Renault 5 GT Turbo Bare metal Resto!

Good work, the Bodykits on these used to be great at hiding rot,same as most hot hatches of that era.

Great quality work, you’ll have it finished in no time. Will be watching with interest, Norman

chris74 said:





 Crikey, I didn’t think it looked that bad.

Top job of making repair pieces. Good to see someone not afraid of cutting a car. Well done.

Ha ha, yeah they are made in exactly the same way, multi layers of paper thin steel! an absolute nightmare to weld, especially when you have never used a welder before! but getting there with the welding now......i think!! Thanks for reading the post.

So, I have carried on with the cutting and welding and am now almost complete, although I had a setback recently with the rear outriggers being rotten, but there are pics of that to follow.










I welded in the new rear jacking point



and then moved on to the other rust patches! same drill, cut treat with rust converter, make new patch and weld it in!





I started by removing the brake line restraint and then cut the rust patches out!













This is the front bumper restraint....



Again I cut the rust patch out



And then made some new patches!




And then got busy welding them in!







I then had a go at making a replacement bumper restraint..







I then made another patch for the inner wheel arch.. again, hammer and cold chisel to form the shape in the metal! its quite effective





I then fettled it a bit more and welded it in position.





I then opened up the seams with a pry tool and wire brushed them, then I painted in some rust converter that I got from rust.co.uk





I ground all the welds down and reattached the brake line restraint..





I then gave it all a lick of etch primer to keep the bloody rust away!!



I then attached the new bumper restraint inner piece.



I then cut another patch out of the floor and welded a new one in.



I then did the same to the seams underneath the car with the wire brush and rust converter.



Next on to the butchered bulk head!













I got a bit over zealous with the grinder and had to make another patch.









I then filled the holes in with the welder and ground them all back!





I wasn't happy with the other bumper restraint so I made another like the one I made earlier and then welded in the new inner bumper restraint.







Cue the set-back!!

I painted the rear outrigger with rust converter and it went totally black. I decided to get the pointed hammer and test the metal. 





A couple of gentle taps and the hammer went straight through so I set about cutting the rust out...































I then painted and welded all the bits back together!!





I then welded it back on to the car..





Ground it down and gave it a lick of etch primer.







I then reattached the car to the roll over jig!

Thats it for this post. Thanks for reading guys!

Impressive work, I'm subbing to this thread.

Great to see this being brought back from the brink. Can't quite believe you're a complete amateur to this welding malarkey as your work looks pretty professional to my untrained eye!

Your making a grand job of that, good fabrication of some complex repair panel shapes. Good to hear you are nearly finished the welding. All the best, Norman

Thanks Adam, I am teaching myself to weld as I go along, plenty of you tube vids (@fitzees Fabrications & Trevs Blog) two great sources of info. I have had my fair share of blow throughs and am now considering going over my earlier work as I'm now not happy with it I'm sure once the epoxy paint is on, no one will know!!