To: metropolitan@listserv.azstarnet.com
From: ghenry@ilos.net
Subject: Re: Met Mail
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 97 20:02:53 -0400

Nathan


>Do I go with the original color or is it ok to change the car's color as
>long as I use one of the original color schemes or is it ok to paint it
>any color I want?  What about the interior?  How about adding a new
>gauge to the dash?  Chroming parts of the engine?  

Do what YOU want.   Do you want a "restored" Met or do you want a Met the
way you want it?   Both are OK.   I am sticking to the original colour,
Coral Red (Salmon) as it is a "'50,s" colour, but I am taking out the
switches under the radio & putting in an Oil Gauge, Temp Gauge & Tak.   I
am not chroming any parts on the engine as that doesn't make it work any
better!   As I have a automatic, I am moving the ignition to the whole
were the shifter was.    This is what I am doing, but do your oun thing.  


Re:   Year of your Met.   Imported cars use to be dated by the year that
they were sold, not the year they were made.   So, if a car was at a
dealer's for 2 years and not sold it would have been dated as the newer
year.   This was because imported cars really didn't change from year to
year.

About the engine.   There are a number of engine/trans combos that will
fit in very good.   Unless you want to beef up the front end, you have to
watch the weight that you are dropping in, but other than that what ever
fits...

Gerald

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