Sublime Panda-monium II

[Relentless Rob]

Sit down guys I have actually bought something.

I had arranged to collect the car at seven thirty and turned up half an hour early to make sure no pre-warming up or other shenanigans. Had a bit of an adventure as a result.

Dug the car out of the snow to find a solid lump of ice in the fan. So the car will need to be thawed out before any road miles. The locks were frozen and when freed the doors were frozen shut as well. The owners Nissan Micra wouldn't start so I had to push it out of the way. When I eventually got in, I pulled the choke and the Panda fired up first turn of the key.

I then used it to jump start the Micra so it could be put back on the driveway and set off home with the window open so I could see where I was going.

So now the moment at least three people have been waiting for this is where my hard earned £300 has gone...

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...I won't be able to see the car in daylight until Thursday, but I haven't found any rust at all, the passenger side headlight's cracked (I have one in my shed/loft/bedroom cupboard), one tail light doesn't work and I need to fix the fan. M.O.T'd until August (so qualifies for the £999 Challenge in June! £699 to go ) but the road fund license ran out the end of January. I would have taxed the car on line but it would have been sent to the ladies address not mine as the V5 and disc would get crossed in the post. The four speed box (remember those?) is a little bit noisy (possibly due to being stood in three feet of snow). I'll find out more Thursday when I can drive the car properly, give her a wash and see where I'm going.

More later but I think the Guff racer will end up donating a lot of bits to this car.

[Renrut]

Its not 1st April is it?


Good show! Its an awesome green as well.

So other than having a 4 speed box, what else does it have?

[Relentless Rob]

A manual choke!

Carb', distributer, no cat' no ecu, a proper 999 Fire engine.

If memory serves me correctly it should be a Weber 32/34 that is the same carb' used on most cars up to 1.8 at the time. A popular modification for 1.6 Golfs was to fit a set of jets from the 1.8 carb', a pancake filter, cut the center box out, fit a Peco BB4 back box (ohhhh, those were the days, I had a BB4 on my Mini) and harass the GTI owners.

A few tweaks and the 45 or so bhp could be doubled quite easily.

[Renrut]

Doubled? Pull the other one!

But I see what you mean. Get that Rover sold then get started on it. I think you need to make it a fast road machine, don't do a silly, maybe a bit more poke under the bonnet, swap the big brakes over from the Guff and then see what needs tightening / welding up

[Relentless Rob]

Doubled? Pull the other one!

What are SP1 engines making these days?

[mjslonergan]

Very Green
Tune it up, lighten it down a Panda Superleggera...

[Steve33]

Cracking .
My mates lost to a panda on the s to n banger rally last year had a punto sport engine in It .
Maybe keep it a sleeper just uprate brakes suspension bigger lump ect .

[Relentless Rob]

Yep; a bright green sleeper.

I'd like to get a window sticker that says "This car is small, those cars; are far away".

Don't want another dead Panda on my conscience.

[tooSavvy]

... you're the expert, I know!

2centz from me

My 750 was transformed [and my life likely saved!!] by fitting a Y10 ARB.... really DID go round corners then ....

Rust free is rare...

tooSavvy

[Relentless Rob]

Y10's are getting a bit rare these days (and parts are getting expensive) so I'm hoping the Cinquecento or one of Will's spare Seicento ones will do the job instead.

This is going to be fun.

[Relentless Rob]

Sub-purple Pandamonium?

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330405867444? ... 1423.l2649

Sublime sounds better.

(Sorry bored at work and reinstalled Photoshop).

[Renrut]

NO! Keep it green!

If you need the ARB let me know when you can pop up and get them as they're taking up valuable Midgeting space!

[mjslonergan]

Midgeting

This sounds like an underground illegal activity...

[Relentless Rob]

Will do mate.

Isn't "Midgeting" the reason the England rugby team got into trouble in New Zealand?

Something I am looking for is a solution to a really stupid problem I had with the first Pandamonium. At more than 100mph the Biancca sunroof can peel off.

I'm thinking of some kind of camper van-esque windscreen spoilermebob. like this-ish...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-SUNROOF- ... 5ae516c445

There's not a lot of space between the front of the sunroof and windscreen though.

[Relentless Rob]

I have been offered a Bravo 1.4 (12V) for £100. Hmmmmmm

If it was a 16V (the biggest version of the Fire engine) I would have it.