RE: Austin Metro Vanden Plas 500: YKYWT
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I wouldn't, but I do have fond memories of my Mum's old one.
1987 Austin Metro Vanden Plas, 1275cc Automatic, Navy Blue, 5 Door, Front Electric Windows, Electric Sunroof and Door Mirrors, Velour Trim and Plastic Wood!
Registration: D530 ABD (last taxed in 2006).
For a small hatch, the spec was brilliant and I remember it having a luxurious feel compared to a lot of others on the road. It even looked quite classy, being in a dark colour with lots of chrome trimmings.
1987 Austin Metro Vanden Plas, 1275cc Automatic, Navy Blue, 5 Door, Front Electric Windows, Electric Sunroof and Door Mirrors, Velour Trim and Plastic Wood!
Registration: D530 ABD (last taxed in 2006).
For a small hatch, the spec was brilliant and I remember it having a luxurious feel compared to a lot of others on the road. It even looked quite classy, being in a dark colour with lots of chrome trimmings.
Wow! That looks nice. These occasionally pop up now and again with very low miles on.
I remember my Dad (who was a trader) bought a A reg (A921 FLY I think) Zircon Blue VDP Auto in around 1992. This was from an Auction and it had IIRC about 27k miles on it. It was cheap as chips so he bought it for me and my brother to learn to drive in. I still remember how mint it all was and how it felt luxurious (at the time) with it's Auto box and electric windows
2 years later in 1994 I had passed my test and was the proud owner of my first car, a 1983 MG Metro Turbo reg A462 VYE
This was also in AR Zircon Blue but had the black (as it was a mk1) bodykit and had been sufficiently lowered by the previous owner. Many, many fond memories of that car and they have now all disappeared! Any tthat do surface from time to time are around the £5k mark!!
Still have a soft spot for these due to my early experience of them
I remember my Dad (who was a trader) bought a A reg (A921 FLY I think) Zircon Blue VDP Auto in around 1992. This was from an Auction and it had IIRC about 27k miles on it. It was cheap as chips so he bought it for me and my brother to learn to drive in. I still remember how mint it all was and how it felt luxurious (at the time) with it's Auto box and electric windows
2 years later in 1994 I had passed my test and was the proud owner of my first car, a 1983 MG Metro Turbo reg A462 VYE
This was also in AR Zircon Blue but had the black (as it was a mk1) bodykit and had been sufficiently lowered by the previous owner. Many, many fond memories of that car and they have now all disappeared! Any tthat do surface from time to time are around the £5k mark!! Still have a soft spot for these due to my early experience of them
My first Metro was a 1.0L (it looks like it died in 2005 from the DVLA) and the next was an MG (deceased according to DVLA in 1995). Both were indestructible mechanically although the "rot" had to be caught on the MG in the front wings. A Vanden "Plastic" was considered pure luxury!! - how blinkered we were. Mind you the MG Maestro with talking dashboard was considered cool (& the bi-plane Sierra XR4!). A Metro wouldn't be in my dream garage from cars of my childhood, not even an MG Turbo sadly.
Great little piece of nostalgia.
My Grandma had a couple of these in the late 80s/early 90s. When she died we inherited her dark grey F reg one for family duties alongside our trusty 405 estate. I wouldn't be seen dead in it and was delighted when it was nicked from outside our house about a year late
My Grandma had a couple of these in the late 80s/early 90s. When she died we inherited her dark grey F reg one for family duties alongside our trusty 405 estate. I wouldn't be seen dead in it and was delighted when it was nicked from outside our house about a year late
Shame the image was ruined by crap production standards and an excessive manufacturing lifespan, but that was BL all over.
It's pleasing to see a Metro that isn't a corroding, worn-out, bodged and unloved heap of scrap. Even more so given the unusually plush spec; most Metros that I recall from my youth were base models with the 1l engine and a depressing interior. Although at one point a mate of my dad had a gleaming white MG Metro, with red seatbelts and an impressive turn of speed... Until it contained four adults plus 8 year old me, at which point it seemed like the next upward incline could destroy the engine!
Interested to see how much the black VDP sells for. If it were a Ford or a VW of similar age and condition it would command serious money, but does anyone love Metros that much?
It's pleasing to see a Metro that isn't a corroding, worn-out, bodged and unloved heap of scrap. Even more so given the unusually plush spec; most Metros that I recall from my youth were base models with the 1l engine and a depressing interior. Although at one point a mate of my dad had a gleaming white MG Metro, with red seatbelts and an impressive turn of speed... Until it contained four adults plus 8 year old me, at which point it seemed like the next upward incline could destroy the engine!
Interested to see how much the black VDP sells for. If it were a Ford or a VW of similar age and condition it would command serious money, but does anyone love Metros that much?
If it were a Mini, people would be all over it, I used to drive both regularly as I worked for a car dealer and always preffered the Metro to drive, don't want one, actually just sold our old field car one that used to belong to my grandad to a lad on retro rides, they love a metro over there.
Took my test in one of these (not the VDP). I think their time has come as a collectable and useable classic.
My granddad had the forerunner - an Allegro VDP in brown with brown leather and little walnut picnic tables in the back along with that ridiculously pretentious grill.
To think the meek and mild Metro spawned the bonkers Metro 6R4 helps it get my vote...Yes, I want to
My granddad had the forerunner - an Allegro VDP in brown with brown leather and little walnut picnic tables in the back along with that ridiculously pretentious grill.
To think the meek and mild Metro spawned the bonkers Metro 6R4 helps it get my vote...Yes, I want to
wile7 said:
Took my test in one of these (not the VDP). I think their time has come as a collectable and useable classic.
My granddad had the forerunner - an Allegro VDP in brown with brown leather and little walnut picnic tables in the back along with that ridiculously pretentious grill.
To think the meek and mild Metro spawned the bonkers Metro 6R4 helps it get my vote...Yes, I want to
The 6R4 is great, but it doesn't have much in common with a 1.0 Metro City!My granddad had the forerunner - an Allegro VDP in brown with brown leather and little walnut picnic tables in the back along with that ridiculously pretentious grill.
To think the meek and mild Metro spawned the bonkers Metro 6R4 helps it get my vote...Yes, I want to
A go in a Metro 6R4 would be incredible
And I'd have a Metro over the equivalent Polo of the time.
wile7 said:
Took my test in one of these (not the VDP). I think their time has come as a collectable and useable classic.
My granddad had the forerunner - an Allegro VDP in brown with brown leather and little walnut picnic tables in the back along with that ridiculously pretentious grill.
To think the meek and mild Metro spawned the bonkers Metro 6R4 helps it get my vote...Yes, I want to
Can't afford a real 6R4? Simples! Just do this to an ordinary one and no-one will be any the wiser...My granddad had the forerunner - an Allegro VDP in brown with brown leather and little walnut picnic tables in the back along with that ridiculously pretentious grill.
To think the meek and mild Metro spawned the bonkers Metro 6R4 helps it get my vote...Yes, I want to
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