My French 80's classic

[Dazza M]

Few of the interior, the rear speakers have gone now as they were not fitted as standard- even still has the factory plastic over the rear engine covers, never seen another 5 Turbo still with them as they were usually removed by the supplying French dealer

[Dazza M]

[Dazza M]

[Dazza M]

Was amazingly lucky too find this car, only with help from 2 UK owners / experts that I was able to track the previous owner down & get in contact

Took months of negotiations & viewings to finally secure the sale

[Dazza M]

Nors said:

Fascinating wee car, love it!!

Out of interest, does it have a 4 or 5 speed gearbox?

Has a 5 speed box, the gear change is really crisp which is rare on these 5's due to the amount of linkage involved as the gearbox is right at the back of the car

[Dazza M]

Only one wheel left to do now.........

[Dazza M]

TooMany2cvs said:

I did wonder if they were TRXs... <wince>

Will have a new set of TRX's on soon, the tyres on currently are very old and the rubbers gone hard which renders them useless

[Dazza M]

t4thomas said:

I bet a beautiful example like that is worth some money.

I am just guessing, but assuming something in the 35-50K range with history?

Keep guessing lol, the market for these cars has gone mental over the last 12 months......

Unrestored original standard examples are extremely rare

[Dazza M]

JBT said:

Awesome machine OP. Never seen a road car in the flesh, my imagination was sparked as a young 'un by the 5 turbo in Never Say Never Again (imagination also sparked by Kim Basinger ).

IIRC there was a dealer fit kit to bring them up to 210bhp or thereabouts, but can't remember what the standard number of horses were?

EDIT: Wikipedia says 160bhp.

Edited by JBT on Monday 11th May 14:42

You could spec 185bhp, then 210bhp all the way upto 350bhp but costs got ridiculous at that power......

[Dazza M]

JBT said:

I bet! There's no ECU as such, is there? Power delivery even at the lowest state of tune must be fairly brutal!

What level of tune is yours, Dazza?

It's a K Jetronic injection system, used by a lot of manufacturers in the 80's

Mines the totally standard 160bhp

[Dazza M]

Streetrod said:

There is a white restored one for sale in the back of one of my classic mags this month for 105,000 Euros

Probably around the right price area that, unrestored 5 Turbos are rare as they rust easily & most were used and abused back in the 80's

[Dazza M]

Spent a few hours today getting the T2 ready for the Classic car show at Tatton Park next weekend.........also been accepted too attend the Cholmondeley Pagent of power show via Pistonheads!

[Dazza M]

Last wheel is due back this week & new Michelin TRX's have been ordered

[Dazza M]

Tickle said:

I will be at the Tatton Park show, look forward to seeing this R5!

Brilliant

Come & say Hi, will be there on the Sunday

[Dazza M]

EJH said:

That looks stunning!

Can I ask where you got the number plates...or are they original?

Made the number plates myself as wasn't happy with some plates I got from the number plate centre in Birmingam

Stripped them down & re-used the raised lettering & mounted them onto plastic plates instead of the metal backing plates they came on...........took me a few attempts too perfect, but well worth the money & effort involved

[Dazza M]

LotusOmega375D said:

I bought my all-silver 185bhp one for 6 grand in 1994. Sold it to Spain in 2008 for about 12 grand, which effectively meant free motoring for 14 years even including the maintenance costs. Probably worth a tad more today. I put the funds towards a Subaru 22B.



Fabulous cars and yours has the all important (but awful) standard seats and no sunroof. Glad to see the Gotti TRXs being reinstated too. People moan about the Michelin prices, but you want it to be right.

Edited by LotusOmega375D on Tuesday 26th May 17:35

Hi again! Can't remember your name but we used too chat many years ago when I had my Black RHD T2.......unsure if you'll remember me but I'll never forget your old T2

Good too see your still a fan

[Dazza M]

Finally finished after 16 months, all original wheels after some major refurbishment & brand new Michelin TRX tyres same as when it left the factory

[Dazza M]

VX Foxy said:

I have a sneaky feeling that that paint is slightly better than factory....

Original body paint just 60 hrs of wet sanding/detailing too get a finish like that, especially with all the factory fibreglass panels making the job much harder(believe the bonnet took 5 attempts to get perfect)

The bumpers & side skirts have been painted as the rear bumper had storage marks on it, it's impossible to match 30 year old paint perfectly so had the 4 pieces all done in the correct Renault grey 614 colour which also matches the roof spoilers & wheel insert colour




Detailers sent me these pictures keeping me upto date on things at the time!

[Dazza M]

Didn't make it too Tatton Park at the weekend due to the weather in the morning, but at least it's all ready for Cholmondeley Pagent of Power on the 14th!

[Dazza M]

Thanks for the comments guys

Currently out of the UK but the T2's been out at a local Northwest Supercar meet today & had a lot of attention lol

Will also be at Cholmondeley 14th June, for the 80's day