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Curt
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RIP Richard Burns
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Last Edit: Mar 2, 2005 23:22:58 GMT by Curt
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Isnt that the car from Retro Cars magazine?
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racer86
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'76 Toyota KP30 / '73 BMW 2002 / '93 Mini
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Benmarina16v
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1974 2ltr 16 Valve Marina Coupe 200Bhp On The Way
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Very nice! I like that it has been kept factory. Only 250 made so I surpose you could say it is quite rare...  |
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Well cool!  It's even got the engine in the right place! ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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very tasty indeed
That 205 has made me think actually (first time for everything).
Ive seen road going versions of all the main Group B cars at one time and another but never a Metro 6R4, not even a photo.
I presume they must have made 200 of them, where are they all???
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Benmarina16v
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1974 2ltr 16 Valve Marina Coupe 200Bhp On The Way
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Was the 6RA based on a maestro chassis?
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'87 2.8 Ford Capri '74 2.0 16V Marina Coupe '72 1800TC Saloon '72 1800TC Coupe -------------------------------------------- www.morrismarina.net |
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you're opening a big can of worms there! judging by the arguments still raging in Retro Cars, everyone has their own opinion on how the 6R4 was built... what chassis, whether it was a cut-down V12, is it rear- or mid-engined etc etc all i know is it's a f'king hard car  i presume all the 'road' versions were sold to private racers, as i can't remember ever seeing a non-racing 6r4.  |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Damn! I thought DarrenW would be straight in with a pic
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As far as I know the Metro 6R4 had a bespoke chassis, designed by TWR I think, and the engine wasn't a cut down version of anything, for development they originally used a cut down Rover V8, but early on they realised that it would be completely unsuitable for the job and long before the rally cars and homologation versions were finished they were using bespoke engines.
I think! ;D ;D
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Benmarina16v
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'87 2.8 Ford Capri '74 2.0 16V Marina Coupe '72 1800TC Saloon '72 1800TC Coupe -------------------------------------------- www.morrismarina.net |
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i think the rev is right,thats exactly what i have heard from many sources.as for road going 6r4's i have seen one but its very hard to tell it was.the one i saw was plain white and the only difference i could see were the seats and it had standard metro door cards.
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oh yeah and as we all know twr went on to develop the engine and put it in tha jag xj220.
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As far as I know the Metro 6R4 had a bespoke chassis, designed by TWR I think, and the engine wasn't a cut down version of anything, for development they originally used a cut down Rover V8, but early on they realised that it would be completely unsuitable for the job and long before the rally cars and homologation versions were finished they were using bespoke engines. I think! ;D ;D pretty much correctamundo! the original develpoment engine was a cut down Rover V8, but then they used a different design V6, the later V6 evolution engines are rumoured to have cost a million quid a piece.. I seem to remember that there are only maybe door handles and the odd switch that was from the metro, everything else is unique too make a totally brutal veh-ickle! I think that Gaydon might have had a road going 6r4, but they are soooooooooo rare as probably 95% of the road goers have been raced rallied and trashed  |
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I'm dressed in black again until someone invents a darker colour.
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HytestA
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Cant beat a good bit of rubbing :D
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Can someone explain why the Pug has 'Rear seat belts' listed in the safety features  I had a mate who attempted to build a 6R4 lookie-likey a few years back, I thought it was a bad idea when he told me. He never finished it, he was a fool though. This is the same person who painted his initials on his escort roof so helicopters could see who he was !  that to me says it all |
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Kris
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very tasty indeed That 205 has made me think actually (first time for everything). Ive seen road going versions of all the main Group B cars at one time and another but never a Metro 6R4, not even a photo. I presume they must have made 200 of them, where are they all??? There was a white one for sale in Classic and Sportscar back in 2001 for £25,000, not the kind of thing you forget!  |
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the trouble with making 6R4 replicas is that the wheelbase is longer than a standard metro so if you put a kit on a metro the wheels do not sit in the right place in the arches.
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i presume all the 'road' versions were sold to private racers, as i can't remember ever seeing a non-racing 6r4.
