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Thought id share with you lot my new motor, i know its not a mini but i refuse to buy a mini till i can afford a Mk1 and have the money /space/time to build it up to the spec i want. Anywho, here it is, it WILL be getting turbo'd hence why im here and Im sure a few of you have noticed me popping up and asking loads of questions and i have to say, thanks to everyone who has helped fill my head with new knowledge. Pics:















Bit of humour:



Its very clean, having only covered 46k miles with history and mot's to back this up, its not as good as my old one, which was pretty much concours but its clean, my old one:







And how we came to part :(

Edited by Gunny on 7th Nov, 2009.

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)

The thick rub strips on the door weren't saving me there lol

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)

First of all, nice metro, secondly, I like the tax disc holder, thridly, that smash looks bad:(

Ouch!

The white one looks tidy. Is it the one that was on ebay rescently?? The owner was going to rally it, but it was too good???

What are your plans for it??

EDIT: WE have the same tax disk holder on the van

Edited by apbellamy on 7th Nov, 2009.

Yeh it was on ebay, he said the wheel base was to short for the class he was entering but he didn't really want to race it anyway, so he's after a nova now - my speciality lol

It is pretty clean, few little bits need doing to tidy it up. 1380cc turbo is the idea, i want to get it nearly as quick as my old XE nova, been looking into 16v head but i dont know if i can justify it atm.

Awsome holder lol i saw it on your van in your thread

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)

Edited by Gunny on 7th Nov, 2009.

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That tax disc holder is priceless!!!!!!!!!!

Own the day

It's not. They cost about £3.

GTa is perfect for turboing. I guess they are still cheap enough.

How did you end up in a pole?

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

ouch, nice gta ( nice holder too) but how the ffff??? the door is where the seat should be???
bad loss :( atleast your safe though

Yes i moved to the darkside

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I swerved a fox - never again.

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)

You mean you saw a blond with big tits and took your eye off the road? It happens to the best of us.

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

I wish, then i wouldn't of felt such a twat lol

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)

good to see you on here gunny as said on png the metros ace will look forward to seeing the progress.

Thanks matey. Hopefully i'll start collecting parts and building my engine soon.

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)

UPDATE:

Cars been stolen tonight

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gutted !! i hope it turns up in one piece!!

luke

Thats awful news. I hope it works out OK and you get the car back

On 12th Nov, 2009 Paul S said:

I think Gary OS has taken over my role as the forum smart arse

bastards!

Got the car back today, passenger door has been bout out, steering column knackered, reversed it into the lamp post outside my house whis has wrecked the bootlid then drove it off the kurb denting the sill, so to be fair its not bad, could of been burnt out/completely written off.

Its a quite tight knit estate so im sure it wont be long before i find out who they are, im quite known and i dont really have any enemies, we think its the arseholes we dont really get on with from one of the sister estates, only time will tell.

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And it was for a random joyride, they attempted to nick an escort just 100 yards from my car and according to the police there were 7/8 cars stolen last night from the area.

My mate found the car parked up nicely not far from my house with a quarter of a tank less fuel and an extra 30/40 miles on the clock.

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)

could be worse

Glad its back shame about the damage though, is a really nice car. Id wire a hidden kill switch in somewhere

Bit of an update, i picked up a tired red GT-a last friday for £200 with mot till july next year, been sat since july, slapped a battery on and it fired up and drove it home (2 seconds round the corner) so ive taken the steering column and covers etc off for mine, discovered the alarm worked so whipped that off too (my cousin is fitting it for me monday) theres isnt really a lot i can salvage for mine as although mine now has a dented boot and a slightly creased door they're still in better nick! So im keeping the arches skirts etc as spares as you never know and they're not too common thses days and selling anything worth selling, just sold the engine and brakes for £270 so not a bad outcome really! Im off to qatar monday for 10 days work, maybe i'll start making some real progress when im back and i sell my 309.

'89 Austin Metro GTa :)