Car SOS has to be the best car restoration show on TV. They have made so many people happy over the years even if there illness took them before they enjoyed the finished vehicle!
Spent a fair bit of time with my mate burning around in C870 EUD. Great cars, makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, noisy as hell but just love the sound they make. There's nothing better than the sound of an International spec 3.0 litre 6R4 engine screaming in your ears.
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 We were just reminiscing about the Eifel rally 2003 as you replied to this message. My mate was driving the Metro for Michael Kitt, I managed to get a seat in an Belga T16 for 3 stages till it blew up. Long story, but chance of a lifetime. No fire suit, jeans and a T shirt. Display rally rules, mental. Loving your 6R4 , what a car..
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 Unfortunately I haven't seen him in a good few years now I think he still lives on the I.O.M . Last I heard the Metro was getting restored and was being displayed at Williams F1 HQ . I'll have to dig out some pics of the 6R4 and get them on my Instagram page .
Me n my mates were at different stages of the Lombard RAC rallys in the 80's ... night stage near Tamworth, Sutton Park ... damn great memories and even better still great mates after 47 years ... pure magic 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I saw Tony Pond in 1985 at the Donegal Rally - That memory will never leave me - A modern R5 just dosen t cut it ! I just can't wait for this to air - The like of these cars will never be even dreamt of again! Thanks a mill !!
Thanks for posting the great video, car SOS is a great programme, about 4 years ago had them do my MG Midget Bonnet refit/paint matching and what a fantastic bunch they are, dealt with Dave a co owner, nice chap to deal with. The MG 6R4 is a dream car for me and I bet it's a real labour of love keeping it on the road, if it wasn't for guys like you these ground breaking cars of the group B era would be forgotten.. I used to marshal a few stages on the Lombard rally back in the day in deepest wales and Sutton Park and I have to say the 6R4's sound is the best, that growl is unmistakable..back in 87 I had a Metro Turbo, loved to drive it including the horrible torque steer..I blew the gearbox up in it and spent 2 weeks of a summer holiday fixing it..wish I still had it now...keep up the great work...
This was the best car SOS so far, all the better without the parts blagging nonsense, Tim is a proper car guy and very knowledgeable and I think that part of the show undermines him a bit. I was lucky enough to drive a road going 6R4 back in the day when we had one at the BL dealership I was working in for a launch evening. I have two overriding memories of the car, one it was quite difficult to drive and two how incredibly wide it felt on the road. With the benefit of hindsight these group B cars were dangerous but they were such a spectacle particularly in the forests I'm glad I was lucky enough to see them being driven in anger. Great car and a great show.
Thanks Phil, you're right they're an interesting thing to drive aren't they! As Tim said on the show, cars like these wont happen again, but you are also right about the safety of them!
Autoplas Metro 6R4 Can you imagine if the proposed group S had come to fruition, I remember a group of us talking to Michelle Mouton at a service halt in Wales on the RAC one year back in the days when the drivers didn't disappear into a waiting motor home and she was saying that although she would compete in the new cars that the drivers were worried that they were too fast because unlike a race track where there was catch fencing and run off area in rallying there were trees to hit.
I really enjoyed the episode on the 6R4, I saw one back in the day on a stage of the Lombard RAC it was amazing then and even watching this video also, Tim & Fuzz along with specialist’s help nailed it
watched the show last night, was just the best episode ive ever seen. and the David Gillanders wheel just was the perfect final touch - Fuzz is one lucky guy too
That looked fun, . Last year I watched a few episodes of,, car SOS,,and they had a 6R4 on a ramp up the corner,, it was in the works colours, I wasn't bothered about the car they were fixing ! I was just waiting for the Metro to come back into shot , Keep up the good work 👍👍
It was first aired on Thursday March 11th. Will be on repeat a few times I am sure. We couldn’t release this until after the show went out. All filmed after lockdown but before 2nd lockdowns. Lots of Covid tests etc and isolating to be able to go in the car together
Yes you may be right but we will keep these as special events cars, track days, classic car events, etc. There is no justification for "banning" classic cars and there will akways be fuel for them etc. You can still buy coal for stean engines can't you. Exactly the same. The total emissions from classic cars is tiny in comparison to the rest and most of them spend most of the time locked up anyway. If we're responsible, use non hydrocrbons for the boaring day to day stuff and classics for fun.
Car SOS has to be the best car restoration show on TV. They have made so many people happy over the years even if there illness took them before they enjoyed the finished vehicle!
It’s a great show and the handover is always emotional isnt it
Having just watched again the SOS video, brilliant to see the day of filming on here, nice one Dan
Many thanks Mark much appreciated
Spent a fair bit of time with my mate burning around in C870 EUD. Great cars, makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, noisy as hell but just love the sound they make. There's nothing better than the sound of an International spec 3.0 litre 6R4 engine screaming in your ears.
Wow what a stunning 6R4 to spend time with
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 We were just reminiscing about the Eifel rally 2003 as you replied to this message. My mate was driving the Metro for Michael Kitt,
I managed to get a seat in an Belga T16 for 3 stages till it blew up. Long story, but chance of a lifetime. No fire suit, jeans and a T shirt. Display rally rules, mental. Loving your 6R4 , what a car..
@@bonesXU1 I know Michael 👍 say hi from me
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 Unfortunately I haven't seen him in a good few years now I think he still lives on the I.O.M . Last I heard the Metro was getting restored and was being displayed at Williams F1 HQ . I'll have to dig out some pics of the 6R4 and get them on my Instagram page .
Me n my mates were at different stages of the Lombard RAC rallys in the 80's ... night stage near Tamworth, Sutton Park ... damn great memories and even better still great mates after 47 years ... pure magic 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
That’s fantastic!! Glad to hear it
I saw Tony Pond in 1985 at the Donegal Rally - That memory will never leave me - A modern R5 just dosen t cut it ! I just can't wait for this to air - The like of these cars will never be even dreamt of again! Thanks a mill !!
You're welcome, it went out on TV last night but will be repeated tonight apparently. Enjoy!
Thanks for posting the great video, car SOS is a great programme, about 4 years ago had them do my MG Midget Bonnet refit/paint matching and what a fantastic bunch they are, dealt with Dave a co owner, nice chap to deal with. The MG 6R4 is a dream car for me and I bet it's a real labour of love keeping it on the road, if it wasn't for guys like you these ground breaking cars of the group B era would be forgotten.. I used to marshal a few stages on the Lombard rally back in the day in deepest wales and Sutton Park and I have to say the 6R4's sound is the best, that growl is unmistakable..back in 87 I had a Metro Turbo, loved to drive it including the horrible torque steer..I blew the gearbox up in it and spent 2 weeks of a summer holiday fixing it..wish I still had it now...keep up the great work...
Thanks for the great message Martin.. it’s a lot of work but we are doing our best to keep the 6R4 flag flying. 👍
Brilliant....subscribed
Nice one thank you 👍
Thanks for sharing and making this possible Autoplas Metro 6R4
You’re welcome 👍 it was great to be a part of
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 Car SOS is the best resto show bar none!
@@andrewwww7684 totally agree... especially as they don’t look to sell it on they just give it back to the owner
Seriously looking forward to this!!!
Thanks Shaun 👍
Amazing ,,, always dreamed of have a ride in one, my favourite Group B rally car by far ,, Really enjoyed the Car SOS 6R4 episode , Great job guys
Thank you 👍
I love the sound of this car
Thanks Mark
This was the best car SOS so far, all the better without the parts blagging nonsense, Tim is a proper car guy and very knowledgeable and I think that part of the show undermines him a bit. I was lucky enough to drive a road going 6R4 back in the day when we had one at the BL dealership I was working in for a launch evening. I have two overriding memories of the car, one it was quite difficult to drive and two how incredibly wide it felt on the road. With the benefit of hindsight these group B cars were dangerous but they were such a spectacle particularly in the forests I'm glad I was lucky enough to see them being driven in anger. Great car and a great show.
Thanks Phil, you're right they're an interesting thing to drive aren't they! As Tim said on the show, cars like these wont happen again, but you are also right about the safety of them!
Autoplas Metro 6R4 Can you imagine if the proposed group S had come to fruition, I remember a group of us talking to Michelle Mouton at a service halt in Wales on the RAC one year back in the days when the drivers didn't disappear into a waiting motor home and she was saying that although she would compete in the new cars that the drivers were worried that they were too fast because unlike a race track where there was catch fencing and run off area in rallying there were trees to hit.
@@philnewstead5388 Yes 1000 bhp would have been madness in the forest for sure!
I really enjoyed the episode on the 6R4, I saw one back in the day on a stage of the Lombard RAC it was amazing then and even watching this video also, Tim & Fuzz along with specialist’s help nailed it
They did a great job on that car didnt they?!
The in car engine and transmission noise is just ... ... amazing 👍👍👍 I got goose bumps ... 🙂
Fuzz... "you wear the car 🚗"
Thank you 👍
watched the show last night, was just the best episode ive ever seen. and the David Gillanders wheel just was the perfect final touch - Fuzz is one lucky guy too
Thanks Steve, it really was a great episode... although I am a little biased of course
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 my eyes will be peeled for any passenger rides coming up :)
Watched it last night, great program.
I’ve seen your car a number of times now always amazing.
Many thanks Mark
Takes me back to the 80's Group B Rally era as a kid
Me too, seeing them on the RAC was what started it for me!
Great video, met Fuzz once at Kop Hill Climb, he gave me a lift 200yrds in the paddock in his pre war car, well done letting him have a steer.
Thanks David, lovely guy Fuzz isn’t he. Had loads of fun filming this
Best episode by far can’t beleive it was going to get scrapped. Top job by Ric Wood and co 👍
Yes incredible work and an amazing story
Absolutely brilliant, now subscribed 👍
Thank you!
What free to view channel? Have loved rallying since being a child back in the 50s/60s so really looking forward to this.
Brian it’s on NowTV and a few other places, the guys at Car SOS will be able to point you in the right direction
What an epic day for you. Fuzz was definitely being genuine at the end too.
Thanks yes, a fantastic experience
After a **** day at work thats put a smile on my face. Awesome car. Can't beat Group B and the 6R4 and the Quattro were the best sounding cars by far.
Thanks! sorry to hear about your day at work
Absolutely Amazing....
Thanks Gary
Proper awesome that, looking forward to it
Cheers
That looked fun, .
Last year I watched a few episodes of,, car SOS,,and they had a 6R4 on a ramp up the corner,, it was in the works colours, I wasn't bothered about the car they were fixing ! I was just waiting for the Metro to come back into shot ,
Keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks Phil
Spot on 👌
Thanks
Fantastic.......
What a car....👍👍👍
Thanks! 👍
Beautiful 🫶
Thank you 🙌
Sounds like a super angry mini 😍😍😍👍👍
Or should I say the super angry minis big brother 😂😂
Cheers David.. .it's certainly angry! :)
What a car. Always wanted one, when I was a kid🤩🤩. Love the metro lol. I had 3 metro turbos, then a 1.8 gti K-series. 🤩🤩 just subbed.😜
Love a metro turbo! Always wanted one of those 👍
Awesome....just subbed 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Awesome thank you!
This seems to be the same 6R4 that Top Gear has used for a feature in the latest series.
It certainly is 👍
A proper driver's car I saw 1 at chatsworth estate in Derbyshire mind blowing
Thanks Daniel 👍
Im here while watching Matt Green metrobaruR4 build and car s.o.s related...
So here goes 1 new subscriber for u.. ☕☕
Thanks for subscribing! Enjoy the videos 👍👌
Fan flipping tastic!!!
Thank you!
Brave man leaving fuzz at the wheel lol
Ha cheers Andy he was very delicate with her
That car is mint
Thanks Darren
I think they liked it!!
They certainly did 👍
When was it filmed at Blyton?
I used to race at the autograss circuit near the entrance
End of September 2020 between lockdowns.
I bet that circuit was fun.. always look at it when driving in
Did you ask them how much the restoration was going to cost?
Nope, I guess they have a decent budget with all the filming and a whole team working on the car but I didn’t ask the figure
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 Decent budget? I'd say unfeasibly mega budget!!..😊
Something like that yes...
In previous episodes of Car SOS, a 6R4 has been visible in the back of their garage, who’s is that? Is it a real one?
Hi Gordon no that one is a replica that was a client of Fuzz’s but no connection to the show
Any idea wen it will be on the box ? I take it this was all filmed pre covid?
It was first aired on Thursday March 11th. Will be on repeat a few times I am sure. We couldn’t release this until after the show went out. All filmed after lockdown but before 2nd lockdowns. Lots of Covid tests etc and isolating to be able to go in the car together
If ever I have to have electric car I would have that sound put in it
That sounds like a winning plan!!
What a thing!!!
Thanks 👍
Would love to see this
Against at other fast cars in a track race
Would be entertaining... but then taking the race cars in the forest and comparing them all again would be even better!
A roll cage on wheels.👍
Yep something like that 😉
It’s how they described it on the show. I can’t think of any other car more striped out, outrageous,bonkers than the 6R4.👍🏻
Nice to see a tv presenter treating a car with kid gloves instead of the usual abuse !! Nice one dan .....
Cheers John, yes he was really sympathetic with it wasn’t he, really pleased when I watched the footage back
@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 yes mate .... great to see ... keep up the good work bud !
@@TheJohnnySaunders cheers mate will do 👍
And then watch top gear with the same car!
We like to keep busy 👍
And some lunatics say electric is the way to go
As they mention in the show it won’t be the same in the future... these cars are a dying breed
Yes you may be right but we will keep these as special events cars, track days, classic car events, etc. There is no justification for "banning" classic cars and there will akways be fuel for them etc. You can still buy coal for stean engines can't you. Exactly the same. The total emissions from classic cars is tiny in comparison to the rest and most of them spend most of the time locked up anyway. If we're responsible, use non hydrocrbons for the boaring day to day stuff and classics for fun.
@@TheLRider Yes they do need to stay visible to people so they can understand history etc. Hopefully thats how it will work out!
It's just a pity that the Chinese own the Mg namep
Definitely a shame it’s not all still at Longbridge
Slower than slow and all the noise
It’s was a filming day for a TV show not a race or rally... 😂