Rick Thompson (225)

Modification to the rear track

So the car has sat in the driveway for a week with the tires and wheels on it. After staring at it for a while I decided the rear tires being equal width to the front is not right for the car. So I unbolted…

New rims and tires

I haven’t had time to work on the car much but I did manage to put the rear struts back on the car. The new wheels and tires came in so I figured it was a good time to put them on and roll it…

Aero Metro

Latest Updates Click here for a complete list of all posts for this project This is the project page of my Geo Metro kit car I am building. This is a pretty big project that involves totally rebuilding my metro inside a totally different body.

Rear frame nearly finished

The last two days I have been welding up the frame. Today I finally finished welding everything up and put a coat of paint on it to see what I had. The frame has most of the bracing done. I need to get some thin…

Trunk latch made

I wanted a trunk latch that worked like a real car and not some crazy thing that needs pins or several places to unlatch it like it used to be. I mounted the Metro hood latch to the roll bar using only one bolt for…