Ive owned this little car for almost 6 years now. A very special 70k MK1 XR2 Janspeed Turbo.
In that time its done 200 miles. Here are some pics before it went into longterm storage

some of the spec off the top of my head

Janspeed Turbo Conversion
Specialised Engines Stage 03 engine.
Four speed gearbox with series 1 LSD
RS accessories side skirts and roof tip spoiler
15" polished diamond cut rs 7's
bilstien gas dampers and springs













Here are a couple of more recen ones.......its never good discovering this. bearing in mind in the last 6 years I have worked abroad for 4, the cover may have been off once or twice.












Time has not been as kind as I had hoped, even tho 95% of the time it has been in dry storage.

Over the next year I plan a full bare metal resto. Documented here as. Hopefully have it back winning shows in 2011...

Cheers

Ben

 

shame it was left so long looks rooten ,next time get it a tent there only 300quid ,
good luck with the rebuild tho

 

its been in a garage on axle stands with a breathable, waterproof cover......I'm thining it must have had some underlying problems before it went into storage.

 

yer some one bodged it up an painted it so it lookd good for a year , nothing that carnt be sorted in sure can you still get pannels for them now?m8
ps in the pic the wing bonnet hinge you can tell it all filler

 

yep definetly filler, i was pulling chunks out.

plus side is the rest of the shell is all solid including the floor, sills and rolled arches . the only areas of concern rust wise are the nearside front (as pictured) , drivers doorskin and rear hatch.

 

wow havent seen this car for years glad its getting put back on the road

 

Waterproof covers are no good insde,I had one on my car and it sweats

 

Awesome XR2, and love that Turbo conversion done to it.
Hope you get it back the shape it should be

Good luck on the Resto

 

good luck with project
like the turbo conversion looks cool

 

nice looking car mate!!

 

would love that
im just finishing my mk1 xr2 if you wana get rid of that pm me please

good luck with it.it needs rescuing

 

Tasty Fez mate shame it got a little grot. One resto'd will be gorgeous look forward to lots of pics & hard work!!!