my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

[markey b]

right, think my old thread must have died with the old site, so here goes.... from aug 2005 when i got the car until now... a brief history in pics!

some of the first pics i took of the car when i got it!









ktec bumper in the bin!





aftermath of my 1st rtoc meet at southend









while its out...



to...







with splitter - RIP



photoshop one night of how i wanted my car.....



bang goes another gearbox!





then decide to take the plunge and get it restored and painted...

rusty!!







stripped as much as poss on my drive





first few days at the bodyshop.









then it starts...





new wings and volvo scuttle vent added



sill modified for exhaust







lots of welding and prep





battery tray in boot









new scuttle



general prep







engine was apart so got busy with polisher!







ready for paint





from grey to orange!

[markey b]

refitting it all together









done!









couple of weeks later, bang goes another box



got it back home for a clean





arty photo



pfc shoot



then redline

[markey b]

whoops! fuel pump wiring went a bit funky



tried on d90's but decided against it





new mirrors



new intercooler



my 2nd fresh renault bumper!





on redline stand @ redline rumble 07 i think



clio dash!











new brakes





trackday at snetterton!







fire halted play











fcs 07



rolling road day





brake overhaul





polished carb!







winter storage last year





made meself a carbon splitter





fire!!



fcs 09



5 and my old cab



fastcar shoot



both my 5's



clutch this time!







my raider, my orange one and my bro's ph1..




to be continued!!

[Big Steve - Raider]

Sweet

I love the colour of your car & don't think it's a bit too fast & the spurious either! Suits the five!

[Sy5GTT]

Great pics Mark.

[Spooky]

Mark, the car looks awesome buddy

I'm liking the idea of the dash conversion, that looks good.

Is it Ashy who has squeezed the 172 dash into his car?

[Chris Hebden]

Very, VERY nice mate! Its astonishing what level of finnish people can achieve with these cars, you have done an immence job

[Kenobi]

OMG how good is that. Funny really as I was saying to my bro as I started to read the thread that Tungy is the best colour. By the end of the thread he was laughing as I have a poster of this car on my wall at work and i didnt realise it was the same car!!!

Top marks.

[Sparkie]

who's is the Black Lancer hidden in amongst the pics?

[g10far]

who's is the Black Lancer hidden in amongst the pics?

I was just gonna ask the same thing!!! What happened at snett?

[markey b]

was a mates old lancer, was an interesting beast, running on emerald i think it made about 300bhp on the 8v lancer engine with a big big turbo!

at snett my oil feed for pressure gauge was routed next to turbo (os8472 cough!!) and popped, and the oil ignited, luckily no damage just powder everywhere!

[Sparkie]

was a mates old lancer, was an interesting beast, running on emerald i think it made about 300bhp on the 8v lancer engine with a big big turbo!

always liked the original 2000 shape lancers....

[Os8472]

was a mates old lancer, was an interesting beast, running on emerald i think it made about 300bhp on the 8v lancer engine with a big big turbo!

at snett my oil feed for pressure gauge was routed next to turbo (os8472 cough!!) and popped, and the oil ignited, luckily no damage just powder everywhere!

Cough shoulda bought a decent length oil pressure line then instead of being cheap cough!!

[Danboi2]

loving the pics mate car looks amazing

[pascal-GT]

very good job and beautiful pics!!!!

[soapymech]

please bring next time markey .car looks a1

[mr bean aka pete]

a true restoration to its best condition just shows if you stick at the restoration it could turn out tobe a minter looks gr8 markey

[xenon]

superb report that here!!
that of beautiful photographs!!

on the other hand you would have a recent photograph of your trunk with the battery and the passage of the cables?!
these is ideas which I like well this assembly!

thank you in advance :ho:

[markey b]

cheers guys! its not exactly a new build but thought i'd share a selection of pics from day one

xenon, the positive runs under the car to the starter motor, and the negative is to the rear panel, i hope that makes sense

[markey b]

Cough shoulda bought a decent length oil pressure line then instead of being cheap cough!!

its all good oliver i didn't mean it in a bad way, **** happens!

[markey b]

superb report that here!!
that of beautiful photographs!!

on the other hand you would have a recent photograph of your trunk with the battery and the passage of the cables?!
these is ideas which I like well this assembly!

thank you in advance :ho:

heres a pic xenon, hope its ok

[markey b]

not much of an update, but pics of my next project on the car... carbon fibre!



gonna make some fog ducts as the ones from ebay aint the best looking things in the world, then mould them in carbon and fibreglass so i can have a pair for each car, then cover my mirror baseplates and spoiler and then who knows

also my new grille badge... a mate made this for me, just need final trimming and sanding then clear cote

[Sparkie]

anyone else see the similarity between the carbon grill badge and one of these?

[T.K]

Cool car. D90s look sweet!

[JRP]

anyone else see the similarity between the carbon grill badge and one of these?

hmm i went party ring mad that day

[markey b]

yeah its being sanded as i speak so will looky less yummy

[markey b]

bit less party ring now hopefully (note: its not glued on yet so its not straight)

[renault5gtboi]

bit less party ring now hopefully (note: its not glued on yet so its not straight)

thats well bling carbon is the new chrome for sure

[markey b]

been spending a few evenings playing with CF... definately not as easy as it looks

few of my 'work in progress' pics.. and no, they are definately not finished

[JayTee]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

saw this in bury before chrimbo, awsome looking, did carrera do the bodywork?

[markey b]

small update:



always wanted something like this (just for looks obviously) so thought i may as well make use of the cold outside and staying in, so got busy with making a mould....













now need to do alot of sanding and shaping of the mould and then its ready to mould off of

[m5tt]

I think they will look sexual once done ,

mate of mine done this on his FRST in place of the inner side fogs looks awsome !

[markey b]

more progress this eve, but no pics yet,

started sanding the mould back as i can't have any depressions or the part wont ever release.. currently sitting in a thick coat of gloss black so i can sand smooth and get rid of any pinholes etc

[markey b]

slight update, mk2 ducts look better, but still learning with the mould, so now making a mk3 which should hopefully work!

you can see the progress between mk1 and mk2 below



and mk2 on a car



so new mould, and learning every time so hopefully should have a pair soon, with a mould that i dont have to smash to release the part!

also, got a nice fmic made up for the raider



will be getting this on in the week all being well, just waiting for my aluminium pipe to arrive

[Maxwell]

my god it looked hard as **** with the massive fmic in black!

really lovely car and awesome touch with the battery tray!

[markey b]

car is now booked in for wheels to be redone next week, so watch this space..

in the mean time, went 'picwhoring' the other night with some mates

[philg]

like it alot

phil

[sphinX]

I still think this car looks the dogs !!! awesome mate

[markey b]

mini update - will be able to post proper pics on sat once i get it back from carrera

its in having wheels redone, carbon canards on front bumper and few bits of paintwork touched up so its minty fresh again

this even whilst it was in, replaced the rollcage and replace fogs for carbon ducts

[philg]

Never mind this old scrapper, lets see more of your kids


Looks realy nice

phil

[markey b]

Never mind this old scrapper, lets see more of your kids


Looks realy nice

phil

??!

[HAndy]

wing mirrors next Mr Butterworth!!!

[J8TRO]

Never mind this old scrapper, lets see more of your kids

Phil, I'm glad people know your from proper up north, when I first read that I was a little worried!

[r5gt1986]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Nice work, really star of beauty. I loved the color you selected.

By the way Stainless steel tubular manifold can improve a lot

[markey b]

few more pics of the latest additions:

wheel refurb (after my kerbing FAIL) now have inner rim orange as well





'x' rear cage and removed the 'fake' front half







front fog ducts and canards now fitted





and how it sits at the momento!





but still got this lot to fit





and.... my raider is back on 13's for a while





fin

[HAndy]

still think my front splitter was a better design/ idea

just out of intrest how does it feel with them carbon conards on there

ps carbon mods.co.uk do a conard template which might also be of some use its free to print of also

[markey b]

only driven it a couple of times since they were fitted, and to be fair i'm not really a fan of driving at over 100 in a biscuit tin so they are more for looks than function

[philg]

Phil, I'm glad people know your from proper up north, when I first read that I was a little worried!

Second time on here now i have had a language barrier mate, i said someones attempt at painting looked canny, they thought i meant out of a can

Markey your kids means your brothers not ya bairns. Car is looking sweet though.


phil

[markey b]

ah, i get ya... just got off the phone to him and he is uploading pt2 as i type

[markey b]

after long time not touching it decided to do some bits,

pics will follow, basically dash out, new loom, new alarm, new dash, move steering column and sort wiring..

started sat, last nite got dash back in, alarm tonight and tomorrow, then onto engine, tubular manifold and MSD coil to go on...