A couple of months ago I had to take the painful decision to scrap three of my donor Panda's. They had been picked clean of just about everything that was useful and were just taking up valuable space. The trouble with donor cars is that they look very untidy so you end up keeping them in the workshop rather than outside to appease the landlord.
The three that have gone are Dora the Sisley, the blue colour, and the green Fizz that was traded in for Pickle. Yes they could all have been saved but at what cost? They were all very rusty but had good mechanicals, the only sensible thing to do was use their parts to save others.
On their way to Panda heaven..........
As you can see the blue Colour had one last part to give up, the twin sunny roof panel.
Unfortunately keeping space is never easy, and a couple of weeks ago another Panda muscled it's way in.
A donor from the outset, just look at the pics! It's not gonna take long to take the good bits from this one...........
What a shame we have to lose a Mk1 4x4 though. It had been stood in a field for the last 10 years, and during that time it looks like a small fire had been set next to the front o/s. So often the case on a Mk1 though, the seam where the boot floor meets the chassis is really good!
The three that have gone are Dora the Sisley, the blue colour, and the green Fizz that was traded in for Pickle. Yes they could all have been saved but at what cost? They were all very rusty but had good mechanicals, the only sensible thing to do was use their parts to save others.
On their way to Panda heaven..........
As you can see the blue Colour had one last part to give up, the twin sunny roof panel
.Unfortunately keeping space is never easy, and a couple of weeks ago another Panda muscled it's way in.
A donor from the outset, just look at the pics! It's not gonna take long to take the good bits from this one...........
What a shame we have to lose a Mk1 4x4 though. It had been stood in a field for the last 10 years, and during that time it looks like a small fire had been set next to the front o/s. So often the case on a Mk1 though, the seam where the boot floor meets the chassis is really good!
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