Rare part needed! - Renault 5

[snowen250]

Hello all.

I'm here looking for the collective help of PH.

A very good friend of mine recently got his first car, he inherited from his mum a Renault 5. Its a great little car and makes such a difference to the others you see on the road today. However, the steering column broke. To complicate matters further as his mum is a Frenchie and the car came across the channel with her, its LHD.

The local garage have said the part is now deleted, they cant get one, the car is now scrap.

This seems like such a shame to us as otherwise its in great nick. IT recently took us all to Devon and it really is his pride and joy, as well as the only means he has to go wake boarding etc as its his transport.

So to sum up, any ideas people? Where can we find a new steering column for a Left hand drive Renault 5 (non-turbo) No this isnt a quick one, but that doesnt matter this time, its potentially rarer being not only a leftie and non turbo but also......automatic!

So yeah, anyone got one we could buy? Or ideas? Il also post this in the French section.

Thanks for any help.

Simon

[SirSamuelOfBuca]

Hi mate try mike at GT-Turbo-Spares.co.uk see what has in.

07895135012

always helps us renault turbo owners club members out. hell be able to point you in the right direction at least.

[wormburner]

Do you have a part number? (I'm a Renault dealer)

[Mikeyplum]

Could try checking to see what other french cars share the same part. You may have to check the european market for left hand drive ones however.

It's quite possible that the same part could have been used on other french cars of the same era that spares may be available for.

[jds32]

How about the Renault owners club. http://www.renaultownersclub.com/findapart.shtml

[Krikkit]

I've asked a french acquaintance if he can scour the local scrap yard for you.

Tried eBay.fr?

[steveo3002]

try joining retrorides , theres a couple of french members that might be able to help with suggestions or nip to a breakers for some beer money

[snowen250]

Thanks guys, il forward all of these responses and the thread onto Ali, the owner, and hopefully we can get something sorted out.

Thanks again, this kind of help is what PH is all about!

Simon