As a few know on here I havent been on the site long but Im now onto my second R5, and here it is - Many thanks to Roger for sorting out the car and was a pleasure dealing with! Great cup of tea!
Plans at the moment are just to enjoy the car - but with a full respray of the car at a later date!
James
Last edited by Jimmy5; 26-11-2012 at 17:16.
Looking great James! Glad you found one, looks nice and tidy and she's in good hands. Enjoy it pal, happy boosting!
Don't see many silver ones... Looks like that thing needs a hell of a lot of work doing to it. I'll help you out with a job list
1. Wash it
Done....
Can't be many about with just one previous owner!
Nice purchase!
Love the original faded dealer sticker. Will be keeping a close eye on this.
What i do love aboutnthis car, its not mint, its not been restored to show room condition.... Its used.... Sure abit of tlc is need but please dont go ott and do a full restoration.... Keep it original & used.
My thoughts exactly, such an honest car and look at that engine bay! So honest and well used, in a good way thoOriginally Posted by Penfold aka The Dealer
Looks sweet, I like silver phase 2s, I'm sure you will do a good job to
Had a spare couple of hours on the R5 tonight - fitted a sony cd player which took ages. Firstly old pioneer stereo had been spliced into the car loom so had to sort that out. Lots of soldering which I hate! Then when I went to fit the ariel cable in the headunit found out guy Id bought it off had split the old ariel in the unit.
So ended up having to strip down the head unit! But all sorted now.
Just cleaning the interior light circuit board tonight as its abit coroded!
However was good tonight to see all the dashboard switches light up
Next job will be to sort glovebox light and boot lights out plus change bulb in one of the front fogs.
James
Not much progress on the R5 but have managed to get the interior light and map reading light working again plus the glovebox light.
Just a couple of pics I took today before taking the car out for a spin!
Looks stunning in silver
CheersLooks stunning in silver
Looks cracking James
Well was bored tonight and didnt feel like watching the footie so decided to strip the rear of the 5 out so I can make a start on the sagging quarter panels - got abit carried away and ended up with a living room like this!
Anyway next step of the project is to get these all nice and clean
It was too dark to take a pic of the stripped rear but all I can say is its imaculate and I was in shock at how good a condition its in! Big thumbs up to Roger for keeping the R5 in such good condition!
if your fabric is comming away i can turn them into this for £60 + post, colour is matched to an original unbleached piece of door card cloth (taken from where it was covered by top trim)
or if you want door cards to match i can do front and rears for £150
They look better than new! I so need to raise some cash to get all mine re-done from you guys. What is the durability like of the flocking?
its very durable and wont pull away like fabric as its applied as individual fibres, i dont want to flood this thread with flocking info, if you have any other questions please post them in my thread
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthrea...105#post266105
and i will be happy to answer and advise, thanks, carl
Interior strip out completed today and doorcards given a good clean!
All seems ok although i need the passenger side sill panel inspection cover and a passenger side parcel shelf support.
This needs a good clean!
VIP carpet is now drying after a good blast with the pressure washer. Hopefully can reassemble the R5 over the next week!
Boot floor looks great mate looks like a good solid shell
Did the pressure washer work ok mate?
So far it seems to be a really good shell! I was surprised how good the boot was!Boot floor looks great mate looks like a good solid shell
Hopefully will get interior reassembled on Monday - just got to wait for VIP carpet to dry.
It seems to have mate but I wont be able to tell until its fully dry.
Will defo have to bob round for a nosey sometime pal, coming on nicely
No probmate,come round whenever you want! Will be nice to see my old 5
Just finnished putting her back together. Interior looks great now with a clean VIP carpet! Also fitted a better condition parcel shelf! Just a few small parts to get and interior is sorted. Then the next step will beto clean the engine - am not looking forward to that!
Some pics of the interior after a good clean. light was terrible so arnt the best pics
Looks nice and tidy!!
If you want the rear doorcards to look like new, get yourself some spray glue and carefully stick the original fabric back on. I done mine and a couple of hours later they were like new, total cost of £4
CheersLooks nice and tidy!!
If you want the rear doorcards to look like new, get yourself some spray glue and carefully stick the original fabric back on. I done mine and a couple of hours later they were like new, total cost of £4
I had a try with some spray glue and hve sorted them best I can but there not perfect but will do for now. The main problem I have is on the passenger side doorcard next to the door handle where the card seems too have shrunk which isnt too great - No idea how im going to sort that!
Carpet looks like mine now lol u do a good job of cleaning them pal
Cheers Andy - you should see the amount of dirt that comes out of them its proper vile! This one didnt even look that bad but was full of crap!
To finnish today I now have working foglamps and rear boot light. Plus gave under the bonnet a very quick clean. Was good to see shes still on her original engine!
Decided today to tackle the engine bay. After a good clean it isnt uber spotless but does look loads better. Also got the bumper put on correctly as it wasnt held on very well! Speedo had also packed up but it was just the connector behind the clock that needed a clean, plus gave the tyres a good pump up. Next job is to replace the front driver seat and get a new steering wheel. Plus get some interior plastics that are missing.
Before
During
After
tidy looking motor this one :-)
Looking great James, really is a tidy motor, should really get my arse in gear and start on mine again lol. Are you going to the rolling road day this month?
Great progress mate, no rust too!
Looking good!
Sorry about the stereo didn't know that had happened! You did get it all for cheap tho!!
If you need anymore standard parts in good condition I've got a few bits!
Including rear speaker quarters that are very clean!
Rear parcel shelf will look nice too!
Well big thanks to Jon aka 5279 for sorting out and rebuilding my carburettor today.
It was in quite a state and looked like it had never been rebuilt, also the accelerator pump was completely seized.
R5 runs loads better now although I need to get the fuelling tweeked alittle for optimum performance!
I will let the pictures do the talking:
before
during
fitted
looking good. will the carb rebuild save your fuel bill do you think? that is next on my to do list as mine looks like yours did.
Well past few nights ive been working on repairing the drivers seat, which was quite badly worn as can just be seen in this pic
A donor seat (cheers Jon
No idea mate as when it was put on the rollers i was told it was too lean so id imagine running richer will up the fuel bill!
Looks good so far buddy
Seeing my old R5 and how clean the standard speedlines were! It put the speedlines on mine to shame, so after abit of cleaning tonight I managed to make them presentable! Next job is to try and give the paintwork abit of a detail to make the R5 look presentable. Although it will require a full respray!
That looks fantastic James, you've done a cracking job cleaning the wheels and the car looks gleaming!
Looking really good mate.
Try CGB i got a full Scorpion 2" system 3" Tailpipe for only £59 + £12 p+p really good condition and came the day after i ordered it.Cheers for the comments
Very nice mate, looks great in silver, great original paintwork
Cheers, paintwork is actually pretty ropey and it needs a full respray.Car just seems to photograph well!Very nice mate, looks great in silver, great original paintwork
Ok this weekends project has been to give the rear boot panel a spray totry and make the car more presentable. Am quite happy with how its comeout, its not perfect by any means but looks loads better than it was before. Problem is it put the under light trims to shame so will prob tackle them next.
As it was
Finnished
awsome looking standard motor i realy like the silver ones
Cheers,still along way to go and need to sort an exhaust out. But R5 is getting there!awsome looking standard motor i realy like the silver ones
Looks loads better.
Love the fact that you're not just replacing everything for new and ruining the cars originality. Top job
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