• Year of manufacture 
    1988
  • Car type 
    Other
  • Chassis number 
    SAXXRWNP7AD570097
  • Engine number 
    8602
  • Lot number 
    17562
  • Drive 
    RHD
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Location
    United Kingdom
  • Exterior colour 
    White
  • Performance 
    166 PS / 123 kW / 164 BHP

Description

  • Fresh to market after twenty plus years in present ownership
  • Purchased in 1999 in need of a little TLC and the decision was made at the time to rebuild the car around a new Rover shell retaining the all important aluminium roof
  • In superb condition throughout. A photographic record of the restoration is in the history file
  • Mechanically, the car was running to 2.5 International specification and remains as such to this day
  • Campaigned with great success from 2000 to 2004 with a podium finish on almost every outing in the hands of Dave Jacobs
  • Fastidiously maintained but not campaigned in recent years, we are informed that there is very little required for this instantly recognisable piece of rally history to hit the tarmac once again.

Finished in Pure White this particular Metro 6R4 is fresh to market after being in the hands of its current custodian for in excess of twenty years. E264 AAM was purchased in 1999 in need of a little TLC and the decision was made at the time to rebuild the car around a new Rover shell retaining the all important aluminium roof. A photographic record of the restoration is retained within the history file. Completed to the very highest of standards and ready to compete once again, the car took the rallying world by storm with almost every entry that followed resulting in a podium finish. Mechanically, the car was running to 2.5 International specification and remains as such to this day. Fastidiously maintained but not campaigned in recent years, we are informed that there is very little required for this instantly recognisable piece of rally history to hit the tarmac once again.

MSA Rally Logbook

Engine 2.5 international-spec, professionally built using upgraded Arias pistons with intact MSA seal and certification, fitted with Pipercross air filters, fuel system uses a red-top lift pump into a swirlpot fed to a high-pressure Bosch pump

Gearbox, R&D gearbox with quick-release, 5-speed. big tooth, straight-cut dog box with quick-release quill shaft

Clutch, AP multi-plate hydraulic clutch

Diffs, Front and rear heavy-duty, rear is LSD, the centre diff is also LSD Ferguson-Formula viscous coupling epicyclical differential and modified, front diff is an open diff, car presently set up for Tarmac use with a 37-73% split

Drive shafts were replaced with heavy-duty items and CV joints changed to 6-bolt type all round

Lightweight wiring loom, 100 amp alternator, electrically heated front windscreen, lightweight battery

Carbon fibre dashboard and carbon fibre door-mounted navigators Coralba trip meter and map light fitted, VDO gauges used throughout,  X2 Motordrive race seats with 5-point Willans safety harnesses and foam helmet rack, also Peltor intercom system fitted

Brakes, AP 6-pot calipers all round running on 330 x 28mm discs fitted with Ferodo DS3000 brake pads with bias-adjustable, AP master cylinders and hydraulic hand brake with all flexible hoses and fittings from Aeroquip, bled with Castrol SRF DOT 4 fluid racing fluid

Cooling system with thick-core aluminium radiator and electric fan, and silicon water hoses throughout