5 GT Turbo R5 T1

[Myd]

Hi all, my first post here so please be gentle ! Here's my project, a genuine 1981 Turbo 1 with loads of competition history and currently in bare shell mode being prepared to 1981 period Cvennes Grp 4 rally spec, and yes, it will be rallied ! I'm doing as much work myself so progress won't be very fast as you can imagine , but my goal is to have the shell restored, strengthened and painted in the next few months then mechanicals early 2015. And yes, the pink is very Parisienne Cheers, Myd

 

[andybond]

Wow ! Thats a proper bare metal restore there @Myd

Any more details on the shell ? Anyone famous rally it ?

 

[Myd]

Its history was a racecar doing the circuits of Europe to good success, it was even shipped to Daytona in the USA to campaign a race against bigger American muscle, the 1st pic above is it actually leaving the garage at Daytona, I have small vid somewhere. It was running mainly standard spec for eligibility with some trick mods. Not sure of if it's had any famous drivers but it was a very recognisable little car.

Took me a long time to find one, a few T2s about but a T1 is what I needed to meet the Cat C (up to Dec 1981 age) rally category. The alloy roof skin, door skins and tailgate are all very precious !

 

[andybond]

Great to have a car of a pedigree !

 

[mattk]

Very nice indeed, I'll be following this

 

[Adey]

Wow awesome car to have, good work. Get the vid up if you can

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Wow that's a great car and project!! Will be following this one very closely!!

The paintwork sure does remind me of an old childhood toy :

 

[Myd]

Wow that's a great car and project!! Will be following this one very closely!!

The paintwork sure does remind me of an old childhood toy :
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Love it ! Lol

 

[gtmatt]

nice car and welcome ,look forward to seeing more pics

 

[marcel]

nice project if its finnished you are able to use it at the eEifel rally

 

[DaveL485]

I think i'd be too worried of damaging it to drive it LOL....looking forward to seeing the resto progress

 

[Myd]

Got some more pics here if you're interested: https://www.facebook.com/renault5turbo1restoration

And yes, these were built to rally... so it will get a little dirty..

 

[Myd]

Managed to squeeze a few hours out last weekend stripping the underseal coating from the floor section, progress was going well until the 4" grinder went up in smoke






So with heavy rain forecast for the weekend I will turn my attention to the rear engine bay but with my new grinder

 

[Myd]

Also secured a pair of these front top adjustable wishbones, they are Grp 2 Alpine spec and the same spec as the Grp 4 Cevennes, nothing like a bit of Camber

 

[Sam Fish]

Nice! It would be great to see some pictures of the aluminium panels

 

[Myd]

Well there's not much to see as they are identical to their steel counterparts, the only difference is if you hold a magnet to the roof skin, door skins and boot skin, it just doesn't stick

Anyway, a little update, shell is back from being shot blasted and is now back on my rotisserie getting prepped for cutting and welding :i-m_so_happy.gif:

Interestingly, myself and one other can carry this bare shell very easily so I'm curious as to what it weighs in this bare state.....bring on the weighing scales..! Here's the latest pics.

 

[Sam Fish]

I'm sure the alloy bits look similar, but it would be interesting to see how the skins meet the rest of the panel - bare steel and aluminium obviously don't sit well together for long periods of time.... is it simply bonded? Is the tailgate fully aluminium etc?
looks like they did a good job with the blasting.

 

[Myd]

Well there's not much to see as they are identical to their steel counterparts, the only difference is if you hold a magnet to the roof skin, door skins and boot skin, it just doesn't stick

Anyway, a little update, shell is back from being shot blasted and is now back on my rotisserie getting prepped for cutting and welding :i-m_so_happy.gif:

Interestingly, myself and one other can carry this bare shell very easily so I'm curious as to what it weighs in this bare state.....br
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[Myd]

Ah right, yes roof is bonded and riveted to the steel roof guttering and door outer skins and tailgate outer skin is the same but to a steel door inner and GRP tailgate inner.

 

[Brucieboy]

Hi, Is this the car known as the "Pink Pig"?
If so I have some videos of it at Prescott Hillclimb somewhere.