Renault 5 Gt Turbo
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Tim and Fuzz have taken on a legendary 1980s French hot hatch, the mighty Renault 5 GT Turbo. The car's owner, Ben, was part way through a full restoration when he was struck down with serious organ failure meaning his beloved GT ended up an unfinished project. Can Tim and Fuzz get his dream car back on the road?
NEXT SHOWING
THURSDAY 13 APRIL AT 20:00ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
REMIND MENEXT SHOWING
SATURDAY 15 APRIL AT 12:00ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
It says it's a jag mk2 at 8:00 on Thurs?
April 13 episode, according to Nat geo website.Originally Posted by Matty
Looking forward to this
James5 liked this post
Is National Geographic on Freeview?
Sorry just realised that's next month not next Thursday!
no trev
James5 liked this post
This has got to be the only time a R5 GTT has or will ever make a restore program. The guy must of already had all the hard parts that are NLA for them to take it on.
I'm led to believe Mike at gt turbo spares ha's something to do with the restoration.
good show but loads of bits i found missing etc, but the car was pretty good before they took it
still a nice example though
I'll look for this on YouTube at some stage
https://youtu.be/uQBCD17dylsI'll look for this on YouTube at some stage
Trevhib liked this post
The whole show is an embarrassment, it's so cringeworthy at times with the scripted bull shit. That Tim takes over Mike Brewer for the biggest knob on TV.
Nice 5 and pleased for the owner though, at least the sentiment of the programme is in the right place. More car action, less of the dick head acting a fool.
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There could have been a bit more showing of it being put together. I know it's only 40 mins but it's all a bit rapid and pointless if the audience doesn't get to appreciate the hard work in restoring the cars.
Gonna catch this on youtube and see how it is...
Cheers
I watched it last night, quite a good watch. Yeah not much tech info, but I suppose it's only those into 5's that care about that stuff. They did a nice job of it to be fair, if Tim had his way it would of had a charisma kit 18s and a big system in it.
I think Tim's reaction when he drove the H reg one was genuine, that's how I remember feeling as a kid in the back of my parents friends one & if I ever get mine going I imagine I'd feel the same again.
I've watched this now, I think they did a great job of cramming as much detail into a programme of less than 45 minutes whilst still making it watchable and giving the back-story its dues. The outcome for the car and the lad was fantastic. The scripted bits are what they are, I actually quite enjoyed them.
I reckon they had an RTOC dial kit in it btw
Looks like he has one or two things to source and tinker with now it's on the road too. Boot badge, bonnet carpet, stereo, tow eye cover.
Anyone know who's the black one belongs to?
Simon Thomas he's posted in the Facebook pages.
Matt Cole liked this post
It was awesome!
I watched it this morning. Thanks for the tip.
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