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metro sleeper
woodster - 8/5/10 at 08:51 AM

great looking sleeper ...... ntdwm

http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21833

gottabedone - 8/5/10 at 10:33 AM

......perfect sleeper - dodgy bodywork and on steelies!!................this must put some noses out of joint

Mark G - 8/5/10 at 01:34 PM

I saw one of these at castle combe a couple of weeks ago. The guy fitted it with a 1.8 engine from a MGF or MGTF, I don't remember which. He was an engineer for rover and helped design the engine. He'd tweeked his to get 185 bhp. Stripped and caged the inside and fitted it with R888's.

It cruised around combe and was a propper little car.

loggyboy - 8/5/10 at 01:52 PM

Gotta love a sleeper...

Miss mine lots.

Dan. - 9/5/10 at 12:16 AM

my mate has essentially the same car... awesome fun

Steve Hignett - 9/5/10 at 08:18 AM

That's cool...

(is £800 a good/bad price?)

loggyboy - 9/5/10 at 10:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
That's cool...

(is £800 a good/bad price?)


With tax and ticket its fair. Only issue with metros is the limted chassis tweaks available.
If I was affer a sub£1k hot hatch sleeper it would be another Nova or maybe a Pug 205/106.

pgtips - 9/5/10 at 08:16 PM

Ha looks like fun.

P.S can someone tell me what sleeper means??

Benzine - 9/5/10 at 08:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pgtips

P.S can someone tell me what sleeper means??


A car that's been modified internally but looks as close to standard as possible. A wolf in sheep's clothing. Sleepers ftw.

iank - 9/5/10 at 09:09 PM

Sometimes called Q cars, after the Q ships of WW2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship

Edit: Apparently sleeper is the American version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-car


[Edited on 9/5/10 by iank]

beaver34 - 9/5/10 at 09:59 PM

looks a bargain to me, 150bhp cheap tax and insurance

Wumps - 9/5/10 at 11:57 PM

I know all about sleepers I had an old mint 1.1 fiesta shell with a 1800 zetec turbo engine in before this kit car

skydivepaul - 13/5/10 at 03:53 PM

nice sleeper, bargain at £800.00
good thing about cars like that is they don't attract attention from thieves either

pgtips - 13/5/10 at 07:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
quote:
Originally posted by pgtips

P.S can someone tell me what sleeper means??


A car that's been modified internally but looks as close to standard as possible. A wolf in sheep's clothing. Sleepers ftw.


Aaaaaa cheers mate

Browser - 17/5/10 at 06:03 PM

Imagine that car with those steels banded wider by about 50mm and some Audi-Quattro/Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione bulged arches fitted, that would be proper tough!

Major Stare - 18/5/10 at 11:16 PM

About 7 years ago I had a Metro with a 1.8 MGF engine

A 1.4 gti but with a 1.8 MGF K series engine. Stripped it out, uprated the clutch and brakes, Emerald ECU by Dave Walker, head work, Cams, Throttle Bodies, oil cooler, etc etc. Got it to 182bhp.

Was a hoot