RE: Shed Of The Week: Renault 5 Monaco
Discussion
AC43 said:
Back in the 80's a mate of mine offered to change a starter motor on one of these as favour to an acquaintance.
How hard could it be? Welcome to the world of French engine bays....
Still, interesting shed.
Snap. I still have a scar on my finger from that.How hard could it be? Welcome to the world of French engine bays....
Still, interesting shed.
I did a survey whilst at university on which car the hottest girls drove. Renault 5 won hands down!
Spare tyre said:
when i was 17 i was driving some proper crap
every weekend the local youth from the surrounding area would nick a car and dump it in the near by field, usually old astras the like. I'd walk the dog down there on a saturday morning and always have a good look round the cars as i found it interesting.
Yep, same where I grew up too. I reckon I'd see between two and five SRi, GTE and GSi Vauxhalls, 5 Turbos, XR/RS Fords, GTI Peugeots and VWs a week abandoned, in a state between relatively intact, and completely burned out. All this stuff was ten-a-penny then of course, but any of them in good nick would be worth decent money now. I also can't help but wonder how much more common these cars would be if they hadn't been nicked and destroyed in such numbers. In my town alone there must have been thousands of cars met this fate during the joyriding epidemic of the early 90s.every weekend the local youth from the surrounding area would nick a car and dump it in the near by field, usually old astras the like. I'd walk the dog down there on a saturday morning and always have a good look round the cars as i found it interesting.
As for this shed, I remember 1.7 litres always seemed like a ludicrously big engine for a car like this back in the day. This looks like a nice timewarp classic, for sensible money.
Back in the late 80's as a student i ran a renault 11 with the same 1.7 engine.
Ok, its not going to be quick by modern standards but at the time it was pretty respectable performance, remember gti's etc were around 8-9 seconds 0-60 back then. As above i had mine as it was as quick as say, an XR2 but buttons to insure.
I'd expect that 5 to fly
Ok, its not going to be quick by modern standards but at the time it was pretty respectable performance, remember gti's etc were around 8-9 seconds 0-60 back then. As above i had mine as it was as quick as say, an XR2 but buttons to insure.
I'd expect that 5 to fly
Not bad. My boss had the Monaco version of the 25. Dead posh I reckoned at the time. It came with Renault's super duper built in radio with remote control. It sounded terrible! Or maybe he didn't know how to adjust it. A couple of mates had access to earlier (nicer) R5's during 6th form era as two door and a four door. The front seats were fabulously comfortable.
Glorious, glorious shed!
Back in the day when I had a Renault 5GTL, Gordini, Gordini Turbo this was such a want as a second/luxury lottery win car.
I have no idea if feasible but always fancied the idea of the 1.7 motor with the R5 GT Turbo.
Only recently I was bemoaning the lack of large engined and wafty hatchbacks with sumptuously crafted interiors and back then this was such a car. The Monaco was a peach and reeked of well heeled money.
Back then VW had Paul Hamilton driving a Golf GTI. She wouldn't have been driving a Golf GTI - she'd have driven a R5 Monaco.
Good shed
Back in the day when I had a Renault 5GTL, Gordini, Gordini Turbo this was such a want as a second/luxury lottery win car.
I have no idea if feasible but always fancied the idea of the 1.7 motor with the R5 GT Turbo.
Only recently I was bemoaning the lack of large engined and wafty hatchbacks with sumptuously crafted interiors and back then this was such a car. The Monaco was a peach and reeked of well heeled money.
Back then VW had Paul Hamilton driving a Golf GTI. She wouldn't have been driving a Golf GTI - she'd have driven a R5 Monaco.
Good shed
My dad ran two R25 Monacos as company cars
I seem the recall the D plate one had the better leather of the two (facelift car seemed a bit less "nice") but I just remember two things:
1) the huge Phillips stereo in the centre console with the graphic equalizer (very impressive back in the day)
2) The fact that if you opened the hatch with one wheel on the kerb then you couldn't shut it!
I seem the recall the D plate one had the better leather of the two (facelift car seemed a bit less "nice") but I just remember two things:
1) the huge Phillips stereo in the centre console with the graphic equalizer (very impressive back in the day)
2) The fact that if you opened the hatch with one wheel on the kerb then you couldn't shut it!
I quite liked these when they were new. Not a bad little runabout. But do remember that it's over 25 years old.
Just prepared for a lot of seals and anything plastic or rubber to be rather brittle. This particularly applies to suspension and steering components. As long as you go into shed ownership well aware of this (and ideally able to fix things yourself) you can have a lot of fun and cheap motoring.
Just prepared for a lot of seals and anything plastic or rubber to be rather brittle. This particularly applies to suspension and steering components. As long as you go into shed ownership well aware of this (and ideally able to fix things yourself) you can have a lot of fun and cheap motoring.
AC43 said:
Back in the 80's a mate of mine offered to change a starter motor on one of these as favour to an acquaintance.
How hard could it be? Welcome to the world of French engine bays....
Still, interesting shed.
I changed the starter motor in my own GTX and it wasn't that hard.How hard could it be? Welcome to the world of French engine bays....
Still, interesting shed.
Now I have a GT Turbo and it has a much more crowded engine bay, but not as much as some modern cars.
Agent Orange said:
I have no idea if feasible but always fancied the idea of the 1.7 motor with the R5 GT Turbo.
This is called Renaul Super 5 GTE;)c1j782 said:
AC43 said:
Back in the 80's a mate of mine offered to change a starter motor on one of these as favour to an acquaintance.
How hard could it be? Welcome to the world of French engine bays....
Still, interesting shed.
I changed the starter motor in my own GTX and it wasn't that hard.How hard could it be? Welcome to the world of French engine bays....
Still, interesting shed.
Now I have a GT Turbo and it has a much more crowded engine bay, but not as much as some modern cars.
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