My VVC Metro

[SlowStig]

Dont touch it, was owned by a member of metropower for years and its had 5 owners in the last year or so. Current owner did have it up for sale with pics of him ragging the car and it being full of other chavs so I would avoid it as 99% sure most standard maintenance will have been neglected and it prob has been ragged from cold a lot.

Pity as it was a nice car when I was looking at it when the original Mp owner was selling it but distance from me and cost put me off.

[mgmrw]

good good.

shall keep my cash

[R500POP]

Had a track prepped GTi I used to sprint & do the Stroke Association day with at Combe, was good for 1m20s around Combe after I'd done an awful lot of work getting the hydragas working "properly"

[mgmrw]

sounds fun.

For any "ideas" in my mind, I'd need the BMW to actually sell.

Getting bored of hearing:

"Mate that's mint, really mint condition.... Oooh £895.... Yeah it's mint...."

2hour gap

text message from person who's been to view

"will you take £300 and a bag of malteasers for it? there's a cheaper one with double the miles, and it's only in GERMANY so I can have that for twice what you're asking, but wanted to insult you a bit"

[SlowStig]

That is one of the reasons why I can't see me selling this anytime soon and if/when I do sell it then it would be to somebody who knows what they are looking for and how to look after the car. That GTi on ebay is a prime example, used to be mint and looked after very well until that chap got hold of it and now claims it has a different gearbox and engine fitted than what is in the pictures.

I just dont get why people lie to sell or mess others around when buying. If I wanted a car I would find a couple and decide on my max price then see the cars in the order I want them until I found one which hit the most boxes.

Ah well, if you are ever over this way feel free to pop in and I dont mind taking you out if im not working

[mgmrw]

Exactly.

I find what I want, price, choose the best FOR MY USE.... Not always the neatest, but the one that ticks the most boxes. And then decide how to go about buying/fetching.

The E36 tourer, I knew I wanted an E36 for a bit, I knew I needed an estate, I knew big engines would crucify my insurance.

so found a 2.0 straight six one, rang up, asked appropriate questions. Paid deposit over the phone, on agreement that if it was not as good as the pictures and verbal description, I got deposit back. Then arranged to do the 6hour round trip that coming saturday.

Arrived, 10min test drive, paid, left.

Job jobbed.

Thanks, I miss small hatches

[Tubb]

That looks really tidy!
Makes me want another GTI now!

The blue GTI has been relisted on ebay (L110 DOV)....i owned this car a couple of years back and nearly all of the spec in the auction is wrong. Me and my mate spent a fortune between us and drove to Amsterdam in it twice, such a shame to see all our hard work ruined by chavs
Stay well away!

Heres how it used to look:

[SlowStig]

Another update, I got myself a cheap rover 200 BRM mouth and fitted it to the car, took a bit longer than expected but after an hour or so with the jigsaw I got it fitted as well as I think I will be able to get it to and it looks pretty good. I will prob change the colour of it at some point but today I just wanted it fitted so I know it will fit.
I also got a header tank from the scrappy and cleaned it out with the rice/water method to get it looking like new, also flushed the coolent system through so it has water in it atm, ready for the OAT concentrate going in tomorrow hopefully.







Enjoy!

[twazzock]

Absolutely brilliant car, although I'm not sure about the BRM tribute!

[SlowStig]

Forgot to add this pic before with the additional re-badging

[Dr G]

Not sure I care much for the BRM snout but I like the badge

National trust sticker and tartan blanket to follow?

[Jamirecluse]

I love this car.How easy is it to pick up a tidy Metro to do this conversion on?

[SlowStig]

Dr G said:

Not sure I care much for the BRM snout but I like the badge

National trust sticker and tartan blanket to follow?

funny you should say that, i have my national trust membership stickers from 2010 and 2011 in the window and a tarten blanket on the back seats....

Finding a decent shell will be your biggest issue, my car is on 60k and still has needed welding on the floor and the arches are starting to go even with tons of waxoyl plastered on the underside. the youngest car will be 12 years old now and not many will be tidy.

[spudgun GB]

It's good to see someone doing something positive with Metros.

The front grill reminds me of.....

Edited by spudgun GB on Tuesday 18th October 20:03

[vrooom]

I alway liked those.

[Jamirecluse]

spudgun GB said:

The front grill reminds me of.....

Edited by spudgun GB on Tuesday 18th October 20:03

[SlowStig]

Well time for an update, ish. Got 4 new tyres for winter, just some cheap crap to put on my wide steelies and bugger up without worrying about knackering the rim itself. Also got a 52mm TB and fitted that so figured I would do a nice spec list for those who love to read

Car:

1995 114 GTa
Flame Red
61k miles on the shell

Exterior mods:
13" MPi 7 spoke wheels
Yoko a539 tyres in 185/60/13 size
Front Splitter(unknown car origin)
GTi vented brake calipers(Painted Red)
Debadged with 1.1S badge fitted in place
Removed rubbing strips on the doors
BRM 'mouth' in orange
Rear Subframe Brace
Lowered and Indiviualized

Interior mods:
Red BRM steering wheel
GTi 'Lightning' Patten half leather seats
Black interior plastics inc rear parcel shelf supports, door kick plates, under seat supports
Red Seatbelts
'Skully' Custom stealth shelf with 6x9 speakers
Black Carpet from 15k miles car
Standard GTa 130mph rev counter clocks

Engine mods:
1.8 VVC 143 engine fitted
52mm Throttle body
de-cluttered exhaust manifold(smothed out the inside)
Enclosed carbon air filter with cold air feed
Red Samco hoses
Brand new header tank and red OAT coolent
Decatted 2" exhaust system with Sportex backbox

I.C.E:
Front infinity componants with crossover box
Rear Kenwood 6x9 speakers
1600w 4 channel Amp
1000w JBL Sub
Tevion Bluetooth head unit with USB/SD card and Aux input

To do:
Fit yellowband steering rack from in garage
Fit Shock mounts
Fit adjustable Spax dampers which are in the garage
Refurb Alloys
Repaint BRM 'mouth'


Future Plans:
New exhaust cam
Emerald ECU
Possibly go turbo, depends on costs etc

[SlowStig]

Tiny update, new spark plug cover which adds at least 100bhp




And just a shot of the roof in the rain, autoglym HD wax is pretty nifty, even better that it cost me £20 from autoglym themselves

[SlowStig]

Been ages since I have updated this! Nothing exciting has happened over winter, just getting bits and pieces done for summer and been building up a stockpile of parts to fit once the weather improves and my welding skills get better

Went to a local car meet which is run by a mate of mine and they had a photoshoot setup down at the echo arena so I went down and got a few people asking what was under the bonnet as they had tried to keep up when i booted it down the bypass. Anyways, only got a couple of pictures myself and a couple by the pro's as there was some nice cars about which they preferred....

[mc_blue]

Looks good, a small number plate for the front would add to it IMO.