Renault 5 v8 Supercar

1983 Renault 5 T1 with Rover 3500cc V8 engine. Rescued from a dealer in the west country. Road legal and rebuilt to Rac regulations for tarmac hill climbing. Pranged car on first outing so rebuilt front end and then kept strictly for road use. Engine tuned to approx 220 bhp, car weighed in at about 900 kilos so it was pretty quick. 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds. Sadly sold car in 2004 and had not seen or heard of it until Jean Luc contacted me in 2011.The car is now in France! Turn up the volume!!!!

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• V8
• renault 5
• renault v8
• renault 5 v8
• supercar
• 3500 rover engine
• rover v8
• group b rally
• r5t1fastcar

[doorman437]

what gearbox was used?

[mark19520]

@doorman437 Renault 25 gearbox was used with a bellhousing adaptor.

[82coxy]

nice car, shit colours.

[adeymasey]

why is it painted to look like Rosie and Jims barge?

[mrsinkie21]

@82coxy Yeah, must agree... a full red, darkblue or black would be better

[V5A50CC]

Above all thumb up for the anti-theft device: the color ...;)

[goodcat1982]

i wouldn't be caught dead driving around in that stupid looking kids lunchbox!! What a waste of money. It's an R5 FFS!

[guily6669]

I like it, but don't like much the paint. A black matte would be cooler.

But still, too much money spent on a renault, that car is not good for doing drift it's too little and the car easily spin...

[wakeup2theNWO]

3 YEARS AND £1,000,000,000 LATER

[wubbaducky1992]

is that santa's sleigh?

[TurbineWheelie]

Operation roadkill.

[jakemears97]

Why in the 3 years of building the ar swap the steering over to the right side for UK drtiving?

[jonnbb]

This was featured in retro cars back in 2004.

[launger]

castrol colors!