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Hello everyone, im a learner driver and i have just bought a fiat panda classic style 1991 750 L.
as i am new to fiats, i would like to get to know the community better. and to start me off, lets get out our pandas and compare them. Just drop an image of your classic panda into the thread,
i also have a citroen 2cv, so im not new to small unpowered cars, and in the words of the antiques roadshow, "worthless but great fun" which my little panda certainly is. i picked "Jake" the panda up for £300, he is to be my second car, i have already owned my 2cv "leroy" for 2 years. and been driving it on L plates. I drove my panda over 78 miles back to my home in yorkshire. which for me was tiring and not to mention stressful, having a designated liscence holder gripping onto the old panda seats for dear life! (im not that bad at driving) "jake" did well on his first run in over a year, he felt like a new car as i pulled him out onto the road and headed for home, not a care in the world as i cruisded through the city of sheffield with the heaters on and quiet hum of the hairdryer under the bonnet. to my surprise, it was alot quieter than my 2cv. "jake" had alot of power in him, his electrics all worked fine, and his body work is to my eye perfect, apart from some rust blemishes on the doorskins, which is easy patch work. "Jake" recieved a warm welcome into the family driveway as i pulled into the cul de saq in which i reside, i parked him on the road for a while, whilst my parents took a look at him, i took my mother for a ride in "jake" as she has always loved fiat panda, reminding her of a tiny land rover! (i wish it was a landrover!) the seats were alot confier than i imagined they would be, afterall i have never even seen a fiat panda (atleast not for 8 or 9 years) the panda then proved it's self as i took it to my friends homes to see what they thought of him, they all approved saying it was a bargain for £300, and was alot better than the 2cv i always drove. (i should realy post a picture of that also) them saying that put me onto the panda more than my beloved 2cv, but i can understand why, "jake" was alot more modern than my dated 2 cylinder french car... lets hope jake can do what he was bought to do and pass my driving test in it! (by the way, you cant do a driving test in a 2cv, no head rests! Pfft!) he would be my savior!... I noticed alot of difference driving jake home this afternoon, the stress was not as apparnt as in the 2cv, with the racket of the engine, and my dad wasnt like a cat on hot bricks (well most of the time)
Here i am saying like jake is the perfect car, well he had some down sides.
He had a broken windscreen wider arm, the splines have been damaged, a common fault on panda's i have been told. but its easily fixed. if you can find the parts! please let me know if you have a panda windscreen motor.
Anyway, please respond to my post wil your own storys about your beloved classic pandas!
The images i have posted
The panda, "jake"
The red 2cv is my 2cv before resto
and the orange and white one is what it looks liek now, not the actual car but what is more or less looks like, i dont have a picture of it how it is now for some reason.
as i am new to fiats, i would like to get to know the community better. and to start me off, lets get out our pandas and compare them. Just drop an image of your classic panda into the thread,
i also have a citroen 2cv, so im not new to small unpowered cars, and in the words of the antiques roadshow, "worthless but great fun" which my little panda certainly is. i picked "Jake" the panda up for £300, he is to be my second car, i have already owned my 2cv "leroy" for 2 years. and been driving it on L plates. I drove my panda over 78 miles back to my home in yorkshire. which for me was tiring and not to mention stressful, having a designated liscence holder gripping onto the old panda seats for dear life! (im not that bad at driving) "jake" did well on his first run in over a year, he felt like a new car as i pulled him out onto the road and headed for home, not a care in the world as i cruisded through the city of sheffield with the heaters on and quiet hum of the hairdryer under the bonnet. to my surprise, it was alot quieter than my 2cv. "jake" had alot of power in him, his electrics all worked fine, and his body work is to my eye perfect, apart from some rust blemishes on the doorskins, which is easy patch work. "Jake" recieved a warm welcome into the family driveway as i pulled into the cul de saq in which i reside, i parked him on the road for a while, whilst my parents took a look at him, i took my mother for a ride in "jake" as she has always loved fiat panda, reminding her of a tiny land rover! (i wish it was a landrover!) the seats were alot confier than i imagined they would be, afterall i have never even seen a fiat panda (atleast not for 8 or 9 years) the panda then proved it's self as i took it to my friends homes to see what they thought of him, they all approved saying it was a bargain for £300, and was alot better than the 2cv i always drove. (i should realy post a picture of that also) them saying that put me onto the panda more than my beloved 2cv, but i can understand why, "jake" was alot more modern than my dated 2 cylinder french car... lets hope jake can do what he was bought to do and pass my driving test in it! (by the way, you cant do a driving test in a 2cv, no head rests! Pfft!) he would be my savior!... I noticed alot of difference driving jake home this afternoon, the stress was not as apparnt as in the 2cv, with the racket of the engine, and my dad wasnt like a cat on hot bricks (well most of the time)
Here i am saying like jake is the perfect car, well he had some down sides.
He had a broken windscreen wider arm, the splines have been damaged, a common fault on panda's i have been told. but its easily fixed. if you can find the parts! please let me know if you have a panda windscreen motor.
Anyway, please respond to my post wil your own storys about your beloved classic pandas!
The images i have posted
The panda, "jake"
The red 2cv is my 2cv before resto
and the orange and white one is what it looks liek now, not the actual car but what is more or less looks like, i dont have a picture of it how it is now for some reason.