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Panda (Classic) Firecolour's fiery colours!

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Introduction

After a chance meeting with Purple Haze at the Cranleigh Car Show, he got us switched onto Pandas as a cheap easy classic and tipped us off where there was one for sale. Next day we drove 300 miles to buy Firecolour, a lovely little example with less than 21,000 genuine miles on the clock and garaged all it's life, now being sold as the owner driving much less these days. The car was crying out for a thorough service and some new tyres as well as several hours with the Autoglym .. now here she is with her proud new owner ..

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Perfect original doors!

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Getting everything sorted.

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Proud new owner!
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That looks lovely, and matches your eyes. If I ever saw one in that condition I'd *have* to buy it even though I don't need it. I loved the 1000CL I had as my first car.
 
I would rather run on just the steelies

I agree, I'm torn between painting them silver and going for the standard centre caps. Those trims went on to make the car more like a modern really but I take the point.
 
firecolour said:
I would rather run on just the steelies

I agree, I'm torn between painting them silver and going for the standard centre caps. Those trims went on to make the car more like a modern really but I take the point.
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Fair play. Spraying the standard steels would look really good without compromising on the originality of the car. :)
 
After a couple of weeks hard work, Firecolour now has had a good sorting out after years of neglect. Now fitted with four new Goodyear Duragrip 155/70s and had the tracking adjusted. Steering wheel alignment set straight ahead, new rear radius arms (with bushes), binding rear brake sorted, new rear brake shoes & springs fitted, handbrake lever freed up, brake fluid flushed through & replaced, (seized) brake pressure compensator replaced, new cambelt and tensioner bearing fitted, engine oil & filter change, gearbox oil change (pending some GL3), coolant drained, system flushed and new coolant added. Clutch adjusted, new spark plugs fitted, air filter replaced. Fuel filter replaced. Inner door panels coated with Bilt Hamber anti corrosion wax. Cracked rear light lens replaced, rear transmission mount replaced, new front wiper blade, new carpet fitted to boot, wheels stripped and painted and generic wheel trims fitted. Finally a full deep clean, Autoglym two step wax/coat and she's ready for the road and some updated photos!
 
firecolour said:
After a couple of weeks hard work, Firecolour now has had a good sorting out after years of neglect. Now fitted with four new Goodyear Duragrip 155/70s and had the tracking adjusted. Steering wheel alignment set straight ahead, new rear radius arms (with bushes), binding rear brake sorted, new rear brake shoes & springs fitted, handbrake lever freed up, brake fluid flushed through & replaced, (seized) brake pressure compensator replaced, new cambelt and tensioner bearing fitted, engine oil & filter change, gearbox oil change (pending some GL3), coolant drained, system flushed and new coolant added. Clutch adjusted, new spark plugs fitted, air filter replaced. Fuel filter replaced. Inner door panels coated with Bilt Hamber anti corrosion wax. Cracked rear light lens replaced, rear transmission mount replaced, new front wiper blade, new carpet fitted to boot, wheels stripped and painted and generic wheel trims fitted. Finally a full deep clean, Autoglym two step wax/coat and she's ready for the road and some updated photos!
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And relax :p

Look forward to seeing the pics Colin :)
 
heh they really hit the nail on the head when it comes to wheel trims.

you know with them being held on by the bolts that they will never fly off or get pinched, and i think they look really good too.
the car looks like it just came off the show room floor.

if i were you though mate, some of the old oil you drained out the gear box (if you have not got rid of it already), stick in the doors to stop them from rusting in the future. a panda that looks this good needs to have the rust beaten back >_<

its what i would do...
 
stick in the doors to stop them from rusting in the future
Better than that DM, I already emptied a large can of Bilt Hamber Dynax S50 Cavity Wax into the doors after removing the trim panels at the top.

The wax comes with a long extension spray pipe with a flat nozzle on the end that sprays a disc pattern so you can get it into all the crevices easily. I sprayed til it ran out of the holes at the bottom of the doors. Waited for it to set, cleaned up the dribbles and hopefully doors protected for life now.

Thanks to VmanC for recommending BH products to me. Works out cheaper than Dinitrol and looks to be just as effective.
 
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