For Sale : 1990 Rover Metro GTi 16v
Mileage : 50, 753
MOT : 05/ 03/ 2025 - No advisories
1 key
Later MPI engine fitted
I have just spent £1, 922. 30p on brand new driver and passenger side front floor’s from a previous MOT advisory.
For sale is my 1990 genuine Rover Metro GTi 16v. I purchased this at a car auction in August 2022. It had only recently been recommissioned. A previous owner had passed away and it was left rotting on the driveway. It was then purchased years later and had a glass out full re-spray.
Parts replaced on recommission:
Engine: Water pump, timing belt, spark plugs, air filter, oil filter, fuel filter, all lubricants and coolant.
Fuel System: Fuel pump, inertia cut off switch, fuel gauge sender. pressure hose, wire loom to fuel pump.
Brakes: Nearside front caliper, master cylinder, front discs and pads, brake hoses, rear shoes, handbrake
cable.
Suspension: Rear offside radius arm pivot and bearings, knuckle joint, hydrogas valve, new tyres x5.
Bodywork: Wheel arches x2, rear bumper, head lights, fog lamp, reflector, rubber window seals, petrol filler hose, front driver side lock mechanism, bonnet grills x2.
Internal: Head lining, under carpet, rear seat belts.
Since I have owned it from 2022, I have fitted :
•Brand new reproduction front arch, door & rear quarter bump strips with red line coach tape
•Brand new reproduction spoiler bolt covers
•Brand new old stock engine fan
•Brand new old stock ‘Metro’ badge
•Brand new old stock ‘GTi 16v’ badge
•Brand new Kerr Nelson radiator fan temperature switch
•Brand new tailored car mats
•Brand new Tarox front discs, pads and brake fluid (April 2023)
•NGK spark plugs (April 2023)
•Really good condition outside door window seals
•Brand new Rover clear side repeaters
•Brand new interior light switch and bulb
•Rover 100 clear rear lights
•Brand new Sigma S30 thatcham alarm, led retro fitted to oem alarm switch
•Brand new Bluetooth head unit
Reason for sale is I have had a child and along with a Mini, I can’t have too many impractical cars.
The car at some point has been fitted with a later MPi engine. Last time I used it, it run and drove nicely.
Although it was fully repainted, every panel has orange peel in it. 2 centre caps are missing, I have been searching for over a year and can’t find any genuine ones.
Bar one headlight, all glass, taillights and headlight have the original number plate etched in.
Previous owners description:
“Originally registered 21 s’ November 1990, there is no recorded history prior to 2020 except for DVLA MOT records where the last record was for 26th January 2007 at 49, 748 miles which was close to the odometer reading of 49, 801 when purchased by me. That MOT advisory shows that the footwell was already badly corroded. I bought the car on 8th September 2020 from in Woking who owned it only for a short time. He had purchased it from the neighbouring family of the deceased former owner with the intention of restoring it, but because of redundancy, decided to sell it instead. When the former owner died the car was left at the end of his garden for years and during that period the car deteriorated and all documentation was mislaid. re-registered the car in 2020 prior to sale. The V5C document now shows 5 owners prior to me.
I bought the car as a non-runner (no petrol to engine) with a seized rear wheel, rusted wheel arches and with a rust hole in the roof which had allowed water in, destroying the roof lining and collecting in the boot area where it had rusted through the floor. The front offside jacking point was detached from the main chassis and the drivers footwell was badly corroded. The spare wheel compartment was badly dented. The first stage of restoration was to rectify the structural damage, overhaul the engine, transmission, brakes and suspension so that the car would pass an MOT. Most of this work was carried out by my local garage
owner (Ho’s Motors) assisted by myself. Mr Ho charged me for his work and his invoice, which details the work carried out is attached. The car gained it’s MOT on 23rd October 2020 at 49, 806 miles with no advisories.
In my own garage, I stripped out the interior and removed all trims before delivering the car in November 2020 to in Dunstable for cosmetic body repairs and a complete windows out, doors and tailgate off respray. Replacement external wheel arches were fitted to the offside front and nearside rear. Holes in the roof, boot floor, footwell, and front nearside inner wheel arches were repaired using new metal. The body, doors, and rear hatch were all resprayed to the original colour, White Diamond (code MNM). The work took about six weeks to complete and cost over £2, 000, I separately purchased any necessary materials.
From December 2020 to April 2021 I refitted the interior with a replacement under carpet, head lining, windscreen and side window rubbers. A number of electrical accessory faults were rectified plus the rear fog light was replaced as corrosion had started on the reflectors. Exterior trims were refitted. I retained as much original as possible and replaced only with the correct parts. Due to availability some of those were used items that were refurbished.
