Saw the Metro at Brands Hatch in July 2023. It was at the Super Touring Power Event. Its being looked after by Patrick Watts, there is a video of it on JMS on cars. He is looking after 4 of them (i think there was 6 of them made althogher)
Great video Oscar, I maybe in the market for an SD1 vitesse and mk1 metro turbo later in the year but think these 2 examples are a tad above my budget 😀 Keep the videos coming mate I really enjoy them. Cheers Russ
Sounds like they didn't have a clue what that SD1 really was, but it turned out for the best as it's back on track where it belongs and winning races rather than cooped up in the museum. The Metro is a tricky one to pin down as they swapped race numbers between cars; there's a long thread on the TenTenths motorsport forum discussing them, which suggests this one was bought from the auction by a chap for his teenage son. It may now belong to ex touring car racer Patrick Watts, who owns at least two other BTCC Metros, one of which had bizarrely ended up racing in the USA!
Only a theory was the austin A55 built into a goodwood car for the ealy revival St Mays trophy Would seem a very cheap way to buy a solid base to start a build
The range rover chassis does still exist as a bare chassis because I have seen it a few times as local shows in Wiltshire in the past 5 years. It was made as lefthand drive so show the gearbox better.
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Saw the Metro at Brands Hatch in July 2023. It was at the Super Touring Power Event. Its being looked after by Patrick Watts, there is a video of it on JMS on cars. He is looking after 4 of them (i think there was 6 of them made althogher)
Great video Oscar, I maybe in the market for an SD1 vitesse and mk1 metro turbo later in the year but think these 2 examples are a tad above my budget 😀
Keep the videos coming mate I really enjoy them. Cheers Russ
Thanks Russ. They are also out of my budget!
Sounds like they didn't have a clue what that SD1 really was, but it turned out for the best as it's back on track where it belongs and winning races rather than cooped up in the museum. The Metro is a tricky one to pin down as they swapped race numbers between cars; there's a long thread on the TenTenths motorsport forum discussing them, which suggests this one was bought from the auction by a chap for his teenage son. It may now belong to ex touring car racer Patrick Watts, who owns at least two other BTCC Metros, one of which had bizarrely ended up racing in the USA!
I used the information chassis number information on tentenths.com and the description to the Metro sale listing also confirmed it was the Gaydon car.
Another good video 👍👍👍⭐️👏👏👏
Thank you 👍
Ouch, that SD1 must've hurt. Reminder to look at what you have before selling off!
I know, when I discovered the story I was amazed!
Had to watch it twice missed the last car stunning level of information.
Wow, thanks!
Only a theory was the austin A55 built into a goodwood car for the ealy revival St Mays trophy
Would seem a very cheap way to buy a solid base to start a build
Not a bad theory, but wouldn't they have kept it SORN'd rather than taxed for the road? (Appreciate its free historic tax)
The SD1 was a bargain.
Definitely!
The range rover chassis does still exist as a bare chassis because I have seen it a few times as local shows in Wiltshire in the past 5 years. It was made as lefthand drive so show the gearbox better.
Great info, thanks!
@@oscarsgarage447 its owned by the Range Rover register. Plenty of photos on their website of it
Excellent Oscar, how can that Metro be priced at£97500. Think what you could buy for that kind of money???
Well as they say, someone will only pay what something is worth...