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 RUclipsrs” 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.
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
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!
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Progress! Enjoying this build thoroughly, loving hearing all the thought processes and decisions! Such an iconic silhouette 😎 subscribed and invested !!! 👍✊
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 RUclips.
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.
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 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 ..
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
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
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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
....safety ...it's a 6R4. Best line ever!
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 ❤️👍
Thanks, I thought it could do with being a bit more professional but I do see some people like it this way. 🤷♂️ so maybe il not change too much
@@pedenconceptz so much better the way you’re doing it,no need to change anything tbh there are so many “professional RUclipsrs” out there these days and they get boring fast,keep up the great work 👍🏼
"Only several hundred small jobs"😂😂 thanks for sharing the build, really enjoying seeing it come together 👍
Well, it sounds better like that does it not? lol
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 👍
@@dermotmcloughlin9609 I was thinking the same thing.
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.
Love the safety assessment "cant be any worse than a real 6R4" 😂 awesome build, looking forward to seeing this done 👍
Nice work, I agree on your work ethic of breaking the work into chunks
You've done a cracking job on the tailgate. Well done!
Another great video! Who else has been following John's work since the max power days! All those slammed cars! Some craic. Lurgans finest
my new favourite build channel for sure
Thanks very much, that high praise because there are some good ones currently!
Love your patience & commitment & your not phased by anything. Keep up the great episodes.
Thanks, I haven’t had to throw anything across the room yet… lol
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
Parts are hard to get now!!
This project is really coming along, mate, well done, you’re showing modest but great skills
Thanks, that is kind of 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!
Thanks, well yes, but the main priority is to try keep the water out of the outside of it. But yes, nothing to them!
Great advice on tackling a project. Anyone can eat an Elephant you just do it one little bite at a time! Carry on Sir.
The Metro 986r4 is going well. Great work.
This is brilliant, well deserving of all the traction you’re getting with views. Look forward to each new video John, all the best going forward!
Thanks very much, im build it anyway so I may as well film it, and it means I need to keep at it
Love the progress 👍
One step at a time.
I’ve been an admirer of your work for many years. It’s great to see behind the scenes rather than just the outcome. 👏🏻
Well I thought I’d give it a go! Thanks for watching
Love this project, can't wait to see it finished, great work john
It's looking good, you are spening the time to get it right which is good to see. I look forward to the next episode and ultimately its completion.
Yes thanks, il spend all the time on it that it needs!
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!
Thanks Clark!
Stumbled across your content today and now have watched and up to speed…….LOVE IT, spot in so far fella. 👊
Thanks very much for watching them! 👍
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.
No problem at all! Thanks
You’ve made huge progress buddy, it’s looking fab 😊
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.
Yes, I was thinking I should really do that, 👍
@@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.
Haha I love it cut it now cross the bridge later when comes to it this man is not afraid to use the grinder class unreal project
It's great to see another video. The metro is coming on nicely 👌🏻
Can't wait for more 😁
For someone who has never done anything like this before you are making a brilliant job, looking forward to seeing the next episode!
Thanks very much
John, your build is just fantastic, and I am really enjoying your content. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful project with us! 🍻
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
Fantastic build! Really enjoying watching this one.
Cool, thanks for watching
Love it. Love you enthusiasm and attention to detail. I wouldn’t ride a motorbike either…but I’d drive this😁
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.
Yes i watch that show also!
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.
I think they were even lower than that, maybe £14k?!? Thanks
Amazing handwork! This car is gonna look gorgeous after is done, judging by the work done so far!
Hopefully, I’m prepared to put the work in to make it right.
Nice work. All metro rear windows are the same size as is the appertute for hatch. You made the right choise going with what you have.
Yea, I couldn’t be sure that if bought an older tailgate if it would fit any better, or If the glass (Perspex) size is specific to the 6r4
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.
It could be a while before I run out of things to do.
Progress! Enjoying this build thoroughly, loving hearing all the thought processes and decisions! Such an iconic silhouette 😎 subscribed and invested !!! 👍✊
You're doing a fine job of this crazy project
Another great video, look8ng forward to. The next one, your knowledge and patience and the will to give it a go is great 👍
I don’t know about patients… but I guess it just takes as long as it takes. It’s enjoyable though so that helps
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 RUclips.
Well if you set the bar pretty low it’s easy to achieve… in terms of safety
Nice work. Tailgate and rear panel looks Bob on. Only a few more hundred hurdles, but looking well.
Maybe only 298 jobs left!
Good job, very interesting, look forward to the next time.
Nice work with the rear end, it’s interesting to see how Rover changed the structure of the hatch when doing the facelift.
Really good work so far really enjoying your videos. Can’t wait to see it complete. Keep up the great work
Brilliant vision, looking forward to seeing this progress. Thank-you for sharing.
The wee motor’s looking fab already. Loving your approach.
I’m a biker, and wouldn’t be at all worried about the lack of crumple zones 😂
Well, I like at least some tin around me. But in the wrong hands it’s as dangerous as anything else.
I totally echo the other comments here, great build and loving the updates. Looking forward to the next video already.
Thank you
Great work John 👍
Looking amazing already! Great attention to detail, can’t wait to see this at a show or on track!
Thanks, I do like details, not as much as some people do but they are important,
Loving this content, great work and I can't wait to see this progress. Keep 'er lit!
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 still have my regular work to do but making the videos means I need to keep working on this, but it’s enjoyable anyway
Really enjoying this build. Great job!
Coming along great,you are doing an amazing job, looking forward to next episode
Great progress fella, really enjoy watching this thanks 👍
Looking really good. Anyone ever told you that you sound like the late legend Dr John Hinds (TT doctor).
Thanks! No, that’s a new one on me! If I sound like a doctor it can’t be too bad! A top man I hear!
brilliant channel this, love the content and the style - watching this with fascination!
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
Fantastic episode well done its coming together very nicely
Thanks, there was a good few days work in it
This thing is coming on quickly! Great work!
Love this build! Great approach and great work!
Thanks very much
Brilliant effort this: really enjoying seeing this come together 👍
This is a cool build, I can't wait to see it finished ❤
Just happened across you channel and this is awesome! Subscribed. Love 6r4's and this is a cool out there project. Respect man.
PS is that your Escort? That is sick
Yes, it is, there’s a Quick Look at it in the second video I done. Thanks
@@pedenconceptz Ah cool, thanks
great video and fantastic work and your right just a little bit at a time and before you know it it will be time to paint thanks for sharing
Enjoying this project, keep up the quality work...!
Thanks, yes well that’s the plan. I’m sort of at the point that if something displeases me… I’d just do it again
Fantastic job, thinking on your feet as you go,love your videos, keep it up ❤
I think when you don’t really know what way you’re going to get the job done… that’s all you can do. Usually always a way round each problem
Excellent video. It's really starting to come together.
Mate thats epic from where i sit your doing a great job!
Your doing an amazing job and there must be someone in the uk who’s driving to Ireland this summer who could bring you some parts 🤔
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 ..
Yes, you see this is what I’m saying, it’s all relative! Certainly not a car to measure safety by
Your learning as your going along but doing a good job mate just keep plodding on it will get there 😁😁🤘🤘
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
Well, I’ve enough to get the job done I hope anyway!! Thanks
Lovely job on that rear boot lid
Loving this build mate.
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
Thanks very much, it looked straight forwards but I did mess about for 2 days at it… though the filming slows it a bit
Just realised you look like Jonny Evans 🤔 love the build btw
Coming along nicely!👍👍
Great work John ! 🇮🇪
Thanks very much!
Good stuff. Tidy work.
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!
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 🤤
Thanks very much for watching, glad you liked it!
Tidy work on the tailgate, nice one
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
Cant wait till this little beast is finished 😅
Tremendous work! Will be neat as in body colour 🙌🏼
Brilliant work . Entertaining video keeps up the great work
Super work😊
Brilliant Artwork🤩
Very interesting indeed , Nice work 😀😀💯👍👍
You sir have skills! Great job
I’ve been doing bodywork for over 20 years so I’d need to be able to do a half decent job at this stage! Lol
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.
Awesome project! Love it!
Sick work!
Loving this build 🇬🇧
Very impressive well done 👍
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.
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
I can’t turn on notifications for your videos . Not sure if it’s something on your end . Loving the build !
Thanks, il look into that, I’m not sure about these things at the moment, it’s all new to me
Will you be putting a bespoke cage in the finished project?
Yes, I did say that at the beginning I think
I'd view it as acceptable to use panel bonding adhesive to fill that fuel hole. Plate from the back thin skim of fibreglass filler over the front.
I’ve done that job already for the next video, I welded it.
@@pedenconceptz ah ok mate
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
Thanks, get the head down, sounds like you’re about there! I might have seen that somewhere too…
Great work again