[Mini] 40 years of the Metro - the car that shall NOT speak its name

[Jeff Fenwick]

When I bought my first Mini in 1998 the seller said “brakes are fantastic – came off a race car!” 
Yup, Metro turbo brakes with the calipers ground away to fit under 10 inch alloys, mounting bosses redrilled and partly ground off. 
Instead of the forked brake line, they had drilled from one chamber to the other, and put a plug in the second feed, and puddled some braze on it to hold in place. Lick of paint, and jobs a good’un! 
I didn’t really know what I was looking at, but fortunately one of the plugs developed a slight leak which alerted me to the serious bodge. Replaced with a set of alloy 4-pots and no further problems.

Cheers,
Jeff

Dr.B wrote:

If you have been tinkering long enough, you have a few Metro bits on board (brakes, clutch even engine?), I found this on rinsed tees so though it might be worth sharing....


I wonder if I cut 1" off one sleeve, 1/2" off the bottom, turn it inside-out and wear it back-to-front it will fit me? 
https://rinsedtshirts.co.uk/products/metro-40?_pos=1&_sid=e15882b0e&_ss=r

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