in this episode we start to sort out some of the details and get the shell ready to weld together. if you havent seen this before its a porsche boxster chassis with a metro 6R4 sat on top!
Great progress…I’ve been waiting patiently for a new video as I’m a fairly new subscriber to your channel…this project deserves a much bigger audience as your approach to the build is a refreshing change from most ‘manufactured’ youtube channels…it’s a real joy to watch so thank you for documenting your build ❤️👍
@@pedenconceptz so much better the way you’re doing it,no need to change anything tbh there are so many “professional RU-vidrs” out there these days and they get boring fast,keep up the great work 👍🏼
I got to watch the rest of the video, could you weld in triangular supports at the back of the crash bars, to link down to the rear porsche chassis. Really neat work you are doing 👍
Possibly, il look into that after the shell is together, but I think what I’ve done here is probably enough, the main bulk of the bumper bracket still has chassis leg behind it, and the base of the bracket itself is 6mm plate, and it will obviously be replicated 30mm larger in the finished part to suit.
Doing something I dream of, my life does not allow for the time or place or resources, so liked and subbed to watch you work your magic! Love it, thank you.
Its looking really good already, great content. I think the original 6R4 rally cars just had a basic tubular frame behind the F/g tailgate, yours is going to be much better engineered!
From around 1985 to 1995 my dad owned a metro breakers where we kept around 250 to 300 metros in stock 🙈wish we still had them , mg’s mg turbos , city, vandern plas , jet black edition , so much fun as a young teenager stripping all these cars, we actually had a couple with 6r4 body kits too
Another incredible episode John - love watching you work. The several hundred small jobs is a great way at looking at it. Looking forward to the next episode!
I remember when the 6r4 first came out at £50,000 a pop and the panel fit was obviously very low on their design requirements. I think you're doing a fantastic job.
Inspiring channel, you make it so much more approachable than the big workshop setups, also great detail, much action is lost on other channels so its great to see you think through bits, do a bit, pause. its definitely my style of working. Good luck with the doors!
Thanks, I think there’s a point where you can put too much detail into it and drag it out but it’s trying to find the right balance. People seem to like it this way
Found your channel recently and subscribed, You have some good skills there, it looks good so far, cant wait to see it finished, it will be an absolute beast
You make a very good point ....the original 6r4 was a fiberglass coffin on wheels lol Love the progress 👍, so refreshing to watch metal/body work rather than my usual diet of mechanical builds on RU-vid.
Progress! Enjoying this build thoroughly, loving hearing all the thought processes and decisions! Such an iconic silhouette 😎 subscribed and invested !!! 👍✊
I found a prevous video by accident and wanted to see more. This is a really interesting project and i really look forward to following along. Its great to see that there is alot of interest in this project. Maybe at some stage, put a profile picture for your channel and a banner, but beside the youtube channel, you are documenting the build. I look forward to following along, this is great.
@@pedenconceptz Its amazing how quick your channel took off, and it goes to show that people are really interested in this and look forward to your progress in the build.
Really class, methodical work. Between what you did with the tailgate, getting the inner wing and wheelarch panels welded back in, you are making great progress! It's very hard to keep that discipline of doing what you can with what you have around you, so many projects stall or never get finished due to running out of momentum because they don't keep doing something. To me the work rate and approach is almost more impressive than the car will be, but it will be class too.
Thanks, I wasn’t sure it would appear a bit stop/start within the footage but I don’t really know what other way to do it so it great that you like it as is
Great build and I like the way you are progressing. There is an Australia (Built By Jeff) attempting to fit a 1956 truck cabin onto a small bus chassis. Similar concept.
What a cracking project. Im a newish subscriber and really enjoying the videos so far. Your lets just have a go attitude combined with your obvious well suited skills is refreshing, to say the least. Keep it up and try your best not to leave us waiting to long.
I've had the good fortune to see several genuine 6R4's and the panel gaps you are seeing are quite normal, if not quite good. The panel fit on the originals was appalling, but then again, the panels were just there to dress the roll cage and chassis and to make it look like a Metro. It's a shame you couldn't get an earlier generation Metro (MK1 or 2) as that would have made your job a lot easier as they were far less rounded that the later Rover Metros. But keep it up, it's looking great.
I chose this car purely due to its lower price and lack of sunroof. It seems to have been all the rage to fit cars with sunroofs in the 80s, but by the time this was made that seems to have went out of favour. But once you take the front and bootlid off they are basically the same shell. Thanks for watching!
Progressing nicely, never thought about removing the tailgate outer skin on my build, Apart from cutting around the metal frame for tail light clearance it moulded straight on using fibre glass. Your tailgate finish is far superior
Great Progress, nice work on the bootlid i think you made that look easier than it was 😊 As A Caterham seven i never worry about crumple zones😅 Incidentally back in the day a certain N.I car dealer bought a clubman spec 6r4, took it out the first rally and discovered when he hit a wall on a stage that his legs were effectively the crumple zone ..
How lucky am I! Just discovered your channel yesterday and a new upload today 😊 absolutely awesome my dude, sure your channel will grow really quickly, well deserved. Would love to see more of your projects, like the mk2 escort 🤤
A heath robinson way of building a diy metro 6r4 .still nothing wrong with it doing it this way . Ive seen professional metro 6r4 builds too . 2 diffrent ways to build the car all amazing though
Hey up mate looking good, seen something other day Chanel is tassi custom ( in oz ) and thought of your build similar in way ov keeping a car and sticking something on top, please look i think you'd find interesting though it's not what you're trying to do. Looking forward to your next vid mate
Awesome!! Been waiting.. idk why everytime I look at it looks like it has to go down further onto the chassis.. especially when you see the difference in height between the boxster rocker and metro rocker. I’m doing a boxster beetle swap at the moment. Your work has been awesome
See, the metros are very high at the sill area in relation to the arch height. This believe it or not is about the right height (or even higher for a 6r4). The boxster is 40mm higher than it was due to the weight reduction. So I have to lower it 40mm on the springs to get back where it was in terms of geometry. And I probably wanted it lowered further to improve the handling. Will if I lower it 70mm from where it is, I have a 20-30mm arch gap, which would be a low metro 6r4. Basically if I put the shell too low on it, I’m worried I’m going to have to run it with the suspension higher than I’d like. But the reality is in terms of floorpan, the metro is only up about 15mm…. I’ve pondered on it a lot and I hope I have it right.
Yes, it has 51k on it, but plan to do the usual IMS/RMS maintainance. It as close as you could realistically get being a 24v 6 cylinder, and performance orientated. Most v6 are for larger saloons
New subscriber great concept, I’ve done something similar with a tt powered Skoda fabia, I’ve been at it for 4 years now but the end is in sight hopefully
Very interesting project. 👍 Hope this isn't a stupid question but is there a reason you decided to graft the Metro body onto the Boxster floorpan rather than just cutting the floor out of the Metro, sliding the boxster drivetrain underneath it and then fabricating the various mounts and floor panels to suit? Seems (at first glance) like that would, at least, have maintained the integrity of the Metro shape better, so there'd be less "peripheral" work, such as modifying doors and, of course, the Boxster floorpan itself. I ask because I have a (sort of) similar project in mind. I like the size and shape (and the comfort) of the Discovery 3 but I'm not at all keen on the running gear, engine or electronics. My plan is, basically, to stuff a TD5 Defender 110 chassis underneath a D3 body and then cut/modify the floor of the D3 so it'll bolt to the Defender chassis and I should, hopefully, be able to complete the vehicle using the Defender drivetrain and ancillary parts.... and end up with a vehicle that can make use of any aftermarket mechanical parts designed to fit a Defender.
I done it this way because the metro chassis/body is by comparison very weak, and it’s not designed to handle the power or stresses of the drivetrain. It was also rusty but that wasn’t a deciding factor. Basically the boxster chassis is far superior to a metro designed in the 70s. I’m pretty sure you can now do such engine conversions on discovery 3, I think you can get a kit to fit up the bmw m57 (td6), maybe a td5 adapter is available. My concern would be that a defender is a pretty crude thing to drive. An engine conversion on a disco 3 would probably be the best of both worlds. I’ve a Range Rover classic and I’ve drove a defender and I wouldn’t rate them that highly, even the 80s Range Rover is nicer to drive.
@@pedenconceptz Thanks. I figured the standard Metro shell might be a bit floppy although that could be fixed with bracing. I guess, if the boxster has a lot of complicated suspension, it will be much easier to just transplant the entire floor into the Metro instead of trying to replicate all the boxster brackets and geometry.
