I bought my phase 1 a few monhs ago after a 12 year break from owning a R5GTT. It needs some work to bring back to its former glory. If done a few little jobs like, new fuel pump relay and rebuilt the turbo.
I've just sorted my garage out so i'm ready to make a start of resotoring her. she's pearl white at the moment, but she will end up electric blue as its my fav colour and i cant be arsed with the effort in spraying pearl white. Some pics as it stands
Last edited by elmof1; 20-01-2011 at 10:50.
Oh a colour change....
Personally love the look of the car, looks very clean and original... unless you have the budget I wouldnt want to respray the car (them stickers on the side will set you back the best part of £500)
Yeah dont colour change it pearl white is a great colour.Unless your going to strip it down and have everything painted (ie engine bay,shuts,boot floor) it just wont look as nice.
Looks a clean standard car in the picture
Its going to be stripped to a bare shell over the coming weeks. It needs a new windscreen surround (hopefully be making a start over the weekend), new drivers door and the paint work isnt very pretty up close. All down the drivers side the paint has bad cracks from a poor attempt of painting!!!
I think the electric blue phase 1 below looks stunning
The electric blue one is nice maybe cos ive got a pearl white i perfer it then blue.Did you buy yours from clacton in essex looks like one that was local to me on ebay a little awhile ago.
The electric blue phase 1 are too common.
Plus changing over to electric blue you going to replace the complete body kit or going to paint the kit
Thats a good point dale.Didnt even think of thatOriginally Posted by Bigfoot
Plus changing over to electric blue you going to replace the complete body kit or going to paint the kit
Just the rear arches with insetrs now cost £254 that is with out the side skirts and front arches.Plus changing over to electric blue you going to replace the complete body kit or going to paint the kit
Yeh mine is the one from clacton, I went down with the trailer to collect it.
The kit will need painting even if i stays pearl white. The white fibreglass is fairly marked, scratched and chipped in places. Oh i'm all confused now with the colour choice
Last edited by elmof1; 20-01-2011 at 12:05.
Yeh mine is the one from clacton, I went down with the trailer to collect it.
The kit will need painting even if i stays pearl white. The white fibreglass is fairly marked, scratched and chipped in places. Oh i'm all confused now with the colour chioce
Keep it pearl check my profile for pictures of mine.It has a smooth matt pearl white kit as its a phase 1 to phase 2 change over car.
Hi Luke, I have had and E reg with the electric blue and the pearl white like yours, very nice colours, but rust was a big problem on both.
Alright mike yeah i love mine to bits.Touch wood rust is'nt a issue on it.Only a tiny scab under the o/s/r window which is being done.Guess the fact its only done 67'000 and been dry stored for 7 years helped.
I have a pearl white ph1 and I wish I'd restored instead of tuning it, would be worth alot more now and would get far more attention
trust me fella, either restore it too mint standard pearl white condition or if your really set on a blue ph1 sell it and buy a less rare ph1, like jimmy_b's
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=15543
can't believe he wants to sell now its finally solid
pah , the phase one itself isnt even common , let alone elctric blue...., id say keep it as it is , just improve it, this is my car https://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php...ictureid=13166 , pics dont do it justice , phase 1`s are gettin blimmin rare , i dont care what anyone says , especially , oe and mint!!!!!, thats the route id choose!, looks a good car and starting base...nice find ya lucky bugger...
Thanks for comment guys, I'll stick with the pearl White then. The plan is to restore to standard spec. The car is solid, it's only done 65k and the only rust ive come across is the windscreen surround.
pah , the phase one itself isnt even common , let alone elctric blue....
Your car is mint, that's just the look I'm looking for.
Ta dean , love the phase 1`s..., i must put up some recent pics , ive done more to it of late too...
Had a spare hour last night, so I removed the windscreen to reveal the dreaded rot!!
Also had a little play at breakfast and polished part of the Carb up!
I've seen worse, somit about ph1's, when ever another turns up its never as rusty as a ph2Had a spare hour last night, so I removed the windscreen to reveal the dreaded rot!!
Also had a little play at breakfast and polished part of the Carb up!
There probably only rare due to Mike owning so many!pah , the phase one itself isnt even common , let alone elctric blue....
I agree with keeping the same colour, i changed the colour on my ph2 and its a lot of work to get the body and inside and then engine bay done, still havent finished mine, maybe later this year :P
I have several electric blue Phase I s tucked away.pah , the phase one itself isnt even common , let alone elctric blue....
I have several electric blue Phase I s tucked away.
How many gt have you actualy got?
Looked in your profile the silver phase 2 looks nice
I feel like the cat that got the cream today, I've removed the front end and side skirts to find NO RUST anywhere, I really am shocked but very happy
Slightly annoyed that i damaged a couple of fixing lugs on the side skirts, I'll just fabricate some new ones and bond them in place.
Also removed the windscreen panel, fairly straight forward. I havent removed any of the panel on the A-pillar until if preped the replacement. Fingers crossed the wife will give me some more garage time tomorrow.
Some pics of today's efforts:
Windscreen panel removed
Blimey, you dont hang around, car looks good tho.
Nearly got the replacement panel ready to be welded in place, its been a right pain the the ass removing a second hand panel in one piece to use again!!!
I've been offered some new Gaz coilovers at a very good price, dont what to do, fit standard or coilovers?? Kind of leaning towards the coilovers as i want to drop the ride height slighly.
Pace has been a bit slow lately, was hoping to be further along now, but hey! Windscreen surround has been shot blasted and is now all prep'ed and epoxy primered. Finger's crossed i'll get it welded in this week.
Gaz coilovers arrived this morning, nice n new. They have come with 225lb springs, any know if these springs are ok as there has been a lot of talk about spring selection.
Looking good - very solid under all the kit as well, like you say!
Definitely keep it white. Take it from someone who colour changed their own car.. I wish I kept mine red. If I ever get mine re-sprayed again, it will most probably be going back to that colour.
Just thought i'd share a little uni project i'm designing to fit in the GTT. Its a real time incar monitor, it can display a max of 4 channels. At the moment i've written the code to display engine temp, air temp, battery voltage and coolant level warning.
I've got a float sensor to mount in the header tank to monitor coolant level.
The good thing with this is that I can fit any sensor a want and display the reading, although i need to do a calibration and amend the code. next job is to fit and calibrate a pressure sensor to measure boost pressure.
Anyway here are some pics
If you could add afr, egt and/or act into the equation as well, and then able to make/sell them to club members for a fair priceyou'd be onto a winner there
Nice ph1 project too
if this was for sale id deffo be interested,great piece of kit
me too aswellif this was for sale id deffo be interested,great piece of kit
nice job !!! id tax one to !
nice mate
Yeh i can fully configure the code to include thresholds, I've currently got the coolant level channel to display a message and sound a buzzer if the coolant drop low.nice mate
thanks everyone for the comments
good work buddy , now get selling them to us ya bugger...Yeh i can fully configure the code to include thresholds, I've currently got the coolant level channel to display a message and sound a buzzer if the coolant drop low.
thanks everyone for the comments
Looking good, should defo sell them gauges.... Williams F1 dont need them in there race cars, we need them in the 5's!!
Looking. Top work chap.
I've got the board designed and had 2 prototypes made, so all the tooling cost for the PCBs are done.
When i've got the uni project handed in I'll have a look into the possibility for supplying these if there is any interest. I'm fitting one to my wife's MGF as she has had a close shave after dumping her coolant over the M40.
Next is to model a carbon mount facia on CAD, maybe in place of an air vent?
I've had a couple of hr's out in the garage this evening, and I've got most of the panel welded in position.
I'm not sure what to do now, I was planning on a complete restoration in one go and its probably going to be off the road for about a year if i go down that route. I've had a 12 year gap in owning a R5 and I really want to drive it this summer.
So I think I may get the bodywork sorted and re-paint it and enjoy driving it this summer. Then maybe do a engine rebuild and powder coat the subframe over the winter.
Nice work matey, looks neat. I have mine to do and i'm dreading it!!
Done some more fabrication today, pretty happy with the results
looking good keep up the good work
Last bit of welding done on the windscreen panel.
very interesting project this one, well done on the windscreen panel, i backed out of that bit of a job.
Not much done this weekend, done a little more prep on the windscreen panel. Hopefully be at a stage to prime this weekend.
I had a mate in work to re-plate my top mounts and other suspension bit; i'll build the gaz coilovers up tonight
It been a while without a update.
Really hitting the car now with as much time as i can (without the wife leaving me). Paint is ordered, body is currently being prep'ed and the interior is being re-trimmed.
Hoping to get it painted by the end of this month, treated myself to a new devilbiss gti pro gun
Some latest pics.
coming along really well! that will be 2 mint pearl whites on the road before too long!
''treated myself to a new devilbiss gti pro gun'' - got a couple of these myself, nice gun.
have you got a booth to spray in or just doing a make shift one?
what are the seats being retrimmed in?
heres a pic of mine just painted to spur you on! amazing what you can do in a single garage with extraction fan and some polymask!
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