Nunnsy
08-01-2014, 21:07
Thought I would start a resto thread on my latest purchase – an electric blue Gt Turbo
I bought my first Gt Turbo back in 93 - a white J plate with only 22k on it. I sold that, then a few years later fancied another so bought an E reg in electric blue. Although I sold that around 98 I’ve always been tempted to buy another, and really wanted another blue one. A few have come up for sale but it’s either not been the right time to buy or I’ve just missed out & they’ve sold before I could buy it.
Here are my first 2 Gt Turbo’s.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/J565MFD.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/J565MFD.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/E624AMJ2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/E624AMJ2.jpg.html)
After a trip to the Retro Rides show at Santa Pod last July & seeing the club display I really wanted to get another asap. The week after Santa Pod I spotted a nice red one for sale & was all for getting that but then this blue one appeared. At first I thought it had been repainted electric blue as it was on a G plate & as far as I was aware the last electric blue ones was on E plates.
The car was fairly local & I went to see it the next day & was really surprised that it had not been repainted that colour. A deal was done & the car was delivered the following weekend.
Unfortunately the car is covered in scratches, so will probably need a respray but I will see how it looks after a good t-cut. The car was last taxed in 2005 and does need a lot of tidying, some welding & what I thought was the head gasket sorting.
Here are a couple of pictures from when I saw the car & from when I got it back home.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1425.png (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1425.png.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1426.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1426.jpg.html)
Ill get some more pics up later in the week
I bought my first Gt Turbo back in 93 - a white J plate with only 22k on it. I sold that, then a few years later fancied another so bought an E reg in electric blue. Although I sold that around 98 I’ve always been tempted to buy another, and really wanted another blue one. A few have come up for sale but it’s either not been the right time to buy or I’ve just missed out & they’ve sold before I could buy it.
Here are my first 2 Gt Turbo’s.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/J565MFD.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/J565MFD.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/E624AMJ2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/E624AMJ2.jpg.html)
After a trip to the Retro Rides show at Santa Pod last July & seeing the club display I really wanted to get another asap. The week after Santa Pod I spotted a nice red one for sale & was all for getting that but then this blue one appeared. At first I thought it had been repainted electric blue as it was on a G plate & as far as I was aware the last electric blue ones was on E plates.
The car was fairly local & I went to see it the next day & was really surprised that it had not been repainted that colour. A deal was done & the car was delivered the following weekend.
Unfortunately the car is covered in scratches, so will probably need a respray but I will see how it looks after a good t-cut. The car was last taxed in 2005 and does need a lot of tidying, some welding & what I thought was the head gasket sorting.
Here are a couple of pictures from when I saw the car & from when I got it back home.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1425.png (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1425.png.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Nunnsy/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1426.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Nunnsy/media/R5%20Gt%20Turbo/Picture1426.jpg.html)
Ill get some more pics up later in the week