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To me the reg looks like A955 MHO not A955 WHO
DVLA brings up
Registration number: A955 MHO
✗ Untaxed
Tax due: 01 July 1993
MOT
No details held by DVLA
Vehicle details
Vehicle make :AUSTIN
Date of first registration :02 July 1984
Year of manufacture :1984
Cylinder capacity (cc) :1275cc
CO₂Emissions :Not available
Fuel type :PETROL
Vehicle status :Not taxed
Vehicle colour :WHITE
Vehicle type approval :Not available
Wheelplan :2 AXLE RIGID BODY
Revenue weight :Not available
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 Elswick Envoy has a similiar platform layout, could that Metro be its succesor? |
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having done shed loads of photo restoration, i cant see anything in this photo that would say 'film fluke' or photoshop of any kind.
it would be exceptionally hard to get a result like that.
it seems legit to take a wonky blurry photo of some odd ball car - no reason why this wouldnt be real in my eyes
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The photo was taken in a hurry precisely because the unusual car had been spotted, and the quality of the shot being because a film-type camera had to be summoned. The grilles are not the same image doubled, and there is nothing in the photo to supply the blanks under the headlights, so it's not a distorted photograph - that car really did look like that. Looking at the lines of the Metro below, you can see it was extended up just how and where a coachbuilder would've chosen to do it..  This is all, of course, opinion. But i'd bet December's beer on it. |
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The person we need to ask is the photographer - did he see a crazy Metro and take a photograph...or did he take a picture of a normal Metro and end up with a crazy photo? If the car is real, then someone's gone to an enormous amount of effort to produce something with little purpose...or at least a purpose that could have been fulfilled with much less effort involved. For what it's worth here's the original post where I first saw the pic... It does appear that the photographer saw it, grabbed a pic and that was that! www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153762548802566&set=gm.10153399437704900&type=3&pnref=story |
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Not sure what to make of it, one thing that is different to a stock metro is the headlights appear to be upright and flush, unlike a normal metro where they were upright and set back??
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Not sure what to make of it, one thing that is different to a stock metro is the headlights appear to be upright and flush, unlike a normal metro where they were upright and set back?? Standard metro lights. Set back on absolute base models and flush on higher spec, same on mk1 and mk2 |
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Not sure what to make of it, one thing that is different to a stock metro is the headlights appear to be upright and flush, unlike a normal metro where they were upright and set back?? Standard metro lights. Set back on absolute base models and flush on higher spec, same on mk1 and mk2 I see what v8ian means though. The headlamps seem to be mounted more upright than on a standard Metro. And I've just noticed that the whole front is much shorter than the standard Metro too.   |
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I think the angle of the headlights is the least of our worries here! ;-)
Maybe it was a necessity so they didn't point towards the sky?
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my eyes !!!!! hope someone solves this.
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Standard metro lights. Set back on absolute base models and flush on higher spec, same on mk1 and mk2 I see what v8ian means though. The headlamps seem to be mounted more upright than on a standard Metro. And I've just noticed that the whole front is much shorter than the standard Metro too. It isn't, it's just the angle of the picture. |
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So, assuming it's legit, it must surely be some sort of test mule for one of these? Can't think of any other reason for its existence...  |
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Wouldn't be a test mule for that, A test mule wouldn't be needed for something like that as it's just a Metro with an extension on the roof and altered rear entrance. That's just a simple solution to getting a wheelchair in the back.
The actually being driven by a wheelchair user suggestion is by far the most plausible (can't think of possible reason for it).
It has to be real though. There is no reason whatsoever for such a blurry, rushed photo of a normal Metro to be taken. Also, when it is photoshopped back to look exactly like a normal Metro down the flanks, the front end is still different in several ways. Also, there is clearly a round badge on the grille which there wouldn't have been on a normal Metro.
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After studying the photo some more, I notice that the bottom grill seems to have a Austin Rover badge on it and the centre section between the top and bottom grills is painted black as there aren't any slats. The top badge looks like a Nissan badge. Did Nissan have this style badge back when the photo was taken?  |
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I suspect it's a makers badge - which bears a blurring resemblance to the Nissan one (Can't see any reason why it would be a Nissan badge TBH)
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Could be a MG badge?
Remarkable to see this beeing unsolved.
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Maybe I've been looking at the image and the other thread too much, but does the logo look like the AC Badge to anyone else....  |
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Could be a MG badge? Remarkable to see this beeing unsolved. MG badge was my thoughts as well Edit: Also, they're faint but, the tall metro seems to have the red lines at the top and bottom of the upper grille like the MG?  |
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Thought so too, but wasn't AC to busy to go bankrupt with the 3000ME?
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I wasn't trying to fool anyone with a shot of a normalised Metro. I literally took a line that went across the body of the car and then out to the edge of the photo via the cement mixer. The object being to prove just how normal this picture might have been and how easy it would be to rectify the potential anomaly. My personal theory is that it's some sort of in-camera film-slip fluke. Not a deliberate attempt to fool anyone just a weird picture of a normal scene. The person we need to ask is the photographer - did he see a crazy Metro and take a photograph...or did he take a picture of a normal Metro and end up with a crazy photo? If the car is real, then someone's gone to an enormous amount of effort to produce something with little purpose...or at least a purpose that could have been fulfilled with much less effort involved. I still agree with this |
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