Some of you may remember my RST S2 (H242 GWC). The time had come to sell it as i had been wanting a white 3dr for a while. I had spent a small fortune on the turbo trying to get it the way i wanted it and was pleased when i had finished it, i was in two minds wat to do, get more horse out of it or sell and get a 3dr, i decided to sell it as i was not keen on putting big power through the front wheels and to be honist wanted to go to the next level.

Once i had sold the RST to a good mate of mine the search was on to find a minter, i found alot out there but were just not clean enough, i made up my mind to get a good one you would need to spend between 10-12k. After looking through pages and pages on the net, i found one on ebay in staffordshire that looked promising, after speaking the chap on the phone it sounded good, i received some picutures and decided to go ahead with it.

8.00am on a cold october morning we set of from Fife, Scotland to Staffordshire with the trailer, van and a few mates. As soon as we arrived there, it started pishing it down and i really did not want to get the car wet considering how clean the chap had said it was on the phone, he opened the garage and there it was, i looked extreamly clean and judging by his response he was also not keen on taking it out, but it had to be done.

With a detailed look over it really was what i was after, bolsters were mint, 2mm crack in dash but was repairable and had only done 87,000 miles with everystamp on service book, stacks of paper work with the car - which was very detailed - really reminded me of my turbo. After looking through ther paper i noticed the car was reg with RSOC as concourse when the car had just ticked over 75K, i could see it was not the case now, but very close.

A deal was done, we got the 3dr on the trailer and headed back up north to fife with the weather getting worse as well. Arrived back to the garage about midnight and put the 3dr away.

My plan is to try and get it back to as close to concourse as possible by working through every part painting, replacing or cleaning it.

I think that non modified 3drs are becoming rarer by the day and really do look there best when left alone - so that is my plan !

The pictures show the progress so far.

H242 GWC - RST that was sold.









D22 BLC - The 3DR

Having first look at it at Russ's house



Me looking rather gay next to the car !!



Car arrives home







Rsoc seat covers added and paper autoglym matts



The alterations begin - removing non original parts



2-3 hours per side of scrubbing and healthy amounts of petrol



And the result



Began striping the front and working on the bay



After painting rad shield and intercooler





Will update more, lots of other progress has been made, will get pics up later

Cheers

Ben

 

Was the series 2 yours when it was featured this month ? 3dr looks stunning mate

 

car was sold 3-4 weeks before the shoot, nice timming on my behalf (NOT).

 

Loved the s2, the 3door is mint ,will keep an eye on this thread

 

gorgeous s2 mate,mine looks exactly the same.engine bay is exactly the same too lol.only difference is i have escos rims on mine but im thinkin bout putin rs7spokes like yours had on it now.3door looks mint.shame to use it,

 

Car looks in very good condition,

Why is it 3dr's always look better in white than any other colour but 500's look better in black??? strange.

 

Cheers mate so did aye, yeah its a minter - just need to get more minter now

 

yeah the rs7s looked good but seen alot with them now. i need to use the 3dr more than the rst - hardly ever had it out.



Car looks in very good condition,

Why is it 3dr's always look better in white than any other colour but 500's look better in black??? strange.

500's do look awesome, but always like the 3dr in general in white - orange hooters against the white looks the business. Seen the build thread for yours and it looks superb, CXNs look great on it and the 500 bits.

 

beautiful mate, when your done fancy doing mine lol

 

cheers mate, aye bring it round - get them both done ha.

 

s2 is awesome man..3dr is totally mint..nice buy

 

On your old s2 are they the new compomotive wheels !!!!!!!!!! Very nice 3dr

 

cracking 3 door

 

That 3dr looks fantastic, mint condition judging by the piccies!

 

that is awesome ben, simply awesome. i so want a cosworth and that makes the lust for 1 even harder to ignore, cant wait to see it when its clean!!!!! lol.

 

series 2 looked lovely mate, the 3 door look's mint, would look lovely witht he wheels that were on your series 2, good luck with it all

 

nice car mate

 

Loved your S2, the new 3DR Cos looks well tidy

 

looks amazing, both cars i like alot,
i long for the day i can afford a 3dr, ( maybe i should build a rep, lol )

 

cheers for the comments lads



get one bought ha, summer is gona be awesome wi all the white convoy, fire round to have a look when you get a min.

 

Nice s2 m8,but that 3dr looks a minter.

 

cheers mate, aye its a clean one

 

looks a topper of a 3 door you,ve got there in the best colour too .

 

cheers, aye they do look good in white.

 

hope so, hope wee get some decent weather to use the bloody things! aye al need t get round for a look, a see big bro's got the beemer in bits as well, some pair!

 

top cars mate il be popping back for a up dates as the 3 door going 2 bee cool as

 

is the three door gonna be completely standard or modified standard would be better imo

 

going to be as standard as possible mate

 

Hey hey penis! The auld 3dr is going to be the tits, the pics dont do it any justice! It really has to be seen to be appreciated.
I'll look after your old turbo until you sell me the cossy Remember am first shouts!!
I just really hope you drive it! And to the shows this year
It will be some convoy.

 

not updated in a while now, had problems with cylinder head and tracking down these bloody original parts. Iv had to send the cylinder head off to get a crack welded up - someone had drilled to far for one of the bolts for the exhaust manifold and went into a water jacket so i took the oppertunaty to get the head fully recond and painted, as well as inlet and rocker cover- just waiting on it coming back. will post pics up of full update when back.

cheers

Ben

 

 

wow

 

Ben, S2 was a credit to you fella, i,m sure the 3dr will be as fantastic too, looks a peach from the off, keep up the good work......



Pete.

 

thanks very much mate, its bleeding me dry all ready

 

heres more update pics





engine bay before touched



began to remove bits and clean












After months of tracking down a headertank, managed to find one through in glasgow from a chap called gary, was a very clean one, was slightly distracted by his own car

concourse 14K RS500




anyway got the headertank back and trial fitted as well as other bits, strut top caps and bolt cover, new ignition leads, done away with the chrome tat.

pics of inlet, engine, hoses all cleaned and detailed





noticed this is well, so another thing to deal with



dealership plates arrived aswell, managed to track down original garage from when the car was sold - got dealership decal made as well. total chuffed with them




painted the meterial part that sits at the rear of the bay



more pics to follow with new parts arriving.

 

How did you manage to find one so clean Bam?? love White 3drs too,,, i wnat it.... real tears....

What the underside like for rust?? beam etc

500 looks superb.............14k too..........now that would fetch some ŁŁŁŁ

 

spent ages tracking the headertank down, there not cheap either, gary had a concourse one for Ł250 aswell, but bugger spending that on a bit of plastic, alot people just using saph ones now but i wanted it totally original.

the car was ex-concourse so its not bad underneath still - but that is next years project to get all that stripped and redone.

RS500 has got to fetch at least Ł30K, amazing how original that car is.

cheers

Bam

 

very nice work mate

 

Very nice

 

YOur 3/DR a real credit to you