Return Of The Eldridge.. It Ain't Boutique & It Ain't Shiny

chiswickcollectables · Aug 2, 2012

GT-Steve":s4loqnvi said:
pm me your address and I'll send you some foamies for Karma...

Renault 5 GTturbo was my first car as a lowly 19 year old...

As for the main subject, a mate of mine had a 90 Eldridge BITD, exactly the same as this, and I loved it...

Great score fella...

Steve that's very generous of you.. what a thoroughly decent gent; sending you a PM matey.

I'd have loved a GT Turbo at 19.... it would've been much more of a kitty cat magnet than my Fiesta Pop Plus

The insurance must have been quite substantial !!

GT-Steve · Aug 2, 2012

Insurance was £800 fully comp

on a specialist policy.

I then took it to GT-Tuning in Poole and spent thousands on performance and suspension upgrades. Was the best handling car I've ever owned, and I've owned some special cars in my day.

Mate of mine here has a Raider with about 17k on the clock and one owner (him) from new... bastid...

:mrgreen:

mkaavin · Aug 3, 2012

Nice, but if you are going away from original spec, why not put complete XT on the bike?

sherlylock · Aug 3, 2012

Oooooo....... *rubs thighs*

Glad to see this one has ended up on the forum. Looking forward to updates!

brocklanders023 · Aug 3, 2012

Glad it's as good as it looked on ebay, very nice bike. Also like your upgrade plan as it's the first thing I'd have done from new

tintin40 · Aug 3, 2012

mkaavin":1y8ffidx said:
Nice, but if you are going away from original spec,

I'd say as long as the year is the same then its an upgrade that we would have done BITD.

chiswickcollectables · Aug 3, 2012

What tintin said... upgrading with period parts that I have in the spares box

guymuttley21 · Aug 3, 2012

Cars and bikes

Yo,

Wow a great find mate! Original rockstar tyres, deore cranks,araya rims?
Lovely paint for age and a frame size that fits you!
(still have your Klein btw)

Mate of mine had a Renault 5 turbo with a dimma conversion- mental!

GT-Steve · Aug 3, 2012

I've lost count of how many times I've clicked on this thread today

I simply love this bike. Stunning stunning condition.

Lucky bugger..

chiswickcollectables · Aug 6, 2012

^^^cheers fellas^^^

...hopefully got a few hours free tomorrow to either finish or nearly finish

Return Of The Eldridge.. It Ain't Boutique & It Ain't Shiny

chiswickcollectables

GT-Steve

mkaavin

Senior Retro Guru

sherlylock

brocklanders023

tintin40

chiswickcollectables

guymuttley21

GT-Steve

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