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• Nov 3, 2006

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I actually promised you Panda fans this article back in the summer, but what with finishing college and then disappearing abroad for three months I kind of forgot all about it

Anyway, here it is - an article on a hot Panda from the days when Fast Car wasn't a Chav magazine.

Hope you find it interesting, and preferably one of you build something like this! I was speaking with PandaSport at the Ace last month and it looks like he's going to work on building a hot Panda. I can't think of anything more fun than an innocent looking Panda packing a punch under its bonnet :devil:

Enjoy the article!

 

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• Nov 3, 2006

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Thats the car I first saw at the London Racing Car show in 1982/83. The engine then was from a 128/3p. It was also known as Pandamonium, so I got very confused when I found this site and Oldschools red racer

I did have the 13inch six spoke version of those 131 wheels on my Mk1

 

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Nice! Sounds like a bitch to drive though...

Thanks for uploading this Uno

 

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• Nov 3, 2006

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Nice read, bit of a pocket rocket! If he had left the bodywork as standard then it could have been a true sleeper.

Have to say, i think the proportions are better on that one. Dont like the bodykit but the proportions are good IMO

 

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Questionable as the bodykit may be, it does allow for a wider track and an extra 2 or 3 inches of wheel width which will help enormously for that peaky power delivery.

 

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• Nov 3, 2006

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oooo, thats a mk 1 aswell. Nice job though lol, i'll be using this knowledge to do my own project some time. Awesome!
Si

 

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• Nov 6, 2006

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panda-sport said:

Thats the car I first saw at the London Racing Car show in 1982/83. The engine then was from a 128/3p. It was also known as Pandamonium, so I got very confused when I found this site and Oldschools red racer

I did have the 13inch six spoke version of those 131 wheels on my Mk1

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what??
i thought phil thompson owned pandamonium, the red panda?
did oldskool own it before him?
anyone know of its whereabouts now?

 

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• Nov 8, 2006

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Glad some of you enjoyed the article

Just think, a modern day version could be done by fitting a 16v FIRE engine into a Panda. Should almost be a straight physical swap with a 999cc FIRE version, and the 16v was pushing out 85bhp as standard and is much lighter than the old ohc 1301cc Strada engine. A few 'tweaks' should soon get the power up to 100bhp.

That would be fun :devil:

Even the sohc 1242cc FIRE will push out close to 90bhp normaly aspirated with a few mods :chin:

Come on guys, makes some hot Pandas to terrorise the tarmac!

 

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• Nov 8, 2006

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I love the Integrale style bodywork, particularly in black. Don't think it would work well in my Parade's lurid turquoise, however.

I think I'd have to go for a mid-engine conversion (think Clio V6, if you will), with a Fiat flavour. 2 litre 20vt from a coupe shoved in the rear passenger compartment would fit the bill...

Cheers,

Plug

 

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I love the Integrale style bodywork, particularly in black. Don't think it would work well in my Parade's lurid turquoise, however.

I think I'd have to go for a mid-engine conversion (think Clio V6, if you will), with a Fiat flavour. 2 litre 20vt from a coupe shoved in the rear passenger compartment would fit the bill...

Cheers,

Plug

 

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• Nov 9, 2006

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Plug said:

I love the Integrale style bodywork, particularly in black. Don't think it would work well in my Parade's lurid turquoise, however.

I think I'd have to go for a mid-engine conversion (think Clio V6, if you will), with a Fiat flavour. 2 litre 20vt from a coupe shoved in the rear passenger compartment would fit the bill...

Cheers,

Plug

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i have the block and the car, i've been ar**ing about with steel framework in the back of the car, just cant figure what gearbox to use.... or how the gear levers are going to work!!
any ideas?