Venturi Atlantique 300

[PaulyVenturi]

I know it is not a Renault, however it is made in France and has a Renault Alpine 3.0 v6 Turbo engine in her so thought it would be ok to put the progress off my project. This is how she looked the day I bought her.




Well this is where it all starts, After battling with some french buyers I managed to get hold of my dream car, a Venturi Atlantique300 1997 R, 3.0 single turbo.The car was bought buy the current owner from new and was used as the company demo car for 6 months. It has been stood up for over a year and has not been used properly for about 3 years so is looking a bit sorry for itself.
She is in need of a fair bit of work, paint work, wheel refurb, and the interior will need a fair bit of work!! However it does drive better than expected so the greasy bit done need as much work as first thought.

 

[PaulyVenturi]

Well in between work and my other cars I have been busy with the venturi the exhaust pipes have been looking horrid so with T-cut and G3 and some hard work the exhaust has come up like new.
Before

After


I have stripped the interior to sort out the electrics, the horrid wood which is now piano black and I have been treating the leather which is comming up well apart from the divers seat which will need retriming!!




The wheels have been refurbished by my frien who owed me a favour and there is new rubber on them now too.

 

[PaulyVenturi]

Update on my venturi, it has been with Andy001 having some new paint, cant wait to see the results!!! This is the progress pic's so far.....


The finished article, it looks amazing and the quality of the work is stunning.

 

[PaulyVenturi]

So the car was ready for my wedding day which was amazing.

Some you may recognise the man in the purple shirt!

Here we were at retro rides last year.

 

[Dre5gtt]

Very nice mate lovely car

 

[DaveL485]

Lovely motor, it's one of those where you double take because you have no idea what just drove past you lol

 

[jimmyturbo]

Has hints of Ferrari,and lotus very cool.

 

[PaulyVenturi]

Seats back from the trimmer, which now have suede centres with a matching roofline. Now just need some time to re fit it all.

 

[DaveL485]

Seats back from the trimmer, which now have suede centres with a matching roofline. Now just need some time to re fit it all.

Ooooo! They look lush....get them fitted!

 

[PaulyVenturi]

Bit of an update. The interior is now in the car at last as is the new headlining which was a bloody nightmare to install!! However the end result was very good so I am happy!

 

[andybond]

Looking great ! I dont know much about these cars. Where can I read more ?

 

[Adey]

looking tidy @PaulyVenturi, shame it wasnt in the workshop yest id of taken a look.

 

[Jezer101]

Looking good as always. On the road this summer?