This may be the best homemade top I’ve ever seen. Yes, someone decided to make a Metro into a small pickup. That’s happened before, but the ‘cap’ on this one really makes it. It’s fiberglass, so it’s rigid, despite the tent-like appearance.
The seller talks about hydrogen injection and other ‘interesting’ ideas to get even better fuel economy, so he/she seems pretty hardcore. Even better is the mention of wanting to use a sabre saw to chop out a back window.
What’s funny here is that the seller mentions this is a removable top, but provides no pictures with the top off. Perhaps it’s not so easy to remove??
Miami, FL
$2,300 BIN with offers considered
Moonies!
Here’s the deluxe cargo area.
The remainder of the interior looks essentially stock.
Here’s the three-cylinder beast! I wouldn’t mind having that distributor cap on my desk…
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1998 Metrostream Streamliner
based on Chevrolet/Geo/Chevy Metro LSi 3-Cylinder with XFi cam
This hybrid car-truck is phenomenally light and although it gets outstanding mileage (59 miles per gallon) already it is an excellent candidate for the addition of a Hydrogen injection system which would further increase its mileage. Perfect for trips to home stores to pick up lumber, appliances, or other large objects, or commuting long distances to work with the comfort of the Cold Air conditioning, the 2-seater Streamliner with a sleek metallic glossy silver exterior on gray cloth interior is a great addition to your transportation options. It’s a streamlined-car with the strong yet light fiberglass cap mounted, and with the cap dismounted it’s a lightweight high-fuel economy and super practical pickup truck.
It needs just one minor service to say it “needs nothing” — it has a single bad engine mount (an engine mount, aka “motor mount” is a simple, inexpensive to buy and install, combination rubber-metal bracket that the engine sits on and actually mounts the engine to the metal of the unibody of the car. This bad piece of rubber doesn’t effect the performance of the car, or cause it to vibrate or or anything else — it has just one perceivable effect — it causes the gear shifter to move out of 5th gear into neutral on its own if you don’t keep even just a light single finger on it (even your pinky finger would be enough…really just a featherweight is enough to keep it in 5th), or you can grab the hook end of the the simple handy-dandy bunjee cord already in place with a few inch movement of your shifting-hand to put the hook around the shifter for a long highway drive. That’s it. It’s a simple job to replace the motor-mount, but I’ve never found it necessary. 5th gear on this transmission is intentionally very “tall” for max fuel economy and is only used on the highway. For disclosure, the Streamliner was in some kind of collision about 10 years ago and was repaired, but that was not under my ownership and I don’t know how severe it was. There’s no evidence of that collision that I can see. The car has a clean and clear Florida title ready to be transferred to you. The VIN is: 2C1MR2264W6741506. I do not know why eBay’s system will not accept the VIN, but eBay representatives said in the case where their system will not accept the VIN to then enter all 1’s or all 0’s to allow their computer servers to proceed to finalize the listing which is what I have done.
Great tires, cold air, interior and exterior in good shape. Runs well, drives well, has low miles, high fuel economy. Super practical. One person alone can remove the fiberglass top without the need for a 2nd person helping out, as it is very lightweight, then he or she can go to pick up a large object like an appliance or lumber or anything oversized, and be on his or her way. Then remounting the pickup topper cap is a snap. It’s just a phenomenally practical vehicle.
Tires have good tread.
Exhaust system is quite new, including muffler.
No rust on this truck anywhere.
Glass is all in excellent shape.
Window regulators both passenger and driver’s side work.
Seats are in great condition and have no signs of cigarette smoking.
1-Liter displacement 3-Cylinder fuel-injected Chevrolet-contracted Japanese Suzuki engine doesn’t leak, smoke or overheat.
The engine starts and runs like wristwatch.
The car-truck is ready to put into immediate use.
In addition to the Hydrogen injection system that I would add in the future, I would also like to see some other non-essential additions that I would recommend to the new owner:
I always thought it would quite a nice addition to have someone use a sabre-saw to cut a window shape in the back of the cap, and then squeeze on a rubber window seal while simultaneously squeezing a window into said gasket. Could be a plexiglas window or glass-glass window sourced from another car, either way. It would also be interesting to lower the truck about 1-inch to get even better fuel economy. When these tires are worn they can be replaced with even higher-efficiency lower rolling resistance model tires. And rear fender skirts can be added easily by a body shop. All of these things would be nice additions. The fiberglass top can be reworked so it has a smoother surface so it doesn’t have what people call in aviation, “parasite drag” which essentially is just little indentation or bumps which decrease the laminar flow of air across a body panel, thereby decreasing efficiently (slightly). I hope the Streamliner goes to a good home and I am very motivated to sell. There’s plenty of space inside the the engine bay for a PTO (power take-off unit) to power various implements. Another idea is to have mount a power inverter or generator inside the engine bay for an efficient generator. A tow hitch is available for the Streamliner as well, for even bigger hauling jobs.