I Bought a SURPRISE NEW CAR! Unexpected Addition to My Garage
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- The newest arrival to my garage is quite a surprise! I have found exactly the car I was looking for on @eBayUKofficial Motors, and now it's time to transform it a full project track tool. This is the perfect tribute to the first car I ever owned, my Renault Clio!
Last year, I managed to track down the first car I ever owned, my 2005 Renault Clio 1.2 Dynamique, although sadly not in the state I had hoped to find it. Having recently (at the time) been involved in an accident, the insurance company had written it off and sent it for scrap, meaning I wasn't able to buy it as a car, but did buy back the lump of scrap metal anyway!
I put in my mind at the time to one day find an identical spec car to turn into a tribute to my original. However, recently when Jonny Smith @TheLateBrakeShow came by to visit @TheShmuseum, we were talking and he 'challenged' me to do something crazy...
Fast forward, and after much searching, the right car popped up on @eBayUKofficial Motors! Matching to every single detail; a 3 door, silver, 1.2 16V 2005 Clio, with sunroof, auto lights and wipers, the same interior and wheels, and as such I could not wait any longer. But this is just the start, we're going to build this into a track tool sleeper!
Visually it will stay true to the original base Clio spec, but we're thinking engine swap, strip the interior, upgrade the suspension and brakes and so much more. This project will be underway with @eBayUKofficial and sourcing parts for the upgrade through Small Businesses on eBay.
Thanks for watching, Tim
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Back Story
02:43 Find the Right Car
04:15 G63 Drive
07:24 The Unveiling
10:35 Plates
12:11 First Drive
14:09 The Plans
18:29 Plate Swap
20:19 Modification Plans
23:51 Wrap Up
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I love how he speaks about his Clio with the same passion as his senna and GT.
Amazing
You never forgive your 1st car... 😄 Even if I had an hypercar, I would still talk with this very same passion about my nb mx5, for example 😄
Shmee is in my opinion a rare sight on car enthusiast world... He may have all the toys most of them we can only dream about... Is crazy enough to think to have a Senna or a Ford GT or even the Mercedes GT (Roadster and BS)... Now having all those cars sharing the same garage? As he would probably say... Mental... But despite all of that he still have the memories os his first car even it this been just a regular many would say boring Renault Clio... That's some thing I think is missing in the car enthusiast scene...
I think it’s because he’s a real car enthusiast. And if you are one of them, you appreciate all kind of cars, from all shape and form, all kind of motor, country origin, etc… A little bit like Jay Leno, that can have the same passion for a $1M+ car, or a $2,500 car.
@@surf12fd Haha nice one man. You mean those who title their videos "A super model shoots a video with my ferrari."
Did you see this one coming?! I've been looking for a tribute to my first ever car after the sad story finding the crushed wreck last year, but this is it, found on eBay Motors and now the start of a journey to transform it into a project sleeper track tool! Let's do this!
I have seen it coming for sure!
No shmee
Palm Bay use to be the Renault dealership in Margate in Kent. Just for your information :)
Looks like a piece of junk
Legend! We all, at some point, dream about rescuing our first car!
He has a senna and a Ferrari coming but got really excited about a clio . Love shmee's content.
That's the thing with true car guys give us 4 wheels and we are happy, at one time I used to let my lad take my car and I would drive his Peugeot 206 to get things done to it for him, one slight problem is he narrowed between an inch and a half to two inches on one side of my car!
the mark of a true car enthusiast 🙌🏼
Let's not forget the Lamborghini Hurican STO that's coming!
*Edited*
@@NiTeHaWKnz it's not a Aventador he's getting it's the Huracan sto
Not a senna, it's a emira and his sf90 that are coming next year but his sto is not far away
I like how the only car in Tim’s collection that says ‘Living the Super Car Dream’ is a Renu Clio.
Love how you've gone full circle. Worked your way up to the point of having a private garage full of some of the most desirable and exotic cars out there. Not only have you gone back to getting the old Vantage back, the 'OG' Shmeemobile, you've gone back to the Clio, where you started driving! Can't wait to see how this progresses!
I've experienced the same thing as well. Worked my ass off for expensive supercars. And when I had the ability to buy literally anything, I found myself enjoying cheaper cars more because of their character........in GTA Online, of course.
if he want a really low key ride he can just take the Clio
@@Kronos0999 Same on my old account Had a Primo with an exhaust painted Red body kit, Lowered and Wheels sold it got a Sultan then a Jaguar XK F620 which became my pride and join then Eventually had the Vagner, T20, GP1 which was my 2nd Super Car saw a respawn of my old Primo with the same reg I made it mine and tuned it up but had same spec it was great to have it back. Now on my new account I have the Baller as my first car use it to drive to the sticks as a cruise and to take it off road. Have the newer Baller LE LWB alongside it and now have a McLaren Senna in the same Garage my new car today
@@lorddarlo6194 I just used to glitch and had like 500 million. Stopped playing soon after.
Im betting the cost to transport the car was more than you paid for the car!
Hello eSysman! Good to see you here
I am glad his first car was the cleo and not the "Twingo" bc the design of the Twingo is debatable i would say ; )
The window parts you removed are actually quite useful on rainy days when it’s not so cold and not so hot either for a/c usage. You have your window slightly open for fresh air and the rain doesn’t get in. Also if they are OEM options, then they are one of the rarest and hardest to find items when the car is old/classic.
everyone else: oh shoot he's getting a new hot hatch!
me: please buy the metal box back
Wonderful to see you bringing your past to the present in such a big way Tim🙌
First of all: You should get a clio V6, would make a nice link between your new old clio and your super/hyper cars. Or maybe ask Renault UK if they have it as a press car to lend to you :)
Second: It would be fun if you'd bring it to Topaz for detailing, giving it the same treatment as your super/hyper cars!
I bet it's going to Chartwell, where GT BS is. It needs serious body work.
The issue with Clio v6's is the fact that they're not as good to drive as normal RS Clios
@@JammieDawdger but it's rear engined and rear wheel drive 😁
It would be interesting to see a K20 engine in it from a civic type R, would be very good for track days. You could even supercharge it up to 350bhp and it would be hilarious fun
Super agreed with this comment!!
with a lamborghini exhaust system, ferrari enzo engine, 2 turbos and 4 superchargers. and lets not forget a dj decks in the back. 750bhp. but still not a classic
You could actually get xenons on a Clio 172/182 at the time so many you could replace those headlights with the optional Clio Xenon headlights. You could also engine swap it to a Clio 182 engine and gearbox and suspension. Then you can give it maybe bucket seats and a roll cage and then you have a proper sleeper!
Do you happen to know anything about how easy it is? I’m thinking about swapping out my headlights with Xenons (‘04 Clio 1.6) but a little birdie once told me it needs more than just a simple place and click approach.
One thing I love about Tim is that he never forgot the path from where he started💕
Very true real inspiration
Ah yes just leaves out his career in corporate banking and finance
@@cjaoshenyjc7276 why does that matter its a car channel
@@saqz11 they're talking about the path where he started lol and misses out a sizable chunk of it lol.
@@cjaoshenyjc7276 yeh but despite that, hes talking about his path with cars, not his life
Set of 172 wheels (same style just bigger) and yeah 182 engine, maybe turbo conversion. Looking forward to this 1 🤓👍
I had almost exactly the same spec as my first car, only a darker paint colour. I loved that thing, it was so much fun in such a tiny package. Seeing you go back to one is like a blast from the past and your enthusiasm is infectious!
This one was unexpected for me 😅
But massive love and Respect from Kenya 🇰🇪
Thanks for watching
I just passed my driving test last Friday and the freedom it gives with your first car is a truly amazing feeling. My little VW Fox is a great little car and in the first week I’ve already done about 400 miles
How strange was it when you got in your car alone for the very first time? I still remember that feeling like it was yesterday and yes there is nothing that beats that feeling that you can go anywhere anytime.
@@pillred5974 felt really weird for the first time but also very good, can also now do my BMXing hobby without nagging anyone to take me there aswell.
@@pillred5974 Man the first time driving completely alone is something you never forget. Such a nice but also scary feeling.
Tim, brilliant find and happy days. This will be a good project also for Brad in house mechanic. Epic.
The seats could go into your reception/lounge when you take them out of your car.
Nice project Tim, The made a Trophy version with a 285 BHP V6, that engine would be a great base start.
Wrong that was a Clio V6 mid engine the Trophy was a limited edition 182 with very trick remote resavoir suspension
@@JD-eo7dr en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clio_V6_Renault_Sport, scroll down to engines.
@@airwavesfromholland That's a race car spec engine and not the best example of the PSA V6. That engine has been in all sorts of cars and if you want race spec you may as well go for the engines that were used by Courage that have over 600bhp. But either way neither are appropriate for this Clio. It's not going to be mid engined, so it wont fit well under the bonnet so one would be better off sticking with the F4R as used by numerous Clios including the 182 trophy, 200 etc, or the F4Rt which gives up to 270bhp in the Megane (road car) as these actually fit in the car.
@@airwavesfromholland Like I said the V6 was mid engine I don't know why Wikipedia calls it a trophy....It's not
Epic project
I hope this gets a cage a everything
"When your thinking of a car you notice so many more of them" so true!!!!
The Clio’s racing at the British touring car meetings where always epic
That is one nice clio heck it looks great to be 16 years old Tim, and when you do all the mods to it it will be something to make people think about finding one!HA you know my saying is keep on keeping on brother!!!
Speedy recovery to ya Tim .. gotta love your vids & the way you take nostalgia & passion to a whole other level .
Best .
Build a track weapon! Have it in a classic Renault racing livery, black/yellow/white or even the Williams FW16 Camel/Labatts/Canon livery and turn it into a mid engine as well!
That's called out of the box thinking 😂😂❤️
Great video shmee ❤️
Love from india 🔥🔥❤️
Thank you so much 😁
Hey there from the United States
😎 love it, Tim! Congrats to your new/old old new new old Clio! 🙌
I was actually waiting for you to getting a Clio. it made sense to me as it was your first car. And here we are:)
Clios are nice little cars. Didn't they make one back then with a bigger engine with dual exhaust?
Cool to see how happy and amused you are getting a Clio.
Enjoy the great memories.
“Never forget your roots” really came through in this video. It’s so wholesome.
I agree
This should be interesting to see your view on a simple track car vs the high end cars it will reside with, knowing you’ve got a connection with the car, Chris Harris is a prime example, loves his Peugeot/2cv etc
Huge congrats Tim!! Please more content on the M3. Its had its run in service. Time to take her for a drive! 🙏🏻
Brilliant!! My first car was a Renault 5. And even after many cars - and now 2 BMW’s - you never really have the same nostalgic driving experience as you had with your first car.
60,000 is low miles for a 16 year old car. Glad you could find one that is the exact spec as your original.
how cool the Clio are home, almost
Kinda!
Awesome! A black 2 door Renault Clio 1.0 16v (petrol) was my first car!
I had this car ! Handled like a dream on a country road. So so light weight and small once you got it up to speed I found it very satisfying to drive with a responsive engine . Really loved it .
Used to have one of these too, always loved the boot release being in the center of the Renault badge, great little detail
I had one too. I found it so fun to drive. So small on the road and lightweight you could really carry some speed on country roads. Engine responsive too.
I Currently Own one, but a Campus 😁
Genuinely excited for this build
I've been watching your videos since you fetches your dads Aston Martin Vantage. By far my favorite CZcamsr. My first car, which I just sold, was a Clio 182 Cup. Very nice to see Shmee driving one now. Very humbling. Keen to see the progress. Stay safe. ✌✌✌
Thank you Shmee, a cool purchase and fun, upcoming project car. Awesome to
have the G-Wagon in use, the truck has much (road) presence and cool rumble.
Before you know it, this will become a trend, Robert will start researching Clio's.
And you can race EVIL GT here on YT, they have a black Clio track tool. Thanks!
If you weren't going for a sleeper exterior, an old Elf theme would be so epic. :D
How many other Senna owners also own a Clio? 😂
Now that's an interesting question!
@@Shmee150 I think you should turn the OG Clio into a table somehow. Maybe encase it in a Perspex cube or something.
7:09 exactly! Just like owning a specific car and you start to notice that they're everywhere! Lol
When I had my Clio II in 1.6 RSi form, I fitted an OMP strut brace in the front, cured most of the creaks from the body flex, especially from the sunroof. This video also takes me back, great days with that Clio 👍🏽
Been waiting for this from the stories
Hope you enjoy the video
When i saw the stories, i thought it will be the abarth
If I may give an idea melt the scrap and turn it into like a small version of it or a table instead
Finally! Hope you enjoy your Clio. It's the most relatable car in your collection. It should engender more new subs for you, too. Cheers.
This Clio probably went to the best possible owner... Shmee will do things that probably live on the enthusiast dreams... Very thrill to seeing the progress of this project...
This is going to be such a cool build and I can’t wait to see it. Might be worth adding a Megane Trophy-R to add along side it 😀
You need some lifts on the garage to double stack more cars. Some car memorabilia, and manufactures or sponsors banners on the wall, would give it a man cave look.
Lifts are on order
@@Shmee150 happy to hear that.
"Currently I've got a small problem with one of my eyes but hopefully that'll be sorted soon". 😂😂 he said that as if it's a flat that needs to be changed.
I love this!! Driving a clio mk3 rs myself i can't wait to see the work done on this 😁🤩, ktec uk has come fun bits to make it a pocket rocket for track.
It has to be a clio, first car resurrection!!! Also what are you doing with the original clio that was crushed?
In the video!
@@Shmee150 looking forward to how this project turns out 👍
Make a table for the Shmuseum....
Would love to see a 182 engine chucked in this or maybe a BAM engine 😎💨
Hellcat / ZR1 motor would be savage 🙌
@@sharingstoke wouldn’t fit 😃 would be sick thou
Fun episode :) Tim going through the details thoroughly on this Renault as if he's reviewing another sportscar :D
F4R engine + turbo @ engine dynamics, refreshed JC5 gearbox with megane 5th, PMS shifter & quaife diff, coilovers, whiteline RARB, powerflex bushes and mounts + braided lines, good pads and discs + good buckets mounted on jon foz subframes!
This guy knows.
Hey shmee what's happening with the M3 are you going to sell it? You dont seem to be doing anything with it?
I'm really unsure about it, because I've ended up driving the Taycan far more than I thought I would
@@Shmee150 don't sell it or get the m5 comp :)
Turn it into a V6 replica, strip out the rear & put a 3 liter V6 in the rear
Definitely!
Cars are all about fun. If you can have fun with a 16 year old Clio, it deserves a place in the Shmesuem.
Hello Shmee, I like your idea's with the Clio, yes keep the outside looking 'standard' as much as possible. Regards, RichardA
Hey shmee now only one thing is missing in shmuseum and that's a Ferrari V12
Hopefully we won't have to wait long
@@Shmee150 812
Lambo v12 better
@@Shmee150 oh God 812 pls.
@@DownOnlyBro 812 GTS most likely 😃
Misha is going to love it! Looking forward to see what you do! 👍😀
I’m driving my first car at the moment and it is actually a 2004 Renault Clio (1.6 16V). Little rocketship for what it is, they’re fantastic to start off with! I’ll report back in 15 years when I have several supercars.
Looking forward to seeing this build! 🙌
Tim, the Palmbay sticker was from our local Renault dealer in Margate Kent, I am presuming that at some point the car was sold from there
As a clio lover this makes me so happy........ur a hero!!!
(My first car was a 1.2 clio as well a red 3 door thats when i fell inlove whit the clio 2)
Really cool idea!
Might be a lot easier to buy a silver 172 (has the hidden exhaust, unlike 182) and swap body parts over from your car.
Easier to change bumpers than engines 👍🏼
My a3 was 21 when I lost her, she still drove aa well as the day she left the factory. Cost a bit to make it that way but still, original engine, gearbox and tbh everything accept for the general wear and tear stuff. 140k miles and still drove tight and pulled like new.
7:10
Always happens to me. Sometimes I think about Vector Twinturbo W2s and boom I see them everywhere!👀
RE the paint Tim, the paint fades differently on the plastic parts to the metal, the wings and bumpers are plastic so they look different, think it was the plastic primer used if I remember rightly? Love the interior commentary, lovely waterfall style design 🤣 drove a few of these back in the days, the 1.4 version was pretty peppy for what it was
I like the new Clio, and the plan that you have for it. Great story line.
This looks set to be a great series of videos, can’t wait to see what’s in store for the little French car. Why don’t you look into getting your old Clio melted down to make some limited edition merchandise 🤔
Very nice! Can't wait to see you turn it into a track weapon!
This build is going to be crazy, a suggestion for the wheels is to find a wheel with a similar stock wheel look to it but also giving you a better spec for a more track focused feeling and most important better fitment 😁
Loving the sleeper idea my first car was a MK3 fiesta I bought one back 2 years ago and converted it into a xr2i rep .
Congrats you have three hatchbacks, the first one a sporty Ford, a rally inspired Yaris, and a 16 year old clio
Really nice, nostalgic, hopefully the start of afew older classics
That's awesome, good to see something more down-to-Earth tbh :)
Well this is a car we didn't expect to see amongst your dream machines... Thanks for the shout out to our group! If we can ever offer any help please just message or join our group on facebook
Look forward to see next video about the car
Cannot wait to see what you have planned Shmee! A great choice for a project 👍
Tim!
Palm Bay was a Renault dealer on the East Kent coast. Long gone now.
Great work Tim. I think you should install the lifts soon as more and more cars are coming. I am sure there are still many surprises. Cheers!!!
Lifts are already on order!
Always remember the clio van my dad and brother owned was the same engine also. Was a blast
For me this is really exciting as I have held on to my 206 ( my first car) almost 2.5 years after the engine blew up. My plan is also to turn it into a mad track toy I was thinking Honda Civic k20 engine but part of me wants to fully restore it to exactly as o had it 3 years ago when io was 17. It’s always a strange vibe when you sit in your first car again.
The G is just hilarious in the way that the front end rears up and it just sods off.... And that sound!
Palmbay was a Renault dealership in Margate Kent. For its age the car looks like a pretty good runner
Tim always seems to surprise us with his acquisitions can't wait for the clio to be completed
Im very happy for you Tim! this is such a great experience for you i can tell, i still have my first car (on paper) a mercedes E230 elegance but it needs alot of fixing! i will do that maybe even do a E55 amg swap. Gonna keep it forever (:
Actually really enjoyed this vlog. Reminds me of my first car and the cars afterwards, some I loved, some I hated. But a really cool vlog.
Damn what a sleeper! Or.. it should be I guess! 😎 I like this idea alot! Here in Sweden you can see some old Volvo 240 from 1975 with an V8 inside. Pretty cool.
This is so exciting! I love sleepers. I hope you can keep the OG wheels but you def need a brake upgrade so we'll see how that works out.
I’ve had my Clio 2 for 3.5 years. It’s an 04 1.5 td. “Claude the shit box”
I love it, £30 tax, 55 mpg urban
No hassle motoring 👍🏼
Has the same first car, the Clio Extreme! Aha, it was great. Will enjoy this series for sure.
So cool! Wish I could go back and have my black Polo G40 Supercharged 1.3 J reg. back!
My Dad had a 2003 Clio. That was his first brand new car. Lot of memories there.
Great video Tim! Can’t wait to see what you do with the Clio!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Look forward to seeing this develop 👌👌
Picture my surprise when after watching Shmee everyday for a year, I open up the latest video to see he's bought a silver renault clio? The exact same car that I drive? Nice!
Congratulations