| Current Owner: | Andrew (User:r5gordini)
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| Registration Number: | A948 SYH
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| Country Registered In: | UK
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| Year of First Registration: | 1984
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| Colour: | Silver
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| Renault Colour Code(e.g. 720): | 720
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| VIN Number: | not supplied
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| Number of doors (3/5): | 3
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| Current Odometer Reading: | 64620 miles
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| Odometer Read on: | 24th Feb 2007
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| Last Seen/Known: | not supplied
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See photos of the car here:
A948 SYH Photo Albums
On a skid pan in Belgium, April 2000
[edit] History of A948 SYH
First registered 01 07 1984
I purchased the car in June 1998, with 49,000 miles on the clock. Originally, it was a Renault 5 "Le Car 2" Turbo, but somewhere down the line of its many previous owners, someone chose to turn the car into a Renault 5 Gordini Turbo. This might be frowned at by some but to me it is preferrable - I get one of the last of the cars made (hence hopefully better condition) and also the Gordini Turbo cars are higher specified - nicer interior with split folding rear seats, electric windows and alloy wheels. As purchased, this car had all of the extras except electric windows.
I embarked on a long-term restoration project in October 2000, deciding to strip and rebuild the car myself, but farm out the bodywork, engine and gearbox restorations.
The restoration was complete in June 2004!
I have categorised the stories of this car into three sections:
