Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro LSi Convertible

04 - 1992 Geo Metro LSi Convertible Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinAs a former Metro owner— about ten years ago, I found a low-mile '96 Metro with four-cylinder and automatic for a scrap-value price and couldn't say no to the deal— I've always sort of liked Suzuki's little no-lux gas miserwagen. It takes a special Metro for me to include it in this series, however; we've seen this '90 Metro El Camino, this electric-powered '95 Metro, and this '91 Suzuki Swift so far, plus this bonus Honda CBR1000-powered LeMons race-winning Metro, and now I've found one of the very rare Metro convertibles at a California self-service wrecking yard.
02 - 1992 Geo Metro LSi Convertible Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe early 1990s was a good period for cars, mostly; carburetors were finally gone forever, horsepower ratings were really starting to climb, the Japanese carmakers still hadn't slid into their current take-no-chances boring design philosophy, and you could get cheap convertibles.
09 - 1992 Geo Metro LSi Convertible Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinA three-cylinder, 1.0 liter engine coupled to an automatic transmission made for leisurely acceleration. Actually, it made for dangerously slow acceleration.
06 - 1992 Geo Metro LSi Convertible Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinBut so what? It was a convertible for dirt cheap!


You got what you paid for with the Metro, which is more than you could say for a lot of its contemporaries.

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from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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