Ah yeah it looks spot on pal, I went out in mine the other day made me Wana keep her lol but seeing all these resto threads makes me Wana do a full job on her lol
Ah yeah it looks spot on pal, I went out in mine the other day made me Wana keep her lol but seeing all these resto threads makes me Wana do a full job on her lol
Used to look like thisOriginally Posted by Andyturbo!
Hope you dont mind me replying James
Leave her as is mate, wait till you've got a garage then do a proper job!
Looks great jonny proper oe!. I may have solved the garage thing lol so will see if the missus let's me spend
Used to look like this
Hope you dont mind me replying James
Of course not mate - your hard work and dedication that sorted these parts out
As the car stands today - speedlines off for a refurb!
Who is doing the refurb mate? fully recommend metal magic at Barnsley pal.
I've got Jonny to do the refurb, the ones he did hair his own car look amazing
Got you mate
Can second that. Mine looked stunning when I got them back.
Coming together now mate. D you think it will be done for summer?
Great project, love seeing you keep it original and giving it a real spruce up
Unfortunately wont be done for summer, needs a small bit of welding and a full respray. Jonny's sorted out the front bumper and skirts. If I could get welding done then that'd be a big problem sorted. Problem is I can't weld!
Turbines will be refurbished at a later date as they need 45 profile tyres
Small update - speedlines off for a refurb and turbines temporarily fitted
got back my bumper skirts and steering wheel from Jonny5 and what am amazing job him and his dad have done on them.
Also went to see Thundercat and traded K+N's
Looking like a 5 again!
Well nice weather today, and some nice work done on the 5. Replacement door fitted by Jonny5 - top lad and huge thanks for sorting this
Also Jonny brought over my refurbished battery tray and bb tuning lobster.
Progress is good and its nice to see the 5 straight again.
Also ran the 5 up for first time in a few months and she sounded sweet!
Was a good day mate, cheers for the pizza
I met Roger nearly 10 years ago when he owned this car in the local Shell station, very nice old chap. I used to really like this car back then and I'm glad someone bought this car on here and is using it as a resto project. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed the pizza Jonny!
Adam has the car always been standard? As there was a lot of info on aftermarket parts in the receipts folder?
Its a good 5 (in supposeably the rarest colour) and will be fully restored with a nice helping hand from Jonny5 and Thundercat! - Top lads!
Few pics of parts purchased this year so far
And how 5 stands at the moment
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Ace.
The radiator looks like it might have a damaged core. Halfway down on the left hand-side.
Getting there mate
Will have to have a look at it, just opened it when it arrived for a photo. It seems no different to for sale pics of it on here.
Yep very slowly but with help from Jonny5 and ThundercatGetting there mate
Todays purchase from Renault
Looks good mate... Well done
Cheers, it's getting there, very slowly
few updates
no r5 progress but a few parts purchased!
I like them shiney turbines pal. Have you had them done or have you bought them like that?
I bought them like that, but had to do centre caps to match the rest as they were still painted. Really pleased how they came out.
Nice mate ,where did u get alt from and fan motor
Look really good mate
How's the body of the car coming along?
Hi mate Alternator I got from JR Richard Surplus
Fan motor was off ebay item 230579698068 - still some available.
Cheers
Cheers mate - Really like looks of your white 5Look really good mate
How's the body of the car coming along?
Nothing done body wise apart from fitting replacement door and having bodykit fixed.
No-where to get bodywork sorted under cover at the moment
Thanks mate.
Always had a soft spot for silver GT's and this will be lovely when it's done mate, just takes time, money and determination.
Let me know if you decide to stick with the OEM look and want to offload these
few updates
no r5 progress but a few parts purchased!
You maybe too late
What tyre size is that?You maybe too late
I dont usually like turbines but they look really good
Too late mate, I exchanged them with Paul for a mint refurbished set of turbines.Let me know if you decide to stick with the OEM look and want to offload these
They will look better on Paul's mint 5 than my "work in progress one"
and thanks James for the exchange, just finished removing the red paint from the 3rd and 4th wheel today, next job is to spray the fins and fit the other 2 tyres.
Hi Jonny, tyre size is 165 50 15, the wheel width of 6.5J allows a bit of stretch but not too much.What tyre size is that?
I dont usually like turbines but they look really good
A little more part progress in the end of 2013
Cant decide weather to go 100% OE or OE+
Anyway at moment have parts to go either ways.
As mentioned before exchanged my polished turbines for a refurbished set with tyres.
Bought OE leads and fan belt - plus managed to get hold of very good condition doorcards.
Under bonnet lining also purchased.
Plus managed to get hold of a really good condition bosal centre section - hopefully I have a matching bosal backbox on its way.
Pics for anyone interested
You should do what you want to do at the end of the day, oe is ok but once you've seen one it gets a bit mundane. I think Johnny5 has the best of both worlds. Obviously these are just my thoughts
Doorcards look great buddy
Looks like your making great progress now
Love OE plus
Can you please describe the process of how you got from grotty to clean?Well big thanks to Jon aka 5279 for sorting out and rebuilding my carburettor today.
fitted
Cheers
Regards,
Steve
I believe Jon used Wynn's carb cleaner and a very fine brass wire brush.Can you please describe the process of how you got from grotty to clean?
Cheers
Regards,
Steve
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Top work looking tidy
Cheers! I'm struggling with getting mine clean.
Regards,
Steve
Bosal backbox to go with the centre section.
Bit of progress from last weekend when we had a little nice weather.
Started engine strip down and started cleaning engine brackets ready to zinc plate them later in the year.
Also ordered another load of parts off Mike! Excellent as always!
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