Panda (Classic) 900 Dance 1992

VmanC said:

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Get it for me Vern...

purple haze said:

Get it for me Vern...

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What is it you are wanting Kev, the same parts as Didge or the whole car?

VmanC said:

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I mentioned earlier in the thread that I really like the dash fabric etc.
I think it'd go with Charmania really well, since I'm already trying to get hold of the red chequered Seicento Sporting Seats that you had previously tried out in her this would be a lovely match. The offer was obviously being a little silly because I very much doubt this car deserves to be broken for any of its parts.

Didge3 said:

I mentioned earlier in the thread that I really like the dash fabric etc.
I think it'd go with Charmania really well, since I'm already trying to get hold of the red chequered Seicento Sporting Seats that you had previously tried out in her this would be a lovely match. The offer was obviously being a little silly because I very much doubt this car deserves to be broken for any of its parts.

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Ah I see. Yes the red chequered seats would look good. But have you seen the picture of the back seat in this one?

VmanC said:

Ah I see. Yes the red chequered seats would look good. But have you seen the picture of the back seat in this one?

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Yes, thats why I said possibly rear seat... I'm not sure it would go. It needs a bit of a clean too, but certainly the door cards and dash fabric would go great with the req Sei seats.
All speculation of course though, I doubt I'll ever find this fabric for sale.

Didge3 said:

Yes, thats why I said possibly rear seat... I'm not sure it would go. It needs a bit of a clean too, but certainly the door cards and dash fabric would go great with the req Sei seats.
All speculation of course though, I doubt I'll ever find this fabric for sale.

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You could always cover the back seat with the the material from the back seat of the Seicento.

VmanC said:

You could always cover the back seat with the the material from the back seat of the Seicento.

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When you say "you could", I hope you mean "an upholsterer could"

The front seats are the only bit I don't need...

purple haze said:

Get it for me Vern...

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Ok Kev I've got it! Now can you clarify for me what exactly you want?


Alik dropped this off with me, just before John turned up with the Selecta, so we had quite a gathering of Pandas yesterday. Scared the other residents on the site I think, they must believe I have some Panda based world domination plan.

Anyway, it's with me for a cosmetic spruce up before moving on to a new owner, so I will continue to chart progress here before it heads to the classifieds.

Just collecting as much of the fabric that matches our bianca as possible...

VmanC said:

Would love to get my polisher working on that one.

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Looks like your going to get the chance

purple haze said:

Just collecting as much of the fabric that matches our bianca as possible...

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This has red Dance trim.

VmanC said:

This has red Dance trim.

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That I want....

VmanC said:

This has red Dance trim.

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Ah...that now makes two off us being ...looks like I got it wrong.

Pete has made a start on this one for me. The only rust on this little beauty is in the n/s/r wheel arch, front lower corner of the passenger door, and a little on the n/s A panel where the door must have opened too far against it.

So first job is the wheel arch. It had already been done badly by a prevoius owner ( not Alik ), and once the rust and filler had been cut out we were left with this......





To get the right contour I decided to cut the good wheel arch out of the donor Colour and use this as a repair panel. Pete cut both the inner and outer skins off in one piece then separated them from each other so that they could be welded onto the dance.



The inner skin went on first.....





Then the outer........



Both pieces had been trimmed down prior to fitting.

Pete's back for a couple of days this week so hope to have more updates very soon.

Incidently, this proved very popular last Sunday when the workshop was invaded by Panda campers!

Welding, filling and priming of the wheel arch is now finished, rubbing down and top coat still to go..........

hehe alex was shocked by how pokey the 903 engine is in this.

he cant wait to drive that marbella of ours. i just hope that all the "save the planet" stuff it has on it does not reduce its pokey-ness.

I bought this unashamably to 'chop' into something interesting. I have plans y'know.
However it turned out to be a 'good'un'.
A conscience is a terrible thing in Panda ownership.
Ha... If I wait 2 will come along.
Hmmm... Stretch Pandana...?

Time for an update on this one.

Rear wheel arch has had its top coat......




But the rest is still in a flat and grubby state........





I have made a start on bringing the paintwork up to scratch by cutting the bonnet, just so that I can get a taste of what's to come.......



I also took out the rear side windows, scrubbed up the seals and cut back the paint around the aperture before putting them back in. It's an area that always seems to trap alot of dirt and mildew that can't be shifted by the jetwash alone so the windows have to come out.

The interior smelt a little doggy :yuck: so I've removed the seats so that they can be washed properly, this also makes it easier to clean and inspect the rest of the interior. I could not find any rust anywhere! the rear seams are perfect, as is the rear seat belt mounts, in fact apart from the now repaired wheel arch and a little on the n/s door there is no rust on the car at all!