1985 MG Metro 6R4 [LC8]

1985 MG Metro 6R4 [LC8] in Too Fast To Race, Documentary, 1997

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Author	Message
Weasel1984 ◊ 2007-01-31 00:00	-- Last edit: 2016-11-27 12:00:48
Exiv96 ◊ 2007-01-31 00:06	The one on the third pic has an "X" plate, from 1981-1982 ! Isn't that too early ?
Sunbar ◊ 2007-01-31 01:44	Yes, too early for the Metro 6R4, except that the first cars would probably be registered as individual cars. So as the cars were not around in 1981-82 this possibly means one of three alternatives. They chose to re-use an existing registration - its possible providing the registration is before and not after when the car was built. I cannot see any advantage to this however. The body of the car originally held that registration. I think this is unlikely even if the Maestro floorpan (as I understand that's what they used) was of that age, it was modified so greatly that they did not have to use the same VIN number. The engine came from a the car originally that held that registration. So maybe it was a development car that, at the time it was registered, used an engine from an existing performance car?
BeanBandit ◊ 2007-01-31 12:25	Here's the article of the car, it seems, that the first prototype was made in 1982. http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?mgrev6r4f.htm
keef ◊ 2007-06-30 14:12	lc8