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 Expert Posts: 2907    Location: a pub in yorkshire | About time i started a journal for this, its my new race car for next year. Its a 1.1 metro quest carb, henley blue and the most basic of basic it doesnt even have a radio or glove box! I picked it up off ebay for £400. To be fair when i got it home it seemed way too good to tun into a racer but i did anyway because thats just how i roll. Here are some pictures from the day i picked it up.... Sorry about the poor quality phone pictures btw       Anyway that was a few weeks ago now so i've got it all stipped down and its on the spit roast so i can clean up the underneath and make a start on the modifacations...     | ||
| SRi_T |
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7558.jpg?memberid=4135&type=profile) Elite Veteran Posts: 998  Location: Herts/N London | |||
| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | |||
| metro190bhp |
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| Turley_vvc |
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 Posts: 2794 Location: Tamworth/Measham | SRi_T - 17/12/2011 4:44 AM Bloody hell you don't hang about mate! Looks good, what's the plans for the spec? Haha have to agree, he don't f*ck about, good start and looks like a good solid base, be watching this me thinks  | ||
| AdrianSi |
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| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | |||
| DotMatrix |
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 Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Tom Sanderson - 17/12/2011 4:12 PM AdrianSi - 17/12/2011 5:38 AM That looks to be an awesome 400 quid purchase! Solid isn't the word! What's happening with your first racecar? Hopefully my dad will be racing it providing he passes his ards test. Although if this one isn't done in time then I'll be racing it again next year. Can you believe next year will be it's 4th season although it only did 2 races back in 2009 time passes quickly when you are having fun/in good company  keep posing pictures of the progress. looks exciting. I would like to see more photos of your think to hold and turn the car, that looks smart! also pictures of your cleaning and removing of excess weight  | ||
| calrio |
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 Expert Posts: 1304 Location: in the 100 at the seaaaaaside! | very mint shell, whats the milage? and did u make the roll-over car stands yourself tom? as they look good, could do with a pair myself i wish my shell was that mint but oh well lol | ||
| Jack of Hearts |
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| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | Jack of Hearts - 17/12/2011 2:02 PM Love the white gti Tom. I'll watch this thread closely. Since you can't change much mechanically, what colour scheme you going for? White with red and yellow stripes lol But it will be a little different to the last one  | ||
| jasonr |
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 Expert Posts: 2230 Location: Ripon, North Yorkshire | |||
| Jack of Hearts |
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Track Slag Posts: 5060 Location: Washington | Tom Sanderson - 18/12/2011 9:32 AM Jack of Hearts - 17/12/2011 2:02 PM Love the white gti Tom. I'll watch this thread closely. Since you can't change much mechanically, what colour scheme you going for? White with red and yellow stripes lol But it will be a little different to the last one Is there much you want to tell us about the changes? | ||
| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | Yeah the spit was easy to make, i just bolted it to where the reinforcement bracket went at the front and to where the rear bumper bolts onto at the back, then just made up the stands with some old steel i had lying around. Its a little top heavy but its still easy enough to turn. i just hold it where i want it with a bit of wood or the arms from the ramp. Oh and jack i cant disclose top secret info like that, you'll have to wait and see | ||
| Jack of Hearts |
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Track Slag Posts: 5060 Location: Washington | I figured as much, far too many of your competitors on here | ||
| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | How about this for a rust free rear arch!  | ||
| MetroSean |
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cbc5.jpg?memberid=4229&type=profile) Elite Veteran Posts: 1002 Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire | Well you don't see that everyday also is that rear turrets welded in already? | ||
| AdrianSi |
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Expert Posts: 8490 Location: Midlands | This car is an amazing find Tom! How many miles? Sub 20k at a guess and doesn't look like its been anywhere near a salted road lol!! The rear turrets...are these Metro challenge spec? Have you got measurements as to where you've fitted them in? Looking at mine it would seem there is no real determined position to weld them in at  | ||
| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | Sorry i thought i had put the milage in my fist post. It has done 24k but the guy who i got it from was a gardner, he got it in exchange for clearing this old ladys garden. he said her husband bought it new but died a few years after so its just been sat in the garage ever since, he blew the tires up and took it for an mot. Needless to say it went straight through so still has 12 months test. I drove it home, it went brilliant, really nippy! The rear turrets are just ones i made myself, cout a hole out of the rear arches and floded a flange inwards so that i could spotweld a turret in, the tops are 3mm so that i can mount the rollcage onto the top. I have mounted them in the center line of the wheel so i can make up a new longer stub axle and fix the damper to that.  Edited by Tom Sanderson 18/12/2011 11:37 AM | ||
| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | Ok so i've been cleaning all the crap off the underside, a day and a burnt out grinder later heres the results, i've still got some more to do but its looking 100% better.     | ||
| AdrianSi |
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Expert Posts: 8490 Location: Midlands | Good work! Fuel pump access panel i see there Still super solid after removing the stone protection? | ||
| Turley_vvc |
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| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | AdrianSi - 21/12/2011 11:47 AM Good work! Fuel pump access panel i see there Still super solid after removing the stone protection?There is a small hole behind the bracket that hold on the rear brake flexi hose to the body, which isnt a problem because i am going to weld a reinforcement plate there so that i can have the flexi hose going straight into the floor to run the brake lines inside (if that makes sence) Other than that its rot free, easily the best shell i have seen, i feel more and more guilty about racing it! lol | ||
| Tom Sanderson |
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Expert Posts: 2907 Location: a pub in yorkshire | Well seems theres no welding to do, i thought i'd make a start on the rollcage, My sealy pipe bender just decided to kink the pipe so i had to make one myself, (there plenty of videos on youtube about how to make your own) I used the former from the sealy one. I am really pleased with the results, it looks a bit heath robinson but works perfectly! here are the results...   | ||
| AdrianSi |
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