Introduction
After trawling the net over half a year I finally took the plunge and put down a deposit on a 1987 Panda Sisley, possibly one of the first 500 produced and initially planned.
Booked a weekend in Bergamo and travelled down in August last year.
Took it for a spin and had it up on a lift. Fully restored, with new paint, rebuilt engine and gearbox, RIALZI 50mm lift and in really great condition.
Well, two months later and an expensive transport from Italy to Denmark I finally had it in the garage ready for winter fixes and the the MOT and import duties and so on.,
Did find som rust that needed to be fixed but nothing serious.
On the bucket list to fix:
I find it a nightmare trying to find parts - or rather, the correct parts, but am learning.
Unfortunately can't or won't) source them from the UK because of the enourmous VAT and import duties to be paid.
Looking forward to showing the progress and hopefully also getting some good tips and tricks from the forum here.
Cheers
Per
Booked a weekend in Bergamo and travelled down in August last year.
Took it for a spin and had it up on a lift. Fully restored, with new paint, rebuilt engine and gearbox, RIALZI 50mm lift and in really great condition.
Well, two months later and an expensive transport from Italy to Denmark I finally had it in the garage ready for winter fixes and the the MOT and import duties and so on.,
Did find som rust that needed to be fixed but nothing serious.
On the bucket list to fix:
- Get the negative camber corrected so that it stands at 0 degrees.
- Fix the right hand side inner CV boot on the driveshaft as it is leaking
- Order and mount headlining
- New downpipe and middle exhaust
- Fit Hella spotlights
I find it a nightmare trying to find parts - or rather, the correct parts, but am learning.
Unfortunately can't or won't) source them from the UK because of the enourmous VAT and import duties to be paid.
Looking forward to showing the progress and hopefully also getting some good tips and tricks from the forum here.
Cheers
Per
