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£1,736

1985 Austin Metro Vanden Plas

United Kingdom • 21 Jun 2023

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Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1985 Metro, showing 55,000 miles, features a manual gearbox and a flashy dark blue exterior with red details, despite originally being gold. The car has undergone modifications, with money seemingly spent on its appearance, though paperwork is lacking.

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Condition 

5

The car presents well with a flashy dark blue exterior, striking red detail, and a seemingly impressive engine bay. However, the color isn't original, it has non-original modifications such as sticker work and mud flaps, and it has an inaccurate mileage and a replaced dash.

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Manual

Transmission:

SAXXFZWD9AD485938

Chassis No:

Odometer:

55,000 miles

B838AFJ

Reg Number:

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Description Showing 55,000 miles only; Vanden Plas manual gearbox; ideal for the 1980s fan First registered in May 1985, this Metro displays all the right detail to be shown at that Metro festival you have been planning on going to for years! Presenting well for the auction, it was last put through an MOT on the 1 st June this year which revealed no advisories and has driven just over 5,000 miles since.

(NOT actually true - it has in fact only travelled about 20 miles since the last MOT.

We understand from Experian that this Metro was originally gold coloured but is of course now sporting its flashy dark blue with striking red detail, associated go-faster sticker work and some new looking METRO mud flaps.

(Yes, that is what you can see hanging down in the main photo!) We have to assume that a lot of money has been spent on this car at one point, given the appearance it has inside, outside and within the pretty impressive looking engine bay, although there is little paperwork to conf...

Points of note

£1,736

Lowest Price (Since 2020)

£3,920

Median Price (Since 2020)

£6,156

Highest Price (Since 2020)

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World Record

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Bottom 20%

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Rare Sale

This vehicle comes to market rarely. In auction records we've only seen 10 sold before

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