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Location: leigh | So I bought a gti 1.8 turbo the other day! I'm going to have a go at doing one of these build thingys! But because I'm abit rubbish on the photo side of things I will be covering my 3 metros.. one is the white gti I bought the other week.. one is my red 1.1c with tf subframe front and rear to run a mid engine set up and I've got another gti that is basically a shell. That will be my last project after the others are done. |
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Location: leigh | Well first thing I did to the white gti was gut it.. engine and subframe out! All the dash out! Loom out! Then I built it up with my 143 vvc I had lying around.. I have no photos of this but the subframe Is back in and the r100 loom is fitted.. |
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Location: leigh | Cut the dash in half and made a "racing car radio" with a piece of carbon that I have cut off a rear wing I found in a skip.. I'll try my first photo upload now! https://imageshack.us/i/pn42OdGhj |
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Location: leigh | The white gti had a sw4nky steering wheel but it was the wrong boss to fit onto an r100 column and I needed to run the r100 indicator set up so it plugged into my loom. So I used a step drill on the 100 stalk setup and made the center hole bigger to fit! I also flipped the column 180 degree to get it lower as I find it more comfortable, the steering lock dosent work anymore but I'm not worried about that! This is where I'm up to with the interior at the moment.. https://imageshack.us/i/pntk9iS5j |
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Location: leigh | Just a few photos of my back burner midtro
https://imageshack.us/i/pokn3LCuj unpicked subframe mounts from a mgf
https://imageshack.us/i/ponlB3vmj made a boot floor!
Something to mount the floor to
https://imageshack.us/i/pm00EkvBj
Front subframeouts spot welded and seam welded
https://imageshack.us/i/pn1uxLESj
Not much else to show yet.. I will be concentrating on the white one first then my mid engined one.. might do my 4x4 between but I don't think here is the place to talk about that haha |
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Location: leigh | I think the engine I got in the white one (1.8t)will be put into the mid engined one eventually. These will be slow progress because I have alot of projects, a job, a kid and a sideline of selling vectra/signum parts in the evening |
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Location: leigh | Back to the white one! The front subframe and engine is in. I have decided to use the alu subby arm to keep the engine and gear box in the intended location without using spacers! I will probably need another mount to stop the engine from rocking. https://imageshack.us/i/po9PEBUrj |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | glyn-ellis - 28/2/2016 4:16 PM
Back to the white one! The front subframe and engine is in. I have decided to use the alu subby arm to keep the engine and gear box in the intended location without using spacers! I will probably need another mount to stop the engine from rocking. https://imageshack.us/i/po9PEBUrj
I clicked this image. cliecked on get links / image sizes. by doing that you can embed the image like this. I could not get a lager size as I am not logged in to imageshack but you probably can.
Edited by DotMatrix 28/2/2016 8:26 PM
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Location: leigh | I can't even find that option.. |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | glyn-ellis - 29/2/2016 12:25 AM
I can't even find that option..
Push the quote button on me comment to see how i did it in here. |
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Location: leigh | Ok I can't find what you mean but under the photos there is a few options.. one of them says forum so I will try this.  |
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Location: leigh | Thanks.. they are only small but at least now there is a little preview lol! I'll be a pro by the time I've finished! |
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Location: Bromley, Kent | I thought this may have been the white one? Hopefully you'll get it all back on the road? |
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Location: leigh | The white one will be back on the road next month hopefully.. not much rust on it at all and the engine is in up and running. Just need to put it together buy some tyres and a few odd jobs! The red mid engine one will be quite alot longer! The sub frame is mounted in and the rear floor welding is nearly done.. I'm going to buy another scruffy tf for the running gear! |
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Location: leigh | Not done much tonight. Only had a hour at my unit! So I cut out the cross member that the previous owner had neatly welded
I replaced it with some infinity better steel and pressed some holes in it for the radiator rubbers
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Location: leigh | Then I made some little bits and bobs.. like this passenger wingmirror blank
Made a ecu and relay thingy holder
And I made this slimline fan holder.. it's quite rough but I'm going for form over function
That's it for today but I didn't have long! |
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Location: Northwest | Looks rather good build glyn so far.  |
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Location: leigh | The idea at the moment is to get on the road. I want to build a gti with a factory spec one day but at the moment it will be "modified". It's very photogenic aswell haha |
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Location: leigh | I've just bought another metro! Let's see how that one looks when I get it!
Looks ok on the photos.. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/151995880167?_mwBanner=1
Bit steep like! 125 quid..
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you can never get to many metro's 
it looks good in the photos. If it is in an ok condition the price is good I think. |
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Location: leigh | Looks good. I'll see when I get there.. I can use bits if it's a dog so I'm not too bothered if it's a mess at that price |
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Location: leigh | Didn't get much done today because I had to go pick a car up to do a job on it. Got one of the 3 patches of welding done.
Not the neatest job in the world but it will be strong enough... |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | funnily I welded the same place on my 998 the other day
http://www.skjulestedet.dk/bilogmc/roed998/18.02.16/100_7668_resized.JPG
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Location: leigh | I've done the drivers side corner on all the metros I have had.. it's not as flat as it looks either lol.. has kinks, twists and bends in it but looks like you can do it with a couple flat bits.. it's about time some one started mass production of parts for them and getting them on ebay hah |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | glyn-ellis - 2/3/2016 5:16 PM
I've done the drivers side corner on all the metros I have had.. it's not as flat as it looks either lol.. has kinks, twists and bends in it but looks like you can do it with a couple flat bits.. it's about time some one started mass production of parts for them and getting them on ebay hah
you are very right about that, although the numbers will be quite small I suspect. But if there is to be metros in great numbers in 15 years someone need to fabricate metal parts again because right now no one makes anything, every part you buy seems to be old stock. like the a-series headlamp panels, they rust and I am currently looking for some, but they are nowhere to be found. |
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my multiple metro projects!
