los angeles back minicar decidedly uncool nash metropolitan served tiny counterpoint route beasts yet though looked home carnival street given metropolitan odd lovable looks seems natural would develop cult following least one entrepreneurial family made business regenerate selling parts car made old age metropolitan pit stop storefront busy boulevard los angeles san fernando vale unrivalled many peculiarity shops around country cater possessor brands fiero store online owners pontiac fiero sport cars based manchester to the south bend fanatics visit studebakers west redwood city repair shop stocks take off brand brought world models champion raymond avanti metropolitan inferno stop different place get nash metropolitan fixed rather tabernacle devoted minicar complete crammed prototypes rare models metropolitan pit stop president june valentine says business steadily built past decade serving legion faithful owners minicar many mets left clear built england makers austin sports car cars later upped horsepower imported nash merged later hudson become american motors automaker eventually purchase chrysler original mets sold nash hudson names far smash sales hit met retrieve parking spot corner automotive history quirky cute era big sedans tail fins met cheap easy park forerunner city cars today overbold fortwo scion iq nash metropolitans worth rough driveable condition top shape according latest hagerty price guide tracks auction prices collectible cars january fully restored caribbean green convertible fetched big auction scottsdale valentine says car catching younger car collectors hobby becomes business metropolitan pit stop got start prize valentine dad turned affection mets business watershed moment came bought taillights sell service owners trouble finding replacements believe crazy daughter june recalls metropolitan parts soon bulge stacking first home record studio business many years word spread among met owners jimmy valentine parts operation started offering sell rare versions vehicle prices decided could refuse truly rare met station wagon construct neer went production got red met pulling elicit hand truck trailer museum even valentine died cancer age june gradually taken handled visits museum appointment afford even passersby could come take look says met fans owners around world confabulate destination point metropolitan owners june valentine says business small operation though provides everything kid repairs full restorations toll dave schultz repairs back operations manager mark lane metropolitan devotee drives to the full restored fulfill convertible knows clientele considerably says mets worth trouble sentimental value muscle car exotic little world shultz says says drive one buy the farm bad mood come back expert one smiles get number one wood metropolitan owners says thrilled shop like valentine eases trouble finding parts arrest repairs june done everything very works america says mike artherton downey president metropolitan club southern california artherton weekend club picnic respective possessor recently enjoin uses metropolitan match stop keep beloved yellow named buttercup running regularly drives car work owners pronounce encounter car worth expense care poor man fun car explains robert adam lakewood appeals everyone