Introduction
Hello everyone, as some of you saw, I am now the proud owner of a Panda 4x4, as previously discussed in this thread: https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-classic/448853-sisley-ebay.html
Rough around the edges, rusty around various edges as well, but ready to go. Ticketed till next year and just been insured and taxed in my name so I'll be on the road in it by tomorrow!
When I entered the Panda scene, the 4x4 Sisley soon became a dream for me, little did I know this one would present itself so soon and so nearby. Once it had come up, I had to go see it. After a very thorough look around and a little bit of haggling, the seller took an offer for the car and we drove away that night. Here's a picture of the Fizz and Sisley sitting pretty on the seller's farm
The Sisley surprised me at how different it was to my 93 Fizz at first. The gearbox and stick has a different feel, and the manual choke/carb/distributor is all something new compared to the auto choke, SPI, distributorless 93 engine! I'm definitely excited to get acquainted to the Sisley though, and I am also looking forward to making the most of the 4x4 system off road at some point. Pictures will be coming soon off road of course, when I get it there, but first a picture of the car sitting with Pandino and Chaz at home
All in all a bit of works needs to be done but this is definitely a great start for me in the 4x4 scene. I hope to meet some other 4x4 owners off road once I've learned some skills as well, so more on this lovely little Sisley to come, stay tuned!
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Oh, and the nickname, "Four by Fork". Reason being, as soon as I saw the car advertised, I noticed it looked like the number plate said Fork. I dabbled with the idea of "The Forking Panda" and "Forkie", but once I thought of "Four by Fork", I knew that had to be the one... though I suppose I can still call it Fork for short, and if it ever decides to conk out on me then it'll turn into Forking Panda really quickly!
I'll be posting more updates here soon but if anyone has any interests or questions then let me know. What I've done so far is fit a parcel shelf and started to clean the interior, as well as refit the bonnet vent as it wasn't on properly before!
Rough around the edges, rusty around various edges as well, but ready to go. Ticketed till next year and just been insured and taxed in my name so I'll be on the road in it by tomorrow!
When I entered the Panda scene, the 4x4 Sisley soon became a dream for me, little did I know this one would present itself so soon and so nearby. Once it had come up, I had to go see it. After a very thorough look around and a little bit of haggling, the seller took an offer for the car and we drove away that night. Here's a picture of the Fizz and Sisley sitting pretty on the seller's farm
The Sisley surprised me at how different it was to my 93 Fizz at first. The gearbox and stick has a different feel, and the manual choke/carb/distributor is all something new compared to the auto choke, SPI, distributorless 93 engine! I'm definitely excited to get acquainted to the Sisley though, and I am also looking forward to making the most of the 4x4 system off road at some point. Pictures will be coming soon off road of course, when I get it there, but first a picture of the car sitting with Pandino and Chaz at home
All in all a bit of works needs to be done but this is definitely a great start for me in the 4x4 scene. I hope to meet some other 4x4 owners off road once I've learned some skills as well, so more on this lovely little Sisley to come, stay tuned!
View attachment DSC_0004.JPG
Oh, and the nickname, "Four by Fork". Reason being, as soon as I saw the car advertised, I noticed it looked like the number plate said Fork. I dabbled with the idea of "The Forking Panda" and "Forkie", but once I thought of "Four by Fork", I knew that had to be the one... though I suppose I can still call it Fork for short, and if it ever decides to conk out on me then it'll turn into Forking Panda really quickly!
I'll be posting more updates here soon but if anyone has any interests or questions then let me know. What I've done so far is fit a parcel shelf and started to clean the interior, as well as refit the bonnet vent as it wasn't on properly before!
