This takes me back. Had a GT Turbo for a few years in the early 90's - cost me £1200 to insure! Got nicked (twice) from outside my bedroom window in Newcastle - even with an alarm and crook lock! Despite the reputation for reliability, mine never missed a beat, and I didn't treat it kindly - you could get the discs and the turbo to glow a dull red at the end of a spirited drive! Rear inside wheel would tuck up if you cornered a little enthusiastically with a good 'thump'. Makes me cry to know how little I let it go for to help fund my flying training - moved into a Dutton Phaeton for a couple of years for some super cheap motoring - a totally different beastie! Looks like it didn't last very long after I sold it - hasn't been seen since 1996! :(

Love the way you gun the wheel on wonky the boast your quicker 🤣

i love how at 7:07 the guy just guns the wheel on cocked, and tells mike to hurry up....

Can’t believe a so-called professional mechanic would put a wheel on like that and then walk away like it’s perfectly fine!

Big up Ed China the realist G in wheeler dealers!

Look at the wheel when Elvis spins it at 7:10 😂😂

Ahh I owned one in 1990 a stunning black one 1989F reg I adored it it was my 3rd car and one of my absolute favourites of 15 cars I've owned. It was brutally fast and a total thrill to drive every day. It cost £1,300 to insure for the year, I past my test at 21 and I was 23 when I bought it. Dad helped me out with the insurance but caught me with all four wheels airborne tanning it down the lane as I drove over the railway bridge, he was driving up the lane at the time. Ahh happy memories. Drove one few years back and was astounded how hard it was to park no power steering

This is one of the coolest car back in the 80s, an affordable turbo

Brewer going through mechanics like a machine

The wheels that you took off looked better than the ones you put on

That looks brilliant guys, I miss my wee R5 GTT 😔

My Family used to own a Red Renault Campus Back in 1989.

The hot starting problem was sorted back in the day on mine by changing a fuse which had stopped the fan (which blew on the carb) from working. Never had any problems after that. I also swapped out the standard radiator for a better one, which made a big difference too!

Look at the size of Mike in that passenger seat. Jesus give the food a break.

I had one back in the day. It was a bit of fun, though it was about as reliable as a baby's bum, you knew it would poo itself, it was just a question of when. The hot starting problem was a regular thing and it was in and out of a local garage so often that the mechanic eventually became a friend. 😀 I was the second owner and it had 30,000 odd miles on it, but in my care it needed a clutch, a new turbo, the fan switch died among other niggles. I even scrapped an otherwise good one for spares, most of which I still have in my shed all these years later. Got rid of the car though. 😀 Funny, I did think they'd be worth more than they appear to be, especially when you see the rising prices of other cars from the era and later over the last two years.

Never had a renault, always fancied one

Glad to see to not all of there are gone my dad used to have the standard Renault 5 I loved it but it had to be scrapped unfortunately

Best episode.....ever!!!

7:08 Look when he spins the wheel, it's about to fall off lol!

Loving the hugga dugga on the rear wheel . Wonky asf 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

when you not cleaned that carburettor and put everything together with new parts .. a french mechanic just died..

The anti percolation fan had a factory re call and an in-line fuse was fitted , around 1991. I had car 12 years from nearly new in 1990 .

Thanks 🙏 Loved these car’s but opted for the Mk2 Astra GTE. Shout out from Oz

This car is the coolest Renault in 80s

Fairly going through the mechanics now

What a video 👌🏽 really enjoyed that guys and also give some good pointers for my own R5GTT but mine’s definitely not staying standard.

There is a whole episode on KZfaq, and there is a scene where Michael tightens yellow fog lamp screw and it looks stupid 😂 That and the wheel swerwe scene is ludacris.

Any perculation system was on the untouched ones...love that wobbler of a wheel lol

I do need those weels that came off the r5 fore mij clio mk1 16s/16v/valver

i had reno 5 turbo to 89 the best toy ever

hello - please can you tell me who refurbished the wheels? looks like they did a great job, I htink one of mine needs straightening, and might as well get them all checked/painted etc... many thanks! :)

I can't believe Elvis didn't replace float or even clean the carburetor. Cheap insurance.

Just uno turbo mk2 😁❤

How can you tell that Elvis used to work on F1 cars? Don't worry, he'll tell you! 🤣

I used to have one , honestly the best fun I've had with my clothes on , brilliant wee car

That rear wheel going back on, 7.09 needs a balance i think

Used to own one of these; mental little car.

The wonky wheel really sets this classic hot hatch off

The man can atleast freshen up that carb lol looks like it came out of WW2

It looks to be too straight to be a genuine 5 turbo! All the one's I remember had a distinct resemblance to Rod Hull's Emu when he was angry!

Enjoying the pies Mike’s boy? You almost took up all of the front seats….. 😂 Wish you’d reunite with Ed…… You 2 make Wheeler Dealers…. Wheeler Dealers! 👍🏻

Fitted a pringle on the nearside rear

Always a good show when the cars go back to standard, looks so much better. Those jubilee clips should be expansion clamps though for a 10/10. Shame the R5 was so unreliable; he says still driving a Mk2 Golf today, a mere 31 years young. Never needs anything. Cars always go wrong when you start messing with them, 'standard' is the way to go!

I can’t wait to drive mine again

What the hell happened to the back wheel when it was tightened up , spun the wheel a bit and look at the wobble, cross threaded?

Still got mine 👌🏻

🇫🇷Renault 5 gt turbo 🇬🇧Vauxhall nova 🇮🇹Fiat Uno turbo These cars deserve to be saved

Why remove a larger intercooler ?

beautiful GTT

That woman needs to hug and thank her man before getting into her present.

I had one in exactly the same colour many years ago, cost me £500 and was a great car until it blew up lol

where's the rest of the episode?

with a workshop like that you obviouslly have an ultra sonic cleaner why didnt you clean the carbs that way ?

When’s the new series on tv please

Did he use to work in Formula 1? Didn’t quite catch any info if he did or not…

I wonder if it still has an aftermarket exhaust and gauges.

I love this cars renault 5 gt turbo

Wouldn't it be a nice feeling if every time you took your car to the garage you knew the person working on it was thinking like this guy

Great job! Not sure it's the right car for Mike though...

this is beautiful

Love this😩

Ou peut on trouver un collecteur céramique ? Cela permet il de supprimer le cache thermique ?

Brilliant how much it cost u to cemramic coat it?

That wonky wheel 😂😂

I’ve still got a brand new bumper never been opened

Very good, job....

identical to the one i had in 1990 even the same colour. had they been fuel injected they would have been bloody lethal. i remember a friend of mine who was a mechanic with Arnold Clark at the time telling me about a salesman taking one out to see what it could do and sadly wrapped it round a tree killing himself in the process

Yeah, i hope you reattached that wheel Mr

Nice job. It isn't easy to restore a GTI in its original condition as so many guys customized their cars.

Love how you told people to cut a bigger hole then you needed bec because you can't add more back on 😂😂

Did he used to be an F1 mechanic? He never mentioned it

My brother always preferred the 5 GT turbo while for me the Peugeot 205 GTI is the best GTI of all times. Sadly you had to pay £500 for ceramic treatment to fix the bad conception of the engine bay of the 5 GT Turbo: I never heard about the same concerning the 205 GTI...simple facts :/

Why the golden wheels??

Yeah float looks fine. No measurements on float height .

Hope you put that wheel on properly elvis, it wasn’t sat up flush with the hub when you span it 😂

Missing most of the phase 1 parts that make a phase 1 special 😬😬

Why use the same float? Replace it while you are there.

7:05 😂😂😂😂 Surely this has to be a joke...?

Man….Ed is the original g!

Is this a factory colour

@5:20 Cut the piece too big to start with, you can always take more material off as you go, but can't add it back afterwards"... That makes no sense!

The original condition of these was upside down in a field, at least that’s where you saw them most!

0:45 That's what she said!

How soon before “Meatball Mike” drives this guy off the show?

And it's not turned a wheel since, no tax or mot since it was aired

Hope the new diaphragm is E10 ( ethanol ) proof or it's going to harden and split in no time

Had a white pearl one the late 90s paid £650!

Elvis looks like discounted MasterMilo

Why different rims? Original isn't always better...... Mike!

Brilliant show and job. Well done guys!! Would love to buy a car from you guys at some point. So add me to a list of potential buyers for what you have. Thanks 👍🏻

Where did you find one for £6k?!

fuck me mike makes it look like a toy car ....how big is he ,i was an 18 stone shot putter back in the day when i had mine and didnt look like that in it 😂😂

I remember this guy called herman chopra had one in lozells Birmingham some bros beat him to death with a hammer and stole it off him in George street park

I wish you could turn off the background music or noise

Did I just watch a guy take off a modified bumper, cut up a traditional bumper then bond the cut out piece onto the modified bumper to make it look like the traditional one??? 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

all the armchair experts saying he did this wrong, he did that wrong. thats just in the camera shots, obviously it was done properly

I’d swap my bm for this

Would prefer the mid engine group b

Look good but the old wheels look better and the over spray on the bumper lip 🤔

Dublado português?