This is my Renault 5 GT Turbo I have just bought. I bought it as a non-runner, no MOT or tax (because I'm an idiot!). Even the interior is all unbolted and the carpet pulled out. It wouldn't even turn over, so I have replaced a lot of wiring and it now starts (just about), after not running for two or three years. So here are some photos of it and I will update my progress.
Doesnt look too bad. Good luck with it mate
I will defiantly need luck just found hole in floor pan and bulkhead lol
your not the only one we are all in the same boat, even when we think out gtt is clean a good poke around will find some..Originally Posted by chris
when i picked mine up it was stripped, no wings, bumpers, lights ect and look like there was minimal rot.. after building up and running for a few months i stripped it back down and tool the angle grinder to it with a wire wheel and i found loads.. sill had a hole, front drivers side was full of pin holes, 1 rear bumper mount shot to sh1t, the other with a 50p sized hole that we used a 50p to weld it upfront strut had a hole, front slam and front inner arch..
lots to do.. i had some front sill sections so that was easy, than rather than patch i had my welding hero stitch in the pieces i trimmed to size.. looks really tidy when/where access with the welder allows..
poke around, find it and fix it.. its pretty painless, lots of prep and then get someone in to weld it up if you dont have the gear..
couple of rot pics on my profile but heres a nice one..
I see wat u mean I just been threw of mine found some more but not to bad and I got me own welder so plenty to do how long did urs take to finish then
i cut all the rot out and made nice straight lines to work off, then sat and made all the bits to fill.. these took me a few hours each as i was going for flush patches, not surface.. then carcrash off here came over and spent a couple of hours welding the pieces in.. i did the front inners myself as i need to make a piece, weld it and then make others etc that took a while..
i spent a week of evenings prepping and then a weekend sorting the rest out.. i say it like i did it all in a week, i dragged it out over about 5 months
put the effort in and it'll look like you were never there...
Just had a look at ur pictures FairPlay there a nice couple of cars I also want to make it look like I haven't been there I want to do all the welding and then hopefully I can get all the running gear sorted then take engine out and freshen up but Gota do the rubbish jobs before I can do fun stuff lol
thats the way to go, get it solid and then worry about the rest... people spend thousands on these things and then one day the mot man points out a hole, then another and before you know it the feckers broken
best thing you can do is get involved with the local members, everyone will always help each other out and with these cars we often need it..
Here's the pictures of my driver's side floor pan and battery tray (well it's where the battery tray should be but now just a hole!).
Ah ****, that's not good but not the end of the world, ok your gunna need to learn to weld but there are worse cars out there
Luckily enough I am a H.G.V mechanic so can weld but so it's not bad just it's the boring bit lol but you can't build a nice house without shuvlin shi*t lol wat car have u got then have u had much trouble with urs
take a wire wheel to the floor pan and it might clean up some of that.. the battery trays a bugger, i wonder if its easier to weld it from the top or underneath with the dash out..
i've not spent much time in a 5 with no dash..
An well you've got an advantage then
I've got a white ph1 5 GTT, take a look at my build thread called Turbo Toaster
Had the sills go on mine which was a pain as I can't weld
I just looked at ur pics I love that car FairPlay I think I am guna weld underneath and then plate to the shape of the bulkhead after I have cut every bit of rot out I think that's the only way to stop it coming back i would like to meet someone who has got a 5 just so I can have a look at finished one in the flesh but no one is local to me lol
Thanks bud, it's been a hell of a slog and it just keeps going
Lol there's no such thing as a finished 5come to the national day at Blyton this year and you'll see plenty of nice examples
Fair play keep at it mate keeps another on the road and restored I welded new floor plates in mine
Yea that's a good idea i will do that then I will paint inside car once all weldings done then refit interior
Yea cheers matt I will do even it does take all my money my sanity and my girlfriend but least I will have a perfectly unrealiable 80s hot hatch lol only jokein it will be worth it in the end there really is some amazing cars on here
I have now cut out bulkhead and have welded in a plate just Gota get some paint then the job is done next up floor pan and making point
I have just got me new battery carrier and put it on my Newley welded bulkhead and it fits well I put some pics up tomoz and get the verdict lol
sounds good
No not 2 bad just Gota put jacking point in aswell so quite big job but no rush lol get it solid then get it solid then can do fun bit
mine was similar when i got hold of it, on a positive note im pretty good at welding now
this is my battrey tray i have just done and primerd bit slow progress as i am working alot at the moment but have also removed o/s front wing to access jacking point easyier
looking nice and solid
FairPlay Tony I think that 5 of urs is really nice ur garage isn't 2 far away so if I ever get stuck then I could drop it off at urs and u could sort it out lol
heres a couple of pictures of my sills and the floor and jacking point i have cut out
That's some work did the same to mine ,still doing it at 3 years later still at it lol keep it up
That's dedication 3 years lol the harder u look the more you see that's the trouble but it will be worth it in the end are you doing all work yourself aswell
Its best to do it the way your doing it, step by step its getting more and more solid. Thanks for the comments and if u ever need advice you can give me a ring. Looks like your doing a good job anyway
No problem mate who did the roll cage in urs then and wats involved in having it done do you have to have a bare shellIts best to do it the way your doing it, step by step its getting more and more solid. Thanks for the comments and if u ever need advice you can give me a ring. Looks like your doing a good job anyway
All the work is done myself ,just doing the engine now ,it's time and money plays a big part in it ,see my thread on here ,still got loads to do but like u said worth it
Looking good mate, on with a similar project myself just a bit further down the line...
Have a look at my project THREAD, If you need any of the repair panels I've got loads of spares for sale, theres an advert somewhere on here.
Its a safety devices cage, fitted myself, welded plates for the mounting points(as the inner sill isnt really attached to the floor by anything more than sealant) then big plates underneath the floor with big repair washers and high tensile bolts. i had the center console and seats out but the dash was still in place. if your able to do the work your doing now then your more than able to fit a cage
so i have managed to find time to do abit on me car i have made a new floor pan new inner sill o/s fitted new jacking point and made arch repairs cleaned and stone chipped inner wings only got couple of pics as camara just broke lol
Great work mate so nice to see hard work going back into a classic car rather than it being scraped keep it up mate it's well worth it
Phil
Cheers phil
Coming along mate
Right i have some pictures of inner wings i cleaned up and painted i have finished o/s now i done floor pan os jacking point new inner and outer sill i made my own inner sill welded inside of o/s rear arch i just got rear bumper mounting points to do and n/s sill then she will be solid
Tidy job mate
Thank you its finding the time thats the problem lol same for everyone i suppose
so i have eventually finished sills inners and outers so really pleased was a horrible job and then the body shop man came and quoted me to do a full respray which is guna cost double what i paid for car lol so next job is engine and gearbox out
This is coming along really well, painting costs a fortune but I'm gonna do it.. Bye bye savings.
Good work fella, don't get dishearted by the cost of the paint, it'd been a lot worse if they had to do the welding aswell
so had a busy day at the 5 again today it took me 6 hours to get engine out just because everything so ceized but got there in the end so heres a couple of pics
Just been reading through this thread, impressive work
Looks like a great job
Get plenty of underseal on the sills and jacking point especially at the front. and get some waxoil in the inner sills too(inside the sills)
Cheers lads yea i will underseal it before it goes to get sprayed the biggest problem i am gunna have is sorting where all the pipes go cos alot where off when i had car
Think were both in the same boat here mate, bout a pair of tatty tungys between us(have a look at my build thread on here)
Hows it coming along? Looks like lots of progress made so far, looking good
Yea its ok took gearbox off engine tonite its hard to keep a good progress when theres so many things to buy that you cant afford all in one go but see yours is comeing really well are you a mechanic or just self taught
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