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Panda (Classic) SEAT Marbella (Mk1 Panda replica).
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Do what I am doing, buy a house with a single garage and a decent size garden, knock the garage down and built a double (or in your case triple) one in its place!
Easier said than done though in all seriousness
Thats my house purchase plan.
Or by a plot of land, build a triple garage double deep and 2 bed bungalow half the size
Thats my house purchase plan.
Or by a plot of land, build a triple garage double deep and 2 bed bungalow half the size
Or better still, build the triple garage double deep, but make it double tall and have living space above! Would be the same amount of space as a bungalow but with stairs down right into your garage
or even better build a commercial setup with lots of units (as many as possible on a bit of land). Keep a nice sized one for yourself and rent the others out. Thats kinda my life goal tbh, rented units become my income to pay for my messings and you wouldn't really need that many units and it would pay your house mortgage too.
build a commercial setup with lots of units (as many as possible on a bit of land). Keep a nice sized one for yourself and rent the others out. Thats kinda my life goal tbh, rented units become my income to pay for my messings and you wouldn't really need that many units and it would pay your house mortgage too.
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I've never liked so many ideas before haha...I've got options at least
I've never liked so many ideas before haha...I've got options at least
Hope you get somewhere ideal
Well guys I, as your resident builder am prepared to help the Panda cause where I can
What would be easier for planning especially though would be an underground garage
What would be easier for planning especially though would be an underground garage
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Well guys I, as your resident builder am prepared to help the Panda cause where I can
What would be easier for planning especially though would be an underground garage
I'd be a bit nervous with an underground garage with all this flooding about these days...
...but seeing as we are on the topic of building stuff...how about a multi-story car park with a penthouse apartment? I can pay in beer, metal gear linkage joint conversions and panda advice?
I'd be a bit nervous with an underground garage with all this flooding about these days...
...but seeing as we are on the topic of building stuff...how about a multi-story car park with a penthouse apartment? I can pay in beer, metal gear linkage joint conversions and panda advice?
Ahh easy! You got about 15k for a planning application with architectural & engineering drawings?
Or we could just knock it up on a saturday afternoon and hope they don't notice
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Ahh easy! You got about 15k for a planning application with architectural & engineering drawings?
Engineering drawings ay...that's my job so should be able to put something together
I am sure we can find a beer mat and pencil in the pub...Another idea, if we build an agricultural building large enough to house the multi-story car park (like a big wooden barn) then build the thing inside it's practically the perfect crime. Could even dress up like Pandas before going inside so it looked like a Panda farm...
Engineering drawings ay...that's my job so should be able to put something together
Another idea, if we build an agricultural building large enough to house the multi-story car park (like a big wooden barn) then build the thing inside it's practically the perfect crime. Could even dress up like Pandas before going inside so it looked like a Panda farm...
It might not work - this bloke though he'd got away with it! Suitable name though!!
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...61/Castle-home-hidden-by-straw-has-to-go.html
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It might not work - this bloke though he'd got away with it! Suitable name though!!
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...61/Castle-home-hidden-by-straw-has-to-go.html
Yikes, bad call! Shame, if the locals don't mind it maybe it can be granted permission? Probably not allowed by the council more than the local residents I guess though.
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Wow I made progress this weekend
Finally got round to fixing the accident damage, just need to re-paint the bonnet and re-fit the bumper and then all is back to normal (or as good as it can be).
So what it looked like:
and with a spot of jacking (the accident repair kit works so well! :slayer and a re-spray I was able to keep the original wing and so the original marbella decal as well!!...
It does need a good buff though as the paint went on too gloopy and orange peeled but at least it is straight now:
Good as new... almost. The panel is creased unfortunately but it doesn't show too much:
Replacement headlight fitted (Thank you so much Alik for that Alixcompo really saved me some trouble)...
So just need to fix up the bumper now (I think I will keep the old one on for now and keep the one Alik gave me as a spare...but the mounts are snapped off so I will need to re-design how they are joined! I like the idea of a quick release bumper for better access to the intercooler actually :devil:
Then I can get on with the performance improvement stuff which I am quite excited about. Target weight for the car 600kg :slayer:
Finally got round to fixing the accident damage, just need to re-paint the bonnet and re-fit the bumper and then all is back to normal (or as good as it can be).
So what it looked like:
and with a spot of jacking (the accident repair kit works so well! :slayer
and a re-spray I was able to keep the original wing and so the original marbella decal as well!!...
It does need a good buff though as the paint went on too gloopy and orange peeled
but at least it is straight now:
Good as new... almost. The panel is creased unfortunately but it doesn't show too much:
Replacement headlight fitted (Thank you so much Alik for that Alixcompo really saved me some trouble)...
So just need to fix up the bumper now (I think I will keep the old one on for now and keep the one Alik gave me as a spare...but the mounts are snapped off so I will need to re-design how they are joined! I like the idea of a quick release bumper for better access to the intercooler actually :devil:
Then I can get on with the performance improvement stuff which I am quite excited about. Target weight for the car 600kg :slayer:
Good work! Just strap a numberplate on and leave it, it looks mean haha.
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haha, awfully tempting isn't it...
i always fancied doing just that with my sei, looks so angry without its bumper on...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Marb...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item461db50f3b
Ready for next time maybe?
Ready for next time maybe?
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i always fancied doing just that with my sei, looks so angry without its bumper on...
That is a lot of cooling! Better set-up than mine as you've not got one in front of the other.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Marb...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item461db50f3b
Ready for next time maybe?
Next time
... no that is a good idea but wow a marbella headlight! They do exist haha. Nice one Vern. :slayer:
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It does look cool without it. It would save a little weight
it used to have aircon as well, but this summer it decided to snap a mount for the compressor and instead of fixing i decided, cool though it was, to just remove the AC which freed up alot of space!!! And surprisingly heavy all the AC parts together.
I think you done pretty well with yours though, its not as open at front as a cento to get the airflow through stuff going right across the front like i have. Plus your IC looks better than mine and your boost pipes quite a bit larger too, be interesting to see how they ran side by side - not sure mine could deal with a y10turbo engine though, its pretty nippy and fin nonetheless though
I think you done pretty well with yours though, its not as open at front as a cento to get the airflow through stuff going right across the front like i have. Plus your IC looks better than mine and your boost pipes quite a bit larger too, be interesting to see how they ran side by side - not sure mine could deal with a y10turbo engine though, its pretty nippy and fin nonetheless though
i always fancied doing just that with my sei, looks so angry without its bumper on...
Looks like you shrank the Rolls Royce grille in the wash...
