Love the music at the beginning. He's ALMOST got the shifting right at the very end of the video. Move the shifter to Neutral, pause, move to next gear ... EASY does it! No grinding at all 😉
Don't jam it. Pause briefly between gears, then push gently. It'll go in just fine. It hurt's me to see and hear that shifting. When I was a teenager my Pop had a '59 Metropolitan, yellow and white like that one. I remember driving it. It was fun. I wish I could find one today. By the way, they were stock Austin, except for without Austin's first gear, built by Austin, including the body, which was designed by Nash. In '57 the 1200 engine was replaced by the 1500. They were peppy.
I thought it was fourth gear that was blocked off? In third, that tiny engine was really revving up there, and could have used 4th. I wonder how many of them threw a rod on the highway?
My parents had a used 58 Met in 64 when I was a baby. It was brown and white, and they enjoyed the car, but it was hard for Dad to get parts for it when needed. He would joke about refilling the oil and checking the gas. Evidently those Austin engines were known to leak. When I was 2, they bought a second hand 60 Volkswagen Beetle, black with red interior and a sunroof, replacing the Met. The main family car at the time was a 64 Ford Country Sedan, blue green. I remember the wagon and bug. I don't remember the Met.
I have three Mets here in UK England, i drive mine fairly regularly, this guy is too harsh on the gearchange, there is no need for it, ok not as smooth changing as my Zephyr, but this is crazy to change like that
Built by Austin in England. The Brits never cracked the American car market. It's not hard to see why, this vehicle is more suited to pottering between the parish church and the village pub rather than tooling along Highway 61.
The Nash Rambler had a 3.2 liter engine, and even a 4 speed automatic, both more suited to American roads, but, oddly, a California mail order parts supplier has been catering exclusively to the Metropolitan owner, rather than the Nash Rambler owner, for decades, even though there were far more Nash Ramblers made than Metropolitans. Sadly, California and common sense are mutually exclusive.
My first car when I was 12 a black and white 1 , my dad made an oval dirt track in the back yard and I beat the snot out of it for about 3 months and it died , love to have it now though
Why was the car not started with the key in the correct place, needs a new rubber bumper on the underside of the brake pedal as you can hear it bang on the floor pan, shift linkage is out of adjustment and driver jambs lever it into gear rather than let it slide into gear .
PV5441 as with the vast majority of trolls on UA-cam, no one gives a flying fuck what you have to say. How about you hop on your local transit bus and criticize the driver like you did this post. My guess is you won't, because it makes you sound a lot like the douche bag you are.
this car is British, they just sold them here, but yes they need a clutch. it's a 3 speed, they have 4 speed columns on some cars too, but 3 speeds were usually what it was.
@@rexjolles Thanks. I knew that Nash was British but here in Britain manual transmission cars have nearly always had the shifter between the two front seats rather than on the dashboard, so I tend to think of the dashboard shifter as an American (or continental European) idea.
@@Londonfogey This car itself is British, but Nash is American. It became AMC along with several other manufacturers in the 50s like Studebaker, Kaiser- Jeep, and Hudson. (Added/Edited) Three speed columns/three on the tree were common in America before GM started really pushing automatic transmissions.
Completely agree with you Alex. Used to European manual gear boxes, I absolutely do not like this brutal way of changing gears, especially on a car that is most probably older than this guy (avoiding the word "driver").
I don't know why but later in life I want this car just to drive around and have fun with it! :))
Love the music at the beginning. He's ALMOST got the shifting right at the very end of the video.
Move the shifter to Neutral, pause, move to next gear ... EASY does it! No grinding at all 😉
Don't jam it. Pause briefly between gears, then push gently. It'll go in just fine. It hurt's me to see and hear that shifting. When I was a teenager my Pop had a '59 Metropolitan, yellow and white like that one. I remember driving it. It was fun. I wish I could find one today. By the way, they were stock Austin, except for without Austin's first gear, built by Austin, including the body, which was designed by Nash. In '57 the 1200 engine was replaced by the 1500. They were peppy.
Hurts. No apostrophe.
I thought it was fourth gear that was blocked off? In third, that tiny engine was really revving up there, and could have used 4th. I wonder how many of them threw a rod on the highway?
When I was a kid, I absolutely despised this car. But today, I like it!
My parents had a used 58 Met in 64 when I was a baby. It was brown and white, and they enjoyed the car, but it was hard for Dad to get parts for it when needed. He would joke about refilling the oil and checking the gas. Evidently those Austin engines were known to leak. When I was 2, they bought a second hand 60 Volkswagen Beetle, black with red interior and a sunroof, replacing the Met. The main family car at the time was a 64 Ford Country Sedan, blue green. I remember the wagon and bug. I don't remember the Met.
Looks like you need to remove the speedometer cable and clean and re-lube it with a thin grease.
I have three Mets here in UK England, i drive mine fairly regularly, this guy is too harsh on the gearchange, there is no need for it, ok not as smooth changing as my Zephyr, but this is crazy to change like that
Could there anything better be, than a funny little car with a three on the tree?
Not meant to hot dog or speed shift!
I guess Nash didn't think Americans would go for 4 on the floor?
Built by Austin in England. The Brits never cracked the American car market. It's not hard to see why, this vehicle is more suited to pottering between the parish church and the village pub rather than tooling along Highway 61.
I don't think it was any worse than other subcompacts at the time. Except the gearbox could have used one more gear.
The Nash Rambler had a 3.2 liter engine, and even a 4 speed automatic, both more suited to American roads, but, oddly, a California mail order parts supplier has been catering exclusively to the Metropolitan owner, rather than the Nash Rambler owner, for decades, even though there were far more Nash Ramblers made than Metropolitans. Sadly, California and common sense are mutually exclusive.
Thanks this is my POV for the day!
My first car when I was 12 a black and white 1 , my dad made an oval dirt track in the back yard and I beat the snot out of it for about 3 months and it died , love to have it now though
How is it running when the ignition isn't turned on?
How come there’s no key in the ignition?
Excellent zenith carburetor
Dual ignition ?
It sounded like you were playing a Wurlitzer organ around the three minute mark.
No Overdrive I take it?
I would love to think that Moe would own a Met.
Looks good,but feels bad.
I see that you need a glove box lock. Boy they want a small fortune for one. I used a lock I got from my RV dealership.
Why was the car not started with the key in the correct place, needs a new rubber bumper on the underside of the brake pedal as you can hear it bang on the floor pan, shift linkage is out of adjustment and driver jambs lever it into gear rather than let it slide into gear .
PV5441 as with the vast majority of trolls on UA-cam, no one gives a flying fuck what you have to say. How about you hop on your local transit bus and criticize the driver like you did this post. My guess is you won't, because it makes you sound a lot like the douche bag you are.
@@keegancb84 he's not a troll my friend. He's giving him advice
Do those American dashboard gear levers require a clutch pedal, or is it a semi-automatic system?
this car is British, they just sold them here, but yes they need a clutch. it's a 3 speed, they have 4 speed columns on some cars too, but 3 speeds were usually what it was.
@@rexjolles Thanks. I knew that Nash was British but here in Britain manual transmission cars have nearly always had the shifter between the two front seats rather than on the dashboard, so I tend to think of the dashboard shifter as an American (or continental European) idea.
@@Londonfogey This car itself is British, but Nash is American. It became AMC along with several other manufacturers in the 50s like Studebaker, Kaiser- Jeep, and Hudson. (Added/Edited) Three speed columns/three on the tree were common in America before GM started really pushing automatic transmissions.
Never shifted mine like that! Kinda rough.
Completely agree with you Alex. Used to European manual gear boxes, I absolutely do not like this brutal way of changing gears, especially on a car that is most probably older than this guy (avoiding the word "driver").
true 40 mpg
Easy with the gear shifting! It is not a Ferrari!
Austin A40 with what was thought to be American body style. Too expensive for Britain, too small for the USA.
tendency to roll over as I recall
Only while making turns. lol
Doesn't sound good.