Hey Everyone!
My bare Panda 4x4 shell is finally finished from Surface Processing Ltd. :slayer:
Even my girlfriend wet herself.

Reply to my usual post '4x4 rebuild underway'

Cheers all

Welding then respray in Leyland L361 Sandglow (aka Camel Trophy Sand)

Oh my god, that is beautiful! Work of art and all that...

Nice one

Jim

:yeahthat:

Gobsmacked!

Well done. Now the work starts again

I think it's slightly pornographic and we should make those pictures only viewable by over 18's...

Sorry, I'just have to take the laptop to the bathroom again for some relief

Jim

that is gorgeous.....if i may ask, how much to get it done? and do they seal it after the blast?

Jai said:

that is gorgeous.....if i may ask, how much to get it done? and do they seal it after the blast?

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Jai, you know the first rule of the panda section

'If you have to ask how much then.....'

Jim

e505jpy said:

Jai, you know the first rule of the panda section

'If you have to ask how much then.....'

Jim

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i thought the first rule was dont come in and ask for a panda to take to mongolia?

e505jpy said:

Jai, you know the first rule of the panda section

'If you have to ask how much then.....'

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Do continue. you seemed to finish it of with ..... lol

Jai said:

i thought the first rule was dont come in and ask for a panda to take to mongolia?

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:yeahthat: !

Awesome, now you need to get it galvanised Sandglow eh, a mate had a Mini 1000 in that colour, very er 70s

Think the term is 'Hearing Aid Beige'

But should be interesting when its on

Jim

Jai said:

that is gorgeous.....if i may ask, how much to get it done? and do they seal it after the blast?

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It's £700(ish) and they can do whatever you want, Electrophoretic E-coat, Etch primer, Underbody sealer, Seam sealer etc.

It's acid dipped not blasted

All other bits are extra tho and very expensive.

I'm doing it all myself with a local bodyshop

e505jpy said:

Think the term is 'Hearing Aid Beige'

But should be interesting when its on

Jim

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Cheeky bugger
I love that colour from the Camel Trophy days. I do have the Camel Trophy door stickers too I'm afraid. It's gonna be a 'mini trophy'.

Colour selection.

Sorry about my colour choice chaps (L361 Sandglow), but lets talk about this for a minute.
Sadly it's very easy for us to look at a bare shell and imagine what it could look like, or what WE want it to look like.
We all have dreams of the perfect car we can afford at the time, and Sandglow, (whenever I'm not thinking about my girl and Kiera Knightley getting it on :yum is my mental image.
I've always loved 4x4 touring, Camel Trophy especially, and I believe them to be the epitome of what 'Wheeling' is all about. I F***ing hate these muppets in their various stupid metalic painted, chrome bumpered w*** chariots :bang:
I prefer the idea of Sir David Stirling and his mob rippin' across the desert in their sand coloured Jeeps . Therefore I want my Panda to look like a serious, 'working' 4x4, not some overpriced, un-dented pile of rubbish :yuck:

Please write some ideas of what you would do with a bare Panda shell and the colours you've thought about!!

Nick

That's fantastic. How much welding needs done? It's a good opertunity to see where the weak spots for rust really are.

As for colour I keep coming back to british racing green.

Sandglow is fine, all the old Leyland colours are really big at the moment on Mk1 Golf restos. Russet brown, some of the yellows and beiges are "in" colours again!
If you want a really naff colour then go for Harvest Gold

nuovapanda said:

Sandglow is fine, all the old Leyland colours are really big at the moment on Mk1 Golf restos. Russet brown, some of the yellows and beiges are "in" colours again!
If you want a really naff colour then go for Harvest Gold

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A mate had an Austin Maxi in Harvest Gold. What a hiddeous colour that was! lol

Perfect colour!!!! Its just what i was plaining to do until i fell in love with the panda i bought and can't bring myself to change it from original state.
I think the car lends itself sooooooo well to the CAMEL makeover.....can't wait to see it done.
Good luck!

BL 'Russet brown' I think when the bloke in the paint labs at BL came up with that one, he'd been looking at skid marks in the bottom of his y-fronts and wanted to call it 'Gusset Brown'

Spot on job though with the dip

Check out 'G4 orange'

Thats the colour.

Cheers

PD

this was my panda in bar coat before it went orange