89 Austin Metro City X

[chess]

Over the years I have had a bit of a soft spot for Metro's, my first decent car was an MG Metro Turbo back in 1985 and I have rallied and rallycrossed various MG Metro's and Rover Metro Gti's. Whilst idly looking at Ebay I discovered this local to me.











This Metro is really original even down to dealer number plates, needs a bit of laquer on the roof sorting a bit of surface rust on drivers door, brakes need new rear wheel cylinders and I need to find reason for the intermittent misfire.
When I picked car up it was missing the wheel trims but in the boot was an Autoplas box with brand new ones in.
The interior is great complete with genuine mats and a period radio, that maybe the original, with a slot I can't get my CD's in and a ticking noise when the engine is running
Looking at the paperwork the 13800 miles seems to be genuine.

[120y]

I like that a lot, that is a little time warp, good on you for finding it.
I will be watching this with interest.

[120y]

Probably a good service will sort out the misfire.

[SmokeEm]

I used to PDI Metro's back in 87/88

The radio is period but not original. Should be Phillips Brand

[120y]

Yes should be Philips but branded with the BL logo I think ?

[mattrb]

Nice find. I had an 88 MG in a lovely green-grey colour and those wheel covers. I eventually swapped them for some gorgeous crosswire 13" Gta alloys. My radio was an original Phillips but there was no other branding I recall.

[pauly22]

Love these, always liked how the symbols on the inductor stalks lit up too.

[mattrb]

Jan 1, 2015 20:37:58 GMT pauly22 said:

Love these, always liked how the symbols on the inductor stalks lit up too.

Yeah, the MG version was especially blessed with these sort of pleasant surprises. I think it even had a courtesy light under the bonnet. Ha ha.

[grifterkid]

That is lovely... It's always nice to see a Metro so original... Let us know how you get on with it!