Metropolitan Royal Runabout

    One of several Met show cars customized by American Motors for auto shows.

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    1. Custom_Cab (37 months ago | reply)

      Neat!.............Looks like a real "Chick Magnet" too................LOL

    2. MR38 (36 months ago | reply)

      I like the term "Royal"; adds so much class.

    3. aldenjewell (36 months ago | reply)

      Pat Foster, in his excellent book "The Metropolitan Story" claims this is probably a Scepter Red Metallic color, although it looks black in this B&W photo. The second of two Royal Runabouts was a black hardtop. He also tells the tale of the Austin Division of British Motor Corporation, who made the Metropolitans in England, presenting "a specially trimmed Metropolitan convertible to Prince Philip and Princess Margaret", which presumably gave American Motors the idea for the Royal Runabouts for show purposes. So it appears there may have been a "royal" connection, if only indirectly.

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