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Panda (Classic) Chris's 1994 Panda Colour Resto Mod

Introduction

My Slammed Classic Panda

hey, im chris from south wales been lurking on here for a while but now seeing as ive started work on the Panda i though id let you in on it ,The cars a 1994 panda 1000 fire Colour , my grandad bought it from new (my nan chose the colour) , it spend most of its life in a garage although it spent a year in my brother ownership so theres the odd dent , but apart from that , rust is minimal and its got an immaculate interior.
my aim is to do a resto mod as the americans would say, restore the whole car , Standard interior,respray, cleaned bay, lowered suspension and nice,possibly widish wheels, possibility by widening the body,maybe
atm heres how it stood up untill last week , only real issues are that its been off the road for two years ,at the time the front caliper was sticking and the rear beam center bush was knocking its balls off. apart from that its a solid , unwelded , one owner car with 66k on the clock.
Good to see it progressing, had to abandon my 15's on the colour as the rears rubbed.

Pity I couldn't keep the graphics on mine though the funky seats and interior went so wasn't much left that was original colour except the instrument pod.

Will those front wheels actually turn okay?
 
Glad the misguided VW alloys have gone, the period X-wires you found do look better. Uno Turbo alloys would have been nice too... 155 tyres max (65 or 70 profile).

Mind the rear shocks don't grind away the inside of your back wheels when you've got a rear passenger.

I'd recommend genuine Fiat extras, and if you are changing the cplour I'd suggest the Turquoise colour I had in the 90s (photo to follow).
 
Loving your project it looks AWESOME!

i am currently building a Panda Project car with a Honda D16Z6 130BHP engine but struggling with springs and suspension setups.

ive heard you can use quad bike rear suspension but not seen any evidance anywhere yet..

how did you get the back so low? and what springs are you using?

i have also fabricated some front coil overs but struggling to find the right springs to use..

your help would be much appreciated..

keep up the good work!:slayer:
 
Well it's been 2 years since my last update,:cool:

Been busy and it's slowly progressing, I'll let the pictures do the talking

Got the engine bay all etch primed ready for paint

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Then finally got some paint down

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Got the coilovers welded and painted up

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Rebuilt the calipers with all new seals and Pistons, also stainless nipples (not fitted in pic)
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Now I'm slowly putting it all back together , heater box is back in and it's finally making good progress, ready for the engine to go in from the siecento sporting I've bought :slayer:
 
Started to put the car back together now



Also in need of some help

I'm missing a radiator bracket like the one below?


I'm also in need of this gaitor but have no idea where to get one?



Any help welcome (y):slayer:(y)
 
Started to put the car back together now







Also in need of some help



I'm missing a radiator bracket like the one below?





I'm also in need of this gaitor but have no idea where to get one?







Any help welcome (y):slayer:(y)



I am pretty sure I still have a brand new bracket. I will try and dig it out for you. They can be ordered direct from a local fiat dealer. Was about £4 when I thought I needed one. Turns out I didn’t. :)
 
Right just a small update:cool:

Alot of you would have seen a few of these photos on facebook.

Firstly managed to get the engine sorted,

866 Cam fitted


painted the 1108 from the donor car, New timing belt,water pump, cam seal, rocker cover gasket,and clutch


Cleaned and painted the gearbox



pulled the dash out for a clean and used the extra access to get my battery cable ran for my relocation,




Ive also relocated my washer bottle to the boot but dont seem to have a picture.

bye bye siecento!




and now for the fun bit

steering rack referbed, new gaiters and grease




Stainless 4 branch Manifold




Engine almost all together. ( 50/50 on the yellow lights )



the white bits at the back are templates for some aluminium covers im making to tidy the bay up some more,


got my Italian rear light in too, Reverse lights are overrated


My new gear knob




This is where we are to date, coilovers are all fitted, new brakes and just got to fit brake lines, connect up fuel and add coolant, oil and driveshafts and rear brakes and exhaust ......the list is surprisingly still pretty long but I'm too fussy to just throw it together so if im lucky it may be finished by next year , hopefully.
 
Re: Chris's 1994 Panda Colour Resto Mod Pic Heavy update 19/6/19

how’s it going chris?
 
SOOO I thought I would update this to keep it alive,

Progress is slow and steady , one of the major things I've managed to sort is the bulkhead covers, I never liked the terrible matting/ sound deadening style one,

So first I made some Card templates that you can see in my last post,

Then make some Fibreboard ones,

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Then I cut them out of some aluminium,gave them a paint and added some edging trim to avoid them scratching the paint,

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All fitted

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Much neater!

Also added a few guages for where the radio was never fitted,

These are tinted so when there off there pretty discreet,

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Also sorted the rear beam, I did paint this about 4 years ago but made the mistake of using hammerite and it was pealing off, bearing in mind the cars not been on the road yet!

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so it now looks like this

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New springs , new shocks , new brake lines , cylinders.... literally everything's new...everything,


Also if you were wondering where the washer jets bottles gone from under the bonnet,

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The battery also lives in the boot on the other side,


The cars not far from being done now , once the rears back together its just a case of fitting the driveshafts and brakelines then just a bit of paintwork to sort out before its let out of captivity,


:)
 
few extra progress pictures of the bulkhead covers

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Ive also replaced the tripod joints on the driveshafts as 6 years of them hangning around did'nt do them any good,

While I was there I colour coded the driveshafts, I'm sure the MOT tester will appreciate them lol

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