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[Marco1972]

Thought I'd start a thread about our latest toy



One owner 8000 miles from new and no rust !!

Bit of a time warp car as it had been sitting on a drive for 17 years 😳

It had been serviced and MOT'd every year until last year when it wouldn't start
Turned out to be the fuel pump which I replaced and it starts on the button

Needed a dam good clean

Before















After







Needs a set of window rubbers and an MOT

No rusty arches or anything









Wish my mini would have been in such good nick 😂

No idea what we're going to do with it at the moment just going to enjoy not having to do any welding 😆

It dose need the tail gate re painting as the sun has peeled the lacquer in a couple of places but apart from that everything works

Think we may take it to POL next year and maybe a couple of other shows but apart from that just going to enjoy it
Never thought I'd say that about a rover metro 😆

[Ben_O]

nice find!

[Marco1972]

Cheers Ben

Only found out about it during a passing conversation
Jay loves it very retro

[Marco1972]

Did a bit more on it today

Cleaned up the headlining





Then it was time to deal with the crusty windscreen seal
Started by peeling back the lip



Less than 5 mins later it was out





No rust lurking



Fitted the new rubber with the aid of a bit of car soap and nylon spoon



Had some string knocking about so I used that , not ideal as it snapped twice



The last corner was a pig but got it sorted eventually ( harder than a mini screen ! )









All done 😃


Sorted out the head lamp to bonnet seal common on these



Dropped off the front bumper no nasty rot hiding







Back together



Mark

Edited by Marco1972, 27 August 2016 - 06:07 PM.

[Ben_O]

[Broomer]

Has to be the tidiest little rov I've ever seen.

[Marco1972]

Has to be the tidiest little rov I've ever seen.

Thank you

[phil hill]

May I ask where you got your new screen seals from ??

My lad has a 100 and all the window seals are shot - just wondering where I could get some new ones from.

Thanks in advance !!

Phil.

[humph]

Loving that. Great find, good job.

[Marco1972]

May I ask where you got your new screen seals from ??My lad has a 100 and all the window seals are shot - just wondering where I could get some new ones from.Thanks in advance !!Phil.

Hi Phil

I got it from eBay £26 for the front think the back is a couple of quid more ( just typed in rover 100 window seal )

Took me a while to find them too

Mark

Edited by Marco1972, 28 August 2016 - 08:01 PM.

[Marco1972]

Loving that. Great find, good job.

Cheers buddy

[Marco1972]

Did a bit more today

Removed the rear wheel arch carpets and injected wax into every nook and cranny I could get it into

I used bit-hamber dynax cavity wax as its top notch and I use it on my mini











Found a couple of bits left over from the factory



Moved onto the front end



Went underneath and did every hole I could find





Think I put enough in as it was dripping out of everywhere 😃



That done it was onto the wheel arches
Clear wax was used here





This bung is tucked up under the wheel arch we took it out and filled the cavity with wax



You can see the hole in this pic



Did the rest of the underneath with clear wax





The old girl should last a few more years now 😆

Edited by Marco1972, 28 August 2016 - 11:33 PM.

[Marco1972]

Quick update

Took her for an MOT today and she flew through
Don't often get a car this age do that
So now it's road legal after 17 years and will be being used by my lad while he dose a bit of work on his ZS

Give us a wave if you see it about

Cheers Mark

[megamini_jb]

Must admit I have never really been a fan of Metros, but this is an awesome little gem.

[Marco1972]

Must admit I have never really been a fan of Metros, but this is an awesome little gem.

Thanks buddy

Had a few over the years and to be honest I never thought I'd have another
Couldn't resist this and I liked the story behind it
It was so close to being scrapped !!

Glad we saved it