Full of win thatOriginally Posted by Big Steve - Raider
Quick update on the V5/Logbook situation.
Had a letter from the DVLA today telling me that they are processing my request and I should get the new Logbook late July!
Full of win thatQuick update on the V5/Logbook situation.
Had a letter from the DVLA today telling me that they are processing my request and I should get the new Logbook late July!
Two road legal coupes in the club now ! Will have to both go gfor a drive Steve..should get some attention !
Awesome stuff. I would have loved to drive that on the road
Great thread.
Picture 2 for me. Especially since it will be road-legal.
Will be interesting to know if you can find any of the original red colour when it's all stripped down
Out of interest whats the mileage on the car?mines 53,000km think thats 30,000 miles give or take?Awesome stuff. I would have loved to drive that on the road
The inside of the car/engine bay is covered in it!
Will be interesting to know if you can find any of the original red colour when it's all stripped down
When I first got the car back in 2005, it had 44 miles on the clock. Now it's up to about 2100. I'm sure it's genuine.....
short race tracks
Oh, big mystery thenThe inside of the car/engine bay is covered in it!
Hopefully there will be 6 cup cars at National day?
The Engine bay is covered in it alright... Oil that is!The inside of the car/engine bay is covered in it!
It's coming along nicely though & I'm hoping I can get everything done in-time for the 2012 Festival!!
Thinking I may have to host a PMT finishing the car weekender!?
any more pics??
That's not oil as such, it's rust protectionThe Engine bay is covered in it alright... Oil that is!
It's coming along nicely though & I'm hoping I can get everything done in-time for the 2012 Festival!!
Thinking I may have to host a PMT finishing the car weekender!?
Glad to hear you're doing well with it. I still miss it, but I'm still loving the Clio. That's had a small fortune chucked at it now. I can't believe how cheap parts are for it, so I can't stop buying things
A weekender sounds like a good idea. Get a curry sorted as well - Like the good old days
Shame I won't be there to see/steal it at Blyton
Good point Westy!
So you all know that I got the car back home after picking it up from Billiam & safely tucked away in my garage. Since then I am trying to work through a number of things to get it ready for the 2012 Festival on 28th July.... (running out of time!?)
Got it in the garage & have raised it up nice & high on Axle Stands
Whipped the Bonnet & Bumper off to get access to the Engine
Have noticed that I seem to have a bit of a leak from the Oil Cooler lines... guessing this might be one of the sources of the "Rust Prevention" bill suggests!
Have taken the front calipers off and passed them onto a club member for the full refurb & refresh
Am working through the engine bay & getting rid of any parts that are not needed and recitfying any "quick fixes" previously done.
Fitted a new Master Cylinder today & gave that area of the engine bay a clean up
Still need to:
- Fit refurbished calipers, New Brake Fluid Front Brake Disks, New Ferodo DS2500 Pads all round
- Source & fit new Radiator
- Either fit new Oil Cooler Lines and Thermostatic Oil Cooler plate to existing oil cooler set-up, or just go for the quick fix for National Day of getting some OE Oil Cooler lines & fit them to the new radiator option.
- Get the 11 Turbo Gearbox refurbished & fitted.
That's not oil as such, it's rust protection
Pleased you're still getting on OK with the 172!! What have you done then??
Looks like a fun project steve, you decided what colour you going for eventually? i like the red version stickered up.
Steve looks like your burning the midnight oil like myself getting the cup cars to Blyton,you need a uncut cup boost hose in your life for your cup car
Without wishing to hi-jack your thread too much
Pleased you're still getting on OK with the 172!! What have you done then??, just some 'normal' bits and bobs: It's had a full service, and wheel bearings all round, rear brakes, handbrake cables, throttle cable, and some more that I can't remember. That fuel inlet pipe that was cable-tied to the fuel rail has been replaced, as it split
. I've also found a steering wheel that's a lot less melted
What was up with that rad' that I gave you? That hasn't done many miles, so it should be tip-top. Do you know if it's just the oil line that's split? If so, you can buy it by the metre.
I thought that rad was the one you'd replaced with the copper core bad boy in there now?? If that one's ok then I'll lash that in!!! Thanks for the reminder
Not sure if it's the oil line that's split or the hose tail joint
You got one then bad lad?Steve looks like your burning the midnight oil like myself getting the cup cars to Blyton,you need a uncut cup boost hose in your life for your cup car
No, the rad' I gave you came off the Ghost. It was only on there for a few k miles, and was perfectly okI thought that rad was the one you'd replaced with the copper core bad boy in there now?? If that one's ok then I'll lash that in!!! Thanks for the reminder
Not sure if it's the oil line that's split or the hose tail joint
The one that's in there now (along with the oil cooler lines) came off of Trusty.
I'm swinging back to the stickered up red one again now? As the car was originally red? I'll make my final decision after I get the new log book & hopefully see who the original owner was? Be nice to see if I can trace it back to its proper originality?
That'll explain the plastic hose tails, knowing the origins of that engine.....geezer
AKA ' Eugein'd '
That'll explain the plastic hose tails, knowing the origins of that engine.....geezerTouchéThat fuel inlet pipe that was cable-tied to the fuel rail has been replaced, as it split
think you will find thats my rad in there . i remember shooting home one day to get one as t cups rad gave in at a track day.. think it was hulavinton .No, the rad' I gave you came off the Ghost. It was only on there for a few k miles, and was perfectly ok
The one that's in there now (along with the oil cooler lines) came off of Trusty.
Really? I don't remember thatthink you will find thats my rad in there . i remember shooting home one day to get one as t cups rad gave in at a track day.. think it was hulavinton .
It won't have been T-Cup at Hullavington though - That was only ever used on proper tracks.
Thanks Eug
Touché
im sorta hopping that T cup gives trouble at N/D 2012 cos it gonna be a right ole giggle sorting it out getting it going again last one standing is gonna win .. T cup has neaver failed to finish a trackday no matter how it plays up ♥♥
steve have a butchers at the o/s front engine mount .i seem to remember that the nut holdiong it down is not on propperly
note my scorpion thread earlier
I recieved the Logbook for the Cup Car through the post todaywhich has meant I can now try to figure out the history of T-Cup!
It just so happens that many years ago I bought a Championship Information pack from eBay from the 1990 series of the RENAULT 5 elf TURBO UK CUP... that's come in handy today!!
So, it appears I'm the SECOND official owner of T-Cup according to the DVLA, the first was a guy called Stephen Jones from Bury.
When I look at the Information Pack It tells me that the driver of car number 28 was a guy called STEVE JONES from (you've guessed it) BURY!Apparently he was born in 1963 and he's a Salesman (How fitting really as we share the same first name and job!)
On one of the pages in the pack, it tells me that the Championship Results after Round 1 at Thruxton are:So it appears the old girl was competitive!!!!
- James Kaye
- Dave Cox
- Steve Waudby
- Steve Jones
- Mark Fish
- Jim Edwards Snr
- Mile Mills
- Mickey Allen
- Rowland Bratt
- Jonathan Salem
I'm now off to look at the DVD copy of the 1990 Series that Bill was kind enough to loan me to see if I can spot T-Cup in all her glory!!!
My name's not Stephen Jones
So, it appears I'm only the SECOND owner of T-Cup, the first was a guy called Stephen Jones from Bury.
I can't recall seeing that name off the top of my head. I hope it's on the dvd somewhere. Although part of me hopes it isn't
Sorry Billy, I mean the second owner as far as the DVLA are concerned.My name's not Stephen Jones
love this what a great story unfolding.
didnt i get under this car and bodge up the fuel pipe to get it on the track? that been sorted?
Thanks to the loan of the 1990 Series Cup Car DVD from Billy Pallets, I've watched it very closely tonight and have taken the following pictures on my TV (that explains the questionable quality) of Cup Car number 28 which is driven by Steve Jones.
The car he drove in the 1990 Series was White which matches T-Cup
At the beginning of the season the car looked like this with quite a subdued livery:
When I bought the car from Billy, he told me that it looked like it had a little accident in the N/S Rear; as you can see where they hammered it out....... well on the video you can see the accident happen!!!
As the season passed, the livery changed slightly but kept the same sponsors:
During the last race of the season, Steve Jones actually had an In-Car video fitted to his car, and there is some nice video of him driving it!!
And there's also a quick picture of the car on the starting grid at one of the races:
Turns out that Steve Jones was a bit of a wheelman, finishing in the top 5 of many of the races from the 1990 Series!!
So it looks like i'll be sticking with the White paint job, but i'm tempted to paint the Interior and engine bay to match?
Thanks for the heads up though EWOK!! Do you remember where your bodge was?
Bad ass
Billy must be chuffed
im sure it was the pipe from the pump to the fuel filter, random piece of pipe stretched to fit but it could be anywhere in that area
Thanks for the heads up though EWOK!! Do you remember where your bodge was?
Thats brilliant! Some really interesting history there. I say paint it all white to match and try your best to sticker it up like the vid.
Awesome find Steve
Yeah ,keep as close to original as can.good find.
I can imagine the look on the guys face when you ask him to make up some stripey jls stickers to put on it
Too right - Awesome stuff Onion
Billy must be chuffed
It's a shame you can't see in the pics if it's red on the inside. I'd be tempted to keep it as it is (red inside, white outside). It might look a bit odd, but if that's how it originally ran, I say keep it that way
You've got to try and track down Mr Jones. The one way to find out if it's the same car is to ask him about the 44 miles on the clock
Last weekend I finished off the overhaul of the brakes fitting newly overhauled calipers, new front disks and Ferodo DS2500 Pads all round:
I also went through the fuelling system and removed a couple of things.... first I replaced the steel fuel filler neck with a nice Plastic Campus one. I reckon this steel fuel filler neck looks like the front section of an exhaust...
The inside of it was surprisingly clean actually:
I also removed the fuel tank and washed it out.
Again I found some interesting things in the fuel tank..... a handful of grass (not that sort of grass... I think!?) and a fuel filler nozzle?!
Yep, i'm not kidding you! That black fuel filler nozzle was floating around in the tank?? Any of the PMT Trackday crew remember losing it one day
So that leads me to, tonight:
I'm so glad that the 2012 Festival isn't for a few weeks yet........
Hopefully I should be ready, just got to fit the 11 Turbo Gearbox and freshen a few things up?!
Marmoys coupe had that metal pipe too, rusty as inside blocking the fuel filter regularly!
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