the starship Oakie, 200k miles and counting....new pics!

Well the Bora has now gone!

Although it did its job as a main family car perfectly and was virtually trouble free in the 10months or so i had it i never managed to get anywhere near as enthusiastic about it as i had my Corrado, so when Emma recently got a megane scenic ( ) there was no need for 2 practical cars in the house so the Bora was put up for sale or swap.

I had lots of tempting offers but pretty much from the start had my heart set on a 3dr mk2 preferably in either Atlas/Pearl grey or oak green so as soon as i got offered this by g60nick on here my mind was pretty much made up.

So my new project (after a good wash), just in time for E38:


its a very late '91 (reg 31/12/91) 8v gti
g60 steels
uprated springs and shocks
scorpian exhaust
goodrich brake hoses
Samco coolant hoses














A few minor bits to sort out and some changes i want to make but other than that im chuffed to bits with it!

very nice looks in mint condition too and the best colour

Nice dude

Oak green's are my favourite

that looks tidy martin! what are your plans for it at the mo?

Very nice mate

looks stunning, some mint RA's for that factory look! would be perfection

Love it! Cant go wrong with that colour

Dan

what martin has not mentioned is i now want to sell the renault to get another mk2 boring having practical sensiable cars!

and now kids are geting bigger do's not matter
and not planning on any more kids!

oh what is it with these mk2's..everyones got one of the bloody things.


good choice martin, you cant beat a good ol' mk2.

mmmmm oak greeennn

cheers for all the comments although g60nick should take the credit as all i have done so far is give it a good clean!

jimmymidnight wrote:

that looks tidy martin! what are your plans for it at the mo?

few little bits to sort but for starters i want a grill with the red surround and some 16v half smoke rear lights (anyone wanna swap a set for the clear/red crystals?)

Whitegt wrote:

looks stunning, some mint RA's for that factory look! would be perfection

cheers dude, yeah thats definatly something i had had been thinking about that but i like the g60's too, was not sure on them at first but they are quickly growing on me

looking good for a clean mate
i got ur grill and other bits in me shed mate

sweet!

caddyman wrote:

looking good for a clean mate
i got ur grill and other bits in me shed mate

legend, cheers Steve. I'll pop over and grab them some time unless you & the mrs etc wanna pop over for another cuppa - the kids love seeing the dogs!

Nice one Martin, finally back in a dub of the correct era!!!

looking good

Looks nice martin

cheers for the comments

Tobz wrote:

Nice one Martin, finally back in a dub of the correct era!!!

not quite as mint as yours yet Tobz. Yeah definatly, the Bora was never very "me"

minor updates, fitted a nice new head unit, fixed the horn and fitted a red surround grill (cheers Steve/Caddyman for the bits!):

couple more pics that i have finally managed to upload:

looks sweet, i really like that one on the platform, cool idea

some minor updates, only little things but still feels like i have done more to this already than i did to the Bora the whole time i had it!

mk3 anniversary gear knob, couple of quid @ E38 and much nicer than the one that was on there


gti grill badge, £1 from the autojumble @ E38:


rear lights






few other little bits sorted like a handle to tilt the driver seat forward (cheers Tiz for the bits & Lee for bringing them to E38 for me) and changed the standard speakers in the rear shelf supports for some uprated ones i was given (nice one Steve/caddyman!)

a friend of mine use to own this, looks alot better now love it

looks good mr b, nice and clean

its perfect!

Looking alot better m8, its all about the little touches that finish a car off.