Well guys I have been mentioning The Grey in a few posts now so I thought it time to post a few pics of it and yes that was how I bought it. The littleun went with me to look at it and hith her hands on her hips the little nine year old told me in a stirn voice "Your not going to by THAT are you"

I've had it in the garage a while now, the head from it went to fix BEX and the gearbox also went into BX until I refurb the one that came out of BEX

Tonight I picked up the doner vehicle a 2WD CLXie that I will be using quite a few bits from.

The pics of The Grey are exactly how I bought it for £100 :slayer:

The CLE cost me £250

Now all I need is the garage cleared off the Mini I'm restoring for a friend and I can set too and make a start

I think by th time I finish the Mini and spray BEX I'm looking at a month or two then I can get this project started.

I'm still on the look out for a 4x4 Fuel tank and instrument cluster though :bang:

Was the 4x4 on ebay? Seem to remember a similar looking one for sale a while ago.

Fuel tanks are available new from Hadrian I think, mine had a new one a few years ago.

Good luck with it, look forward to seeing some progress

panda1408 said:

Was the 4x4 on ebay? Seem to remember a similar looking one for sale a while ago.

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From memory the car was reverse parked in a garage in the eBay pics if its the one I'm thinking of

I didn't get the 4x4 from ebay. It was nose first in a garage in Northumberland, it'd been in there for a few years.

The CLX was from ebay though. again not too far away.

Tank and instrument needed?..... You may want to talk to Benji.....

Ah the old single spoke steering wheel . Good luck with the project, will watch with interest .

Last week I decided to have a good look at 'The Grey' and CLX I got to use for parts.

Long story short I'm not going to put this car back on the road. The rot to the structure of the rear of the car was just too much to do. It would have been fixable with a LOT of time, but not when I have the wife's Celica to paint, the Jeep to tinker with and the..... well you get the idea. I don't want the garage tied up too long with one project.

RIP 'The Grey' I've kept the bits from it like leaf springs, drive train etc. The only new stuff I bought for it that won't go on the CLX is the fuel tank so I'll just stick that back on Ebay I think.

Anyway looking at the CLX I got for it's parts it is in really rather good condition, I've only spotted a bit of welding needed on the rear floor and on the rear quarter after it's had a nock. So I'm going to put that one back on the road.

I've already stripped the rear suspension and ordered some bits like springs and rubbers. I'll kick off another thread about that one soon. For now though MK3 is now closed.

It's quit nice to know that a panda body shell can fit into a Jeep Grand Cherokee though

Wow that's a fair chop job :thumbup: you gonna put the 4x4 bits onto the CLX then?

I doubt it. Not sure what I'll use them for, but you never know. I've never owned / run a 2wd panda and we don't really need 2 4x4s

After 3 years I've finally decided to do something with the CLX.

Although I still have the box, propshaft assembly, springs and rear axel from the silver 4x4 I'm not going to use them. I'm going to keep this one a 2wd.

There was a bit of rust on the rear end to sort out. It looks like it has had a slight bump on the rear end of the drivers side and that has let the tin work get in.

The tailgate area was also not very well. All sorted now though.

Also found the tank hanging bracket was part its best.

Nice easy fix that one though.

Had a bit play with the running gear too.

New springs and shockers all round. Painted to keep tin worm at bay too.

Wouldn't be right to now pull the engine and box out and sort that out too though would it.

Not happy with the gearbox, syncro from second to third was shot. Luckily I found a low millage one one Ebay. It was rather dirty when it came, so I've had the steam cleaner on it.
Also cleaned the engine up and removed the head to to a leak down test on it.

Rust converter time.

Block looking good.

Same can't be said for the water pipe
Good job I've got rust converter and resin repair paint to address that pipe!!

Head stripped ready for new seals and a clean up and port.

Cleaned up, valves and seat re ground and all reassembled.

Few pics of the painted block and rocker cover.

The red on the sump has been stripped and rust converted now too. But I didn't get a pic of that.

I did however get a pic of the resin coat paint on it. That stuff is excellent!!!

Some assorted engine, gearbox and suspension brackets cleaned, rust converted and red oxide added.

Front suspension bushes removed and new ones in. I hate that job. Over an hour for each one

Bit of polishing done on the gearbox too.

A little bit of bodywork filling and primer added in places where there were dings etc.

Well that's what I've been doing this last fortnight.

Tomorrow I'm going under the car with a bloody big spike!!!!!
No way there is going to be a BEX mk2!!!!!!!