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 Expert Posts: 4458    Location: Jelling, Denmark | So this is another of my metro's. I decided to start renovating it as the GTI will be off the road for some time with the pending engine restoration. The car has been driven by my little sister who rearended another car in it giving it this alternative look which is now what me and my dad will try to straighten out. besides the bump it has a few rust spots in places. the rear panel and both underneath and directly on the rear end, but I looks repairable. I have gathered all the parts I need for it I think, which is a new front panel, new headlamp, used bonnet, used wings, used grill, used radiator, two new bumpers and a used windscreen           Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 11:18 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Metromartin - 26/12/2011 12:21 AM Good luck with the restoration, what year is it? I spy mk1 MG metro seats!! rear archs look original and good considering the age of it. what are the sills like? Is the car driveable at the moment? I notice a battery on it? Good luck, hope thats another metro back on the roads! thanks. I will be cracking on with the work in the following days now that I have a week off. I hope the corner with the dent will prove to possible to straighten out, although it will be exciting to try using the hydraulic straightening machine (don't know the correct term). yes its the mk1 mg metro seat I had in my blue mk1 prior to stripping out out. I have thrown out the original and very worn non-split-folding rear seat and the front seats and I am currently considering weather to fit a full mk2 mg metro interior I have laying about or to just fit the seats from my blue A-series The sills are fine, only a few holes in the rear end in front of the rear wheel, they are coated with some sort of stuff. the only rear rust problem the body has is the rear panel and sill or what ever its called (where the metal continues from the bottom of the outer rear panel and up to the buttom of the car) its quite gone the entire way across, but I will just cut and weld that. the arches could well be original, it hasn't done so many miles (cant remember the exact number) the car drives fine, Christmas morning I changed the petrol adjusted the carb and it started right up sure its an other metro back on the road, my plans are to fix it, MOT it and drive it while I fix my GTI. when this is done, the plan is to just generally use it as my spare car, maybe lend it to my girlfriend edit: its a 1989 Edited by DotMatrix 25/12/2011 3:36 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | removed the left wing as it was quite rusty. also found an other wing to fit in its place. A bit of rust was to be found behind the wing, but over all the front left inner wing and headlamp mounting plate is very solid, probably due to inner wings being fitted to this car. if anyone wants a pair for their A-series I have two sets, one alu and one plastic        Found a wing for the otherside   Edited by DotMatrix 27/12/2011 12:01 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | removed dented material in the front and found a front valance that was not damaged which I cleaned and prepared for fitting         | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Metromartin - 28/12/2011 12:42 PM good progress! Have you got a tidy rear bumper? I think all the a-series metros have wiring for both fog lamps if you want to fit the pair if you didn't know already, is that an e-type jag in the back ground? nice! Once its done I don't mind adding it to the 1.0l section on the home page gallery! we are rather short on 1.0L metros!! yes its a series 3 v12. Its a customer car, personaly i like the series 1 better, but any e-type will do  it would be great if you could ad it to the gallery when its done 1.0 metros are a rare sigth on this page yes. I think i wil leave this as a 1.0 though and try and go for mpg instead. I almost never use the rear fogs, so wont fit a second one i dont think so, but what about wiring for a tow bar, do al metros also have that? I think i will fit one of the tow bars i have for a-series just for fun i bought two new bumpers for it on sale at rimmer, so have oile new bumpers yes Edited by DotMatrix 28/12/2011 6:25 AM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | welded the a rust hole in the right hand side inner wing, the bottom of the A pillar behind the wing in both sides, welded three holes in the front valance, welded in the new headlamp plate, welded in the front panel, cleaned rust off the inside of the right-hand-side wing and painted it, straightened out a dent in the wing and fitted the wing. all in all good progress I think, its starting to look like a car again left to do now is rust in the inner rear valance and outside bellow the bumper, rust on the panel where the doors shuts to in the right side, rust futher up the A-pillar where the door meets it and then replace rusty brake pipes, fit clocks and interior, fit an other windscreen because this one has a crack in it and then fit lights and bumpers.   Edited by DotMatrix 1/1/2012 12:16 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | had another weekend with good progress. haven't got pictures of all the work yet, but will get some next weekend when I go to work again. Welded a couple of holes in the left hand side sill under the door, all three places have been welded and painted.    Took the rear bumper off as it was quite rusty and we needed to work on the panel behind the bumper. have bought a new one on clearance from rimmer  Holes in front of both rear wheels. one side have been welded up.   small hole in a arch have also been welded up  straightened out a dent in a front wing I plan to use, welded a spot of rust in the bottom of the wing and fitted it. both doors have a bit of rust on the outside and a lot on the inside, I think they have been filled with water, so I wont be doing them right now.      | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | rust in the rear valance to be welded up   welded two rusty corners on the bonnet.   started to work on the new head lamp I plan to use. its a universal headlamp which have exactly the same shape as the original one which was smashed in the crash, but dont have the correct fittings, so I am drilling and riveting the old brackets in place on the new headlamp to make it fit the original bracket.   glued the old grille together, it turned out quite good  started cutting out the rear inner and outer valance to weld in new material and found a small piece of rust in the other side which dont need welding, just cleaning, painting and wax.    Edited by DotMatrix 9/1/2012 6:34 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | a few of the pictures from this weekends work, bad phone quality and one a bit dark, sorry about that. disassembled the brakes, greased the things that should be greased and made it all work again. all the brakes both front and rear should now be ready for MOT  two patches welded in.  a few patches welded in the top of the sill   and a very dark picture of a patch welded in on the inner sill or what ever its called, hope you can see what its supposed to be  | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | alexwuk - 16/1/2012 6:15 PM looking good mate,keep up the good work and keep us posted Alex thanks will do Metromartin - 16/1/2012 6:36 PM Excellent work! that looks alot of work on that Metro! thats one of the rustiest bumpers i;ve ever seen. yeah, quite a bit of work needed on this metro, also more than I initially thought, but inspection revealed quite a bit of rust in all the usual places. If you didn't know theres a connector so you can unplug the rear fog lamp and front indicators just behind the valance. yes. that bumper is not salvageable yes, I know, decided to leave it hanging. have unplugged the front indicators though as we should weld there.Edited by DotMatrix 16/1/2012 6:22 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | just got round to uploading the last of this weekends pictures. I started preparing the front for painting, sanded down the paint on the wings and front, filler and sanded that down. not quite done with the filler yet though. here is a few pictures of the progress with this. also started with the filler in the other places where there have been welded.           | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | welding looks like its done now. among other places welded the left hand corner with a lot of rust.      | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Roger Red Hat - 18/1/2012 6:49 PM super work mate! got admit it, that was one poorly metro! thanks I don't know what you are talking about. this is (and was) almost a brand new car, almost, sort of | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | painted and ready to be put back together next weekend    Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 11:42 PM | ||
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MP Admin Posts: 17870 Location: Gloucester | That wing looks like new! Makes the wheels look tatty now, your have to respray those too now! | ||
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