards filled and primed ready for gloss black paint



my next plans are lift up the back end, fit a new standard front slam panel bumper
and grill. new back bumper, tidy up the engine bay and get the auto sol out lol. new t2/t25 turbo. mint all the body work and fit my new door cards.
I have now moved on with my project and over the last few weeks been spending the cash. The car is currently in the bodyshop having a full respray in the original black paint after being to the panel beaters where i had new inner and outer sills new bumper fixing points front and rear, new slam panel, all new fixing points on front and rear wings for arches. I have bought all new panels, front and rear bumpers, ront and rear arches, new sideskirts and new bonnet and all new fixing clips and rubbers. I have also had the tacky petrol cap removed from the boot and put back in the original place on the rear quarter. I have bought all new lights including fogs and indicators. I have also bought a few new parts from gt tuning, the dump valve, spider valve, in car boost valve. I have spent £4000 lol. but its all worth it restoring one of these gt turbos. here are a few pics of the project.

New alloys





re-upholstered seats





matching door cards





New hoses



bits back from the spray shop











New Mocal 10 row oil cooler with thermostat have braided hoses and good ridge fittings. Also picture of new alloy radiator.



New alloy intercooler



New painted grill with new badge ready to go on



Engine bay pics, new black silicone hoses fitted and GT tuning recirculating dump valve







Car nearly finishes with arches and sideskirts on, new alloy wheels on









Car bodywork looking nice and straight



New genuine sidekirt rubbers, haven't a clue how to fit



New stainless magnex exhaust, sounds amazing



New re-trimmed interior fitted and rear plastic door cards, looks better in the car







New front plastic door cards fitted, ten times better than the original carpetted ones, scrapped he idea of fibregassing and painting the original hardboard ones



The car hibernating under the cover lol.



Thats it so far, hope you like the pics!

[raj]

i remember how that car use to look yrs ago!
lets say you done a nive job on restoring it looks a hell of alot better mate

[BriC]

Looks lush mate.. love the leather seats!

You've made that look a ton better

[gtmatt]

Looks nice mate love the seats reminds me of my old seats keep up the good work

[GTphil]

Nice! Got some history this car so I believe

The last time I saw it it had an awfull matt black spray job!

Your just down the road from me mate if you need anything give us a shout

[Lomo]

Nice! Got some history this car so I believe

The last time I saw it it had an awfull matt black spray job!

Your just down the road from me mate if you need anything give us a shout

Yep, thats McQueens old car I believe.....

[GTphil]

Yep, thats McQueens old car I believe.....

He was the one who looked after it as the first time I saw it it was an absoulute minter!

[gtmatt]

Thought I remember that plate that was cleaned all the time spotless car I know the person who put that twin exhaust on it he recked that car , glad it's getting some tlc now

[jonnyshaw49]

hi thanks for looking. if any of u guys know anything about the car could u pm me would love to hear the history of the car. i bought it off a mate but then fell out so never knew where he got it from. when i bought it the paint job wasnt matt was shiny but looked like it had recently had a spray job but a crap one and the cills were nackerd so all had to be redone costing me 2600 . i have heard a few tales about the car but dnt know how true also the reg plate could have been sold on. i heard on renault5gtturbo.com apparently a former owner ripped ppl off on here and was banned and also someone said they thought it was written off but it had no signs whatsoever of being in a bump and i hpi'd it and checked all vin numbers. all the chassis is straight and solid etc. so would appreciate anything anyone knows. thanks

[Wallace]

Nice work mate......like the wheels too

[BriC]

hi thanks for looking. if any of u guys know anything about the car could u pm me would love to hear the history of the car. i bought it off a mate but then fell out so never knew where he got it from. when i bought it the paint job wasnt matt was shiny but looked like it had recently had a spray job but a crap one and the cills were nackerd so all had to be redone costing me 2600 . i have heard a few tales about the car but dnt know how true also the reg plate could have been sold on. i heard on renault5gtturbo.com apparently a former owner ripped ppl off on here and was banned and also someone said they thought it was written off but it had no signs whatsoever of being in a bump and i hpi'd it and checked all vin numbers. all the chassis is straight and solid etc. so would appreciate anything anyone knows. thanks

Pretty sure it's the same car mate.. same wheels, double exhaust, colour, and general mods.. It was definitely in an accident, but I don't know if it was recorded. I saw it mid repair - it was the drivers side rear quarter / axle.

But yeh, you've made it much better!

[gtmatt]

Did Haz not have this car for a while ? It was not in an accident when I seen it ,bric when did u see it or who did u know who had it ? Put this way mcqueen lved that car

[BriC]

It was the guy who ripped everyone off that damaged it.. Rozza. Lived in Alty in a big house with a Range Rover and electric gates, yet he came on here to rip people off

I saw it with my own two eyes when I went to his house after he damaged it.

Yeh Matt it was at nocturnal at one point, after Rozza sold it

[Scoff]

That one belonged to a guy in manchester somewhere, who had the accident that bric describes. He was also banned from the club for one reason or another. It had that awfull "matt" paint job, which was done when he repaired the accident damage. It also had the fuel filler smoothed over and the filler cap inside the boot if I recall!

[jonnyshaw49]

yeh the filler cap was smoothed over and the fuel pipe turrned round into the boot so dug this out and had it put back to original. not sure how bad the rear quarter damage could have been as most of the car was sanded to bare metal and there was no sign of the rear quarter creased. does anyone know if any of the former owners are members on here? maybe i could ask them about the history of the car. it looks ten times better now than it did cant wait to get it out but looking like next summer now dont want the wet and salt to hit it as we get alot of gritting out where we are.

[GTphil]

"rozza" lol says it all really! mind you tho accidents do happen!!

[Rob@Backyardracing]

i remember this car.... looks miles better these days...

[Arrows]

hi thanks for looking. if any of u guys know anything about the car could u pm me would love to hear the history of the car. i bought it off a mate but then fell out so never knew where he got it from. when i bought it the paint job wasnt matt was shiny but looked like it had recently had a spray job but a crap one and the cills were nackerd so all had to be redone costing me 2600 . i have heard a few tales about the car but dnt know how true also the reg plate could have been sold on. i heard on renault5gtturbo.com apparently a former owner ripped ppl off on here and was banned and also someone said they thought it was written off but it had no signs whatsoever of being in a bump and i hpi'd it and checked all vin numbers. all the chassis is straight and solid etc. so would appreciate anything anyone knows. thanks

Blimey a 2600 paint job, whats so special about the car, would it not have been cheaper to buy one with a good paint finish already?

[Ashy]

Ive had a scan through all my old pics of the Yorkshire meets when McQueen owned it but cant find any photo's... I do have a few vids of it whizzing past but nothing that shows it in detail It was one of the cleanest 5's back in the day I'm sure someone like KD of Jaffa will have a load of pics of it!

I'm glad its back to its former glory, you've done a remarkable job

[JRP]

Blimey a 2600 paint job, whats so special about the car, would it not have been cheaper to buy one with a good paint finish already?

For welding in new sills etc, then a full respray.. thats pretty reasonable assuming its been done correctly.

[matty j]

love it mate

makes me really miss mine now ( but great job

[Brigsy]

Good work mate, good to see it going back to its former glory