I got a call from Jim and Stu from the ferry this morning as they were on their way to collect Chris Watson's Mk1 Panda. Alan D had picked it up from Chris and trailered it to Stranraer, what's that, a 200 mile trip? Fair play to you Alan.

Anyway, they're on the boat back to NI, here's a photo.

This must be the luckiest Mk1 Panda in the country, it's joining a very nice collection of motors.

So Stu's finally got his own proper Panda. Congrats! And kudos to Alan for trailering etc, the man needs a medal.

kudos to Alan for trailering etc, the man needs a medal

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Second that!

Its a lovely little car to drive glad its gone to good home

Now give it the treatment Lads!

Was just a good run out, saved me sitting watching crap on the box with the mrs or going shopping

Just thinking whether to get some recovery stickers, there seems to be a pattern emerging

how much was it?

That a rather rude question Beau.

Steve said:

That a rather rude question Beau.

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i like knowing prices!, especially this one, a rare looking mk1...

The owner won't like tellin.

bah tis only a car price, it not like he asking if it tru he got a small willy

glad to see you didnt get lost in the post alan

First up I want it NOT to be lost as to what Alan did for me today. A 400 mile + round trip through some of the worst weather I have seen to bring the Panda to Stranrear. I can truly say that if he hadn't have offered his services "Wee Gem" as I am calling the car would not be sitting at the side of my house. The price of taking a car and trailer alone on the boat prohibited me from going as it was just to expensive. I am deeply in your debt Alan and I never even had the time to buy you a coffee.:worship:

Now secondly some of you know how fond I am of Pandas and of how I have been hoping to find a MK1. Well I now have one thanks to Chris Watson. Chris had contacted me and asked if I got a MK1 what I would do with it. I told him it would be restored to factory condition and added to my little collection. He offered me his car as he would like to see it back in original condition. So 2 months on and the car is sitting at my house. Thank you Chris, Wee Gem completes my collection and Jim can have Sylvia back now

It will be fully restored to original factory condition and I will do a full photo rebuild as I go along over on my site. As I'm in the middle of doing a 127 Sport it will be slow work for a while, but I will get there.

Stuartl said:

First up I want it NOT to be lost as to what Alan did for me today. A 400 mile + round trip through some of the worst weather I have seen to bring the Panda to Stranrear.

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you can put that in your sig an it will be there for ever we used to have a rep system for when people did stuff like this but it got abused so ben removed it

must be the day for it, i have just got back from a 570 mile trip to fetch my new project custards cinquecento turbo we had to put it on the dolly backwards and somewhere on the a1 we lost the windscreen!

urchin said:

must be the day for it, i have just got back from a 570 mile trip to fetch my new project custards cinquecento turbo we had to put it on the dolly backwards and somewhere on the a1 we lost the windscreen!

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The one in Edinburgh? Very Nice...Err you lost the windscreen?

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It will be fully restored to original factory condition

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We know you will do it proud cheers Damon

panda-sport said:

We know you will do it proud cheers Damon

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It's a late 81.... Anybody know of an older one? Going by Simons post there's only 300 Mk1 left in the UK now and as they ran from 1980 to 85 there couldn't be many older than this one?

Jim

there was an x reg mk1 round the corner from me... going to see if its still there tomorrow... hopefully.

dave said:

you can put that in your sig an it will be there for ever we used to have a rep system for when people did stuff like this but it got abused so ben removed it

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Oor Willie did all the work I just pointed it in the right direction

Giacosa said:

The one in Edinburgh? Very Nice...Err you lost the windscreen?

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yes thats the one, we had to rear lift it because of a problem with the rear wheel and somewhere along the A1 the screen blew out!!(it was smashed anyway) im not as brave as alan so i didnt use the panda 4x4 used a 4x4 sierra insted