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Looking good Rhys,
I like the way were seeing the "Dusty" pics so it looks
1,000 times better when polished

Will it be ready for city of culture ? 2008

I had them on my mk1 xr2 and they are great matey stop you on a penny.

well have made a bit of a rash decision on engine the other night, it was suggested to me a while back on using a kseries engine and a type 9 gearbox using a bellhousing supplied from cateram. I started thinking and decided to phone my mate tony who has a metro gti sitting on his drive £75 and its mine. Will be pulling the engine out at the weekend. Performance wise it produces 105bhp. I think this will be plenty but if it isnt I would then be able to easily change it to a 1.6 or 1.8 version as they are identical. Herald should also be finished friday. Heres a pic for now.

why are you changing the engine again? is it an insurance thing or just that you want it on the road now?

with this being your show car an elobrate turbo engine would be nice to see under the bonnet wouldn't you think?

its a nice car, i judt think you shoud have the oomph under the bonnet to match that scoop.

looks nice, personally i'd of gone zetec with a type9,(for keepin costs down) theirs a 1.8zetec in LJ scrappy in b'head for a little over a ton (i was gonna have it, but am going for a supercharger now)

k series were cool at first in the 90's but are a bit old and long in the tooth IMHO, i reckon new skool cool is where its at XE, zetec, duratec or even YB if you've got deep pockets lol what about a rover v8 or small block, should go in with no hassle?

i have a type9 in mine, and tbh am regretting it a little the ratios are too long, for a fast road car (if thats your plan) but hopefully i'll sort that when i get my LSD differential

ps keep up the good work, and lets see more pics

You are right in what you say but I am a bit inpatient. It been siting in the bodyshop for 13months now and whant to get some use out of it for the money I have been throwing at it. Let face it their is no point throwing money into something if your not going to get anything back lol. I have to say though that the 1.4 k series is plenty I would have thought. I remember when tony used to bring it down the cruise and he would take any1 on who wanted to race him. Plus I will be running 50bhp nos which is what it was running on when he used to come out in it. I do agree with you about the scoop at the time when I bought it I was planning a v8 but afetr a bit of research I have gone about my first rod the wrong way getting bodywork sorted first. I should have really had a fully boxed chassis made up and everything swapped over and then a respray but unfortunatley I didnt and I dont want to take any steps back as I will be loosing more money.

I think were all excited for you Rhys,
after all we were with you when it went in and we have all been watching like expecting fathers for the end result, your little baby....


At last the end is near

Looking really Nice.

13 months is nothing! i've lived without a car for over 2 years now! i know the impatients, after seeing my car straight from the bodyshop all i wanted was to get it on the road right away!

i've taken so long as i'm building the car how i like it, as are you. we all know the minute you start chucking money into your car your never going to see it back, hell i'm sure i've chucked over 5000 into mine already and have only drove it 1-2miles in these 2 years.

my point is although you may want to drive it and get some use out of what you have spent, you will feel alot better if you haven't of rushed it.

just make sure you don't get it on the road and wished you'd have spent more time sorting out an engine.

tbh i would use a 2.0 zetec, atleast then when you come to fit a Zetec turbo the costs could be kept down.

no dowt you will go for the metro then blow the engine up then go for a 2.0 zetec. while wasting more money....

only my oppinion but a sensible one at that.

Heres a few more pics I took today whilst I was fitting new window seals and doing a few bits and pieces. really need to get some 245 rear tyres as they look really narrow compared to the front which are 225, they are 195 at the moment.

Lookin great that Rhys, glad to see it coming along now. Can't wait to see it on the road!

Looks great looking forward to seeing it.

nice flatened paintwork there, awaiting compounding and a lavashing of wax!

Sweeeeeeeeeet! Looking good mate, bet you're getting more imapatient the closer it gets to being finished!

Well finaly removed the engine this weekend and managed to get it fitted into the herald heres the lates pic.


ha ha ha only joking, almost removed the engine just waiting for a engine hoist now to lift it out of the metro. Heres a pic of one fitted to a spitfire which shares all the parts with the herald.