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It had its first MoT in May 2018 with 9220 miles miles on the clock. Various gaskets were replaced including the manifold gasket, rocker cover gasket, fuel pump gasket and oil filter housing gasket.’ The carburettor was stripped and rebuilt using a genuine SU kit, while the fuel lines were cleaned and the fuel tank was drained before being filled with clean fuel and an additive. In addition, all the brakes were stripped and cleaned, the handbrake was freed off, the brake fluid was drained and replaced, the steering rubber coupling was replaced, some electrical contacts were cleaned, bulbs were replaced as were the wipers and pedal rubbers. Mark added: ‘When the car was sold off by Stondon, it underwent some recommissioning work including points, plugs, waterpump, and oil and filter. The experimental paint was one of the first to contain flecks which changed the colour depending upon the viewing angle.’Īfter it was displayed at the 1987 Experimental Safety Vehicle conference in Washington USA, it was sold to the now defunct Stondon Transport Museum where it remained until 2016 when it was sold on the current owner, who has now dropped the price to £4995 (down from £6995 when we first posted this story).

Redesigned floor section to include strong box section running from front to rear two on each sideĪccording to the seller, Mark Rich, ‘this was possibly the strongest Metro shell ever built and the car was repainted the colour you see today by Sikkens UK.

The central bulkhead was redesigned to incorporate an energy absorbing section sitting 1-inch from the rear of the engine.

The subframe was replaced with an energy-absorbing twin box section.

These additional changes were made in the interests of improved occupant safety and included:

Front slam panel is wider and unique as is the front grille Changes to become the ESV MetroĪfter its debut as the Metro PSC1, the car was further modified to become the ESV the following year.

The wing side sculptures are added to flow into the front panel which is from an MG Metro Turbo and the front bumper has been replaced with a taller deeper foam filled flexible covered item.

Both front wings are lower and are folded at tops and have small breakaway panels.

The bonnet was also raised by 50mm – this gave greater clearance between the hard engine components and the bonnet underside to reduce injury on impact, the battery has also been lowered.

The scuttle area was also modified to conceal the wiper arms and spindles.

The major changes to this car compared with a standard Austin Metro are confined to the front and include: It’s the rare opportunity to own one of the lesser-known prototypes featured on AROnline, and this one comes with an almost unprecedented amount of technical information and documentation. It’s the result of a joint venture between Austin Rover and the Transport Road Research Laboratory (TRRL) and was originally shown as the PSC1 (Pedestrian Safety Car number 1) in 1985 at the International Conference of Experimental safety vehicles in Oxford. Please note the will not be sold to anyone who does not come and view the car.This one-off Austin Metro has gone up for sale on eBay after leading an interesting life.

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The car will be sold with a full 12months mot, if your looking for a nice up and coming classic/ investment which you can jump in and ready to show then this for you. The car still has its original dealer plates, the car drives absolutely superb (like a new one!) and really is a practical classic returning execlent fuel economy, I can't believe the attention the car get everywhere you go either at shows or petrol stations always someone wanting to talk to you about it! 0 and runs so sweet and is very lively the intirior is clean headlining is unmarked only issue there is the top of the rear seat has split due to a powerful upholstery cleaning machine.

Mini metro for sale drivers#

The car is in remarkably good and original condition inside and out there are a couple of marks here and there a bit of laquer peel on the drivers door and front wing but nothing too major the body is very sound it had a couple of plates on the floor for last mot unusually for a metro the rear wheel arches are near mint no rust. the car was sold new by regal garage in fishponds Bristol in 83' to an elderly chap a few miles away then in 1998 he sold the car back to regal garage with just 21, 000 on the clock the owner seemed to have a soft spot for the car and put it around the back in a lock up where it stayed until the garage shut down and was sold for development. For sale is my beloved 1983 Austin mini metro I bought this car in 2015 from the owner of the supplying dealer after around 20 years in storage.