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Ive owned my R5 since i was 17, 12 years now. Bought it near enough standard all those years ago, and its been an on going project ever since. I could write on here all day about my cars history in the last 12 years, but il keep it short!
Couple of pictures from when i bought it
Many engine mods and rebuilds followed working up through turbo sizes, t2, t25, t28.
Next came a full respray (nov 2004) along with new wings, smoothed bumpers etc
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2005 trip to france, with Moggy, Sparkie, Roger & Stu21t for the 20th birthday bash
Back to drag racing, running t28, on std venturi carb, low comp engine, my personal best was a 13.2 @ 102mph back in 2005.
Next in the winter of 2004/2005 came one of the first efi conversions in the club, custom manifold, shortened cossie rail, cossie injectors , edis spark, megasquirt ecu
Furthur to this came t3 turbo and external wastegate
Pretty much now it ended up in 2009 , before being garaged for a few years
Then i decided to set up my own business in one of my other hobbys, off roading, which has been my main priority over the last 4/5 years, here is my main company demo / competition truck that has evolved over the last 5 years.
I did get the r5 to my unit about a year ago and started abit of work, but just didnt have the time so went back home unfinished, but i did manage to get the engine out and repainted, and all the engine bay redone along with the front wheel arches and subframe.
Over the last 4 years, ive had micro blisters start appearing under the paint, on the n/s/r 1/4 panel, roof and tailgate, reading up on it, its caused by water in the compressor tank and airlines when the car was painted. So after some decision making ive decided to strip it down, sort a few long overdue jobs, and get the body redone.
This is about the best picture i can take to show the micro blisters
Seem such a shame to have to get it redone 9 years ago as the paint has held it colour so well!
First long overdue job
Next long overdue job
Had to do a couple of repairs to the rear arches
Next job on the list was to paint the rear inner arches and re-underseal the floor pan
Now with rear beam and tanks back in
After a good shift today, its all stripped and just a few jobs to sort out, then ive literally got to roll it over the road to the bodyshop opposite my unit!
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Originally Posted by Ian M
Looking forward to seeing the final finish 
excellent job there.
